The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

Late at night, No. 80, Deep Water Bay.

"Jingle Bell"

The phone rang, and Zhao Baoyi, who was about to fall asleep, was about to get the phone. Lin Ruihai on the side said, "I'll come, you rest!"

Zhao Baoyi nodded, then lay on the bed, but focused on the phone.

The phone number in their bedroom was a confidential one, known only to a few people; now when a call came late at night, she wouldn't think it was an intrusion.

"Hello, are you sure?"

"Okay, I'll give you instructions tomorrow morning."

Putting down the phone, Lin Ruihai showed an excited expression on his face.

His wife Zhao Baoyi asked with concern: "Why are you so happy?"

Lin Ruihai said with a smile: "Singapore Land has made some progress! Don't worry, just take care of your baby and don't worry about other things!"

Zhao Baoyi is pregnant with her fourth child, having already given birth to two sons and a daughter.

As the eldest son of his second wife, Lin Ruihai naturally had to set an example of having more children and raising more children, allowing his wife to have four children.

Having four children was also the father's intention. The father asked each brother to have 3 to 4 children, so he naturally wanted to have 4.

Although she told herself not to worry, Zhao Baoyi was still passionate about wealth and status, so she couldn't help but said: "Can you really acquire Singapore Land?"

Seeing that his wife didn't believe it, Lin Ruihai immediately said: "With my help, I can definitely buy it, so don't worry. After a while, the villa I bought in Singapore will be almost taken care of. After your child is born, it will be ready." If we go there for a vacation or something, we will be considered Singaporeans from now on."

Zhao Baoyi asked curiously: "Naturalization?"

Lin Ruihai said: "It is convenient to have a passport without naturalization. In the future, my business will be divided into two headquarters - Hong Kong and Singapore. This is my father's wish."

Generally speaking, only residents of the country can get a passport of the country, but this is only for ordinary people. There is no real rich man who doesn’t have a few passports in his hands. Lin Ruihai’s passport was even given to him by the Singaporean official.

When Zhao Baoyi heard that it was her father-in-law, she immediately stopped talking. She was thinking in her heart whether her father-in-law wanted to drive her husband out of Hong Kong, but she did not dare to ask her husband. This was the rule of the Lin family - the founder had absolute authority.

Lin Ruihai stood up and said, "You go to sleep first, I have to go outside to make some phone calls!"

Zhao Baoyi nodded. She knew that her husband was also working very hard and was quite desperate in his career. However, the biggest reason why her husband did this was just to get the approval of her father-in-law.

The next morning.

In the Wharf Group's conference room, Lin Ruihai held a board meeting, and Lin Zhichao was also invited to the conference room by Lin Ruihai.

Last night, Lin Ruihai notified several directors overnight, and contacted Lin Zhichao in the morning to hold a board meeting regarding the acquisition of Singapore Land.

Lin Zhichao sat on the chairman's seat and said: "Ruihai, let's talk directly. You disturbed everyone in the middle of the night. After the board meeting, we might have to go have morning tea and go back to catch up on some sleep!"

Several directors smiled one after another, and then one director said: "Xiao Linsheng convened this board meeting, and he must have good news to tell everyone. I am afraid everyone will be so excited that they can't sleep today."

"Haha, that makes sense!"

After some banter, the board meeting officially began.

In fact, Lin Zhichao holds 61% of the shares of Wharf, and the board of directors meetings are just a formality.

Of course, it's good to go through the motions.

Immediately, Lin Ruihai said: "Some time ago, I told everyone that Wharf Group hopes to acquire Singapore Land. After this period of waiting, news came from Singapore last night-Singapore Land's second largest shareholder, Kuwait Investment Development Authority 'I am willing to sell my 12.2% stake in Singapore Land on the condition that the stock price is 5% higher than the market price. Therefore, the board of directors this morning hopes that the board of directors will pass and take over the shares from the Kuwait Investment Development Authority."

A director asked: "If Xiao Linsheng obtains 12.2% of the equity, what does Xiao Linsheng plan to do next?"

Lin Ruihai said: "We have contacted many fund companies in Singapore to know the specific distribution of Singapore Land's equity and which company owns how much equity. Once we take over the 12.2% stake in Kuwait, we will contact these fund companies next. , each attack those companies and financial institutions that own equity.”

Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect Lin Ruihai to be so brave.

Generally speaking, the excess equity will be disclosed before it is announced. In Europe and the United States, it is usually 5%. In Hong Kong, it has been changed to 3% in recent years (to protect British capital), and in Singapore it is also 5%.

So who are those Singapore Land shareholders holding less than 5%? Who has how much?

These questions are all very confidential.

But financial companies in the market must be the most well-informed, and they are very aware of these issues. Lim Rui Hai was able to build good relationships with these fund companies, which is obviously because he spent some effort in Singapore.

Of course, there must be a connection between Lin Zhichao and Octopus Financial Group. After all, the strength of Octopus Financial Group is not weak.

"I agree"

"I agree to acquire the shares from the Kuwait Investment and Development Authority!"

When it was Lin Zhi's turn to time out, he said: "Then I will abstain!"

Everyone laughed. The equity owned by Lin Zhichao could determine the outcome in one fell swoop. He voluntarily abstained to protect everyone's face and avoid suspicion.

Immediately, the board of directors quickly approved Lin Ruihai's suggestion, and the whole process took about 15 minutes.

After the meeting, Lin Ruihai immediately called Xu Jiashen of Singapore to make an appointment with the Kuwait Investment and Development Authority to sign a contract in the afternoon.

He himself took Lin Zhichao's private plane and headed to Singapore immediately.

During the entire process, Lin Zhichao didn't say a word and left it entirely to his son to do it himself.

When Lin Zhichao left Harbor City, he even considered in the car:

Since the 1990s, he has incorporated two-thirds of the shares of Cheung Kong Group and Wharf Group into the 'Father and Sons Trust Company', which is equivalent to just over 40% of the shares, and will be transferred to the 'Lam Chi-chao and Lin Ruihuan Father and Sons Trust' ', 'Lin Zhichao and Lin Ruihai Father and Son Trust'; as for the remaining 20% ​​held in hand, it is injected into the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation' and used for charity, which can also be regarded as a kind of inheritance.

As for other unlisted companies, all equity should be included in the 'Father and Son Trust Company', so there is no need to inject it into the 'Lin Zhichao Foundation'.

Lin Zhichao established a father-son trust company to hold shares because he didn’t want his sons to be on the rich list, so let their father bear the ‘risk’ for them!

After obtaining 12.2% of Singapore Land's equity from the Kuwait Investment and Development Authority, Lin Ruihai immediately took formal action.

On the one hand, he contacted the fund company in Singapore and purchased the equity of Singapore Land at a premium. Since he had investigated clearly in advance, every attack was very accurate, and most of them returned with full results.

On the other hand, the financial representatives of Wharf Group also issued a comprehensive acquisition proposal in the Singapore market and deployed a dragnet in the market to acquire a large number of stocks circulating in the market.

For a while.

The entire Singapore business community was in a state of turmoil, and the media described it as the arrival of a "dragon crossing the river".

In 1985, Qiu Teck Puat acted as a "dragon crossing the river" in Hong Kong, but was defeated by the cooperation of Lin Zhichao and Li Jiacheng. Now Lin Zhichao's "third son" has come to Singapore to act as a "dragon crossing the river". Will there be any "local snakes" in Singapore to stop him?

“Is there a ‘white knight’ from Singapore to stop Hong Kong’s ‘King Kong Dragon’ takeover?”

"It's not that the dragon can't cross the river, the second generation of the Lin family is shining brightly!"

The media in Singapore and Hong Kong have reported on it and are paying attention to the development direction of the matter.

United Industries Singapore.

Huang Hongnian was ready to make a move and started chatting with his partner Li Jinyao in the office.

"I didn't expect this young man to be so aggressive. He invested heavily in Singapore, Bangkok, and Kuala Lumpur last year, and now he is eyeing Singapore Land. He moved too fast!"

Li Jinyao is the younger brother of Lawyer Li, and Huang Hongnian is the second son of Indonesia's richest man Huang Yicong. The two cooperated in their early years and acquired a series of companies to form Singapore United Industries.

Li Jinyao said: "Do you want to be a white knight?"

Huang Hongnian said: "I want to be a business owner, but Singapore United Industries has no money. Can you persuade a few banks to provide them with some loans? I'll go talk to Tao Xinbo and form a joint venture for a counter-takeover!"

United Industries of Singapore just purchased a large-scale real estate asset this year at a cost of S$200 million. Huang Hongnian is also a person in the capital market. He hopes to package, reorganize, sell this asset, and ultimately make a profit.

However, the problem now is that the assets have not yet been sold, and Singapore United Industries simply does not have the strength to participate in this counter-takeover.

Li Jinyao hesitated and said: "It seems that Lin Ruihai, a young man, is doing the acquisition, but think about it, without his father's consent, how dare he spend about 2 billion Singapore dollars to fight this acquisition war! And Lin Zhichao's financial resources must be You should also know that the richest man in China is not so easy to defeat."

Huang Hongnian said: "Winning or losing is not important! If we win, we will have the opportunity to control Singapore Land; if we lose, our Singapore United Industries will become a company with a greatly increased reputation. What's more, this matter will also be of great benefit to you. , related to your vital interests."

The last sentence hit Li Jinyao's heart directly.

Huang Hongnian is a person in the capital market, even if it is Singapore United Industries, he may one day cash out and become a man, while Li Jinyao can definitely become bigger and become the invisible controller behind it.

"Okay, I'll contact the bank."

After taking care of Li Jinyao, Huang Hongnian decided to visit Tao Xinbo.

Singapore Land.

"Boss, Huang Hongnian from Singapore United Industries is outside and wants to see you!" The subordinate walked in and reported to Tao Xinbo.

At this time, Tao Xinbo was quite sad.

He didn't expect that this young man, Lin Ruihai, would actually come in through the 'front door'.

The important thing is that this young man is very powerful and has carried out both public and covert acquisition activities.

What is public is that the media in Singapore and Hong Kong now know that Lin Ruihai is acquiring Singapore Land on behalf of the Wharf Group; secretly, no one knows how much equity Lin Ruihai holds. They only know that the Kuwait Investment Development Authority sold 12.2% of its shares to him. .

In acquisition activities, there is no need to publicize your progress. Generally speaking, it must be to put pressure on the opponent. After all, the simple truth is that the shareholding ratio is always growing and cannot be updated all the time.

"Why did he come to me?" Tao Xinbo said with a hint of disgust.

Because he knows that Huang Hongnian is a capital market person who likes to speculate on properties rather than certified operations. In comparison, although Lim Rui Hai is attacking Singapore Land in the capital market, this young man is really serious about the real estate industry. Hong Kong's Times Square and investments in Southeast Asia are his business cards.

"Then, do you want to meet?"

"Invite him in, everyone is here!"

"good"

After a while, Huang Hongnian walked into the office and first gave him compliments.

Then he said: "Mr. Tao, we Singapore United Industries are willing to serve as white knights to help you repel the invading enemies."

Tao Xinbo was already wary of such people and said, "What do you want? There are no white knights in this world, and you won't use shareholders' money for charity, right?"

Huang Hongnian suddenly coughed. Unexpectedly, Tao Xinbo was so resistant to him. He held back and said: "Of course it is cooperation. We are very optimistic about the development of Singapore Land and are willing to run Singapore Land together with Mr. Tao. You will be the chairman of the board of directors. We just Just join as a director.”

Tao Xinbo hesitated a little. Because he had learned from the past, he was now afraid of the wolf in front of him and the tiger in the back.

After a long while, he said: "I'll think about it, don't worry, I don't believe Lin Ruihai can buy a lot of stocks right away! I'll give you an answer after thinking about it!"

Huang Hongnian became anxious and immediately said: "Mr. Tao, your troops are very fast. If you are one day late, you may miss the best opportunity."

The more he acted like this, the more Tao Xinbo felt that he had to think about it seriously.

"Don't rush this day, I will give you an answer tomorrow!"

"Oh well!"

Three days later, Singapore United Industries and Tao Xinbo Family Enterprises announced that they would form a joint company to conduct a counter-takeover.

The market suddenly became excited, and the shares of Singapore United Industries suddenly surged, and the investors who held their shares suddenly beamed with joy.

Then, before everyone could recover!

Late that night, the financial representative of Hong Kong Wharf Group announced that it had held 51% of Singapore Land's equity and won the acquisition.

The media was in an uproar!

I originally expected to see a good show, but I didn't expect there was no chance at all!

"Lin Ruihai's movements are too fast!"

"Definitely, we paid a 30% premium for the acquisition, and the Tao Xinbo family responded too slowly. It took four days!"

"According to logic, the Wharf Group is not so fast?"

"This is truly incredible!"

The media didn’t understand why it was so fast!

In fact, Lin Ruihai's extensive efforts in advance helped the Wharf Group avoid greater losses.

The 12.2% stake obtained from the Kuwait Investment Development Authority was just the ignition of things; what really made things prosperous was that Singapore fund companies sold their stakes to Lin Ruihai.

In this regard, even Lin Ruihai’s colleagues don’t know how many Singapore Land shares he has acquired from fund companies. All I know is that Lin Ruihai goes to have dinner with people from the Singapore Fund Company every night.

Lin Ruihai's colleagues mostly buy individual shares from the market.

The next morning, the media in Singapore and Hong Kong reported on this grand event.

"The Wharf Group fully acquired Singapore Land at a cost of HK$15 billion, becoming the largest commercial real estate company in Hong Kong and Singapore in one fell swoop."

"The third son of the Lin family is more brave than his father and has acquired the largest commercial real estate company in Singapore."

For a time, Lin Ruihai surpassed all his brothers and became the most handsome boy in the Chinese circle!

And the other side.

As the protagonist, Lin Ruihai came to Tao Xinbo's office in a low-key manner and met Tao Xinbo in person again.

There was no victor's look on his face, he still looked like a humble junior.

But in Tao Xinbo’s view, Lin Ruihai achieved his goal of ‘coming in through the front door’.

Tao Xinbo stood up, came to Lin Ruihai's side, and said with emotion: "I spent half a century and decades of hard work, and you took it away in a few nights!"

When Lin Ruihai heard this, he was immediately shocked. He suppressed the emotions in his heart and said seriously: "Mr. Tao, I am not here to take away your hard work, but to cooperate with you. I sincerely implore you to stay. Continue to be the chairman of Singapore Land, and I will be the president. If anything happens to the company in the future, you can also guide me and we will discuss it."

It was Tao Xinbo's turn to be stunned. Of course he would not think that it was Lin Ruihai's lack of financial resources. After all, the bank would not deny a loan to acquire such a rich asset, not to mention that the Lin family owns banks!

As long as you win, everyone will hand you money one after another and beg you to borrow money. This is the reality.

But he didn't expect that Lin Ruihai, a young man in his thirties (36), could actually lower himself to have a serious talk with him, a loser. He thought that Lin Ruihai was here to fulfill the promise he made when he left home.

"Where is Mr. Lin? He is fully qualified to guide you!"

"Mr. Tao, my father was not involved in the entire acquisition. Similarly, he will not hold any position in Singapore Land. Singapore is your hard work for decades, so I also hope to work with you to develop this together." company. I believe that this company can continue to bring you huge profits."

In the end, Tao Xinbo agreed to stay.

After walking out of Singapore Land, Lin Ruihuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Today he suddenly had a realization and understood why his father, although a giant in the capital market, never praised or praised this industry. On the contrary, he often warned them that if they could not touch the financial capital market, they should try to touch it as little as possible; , we also need to maintain enough awe in this market.

"People say - money can't buy time, but people have worked hard for decades or a lifetime, and I took it away in a few nights! So corporate mergers and acquisitions, on the surface, are like buying factories and companies. , in fact, you are using your own money to buy other people’s youth.”

After gaining this understanding, Lin Ruihai became more determined to cherish this hard-won achievement and planned to return to Hong Kong to share it with his father.