Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

After some consultation, half an hour passed like this.

After confirming that everyone's questions were similar, Lin Baicheng said: "Today is the 22nd, and the company will be officially established on April 1st. You don't need to make a decision now. You can consider it in a week. As long as you give it to me before Sunday next week, One reply will do.”

"Alan, we will seriously consider it."

Phil Smith said aloud that although he had decided to invest and cooperate with Lin Baicheng, after all, Lin Baicheng had made him a lot of money. Even if the investment failed, his loss would not be much and it was within his tolerance.

However, although he has decided to invest, he has not said it directly. To express his position now is a bit like forcing others to express their position. This is very bad.

Claure Rockefeller also said: "We will definitely give you an answer before next Sunday, Allen."

"Mr. Allen, what is the specific investment share of each person?"

Abigail Johnson asked. Although she hadn't decided whether to invest yet, it wasn't a bad thing to ask first.

"Currently, the maximum investment share per person is 5%, and the minimum investment share is 1%. Investments less than US$1 million are considered. You can decide how much you want to invest."

"I know that some people may consider not investing or investing less due to various circumstances. If there is an extra investment share on Sunday, if someone wants to invest more, as long as the investment ratio does not exceed 10% , that’s fine.”

Lin Baicheng said that he did not impose a minimum investment of US$5 million, but the minimum amount of US$1 million was still limited. If it was too little, it would be meaningless.

It's not that Lin Baicheng doesn't look down on hundreds of thousands of dollars, but just a few thousandths of a share. Then it will be more difficult for the established company to borrow the network resources behind the other party. After all, if the shareholding is too small, others will make money as the company develops. It doesn't cost much, so how can it be possible to help the company develop in a big way?

Only if you hold a certain proportion of shares in a company, the interests involved are not small, and the company will be very profitable when it develops, will you be willing to contribute to help the company develop, because helping the company is equivalent to helping yourself.

Logan Rockefeller asked, "How about we get together again next week on Sunday?"

"It doesn't have to be a Sunday gathering."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand and said: "After everyone has made a decision, you can contact me. After I confirm that everyone has made a decision, I will contact everyone to get together to discuss the establishment of the company and everyone's investment ratio."

Phil Smith said: "That's fine, let's just settle it."

"So be it."

Everyone has no opinion on this.

This is the end of the conversation about the joint investment in the TV network, no more details.

Lin Baicheng smiled and said: "If you have any good investment projects, please don't forget me."

Although the relationship formed by the combination of interests will fall apart due to interests, it is often stronger than the so-called friendship.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng does not mind cooperating with these American capital families to form a community of interests. In this way, if his assets in the United States are threatened, he can at least contact these families to resist.

Of course, when the benefits reach a certain level, the so-called partners may still defect. Failure to defect is nothing more than insufficient chips. Therefore, cooperation is cooperation, but precautions must still be taken.

If you really foolishly believe in these interest partners, you are a fool.

"What I have to do now is to develop Zhonghe Game Company. The game industry is likely to make great achievements. I will not take the initiative to start other projects before developing the company to go public."

Phil Smith said that people's energy is limited, and he can't be said to be very powerful. At least he thinks he is incomparable to Lin Baicheng. He has entered one industry after another. Channel agent companies and Zhonghe Game Company are enough. He did it.

"I mainly focus on my studies now. I can invest with the funds given by my family, but I can't start my own business. I don't have the time or the ability."

Abigail Johnson shook her head and frankly admitted her lack of ability.

For Abigail Johnson, who is just twenty years old, this is a fact. Not everyone is a born-again person like Lin Baicheng, nor is everyone a business elite such as Bill Gates and Zuckerberg, so Will not be looked down upon.

Being able to admit his shortcomings shows that Abigail Johnson has a strong self-awareness.

"I wonder if anyone is interested in investing in oil exploration?"

The speaker was Logan Rockefeller, who worked at Mobil and was more familiar with oil exploration as an investment.

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

Lin Baicheng asked with interest. Oil is the driving force for industrial development and liquid gold. If the country's strength did not allow it, he would really like to invest in oil companies in the Middle East and other African countries.

An oil company, in the long run, is absolutely profitable.

The reason why the Rockefeller family was able to become the most powerful family in the United States for a time was because of oil. Therefore, when they heard that it was about oil investment, others immediately became interested.

"certainly."

Logan Rockefeller nodded and said: "Everyone knows about the war between Hong Kong and Afghanistan. The price of gold and oil have both risen sharply before, especially the price of oil, which is still rising now."

"And with the development of the industrialization process around the world, the use of oil will only increase. In both the short and long term, oil prices are more likely to rise, and the entire industry chain related to oil can benefit. .”

"Mobil is one of the largest oil companies in the United States and even the world. The company decided to increase oil reserves and development, so it invested a lot of money in oil exploration."

"However, Mobil's funds are limited after all, so it decided to look for external partners. Mobil will provide manpower and technology, and the capital will provide funds. They will work together to explore areas where oil may exist. After the exploration is successful, the ratio will be determined according to the agreed ratio. Distribute benefits.”

"Mobil's technology in oil exploration is still very strong. It is much better for Mobil to determine the exploration area than to find another team to explore by ourselves. In addition to the post-exploitation of oil and other work, it will be better to cooperate with Mobil."

"To put it simply, Mobil provides the technology, we provide the funds, and after oil is discovered, the benefits are distributed according to the pre-discussed ratio, isn't it?"

Lin Baicheng said after hearing this, but he was no longer interested.

Logan Rockefeller nodded: "That's what it means."

Phil Smith then said: "I don't think Mobil will share profits with others for no reason. The high-quality exploration areas will definitely be retained by itself, and there may be other conditions."

"Once oil is discovered, the later refining and oil sales must be handed over to Mobil, and Mobil can guarantee settlement according to the market price." Logan Rockefeller explained.

Anna Nord said very directly: "With this kind of cooperation, once an oil field with amazing oil reserves is discovered, Mobil will definitely fall out, and we cannot be Mobil's opponent."

"The risks are high, but the benefits are not high. I am not interested in this kind of investment."

Lin Baicheng directly stated that it would be okay if he established his own oil company. The discovered oil fields would be handed over to Mobil for refining and sales, which would mean that most of the benefits would be taken away by Mobil, and it would not be able to form an influence. Even if this kind of investment could make some money, it would be beneficial to him. It doesn't make sense either.

What's more, oil exploration itself has risks, otherwise Mobil would not look for external partners and could explore and mine on its own.

Others soon followed suit, saying they were not interested in such cooperation.

"This is the only project I can think of. If there are other projects in the future, we can cooperate again."

Seeing everyone's rejection, Logan Rockefeller was not disappointed. If he succeeded, it would certainly bring him results, but if he failed, there would be no loss. It would just be a waste of words to explain.

"Actually, this project is not bad. It is still very attractive to many people. It's just not suitable for us."

Lin Baicheng said something out loud to save Logan Rockefeller from embarrassment.

Others echoed Lin Baicheng's words to avoid embarrassment to Logan Rockefeller.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Baicheng and others said goodbye and left.

When leaving, Lin Baicheng asked Barry Diller to go with him and get into his extended Lincoln.

The car is driving on the road.

Lin Baicheng said to Barry Diller: "Barry, no matter whether they will participate in the investment or not, the company will still be established. If your investment remains unchanged, I will be responsible for the remaining 90% of the investment. So, you have to be prepared. Do whatever you want to do, and build the company as soon as possible after leaving your job.”

"My investment will never change."

Barry Diller spoke first, and then said: "I have contacted some people. Once the company is established, they will join the company as soon as possible and work with me to run the company."

In this case, the company's backbone team will be formed by Barry Diller, and Barry Diller's power will be amplified. This is disadvantageous to other major shareholders of the company in an existing company, and it is easy for management to occur. The story is about listening to Barry Diller.

If the major shareholder removes Barry Diller, it will inevitably lead to a loss of personnel, turmoil in the management and the company, which will be extremely detrimental to the development of the company. If the major shareholder takes the opportunity to take away Barry Diller, it will amplify Barry Diller's power.

However, Lin Baicheng did not take these things to heart, because he himself had to continuously reduce his shareholdings and could not have an absolute impact on the company. He could only arrange for a few people to join the company and maintain a certain influence on the company.

It is beneficial for Barry Diller to do this, and Lin Baicheng will not object, as long as it does not affect the development of the company.

"I look forward to your performance."

Lin Baicheng nodded and changed the topic: "After the company is established, compared to setting up a TV station by ourselves, I think it is more cost-effective to acquire a small and medium-sized TV station. What do you think?"

"That's exactly what I wanted to say."

Barry Diller was slightly surprised and immediately said: "I was planning to wait until the company is established before I talk to you about this matter, Mr. Allen. Instead of establishing a TV station, we might as well acquire a TV station and use this TV station to build the TV station." After the development of the TV station is effective, we will acquire other TV stations, form a TV network, and expand the scope of viewing."

"It seems that we have thought of getting together. Do you have any goals?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nod. It seemed that he had done nothing wrong in finding Barry Diller to be the president of the company.

Barry Diller said: "I already have several expected goals, but the more specific ones will wait until I leave my job and lead the team to conduct more detailed investigations. Then we will know which TV station is the most suitable."

"When you have a goal, remember to tell me."

Lin Baicheng reminded aloud that although Barry Diller is the president of the company and his shareholding in the company will continue to decrease, this does not mean that he has to be a transparent person. He also has to exert influence, otherwise the establishment of the TV network will It makes no sense.

"I will report to you, Mr. Allen, on all matters of the company."

Barry Diller immediately said that he still had ambitions to control the TV network, so he needed the support of Lin Baicheng, the major shareholder, so he would definitely not dare to offend Lin Baicheng.

"I hope we can work together well, Barry."

Lin Baicheng looked at Barry Diller meaningfully. Barry Diller is both the president and a shareholder. It is entirely possible that in the development process of the company, Lin Baicheng, a major shareholder who does not care much, will gradually be sidelined, allowing the major shareholder's shares to be in the company. It was continuously diluted through mergers and acquisitions, and finally gained control of the company.

The representative figure among them is Michael Eisner, who was still working under Barry Diller. When Michael Eisner jumped to Disney, Disney’s market value was only US$2 billion. Under his leadership, Disney developed Become a $40 billion entertainment empire.

However, during this development process, the Disney family's shareholding ratio in the Disney empire has continued to decrease, and the number of board seats has also been reduced due to the expansion of the board of directors. The shareholding ratio and board control have been greatly reduced.

When the market value increased twenty times, the value of the shares held by the Disney family increased, which meant they made money. However, the Disney family's control over Disney decreased. In the end, Michael Eisner took control of Disney through power tactics and became Disney. The emperor.

It is true that Michael Eisner himself does not have many shares in Disney, but Disney has grown and prospered under his leadership. Many shareholders believed in his ability and chose to support him, so he obtained control of Disney through the shares of these shareholders. .

Michael Eisner can do this, and so can Barry Diller.

Fortunately, Lin Baicheng cannot firmly control the TV network, so he doesn't really care. He just needs to maintain his influence on the TV network.

Of course, the control of the TV network can be ceded to Barry Diller, but the premise is that Lin Baicheng voluntarily gave it to Barry Diller, rather than Barry Diller taking it away through his ability. The two have different meanings.

"Mr. Allen, I am very grateful for this opportunity you gave me. I will always keep it in my heart."

Barry Diller spoke up to express his gratitude.

Lin Baicheng nodded and said nothing more. To judge a person, it is not how nice he talks, but his actual actions.

Lin Baicheng will observe how Barry Diller is. He has at least a few years of observation time.