Chapter 394： Hutchison Whampoa exposed

To say that the Wharf was swallowed by Xia Yu, apart from the Jardine Consortium, which forces had the greatest shock, there is no doubt that it was none other than the British consortium.

The three British consortia, Swire, Hutchison Whampoa, and Wheelock, all had the mentality of being self-sufficient. They all guessed that the Chinese would not dare to expand their scope after attacking the Jardine consortium.

But Xia Yu's fatal blow completely shocked them.

However, in this situation, they are even more unlikely to take the initiative to jump out, clash with the vigorous Chinese capital, and draw the flames of war on themselves.

Taking the initiative to pick things is not stupid enough to do it, but strengthening defense is a must.

After all, the **** lesson of the Jardine Consortium is happening right now. If they are not vigilant, they are not qualified to be the head of a consortium.

Under such circumstances, Norman Shi Yahuai, Qi Dezun, and John Madden successively ordered to speed up the self-examination of the companies under their respective consortiums to see if any companies have been targeted, so that they can be dealt with in a timely manner. It ended up with the Jardine consortium.

Don't say, don't know if you don't check it, you will be surprised if you check it!

There are three major British consortiums. Each consortium has one or two hundred subsidiaries or affiliated companies. There are as many as Taikoo, and they add up to close to three hundred. It is absolutely impossible not to be targeted by people who are interested. of.

The three major consortia immediately resolved the problem.

If the attacker is a person like Xia Yu, even if he wants to stop it with the strength of the three major consortia, he will inevitably be powerless.

But when it is discovered in advance, it is not difficult to solve the problem.

For a time, I don't know how many people are going to die depressed, and they lurked for a long time, just to cannibalize the next two companies. As a result, because of the battle between Xia Yu and the Jardine consortium, the other three consortiums were alert and the plan was discovered early and failed.

Those people have the heart to scold their mother!

No disaster!

Of course, in this series of investigations, there is one person who is most disturbed. That person is the helm of Hutchison Whampoa-Qi Dezun!

The top floor of the Hutchison Whampoa headquarters, the chairman's office.

Qi Dezun looked at the neatly arranged numbers recorded on the paper with a serious face, the more he looked at his face, the worse he looked, and there was even a hint of anxiety in his heart.

Because what is recorded on these papers is exactly the stock market transaction records of the Hutchison Whampoa Headquarters in the past six months. The turnover rate, turnover, turnover, etc. are all on it, and the changes are clear at a glance.

Even in the last few pages, a few trend charts are specifically described.

Just looking at the data for a few weeks or even one or two months can't find anything, but when the timeline stretches to half a year, many clues are revealed.

From these figures and the trend chart, you can see that there is an abnormal trading volume, someone is secretly absorbing shares, and stocks are in or out. According to the ratio, the total number of public shares in circulation has been showing a downward trend!

Seeing this, Qi Dezun thought of the tragic situation of Hutchison Whampoa for the first time in his mind, and then thought of the murderous Xia Yu.

How similar!

Could it be that the crocodile lurking in the water and constantly approaching is also Xia Yu?

Qi Dezun felt heavy in his heart. He took a deep breath, raised his head, looked at Hutchison Whampoa Chairman Weili, who was sitting opposite, representing his own will, and asked again: "Can you be sure who is secretly sucking shares? Is it Jiuding? Securities?"

Wei Li was also in a heavy mood. He slowly shook his head and said: "Mr. Qi Dezun, I don't know who it is now. I have just found out the problem below, but I have sent someone to investigate."

Speaking of this, Wei Li pondered for a moment and said his thoughts: "However, according to the data, the abnormal transaction occurred in early February. At that time, Jiuding Securities Company was not established at all, and Xia Yu has not yet risen. There may be this fund, so I think this lurker should not be Jiuding Securities."

Qi Dezun thought for a while, nodded slowly, and agreed with Wei Li's idea. For some reason, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was only then that he suddenly realized that before he knew it, Xia Yu had left such a deep impression in his heart that he had already regarded him as an equal object.

But Xia Yu really deserves his serious treatment.

The strength of strength has nothing to do with age. Along the way, Xia Yu's record of victorious battles, and his prestige, made him subconsciously ignore the fact that Xia Yu was a young man.

Qi Dezun shook his head again to wake himself up again. Even if he wasn't the most prestigious person like Xia Yu, it didn't mean that Xiangjiang had no other bigwigs. He absolutely couldn't take it lightly.

After thinking about it, Qi Dezun thinks that in this sensitive time period, it is still necessary to focus on stability, so as not to lose face like old John, but also suffer heavy losses.

"I will mobilize funds and increase my holdings of personal shares. Also, you continue to check to find out who is secretly absorbing shares, and immediately notify me after finding out, but there is one thing you have to remember, and don't be alarmed!"

Qi Dezun solemnly instructed that he had already decided to cash out some of the unimportant industries invested by the family, and then go to the bank to get some funds, and increase his equity as much as possible.

After all, no matter how good other investments are, it is better not to have its own main business. If Hutchison Whampoa is captured, it will be difficult to rebuild a foundation. Just having money and no power is like a rootless mountain, the energy of the family is absolutely Will shrink severely.

"Okay, Mr. Qi Dezun!"

Werry nodded solemnly.

Although Qi Dezun has retired, he is now the chairman of the board of Hutchison Whampoa, and Qi Dezun is at best a major shareholder.

However, he was brought up by Qi Dezun, and he was able to sit on the position of chairman of the board of directors. It was also because of Qi Dezun’s equity. Without Qi Dezun’s equity representation, he would have to be laid off every minute, so of course he respects Qi Dezun very much. .

After Werry left, Qi Dezun was depressed and walked back and forth in the office a few times, and finally came to the floor-to-ceiling window. He accidentally saw the HSBC Building in the distance. He suddenly thought of something and his face became solemn.

"No, I must go to Shen Bi now. As long as he doesn't sell the equity to others, then I am absolutely safe. If the equity of HSBC is sold, it will definitely be a big trouble!"

Qi Dezun felt uneasy when he thought of HSBC's sale of the Wharf shares in his hand to contribute to Xia Yu's victory.

He understands who Shen Bi is. This is a profit-seeking person. Of course, all the profits are the long-term big interests, otherwise he would not get so close to Huazi.

Shen Bi can sell the Wharf stocks held by HSBC to Xia Yu, just as it is possible to sell the Hutchison Whampoa stocks held by the bank to others!

But the difference between Hutchison Whampoa and Wharf is that HSBC only holds a 13.5% stake in Wharf.

However, due to the stock market crash in 1973, HSBC managed to turn the tide and rescued Hutchison Whampoa. For this reason, HSBC held a 33.65% equity in Hutchison Whampoa, and the shareholding ratio surpassed him. It is actually Hutchison Whampoa. The largest shareholder of Huangpu!

It is because the laws of Hong Kong have determined that banks can only operate banking services, not real estate or shipyards. Therefore, even though HSBC holds so much equity, they can only be used as investments. Can't participate in the operation, otherwise where will he get his turn?

But because of this, he was even more uneasy.

He is very clear about the operating conditions of Hutchison Whampoa over the years, and HSBC is also very clear about it.

Despite his efforts, Hutchison Whampoa gradually climbed out of the quagmire after the stock market crash in 1973, but after all, the injury was too serious and the investment was too complicated, which made it difficult for the ship to turn around and make rectification difficult.

He also knows that Shen Bi is very dissatisfied with the status quo of Hutchison Whampoa. If there is enough interest, Shen Bi may really sell his equity.

So to be safe, he must stabilize Shen Bi!

As long as HSBC's equity is not sold to others, he is absolutely safe!

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