Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 498 Capital Determines Everything (Two in One)

Bill Harveys led people to talk with Bill Gates and Paul Allen for a few days, but they failed to reach a good result. The differences between the two parties were too great.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng sent Bill Harveys to Microsoft with his new assistant Brian Carroll. Their task was to cause trouble for Microsoft and not allow Microsoft to easily reach a cooperation with IBM.

At the same time, Bill Harveys and the others have to do a good job of supervising the assets of Microsoft Corporation, and they cannot allow Bill Gates and Paul Allen to transfer the company's assets to other companies.In particular, technologies related to the operating system of personal computers must not be transferred away.

Since Bill Gates and the others dared to kick Lin Baicheng out of Microsoft, Lin Baicheng had no doubt that they dared to secretly transfer the company's assets, especially the technology of the operating system.

Lin Baicheng sent Bill Harveys to follow up on this matter, but he himself did not do it himself.

Under Lin Baicheng's order, the New Century Software Company has not only been recruiting people these days, and started to develop the personal computer operating system, but also made the revenue and profits since the establishment of the company, which can be used for financing.

On this day, Galaxy Games held a dinner in a hotel in Los Angeles.

The theme of today's dinner is that Galaxy Games has confirmed the listing price, and will officially start the listing journey. Because it has gone through some procedures before, it will be officially listed in about four months.

As for the listing price, it is US$15.75, with a total of 2 million shares, a total market value of US$31.5 billion, and the issuance of 4000 million shares to raise US$6.3 million.

"Congratulations, Alan, when Xinghe Games officially goes public, your net worth will be nearly $20 billion more."

Phil Smith clinked glasses with Lin Baicheng. He is also one of the shareholders of Galaxy Games, so he also came to the dinner tonight.

Lin Baicheng smiled: "It's too early to say this now, and the excess is stock assets, not cash, and there is no way to use them as you want."

"Alan, if you need funds, you can pledge your shares to Citigroup. In terms of loan interest, Citigroup must be your lowest point."

An old white man in his 50s came over. His name was Deren Lawrence, one of the vice presidents of Citibank, and one of the institutions that bought a little bit of Xinghe game company shares from Lin Baicheng.

"Mr. Lawrence!"

Lin Baicheng raised his glass to signal to the other party, and said with a smile: "If I have a loan demand, I will consider Citibank." For now, Lin Baicheng has no loan demand for the time being.

"Alan, Citigroup will provide you with the best service."

Deren Lawrence solemnly said that a big client like Lin Baicheng with a net worth of billions of dollars is the target of all banks.

"Goldman Sachs has always provided Allen with the best service, so don't bother Citibank."

Before Lin Baicheng could speak, Wade Thomas, who was chatting with others, came over. Of course, he couldn't let Citibank poach Lin Baicheng away from Goldman Sachs.

"I just let Allen have one more choice."

Deren Lawrence smiled, and did not argue with Wade Thomas which one of Citibank and Goldman Sachs was more capable.

"Thank you, Mr. Lawrence, for your kindness."

Lin Baicheng does not reject cooperation with Citibank. After all, he has no grievances with Citibank, and one more partner can also put pressure on Goldman Sachs, allowing Lin Baicheng to gain more benefits when cooperating with Goldman Sachs.

It was precisely because of this thought that Lin Baicheng seemed to suddenly think of it: "By the way, there is a company under my name that is short of money. Although I have money to continue investing, it is not a problem for me to be sole proprietorship. I just want to Get financing and find a few partners for this company. I just wonder if Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are interested?"

"Of course I'm interested. I think since it's the company you invest in, Allen, it won't be a bad idea."

Wade Thomas immediately said, anyway, he is just saying that he is interested, and if he finds out that the company is not good during the due diligence, he can just find an excuse to refuse.

"Citigroup is also interested."

Deren Lawrence followed closely behind. He had the same idea as Wade Thomas. Anyway, now that he is interested, he does not have to pay money.

"Alan, can you let me participate?"

Phil Smith couldn't help but asked aloud. At present, he still trusts Lin Baicheng's ability and thinks it is an opportunity to make money, so he wants to take a share.

"Smith, although my company lacks funds, I want to find a strong partner for the company, so if you want to participate in financing after due diligence, I can promise you, but the shares you can get Not too much, unless I can't find a strong partner."

Based on the friendly relationship between the two, Lin Baicheng did not joke with Phil Smith, but told the truth.

Phil Smith understood: "I understand what you mean, Allen, and I am very grateful for allowing me to participate in the financing."

"Alan, which of your businesses needs financing?"

Wade Thomas asked with great interest. After listening to Lin Baicheng's words to Phil Smith, he is now more interested in the company to be financed.

Lin Baicheng didn't hide anything: "New Century Software Company is the company where Isabella is the manager, do you know?"

"I know this company, which deals in computer office software."

Wade Thomas nodded slightly, and then said puzzledly: "But Alan, if I remember correctly, this company's office software is very profitable, and the company should be in profit, and the profit is probably not low. , Why do you suddenly become short of money and want to raise money?"

Goldman Sachs now understands some companies under Lin Baicheng's name, especially those in the United States, and Wade Thomas, who is in charge of follow-up, knows even more.

"It seems that you know a lot, Thomas."

Lin Baicheng was not too surprised when he heard this, and explained with a smile: "The reason is actually very simple. In addition to the business of office software, New Century Software is also engaged in the database business and the personal computer operating system business."

"The software for the company's database business has not yet been developed, and this business requires a lot of servers. This business mainly serves enterprises. Therefore, as long as the computer market explodes, this business will usher in a spring of development."

"As for the personal computer operating system, it is actually based on being optimistic about the future of the computer market. Today, Apple, which makes personal computers, has made a lot of money. The blue giant IBM is about to enter the personal computer market, which shows the prospects of this market."

"Actually, the profits obtained by New Century Software's current office software are enough to support the other two businesses. The reason why I chose financing is because I want to increase investment, occupy the market from the beginning, and become the industry leader. Although this The initial investment will be bigger, but when it comes time to harvest, the profits will be more lucrative.”

"Big investment, big rewards!"

"Alan, you are right."

No matter what they thought in their hearts, all three of them nodded in agreement with Lin Baicheng's words.

Looking at the three of them, Lin Baicheng said: "I won't talk too much, let's make an appointment, let's go to New Century Software Company to have a look, and I'll show you the performance report, if you are interested in participating in financing, then Do your due diligence on the company and then we'll talk."

"Alan, if you are free, how about we set the time tomorrow morning?"

Wade Thomas is currently working in New York, and it is rare to come to Los Angeles. Of course, he wants to get things done while he is in Los Angeles.

Lin Baicheng nodded and said, "I have no problem. What about Smith and Mr. Lawrence?"

"I'm fine." "Me too."

Both Phil Smith and Derren Lawrence said they had no problem.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "Well, let's make an appointment to meet at New Century Software Company at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

The matter was thus decided.

The four chatted about other things, and then Wade Thomas asked Lin Baicheng how he planned to spend the money raised from the IPO of Galaxy Games.

"Before I say this, I happen to have something to ask you."

Lin Baicheng said to Wade Thomas: "Thomas, the shares of Xinghe Game Company's listing this time are as high as 4000 million shares, more than [-] million US dollars. Are you sure that there will be no problem with such a large amount at Goldman Sachs? No one subscribed for the stock, leading to the failure of the listing, or the stock price broke severely."

"Alan, don't worry about that. Goldman Sachs and some institutions will subscribe for at least half of the shares issued, and during the road show, we will recommend Galaxy Games to rich and wealthy people. With the performance of Galaxy Games, I believe everyone will Actively subscribed."

Wade Thomas confidently reassured Lin Baicheng. The reason why he is so confident is that Goldman Sachs has joined forces with several institutions to buy a large amount of the shares issued by Galaxy Games. a sum.

Of course, doing so is definitely not 100% profitable, and there are certain risks.

Therefore, institutions such as Goldman Sachs will not use their own money, but the funds of Christians, and the funds of ordinary Christians and major customers will be mixed.

There are many benefits to doing this. First, even if you lose money from the foundation, Goldman Sachs will have limited losses, and making money means gaining both fame and fortune.What's more, if you make money, the big customer Jimin will earn more; on the contrary, when you lose money, the money of ordinary Jimin will be lost first, and try to keep the funds of the big customer Jimin.

Goldman Sachs and other institutions have not done this once or twice, but they will not do this for all stocks, they are all carefully selected, so most of the time they hype successfully, making money for big customers, and they are even more famous and profitable. receive.

"Since you said that, Thomas, I'm relieved."

Lin Baicheng nodded first, and then said: "As for how to use the funds raised, after the listing is successful, I will hold a board meeting and discuss this matter at the board meeting."

After hearing this, Wade Thomas said immediately: "Alan, the board of directors of Galaxy Games Company is firmly in your hands. It's not up to you how to do it. You can roughly disclose your thoughts, so that we, Goldman Sachs, can also understand There is a bottom."

What Wade Thomas said is absolutely correct. Even if Xinghe Games goes public, the control is still in the hands of Lin Baicheng. He controls six of the nine directors, so it is he himself who really makes the decision.

Derren Lawrence also said: "Alan, just reveal a little bit."

"Ok."

Lin Baicheng smiled: "Let me just talk about my general idea. First of all, I will build a headquarters building in Xiangjiang, and build an office building for Galaxy Games in Tokyo and Los Angeles." In the 6.3s, no matter where the building was built in Xiangjiang, Tokyo or Los Angeles, it would not lose money, and the funds raised were as much as [-] million U.S. dollars, so it didn't cost too much money to build the building.

"Beyond that, the expansion department is recruiting people. In the future, the company will no longer develop two arcade games every year, but at least five arcade games."

"Then there is the investment in channels. In the future, the sales of arcade machines will no longer be handed over to agents in various countries, but agents and self-sales will co-exist, mainly to increase the company's profits."

"The investment I just mentioned is likely to be less than 6.3 million US dollars, so the remaining funds will be used for investment. We will not talk about the details here, and we will talk about it later."

Hearing Lin Baicheng talk about Galaxy Game Company's changes to channels, Phil Smith's face remained unchanged, because Lin Baicheng had already mentioned this matter to him before.Although he regrets that he will not be able to make money from Xinghe Game Company as easily as before, but this is impossible. Xinghe Game Company will definitely find a way to increase profits when it goes public. It would be great if there is no one-size-fits-all option. Yes, at least I can have some soup.

In the past, Xinghe Game Company did not change the channels, it was because the company's shares were all in the hands of Lin Baicheng, if he, a foreigner, didn't know how to share benefits, then there would only be countless troubles waiting for Xinghe Game Company.

It will be different after Xinghe Game Company is listed. The shares of this company are no longer owned by Lin Baicheng. Goldman Sachs, the police pension fund and other institutions are all shareholders, so they can intervene in channels and increase the company's profits. If the company encounters troubles, these institutions will definitely Will do my best to help.

After hearing Lin Baicheng's arrangement for the use of financing funds, neither Wade Thomas nor Derren Lawrence said anything. After all, Lin Baicheng's arrangement of funds was not wrong, and it was Lin Baicheng who made the company's decision, so even if they wanted to intervene It doesn't mean much, but it may offend Lin Baicheng.

Many people came to the dinner tonight. After chatting with Wade Thomas for a while, Lin Baicheng left to chat with others and make contacts.

Although Lin Baicheng is Chinese and has yellow skin, he is a super rich man with a net worth of billions of dollars, so everyone is very happy to get acquainted with him and be friends with him.Here in the United States, capital is everything, and skin color doesn't determine anything at all.

Of course, Lin Baicheng's contacts are not for the purpose of making friends. No matter which country he is in, he will never make sincere friends in the business world. What he makes is potential partners with strength.

(End of this chapter)