Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

On Saturday, Lin Baicheng took Wei Li to meet with Shen Chow. Shen Chow said that he wanted to introduce a buyer of the Golden Gate Building to him, and the two sides had a brief chat first.

Because the two parties wanted to discuss the Golden Gate Tower transaction and had confidentiality requirements, they did not meet in a public place, but made an appointment in a more private place.

Lin Baicheng went with his bodyguards, but when he saw Shen Porridge and the others, he asked the bodyguards to wait outside. Of course, Shen Porridge didn't come alone today. He came with two men.

"Two of you, this is Lin Baicheng and Lin Sheng, and this is Weili, the chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa. I don't think I need to introduce them in detail."

Shen Porridge first introduced Lin Baicheng and the others to the people he brought.

One of them immediately said: "Of course, Lin Sheng's name has been well-known to me for a long time. Weili's management of Hutchison Whampoa is in an orderly manner, which is obvious to everyone."

"Daban Shen, who are these two?"

Lin Baicheng smiled and nodded to the two of them, then looked at Shen Porridge.

Shen Chou immediately introduced: "This is the buyer of Kinmen Building, Mr. Chen Songqing, the boss of Jianing Group. The other one is Chen Sheng and his partner Zhong Zhengwen Zhongsheng. The Zhong brothers are also well-known real estate developers in Xiangjiang. .”

"Jianing Group?"

Lin Baicheng had no impression of Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen, but when he mentioned Jianing Group, he immediately recalled them. If he remembers correctly, the incident of the Carnegie Group can be said to be the Hong Kong version of the Enron incident of the American energy giant.

Of course, the Carrier Group capsized in 1982, while Enron did not capsize until the 21st century. In terms of time, the Carrier Group was in trouble earlier.

The reason why the Carinon Group incident is the Hong Kong version of the Enron incident is because the Enron incident had a greater impact. Before the incident, Enron was one of the top 500 companies in the world, with a market value of nearly 100 billion U.S. dollars. Carianin Group and The size of Enron is simply incomparable, so it can only become a replica of the latter.

Lin Baicheng, who has written entertainment articles, knew that the Jianing Group had an accident in 1982. The reason for the accident was financial fraud and it could no longer continue. Through a series of means, a leather company or a small company can be turned into a large company with extremely high profits. Then the stock price will continue to rise, and the market value will continue to rise until this kind of fraud can no longer continue, and it is time for the company to go bankrupt.

Lin Baicheng only knew about this incident and remembered Jianing Group. As for who the boss of this company was, he didn't know specifically. After all, it happened in the 1980s, and he was just writing novels at the beginning, so he didn't understand it in detail until he was full.

"Why, does Lin Sheng know about Jianing Group?"

Seeing Lin Baicheng startled, Shen Zhou thought Lin Baicheng knew something about Jianing Group.

"I seem to have heard someone mention that this company's performance is good."

Lin Baicheng said casually that he was not prepared to expose Chen Songqing. After all, he had no evidence at all, and it would not do him any good to expose Chen Songqing. He came here today just to talk about the sale of the Golden Gate Building. As long as the Jianing Group has the money to buy it, the two parties can trade. He doesn't care if the Jianing Group got the money from Chen Songqing.

"It's just a small fight, it's incomparable to the industry under your name, Lin Sheng."

Chen Songqing immediately said that he was actually a little jealous of Lin Baicheng, because Lin Baicheng easily became the richest man in Hong Kong in just two years, and he took the risk of breaking the law to accumulate a net worth of about 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Although he now has hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in funds at his disposal, the money is not his, but came from bank loans.

After hearing this, Wei Li said: "Sheng Chen, please be humble. Since you can afford the Golden Gate Building, it means that your company is not small. Once this transaction is successful, the Jianing Group will definitely make a sensation in Hong Kong."

"Thank you for your kind words, Chengwei Li. I hope we can come to a good result today."

Chen Songqing was actually preparing to acquire a large-scale property to build the reputation of the Jiani Group. Unexpectedly, it happened to be such a coincidence that Hutchison Whampoa was preparing to sell the Golden Gate Tower. As a famous person, Jiani Group, as the buyer, will inevitably become famous and cause a sensation in Hong Kong. More people will believe that Jiani Group has powerful capital behind it, and his story can even create a bigger pie.

"Let's talk about the transaction of the Golden Gate Tower."

Lin Baicheng spoke up at the right time, a few polite words would be enough.

"It's time to get down to business."

Shen Porridge nodded slightly, and then said to Lin Baicheng: "Lin Sheng, among the buyers that HSBC has contacted recently, Chen Sheng from Jianing Group is the most sincere. However, before discussing the transaction price, there are some things that need to be said first. Just in front.”

"Taban Shen, tell me."

Lin Baicheng stretched out his hand to signal.

Shen Zongdao: "It is mainly related to the payment of funds. Jiali Group cannot immediately deliver all the funds to Hutchison Whampoa. In fact, let alone Jiani Group, I want to exchange it for any company at the transaction price of Golden Gate Tower. , there will be difficulties in payment.”

"This can be discussed."

Wei Li glanced at Lin Baicheng as he spoke, and after seeing that he didn't stop him, he continued: "You can only pay half the amount at the beginning, and the remaining half, as long as the payment can be completed within half a year. The half-year extension has already been This is the maximum deadline that Hutchison Whampoa can give.”

"The period of half a year is indeed long enough."

Shen Cong nodded first, but then said: "But this is not a matter of time limit, but that the Jianing Group does not have that much funds. The Jianing Group hopes to only pay 500 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, and the remaining funds will be transferred in the form of shares. Pay, otherwise paying too much cash will be detrimental to the development of the Jiani Group itself."

Wei Li looked directly at Chen Songqing after hearing this: "Sheng Chen, we prefer you to pay cash instead of shares in your company. You may not like what I say. Instead of investing in your company, we might as well use the funds to develop our own." company of."

Chen Songqing was not angry when he heard this. After looking at Lin Baicheng, he said: "Lin Sheng, Weili Daban, I know that this kind of transaction is not good for Hutchison Whampoa, and we will make certain compensation in the transaction price." .”

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "Tell me how much money you are willing to pay to buy the Golden Gate Tower."

"One billion Hong Kong dollars!"

Chen Songqing raised his index finger and said solemnly: "I think this price is definitely the highest among all potential buyers. There will be no higher bidders."

Wei Li couldn't help but raised his eyebrows after hearing this. To be honest, the 1 billion Hong Kong dollars offered by the Carnegie Group was indeed a high price. Don't look at Hutchison Whampoa's external selling price of 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars, but it was just an asking price. He didn't have it at all. I thought about selling it for such a high price, and even thought that it might not be possible to sell it for 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. This price is indeed very sincere.

However, although he felt that Jianing Group was very sincere, Wei Li did not say anything, but looked at Lin Baicheng. This matter must be decided by Lin Baicheng.

"The price of HK$1 billion is indeed not low, but it is not the highest yet."

Lin Baicheng said calmly: "Furthermore, you only pay half in cash, and the other half has to be converted into shares. We are not sure about the future development of Jianing Group. What if it goes bankrupt? You know, last year, When I bought the Golden Gate Tower, I spent HK$610 million. Once the shares become worthless, the Golden Gate Tower will be a failed investment."

"It's only a little over 100 million. I can still afford to lose money. But the problem is that the reputational damage caused by the failure of the investment will cause me to lose more. So the transaction price of 1 billion Hong Kong dollars is actually no problem, as long as it is a cash transaction."

"Lin Sheng, although Chen Sheng's performance over the years is not comparable to yours, it is not bad either. I believe that Jianing Group will not go bankrupt and will even develop better. Therefore, the remaining funds will be converted into As for shares, you might be able to earn more in a year or two.”

Shen Porridge said aloud that if he wanted to broker this deal, of course he had to speak for Chen Songqing.

"Lin Sheng, I understand your concerns, but you don't have to worry. I actually already have a plan to list the Jianing Group in my mind. In about half a year, the Jianing Group will complete the listing. By then, if you want to If you have cash, you can definitely sell your shares.”

Chen Songqing believes that as long as the Jiali Group can complete the transfer transaction of the Golden Gate Building with Hutchison Whampoa, it will definitely make the Jiani Group famous. The listing plan will proceed very smoothly and attract a large number of investors to buy Jiani Group's shares. The company's market capitalization pushed even higher.

"If Jianing Group can be listed in half a year, then I can accept this payment method."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly, so what if Jianing Group committed financial fraud? He would not hold shares of Jianing Group forever anyway. Even if Jianing Group was soon discovered to have financial fraud, the Golden Gate Building was there to support it. The energy of himself and Hutchison Whampoa is not afraid of not being able to repay the debt.

"If Mr. Chen, you agree to write the listing time of Jianing Group as a transaction condition in the contract, then we only need to talk about the specific transfer price and the valuation of Jianing Group itself, then I think there will be no problem with this transaction. .”

"No problem, the time to market can be written in the contract as a condition."

Chen Songqing agreed without thinking. For him, the most important thing was to be able to reach this deal with Hutchison Whampoa and to use the reputation of Hutchison Whampoa and Lin Baicheng to expand the reputation of the Carnegie Group.

"Well, I will ask Wei Li to arrange a special person to discuss the specific transaction price of the Golden Gate Tower and the valuation of the Jianing Group itself. Let's talk about it today."

Lin Baicheng nodded. After all, it was a transaction involving 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. It could not be concluded in one day. Therefore, the two parties would talk slowly later. Lin Baicheng decided to leave this matter to Wei Li.

Chen Songqing suppressed the joy in her heart: "Okay, let's talk about this today. I wish us a successful cooperation."

"I wish you success in your cooperation."

Shen Chow was also very happy when he saw this. As expected, Hutchison Whampoa and Carnegie Group will reach a transfer transaction for the Golden Gate Tower. After the news is announced, the stock price will definitely rise, which will help HSBC sell its shares. . At the same time, HSBC also negotiated a loan of HK$300 million from Jiani Group, and another profit can be made here.

After several people chatted for a while, they left separately.

Lin Baicheng's extended Lincoln carried Wei Li.

"Wei Li, I'll leave the rest of the negotiation to you. I think you should know what to do."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will try my best to sell the Golden Gate Tower for a higher price, and at the same time try to lower the valuation of the Jianing Group to create more profits for the company."

"Yeah, just as I thought."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly, it would save trouble to talk to smart people.

Wei Li asked aloud: "Mr. Lin, after Jianing Group is listed, should we sell our shares immediately?"

"There is no rush. We will see how the market is doing and the performance of Jia Ning Group when the time comes, and then we will make a decision."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand. He thought that since a master of financial fraud like Chen Songqing could hide it from even HSBC, there would be no problem at the beginning. Hutchison Whampoa could definitely make more money in the process.

Even after the market value of Jianing Group reaches a certain height, people can be arranged to conduct an investigation, short-sell the Jianing Group before the accident, and make a fortune again.

Of course, if he wants to make money by shorting Jianing Group, Lin Baicheng will definitely not use any company related to him, so as not to affect his reputation. There will definitely be many people who have been deceived and lost money, but he has made a lot of money. That will be too conspicuous. If someone is not easy to become a target, he is not that stupid.

"OK."

"By the way, our relationship with Jianing Group is just a transaction. Remember not to be taken advantage of by Chen Songqing and let the outside world think that we are close partners or something. It would be bad if something happens and it affects us."

"Mr. Lin, are you saying that there is a problem with Jianing Group?"

"No, I mean be careful and don't let others use the company's reputation to make money."

"I understand what you mean, and I will pay attention."

Lin Baicheng has made it so clear, but Wei Li still doesn't understand.

Lin Baicheng didn't care whether Wei Li really understood or not, he would tell Qin Lan to pay attention to this matter later. Anyway, he would never let his reputation be used by Chen Songqing. Once something happens to Chen Songqing, he doesn't want to be implicated. Although the other party can't involve him, it's not a good thing to be implicated.

On the other side, Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen were very happy. They could already see the bright future of Jianing Group. Use the huge transaction of the Golden Gate Tower to expand its reputation and let more people believe that there is strong capital behind the Jiani Group. At the same time, it will use some means to create high profits for the Jiani Group and create conditions for subsequent companies to go public.

Once their plan succeeds, their net worth will skyrocket by at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and possibly even more. This is a huge amount that they cannot earn even if they work hard and legitimately for more than ten years.