章節 809: Chapter 809: Launching an Attack
Hearing that it was the Kadoorie family that had a conflict with Xia Yu, Liang Zhiwei was a little surprised. Although he was curious, he didn't ask any more, but secretly rejoiced that it wasn't his Liang family.
But what did Xia Yu mean by cooperation?
Leung Chek Wai pondered for a moment before slowly asking, 'Xia Sheng, I would like to hear the details!'
Xia Yu smiled faintly and said, 'This is what I think.'
'The Leung family currently holds 31% of the shares in the Hong Kong Shanghu Hotel Group, but the focus is on the real estate industry, while what I want is the hotel business.'
'So I will acquire the shares from other parties. At that time, the Leung family will do me a favour and get rid of the Kadoorie family. After that, we will split the Shanghu Hotel Group into two companies, one for real estate and the other for hotels. The real estate company will belong to you and the hotel company will belong to me. We will discuss how to resolve the difference in value at that time to achieve a win-win situation.'
'Mr Leung, what do you think?'
Xia Yu's plan was simple and clear, and Liang Zhiwei and his son understood it at once.
To put it bluntly, it was to ask the Liang family to stab the Kadoorie family in the back. Although it was likely that the Kadoorie family would bear a grudge, the Liang family would gain Xia Yu's friendship and a real estate company that was majority-owned or even wholly-owned by the Liang family.
What Xia Yu would gain, however, was a hotel company whose profitability was currently far lower than that of the real estate industry.
Judging from the current business situation, Xia Yu would gain, but definitely not more than the Liang family.
Although the Leung family has less influence in the hotel industry, they didn't care about it before, otherwise they would not have handed over the hotel business to Lawrence Kadoorie. Now Xia Yu's plan may not be helping them refine their strength and enter the brighter real estate industry.
Xia Yu's actions seem to be quite vindictive, and it is indeed a win-win situation for both sides, which makes Liang Zhiwei feel much more at ease.
As for offending the Kadoorie family?
Liang Zhiwei didn't care at all. Throughout Xia Yu's rise to power, British families that were more powerful than the Kadoorie family had been trampled underfoot and swept into the dust of history, not to mention the even weaker Kadoorie family.
If Xia Yu set his sights on them, it was completely foreseeable that the Kadoorie family would decline in the future. Abandoning the Kadoorie family and befriending Xia Yu, who was also Chinese, was definitely an excellent choice.
Therefore, in the face of Xia Yu's expectant gaze, Liang Zhiwei, in order to sell a personal favour and win Xia Yu's favour, immediately said, 'Xia Sheng, your plan is indeed a win-win situation. If I don't agree, I would really be an old fool.'
'What's more, you and I are both Chinese. Since the Kadoorie family has offended you, I should naturally stand on the same side as you. Even if it is not in the Liang family's interests, I will definitely do my best!'
What a speech!
Xia Yu smiled and didn't take it seriously. He lifted his teacup and looked at Liang Zhiwei: 'Thank you, Mr Liang, for your generous help. I'll drink to you with tea!'
Liang Zhiwei quickly lifted his teacup and laughed aloud: 'Xia Sheng, this is our first time working together. I wish us a happy collaboration and more opportunities to work together in the future!'
Xia Yu nodded with a smile: 'Of course. I toast you!'
'Please!'
After saying that, the two men lightly clinked glasses and then drained their drinks in one go.
The tone had been set, and the specific details did not need to be dealt with at Xia Yu's level.
After chatting with Liang Zhiwei for another quarter of an hour, Xia Yu proposed to take his leave, and Liang Zhiwei insisted on seeing Xia Yu out, watching his car drive away.
Seeing his son Liang Zhonghao trying to speak, Liang Zhiwei said lightly, 'Let's go inside and talk!'
'Dad, before, when Roland Kadoorie suddenly paid us a visit, we were wondering why. Now that Xia Yu has arrived, everything is clear. It seems that the Kadoorie family really offended Xia Yu badly somewhere,'
After entering the room and taking a seat, Liang Zhonghao said with emotion: 'It seems that the Kadoorie family really offended Xia Yu badly somewhere.'
Liang Zhiwei, however, narrowed his eyes slightly and said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if it's a real offense or a fake one. What's important is that Sir Lawrence Kadoorie still wants to drag us down. That's not fair.'
Liang Zhonghao nodded and said with a common enemy, "That's right. Since he doesn't have good intentions, it's no wonder that our family is angry.'
'By the way, Dad, who will be in charge of this matter when the time comes?'
Liang Zhiwei glanced at his son and said in a grumpy tone, 'Who else but you? Now Xia Yu's momentum is obvious. As long as nothing happens to him personally, he will lead the way in Hong Kong for decades to come. It's a rare opportunity. Get to know him well. If you become good friends with him, I will be able to completely trust you with the Liang family.'
'As for whether anything will happen to him, judging from his apparent strength, no one in Hong Kong would dare to touch him, he is perfectly safe.'
Liang Zhonghao took a deep breath and nodded, 'I understand, I will take care of it. Since we have decided to do this favour, let's do it thoroughly.'
Liang Zhiwei gave a relieved smile, 'Yes, that's the way it is. People who want to achieve great things never go back on their word. When it's time to place a bet, you have to do it decisively!'
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In the next few days, Xia Yu put Huo Jianning in charge and recruited the elite of Standard Accounting Firm and Jiuding Securities Company to negotiate with the Liang family about the specific details of the operation, including the method of dividing the profits.
After the negotiations were settled, Liang Zhonghao volunteered to help Xia Yu acquire the shares held by other minority shareholders, in a manner that was not afraid of Xia Yu taking the lead.
This attitude of the Liang family made Xia Yu look at them with a higher opinion.
Meanwhile, Standard Chartered Bank, Jiuding Securities, Jiuding Bank and other financial institutions were quietly and interest-free weaving a web, preparing to capture the Kadoorie family in one fell swoop.
The outside world had been calm, leaving the taut-strung Lawrence Kadoorie and Norman Shea-Wai and others a little at a loss, and they even doubted for a time whether they had been overthinking things.
Just as Lawrence Kadoorie subconsciously wanted to let his guard down, the stock market finally stirred.
The first anomalies were the Hong Kong Telephone Company, whose stock price was plummeting, and the Hong Kong and Yaumati Telephone Company.
After a short period of stock price volatility, all the shares in circulation were suddenly swept away by a mysterious large buyer, and then a series of buy orders were placed.
Some stock investors who had previously been distressed by being locked in were overjoyed and immediately found the financial institutions where they had opened their accounts and entrusted them to help them unwind their positions.
More and more stocks were traded, and naturally the market changed. The most obvious change was that the stock price no longer fell, but rose driven by the heated buying scene.
Immediately afterwards, Jiuding Securities Company announced that it had acquired 15.9% of the equity of Hong Kong Telephone Company, surpassing Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons Ltd. in one fell swoop and becoming the company's third largest shareholder.
This was a groundbreaking announcement!
The Hong Kong Telephone Company, which was already in the eye of the media storm, immediately became the focus of attention in the entire Hong Kong, and even because the newspapers of the Jiuding Newspaper Company were sold throughout Southeast Asia, and the Global TV station also faced the entire Southeast Asia, people there also projected their attention over, waiting for further developments.
In the midst of the attention of the entire nation, the stock price of the Hong Kong Telephone Company began to rise again. Some stock investors or institutions, who were completely scared, immediately seized the opportunity to clear their positions and leave the market, and these stocks were naturally snatched up by Jiuding Securities.
What followed was the beginning of a rising stock price!
Roland Kadoorie, who had been on constant alert, immediately got in touch with Norman Shi Yuhuai to discuss a plan. The content of their discussion was simple: each party would contribute funds to compete for shares in Hong Kong Telephone Company, in order to ensure that the company would not change hands.
As a result, the share price of Hong Kong Telephone Company skyrocketed, which was exactly what Xia Yu had hoped for.
It was time to move on to the next step!
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