We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

"Okay, we can do it ourselves and you can go down."

In a tea room not far from the Peninsula Hotel, Li Bancheng asked the tea master to leave after the tea master made tea for everyone.

"Luo Sheng, you are the second largest shareholder of Changshi. I won't play tricks with you anymore. In fact, Li Sheng and I came to you for two things today.

The first is the loan, and the second is that Li Sheng has something to ask you."

"Loan? It seems that Cheung Kong is going to make a big move. I, the second largest shareholder of Cheung Kong, am not qualified."

Li Bancheng should go to Far East Bank for a loan. Finding Luo Nianzhong explained that the loan amount he wanted was quite large.

With Chang's current market value and debt ratio, it would be difficult for any bank to approve this payment, otherwise they wouldn't approach him directly.

"Luo Sheng was joking, this is just an idea in my mind and has not been discussed by the board of directors of Changshi."

Whether Luo Nianzhong, the shareholder, was qualified or not was unknown to others, but for Li Bancheng, there was no one more qualified than him.

Directors dispatched by Luo Nianzhong to the company's board of directors have given him unconditional support every time, not to mention that Luo Nianzhong's group has never interfered with the development of Changshi, except for the financial aspect.

He also knew that Luo Nianzhong didn't mean to blame him, but he still had to explain.

"Tell me how much money you want to borrow."

"1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars".

This is really not a small amount. Don't look at the market value of Changshi after completing She Tunxiang. Li Bancheng's net worth has more than doubled, but market value and liquidity are not the same thing.

1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars. Apart from HSBC and banks with foreign backgrounds, the only other bank in Hong Kong that can come up with this money is Luo Nianzhong.

"I want to know what the money is used for."

There is nothing that cannot be asked. Luo Nianzhong is the second largest shareholder of Changshi. Sooner or later he will know the purpose of borrowing the money from Changshi.

Li Bancheng glanced at Uncle Li next to him, drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and revealed his purpose in full.

"KMB and land, I plan to acquire a large amount of land near East Kowloon, especially in places such as Ho Man Tin and Oi Man Estate."

Luo Nianzhong understood and thought that Li Bancheng was really wise.

The two places he mentioned are just north of the Far East Group's Bauhinia headquarters, and the Ho Man Tin area is very suitable for the development of high-end residential buildings. Historically, this area has been one of the wealthy areas on Hong Kong Island.

With mountains and sea views, convenient transportation, and the relationship with Bauhinia headquarters, the land value in these places will definitely increase significantly.

The employees of the Far East Group are his best customers for these houses. They build a large number of high-end houses and don't have to worry about selling them.

As for Kowloon Bus, this bus company is a great complement to real estate companies.

Not to mention the large number of car parks, traffic has a huge impact on residential real estate.

By owning a bus company, Changshi can build a bus station under the building of its own development community.

"It seems that the two Lishengs are going to cooperate?"

Fourth Uncle Li smiled and didn't hide it.

“We have communicated with the Hong Kong government to replace their three sites in Ho Man Tin with the second phase under construction in Shatin and the Hong Kong government.

If we take over the remaining land in Ho Man Tin and plan it well, we can build a living area that can accommodate 200,000 to 300,000 people.”

Ho Man Tin has a large area, except for the land that the Hong Kong government is preparing to auction and some individuals own it.

As early as 1975, the Hong Kong government designated three plots of land for the construction of public housing estates in Ho Man Tin. Now the largest plot of land, Ho Man Tin Estate, has almost been built.

"You are generous and courageous. Aren't you afraid of losing money if you spend so much money?"

"Luo Sheng is joking, who dares to say big things in front of you in Hong Kong Island?"

Luo Nianzhong really wasn't complimenting the two of them, but really admired them.

Ho Man Tin Village has already been built. You can't exchange land for other people's houses in exchange for land, right? Therefore, corresponding housing estate exchanges must be built.

But if the two want to develop high-end housing, the existing housing estates in Ho Man Tin Village will definitely not work. Not to mention the area, the quality, design and greening facilities are not up to standard.

There is only one possibility. This newly built housing estate can only be blown up and rebuilt.

With a loan of 15 billion Hong Kong dollars, plus the funds that Uncle Li can raise, the two of them can leverage at least billion Hong Kong dollars in investment, which is not a big deal.

"Let's talk about the second thing."

Luo Nianzhong didn't say he agreed or disagreed but asked about the second thing. However, there were all smart people present, and the absence of objection sometimes meant agreement.

"Luo Sheng, I wonder what you think of China Gas?"

Luo Nianzhong did not answer this question directly, but looked at Uncle Li with some meaning.

"It seems that Li Sheng is going to take action against China Gas."

Talking about Towngas, it was first founded by foreigners. After 1954, Hong Kong Island recovered from the war and its economy began to awaken, and the gas business was also favored by capital bosses.

Then Wheelock, one of the four major foreign banks, launched a hostile takeover of Towngas. From then on, Towngas entered the Wheelock era.

Unfortunately, within a few years, conflicts arose within Wheelock itself. Chinese businessmen He Yanxi and Li Mingze found the right opportunity to decisively take over the China Gas Company.

After the 70s, as the population of Hong Kong Island skyrocketed, the gas business became mainstream and it can be said that money was made day by day.

Seeing this situation, Jardine Matheson and United Hong Kong Electric, one of the four major foreign banks, intends to launch an acquisition of Towngas.

He Yanxi and Li Mingze felt that they were no match for the two giants, so they invited Uncle Li to help.

Uncle Li also launched a fierce competition between the two giants in the trading market. He bought 20 shares of China Gas and successfully defeated Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Island.

Uncle Li really had to seek Luo Nianzhong's consent if he wanted to take over the China Gas Company.

Although Jardine Matheson and Hong Kong Electric lost, they are still one of the major shareholders of Towngas Company, and China Electric and Power also holds 6.1% of the shares.

If Luo Nianzhong doesn't say anything or has ideas about Towngas, then Uncle Li can't compete with him for financial resources.

"Is Luo Sheng also interested in Towngas Company?"

Interested? Of course I'm interested.

Electricity, gas, water services, and transportation are the four industries that are closely related to the people of Hong Kong Island. The only one missing is the gas company.

It goes without saying that electricity on Hong Kong Island has been monopolized and is expanding outwards starting from Hong Kong Island.

Although Hong Kong Island Water is managed by the Water Supplies Department, Luo Nianzhong has already begun its layout in the Eastern Hemisphere through Cheng Jiachun.

In terms of transportation, there is the Star Ferry that was coming when it acquired Wharf. If Cheung Kong can acquire KMB, it will be regarded as occupying more than half of Hong Kong Island.

Now all that's left is gas.

What Luo Nianzhong values ​​​​is not the market in Hong Kong Island, but the huge market for rabbits.

Historically, China Gas's business in Rabbit under the hands of Uncle Li Si involved more than 23 cities in 250 provinces. The annual profit in Rabbit alone exceeded billion.

If Luo Nianzhong is acquired, there is no reason to develop worse than Uncle Li, and not only Rabbit, but the entire Southeast Asia is his battlefield.

"Towngas is of great use to me. I cannot let it fall into the hands of others, and it will not fall into the hands of others."

It's very tactful and domineering, just to tell you Uncle Li clearly that China Gas belongs to the Luo family and can only belong to the Luo family.

Fourth Uncle Li was silent. After the tea room was quiet for a long time, he sighed.

"What if it's just the operating rights?"

He was just thinking about whether he would have a chance of winning in a battle with Luo Nianzhong, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up.

His financial resources are definitely incomparable with those of others in the stock market. His only advantage is the pretentiousness of the two major shareholders, He Jia and Li Jia, and Yihe's deep hatred for Luo Nianzhong.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, even if he took all the shares of these three companies, the shareholding would not exceed 40%.

Regardless of whether the He family and the Li family were willing to offend Luo Nianzhong and sell all their shares to him, even if they sold it to him, he would not be able to afford it if Luo Nianzhong really offered a sky-high price on the open market.

So Uncle Li was ready to settle for the next best thing, becoming the second shareholder of China Gas Company and taking over the management rights.

Judging from the other party's support for Cheung Kong and its cooperation with the Kadoorie family, it is obvious that they care about control over management rights.

The Luo family's desire for Towngas is simply to increase their influence on Hong Kong Island. Cooperation will definitely make it easier for the Luo family to win over Towngas than competition.

With his own shares in Towngas, plus the shares of Lijia, Hejia and China Electric Power, he can completely control the board of directors to issue private placement to Luo Nianzhong, which not only saves effort but also saves money.

Uncle Li's compromise made Luo Nianzhong smile victoriously in his heart. This was what he wanted to achieve.

Franchise? That's not what Luo Nianzhong wants. He needs to find an agent to sink most of the Luo family's finances.

Just like electricity, water, and transportation are not run by the Luo family.