Wharf was the name of the largest cargo port in Hong Kong, which was originally under the control of Jardine Matisse, a subsidiary of John Bull Corporation.
However, Jardine Maison had relied on John Bull's power to occupy this territory in the early years. In fact, it only occupied 5% of the controlling shares.
Jardine Matisse indirectly controlled Wharf through its 20% stake in Land Holdings.
Wharf had issued a total of 100 million shares, and the current stock price was only around 13-14 yuan.
In other words, on the surface, Nine Dragons 'market value was only 1.3 billion.
But in fact, Wharf controlled most of the docks, warehouses, hotels, buildings, trams, and other high-quality enterprises in places such as Tsimshatsui, the New Territories, and Hong Kong.
The real value was far beyond the value of the shares on the surface. The actual value of each share was around 50 Hong Kong dollars, and there was a large amount of undeveloped land.
In his previous life, the first person to attack the fat Nine Dragon Warehouse was Li Huanggua. However, he couldn't swallow this fat head, so he pulled in the Boat-chartering King and let the Bao family swallow the Nine Dragon Warehouse.
Of course, Li Huanggua did not lose out either. He took this opportunity to make a favor to the charterer. Then, with the help of the charterer, he obtained the shares of another British-funded company, Hutton Whampoa, pledged in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
As a result, the acquisition of Huchison Whampoa was completed!
Moreover, during this period, Little Li was not a good person. The shares in his hands were given to the Bao family in batches.
Although the Bao family eventually took over Nine Dragon Warehouse, the King of Boats had been fighting with Jardine Matisse for two years.
It wasn't until 1980 that the chartered owner took over the ownership of Wharf.
In contrast, the chartering king had helped Little Li get 22% of the shares of Hutton Whampoa controlled by the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, and the British-funded enterprises behind Hutton Whampoa did not fight back at all.
In less than a year's time, Li Huangguo had easily gained complete control over Hehuang.
The cost of the two was completely different.
However, in this life, with Bao Zeyang's appearance, Li Huanggua's little plan could no longer work.
From 1975 onwards, Bao Zeyang had set his sights on Nine Dragon Warehouse. At the same time, after discussing with his father and grandfather, he had decided on a plan to build a plank road in the open and secretly build a warehouse in the dark.
At that time, it was also Wharf that increased its capital and issued bonds, giving Bao Zeyang a chance.
The reason why Bao Zeyang was so famous was partly because of the talent he had shown since he was young, which made him highly regarded by the Bao family.
Another important reason was his keen judgment during the first oil crisis.
In 1973, the first year Bao Zeyang was sent to study in the United States, Bao Zeyang predicted the outbreak of the Middle East war and called back in advance to let his father prepare.
At the same time, he decisively invested in the crude oil futures market. The price of crude oil went from less than 3 USD to more than 13 USD.
Bao Zeyang had invested all his money into it, and at the same time, he had boldly used leverage to make a profit of nearly 20 million USD!
One had to know that this was 20 million US dollars from the 1970s!
Similarly, Bao Yugang, who had been prepared in advance, also profited a lot. Bao Zeyang's performance this time also made his grandfather and father completely recognize his business talent.
That was how he came up with the follow-up plan.
In the study, Bao Zeyang first helped Bao Zhaolong sit down, then looked at his father and the man beside him.
The person who came in was Bao Zeyang's second brother-in-law, Wu Guangzhao. Compared to his eldest brother-in-law, who was Austrian, this second brother-in-law was from Ninghai and was more favored by the chartered king.
It was the same in his previous life. He was the heir who had the most shares of the ship king's assets. In the future, Nine Dragon Warehouse and Hui Feng De would be under his control.
However, in this life, with Bao Zeyang, this person's future was hard to say.
"Tell me, how much money did you bring back from America this time?”
The Boat Owner sat down and asked calmly.
Since his son planned to close the net for Wharf, he must have a comprehensive plan. In this, capital was an indispensable aspect.
"I currently have about 100 million USD in cash in my hands. This is what I got from pledging Wal-Mart's shares in Citicorp!”
Bao Zeyang looked at the father of the funds and said seriously.
He did not know much about the American stock market in the 1970s, but after looking through the stocks, he still found a suitable stock.
That stock was Walmart. As the number one in the world's top 500 in the future, Bao Zeyang firmly believed in its development and the stability of its stock.
And that was indeed the case.
Walmart went public in 1970, and its stock price was less than 1 cent per share. In 1974, it was only 3 cents per share!
Bao Zeyang invested all the profits from the oil futures into Walmart's stock. Now, Walmart's stock price was 1.8 USD per share, which was six times higher!
In other words, Bao Zeyang's shares were worth nearly 130 million.
However, because it was a pledge, Bao Zeyang only took back about 100 million USD.
Of course, Bao Zeyang didn't say that he had even started a business with someone else during this period.
Two business partners, one called Bill Gates, the other called Paul Allen, the company was called Microsoft1!
However, in 1978, the company was not considered a big company. Gates and Paul were still working tirelessly on new systems under Bao Zeyang's plan, but they had yet to get in touch with the company.
When Bao Zeyang said the figure of " 100 million USD," Wu Guangyao, who was in the study, was dumbfounded.
This brother-in-law of his was really a business genius. One hundred million USD was considered a top billionaire in Hong Kong.
In 1978, the assets of Li Huangguo's Changjiang Industry were less than 700 million Hong Kong dollars. If converted to US dollars, it was not even as much as Bao Zeyang.
After hearing about Bao Zeyang's funds, the owner of the ship nodded indifferently. Even though he was happy in his heart, he did not express it.
" Now I hold about 13% of Wharf's shares. I'm very close to the board of directors. I've already attracted Jardine's attention."
"How much do you have?"
Boat-chartering King asked Bao Zeyang in a deep voice.
Wharf's board of directors held 16 percent of the shares, while King of Charters held 13 percent. In other words, as long as King of Charters held another 3 percent, he could enter the board of directors of Wharf and threaten the largest shareholder of Wharf, Jardine Land.
Because the other party only held about 20% of the shares!
Back then, the plan to build a path in the open and secretly build a warehouse in the dark was that the chartered ship king would hold some reasonably on the surface, and in private, Bao Zeyang would use Little Li's method to disperse and absorb them.
So now, he didn't know how many shares Bao Zeyang owned.
"In total, it's about 25! With your 13, we can become the biggest shareholder!”
39% of the shares was enough to make Chartered Boat King the largest shareholder of Wharf. However, as the right-hand man of Jardine Maison, Chartered Boat King's move would definitely trigger a rebound from Jardine Maison.
"Jardine Won't give up on Wharf so easily. The other party will definitely counterattack!”
Bao Zhaolong said slowly.
Bao Zeyang nodded seriously."That's right, so Abba, I hope that you can go and find the current Head of Huifeng Bank, Shen Bi!”
As the mastermind behind the devouring of Nine Dragon's Warehouse, Bao Zeyang had naturally considered all sorts of situations. In his opinion, a situation like the battle at Nine Dragon's Warehouse in his previous life was the worst possible outcome.
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