章節 111: Chapter 111: Intercepting Li Chaoren’s Opportunity
"Of the 235 million HKD, I will transfer it gradually into these anonymous accounts. The first 50 million will be transferred shortly, with each account receiving 1 million. You should assign the tasks accordingly. Once the funds arrive, act immediately!"
"Got it!"
"Go ahead!" Xia Yu waved his hand, dismissing Wang Qi. He leaned back in his chair, exhaling deeply, and refocused on the plan he had devised.
Xia Yu had read about Li Chaoren's rise countless times. In his previous life, Li Chaoren's rise was considered a classic case, extensively studied and analyzed by scholars. One could easily find numerous articles online, such as "The Success Path of Changjiang Industrial," "The Wealth Legend of Chinese Tycoon Li Chaoren," "The Most Classic Business Wars: Bao Yugang and Li Chaoren," and so on.
In early 1978, Li Chaoren discreetly bought stocks in the old British company Qingzhou Yingni. When his shares reached 25%, he became a director of Qingzhou Yingni. When his holdings exceeded 40%, he successfully took the position of chairman of the board.
Qingzhou Yingni owned vast tracts of land in the Redstone Reef area. By the 1980s, it had significant potential, greatly contributing to Changjiang Industrial's rise during that decade.
According to Xia Yu's observations, Qingzhou Yingni's stock price had not fluctuated and trading volumes were normal, indicating that Li Chaoren had not yet acted. This presented a good opportunity.
Xia Yu planned to first make a move by secretly buying Qingzhou Yingni's stock. When Li Chaoren eventually acted, Xia Yu would inflate the stock price and sell the shares to Li Chaoren, who would definitely be interested.
After all, this acquisition of Qingzhou Yingni was crucial to Changjiang Industrial's strategic development. As long as Xia Yu didn't ask too much, Li Chaoren wouldn't easily give up.
Even if Li Chaoren decided not to proceed, Xia Yu had ways to drive up the stock price and still make a profit.
In fact, even if the price were raised threefold, Li Chaoren would still make a profit from acquiring Qingzhou Yingni. If Xia Yu had a real estate company, he might consider taking over Qingzhou Yingni himself rather than just making a quick profit. Unfortunately, Xia Yu had just started and had not yet ventured into real estate, so he had to leave it to Li Chaoren.
Xia Yu was also aware that Li Chaoren was covertly buying shares in Hutchison Whampoa. He began acquiring Hutchison Whampoa in 1979, but had been preparing for this acquisition since 1976. Once the acquisition was complete, the stock prices of Hutchison Whampoa and Changjiang Industrial would definitely soar, which is why Xia Yu instructed Wang Qi to acquire stocks from these two companies.
However, as there was still time, Xia Yu was not in a hurry, so he placed these two companies at the latter positions in his plan.
Kowloon Warehouse was prioritized second due to considerations of timing and stock prices.
Currently, Kowloon Warehouse's stock price was between 13 and 14 HKD. With fewer than 100 million shares issued, its total market value was under 1.4 billion HKD.
Kowloon Warehouse was located in the most prosperous golden area of Kowloon. According to current auction prices for land in the same area, the value per square foot was calculated at 6,000 to 7,000 HKD. The actual value of Kowloon Warehouse's stock should be around 50 HKD per share. If the old site were developed reasonably, its value would be even more significant. Buying Kowloon Warehouse's shares at five times the current price would still be worthwhile.
Li Chaoren saw this opportunity and secretly bought Kowloon Warehouse's stock. Although he eventually had to give up due to financial constraints, he sold 10 million shares to the new shipping tycoon Bao Yugang, making tens of millions in profit. The remaining 10 million shares were sold to Bao Yugang for over 300 million HKD, making a profit of several hundred million in one operation.
The Kowloon Warehouse acquisition was highly sensational and established Bao Yugang's fame, while also greatly boosting Li Chaoren's reputation. Xia Yu knew all about it. How could he miss such a lucrative opportunity? Missing it would be a calamity!
As for seizing Li Chaoren's opportunity, Xia Yu felt no psychological pressure. A competent businessman doesn't worry about such things. Why should he feel pressured?
Moreover, Li Chaoren wasn't a reborn individual who knew these operations would be so profitable. Even if he later found out Xia Yu had acted first, he would only lament how similar their visions were, like lamenting why Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong were born in different times!
This plan was meticulously prepared and taken seriously by Xia Yu. Given his assets, including Jiuding Securities, the total value was 26 million HKD.
If the Jiuding Daily were appraised by HSBC, it would be worth around 25 to 30 million HKD. Combined with Jiuding Securities, the total would be slightly over 50 million HKD.
But!
As long as Xia Yu's plans for Qingzhou Yingni and Kowloon Warehouse succeeded, it would earn him hundreds of millions in capital, flipping the money in his favor!
This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become incredibly wealthy, and the operation was not difficult. Xia Yu absolutely would not allow it to slip away!
Now, he needed to secretly acquire and plant the seeds. When harvest time came, he would reap the rewards!
He hoped everything would go as planned!
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Time flew by, and the day of the novel's release arrived.
In the past five days, major booksellers had already stocked up on "The Qin Empire," waiting for this day to make a profit.
During these five days, significant gains were made.
The initial book orders amounted to 81,000 sets of the novel, totaling 162,000 copies, and had been delivered to the major booksellers' warehouses.
However, in the following days, more booksellers sought cooperation and placed orders. Original booksellers, seeing the high demand for "The Qin Empire," raised their sales expectations and placed additional orders before the official release.
By the end of the five days, although "The Qin Empire" had not officially been released, Jiuding Daily had already dispatched 114,000 sets of the novel, totaling 228,000 copies.
Among these, the number of copies ordered by local Hong Kong booksellers increased by 10,000 sets, totaling 52,000 sets, or 104,000 copies combined.
Taiwan Province increased its order by 5,000 sets, bringing the total to 18,000 copies per book.
Southeast Asia saw the largest increase, with an additional 18,000 sets, totaling 44,000 sets, or 88,000 copies combined.
The surge in Southeast Asia orders delighted both Yan Wenhan and Xia Yu. Although these were not directly purchased by readers, booksellers were not fools. If they weren't confident in selling the books, they wouldn't stock up so much.
The actual sales would depend on the numbers starting from today!
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