Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"Mom, Dad and I are back!"

Lin Qin, who had just returned home after not being back for several months, felt very happy and felt a long-lost warmth.

"Girl is back, let mom see if she has lost weight."

Zhao Huilan, who knew that her daughter would come back at about this time, had been waiting at home. If her daughter hadn't said no, she would have wanted to pick her up at the airport.

Lin Haishan on the side saw this and said: "How can she lose weight? It's not like you don't know. She doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking."

Zhao Huilan said angrily: "Who said you won't lose weight if you eat enough and drink enough? What if my daughter wants to lose weight because of me?"

"How long have we been apart?"

Lin Haishan muttered speechlessly. A good man wouldn't fight with a woman, so he didn't bother to refute.

"Mom, I miss you so much."

Lin Qin hugged Zhao Huilan tightly with an exaggerated expression.

"You damn girl."

Zhao Huilan tapped her daughter's forehead with her index finger, and then asked: "How many days do you plan to stay when you come back this time?"

"Go back to Los Angeles after Christmas."

Lin Qin replied, then turned around and looked for it: "Mom, brother and sister knew I was coming back, why didn't they welcome me at home?"

"You are not a big shot, what can I do to welcome you?"

That being said, Zhao Huilan then explained: "Today is Saturday, your sister went out to play with her boyfriend Yu Feng, and your brother is at home, but he is discussing business with others in the garden, so don't disturb him. .”

"It's the most boring thing for him to discuss business with others. I won't bother him."

Lin Qin curled her lips. She had had a boring experience before, so she didn't want to experience it again.

"By the way, Mom, where are the two cousins?"

Zhao Huilan said: "They are having class upstairs. They have a lot to learn now. You can meet at dinner tonight."

Zhao Huilan recognized her relatives during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lin Qin was in Los Angeles at that time and has never been back since, so she and her two cousins ​​have never met each other.

However, Lin Qin would also call back when he was in Los Angeles, or Zhao Huilan would sometimes call back, so Lin Qin and his two cousins ​​did say hello and chat a few words on the phone.

In the garden of the villa.

Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang, Huo Yingdong, Guo Henian, Zheng Yudong, Hu Yinxiang, Li Zhaoji and Iwasaki Mineryu were having afternoon tea.

When they first had afternoon tea, the eight of them didn't talk about business, but talked about something else. For example, the fight for control of the Hong Kong Electric Group has attracted much attention recently; and since this month, land prices have skyrocketed. The transaction price per square foot of an official residence in Tsim Sha Tsui East is now HK$16,000.

If the price per square foot of a thousand-square-foot mansion is HK$16,000, then the price of one thousand square feet is HK$16 million. What's more, a thousand-foot mansion usually has more than just the right one thousand square feet.

Of course, this is the price of an official residence, and the price of a residential apartment will definitely not be so outrageous, otherwise ordinary people will not be able to afford it in their lifetime. Not to mention residential apartments, even the prices of villas are not so outrageous.

Compared with ordinary apartments, villas are luxury homes; compared with villas, official residences are luxury homes among mansions.

If you buy an ordinary residential apartment in Xiangjiang Island before December, the price of one thousand square feet is about 400,000 to 450,000 Hong Kong dollars, then the current price is about 450,000 to 500,000 Hong Kong dollars. .

Although it seems that the increase is not much, the fact is that the increase exceeds 10%, which is already a very high proportion. You must know that the time is just over half a month.

For an ordinary family, it is impossible to earn 50,000 Hong Kong dollars in just over half a month, yet house prices have increased so much.

Also, the real estate market is often better than the residential real estate market. House prices have increased by as much as 10%, and the real estate market has increased even more.

To give the most obvious example, on August 10, Hutchison Whampoa sold the Golden Gate Building to the Carnegie Group for HK$1.03 billion. Just this month, a company sold the Golden Gate Building to the Carnegie Group for HK$1.25 billion. The group made an offer to acquire the Kinmen Building, but was rejected by the Carnegie Group. Chen Qingsong said the value of the Kinmen Building should be higher.

Because of this incident, the share price of Jianing Group rose sharply, and its market value charged towards HK$3 billion.

Lin Baicheng was not sure whether a company had actually inquired about the purchase of the Golden Gate Tower from the Jiani Group, because he was not sure whether this was good news that Chen Songqing deliberately released to the outside world in order to drive up the stock price.

If it was to drive up the stock price, then Chen Songqing did it.

Lin Baicheng didn't care whether Chen Songqing was really speculating. Anyway, the rising stock price was beneficial to the major shareholder Hutchison Whampoa. All he had to do was let Hutchison Whampoa run away before the bubble burst. The rest was up to him and Hutchison Whampoa. It’s irrelevant.

In order to avoid trouble, Lin Baicheng had always avoided communicating with Chen Songqing without communicating with Chen Songqing, so as to avoid affecting him if something happened in the future.

After everyone chatted for a while, Lin Baicheng brought up the business.

"Everyone, the main reason why I asked you to come over for afternoon tea today is that I found a possible opportunity to make money. I am going to give it a try with some money. In line with the principle of making money together, I found you."

"Before I talk about what the opportunity is, I have something to say. If you feel that the risk is too high or that it is not profitable, or that it is a type of investment that you don't like, then just don't invest or only invest a little. Investing in this kind of You can’t force things, otherwise you will lose your own money when the time comes.”

"Finally, there are risks in investment. No matter what you do, there is a possibility of losing money. So don't blame me if you lose money, because I also lost money. Before you decide to cooperate, you should consider the risks you can bear. , so as not to complain later.”

Two newcomers came today, namely Hu Yinxiang and Li Zhaoji. Of course, Lin Baicheng had to be the first to make ugly remarks.

"Don't worry, Lin Sheng. Everyone knows this."

Bao Yugang was the first to speak out. When he said this, he looked at Hu Yinxiang and Li Zhaoji, and he also knew that Lin Baicheng was speaking to these two people.

Hu Yinxiang immediately said: "As Lin Sheng said, any investment has risks. I will make my own judgment on whether to cooperate together. If I lose money in the end, it is because of my own vision."

Li Zhaoji also said: "I am the same. This opportunity to participate in cooperation was given to you by Lin Sheng. No matter what, I can't blame you for being ungrateful."

Others saw this and said a few words in agreement.

"Okay, just let everyone know what's going on."

After seeing everyone express their opinions, Lin Baicheng nodded, and then said: "The opportunity I discovered is this. I don't know if you have paid attention to the recent trend of international gold prices. In the three days yesterday, the day before yesterday, and the day before yesterday, the price of gold rose like a rainbow. As much as 10%.”

"I know this, and I have been paying attention to it. The reason for the sharp rise is the friction between Hongsu and Afghanistan on the border. The capital market is worried that a wider war will break out. Therefore, risk aversion has increased, and gold prices and oil prices have both increased. Follow the big rise.”

Iwasaki Mineryu, who was prepared, immediately told everything he knew.

"I have also read this news. The rise in oil prices has made the prospects of the shipping industry even more bleak. Now I can only comfort myself by getting ashore in time. In the next few years, my global shipping will be difficult."

Bao Yugang shook his head and sighed softly. Although he has landed, most of his assets are still supported by Global Shipping Group, so he only hopes that the prospects of the shipping industry will get better and better, but will not hope that the prospects of the shipping industry will get worse and worse.

If Bao Yugang makes a correct judgment, it means that he has a good vision, but the price is that his assets will shrink severely; if he makes a wrong judgment, it means that his vision is not good enough, but the advantage is that the assets will not shrink, but will rise slightly. You will only earn less because you are ashore.

In both cases, I believe most people will choose the second one. A temporary error in judgment is nothing, but the severe shrinkage of assets is the most fatal.

Huo Yingdong then said: "I also read the news, but I'm not familiar with financial investment, so I didn't pay attention to the rise in gold prices and oil prices."

Others also spoke individually. Everyone had seen this major international news and even analyzed the consequences of possible subsequent changes and whether they would have any impact on their respective companies.

"To be honest, when I saw the news and learned that the price of gold had soared, I was very sorry because I sold my long investment too early and made a lot less money."

After everyone had spoken, Lin Baicheng sighed, and then added: "But the past cannot be changed, so I stopped thinking about it. Instead, I analyzed it to see if I could use this news and the sharp rise in gold prices. Come and make money, after all, people have to look forward."

Lin Baicheng definitely couldn't tell the truth to them, so he could only brag and describe himself as wise and powerful.

This is all basic stuff.

"Lin Sheng still sees the long term, no wonder he is making so much money."

Whether it was sincerely or politely, everyone praised Lin Baicheng.

Everyone carries the sedan chair, that’s pretty much what it means.

"I personally am optimistic about the follow-up trend of gold prices. I think that since there is friction between Hongsu and Afghanistan on the border, the possibility of war breaking out is extremely high. There will be a wave of increases in gold prices later, and what we have to do is Take the opportunity to enter the market and go long gold futures.”

Lin Baicheng expressed his judgment, paused, and continued: "In addition to you, I have two friends in the United States. I will work with them when the time comes, and we will invest together to do long gold futures."

"Lin Jun, how much are you planning to invest this time?"

Iwasaki Mineryu did not ask Lin Baicheng for a more specific judgment, but directly asked for the investment amount. He was ready to enter the field, but after Lin Baicheng also entered the field, based on Lin Baicheng's previous record, of course he believed in Lin Baicheng's judgment more.

This is the advantage of a successful person. As long as the successful person has never failed, people's trust in the successful person is considerable or even infinite.

"I think so."

Lin Baicheng looked at the others and said: "There are ten people participating in this cooperation, including myself. I myself contributed US$30 million, and each of you contributed US$10 million. The total is US$120 million. At that time, we will use five times leverage, which means operating US$600 million in funds to go long gold futures.”

"I want to say here that the maximum investment amount for everyone is 10 million U.S. dollars. But if anyone feels that the risk is too great, then it is absolutely fine if you don't want to invest. You can even invest only one or two million U.S. dollars if you want. We won't force it. Next time If there are better opportunities, we just need to cooperate more."

"The maximum investment amount is 10 million U.S. dollars, which is 42 million in Hong Kong dollars. Using five times the leverage, that is to say, if you lose 20% by then, all your principal will be liquidated. Even if you don't lose as much as 20%, if you lose 10% , that is also a loss of HK$21 million."

"So, when you are calculating how much you will lose on this investment and how much you can bear, remember to include the leverage multiple to avoid feeling distressed when you lose too much."

Lin Baicheng maintains an indifferent attitude about how much other people want to invest, because he will not charge commissions from everyone. He will lead them to make a fortune together. How much each person can make depends on their own judgment.

Lin Baicheng certainly had a purpose in bringing them to make a fortune, one of which was to maintain personal connections.

But the deeper reason is that Lin Baicheng is preparing to establish social organizations such as the Jiangnan Society and the Freemasonry when the time comes. Those who can enter this organization must be the elite of the elite, and the core members must be powerful capitalists. Or a powerful politician.

Of course, this is a loose organization, and Lin Baicheng intends to become the president of the organization. He can share what he has with others and borrow other people's resources for a fee to develop himself for mutual benefit.

The people currently being led by Lin Baicheng to make a fortune are all Lin Baicheng's candidates.

If you want to establish this kind of community organization, you must have great influence and reputation. Lin Baicheng's ability can be seen from time to time by bringing them together to make money and expressing some forward-looking opinions.

This process is called raising hope.

After a few years, Lin Baicheng proposed the establishment of a community organization, and it would be a matter of course. In the meantime, Lin Baicheng can also examine other people to see who has the potential to become his 'friends'.

"Lin Jun, can you only invest a maximum of 10 million US dollars? It's a bit too little."

While others were still considering whether to invest or whether to invest as much as US$10 million, Iwasaki Mineryu immediately disliked that the investment amount was too small. With an investment of US$10 million, even if the final profit doubled, he would not be too excited.

Lin Baicheng said: "If there are others who have not invested as much as US$10 million, then those who want to invest more can invest up to US$20 million, which is slightly less than me."

"Twenty million US dollars? It still feels like less."

Iwasaki Mineryu couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this, feeling a little regretful.

Seeing this, Lin Baicheng smiled and said: "This is our internal investment. If you want to invest more, Iwasaki-kun, you can do it yourself. Anyway, I can neither see nor control, and I am not qualified to control everyone." investment."

He only needs to lead people to make a little money. Lin Baicheng will not care about what others do in private. It is best to do less or even nothing that is not beneficial.