Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

Since its listing, Xiangjiang Lianxiang has not performed well. During this period, many mainland companies listed in Hong Kong, the most famous of which was Rongxin, as well as many other companies.

However, Xiangjiang Lianxiang's annual report last year was not good, and its stock price has been falling.

"The boss sent word that we should start slowly acquiring Lianxiang's shares, but we can't let anyone know. We'll use Plan C."

Option C involves using multiple accounts to buy stocks, operating like a retail investor. This method is slow, but since the boss operates this way, they have no other choice.

They are not machines, so naturally they will discuss things.

"This company has nothing to offer, and it even lost money last year. Is the owner planning to use it as a shell company?"

The team leader glanced at the speaker and said, "The stock price is currently 0.53, and it's still falling. There are many rumors circulating in the market that this stock is likely to be liquidated soon."

"Then why not short it?"

"That's none of your business. We just need to take care of the boss's affairs. If you weren't my relative, I would have kicked you out long ago. Stop talking so much."

The team leader glared at the team member, silencing him.

"The boss's business is none of our concern," the team leader said quietly, taking a drag of his cigarette. "The boss pays very well, so everyone should watch their mouths."

The other members wanted that guy to step forward, but seeing the way the team leader looked at them, they knew their little trick had been seen through. The team leader was also a little unhappy, but after working together for so long, everyone was familiar with each other, so he naturally couldn't say anything.

Meanwhile, Zhang San, who was being a good stay-at-home dad, was comforting his eldest son.

"Hey, your mom's eating. I'm skipping my own meal to play with you, and you're still not appreciating it. Do you know how many hundreds of millions of dollars I can make in a minute? I can find you so many pretty girls to play with in the future."

He can manipulate others, but he can't manipulate his own son.

When his son gets older, he plans to go to the mainland, as business there is booming. However, recently, many people with connections have been found to be involved in embezzlement.

Recently, during my time in North America, I've sent quite a few people there to clean things up. Those with strong connections were let go, and those without were made to make money.

"Should we sell these companies directly or list them on the stock exchange?"

Zhang San realized that these people were absolutely disgusting. So, what if... he decided to sell the supermarket to Walmart and exchange it for Walmart stock?

This was a good idea, and Zhang San's idea was immediately agreed upon by the three women in his family.

Walmart also wants to enter the mainland market, but it cannot allow itself to take the initiative in this matter. Moreover, it wants to carry out these two things separately.

In its early years, when Stephen's Supermarket entered the mainland, after a long period of operation, its business was divided into several parts. One part was for investment, and most of the well-established companies were acquired and restructured by Stephen's Business, which was only responsible for production. They did not have trademarks or brands and could only rely on the parent company, Stephen's Investment Group. Another part was for supermarket operation, adopting the operating model of Walmart, using the manufacturers' money to expand the supermarkets. Another important company was Stephen's Real Estate Investment Company.

A supermarket is a supermarket, and real estate is real estate. The supermarket rents space from Stephen Real Estate.

Now, Zhang San wants to dismantle the supermarket from Stephen's Real Estate so that he can extract revenue from it; moreover, he can set the rent himself.

Thinking about this, Zhang San suddenly realized that it would be better to go public directly; after going public, the company would still be his; there was also the possibility that a listed company could acquire the supermarket.

General Manager Yang has been feeling very stressed lately, as he is under considerable pressure regarding the major shareholder's actions. Just now, the major shareholder announced that they will continue to raise funds through a rights issue to acquire Stephen's Supermarket in mainland China. Stephen's Supermarket has 2,000 stores in mainland China and manages nearly 200,000 employees, making it one of the largest foreign-invested enterprises in the country.

Lihua Hotel issued an announcement stating that it will be renamed Lihua Group, and at the same time officially announced that it is in talks with Stephen Business in North America to acquire its supermarket business in mainland China.

Stephen's Supermarket has 2,000 stores in mainland China, with 300 more to open by the end of the year. This company has an annual turnover exceeding 70 billion RMB and a profit of 7 billion RMB, with a business growth rate of 10% annually.

Important matters naturally need to be announced to the outside world, and this news immediately attracted the attention of more business tycoons.

In mainland China, retail is a hot industry right now, naturally attracting a lot of attention. And its influence is just different. However, they have no intention of selling because their North American headquarters has no desire to sell.

"Lihua Hotel is quite shrewd; it actually managed to acquire such a supermarket."

"They have NT-MS behind them."

The meeting room fell silent. They stared at each other, unsure what to say. Moreover, NT-MS was the boss behind Golden Globe Bank, wielding immense power.

"There's nothing I can do about it; I have a powerful father behind me."

"Actually, we could also try contacting them to see if we can raise the price."

The people in the conference room thought for a moment, then shook their heads in unison, abandoning the idea. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that they wouldn't offend NT-MS, which had enormous influence in North America. If NT-MS didn't have Golden Globe Bank, it would just be a software giant with strong influence, but now, with a multinational bank like NT-MS, it would have enormous influence.

They... are not to be trifled with.

"We can buy shares in Lihua Hotel."

"That's a good idea."

There used to be a company in Hong Kong that frequently released good news to boost its stock price—that was Caring Group. Now, there's another company that keeps issuing new shares, acquiring other companies, and frequently releasing good news to drive up its stock price.

However, these people did not make this connection. Unlike the Jialing Group, the Lihua Group currently owns the Lihua Hotel, the Lihua Express Hotel, and the soon-to-be-acquired Stephen Supermarket, which will then be renamed Lihua Supermarket.

However, the underlying logic behind all these operations is that it is still a foreign-invested enterprise.

Today, Lihua Group can be said to rank among the top ten listed companies in Hong Kong, with its market value far surpassing others. Only with such strong momentum can more people be willing to put their money on their shares during rights issues and fundraising.