Chapter 381: More debts are better than more pressure, another loan of 30 billion!
After finishing the job, Lin Haoran took a stack of contracts and left the Jardine House without staying any longer.

On this side, the handover between the Hutchison Whampoa Group and Jardine Matheson was naturally handled by the senior management of the Hutchison Whampoa Group represented by Ma Shiming.

“Jianning, thank you for your hard work these days. You have completed the task very well. I will transfer a bonus to your account as a reward for you this time!” Sitting in the car, Lin Haoran said to Huo Jianning beside him.

“Boss, this is what I should do, so there’s no need for a bonus!”

Huo Jianning felt very surprised. This was also an experience for him. He didn’t expect that the boss was actually going to reward him. Although he didn’t know how much money the boss would reward him, but since the boss was giving, even if it wouldn’t be too much, it wouldn’t be too little either.

“This is what you deserve. This is how you work with me. Come on, I’m optimistic about you and hope you can grow up as soon as possible. The platform in Hong Kong is not big enough. In the future, your vision may need to look to the whole world!” Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Huo Jianning is so outstanding at the age of 29. One can imagine how capable Huo Jianning will be when he is in his thirties.

It is no wonder that in Lin Haoran’s previous life, after Huo Jianning joined Cheung Kong Holdings, he became a member of the board of directors of Hutchison Whampoa when he was just over 30 years old.

Since the boss said so, Huo Jianning naturally did not postpone it any longer.

After all, who doesn’t work for money?
After sending Huo Jianning to his home, Lin Haoran asked Li Weidong to drive to Wanqing Building.

Ho Kin Ning is still on vacation today, so he doesn’t need to return to HK Electric Group after things here are finished.

Therefore, Lin Haoran sent him back to his home.

When they arrived at the underground parking lot of Wanqing Building, except for Li Weidong and Li Weiguo, the other 13 secret guards quickly transformed themselves into various identities, wearing different clothes, and entered Wanqing Building under various identities.

There were also people left in the underground parking lot to prevent anyone from targeting Lin Haoran’s private car again.

The 13 secret guards are all equipped with pistols and have legal gun licenses.

Since the last time, Lin Haoran’s Rolls-Royce was installed with a remote-controlled bomb in the underground parking lot of Wanqing Building. Although this matter has not been exposed on a large scale, the police station naturally knows it clearly.

What’s more, the bomb was defused by experts sent by the police station.

Given Lin Haoran’s current special status, it is normal for him to be equipped with top bodyguards, so the Director Han Yili of the Police Department readily helped the 13 bodyguards to obtain gun certificates.

In this way, Lin Haoran’s safety is more guaranteed.

Lin Haoran did not go to see Burton, the president of Wanqing Group, but went directly to the office of Huanyu Investment Company.

Although the office is not very busy, many people have their own jobs. Now, a team has been quietly buying up shares of the Jardine Matheson Group on the stock market.

“Boss, you’re here.” Seeing Lin Haoran, Su Zhixue quickly put down his work and came to Lin Haoran’s office to find him.

“Well, how did the share price of the Swire Group change today?” Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

“It’s not much different from before, but our absorption progress is becoming more and more difficult. As you know, there are not many shares of the Hong Kong Land Development on the stock market, and some people still plan to hold them for a long time. So as we gradually increase our absorption efforts, the share price of the Hong Kong Land Development will inevitably rise today.” Su Zhixue replied.

“Well, never mind. Just absorb it normally. You can absorb it today. Increase your holdings as much as you can. The stock price must not exceed 105% of the final transaction price of the previous trading day. Starting tomorrow, I will hand over the work to the Deli Company, and they will carry out the privatization work. And you can continue to prepare for the relocation to New York, the United States.” Lin Haoran said directly.

At this point, Lin Haoran can already announce the privatization of the Hutchison Whampoa Group. Professional matters should be done by professional companies, and it is natural that this matter should be handed over to the Levitra Company.

Then, since Jardine Matheson was still under his control, he could hand the matter over to Jardine Securities, because Jardine Securities also had this kind of business.

However, now that Lin Haoran no longer has any relationship with Jardine Matheson, there is naturally no need to look for Jardine Securities.

In his opinion, among Jardine Matheson’s assets in Hong Kong, only Jardine Securities is worth a lot, but in fact, that’s all.

Because Jardine Securities does not have too many fixed assets, but more of their strength in the securities industry.

As long as Lin Haoran lets Huanyu Investment Company gradually poach people from Jardine Securities, this company will eventually become nothing.

“Okay, boss!” Su Zhixue accepted the order.

By one o’clock in the afternoon, Lin Haoran received two share transfer funds totaling HK$19 billion from the Keswick family and the Rothschild family.

Under Hong Kong’s tax laws, equity transfers are generally considered capital transactions.

Hong Kong does not impose personal taxes on capital gains, so generally speaking, equity transfers in Hong Kong are exempt from personal income tax.

In addition, there is still about HK$13 billion in the account of Huanyu Investment Company, so the actual funds available to Lin Haoran have reached about HK$32 billion.

However, Lin Haoran also transferred four funds through Huifeng Bank, totaling HK$10.42 billion, to the four original British shareholders of the Hong Kong Land Group. As a result, he only had a little over HK$20 billion left in available funds.

A few days ago, Huanyu Investment Company increased its stake by 0.85%, using approximately HK$ million for this stake.

And today, it is obvious that even if it is the last day of operation, Huanyu Investment Company will not be able to absorb too many shares.

Even if the available funds now exceed HK$20 billion, it will cost at least HK$30.2 billion to purchase the 30% shares of the Hutchison Whampoa Group. Although this money is temporary and can be obtained after the successful privatization in the future, he still needs to pay this money before the successful privatization in order to legally continue to raise new funds from the Hutchison Whampoa Group and obtain these shares.

Here, Lin Haoran already has a gap of nearly 10 billion Hong Kong dollars.

This is not enough. In the stock market, more than 10% of the shares are still in the hands of retail investors.

The privatization of this part will also require an expenditure of more than HK$10 billion.

After this calculation, Lin Haoran’s actual shortfall is only about HK$20 billion, which is still acceptable.

But we can’t spend all the funds of Huanyu Investment Company. After all, after Su Zhixue and others went to the United States, they also had tasks assigned by Lin Haoran.

Once they arrive in the United States and settle down, they will secretly acquire some of the listed companies that Lin Haoran is optimistic about through the secondary market, and even become important shareholders of these listed companies!
For example, Intel, Walmart, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Chevron, etc.

Faced with these giants, it would be difficult to become their major shareholder without sufficient funds.

Therefore, Lin Haoran did not intend to use the remaining 1.2 to 1.3 billion Hong Kong dollars of funds of Huanyu Investment Company.

Therefore, Lin Haoran’s actual funding gap is around HK$30 billion!
Next, he needs to get HK$30 billion to officially privatize the Hutchison Whampoa Group!

However, this matter did not pose a problem for him.

With the corporate equity he controls today, he may be able to get a loan of not only HK$30 billion, but even HK$100 billion.

As for the HK$22 billion that is still owed to Hui Feng Bank, there are still six or seven months before the repayment is due, so there is no need to worry about that money!
However, Lin Haoran does not plan to borrow the money from Huifeng Bank this time.

After all, he has already loaned 20 billion yuan, and Huifeng Bank has been opposing him on the issue of Jardine Matheson, so he naturally does not intend to let Huifeng Bank make this money.

HK$30 billion is not a small sum, and it is difficult for ordinary banks to come up with such a huge amount of funds.

In Hong Kong, only a few banks such as Bank of China, Hang Seng Bank and Standard Chartered Bank have the ability to come up with this money.

However, Lin Haoran already has a loan target, which is Citibank, with which he has cooperated many times before.

This time, Huanyu Investment Company went to the United States for development, and many of the companies it targeted are now large companies. If it can maintain good cooperation with Citibank, it will be a great benefit to Lin Haoran.

Moreover, today’s Citibank is not a bank controlled by Squid Capital. Among the four major financial groups in the United States, only Citibank is worthy of Lin Haoran’s cooperation.

However, Lin Haoran also knew that even Citibank would not be able to avoid being infiltrated or even controlled by Squid Capital in the future.

Of course, that would have to wait until after 1998.

By that time, Citibank merged with Travelers Group to form today’s Citigroup. Because Travelers Group was Squid Capital, Citibank was eventually infiltrated by Squid Capital.

However, it is only 1980 now, which is still a long way from 1998, so Lin Haoran can cooperate with Citibank with confidence.

As for the future, more than ten or twenty years have passed. If he is willing, Lin Haoran believes that it should not be difficult to prevent Travelers Group from merging with Citibank.

By then, he believed that his business capabilities would be able to reach the international peak.

That evening, Lin Haoran called Mr. Walter Reston, chairman of Citibank in New York.

What Lin Haoran didn’t expect was that even though Walter Reston was in the United States, he had been using Citibank’s Hong Kong branch to keep an eye on Lin Haoran, an important partner.

Therefore, even Walter Reston, who was far away in New York, knew clearly about the major events that had happened to Lin Haoran in Hong Kong during this period.

Therefore, after learning the purpose of Lin Haoran’s call, Walter Reston agreed without hesitation.

Of course, the mortgage still needs to be mortgaged. After all, HK$30 billion is not a small amount!

The title of this book has been adjusted based on the editor’s suggestion and operation, from the original “Rebirth in Hong Kong: Starting from 1978” to “People in Hong Kong, Creating a Global Business Empire”. We would like to inform you of this and sincerely thank all readers for their continued support and love!
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