Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 484 There May Be Anything (Two in One)

Sing Tao Newspaper Company, this is the name changed in 1972 when the chairman of the company, Hu Xian, integrated and changed the Galaxy Newspaper founded by her father.

Nowadays, Sing Tao Newspaper Company has "Sing Tao Daily", "Sing Tao Evening News", "English Standard" and many other well-known newspapers and periodicals that sell well in Hong Kong.

As the chairman of the company, although Hu Xian inherited her father's business, it is her ability to develop Sing Tao Newspaper Company to the present level. Therefore, she is a famous rich woman in Hong Kong, and even the famous "Queen of Newspapers" '.

However, Hu Xian, the chairman of Sing Tao Newspaper Company, is now a little troubled.

Before 77, the three most famous newspapers in Xiangjiang were "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily". The sales volume of the three newspapers was not much different.But since the second half of 77, "Star Daily" began to rise, and after being acquired by Asia Television, it didn't take long to become the newspaper with the most sales by virtue of being able to obtain relevant news about entertainment stars more quickly.

Forget it, Asia TV later established "AsiaNews", and it quickly developed and became one of the newspapers with the most sales.

Not long ago, the Asia Star Media Group was established. Hu Xian knew that the newspapers under this group would only cover more and more fields in the future. In this way, Sing Tao Newspaper Company would naturally be squeezed. After all, Xiangjiang has a limited population, and most people usually Only one newspaper will be ordered.

Asia Star Media Group is an industry under the name of Lin Baicheng, the richest man in Hong Kong, and there is no shortage of money at all. This is what Hu Xian worries about.It is difficult for a company that is not short of money to compete. She is worried about the future of Sing Tao Newspaper Company.

The most important thing is that Hu Xian has no good solution now, unless she decides to withdraw from the newspaper industry and use the funds to develop other industries.But the problem is that she has been in the newspaper industry all her life, and at her age, she cannot work hard like a young man, and she is not willing to part with the newspaper company she has worked for all her life.

"Chairman!"

The secretary opened the door and walked in, holding an envelope in his hand.

"Is there a problem?"

Hu Xian was a little puzzled, he was about to get off work, what else could be done?

"Here's a letter from the drop box. You'd better read it."

The secretary went over to deliver the letter.

"Could it be some big news?"

Hu Xian became interested when he heard the words, put on his glasses, and took the envelope.

"Huh? Why is there no mailing address?"

With doubts, Hu Xian took out the letter inside.

The drop-in box mentioned by the secretary is the mailbox for the newspaper office to receive news from the general public. Although many of them are useless news, sometimes there are some eye-catching news, so the company will read the letters sent on the day every day.

"How is this possible?!"

There was not much content in the letter, and Hu Xian read it in a short while, but the content on it shocked her.

At present, Hutchison Whampoa, which has the highest market value in Xiangjiang, has invested 2 million US dollars in long gold futures, and has made huge profits due to the rise in international gold prices, and the profit is as high as more than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars.

More than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars, let alone ordinary people, is an unimaginably large sum for Hu Xian, a rich woman.

After a while, Hu Xian asked aloud: "Has anyone read this letter?"

The secretary replied: "Several staff responsible for reading the letters, as well as their team leaders, higher-level supervisors and ministers, and then me."

"There are quite a few people who know that."

Hu Xian frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Please explain, this matter must not be leaked for the time being, otherwise don't blame the company for deducting their bonuses. If you do a good job of keeping it secret, the company will naturally give them bonuses at that time."

"Okay, I'll go down and explain."

The secretary responded, and seeing that Hu Xian had no instructions, he turned and went out.

Hu Xian was the only one left in the office. She put down the letter in her hand and pondered for a while.

After the initial shock, Hu Xian doubted the authenticity of the contents of the letter.This is 8 million U.S. dollars, a profit of more than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars. How could there be so much? It's unbelievable.

In particular, the principal of the investment was only 2 million U.S. dollars, but the profit reached 8 million U.S. dollars, which was four times the principal, but only a few months passed. No matter how I thought about it, I felt that such a thing was impossible.

What's more, this is a letter from an unknown sender, and the other party deliberately concealed his name and address, making it even more suspicious.

Also, Hutchison Whampoa's investment must be a secret, and there must be very few people who know about it. Let alone why the insider leaked the news, even if the insider wanted to leak the news, there is no need for the insider to use this method.

"But if it's true."

Hu Xian was shocked when he thought that if the news was true.Although she has been in the newspaper industry all her life, she has a little understanding of finance. The huge profits from Hutchison Whampoa's investment will definitely increase the company's stock price. If she buys some stocks before the news is announced, she will definitely make a fortune along with it.

"Could this be true? I'm afraid it's impossible!"

After a while, Hu Xian couldn't help but sighed, and told her rationally that this kind of thing couldn't be true.

After a moment of silence, Hu Xian picked up the microphone on his desk and made a call.

"Mr. Chen, I'm in the company now, please come here."

"Mr. Hu, it's almost six o'clock now. Are you sure you want me to come to your company? If there is something else, we can find a place to have dinner and talk."

"Come to my company, I have something to consult with you."

"Okay, then you wait a moment, I'll go there."

"Well, I'll wait for you."

Hu Xian said and hung up the phone.

Hu Xian was somewhat unwilling, and she also wanted to know the truth of this matter, so she decided to call her investment consultant over and ask for professional opinions.

About half an hour later, as the secretary opened the door, a 50-year-old man walked in with a briefcase. This man was Hu Xian's investment consultant Chen Yiping, who was also a well-known person in the industry, and was responsible for Hu Xian's investment. These wealthy individuals provide investment advice.

"Mr. Chen, you are here."

Hu Xian got up and walked to the sofa.

The two sat down, and the secretary made coffee for them and went out.

At this time, Hu Xian handed the letter to Chen Yiping: "Mr. Chen, please take a look."

Chen Yiping looked at it very seriously, but soon let out an exclamation, but he was also shocked.

After a while, Chen Yiping calmly put down the letter and said, "Mr. Hu, I think you came to me because you want to know whether the contents of the letter are true or not?"

"Yes."

Hu Xian nodded, there is nothing to hide.

Chen Yiping did not directly say whether the content of the letter is true or not, but said: "In February this year, Hutchison Whampoa entrusted 2 million US dollars to a third-party company for investment. Everyone in the Huangpu company knows about it.”

"Last year, Hutchison Whampoa's investment in gold futures made a profit of more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, the investment of 2 million US dollars may still be operated in gold futures. After all, it has tasted the sweetness."

"From February this year to the present, although the international gold price has fluctuated and dropped, it has not fallen below $230/oz, and now it has risen to around $280/oz. If Hutchison Whampoa's $2 million is indeed long, we Assuming that its cost price is US$230 per ounce, it has indeed risen a lot up to now, with an increase of about 21.7%.

"And if Hutchison Whampoa's US$2 million capital is indeed leveraged 20 times, then the profit of this investment is indeed more than US$8 million, a total of more than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Hu Xian frowned slightly: "Mr. Chen, you just kept saying if if, you mean that the contents of the letter are false?"

"Mr. Hu, that's not what I meant."

Chen Yiping shook his head, and continued: "First of all, Hutchison Whampoa's investment of 2 million US dollars is real, and there is a greater possibility that it will indeed invest in gold futures. However, there are two ways to invest in gold futures. One is to go long, the other is to go short, we cannot determine whether Hutchison Whampoa’s investment is long or short.”

"Then there is the leverage of financing. A leverage of 20 times can indeed be used, but generally no one dares to use such a high leverage. For example, if the leverage of 20 times is used, the price of gold will fall by 5% from the cost price. As a result, the funds were liquidated, and 2 million U.S. dollars became a zero egg. More importantly, if the liquidation is not fast enough, it is very likely that the bank will owe a sum of money, and 2 million U.S. dollars is not enough to lose.”

"Last year, Hutchison Whampoa also used leverage in its long gold futures investment, but it used 10 times leverage. Therefore, even if this investment also uses leverage, I personally think that the possibility of 10 times leverage is relatively high. It’s not impossible even if it’s only 5 times leverage, anyway, the possibility of leverage as high as 20 times is relatively small.”

"Therefore, my opinion is that Hutchison Whampoa's 2 million US dollars of funds may indeed be used to invest in gold futures, and it also uses 5-10 times leverage. It's just whether the funds are long or short. Then no one will know, and there will be a big question mark."

"That is to say."

After hearing this, Hu Xian said thoughtfully: "If Hutchison Whampoa's funds are long gold futures, then this investment is indeed profitable, but the profit may only be 2 million to 4 million US dollars; on the contrary, if Hutchison Whampoa Huangpu’s funds are shorting gold futures, so the funds as high as 2 million US dollars are likely to have been liquidated, and even if the losses are stopped in time, there will be a relatively large loss. Is this what you mean?”

"That's right, that's exactly what it means."

Chen Yiping nodded slightly.

After thinking for a while, Hu Xian said: "Mr. Chen, do you think Hutchison Whampoa's investment is more likely to make money? Or is it more likely to lose money?"

"Mr. Hu, how do you say this? I can only say half and half."

Chen Yiping waved his hand. He couldn't give a biased judgment because the influence was too great, and he himself was not sure.

"First of all, this letter is very strange. The specific investment of Hutchison Whampoa should be a very high-level secret. Not everyone can know it. But since this person sent this letter to Mr. Hu's newspaper, Then it is obvious that they want Mr. Hu’s newspaper to report it, and the result of doing so is that the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa will rise, which is obviously the purpose of the other party.”

"The stock price of Hutchison Whampoa has risen. It may be that someone bought a lot of stocks during the period of adjustment and decline of Hutchison Whampoa, hoping to make a fortune by raising the stock price. But it may also be that someone wants to raise the stock price. Then wait for the stock price to rise to a high level, and then reduce the stock holdings at the high level to cash out."

"To put it bluntly, if Hutchison Whampoa's investment really lost 2 million US dollars, then Mr. Lin Baicheng, who is the chairman of the company and the absolute majority shareholder, must want to sell some of his shares before the news is announced. However, the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa has now adjusted and dropped a lot, and it is entirely possible that he sent such a letter in order to raise the stock price, and secretly reduced his holdings and sold the shares in his hands after the stock price rose to a certain level."

"Therefore, it is possible for Hutchison Whampoa to make money and lose money. There is no way to judge this kind of thing through an unknown letter."

"Furthermore, what if this letter is just a prank by someone? The other party actually has no special purpose, but simply wants to do a big thing, and thus fiddle with this letter. Although this possibility is very small, But it's not impossible."

"Yeah, but there are all kinds of possibilities."

Hu Xian sighed, and the greed that arose in his heart was extinguished.She is not sure whether Hutchison Whampoa's investment will make a profit or a loss. She can't take a gamble. She only invests part of her funds, and what she makes is relatively stable long-term investment, rather than short-term stock trading. .

Hu Xian no longer wants to make a fortune from Hutchison Whampoa through this news. What she has to consider now is whether "Sing Tao Daily" should report this news, and if so, how should it report it.

"Mr. Chen, please go for a while."

"You're welcome, Mr. Hu."

Chen Yiping said with a smile: "I would also like to thank you for calling me over and letting me know the news. Regardless of whether the content of the letter is true or not, whether Hutchison Whampoa's investment is profitable or not, I think the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa will There will definitely be a lot of fluctuations in the near future, and this is an opportunity for myself and some clients."

"Then I wish you good luck, Mr. Chen."

Hu Xian smiled when she heard the words, but she wasn't going to join in. She wasn't interested in risky investments.

"Thank you."

Chen Yiping thanked, and then asked: "Mr. Hu, I wonder if you will report the contents of this letter to the outside world?"

"I haven't decided on that yet."

Hu Xian shook his head: "Even if it is finally decided to report, it will be relatively true. Hutchison Whampoa will use less leverage and less profit."

Chen Yiping asked aloud: "If Mr. Hu decides to report, please let me know in advance."

"I will."

Hu Xian hesitated when he heard the words, but agreed.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Hu."

Chen Yiping thanked him aloud, then took his leave and left.

It's past the off-duty time, and Hu Xian didn't stay in the company too much, anyway, it's the same whether to report or not to go back and think about it.

(End of this chapter)