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

Liu Luanxiong was not the only one to see this. The financial industry also noticed that Far East was going to take action against Land and began to acquire shares of Land Group on the stock market.

What's interesting is that no one raised the price, and everyone was maintaining restraint. Everyone seemed to have consciously formed a tacit understanding that they should separate the leeks first.

Land Group's shares are very diversified, and there are even more outstanding shares.

In addition to Jardine Matheson's 21% stake in Land and the shares held by various institutions and families as stable investments, Land's shares circulating in the market can exceed % or more.

There doesn’t need to be much here. If you choose to sell a quarter, these people who want to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune can save more than one billion Hong Kong dollars.

Similarly, with such a large trading volume and Southeastern Finance's reports, it is impossible that Jardine Matheson didn't know what was going on.

In the office of Taipan at Jardine, Simon Keswick was convening senior executives to discuss countermeasures.

Simon Keswick was the son of Henry Keswick. His father came back to stabilize the situation during the Battle of Wharf and stabilized the development of the Jardines before returning to England.

This old man seems to prefer political and aristocratic life to business. After losing to Newbingham in the competition for the King of Land in Central, he handed over the position of Taipan of Jardine to his eldest son Simon Keswick, and he learned how to be British again. To live the so-called high life he dreamed of.

"Now the situation is very clear. Although I don't know whether this acquisition of Land is the behavior of Luo Nianzhong alone, I can be sure that Far East's participation is absolutely indispensable."

"Isn't it a bit hasty? Southeast Finance may just report it as breaking news. The situation in the stock market is probably caused by those who intend to speculate and want to make a lot of money."

Simon Keswick didn't like the Ford Mondeo, the assistant minister left to him by his father at all, but he had no way to kick him out of Jardine Matheson.

He understood that this was the spy placed by his father to prevent the prince from stealing the country.

Simon Keswick did not resent Henry Keswick having an informant around him, but what he disliked was the incompetence of the Ford Mondeo.

At this time, are you still imagining that this is a farce? Do you still think that Jardine is the master of Hong Kong Island's business community? Typical British thinking.

"No matter what, we must prepare in advance and raise funds as soon as possible to prepare for emergencies."

He gave the other party face by not saying anything too serious. After that, Simon Keswick said to his deputy director, "Please help me contact HSBC and Standard Chartered. These two banks are the only ones that can provide such a large amount of funds now."

It’s not that these two banks are the only ones that can come up with this money, but these two banks are the only ones that can come up with this money and may help Jardine.

"Will they be willing to face Luo Nianzhong?".

Another executive's words silenced the office for a moment.

It goes without saying that Standard Chartered, Europe is the core of their business. This has been the case for so many years, even when Chinese capital did not rise.

What about HSBC? This bank has suffered a lot of losses due to Luo Nianzhong. If there is an opportunity to kill the Far East System and collapse it, HSBC will definitely not miss it and be more proactive than anyone else.

But the rescue of Jardine is different. This is to offend the Far East. HSBC's business in Hong Kong Island has already declined sharply. If it offends Luo Nian, HSBC needs to consider whether the other party will retaliate.

"We are at a loss. HSBC should understand this. If British companies like us are forced to evacuate, will HSBC's life on Hong Kong Island be easier?"

What Simon Keswick said is true. Nowadays, the majority of the loan business in Hong Kong Island is basically divided into two groups.

For Chinese capital, look for Far Eastern banks, mainly Far Eastern Bank and Hang Seng Bank.

Yingzi approached HSBC and Standard Chartered, with HSBC accounting for more than 70% of the share.

Chinese capital has been on the rise in recent years. If Jardine Matheson, the representative of British capital companies, collapses, then HSBC will inevitably have a chain reaction.

Banks in Hong Kong Island are different from banks in beautiful countries. Deposit banks have to pay interest to depositors.

We all know that bank deposits are liabilities, and money loaned out is assets. The decrease in loans means that HSBC has fewer assets and more liabilities.

This is also the reason why HSBC formulated the three-legged stool plan to pursue globalization, which is to be able to spend money when it has money.

"We can give it a try. In addition to HSBC and Standard Chartered, we'd better contact local banks in England.

Once the funds are in place, we can start the private placement plan of the major shareholders. In this way, our control over Land will be more stable, and we may be able to deter these people with ideas."

As early as after the Battle of Wharf, Henry Keswick lifted the chain of mutual control of Jardine Matheson Land. In order to ensure that Land, with a small share of shares, could be in the hands of the Keswick family, Henry Keswick used his interests in exchange for the approval of the Land Land board of directors. made a resolution.

When the Land Group is acquired by an outsider, the Land Group can conduct a targeted share increase for major shareholders at a price of no less than 10% off the market price. The additional shares can reach up to % of the total share capital of the Land Group.

This is the secret laid by Henry Keswick for the moment when the Land Group's life and death appears to be at stake. Now that the Keswick family's control over Land is facing a life-and-death crisis, it is time to activate the secret.

But Henry Keswick would never have imagined that Luo Nianzhong's Far East Group would have boomed Hong Kong stocks in just a few years.

Land Group is a blue-chip stock in the Hong Kong stock market. Taking advantage of this wave of dividends, Land Group's shares have nearly quadrupled in more than five years.

However, this also means that the current 10% price of Land Group is not the same as when Henry Keswick formulated this plan.

Affected by the negative news about Jardine Matheson, the market value of Land Group is now HK$283 billion, with a total share capital of 47 million shares, which means that the value of each share of Land Group is more than HK$.

Even at a 10% discount, this % share would cost more than HK$ billion.

Moreover, with this 10% stake, Land's shareholding is only about 30%, which is not stable at all. Besides, will the joint consortium that acquires Land Group give Jardine this opportunity? Of course it's impossible.

After planning and preparing for such a long time, how can I not understand some of the internal affairs of Land?

Just when Simon Keswick convened the senior management to discuss countermeasures, the joint consortium represented by Li Bancheng and Huang Yanfang went straight to the headquarters of Land Group and requested Land Management to hold a board meeting as the major shareholder holding 22.7% of Land Group's shares. Meeting to re-elect directors.

The re-election of directors was such a big matter that Simon Keswick, who was also the chief executive of Jardine and Land Land, must be notified.

Simon Keswick, who was studying the plan, looked in disbelief when he received the notification, and even looked decadent after hanging up the phone.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Simon Keswick like this, other people stepped forward to ask. They were also shocked when they learned that the United Consortium actually held 22.7% of Land's shares.

"You are right. Although Far East did not come forward, there is definitely Far East in it, otherwise they would not have been able to suddenly acquire so many shares."

During the previous stock market crash in Hong Kong, Far East held a large number of stocks in Hong Kong blue-chip companies, including Jardine Matheson and Land.

However, Luo Nianzhong was publicly held at that time and stopped buying after the Hong Kong stock market stabilized. Therefore, Luo Nianzhong did not feel too reassured about Jardine Matheson, which held about 6% of the Hong Kong Land stock at that time.

It's not that I ignored it completely. In the past two years, Landmark has never reduced its supervision of Landmark's stock market, but there is nothing unusual. Gradually, Landmark regarded Luo Nianzhong's acquisition of Landmark's shares as an investment, and relaxed its vigilance.

Looking at it now, this is taking advantage of the bull market in Hong Kong Island, and the increase in stock trading volume has allowed the other party to fish in troubled waters.

This is a multinational coalition. They first secretly acquire Land's shares, and then suddenly form a joint company. Otherwise, it would be illegal for a company to suddenly have so many shares.

In fact, if it were the former Jardines and the former Hong Kong Island, the Keswick family could apply for a government investigation and sentence the other party to a premeditated refusal to admit it.

But now, the situation is stronger than the people, and we can also see what kind of existence the Far East is on Hong Kong Island now.

In the current situation, just be content if people don't play tricks on you.

"It's useless to say all this now. I need to go to Real Estate first. You guys should think of countermeasures first."

After Simon Keswick took over, he felt for the first time his father's tiredness and helplessness.