This is undoubtedly a potential competitive advantage for Sioux City's future plans to acquire Wheelock Group.
However, as early as a year ago, he learned through Brother Wu's intelligence channels that Li Chaoren had quietly set his sights on Wheelock Group because he missed the opportunity at Hutchison Whampoa, and may have made a secret plan.
This means that Li Chaoren is likely to already hold a certain number of Wheelock shares. Although his specific share is unknown, it is enough to pose a potential threat to the acquisition plan.
Will Defeng Group be handed over to Li Chaoren?
That is impossible.
This is not only about business interests, but also about strategic layout and long-term planning.
The potential of Wheelock Group is huge, even surpassing that of Wharf. How could Sioux City miss such a high-quality British-owned enterprise.
Because of this, when Su Cheng successfully became the second largest shareholder of Wharf, he had quietly hatched a plan to acquire Wheelock Group.
However, Sioux City also understands that the current Wheelock Group, under the leadership of its chairman, John Madden, is at the peak of profitability, and Mr. Madden obviously has no intention of selling the group.
The sell-off of 1976 is a thing of the past, and today's Wheelock Group is strong enough to scare away any potential sellers.
But Su Cheng did not give up. He obtained key information from Xiao Ai: Wheelock Group is currently making the mistake of investing a lot of money into the shipping industry. This decision may be affected by the depression of the shipping market in the next few years. Exposed to huge risks.
Through this information, Sioux City keenly foresees that John Madden will definitely be in trouble due to investment mistakes, and then reconsider the possibility of selling the Wheelock Group.
Based on this insight, Su City began to quietly make plans, waiting for the turning point to arrive.
He knew that in another parallel story in time and space, Bao Yugang seized a similar opportunity and successfully acquired the Wheelock Group, thus once again standing out in the business competition.
"Mr. Nie Bijian, for your sake, I am willing to take over these shares. Since you are short of funds, I will no longer bargain. I, Su Cheng, am willing to take over all of these shares. "Su Cheng said with a smile.
He understands that this is an opportunity for him to get in touch with Wheelock Group. Too much bargaining may make Ni Bijian change his mind and refuse to sell the shares, which is not good for him.
If he takes these shares, he will be able to join the board of directors of Wheelock Group openly and become a member of the board of directors of Wheelock Group.
In the future, when John Madden wants to give up the Wheelock Group, he will be able to take over John Madden's shares. In this way, he can easily control this British company. Well-funded bank.
His relationship with Jardine Matheson Group is already delicate, and it is not appropriate to create extraneous matters at this moment.
Sioux City’s move actually contains more profound strategic considerations.
He has quietly become a major shareholder of Land Corporation behind the scenes and has continued to increase his stake in the company. At the same time, he has also quietly collected a considerable amount of Jardine Matheson Group shares.
His goal is to make the two major groups, Jardine Matheson and Land, go further and further on the road of mutual shareholding, forming a complicated equity relationship. Ultimately, in this business chess game, he will be able to secure victory, no matter what. No matter how Yihe plans it, the final fruits of victory will fall into his hands, Su Cheng.
"That's great, Mr. Su. On behalf of the Land Company, how about I sign a contract with you now?" Tui Bijian couldn't hide his joy and sincerely suggested. Land Corporation has been committed to the construction of commercial building complexes in the Central area in recent years. This grand blueprint requires extremely huge funds.
Every year, Landmark invests almost all the profits from its business in various places into these projects, such as Landmark Plaza, Landmark Chater, Landmark Prince, Landmark Alexandra, etc. They It is gradually becoming a new landmark in the Central area.
It is foreseeable that when these commercial building groups are completed, they will not only greatly enhance the business atmosphere of Central, but also become the most dazzling pearl in the area, leading a new trend in urban development.
But before these projects are completed, they still need to inject huge amounts of money into land every year.
“Okay, I will immediately arrange personnel to prepare the contract.” Su Cheng readily agreed without any hesitation.
“Thank you very much, Mr. Su, please let me borrow the phone. I need to inform the general manager of Land, Mr. Bao Fuda, and the legal advisory team to ensure that we can properly handle all matters regarding the equity transfer today. ." Nui Bijian couldn't wait to strike while the iron was hot, his face filled with unexpected joy.
This meeting went much smoother than he expected. He didn't even make any preparations in advance, because such smooth progress was completely beyond his expectation.
"Mr. Nian Bijian, please use it as you like." Su Cheng responded with a smile, feeling equally surprised.
He never expected that during this meeting, Tui Bijian would take the initiative to give such a heavy "gift".
Such unexpected gains undoubtedly played a huge role in his business layout.
Wheelock Group, as a diversified corporate giant with a long history, is eye-catching for its vast territory and strength.
The group currently directly manages more than 50 directly-owned subsidiaries, many of which are well-known listed companies in the industry, such as Real Estate Trust, Commonwealth Real Estate, Harlivan Development, Lane Crawford, and Wheelock Line services, joint ventures and Baofu Development, etc.
This series of subsidiaries further extends to more than 200 subsidiaries and more than 20 private companies, which together form a huge business network and build a comprehensive and diversified enterprise group.
The Wheelock Group's business scope is extremely broad, covering investment holding, merchant banking, financial services, securities and futures trading, shipping logistics, international trade, wholesale and retail, real estate development, tourism services, insurance business and manufacturing industry and many other fields.
Its business reach not only goes deep into Hong Kong, but also extends across the ocean to Southeast Asia, Australia, North and South America, etc., demonstrating its strong global influence.
It is particularly worth noting that despite its diverse business lines, Wheelock Group’s core competitiveness is still firmly rooted in Hong Kong’s real estate industry and shipping industry. These two areas form a solid foundation for the group’s development. .
Therefore, the potential and strength of Wheelock Group are no less than that of Hutchison Matheson, one of the previous four major foreign banks.
For Sioux City, if it can successfully acquire Wheelock Group and devote resources to support it in a timely manner, it will undoubtedly add another money-grabbing powerhouse to its business empire.
This diversified comprehensive enterprise group will bring more market opportunities and profit margins to Suzhou City and help its business territory continue to expand.
At this point, Xiangjiang can be called Su Bancheng. (End of this chapter)