Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 553 Power Money System (Two in One)

After returning to Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng took time to visit various companies to show his presence.

At the same time, Lin Baicheng did not forget to take time to show courtesy to Lin Qingxia.Now Lin Meiren has no friends in the United States, and Erqin is on the other side of the ocean. If she doesn't show her hospitality at this time, is it possible to wait for Lin Qingxia to return to Xiangjiang before she can show her hospitality?
I don't know if it's an illusion, anyway, Lin Baicheng feels that he and Lin Qingxia have a feeling of 'more friends than lovers'.

Two days after returning to Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng made a special trip to Zhonghe Game Company. The financing contract of Zhonghe Game Company was officially signed today.

融资详情和菲尔·史密斯此前同林佰诚说好的一样，众合游戏公司以2亿美元的估值让出10%股份，和记黄埔花600万认购3%股份，罗根·洛克菲勒和安娜·诺德分别出200万认购1%股份，剩下5%的股份被红杉资本以1000万美元拿下。

The contract was officially signed today, and Hutchison Whampoa sent a special person to do this. It is impossible for Lin Baicheng, the big boss, to make a special trip for 3% of the shares.

The reason why Lin Baicheng came here was because he was the major shareholder of Zhonghe Game Company. After dilution of the original 40% of the shares, the remaining 36% of the shares were still the largest shareholder of Zhonghe Game Company.

The contract is reviewed and confirmed by professionals. After confirming that there is no problem with the contract, representatives of all parties sign and seal the contract.

"Alan, congratulations, you have done another good business."

After signing the contract, Don Valentine talked to Lin Baicheng.

After shaking hands with Don Valentine, Lin Baicheng smiled and said, "I believe that the future development of Zhonghe Game Company will not disappoint you, Valentine."

"I firmly believe in this, because its largest shareholder is you, Alan. If it wasn't because you, Alan, are the major shareholder of the company, I would not have so much confidence in Zhonghe Games."

Don Valentine held Lin Baicheng in disguise.

Lin Baicheng smiled and waved his hands when he heard the words. He did not fully believe what Don Valentine said. After all, 1000 million US dollars is not a small amount. Without making an investment decision, this kind of thing simply cannot happen.

However, as long as Don Valentine is obedient, Lin Baicheng is not easy to tear things apart. After all, he is the one being touted.

"With Alan's guidance in Zhonghe Game Company and Smith's operation, the company will definitely enter a high-speed development channel."

The one who spoke was Wade Thomas. Today he is very happy, because his previous investment of 50 US dollars has increased by about 20 times today.Originally, he held 5% of the shares of Zhonghe Game Company, and after dilution, the remaining 4.5% of the shares, based on the company's valuation of 2.2 million US dollars, is equivalent to 990 million US dollars, which can basically be said to be 1000 million US dollars.

This is tens of millions of dollars. Wade Thomas didn't know how many years he would have to work at Goldman Sachs to earn so much money. Therefore, when there was a voice within Goldman Sachs that he took away the share that should have belonged to Goldman Sachs, he immediately fought against it. It is impossible for him to sacrifice his own interests for this.

Wade Thomas is very clear that if Zhonghe Game Company continues to develop and grow in the future, and if the company's market value can reach 10 billion US dollars, those voices will still appear, and more people will speak out, and his troubles will be even greater. But Wade Thomas is not afraid at all, at most he will leave Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs is a big platform, but no matter how big it is, it is nothing more than real benefits or green dollar bills.

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "The main thing is to rely on everyone to work together."

"Alan, Smith, let me ask, regarding the company, do you have any plans to go public?"

Don Valentine asked aloud, as a venture capitalist, he wished that the company he invested in would go public immediately, so that the shares in his hand could be sold for cash, and the profits could be pocketed.

"Smith."

Hearing this, Lin Baicheng looked at Phil Smith. Although the market value of Zhonghe Game Company has reached more than 2 million U.S. dollars, Lin Baicheng's shares are only equivalent to nearly 8000 million U.S. dollars. The value is simply incomparable, so he must be more attentive to those companies.

For Zhonghe Game Company, Lin Baicheng is still not very concerned. It can be seen from the fact that Phil Smith is the chairman of the company. Phil Smith is also in charge of this financing, so he has no Considered the listing of Zhonghe Game Company.

"There is no plan to list the company in the short term."

Phil Smith said aloud: "If the company is going to be listed, I will not let the company choose financing. It will take at least another two years for the company to establish overseas sales channels and sell the company's games. In foreign markets, the company’s valuation will be higher before the company will be promoted to go public.”

"It's true to say so, but there must be an approximate time, right?"

This time it was the representative of Goldman Sachs who spoke out. Yes, although Wade Thomas was here today, he represented himself, and Goldman Sachs sent someone else.

Goldman Sachs accounted for 20% of the shares of Zhonghe Game Company before the financing, and 18% of the shares remained after the financing was diluted. The company's valuation has doubled by about [-] times, and Goldman Sachs is already very satisfied. It's safe for Lee to settle down as soon as possible.

Upon seeing this, Lin Baicheng said: "You two, the company's development has its own plan, and it cannot be listed for the sake of listing. It is not good to sacrifice the company's development prospects in this way. No matter what Goldman Sachs and Sequoia Capital think, I personally I hope the company can grow bigger and stronger for a long time, so it is better to go with the flow for the listing.”

"Since you said that, Allen, of course it's your opinion."

Don Valentine said very wittily that he knew very well that with the shareholding ratio of Sequoia Capital and Goldman Sachs, they could not be the masters at all. The real masters of the company were Lin Baicheng and Phil Smith, among whom Lin Baicheng was core.

When all shareholders except Anna Nord left Zhonghe Game Company, Lin Baicheng did not leave, but followed Phil Smith to his chairman's office.

"Alan, thank you just now, otherwise Goldman Sachs and Sequoia will definitely ask me to come up with a company's listing plan or listing time."

Phil Smith thanked Lin Baicheng that capital is a double-edged sword. It can bring sufficient development funds to the company, but it can also bring some troubles to the company.For example, when a company goes public, the capital will only continue to force the management to go public early, and will not consider whether doing so will have a bad impact on the company.

Lin Baicheng said aloud: "Smith, I definitely support you in the development of Zhonghe Game Company, so you don't have to worry about it. With the combined shareholding ratio of the two of us, it is useless even if Goldman Sachs and Sequoia join forces. Don't think about them."

"If it's something trivial, we still have to give them face. After all, they are shareholders of the company and they have a lot of energy."

Phil Smith said with a smile, and then said: "Alan, I heard you say before that the console market is doing a lot, and I plan to recruit a group of people to specialize in the research and development of console games, and then bring the games to the stars. What do you think of the launch of the monthly host platform?"

"Of course that's all right, I welcome you."

Lin Baicheng immediately said that he agreed to establish this company with Phil Smith and the others because of such considerations, and naturally he would not object.

"However, Smith, I want to remind you that the Xingyue console is different from Atari's console. Not all games can be released on the Xingyue console. All games must be reviewed by the company and can only be released after the company's permission. Roughly manufactured, Or some games that satirize religion, have racial discrimination, or involve other countries’ territorial disputes, Xingyue console will definitely refuse to release.”

The Xingyue mainframe is originally a product of a foreign company, so some sensitive issues must be avoided, and it is best not to get involved.What's more, Lin Baicheng clearly remembered that the reason why Atari ended that year was because there was no review of all games, so that any game could be sold on Atari's console, and then some games had problems, which affected Yada Lee's mainframe, and finally caused Atari to rush to the street.

With such a typical example, Lin Baicheng knew what to do without even thinking about it.What's more, the latecomer Nintendo's "power gold system" is very easy to use, and Xingyue Video Game Company is currently using this system.

Of course, it is true that the system is this kind of system, but because of Atari, the industry leader, the company does not have many requirements for third-party game development companies. The main requirement is in terms of game quality. It is produced by Xingyue Electronic Game Company, but the fee is not much, which means that it is a preparation for cutting leeks after becoming bigger and stronger in the future.

There is no way, now that there is Atari as a competitor, if Xingyue Video Game Company is too demanding, it will only push the game manufacturer to Atari, so Atari must be eliminated first, and Xingyue Only after the console becomes the industry leader can Nintendo's power payment system be truly implemented.

Phil Smith immediately said after hearing this: "Alan, I understand what you mean, don't worry, since the company is going to do it, it must be a good game."

"You just understand."

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly, so that he didn't need to explain too much.

Phil Smith said: "Alan, I will focus more on Zhonghe Game Company in the future, and I hope you can also be more concerned about the company and guide the company's game developers."

"I'll try to find time."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said, but did not make a guarantee.

Although Phil Smith was a little disappointed when he saw this, he didn't say anything else. After all, Zhonghe Game Company was able to develop to the current market value of more than 2 million US dollars, thanks to the game "Western Cowboy" developed under the guidance of Lin Baicheng.

It can be said that without Lin Baicheng's guidance, Zhonghe Game Company could not have developed to this level in a short period of time.Therefore, even if Lin Baicheng no longer contributes to the company in the future, he does not owe the company anything, and Phil Smith has no reason to ask Lin Baicheng to do more.

"Smith."

Thinking of Goldman Sachs sending another person here today, Lin Baicheng couldn't help asking: "Goldman Sachs sent another person here today, instead of Wade Thomas representing Goldman Sachs, did something happen to him at Goldman Sachs?"

"Speaking of it, it has something to do with Thomas's 5% stake. When the company was first established, the future was unclear. Of course, Goldman Sachs would not mind Thomas' own 5% stake. But now the company's valuation exceeds 2 million US dollars, and there will be more in the future. Gao, Goldman Sachs internally believes that the 5% of the shares should belong to Goldman Sachs, and Thomas stole Goldman Sachs' interests."

Phil Smith talked about the matter for a while, and then said: "I don't know the specific situation of Thomas now, but from the fact that his position has not changed, it can be seen that he should be fine for the time being. In the final analysis, investing in Zhonghe Game Company or letting Goldman Sachs has made a fortune, which belongs to Thomas' performance and is an irrefutable fact."

"Thomas is fine."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard this. His connection with Goldman Sachs was mainly through Wade Thomas. If Wade Thomas resigned from Goldman Sachs, it would still have some impact on the relationship between Lin Baicheng and Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs is not weak on Wall Street, and it has a lot of power in the United States. Since Lin Baicheng wants to make money in the United States, he must cooperate with American capital. Goldman Sachs is one of his chosen goals. He does not want to break up and then seek cooperation again object.

Of course, Lin Baicheng also believes that Goldman Sachs does not want to lose him as a partner. Goldman Sachs has also made a lot of money from him in the past few years, at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

Therefore, Goldman Sachs will try its best to maintain the relationship with him, a big client, so as not to let the money fly away.

"Alan, no matter what happens between Thomas and Goldman Sachs, it has nothing to do with us, as long as it doesn't affect the development of the company."

Phil Smith said flatly that the relationship between him and Wade Thomas is actually not very good. We just become 'friends' because of interests. If Wade Thomas loses his connections at Goldman Sachs, he will be Without certain assets, they are not in the same class as them.

People who are not of the same class cannot naturally become friends.

"exactly."

Lin Baicheng nodded in agreement. If Lin Baicheng had to choose between Wade Thomas and Goldman Sachs, he would definitely choose Goldman Sachs and be friends with Goldman Sachs.

After all, Lin Baicheng and Wade Thomas are just a cooperative relationship, and it is because Wade Thomas is an employee of Goldman Sachs that he cooperates with Wade Thomas. Naturally, he values ​​Goldman Sachs, not Wade Thomas.

Lin Baicheng chatted with Phil Smith for a while, and he declined to dine with Phil Smith and Anna Nord, and ran to Lin Qingxia to have dinner with Lin Meiren.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng went to look for Demi Moore. He really wanted to find Carrie Fisher, but Carrie Fisher is a second-tier actress, and she is quite busy. She doesn't have time all the time. Lin Baicheng There was no way to be on call with her, so I had to go to Demi Moore.

Two days later, Lin Baicheng learned from Goldman Sachs that the subscription funds for Galaxy Games' listing roadshow had been counted, and the oversubscription was more than 4000 million US dollars. If necessary, the issue price could be raised.It’s just that it’s best not to raise the issue price, and if you want to raise it, you can’t raise the issue price too much, otherwise those investors who have already subscribed will not agree.

The reason is very simple. If the original subscription of 1 shares costs US$10, but after the price increase, it will cost US$1 to subscribe for 12 shares. Investors have spent an extra US$2, which no one can easily accept.

Lin Baicheng handed over this matter to Yuan Charlie, who is the president of Xinghe Game Company. He asked Yuan Charlie to negotiate with Goldman Sachs and Citigroup to negotiate a higher price as soon as possible, and not to delay the company's listing time too much.

(End of this chapter)