Back to the past: Spring and Autumn Siheyuan

Chapter 476 Vibration
On February [-], [-], which was the third day after Li Heng returned to Hong Kong Island from abroad, a piece of heavy news spread in the stock market.

Kowloon Port announced the suspension of trading, the reason for the suspension is to carry out equity transactions.

Immediately afterwards, Layton & Co., which controls Kowloon Port, held a press conference, announcing the transfer of 30.00% of their shares in Kowloon Port to Huasheng Asset Management Company.

Following them was another foreign firm, announcing that they would also transfer their 19.00% shares in Kowloon Port to Huasheng Asset Management.

This was simply a thunderclap on the ground, which stunned all the British-funded and Chinese-funded enterprises in the entire Hong Kong Island.

No one expected Huasheng to take down Kowloon Port without saying a word.

If Huasheng's previous acquisition of the Telegraph and Telephone Company was a small test, then it is a big move to win Kowloon Port in one fell swoop.

This is not a public service company like a telephone company with a market value of just over 20 million. The market value of Kowloon Port is currently close to [-] billion, and it is the only one among all listed companies on the exchange.

Although the details of the transaction have not been announced at present, even if calculated based on the current market value, Huasheng will spend more than one billion yuan.

There have always been quite a few people who have ideas about Kowloon Port, but the wealth and status of the Layton family are there. All these rich people can do is to buy some circulating stocks from the market, and then become a small shareholder.

As for actually asking them to go to Earl Layton to discuss the acquisition, the result would be like Li Heng's first trip to England, where he would not even be able to see his family.

In fact, a freight port can't make much money at all. What these rich people really look at is the large piece of idle land in Kowloon Port that is used as a warehouse.

The importance of land may not be apparent when the population is small, but in the past few years, as the population of Hong Kong Island has surged from the previous hundreds of thousands of less than 100 million to millions, the importance of land has suddenly become apparent.

There are so many people who have to live, and there is a house to have a home. This is almost the most simple idea in the hearts of every Chinese.

Now that it was suddenly acquired like this, if Huasheng would still use that vacant land as a warehouse like Layton & Co. did before, they would not believe it if they were beaten to death.

This also indicates that they can turn their attention to other places in the future, how can they be reconciled.

How much money does this company have after receiving this message?This is also a big question lingering in the hearts of all the rich on Hong Kong Island.

When investing in the construction of TV factories and semiconductor factories before, they have spent [-] million U.S. dollars at one time. Although the money must not be used up, and they may not even use [-] million Hong Kong dollars, as far as they know, the rest of the money can be used. It's all in HSBC, Standard Chartered, and their own bank accounts.

This time, I spent a billion or more to acquire Kowloon Port. I don’t know. If I do the calculations, according to the shareholding structure of several Huasheng companies, Li Fang Xiaoya, who is in her early twenties, is now It's the richest man on Hong Kong Island, and she's a woman.

This conclusion shocked Hong Kong Island's old rich and emerging rich alike.

Being ridden on the head by a woman was the first time for them.

Even if they knew what was going on in their hearts, facts were facts.

The husband of this rich woman did not hold any position in Huasheng Company, nor did she own even [-]% of the shares.

At the same time, in the He mansion on the top of the mountain, the head of the He family, Boss He, who came back from the east island again to spend the Spring Festival at home, put down the phone in his hand and sighed heavily.

He knew that the news that Huasheng wanted to acquire Kowloon Port was relatively early, and he also knew that the young man could meet Earl Layton when he went to England this time, and it was the governor who made the trip possible.

When he knew about this at the time, he still thought that this young man was a little ignorant. Even the last time he saw Li Heng, he was just seeing a junior.

Unexpectedly, in just a short time, he accomplished a feat that seemed impossible in his eyes.

"Hey~ Hua Sheng has now gained a firm foothold on Hong Kong Island."

"Master, is Hua Sheng's surname Ying or Hua?" The butler of the He Mansion who had been standing silently by the side suddenly asked.

"What's the surname? Haha, who knows what the family's surname is." Mr. He laughed and shook his head: "From the point of view of the actual controller, it should be Hua, but from the perspective of the known shareholders, it should be The surname is Ying, maybe this is the reason why the Governor's Mansion has not set up any obstacles to this transaction."

The current general environment is like this. Many industries on Hong Kong Island are controlled by British-funded enterprises, and Chinese-funded enterprises that have gradually developed in recent years often find it difficult to get a foot in.

Just like the public service industry, which is almost all in the hands of foreign firms, it is even more difficult for the Chinese to buy it. It is not a matter of money, but even if you have enough money, the Governor's Office will impose restrictions on this kind of transaction. You set conditions.

For example a power plant, do you like to acquire?Yes, but how many power generation tasks you have to complete every year after the acquisition, and how much revenue you have to invest in updating facilities every year, these conditions are often the important reasons that make Chinese discouraged.

Didn't you see that when Li Heng bought the telegraph and telephone company at that time, he said that he would invest 5000 million more in upgrading and maintaining equipment, which made the governor nod in satisfaction.

If it wasn't for this, he wanted to buy the telephone company at that time, even with his previous investment of [-] million US dollars, the governor would not have agreed so readily.

"There may be more people envious of Huasheng now."

"Hehe, don't you have money and ability, what can you do, and they didn't take any crooked ways. Look at that TV factory in Huasheng and that semiconductor factory, because they can't recruit suitable workers. Just apply for opening a literacy class, and build a technical school.

In fact, this is the real consideration for the lower class people. Those people who have learned skills in school, even if they don't work in those two factories, will they go to other places in the future, will they have more opportunities?

I think, instead of being envious and jealous of others, it is better to practice your own skills first. Those people only think about how to make quick money, and don't consider social attributes at all. "Boss He said with some disdain.

The "them" he mentioned here actually refers to some of the rich people who have emerged in recent years, Boss He still has a little disdain for those people.

He was very interested in the technical school that Huasheng was applying for, and he planned to talk to Li Heng. Their He family also wanted to take part in it, not to make money, but to contribute to society.

Unfortunately, it seems that this young man has been unable to be contacted for the past two days.

(End of this chapter)