Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 491 Circle and Talk (Two in One)

As long as there are people, there will be Jianghu; as long as there are Jianghu, there will be sects.

When there are more people, circles will be formed spontaneously.

There are so many companies under Lin Baicheng's name, and there are at least dozens of assistants, managers, etc. who are not low in status. These people even come from several countries with different skin colors, so naturally they will form multiple circles.

On Friday night, Wei Li, Xia Boyin, Wei Peter, Levi's, Nash Bridgewall, and Webb Wilson came to their old meeting place, a box in a high-end hotel.

Wei Li and his circle are all white people with high status.The reason why there are no Chinese is not that they discriminate against Chinese. Their own bosses are Chinese. How dare they discriminate against Chinese? It’s just that those Chinese executives and assistants have formed their own circles.

Taking Cheng Yufeng as an example, he is both the vice president of Hutchison Whampoa and Lin Baicheng's assistant. Of course, Wei Li and the others hope that Cheng Yufeng can become friends with them, and they also invited Cheng Yufeng, but they were declined. Things can't be forced.

Of course, it was impossible for Cheng Yufeng to play with Wei Li and the others. Although he didn't say it clearly, Lin Baicheng appointed him as the vice president of Hutchison Whampoa, with the intention of supervising Wei Li and other original management.If he really got to play with Wei Li and the others, then the one waiting for him is likely to be transferred, of which he is quite sure.

Since it is a party, it is necessary to eat, drink, chat, and communicate with each other on business matters.Of course, everyone will not tell the secrets of their respective companies. This is not only a professional principle, but also because no one can guarantee whether someone will tell the boss Lin Baicheng about the party talk, so we still need to be cautious.

"About the fact that there are moths in the company, has Mr. Lin told the three of you?"

Wei Li’s question was of course asked to Levi’s, Nash Bridgewall, and Webb Wilson. Among the three, Levi’s is the executive of Hong Kong Electric, Nash Bridgewall is the executive of Ocean Import and Export Trading Company, and Walter Boo Wilson is the vice president of Star Moon Video Games.

Levi's nodded: "Boss Lin went to the company yesterday to talk about it."

"I'm here this morning."

Nash Bridgewall said.

Wobb Wilson also said: "My side was yesterday afternoon."

Wei Li couldn't help but said: "From this point of view, Mr. Lin should have visited all the companies in Xiangjiang in the past few days and told them one by one."

Xia Boyin said aloud: "I think it is unlikely that all of Mr. Lin's companies in Xiangjiang have problems. It should be that one or two companies were found to be wrong by Mr. Lin, and then he gave orders to all companies. , Let everyone strengthen the management of the company."

"That should be the case."

Wei Peter nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I thought so too."

Wei Li also agreed: "In fact, Mr. Lin is right to do this. Taking Hutchison Whampoa as an example, the total number of employees in each company is as high as thousands. Some people secretly embezzle public funds or cooperate with outsiders to damage the company's interests and profits. Not impossible."

After a pause, Wei Li continued: "The companies you work for, especially Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Group, these two companies were originally listed companies, and they were not founded by Mr. Lin. Mr. Lin just bought a large number of shares to get to the control of the company.”

"Actually, I know that whether it is Hutchison Whampoa or Hong Kong Electric Group, because of Mr. Lin's Chinese identity, there will always be some white employees or management who are not convinced and unwilling to accept Mr. Lin as the company's boss."

"Some of these employees will work hard in their daily work and muddle along, and some will even secretly embezzle the company's assets. Anyway, they don't regard the company as a place to stand."

On this point, Xia Boyin, Wei Peter and Levi's three people quite agree.

Wei Li said to several people: "What I want to say is that everyone must do a good job in this work. Mr. Lin has given special instructions. If this kind of thing happens in everyone's respective companies, then Mr. Lin will definitely be dissatisfied. At that time, everyone's seats will be unstable."

Reeves said: "Everyone should be aware of this."

"Actually, I'm fine. After all, Xingyue Electronic Game Company was spun off from Xinghe Game Company. Xinghe Game Company was also established the year before last. There is no historical legacy. I believe there are no people with dirty hands and feet today. As long as the future There needs to be more regulation.”

Wobb Wilson said lightly that Xingyue Electronic Game Company should have no problems in this regard.

Nash Bridgewall also said immediately: "The ocean import and export trading company here has only been established for a few months, and there are other directors who supervise each other, so it is not easy to have problems."

"It's best if there are no problems, just strengthen the management at ordinary times."

Wei Li nodded. Among the four companies, it is true that Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Group are more likely to have problems.

This topic was skipped, and then a few people chatted about other things.

Everyone knows that the owner of Xingyue Electronic Game Company, Lin Baicheng, has invested a lot of money in this company, so they are very curious about the company's performance so far.

The specific sales data is a company secret, but it is possible for Wobb Wilson to give a general statement: "The Xingyue mainframe has been on sale since last month, and the sales volume is not bad, and there has been a relatively stable growth rate so far. It can be said that the future is promising.”

"It's just that, this year, it is basically certain that there is no way to recover the cost, and the company is still investing in the research and development of console games, because only by continuously enriching the number of games can it attract more people to buy Xingyue consoles and game cartridges. "

"So, Xingyue Electronics wants to really recover all costs and start making profits. It's hard to say whether it can achieve this goal in the whole year of next year. Fortunately, the current sales volume is good. As long as the current growth trend is stabilized, the company will be profitable sooner or later. things."

After all, it's only a little over a month, and Webb Wilson is actually not sure how much revenue and profit this year will have, and it will be even more uncertain next year, so many places can only use uncertain words.

"Looking at it this way, I think that Xingyue Electronics will be able to make a profit within a few years. Don't forget that this is a key investment project of Mr. Lin."

Wei Li reminded aloud, don't look at Lin Baicheng who is young and can make such a fortune, he will not think that Lin Baicheng has only good luck, so he thinks that since Lin Baicheng dared to invest so much, then he must have seen something that he hadn't discovered, and he was more confident Let Xingyue Electronics realize profitability.

Of course, Wei Li will not blindly think that the projects Lin Baicheng invests in will definitely make money.However, before Lin Baicheng failed for the first time, Wei Li would definitely believe that Lin Baicheng was more likely to succeed in doing things.

When it comes to successful people, people usually assume that the successful person will continue to be successful, especially if the successful person has not yet failed.

Chatting and chatting, several people can't help talking about Hutchison Whampoa's recent stock price changes, and whether Hutchison Whampoa's investment is profitable or losing.

Regarding the investment details of Hutchison Whampoa, even Wei Li, the top class, does not know, only Lin Baicheng himself knows, so they can only rely on their own guesses.

However, according to Wei Li and his team's guess, Hutchison Whampoa's investment is more likely to make a profit.It is still the same reason, Lin Baicheng made Hutchison Whampoa's investment a huge profit before, before he failed to invest, he would congenitally think that Lin Baicheng's investment is more likely to make a profit.

And Wei Li has his own way of judgment. In his opinion, if Lin Baicheng loses money in his investment, he will definitely reduce his holdings in advance, and he will find a way to get him, the big class, to cooperate.But Lin Baicheng didn't do this, which naturally shows that Hutchison Whampoa's investment has not suffered a loss.

Of course, these are all speculations, there is no guarantee of accuracy, and Wei Li and the others are just chatting, and they don't have to confirm the authenticity.

Several people chatted for a few more words, and Levi's suddenly said: "Several people, the topic of Xiangjiang's ownership is now being discussed by more and more people, and Mr. Lin's position can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Do you think it will affect the company? ? Will it affect our work?"

"President Lin is close to the mainland of China, and even arranged for people to invest in the past. His position is indeed obvious."

Wei Li first said affirmatively, and then said: "We can't change the position of Mr. Lin. If you have different opinions on this, you'd better resign directly to Mr. Lin, otherwise you will be fired by Mr. Lin in the future. That would be ugly."

"Who Xiangjiang belongs to has nothing to do with us. We receive Mr. Lin's salary, so naturally we have to do things for him."

Nash Bridgewall said that national affairs are not something that professional managers like them can participate in. They will work for whoever pays them.

Regarding this statement, the others nodded in agreement, they all had the same idea.

Wei Li continued: "As for the impact on companies under Mr. Lin's name, there will definitely be some, but it depends on what kind of company it is. Like Hutchison Whampoa, if the market value can be stabilized at 200 billion or even [-] billion Hong Kong dollars, with The nature of Hutchison Whampoa's listed company, I don't think it will have a bad impact. After all, Mr. Lin only holds nearly half of the company's shares, and the other half of the shares are held by other investors. The development of this company is affected, which is equivalent to other investments. People's assets are affected, and the impact is too great."

"Of course, if the Hong Kong government or Downing Street want to force Mr. Lin to support the country, they will definitely attack the companies under Mr. Lin's name, and they will probably focus on a certain company, and the scale of this company will not be small. Only by letting Lin It takes heartache all the time to have an effect."

"However, if you do this, the negative impact will definitely not be small. If Mr. Lin has always been the richest man in Xiangjiang, then with Mr. Lin's status, maybe the Hong Kong government will not choose to suppress it, and it is not necessarily true. How about the specifics? Then, who would know?"

"That's true."

Everyone agreed with Wei Li's last sentence.

Xia Boyin said aloud at this time: "As for the impact on our work, I don't think there will be any. The Hong Kong government can't control us, and Mr. Lin can decide whether we will stay or not, but I think, in our absence In the case of an obvious mistake, Mr. Lin has no reason to target or dismiss us, what do you think?"

Warb Wilson agreed: "This is absolutely true. Mr. Lin has no prejudice against us British, otherwise he would not have recruited me as the manager of Star River Games in the first place, and now he still asks me to help him manage Star River Games." Yue Electronics is the company."

"I think so too."

Nash Bridgewall was only hired by Lin Baicheng in March of this year as the manager of Sino-Ocean Import and Export Trading Company.

"It seems that my worries are unnecessary."

Seeing that everyone had a similar view, Levi couldn't help but say something.

"I think, instead of worrying about your own job, you should think about how to develop the company well and make greater achievements. Mr. Lin is very generous."

Wei Li said something aloud, but he didn't say anything about equity incentives.

To be honest, before Hutchison Whampoa was acquired by Lin Baicheng, Wei Li still had the idea of ​​going out to start a company by himself after working in Hutchison Whampoa for a few years. Now he has no such idea for the time being, mainly because of the reward of equity incentives exist.

Wei Li actually calculated secretly, if nothing else happened, out of the total 5% incentive of 2000 million shares, he would get at least 100 million shares, which would be 50 million Hong Kong dollars based on a share price of 5000 Hong Kong dollars.

If Wei Lizhen went out to start a company by himself, with his current capital, even if he could find an investor, he could only start a small company. Even if he could make money, it would take at least several years to earn 5000 million Hong Kong dollars.

However, if you stay in Hutchison Whampoa, you will not only be able to control greater power, but you will also get a lot of rewards. More importantly, the risks are almost negligible.The only risk is that the company does not operate well, which leads to a decline in the company's market value, and the acquired equity is not that valuable.

But the question is, if Hutchison Whampoa can't manage well, how can Wei Li guarantee that he can run his own small company well.If the small company I run is not well managed, it will lose money and lose money. Unlike in Hutchison Whampoa, poor management is just less money. The two are not the same concept.

"I really envy you Hutchison Whampoa, which has an equity incentive plan, but our HK Electric Group does not."

Levi said enviously that Lin Baicheng is very generous. After all, 5% of the 2.5% shares of Hutchison Whampoa incentives belong to Lin Baicheng himself. It is a pity that HK Electric Group does not have such a good thing.

Webb Wilson and Nash Bridgewall are also very envious, but they remember that Lin Baicheng said that as long as the company develops well, he will give the management a certain amount of equity incentives. I don’t know if Lin Baicheng will remember it then, and this How much equity incentives can there be?

But no matter what, it’s enough to have some thoughts.

For the envy of Levi's, Wei Li, Xia Boyin, and Wei Peter don't have Versailles, which is not conducive to unity.

Therefore, Wei Li and the others changed the subject and continued chatting.

Time passed slowly while everyone was eating, drinking and chatting. It wasn't until after nine o'clock that the party ended and everyone went home.

However, on the second day, Lin Baicheng learned the content of the conversation at the party last night from two people in the party last night.It's not that he bought those two people, but after their first meeting, these two people took the initiative to report to him. Although he didn't hint anything, those two people would still report to him after every meeting The talk of the party.

This was not a bad thing for Lin Baicheng, so he acquiesced, and he knew it clearly every time Wei Li and the others talked at a party.

(End of this chapter)