Rebirth of the Strongest Tycoon

"Boss, because the South China Morning Post's company has already been listed, it is very difficult to acquire. If we are not careful, it is easy to leak information, which will cause trouble for our acquisition plan, and even cause the plan to go bankrupt."

"So, just to be cautious, I started to investigate the ownership of the South China Morning Post, as well as the situation of the shareholders and the difficulty of the acquisition. There was a detailed result just yesterday."

"The largest shareholder of the South China Morning Post is HSBC, which owns 32% of the shares and is the controlling shareholder."

"The second shareholder is the Carey family, holding 10.8%."

"The third shareholder is the Edmond family, holding 9.5%."

"Except for the top three shareholders, the following shareholders hold relatively small shares. The fourth to tenth shareholders together hold a total of 11.6% of the shares."

"The remaining 36.1% of the shares are scattered in the stock market. Now the total market value of the South China Morning Post is only about 10.2 million Hong Kong dollars. The price is so low mainly because of the influence of the Asian Wall Street Journal, and the market's confidence in the South China Morning Post is somewhat low. ."

"But I found a problem, that is, the Carey family and the Edmond family are one of the family members of the Jardine Consortium, and they are closely united by the Keswick family. Our relationship with the British capital is relatively poor, so the acquisition Difficulty is a question mark."

"Boss, this is the situation."

After speaking, Yan Wenhan looked at Xia Yu, hoping that he would make up his mind.

Xia Yu frowned slightly, and his brain turned at a high speed. He didn't expect that the equity of the "South China Morning Post" would be like this.

It is obviously a Chinese-run newspaper, and now the equity is concentrated in the hands of the British. It is hard to imagine what happened before.

Since this is the case, then Yan Wenhan's caution is not without reason.

The relationship between him and the British capital is indeed very bad. He will not talk about the Qingzhou Yingmu Company, but the development of the company during this period of time can be seen.

Almost all companies that advertise in newspapers or magazines under Jiuding Newspaper Company are Chinese-funded enterprises, and few British-funded enterprises come here.

In addition, when a senior official of the Hong Kong government chatted with Xia Yu, he also revealed something. The senior official representing the interests of the British consortium was not friendly to the Jiuding company and Xia Yu, which can reflect some things. .

However, Xia Yu is now involved in the media, comics, publishing and securities industries.

The British-funded consortium is mainly involved in large industries and various industries involving people's livelihood. The only estimate that has an intersection with Xia Yu is the media and securities industries.

However, in the media industry, that is, the paper media industry that Jiuding Newspaper Company is involved in, British consortiums are rarely involved, mainly Chinese capital.

Another Jiuding Newspaper Company is too strong, so there is almost no way to take Xia Yu in business, unless Xia Yu is moved from the government level.

But this is not realistic. The media industry is too special and sensitive, and the threat is too great. There is no good excuse to kill Jiuding Newspaper Company, and there will definitely be a crazy counterattack.

Another securities industry, it is even less likely to have a violent conflict with Xia Yu, unless the British-funded consortium is in the water.

Therefore, because of these objective reasons, the contradiction between Xia Yu and the British consortium did not become clear, but Xia Yu was also resisted and suppressed by the British capital tacitly.

The most important point is that Xia Yu heard that the first heir of the Keswick family, the core family of the Jardine Consortium, once expressed his dissatisfaction with Xia Yu at a British gathering, and his attitude was not friendly.

The Carey family and the Edmond family are two small families in the Jardine Consortium system. If it is known that Xia Yu's company wants to acquire the "South China Morning Post", it is very likely that they will reject it, and even cause Xia Yu to suffer. hinder.

After all, the South China Morning Post is only worth about 10 million Hong Kong dollars, and more than 20% of the equity is only more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars. For the Jardine Consortium, it is a small sum of money, and it is not worth it at all.

Therefore, it is very likely that Xia Yu will not sit back and watch Xia Yu grow again.

"This has to be guarded against. You did the right thing, and you didn't rashly launch an acquisition."

"But since you have investigated it clearly, there is a solution."

After thinking for a while, Xia Yu thought of a way, and his brows stretched out.

Hearing what Xia Yu said, Yan Wenhan was refreshed and looked at Xia Yu expectantly.

"There are also 36.1% scattered outside, so I will arrange for Jiuding Securities to secretly acquire the scattered stocks."

"I will go to HSBC's Shen Bi. Presumably he will sell me a face. It is not convenient for us to come forward, but it should not be difficult to ask HSBC to help us buy it."

"When our equity exceeds 75%, we will be forced to delist. If others are smart, they will definitely sell their shares to us."

"So for the acquisition of the South China Morning Post, I will go to HSBC first. After reaching an intention, you will be responsible for taking over."

Xia Yu said slowly, and then made the final decision.

"OK!"

Yan Wenhan said easily, since the boss will come forward in person, with his connections, there should be no problem, so he can rest assured.

After that, Xia Yu made an appointment with HSBC first, and learned that Shen Bi would receive Xia Yu at the headquarters of HSBC when he had time in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, seeing that it was almost time, Xia Yu went to HSBC, and then followed the receptionist to Shen Bi's office, where Shen Bi had already made tea and waited.

"Shen Sheng, good afternoon!"

Xia Yu smiled and quickened his pace, walked to Shen Bi and shook hands with him.

"Good afternoon, Xia Sheng, you are welcome."

Shen Bi showed a friendly smile, shook hands with Xia Yu, and then made a gesture of please, Xia Yu sat down.

After three rounds of tea, Xia Yu put down the teacup and prepared to talk about business.

Shen Bi's heart moved, knowing that the business was coming, he gently put down the teacup, and leaned forward slightly.

"Shen Sheng, I'm here this time to discuss some business with your company."

"The first purpose was to take out a loan."

Xia Yu said with a light smile.

Hearing that it turned out to be a loan, Shen Bi smiled brightly, and Xia Yu finally came to him for a loan, which is really rare!

He said loudly, "It's no problem, how much do you need to borrow?"

"I'm going to loan 20 million Hong Kong dollars in the name of Jiuding Newspaper Company."

After Xia Yu finished speaking, Shen Bi's eyes lit up and his smile became brighter, and he directly agreed: "No problem, it can be released today."

Xia Yu's Jiuding Newspaper Company can be said to be a gem. The bank account of Jiuding Newspaper Company was opened at HSBC. Shen Bi knew exactly how much money there was.

Moreover, because of the explosive growth of Jiuding Newspaper Company, HSBC has already raised its credit. Now Jiuding Newspaper Company wants to loan 20 million Hong Kong dollars. Xia Yu did not lend a little more.

As for why Jiuding Newspaper Company has developed such a good development, Shen Bi didn't even ask, it's not necessary at all, and the loan is only 20 million yuan, which is not even one-tenth of Jiuding Newspaper Company's assets. In this way, he showed his atmosphere and Bo Xia Yu's favor.

"Then thank you Shen Sheng."

Xia Yu showed a grateful look on his face, nodded towards Shen Bi and said.