Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Sing Tao Newspaper Company, this is the name changed in 1972 after company chairman Hu Xian integrated the Galaxy Newspaper founded by her father.

Today, Sing Tao Newspaper Company owns many well-known newspapers and periodicals that are best-selling in Hong Kong, such as Sing Tao Daily, Sing Tao Evening News, and The English Standard.

As the chairman of the company, although Hu Xian inherited her father's business, it was her ability that developed Sing Tao Newspaper Company to its current level. Therefore, she is a famous rich woman in Hong Kong, and even the famous 'Queen of Newspaper Industry' '.

However, as the chairman of Xingdao Newspaper Company, Hu Xian is a little troubled now.

Before 1977, the three most famous newspapers in Hong Kong were Ming Pao, Oriental Daily and Sing Tao Daily. The sales volume of the three newspapers was not much different. But starting from the second half of 1977, "Star Daily" began to rise, and after being acquired by Asia Television, it quickly became the newspaper with the largest sales due to its ability to obtain relevant news about entertainment stars more quickly.

Forget it, Asia Television later established "Asia News". With no shortage of people and money, it quickly developed and became one of the newspapers with the largest sales.

Not long ago, the Asia Star Media Group was established. Hu Xian knew that the newspapers under this group would only cover more and more fields in the future. As a result, the Sing Tao Newspaper Company would naturally be squeezed. After all, Xiangjiang has a limited population, and most people usually I only order one newspaper.

Asia Star Media Group is an industry owned by Lin Baicheng, the richest man in Hong Kong. There is no shortage of money at all. This is what worries Hu Xian. It is difficult for a company that is not short of money to compete. She is worried about the future of Sing Tao Newspaper Company.

The most important thing is that Hu Xian has no good solution now, unless she decides to withdraw from the newspaper industry and use the funds to develop other industries. But the problem is that she has been working in the newspaper industry all her life. At her age, it is impossible for her to work hard like young people with full energy, and she also does not want to part with the newspaper company she has worked for her whole life.

"Chairman!"

The secretary opened the door and walked in, holding an envelope in his hand.

"Is there a problem?"

Hu Xian was a little confused. It was almost time to get off work, what else could happen?

"Here's the letter you received in the drop box, you'd better take a look."

The secretary walked over and handed over the letter.

"Isn't this some big news?"

Hu Xian became interested after hearing this, put on his glasses and took the envelope.

"Huh? Why don't you have a shipping address?"

With doubts, Hu Xian took out the letter inside.

The drop box the secretary mentioned is the mailbox where the newspaper office receives news from the general public. Although many of them are useless news, sometimes there is news that makes people shine. Therefore, the company reads the letters sent that day every day.

"How is this possible?!"

There was not much content in the letter, and Hu Xian read it in a short time, but the content shocked her.

Hutchison Whampoa, the company with the highest market value in Hong Kong, actually invested US$200 million in long gold futures, and made huge profits due to the rise in international gold prices, with profits reaching more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars.

More than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars, let alone ordinary people, is an unimaginably large sum for Hu Xian, a rich woman.

After a while, Hu Xian asked aloud: "Has anyone read this letter?"

The secretary replied: "A few staff members are responsible for reading the letters, as well as their team leaders, higher-level supervisors and ministers, and then there is me."

"So there are quite a few people who know about it."

Hu Xian frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Please tell me, this matter must not be leaked for the time being, otherwise don't blame the company for deducting their bonuses. If they keep confidentiality, the company will naturally give them bonuses when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll go down and explain."

The secretary responded, and when he saw that Hu Xian had no instructions, he turned around and went out.

Hu Xian was the only one left in the office. She put down the letter in her hand and began to think deeply.

After the initial shock, Hu Xian had doubts about the authenticity of the contents of the letter. This is 800 million U.S. dollars, a profit of more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars. How could there be so much? It’s unbelievable.

In particular, the principal of the investment was only US$200 million, but the profit reached US$800 million. The profit was four times the principal, and only a few months had passed. No matter how much I thought about it, I felt that this kind of thing was impossible.

Furthermore, this is a letter from which the sender is unknown. The other party deliberately concealed his name and address, making it even more suspicious.

Also, Hutchison Whampoa's investment must be a secret, and few people know about it. Let's not talk about why the insider leaked the information. Even if the information was leaked, there was no need for the insider to use this method.

"But if this is true."

Hu Xian was shocked when he thought that if this news was true. Although she has been in the newspaper industry all her life, she knows a little bit about finance. Huge profits from Hutchison Whampoa Investment will definitely cause the company's stock price to rise sharply, and if she buys some stocks before the news is announced, she will definitely make a lot of money.

"Could this be true? I'm afraid it's impossible!"

After a while, Hu Xian couldn't help but sigh, and her reason told her that this kind of thing couldn't be true.

After a moment of silence, Hu Xian picked up the microphone on his desk and made a call.

"Mr. Chen, I am in the company now. Please come over."

"Mr. Hu, it's almost six o'clock now. Are you sure you want me to come to your company? If something happens, we can find a place to have dinner and chat."

"Come to my company, I have something to ask you."

"Okay, then just wait a moment, I'll be there right away."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

Hu Xian said and hung up the phone.

Hu Xian was somewhat unwilling to give up, and she also wanted to know the truth of this matter very much, so she decided to call her investment consultant over and ask for the opinions of professionals.

About half an hour later, as the secretary opened the door, a man about fifty years old came in with a briefcase. This man was Hu Xian’s investment adviser Chen Yiping, who was also a well-known person in the industry and was responsible for Hu Xian’s investment. Rich people like Xian provide investment advice.

"Mr. Chen, you are here."

Hu Xian stood up and walked to the sofa.

The two sat down, and the secretary made coffee for them and went out.

At this time, Hu Xian handed the letter to Chen Yiping: "Mr. Chen, please take a look."

Chen Yiping looked at it very seriously, but soon exclaimed, but he was also shocked.

After a while, Chen Yiping calmly put down the letter and said, "Mr. Hu, I think you came to me because you want to know whether the content in the letter is true or false, right?"

"Yes."

Hu Xian nodded, there was nothing to hide.

Chen Yiping did not directly say whether the content of the letter was true or false, but said: "In February this year, Hutchison Whampoa entrusted US$200 million to a third-party company for investment. As long as you pay attention to this matter, Everyone in this company in Huangpu knows it.”

"Last year, Hutchison Whampoa made more than HK$2 billion in profits from its investment in gold futures. Therefore, it is quite possible that this US$200 million investment was still operated in gold futures. After all, it tasted the sweetness."

“From February this year to now, although the international gold price has fluctuated and fallen, it has not fallen below US$230/ounce, and now it has risen to around US$280/ounce. If Hutchison Whampoa’s US$200 million is indeed long, we Just assume that its cost price is US$230 per ounce, and it has indeed increased a lot so far, with an increase of about 21.7%."

"Furthermore, if Hutchison Whampoa's US$200 million in capital was indeed leveraged 20 times, then the profit from this investment would indeed have exceeded US$800 million, totaling more than HK$3 billion."

Hu Xian frowned slightly: "Mr. Chen, you just kept saying if, do you mean that the content in the letter is false?"

"Mr. Hu, that's not what I meant."

Chen Yiping shook his head and continued: "First of all, Hutchison Whampoa's US$200 million investment is real, and there is a high possibility that it will indeed invest in gold futures. However, there are two ways to invest in gold futures. One is long and the other is short, and we cannot determine whether Hutchison Whampoa’s investment is long or short.”

"Then there is the leverage of financing. 20 times leverage can indeed be used, but generally no one dares to use such high leverage. Taking long as an example, if 20 times leverage is used, the price of gold will fall by 5% compared to the cost price. As a result, the funds were liquidated and US$200 million turned into nothing. More importantly, if the position was not closed quickly enough, it was likely that the bank would be owed a sum of money, and US$200 million would not be enough to make a loss.”

“Last year, Hutchison Whampoa’s long gold futures investment also used leverage, but it used 10 times leverage. Therefore, even if leverage was used in this investment, I personally think that 10 times leverage is more likely. Even only 5 times is not impossible, anyway, the possibility of a leverage as high as 20 times is relatively small."

"Therefore, my opinion is that Hutchison Whampoa's US$200 million in funds may indeed have been used to trade gold futures, and a leverage of 5-10 times was used. However, whether the funds are long or short, Then no one will know, and there will be a big question mark."

"That is to say."

After hearing this, Hu Xian said thoughtfully: "If Hutchison Whampoa's funds are long gold futures, then this investment is indeed profitable, but the profit may only be 200 million to 400 million US dollars; conversely, if Hutchison Whampoa Huangpu’s funds are short gold futures, so the funds of up to 200 million US dollars may have been liquidated, and even if the loss is stopped in time, there will be a large loss. Is this what you mean?”

"Yes, that's exactly what it means."

Chen Yiping nodded slightly.

After thinking for a while, Hu Xiandao: "Mr. Chen, do you think Hutchison Whampoa's investment is more likely to make money? Or is it more likely to lose money?"

"Mr. Hu, how do I put this? I can only say half and half."

Chen Yiping waved his hand. He couldn't give a biased judgment because the impact was too great and he himself was not sure.

"First of all, this letter was sent very strangely. The specific investment of Hutchison Whampoa should be a very high-level secret and not everyone can know it. But since this person sent this letter to Mr. Hu's newspaper, So obviously they want Mr. Hu’s newspaper to report it, and the result of this is that Hutchison Whampoa’s stock price rises, which is obviously the other party’s purpose.”

"The rise in Hutchison Whampoa's stock price may be because someone bought a lot of stocks during the period when Hutchison Whampoa was adjusting and falling, hoping to make a fortune by inflating the stock price. But it is also possible that someone wanted to inflate the stock price. Then, after the stock price rises to a high level, you can reduce your holdings at the high level and cash out.”

"To put it bluntly, if Hutchison Whampoa's investment really suffered a loss of US$200 million, then Mr. Lin Baicheng, as the company's chairman and absolute majority shareholder, would definitely want to sell some of his shares before the news was announced. However, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price has now fallen a lot. It is entirely possible that he sent such a letter in order to increase the stock price, and then secretly reduced and sold his shares after the stock price rose to a certain level."

"Therefore, it is possible for Hutchison Whampoa to make money or lose money. There is no way to judge this kind of thing through an unknown letter."

"Furthermore, what if this letter is just a prank by someone? The other person actually has no special purpose and just wants to do a big thing, so he created this letter. Although this possibility is very small, But it’s not impossible.”

"Yeah, it's not all possible."

Hu Xian sighed, and the greed rising in his heart was extinguished. It is impossible for her to take a gamble when she is not sure whether Hutchison Whampoa's investment will make a profit or a loss. She only invests part of her funds, and what she makes is a relatively stable long-term investment, not a short-term stock buying and selling transaction. .

Hu Xian no longer wants to make a fortune from Hutchison Whampoa through this news. What she now has to consider is whether Sing Tao Daily should report this news, and if so, how should it report it.

"Mr. Chen, please take a trip."

"You're welcome, Mr. Hu."

Chen Yiping said with a smile: "I would also like to thank you for calling me over and letting me know the news. Regardless of whether the content in the letter is true or false, whether Hutchison Whampoa's investment is making a profit or a loss, I think Hutchison Whampoa's stock price There will definitely be considerable fluctuations in the near future, which is an opportunity for myself and some customers."

"Then I wish you good luck, Mr. Chen."

Hu Xian smiled after hearing this, but she was not prepared to get involved. She was not interested in risky investments.

"Thanks."

Chen Yiping thanked him and then asked: "Mr. Hu, I wonder if you will report the contents of this letter to the outside world?"

"I haven't decided on this yet."

Hu Xian shook his head: "Even if it is finally decided to report, it will be relatively true. The leverage used by Hutchison Whampoa will be smaller and the profits will be smaller."

Chen Yiping asked aloud: "If Mr. Hu decides to report it, please inform me in advance."

"I can do this."

Hu Xian hesitated after hearing this, but agreed.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Hu."

Chen Yiping thanked him aloud, then said goodbye and left.

It was already past the off-duty time, and Hu Xian didn't stay in the company for long. Anyway, he still had to think about whether to report or not.