Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Tuesday afternoon, January 8th.

The price of gold officially exceeded the price of 600 US dollars per ounce. Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon and Sun Yiyang began to ship according to Lin Baicheng's instructions and closed their long orders.

For Lin Baicheng, if he can close his long orders above the price of 600 US dollars per ounce, he can make huge profits from this operation, and there is no need to take risks in order to make more money.

How to buy and sell, Vivien Kelly and others are professional, so the gold futures market did not experience major fluctuations because Lin Baicheng's long orders began to be shipped.

Because the price of gold only broke through 600 US dollars per ounce that afternoon, Lin Baicheng's long orders were not closed that day, only more than 300 million US dollars.

In fact, what is more important is that Vivien Kelly and others cannot attract market attention when shipping, so they cannot sell too many orders at once, so not many long orders are closed. If you don't mind the impact, you can easily close long orders worth more than one billion US dollars.

As of the close of the day, the price of gold exceeded US$610 per ounce and closed at US$611.4 per ounce.

The next day, the price of gold broke through the highest price of 630 US dollars / ounce, but then fell back, and finally closed at 615 US dollars / ounce, with an increase of less than 1% that day.

However, on this day, Lin Baicheng's long order was liquidated by more than one billion US dollars.

In order not to attract attention, in order not to suppress the price of gold, Vivien Kelly and others did not ship in large quantities. But even so, more than one billion U.S. dollars of long orders were sold today. The subsequent rise and fall in gold prices had a little to do with Lin Baicheng's more than one billion U.S. dollars in shipments.

The futures market is actually similar to the stock market. When someone sells a large number of stocks at a high level, if the funds below cannot keep up, then the stock price will naturally have no choice but to turn downward, from rising to falling.

It is said that Lin Baicheng's long position can close more than one billion US dollars in one day without attracting attention. It is also related to the current hot market. Red Su's invasion of Afghanistan has caused a large amount of funds to choose to buy gold as a safe haven. Today's daily trading volume is more than the previous number. times.

The trading volume of tens of billions of dollars a day and shipments of more than one billion dollars are not much at all, so they will not be discovered.

If the trading volume is only a few billion US dollars a day, then more than one billion US dollars is not that small. What's more, if more than one billion US dollars are sold, it will definitely attract more funds and affect the trend in disguise. Don't you think? It’s hard to stand out.

At around six o'clock that night, Lin Baicheng was still staying in the villa. His personal secretary, Catherine, contacted him and said that Phil Smith had come to New York and wanted to meet Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng didn't bring Catherine to the villa, and there wasn't even a landline phone in the villa, but he brought a pager so Catherine could contact him.

In this day and age before cell phones, pagers were a way for people to keep in touch with other people when they were out and about.

Because there was no need to stay in the villa all the time, Lin Baicheng did not refuse to meet Phil Smith. He asked Catherine to inform Phil Smith to meet him at his apartment on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Lin Baicheng went there alone with his bodyguards, while Maori Haruko stayed behind. Although he believed that it would be okay to leave with Maori Haruko, and he still kept many bodyguards here, but at this time, leaving Maori Haruko would make him feel more at ease.

When Lin Baicheng returned to the Fifth Avenue apartment, Phil Smith had not come over yet.

But Lin Baicheng didn't wait long. About ten minutes later, Phil Smith and others came over. That's right, Phil Smith didn't come alone this time.

"Smith! Logan! Crowl!"

Phil Smith brought two Rockefeller cousins ​​whom Lin Baicheng knew, and Lin Baicheng greeted them.

Logan Rockefeller said: "Alan, I'm really sorry that I came to see you without telling you in advance."

Claure also said: "Excuse me."

"Nothing. Sit here, you three. Would you like something to drink?"

Lin Baicheng invited the three of them to sit down on the sofa.

The three of them were not polite and ordered different brands of red wine.

After taking a sip of wine, Phil Smith said: "Alan, I came to visit you unexpectedly. If I have anything to do, I will tell you directly."

"you say."

Lin Baicheng nodded.

"A while ago, you took me to do long gold futures together. At that time, you only gave me a quota of 10 million US dollars. And I trusted your judgment, Allen, so I privately used some funds to enter the market to do long. Now the gold price has broken through At a price of US$600 per ounce, I would like to ask you, when will you prepare to ship?”

After finishing speaking, Phil Smith didn't wait for Lin Baicheng's answer, glanced at Claure and said, "Clauer is also long gold futures, so when he learned that I was coming to consult with you, Allen, he came over too. ”

"Oh? Claure, are you also long gold futures?"

Lin Baicheng looked at Claude Rockefeller with some surprise, but he didn't know how much money Claure had operated and made too much.

Claure smiled and nodded: "Well, I entered the market after Christmas, operated 100 million US dollars of capital, and now I am making a small profit."

"It's better to make money than to lose money."

Nodding, Lin Baicheng looked at the three of them and said: "We are all friends, so I won't hide it. For now, I am optimistic that the price of gold can reach a higher price, so I am ready to take another look. As for It’s really not possible to determine when exactly the goods will be shipped, and it needs to be judged based on the daily trend of gold prices.”

Logan couldn't help but said: "Still looking higher? In the recent wave, the price of gold has increased by more than 50%, and this does not include the increase in leverage."

"The opportunity is rare."

Lin Baicheng said: "Hongsu's invasion of Afghanistan may change the world structure, which is not a trivial matter. Therefore, a 50% increase in gold prices is not too high. I still decided to wait. I believe there should be a breakthrough in gold prices later." , the price of more than 630 US dollars per ounce will not be the highest point."

Claure asked aloud: "Alan, do you have any suggestions?"

"It's hard to say this kind of thing. There are too many possibilities that can affect the trend of gold prices."

Lin Baicheng shook his head: "If Hongsu suddenly withdraws its troops, it goes without saying that the price of gold will inevitably plummet; on the other hand, if the United States or European countries intervene, the conflict will inevitably escalate, and it will be difficult for the price of gold to stop rising. So, the trend of gold prices It is greatly affected by off-field factors, and we cannot predict those factors at all, so I can’t give you any advice.”

"That's not a bad thing to say, Alan."

Phil Smith couldn't help but sigh: "The price of gold shot up and fell back today. I'm worried that there will be another wave of decline in the price of gold in the future. I don't know whether the price of 600 US dollars per ounce can be sustained. If it cannot be sustained, it will be so big in the early stage." With such an increase, the price of gold is afraid that there will be a big correction.”

Claure said with relief: "There may be a correction, but even if there is a correction, it shouldn't fall too much. Under the current market conditions, gold prices don't have much room to fall."

Lin Baicheng agreed: "Clauer is right. As long as the situation in Afghanistan does not change, even if the price of gold will correct in the short term, it will not correct too much."

"Hearing what you say makes me feel more relieved."

Phil Smith nodded slightly. In fact, he had already listened to the trader's analysis before coming to Lin Baicheng.

"Alan, if the long order you operated is closed, could you let us know?"

Claure asked aloud. In fact, he didn't need Lin Baicheng's help at all, because his father's agency was monitoring the long orders of Hutchison Whampoa and would know once those long orders started to be shipped.

In this case, Klauer said this mainly to make himself a favor to Lin Baicheng. Although he had to repay a favor for no reason, it could bring the two of them closer, and he was not without gains.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "If I close multiple orders, there will be no problem in informing you."

"Thanks, Alan."

The three of them thanked each other.

"You are welcome."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand: "Actually, I didn't help much. If you ask me, Smith, you should have used leverage, right? Since you are worried that the price of gold will fall later, you can just level off part of it first. If the price of gold does not fall but rises later, it is nothing more than It’s just that you make less money. But if the price of gold really drops, that means you did the right thing.”

"I'll think about it carefully."

Phil Smith responded and felt that Lin Baicheng's suggestion could indeed be considered. After all, he had indeed made a lot of money now, and there was no harm in taking it easy.

The four of them chatted for a few more words, and then stopped talking about gold futures.

Claure then said to Lin Baicheng: "Alan, regarding the last time I said that I wanted to invest in Changsheng Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Company, how are you thinking about it? With my investment, not only can you make money With less investment, we can also help you with talent recruitment and drug experiments, which is only good for Changsheng Pharmaceutical Company."

Lin Baicheng immediately said after hearing this: "I have thought about this matter seriously, and I can give you an answer now."

"What do you mean, Alan?"

Claure looked inquiring, he wanted to know Lin Baicheng's decision.

Lin Baicheng did not give up: "I have decided to make additional investment in Changsheng Medical and Biological Company. With an initial investment of US$500 million, I can give you up to 10% of the share, which means that Claure, you can invest up to US$50 million. And At the very least, it requires an investment of US$5 million, anything less would be meaningless.”

Lin Baicheng thought about it seriously. Claure was right. The addition of the Rockefeller family would do no harm to Changsheng Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Company. However, the Rockefeller family cannot be taken advantage of. The initial capital investment must be increased and too many shares must not be given away.

"Alan, why did you suddenly increase the investment to US$500 million?"

Claure couldn't help but be surprised, but he knew in his heart that Lin Baicheng did this deliberately in order to prevent the Rockefeller family's investment from taking too much shares.

Lin Baicheng smiled: "The investment of US$500 million is not a lot. There will be more investment in the future. If you find it unacceptable, Claure, then forget it."

"Alan, I would like to ask, the US$500 million investment you mentioned, in addition to the capital invested by me, did you also invest all the cash?"

Klauer asked aloud, this is very important. If Lin Baicheng's investment was not all cash, but real estate, patents and other things as assets, who knows if Lin Baicheng had done anything to cheat the Rockefeller family's money.

"Don't worry about this, Claure. If you invest US$50 million, then I will invest US$450 million, which is absolutely all cash investment. If you become a shareholder of the company, although I have the final say in the company's management, you Financial figures can be dispatched to the company to supervise the direction of use of funds.”

Lin Baicheng had never thought about defrauding the Rockefeller family. It was neither necessary nor cost-effective. With the power of the Rockefeller family in the United States, if Lin Baicheng really cheated the other party's money, the other party would have many ways to cause trouble for his American company, and then his losses would only be greater.

"When I hear you say that, Allen, I feel relieved."

Lin Baicheng had said this, and Claure knew that Lin Baicheng had never thought of any manipulation, but the investment of up to 50 million US dollars made him a little worried. More importantly, an investment of 50 million US dollars could only obtain 10% of the company's shares. It was really Too little.

"Alan, I can only get 10% of the company's shares. Is this too little?"

"Klauer, I can only give up so many shares at most. If you can't accept it, then forget it."

Lin Baicheng shook his head. He already felt that giving up 10% of the shares was a bit much, let alone giving up more shares.

"Since you insist, Allen, I won't force you."

Seeing Lin Baicheng's resolute attitude, Claure stopped trying and continued: "An investment of up to 50 million US dollars is not a small amount. I need to go back and think about it carefully. I will reply to you Allen in a few days. You What do you think?"

"No problem, Klauer, you can think about it slowly, as long as it doesn't delay for a few months, it'll be fine."

Lin Baicheng did not embarrass Claure. After all, it was an investment of 50 million US dollars, and the investment was in a newly established company, and he could only obtain 10% of the shares. It was normal for the other party to seriously consider it.

"It won't be that long, only ten days and a half at most."

Claure immediately said that he would report this matter to his father and it would be up to his father to decide. An investment of tens of millions of dollars is not something he can decide with just one word. The funds he can use are not as much as 50 million US dollars.

"Then let's end this matter."

Lin Baicheng nodded. He did not invite Phil Smith to invest in Changsheng Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Company. Not only because he did not want to give up too many shares, but also because Phil Smith would not be of much help to Changsheng Pharmaceutical Company. The other party's family power There is no comparison with the Rockefeller family.

Although the matter was over, Phil Smith, Logan and Krall did not leave immediately. Instead, they chatted with Lin Baicheng about other things.

It wasn't until nearly an hour later that the three of them said goodbye and left, and Lin Baicheng sent them out of the apartment.