Chapter 722 Bargain Hunting
"Really don't know?" Song Yuanchao was very surprised on the phone, and then sighed: "It seems that I am worrying for nothing. Boss Liu, I suggest you pay attention to it immediately, otherwise it will be painful for me, an outsider, to see such a sharp drop every day."
"By the way, Boss Liu, your company has always been doing well, and the product market has potential. I am personally very optimistic about it. Since you have left the company, do you think I can take this opportunity to buy some stocks? Is this an okay operation? Boss Liu won't object, right? Yes, you definitely won't object, since you have already left the company. Haha, the stock price is so low now, I think it's still a good deal."
"Fuck your mother!"
Liu almost burst into curse, Song Yuanchao is trying to cut off the source of the problem!
Now is the most critical moment. The company's shareholders can no longer hold on. Although Liu seems to be sitting on the Diaoyutai State these days, he is actually negotiating with them in private. It's just that the price he offered is too low and the other party hasn't given in yet.
After Song Yuanchao left yesterday, Liu instructed Hong Kong to intensify their efforts and deal the final blow to the opponent. As soon as the stock market opened today, the company's shares plummeted. Everything is under Liu's control. Liu has determined that the opponent will surrender within three days. Next, it will be Liu's turn to "come back as the king."
But no one expected that Song Yuanchao would show up at the moment of success. He not only saw through Liu's plan, but also made it clear that he wanted to intervene in this matter.
Shenghua has never been involved in finance, but this time Song Yuanchao suddenly called and said all this, it must be because he was dissatisfied with himself.
Although Liu Cixin had no intention of harming Song Yuanchao and Shenghua Group in this matter, he was just taking advantage of them, and this taking advantage was not a bad thing for both parties.
Even Liu thought about giving Shenghua some compensation in terms of cooperation after the dust settled, which would be considered an apology.
Shenghua has a great influence in the mainland, and its background is not comparable to that of ordinary Hong Kong companies. These are advantages that Liu does not have. Now that the mainland's reform and opening up is in full swing and the economy is developing rapidly, how could Liu, as a successful businessman, not see such a huge market?
Liu's long-term plan was to establish a good relationship with Shenghua and expand his business to the mainland through cooperation, but now it has backfired. If Song Yuanchao really intervenes in this matter, then the subsequent changes will not be under Liu's control.
Thinking of this, sweat began to ooze out of Liu Da's forehead. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face, and his mind was quickly thinking about how to solve this problem.
Falling out with Song Yuanchao? Isn't that courting death? Once he does that, everything will be over. Liu had been planning for so long this time, and had invested a huge amount of money. If he failed, not only would all his efforts be wasted, but his vitality would also be greatly damaged.
Refuse to admit it? Keep playing dumb? That won't work either! Song Yuanchao had made it so clear. If he continued to do that, it would be like not giving him face, and it would also anger Song Yuanchao and Sheng Hua.
For a moment, Liu's face was full of worry. His hand holding the phone stopped in mid-air, and he was speechless for a long time.
Song Yuanchao was waiting patiently on the other end of the phone, and did not rush Liu. He raised his hand and made a cigarette-holding gesture to Xu Hui beside him. Xu Hui smiled and understood, and helped Song Yuanchao take the cigarette that he had thrown on the coffee table, took out a cigarette and gave it to him, then helped him light it.
After a moment, Liu's slightly tired voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Mr. Song, I'm very sorry. I hid something from you before. It's my fault. I apologize to you!"
Song Yuanchao exhaled a puff of smoke and a smile appeared on his face.
It seems that his guess was correct. Liu Da is a person who can take it or leave it. It will not do Liu Da any good to fall out with him. The only thing he can do now is to admit his mistake and try his best to get Song Yuanchao's forgiveness.
There was no need to play dumb at this time. Song Yuanchao said to Liu in a calm tone, "Boss Liu, I treat you as a friend, but you don't treat me as a friend. Since we are cooperating, some things should not be concealed. We haven't known each other for a long time, but people who have known me for a long time know what kind of temper I have. If you respect me one foot, I will respect you ten feet. What I hate most in my life is that people treat me as a fool. Boss Liu, have you ever experienced the feeling of being treated as a fool?"
Liu's face turned red with anger after hearing what Song Yuanchao said. He gritted his teeth and said, "I understand what Mr. Song means. How about we meet again? I will definitely give you an explanation on this matter."
"Okay!" Song Yuanchao agreed immediately and asked him to come directly to his villa for a meeting.
After hanging up the phone, Song Yuanchao said to Xu Hui: "You will talk to Boss Liu later. How to ensure the best interests of Shenghua without damaging the interests of both parties? I think you should have considered how to talk about it."
Of course Xu Hui understood what Song Yuanchao meant, and agreed with a smile.
Da Liu arrived very quickly. The doorbell rang in less than ten minutes. Xu Hui opened the door and saw that it was Da Liu. She smiled and invited him in.
After the meeting, Liu once again sincerely apologized to Song Yuanchao, and Song Yuanchao waved his hand and told him that there was no need to say more. It was better to talk about the actual situation now. He wanted to hear Liu's opinion on how to solve this problem.
However, what surprised Liu Da was that the specific details of how to negotiate with Song Yuanchao were left to Xu Hui. Then she told Liu Da that she had important things to do and went to the study room apologetically, leaving the living room alone with the two of them.
While drinking tea and smoking in the study, Song Yuanchao first called Jinling to ask about the arrangements and progress of campus recruitment. After dealing with this matter, Song Yuanchao picked up a book from the bookshelf and started reading.
I forgot the time when I saw this, and I don’t know how long it had been before there was a knock on the study door. Song Yuanchao said, “Come in,” and Xu Hui pushed the door open.
"Are you done talking?" When Song Yuanchao saw the joy on Xu Hui's face, he knew that the result of the talks between the two parties was in his favor.
"Boss Liu made a big concession and invited us to join his plan directly."
"Oh, what's the specific plan?"
Xu Hui immediately told Song Yuanchao in detail about Da Liu's overall plan. In order to resolve his worries and also give an explanation to Song Yuanchao and Sheng Hua, Da Liu expressed his attitude very sincerely.
Liu proposed that Shenghua transfer some funds to join his plan to suppress the stock price and acquire the former company, and gave up a lot of benefits in the plan. However, there was one thing that Liu would never give in to, that is, after the plan was completed, Liu must hold a proportion of the company's equity that can absolutely control the company, and Shenghua could decide how to deal with the equity on its own.
It doesn't matter whether they wait for Liu to take back the company and then raise the share price and gradually sell it off, or Shenghua joins the company's board of directors as a shareholder. But one thing is that everyone must act in unison and not disrupt Liu's plan.
In addition, in the later cooperation, Liu also made certain concessions, which can be regarded as an unexpected surprise.
After listening to Xu Hui's story, Song Yuanchao was still very satisfied. At least such cooperation was beneficial to Shenghua.
Thinking of this, Song Yuanchao couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even Xu Hui couldn't help laughing out loud.
Da Liu is very fast and Xu Hui is not slow either.
That afternoon, personnel from both sides who received the instructions contacted each other in Hong Kong. Xu Hui, as the president of Shenghua, also returned to Hong Kong in advance to handle the matter personally.
Due to Shenghua's move and the influx of a large amount of funds, the stock that had been watched recently started to perform like a trance as soon as the market opened the next day. It fell first and then rose, then fell and rose again. It went back and forth like a roller coaster throughout the day, which was enough to scare the stockholders out of their wits.
What's even more terrible is that Xu Hui, on behalf of Shenghua Group, suddenly held a press conference a few days later. Xu Hui announced at the press conference that due to Liu's departure, the original cooperation with the other company was officially terminated, and Shenghua Group would no longer consider choosing the other company as a partner.
If this news was released before, it would be nothing. In business, there are cooperations and there are terminations of cooperation. This is a very normal thing.
But this time it is different, because Liu's departure and the sharp fluctuations in the company's stock price in recent days have already made investors wail. Now Shenghua has also come out to announce this bad news, which is like adding fuel to the fire and cutting off the fuel from under the pot!
Before the press conference was over, the stock price suddenly plummeted, causing many stockholders to sell frantically. By 2 p.m., the stock price had fallen horribly.
The same thing happened the next day. As soon as the market opened, it plummeted. At noon, the market closed and the situation was extremely ugly. Soon, the company's board of directors could no longer bear it. With the surrender of the first shareholder, they took the initiative to contact Liu Da privately to transfer shares at a low price. Then, one shareholder after another rushed to sell their shares. In their view, if they continued like this, the company might be delisted. Once it came to this point, the stocks in their hands would be nothing but a piece of waste paper.
After this series of operations, Liu, with the cooperation of Shenghua, successfully bought at a low price in less than two weeks, and acquired shares sufficient to control the company from the stock market and other shareholders at extremely low prices.
After settling the interests of previous partners, Liu already held more than half of the shares, and even Shenghua held 7.68% of the shares.
By this time, Liu's return to the company and his comeback as a king had become a foregone conclusion, and Shenghua also gained huge benefits from it.
According to Song Yuanchao's instructions, Shenghua did not plan to sell this part of the shares. Instead, Xu Hui directly served as a director on the company's board of directors and became the second largest shareholder of Da Liu Company after him.
Song Yuanchao did this because he considered the future cooperation. Liu's company mainly produces electronic products and home appliances, which is a missing link in Shenghua's industrial structure. And from the perspective of Shenghua's future development, the demand in this area is huge, but setting up a factory, research and development, product launch and market competition all require a lot of energy and capital investment.
By investing directly in this company, Shenghua now has the production and market channels in this area, which is very worthwhile.
