Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

On April 24th.

Lin Baicheng and others left Peiping on a special train.

Everyone met with high-level officials on the 21st, and then stayed in Peiping for another two days before leaving.

In the next two days, everyone had different itineraries. After all, Lin Baicheng and others operated in different industries, and some people had connections and needed to move around.

Let's take Lin Baicheng and Huo Yingdong as an example. Huo Yingdong has been in contact with domestic officials for decades and has many old relationships. Lin Baicheng will definitely not be taken with them when they move around, so their itineraries will definitely be different.

Lin Baicheng naturally had no connections with the high-level officials before, but he was not ignored. Some people took the initiative to walk around with him and get to know each other.

In addition, Lin Baicheng himself also talked with relevant leaders of the Broadcasting Bureau and the Machinery Industry Committee.

The discussion with the Broadcasting Authority is about cooperation between Asia Star Media Group and the Mainland. The general direction is to jointly produce films. Asia Star Media Group will come to the Mainland for shooting when filming. Both parties will choose some film and television dramas to be broadcast in the two places, and the Mainland will organize some excellent programs. Go to Asia TV to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and so on.

These cooperations are only discussions on the general direction. When it comes to specific cooperation, both parties will definitely have more restrictions.

Take, for example, two places that broadcast films and television dramas from the other side. Both sides must do a good job in review. Some unsuitable films and television dramas will definitely not be broadcast. The review will be stricter, and there will definitely be a limit on the number of films and television dramas that can be introduced to each other every year. .

As for the discussion with the Machinery Industry Committee, it was about cooperation with car companies. Lin Baicheng mentioned Hutchison Whampoa's acquisition of British Bentley Motors and said that Bentley Motors will build factories in Asia in the future. He intends to let Bentley Motors compete with mainland cars. Brands collaborate.

The leaders of the Machinery Industry Committee did not refuse. Automobile manufacturing in this era represents high technology. Although Lin Baicheng said that he only had this intention, the relevant leaders still expressed their welcome and importance to the matter and welcomed Bentley Motors to build a factory in the mainland at any time. , there is no problem with the joint venture.

The reason why Lin Baicheng chose the joint venture is because he knew that there would be no harm in letting Bentley cooperate with domestic car companies. After all, we have just entered the 1980s, and joint ventures can better guarantee the market.

In the next twenty years, when it comes time to develop new energy vehicles, it will not be too late to become a sole proprietor. It can be said to be starting from scratch, and only then will Bentley Motors be able to catch up with the world's top car companies.

Without new energy vehicles, if Bentley wants to become a world-class car company, it will not be possible in a short time even with continuous financial support.

The two cooperations discussed this time are just cooperation intentions. After all, the mainland's invitation to Lin Baicheng and others to Peking this time is not an invitation for them to invest, but an affirmation of their position and support. Other than that, it is just some promises.

The most important promise is to ensure that businessmen will not be treated as before, so that Lin Baicheng and others can rest assured that as long as they do not break the law, their family wealth will be guaranteed.

The people who came to the mainland this time all believed in the mainland officials and stood on the mainland's side, so they naturally believed in the assurances from the top management and felt relieved.

There are definitely not many truly selfless people in this world. Except for Huo Yingdong, Lin Baicheng, who is a little unsure about the group of people who came to the mainland this time, Lin Baicheng can guarantee that if siding with the mainland will lead to the confiscation of their own wealth, all of them will definitely start again. It is possible to consider your position or even directly change your original position.

There are few selfless people in the world, and everyone wants to leave a legacy for future generations.

When the special train arrived in Guangzhou, it was already late at night the next day, so Lin Baicheng and others simply stayed in Guangzhou for one night before taking a boat back to Xiangjiang the next morning.

In fact, the leader in charge of hospitality in Guangzhou invited Lin Baicheng and others to visit Shekou, but Lin Baicheng and others declined, saying they would find time to come over next time.

"Mr. Lin!"

Because Lin Baicheng had informed the approximate time of arrival in Xiangjiang in advance, after getting off the ship, he saw Qin Lan and others approaching.

"Um!"

Lin Baicheng just nodded, then greeted Huo Yingdong and others and said goodbye to each other.

After saying goodbye, Lin Baicheng left with Qin Lan and others until they got to the Extended Lincoln.

Looking at Qin Lan, Lin Baicheng said after a while: "The efficiency of the Secretariat still needs to be improved."

"Mr. Lin, what you said is that we must make corrections and improve work efficiency."

Qin Lan, who was already a little nervous, couldn't help changing her color after hearing this, and quickly admitted her mistake without any excuse.

Chen Huixiang, who was sitting next to Qin Lan, helped by saying: "Mr. Lin, you are the backbone. The people in the Hong Kong government recognize you as a person. Without you, they will naturally not do their best."

"It's useless even for me."

Lin Baicheng shook his head with emotion. In fact, he also knew that it was no wonder that Qin Lan and others in the Secretariat and the British people in the Hong Kong government could not work wholeheartedly even when facing him. They were just being soft on people's money. For Qin Lan and others who came to visit him, Lin Baicheng shook his head with emotion. If someone is willing to give face, it is already very good. How can it be possible to get things done right away?

What's more, the British capital is still working hard from behind, and those people still want to give the British capital face.

The reason why Lin Baicheng said he was dissatisfied with the efficiency of the Secretariat was mainly because he wanted to improve the Secretariat so that Qin Lan and others would work more attentively in the future.

"This time, it was British capital that made the money."

Lin Baicheng was somewhat unhappy. After all, British capital was his enemy, and the enemy's good deeds were not good things to him, even though he actually did not suffer any loss.

After all, this time the British capital learned from the experience of many failures and carefully considered it. After learning that Lin Baicheng had reduced its holdings in Hutchison Whampoa, it did not immediately attack. Instead, it waited for Lin Baicheng to go to the mainland and was no longer in Xiangjiang before suddenly attacking.

Lin Baicheng was not in Xiangjiang, and some of the British capital's methods were used. Lin Baicheng had no way to respond immediately. He could only watch the situation develop in the direction that the British capital expected.

If Lin Baicheng was in Xiangjiang, if nothing else, even if the Securities Regulatory Commission imposed restrictions on Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng would be sure that the matter would be resolved the next day at most, or even on the same day.

You know, Lin Baicheng helped many senior officials of the Hong Kong government manage the money they invested in Yum Fund. They didn't know that Lin Baicheng used the money to buy US stocks. Lin Baicheng could have found them and said that it was related to their interests, and it was not related to his own family. When there are benefits, their efficiency will be very fast.

Therefore, the presence or absence of Lin Baicheng in Xiangjiang is actually very critical and has a major impact on the situation.

Chen Huixiang said: "Mr. Lin, this time the British capital has benefited. We will just find our way back next time."

"The place must be recovered."

Lin Baicheng agreed very much with this. He said to Qin Lan: "Regarding the purchase of stocks of Land Company and Jardine Matheson, you must do it more discreetly for me. You don't need to buy a large amount of stocks immediately. I don't mind spending two or three days." It will take years to lay out the plan, but it must be hidden, and you must do this for me."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I have arranged for someone to do this. Even the two deputy directors in the Secretariat don't know about it."

Qin Lan immediately assured him that there was no problem.

"I hope you won't disappoint me."

Lin Baicheng nodded and bought the shares of Land Company and Jardine Matheson. Although the number of shares purchased every day was not large and the buying time was extended, it still cost a lot of money. But for Land Company, he did not mind spending a lot of money. layout.

The Land Company is the land king in Hong Kong. It owns a large number of properties in Central, Hong Kong. The annual rental income alone makes other companies envious. What's more, the Land Company also hoards a large amount of undeveloped land.

The reason why Lin Baicheng asked people to buy the stocks of Land and Jardine at the same time was because the two companies controlled each other. Land held about 40% of the shares of Jardine, while Jardine held about 30% of the shares of Land. shares, Jardine Matheson used to control two large companies with less money.

Of course there is no problem for these two companies to play like this now. Lin Baicheng can't even think about grabbing the controlling rights of the two companies by buying stocks. After all, buying a certain number of stocks will definitely arouse the vigilance of Jardine Matheson Group.

However, just because there are no problems now does not mean there will be no problems in the future.

After the collapse of the Xiangjiang real estate industry, the mutual control between the two companies will only become a burden for Yihe Group. The options available to Yihe Group are limited. In the end, there is a high probability that they will only choose to reduce their respective shareholdings. In that case, the two companies will be against the other company. shareholding ratio will be reduced.

At that time, it's time for Lin Baicheng to exert his strength.

If Lin Baicheng only buys the shares of Land Company and only acquires Land Company, Jardine Matheson Group will definitely choose to resist and look to HSBC or other British capital for support.

But if Lin Baicheng explicitly acquires Jardine, consuming Jardine Group's funds, and then purchases Land, if Jardine Group has no money, Lin Baicheng's acquisition has a greater chance of success.

Of course, it is too early to say this now. It is only the preliminary layout at present, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

Qin Lan naturally promised not to disappoint the big boss Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng stopped talking about this and asked instead: "What was Hutchison Whampoa's closing price yesterday?"

Qin Lan replied: "85.7 Hong Kong dollars, Mr. Lin."

Lin Baicheng's restrictions by the Supervisory Committee were lifted after the market closed on Tuesday. Starting from Wednesday, Haruko Mouri's operation team still bought Hutchison Whampoa stocks in the name of an offshore company, but this time the channel of Yum Securities was used.

According to Lin Baicheng's instructions, the operating team took the opportunity to buy when Hutchison Whampoa's stock price was below HK$85. Therefore, on Wednesday, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price was pushed above HK$85, and has been between HK$85 and 90 since then. oscillation between.

Although the operating team stopped buying after Hutchison Whampoa's stock price rose to HK$85, the operating team continued to buy below HK$85, so the price of HK$85 became a strong support level for bulls.

Unfortunately, the bulls lacked momentum, and the stock price was still suppressed below HK$90. As a result, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price was in a range, and the British capital used this to buy a sufficient number of shares to cover the short selling.

Below HK$85, Lin Baicheng bought a lot of Hutchison Whampoa stocks. Not counting the more than 20 million shares he bought before, he bought more than 12 million shares in the next three trading days.

For the convenience of round numbers, 27.457 million shares were purchased previously, and 12.543 million shares were purchased in the next three days, which adds up to exactly 40 million shares.

However, the average cost price of the more than 12 million shares purchased later was relatively higher.

83.393 Hong Kong dollars. After including handling fees and other expenses, the average cost price of 12.543 million shares was 83.393 Hong Kong dollars, and the total cost was 1.046 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Including the 2.089 billion Hong Kong dollars spent on the previous 27 million shares, the total of 40 million shares of Hutchison Whampoa stock cost Lin Baicheng a total of 3.135 billion Hong Kong dollars.

On average, 40 million shares cost HK$3.135 billion, and the cost price per share was HK$78.375, which was below the HK$80 price Lin Baicheng originally planned to buy, so it was not actually a loss.

Furthermore, the average selling price of the nearly 90 million shares that Lin Baicheng had previously reduced was HK$113.5. The short difference was one in and one out, which equals a profit of HK$35.125 per share. Forty million shares is a little over HK$1.4 billion.

No matter how you calculate it, Lin Baicheng has made a profit.

It's just that it's one thing to make a profit yourself, but it's another thing to let British capital make a profit from short selling. That's why Lin Baicheng feels so unhappy.

If there was no such thing as British capital, Lin Baicheng would have been happy by now.

"Since you judge that the British capital has covered the short-selling stocks, there is no need to let the offshore companies continue to buy stocks. Well, I will tell Haruko about this, so I don't need to tell you guys."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said that now he holds more than 34% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, which is almost enough. There is no need to continue to increase holdings of Hutchison Whampoa shares. If you want to increase your holdings, you should wait until Hutchison Whampoa's stock price falls a little more before increasing your holdings.

If Hutchison Whampoa's share price does not fall, that's okay. Lin Baicheng can use the funds to invest elsewhere. He does not have to increase Hutchison Whampoa's shares to nearly 50%.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Qin Lan and Chen Huixiang both responded at the same time.

"A dinner will be arranged for me tomorrow night. The invitees will be dignitaries of the Hong Kong government, including Sir Michael. I would like to express my gratitude to them for their 'help' this time."

Although Lin Baicheng was dissatisfied with the Hong Kong government's behavior this time, there was nothing he could do about it. Today, Hong Kong still belonged to the British. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not fall out with those in the Hong Kong government. He had to live up to his reputation and do a good job on appearances.

If possible, Lin Baicheng really wanted to settle his grudges, but for the sake of his own career and making money, he had to endure it.

Anyway, it will only be about ten years, not to mention after the return of Hong Kong, but before the return of Hong Kong, Lin Baicheng will no longer have to tolerate those people in the Hong Kong government.

"yes!"

Qin Lan didn't say anything about the arrangements for the dinner. Instead, she thought it was the right thing to do. After all, her arms couldn't twist her thighs. Their secretariat was previously worried that the big boss was unwilling to swallow his anger and would choose to vent his dissatisfaction wantonly. Now it seems that their worries were in vain.

While talking, the car drove back to the Repulse Bay Villa.

Lin Baicheng did not let Qin Lan and Chen Huixiang go back, but took them into the villa. He still had many things to report to Qin Lan.