Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 718 Set, be careful (two in one)

When the working day came, Lin Baicheng fell into a busy schedule.

The stock prices of the three companies, Hutchison Whampoa, Hong Kong Electric Group and the Telephone Company, have fallen because of Lin Baicheng's relationship, and the decline is not small.

Therefore, although Lin Baicheng is the major shareholder of these three companies, he still has to convene a board meeting to express his apology for this matter and give an explanation to all shareholders.

In any case, the stock prices of the three companies have fallen because of Lin Baicheng himself. Even if he controls the three companies, if he doesn't even explain, it will definitely dissatisfy the small shareholders who have lost their interests.

Those small shareholders can't do things well, but they can do bad things.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng still needs to show the attitude he should have. He cannot make other shareholders feel dissatisfied with him. It is not a good thing to have more enemies.

Among the three companies, Hutchison Whampoa is of course the center of gravity. Because Hutchison Whampoa is the largest, Hong Kong Electric Group and the telephone company are less than one-fifth of Hutchison Whampoa. No matter who they are, they will care more about Hutchison Whampoa. .

Time has entered May in a blink of an eye, and May Day is here.

However, on the current May Day, there is no special holiday in Xiangjiang, and all enterprises are working normally.

This afternoon, Lin Baicheng had afternoon tea at Hehuang Hotel, with Bao Yugang, Guo Henian and Hu Yinxiang.

"All the procedures of Xiangjiang Airlines have been approved. If the three are not ready to withdraw, we will transfer the funds to the company's account according to the shares allocated by each of them, and establish the company."

While drinking tea, Lin Baicheng said to the three of them.

Hong Kong Airlines had been going through the formalities before, but it was not very smooth. Seeing that Hutchison Whampoa's acquisition of Bentley Motors was short of the final signature, the Hong Kong government no longer set thresholds and approved various procedures.

Bao Yu just put down his teacup: "Lin Sheng, after discussing with the three of us about the company's share allocation, we decided to change it again."

"How to say?"

Lin Baicheng looked at the three of them with some doubts. Could it be that they felt that the shares they received were too small?
But the problem is that this cooperation was initiated by him, Lin Baicheng, and the reason why Xiangjiang Airlines was approved to be established so smoothly is also because of Lin Baicheng's great efforts. He doesn't think it would be too much for him to own 40% of the shares.

If Bao Yugang, Guo Henian, and Hu Yinxiang feel that Lin Baicheng has too many shares, Lin Baicheng feels that it is necessary to think about whether this cooperation is necessary.

Bao Yugang said: "Lin Sheng, the reason why the company can be established so smoothly this time is thanks to you. It is Hutchison Whampoa's huge investment in England that allowed the Hong Kong government to approve the establishment of the company. Since the three of us did not No matter how hard we work, we don't have the face to take so many shares, so we decided to transfer part of the shares to you."

"If that's the case, it doesn't have to be."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "40% for me and 20% for each of the three. Since we agreed on this distribution before, there is no need to change it."

For Xiangjiang Airlines, Lin Baicheng is of course optimistic. Maybe the short-term investment is not small, and it will take several years to recover the cost. But in the long run, as long as the company's operation does not have major problems, the development prospects will definitely not be bad. Of course, the company's shares are taken The more the merrier.

But since the distribution of shares has been discussed earlier, there is no need to regret some shares. In Lin Baicheng's view, his reputation is more valuable than some shares of Xiangjiang Airlines. Relatively speaking, he cherishes his reputation more.

"Lin Sheng, you don't have to be polite."

After hearing this, Guo Henian said: "Before we allocated it like that, it was because the three of us could help. Now that the company is established, we don't help much, so it is logical to take less shares."

"Yes."

Hu Yinxiang nodded in agreement: "In business and business, Lin Shengyou should not be polite to us."

This matter was brought up by Bao Yugang to Guo Henian and Hu Yinxiang. What Bao Yugang meant was that they each took 20% of the shares to take advantage of Lin Baicheng, and taking advantage of this kind of thing can never be done again, for the sake of long-term For cooperation, they should take the initiative to ask Lin Baicheng for less shares.

Guo Henian and Hu Yinxiang were persuaded by Bao Yugang. They thought what Bao Yugang said was reasonable, and that's why they came out today.

"But."

Although Lin Baicheng was unwilling to go back on his word, he still made a compromise under the "good intentions" of Bao Yugang and the others.

Originally, Bao Yugang and the others only needed 10% of the shares of Xiangjiang Airlines, but Lin Baicheng felt that this was not good, and insisted that they each hold 15% of the shares, which was considered as a concession for both parties.

As a result, Lin Baicheng holds 55% of the shares of the established Xiangjiang Airlines, while Bao Yugang, Guo Henian and Hu Yinxiang each hold 15% of the shares.

After deciding on their respective shareholdings, the four of them discussed the company's investment and made a rough decision.

The initial investment capital for the company is 5500 million Hong Kong dollars, and the four will contribute according to their respective proportions. Lin Baicheng will contribute [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, [-] million Hong Kong dollars cannot buy a few passenger planes. In the future, according to the company's development, the four will continue to inject capital. The total amount of investment for the company within three years will not be less than one billion Hong Kong dollars.

Such a large investment is definitely enough. After all, the biggest investment of airlines is the purchase of passenger aircraft, and the purchase of passenger aircraft does not require full payment at the first time. It must be a few percent of the payment first, and the remaining payment is divided into several years. Repay the loan one after another, so that the pressure will not be so great.

Subsequently, the four negotiated on the organizational structure of the company.

There are currently nine directors, two of whom are externally hired honorary directors. Among the remaining seven directors, Lin Baicheng occupies four, and Bao Yugang and the others each occupy one.

The president (Taipan) of the company was also designated by Lin Baicheng, and there were temporarily two candidates for the vice president, one to be recruited from outside, and the other to be appointed by Bao Yugang and the others to work in the company after the three of them discussed.

As for the candidates under the president and vice president, the four managers of each department will arrange some people, and some will be recruited from outside, and the people below will be arranged by the company management itself.

In general, Xiangjiang Airlines is mainly dominated by Lin Baicheng, and Lin Baicheng is also relatively powerful in terms of power, but Bao Yugang and the three of them are not impossible to compete with. If the three of them unite, they can also fight Lin Baicheng.

However, if it really reached that level, it must be that Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang, Guo Henian, and Hu Yinxiang had turned their faces, and it was no longer a partnership. At that time, Xiangjiang Airlines was not the only company that was affected.

After a general discussion, Lin Baicheng and the others stopped talking about the specific details.There is no need to talk too much about it now. When the company is established and the management arrangements are in place, the four of them will definitely go to the company together. It will not be too late to discuss with the company management in more detail.

After talking about this, the time seemed to come to four o'clock, and the four of them ended this exchange.

However, when he was about to leave, Guo Henian said that he wanted to talk to Lin Baicheng alone, so the two stayed again.

"Guo Sheng, what do you want to tell me?"

Lin Baicheng asked with doubts.

Guo Henian said: "Lin Sheng, I have something to tell you, please help me by the way."

"Guo Sheng, please tell me."

Lin Baicheng signaled Guo Henian to speak up.

Guo Henian: "Lin Sheng, to tell you the truth, now I only hold 2.5% of Hutchison shares, which is 1100 million shares. I reduced my holdings and cashed out the rest of the shares a while ago."

"I don't think I need to say it, Guo Sheng also knows that I have reduced my holdings and cashed out a lot of Hutchison shares."

Lin Baicheng smiled when he heard the words. He was not surprised that Guo Henian reduced his holdings of Hutchison Whampoa shares. After all, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price was so high before.

Not to mention Guo Henian, even Iwasaki Mineryu, who bought Hutchison Whampoa shares in the name of Mitsubishi Bank last year at the suggestion of Lin Baicheng, sold his shares a while ago and made a fortune.

"We are heroes who see the same thing."

Guo Henian said with a smile, and then said: "Now I only have 2.5% of Hutchison's shares left. Regarding my board seat, I hope you, Lin Sheng, can help me keep it. I don't want to lose my status as a director of Hutchison. As In return, in future votes, I will definitely support you, Lin Sheng."

"Guo Sheng, don't worry, I don't support who you support."

Lin Baicheng agreed after hearing the words without even thinking about it. This matter was not harmful to him.

"Actually, Guo Sheng, you don't have to worry. Although your 2.5% shares are not much, they are worth about [-] million Hong Kong dollars. Not everyone can easily spend more than one billion Hong Kong dollars to buy Hutchison stocks."

"I know that too."

Guo Henian nodded when he heard the words: "Just don't be afraid of [-], just in case, no one knows whether there will be any capital that is optimistic about the development of Hehuang, buy a large number of shares in Hehuang, and want to become the owner of Hehuang. Director. I am also planning for a rainy day. If this happens, I hope Lin Sheng can support me a lot."

"No problem, we are old friends, I don't support Guo Sheng, who do you support?"

Lin Baicheng responded with a smile, and said: "Even if someone really buys more shares than Guo Sheng, that's fine. Just expand the company's board of directors at that time. After all, it will be a matter of time."

"I'm relieved to hear Lin Sheng say that."

Hearing this, Guo Henian was relieved. The market value of Hutchison Whampoa is nearly 400 billion Hong Kong dollars. The directorship of such an aircraft carrier-level company is still very useful.What's more, many of Guo Henian's business needs to rely on the channel of Watson's Supermarket. Without the status of director, his business will inevitably be affected.

This was what Guo Henian wanted to talk about, and after that, the two left Hehuang Hotel separately.

Leaving the Hutchison Hotel, Lin Baicheng asked the driver to drive to Hutchison Whampoa.

"Secretary Chen, please inform the secretariat to screen the candidates for the president of Hong Kong Airlines, and let me choose any candidates."

Lin Baicheng said to Chen Huixiang that he had no suitable candidates for a while, so he handed over the work to the secretariat, and he only had to do the final screening.

"Yes, Mr. Lin!"

Chen Huixiang responded, she knew very well that many people would definitely carry out activities in the future, because the position of president of a large company is so attractive, there must be many people who want to become the president of Xiangjiang Airlines, and then publicize some people.

The target of public relations is not only the people at the Secretariat, but also her, Chen Huixiang, and other influential people.

The people who were publicized were not fools, and they would definitely not send candidates who did not meet the requirements to the big boss Lin Baicheng, otherwise someone would be unlucky, so no one dared to do this.

And when the candidates meet the requirements, no one will refuse when facing public relations. After all, it is not to let them make mistakes, but to choose people who carry out public relations under the same conditions.

Lin Baicheng looked at Chen Huixiang and said: "Candidates are selected first from the executives of the company under my name, but if there are very good talents outside, that's fine too. Remember what Xiangjiang Airlines does, the candidates sent to me , don’t say you don’t know anything about this industry.”

"Yes, I believe the Secretariat will select the right person."

Chen Huixiang nodded to express her understanding, she knew that this was a warning from the big boss.

Seeing this, Lin Baicheng nodded and said no more, he had already said what should be said, there is no need to say it too clearly, that would not be good for anyone.

When he came to Hutchison Whampoa, Lin Baicheng started working.

At five o'clock, Lin Baicheng received a call from London.The call was from Qin Lan, but Lin Shufang and Wei Li were there.

That's right, Lin Shufang and Qin Lan have already taken their team to London to sign the contract with Rolls-Royce instead of Lin Baicheng and Wei Li.The team this time includes people from Lin Baicheng and people from Hutchison Whampoa.

Although Lin Baicheng is a major shareholder of Hutchison Whampoa, he is only a major shareholder after all. What's more, now that the outside world has known that he has reduced his holdings in Hutchison Whampoa, his interests in Hutchison Whampoa are even less.

In this way, it is of course impossible for Lin Baicheng to directly decide the major decisions about Hutchison Whampoa alone.Whether it is other shareholders or the company's management, they will participate and supervise.

Hong Kong time is around five in the afternoon, because of the time difference, it is around nine in the morning in London.

Lin Shufang, Qin Lan and others just arrived in London today. Although the team led by Wei Li had negotiated the transaction details with Rolls-Royce, the time for signing the contract will not be today, but next Monday.

The period from today to next Monday is the time for Lin Shufang and others to review and review the transaction process.

Wei Li has been in charge of the previous matters. Lin Baicheng has not reached the level of absolute trust in Wei Li, or he cannot have absolute trust in professional managers. Therefore, this kind of transaction involving hundreds of millions of dollars, he must let people Check to see if his interests have been damaged.

To put it bluntly, if Wei Li joins forces with the Bentley family and Rolls-Royce to turn the acquired Bentley into an empty shell, then Hutchison Whampoa will suffer a huge loss, at least hundreds of millions of dollars.

Even if Lin Baicheng only held more than [-]% of the shares, the loss would be as high as hundreds of millions of dollars.

This is hundreds of millions of dollars in the early 80s, an astronomical sum, and anyone who loses such a large sum of money will feel heartbroken.

Therefore, the necessary caution is still necessary.

Lin Baicheng chatted with Lin Shufang, Wei Li and Qin Lan about the Bentley Motor Company for a while before hanging up the phone.

(End of this chapter)