Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 534 Friendship and cooperation, dividends (two in one)

Not long after lunch, Bao Yugang, Huo Yingdong, Guo Henian, and Zheng Yudong left Lin Baicheng's villa.

The four left in their respective cars, but Bao Yugang's car followed Huo Yingdong's car to Huo's house.

"Uncle Bao!"

Huo Zhenting and Zhu Linlin were teasing their son in the hall, when they saw Bao Yugang, they immediately got up to say hello.

Bao Yugang chatted with the two of them, and then followed Huo Yingdong to the upstairs study.

The two of them didn't have any good manners, Bao Yugang said directly: "Brother Huo, what do you think about the fact that Hutchison Whampoa's investment has achieved a profit of up to 9.8 million US dollars?"

Huo Yingdong could hear the meaning in his words: "You want to ask whether this matter is true or not?"

"good."

Bao Yugang nodded slightly: "This is a profit of up to 9.8 million US dollars, more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it only took seven or eight months. Although it is said that if we start to buy gold futures from February, the profit of 2 million US dollars Using a leverage of about 9.8 times the principal can indeed earn as much as the $[-] million profit Lin Sheng said, but this figure is too high, and it always feels a bit unreal.”

Huo Yingdong understood: "Actually, I had the same doubts as you. I believe that Guo Sheng and Zheng Sheng also had doubts. After all, such a thing as earning an extra 40 billion Hong Kong dollars in half a year does not seem to be true. How can there be such a thing in the world?" Is this the reason for such a profitable business?"

Bao Yugang shook his head: "I have earned about half of my life's net worth in just over half a year. It's really unbelievable."

"I can't believe it either, but that should be true. After all, if you use ten times leverage, the risk is still very high. It's normal for the risk to be high and the return rate to be high."

After a pause, Huo Yingdong continued: "What's more, I can't think of any reason for Lin Sheng to lie. Even if Hutchison Whampoa's US$2 million investment is all lost, it will have a major impact on the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa. There is no need to make financial fraud, tell such a big lie, and take the risk of offending us to drag us into a sinking ship."

"If Lin Sheng had nothing but Hutchison Whampoa, then he might take the risk, but he is not. He also owns Asia Star Media Group, Galaxy Bank, Galaxy Games, and Hong Kong. Lamp Group, and many other assets that we don't know about."

"To put it bluntly, even if Hutchison Whampoa goes bankrupt suddenly, although Lin Sheng's assets will shrink greatly, he is still a rich man, and he is still a tycoon in Xiangjiang."

"Therefore, Lin Sheng has no need to offend us, or to commit financial fraud and break the law. What he said is the truth. Hutchison Whampoa did make a profit of US$9.8 million."

"Actually, I thought of these too, but I was a little shocked."

Bao Yugang nodded in agreement, and he also thought of what Huo Yingdong said just now.

Huo Yingdong was not surprised when he heard the words, Bao Yugang was not stupid, on the contrary, he was very smart, otherwise he would not have worked so hard to earn so much net worth, and even became the richest man in Hong Kong for a time, until he gave way to Lin Baicheng.

After a while, Bao Yugang suddenly said: "Brother Huo, the US$9.8 million is the profit of Hutchison Whampoa. Do you think Lin Sheng has another fund to buy gold futures?"

"That's what I want to know too, what do you think, Brother Bao?"

Huo Yingdong had the same doubts.

Bao Yugang talked about his judgment: "To be honest, I can't be sure, but I think there should be. After all, he has the capital to spend a lot of money, and losses will not have a big impact on his business."

"It seems that we have similar ideas."

Huo Yingdong said in a deep voice: "If Lin Sheng also used 2 million US dollars to go long gold futures, it would be equivalent to his profit of 9.8 million US dollars this time, and nearly 10 billion US dollars of funds will become the propeller of his career, allowing his The business develops faster and grows bigger.”

Bao Yugang said: "In the beginning, we thought that Lin Sheng was relying on temporary luck. As his career became bigger and bigger, this view was gradually changed. Now it seems that his career will only get bigger and bigger in the future. , his family will only become stronger and stronger in Xiangjiang in the future, until his career declines."

Huo Yingdong: "It's not so easy for a huge group to fall down. Unless he gambles in the futures market again and fails and suffers huge losses, his business can last for 20 years."

Bao Yugang: "At present, Lin Sheng's strength is getting stronger and stronger. I think we need to strengthen our relationship with him. After all, if he continues to develop smoothly, he will definitely stand at the peak of Xiangjiang in the future. . Xiangjiang’s resources are limited, and cooperation with the strong will help the development of our respective families.”

"I think so."

Huo Yingdong agreed with this, and he said with some regret: "Unfortunately, there are no women of suitable age in our respective families, otherwise marriage is the best choice."

"Yes!"

Bao Yugang very much agrees with this.

Whether it is a business family or a political family, marriage is often the most effective and reliable way of cooperation. Although one party in the marriage is also likely to betray, the cost of betrayal will be greater, so the two parties in the marriage will not easily betray, which allows both parties to have A more intimate basis for cooperation.

The families of Huo Yingdong and Bao Yugang are rich in Xiangjiang. When they are still alive, they are sure that the family will not face huge risks, but they have to think about future generations. No one wants their children and grandchildren to become ordinary people , Everyone hopes that the family will prosper, and that the children and grandchildren will have endless wealth.

Therefore, Huo Yingdong and Bao Yugang will make connections, make more money, cooperate with the strong, and leave more resources for future generations.

Lin Baicheng's development is obvious to all, and now he has become the richest man in Xiangjiang. Although many people think that Lin Baicheng's wealth is a bit vain, after all, most of his net worth is supported by Hutchison Whampoa, and Hutchison Whampoa's market value is also hyped. It counts, but Lin Baicheng's net worth can be ranked in the top ten of Xiangjiang, but no one will refute it.

More importantly, Lin Baicheng is still young, with such a career and wealth at the age of 20, no one dares to say whether he will really become the richest man in Hong Kong in the future, or even the richest man in Asia. Bad thing wrong thing.

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Iwasaki Mineryu arrived in Xiangjiang after [-]:[-] pm, and it was almost [-]:[-] when he returned to his villa in Repulse Bay.

Iwasaki Minelong was not sure if Lin Baicheng was at home at this time, but he still tried to contact him. His luck was very good, Lin Baicheng did not go out at home tonight.

Moreover, Lin Baicheng welcomed Mineryu Iwasaki's visit.

There were maids busy in the hall, and Lin Baicheng invited Mineryu Iwasaki to speak in the upstairs study.

Iwasaki Mineryu said: "Mr. Lin, you started to close long positions in gold futures, but you think the price of gold has reached a high point?"

"Yes!"

Lin Baicheng nodded clearly and said: "The first time I started long gold futures was in November 77. At that time, I hadn't started to buy Hutchison Whampoa, and I didn't have much funds. The price of gold at that time It’s only around $160 per ounce.”

"Now the price of gold has exceeded US$410/oz, and it looks like it will go up. We calculated it at US$410/oz. Compared with the original price of US$160/oz, the increase is as high as 156.25%."

"The reason why I was optimistic about the price of gold at the beginning was that the world economy would experience a recession. As a precious metal, gold has a safe-haven position. A large number of funds will choose to buy gold to avoid losses in their own assets."

"The current price of gold proves that my original judgment is not wrong. The price of gold has risen as I judged at the beginning, and the increase is even higher than my original judgment. After all, I thought that the price of gold will only break through the price of 300 US dollars per ounce. .”

Iwasaki Mineryu who heard this said: "Mr. Lin, your judgment is not wrong. You only started selling after the price of gold broke through 400 US dollars per ounce, and you got a huge return."

After waving his hand, Lin Baicheng continued: "I don't know whether the price of gold will continue to rise in the future, and how high it will rise. I can't be sure. But I think that unless there is a sudden huge benefit, the price of gold should not be much higher. There is room for growth, after all, there have been so many times of growth before."

"In my opinion, since the upside is limited, why take the risk of being long gold futures? My long position has already made a huge profit. There is no need to continue taking risks for the final increase. It is almost impossible to sell at the highest point." possible things."

"Lin Jun, what you said makes sense."

Mineryu Iwasaki nodded in agreement. In the case of a huge increase, there is really no need to take risks for the possible small-band increase. It is right to be safe. Only when the settlement is completed can the real profit be in hand.

"Iwasaki-kun, how did you decide? Should you close the long position or continue to hold it?"

Although I felt that Iwasaki Mine Ryuhei was very likely to lose the long order, Lin Baicheng still asked. After all, Iwasaki Mine Ryuhei had done the opposite of Lin Baicheng many times before.

"Of course I followed Mr. Lin in your operation and chose to close the long order."

Iwasaki Mineryu said with a smile, in fact, he has already closed [-]% of the position, and the remaining [-]% of the position is also going to be gradually closed in the next trading days.

"Lin Jun, since you think that the price of gold will not rise much in the future, have you ever thought about shorting the price of gold?"

Iwasaki Minelong asked tentatively, he had thought about it, but if Lin Baicheng did the same, it would give him more confidence.

"You want to go short?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but look at Iwasaki Mineryu when he heard the words. If it's a short-term short, it's okay. The sudden surge in gold prices may cause adjustments. In the long run, shorting is definitely looking for death.

"I have this idea."

Iwasaki Mineryu didn't hide it either, he still wanted to find out Lin Baicheng's thoughts, how could he hide it.

Lin Baicheng shook his head: "I won't be short."

"why?"

Iwasaki Mineryu couldn't help but said: "Mr. Lin, are you not optimistic about shorting the price of gold? Don't you think that the price of gold will not rise much, and the possibility of falling is greater?"

"I think so, otherwise I wouldn't have closed my position."

Lin Baicheng nodded first, and then said: "But I think so, but it doesn't mean I will go short. Compared with long, I always think that short is more risky. I personally don't want to be short, no matter it is a stock. Or futures. This is just my personal investment style, and has nothing to do with my judgment on the trend of gold prices."

It is of course nonsense to say so. The fundamental reason is that he knows that the price of gold will double again in the next six months or so, and the possibility of short-selling losses is too great, so he will not short gold futures.

If he knew that shorting gold futures would definitely make money, Lin Baicheng would not mind going short, and if he had money, he would not make money for nothing.

Iwasaki Mineryu couldn't help asking directly: "Mr. Lin, do you think this short selling can be done?"

"I can't answer you that question."

Lin Baicheng shook his head and said, "It's up to you to decide whether to go short or not. I won't give you any advice." Again, with his advice, Iwasaki Mineryu made a lot of money, and all he can get is thanks, at most Iwasaki Mineryu introduced Japanese beauties to him and would not give him a share of the profits.But if there is a loss under his suggestion, he will definitely be blamed, thinking that the loss was caused by him, and it is too unworthy.

"I see."

Seeing what Lin Baicheng said, Iwasaki Mineryu had no choice but to give up.

Lin Baicheng turned and said: "Iwasaki-kun, Baosheng and I have already discussed that we will continue to buy Hutchison Whampoa stocks with double the leverage. You will be responsible for raising 3 million Hong Kong dollars from Mitsubishi Bank, and it will be done tomorrow. No Question?"

"no problem!"

Iwasaki Mineryu agreed after hearing the words without even thinking about it, which was nothing to him at all.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, I checked after I went back and found that Bailong Commercial Club made a profit of more than [-] million U.S. dollars this time. Now it has more than [-] million U.S. dollars in its account. Since it is no longer going to make gold futures, you can use the money How are you going to arrange it?"

"At present, I have no investment direction. After the interest and taxes are settled, the funds will be transferred to the account of Bailong Commercial Association."

Of course, Lin Baicheng will still invest, but he is not going to invest the funds of Bailong Commercial Club, because doing so will reveal his investment direction.He is not short of funds now, so there is no need to expose his investment direction in order to make more money.

"More than [-] million US dollars is too much for Bailong Commercial Association. Lin Jun, I think we need to spend most of it as dividends. What do you think?"

Iwasaki Minelong prefers to get some cash from dividends, rather than investing all the funds in the development of Bailong Commercial Club.

"Okay, dividends of 4 million US dollars, what do you think?"

Lin Baicheng thought about it and agreed. Although the housing prices in Japan were rising as a whole before 85, the real surge would not be until after the Plaza Accord in 85. Therefore, it was not necessary to invest too much in Bailong Commercial Club before 85. In 82 and 83, it was too late to increase investment.

In this way, there is no need to leave too much money in the account of Bailong Commercial Club, and most of the funds can be divided.

"Let's pay dividends according to what you said, Lin Sheng."

Of course, Mineryu Iwasaki has no objection. He holds 49% of the shares of Bailong Commercial Association. He can get 4 million US dollars for 1.96 million US dollars, and his total investment in this company is only 1 million US dollars. After dividends, he will earn What's more, the valuation of Bailong Commercial Club is at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

(End of this chapter)