Chapter 1271 The First Person Famous for Being a Kidnapper

On Monday, at the bidding meeting, Yang Cheng met the elder brother of Little Superman, who is the first one in history who became famous overnight because of a kidnapper~

Compared with Little Superman always smiling, his elder brother is much more serious and unsmiling. Even when greeting each other with Yang Cheng, he still has a straight face, so that Little Superman couldn't help complaining, "Brother, Jason is not an outsider, please smile~"

The personalities of Superman and Big Brother are completely two extremes. One is a playboy, and the other got married shortly after graduating from college. Their married life is very stable for more than 20 years now.

Maybe this is also the key reason why Li Chaoren handed over the trust fund to his eldest son. His personality is closer to his father, he is calm in his affairs, and has the style of a general. It did not fall apart under his leadership, and it rose steadily. This is the greatest success.

"Victor, I didn't expect you to come in person today?" Yang Cheng shook hands with his elder brother under the introduction of Little Superman. Victor is his English name.

"I'm here for you today too~" Victor said bluntly.

Yang Cheng smiled without saying a word.

Victor raised his chin at his younger brother, "Go and arrange a tea table, I'll chat with Jason~"

Yang Cheng told Ouyang Hui a few words, and followed the Li family brothers out.

The second floor of a teahouse near the venue was occupied by Little Superman, who didn't want the conversation to be disturbed.

"Victor, what you want to talk about, about those two pieces of land?" Yang Cheng started the conversation.

Unexpectedly, Victor waved his hand, "The land is a trivial matter, let the people below handle it. I want to talk to you, and I hope you can keep it secret."

Yang Cheng looked at Little Superman who was also puzzled, pressed his doubts, nodded and said, "Of course~"

"Cheung Hutchison is preparing to make an invitation to acquire the Australian natural gas pipeline company APA Group~"

Yang Cheng is not surprised by this at all. The Changhe Department is very determined to invest in infrastructure, especially the Commonwealth countries.

However, the market value of APA Group is over 10 billion. To acquire it, CKH Holdings must use its cash reserves. Of course, cash is not a problem for CKH Holdings. Just selling the Central Center and Century Plaza has earned 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.

He just wondered why Victor was telling him company secrets.

"However, there is news from Australia that the Australian government may interfere and stop the acquisition negotiations. The reason is the same as when we acquired Husky Energy back then, and the national infrastructure company is not allowed to fall into the hands of foreigners."

Yang Cheng nodded. This reason is incomprehensible, especially for developed countries, they have never handed over companies related to people's livelihood. Except for the UK, John Bull is almost poor and crazy, but any opportunity to exchange money will never be missed. The fastest updated Qiqi novel

Victor pushed his glasses and continued, "I mean, if a third party is introduced, will it ease the concerns of the Australian government~"

Yang Cheng was taken aback, "You mean Layuanshan Capital joined the group?"

Victor laughed for the first time today, "Yes, maybe you don't know about APA Group, here I can give you a brief introduction~"

He was fully prepared today, and he didn't have the pretensions of the chairman at all. He actually took the pad from the secretary himself, put it on the table, and gave a PPT speech to Yang Cheng.

"The APA Group, which went public in 2000, is a leader in Australia's energy infrastructure industry. It has two subsidiaries, APT and APTIT, and owns and manages an asset portfolio of more than US$20 billion.

The most important point: 50% of Australia's natural gas is delivered by APA Group, covering 1.3 million households and business users in Australia.

According to our unilateral investigation, APA Group operates more than 15,000 kilometers of natural gas pipelines and 4,100 kilometers of distribution network in Australia, as well as natural gas storage facilities, natural gas power plants and wind farms all over Australia.

In addition to natural gas transmission, storage and processing business,

APA also provides asset management services to third parties and makes energy investments in unlisted entities.

As of today, the unaudited consolidated net asset value of APA Group is approximately A$3.939 billion. "

Yang Cheng couldn't help but nodded. This number is still exciting. With a net worth close to 4 billion Australian dollars, it will be no problem to increase the market value by 20 times when the economic environment is good.

Victor saw the inexplicable smile on the corner of Yang Cheng's mouth, and continued, "The consortium formed by our Changhe Department has submitted a non-binding acquisition offer letter to APA Group.

At present, APA Group is ready to sign a binding execution agreement with Changhe Consortium.

According to the agreement, the CKH Holdings Group will acquire all the listed shares of APA in cash at a price of 11 Australian dollars per share.

In the plan, the total capital design is 12.979 billion Australian dollars, which is a premium of more than 30% compared with the volume-weighted average price in the past three months.

The all-cash M&A method is very attractive to APA shareholders. The public relations company we hired reported that the APA board of directors believes that the next step of negotiation can be carried out.

In other words, the APA Board of Directors has initially approved the acquisition agreement. "

He paused, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said, "In recent years, Australia's high-quality power and natural gas assets have been favored by foreign investors, and the Changhe Department is also one of them. Before that, the Changhe Department had obtained Natural gas pipeline assets are mainly concentrated in Western Australia.

This is also the biggest problem we will face in this acquisition. "

Yang Cheng interjected, "Anti-monopoly investigation~"

Victor nodded affirmatively, "Yes, but the anti-monopoly regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACC), has a public relations company in charge. They are confident in persuading the Changhe Consortium to acquire the APA Group and will not object to the acquisition. .

The rest is the Australian federal government, no one dares to guarantee that they can successfully lobby.

But what if it receives pressure from the United States? "

Yang Cheng said truthfully, "The United States' protection for domestic companies' overseas acquisitions is still very impressive~"

After a pause, his expression was inexplicable, "But Yuanshan Capital has no plan to invest in the infrastructure field."

Victor pressed his hands, "Maybe you might as well listen to my conditions before refusing?"

Yang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand to signal for the other party to please speak.

"After the acquisition is successful, within the next three years, Horizons Harbor Fund is willing to exchange 4% of the shares of Royal Bank of Canada with Yuanshan Capital."

Yang Cheng turned pale with shock, "Really?"

Not to mention Yang Cheng, even Little Superman was puzzled. He had never heard of his father talking about this matter. Since Li Chaoren accidentally acquired 10% of the Royal Bank of Canada shares 30 years ago, he has gained a huge fortune. Network resources and the improvement of social status in Canada are far more important than how much money you earn. Now you are suddenly selling some of them. Is there something wrong with the bank?

The same question lingered in Yang Cheng's mind. If it wasn't for the bank's internal problems, he really couldn't think of a reason for Li Chaoren to sell nearly half of the shares.