Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 685 Influence, return to Xiangjiang (two in one)

"Ellen!"

"Claure, Abigail, you two are here!"

Lin Baicheng greeted the two people who arrived. Because of the cooperation of the Statue of Liberty Broadcasting Company, he and Abigail Johnson can be regarded as familiar friends. They no longer call each other Mr. and Miss, but directly call each other by name.

Phil Smith said: "You two can be counted, and I will wait for you."

"Girls need makeup, there is no way."

Claure Rockefeller glanced at Abigail Johnson while speaking, and shrugged helplessly.

Claure Rockefeller and Abigail Johnson were ten years apart. The reason why they came together was because Abigail Johnson's father asked Claure Rockefeller to take more care of his daughter Abigail · Johnson, Claure Rockefeller naturally dare not neglect.

"Abigail is beautiful without makeup."

Lin Baicheng looked at Abigail Johnson and said, he was telling the truth, Abigail Johnson is indeed a beautiful woman, a standard blonde with white hair, protruding as she should be, as she should be.

However, Abigail Johnson is beautiful, and her status determines that Lin Baicheng will not provoke her. Otherwise, if he does not want to take responsibility, his business in the United States may be seriously affected.

With Lin Baicheng's wealth, if something happened to Abigail Johnson, the Johnson family would definitely make use of it to plot Lin Baicheng's property.

And Lin Baicheng definitely can't accept it, so there will definitely be a struggle between the two sides. This is the United States, with the strength and connections of the Johnson family, Lin Baicheng may not be able to fight the Johnson family, after all, the other party can shake people.

Of course, if Reagan wins the presidential election, it will be another matter. As an important supporter of the president's election, Lin Baicheng will definitely get rewards and protection. At that time, the Johnson family will have to think carefully about whether they can win and whether it is worth it problem.

"Thanks for the compliment, Alan!"

Faced with Lin Baicheng's praise, Abigail Johnson accepted it unceremoniously. Americans have no habit of humility.

Logan Rockefeller next to him said, "Let's chat while playing."

"Let's chat while playing." "Alright."

At the moment, several people started playing golf, and Lin Baicheng's personal secretary Catherine and Barry Diller became caddy.

Barry Diller did not participate in golf, but served Lin Baicheng and others. He is the president of the Statue of Liberty Broadcasting Company. If he wants to gain the support of other shareholders, he must pay something.

Hit a shot.

Lin Baicheng said: "Have you read the documents that Barry sent to you?"

Phil Smith said: "I have seen it. Regarding the TV stations that the company will acquire, I think we need to make a decision early."

Logan Rockefeller was playing, and Claure Rockefeller said: "That's what I mean too. Although the broadcasting company has been established now, if the company wants to really operate, it needs a TV station."

"If everyone has already made a decision, then let's settle this matter today." Abigail Johnson said.

"Snapped!"

After one swing, Logan Rockefeller looked at the approximate point where the golf ball would fall, and then said: "It seems that everyone has the same meaning, and I also mean the same."

Lin Baicheng said: "The few of us set the acquisition target first, and the specific acquisition work will be handed over to Barry."

"Leave professional things to professional people."

Everyone has no objection to this. Anyway, everyone sends people to exercise the rights of directors in the company, and even arranges people to become executives of the company.

The same is true for Lin Baicheng. He also sent someone to replace him to exercise his rights as a director. At the same time, he specially recruited a few professionals from headhunting companies to become executives in the company to prepare for the reduction of shares and the transfer of control.

Lin Baicheng wants to ensure that he has influence on the Statue of Liberty Broadcasting Company, so he needs to ensure that there are people from him among the executives.Otherwise he didn't own much of the company, and once Barry Diller stopped listening to him, and he didn't have anyone among the top executives, he wouldn't be able to exert influence over the broadcaster.

In this way, it means that Lin Baicheng has been busy for nothing, and the broadcasting company has done nothing, just making wedding dresses for others.

Barry Diller found several TV stations to be acquired by the broadcasting company, and three of them were the best targets, so Lin Baicheng and others chose one of the three.

Because they already had ideas before they came here, it didn't take long for Lin Baicheng and others to decide which TV station to buy. There was no need for them to spend a few days discussing this kind of matter.

After talking about business, everyone started chatting while playing ball.

Abigail Johnson asked aloud: "Allen, have you paid attention to this year's election?"

"Abigail, you don't know that Alan supports the Elephant Party."

It was Phil Smith who spoke, because he is also Xiangdang, and the Smith family was the middleman who recommended Lin Baicheng and Xiangdang to be friends.

Speaking of which, the Smith family has a little relationship with Reagan. The Smith family also supports Reagan, but the support is not as strong as Lin Baicheng.

Reagan served as the governor of California for eight years, and has a strong influence in California. After Lin Baicheng got in touch with the Elephant Party or should be said to have a relationship with Reagan, his business in California has never been affected again. any trouble.

It is true that Reagan resigned from California, but he has been governor for eight years, and he has just stepped down for five years, so it is impossible to have no influence left.

"Allen not only supported the Elephant Party, he also supported Reagan's presidential bid. He was one of Reagan's biggest supporters."

Claure also said that at the level of the Rockefeller family, they no longer simply support the Elephant Party or the Donkey Party, but have people from both parties. They don't care which party they support, but only the other party. Is it worth the support of the Rockefeller family?

Even at the level of the Rockefeller family, they still have to participate in political games. It is true that the United States is a capitalist country, but if capital is not linked to politics, its influence cannot be fully spread, and it will only become fat in the eyes of others, so others Capital families or financial groups also have to participate in political games.

However, compared with Lin Baicheng or other capitals that are not strong enough, the Rockefeller family or other consortia have more options. They can choose either the Xiang Party or the Donkey Party. They only support politicians they think can be successful, and they don’t have to go Care about this politician's party affiliation.

If it were Lin Baicheng, it would be impossible now. If he supported the Elephant Party and the Donkey Party at the same time, he would probably face joint suppression from the two parties, and the two parties would only let him choose between the two.

"Is that so?"

Abigail Johnson was a little surprised: "Alan, do you think Reagan can win the election?"

"Well, I am more optimistic about Reagan, otherwise I would not fully support him."

Lin Baicheng also did not deny his political inclinations. It would be even better if he could attract more supporters for Reagan.

"Ellen, don't you think President Carter will be re-elected?" asked Abigail Johnson.

"I think it's very unlikely."

Lin Baicheng shook his head: "Look at the current American economy. If the economy is not good, people's income is not high. I don't think people will re-elect a president who can't make them money."

Reagan was a relatively famous president of the United States. The reason for this is very simple, that is, he developed the American economy when the American economy was not good.Although the U.S. budget deficit was very serious during his tenure, people's wallets were bulging, otherwise Reagan would not have been able to be re-elected as president.

Therefore, even if Lin Baicheng does not know that Reagan will be the future president, he can still judge that the current president is unlikely to be re-elected, and even the Democratic Party, where the current president belongs, will be subconsciously rejected by the people, and they want to change to a party-like president. It is able to bring about change.

From the public's point of view, the U.S. economy is already in this state, and if a Xiang Party president is in power, it will not be worse than it is now, so why not try it?
Claure Rockefeller agreed: "Alan is right, and my father also thinks that President Carter's re-election is unlikely."

Logan Rockefeller said aloud: "Any accident may happen in the presidential election. Although President Carter is currently not favored, accidents often happen like this."

"That's true."

Everyone agrees with this statement, because this kind of thing has happened more than once in history.

Time passed slowly in the chatting of everyone.

The weekend passed in a blink of an eye. On Monday afternoon, Lin Baicheng arrived in Los Angeles by private plane.

Back at the villa in Beverly Hills, Lin Baicheng knew that his mother Zhao Huilan had come.

"Mom, when did you come here? Didn't you tell me in advance that I'll send a private plane to pick you up?"

Lin Baicheng only knew that his mother would come to Los Angeles after the Ching Ming Festival to accompany his younger sister Lin Qin, and then go back with her younger sister Lin Qin when she was on vacation in May.At that time, he told his mother to tell her before she came, and then sent a private plane to pick him up.

It's just that she didn't expect that Mother Lin would come over by herself without making a sound.

"I just got here last night."

Lin's mother patted Lin Baicheng's arm: "You don't need to send a private plane to pick me up. It's also very comfortable to take the first-class cabin, and I don't feel tired at all." She didn't take the economy class hypocritically. Given the current family situation of the Lin family, there is no need Save a little airfare.

"You should have told me in advance, how easy it is to be able to sleep on the plane in a private jet for more than ten hours."

Lin Baicheng was a little helpless, but everyone had already come, and it was too late to say this now.

"Next time, definitely next time!"

Mother Lin knew her son's intentions and knew that she didn't want her to suffer, so she agreed happily.

"Then don't forget in the future."

Lin Baicheng reminded, and then said: "Unfortunately, I will go back to Xiangjiang in two days, and I will go to the mainland after a while."

"When I was about to come over, the newspapers in Xiangjiang just published it, saying that the mainland officials invited you, Huo Sheng, Bao Sheng and others to come. You are now the richest man in Xiangjiang. Many newspapers have criticized your position. On the other side of the island, all the works of the media group under your name are blocked, and they are not allowed to be shown on the bay island."

This time is different from the past. Although Lin Baicheng expressed his inclination and closeness to the mainland in the past, his visits were conducted in private. This time, it was an official invitation from the mainland. There will be changes again.

As a result, some things that had been suppressed before would naturally erupt. If Lin Baicheng hadn't made friends with many important officials of the Hong Kong government, even Hutchison Whampoa in England was negotiating with Rolls-Royce. The huge investment landed, otherwise Lin Baicheng would now face pressure from the Hong Kong government and England.

If that's the case, it will definitely have a major impact on Lin Baicheng's business.

"The positions are different. They can criticize as much as they like. Anyway, I won't change my attitude because of it."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand indifferently, and then asked with some doubts: "Mom, Bay Island only blocked the works of the media group under my name? Didn't they block artists?"

Mother Lin shook her head: "Probably not. Anyway, I don't know if there is any. You have to ask your sister or your personal secretary if there is any."

"I'll find out when I get back. Since the Secretariat didn't report it to me, it means that the matter is not serious. I don't care about it for the time being. Let me have two days of leisure."

Lin Baicheng smiled. He had explained to the secretariat that if it was an unexpected and serious incident, the secretariat would definitely contact him urgently. Otherwise, don't worry too much, just let yourself relax for a few days.

"You're good to know what you have in mind."

Mother Lin didn't say any more, anyway, her son knew a lot more about business than she did, so she didn't need her to tell him anything.

"Your position of being close to the mainland, Mom is quite happy. After all, Mom is from there. Although some things happened in the past, it is Mom's root after all. Your uncle and the others also live there. Your position If you get close to it, Mom will have the face to go back."

"Mom, it's not only your roots, it's the roots of all of us Chinese!"

Lin Baicheng solemnly said that although the social system in the Mainland is far less friendly to businessmen than in Western capitalist countries, Western capitalist countries belong to others, and the Mainland is their basic territory and their future backing.

Lin Baicheng is very clear that as long as he is based in Xiangjiang, the social system in the Mainland will not have much impact on him as a businessman. After all, even if Xiangjiang returns, its system is different from that of the Mainland, and at least there is no need to worry about system changes for decades. The problem.

In this way, Lin Baicheng, with Xiangjiang as his core base, can use the mainland market as his basic market, and at the same time use the strength of the mainland to expand overseas. In some countries, he does not have to worry about industrial security.

After Lin's mother came to Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng stayed in Los Angeles for another two days. On Thursday, April [-]th, he took a private plane back to Xiangjiang.

In the United States, it has come to an end for the time being. As long as there is no major incident, Lin Baicheng will not come over in the short term. When he will come again, even he himself is not sure now.

(End of this chapter)