Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 712 Back to Xiangjiang (Two in One)

On May 4th.

Lin Baicheng and his group left Peiping by special train.

Everyone met with high-level officials on the 21st, and then stayed in Beiping for another two days before leaving.

In the next two days, everyone's itinerary was different. After all, Lin Baicheng and others operate in different industries, and some people need to travel because of connections.

Take Lin Baicheng and Huo Yingdong as an example. Huo Yingdong has decades of connections with domestic officials and has many old relationships. They will definitely not bring Lin Baicheng with them, so their itineraries must be different.

Lin Baicheng naturally had no connections with the high-level officials before, but he was not ignored. Someone took the initiative to walk with him and get to know each other.

In addition, Lin Baicheng also talked with the relevant leaders of the Broadcasting Bureau and the Machinery Industry Committee.

I was talking with the Broadcasting Bureau about the cooperation between Asia Star Media Group and the mainland. The general direction is to co-produce together. Asia Star Media Group will come to the Mainland to shoot scenes when filming. Go to Asia TV to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and so on.

These cooperations are just discussions in the general direction, and the two parties will definitely have more restrictions when it comes to specific cooperation.

Take the example of the two places broadcasting the other side’s film and television dramas. Both parties must do a good job in reviewing. Some unsuitable film and television dramas will definitely not be broadcast, and the review will be stricter, and the number of film and television dramas imported from each other every year must be limited. .

As for the discussion with the Machinery Industry Committee, it is the cooperation with car companies. Lin Baicheng mentioned Hutchison Whampoa’s acquisition of British Bentley Motors, and said that Bentley Motors will build factories in Asia in the future. Brands collaborate.

The leaders of the Machinery Industry Committee did not refuse. Automobile manufacturing in this era represents high-tech technology. Although Lin Baicheng said that he only had this intention, the relevant leaders still expressed their welcome and importance to this matter, and expressed that they welcome Bentley Motors to build factories in the Mainland at any time , There is no problem with the joint venture.

The reason why Lin Baicheng chose a joint venture is because he knows that there is no harm in letting Bentley Motors cooperate with domestic car companies. After all, it has just entered the 80s, and a joint venture can better guarantee the market.

Twenty years later, when it comes to developing new energy vehicles, it is not too late to be a sole proprietorship. It can be said that it will start from scratch, and Bentley Motors will be able to catch up with the world's top-ranked car companies.

If there is no new energy vehicle, Bentley Motors wants to become a world-class car company, even with continuous financial support, it will not be possible in a short time.

The two cooperations discussed this time are just cooperation intentions. After all, the mainland’s invitation to Lin Baicheng and others to Beiping this time is not to invite them to invest, but to express their affirmation of their position and support. Other than that, there are some promises.

The most important promise is to guarantee that businessmen will not be treated like before, so that Lin Baicheng and others can rest assured that as long as they do not break the law, their family wealth will be guaranteed.

The people who came to the mainland this time believed in the mainland officials and stood on the mainland's standpoint, so they naturally believed in the high-level guarantees, and they were all relieved.

There are absolutely not many people who are truly selfless in this world. Except for Huo Yingdong, Lin Baicheng, who is a little unsure about the group of people who came to the mainland this time, Lin Baicheng can guarantee that if standing in the mainland will lead to confiscation of their own wealth, everyone will definitely reunite. It is possible to consider the position, or even directly change the original position.

There are very few people in the world who are selfless and public, and everyone wants to leave a fortune for future generations.

When the special train arrived in Guangzhou, it was already late at night on the second day, so Lin Baicheng and others simply stayed in Guangzhou for one night, and only went back to Xiangjiang by boat the next morning.

In fact, the leader in charge of hospitality in Guangzhou Province invited Lin Baicheng and others to visit Shekou, but Lin Baicheng and others declined, saying that they would come again next time.

"Boss Lin!"

Because Lin Baicheng had informed the approximate time to Xiangjiang in advance, so after getting off the ship, he saw Qin Lan and others coming.

"Ok!"

Lin Baicheng just nodded, then greeted Huo Yingdong and others, and said goodbye to each other.

After saying goodbye, Lin Baicheng left with Qin Lan and the others until they boarded the extended Lincoln.

Looking at Qin Lan, Lin Baicheng said after a while, "The efficiency of the secretariat still needs to be improved."

"Boss Lin, what you said is that we must correct it and improve the efficiency of our work."

Qin Lan, who was already a little nervous at the sight, couldn't help but change color when he heard the words, and quickly admitted his mistake without making any excuses.

Chen Huixiang, who was sitting next to Qin Lan, helped her and said, "Mr. Lin, you are the backbone. Those people in the Hong Kong government recognize you as a person. Without you, they naturally wouldn't do their jobs with all their heart."

"Even if it's me, it's useless."

Lin Baicheng shook his head with emotion. In fact, he also knew that it was no wonder that Qin Lan and others from the Secretariat, those British people in the Hong Kong government, could not do things wholeheartedly even in the face of him. It's good enough for people to save face, how could things be done right away.

What's more, the British capital is still working hard, and those people still have to give the British capital face.

The reason why Lin Baicheng also said that he was dissatisfied with the efficiency of the secretariat was mainly because he wanted to beat the secretariat so that Qin Lan and others would work more attentively in the future.

"This time, it was the British capital that made the money."

Lin Baicheng was somewhat displeased. After all, Yingzi was his enemy, and what was good for his enemy was not good for him, even though he was not at a loss.

In the final analysis, this time, the British capital learned from the experience of many failures and made deliberate plans. After learning that Lin Baicheng reduced his holdings of Hutchison Whampoa shares, he did not attack immediately.

Lin Baicheng is not in Xiangjiang, and after using some methods of the British capital, Lin Baicheng has no way to respond immediately. He can only watch the situation develop in the direction that the British capital expects.

If Lin Baicheng is in Xiangjiang, among other things, even if the Securities Regulatory Commission imposes restrictions on Lin Baicheng, Lin Baicheng is sure to solve the matter the next day at most, or even the same day.

You know, Lin Baicheng is helping many high-level officials in the Hong Kong government operate the money they invested in the Yum Fund. They don't know that Lin Baicheng has used the money to buy US stocks. When they benefit, their efficiency will be very fast.

Therefore, whether Lin Baicheng himself is in Xiangjiang is actually very critical, which has a major impact on the situation.

Chen Huixiang said: "Mr. Lin, this time the British Capital has made a profit. Next time we will find the place again."

"The venue will definitely be found."

Lin Baicheng agreed with this very much. He said to Qin Lan: "As for the stock purchases of Landmark and Jardine, you must do it a bit more concealed for me. You don't need to buy a large amount of stocks right away. I don't mind spending two or three It will take a year to lay out the layout, but it must be concealed, and you must handle this matter well for me."

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I have arranged for someone to do this. Even the two deputy directors in the secretariat don't know about it."

Qin Lan immediately assured that there was no problem.

"I hope you don't disappoint me."

Lin Baicheng nodded and bought the stocks of Hongkong Land Company and Jardine Matheson. Although the number of stocks he bought every day was not many and it took a long time to buy, it would cost a lot of money. But for Hongkong Land Company, he didn’t mind spending a lot of money on layout.

Hongkong Land is the king of land in Xiangjiang. It owns a large number of properties in the central area of ​​Xiangjiang. The annual rental income alone makes other companies envious. What's more, Hongkong Land has a large amount of undeveloped land.

The reason why Lin Baicheng asked people to buy the stocks of Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson at the same time is that Hongkong Land and Jardine Mathematics hold each other. Hongkong Land holds about 40% of the shares of Jardine Matheson, and Jardine Matheson holds about 30% of Hongkong Land Shares, Jardine Matheson took less money to control two large companies.

It is of course no problem for these two companies to play like this now, and Lin Baicheng should not even try to snatch the controlling rights of the two companies by buying stocks. After all, after buying a certain amount of stocks, it will definitely arouse the vigilance of Jardine Matheson Group.

However, just because there are no problems now does not mean that there will be no problems in the future.

After the collapse of the Hongkong Real Estate industry, the mutual control of the two companies will only become a burden to the Jardine Group. Jardine Group has limited choices. In the end, there is a high probability that they can only choose to reduce their respective shares. shareholding ratio will be reduced.

At that time, it was time for Lin Baicheng to exert his strength.

If Lin Baicheng only bought the shares of Hongkong Land and only made acquisitions of Hongkong Land, the Jardine Group would definitely choose to resist, and would seek support from HSBC or other British capital.

But if Lin Baicheng buys Jardine clearly, consumes Jardine Group's funds, and then buys Hong Kong Land, if Jardine Group has no money, Lin Baicheng's acquisition has a greater possibility of success.

Of course, it’s still too early to say these things. It’s just a preliminary layout, and no one knows what will happen in the future.

Qin Lan naturally promised not to disappoint the big boss Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng stopped talking about this, and instead asked, "What was the closing price of Hehuang yesterday?"

Qin Lan replied: "85.7 Hong Kong dollars, Mr. Lin."

Lin Baicheng's restriction by the supervisory committee was lifted after the market closed on Tuesday. From Wednesday, Haruko Mori's operation team still bought Hutchison Whampoa stocks in the name of an offshore company, but this time they used the channel of Yum Securities.

According to Lin Baicheng's instructions, the operation team bought when the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa was below 85 Hong Kong dollars. Therefore, on Wednesday, the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa was pushed above 85 Hong Kong dollars, and it has been between 85 Hong Kong dollars and 90 Hong Kong dollars since then. Oscillation between.

Although the operation team stopped buying after Hutchison Whampoa's share price rose to 85 Hong Kong dollars, the operation team continued to buy below 85 Hong Kong dollars, so the price of 85 Hong Kong dollars became a strong support for the bulls.

It's a pity that the bulls lack momentum, and the stock price is still suppressed below 90 Hong Kong dollars, so that Hutchison Whampoa's stock price is in a range-bound shock. British investors have used this to buy a sufficient number of stocks as short-selling cover.

Below HKD 85, Lin Baicheng bought a lot of Hutchison Whampoa shares. Not including the more than 2000 million shares he bought before, he bought more than 1000 two million shares in the next three trading days.

For the convenience of round numbers, 2745.7 million shares were bought before, and 1254.3 million shares were bought in the next three days, adding up to exactly 4000 million shares.

However, the average cost price of the 1000-plus two million shares purchased later was relatively higher.

83.393 Hong Kong dollars, including handling fees and other expenses, the average cost price of 1254.3 million shares is 83.393 Hong Kong dollars, a total of 10.46 billion Hong Kong dollars spent.

Counting the 700 billion Hong Kong dollars spent on the previous 20.89 million shares, the total of 4000 million Hutchison Whampoa shares cost Lin Baicheng 31.35 billion Hong Kong dollars.

On average, 4000 million shares cost 31.35 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the cost price per share is 78.375 Hong Kong dollars, which is lower than the 80 Hong Kong dollars that Lin Baicheng planned to buy at the beginning, so it is actually not a loss.

What's more, Lin Baicheng previously reduced his holdings of nearly 9000 million shares, and the average selling price was 113.5 Hong Kong dollars. The short difference was one in and one out, which was equivalent to a profit of 35.125 Hong Kong dollars per share, and 4000 million shares was more than 14 billion Hong Kong dollars.

No matter how it is calculated, Lin Baicheng is making money.

It's just that it's one thing to make money by yourself, but it's another thing to make money by shorting the British fund. That's why Lin Baicheng feels so unhappy.

If there was no such thing as British capital, Lin Baicheng would have been very happy.

"Since you judge that the British capital has covered the shorted stocks, there is no need to let the offshore company continue to buy stocks. Well, I will tell Haruko about this, so you don't need to tell me."

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said that now he holds more than 34% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, which is almost enough.There is no need to continue to increase the holdings of Hutchison Whampoa shares. If you want to increase your holdings, you have to wait for the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa to fall a little bit more before increasing your holdings.

If the stock price of Hutchison Whampoa does not fall, it will be fine. Lin Baicheng can use the funds to invest in other places, and it is not necessary to increase the shareholding of Hutchison Whampoa to nearly 50%.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Qin Lan and Chen Huixiang both responded at the same time.

"Arrange a dinner for me tomorrow night. The guests will be invited to the important officials of the Hong Kong government, including Sir Mak. I would like to express my gratitude to them for their 'help' this time."

Although Lin Baicheng was dissatisfied with the behavior of the Hong Kong government this time, there was no other way. Xiangjiang still belonged to England. No matter how dissatisfied he was, he could not turn against those people in the Hong Kong government.

If it is possible, Lin Baicheng really wants to have a happy relationship, but for his own career and to make money, he should bear it or bear it.

Anyway, it has been more than ten years, not to mention after the return of Xiangjiang, before the return of Xiangjiang, Lin Baicheng will not have to endure those people in the Hong Kong government.

"Yes!"

Qin Lan didn't say anything about the arrangement of the dinner party. Instead, she thought it was the right way to do it. After all, her arms couldn't twist her thighs.Their secretariat was worried that the big boss would not want to swallow his anger and would choose to vent his dissatisfaction wantonly. Now it seems that they were worried for nothing.

While speaking, the car drove back to Repulse Bay Villa.

Lin Baicheng did not let Qin Lan and Chen Huixiang go back, but brought them into the villa. He still had a lot of things to hear from Qin Lan.

(End of this chapter)