Chapter 646: The beginning of the Sino-British war: Landlord Drinks Milk

As a time traveler, Yang Wendong naturally knew that many small games in his previous life were suitable for arcades, such as the most classic Snake, Tetris, and even later competitive games, Tank Wars, Space Invaders, etc.;
There are so many games that Yang Wendong might miss some of them. Therefore, he wrote down the names of some games a long time ago, so that he can remember them when he sees the names in the future.
However, the limitations of the times have always existed. Although Snake and Tetris seem simple, with just some blocks, the computing power of current chips is still too high and they cannot be made at all. At most, we can only make games like "Ping Pong" with very simple graphics and only a few pixels moving.

"Space Race" is one of them. This game is not the very famous Space Invaders in the previous life. The accurate translation may be Space Race. In fact, it is to operate a spaceship and avoid some meteorites. It is also a promotion game like table tennis. Two people compete to see who can win first.

"Space Race, what kind of game is it?" Gordon Moore asked.

Yang Wendong explained: "It's like this."

As Yang Wendong explained the game interface and gameplay, Gordon Moore nodded and said, "It's a very interesting game. It seems to be much more fun than table tennis."

"Yes, I have also registered a global patent, so Intel still needs to develop this game." Yang Wendong continued, "But I require the Hong Kong team to officially participate. After all, you also said that Intel's main business is chip design, not games. Sooner or later, I will need to design it myself."

"Okay, that's not a problem." Gordon Moore agreed. Intel would not dwell on this issue because games are not their core business. Even if Yang Wendong was not a major shareholder and had provided great help to Intel in the early days, they would not necessarily make this money.

"That's good." Yang Wendong smiled. There was no conflict of interest, so it was easy to talk to. Then he asked, "What do you think of the difficulty of this game?"

Gordon Moore said: "It is definitely more difficult than Ping Pong, but we already have experience in developing Ping Pong, and the two games are very similar in interface and operation, so we can use the previous data, which is much more convenient."

Yang Wendong then asked: "How long do you think it will take to develop it?"

Gordon Moore thought for a moment and said, "It's hard for me to say. It will take a professional team leader to evaluate it, but I estimate that three to five months will be enough."

"This speed is acceptable. I will send someone to the United States to communicate with your technical development team." Yang Wendong nodded and said.

Although the relationship with Intel is currently good, Intel has already raised funds before, which means that American capital has also entered into it. Although these capitals currently also believe very much in Intel's founding team, with them, many things are not as convenient as before.

Therefore, we also need to arrange for the people we have arranged at Intel to learn enough knowledge as soon as possible, and also find talents in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and even the United States to work together so that they will be able to develop games independently in the future. This is a more important plan at present.

Gordon Moore didn't think much about it and said, "Okay, that's up to you."

At Yang Wendong's request, Honor Electronics immediately sent a team of several people to follow Gordon Moore to the United States to discuss subsequent cooperation matters;
Soon it was April, and Yang Wendong, Fang Xianming and others also discovered the anomaly of Dairy Farm International’s stock. Although all stocks in Hong Kong were rising in the current market environment, Dairy Farm International’s increase was obviously much greater than other normal stocks.
Another abnormality was the Hong Kong Electric Company's stock. However, Qi Dezun bought off the media and hyped up the benefits of Hong Kong's future. He believed that the stocks of energy companies that monopolized Hong Kong would have a promising future. Therefore, the growth of Hong Kong Electric, China Light and Power, Hong Kong Telephone Company and even the bus company was much higher than that of the Hang Seng Index, which did not arouse much suspicion.
Some stock commentators had previously suspected that someone was hoarding Wharf Holdings shares, but facts soon refuted their suspicions. Wharf Holdings shares not only did not rise in the past month, but also fell. Some stock experts immediately criticized Wharf Holdings’ management for their backward business thinking, saying they only used the money from rent to develop real estate, which was simply a joke in the Hong Kong real estate industry.

On the 4th, Fang Xianming came to Yang Wendong's office and said, "Mr. Yang, I sold about 1.5% of Wharf Holdings' shares last month. Based on our average purchase price, I made a profit of about HK$450 million."

"This little bit of money is not important. What's important is to find a way to secretly buy back the stocks later." Yang Wendong didn't care about this little bit of profit. When it comes to acquisition wars, unless you just want to take a bite of meat like Liu Da in his previous life, the strategic success of the acquisition is the most important, not how much money you make;

Originally, they were planning to take action recently, but Jardine Matheson was preparing to take action against Dairy Farm International, which would affect the future layout for Jardine Matheson Holdings Group. Therefore, Changxing Financial suspended its short-term plans for Wharf Holdings Group, and even sold off some shares to suppress the stock price in order to avoid suspicion, making many people not care about the abnormal increase in Wharf Holdings Group's stock price before.

Fang Xianming smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang. As long as Jardine Matheson takes action against Dairy Farm International in the future, it will not be difficult for us to buy back the shares in the event of drastic market fluctuations. We may even be able to acquire more shares, which will also reduce the difficulty of our forced acquisition in the future.
The only uncertainty is whether Wharf Holdings' stock price will rise sharply due to Jardine Matheson's move. If so, our costs may increase significantly."

"It's okay. We have a lot of Dairy Farm International shares in our hands. We will be able to make huge profits from them when the time comes." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

If Hutchison Whampoa uses cash to make the acquisition, he can also withdraw a large amount of cash in the final stage; and if Hutchison Whampoa still uses the stock-for-stock method of his previous life, he can also take the opportunity to obtain a large number of Hutchison Whampoa shares.

No matter what, he would not lose out. Knowing the future, his early layout enabled him to easily acquire shares of a large number of British giant companies, except for Swire and Wheelock. The former was not listed, and the latter was simply not worth his attention. In addition, the major shareholder of Wheelock was actually a Chinese family.

Fang Xianming smiled and said, "Yes, but I saw the increase in Dairy Farm International's share price. It's clear that the people from Jardine Matheson are in a hurry to act, and a large amount of funds are flowing in, so this matter will be announced soon."

"Just announce it. We'll just watch the show from the sidelines and cash out when the time is right." Yang Wendong said calmly.

The most exciting moment for Hong Kong's business society came after the 70s. British capital was in decline and the country behind it was in trouble, while Chinese capital was the opposite. They had outstanding capabilities and strong backing, so the situation was naturally different.

The huge increase in Dairy Farm International's stock soon became the most special case in the Hong Kong stock market. It was so high that there were a large number of buy orders every day. In this case, even a fool could see that there was a big capital intent on acquiring it.

On April 4, a resident economic analyst of Ming Pao pointed out for the first time in the newspaper that Dairy Farm International’s shares were clearly being deliberately acquired by a consortium.

As soon as the newspaper came out, a large amount of idle capital, ordinary investors who smelled "fishy smell", and large and small conglomerates immediately flocked in. The number of Dairy Farm International shares purchased more than doubled in one day, and the stock price rose by nearly 25% in one day, setting a record high in recent years.

It was not until this time that Dairy Farm International's board of directors reacted, but they did not know which party was responsible.
On April 4, Hong Kong Land Group accepted a public interview and expressed its optimism about the future of Dairy Farm International and its hope to become a shareholder and director of Dairy Farm International and develop together.
As soon as this was said, everyone understood that the previous acquisition of Dairy Farm International’s shares was actually done by Swire Properties.

As for the words like becoming a director and shareholder, and developing together, they are obviously just polite remarks, and the obvious purpose is to acquire the company.

Dairy Farm International's board of directors also immediately held a press conference, stating that their company was developing normally and did not need to cooperate with other companies for the time being. Their board of directors and management were capable of running their own company well.

Jardine Matheson drinks milk, and the most exciting scene in Hong Kong’s commercial history officially begins.

(End of this chapter)

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