Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Bill Harveys led people to talk with Bill Gates and Paul Allen for several days, but they did not come up with a good result. The differences between the two sides were too great.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng sent Bill Harveys and his new assistant Brian Carroll to Microsoft. Their mission was to cause trouble for Microsoft and not allow Microsoft to easily reach cooperation with IBM.

At the same time, Bill Harveys and others must do a good job in supervising Microsoft's assets and not allow Bill Gates and Paul Allen to transfer the company's assets to other companies. In particular, technologies related to personal computer operating systems must not be transferred away.

Since Bill Gates and others dare to kick Lin Baicheng out of Microsoft, Lin Baicheng has no doubt that they dare to secretly transfer the company's assets, especially the operating system technology.

Lin Baicheng sent Bill Harveys to follow up on this matter, but he did not do it himself.

Under Lin Baicheng's order, New Century Software Company has not only been recruiting people these days, but has also begun to develop personal computer operating systems. At the same time, it has made revenue and profits since the company was founded, which can be used for financing.

On this day, Galaxy Games held a dinner party at a hotel in Los Angeles.

The theme of today's dinner is that Galaxy Games has determined the listing price and will officially start its listing journey. Because it has gone through some procedures before, it will be officially listed and opened in about four months.

As for the listing price, it is US$15.75, with a total of 200 million shares, a total market value of US$3.15 billion, and the issuance of 40 million shares to raise US$630 million.

"Congratulations, Allen. When Galaxy Games is officially listed, your net worth will be nearly 2 billion US dollars more."

Phil Smith clinked glasses with Lin Baicheng. He is also one of the shareholders of Galaxy Games, so he will also attend tonight's dinner.

Lin Baicheng smiled: "It's too early to say this now, and the extra assets are stock assets, not cash, so you can't use them how you want."

"Alan, if you need funds, you can pledge your stocks to Citigroup. In terms of loan interest, Citigroup will definitely be your lowest point."

An old white man in his fifties came over, his name was Derren Lawrence, one of the vice presidents of Citibank, and one of the institutions that bought some shares of Galaxy Games from Lin Baicheng.

"Mr. Lawrence!"

Lin Baicheng raised his glass and gestured to the other party, and said with a smile: "If I have a loan need, I will consider Citibank." For now, Lin Baicheng has no loan need for the time being.

"Alan, Citigroup will provide you with the best service."

Derren Lawrence solemnly said that big customers like Lin Baicheng with a net worth of billions of dollars are the targets of all banks.

"Goldman Sachs has always provided the best service to Allen, so don't bother Citibank."

Before Lin Baicheng could speak, Wade Thomas, who was chatting with others, came over. Of course, he couldn't let Citibank poach Lin Baicheng away from Goldman Sachs.

"I just gave Allen one more choice."

Derren Lawrence smiled and did not argue with Wade Thomas about whether Citibank or Goldman Sachs was more capable.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Lawrence."

Lin Baicheng is not opposed to cooperation with Citibank. After all, he has no grudges with Citibank, and having an additional partner can also put pressure on Goldman Sachs, allowing Lin Baicheng to gain more benefits when cooperating with Goldman Sachs.

It was out of this thought that Lin Baicheng seemed to suddenly remember: "By the way, there is a company under my name that is short of money. Although I have money to continue investing, it is not a problem for me to be the sole proprietor all the time. I just want to Raise financing and find several partners for this company. I just don’t know if Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are interested?”

"Of course I'm interested. I think since it's Allen, the company you invest in, it's not a bad idea."

Wade Thomas immediately said that anyway, he was just saying that he was interested now. If he found that the company was not good during the due diligence, he would just find excuses to refuse.

"Citi is also interested."

Derren Lawrence followed closely behind. He had the same idea as Wade Thomas. Anyway, if you are interested now, you don't have to pay.

"Ellen, can you let me join in?"

Phil Smith couldn't help but ask. At present, he still has considerable trust in Lin Baicheng's ability. He thinks it is an opportunity to make money, so he wants to take a share.

"Smith, although my company lacks funds, I want to find strong partners for the company. Therefore, if you want to participate in financing after due diligence, I can agree to it, but the shares you can get Not too much, unless I can’t find a strong partner.”

Based on the friendly relationship between the two, Lin Baicheng did not chat with Phil Smith, but told the truth.

Phil Smith said understandingly: "I understand what you mean, Allen. I would be extremely grateful for allowing me to participate in the financing."

"Alan, which of your companies needs financing?"

Wade Thomas asked with interest. After listening to Lin Baicheng's words to Phil Smith, he was now more interested in the company to be financed.

Lin Baicheng didn't hide it either: "New Century Software Company is the company where Isabella is the manager. Do you know?"

"I know this company. It deals in computer office software."

Wade Thomas nodded slightly, and then said in confusion: "But Allen, if I remember correctly, this company's office software is very profitable. The company should be profitable, and the profits are probably not low." , why do you suddenly become short of money and want to raise funds?”

Goldman Sachs now knows something about some of the companies under Lin Baicheng's name, especially companies in the United States, and Wade Thomas, who is responsible for following up, knows even more.

"It seems you know a lot Thomas."

Lin Baicheng was not too surprised when he heard this, and explained with a smile: "The reason is actually very simple. In addition to the office software business, New Century Software Company is also doing database business, and will be doing the personal computer operating system business."

"The software for the company's database business has not yet been developed, and this business requires a lot of servers. This business mainly serves enterprises. Therefore, as long as the computer market explodes, this business will usher in the spring of development."

"As for the personal computer operating system, it is actually based on optimism about the future of the computer market. Today, Apple, which makes personal computers, has made a lot of money. IBM, the blue giant, is also about to enter the personal computer market, which shows the prospects of this market."

"In fact, the profits from the office software currently operated by New Century Software Company are enough to support the other two businesses. The reason why I still choose to raise funds is that I want to increase investment, occupy the market from the beginning, and become the industry leader. Although this will The initial investment will be greater, but by the time the harvest comes, the profits will be greater.”

“Big investment brings big rewards!”

"That's what you said, Allen."

No matter what they were thinking, the three of them all nodded in agreement with Lin Baicheng's words.

Looking at the three people, Lin Baicheng said: "I won't say much more. Make an appointment and let's go to New Century Software Company to have a look. I will show you the performance report. If you are interested in participating in the financing, then Do due diligence on the company and then we’ll talk.”

"Eren, if you are free, how about we set the time for tomorrow morning?"

Wade Thomas is now working in New York and rarely comes to Los Angeles. Of course, he wants to get things done while he is in Los Angeles.

Lin Baicheng nodded and said, "I have no problem. Where are you, Mr. Smith and Mr. Lawrence?"

"I'm fine." "Me too."

Phil Smith and Derren Lawrence both said there was no problem.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "Okay, let's make an appointment to go to New Century Software Company at ten o'clock tomorrow morning and meet there."

The matter was thus decided.

The four chatted about other things, and then Wade Thomas asked Lin Baicheng how he planned to spend the money raised from the listing of Galaxy Games.

"Before I say this, I just have something to ask you."

Lin Baicheng said to Wade Thomas: "Thomas, the shares issued by Galaxy Games this time are as high as 40 million shares, which is more than 600 million US dollars. Are you, Goldman Sachs, sure that there will be no problems with such a large amount? Don't make a large amount of it then." No one subscribes to the stock, causing the listing to fail or the stock price to fall seriously."

"Alan, don't worry. We at Goldman Sachs and some institutions will subscribe for at least half of the issued shares, and during the road show we will recommend Galaxy Games to wealthy people with strong financial resources. Based on the performance of Galaxy Games, I believe everyone will Actively subscribed.”

Wade Thomas confidently reassured Lin Baicheng. The reason why he was so confident was because Goldman Sachs had teamed up with several institutions to buy a large number of stocks issued by Galaxy Games. After the official listing, everyone would work together to speculate the stock price and make money. One stroke.

Of course, doing this is definitely not 100% profitable, and there are certain risks.

Therefore, institutions such as Goldman Sachs will not use their own money, but the funds of ordinary citizens and the funds of large clients.

There are many benefits to doing this. First of all, even if Goldman Sachs loses money, the loss will be limited, and making money means gaining both fame and fortune. What's more, if you make money, the big customers will make more; conversely, when you lose money, the general customers' money will be lost first, so try to keep the funds of the big customers.

Goldman Sachs and other institutions have done this not once or twice, but they do not do this for all stocks. They are all carefully selected, so most of the time they are successful in speculating, making money for their big clients, and they are both famous and wealthy. receive.

"If you say so Thomas, then I'm relieved."

Lin Baicheng nodded first, and then said: "As for how to use the funds raised, after the listing is successful, I will convene a board of directors and bring this matter to the board of directors for discussion."

After hearing this, Wade Thomas immediately said: "Alan, the board of directors of Galaxy Games is firmly in your hands. It's not up to you to decide how to do it. Just give us a rough idea of ​​what you think, so that we at Goldman Sachs can also understand." It has a bottom.”

Wade Thomas is absolutely right. Even if Galaxy Games goes public, the control will still be in the hands of Lin Baicheng. He holds six of the nine directorships, so he is the one who really makes the decision.

Derren Lawrence also said: "Alan, please reveal a little bit."

"All right."

Lin Baicheng smiled: "Let me tell you my general idea. First, I will build a headquarters building in Xiangjiang, and build an office building for Galaxy Games in Tokyo and Los Angeles." This. In the 1990s, no matter where you build a building in Hong Kong, Tokyo or Los Angeles, you won't lose money, and with as much as US$630 million in financing, building a building doesn't cost much at all.

"In addition, we are expanding the department and recruiting people. From now on, the company will no longer develop two arcade games every year, but at least five arcade games."

"Then there is the investment in channels. In the future, the sales of arcade machines will no longer be handed over to agents in various countries, but agents and self-sales will coexist, mainly to increase the company's profits."

"The investments I just mentioned will probably not be as much as US$630 million, so the remaining funds will be used for investment. We will not go into details here. We will talk about it at that time."

Hearing Lin Baicheng talk about Galaxy Games' changes to channels, Phil Smith's expression did not change, because Lin Baicheng had already mentioned this matter to him before. Although he regrets that he will no longer be able to make money from Galaxy Games as easily as before, there is nothing he can do about it. If Galaxy Games goes public, they will definitely find ways to increase profits. It would be good if there is no one-size-fits-all option for all self-sales. Well, at least I can still drink some soup.

In the past, Galaxy Games did not change its channels because all the shares of the company were in the hands of Lin Baicheng. If he, a foreigner, did not know how to share benefits, then there would be endless troubles waiting for Galaxy Games.

It will be different after Galaxy Games is listed. The shares of this company are no longer owned by Lin Baicheng. Institutions such as Goldman Sachs and the Police Retirement Fund are all shareholders, so they can intervene in the channels to increase the company's profits. These institutions will definitely be affected when the company encounters trouble. Will try to help.

After hearing Lin Baicheng's arrangements for the use of financing funds, neither Wade Thomas nor Derren Lawrence said anything. After all, Lin Baicheng's arrangements for the funds were not wrong, and it was Lin Baicheng who made the decision for the company. Even if they had the intention to intervene, It doesn't mean much, but it might offend Lin Baicheng.

Many people came to tonight's dinner. After chatting with Wade Thomas for a while, Lin Baicheng left to chat with others and make connections.

Although Lin Baicheng is Chinese and has yellow skin, he is a super rich man with a net worth of billions of dollars, so everyone is very happy to get to know him and be friends with him. Here in the United States, capital is everything, and skin color has nothing to do with it.

Lin Baicheng certainly didn't make friends for the sake of making connections. No matter which country he was in, he would never make true friends in the mall. He made friends with potential partners who had the strength.