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Chapter 79 Suspicion

Nübijian has always believed that as an old British aristocrat, he should have a neat and majestic demeanor and a calm heart to face anything. However, on this Sunday, U.S. 15, he completely lost the noble demeanor and roared loudly in the office of Jardine Mahjong's headquarters.

"In just one week, Jardine's stock price rose from 17.8 to 17.8. You actually told me that everything is normal, your brain is not as good as a reporter." He slapped the South China Morning Post on the table and shouted: "Where is your professionalism? It's such a shame, a shame."

He shouted a few words, then pulled his tie and loosened his necktie, pointing to O'Connor, the person in charge of Jardine Certificate, and said, "Well, now tell me, how many Jardine Certificate stocks do you have in your hands now?"

"According to estimates, it will take at least 100 million to 300 million Hong Kong dollars to raise the share price of Jardine Wong. This person may now have more than 100,000 shares of Jardine Wong's stock, accounting for about the total share capital of Jardine Wong, and no more than at most."

"This is just a stock that is openly circulated. Where are those financial investment institutions?" Newbijian stared at him with his eyes and asked aggressively: "Have they privately handled large amounts of Jardine Co., Ltd. recently?"

"They don't go to work on weekends and can't contact anyone." O'Connor lowered his head and said weakly: "I'll go and inquire immediately after the market opens tomorrow."

"Bastard, haven't you always boasted that Jardine Certificate is the most well-informed certificate company in Hong Kong?" Nou Bijian suppressed his anger and loosened his tie again. It felt that it was not enough. So Yu Qian pulled off his tie and threw it on his desk, saying, "Immediately I'll ask me what method you use. In short, you must figure out who this person is. How many shares of Jardine Certificate are in his hands. If you can't find out, you...you go to Victoria Harbor."

O'Connor walked out of the conference room in a daze, leaving only Bao Fuda, the general manager of Land Group, in the office.

"Mr. Newbijian, you don't have to be too nervous." Bao Fuda persuaded: "Maybe as O'Connor said, this is just a normal stock market fluctuation. After all, Bao Yugang intends to give up Hutchison Whampoa, which is great good news for us."

"Bao Yugang is very cunning. He has a big appetite. Even if we sell the stocks of Hutchison Whampoa, we still have to pay a lot of price, which may not be a good thing." Newbijian shook his head, picked up his tie, tied it again, and said while tying it: "Last time I negotiated with him, but no consensus was reached, but the stock price continued to rise. This is very abnormal. I suspect someone was taking the opportunity to snipe Jardine."

"Jiamshaw Foreign Company is a giant elephant, and few people in Hong Kong have the ability to snipe." Bao Fuda said half-believingly, "British capital has always lived in peace. Only the Huazi Group is the only one who has malicious intentions towards us. Only those with this ability are Pao Yugang, Li Ka-shing, Guo Desheng and Feng Jingxi. Bao Yugang cannot abandon Hutchison Whampoa and then transfer to Janice's stocks. Li Ka-shing is busy managing Hutchison Whampoa. Guo Desheng has always been steady and focused on real estate and rarely makes moves in the stock market. If Feng Jingxi's Sun Hung Kai Certificate wants to absorb Janice's shares, O'Connor cannot not know. Most of the other families like the Li Family and He family mainly collect rents, and there is no large amount of cash. I really can't think of anyone absorbing Janice's stocks."

"You can't guess those Chinese with your previous thinking." Newbie sat on the office chair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "In the past, Chinese people would give in to whatever land we British wanted. Since Li Ka-shing bid to rob the construction of the Golden Clock Metro Station, Chinese capital has become more courageous. They chased us like bloodthirsty sharks. Last year, Chen Bi gave Hutchison Whampoa to Li Ka-shing, which fueled this trend. So I believe that this fluctuation in the stock price must be that someone wants to maliciously acquire Jardine Mahjong. There are many Chinese in Hong Kong, and one or two may not have the ability, but if ten or eight forms a consortium, it will be terrible.

"So, who will it be?"

"It doesn't matter who it is. The key is how many stocks this person has in his hands now." Newbijian was very upset and said: "In recent years, the Keserk family has continuously reduced their holdings of Jardine's shares. Now there is only 10 points. If this person continues to increase their holdings, it will soon be able to challenge the position of the major shareholder of the Keserk family. You know, Simonk and I have a bad relationship, and I can't give him an excuse to attack."

Bao Dafu was silent and silent. He was a professional manager and did not want to be involved in the struggle between senior directors.

Newbijian joined Jardine Whampoa at the age of 36 and became a managing director at the age of 41, and replaced Henry Keserk as chairman of Jardine Whampoa at the age of 41. He was smooth and glorious. However, his position as chairman of the board of directors has been very uneasy recently because Simone publicly opposed his business strategy and repeatedly challenged his authority.

Siemenke is the younger brother of Henrik, former chairman of Jardine Whampoa. There are rumors in London that the Keserk family has appointed him as the next chairman of Jardine Whampoa. Newbijian is only 46 years old this year, and is in the prime of his career. Of course, he does not want Siemenke to catch the handle and step down in disgrace.

Newbijian looked at Victoria Harbor outside the glass curtain wall, and after a while, he said, "You said, could it be a sunk?"

"He?" Bao Dafu was stunned and immediately shook his head and said, "Impossible."

"How is it impossible?" said Nubijian in a rare unconfident tone. "His companies are all private companies, with financial opaqueness. None of us knows how much money he has, and this person likes to take risks."

"No matter how rich he is, he cannot engage in large-scale investment activities in the United States, mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong at the same time." Bao Dafu said confidently: "His investment in the United States is very transparent. As he said, he did not bring out a penny of profits from the United States. Taiwan is just an investment intention, and now it is not considered. The key is his investment in the mainland."

"What's wrong with the mainland?"

"The industries in Hong Kong, except toy companies, are all small businesses and they don't make much money. According to market forecasts, the profit of toy companies will not exceed US$300 million, and US$300 million is exactly the cost of the construction of the high-rise building he wants to invest in." Bao Dafu obviously conducted an in-depth investigation on Chen Chong. He continued: "The mainland banks are very poor, the system is not sound, and there is basically no financing channel. The land there is state-owned. Whether in Hong Kong or the United States, no bank will take the risk of providing him with loans, so Chen Chong must prepare enough cash to build the tallest building in Asia. I have dealt with mainland officials. They are very sensitive and attach great importance to reputation. If Chen Chong invests money in the stock market, once he is trapped and cannot build a building, he will be regarded as a liar by the mainland, thus losing a lot of political resources. I think, as a businessman with close ties to the mainland government, he will definitely not take this risk."

After he finished telling the reasons, he smiled and said, "Mr. Niu Bijian, this kind of big business with hundreds of millions of dollars is impossible for Chen Chong to not be in Hong Kong. We all know that he has been traveling with his movie star girlfriend in Taiwan recently."

When Nubijian heard this, he thoughtful, and his expression slowly loosened, and he said, "Maybe you are right. I'm under a lot of pressure recently and I'm too sensitive."

"Through HSBC's Hodoli Investment Company, we have acquired about 10,000 shares of Jardine Wong Foreign Company from several securities companies at a price ranging from 19 yuan to 10,000 shares of Jardine Wong Foreign Company, plus more than 10,000 shares absorbed from the stock market, the total number of shares currently in hand accounts for about about the total shares of Jardine Wong Foreign Company."

Chen Chong sat in the office of Oriental Charming, looking at the numbers on the whiteboard, feeling a little dizzy, so he asked the result directly and said, "How much money have you used in total?"

"It's over 470 million." Yuan Tianfanhui reported: "There is still a balance of about 320 million in the fund pool."

"It's much lower than the expected cost before, and it's done well." Chen Chong praised and asked again: "What's the plan next?"

"I have prepared two sets of plans." Yuan Tianfan pushed over the two folders of one red and one blue and said: "The red one is more radical. As soon as Jardine Wong has not reacted, he will immediately absorb stocks on a large scale as soon as the market opens tomorrow, and strive to increase the shares to 10 in the shortest time. Of course, the cost will be higher. The blue one is more mild, not only will it not absorb stocks tomorrow, but it will put some out, creating the illusion of market fluctuations and downward trends, confusing Jardine Wong, and then slowly absorb stocks. This will take longer, but the cost will be lower."

Chen Chong did not flip through the folder, but asked Li Kaiyuan: "What do you think?"

"I like the first plan." Li Kaiyuan was not as casual as Chen Chong. She stared at the whiteboard for a while and said, "But the remaining 300 million Hong Kong dollars is probably not enough to pose a threat to Jardinet Foreign Company. Using the second plan can help you gain more days to raise funds."

"I also tend to use the second plan." Yuan Tianfan explained: "Mr. Chen has "Xinbao Financial News", "Far East Economic Review", and "Shen Shi Oriental Weekly", both authoritative publications in the Hong Kong financial industry. They can use them to release fake news to influence public opinion. In that case, they will be more confusing."

"That's not good." Chen Chong flatly rejected it and said: "You can't lose justice because of small profits. The principles of freedom of the press and neutrality of the news must be abide by. Otherwise, when the matter spreads, the entire image of Eastern charm will be over. Once the authoritative reputation collapses, it will be very difficult to get up again. Wait, I'll call first."
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