Chapter 810: Deep Malice

The president's office of the Jiuding Bank in Central, Hong Kong Island.

Liu Tianci shook hands with a plump, balding middle-aged man and said with a smile, 'Mr. Wang, thank you for your generosity.'

The bald middle-aged man lowered his posture even more than Liu Tinci and quickly smiled, 'Liu-san, you are too kind. My company is able to flourish thanks to the care of your bank. It is my honour to be able to help your bank in a small way now, and I will have to rely on Liu-san for more care in the future.'

Liu Tianci promised with a smile: 'Don't worry, Mr Wang, we've been working together for a long time. As you know, we at Jiuding Bank are always generous with our friends. In the future, if you have any financial business, you can come to me at any time. If any of our group companies can help, I will also help you get in touch.'

The bald middle-aged man thanked him: "Then I thank you, Liu Sheng. I have some business to attend to at my company, so I won't disturb you anymore.'

Liu Tianci laughed: "Mr Wang, let me see you off!'

After seeing off the portly bald middle-aged man, Liu Tien-tzu returned to his office again, took out the file folder from the drawer, weighed it in his hands, and revealed a satisfied smile.

This was already the third minority shareholder of China Light and Power that he had taken care of.

According to the shareholding structure of China Light and Power, Xia Yu ordered Fok Kin-ning to assign the acquisition task to each company of the consortium according to the situation of each minority shareholder, and it was not limited to Jiuding Securities.

Although Jiuding Securities is most proficient in securities business, in many cases, it is not about who is the most capable, but about finding the most suitable candidate.

For example, the five minority shareholders assigned to Jiuding Bank all have deep business ties with Jiuding Bank and can be said to be the benefactors of the companies of those five minority shareholders.

Therefore, naturally, Jiuding Bank's words carry more weight than Jiuding Securities.

As expected, Liu Tinci found three small shareholders in a row. Whether they wanted to or not, they all greeted him with a smile. After he offered a 20% premium, they easily brought the proof of equity and signed the equity transfer contract.

Therefore, after three transactions, he had acquired 5.9% of the equity of China Power Company.

This only took a little over a day, and the efficiency was far superior to acquiring individual shares from the secondary market. Before the news was leaked, it would not cause the stock price to fluctuate.

The shares were all concentrated in the hands of Jiuding Bank, so Jiuding Bank had a buffer of ten days. After ten days, if the shares were not disposed of, it would be obliged to disclose the shareholding information to the outside world.

Ten days was definitely enough!

"There are two more shareholders, one with 1.3% and one with 1.6%. Let's try to get them both today!'

Liu Tianci chuckled, locked the file bag containing the shareholding certificate and contract in the safe, then picked up the phone and dialed a number.

...

Meanwhile, Xia Yu also asked Bao Yugang to step in. As a director of HSBC, Bao Yugang's Global International Finance Co., Ltd. wanted to acquire HSBC's 5.4% stake in the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Group.

In order to keep Xia Yu's identity a secret, Bao Yugang also signed a temporary confidentiality agreement with HSBC.

After obtaining the shares, Bao Yugang immediately transferred the shares, which had not yet been covered, to Xia Yu.

The Liang family, on the other hand, also used its position as the majority shareholder to meet with those minority shareholders who were not qualified to sit on the board of directors, and acquired the shares they held on Xia Yu's behalf.

As for the secondary market, Jiuding Securities Company is in charge. Now Jiuding Securities Company is strong and has many elites, and it is a piece of cake to arrange two teams to be responsible for acquiring the stocks of Xiangjiang Shanghu Hotel Group and China Power Company.

Four days passed in a flash, and in the middle, there were two days when the stock market was closed, which finally allowed the smoke of war that filled the two telecommunications companies to dissipate a little.

But as soon as the stock market opened on Monday, the smoke of war started again. The share price of Hong Kong Telephone Company jumped at the opening bell, instantly jumping to HK$36 per share, directly surpassing the share price before it fell, and the momentum of competition is unabated!

The decisive bids that were placed time and time again demonstrated the determination of both sides in the takeover.

But this time, whether it was the rich or the ordinary people, they all lacked confidence in Jiuding Securities.

There was nothing they could do about it. The shareholding situation of Hong Kong Telephone Company was different. Swire Pacific and Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons were obviously on the same side. The original shareholding ratio of the two remained unchanged, but the shareholding ratio of the new company reached 3.2%.

Together with the original shareholding ratio of the two, the total shareholding ratio of the two is now 43.5%.

The Hong Kong government's 20% shareholding is unlikely to be sold to either party at the moment, so the peak of the shareholding ratio left for Jiuding Securities Company is 36.5%.

Currently, the announced shareholding of Jiuding Securities is only 19.8%.

Under these circumstances, Jiuding Securities has slim chances of winning, let alone controlling the board of directors, not to mention the shareholders' meeting. No wonder the outside world is not optimistic about Jiuding Securities.

In secret, many people are even discussing that Jiuding Securities is finally about to be defeated, and Xia Yu will also face a defeat.

Many people who are suffocating under Xia Yu's pressure are secretly looking forward to it, cheering for the Swire Group and the Kadoorie family in their hearts.

Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed!

Early on Wednesday morning, before the stock market opened,

while everyone was looking forward to the continuation of the battle, Lawrence Kadoorie suddenly received a call from Liang Zhonghao, saying that a shareholders' meeting of the Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts Group was to be held. Lawrence Kadoorie's heart sank and he sensed a bad omen.

He hurriedly asked Liang Zhonghao what it was about, but Liang Zhonghao's attitude was a little mysterious, and he vaguely told him to come to the company at half past nine.

There was nothing he could do. Even though he was now the chairman of the board of directors of the hotel group, he still had to be cautious when facing the Leung family, the largest shareholder, which was convening a shareholders' meeting.

Although the board of directors directly controlled the company, the shareholders' meeting was the boss of the board of directors.

The Leung family held a whopping 31% of the shares, and had great prestige at the shareholders' meeting. If they directly called for a vote with 50% of the voting rights, they could easily remove the board of directors, and his position as chairman of the board could be removed in an instant.

When Roland Kadoorie arrived at the company with a heavy heart, it was already 9:28.

As soon as he entered the company, Roland Kadoorie noticed that the atmosphere was not right. The employees looked at him with some trepidation, which only increased his inner unease.

Unfortunately, it was already too late, and he couldn't bother to ask an employee for the reason. He hurriedly quickened his pace.

When Rowlands Kadoorie arrived at the large conference room, he quickly scanned the room with his eyes, but found that many of the original shareholders were gone, and the number had decreased by more than half. The face of one of them caught Rowlands Kadoorie's eye, and it made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

That person wore a kind smile on his face, and even nodded at him, but Rowlands Kadoorie felt a deep sense of malice in the other person's kind smile.

That person was...