Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 547 Return, Harvest (Two in One)

After Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hutchison Whampoa continued to hold board meetings to discuss the use of company funds, and everyone actively offered ideas.

Everyone is trying to make Hutchison Whampoa develop better and put the company's funds to practical use, so as to increase the company's revenue and profit.

Since it is a discussion, it is of course impossible to discuss the results immediately, some decisions are made directly, while others need to be discussed slowly.

After the board meeting, Wei Li found Lin Baicheng and reported something to Lin Baicheng.

"Mr. Lin, the current market value of our company is close to 400 billion Hong Kong dollars. Even if the company's stock price has a correction later, it should be no problem to maintain the company's market value above 300 billion Hong Kong dollars."

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa continued to fluctuate upwards, reaching around the price of 95 Hong Kong dollars.

"so what?"

Lin Baicheng nodded, motioning for Wei Li to continue.

Wei Li said: "Based on the company's current market value, I think the company should expand the size of the board of directors and increase the number of directors."

With the current size of Hutchison Whampoa, the number of nine directors is a bit small.

"So that's what you were going to say."

Lin Baicheng nodded knowingly, and said, "Do you still remember what I told you about the company going to issue additional shares?"

"of course I remember."

Wei Li's heart moved when he heard the words: "Mr. Lin, is this matter already in progress?" He just knew about it, but he didn't know the specific process.

"good."

Lin Baicheng nodded and said, "I have already had a preliminary discussion with Shen Congee. When the company's stock price stabilizes after the recent surge, we will discuss the number and price of additional shares."

"Even if you don't say it, I will expand the size of the board of directors and increase the number of directors when I issue additional shares this time."

After hearing this, Wei Li immediately said: "It turns out that Mr. Lin has already considered it, and it was me who made it unnecessary."

"You can't say that, Wei Li, you also have good intentions."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand and continued: "The company is not short of funds at present. After the additional stock issuance, the company will receive a large amount of funds again, so the company can take a bigger step, and don't have to worry about funding issues."

Wei Li nodded to express his understanding: "I understand what you mean. In terms of the company's development plan, we will be bolder in the future."

Lin Baicheng reminded: "If you issue additional shares, your shareholdings will decrease, but the company's strength will become stronger and the stock price will increase, so the value of your shares will not lose, so developing a good company is the key."

Wei Li said immediately after hearing the words: "Mr. Lin, we don't have many company stocks at all. Even if we reduce them, there will be a limit. A major shareholder like you, Mr. Lin, doesn't mind issuing additional stocks. How can we have any objections?"

Lin Baicheng said with satisfaction: "It's good that you understand this truth, and remember to do a good job in ideological work with other management."

"I'll get this done."

Wei Li responded immediately. In his opinion, other people should also understand the reason.If someone really doesn't understand it, and has an opinion, it would be too ignorant. This kind of person has been in the workplace for a long time, and it is impossible to stay in Hutchison Whampoa forever.

All Wei Li wanted to talk about was expanding the size of the board of directors, so he left afterward.

Lin Baicheng is busy with work at Hutchison Whampoa, and there are many documents that need to be signed by him.

"Jingle bell~~"

"Is there a problem?"

"Mr. Lin, it's the call from President Li of Xinhua News Agency. Would you like to answer it?"

"Of course, come in."

Hearing what the secretary said, Lin Baicheng said immediately.

After a while, Li Fuquan's voice appeared on the phone.

After the two were polite, Li Fuquan explained the reason for the call, saying that he wanted to visit Lin Baicheng and chat with Lin Baicheng.

Although he didn't know what Xinhua News Agency was going to say to him, Lin Baicheng still said that there was no problem, and the two made an appointment to meet at Xingyue Electronic Game Company around 10:30 tomorrow morning.

The reason why it is not Xinghe Game Company is because Xinghe Game Company is no longer a company solely owned by Lin Baicheng, and it is about to be listed on the US stock market, and Li Fuquan's identity is a bit sensitive. If the two meet in the company and there is bad news It's troublesome.

Back home at night, Lin Baicheng learned from his sister Lin Shufang that his parents would return to Xiangjiang in a few days.

Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed for several days, Lin's father and Lin's mother are only preparing to return to Xiangjiang. It can be said that they have stayed in the mainland for long enough.

The next morning, Lin Baicheng went to Xingyue Electronic Game Company.

On the side of Xingyue Electronics, the company is developing in an orderly manner. New games are constantly being developed. At the same time, it is also in contact with other game companies, and consoles and cassettes are also being produced continuously.

For this company, Lin Baicheng is naturally very concerned. He has high hopes for this company, but there is no important matter for him to deal with personally.

Even so, since he came here, he would of course inspect it until Li Fuquan's arrival.

"President Li, why are you the only one here, where is President Wang?"

Seeing that Li Fuquan was the only one, Lin Baicheng couldn't help being a little puzzled. After all, when they met in the past, the two presidents came together.

"Comrade Wang went back to participate in the National Day and report work, but he has not come to Xiangjiang yet." Li Fuquan explained the reason.

"So that's the case, President Li, please."

Lin Baicheng nodded suddenly, and then invited Li Fuquan in to talk in his office.

When he came to the office, the secretary made tea and went out. There were only two people in the office.

While drinking tea, Li Fuquan said, "Congratulations to Mr. Lin, both Hutchison Whampoa and Yum Fund have achieved huge returns on their investments."

"Thank you."

Lin Baicheng smiled and raised his teacup as a signal. He knew that Li Fuquan definitely didn't intend to congratulate him.

Li Fuquan said solemnly: "Mr. Lin, thank you for your support to our work all the time, and your patriotism. We see all of these in our eyes."

Lin Baicheng said seriously: "This is what every patriot should do."

"But not everyone is a patriot, and there are very few patriots like you, Mr. Lin."

Li Fuquan shook his head, and then said: "Mr. Lin, you are one of your own, so I won't beat around the bush when you say something."

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "President Li has anything to say, just say it."

Nodding his head, Li Fuquan asked: "Mr. Lin, I would like to ask, is it possible for Hutchison Whampoa to invest in China?"

"Ok?"

Lin Baicheng was a little surprised, he didn't expect Li Fuquan to ask this.

Upon seeing this, Li Fuquan said: "Mr. Lin, we know that Hutchison Whampoa is now the company with the largest market value in Hong Kong. If it invests in the mainland, it may cause a very large impact and cause the Hong Kong government to target Hutchison Whampoa. So if you invest in the mainland If it will lead to an accident in Hutchison Whampoa, Mr. Lin, you can just say it’s fine.”

"Since President Li said so, then I will say it directly. Although I have a good relationship with some important officials of the Hong Kong government, Hutchison Whampoa's influence lies there. Before the ownership of Hong Kong has come to an end, the influence is too great, even if the Hong Kong government does not want to target Hutchison Whampoa, Downing Street will let the Hong Kong government do so, and Hutchison Whampoa cannot bear it."

"So, although I don't know why President Li wants Hutchison Whampoa to invest in the mainland, it is absolutely impossible for Hutchison Whampoa to do so at present."

Lin Bai told the truth, he didn't think he could do whatever he wanted in Xiangjiang just because he made money for MacLehose and others.He can only be said to be a small person when it comes to the big right and wrong of Xiangjiang's ownership. He can express his position or stand in line to a certain extent, but he can't learn from Huo Yingdong. If he doesn't take the British side seriously, then he will only be unlucky.

"Ugh!"

Li Fuquan couldn't help sighing when he heard the words, but he was not too disappointed. This was actually expected, but they were a little unwilling, so they tried to ask.

Upon seeing this, Lin Baicheng couldn't help asking: "President Li, can you tell me why you suddenly want Hutchison Whampoa to invest in the Mainland?"

"It's... but there's nothing you can't say."

Li Fuquan just hesitated for a while, and then said: "Hutchison Whampoa has made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits this time, and the country is in great need of foreign exchange to buy advanced technology from Western countries, so I want to ask if Hutchison Whampoa can invest in the mainland. "

"So this is ah!"

Lin Baicheng suddenly realized that he knew that the country was indeed short of foreign exchange at this time, even ten years later.Unlike when he was reborn, domestic foreign exchange was calculated in trillions.

"President Li, there should be some businessmen from Xiangjiang who are going to invest in China right now?"

"This is all thanks to the support of Mr. Lin and Mr. Huo. There are indeed some people who have invested in China. Although not many, it is a good start."

Lin Baicheng and Huo Yingdong are the platform for China Merchants in the Mainland, which indeed attracted some small businessmen to invest, but more people are still waiting to see whether these people can make money and whether the policies in the Mainland will change.

Lin Baicheng said: "President Li, these people should have brought a lot of foreign exchange in their investments in the past, right?"

Li Fuquan shook his head and said, "Those investment funds are all in Hong Kong dollars, and the exchange between Hong Kong dollars and U.S. dollars is limited, and you can't exchange as much as you want."

"I forgot about that."

Lin Baicheng has a lot of cooperation with HSBC. He always asked HSBC for help when he wanted to exchange Hong Kong dollars into US dollars. In addition, there were not many times in total, so he didn't feel the problem of currency exchange.

"Others, I may not be able to help. If it is a currency exchange problem, I have some US dollars in an overseas account, which can be exchanged with the domestic exchange rate at the current exchange rate."

Li Fuquan couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked immediately, "Mr. Lin, will this cause trouble to your business? I know that your overseas business must also need US dollars."

"No problem, as long as the number is not too large."

Lin Baicheng smiled and waved his hands, not to mention that he has hundreds of millions of dollars in cash, but he has many companies in the United States, and most of the profits of these companies are dollars, which can be exchanged.

"Mr. Lin, I have no way of determining the exact exchange amount here. I would like to ask, is two or three hundred million US dollars okay? If not, one hundred million or tens of millions is fine."

Of course, Li Fuquan hopes that the more the better, he knows that there are a lot of Hong Kong dollars in domestic foreign exchange, but he also needs to consider Lin Baicheng's ability to bear it.

"Mr. Lin, you can exchange as much as you can, don't force it, you are already helping, we can't make it difficult for you."

"There's nothing to embarrass. If it can't be done, I won't try to be brave for the sake of face."

Lin Baicheng smiled and shook his head: "There is no problem with two or three billion U.S. dollars, but the exchange must be placed abroad, and we have to keep this matter a little more secret. President Li, you should also understand that if this matter gets out, it will still affect my business. greatly affected."

"Mr. Lin, please don't worry, except for some high-level people, there will never be too many people who know about this matter, and it will cause trouble for you, Mr. Lin."

Li Fuquan immediately solemnly assured that people like Lin Baicheng who did their best to help the country, they were too late to protect them, how could they cause trouble for Lin Baicheng.

"President Li said so, then I can rest assured."

Lin Baicheng heaved a sigh of relief. In fact, he was not too worried about the impact on him after the exposure of this incident, because he could completely refuse to admit it, unless the domestic officials sold him openly, but this kind of thing is impossible to happen.

And Lin Baicheng made a difficult look, just to let Li Fuquan know the difficulty of this matter and his dedication of Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng's patriotism is patriotism, but he is a businessman after all, and he is not prepared to do good deeds without leaving his name. Being patriotic does not affect his making money.

Li Fuquan said solemnly: "Mr. Lin, we have always remembered your help to the country, and there will always be a time to repay you. When you need it, we will also help you."

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "President Li, you are being polite. I didn't do those things just to ask for something in return."

Li Fuquan said, "Mr. Lin, we know what you mean, but we can't allow patriots to give benefits to those who don't stand firm, but we can't let patriots do nothing in return. It doesn't make sense, don't you think?"

"It's not unreasonable to say so."

To be honest, Lin Baicheng agreed with this statement very much. It is unreasonable to give benefits to those who are not firm, but it does not benefit his own people at all.

"exactly."

Li Fuquan continued: "Furthermore, we can't actually give Mr. Lin the benefits of real gold and silver. We can only commend Mr. Lin and you patriots with honor."

"It's already my honor to do so, how dare I ask for too much."

Lin Baicheng immediately said that he knew very well that if he could win the honorary medal issued by the domestic high-level, then as long as he did not break the law and discipline, then he would not be hindered and embarrassed in doing business in the country.

For Lin Baicheng, honorary rewards are enough, even if he is given 100 billion yuan.

Seeing Lin Baicheng's statement, Li Fuquan was very satisfied, as long as he wasn't the kind of greedy person.

The country needs the support of patriots like Lin Baicheng, and some honors and rewards are definitely indispensable, even if they are done for outsiders, not to mention that this kind of thing should be commended.

Lin Baicheng and Li Fuquan chatted for a while, and then Li Fuquan took his leave.

Li Fuquan's interview with Lin Baicheng today is not without gain. Li Fuquan's verbal promise is his biggest gain, and this is enough.

(End of this chapter)