Chapter 61 The Candidate Who Covets Hutchison Whampoa!

Yang Ming naturally guessed the reason why Shen Yi invited him to meet at the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Yang Ming knew that Shen Yi was definitely not the kind of person who handled matters in a businesslike manner.

If that was the case, he would not have sold Hutchison Whampoa to Li Jiacheng at a low price in history.

After Shen Yi retired, it was known that Shen Yi's family not only collected many valuable Swiss gold watches, but also had a very special gift.

It was given to him by Li Jiacheng that year.

It is said that Li Jiacheng gave Shen Yi a one-meter-high golden statue of the Huifeng Bank Building according to the model of the Huifeng Bank Building.

If it wasn't because Shen Yi sold Hutchison Whampoa to Li Jiacheng at a low price, how could Li Jiacheng give such an expensive gift?

From this point of view, Shen Yi is not only selfish, but also a little greedy.

Others are greedy for money.

He is greedy for Swiss gold watches, or greedy for gold.

Whether it is Swiss gold watches or gold, they can actually be exchanged for money.

From the boxes of Swiss watches he collected, we can know that they were all gifts he received from others during his tenure at Huifeng Bank, especially during his tenure at Huifeng Bank, which shows that he has been greedy for a lot of things.

Yang Ming is most afraid that the other party is not greedy, which makes it more difficult for him to take action.

"Kaira, do you think Mr. Shen is willing to sell me the shares of Hutchison International?" Yang Ming asked as he got closer to Kaira.

Kaira said directly: "Not necessarily."

"Why?"

"Mr. Yang, there are many people eyeing Hutchison Whampoa. I know that there are Chinese tycoons such as Li Jiacheng and Bao Yugang, and even other British tycoons who are very covetous of Hutchison Whampoa. I even heard that Hutchison Whampoa's current CEO Wei Li and his management team have always wanted to negotiate with Huifeng Bank to obtain the controlling rights of Hutchison International."

Wei Li?

This Wei Li is not an ordinary person.

He is originally from Scotland and was born in Australia in 1932, which means he is 46 years old.

Wei Li is still a legendary person.

He started out as a lumberjack in Australia, then joined the New Jiapo Company. After successfully saving several companies, he arrived in Hong Kong in 1964 and turned many companies in Hong Kong from losses to profits. He made his mark in the Hong Kong business community and was known as a company doctor, which means he could bring companies back to life.

In 1975, after Bank of China became the largest shareholder of Hutchison International, it invited Weeley to serve as the CEO of Hutchison International.

After Weeley took office, Hutchison International carried out extensive rectification and reform, stopped losses, and improved the group's management system. Last year, it even merged Hutchison International and Whampoa Dockyard into Hutchison Whampoa.

While Li Jiacheng and others coveted Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Whampoa has now begun to get on the right track and start to make profits.

In this case, Weeley and his management team certainly have ambitions.

They hope to take Hutchison International's shares from Bank of China and control Hutchison Whampoa.

However, Huifeng Bank has already made it clear that it is impossible to sell Hutchison Whampoa to British capital, so Wei Li's management team will naturally not succeed.

Kayla said that Wei Li and his management team also want to take over Hutchison Whampoa.

In Yang Ming's opinion, it is impossible.

In any case, this Wei Li is like an outsider. He was invited by Huifeng Bank to temporarily manage Hutchison Whampoa. How could he become the new owner of Hutchison Whampoa?

Wei Li and his management team are the least likely to get Hutchison Whampoa.

"Wei Li and his management team are absolutely impossible." Yang Ming said directly.

"Mr. Yang, you are right. Huifeng Bank will not sell Hutchison Whampoa shares to anyone except Wei Li and his management team. In my opinion, the one who has the most hope of getting Hutchison Whampoa now is either Li Jiacheng or Bao Yugang."

"Why?"

Yang Ming learned from Kayla.

It turns out that Changgang Industrial and Huifeng Bank have had a lot of cooperation over the years, and Li Jiacheng and Shen Yi are also relatively familiar friends.

As for Bao Yugang, let alone.

Bao Yugang had cooperated with Huifeng Bank in the 1960s.

In the 1970s, it even had a joint venture with Huifeng Bank.

For example, Huifeng Bank has shares in Global Shipping, Global Shipping also has shares in Huifeng Bank, and Bao Yugang is still the major shareholder of Huifeng Bank.

Historically, Shen Yi decided to sell Hutchison International's shares to Li Jiacheng, and Bao Yugang was a witness.

At that time, Bao Yugang was also the major shareholder of Huifeng Bank. He had no decision-making power. Whether he opposed Shen Yi selling Hutchison International's shares to Li Jiacheng or not, he was of no use.

Because the decision-making power lies with Shen Yi.

As for other directors and even shareholders of Huifeng Bank, they are of no use.

"Mr. Yang, according to my understanding of Huifeng Bank, Hutchison Whampoa has now started to get on track, and it must sell the Hutchison Whampoa shares in hand to a third party as it said back then. So, I think the sooner I get it, the better."

Kayla was able to think that way.

That's naturally because Huifeng Bank is a financial bank, and credit is very important.

Now many people are watching.

Since Huifeng Bank said that it would sell its shares when Hutchison Whampoa is on the right track and can make a profit, it shouldn't take too long.

Yang Ming knew this.

Historically, on September 25, 1979, Shen Yi officially sold all the shares of Hutchison International to Li Jiacheng, which made Li Jiacheng soar to the sky.

Now it is February 2, 1978, which seems to be early.

Actually, it is not that slow.

"Kaira, I can tell you that when I was preparing to swallow up Wharf, I was actually preparing to swallow up Hutchison Whampoa."

What?

Kaira almost screamed in surprise.

Yang Ming was actually preparing to swallow up Hutchison Whampoa?

"How is this possible?"

"Speaking of which, it is actually easier to acquire Hutchison Whampoa than Wharf. Because Wharf's biggest rival is Jardine Matheson Land, if it is not a surprise attack on Jardine Matheson Land, I am afraid it will not be so easy to take down Wharf."

Historically, Bao Yugang took many years to swallow up Wharf, and even almost failed.

Now Yang Ming is sneaking up, and he is still under the condition of sufficient liquidity to strike with thunder.

As for Hutchison Whampoa, it is different.

If he persuades Shen Yi to sell Hutchison International's shares to him like Li Jiacheng did, then he can take it down, without any difficulty.

Li Jiacheng spent a lot of time to persuade Shen Yi, including financial and material resources, emotional investment, and even Li Jiacheng's wife Zhuang Yueming met Shen Yi many times in private. Outsiders don't know what the two sides talked about.

Now Yang Ming is different from Li Jiacheng. He doesn't have to be as humble as Li Jiacheng to please Shen Yi.

"I have asked someone to secretly buy 10% of Hutchison International's shares."

10% of the shares?

Kayla was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that Yang Ming had quietly bought more than 20 million shares of Hutchison International without knowing it.

Compared with the 90 million shares of Huifeng Bank, this is a lot worse.

As long as Yang Ming gets these, plus Yang Ming's own reasons now, the initiative will gradually move towards him.

If Shen Yi must sell Hutchison International's shares to Li Jiacheng, he must think again and again.

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