Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Landmark has indeed fallen into a pit dug by itself, and the momentum of the increase in purchases has unexpectedly surpassed the charter king.

The British guy, who has been playing with financial capital for hundreds of years, is obviously more experienced. Seeing that the wind direction is wrong and runs counter to the goal he originally designed, he hastily used various excuses to delay the transaction. After the evening of Tuesday, June 24, he declared The additional purchases came to an end temporarily, and the shares of Wharf actually resumed trading the next day.

It seems that the final battle for Wharf, still in accordance with historical inertia, has come to an end at this point in time.

But the ripples caused by a stone thrown into the pond can't be calmed down so quickly.

For example, the stock price of Wharf did not fall as fast as in the previous life, and it still maintained at a price of nearly 80 Hong Kong dollars before the suspension. Obviously, the investors of Wharf, who have already had a small proportion of circulation in the market, still think that there is still a lot of money. There will be below.

Hongkong Land’s additional purchases came to an abrupt end. The final result, whether there is any suspicion of market fraud, has been discussed by the outside world, and the Xiangjiang Securities Supervisory Office is also under the pressure of public opinion, and continues to discuss.

It is said that the reason why the West is developed lies in respecting the spirit of the contract in business behavior, in other words, abiding by the rules of the game, but it would be foolish and naive to think that this is equivalent to fairness. Just like the news reported by the media, the truth is often only a part, and it may also be the part that the recipient expects. This is the most brilliant means of deceiving people.

Taking advantage of information asymmetry, veterans who know the rules well, play with rookies who have little knowledge of the rules. No one does not like to do this.

Now. The chairman of Jardine Niu Bijian, the executive director of Hongkong Land, Bao Fuda, and some senior consultants are discussing how to stay within the framework of the rules. Find a plausible excuse to completely end this failed additional purchase, while avoiding the condemnation of the current public opinion.

The charter king, who raised a huge amount of money from HSBC, bought 13% of Wharf's shares from Tang Huan at a price of 90 Hong Kong dollars. It took 1.17 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Naturally, such a large-scale cash flow cannot escape the eyes and ears of interested people, not to mention that Xiangjiang's British capital has always been intricately linked with each other, especially for established foreign firms like Jardine Matheson. Niu Bijian served as a director of HSBC.

Charter King can do the maximum. It is nothing more than delaying the acquisition of information and letting Jardine know later. As a result, in this rare time gap, Zhidi pinched his nose and procrastinatedly purchased millions of shares of Wharf.

You know, Jardine relied on selling the Golden Gate Building to Carrian Group at the beginning of the year, and at the same time selling some properties in the UK. Only then did we have enough money to support this layout.

Now stealing chickens is not enough to lose money, so how can I pay shareholders. Especially the confession of the Caesarker family?

This Huading Investment Company has acquired so many Wharf stocks, and you didn't notice it at all? Niu Bijian, who was very annoyed, has always been worried about this Cheng Yaojin who came out halfway.

No way, there is always a shortage of smart people in this world. Maybe they have discovered this business opportunity and have this strength? Bao Fuda sighed helplessly, Don't worry about this. Let's quickly come up with a way to deal with the aftermath. .”

Discussions come and go, these business elites. I haven't found a perfect solution, but I have reached a consensus. I can't let the outside world continue to discuss. To divert the attention of public opinion, don't always chase after Jardine. If you want to achieve this goal, you can only use water. It got mixed up, and the other person involved, the charter king, was also dragged in.

It is said that Hongkong Land is suspected of transaction fraud, and the other party deliberately concealed major transactions. Most likely, they have quietly grasped the control of Wharf, so they should propose a partial acquisition to other Wharf shareholders.

Let's deal with it like this first. Isn't this ship tycoon strong enough to raise funds? Let's use this question to make things difficult for him.

Niu Bijian sneered, and he was even more angry that the charter king still held back the news after he got the control of Wharf, which made it useless to increase the land purchase at a high price. What about the conspiracy that everyone said?

By the way, bring HSBC in, they guys are too mercenary. Niu Bijian said bitterly.

The countermeasures discussed by Yihe are naturally unknown to outsiders, but Tang Huan can guess a lot from the changes in public opinion in the past few days and comparing the information from his previous life.

However, these disturbances have nothing to do with him, he has already withdrawn from the matter, and the main focus of capital in Heung Kong is the big liar Carrian Group, and the next development of Landmark and Jardine.

Maybe the capital game was played too smoothly for the first time, and the joy brought by success stimulated Tang Huan to become more energetic. Zhao Yazhi and Guan Zhilin were tossed by him in turn to avoid the battle, and they avoided the two residences far away.

Fortunately, Tang Huan had a very important matter to be busy with, so he found a place to vent his excess energy.

Compared with the disastrous victory in the previous life, the Chartered Ship King has won both the face and face, so he naturally won Tang Huan's favor, and specifically proposed that he want to visit Zheru Xiangjiang Company.

And Tang Huan attaches great importance to this reception work. He has a close relationship with Boss Huo. The other party is the first heavyweight visitor from a wealthy Chinese businessman. .

Since he was going to be visited, Tang Huan naturally wanted to show the strength of his business, so that there were practical things to see, so he rearranged the product showroom on the first floor and prepared explanatory materials at the same time.

In addition, Tang Huan also equipped the conference room with a Kodak slide projector. Although it is not as good as the advanced conference system composed of computer ppt, projector, etc. decades later, it is enough for the current presentation.

Tang Huan accompanied the Chartered Ship King and was in charge of explaining in person. With his communication skills, the old man turned from a complete stranger to a trainee who had just glimpsed the way.

Especially in the meeting room, Tang Huan used slides to demonstrate the role of microcomputers in the company's business processes with pictures and texts, and focused on the broad prospects of the combination of traditional public switched telephone networks and computer-based communication technologies.

I really live and learn. My trip was an eye-opener. The charter king laughed heartily, Xiao Tang worked so hard to explain high technology to me, an old man who is not strong at accepting new things. Plan it, or I'm sorry for your shrewd head.

I'm just a computer seller. I'm doing marketing for you. Tang Huan also laughed. Then he changed the subject and said in a low voice: Of course, there is also a small purpose, that is, I hope you will help me to keep an eye on the latest developments in the industry, such as public utilities.

Public utilities? The charter king asked with some doubts.

Wu Guangzheng responded quickly, and then took over the conversation. Brother Tang is not interested in Xiangjiang Telephone Company, is he?

I'm really interested in it, because I need a platform for technology application. Tang Huan nodded frankly.

In the original time and space, under the auspices of Niu Bijian and Hongkong Land's executive director and general manager Bao Fuda, Hongkong Land spent a lot of money and actively expanded. Trying to rebuild and consolidate Jardine's leading position in the Hong Kong business community, including acquiring 35% of the shares of Xiangjiang Telephone Company in 1981 and becoming a major shareholder.

It can be said that their investment vision is worthy of recognition. The Heung Kong Telephone Company, with a long history, obtained a 50-year franchise of the officially approved local telephone network as early as 1925.

However, the franchise was temporarily suspended due to the Japanese invasion in World War II, and was resumed after the war.

Wait until 1968. Xiangjiang Telephone Company obtained an additional 20-year exclusive right starting in 1975, and decided to lay a fiber optic backbone network in Xiangjiang City in 1981, laying the foundation for the future development of the data communication industry.

In addition to the fixed-line telephone business of the old bank. In 1983, Xiangjiang Telephone Company began to provide mobile communication services through its subsidiary d-csl Communication Services Co., Ltd.

However, Xiangjiang Telephone Company's communication franchise is limited to the local area of ​​Xiangjiang, and the external communication is in charge of cable\u0026, that is, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau.

After Jardine decided to shift its business focus out of Xiangjiang, it sold its shares in Xiangjiang Telephone Company to Great East Telegraph in 1984. In 1988, the Dadong Telegraph and Telegraph Bureau merged the two companies to form Xiangjiang Telecom Co., Ltd. after completely acquiring Xiangjiang Telephone Company. That is Hong Kong Telecom.

In 1994, Xiangjiang had three million fixed-line lines. Hong Kong telephone numbers were upgraded to eight digits in 1995, but the franchise of Heung Kong Telephone Company also expired in the same year, and it could no longer monopolize the fixed line business of Heung Kong, and had to face competition from other new competitors.

As for the final fate of Heung Kong Telephone Company, under the influence of various factors, Li Zekai, who was taken advantage of the upsurge of technology stocks in 2000, borrowed a huge amount of US$11 billion through Yingke Digital Power, acquired it, and merged it into Telecom Yingke.

In any case, before 1995, Xiangjiang Telephone Company had unique advantages by virtue of its franchise rights. If it could be controlled and become a platform, Tang Huan would be able to use the technology of combining computers and communications. For example, now He will also have the motivation to work on that pager app that only beeps.

High-quality assets such as the Heung Kong Telephone Company cannot be obtained casually during the economic crisis by taking advantage of the fire. They still have to rely on upright acquisitions to gain control.

Seeing Tang Huan's plan, the charter king couldn't help but suddenly smiled, Xiao Tang is really brave in doing things.

My funds mainly come from the United States, and I don't have to rely on HSBC. Some businesses can gain a first-mover advantage through surprise attacks, so I ask you to keep them secret. Tang Huan said pointedly.

The charter king nodded, It's really not a good thing to rely too much on HSBC.

Next came the luncheon. After the guests and hosts had a good time, the charter king bid farewell and left, while Wu Guangzheng stayed to discuss a deal, Brother Tang, your high-tech products are so advanced, we plan to purchase a batch to improve office efficiency. .”

Customer first, Zheru's products and services will definitely satisfy you. Another celebrity customer, this is a series of thanks, Tang Huan muttered in his heart, and promised with a smile on his face. (to be continued)

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