Chapter 583 Big Pit!

In the office of Irina, the acting president of Swire.

Li Bancheng knew that he had to make a difficult choice today, but he was unwilling to do so.

"President Irina, if my company had not encountered a serious financial crisis, I would not have sold Changjiang Real Estate."

"But now I have to reluctantly give it up, alas!"

After hearing Li Bancheng's sigh, Irina sneered.

Changjiang Real Estate is indeed very competitive, but so what?

Under the strong crushing of Tianyao Group, not to mention Li Bancheng and Changjiang Industry, even their Swire is having a very hard time now.

It is his best choice for Li Bancheng to sell Changjiang Real Estate, the core asset of Changjiang Industry, to himself.

Otherwise, if Swire also joins the encirclement and suppression of Changjiang Industry, then Changjiang Industry will be doomed to fail.

At that time, all of Li Bancheng's assets will be eaten up by these three major financial groups.

For Irina, he also knew that he was Lin Yao's white glove this time.

But this deal is still very worthwhile for her.

Lin Yao helped her deal with Batistuta, the biggest obstacle in her career, and she could also get a part of the benefits.

"Mr. Li, your Cheung Kong Group is not that valuable now!"

"You also know that except for the Tianyao Group, other British groups in Hong Kong are having a hard time."

"Unless you are an ally of Mr. Lin Yao, the chairman of Tianyao Group, you can maintain and get a share of the pie."

"I guess you have a deep understanding of this situation. Mr. Lin is still very kind."

"He did not take action directly against Cheung Kong. If he did, no one could stop him."

"The biggest help you can seek now is our Taikoo Foreign Company!"

"Although you went to the mainland with Mr. Lin before, I know you have some cooperation and some friendship."

"But I think Mr. Lin has always despised you."

"Frankly speaking, he looks down on you! Isn't he?"

Hearing this, Li Bancheng's face suddenly turned pale.

He fell into thought for a while.

Since the global financial crisis three months ago, he made a wrong judgment.

Nearly half of his Cheung Kong Industrial assets evaporated.

Li Bancheng knew that if Lin Yao was to take ruthless action against Cheung Kong Industrial at this time, it would be like taking something out of his pocket.

If Lin Yao and the Morgan Consortium took a drastic action against him, his business would be ruined.

He had already borrowed 6 billion from HSBC.

The possibility of borrowing again was very low.

By then, Cheung Kong Industrial could not survive.

The relevant departments would enforce the execution and directly seal up the assets of Cheung Kong Industrial Group.

By that time, everything would be over, and even Li Bancheng's friend Shen Bi would not help him.

"President Irina, how many shares do you want? Name a price."

After thinking for a moment, Li Bancheng looked at Irina and asked, with only helplessness and a wry smile in his eyes.

After seeing Li Bancheng's expression, Irina took out two wine glasses from the wine cabinet.

Two more glasses of red wine were poured.

Then he handed one of the glasses to Li Bancheng, raised his own glass, and said to Li Bancheng:

"Mr. Li, come on, have a drink first and then talk."

"Okay..." Li Bancheng took the red wine and clinked glasses with Irina.

After clinking glasses, Irina said:

"Mr. Li, how about this, I will give you 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars for Changjiang Real Estate Company?

2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars!

This number cannot make up for Li Bancheng's debt to the bank, how could Li Bancheng agree?

"President Irina, I have 48% of Changjiang Real Estate shares in my hands, you offer 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars?

"You can't play it this way, right?"

Li Bancheng's hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly.

If it was based on the stock price of Changjiang Real Estate Company a year ago, the 48% shares in his hands would be at least 10.5 billion.

Li Bancheng knew that the other party wanted to pay 2.5 billion just to get his 48% equity.

If it was this price, he would rather sell it to Lin Yao.

After all, Lin Yao is now rich and powerful.

I want 5 billion. According to Li Bancheng's estimation, Lin Yao is very likely to agree.

Changjiang Real Estate Company has many excellent lands and buildings.

If Tianyao Group gets Changjiang Real Estate Company.

Then Tianyao Real Estate will become a giant in the new real estate industry.

Seeing Li Bancheng shaking his head like a rattle, Irina smiled and said, "Mr. Li, I didn't say anything final. You can also tell me your price. Tell me a price."

"Ms. Irina, do you know how much my Changjiang Real Estate is worth? At least 10 billion!"

"I will not accept this price. At least 1 billion must be added. Otherwise, I will never agree and I will find someone else!" Li Bancheng gritted his teeth and said.

"Of course I know that the value of Cheung Kong Real Estate was in the past. Now it has shrunk significantly. No one dares to bet on the future."

"You want to add 1 billion? Are you crazy, Mr. Li!"

"It's too much. Add 500 million. I can only give you this much at most. No one in Hong Kong Island can offer this price now. I can tell you clearly that even Mr. Lin of Tianyao Group will never buy shares of Cheung Kong Real Estate. Other Hong Kong Island tycoons dare not buy, you know the reason."

"If you don't agree to the offer from Swire, then Swire will join the Morgan and Tianyao consortiums in hunting down the entire Cheung Kong Group."

When Li Bancheng heard Irina say this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

There was no longer the smile he usually had on his face.

After a few seconds, he said:

"Miss Irina, I'm really short of money, otherwise we can end the conversation."

"How about this, add 600 million, if you agree, we can sign the contract now."

Add 600 million, that is 3.1 billion.

3.1 billion to acquire 48% of the shares of Changjiang Real Estate.

Seeing that Li Bancheng finally compromised, Irina narrowed her eyes, smiled, and then nodded and said:

"Okay, Mr. Li, I'm also a good person to talk to. I have already prepared the contract for you, just write down the amount."

"Alice, come in, take the contract and let Mr. Li sign it."

"After signing, tell the finance department to transfer the money to the account designated by Mr. Li."

Alice is Irina's female secretary. She is also a big foreign girl with a great figure.

As soon as Irina finished speaking, she walked into the office in less than a second with the contract in her hand.

It can be seen that she had been waiting outside the door before.

Li Bancheng is such a shrewd person. When he saw Ye Lina's secretary enter in seconds, he knew that Irina had decided to take him today.

But what he didn't know was that all this was arranged by Lin Yao.

In fact, Lin Yao's purchase price for Irina was 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars.

If Li Bancheng didn't agree, he could increase it to 4 billion at most.

But I never expected that Li Bancheng would compromise at 3.1 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This is also easy to understand, because neither Lin Yao nor Irina knew how serious the crisis Li Bancheng's company was facing now.

If Irina insisted a little longer, she could reduce it by another 100 million.

Using 3 billion would also make Li Bancheng compromise.

This 100 million, maybe Lin Yao could give it to her directly.

Thinking of this, Irina regretted it very much, but she would not change the conditions now.

"Mr. Li, after handing over 3.1 billion, our Taikoo Foreign Trade Company will completely cut off its cash flow. I have to borrow funds from others to maintain the operation of the company."

When Li Bancheng heard Irina say this, his mouth almost turned up his nose.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Of course he knew that Irina was talking sarcastically.

Maybe, there is someone behind this woman.

But Li Bancheng never thought it would be Lin Yao.

Today, this woman used 3.1 billion to buy 48% of the shares of Changjiang Real Estate, which made him feel as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly.

He would not regret it because he had already signed his signature.

After taking a deep breath, Li Bancheng said:

"Miss Irina, when will my money arrive?"

"Mr. Li, if you sign this name, all the funds will arrive in the account you specify within 10 minutes, otherwise it is already clearly written in this agreement."

"You will know it if you look at Clause 5."

Sister Li Bancheng nodded. Of course, he saw all the contents of the entire contract.

He is not a fool, but an extremely shrewd person.

Clause 5 of this contract is: if the funds are not in place within half an hour, then this contract is invalid.

At the scene, Li Bancheng did not drink tea, nor did he smoke. After waiting here for seven or eight minutes, his financial manager called him in a hurry and said that there was suddenly an extra 3.1 billion Hong Kong dollars in the company's account.

After hearing what his financial manager said, Li Bancheng was relieved.

Although he lost billions and almost lost all his current cash flow, he still had to pay off the bank's debts with this 3.1 billion.

Now the assets of other branches of Cheung Kong Industrial Group combined do not exceed 5 billion.

After paying off the bank's loan with the 5 billion, he can only sell some fixed assets to maintain his status as a wealthy man in Hong Kong.

Although he is still a superior person compared to ordinary people, Li Bancheng is such a proud person.

According to his plan a few years ago, he will definitely become the richest man in Hong Kong within 5 years.

But now the 5-year plan has long been ruined. Thinking of this, Li Bancheng's heart is broken.

Looking at Li Bancheng's depressed face, Irina is very happy.

"Mr. Li. What happened to you during this period? I see that half of your hair is almost white."

Li Bancheng was about to speak, when suddenly, Lin Yao came in from outside the office with a Cuban cigar.

"Lin, Mr. Lin, why are you here?" Li Bancheng was shocked when he saw Lin Yao.

"Mr. Li, Miss Irina and I are confidantes!"

"You..."

After seeing Lin Yao's smile, Li Bancheng was directly depressed.

What confidante? The two of them must have dug a trap for themselves to fall into, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence?

There is no such a coincidence in the world. As an old man in the business world, Li Bancheng never believes that there are so many coincidences in the world.

At this moment, Soros also walked in from outside the office.

His world collapsed instantly, and he dared not face the cruel fact in front of him.

The smile of the past also disappeared. He sat there blankly, looking at Lin Yao and Soros.

He knew that this mistake could not be undone, and his future was overshadowed by it.

After a few minutes, he pointed at Lin Yao and said to the teacher: "Okay, okay, okay, you three companies colluded to attack me behind my back, right?"

Hearing what Li Bancheng said, Lin Yao smiled and said:

"Mr. Li, don't make a mistake, I didn't come here to laugh at you today."

"I'm here to talk to you on behalf of the Morgan Consortium where Mr. Soros is."

"You have to think about it rationally. Can you deal with the three of us alone?"

Tian Yao's words directly shut up Li Bancheng.

Soros, who had just come in, said to Irina in surprise:

"Why do you want to join in the fun?"

"Mr. Soros, I just heard Mr. Lin say that he wants to talk to Mr. Li on behalf of your company, right?"

"Miss Irina, what do you mean by this? Has Mr. Li's company shares been transferred to your Taikoo Foreign Company?" Soros asked.

"Mr. Li Bancheng and I have just completed the transaction. Mr. Soros may as well tell you that 48% of the shares of Changjiang Real Estate, a subsidiary of Changjiang Industrial Group, are already in the hands of Taikoo."

"You Morgan Consortium seems to still hold 11% of the shares."

"But you control much fewer shares than me, and it is impossible to acquire other shares. Do you want to cooperate? It's up to you."

After hearing what Irina said, Soros began to think.

What exactly does this woman want to do in front of him?

Taikoo doesn't have that much cash flow now, right?

According to the financial intelligence obtained by the Morgan Consortium, Taikoo's current financial situation is very bad.

Even raising 1 billion Hong Kong dollars is difficult.

Acquiring Changjiang Real Estate will cost at least tens of billions. Where does she get so much money?

However, after seeing Li Bancheng's expression, Soros knew that Taikoo really acquired Changjiang Real Estate.

For a moment, he didn't know what to say.

"Mr. Soros, your Morgan Consortium's coming to Hong Kong Island to develop is beyond my expectation."

"I thought you would succeed first and I would be left empty-handed." Irina said with a smile.

Listening to Irina's ridicule, Soros's face was also not looking good?

At this moment, he had some suspicion that Lin Yao was behind the scenes to make him jump into this pit...

But he immediately denied this idea.

Because Taikoo and Lin Yao have been hostile for many years, this is the judgment made by the Morgan Consortium in the past few years.

Lin Yao is unlikely to form an alliance with Taikoo.

"Ms. Irina, Mr. Lin is now a partner of the Morgan Consortium and will give priority to the interests of our company, otherwise I would not come here."

Soros's smile faded, looking at Irina and said slowly.

"Mr. Soros, I know you must be here today for this matter."

"How about this, I can sell these shares of Cheung Kong Real Estate in my hands to your Morgan Consortium for 5 billion, how about it?" (End of this chapter)