Chapter 1838 The Ship King's Conspiracy (First Update)

After finishing talking, Li Chaoren and Wu Guangzhen left the cafe of Peninsula Hotel.

Yin Jun drank coffee slowly for a while, thought about things for a while, and then stood up.

But before Yin Jun even walked out, he saw Jing Hong approaching and whispered: "Master Jun, just now Mr. Wu's driver came over and told us that Mr. Bao is waiting for you in room XX upstairs."

The young man was stunned for a moment, his eyes moved, and then he nodded, "Then go up."

While speaking, Yin Jun changed his direction of travel and turned to the elevator.

Arriving at the floor with Jing Hong and the others, Jing Hong just knocked on the door twice, and the door opened.

What appeared in front of Yin Jun's eyes was Wu Guangzhen, who had clearly left with Li Chaoren just now.

"Master Jun."

Wu Guangzhen smiled and said, "Please come in."

Yin Jun nodded and walked in, and sure enough he saw the charter king standing in the small living room of the suite, greeting him with a smile.

"Uncle Bao, what is going on that makes it so mysterious?" The young man felt a little surprised. "If anything happens, just let me go to your house."

"Of course it needs to be kept secret." The chartered boat king waved his hand and asked Yin Jun to sit across from him, and Wu Guangzhen next to him also sat down.

After pouring a cup of tea for Yin Jun, the chartering king said, "Ajun, how much do you know about Wheelock?"

Yin Jun was stunned, "Uncle Bao, are you ready to attack Wheelock?"

Now it was the charter boat king and Wu Guangzhen's turn to be surprised.

"How do you know? How do you know?" the chartering king asked quickly.

The two questions may seem the same at first glance, but they have completely different meanings.

Wu Guangzhen frowned even more, seeming to be thinking about something else.

Only then did Yin Jun remember that it seemed that at this moment, the battle for Wheelock had not yet been exposed.

Before the rise of Chinese businessmen such as Li Chaoren, there were four major British-owned foreign firms in Hong Kong.

Many later generations ranked Jardine Matheson, Hutchison Whampoa, Wharf and Wheelock.

But this is wrong.

Hutchison Whampoa and Wharf are simply not ranked.

The four major British-owned foreign banks should be HSBC, Jardine Matheson, Swire Group and Wheelock.

But later, because Li Chaoren and Charter King were too powerful, some people from the mainland had such an illusion.

When they purchased land in Tin Shui Wai, both Li Chaoren and Derun had to bring Wheelock together to do it, which shows its influence in Hong Kong.

As a company with a long history, Wheelock was actually no longer controlled by foreigners as early as 20 or 30 years ago.

Its largest shareholder is now Chinese.

Hong Kong's secretly wealthy Zhang family holds 34% of Wheelock's shares, while the founder's Madden family only holds 14% of the shares.

Wheelock's main industries are shipping and real estate.

But just like the Dong family who are now the number one shipping company in Hong Kong, Wheelock's Madden is old and not very clear-headed. He actually invested heavily in developing the shipping industry when the shipping industry was declining.

By the end of 1983, Wheelock owned 29 ships of various sizes, with a carrying capacity of about 1.4 million tons.

Because the shipping industry was already in a recession in 1983, when calculating this year, it was found that Wheelock's liabilities were as high as 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, ranking third in the shipping industry's losses.

The number one loser is naturally the Dong family.

At the beginning of last year, when Kirin Mining Company discovered the Christmas Creek iron ore in Western Australia, the Dong family monopolized the shipping rights, causing the Dong family's OOIL stock to surge and the debt to be reduced by billions. .

Seeing this, Wheelock was filled with envy.

In the second half of the year, the Duanyun mining area reappeared, and a large number of Chinese businessmen swarmed in and got another promise of shipping.

In fact, Wheelock also went, but Weili rejected Wheelock without hesitation.

People with a discerning eye will naturally understand that this is because Xiao Maden, who took over Wheelock, has repeatedly spoken out against Hua Ying's negotiations and supported those guys who betrayed their ancestors, so it is impossible for Yin Jun to pay attention to him.

Because of the huge losses in the shipping industry, Zhang Yuliang and Ma Deng had a deep conflict for a long time. Coupled with the failure of Ma Deng's competition to transport iron ore, the differences between the two became increasingly large and irreparable. the point.

These issues have not been mentioned in the newspapers because the Zhang family is too low-key and will not put many noisy things on the table, let alone use the power of the news to attract everyone's attention and exert pressure.

Yin Jun knew it, and he knew it clearly.

Because he had read the autobiography of the Charter King.

Yin Jun didn't remember the specific content very clearly, but he knew the three things that the Charter King was most proud of in his life, and the two things that he regretted the most.

The most proud thing is of course that he worked hard all the way and finally became the well-deserved shipping king, surpassing the one in Greece and ranking first in the world.

It took several generations for the Greek shipping kings to reach their peak status today.

The Charter King basically started out as a young kid from a rich family. After decades of hard work, he became the number one in the world. It is truly an honor.

Then the two remaining things were that he successively acquired Wharf, the largest dock owner in Hong Kong, and Wheelock, one of the four major foreign banks in Hong Kong.

As for the two regrettable things, Yin Jun has now seen one.

That is Dragonair.

The charter king initially invested in Dragonair at the instigation of Mr. Cao, but later he became more and more interested. However, Cathay Pacific Airways received the attention of the Hong Kong government and suppressed Dragonair all the way. In the end, it became Dragonair was acquired by Cathay Pacific, and the charter king's dream of a flying empire came to an end.

The second regret was his failure to acquire Standard Chartered Bank.

This was in the second half of the 1980s again.

But it can also be seen from these two regrets that the charter king's thinking and ideas are indeed ahead of this era.

Once he has established Dragonair and Standard Chartered Bank, the Bao Group will have two other main lines to develop alongside their real estate and cargo terminals.

In particular, Standard Chartered Bank, as an old bank with business all over the world, can not only provide sufficient financial guarantee for any investment of the Bao Consortium, but also provide many contacts and relationships to help the Bao Consortium develop.

If these two wishes are really realized, then it really won't be Li Chaoren's turn to be the richest man in China. He will definitely be the heir to the Bao Consortium.

That is Wu Guangzhen who is sitting opposite Yin Jun now.

It was precisely because he knew clearly about the important matter of the Charter King that Yin Juncai blurted out the words after hearing Wheelock.

Of course, the Charter King and Wu Guangzhen were extremely surprised, thinking that the news had been leaked somewhere.

This problem can be big or small.

Now that Yin Jun knows, others can know too.

If competitors find out, it will be extremely detrimental to their acquisition of stocks.

That's why they are so nervous.

Yin Jun smiled when he saw this, "Uncle Bao, don't be nervous. I naturally have my own channels...and you don't have to worry about this matter at all. Strategies can only work based on strength. Your strength is enough To crush any opponent, as long as you fight them openly, you will win!"

Seeing that Yin Jun refused to say anything, the chartered king did not ask further questions.

But after hearing what Yin Jun said next, he smiled and shook his head, "I can't crush you!"

"Since Wheelock is developing in Xiangjiang, it is an industry of Xiangjiang. It should stay in the hands of Xiangjiang people and cannot be eroded by anyone, even if the other party is also Chinese." Yin Jun continued.

While speaking, he paid attention to the expressions of the charter king and Wu Guangzhen.

As expected, the charter king's eyes moved, but Wu Guangzhen showed a surprised expression again.

I said, things are not that simple and simple!

The young man shook his head in his mind.

This is what was said in the autobiography of the Charter King and relevant news reports.

Because Xiao Ma was dissatisfied that Zhang Yuliang held 34% of the shares, while he only had 14% of the shares, and Wheelock was already in trouble. He felt that there was no future for development, so he secretly found Qiu, a wealthy man in Singapore. Deba Qiu Deba sold 14% of Wheelock's stock to Qiu Deba.

As one of the founders and major shareholders of Malaysia, Khoo Teck Puat has a large amount of assets.

He is very optimistic about the future development of Xiangjiang, and because Xiangjiang is the window for the mainland to go global and the gateway for the world to enter the mainland, he wants to continue to develop his business kingdom here.

Therefore, Xiao Maden's behavior was definitely a timely help, and Qiu Deba was very happy to buy Wheelock's shares.

After Qiu Deba bought the stock, he immediately issued an acquisition invitation to shareholders, hoping to completely control Wheelock.

After hearing the news, Zhang Yuliang quickly found the chartering king. The chartering king was extremely wise, courageous and decisive, and announced the battle the next day.

The charter king used the same tricks he had used in Wharf. Not only did he swallow up 34% of Zhang Yuliang's shares in one go, but he also continued to increase the amount and price, so that he quickly received 50% of the shares, and finally forced Qiu De to pull out the shares. The stock in hand was transferred, thus completely winning Wheelock.

What Yin Jun was testing just now was at this point in time.

Qiu Deba would definitely not be so simple as a temporary idea.

These rich people are very cautious about their various investments after middle age, for fear that if they make a bad investment, their hard work in the first half of their lives will be wasted.

Therefore, Qiu Deba's strategy of entering Xiangjiang was finally decided after at least a dozen or so people pondered and considered it for one or two years or more.

He has been secretly preparing for so long. He is also very rich, must be a smart man, and has very sufficient funds. How can he directly acquire the shares of retail investors in the stock market instead of quietly acquiring them from the hands of major shareholders?

Not to mention Zhang Yuliang, the rest of the shareholders, large and small, collectively hold at least 10%-15% of the shares, right?

If you hold this part of the stock in your hands and tell the outside world that I am determined to win it, you will definitely have better results.

The same is true for Charter King.

After just one day of deliberation, he went to help Zhang Yuliang righteously, spending billions of Hong Kong dollars, just to teach the son of a family friend a lesson and scold him for selling the country that his father had worked so hard to build?

Shouldn't he seriously consider whether Wheelock is worth buying, and whether it's worth going to war with Qiu Deba just because of Wheelock?

Shouldn't he actively raise funds and prepare first, deploy strategies, and then, as we have seen, win the acquisition war in just half a month?

How could he rush to help a friend and then buy a company that he didn't know if he could use?

What a child's play!

So dramatic!

It's totally against common sense!

As the richest man in Hong Kong and Asia at that time in his previous life, if the Charter King was so impulsive and thoughtless, how could he have such a big career?

Therefore, Yin Jun felt in his previous life that this matter must not be that simple.

But at that time, it seemed that it had happened decades ago, and Yin Jun had no need to delve deeper.

But now that the chartering king has come to visit, he must want to get Yin Jun's help, so Yin Jun must get to know him better.

Only by better understanding the real inside story of the matter can Yin Jun make his own plan and see how to do it.