Reborn as a landlord in Shanghai

Chapter 120 Zhang Lei Wants to See Mao Xiaoyu

While Mao Xiaoyu was busy buying various things for school, Zhang Lei, accompanied by his secretary, had already arrived at HSBC Bank.

I want HSBC Securities to help me buy Tencent shares on the secondary market.

HSBC's securities department was dumbfounded when they heard this.

Because Mao Xiaoyu is still acquiring shares of Tencent!

Now another person is coming to buy Tencent's stock, so it seems that Tencent's stock price is definitely going to rise.

But as bewildered as they were, they still had to sign contracts as required and acquire stocks on the market as needed.

After all, Mao Xiaoyu has a genius trader, while Zhang Lei doesn't.

Zhang Lei only has a secretary; if he wants to acquire stocks, he can only do so through an institutional investor.

In Hong Kong, who can compare to HSBC?

Therefore, on Monday, the day after the contract was signed, HSBC Securities dispatched eight traders to assist Zhang Lei in acquiring shares of Qiteng A-shares on the secondary market, following Zhang Lei's instructions.

Such an acquisition could not be kept secret from Du Yue and Peng Yu, who were obsessed with Tencent's stock price.

So on Monday, as soon as the stock market opened, Du Yue and Peng Yu sensed something was wrong, and then observed for several hours.

It was eventually confirmed that a group of people were acquiring Tencent's shares.

However, this is also a good thing for Du Yue and Peng Yu.

After all, once Mao Xiaoyu withdrew more than HK$1000 million from her own account, Du Yue and Peng Yu could only control about HK$200 million in the Orange Navigation Company account, which they used to boost Tencent's stock price.

Normally, raising the stock price with this amount of money would be very slow, but now that a sucker has come along, raising the stock price will be easy for Du Yue and Peng Yu.

After all, Du Yue and Peng Yu held more than 3680 million shares of Tencent stock. Although they didn't have the money, they did have Tencent stock.

So, the battle of wits and courage between the two sides began, but Mao Xiaoyu's side had an inherent advantage.

Moreover, it's Zhang Lei's side that needs to buy stocks now, while for Mao Xiaoyu, whether or not she buys stocks is actually meaningless.

After all, Mao Xiaoyu was out of money; all she wanted was for Tencent's stock price to rise.

Because the requirements of the two sides were different, Zhang Lei's acquisition of Tencent's stock was very difficult from the very first step. On Monday, due to the competition between the two sides, Tencent's stock price jumped directly from more than 8.1 yuan to more than 8.6 yuan. By Tuesday, it had risen directly from more than 8.6 yuan to more than 9.2 yuan.

This price was already the highest Tencent stock price in 2005, the highest it had ever been, but in this life, because of Mao Xiaoyu...

In addition, Mao Xiaoyu's acquisition of more than 3680 million shares of Tencent's stock on the market caused an inherent tension in Tencent's stock.

This tension manifests in the stock market as a continuous rise in stock prices.

In addition, Du Yue and Peng Yu on Mao Xiaoyu's side intentionally pushed up the stock price.

Therefore, by Wednesday, Tencent's stock price had surged to 10 yuan per share.

Such a surge was a bit too much for Zhang Lei to handle!

It's not that Zhang Lei can't afford it at that price.

After all, Zhang Lei has 20 million US dollars, which is more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars. With that much money, he can afford to buy shares at 10 yuan per share.

However, the price of 10 yuan per share does not refer to the average price, but rather the purchase price on the third day!

It's only been three days since the acquisition!

Zhang Lei himself has only acquired a little over 400 million shares, and the stock price has already risen to 10 yuan per share. If he acquires more shares, the stock price will rise to 11, 12, or 13 yuan, which would be too much of a rip-off.

Therefore, Zhang Lei decided not to rush into buying stocks on the stock market. Instead, he planned to ask the leaders of HSBC Securities Department if they knew anyone who had a large number of Tencent shares. He would buy the Tencent shares directly from them, which would be much more cost-effective than buying them on the market.

Therefore, Zhang Lei directly inquired about this matter with HSBC Securities, asking if HSBC knew who held a large number of Tencent shares.

When Zhang Lei asked this question, the head of HSBC's securities department naturally knew who owned Tencent Bank shares.

Considering that Mao Xiaoyu had bought so many stocks with financing, the securities department manager decided to ask Mao Xiaoyu if she wanted to sell these stocks to Zhang Lei.

Furthermore, to show his sincerity in this deal, the head of the securities department personally had his subordinates find Mao Xiaoyu's phone number and then personally called Mao Xiaoyu.

On Monday, Mao Xiaoyu entered the school and began her four-year program of junior college and bachelor's degree.

Upon entering the school, Mao Xiaoyu thought there would be many beautiful girls, but unfortunately, when she arrived at the music class, the film class, and even the dance class, she didn't see a single girl who truly captivated her.

Mao Xiaoyu then belatedly realized that a city like this couldn't possibly have that many beautiful girls. Look at the celebrities and beautiful women on TV; how many of them are actually from Hong Kong? The beauties there are mostly from the mainland. And those beauties have already been selected; how many of the others have slipped through the net?

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Therefore, there are very few pretty girls in the school. Even the so-called school beauties are only about 70% pretty, which is nothing special in Mao Xiaoyu's opinion.

Although she didn't see any beautiful women, which was a bit of a pity, Mao Xiaoyu had a full schedule of professional courses. After all, she had spent the money, so she definitely had to learn something. Plus, since her foundation was weak, she definitely had to learn more.

Therefore, Mao Xiaoyu was constantly running between different colleges, attending classes in all three colleges every day. Although she couldn't understand many things due to her poor foundation, her enthusiasm for learning was still recognized by the teachers.

After all, in the teacher's eyes, if you don't know something, it's because you haven't learned it. As long as you study hard, you will eventually learn it. But if you don't study hard and just want to coast through life, that won't do. So the teacher really likes Mao Xiaoyu's serious attitude.

For three days in a row, Mao Xiaoyu almost forgot about the outside world because she was busy going to school every day. Suddenly, someone called her, and Mao Xiaoyu couldn't help but answer the phone.

"Hello, is this Mr. Mao?" After Mao Xiaoyu answered the phone, she heard the voice of a man in his forties or fifties on the other end.

"Who are you? Do we know each other?" Mao Xiaoyu asked curiously.

"I probably don't know you, but this is HSBC Securities Department. I'm Qi Meijun, the head of HSBC Securities Department. Sorry to bother you," Qi Meijun introduced herself on the phone.

"Mold?" Mao Xiaoyu repeated curiously, never expecting such a brilliant name.

"Oh, I wonder what you, Manager Qi, want to discuss with me?" Mao Xiaoyu asked curiously.

"Here's the thing, we have a customer who wants to buy a batch of Tencent shares. Mr. Mao, you have so many Tencent shares, would you like to sell some to someone else?"

"Of course, whether you sell or not is your decision. We at HSBC Securities are just making an introduction. If he doesn't agree, that's fine too." Manager Qi said politely. "Then may I ask, Manager Qi, how many Tencent shares does this person need? You're not going to tell me to hand over all my Tencent shares, are you?" Mao Xiaoyu asked with amusement.

"I don't know how many Tencent shares they want; you'll have to discuss that with them. But I can assure you that they can definitely meet any conditions you set." Manager Qi wasn't entirely sure how many shares Zhang Lei needed, so he could only offer such a vague answer.

"Manager Qi, could you please tell me which big shot wants my Tencent shares? Is he Chinese or a foreigner? I need to know more before I can decide whether to sell or not," Mao Xiaoyu asked again.

"We need to keep this confidential, so it's hard to say. If you really want to know, I need to ask them first. Only if they agree can I tell you. Like with you, we've only contacted you; we haven't told them who you are yet. Only if you agree will we tell them who you are and how to sell to them," Manager Qi said sincerely after a moment's hesitation.

"Okay, call and ask. If it's a Chinese person, I can talk to them. If it's a foreigner, then forget it, I'll keep it. After all, I have a very high opinion of Tencent." Mao Xiaoyu said earnestly.

After exchanging a few more polite words, the two hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone that had just been hung up, Mao Xiaoyu said honestly that after seeing Du Yue and Peng Yu's actions over the past month, she was now having second thoughts about selling her Tencent shares.

After all, given their operating methods, earning several million Hong Kong dollars a month is perfectly normal.

With this kind of money-making speed, I can just hold onto Tencent stock for a year or two, and then I'll naturally be able to pay off my debts.

If I sell now and buy it back later, the price and effort required will be different. After all, by then, Tencent stock will only become more valuable, and everyone will be watching closely. Buying in large quantities will be very difficult.

It's only because Tencent is currently worthless and people haven't seen its future potential that they can acquire so many shares from the market, and at such a low price.

Thinking about myself now, I already hold more than 2% of Tencent's total shares. If I keep acquiring more, I won't be much different from the number of shares held by Tencent's bigwig, Ma Huateng.

After all, when Tencent went public in 2004, Ma Huateng only owned 10.22% of the shares. This year, he sold another 10 million Tencent shares, so his current shareholding is definitely less than 9.5%.

Of course, as a core figure at Tencent, Ma Huateng receives a considerable amount of share rewards every year. So even if he reduces his holdings more than ten times in the future, he only reduces the shares allocated to him by the company. Ma Huateng does not reduce his holdings of the A-shares he uses to control the company. By 2026, the two companies Ma Huateng uses to control will hold a combined 9% of Tencent's shares.

Although Mao Xiaoyu currently only holds a little over 2% of the shares, she is confident that by 2008, her shareholding will reach at least 6%, and if she sets her sights higher, she may even surpass Ma Huateng.

Since there had been changes in Tencent's stock, Mao Xiaoyu thought about it and decided to call Du Yue.

"Mr. Mao, what's the matter that you're calling me at this hour?" As soon as the call connected, Du Yue's voice came from the other end.

"I heard someone was buying up Tencent shares on the market this week, is that true?" Mao Xiaoyu asked.

"That's true. But as you said, no matter what others do, we just need to raise Tencent's stock price. These past two days, because someone is acquiring Tencent's shares, we've also helped to push Tencent's stock price up a bit. So today, Wednesday, Tencent's stock price has already risen to 10 yuan per share. If they continue to acquire Tencent's shares, I believe Tencent's stock price could reach 111213 yuan."

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"However, because the stock price has been driven too high, we haven't dared to sell too many shares, which has resulted in us not making much money these past few days, only about 400,000 to 500,000 yuan in profit each day. The profits for the next two days probably won't be much either. In any case, we probably won't make much money this month; we'll just be pushing the stock price up a bit more," Du Yue said.

"It's alright, let the stock price go up if it goes up. Don't worry about making money yet. Just follow your steps. That's all. You can go ahead and do your work." After saying this, Mao Xiaoyu hung up the phone.

Just as she was about to think about it again, her phone suddenly rang. Mao Xiaoyu picked it up and saw that it was a call from the head of the securities trading department of HSBC. She answered the phone without thinking.

"Mr. Mao, they asked me to tell you that he is Chinese, named Zhang Lei. He founded Hillhouse Capital two months ago, and he wants to meet with you. Do you want to meet with him?" Manager Qi said directly after the call was connected.

"Okay, let him come to Wan Chai. I'm here in Wan Chai now. Call me when he gets here, and I'll meet him."

Although Mao Xiaoyu is currently hesitant about whether to sell her Tencent shares, it is still necessary to meet with Zhang Lei. After all, it would be good to have some face-to-face contact with this big shot once things are over.

"Okay, I'll tell him to come find you in a bit." After saying this, Manager Qi hung up the phone.

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