Chapter 1290: More than 40 billion US dollars will be allocated
This time, the forces involved are all terrifying, so Xia Yu does not intend to rush to the front line, but decides to sit in Xiangjiang and command remotely.
He will plan the strategy from afar and win the battle!
To be on the safe side, he also needs to avoid risking his original business empire.
So before entering this war, in addition to formulating a sound action plan, he must also fully and reasonably prepare the ammunition!
To this end, Xia Yu immediately sorted out the funds at his disposal.
He has no intention of withdrawing funds from companies other than financial companies.
At his current level, there are too many forces watching him, the most obvious being the Rothschild family.
Xiangjiang is his home base, and although the Rothschild family thinks they are keeping a close eye on him, they are still being watched by an all-seeing eye.
But Xia Yu didn't try to get rid of them. After all, if he got rid of one group, another would just take their place. As long as the Rothschild family was still in power, the surveillance would never end, and it would only become stronger and more secretive.
Rather than go to all this trouble, it is better to just let it go. After all, as long as the network is monitored properly, Rothschild's monitoring is just a minor problem, and the harm is manageable.
Apart from avoiding risks, not using the funds of overt entities also takes into account not letting the Rothschild family discover his capital movements.
This time, he not only has to calculate the Rockefeller and Morgan families, but also the Rothschild family. It would be bad if they noticed.
Companies in the financial sector, even if they are to be used, will have different roles to play in this major operation.
The banks need to give full play to their role in financing and acquisitions, but they cannot use their full strength.
The main players will be the British Bright Fund, the Hong Kong Jiuding Securities, the American Polaris Capital, the Bridgewater Fund, the Tiger Fund and the secretive Galaxy Fund.
On the surface, there are only two companies related to him, namely Jiuding Securities, where he started his career, and Guangming Fund, which has a shareholding in the background. None of the other four companies are related to him.
Among the six companies, the one with the most abundant funds is the secretive Galaxy Fund.
Although a lot of capital has been invested in the island country, it has not been idle over the past year. Xia Yu plans to clear some of his investment assets and raise 35 billion US dollars, except for assets that cannot be resold.
Jiuding Securities Company, without affecting the situation, Xia Yu plans to raise 2 billion US dollars to enter the market.
As for Bright Fund, it has already developed into the British version of the 'Morgan Consortium' with assets exceeding 50 billion US dollars. However, it has a relatively large presence in the UK and Europe, and has a relatively large demand for capital, so this time it should only be able to allocate 3 billion US dollars to enter the market.
As for Polaris Capital, because it has always invested its funds in the US, it does not have a lot of idle funds, and can only allocate 2 billion US dollars to enter the market.
The situation is different for Tiger Fund and Bridgewater Fund, which are purely hedge funds.
After making wise investments time and time again, Tiger Fund and Bridgewater Fund have gained the attention of many investors and have both become large hedge funds.
Julian Robertson and Ray Dalio have become the twin kings of Wall Street, except that no one on Wall Street knows that they are actually working for the same person.
According to the secret report of the two men last month,
Tiger Fund's assets under management have reached 8.2 billion US dollars, of which 1.67 billion US dollars are owned assets.
Bridgewater Fund's assets under management have reached 8.5 billion US dollars, of which 1.74 billion US dollars are owned assets
and the two funds have cooperated with a large number of banks, so they can fully leverage the funds through bank leverage if they wish.
As for how much capital to use at that time, Xia Yu intended to let Julian Robertson and Ray Dalio decide for themselves.
Xia Yu was very confident in the abilities of these two former kings of Wall Street.
The same was true for Bright Fund and Polaris Capital. He informed them of the plan of action and let George Berkeley and Peter Lynch take charge on their own.
What really required his execution were Jiuding Securities and Galaxy Fund, which were on the surface and in the shadows respectively.
The two companies entered the market at different times. Jiuding Securities, which was of great concern to the Rothschild family, entered the market later, and its turn came only after the covert Galaxy Fund had completed its actions.
If Bridgewater and Tiger Funds were a bit more ruthless, it would not be impossible for them to enter the market with 50 billion US dollars!
In any case, this amount of money is enough to take the biggest piece of the pie.
However, Xia Yu is not satisfied with just making a quick buck. He also wants to take advantage of this opportunity to gain more benefits, including those in Canada and the United States.
And this requires careful planning on his part.
But the funds can flow into Canada first.
Just as Xia Yu arranged for the funds to enter Canada in an orderly manner,
Hong Kong broke a number of major news stories one after the other, sending the Hong Kong capital market into a frenzy at the start of the new year.
On 9 February, the Hong Kong government released a report stating that it would launch 100,000 public rental housing units in 1984 and plan to build three new universities.
Once the news broke, the grassroots of Hong Kong cheered, but property stocks fell across the board.
The hardest hit were property companies that specialised in developing housing projects, while the share prices of property companies with a larger proportion of commercial properties fell less.
On 10 February, Jiuding Hotel Management Group, with a market value of HK$8.59 billion, held a press conference, at which the company announced that it would acquire Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts in its entirety through the issuance of new shares. After the acquisition, the company would be renamed Jiuding Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, further consolidating its position as Asia's largest hotel group.
On 14 February, the Hong Kong government and Jiuding Securities jointly held a press conference, announcing two pieces of news.
First, the MTR Corporation will be transferred to Jiuding Securities at a price of 700 million Hong Kong dollars, and the total debt of the MTR Corporation is 2.84 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Second, the MTR Corporation will be transferred to Jiuding Securities at a price of 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and the total debt of the MTR Corporation is 470 million Hong Kong dollars.
Immediately afterwards, a representative of Jiuding Securities announced that the two subway companies will be integrated, and the new company will remain the MTR Corporation.
After the press conference, the entire upper echelons of Hong Kong Capital shook.
And before Jiuding Securities could warm up the company, it was sold to Jiuding Industrial Group.
On February 20, the Hong Kong government once again held a press conference jointly with Cathay Pacific Group and Jiuding Infrastructure Co., Ltd.
It was announced that the Kai Tak International Airport, owned by the Hong Kong government, would undergo a new phase of expansion, with Jiuding Infrastructure Limited as the contractor.
In addition, the Hong Kong government granted Cathay Pacific Group an airport franchise and agreed to Cathay Pacific Group's proposal to build an international airport, planning a piece of land in the outlying island district of Lantau Island Chek Lap Kok for Cathay Pacific Group.
After this news spread, a sour taste of citric acid filled the air on Hong Kong Island.
The tycoons of Hong Kong were jealous.
An airport is different from the MTR Corporation, which operates at a loss and carries huge risks. It was fine for the Jiuding consortium to take it, but an airport is definitely profitable, and the Jiuding consortium has eaten it all up.
But it's useless for them to be jealous. The current Hong Kong government is no longer the one from the MacLehose era. They have long since seen clearly that Governor Sir David Akers-Jones is in the same boat as the Jiuding consortium.
Helplessly, they can only watch as the Jiuding consortium continues to grow.
As we gradually approach the end of February, not only in Canada, but also in many places around the world, the wind is picking up...