Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"Let's talk about how to defeat the Xingyue console and let Atari VCS dominate the video game market."

The person who spoke out was Ray Kaiser, the new president who took over after Nolan Bushnell left and was a former Atari marketing consultant.

The reason why Nolan Bushnell was forced to leave Atari was simple. Under the leadership of Nolan Bushnell, Atari did not bring profits that satisfied Warner. Instead, it was caused by poor R\u0026D investment and poor sales. The company was losing money, so Warner kicked Nolan Bushnell out of the company.

Warner subsequently appointed Ray Caesar as Atari's new president. What he wanted was for Atari to focus on marketing games and reduce investment in development.

Ray Caesar, who was not a game producer, also did this. After taking office, he carried out drastic reforms to Atari, fired many of the old heroes who had made their fortune with Atari, and terminated many of them. Development plans that seem useless reduce investment in development.

As a result, developers' salaries have been reduced, developers' working hours have been extended, and their salaries have been depressed. This has led to many developers complaining and choosing to leave Atari.

Some of these developers who left Atari were acquired by Star and Moon Video Game Company, but some did not choose to work for Star and Moon Electronic Game Company. Among them, several powerful people established a company called Activision 's gaming company.

Activision is engaged in game development, and it is based on Atari 2600 game development. To put it simply, it is to develop software games for the Atari 2600 console, and make the games into cassettes for sale.

The Atari 2600 is different from the Star and Moon console. The latter has restrictions on access, but the Atari 2600 has no restrictions, so that games produced by Activision can easily be played on the Atari 2600 platform. Sale.

Activision is obviously trying to tease Atari by doing this, and Atari will definitely not agree to it. Therefore, Atari is currently in a lawsuit with Activision.

That's right, Atari is not open now, and there are not many game developers selling their games on the Atari 2600. Only after Activision wins the lawsuit can other people or game companies see the benefits and then put the developed games on the Atari 2600 platform for sale.

Let’s talk about Atari after Ray Caesar took office. Because Fairchild Semiconductor, its previous strongest competitor, gave up the game business, Atari’s sales performance of consoles and cassettes this year were very good. Coupled with the reduction of costs, It can be said that Atari has brought a lot of profits to parent company Warner this year.

Therefore, Ray Caesar was affirmed by Warner and he has taken control of Atari.

"Xingyue console has invested a lot in publicity. We can also increase investment. The company's product, Atari 2600, is already more famous than Xingyue console. As long as we increase investment in publicity, we will definitely be able to Press the opponent down."

"Good suggestion, do you have any other ideas?"

"You can discredit the other party. The Xingyue console is a product from Hong Kong, and this is the United States, our home field."

"I don't object to discrediting Xingyue consoles, but we must have a certain limit. We must not discredit video games, so as not to affect the sales of the company's consoles."

"The Atari 2600 is no better than the Xingyue console in terms of performance. I think we should develop a better console and use our products to crush the other party."

"The company has invested up to 100 million US dollars in R\u0026D on the Atari 2600. If we start developing new products now, how much will we invest? We can invest in R\u0026D, but I don't think we should be too hasty. The most important thing at the moment is to make Atari The profit of 2,600 creates profits for the company.”

"I think"

Atari's executives either put forward suggestions to enhance their own strength, or put forward suggestions for the Star and Moon console. The ultimate goal is to let the Atari 2600 defeat the Star and Moon console and let the Atari 2600 create a better future for the company. Much profit.

After considering everyone's suggestions, Ray Caesar decided to take two paths together, to enhance his own strength and attack the Xingyue Host together.

Nowadays, the Star and Moon console has become the biggest competitor of Atari 2600 in the United States. Ray Caesar can no longer ignore it. What he has to do is to defeat the opponent, so that the company's revenue and profits will increase, and the parent company Warner See what he's capable of.

When Atari was discussing how to combat the Xingyue console.

Lin Baicheng took a private plane to New York.

Because he asked his bodyguard and driver to drive the Lincoln to New York first, when Lin Baicheng came out of the New York Airport, the Lincoln was already waiting for him outside the airport.

Sitting on the extended Lincoln, Lin Baicheng came to his villa in New York, a place he had never been to before.

There are many bodyguards guarding this villa. At the same time, there are twenty or thirty people living in the villa, all of whom are employees of the Golden Fleece Company.

Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon and Sun Yiyang from the Golden Fleece Company are also here. Because they are also responsible for part of Lin Baicheng's long gold futures orders, they and their operating team have been living here in the villa recently.

As for the two people who joined later, Zinger Renn and Mendez Carter, they stayed on Wall Street with some of the remaining employees of the Golden Fleece Company. They also had some long gold futures orders, but this part of the gold futures The long order belongs to Hutchison Whampoa and has nothing to do with Lin Baicheng's long order.

"Makoto-kun!"

When Lin Baicheng brought people to the villa, Maori Haruko greeted him at the door.

Maori Haruko was photographed by Lin Baicheng to supervise the long gold futures order worth about 10 billion US dollars. Since the operation team is here, of course she is here too.

"Um!"

Lin Baicheng nodded to Maori Haruko and walked into the villa.

As soon as he entered the villa, Lin Baicheng saw some employees sitting in front of computers on the left side of the hall by the window. Doug Goldon was also here. Obviously, this was a temporary team led by Doug Goldon. Office space.

Without waiting for Lin Baicheng to ask, Maori Haruko took the initiative and said: "This place is divided into three groups. Manager Kelly, Manager Gordon and Manager Sun each lead a group. The other two managers' offices are not here."

Lin Baicheng asked aloud: "The total number of employees and bodyguards here should be quite large, right? Is it enough to accommodate so many people in this villa?"

Maori Haruko replied: "The bodyguards are divided into three teams and take turns to stand guard, so they don't rest here. Although the remaining people are still quite large, they can still be arranged to come, but the conditions are not good. After this operation is over, It would be better to give everyone a long vacation and generous bonuses so that employees will not complain."

"Vacations and bonuses will be indispensable when the time comes."

Once he makes a lot of money in gold futures, Lin Baicheng will certainly not be stingy with the bonus.

"Chairman!"

Doug Gordon, who noticed Lin Baicheng entering the villa, came over.

Lin Baicheng said: "I see that everyone is very serious. Is it because they have a small amount of funds for short-term trading?"

"Yes!"

Doug Golden nodded.

Vivien Kelly, Doug Goldon and Sun Yiyang are all using a small part of the funds to make short-term trades and fixing one or two accounts so that the funds in other accounts will not be exposed.

Lin Baicheng said: "You go and do your work first. If you have anything to say, we can wait until tonight."

Doug Goldon responded: "Chairman, I'll get to work first."

Seeing Doug Golden leaving, Lin Baicheng asked Maori Haruko to take him to the group where Vivien Kelly and Sun Yiyang were.

The teams of Vivien Kelly and Sun Yiyang were also in this villa, so they were not far away. Lin Baicheng went to see them separately under the guidance of Maori Haruko, but he did not disturb their work.

Maori Haruko was only responsible for supervision, so her time was relatively free. Lin Baicheng called her to a bedroom upstairs to talk.

Lin Baicheng: "You didn't report to me specifically. I guess nothing happened here."

Maori Haruko said: "The confidentiality work here is very good. Including Vivien Kelly and the three of them, during this period, except to report to their families that they are safe, they have no way to contact the outside world. This is what they have signed a contract with. , don’t worry about any problems.”

Lin Baicheng solemnly said: "Secret work must be done well. You know best. This is a tens of billions of dollars in gold futures long orders. Once the outside world finds out, who knows what the White House or Wall Street capital will do. .”

Lin Baicheng's worries are not unfounded. Half of his gold futures orders have a cost price of around US$200 per ounce, and half are at nearly US$250 per ounce. Now, the price of gold has risen to nearly US$600 per ounce, an increase of more than double.

In other words, without calculating leverage interest, taxes, and handling fees, Lin Baicheng's long gold futures orders have made profits of more than 10 billion US dollars.

This is tens of billions of dollars, and the time is still 1980. Whether it is the White House or Wall Street, they will definitely find a way to keep this money after learning about it. Of course, some of Lin Baicheng's accounts are with banks in overseas countries, such as UBS and Deutsche Bank. It is not easy for the White House or Wall Street to take away the money.

However, as long as Lin Baicheng is retained, there is no need to worry about the money running away.

The money was too much, so even though he knew that coming to the United States was risky, Lin Baicheng still came because he wanted to personally take charge and ensure that there would be no problems with the operation team.

"Don't worry, Cheng-kun, nothing will happen to you."

Maori Haruko expressed relief. She was the only one among everyone who knew how much money Lin Baicheng had manipulated in gold futures multiple orders. Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon and Sun Yiyang only knew part of it. The employees below knew. Even less.

Since Lin Baicheng wants Maori Haruko to supervise the funds without any problems, of course he can't hide it from Maori Haruko. Fortunately, he believes that Maori Haruko will not have any problems, because he believes that Maori Haruko's interests are consistent with his.

Maori Haruko did think so. Not only did she receive Lin Baicheng's high salary, but she was also Lin Baicheng's pillow, and Lin Baicheng even promised to let her get pregnant and have children. Although there was still no movement in her stomach, Lin Baicheng ejaculated inside every time, so she knew that Lin Baicheng did not lie to her about this.

In Maori Haruko's view, her son will also inherit part of Lin Baicheng's assets in the future, so anything that harms Lin Baicheng's interests will harm her interests.

"Well, I believe it will be fine."

Lin Baicheng smiled, letting Maori Haruko feel his confidence. "Every day that follows is critical. As the price of gold continues to rise, the time for shipment is getting closer. As long as the shipment can be completed successfully and the funds are transferred from here, there is no need to worry about it later."

Haruko Mouri asked: "Makoto-kun, at what price do you plan to start shipping?"

"For my private long orders, when the gold price is higher than 600 US dollars per ounce, I can start shipping. When shipping, I will start transferring funds from the United States to overseas."

Lin Baicheng knew that the gold price would rise to a maximum of more than 800 US dollars, but he was not prepared to wait for the gold price to reach that high before starting to ship. After all, his long order funds were very large. The tens of billions of dollars when he opened the position had now become More than 20 billion U.S. dollars cannot be escaped in a short time.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng decided to start slowly shipping goods and leaving after the gold price was higher than 600 US dollars per ounce. Although he would make a lot less money, his profit was already enough. Not only was it safer to run away in advance, but also because of this Sometimes people who do too much tend to run away without attracting attention.

When the price of gold is at a high level, everyone is ready to run away. At this time, a large number of shipments will definitely attract the attention of Wall Street or international institutions, and it will be very difficult to hide it at that time.

After hearing this, Haruko Mouri said: "If the price is US$600/ounce, that's fast. If the price of gold can still rise sharply tomorrow, I think it can break through the price of US$600/ounce."

Lin Baicheng said: "It was precisely because I knew that the price of gold was about to reach this price that I hurried over."

"Mr. Cheng, what about Hutchison Whampoa's long gold futures orders and investment in oil futures?" Mouri Haruko asked.

"The oil futures orders are not urgent for the time being. I think we can take another one and close the long gold futures orders first."

Wagging his index finger, Lin Baicheng continued: "As for Hutchison Whampoa's long orders, wait until the gold price is higher than 700 US dollars per ounce before shipping. After all, the amount of funds here is smaller and the shipping speed can be faster. "

At that time, Hutchison Whampoa's gold futures orders will be shipped in large quantities, which can cover up Lin Baicheng's private orders.

Haruko Maori couldn't help but said: "One is US$600/ounce and the other is US$700/ounce. There is a big difference."

"I think the price of gold should be able to reach that high, but my long orders are too large, so it's better to ship them early."

Lin Baicheng did not tell Maori Haruko that the price of gold could rise as high as more than 800 US dollars. It was not necessary. He did not need to explain it so clearly to Maori Haruko.

"Chengjun, you have already made a lot of profits. It is a good thing to sell early. The most important thing is to be safe."

After hearing this, Maori Haruko thought that what Lin Baicheng said was very reasonable. The current increase is just paper data. Only by closing long orders and turning them into cash can real profits be made.