Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

At noon, Lin Baicheng did not go to find Carrie Fisher.

Carrie Fisher is in the spotlight right now. Although she is no longer as busy as she was a while ago, she is still quite busy during the day. She needs to participate in programs and shoot commercials. Only at night is she relatively free.

This is because Carrie Fisher specifically asked her agent to cancel all the announcements in the past few nights to free up time.

A big star is, to be honest, busier than the boss of a company.

Lin Baicheng returned to his villa in Beverly Hills to have lunch.

There was only one person eating at noon, and Lin Baicheng said he didn't care.

At noon, Lin Baicheng did not take a nap, but just read TV programs or books at home.

Since he was going to Zhonghe Game Company in the afternoon, Lin Baicheng was not going to go anywhere else for the time being. It would not be too late to leave the villa and go to Zhonghe Game Company when it was almost two o'clock.

"Chairman!"

While Lin Baicheng was reading in the study, Catherine knocked on the door and walked in.

"Is there a problem?"

Lin Baicheng put down the book. He knew that if nothing happened, Catherine would not disturb him at this time.

Catherine said: "I just received a call from Deputy Director Crovis, saying that Mr. Warren Buffett suddenly contacted the Secretariat and said that he is in Los Angeles now and wants to meet and chat with you and ask if you have time."

"Buffett is looking for me?"

Lin Baicheng was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still said: "Ask the secretariat to reply on your behalf and say that I will treat him to dinner tonight. If Buffett agrees, help me choose a high-end Western restaurant and prepare a bottle of good wine."

After all, he is a stock god. Although Buffett is not as famous as he will be in the future, Lin Baicheng will still take it seriously.

Lin Baicheng will not look down upon such elites and future big shots just because he is a reborn person.

"Okay, I'll get in touch right away. I'll report back to you when I have the results."

Catherine responded and went out, closing the door behind her.

"Why did Buffett come to me all of a sudden? It can't be that he's looking for me to raise funds, right?"

Lin Baicheng shook his head as he said that. He felt that it was unlikely that Buffett would come to him to raise funds. This time was different from last time. Last time, they met at a party and they came to him to raise funds in order to make friends.

This time Buffett took the initiative to find him, so the possibility of raising funds was not high. Nowadays, Buffett has gained quite a reputation on Wall Street, and there is no need to worry about customers leaving their money to him for management.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng did not think that Buffett came to him specifically for this matter.

Lin Baicheng didn't think much about why Buffett wanted to meet him. Anyway, he would know after meeting him.

Lin Baicheng continued to read. Soon after, Catherine came back and told him that he and Buffett had made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening, and she had also booked a restaurant.

Lin Baicheng said he didn't say anything after he found out. He hired his personal secretary to handle these matters for him.

After half past one, Lin Baicheng left the study, tidied up briefly, and then left the villa with others.

At Zhonghe Game Company, Phil Smith and Lin Baicheng made an appointment to come over at two o'clock. Phil Smith came over in advance, so as soon as Lin Baicheng arrived at the company, Phil Smith brought someone to find him.

In today's Zhonghe Game Company, although Lin Baicheng is still the company's major shareholder, he has clearly handed over the management of the company to Phil Smith. Although he has appointed people on the board of directors and finance, the specific management of the company is left to him. It doesn’t matter.

Even at the secretariat, the assistants play a supervisory role to ensure that the company's money is not embezzled by Phil Smith and the management, and that Lin Baicheng's interests are not harmed.

Lin Baicheng would not take the initiative to ask about the specific development of the company.

When he came to Zhonghe Game Company this time, Phil Smith asked him many times to come over and take a look. It would be best if he could give some advice to the R\u0026D department. Lin Baicheng saw that it was hard to refuse due to the friendship between the two, so he took out Come here in half a day.

"Thomas, you are here too."

After greeting Phil Smith, Lin Baicheng said hello to Wade Thomas, a Goldman Sachs executive next to him.

"Knowing that Ellen is coming, I will definitely make time to come over."

Wade Thomas said with a smile that although he is only a small shareholder of Zhonghe Game Company, the company is valued at more than 200 million US dollars and is likely to develop into a company of more than 1 billion US dollars in the future. His shares may be worth several billion dollars. Ten million dollars.

Tens of millions of dollars is a large amount for Wade Thomas. It is true that the money he handles is more than this amount, but the problem is that the money is not his, and the shares here belong to him, and it is related to Will he be able to have wealth and freedom in the future?

Phil Smith said: "Alan, thank you for taking the time to come over. If you can give me a few pointers, the company's development will definitely be smoother."

"Smith, please stop putting your hat on me."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand. He knew that since he agreed to come and take a look, he would have to say something and give some guidance to the company. As for whether Zhonghe Game Company adopts it or not, that has nothing to do with him, but he has some useful information to say.

A few people were not too polite and chatted while walking.

Phil Smith introduced several senior executives of the company to Lin Baicheng, mainly because with the financing of Zhonghe Game Company and the expansion of the company, there were many new faces in the company. This was the first time for Lin Baicheng to meet these people.

Lin Baicheng really hasn't given a thought to Zhonghe Game Company, at least for now, so he just casually greeted the management. Anyway, the possibility of dealing with him again in the future is not very high, even if he does, it won't be much. Second-rate.

Accompanied by Phil Smith and others, Lin Baicheng went to the game research and development department, mainly to take a look at several new games currently being developed by the company, and to help get a feel for them. This was the most important thing.

Zhonghe Game Company's current main business is game research and development, and the games it develops include arcade games and console games.

The developed pick-up game was taken to Xiangjiang and handed over to Galaxy Game Company to be installed into an arcade machine. Console games are similar. The games developed are recorded into cassettes by Xingyue Electronic Game Company and run on Xingyue consoles.

Although there are other arcade game companies on the market today, as well as Atari, a console game company, Zhonghe Game Company has always chosen to cooperate with companies under the name of Lin Baicheng.

As long as the fees and markets of Galaxy Game Company and Xingyue Electronic Game Company are not bad, Zhonghe Game Company can only choose to cooperate with these two companies. This is not only because Phil Smith and Lin Baicheng are friends and make money through Lin Baicheng. a lot of money.

Also because Lin Baicheng is the major shareholder of Zhonghe Games, Phil Smith must rely on Lin Baicheng's support as long as he does not want to have problems with the company's control.

In this way, unless there is a huge profit temptation, Phil Smith will only let the company cooperate with Lin Baicheng's company.

The games developed by Zhonghe Game Company do not have the familiar classic games that Lin Baicheng remembers, but this does not mean that the games developed by Zhonghe will not be popular or become classics. There is still a possibility.

After all, without Lin Baicheng, Zhonghe Game Company would not have appeared. Then the game developed by Zhonghe would be a variable. It was a game that did not exist before Lin Baicheng was reborn. So before the game is put on the market, no one can guarantee that the game will be successful. Can't be a big hit.

Therefore, after seeing the new game developed by Zhonghe, Lin Baicheng did not immediately reject it because he was unfamiliar with it. Instead, he carefully looked at the parts that had been developed so far and the development plan, and only after understanding it could he make a judgment.

In the end, Lin Baicheng didn't say much about these new games, he just gave some small suggestions, and then nothing more. After all, he no longer wants control of Zhonghe, how much more can he be expected to care about the company?

Phil Smith asked Lin Baicheng whether these games would be popular and whether there was a market for them. Lin Baicheng directly told him that no one could judge before the games were put on sale. The same was true for him, and it was useless to ask him.

Hearing what Lin Baicheng said, Phil Smith couldn't say anything else.

Lin Baicheng, Phil Smith and Wade Thomas went to Phil Smith's office to drink coffee and chat.

Drinking coffee, Wade Thomas said to Lin Baicheng: "Alan, I recently heard that a company called Blockbuster is preparing to raise funds. Is it a company under your name, Alan?" Of course he didn't just hear about it, Goldman Sachs already knew When it came to this matter, he was just looking for a topic to talk about.

"Yes, it's a company in my name."

Lin Baicheng didn't hide anything when he heard this: "Blockbuster was originally a subsidiary of Morningstar Pictures. It found several partners during financing in April, but Morningstar Pictures is still Blockbuster's major shareholder."

“Since we raised money in April, why do we need to raise money now?”

Phil Smith was a little puzzled after hearing this. It was only a little more than halfway through June, which meant that it had only been financing for more than two months. The funds obtained from this financing were spent too fast.

Lin Baicheng explained: "The main reason is that the company is expanding too fast and there is not much cash left. In order to maintain the current expansion speed, we can only raise funds."

Phil Smith immediately said: "If the company develops well, it can find a bank loan."

"As for Blockbuster itself, it can't get many loans, and the company's expansion requires a lot of cash, so it's better to continue financing. Anyway, Blockbuster will be listed after it develops to a certain scale."

For companies operating in the United States, except for some core technology companies, as long as the company develops well and meets the listing requirements, Lin Baicheng will let these companies go public. It is just a matter of time.

In addition to sharing wealth with the upper class in the United States, Lin Baicheng also has the idea of ​​cashing out cash.

The cash that was cashed out was, of course, invested in Hong Kong or even the Mainland.

As a foreigner, Lin Baicheng is very self-aware and has never thought of eating alone, which would cause choking.

"Listen to what you said, Allen. Blockbuster is expanding very quickly. Wouldn't it be possible to go public soon?"

Phil Smith couldn't help but be surprised. He also wanted to develop and list Zhonghe Games, but now Zhonghe Games has not yet reached the stage of listing, and it will take at least a few years to develop smoothly.

Of course, if you are lucky and can develop a classic and popular game that makes the company earn tens of millions of dollars, it will speed up the company's listing and at the same time greatly increase the company's valuation.

However, this kind of thing can only rely on luck. Before the game is put on the market, no one can determine whether the game is good or bad and whether the market will accept it.

Lin Baicheng waved his hand: "How do I know this? I just hope that Blockbuster's development can continue to be so smooth."

Wade Thomas said at this time: "Alan, you are an important partner of Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs will definitely support you in conducting research on Blockbuster."

"Okay, then let me thank Goldman Sachs first."

Lin Baicheng smiled. Blockbuster would definitely not just look to Goldman Sachs for financing, but would have to look to at least three or five institutions. Not only to share the number of shares each institution can get, but also to find more for Blockbuster. one's business Patner.

Looking for financing is not just for money, but also for the human resources of financing institutions.

If something happens to the company during its development, this is where the connections of financing institutions will be used.

Many times, companies preparing to raise funds would rather choose a large institution that gives a lower valuation than a small institution or individual that gives a higher valuation. What they value is the network resources of the large institution.

As the three of them chatted, they inevitably talked about the current international gold trend, mainly because Lin Baicheng and Phil Smith had made a lot of money by investing in international gold.

Since the previous high point, the international gold price has been fluctuating downwards. Every rebound cannot break through the previous high point. Instead, it will fall below the previous low point after falling again.

Phil Smith and Wade Thomas asked Lin Baicheng about his views on gold price trends and wanted to hear his judgment.

"The reason why the price of gold rose so high before was because Hong Su attacked Afghanistan. This was an unexpected event. The market was worried about the outbreak of a bigger war, but until now nothing happened. After the market calmed down, the price of gold fell back. Something that cannot be avoided.”

"The price of gold fluctuates downward, which in my opinion is normal."

"However, this is just a family opinion, and no one can guarantee whether there will be a reversal."

"Anyway, I can't see the direction clearly now, so I no longer invest in this area. I have invested all the funds in industry."

Lin Baicheng said a few words, but regardless of whether Phil Smith and Wade Thomas believed it or not, he believed it himself.

Moreover, Lin Baicheng does not have a large amount of money to invest in gold now. The only ones doing gold now are the Golden Fleece Company and the investment managers themselves.

Although he and Buffett had made an appointment to have dinner together, Lin Baicheng made an appointment with Buffett at 7 p.m., so Lin Baicheng had time to chat with Phil Smith and Wade Thomas for a while.

However, when the two of them invited Lin Baicheng to have dinner together in the evening, Lin Baicheng refused, saying that he had already made an appointment with someone else. When the two of them learned about it, they did not force it.