Chapter 490: Intercepting Superman Li

After finishing his business in the UK, Wang Yuanchao went to Iran.

Because the gambling king went to Tehran with others to open a casino.

The gambling king failed to expand in Pakistan before, but was a great success in Iran. Because of oil, there are too many wealthy people in the Middle East. It can be expected that they will bring a large amount of tax revenue to the authorities, and they even have a good relationship with the king.

Wang Yuanchao came over to see the excitement.

The secular Pahlavi dynasty, because of its pro-Western stance, looked no different from Europe and the United States.

But as for what happened later, let’s not talk about it.

Wang Yuanchao came here to sell arms.

Of course, he is just a go-between here. The specific negotiations will still be led by the people sent by Blackwater Security.

If the gambling king had not invited his colleagues from Hong Kong to celebrate and show their support, Wang Yuanchao would not have dared to think about the Middle East.

The guests are not only Iranians, but also numerous wealthy people from neighboring Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Wenders brought his sales experts to sell not only to Iranians, but also to distinguished guests from neighboring countries.

Iran bought a lot of American equipment before, including the F14. Because of the oil crisis in 1973, the United States asked Iran to reduce the price of oil, but King Pahlavi refused. The relationship between the United States and Iran was basically torn apart. Pahlavi could no longer buy high-tech weapons from the United States.

Therefore, Iran is very interested in the weapons sold by Blackwater.

Iran has money in its treasury and in the upper classes, but the gap between the rich and the poor is huge. The king even spent 10 billion US dollars to build his own tomb.

A carriage inlaid with diamonds cannot reflect the king's dignity, but having two Chinooks for traveling can definitely show the king's dignity!

What's more, King Pahlavi was persuaded and expressed his willingness to order two aircraft.

All I can say is that the King's power has become so inflated that he even dares to buy US-controlled weapons.

No wonder he was easily overthrown later.

Iran has many mountains and needs this thing. It has a large load capacity and stable performance. It costs 5000 million US dollars. Don't think it's expensive. You can't buy this thing from the United States, so you can only smuggle it from Blackwater.

Once the intention was reached, Blackwater began towing two aircraft from the Sarawak base to conduct on-site performance demonstrations and inspections.

It took only half a month to pull the helicopter over, crossing the Strait of Malacca and bypassing India, a journey of more than 7,000 kilometers.

This thing is so powerful that it can even tow the king’s car!

Iran immediately expressed its intention to order two more!

Because of the on-site demonstration of the actual aircraft, Blackwater sold a total of 12 Chinooks to the Middle East, not just Iran.

Iran has 4 aircraft and Saudi Arabia also has 4 aircraft. Saudi Arabia is not short of money and wants to take home good things when it sees them.

The UAE has 2 of these. I think they are pretty cool. I don’t care whether I can use them or not, but I must have one at home.

Kuwait also has two aircraft. Although their country is small, they are rich.

After Wang Yuanchao had done the matchmaking, he also brought back a few Turkmen horses to Hong Kong. Speaking of which, he was also a director of the Jockey Club, but he didn't have many well-known racehorses, which was a bit unworthy of his status.

The Turkmen horse, also known as the Ferghana horse, is a breed of horse that is famous all over the world. It has two main branches. One is the famous "Akhal-Tekin", which is the Ferghana horse produced in Turkmenistan, Russia and other countries. The other branch is the "Yarmut" produced in Iran. This horse is famous for its excellent endurance and jumping ability and is considered a strong endurance and jumping horse.

Later, the export of this horse was restricted by Iran, hmm.

There is an important matter to tell you when I return to Hong Kong. The affairs of Wharf Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa are almost finished.

In fact, Wharf Holdings was not a real estate company at the beginning, but a company that operated docks and warehouses in Kowloon. However, Wharf Holdings' business was always losing money at that time, so its stock price was in a slump.

If we estimate, the value of the land owned by Wharf Holdings alone is at least several times the share price. The market value of Wharf Holdings is actually greatly underestimated.

Baochuan Wang was interested in acquiring Wharf Holdings, and Li Chaoren was also trying to acquire Wharf Holdings. Their moves were discovered by Wharf Holdings' major shareholder, Jardine Matheson, and they quickly began to plan a counter-takeover campaign.

How could Li Chaoren defeat Jardine Matheson? As expected, he failed.

He wanted to sell his 20%+ shares to the charter king, in addition to making a profit, but there was another condition, that is, the charter king needed to help him acquire Hutchison Whampoa from HSBC.

At that time, Hutchison Whampoa suffered continuous losses and was placed under the trusteeship of HSBC. HSBC's main business is finance, and they have no intention of developing other businesses, so they have been looking for a suitable controller for Hutchison Whampoa.

Unfortunately, Wang Yuanchao had already set his sights on this share early on, but he didn't jump out at that time simply because he didn't want to be the first to do so.

Wharf Holdings was the big piece of fat he had left for others to fight over. Now that the charter king had emerged, Wang Yuanchao would not hand over Hutchison to anyone else, not even the Hutchison shares he had long held!

When the charterer heard this condition, he felt a little embarrassed and said:

"Superman, it's not that I don't want your shares, it's just that I can't really help you with the favor you want me to do."

When Li Chaoren heard this, he thought the shipping magnate was worried and didn't dare to guarantee it, so he quickly explained:
"I just want the shipping king to help me put in a few good words at HSBC. Whether it succeeds or not is up to me!"

The charter king hesitated for a moment, and finally said:
"But the shares you're eyeing have already been eyed by others before you!" Li Chaoren was shocked, but soon he felt less surprised. After all, it was normal for others to also be interested in what he was interested in. So he tried to test:

"Can you tell me which hero it is?"

The charter king thought about it and felt that it was okay to say it, so he said:

"It's another Chinese director of HSBC, Sir Wang Yuanchao."

As the only two Chinese directors of HSBC, Sir Wang Yuanchao and the charter king have a good relationship, and there is no conflict of interest between them. The two once chatted about when the Chinese could reversely acquire British capital, and agreed that if that day really came, everyone would help each other.

Although Wang Yuanchao did not tell him explicitly, HSBC owned shares in Hutchison Whampoa.

As the only wealthy Chinese tycoon in Hong Kong who could be compared with Wang Yuanchao, how could the charter ship king not understand what Wang Yuanchao meant at the time?

He was just curious as to why Wang Yuanchao hadn't done anything yet.

Now, Superman Li gave him more than 20% of the shares of Hutchison Whampoa, and he suddenly realized that Sir Wang was hiding his abilities!

The other party is very young, but his actual net worth is much higher than his. He has long been eyeing HSBC's shares. He doesn't believe that the other party will not take any other action!
The other party said meaningfully that they wanted to help each other! How to help? Maybe Wang Yuanchao has shares in both Hutchison Whampoa and Wharf Holdings!
The other party hasn't taken action yet, perhaps because he wants me to be the first to charge.

It is not a good thing for a young person to be too outstanding in everything.

The charter king suddenly understood and thought that if Li Chaoren insisted on this condition, he could give up the shares.

Because he can't.

Li Chaoren was stunned, and couldn't help but think of the time when Wang Yuanchao snatched Hasbro's toy order and then became very successful. This was the second time he encountered this guy, and he failed before he even started.

However, Li Chaoren was no ordinary person, and he immediately said with a smile:

"I am asking too much. I am not strong enough to defeat Jardine Matheson, but I am very happy to be able to lend a helping hand to the shipping king. I hope that one day in the future, the shipping king will be able to help me and give me a hand."

It didn't matter who he sold the shares to. He had already started a fight with Jardine Matheson. If he sold the shares to Jardine Matheson, not only would he lose face, but he would also not be able to sell them at a good price, and he would also offend the charter king!
It would be better to sell it to the charter king, where you can earn tens of millions and also gain a favor from a super rich man.

Seeing Li Chaoren's sincere eyes, the charter king smiled and said:

"Don't worry, I will buy your shares at a 10% premium to the market price. I will definitely not let you suffer any loss. You should keep the Hutchison shares. Maybe you can even do Sir Wang a favor later."

The charter king used the stocks he got from Li Chaoren to instantly become a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa and openly joined the board of directors.

Jardine Matheson only owns more than 5% of Wharf Holdings' shares and has to desperately acquire shares to avoid losing its position as a major shareholder.

No matter how the charter king and Jardine Matheson fought, Wang Yuanchao still found HSBC boss Shen Bi.

Shen Bi was finally promoted to the chairman of HSBC and became the person who had the final say in HSBC.

Shen Bi was promoted to the position of chairman in 77. He couldn't ask for help right after he took office, right? Besides, the Bank of China Building was still under construction at that time, so he had to avoid suspicion.

Wang Yuanchao explained his purpose, and Shen Bi smiled and said:

"I thought you didn't think highly of the shares I had!"

Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"Why don't you like it? I've been thinking about it. I don't want to cause trouble to you, the boss, so as not to cause people to talk about it. Now that the Chinese Bank Building is built, do I have the nerve to ask you for help?"

In early 76, Pacific Construction won the construction of the Bank of China Building with high standards and high premium. The building was completed at the beginning of this year. The new building has a total height of 22 floors and a total area of ​​24 square feet. The exterior wall adopts the most advanced technology. In addition, the lighting and fire protection systems of the building are all controlled by computers.

The new Bank of China Building made HSBC CEO Stephen Sham very satisfied.

Satisfied in every way.

In addition, with the chartering king taking over as chairman of Wharf Holdings, his acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa was not so conspicuous. After all, he was following in the footsteps of his predecessor, the chartering king, but taking a bigger step and directly taking control in one go.

Shen Bi said:
"Do you have enough funds? If not, HSBC can give you a loan!"

How could Wang Yuanchao complain that the money was too much?
Things will soon get busy in the Middle East again, and if he doesn't go and make some noise, he would be letting down his foresight.

All of these require a large amount of capital.

"Of course I do."

Shen Bi smiled and said:

"Don't even ask the price! Half the market price, 6 million Hong Kong dollars, how about that?"

When Hutchison mortgaged the property to HSBC, the price was only 1.5 million. In just two years, HSBC made a net profit of 4.5 million! Of course, HSBC was not too ruthless and only paid half of the market price.

Wang Yuanchao holds more than 30% of the shares. With these more than 20% of shares, Hutchison Whampoa is completely under his control!
Wang Yuanchao smiled and said:
"I will never let you down, so how could you let me down, hahahaha."

Shen Bi was not shy and said:

"I'll arrange an installment plan for you, with a down payment of 2 million. If the stock price goes up due to favorable conditions, you can make your money back!"

(End of this chapter)