Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 531 Rejection, Sudden Goodness (Two in One)

It is also beneficial to have a small company with few shareholders.

But within two days, the financing of Zhonghe Game Company was finalized by Phil Smith.

Of course, what has been decided so far is only the company’s financing. The company’s valuation has not yet been finalized. This is not as much as the shareholders say. Professional evaluation is required, otherwise no institution will subscribe.

However, Lin Baicheng has already stated that no matter what the company's valuation is, he will let Hutchison Whampoa subscribe for 3% of the shares.The higher the company's valuation, the more value he holds in the shares. Therefore, even if the valuation of Zhonghe Game Company is too high, he himself will not lose.

Of course, that's what he said, but if the valuation is too outrageous, he will definitely not let Hutchison Whampoa participate in the financing. After all, Hutchison Whampoa is a listed company, and he has to be responsible for the shareholders.

Wade Thomas, who represents Goldman Sachs, also made a statement, saying that Goldman Sachs is optimistic about the company, at least it will pay to buy the diluted shares due to financing, and it does not even rule out the possibility of continuing to increase its holdings.

As for Wade Thomas' own 5% shares, if the company raises funds, he no longer has so much money to follow up with the investment, so he can only accept the dilution of the shares.However, Wade Thomas is already satisfied. The 50 US dollars he invested at the beginning will at least double several times after financing.

Phil Smith did not reject Goldman Sachs' increase in holdings, but he said that Goldman Sachs can only increase its holdings by 5% of the shares at most, and the company needs to introduce funds from other institutions.For now, he's not worried that Goldman's stake will affect his control of the company.

Phil Smith's control over Zhonghe Games mainly came from Lin Baicheng's support, so he simply included Lin Baicheng's shareholding ratio.Anyway, if Lin Baicheng doesn't support him, it's useless even if he holds more shares than Goldman Sachs. Lin Baicheng holds more shares than him. No matter who Lin Baicheng supports, he can overwhelm him in terms of shareholding ratio.

Zhonghe Game Company is preparing to raise funds. Lin Baicheng asked Bill Harveys to pay attention to this matter, and sent people to participate in the financing. He only needs to wait for the report from the people below.

Lin Baicheng himself only needs to keep an eye on the financing of Zhonghe Game Company.

On the weekend, Lin Baicheng went to play golf at the invitation of Wade Thomas.

In the United States, golfing is a way of socializing, not that people like golfing much.Especially when talking about something that needs to be kept private, on the golf course, the wide field of view ensures that the communication cannot be eavesdropped by others.

Lin Baicheng didn't know how to play golf at all in the beginning, but as he went to the golf course more times and played more times, his skills naturally gradually improved.Not to mention how good he is, at least he played well.

Lin Baicheng and Wade Thomas chatted while playing.

The two started talking about the financing of Zhonghe Game Company. Both of them are shareholders of this company and they have a common topic.

After starting and chatting, Wade Thomas said: "Alan, someone found me, I hope I can help to be a middleman, and set you up to meet with someone."

"Meet who?"

Lin Baicheng asked curiously.

Wade Thomas said: "William Gates."

"Gates?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but wondered when he heard the words, "Who is this person? Why do you want to meet me?"

Wade Thomas said: "Gates is a well-known barrister. He has a son named Bill Gates. I think you should remember this name, Allen."

"really!"

Lin Baicheng thought to himself, Sure enough, nodded: "It turned out to be Bill Gates' father, but I have parted ways with Bill Gates now. What does he want to meet with me? I don't think I have anything to do with him."

"What Gates wants to talk to you about is Allen, your lawsuit against Microsoft and Bluesoft, Bill Gates, Paul Allen."

Lin Baicheng is currently asking Bill Hawes to arrange lawyers to bring Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Microsoft, and Bluesoft to court, accusing Bill Gates of harming the interests of him as a shareholder. Assets are transferred to BlueSoft, and there is a transfer of benefits in the middle.

Bill Gates and the others were very careful and did not leave any evidence behind, but Lin Baicheng still wanted to sue them in order to prevent them from developing the blue software smoothly, anyway, he could afford the legal fees.

"What does he want to talk about?"

"Alan, I'm just helping to pass on a message. You can only find out the specifics by talking to William Gates."

Wade Thomas shook his head. This matter has nothing to do with him. He will not be deeply involved. It is enough to help spread the word and leave favors.

"What if I don't want to talk to him?"

Lin Baicheng looked at Wade Thomas.

"That's your freedom, Alan."

Wade Thomas smiled, he could not force Lin Baicheng, and he would never force Lin Baicheng.

"Forget it, let's keep playing."

Lin Baicheng changed the subject with a smile. He was not going to meet William Gates, and there was nothing to talk about between the two parties.

"Okay, keep playing."

Seeing this, Wade Thomas stopped talking about William Gates, and instead chatted with Lin Baicheng about other things.

After hitting a shot, Lin Baicheng suddenly said: "Thomas, I heard from Smith that you have been in trouble recently?"

"It's just a little nuisance, it won't affect me."

Wade Thomas’ troubles are related to Zhonghe Game Company. When the company was founded, Wade Thomas participated in the investment on behalf of Goldman Sachs, and he himself took 5% of the shares.

The problem lies in the shares. Now that Zhonghe Game Company has made money, it is about to raise funds, and its valuation has soared. There are voices within Goldman Sachs saying that Wade Thomas has damaged the interests of the company for his own benefit. The 5 shares he holds % of the shares should have belonged to Goldman Sachs.

At the time when Zhonghe Game Company was first established, or even before Zhonghe Game Company made a profit, there was no such voice at all. Now that Zhonghe Game Company’s valuation has soared, Wade Thomas’ original investment may have doubled Times or even more than ten times, the enemies of Wade Thomas in Goldman Sachs will naturally find trouble with Wade Thomas, it is impossible to watch Wade Thomas take credit and make a fortune.

For Wade Thomas, this matter is actually a bit troublesome. After all, it is a fact that he is profiting for himself. Although the money for the equity participation is his own, there will always be people in the management of Goldman Sachs who think that Wade Thomas It really hurt the interests of the company.

However, trouble is trouble, but Wade Thomas is willing to accept this trouble. It is impossible for him to give up his 5% stake in Zhonghe Games. This is too much money. Even with his current position in Goldman Sachs, it is very likely It will take about ten years to earn.

For more than ten years, if it is really a last resort, instead of staying at Goldman Sachs, it is better to choose to leave Goldman Sachs and hold his shares.

"It's fine if it doesn't affect you."

Lin Baicheng nodded and stopped talking about it.Although he is very rich now, he still can't influence the internal affairs of Goldman Sachs. He doesn't have strong capital to influence Goldman Sachs, and even if he has, he won't interfere.

Time to enter a new week.

Oil prices have dropped to about US$12.5 per barrel. Golden Fleece Company's long oil futures orders have suffered considerable losses. However, under Lin Baicheng's insistence, they did not liquidate them. Instead, they held on and let the market go down.

Compared with oil prices, international gold prices are showing an upward trend. Today, gold prices fluctuate sideways between US$365/oz and US$370/oz. It can be said that they have risen a lot recently.

In terms of gold futures long positions, Lin Baicheng can be said to have made a lot of profits, but he has no plans to close the long positions for the time being.

With the arrival of a new week, both the futures market and the stock market have started trading.

On September 9, an event that had a major impact on oil prices occurred, that is, a small-scale military conflict broke out between two countries beginning with "Iran" in the Middle East.

Although it is not a full-scale war, it is a military conflict, and Iran and Iran are both major oil countries. A military conflict between these two countries will naturally affect oil production and transportation, thereby affecting oil prices.

What's more, it is only a small-scale military conflict now. Is there a possibility of a larger-scale or even a full-scale war in the future?
Just as buying stocks is based on expectations, this principle is also applicable to the futures market. The oil futures market will naturally feel that there may be a greater conflict between Iran and Iran in the future, which will have a greater impact on oil output, and oil will only increase. .

This incident is a major benefit for the bulls. A large amount of funds are going long in the oil futures market. No short sellers dare to make a hard top. The right way is to switch from idle to long positions in time. a sum.

On the day of the incident, the oil price returned to above $13 per barrel. The oil price rose by more than five points that day, and even rose nearly seven points at the highest point. The short sellers who did not escape in time suffered heavy losses, and even had a lot of leverage. The high short positions were liquidated on this day.

On this day, the oil futures held by the Golden Fleece Company was long, and the previous large losses turned into cost recovery, with no losses and no profits.

Although today's big rise did not make the Golden Fleece Company make money, it is foreseeable that oil prices will definitely rise in the future. Although it is unlikely that there will be such a huge rise today, it will still fluctuate upwards overall, and making money is certain .

On this day, in addition to the sharp rise in oil prices, the international gold price also experienced a relatively large increase of more than three points on this day, and the price of gold moved closer to 380 US dollars per ounce.

There is a military conflict between Iran and Iran in the Middle East, and a larger-scale war is likely to follow. In this era of the Cold War, people are afraid of any military conflict in any place turning into a conflict between major powers, or even a war.

Therefore, the risk aversion sentiment heats up, gold is attracted by more funds, and the price of gold rises due to the influx of funds.

However, Lin Baicheng, who saw the price of gold rising to nearly 380 US dollars per ounce, contacted Qin Lan after it was daytime in Xiangjiang.

"Now the price of gold is about to rise to 380 US dollars per ounce, you should contact An Yuan of Yum Securities and ask him to lead a team to London. Lose."

"Don't forget about the Tokyo side. Two traders from Yum Securities will be sent there, and Chiba Nanako will be responsible for the reception arrangements."

Lin Baicheng made relevant arrangements, but he was preparing to close some long orders after the price of gold broke through the price of 400 US dollars per ounce.His own will not be moved, and the remaining long orders of Hutchison Whampoa will be closed, and the long orders of Hutchison Whampoa are now operated by Golden Fleece Company, and the specific operation will be arranged by Haruko Mori.

"Yes, Mr. Lin, I will arrange it."

Qin Lan responded aloud, but knew in her heart that her boss had made a fortune again, and her capital was getting stronger.

After finishing the call with Qin Lan, Lin Baicheng contacted Chiba Nanako again. He told Chiba Nanako to be careful not to let Mitsubishi Bank notice before closing the long order, and at the same time asked Chiba Nanako to wait for the price of gold to rise to 405 After USD/oz, we will start to close the long orders of Bailong Commercial Club.

The reason for doing this is mainly to let Mitsubishi notice that Bailong Commercial Club is closing out long orders later, so that the funds of Hutchison Whampoa and Yum Fund can run away first, without affecting his shipments.

The day after the sharp rise in oil prices, Lin Baicheng went to New York again to take charge of the Golden Fleece Company.

Following yesterday's sharp rise, oil prices continued their upward trend today, but today's increase was not as strong as yesterday's. It only rose by more than two points. Oil prices reached US$13.5 per barrel, a rise of 1 per barrel in two days. Dollar.

The gold futures market is also on the rise, and the price of gold has continued yesterday's strength today, with a surge of US$10 per ounce, an increase of nearly three points. It seems that the price of gold has an upward trend not inferior to that of oil prices, and is catching up.

The simultaneous rise of oil prices and gold prices made Lin Baicheng overjoyed. His large investment will generate huge profits due to the rise of the two. He really makes money lying down.

In the next few trading days, both oil prices and gold prices were on an upward trend, and the daily increase was not small, and the increase in no trading day was less than 1%.

On the oil futures side, Lin Baicheng asked Vivien Kelly not to sell until the oil price rose to $15 a barrel, so he hardly moved, and the operation team occasionally took out a small amount of funds to make short-term trades.

However, on the side of gold futures, as the international gold price broke through 400 US dollars per ounce, the long positions of Hutchison Whampoa and Yum Fund began to sell slowly, and the liquidation was very smooth.

Among them, Yum Fund’s gold futures long order purchase funds are 15.3 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is about 3.64 million U.S. dollars. This long order was bought below 210 U.S. dollars per ounce, an increase of almost 100%. Funding is almost $7 million.

Although the amount of funds of 7 million US dollars is quite a lot, the bulls of gold futures are very strong. Therefore, when the price of gold broke through 405 US dollars per ounce, the long orders in the account of Yum Fund have basically been flattened.

On the contrary, Hutchison Whampoa bought funds of US$20 billion, and the cost price at the time of purchase was nearly US$250 per ounce. When the price of gold broke through US$400 per ounce, the funds became more than US$30 billion, and the closing speed was not so fast. Soon.

(End of this chapter)