Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 649 Progress, set a time (two in one)

It was already after eleven o'clock in the evening when the Lin family returned to quietness.

Lin Baicheng didn't go to bed right away, but went to the study and contacted Wei Li in London.

Because yesterday was the wedding day, Lin Baicheng told Wei Li in advance that he would contact Wei Li when he was free, and Wei Li would not bother him for the time being.

Now that he is free, Lin Baicheng naturally wants to know the results of the negotiations in London.

"Mr. Lin."

After a while, Wei Li's voice rang on the phone.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "Wei Li, how is the progress of the negotiation?"

"Back to Mr. Lin, I have already talked with Mr. Jackson again."

Wei Li replied aloud: "First of all, regarding the debt, we have reached an agreement that the debt we will take over will not exceed 5000 million pounds, and after taking over these debts, the relevant companies will be granted tax exemption and tax avoidance for a certain number of years. And policy subsidies for related industries, anyway, it won’t let us suffer.”

"As long as we don't lose money, it's fine, it's nothing more than taking cash out first."

Although taking out cash first is actually a loss. After all, the currency continues to depreciate. The current 5000 million pounds is definitely worth more than the 5000 million pounds a few years later, but Hutchison Whampoa will not lose too much, so there is no need to worry about it. It's for the Prime Minister's face.

"What about the factory problem?"

Lin Baicheng asked, this is the most important point.

"Under my arguments, Mr. Jackson made some concessions. Our team thinks it's not a big problem, but it's up to Mr. Lin to decide whether to agree or not."

"Mr. Jackson's condition is that, in the absence of factors such as government suppression, worker riots, and shortage of raw materials and accessories, Bentley Motors' current factory cannot be relocated out of England before entering the 21st century."

"And during the prime minister's administration, if Bentley Motors had plans to establish a branch factory, it could only build a factory in England."

"There are only these two conditions. After we discussed it, we found it acceptable."

"The current factory of Bentley Motors cannot be relocated before the 21st century. This is probably the bottom line, and there is no need for us to relocate. After all, if Bentley Motors is sold to the European market, it will be more convenient to transfer goods from England, so the factory has no There is no need to relocate under special circumstances."

"As for the fact that a branch factory can only be established in England during the prime minister's administration, the prime minister is elected every five years, and it is basically impossible for the prime minister to serve three consecutive terms. Therefore, the prime minister's tenure in office is only ten years, or even five years. .”

"For now, we want Bentley to enter the mid-to-low-end car market. We have a plan to build a branch factory, and the place to build the branch factory is here in England, so there is nothing to refuse."

"With the original factory plus branch factory, it is basically impossible for Bentley Motors to build another branch factory in the short term, unless the car company develops rapidly, the new cars developed are wildly sought after by people, and the manufacturing of cars cannot keep up with sales."

"It's just that, to be honest, this possibility is too low. The development of Bentley Motors will take time."

"Also, if Bentley's market is aimed at Europe and the United States, it will be more convenient for the car to be sold in England. We don't need to build a branch in Xiangjiang."

"Finally, I know Mr. Lin that you value the market in mainland China, but Huaguo has just reformed and opened up, and the auto market may not be big in a short period of time, so there is no need to build a special factory."

"In ten years, no matter how fast Huaguo develops, its economy will definitely not be very good. The auto market is not big. If we feel that Huaguo's market is good after ten years, we will let Bentley Motors build a factory there. "

Wei Li expressed his thoughts, and Lin Baicheng listened carefully.

Lin Baicheng is not clear about the terms of office of prime ministers and presidents of other foreign countries, but he still knows the terms of office of some famous prime ministers and presidents. Therefore, he knows that Mrs. Thatcher will step down after 90 years, and her term of office is only ten years.

Wei Li's analysis just now is not wrong. In ten years, the development of the domestic economy is indeed not very good. The real take-off was after the comprehensive reform and opening in 92. Before that, it was just crossing the river by feeling the stones.

Therefore, before the 90s, the auto market in Huaguo was indeed limited, and it is acceptable for Bentley to enter the Huaguo market after the 90s.

"Wei Li, you can add another condition, that is, Bentley can form a joint venture car company with an enterprise from Huaguo, and the car company's car sales will only be limited to Asia during the prime minister's administration."

"If this condition is also agreed to, then I have no problem, and you can formally start negotiations on the acquisition of Bentley Motors."

Although the conditions are acceptable, there is no harm in entering the Huaguo market earlier and cooperating with Huaguo's auto companies.

"Alright Mr. Lin, I'll talk to Mr. Jackson again."

Wei Li agreed. He felt that the conditions proposed by Lin Baicheng were not too embarrassing, and there should be no problem.

Lin Baicheng said: "Okay, then I will wait for your reply. If there is nothing else, I will rest first."

"Good night, I won't disturb Mr. Lin when you rest." Wei Li said immediately.

"Ok!"

Lin Baicheng hung up the phone.

Lin Baicheng plans to go to the United States after Lin Shufang's wedding, but he has just joined the telephone company, and he has to go there in person to meet the company's executives, appease them, and make some personnel appointments, so he still needs some time.

Especially since today is Friday and the day after tomorrow is a holiday, he will not go to the phone company until next Monday.

The next morning, Lin Baicheng sent Lin Qin and his aunt's family to the airport, and they had to go back to the United States first.

After sending them off, Lin Baicheng went to find Guan Zhilin.Guan Meiren doesn't want to live at home because of her parents' divorce, and has been living in the villa given to her by Lin Baicheng recently.

Last time, Guan Zhilin told Lin Baicheng that her mother was going to Los Angeles with her brother and her. At present, her mother Zhang Bingqian has not left Xiangjiang, and Guan Zhilin also decided to stay in Xiangjiang. She decided to stay with her father.

Guan Zhilin's choice had something to do with Lin Baicheng.She was worried that after leaving Xiangjiang for Los Angeles, the two would meet less often and their relationship would gradually fade away, which she didn't want to see.

Accompanying Guan Zhilin in the morning, they ate together at noon, went out for a stroll after dinner, and they separated after two o'clock.

Lin Baicheng went to Hehuang Hotel and came to his exclusive private room for afternoon tea. He had already made an appointment with someone.

"President Lin, President Wang, President Li, and Mr. Huo are here!"

A few minutes after Lin Baicheng arrived in the private room, Chen Huixiang walked in.

"Go and ask them to come here."

Although Huo Yingdong and the others knew the private room was here, Lin Baicheng still asked Chen Huixiang to take them.

A few minutes later, Chen Huixiang walked into the private room with Wang Yiping, Li Fuquan and Huo Yingdong.

"Huo Sheng! President Wang! President Li!"

When they came in, Lin Baicheng got up and shook hands with them.

Lin Baicheng called the three of them to sit down, while Chen Huixiang called in the tea art master who was waiting outside. He had a good skill in making tea.

While the tea art master was making tea, the four of them were chatting, but they didn't talk about important things.

After a while, the tea art master made the tea, Lin Baicheng let the tea art master and Chen Huixiang go out, and there were only four people left in the private room.

The four sip tea and continue chatting.

Huo Yingdong asked: "Lin Sheng, what arrangements do you have for buying the telephone company?"

"Not currently, this is for the future." Lin Baicheng shook his head.

Huo Yingdong didn't ask further, but said: "Anyway, I still want to congratulate you, Lin Sheng. You have easily obtained the control of the telephone company. This company has monopolized Xiangjiang's telephone communication business market. Lin Sheng brought you rich rewards."

Lin Baicheng said with a smile: "The premise is that it must be run well. The telephone company was managed by British capital before, and I don't know if the management will cooperate."

"Lin Sheng, you are the largest shareholder of the company, so they can't help but not cooperate."

Huo Yingdong didn't think the management of the telephone company would be uncooperative. After all, they were just professional managers and wage earners. It didn't matter who they worked for. Few of them would struggle with their future.

Wang Yiping: "Mr. Lin, your career is getting bigger and bigger now, congratulations."

"It's just a small fight."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand modestly.

"Mr. Lin, you are too modest." Li Fuquan said.

"About the past time, should it be settled?"

Smiling, Lin Baicheng asked aloud, he knew that the two directors of Xinhua News Agency should be talking about this when they asked him to meet today.

Last year, Wang Yiping and Li Fuquan mentioned to Lin Baicheng that in the first half of this year, the official will officially invite Lin Baicheng and others to visit the mainland.

This time is different from Lin Baicheng and others who went to the mainland before. In the past, they went there by themselves, which was a private visit, but this time it was a formal invitation from the government. The meanings of the two representatives are different.

For the official official invitation, not only Lin Baicheng was invited, but the time of the official and Lin Baicheng and others had to be considered comprehensively, and a date was selected when the official high-level and Lin Baicheng and others had time to meet, so the time has not been determined until now.

"It's settled."

Wang Yiping nodded and said, "April 4st next month is the date for the talks, and Mr. Lin must go there earlier."

Now there is no way for Xiangjiang to go to Peiping directly by plane. The journey on the road alone will take about a day, so it is usually about two days in advance to go there, so as to maintain the spirit of the meeting.

"Understood, since the time has been set, I will go there early."

Lin Baicheng nodded, then looked at Huo Yingdong and said, "Huo Sheng, when the time comes, shall we go there together, or will we go separately?"

"It depends on the situation. Anyway, it's still early, but I will definitely go there when the time comes."

Huo Yingdong said, as the Huo family of the red family, this kind of official invitation must be indispensable, and Huo Yingdong will definitely respond positively to avoid causing bad associations.If Huo Yingdong didn't get involved in this kind of thing, it would be bad if it was reported that the Huo family changed their position. Even if it didn't reach this level, it would be a bad thing to cause bad associations among some Xiangjiang businessmen.

"also."

Lin Baicheng said indifferently, whether he went there by himself or with other people, it would be the same to him, there would be no big difference.

Time passed slowly in the chat between the four.

After sending Huo Yingdong, Wang Yiping and Li Fuquan away, Lin Baicheng also left Hehuang Hotel, instead of looking for Guan Zhilin, he went to the villa given to Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi was not here at the villa, but the two made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening, so Lin Baicheng simply waited here for Zhao Yazhi to come over.

Because the relationship with Zhao Yazhi is a transaction, Lin Baicheng and Zhao Yazhi have no heart-to-heart relationship, so he can't say that he likes Zhao Yazhi from the bottom of his heart, and he also knows that Zhao Yazhi doesn't like him.But it doesn't matter, in his opinion, time can change everything, even if Zhao Yazhi still doesn't like him after a few years, the relationship between the two should improve.

Speaking of it, Lin Baicheng felt very sorry, he actually liked Bai Suzhen and Zhao Yazhi, but unfortunately Zhao Yazhi got married early and had children, and the two had no fate.Otherwise, he could fall in love with Zhao Yazhi like he pursued Guan Zhilin and Zhong Chuhong.

Instead of being like now, the two are just trading, and they can't be said to be very close.

"Yazhi, you're back."

Around six o'clock, Lin Baicheng was watching TV when Zhao Yazhi walked in.

"Ok!"

Zhao Yazhi hung the bag on the hanger and said, "What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you."

Lin Baicheng smiled slightly: "As long as it is made by you, I like it."

"Then I can do whatever I want."

Zhao Yazhi said something casually, but she would still cook Lin Baicheng's favorite dishes.Life is like this, you can't make things difficult for Lin Baicheng just because they are trading, and make them unhappy.

"I've said it all, as long as it's made by you, I like it."

Lin Baicheng got up and walked to the kitchen with Zhao Yazhi, because Zhao Yazhi made it clear that he didn't need any relationship, and there were no other servants in the villa.The cleaning maid also comes once a week and leaves after cleaning.

"Have you been filming anything recently?"

"I was approached to make a movie, but I turned it down."

"Why? If you make a movie, you have a higher position, so the salary will be higher, won't it?"

"No other reason, I don't like the script."

"Well, this reason is indeed strong enough."

Lin Baicheng has nothing to say, there is a good saying, money can't buy my liking, and now Zhao Yazhi really doesn't need to make movies that he doesn't like for money.

Zhao Yazhi was wrapped in an apron: "Boss Lin, I'm ready to cook, you should watch TV first."

Lin Baicheng raised his eyebrows: "I'll just watch from the side, and help me by the way."

"Then I'm really honored."

Zhao Yazhi was a little surprised when he heard the words, but he didn't refuse. Lin Baicheng, a rich man with a net worth of tens of billions, wanted to help her, and she had no reason to refuse.

In Lin Baicheng's view, feelings are cultivated, and with a lot of interaction, after a long time, feelings will gradually develop.Even if he didn't cultivate the feeling of love, it's still better than when he and Zhao Yazhi were together.

If the two of them just have such a small matter, no matter how long it takes, they will not have feelings, and some will just be transactions.

(End of this chapter)