"Not good! This is serious trouble!"
Li Chaoren, who read the "Jiuding Daily" every day as usual, was shocked by the first article he saw. When he saw that the author was Xia Yu, his expression turned even more severe. He took a deep breath and muttered to himself.
Xia Yu had once been known as a stock market genius, guiding investors without ever failing. He had previously brought Tianwu Securities to the brink of collapse, which cemented his fame and the reputation of "Jiuding Daily."
For some unknown reason, Xia Yu had become low-profile and rarely wrote stock analysis articles. However, his previous achievements were still revered by investors, and his authority remained strong.
Because Xia Yu had become even more elusive, his threat was even greater!
Unexpectedly, Xia Yu had published another article, and the subject was Qingzhou Yingni Company. Now, every investor and institution subscribed to "Jiuding Daily" in Hong Kong would know about Xia Yu's article.
The article clearly outlined the value of Qingzhou Yingni and pointed out that the stock price was severely underestimated. It was easy to imagine that many people were already gearing up.
When the stock market opened, Qingzhou Yingni's stock price would definitely surge!
The 21.9% of shares that Li Chaoren held were bound to skyrocket in value. However, Li Chaoren's goal wasn't to make money from trading stocks; his goal was to become a board member and then acquire Qingzhou Yingni. Thus, he had no intention of selling his shares, making the price increase less beneficial to him.
Instead, the skyrocketing stock price would greatly increase the difficulty of his acquisition, and he would have to pay a much higher price to acquire more shares. This certainly didn't make him happy!
Realizing the severity of the situation, Li Chaoren could no longer sit still. He hurried to Changqing Fund Management Company to personally oversee the stock acquisition. He was worried that Wu Lei might not be able to handle it!
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In addition to Li Chaoren, Simpson and the Aphton family also saw the news in "Jiuding Daily" early in the morning and immediately realized the gravity of the situation. They quickly mobilized their network to raise more funds to ensure they could acquire enough stocks after the price surged.
Xia Yu's article had caused panic on both sides and also affected others.
This was the influence of Xia Yu now, and it was also part of the influence of "Jiuding Daily"!
When the stock market opened, this influence became even more apparent!
Qingzhou Yingni's stock price indeed surged at the opening, jumping nearly 40% directly. From the closing price of 1.3 HKD per share the previous night, it leaped to 1.8 HKD per share. The market value skyrocketed from 130 million HKD to 180 million HKD, an increase of 50 million HKD!
And this was still just the beginning. Xia Yu had clearly analyzed the value of Qingzhou Yingni in "Jiuding Daily." With Qingzhou Yingni owning high-value land of hundreds of thousands of square meters, the stock price was severely underestimated. A surge of four to five times was not a problem.
The market value had risen from the previous 80 million HKD to 180 million HKD, which was only a 2.25-fold increase, and there was still room for growth!
With the unknown force also acquiring Qingzhou Yingni, this special situation had a positive effect on the stock price. Qingzhou Yingni's stock price would definitely continue to rise!
All the investors and institutions holding Qingzhou Yingni stocks were excitedly waiting to sell at a price they were comfortable with and make a big profit!
In contrast to the excitement of investors and holding institutions, Li Chaoren and the Keynes family were not happy.
After all, the Keynes family aimed to achieve 51% control. At the current stock price, they needed to prepare nearly 20 million HKD, and that was only if others were willing to sell. Otherwise, the price would be even higher!
Li Chaoren was relatively more relaxed, as he only needed to acquire an additional 3% of the shares. Even though the stock price was 1.8 HKD, which would amount to less than 5 million HKD, this was a small amount compared to his wealth in the billions. Moreover, the real estate industry had ample liquid funds, so this amount was nothing!
However, even though the extra expenditure was minor, Li Chaoren still felt a bit frustrated!
"Wu Lei, continue to raise the acquisition price. We must increase our shareholding to 25%!" Li Chaoren ordered the General Manager Wu Lei at Changqing Fund Management Company.
"Understood!" Wu Lei nodded seriously and then quickly made arrangements for the acquisition.
At Jiuding Securities Company, when Xia Yu arrived, Wang Qi immediately came up to him.
"Boss, it's already very difficult to acquire stocks. After your article came out, many investors are holding onto their stocks and won't let go. Stocks in the market are disappearing as soon as they become available! We have only acquired 200,000 shares and couldn't get more!" Wang Qi reported.
Xia Yu smiled lightly and said, "It's okay. With the additional 200,000 shares we've acquired, we now hold 26% of the shares. That's enough. We can stop acquiring Qingzhou Yingni stocks and focus on acquiring stocks of Wharf Holdings and Cheung Kong Holdings."
"Okay! I'll get on it right away!" Wang Qi immediately left to carry out Xia Yu's orders.
Seeing that he held 26% of the shares, Xia Yu couldn't help but smile, feeling very pleased.
Acquiring these 26 million shares only cost him 23.4 million HKD. This low cost was due to most of his acquisitions being at the earlier price of 0.8 HKD per share.
Now the stock price had reached 1.8 HKD, no, with the market competition after opening, it had risen to 1.9 HKD per share. The value of his 26 million shares was now 49.4 million HKD.
In other words, he had realized a floating profit of 26 million HKD!
And this was not the end!
How could this not make him happy?!
Watching the constantly fluctuating stock price, Xia Yu felt it was still too slow. A smile curved on his lips as he murmured, "We need to add more fuel to the fire!"
"Li Chaoren, I wonder if you'll thank me after tomorrow's report? I'm just being kind, haha!"
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By the end of the day, with Jiuding Securities Company withdrawing from the acquisition race, the battle was left to Li Chaoren and the Keynes family. The rate of increase in stock price slowed down somewhat, but by the afternoon close, the stock price had risen from the morning's 1.8 HKD to 2.2 HKD. Qingzhou Yingni's market value had reached 220 million HKD, placing it at 100th on Hong Kong's top 100 enterprise list, matching the market value of Minfeng Group!
The next morning, "Jiuding Daily" was published again. This time, Xia Yu wrote another article that sent Hong Kong into a frenzy.
When Li Chaoren and Simpson saw the content, their faces turned pale!
They were alarmed!