From Inheriting a Small Factory to Becoming a Global Financial Tycoon

Chapter 46 Formal Declaration of War Between Bao Yugang and Jardine Matheson

Inside the office, only Lin Haoran and Su Zhixue were present.

At that moment, Su Zhixue respectfully handed Lin Haoran the carefully compiled data report.

"Starting tomorrow, we must continue monitoring the movements of Wharf Holdings' stock," Lin Haoran said as he accepted the report without immediately flipping through it.

"If the stock price continues its upward trend, we maintain the status quo without further intervention.

But if it starts to fall again, I will have new deployments and arrangements."

After a brief pause, Lin Haoran added,

"Also, we must not slack off in monitoring Green Island Cement stock.

My goal is to bring Green Island Cement fully under our control—this is crucial."

Hearing this, Su Zhixue immediately nodded,

"Understood, President Lin. I will arrange everything immediately, ensuring comprehensive and flawless information gathering on both Wharf Holdings and Green Island Cement.

I'll get back to handling other tasks now."

"Mm," Lin Haoran acknowledged.

Only after Su Zhixue closed the office door behind him did Lin Haoran turn his attention to the data report.

He already knew the Wharf Holdings figures:

throughout today, they had absorbed a total of 521,000 shares.

Had they continued buying later in the day, the total would have been even higher.

The average price for today's purchases, influenced by the high afternoon prices, surpassed 30 HKD, reaching 30.27 HKD per share, with a total expenditure of 15.77 million HKD.

Currently, Lin Haoran held 1.478 million shares of Wharf Holdings,

with an overall average cost—thanks to earlier low-priced acquisitions—dragged down to 27.7 HKD per share.

In total, he had spent 40.94 million HKD on Wharf Holdings.

Originally, he planned to spend just over 30 million HKD on this stock.

Now, surpassing 40 million HKD had already exceeded his expectations.

At today's closing price of 40.8 HKD,

his 1.478 million shares were worth 60.3 million HKD—

meaning a pure profit of around 20 million HKD.

Of course, Lin Haoran was far from satisfied with just 20 million.

What could he do with such a small sum?

Given Wharf Holdings' current momentum, doubling its price didn't seem impossible.

Why not go all in and let this magnificent horse run even further?

With Wharf Holdings now stabilized, Lin Haoran's focus shifted fully onto Green Island Cement.

Due to his aggressive acquisition efforts over the past few weeks,

the stock's circulation in the market had obviously tightened, and the number of sell orders had significantly declined.

Today, under Dai Shi's precise operations, Lin Haoran successfully snapped up another 382,000 shares of Green Island Cement,

at an average price of 5.19 HKD per share, costing about 1.98 million HKD.

Thus, Lin Haoran's holdings in Green Island Cement had reached 9.036 million shares.

Barring any surprises, within two or three days, he would hit the milestone of 10 million shares—

about 20% of the total equity.

Looking at today's market data, the total trading volume for Green Island Cement was only 929,000 shares.

Since Li Jiacheng's involvement last week, daily volumes had once stabilized above 1.2 million shares.

Now, the drop in trading volume indicated a tightening supply—

exactly what Lin Haoran hoped to see.

Such a development kept market dynamics delicate, giving Lin Haoran more room and strategic advantage to maneuver.

Finally, Lin Haoran calculated his available cash:

Originally, after securing another loan, his liquidity had risen above 31 million HKD.

However, after today's operations in both stocks, spending 17.75 million HKD,

his available funds had shrunk to around 14 million HKD.

From here on, he wouldn't need to invest further in Wharf Holdings.

Most likely, this remaining cash would all go toward Green Island Cement.

Given the current stock price, this money could allow him to acquire over 2 million additional shares—

enough to continue competing with Li Jiacheng's team.

Just as Lin Haoran was meticulously planning his next steps,

the astonishing trading volume and price surge of Wharf Holdings that day exploded like a bomb across Hong Kong's business world, causing a massive sensation.

Keen-nosed reporters and media quickly gathered,

their cameras and microphones pointed straight at two industry giants—

Bao Yugang, head of Global Shipping Group,

and David Newbigging, the leading figure at Jardine Matheson.

Everyone knew that currently, Wharf Holdings' largest shareholder was Bao Yugang,

while actual control lay with Jardine Matheson through Hongkong Land Holdings.

Clearly, anyone could see the stock market commotion must have been triggered by one of these two camps.

Lin Haoran's actions had completely misled both sides,

as well as everyone else.

However, Bao Yugang was in Singapore at the time and couldn't respond to the Hong Kong media's eager inquiries.

Meanwhile, Mr. Wu, his son-in-law and the executive handling the Wharf acquisition at Global Shipping Group,

was stationed in Hong Kong but, lacking Bao Yugang's direct instructions, maintained complete silence, refusing to comment.

Faced with this impasse, journalists quickly redirected their efforts,

flooding toward Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land's headquarters in search of information.

Surprisingly, David Newbigging displayed remarkable openness,

willingly accepting numerous media interviews.

Surrounded by flashes and recording devices, he spoke generously,

delivering a few key points clearly:

Jardine Matheson and Hongkong Land would not give up control of Wharf Holdings.

Even if facing a powerful adversary, they would fight tooth and nail!

In Newbigging's view, today's frantic absorption of Wharf Holdings' shares could only have come from Bao Yugang's team.

It was a clear and direct challenge to their control over the company.

Thus, he saw no need for diplomatic words—only direct confrontation would suffice!

This tense situation spread like wildfire across Hong Kong through TVB, Hong Kong Radio, and all major media outlets,

stirring widespread public attention.

The battle for Wharf Holdings now resembled a ticking time bomb,

and the entire Hong Kong business world was gripped by an unprecedented sense of tension—

the great war was about to erupt!

Feeling the urgency of the situation, Bao Yugang immediately canceled his Singapore itinerary,

catching an overnight flight back to Hong Kong.

Upon landing, without resting, he rushed to Global Shipping Group's headquarters,

where he convened an emergency press conference the next morning.

Standing before a sea of journalists and flashing cameras,

Bao Yugang's heart was a swirl of mixed emotions.

Originally, he had planned a quiet campaign—

to let the market cool naturally while he gradually accumulated shares.

But unexpectedly, Jardine Matheson had made an aggressive move, pushing up the stock price.

From Bao Yugang's perspective, today's price surge and volume spike were undoubtedly caused by Jardine's hand.

It was simple:

Since the Bao family still lacked control of Wharf Holdings,

Jardine's deliberate price push meant that acquiring control would now cost him far more.

It was a blatant, public stratagem—

a calculated and open challenge.

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