Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 322 He Huang's long and short battle ([-])
At noon, Lin Baicheng was eating at home, but suddenly received a call.

Huo Yingdong asked Lin Baicheng to go to Huo's house after dinner, saying that a friend from Malaysia wanted to meet Lin Baicheng and had something to discuss with Lin Baicheng. Because he was not familiar with Lin Baicheng, he invited Huo Yingdong to be the middleman.

Since it was Huo Yingdong who came forward to invite him, of course Lin Baicheng had no reason to refuse, and Huo Yingdong still had to give him face.

After the meal, Lin Baicheng went to Huo's house with his bodyguards.

"Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo!"

When he arrived at Huo's house, Lin Baicheng met Huo Zhenting and his wife who had just married and came to pick him up.

The three of them walked into the house, and saw two people chatting on the sofa in the living room, one of them was Huo Yingdong.

"Lin Sheng, you're here."

Seeing three people coming in, Huo Yingdong and the two stood up.

Huo Yingdong first shook hands with Lin Baicheng, and then introduced: "Lin Sheng, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Guo Henian, known as the 'Asian Sugar King' in Malaysia, the patriarch of the Guo family."

"Hi Lin Sheng, I often hear about your name in Malaysia."

Guo Henian was very polite and reached out his hand first.

Shaking hands with Guo Henian, Lin Baicheng said: "Guo Sheng was joking, this junior is just a little famous in Xiangjiang, you are the king of sugar in Asia, and the whole world knows that there is someone like you."

The three of them sat down on the sofa politely.

Huo Zhenting made tea for the three of them and stood beside him as a junior, while Zhu Linlin had already been sent away.

Although Huo Zhenting is much older than Lin Baicheng, Huo Zhenting has not yet controlled the Huo family's family business, while Lin Baicheng has a net worth of at least several billion Hong Kong dollars. After his wealth reaches this level, he can completely ignore the issue of seniority.

If anyone underestimates Lin Baicheng because of his youth, it is completely self-defeating.There has never been a reason why millionaires underestimate multi-millionaires or even billionaires. This is common anywhere in the world.

After the courtesy of the three of them, Guo Henian said: "Lin Sheng, I would like to ask Brother Huo to help you come here today. Apart from having something to talk to you about, Lin Sheng, there is something else I need to apologize to you first. .”

"What did Guo Sheng say?"

Lin Baicheng was a little puzzled when he heard the words. He should have never dealt with Guo Henian before, and the two of them naturally had no grievances. How could Guo Henian apologize to him?

"The thing is like this, I personally want to cooperate with Hutchison Whampoa, so I want to become a major shareholder or even a director of Hutchison Whampoa, so I am going to buy stocks from the stock market."

"However, the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa was relatively high at that time, and I wanted to buy at a slightly lower price, so I borrowed some stocks from HSBC, hoping to suppress the stock price and then attract money."

"Because I want to buy a lot of stocks, I think that after I start buying, the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa will inevitably go up, and it may even break through the previous high, so I haven't contacted you for the time being. Who would have thought that those things would happen later, causing the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa to fall to the current level."

Since Lin Baicheng was invited over, Guo Henian naturally told the story clearly. After all, if he wanted to cooperate with Hutchison Whampoa later, he couldn't avoid Lin Baicheng.Otherwise, he can completely conceal the fact that this matter was concealed, and there is no need to specifically apologize to Lin Baicheng.

"Brother Guo also has no malice. He didn't mean to be short deliberately. I hope you don't mind, Lin Sheng."

Huo Yingdong helped to say something, but that's all, he was helping Guo Henian invite Lin Baicheng over as a middleman today, instead of standing on Guo Henian's side unconditionally.

"Since Guo Sheng opened up the matter, forget it."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand and said: "Speaking of which, after Guo Sheng started shorting, as the stock price continued to fall, I was shocked and thought about how to deal with it better. I didn't expect that Guo Sheng didn't move. But jumped out."

Lin Baicheng was indeed not very angry. After all, Guo Henian's funds were short-selling at the beginning, but he did not participate in the continued short-selling.Even if there is, the amount of funds is very small, otherwise it would have been noticed long ago.

Even without Guo Henian's short-selling, with the decline of international gold prices and the Hang Seng Index, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price should still fall, and the British family that has been staring at it will still do it, and Hutchison Whampoa's stock price has fallen to the current level. The degree has almost nothing to do with Guo Henian.

It is precisely because he has almost nothing to do with Guo Henian, and Guo Henian apologized in person, Lin Baicheng naturally expressed his understanding.If you look at this from a British-funded family, even if the British-funded family hired Huo Yingdong as a middleman, Lin Baicheng said that he would not give face if he said that he would not give face, unless the other party compensated him for his losses.

"Thank you Lin Sheng for your understanding. It is indeed Guo who was reckless in this matter."

Guo Henian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard the words, Lin Baicheng's attitude showed that the conversation could continue, and the cooperation he wanted could still be discussed, so that's fine.

"Lin Sheng, I want to ask one thing. I wonder if I can join the board of directors of Hutchison Whampoa if I hold no less than 5% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, so as to promote in-depth cooperation between companies under the name of Hutchison Whampoa and my company. ?”

Hutchison Whampoa has been completely controlled by Lin Baicheng, of course Guo Henian has to ask in advance, otherwise it would be meaningless for him to acquire a large number of shares in Hutchison Whampoa and join the board of directors.

"Guo Sheng already holds no less than 5% of Hutchison's shares?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard the words. Guo Henian's hands are fast enough. Presumably the other party's stock price was bought above 30 Hong Kong dollars, and now he is afraid that the loss will reach as much as 50%.

"not yet."

Guo Henian shook his head and said: "Now I only buy about 1.5% of the shares, most of which are bought at around 40 Hong Kong dollars, and I didn't buy much later. I was thinking of buying Hutchison Whampoa's shares slowly. , It took two or three months, but I didn’t expect that the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa would suddenly drop sharply, because I didn’t raise too much money, so I didn’t buy much.”

"But now that I have raised a batch of funds, if I buy from the stock market, I am confident that I will increase my shareholding to more than 5%."

Speaking of this, Guo Henian couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken. At the beginning, buying above 40 Hong Kong dollars was a bit too high.If you start buying from below 25 Hong Kong dollars or even below 20 Hong Kong dollars, you can buy twice as many stocks with the same funds, and the difference is so great.

Guo Henian's words made Lin Baicheng fall into deep thought. So Guo Henian is also a potential bull. If the funds that Hutchison Whampoa may get from the bank are added, and the two sides work together, it may be possible to raise the stock price and let the stock price rise. Short sellers do not make money.

However, the premise of all this is to listen to how Guo Henian wants to cooperate with Hutchison Whampoa. If it harms the interests of Hutchison Whampoa, then you have to consider whether it is worth it.

(End of this chapter)