Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

When Wang Yiping came to see Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng was reading medical books.

It was really boring to be on the special train, and it was impossible to chat with other people all the time. Fortunately, Lin Baicheng, who had experience, brought a few medical books with him this time to pass the time when he was bored.

After learning from Wang Yiping that the call was from Xiangjiang, Lin Baicheng knew that another big event should have happened in Xiangjiang this morning. Otherwise, he had been contacted and explained yesterday and would not be contacted again now.

"Hello, I'm Lin Baicheng."

"Baicheng, it's me."

On the other end of the phone was Lin Shufang.

Lin Baicheng asked: "Sister, did something happen again this morning?"

"This morning Hutchison received a letter from the Securities Regulatory Commission. It was sent to you, Baicheng. It said that you, Baicheng, and all of us in the Lin family are prohibited from conducting stock transactions. We personally, including the companies under our names, are not allowed to do so. The time is One month.”

"In this case, the original plan to buy Hutchison Whampoa shares will no longer be possible. By the way, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price had already fallen below HK$80 when I came to Xinhua News Agency."

Lin Shufang briefly explained the matter.

"Since sister made this call, it means that there is no way to get the Supervisory Committee to lift the restrictions, right?"

Lin Baicheng asked after hearing this. He knew that the person behind the scenes was able to manipulate the Supervisory Committee, and he was the one who did this despite his connections in the Hong Kong government. It could only be British capital, and only British capital could be so powerful. energy.

Lin Shufang said: "Qin Lan has asked people to communicate with some people in the Hong Kong government, but she believes that this matter should be done by British capital. It is unlikely that the Supervisory Committee will lift the restrictions today. The specific time for lifting the restrictions cannot be determined yet. .The key thing is that we don’t have that much time. The stock price is still falling. After the stock price drops to a certain price, the short side will definitely buy back. After the short side buys a sufficient number of shares, the restriction will not be lifted. For Fang, it doesn’t matter.”

"Does the Secretariat have any countermeasures?"

Lin Baicheng asked, this is the time when the assistants' brains are needed. If they don't even have any coping methods, then he will consider replacing them.

"Qin Lan said that you can contact your business friends in Baicheng and entrust them to buy Hutchison Whampoa's stocks. Then you can buy them back from your friends at a premium of 5% or 10%. Although it will cost an extra sum. Money, but it allows Baicheng to bypass the restrictions, prevent Hutchison Whampoa's stock price from continuing to fall, and prevent short sellers from succeeding." Lin Shufang told Qin Lan's suggestion.

"The method is pretty good."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nod after hearing this. The suitable candidates he thought of now were Iwasaki Horon, Guo Henian and Zheng Yudong. If the three of them help buy stocks, they can indeed raise Hutchison Whampoa's stock price. In this way, he will not only Being able to buy back Hutchison Whampoa's shares at a low price and counterattack the short side, even if the short side cannot suffer losses, it will not allow the short side to make a huge profit from short selling.

"Baicheng, do you agree to do this?"

Lin Shufang heard this and said: "It shouldn't be convenient for you to contact them now, right? Do you need me to contact them on your behalf?"

Lin Baicheng said, "No, sister, I'm not going to do this."

"why is that?"

Lin Shufang was a little confused. Since it was a good idea, why not use it?

Lin Baicheng explained: "The method is a good one. Let them help buy Hutchison Whampoa's stocks. This matter will definitely not be hidden from the British capital. If they do this, they will definitely offend the British capital. Let's not say whether they are willing to offend me in order to help me. The British capital, let's just assume that they are willing to help. This will offend the British capital. Even if I buy the stocks they bought at a premium, I still owe a favor, and the debt of favor is the hardest to repay."

"If possible, I don't want to owe them a favor for no reason."

At Lin Baicheng's current level, he must repay the favors he owes, otherwise his reputation will be ruined, and no one will dare to have an in-depth relationship with him in the future.

Therefore, in Lin Baicheng's view, the value of his favors is very high. If he can't owe others favors, it is best not to owe others favors.

Of course, if you meet a friend who is worthy of deep friendship, sometimes it is a good thing to owe a favor, because the exchange of favors can deepen the relationship between the two parties, but even so, you should not make your own favors too cheap.

"That's true, but if you don't ask them for help, what will you do? You can't do nothing, right?"

Lin Shufang agreed with Lin Baicheng's words, but she didn't agree with doing nothing, but she couldn't figure out what to do better.

"Of course it's impossible to do nothing."

Lin Baicheng would not let the short side take advantage of Hutchison Whampoa. He said: "Ask Qin Lan to contact Goldman Sachs' branch in Hong Kong and entrust Goldman Sachs to acquire Hutchison Whampoa's shares through an offshore company that has nothing to do with me." , the lower the cost price of Goldman Sachs’ purchase, the higher the handling fee to Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs is certainly not stupid, and the handling fee to Goldman Sachs can be higher. As long as the benefits are sufficient, I believe Goldman Sachs is not afraid of offending British capital.”

Entrusting Goldman Sachs is a pure exchange of interests, with no favors involved. Lin Baicheng does not have to worry about owing favors.

"okay, I get it."

Lin Shufang first agreed, and then said: "By the time Qin Lan contacts Goldman Sachs, the morning trading must have ended. If Goldman Sachs wants to consider it and does not agree immediately, or the commission fee is not negotiated, Goldman Sachs will not be able to buy Hutchison Whampoa today. Stocks, what should I do?”

Some things must be considered in advance. Lin Shufang cannot contact Lin Baicheng every once in a while. This would be too troublesome for Xinhua News Agency and is not good.

"If there is no agreement with Goldman Sachs today, you can contact Haruko in the United States tonight and ask Haruko to do this, and directly entrust Goldman Sachs in the United States. This can be more secretive."

"As for the inability to buy Hutchison Whampoa's stock today, there is nothing that can be done about it. I don't think the short side will just settle down and run away today. Even if it does, I'm afraid it won't be easy. If the short side is really here If they run away today, then they are great and the money they make is their ability.”

"Anyway, I will contact you and Qin Lan tomorrow morning, and we will have a good chat then."

If Lin Baicheng's channels for buying stocks in Xiangjiang hadn't been restricted, Lin Baicheng wouldn't have had to ask Mao Li Haruko to entrust Goldman Sachs. He could have directly asked Mao Li Haruko to transfer people from Golden Fleece Company to Xiangjiang.

It's a pity that the channels are restricted. Even if you send foreigners to operate in Xiangjiang, it will be useless. You will still have to borrow other people's channels. At that time, you will have to negotiate in order to hide your needs. Time does not allow it. In this case, it is better to entrust Goldman Sachs directly. It is nothing more than Just spend some money.

"Okay, if there's nothing else"

"By the way, I almost forgot."

Lin Baicheng suddenly remembered and said immediately: "Qin Lan entrusted Goldman Sachs to acquire shares. If Goldman Sachs' branch in Xiangjiang does not have enough funds, Galaxy Bank can lend Goldman Sachs a loan."

Although Goldman Sachs is a Wall Street giant, its Xiangjiang branch has only been established for a few years. It is not large in scale and will not hold much funds. The funds required to buy a large number of Hutchison Whampoa stocks are at least ten digits. Goldman Sachs’ Xiangjiang branch It’s true that you don’t necessarily have that much money, and even if you do, you don’t necessarily have that much cash.

After all, Goldman Sachs is an investment bank, and it is impossible to just leave all your money in an account.

Lin Shufang responded: "I will tell Qin Lan."

"Sister, if there is nothing else, let's stop talking here." Lin Baicheng said.

"Well, that's it for now."

Lin Shufang said and hung up the phone.

"President Li, thank you for causing trouble to you again."

After walking out of the room, Lin Shufang thanked Li Fuquan who was outside the communication room.

Li Fuquan said politely: "This is what we should do."

Lin Shufang said: "President Li, I have something to do here and I need to say goodbye first. I will come back next time to express my thanks. I hope you don't mind."

"Ms. Lin, go and do your business. Business matters are important."

Li Fuquan was very aware of the consequences of Lin Baicheng's trip to the mainland. The share prices of the three listed companies in Xiangjiang all fell sharply. Among them, Hutchison Whampoa fell the most. It was obviously shorted by British capital, and the losses were considerable. .

Faced with this situation, Xinhua News Agency must help where it can. Unfortunately, Xinhua News Agency cannot help Hutchison Whampoa. The only thing it can do is to let Lin Shufang get in touch with Lin Baicheng who is on the special train.

They could only do this, and Li Fuquan felt guilty. After all, Lin Baicheng suffered huge losses because he sided with the mainland, but they couldn't help each other.

After Lin Shufang left Xinhua News Agency, she returned to Hutchison Whampoa. Qin Lan stayed at Hutchison Whampoa and did not leave. However, only one assistant in the secretariat remained, and the others went back to work. After all, Lin Baicheng had many companies in Hong Kong that needed to be dealt with. There are many things.

Lin Shufang called Qin Lan and the assistant named Chen Zhixiong to Lin Baicheng's chairman's office. She did not call Xia Boyin over. Lin Baicheng used his own funds to buy Hutchison Whampoa shares and had nothing to do with Hutchison Whampoa, so there was no need to talk to him. Xia Boyin discussed this with Vice President Huang.

"Vice President Lin, what did President Lin say?"

After the three of them sat down on the sofa in the office, Qin Lan asked.

Lin Shufang said to Qin Lan: "Mr. Lin thinks your suggestion is good, but he is not going to ask friends in the business world for help. Instead, he decided to entrust Goldman Sachs to carry out the acquisition in the name of an offshore company. Therefore, what your secretariat will do next is Contact Goldman Sachs’ branch in Xiangjiang and entrust Goldman Sachs to buy Hutchison Whampoa’s shares.”

"Entrust Goldman Sachs? I understand."

Qin Lan nodded slightly, and then said: "By the time we get to Goldman Sachs, the morning trading has ended. We are not sure whether Goldman Sachs will accept the entrustment in the afternoon. We can certainly do it regardless of the cost, but the entrustment fee will be too high."

Lin Shufang: "Mr. Lin said that the entrustment fee can be set higher. It is best to let Goldman Sachs accept the entrustment to buy Hutchison Whampoa shares in the afternoon. If Goldman Sachs is really unwilling, then forget it. Also, if Goldman Sachs is short of money If so, you can get a loan from Galaxy Bank."

"If the afternoon negotiation doesn't go well, then why don't we do nothing?" Qin Lan couldn't help but ask.

"right."

Lin Shufang nodded: "Mr. Lin said that he will contact us tomorrow morning and we will discuss anything at that time."

Qin Lan immediately said: "Then I will form a team to contact Goldman Sachs soon."

Lin Shufang: "This matter should be done sooner rather than later. You should go and do it first."

"Vice President Lin, let's take our leave first."

Qin Lan and Chen Zhixiong immediately said goodbye and left. Time is running out now.

At 12 noon, Qin Lan took the formed team to Goldman Sachs. The two parties had contacted in advance and set the meeting time at 12:30 noon.

Although Goldman Sachs does not yet know the intention of Qin Lan and others' visit, they still attach great importance to it because Qin Lan and others represent the richest man in Hong Kong. Not to mention that Lin Baicheng and Goldman Sachs have a lot of cooperation in the United States, even if they have not cooperated before. Facing the richest man in Xiangjiang, Xiangjiang Branch must also treat him seriously.

When the person in charge of Goldman Sachs' Xiangjiang branch learned about Qin Lan and others' intentions, he immediately knew that this was a big deal. Goldman Sachs could obtain high profits from it and build Goldman Sachs' reputation, but it also contained the risk of offending British capital. He also saw it.

If possible, Daweier would like to report this matter to Wall Street. After all, the advantages and disadvantages are so great that it is difficult for him to make a decision. It's just that it's early morning in New York, and Qin Lan said that a result must be negotiated this afternoon, so he doesn't have time to report to New York at all, and he can only make his own decision.

After some consideration, based on long-term considerations, Dawill still did not want to offend the British capital too much, but he was unwilling to give up the immediate interests and the opportunity to build Goldman Sachs' reputation, so he chose a compromise.

Dai Weier told Qin Lan that Goldman Sachs accepted the entrustment, but Goldman Sachs currently has limited funds in its account and needs to borrow some funds from other banks. It will buy as much funds as it can borrow at that time.

In fact, he has already thought about it. He will only use 4.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy stocks, so as not to offend the British capital. It looks like Goldman Sachs is just doing long, but Goldman Sachs can take advantage of its unique behavior of bargain hunting. Become famous in Hong Kong.

After hearing this, Qin Lan immediately told Dai Weier not to worry about the funding problem. Goldman Sachs can borrow money from Galaxy Bank, and Galaxy Bank will transfer the first HKD 2 billion to Goldman Sachs' account as soon as possible. If necessary, it can continue loan.

Dai Weier was speechless after hearing this. He forgot that the richest man in Xiangjiang owned his own bank, and the bank was not short of money. At this moment, he was in trouble again.

After some consideration, Daweier still bluntly said that he did not want to offend the British capital too much, so he was willing to accept the entrustment, but the funds to buy stocks could not exceed one billion Hong Kong dollars. If he bought too much and caused heavy losses to the short-selling British capital, Goldman Sachs would in the future It is difficult to start a business in Xiangjiang. I hope Qin Lan and others can understand.

Qin Lan didn't want to understand Dai Weier's difficulties, but she knew that force was useless, so she could only agree. One billion Hong Kong dollars could buy more than 10 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa. In this way, today's stock price should not fall. Too ugly.

Today is Friday again, and trading will be closed tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. As long as they can get the Supervisory Committee to lift restrictions on Monday, they won't be able to buy whatever they want by then.

Furthermore, even if the restrictions cannot be lifted next Monday, there is a two-day buffer time, and the Secretariat can still think of other ways.

Before half past one, Qin Lan signed a commission agreement with Goldman Sachs in the name of an offshore company.