Morris took his team to Rotterdam, which is the real headquarters of Tiehang Zhonghua. This is where Tiehang Zhonghua was listed.

He came this time with great confidence because the boss gave him a very large financial space; from this point of view, the boss should believe that shipping will usher in a boom.

In the conference room.

Morris said confidently: "We are very eager to merge the two shipping companies and we have great sincerity. Therefore, our latest offer is US$2.2 billion, which is also our final offer."

After the price was announced, Tiehang Zhahua and other senior executives flashed with joy.

The premium is about 40%, which is probably a high price during the boom period of shipping. And who knows whether there will be another boom period for shipping. After all, there has been no boom period for shipping in the world since the mid-1980s.

Who dares to bet?

Smith said tentatively: "Maersk is still bidding, so I can't give you an accurate answer yet!"

Morris said with a smile: "It is said that Maersk has no intention of making any more quotations. They even let us take advantage of it."

Smith's expression froze, and then he smiled awkwardly.

The two sides once again engaged in a war of words. The negotiations have made great progress, and it is expected that the real intention will be completed in the next few days.

Late January.

The two companies officially announced that Times Shipping will acquire China Railway Group in cash at a price of 42 euros per share, for a total amount of 1.68 billion euros (2.2 billion U.S. dollars). The agreement is planned to be reached within a few weeks, and all terms of the cooperation will be finalized.

The memorandum will be announced in the first half of February, and China Railway Corporation will convene a special shareholders' meeting in late February. According to both parties' expectations, the acquisition will be completed between March and April.

A reporter interviewed Times Shipping Morris and asked whether the matter was confident that it would pass EU review.

Morris said confidently: "We believe we will not encounter too big a problem. We will work hard to safeguard the rights and interests of European employees and promise not to lay off employees."

The timing, location, people, and Era Shipping have all been mastered, and the acquisition is a certainty.

Hongkong.

The media have reported on the incident of "Times Shipping" acquiring "Railway China". After reading this, citizens felt that it had greatly boosted the morale of Hong Kong's economy.

Times Shipping has invested nearly 20 billion US dollars in shipping in the past four years, driving the entire Hong Kong shipping economy. People from all walks of life are looking forward to Times Shipping taking Hong Kong's shipping industry to a new level.

As a rival of Hong Kong's shipping industry, Singapore has felt strong pressure and has begun to frequently use Temasek Capital to acquire global shipping assets.

Cheung Kong Industries.

After Li Chaoren read the news in the newspaper, he couldn't help but look thoughtful.

He was thinking that Times Shipping's massive investment in shipping and aviation was obviously Lin Zuhui's behavior in buying the market at the bottom.

“Is shipping really going to explode?”

"The aircraft leasing industry is a good industry. Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa can follow suit and enter this industry. However, we have invested too much in the 3G field, and I am afraid we can only make small investments."

"To be honest, I really admire his investment methods. But I can't imitate him. I believe that only monopoly industries can make a profit, such as electricity, water, 3G, and retail."

Li Chaoren shook his head. He felt that he really did not dare to invest in shipping (ship chartering). After all, Lin Zuhui had been investing heavily for four years. If New Era Group had not made hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars in the capital market in those years, the company would have been

That's troublesome.

In Hong Kong, there are only two people who can be called 'international businessmen', and that is Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren.

As for the Kwok Desheng family, the Lee Shau Kee family, and the Zheng Yutong family, they will only invest in Hong Kong and the Mainland, and real estate is the absolute core.

These families did try to invest overseas. In the 1980s, they had a lot of real estate investments in Canada, Singapore, and the United States. However, they later found that the overseas returns were too poor, so they almost stopped investing overseas on a large scale.

90% of the investment is placed in China.

In the comparison between Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren, Lin Zuhui has already surpassed Li Chaoren by a lot. At present, Li Chaoren's achievements are only in retail (Watson's), telecommunications (mobile business 2g\3g), and ports.

Lin Zuhui's achievements are among the top in the world in real estate, hotels, shipping, investment, manufacturing, technology, culture and other fields.

The Lunar New Year is approaching, and Lin Zuhui is also busy inspecting various companies. Generally speaking, the companies continued to grow steadily last year.

After the merger of the media groups, there has been huge potential. Last year's profit exceeded 8 billion. If the news is released, it will immediately set off a huge wave.
Chapter completed!