Chapter 402: Tell me about your conditions
Su Cheng opened the door directly and walked in.
He has been here many times and is not unfamiliar at all.
"Mr. Su, we meet again." Mailihao smiled and went up to greet him.
The last time the two of them met was when Mailihao invited Su Cheng and others to the Governor's Mansion to discuss the second undersea tunnel.
It was only a month ago from today.
"Good morning, Mr. Governor." Su Cheng smiled and nodded.
"Come to the reception room over here and have a chat." Mailihao said, pointing in the direction of the coffee table.
Su Cheng nodded and followed.
Then the two sat opposite each other.
"Mr. Governor, why did you ask me to come to the Governor's Mansion this time?" Su Cheng asked directly.
Although he already knew the reason why Mailihao came to him, it was more appropriate for him to pretend to know nothing at this time.
"Don't worry, I'll make a pot of tea first." Mailihao skillfully began to make a pot of black tea.
British people like to drink black tea.
After finishing the run, he poured a cup each for Su Cheng and himself.
"Do I need to add milk and sugar?" Mailihao asked after pouring the food.
"No, I like to drink pure tea, thank you." Su Cheng smiled and refused.
Mai Lihao picked up a carton of milk and poured it into his glass, then poured a few spoonfuls of sugar into it.
“I heard that Mr. Su plans to acquire China Electric Power Company?” After taking a sip, MacLehose put the cup down and asked.
“Yes, Mr. Governor, everyone in Xiangjiang must know about this matter. I now hold 20.7% of the shares of CLP Power Company, and I am already the second largest shareholder of CLP Power Company worthy of the name. If the Kadoorie family is willing, I hope to acquire their shares! If not, I will also find ways to acquire them or other remaining shares. You also know that I am not short of money now, but I am very optimistic about the future development of China Power. The potential, if I can win it, will be of great help to me in the future," Su Cheng said with a proud smile.
At this time, Sioux City acted like it was determined to take down China Power.
In this regard, Governor Mailihao believed it.
Because, whether Sioux City had won Hutchison Whampoa or Hong Kong Electric Group, it had been decisive and direct.
Had it not been for the fact that HK Electric Group is a company in the public service industry, he would have probably already found a way to hold 100% of the shares in HK Electric Group.
In addition, there are Lai Sun Cinemas, Lisheng Cinemas, etc.
This is not just the view of Governor Maliho, but the view of the entire Hong Kong people.
Mai Lihao also knows that Su City is not only strong in Xiangjiang, but also very strong in the beautiful country. Directly send the former chairman to prison, and then fully control the famous Hollywood entertainment company Namei Entertainment.
There is also the famous chip company Intel Corporation and so on.
It can be seen from this that Sioux City has a very strong desire to possess enterprises, and it especially likes to privatize listed enterprises!
This is something everyone recognizes.
"Mr. Su, in fact, the Governor's Office has never wanted the power supply to be monopolized by one company. This is why the previous Hong Kong power supply companies were constantly being swallowed up. In the end, Hong Kong Electric Group and China Power did not annex each other. The reason is because the government intervenes and prevents the last company from becoming dominant. Therefore, on behalf of the government, I hope that Mr. Su will not acquire China Power Company, otherwise it will be very difficult for us." MacLehose did not beat around the bush, but was very serious. Said directly.
His words were very straightforward. This matter was not specifically aimed at Su City, but was the government's policy.
"Mr. Governor, you also know that the power supply area of our Hong Kong Electric Group is too small, and its development prospects are far inferior to those of China Electric Power Company. This is why I want to win over China Electric Power Company. You Look, the entire Hong Kong area is more than 1,100 square kilometers, and now the Hong Kong Electric Group’s power supply range is limited to Xiangjiang Island and Lamma Island. The combined area is only about 100 square kilometers. The rest is provided by CLP Power What is the concept of being responsible for supply? Mr. Governor should understand that the power supply range of China Electric is ten times that of Hong Kong Electric Group!" Su Cheng stood up and came to the large map on the wall of the reception room. Pointing to the area above, he said with a smile.
If we only look at the map area, the gap between Hong Kong Electric Group and China Electric Power Group seems to be very big.
In fact, although CLP Power is ahead of the Hong Kong Electric Group, the scope of electricity supplied by CLP Power, except for the core areas in the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, is mostly in rural areas or mountains, which are basically very remote places. In this era , and cannot bring much profit to China Power.
Hong Kong Electric Group occupies the most prosperous and core Central area, as well as Wanzi, Causeway Bay and other prosperous urban areas on the south bank of Victoria Harbor.
Therefore, although in fact, although CLP Power is much stronger than HK Electric Group, it is not that many times as exaggerated. At most, HK Electric Group is valued at 3 to 4 billion, and CLP Power The difference in valuation is only four to five billion.
However, Su City does not care about this. Just because these remote places are not valuable now does not mean that they will not be valuable in the future.
For example, Lantau Island will not only become the site of a new airport in the future, but even Disneyland will be located on Lantau Island. For this reason, it will bring many real estate developers and commercial facilities, allowing many places on Lantau Island to be developed. .
Not to mention, the electricity consumption of just one world-class international airport is already very huge.
Taking another example is Tuen Mun, Tseung Kwan O and other places. Even though they are now desolate and don’t have many people, they will undergo major development in the future and become new markets with concentrated populations.
These places are very valuable in the eyes of Suzhou City.
After listening to Su Cheng's words, Mailihao understood what he meant.
It is not impossible to prevent Sioux City from annexing Chunghwa Electric, but the scope of influence of Hong Kong Electric Group is too small. Therefore, Sioux City is not satisfied, so it plans to annex Chunghwa Electric.
"Then Mr. Su Cheng, tell me your conditions. If you can stop the acquisition of China Power, I can try to persuade Mr. Rowlands Kadoorie to make appropriate concessions. The business community in Xiangjiang is not big, and everyone is in harmony. Development is the right thing, the world is big, we have to go out and develop, that is the future of Hong Kong’s top enterprises!” Mai Lihao said with a smile.
For MacLehose, it doesn't matter which one has a larger territory and which one has a smaller territory, CLP Power and Hong Kong Electric Group.
After all, their government is only responsible for collecting taxes and has no interest in the rest.
Furthermore, CLP Power is not a British-owned company, and MacLehose will not be partial to the Kadoorie family.
It was just because the government itself did not want one power supply company to dominate in Hong Kong, so it agreed with Rowlands Kadoorie to persuade Sioux City.
(End of this chapter)