Chapter 76 Hey, isn’t that Fat Boy?
After Hutchison Whampoa announced its delisting and privatization, it submitted a delisting application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Since Hutchison Whampoa is a relatively large company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and more than 10% of the shares are currently scattered outside, this privatization process may take three to five months.
During this period, Hutchison Whampoa's listing logo will mark a delisting sign, and shareholders can only trade their stocks at market prices to Tianyuan Company, which represents Sioux City.
Until the privatization is passed, the remaining small shareholders can apply to Hutchison Whampoa to buy back their shares at any time.
Of course, if small shareholders really don’t want to sell, that’s okay, but Tianyuan Company, the major shareholder, can wrap up all the small shareholders who don’t want to sell into a holding company. In theory, small shareholders can wait until Hutchison Whampoa goes public again, but After delisting, Hutchison Whampoa is no longer subject to public market supervision. It is very casual and simple for major shareholders to abuse small shareholders.
In fact, if Hutchison Whampoa passes the privatization application, shareholders of tradable shares must be forced to sell. It is difficult to bring the stock back to the stock market or keep it forever, unless you treat it as a piece of waste paper.
Sioux City’s reputation has skyrocketed with more and more media reports.
Furthermore, in addition to Xiangjiang, in places such as Singapore, Haojiang, Wanwan, and Malaysia, where Chinese are the majority or there are many Chinese, Sioux City is also famous to the point where almost everyone knows it. .
This is the benefit of Su Cheng becoming the first executive to join a major British-owned bank. The prestige value will increase ten thousand times.
Just like that era in the previous life, when talking about Xiangjiang, who doesn’t know Li Chaoren?
The matter of privatization in Sioux City has been handed over to Zhang Qizheng and Wei Li to cooperate, because Hutchison Whampoa's nominal direct shareholder is Tianyuan Company.
It’s just that Zhang Qizheng has no right to intervene in the management of Hutchison Whampoa.
In order to avoid interviews from reporters and media, Su Cheng sneaked away to Lamma Island for vacation with Zhong Chuhong the day after the press conference.
Zhong Chuhong has now graduated from the nun school and has officially become a member of society, so she can follow Su Cheng at any time.
Regarding Su Cheng becoming a famous business tycoon in Hong Kong, Zhong Chuhong was happy for him, but also felt depressed because he could not match Su Cheng.
Although Lamma Island is the third largest island in Hong Kong, it is actually a place with a relatively low sense of existence.
The entire Lamma Island has a small population. Almost all of them are concentrated near Yong Shue Wan in the north of the island, so the island is usually very quiet.
The Nanyang Petroleum Company refinery owned by Sioux City is not far from Yung Shue Wan.
The Nanyang Refinery is now expanding the number of oil tanks. However, due to the terrain, it is difficult to expand the refinery's output. The cost of land reclamation is too high and is not advisable, so this If the refineries nearby want to continue to develop, there is no need for this.
On the Singapore side, in the future, Jurong Island will be used as the basis for land reclamation to develop oil. The reason why it will cost such a high price is because the land area of Singapore is too small. The total area is larger than that of Xiangjiang. The area is much smaller, which also means that if they want to develop industry, they can only develop outside the main island. Reclamation becomes their only option.
Hong Kong is different from Singapore. In the suburbs, there is still a lot of land that has not yet been utilized and developed, and Tuen Mun is one of them.
Since Hutchison Whampoa has such a large piece of land in Tuen Mun, it is more suitable to use it to build an oil base.
Reclamation and land reclamation cannot be easily accomplished by Sioux City alone. It requires the government to come forward. There is no need to spend huge sums of money to reclaim land and sea nearby in order to develop Lamma Island. No. worth.
With ready-made land, the development cost can be minimized, especially on the left side of Tuen Mun, which is the vast Lingding Ocean, where a wharf can be extended to dock oil tankers.
"Boss, Mr. Wei Li from Hutchison Whampoa called and said that the Governor, Mr. Malihose, invited you to attend his HomeParty on the evening of July 10th. Since the staff of the Hong Kong Governor's Office cannot contact you, the invitation letter has been sent. It’s over to Hutchison Whampoa Group.” While Su Cheng was inspecting the oil tank expansion in the refinery, factory director Zhou Zhou came to report to him. "Please help me reply to Mr. Wei Li and ask him to reply to the staff of the Hong Kong Governor's Office. I will participate on time." Su Cheng said with a smile.
He was just trying to find a time to meet the Governor of Hong Kong, but unexpectedly the opportunity came to his door.
Today, it is already July 8th, and there are still two days before the 10th, so there is no rush.
HomeParty actually means home party. To be invited by the Governor of Hong Kong to attend his home party, it is conceivable that Sioux City has been taken seriously by MacLehose in a real sense.
"Okay boss, I'm going to call Mr. Wei Li right now." Director Zhou said that and turned back to the office.
“Wow, boss, you were actually invited to meet by the governor himself!” Zhong Chuhong looked at Su Cheng with admiration.
"It's just a governor. When your wealth reaches a certain level, no matter which country you go to, even the national leaders will personally meet you." Su Cheng said with a calm smile.
Like Ma Yun in the previous life, no matter which country he went to, he would be greatly welcomed. Presidents and prime ministers would actively invite him to meet him, hoping to attract his investment. This is the charm of wealth.
However, after all, Hong Kong is the territory of the Hong Kong Governor for the time being. If you want to live well in Hong Kong, it is also necessary to have a good relationship with MacLehose.
"Let's go with you to a nearby village. This is a factory after all, so it's not interesting." Su Cheng took Zhong Chuhong's hand and walked towards Rongshu Bay.
The straight-line distance between the refinery and Yung Shue Wan is only about one kilometer. However, because there is a hill in the middle, you need to climb over the hill to reach Yung Shue Wan.
Suzhou City walked slowly along the mountain path, admiring the scenery along the way.
Besides, there are bodyguards in front and behind who are always watching the surroundings vigilantly to prevent any accidents from happening. Of course, the probability of accidents is very low.
Near Yong Shue Wan, there is the largest flat land on Lamma Island, so this is the most densely populated place on Lamma Island.
When Su Cheng and the others came to the village near Yongshu Bay, they saw that the village was densely packed with houses, all of which were very simple. Some were made of tiles and bricks, and some were simply simple houses made of wooden boards.
The entire village is located at the back of the mountain. Most of the villagers make a living by fishing. From their living environment, it can be seen that the living conditions here are relatively backward.
Walking along the way in Sioux City, I found that almost all the people there were old people and children.
So, he stopped an old man and asked him: "Abo, where are the young people in the village?"
"Our young people here are , are all going to Xiangjiang to make a living, who wants to stay and suffer from poverty?” the old man said with a smile.
Su Cheng nodded. It is true that young people go to big cities for development, and very few are willing to stay in rural areas.
There was only one store in the village. The weather was hot, so Su Cheng took everyone there and sat down under the parasol outside the store. At the same time, he asked a bodyguard to go in and buy everyone a bottle of frozen drinks. .
While Sioux City was waiting for the bodyguard to buy water, a group of children gathered around a young man under a big banyan tree. The young man distributed snacks to each child with a smile on his face. This also caused a stir Su Cheng's attention.
“Hey, isn’t that Fat Boy?” Su Cheng said to himself.
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