Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

When Golden Fleece Company began to sell its Hutchison Whampoa shares, because Hutchison Whampoa announced that it would sell the Golden Gate Tower, the selling price was much higher than the original purchase price, and Hutchison Whampoa's stock price rose as a result, and the rate of increase slowed down. , the increase narrowed.

The trading volume of Hutchison Whampoa's stock that day was not low, but the stock price neither rose nor fell sharply. It was obvious that someone was selling a large amount of stocks, which any experienced analyst can determine.

HSBC, which had been paying attention to the stock of Hutchison Whampoa, naturally discovered this immediately, and the manager of the securities department immediately reported it to Shen Zhou.

Because it is only the first day, it is difficult to judge. HSBC can only let people continue to pay attention.

However, in the following two trading days, the situation was still the same. HSBC believed that someone was selling stocks in large quantities.

"Have you found out who is selling the stock in large quantities?"

On the next day, Shen Porridge asked people to find out who was selling the stocks. This was not difficult for HSBC.

The secretary said: "It was an account opened by an American. When the British-owned family shorted Hutchison Whampoa, these funds were bought at the bottom. We judge that these funds are related to Mr. Lin Baicheng. Either these funds belong to him, just as an American. It’s just a transit, or it’s the funds of his friends in the United States.”

"So, is it possible that Lin Baicheng is selling his shares?"

Shen Porridge asked aloud. It is much easier to keep secrets in this era than in a few decades. HSBC investigated for a while and gave up the investigation after being unable to find out the relationship between those American accounts and Lin Baicheng.

"It can only be said that it is half and half, but one thing is certain, that is, the nominal owner of those stocks cannot be Lin Baicheng himself. At most, it can only be that Lin Baicheng cooperates with other people, and each of them contributes a part of the funds."

"There's half a chance, that's not small."

It was impossible for HSBC to just watch. After all, HSBC itself was suspicious. Now that there is a big seller related to Lin Baicheng, the balance will naturally tilt.

"Let people continue to pay attention, and at the same time help Hutchison Whampoa find a buyer for the Golden Gate Tower more quickly."

"Yes, Taipan."

Shen Chow did not ask anyone to sell the stocks immediately. If he did, when someone sold a large number of stocks, it would only drop Hutchison Whampoa's stock price, and HSBC's stocks would not be sold. A good price, which makes HSBC, which itself does not make much, have even less profit in the end.

After Lin Baicheng asked Vivien Kelly to sell the Hutchison Whampoa stocks held by Golden Fleece Company, he didn't pay too much attention to it. Anyway, how much was sold every day and at what price? Golden Fleece Company would tell them Qin Lan reported and Qin Lan would talk to him.

Vivien Kelly did not rush to sell all the Hutchison Whampoa shares. Doing so would only bring Hutchison Whampoa's share price down. Her own professionalism made her know that this was not advisable, and Lin Baicheng did not. Will allow her to do that.

What's more, the oil price has only changed slightly now and has not risen sharply. She still has time to slowly build a position, so she is not in a hurry.

On the second day of Army Day, Shen Zhou learned that a Japanese company had entrusted HSBC to acquire Hutchison Whampoa's shares from the market. The point is that the number of Hutchison Whampoa shares that this company wants to acquire is quite large, up to 12 million shares, which is as much as 3% of the total share capital.

"12 million shares, which is more than HK$700 million. What kind of company is this? Does it have that much capital? Do you know what the purpose of this company is to acquire Hutchison Whampoa's shares, is it purely for investment?"

After listening to the secretary's report, Shen Porridge couldn't help but ask several questions one after another.

The secretary heard this and said: "Suntory Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company whose main business is whiskey, beer and other alcoholic beverages. The company is not small. It can be ranked among the top three in the industry in Japan. Its market value is estimated to be no less than twenty or thirty. HK$100 million. As for the purpose of this company’s purchase of Hutchison Whampoa shares, the other party said that it wanted to explore the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets and sell their products through Watsons’ channels.”

"So, the other party wants to acquire stocks due to business needs?"

Shen Porridge couldn't help but nodded slightly after hearing this, and then asked: "What conditions does Suntory give?"

"We purchased 12 million shares at the average price of yesterday's closing price of HK$61.3, but they were willing to pay a handling fee of 3.5%, which is about a handling fee of about HK$25 million. Of course, if we, HSBC, one month after signing the contract If you are unable to pay for a sufficient number of shares, you will be compensated with double the handling fee for the missing part.”

"In other words, if we sell our shares to Suntory, it is equivalent to selling 12 million shares at an average price of HK$63.45."

Shen Cong used the computer to calculate and concluded that if HSBC directly resold its shares, it would sell them at an average price of HK$63.45, while HSBC's cost price was HK$50.7, an increase of only 25%, and a profit of 12 million shares. It’s only HK$150 million.

The total number of shares held by HSBC today is 21.7 million. If the profit of 12 million shares is only HK$150 million, then unless the remaining 9.7 million shares are sold at a higher price, the total profit will be less than HK$300 million, which is equivalent to Yu Bai worked hard.

"Continue to contact Suntory and say that Hutchison Whampoa's stock has always been favored by the market. It is difficult for us to buy the stock at the average price of the current purchase price. It is best to negotiate a premium, or the other party can pay a higher handling fee. .”

“Furthermore, we need to hurry up to help Hutchison Whampoa find the acquirer of the Golden Gate Tower, and the buyer’s bid should be higher. If the other party has some financial difficulties, we can relax the loan requirements a little. "

"Regardless of whether we can reach an agreement with Suntory or not, Hutchison Whampoa's current situation is only good for us."

After some calculations, Shen Porridge issued the order. He was not willing to work hard in vain. HSBC had to make some money no matter what. Of course, if nothing can be done, or if it is discovered that Lin Baicheng is selling a large amount of stocks, Shen Zong will definitely ask HSBC to jump out of the sinking ship immediately, and would rather cut the flesh to stop the loss.

The secretary immediately responded: "Yes, senior class."

Of course, it is not a coincidence that Suntory Co., Ltd. just wanted to open up the Hong Kong and Southeast Asian markets, and then spent a large amount of money to acquire Hutchison Whampoa's stocks. There is no such coincidence in the world.

It is said that after listening to Lin Baicheng's advice, Iwasaki Mineryu decided to believe Lin Baicheng for the first time. When he returned, he asked someone to analyze the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa stock. He believed that even if there was a loss for the acquisition at the current stock price, it would be a loss. Not too much. Of course, this is not an unknown unexpected factor. If there are huge negative factors lurking that are unknown to the outside world, then there is nothing we can do and no one can know.

After the analysts at the head office judged that the problem was not serious, Iwasaki Mineryu immediately asked Suntory Co., Ltd. for help through connections, and asked Suntory Co., Ltd. to entrust HSBC to acquire Hutchison Whampoa's stocks on its behalf. Suntory Co., Ltd. only paid a few staff members. , but the advantage is that it can gain the favor of Mitsubishi Bank. This is a sure-profit deal, and Suntory Co., Ltd. has no reason to refuse.

The reason why Iwasaki Mineryu took a roundabout way to buy stocks was because he didn't want HSBC to know that he was leading the acquisition of Hutchison Whampoa's stocks. He did not hide his friendly relationship with Lin Baicheng, fearing that HSBC would think too much about it and raise the sale price. .

While Iwasaki Mineryu was trying to acquire Hutchison Whampoa shares from HSBC, Lin Baicheng went to Asia Television for the past two days.

The second Miss Asia contest organized by Asia Television has begun its preliminary round. This year's final is scheduled for August 17, one day earlier than last year's August 18, but it is also a Friday.

Because he was currently free, Lin Baicheng also went to watch the preliminary competition, but he did not serve as a judge. At the same time, he also visited the crews of other TV series.

Asia Television is currently filming the TV series "The Transformation of the Silkworm". "The Transformation of the Silkworm" can be said to be the first full-length martial arts TV series adapted from a script into a novel in the history of Hong Kong TV. It is also a full-length drama prepared by Asia Television and is expected to be shot for 60 episodes.

Nowadays, whether it is Asia Television or TVB, the TV series produced by the two TV stations are shot and broadcast simultaneously. Once a TV series is suppressed by the other party, another TV series will be immediately replaced to compete. As for the TV series that have been replaced, those with good ratings can be moved to another schedule, while those with slightly worse ratings will be cut off and stopped.

Six episodes of "The Transformation of the Silkworm" have been filmed and will be broadcast in prime time on Friday night this week. If the ratings of the first few episodes are good, it will definitely be broadcast in prime time; if the ratings are not good enough, it will definitely have to be switched; if the ratings are worse, it will be canceled.

After Lin Baicheng saw that Asia Television was filming "The Transformation of the Silkworm", and since he was not very busy recently, he talked to the directors Mak Crook and Xiao Sheng to add a role to him, and he was going to make a guest appearance. .

Lin Baicheng made his request directly. His guest role was that of a mysterious martial arts hero whose name was only heard but not seen in the martial arts world. His martial arts skills were unpredictable and he only had to appear in a few scenes. He didn't plan to make a movie debut, he just made a few cameos just for fun.

Faced with this request, Mai Xiong and the others certainly had no reason to refuse, and they could not refuse, so they immediately asked the seven screenwriters on the screenwriting team to add characters. That's right, this TV series has a total of seven screenwriters. It is this spirit of excellence that has allowed Asia Television's TV series ratings to consistently surpass those of TVB in recent years.

In fact, Lin Baicheng is familiar with the TV series "The Transformation of the Silkworm", not only because of the very high ratings of this TV series, but also because during the filming of this TV series, the protagonist Xu Shaoqiang ran away midway, and As for Li's TV station, they had no choice but to change the protagonist.

The leading actor in "The Transformation of the Silkworm", which is currently being filmed, is still Xu Shaoqiang, and Lin Baicheng didn't say anything after learning about it. The reason is very simple. Today's Asia Television is not the same TV station as before. The television station has stricter management of actors' contracts. If Xu Shaoqiang dares to run away midway, he will be sued by Asia Television and compensate for all losses.

The most important thing is that even if Xu Shaoqiang does run away, the worst he can do is just have the protagonist Yun Feiyang practice the Heavenly Silkworm Magic and break out of his cocoon and become a different person like the original version. It's just a different protagonist.

Lin Baicheng only had a few cameo scenes in "The Transformation of the Silkworm", so he proposed to guest star on August 1st. The crew revised the script that night and decided on the role. Then he joined the set and started filming on August 2nd. The shoot was completed many hours later.

It has to be said that as a pure newcomer, Lin Baicheng delayed a lot of filming time for the crew. He only appeared in a few scenes and shot for more than an hour. But who is the big boss of the TV station? Even if the crew revolves around him, they won't dare to complain unless they don't want to be around anymore.

"President Huang, you are here."

When Lin Baicheng came out of the dressing room after taking off his makeup and changing clothes, he found that Huang Xizhao was also here. Huang Xizhao, who is now the vice president of Asia Star Media Group, has been promoted from manager to president.

"Mr. Lin, let me come over and take a look."

Huang Xizhao said that it was rare for Lin Baicheng to come to Asia TV, so he would definitely like to send his greetings.

"Um."

Lin Baicheng nodded, went to say hello to the director, screenwriter, and actors of the crew, and then left with Huang Xizhao. He knew that if he stayed here all the time, everyone on the crew would be uncomfortable, so it was better not to disturb the crew while filming the TV series.

On the way, Lin Baicheng said to Huang Xizhao: ""The Transformation of the Silkworm" reminded me of something. Find a time to talk to Cha Sheng and buy the TV adaptation rights for his martial arts novels. The longer the authorization period, the better. .”

The ratings of Jin Yong's dramas are very high. As long as the filming is good, especially the famous ones, the ratings will only be higher. If you don't buy it now, what will TVB do if it becomes cheaper?

"Okay, I will handle this myself."

Huang Xi responded. He was the vice president of Asia Star Media Group. He personally approached Jin Yong to discuss the rights to adapt martial arts novels, which was not a slight to Jin Yong.

"If nothing else happens, I will participate as a judge on the day of the Miss Asia finals."

Lin Baicheng said, suddenly remembering something, and said: "As for the manager candidates of the TV station, you can start to train them now. In a year or two, you will definitely step down from the position of manager of the TV station and do a good job in the work of the entire media group."

"Mr. Lin, what about the candidate for the TV station manager?"

"You can draw up a few quotas. When the time comes, I will select two people. You can train them both at the same time and let them compete. Whoever does better will be promoted."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said that Huang Xizhao cannot directly decide on the choice of Asia TV manager, he must make the decision. As for who is doing better, as long as the gap between the two competitors is not too big, it is not up to him to decide who is better.

"I will report the list to you in a few days."

Huang Xizhao heard the words and responded without feeling too surprised.

The two walked and chatted, and went to Lin Baicheng's office at Asia Television. They chatted for a while, and it was not until Guan Zhilin arrived that the two ended their conversation.