Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 573 The Middleman (Two in One)

The time has entered December.

Galaxy Games Company distributed dividends. The company distributed 3 million US dollars in dividends, and Lin Baicheng personally received 1.77 million US dollars. This money does not need to pay taxes, and it is all in hand.

Counting the additional 4% shares held by the Lin family, the Lin family received a total of 1.89 million US dollars.

It has only been a little over a month since Galaxy Games went public, but the company's share price has risen by 16% from the issue price of US$71.5 to US$27.44.

The reason why the company's stock price rose by as much as 70% in just a month or so was because institutions such as Goldman Sachs were longing the company's stock, coupled with the positive stimulus of huge dividends, the stock price naturally rose steadily.

Relatively speaking, the long position of institutions such as Goldman Sachs is the most important. Otherwise, an announcement that is good for the company can be interpreted as a negative by the capital.

Taking the US$3 million dividend of Galaxy Game Company as an example, Goldman Sachs and other institutions currently interpret that the company has huge development potential and high annual profits, so the company has the money to pay huge dividends, and the company is likely to have huge dividends in the future. It is a stock that is very suitable for long-term investment and is worth holding by investors.

But if Goldman Sachs and other institutions are short-selling, the dividends will be interpreted by the capital as the company’s limited development potential, which has reached the peak of the industry. In the future, the company will at most maintain the current performance, so there is no direction for expansion, and the precious capital can only be distributed to shareholders. , instead of using the funds to develop the company.

Capital has always been how it is beneficial to interpret. The problem is that capital has publicity channels, coupled with its own credibility, which has a great impact on stockholders. Therefore, it is very important for large institutions such as Goldman Sachs to go long or short.

With a total of 2 million shares, Xinghe Game Company has a market value of nearly 55 billion US dollars. Lin Baicheng couldn't help but wonder whether the company's market value will reach [-] billion US dollars when the company goes public for half a year.

Institutions such as Goldman Sachs are now long on Xinghe Game Company, in order to make a lot of money by reducing their holdings of stocks after the sales restriction time comes.They themselves financed subscriptions at a stock price below US$16. If the stock price is tripled, they will not be able to make money like crazy.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for Lin Baicheng. After all, he will also reduce his holdings at that time. The same stocks can be sold for more money. The investors who are cut off are investors, and they are investors in the United States.

A few days after Galaxy Games distributed dividends, Lin Baicheng went to Los Angeles.There are a lot of things that need to be dealt with in the United States, and Christmas is coming soon, some products need to be promoted, and fortunately, they are on sale during Christmas, so he came to sit in charge.

This time when he went to Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng brought Zhao Yazhi with him, but he wanted to give her some hope and let her know that he was serious about his work.

After the plane arrived in Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng left the airport and went back to his villa in Beverly Hills in the extended Lincoln brought by Catherine.As for Zhao Yazhi, he did not leave the airport.

Zhao Yazhi and the two bodyguards who came with Catherine took a private plane to Canada, where someone will pick them up and take them to the place where Huang Hanwei lives.

However, Huang Hanwei is no longer there now. Lin Baicheng asked the person looking for Huang Hanwei to be discovered by Huang Hanwei on purpose, and then let Huang Hanwei leave the place where he lived. After confirming that Huang Hanwei had moved away, he will move away. Zhao Yazhi sent it.

In this way, Zhao Yazhi will not be able to see Huang Hanwei, and Huang Hanwei has indeed lived here before, and Zhao Yazhi will know if he asks the people nearby, so it can prove that Lin Baicheng is indeed helping her find someone , It's just bad luck, it's just one step too late.

Under such circumstances, as long as Lin Baicheng agrees to continue to help Zhao Yazhi find someone, then Zhao Yazhi will definitely not say anything, and Lin Baicheng can delay for a while.

With bodyguards following Zhao Yazhi, Lin Baicheng was not worried about what would happen to Zhao Yazhi in Canada.

Lin Baicheng, who returned to the Beverly Hills villa, simply didn't go out because the time was almost four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Son, how long are you going to stay here this time?"

Lin's father, Lin Haishan, is still in Los Angeles, but Lin's mother, Zhao Huilan, has already returned to Xiangjiang.

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said, "About a month, if there are no emergencies."

"Since you're going to stay here for about a month, I'll go back to accompany your mother first, and take care of Xiaoqin."

Although the time of coming to Los Angeles several times is not short, Lin Haishan is still not used to living here, Xiangjiang is more suitable for living, and foreign countries are suitable for traveling.

"Dad, you can go back if you want."

Lin Baicheng nodded: "But my private jet sent a friend to Canada, after the private jet comes back, you can go back."

"How long will it take? If it doesn't work, I'll just buy a plane ticket and go back."

"It won't be too long, just a day or two. It's more comfortable to take a private jet. After all, it takes more than ten hours to fly."

"That's fine too."

Lin Haishan didn't insist on hearing the words.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng received a call from an important person in the Reagan campaign team. The caller asked him if he had time and hoped to meet him tomorrow.

Next year is the election year, and Lin Baicheng knows that if his rebirth does not change the future, then Reagan will become the President of the United States next year, and important figures in his campaign team will be rewarded and become important figures in the political arena.

Therefore, as long as his fundamental interests were not touched, Lin Baicheng would not easily offend Reagan and members of Reagan's campaign team, so he said he had time, and the two made an appointment to meet at a golf course in Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon.

"What did Carter ask me to meet? Could it be related to next year's election? It shouldn't be, I have promised to support it."

Lin Baicheng was a little puzzled. After thinking about it, he still couldn't figure out what was going on. In the end, he didn't bother to think about it anymore. Anyway, he would know what was going on after meeting someone tomorrow.

The next afternoon, Lin Baicheng went to the appointment, but he didn't go alone. Apart from the bodyguard and private secretary, he also brought Isabella with him.

"Long time no see, Alan!" "Long time no see, Carter!"

Lin Baicheng shook hands with Jean Carter. Jean Carter is a well-known barrister in the United States. He has friendship with many judges and lawyers and has a wide network of contacts. That's why he was valued by Reagan and recruited as a member of the presidential campaign team.

And Jean Carter also has his needs, that is, he wants to change careers to become a justice. Once Reagan succeeds in the election, with his network qualifications, he can immediately become a very high-ranking justice.

For the same judges, judges in general cities are incomparable with justices in New York, Washington, and other places; judges in Washington DC are incomparable with judges in the Supreme Court.

No matter who you are, as long as you want to be an official, you want to have a higher starting point.

"Hello, Mr. Carter." "Congratulations, Ms. Kent, you are now the manager of a large company."

Isabella and Carter had met before, but Isabella was still Lin Baicheng's assistant at that time, and they hadn't seen each other since Isabella worked in New Century Software Company.

"Carter, who is this?"

Lin Baicheng looked at the person next to Jean Carter. This was an old white man in his fifties, whom he had never seen before.

"William Henry Gates, nice to meet you, Mr. Allen."

The old white man said a name that surprised Lin Baicheng, and held out his hand to Lin Baicheng.

Hearing the name of the other party, Lin Baicheng didn't know that the man in front of him was Bill Gates' father. The other party wanted to meet him through the relationship of Wade Thomas, but he refused. He didn't expect to give up. Now they have found Jean Carter as an intermediary.

Seeing this, Jean Carter said: "Alan, I already know about you and William's son. If there is any misunderstanding, we can open up and talk about it. I hope you can give me face."

"Well, I'll give Carter some face."

Lin Baicheng reluctantly shook hands with William Gates. Now that Jean Carter has come forward and the person is in front of him, he must give Jean Carter a face no matter what, and let's talk about it if there is no agreement.

"Thank you, Alan!"

Jean Carter was very happy with Lin Baicheng's face.

Because they had something to talk about, the four of them stopped playing and sat down to the side.

Lin Baicheng went straight to the point: "Mr. Gates, you should know the details of the grievances between me and your son, right?"

William Gates nodded: "Yes, I know the details."

"As long as you know."

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "At first I invested in Microsoft well, but because the computer operating system technology developed by the company has business contacts with IBM and needs financing, then your son and the others want to kick me out and dilute my shares a lot. Of course I can't accept it. Now, they transferred the company's technology to the company 'Blue Software', which obviously harmed my interests, so I settled this lawsuit with them."

"I'm looking for Mr. Allen just to talk to you and see if the lawsuit can be withdrawn."

William Gates knew all of this, but he didn't know it at the beginning, but he didn't know it until Bill Gates was involved in lawsuits.After some understanding, as a barrister, he didn't know that the possibility of Bill Gates and the others winning the case was very low.

If it is an ordinary small company, you can also use the tactic of delaying time by going to court, until the other party can't stand it, and there is not so much money and time to respond to the lawsuit, but this tactic is of no use to Lin Baicheng, who has strong capital.

According to William Gates' judgment, the lawsuit will drag on for a few years at most, and then the court will lose the case, and Lin Baicheng will be compensated for a certain amount of money loss.The longer the delay, the greater the loss to be compensated at that time.

If Bluesoft is already a big company now, then William Gates would not take the initiative to find Lin Baicheng for reconciliation. At most, he would lose money after losing the lawsuit. Many big companies have patent lawsuits like this. Exchange money for development time.

But the problem is that Bluesoft is still a small company. Although there is cooperation with IBM, the cooperation between the two companies has not yet started, and the performance of IBM after entering the personal computer market is still uncertain.Once the performance is poor, Bluesoft's operating system will definitely not sell well, and the company will not be able to make much money.

The company can't make a lot of money, but it is facing lawsuits here, the money is constantly being spent, and finally a sum of compensation must be prepared. William Gates is naturally worried that Blue Software will go bankrupt at that time, and Bill Gates will be implicated at that time.

"Withdraw the lawsuit? It's impossible!"

Lin Baicheng shook his head immediately. He knew how good Microsoft's future prospects were, but because of Bill Gates' greed, he lost so much, how could he withdraw the lawsuit just because of the other party's few words.

Jean Carter helped to speak: "Alan, we can always talk, talk about your conditions, and see if William can do it."

"First of all, I also want a copy of Microsoft's computer operating system technology and patents. This is a prerequisite. If you can't even agree to this, then there is no need to say anything else."

Lin Baicheng knew that under the current situation, it was impossible for him and Bill Gates to continue to cooperate, so it was the best choice to bring the technology and patents over and let New Century Software start anew.

Jean Carter didn't speak, and looked at William Gates. He came this time only as an intermediary, at most helping William Gates a little bit.

For a big capitalist like Lin Baicheng, Jean Carter still wants to do more in the future, so he will not easily offend him, not to mention that this incident has nothing to do with him.

"Okay, but Mr. Allen, you can't cooperate with IBM!"

William Gates immediately agreed when he heard the words, and he had already agreed before the bottom line of the negotiation came.Handing over a share of technology and patents is not a big deal. For Bluesoft, the most important thing is the cooperation with IBM.

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said, "I can only promise not to cooperate with IBM within two years. As for whether we can reach a cooperation in the future, we will talk about it later."

"can."

William Gates did not object. Anyway, with Bluesoft's contacts, it is impossible for IBM to cooperate with Lin Baicheng's company.

Lin Baicheng raised his index finger: "I have two conditions. The second condition is that my shares in Microsoft will be converted into shares of Blue Software, and my interests will not be damaged."

William Gates shook his head in the year: "Mr. Allen, this is simply impossible. You hold so many shares, and now Blue Software simply cannot give you that many shares."

Lin Baicheng said with a firm attitude: "This is your problem. It's good that I didn't ask for compensation for all the expenses of the lawsuit."

"Mr. Allen, you have already asked for technology and patents. Blue Software is equivalent to Bill and the others starting another company with technology. You can do the same. As for Microsoft, we can give you more when it is divided. This is our responsibility. Biggest concession."

Microsoft is actually not worth much now, only seventy-eight million US dollars, mainly because the two founders of the company have left the company and took away some technical talents.

If the company is now managed by professional managers, and the company's main business has not disappeared due to the departure of the founder, and it is expected to earn 200 million US dollars a year, the company would not be worth that much money at all.

(End of this chapter)