Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

The first is several companies in Japan.

Baihuifeng Co., Ltd. has a lot of good news in a row. A TV series invested by the company has exploded in ratings. It is currently the annual ratings champion, and it is very likely to become the annual ratings champion.

Such a popular TV series naturally makes investors money. Although the company's investment only accounts for 20% of the share, it can also make Baihuifeng Co., Ltd. make a lot of money.

Also, Seiko Matsuda's second album has sold well and is likely to be a big hit. She is likely to become a cash cow for the company.

The last good news is that with the help of Momoe Yamaguchi, a well-known female singer chose to join the company and became a contract artist of the company.

The joining of well-known artists can not only improve the company's reputation, but also bring huge profits to the company. Although it is still uncertain whether the company can make money, the company's reputation has expanded, which will allow the company to attract more talented people in the future.

There is a lot of good news, but it is a pity that Baihuifeng Co., Ltd. is not very large, and Lin Baicheng does not attach much importance to this company, so these few good news are nothing more than that to him.

Nothing major happened at Zhiyin Comics Publishing Company, and it developed steadily.

Bailong Commercial Club, Lin Baicheng has invested a lot in this company, and has high expectations for this company. Now this company also has a very important thing happening.

The company's president, Hirato Sasaki, reported that Mitsubishi Bank wanted to have deeper cooperation with the company and wanted to invest in the company and become a shareholder of the company. Mitsubishi Bank said that after becoming a shareholder of the company, it would be open to the company in terms of loans in the future. The door of convenience.

Real estate companies are absolutely inseparable from the support of banks. The funds required from land acquisition to real estate construction cannot all use the company's cash. From the perspective of capital utilization, it is necessary to find bank loans, otherwise the company's profits will only be eroded. Greatly compressed.

What's more, if you are looking for a bank loan, you can ask the bank for help when you have difficulties in the whole process, instead of having to deal with any difficulties yourself.

When Mitsubishi Bank wanted to take a stake in Bailong Commercial Co., Lin Baicheng's first thought was naturally Iwasaki Mineryu. After all, the control of Mitsubishi Bank was in the hands of the Iwasaki family. After Mitsubishi Bank took a stake, the company's control would be transferred from Lin Baicheng's hands. .

Lin Baicheng remembered that Iwasaki Mineryu told him last year that as Bailong Commercial Club develops and grows, it must accept financing from Japanese local capital, otherwise it will be difficult for the company to continue to develop and grow. Lin Baicheng is also mentally prepared for this.

"Has Iwasaki Mineryu mentioned this to you?"

"Mr. Iwasaki did not contact me."

"Secretary Chen, please contact Iwasaki for me later and make an appointment with him in the evening or at noon tomorrow. If he is not in Xiangjiang, we can meet again next week."

Lin Baicheng decided to meet and talk to Iwasaki Mineryu in person. Some things had to be explained clearly in person.

"Yes, Mr. Lin."

Chen Huixiang responded when she heard the words.

Finally, it’s the United States.

First of all, there is good news from Citigroup. The acquisition of Bell Labs-related technologies has come to an end. It is basically unlikely that there will be any surprises this time.

After the acquisition is successful, Sun Electronics Communications Company will spin off its communications technology and establish a communications company with Citigroup and Tillot Jessen, the vice president of the Telephone and Telegraph Group. The specific details of how to do this will be negotiated after the acquisition is completed. .

There is also good news for Lady Liberty Broadcasting Company (SLBC). Barry Diller, with the help of the Rockefeller family and the Johnson family, has made contact with the target TV station to be acquired. The progress is quite good and negotiations are currently underway. If all goes well, the acquisition of the TV station will be completed next month.

There is also good news from Blockbuster. Blockbuster, which has expanded throughout California, has entered the attention of several institutions. Even Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway also wants to invest in Blockbuster.

Because Lin Baicheng had invested in Buffett, when he learned that Berkshire Hathaway also wanted to invest in Blockbuster, the secretariat in the United States specifically reported the matter.

"Buffett has a good eye!"

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng felt a little emotional. He was indeed a stock god, and he spotted Blockbuster with great potential at a glance.

Qin Lan asked aloud: "Mr. Lin, do you want Blockbuster to raise funds now?"

"After Blockbuster completes its layout in California, the company can start financing."

Lin Baicheng never thought about not allowing Blockbuster to raise funds. After all, if Blockbuster develops well, it will have a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars in the future. If such a piece of cake is not shared, it will definitely be blocked by all parties. Will be surpassed by subsequent peers.

Therefore, financing and listing must be carried out, and the cake must be shared with others, but he just doesn't want to share it too early, and nothing will happen this way.

There is another good news related to Galaxy Game Company. The topic of "the poison of arcade games to children" in the United States has disappeared without a trace. The original response was very good, but Galaxy Game Company's sales have not improved. affected.

Galaxy Games' arcade machines have the largest sales volume in the United States and Japan. The American market accounts for about 30% of the company's revenue and profits. Therefore, if the company's arcade machines are banned here, the impact will be too great. Really super negative.

Fortunately, the company expanded the topic to the entire game industry, combined with other game companies' public relations, and relied on the power of Wall Street to prevent the congressmen who raised the topic from making waves at all.

There is good news, and there is naturally bad news.

The first is Apple. Affected by the imminent launch of IBM's personal computers, the company's personal computer sales have decreased this month. This is before IBM's personal computer is put on the market. If it is put on the market, it is foreseeable that the impact will probably be even greater.

Affected by this, Apple, which is preparing to go public, has made its listing plan more difficult. Wall Street chose to wait and see, wanting to see how Apple's personal computer sales will be when IBM personal computers go on sale in May. According to performance Then decide whether to push Apple to go public.

Whether Apple can go public is related to Lin Baicheng's interests, and they are not small.

Lin Baicheng personally holds 24.3% of Apple's shares, Hutchison Whampoa holds 3% of Apple's shares, and its wholly-owned company Pioneer Technology Venture Capital holds 1% of Apple's shares.

The three companies together hold nearly 30% of the shares. If Apple depreciates, Lin Baicheng's interests will definitely be greatly damaged.

"Apple should just ignore it. It would be best if Steve Jobs can lead Apple through the difficulties. If Apple is eventually defeated by IBM, it will not be a loss to find a way to acquire Apple's technology."

Lin Baicheng said that although Apple's successful IPO will make him a lot of money, if he can acquire Apple's technology and patents, even if he does not make more than 100 million US dollars, it will still be worth spending money to acquire it in the long run. of.

However, although he covets Apple's technology and patents, as Apple's major shareholder, Lin Baicheng cannot deliberately harm Apple's interests. That would not only ruin the reputation, but even if Apple were to be destroyed, there would be no way to acquire shares from Steve Jobs and others and obtain Apple's technology and patents.

Another not-so-good news is not related to any company, but to Lin Baicheng himself.

April is the tax filing season in the United States. Lin Baicheng's personal and corporate taxes are always reported in early April. However, this year the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken a "different look" at Lin Baicheng and Lin Baicheng's companies and conducted a very serious and detailed review.

With such a large population in the United States, it is of course impossible for the IRS to conduct detailed checks on everyone's taxes. Ordinary people conduct random checks, and if they are lucky, they may not even be checked for more than ten years.

For the middle class, the IRS is the most stringent because it is difficult for the rich to collect taxes. The bottom class has almost no money. The middle class has a high income but is not as powerful as the rich. Therefore, the middle class is the focus of tax collection by the IRS.

Last year and the year before that, the IRS also checked Lin Baicheng's tax returns, but this year it was particularly careful.

Fortunately, there is no problem with Lin Baicheng's tax form. However, if this happens, accountants need to be more cautious when filing taxes for Lin Baicheng. No one can guarantee whether a tax return that is borderline will be passed.

Being targeted by the IRS is definitely not a good thing.

"Who makes me not an American? If I were an American capitalist and a super rich man, even the IRS would not dare to mess around."

Lin Baicheng could not help but curl his lips after hearing this. It is true that the IRS is a very powerful department in the United States, but the United States is a capitalist country and the rich dominate everything. Even if it is as powerful as the IRS, it would not dare to offend some super rich people. At least the relevant leaders of the department would not dare to do so. Offend the rich.

After all, politicians cannot serve in the IRS for a lifetime, only for one or two terms at most. Now that they have offended the rich, they must be careful about being retaliated against when they leave the IRS.

There are no fools among politicians, and politicians who are not smart cannot reach high positions, so politicians will not easily offend capital.

"Mr. Lin, these are the big and small things that happened during the time you left Xiangjiang."

Qin Lan said that the small things she mentioned were actually relative. There were more trivial things within each company, and there was no need to report these small things to Lin Baicheng.

"okay, I get it."

Lin Baicheng nodded when he heard this. He didn't speak for a while, but he was digesting what Qin Lan just said.

Seeing this, Chen Huixiang and Qin Lan naturally did not disturb them.

After a while, Lin Baicheng said to Qin Lan and Chen Huixiang: "Now that Xiangjiang Airlines has been established, the company will develop. Please help me arrange the itinerary and arrange a meeting with Baosheng and the three of them. The time will be set next Let’s take a look at the specific time.”

Chen Huixiang responded: "Yes, Mr. Lin."

Qin Lan also said: "Secretary Chen and I will contact Bao Sheng and the others first and arrange a meeting at a time when Mr. Lin and they are both free."

Nodding, Lin Baicheng said: "If there is nothing else, let's do this first. Secretary Chen, please contact Iwasaki. It's best if you can contact me. If you can't contact me, go back first."

"yes!"

Chen Huixiang and Qin Lan responded in unison.

Qin Lan said goodbye and left first, while Chen Huixiang went to make a phone call, giving priority to Iwasaki Mineryu's villa in Repulse Bay, which is also Iwasaki Mineryu's home in Xiangjiang.

The call was connected, and the person who answered the phone was the servant. The servant told Iwasaki Mineryu that he had just gone out and learned that Lin Baicheng had returned. Iwasaki Mineryu had gone to visit Lin's house.

Knowing that Iwasaki Mineryu was coming, Lin Baicheng left the study and went downstairs, asking Chen Huixiang to go outside to pick up Iwasaki Mineryu.

"Lin-kun!" "Iwasaki-kun!"

After a while, Iwasaki Mineryu was brought in by Chen Huixiang.

Lin Baicheng did not immediately tell Iwasaki Mineryu that Mitsubishi Bank was going to invest in Bailong Commercial Club. Instead, after chatting with Iwasaki Mineryu for a while, he asked Iwasaki Mineryu to go to Hutchison Hotel for dinner in the evening.

Faced with Lin Baicheng's request, Iwasaki Mineryu did not refuse, and at the same time decided to wait until dinner in the evening to talk about something.

After Iwasaki Mineryu sat there for a while, he said goodbye and left, and Lin Baicheng sent him out.

After Iwasaki Mineryu left, Lin Baicheng asked Chen Huixiang to go back first. She didn't need to come over again today and gave her half a day off.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng went to the villa given to Maori Haruko.

Maori Haruko was at home, and she was putting on makeup when Lin Baicheng went there.

"Makoto-kun, it would be great for just the two of us to have dinner tonight. Why did you invite Iwasaki-kun to join you?"

If possible, Haruko Mouri would prefer to dine alone with Lin Baicheng. What's the point of having a light bulb like Iwasaki Mineryu?

Lin Baicheng heard this and said, "I have something to tell Iwasaki-kun tonight, and you are going back to the United States tomorrow, so of course I will arrange to have dinner together."

"Is it something important?"

Mouri Haruko couldn't help but ask.

"It's more important. It's related to Bailong Commercial Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Bank wants to invest in the company."

Since Lin Baicheng brought Mouri Haruko over for dinner, he was not prepared to hide this matter from Mouri Haruko. After all, he talked about it with Iwasaki Mineryu during the meal, and Mouri Haruko could also hear it.

"Mitsubishi Bank takes a stake? How can that be done!"

Maori Haruko immediately subconsciously objected when she heard this. She used to be Lin Baicheng's assistant and assisted Lin Baicheng in managing companies in Japan, so she knew very well that Lin Baicheng's shareholding ratio in Bailong Commercial Club was 51%, and the remaining 49% In the hands of Iwasaki Mineryu.

Iwasaki Mineryu and Mitsubishi Bank must be wearing the same pants. Once Mitsubishi Bank takes a stake, the shareholding ratio of Iwasaki Mineryu plus Mitsubishi Bank will exceed Lin Baicheng's shareholding ratio, and the company's control will be forced to transfer, which is very important. .

Once the control of the company is transferred, Lin Baicheng's interests in Bailong Commercial Co., Ltd. cannot be guaranteed. After all, the opponent is the Mitsubishi Consortium, and the company is located in Japan. Lin Baicheng will definitely not be able to defeat the Mitsubishi Consortium.

Therefore, in Haruko Mouri's view, anyone can invest in Bailong Commercial Club, but capital related to Iwasaki Mineryu cannot. This is related to the control of the company and Lin Baicheng's interests, and cannot be careless.