Hong Kong Island's wealthy era

Chapter 95 Wharf ([-])

1978 1 Month 1 Day.

It was the day when Lei Liquan joined the new Chinese Bank.

Lei Liquan came to the office on the 22nd floor. The entire 22nd floor was Lei Liquan's office area.There are oversized reception areas, conference rooms, lounges, oversized boss offices, and leisure areas with golf practice.

Only Lei Liquan and his team of assistants work on the entire 22nd floor.

This is an office area that belongs to Lei Liquan's luxury rather than extravagance.

Thunder Holdings, Thunder Development, and Thunder Investment are located on the 21st floor. This is the central command center of Lei Liquan, so it is closest to him.

Thunder Media Group moved into the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th floors. This was Lei Liquan's roar, and because of the large number of people, they occupied the third floor.

Lei Lei Travel Company moved to the [-]th and [-]th floors; Seven Days Company moved to the [-]th floor; Lei Lei Paper moved to the [-]th floor; Taisheng Real Estate moved to the [-]th to [-]th floors, occupying a total of four floors of offices.

Except for Orange Technology, most corporate headquarters have moved into the Chinese People's Bank of China to facilitate Lei Liquan's management.

Lei Liquan did not hold any joining party, but at ten o'clock in the morning, Lei Liquan held a core management meeting in conference room 22 to formally join Xinhua Bank.Concurrent means short speech.

“In this competitive society, the height of an office is an important way to enhance corporate image and employee morale.”

“In such a working environment, employees become more focused and become more confident and courageous.”

"The high-class atmosphere is a kind of encouragement and support for employees' work."

"A high-end office is not only a way to display the corporate image to the outside world, but also the best place to gather the inner motivation of employees."

Thunderous applause broke out below!Then Lei Liquan said again.

"Company leaders need to always maintain a clear understanding when making decisions, and formulate scientific and reasonable rules and regulations based on employees' work conditions and patterns, so that employees can feel the power of the company and the stability within the company."

"Only through continuous improvement of the company's internal culture and management system can it be possible to establish a truly high-end working environment and allow the company to move towards a more stable development path..."

The simple meeting ended with joyful singing and laughter.

In the end, Lei Liquan left Xu Wen, who had been thinking about Wharf in his heart.

"Lei Sheng, Wharf has now risen to HK$46 per share." Xu Wen reported to Lei Li Quanhui.

Lei Liquan thought for a while and said slowly.

"It looks like someone is vying for money. Do you know who it is?"

"There must be someone vying for the funds, but I'm not sure who it is. I think Land must be one of them." Xu Wen told Lei Liquan his analysis.

"You mean more than one company is competing for funds?" Lei Liquan asked.

"Land's shareholding is too low, and they will lose control if they are not careful, so they have to increase their holdings. If it was just him and his family who increased their holdings, Wharf's stock price would definitely not increase so much..." Xu Wen said.

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In fact, since December last year, Li Chaoren has begun to absorb Wharf shares through secret purchases through diversified accounts.

Professional speculators with a keen sense of smell continued to intervene, and large and small investors took action one after another. Rumors about the "Four Meetings Market" spread. By March, Wharf's stock price surged to a record high of 3 yuan per share.

Li Chaoren had no choice but to wait for the stock price to fall.So far, Li Chaoren holds a total of 10% of Wharf shares, which is 10% less than in his previous life.

Wharf's parent company, Land, reacted quickly and began to arrange a counter-takeover, purchasing Wharf shares held by retail investors at high prices on the market to consolidate its holding power over Wharf.However, since Jardine has always pursued the policy of "making money in Hong Kong and developing overseas", now that there is a fire in the backyard, it is also pouring money to raise funds.However, the cash reserves were insufficient and we were in a dilemma.

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Just when Lei Liquan was about to laugh at the situation and make a profit, He Jia reported to him that Li Chaoren asked him to have morning tea.

When Lei Liquan heard the news, he couldn't help but smile.No wonder he was so successful in his previous life, but still had a bit of patience.

The next day, Lei Liquan got up early and rushed to Fulinmen Restaurant in Wan Chai to meet Li Chaoren.

The waiter led Lei Liquan up to the second floor, opened the door to the private room and sat down.

The two of them were also too polite, and they continued chatting until Wharf was in the limelight recently.

Li Chaoren asked: "Lei Sheng, what do you think of Wharf? Is this company worthy of being acquired?"

Lei Liquan made a joke and said: "Li Sheng, are you consulting me about the stock market? Then you need to pay me a consulting fee first."

"Hahaha!"

Li Chaoren smiled, picked up the teapot, refilled Lei Liquan's tea, and said, "I was the one who was rude, please let Lei Lisheng drink tea."

The two drank tea happily.

In his previous life, early last year, Li Chaoren successfully won the bid for the property development rights of the Central MTR station.But now that Lei Liquan has won the bid, it seems that Li Chao is determined to win the Wharf.After all, he needed a new career breakthrough.

But Li Chaoren never imagined that there was someone stronger who was also preparing to enter, and he was bound to win.

"Is Li Sheng so optimistic about the Wharf company?"

Li Chaoren took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Let me tell you my opinion first. Wharf is known as the left shoulder and right arm of Jardine Matheson. It owns warehouses, terminals, hotel buildings, and cross-sea ferries. Its net assets are the highest among all companies in Hong Kong. It is one of the best, but the management is not scientific and the operation is quite ineffective."

Lei Liquan listened carefully and signaled Li Chaoren to continue.

Li Chaoren continued: "After the stock market crash, the property market in Xiangjiang recovered, and Wharf also developed real estate on a large scale. However, the commercial office buildings and shopping malls they built were basically used for rent, resulting in very slow return of funds, extremely low profits, and huge follow-up development funds. . In order to maintain continued development, they borrowed heavily, and interest costs increased significantly, making them unable to make ends meet. This is also the reason why Wharf's stock price has been depressed all year round."

Li Chaoren's analysis hit the nail on the head. This is Wharf's biggest problem at the moment, insufficient cash flow.

Lei Liquan listened to Li Chaoren's opinion and asked: "Li Sheng, you know so much about Wharf, and it seems that you have done in-depth investigations. Are you the one who has been attracting a lot of money recently?"

Li Chaoren said bluntly: "Any motivated businessman will want to seize this opportunity now that Wharf is weak, and I am no exception."

Then the conversation changed: "I already know that Lei Sheng also has ideas, so I came here today to take over the Wharf with Lei Sheng."

"Okay, Li Sheng is admirable." Lei Liquan said temporarily.

Lei Liquan continued to ask: "I just don't know how we can cooperate with Li Sheng?"

"Let's use the Lei and Li Joint Venture last time to jointly acquire the company. Drive away Land and pay tribute again. What do you think?"

"Yes. Happy cooperation!" The two parties agreed to set up another time to talk.

Could this Wharf really change the course of history?

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