From Pokfulam to Central

In fact, Wu Haolong came to Shenzhen this time not just to show his presence in front of Wanzi, another arrangement of his is to catch up with some old friends in Hong Kong.

At the end of last year, the turmoil about whether the dual-level shareholding structure would be accepted, the Wu family did not realize such a thing until the Hong Kong Stock Exchange officially refuted the rumors and everything was settled.From then on, Wu Haolong knew that even if Chu Wenzhe had been brought back to the Hong Kong branch by himself, he could only be a useless abandoned son.Moreover, Zhou Xianli and Zhou Mi have become wary since then, no matter how many eyeliners they put in the company, it will only be in vain.

In desperation, Wu Haolong could only start from the outside, and kept track of every move in the industry that might affect the listing of Wanjia Real Estate. These old friends in Hong Kong were senior practitioners in the field of finance and securities, and they were well-informed. And speak up on important occasions.After several contacts, Wu Haolong discovered that attacking from the outside is no worse than breaking through from the inside, and sometimes he can even receive news earlier than Zhou Mi and his sponsors.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Zhou Mi had already made arrangements to go to Tsim Sha Tsui with Qu Zhi to watch the lanterns at night, but in the afternoon, he came across the news that the Hong Kong Stock Exchange had officially recognized the dual-level shareholding structure.

Ruined.

This was the only reaction in Zhou Mi's mind when he saw the news headline.

When he regained his composure, Zhou Mi hurriedly called his father, but there was no answer there.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Zhou Xianli finally called back, saying that he had just held a video conference temporarily initiated by Wan Zhenting.At the meeting, except for Yuanhong Capital, all shareholders of the company were present, and the arrangement for Wanjia Real Estate to resubmit its listing application under the new system was directly finalized.Although it is not strictly a general meeting of shareholders in terms of the convening method, there is no difference in essence. After all, it was clearly written in the previous resolution, and this meeting is just to emphasize it again.

Obviously, this group of people came prepared.

Zhou Mi did not expect that Wan Zhenting and Wu Shifang were far away in Beijing, but they could get the news one step earlier than himself who was near the water.In the end, if you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being vigilant after reading the official rumors, which gave them a chance to seize the opportunity.The phone was stuck to his ear, and Zhou Mi held it with all his strength, his knuckles creaking, and Zhou Xianli's voice came from the receiver, which seemed particularly dull.

After listening to his father explaining all the content of the video conference, Zhou Mi suddenly felt unreal that the nightmare had come true, which was almost equivalent to driving the Zhou family into a dead end.Restraining the complex emotions of confusion, anger, helplessness and anxiety, Zhou Mi asked without any hope: "Do we have any other way out?"

Zhou Xianli was also dead silent on the other end of the phone, and said after a while, "Now there are less than four months before the VAM agreement is triggered. How likely is it to complete the listing in these four months?"

Regarding this issue, Zhou Mi has confirmed countless times with Manager Sun of the investment bank, and the answer given by the other party is the same every time, so he knows that there is no room for maneuver, so he has no choice but to explain: "If you switch to a dual-level share structure To go public, most of the preparatory work needs to be overturned and restarted, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange also needs to go through the process from the beginning, and it is almost impossible for us to strike the clock before the end of June."

Zhou Xianli has experienced many years of ups and downs in the market, and he will not give up easily, nor will he let go of any slight possibility, "As for the sponsor, I can try to put pressure on Lao Tan and ask him to send more people into our business. As for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, since we have already submitted the application, and we have even responded to the review comments for two rounds, is it possible not to start over again, only on the basis of the existing materials, the modification involves the adjustment of the shareholding structure part?"

Zhou Mi never carefully considered the feasibility of this kind of operation, but his intuition told him that the chance was very slim, so he had to say frankly: "As far as I know, this kind of practice is unprecedented, and I have less than [-]% certainty."

Zhou Xianli sighed a long time when he heard the words, and knew that he was delusional, "Well, since the matter has come to this point, all we can do now is to minimize the loss after triggering the gambling clause, and I will go to Yuanhong tomorrow It depends on whether they are willing to sell my face."

"Well, we can only do this for now. Fortunately, we have been cooperating with Yuanhong quite happily, and there may be a turning point." Zhou Mi switched the phone to the other side, turned to look in the direction of Qu Zhi's room, "Dad, don't worry too much. I'll go back right away. I want to find Wu Haolong in person and have a talk with him."

"Looking for him?" Zhou Xianli didn't understand Zhou Mi's plan, and made another arrangement: "You should stay in Hong Kong and pay more attention to the policy direction. They and our family have always been against each other. I don't think there is any discussion. room."

"Dad, I don't think so." Zhou Mi had already made up his mind and had to give it a try. "Actually, the reason why the Wu family supported the re-application for listing was not because of the consideration of controlling the decision-making power of the company like Uncle Wan, but because of our financing purpose. In it, it includes projects that may harm the future interests of Wanjia Industry. In their view, the use of funds for 'research and development of smart property facilities' is to compete with them for market share, so they stand on the opposite side of us. In fact, I want to mess up our listing plan. If I can come up with a cooperation plan that they approve and let the other party understand that we have no intention of being an enemy, then in the face of interests, I believe they will not be against Yingshou."

Zhou Xianli pondered for a while, feeling that what Zhou Mi said was not completely unreasonable, and at this time, even if it was not a solution, it was worth a try, "Okay, then you can do it according to your ideas."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Mi realized that Qu Zhi had come out of the room.

"What happened?" Ever since Zhou Mi picked up the phone, Qu Zhi had been paying attention. Although he couldn't understand the whole situation from that few words, he could tell from his tone that something serious must have happened, and it was very serious. Difficulties are not something that can be easily solved casually.

Zhou Mi did not answer immediately, but stared blankly at Qu Zhi, and after a long time he seemed to regain his strength and said, "This afternoon, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange officially announced the recognition of 'same shares with different rights'. Just now my dad called and said that the company's shareholders The meeting decided to resubmit the application with a dual-level share structure. That is to say, all the work that has been done on the Hong Kong side is worthless, and everything needs to be started from scratch. The problem is that we have to complete it by the end of June Listing, judging from the current situation, the time left for me is too late.”

Seeing Zhou Mi's helplessness, Qu Zhi really wanted to do something to help him, but he knew in his heart that with his meager strength alone, there was nothing he could do to help him. The only thing he could do was to say a few words with all his strength. Words of consolation to no avail.Zhou Mi clenched his knuckles white, Qu Zhi felt distressed when he noticed it, and then he couldn't help but put his fist on his palm, and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, there must be a way before the car reaches the mountain, and there will always be a solution." There is a way."

Looking at those clean and slender fingers, Zhou Mi suddenly found that Qu Zhi took his own hand.At this moment, all worries were temporarily put aside, Zhou Mi turned his palms and grabbed his fingers into his hands. He felt that he had drawn a lot of strength from it, so he nodded solemnly to the person in front of him.

Qu Zhi was overwhelmed by Zhou Mi's sudden reaction, and pulled his hand back blushingly.

Zhou Mi didn't really mind this, but when he realized that he had already said that he would return to Beijing immediately, he had no choice but to ask Qu Zhi for leave: "This happened too suddenly, I have to go home and discuss it immediately." Countermeasures to take the next step, so tonight, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the Lantern Festival with you."

Qu Zhi didn't care that he missed the appointment because of this, he said it didn't matter, and told him to get down to business.

In the end, Zhou Mi bought the earliest red-eye flight to Beijing at the original price.Before boarding the plane, Zhou Mi sent Zhao Dong a WeChat message: "Is there anyone suitable for the person you were looking for in Beijing?"

"There is one." Zhao Dong replied in seconds.

"Tell him to wait downstairs at the head office tomorrow afternoon. I want to see you."