Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 572 [The most influential businessman in the world]

At the end of May, the Nikkei futures index was delivered at 5 points, and Barings Bank won a big victory, earning a total profit of 15580 million US dollars.

Although this news was not announced to the public, some information was still leaked and was reported by the media one after another; the media did not know how much money they made, some described it as making hundreds of millions of dollars, and some described it as making a fortune.

For a time, the name of Lin Zuhui's "God of Stocks" spread far and wide again.Some people say that after the world's richest man acquired Barings Bank, he used such an investment case to tell everyone that the "dignity" that Barings Bank had lost before will now be regained by Barings Bank.

Although it was said that it lost more than one billion US dollars in the past, but now it only earns hundreds of millions of US dollars, it is well received by the financial community because the stock gods know how to control risks.

Lin Zuhui's name is becoming more and more influential, and it has a global influence.The media described him as not only a stock god, but also a business god in the world. His industries span multiple fields and he has achieved remarkable results.

If one were to choose the most influential businessman in the world, Lin Zuhui might be the strongest candidate.

Monday, May 5.

Singapore, Barings Bank Trading.

The manager Pete was very excited. He invested in Hengjin before, but as a trader, he hadn't experienced this feeling yet; but now as a manager, a front-line commander, he really felt the thrill of the financial field.

Of course, although he is the manager of the trading department, Barings Bank summed up the experience of the "Lisson incident" and reviewed the various trading departments quite strictly.Therefore, he is still carrying out orders.

But it doesn't matter, he is still the focus of the media.

It feels so good!

Fortunately, Pete will not lose himself, he knows his own affairs.

He came to the trading room and said in a passionate voice: "Continue to short, it is still 1000 million US dollars a day, brothers, hurry up, the higher-ups have spoken, and everyone will take a vacation in Hawaii this year, and the company will pay for it!"

"Great! I love the boss!" the traders howled, and then the orders began to be implemented one by one.

The market value of the Japanese stock market is still the second largest in the world, and the Nikkei futures exchange is second only to various indexes in the United States; while the US dollar and yen foreign exchange are the most traded foreign exchange varieties in the world.

In terms of real estate, even after Japan's real estate plummeted, the rent of office buildings in Tokyo is still the second in the world; all this is because before the bubble crisis, Japanese real estate was too high.

Pete showed a smile, very satisfied with everyone's enthusiastic work status.

Hong Kong.

Octopus Bank Building.

Recently, Lin Zuhui has focused some energy on the Nikkei 225 Index and USD/JPY.It's all because he feels that he is not rich enough, and he has become a world-class celebrity now, so he doesn't want to be too cautious.

Of course, due to the layers of financial shells he built, he is still the ultimate killer hiding behind his back.

At present, the Nikkei has fallen to 15580 points, which obviously did not fall to his heart point, so he asked Barings to spend 1 million US dollars to continue shorting the June Nikkei futures index.During this period, positions will hardly be closed in advance, waiting for the delivery date at the end of June.

And if during June, the Nikkei falls below 15000 points, then Octopus Bank will start to enter the market, buying 1000 million US dollars of Nikkei futures every day, and it is estimated to invest about 1.5 million US dollars to do long.

In the next year, Octopus Bank and Barings Bank will insist on 'buying' Nikkei and being 'long'.Of course, in order to control risks, the amount of investment in each delivery month is the same, which is almost 1.5 million US dollars.

It is really troublesome to speculate in Nikkei futures index and Hong Kong stock futures index. After all, when the delivery date comes, you have to close the position, which is equivalent to increasing the "risk", and of course it also increases the high return.

And there is no big risk in foreign exchange speculation, for Lin Zuhui.

Hengjin Investment successfully bought 2 million US dollars in USD/JPY (20 times leverage) in April, with an average point of only 82.2 points; Lin Zuhui doesn’t need to worry about him now, the 120 points before the Asian financial crisis can be cashed out.

In addition to his personal investment of 2 million US dollars, New Era Group also invested 5 million Hong Kong dollars to buy USD/JPY.The New Era Group's non-recurring profit this year has reached a little over 40 billion Hong Kong dollars, all of which were earned by shorting the Nikkei and the US dollar/yen.

The personal funds and the company's funds are so huge. After the financial crisis broke out, Lin Zuhui was the biggest bargain hunter.

Wall Street, Morgan Stanley.

A professional financial elite came to the manager's office.

"Manager, it has been found out. Recently, Xiangjiang Octopus Bank bought about 40 billion to 60 billion US dollars of foreign exchange in US dollars, with a leverage of 20 times."

The manager raised his head slowly, as if he had known such an expression for a long time, and said calmly: "I have already guessed that it is that person's style. He is worthy of the name of the stock god, and he grasped the timing just right."

The elite said a little unconvinced: "In the eyes of Wall Street, he is a Hong Kong stock god. With their 20 times leverage, as long as the dollar and yen quickly fall below 80 points, he will not be scared to death!"

The manager said angrily: "Idiot! Then how much will we have to pay? Don't others know how to cover their positions? Do you think the richest man in the world will mobilize less funds than us?"

The elite immediately blushed, and he also understood these reasons, but he still said a little sophistry: "As long as the decline is fast, they will have no time to cover their positions!"

The manager is speechless. This subordinate has the skills, but he is too arrogant!

"If you want to swallow other people's 2 million US dollars, you must first prepare a 20 billion US dollar deposit, and the risk you take is greater than others. Would you do this kind of business?"

Now, the elite has nothing to say!
The manager continued: "According to some data, the richest man in the world started from scratch, but before his companies brought him large dividends, he was already worth more than 200 billion Hong Kong dollars. Do you know where the money came from? ?”

The elite said: "Stocks, foreign exchange, oil, and gold all have his shadow."

The manager nodded and said, "That's right. Although we don't know how much he earned, we can analyze that he is a cunning fox with keen eyes and a calm mind. Therefore, Wall Street has already tacitly allowed him to make money." , because he has this strength. Fortunately, he is not greedy!"

"If he's greedy, we can beat him!"

"Of course!"

These people are still too arrogant, even if Lin Zuhui is greedy, they can't play against Lin Zuhui, unless they unplug the network cable and turn off the trading system.Even so, with Lin Zuhui's wealth, he can still beat Wall Street to death.After all, you can't play too much by pulling out the network cable, otherwise the reputation will come from there.

Of course, Lin Zuhui is worried about the "world police" of the United States, so he has always kept a low profile.

It's really low-key. He made so much money in the financial market, and Wall Street guessed the amount of 200 billion.Moreover, the reason why they guessed it was based on the analysis of Lin Zuhui's wealth in Xiangjiang - the performance of rights issue and fundraising.

Without these, Wall Street would at most find out that it was Xiangjiang's funds. After all, Lin Zuhui used to diversify his investments.

Pengcheng.

Lin Zuhui came to Xiaomi Science and Technology Park, accompanied by Zou Kaixuan, inspected the mobile phone production line, with a faint smile on his face.

For this mobile phone production line, it is worthwhile to be slaughtered by Japanese manufacturers for 1 million US dollars.At present, there are many OEM mobile phone production lines in China, but the annual output is only 400 million units.However, Lin Zuhui knew that the domestic OEM production line will soon show a blowout development, comparable to the crazy growth of VCD several times.

After domestic OEMs accumulated technology and experience, domestic brand mobile phones were born in the late 90s, entering the era of knockoff phones.

Of course, Xiaomi Technology is not willing to be an OEM for a few years before developing its own mobile phone brand, so it would rather spend huge sums of money to purchase production lines; Japanese manufacturers not only provide equipment and technology, but also provide talents with management experience.

1 million US dollars is already a very large sum of money for the mobile phone industry. This year, Nokia became the number one in the world, and its net profit only reached 10 billion US dollars.

For Xiaomi mobile phones, it is still unknown whether the 1 million US dollars can be earned back in the 90s!After all, the technology of Xiaomi mobile phones is not top-notch, and the brand awareness is not strong, so it may not be able to break through in the 90s.

However, this is also a move to accumulate experience and technology, and overall it is very worthwhile.

"When will the Xiaomi mobile phone be launched?" Lin Zuhui asked.

President Zou Kaixuan immediately replied: "It will be around August, but we are GSM signal mobile phones. Although we are not the first to eat crabs, I believe we will break through!"

Ericsson released the GSM mobile phone in January this year, but the GSM network in Guangdong Province has also just been built, making Ericsson a hot commodity for a while.

It is a good thing to have self-confidence. After all, it has been developed for nearly three years and invested more than one billion yuan, so there must be some achievements.It cannot compare with the first-tier brands such as Nokia, Motorola, Ericsson, etc., and at least it has to be comparable to the second-tier brands in Europe, America and Japan.

Even if this is the case, it is a very awesome thing. After all, according to history, China's first real mobile phone should be Kejian in 1997.

"Do you have confidence in technology and quality?" Lin Zuhui asked again.

"We have tested it many times, and the Xiaomi mobile phone is worth buying!" Zou Kaixuan said confidently.

Lin Zuhui will not continue to discuss these issues, time will tell, of course, this is the accumulation process of technology and brand.

Back in the office, I listened to Zou Kaixuan's work report.

"This year, the mainland rushed to dozens of VCD factories, which put a lot of pressure on Xiaomi VCD. At present, the company has a lot of inventory, and there are still 500 million movements that need to be fulfilled."

Lin Zuhui frowned. He didn't expect the situation to be so severe, and his idea of ​​making a lot of money on VCDs would come to naught, because Huaxia's copycat factory was so powerful that dozens of VCDs could be assembled in a day with a few screwdrivers.

Of course, Xiaomi VCD also has many advantages: CCTV advertising is the king, the control is in the two core components of the decoding chip and the movement, the cost is also advantageous, the brand is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the quality is better than domestic brands.

"Let's lower the price again! If we don't take the initiative to lower the price, the copycat factory will also lower the price!" Lin Zuhui said.

The reason why China's electronics industry can't start is because of copycat factories and vicious competition.

Zou Kaixuan nodded and said, "We did some research and decided to set the market price at 2688 yuan. We still have a lot of profit at this price."

The decoding chip is produced by a subsidiary company, and the movement is negotiated at an ultra-low price based on 'large quantities'. The current cost price of 1500 yuan is no longer needed.

Zou Kaixuan has become a world-renowned technology leader in recent years. When she went to the Netherlands, she was picked up by a special plane and greeted with a red carpet. The Prime Minister of the Netherlands has even met her.After all, the explosion of China's VCD market has also driven the growth of the Dutch economy.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "This idea is good. This year there will be dozens of counterfeit factories, and next year there may be hundreds of assembly factories."

Zou Kaixuan believed Lin Zuhui's words very much, so she said: "Well, but the production of movement in Japan can't keep up, so the key parts of the copycat factory are also out of stock. Generally speaking, we have the initiative."

Lin Zuhui said: "There is another way to strengthen the sales of DVD players. As more and more wealthy people in the Mainland, everyone will have higher requirements for quality. Therefore, DVD will show an explosive growth in a year or two. Development. You can enhance the quality and function of DVD, and then we can still have a big market in this field when copycats explode.”

Zou Kaixuan replied: "Okay, I'll make a note! At present, our market still occupies about 50%, and this big price cut will definitely stabilize it."

In 1995, there should have been more than 500 million DVD players in the mainland market, half of which is quite excellent.Next year, the sales volume of VCD player will exceed 700 million for sure.

The outbreak of DVD players in the mainland has also given birth to the outbreak of the pirated disc industry. The pirated discs in Xiangjiang are very serious, which has led to a bad movie box office market, so the theaters have begun to drop sharply. At present, there are about 120 or so, and they are still decreasing. .

Then, Lin Zuhui asked about the progress of the USB flash drive. Zou Kaixuan told him the good news. Xiaomi Technology has made key progress in the USB flash drive. It will be successfully developed within a year and apply for a patent.

"How about sending people to Kingston to study?" Lin Zuhui asked again.

As the major shareholder of Kingston, and the relationship between Lin Zuhui and Kingston's two founders is also very harmonious, Xiaomi Technology can naturally send people to learn other people's advanced technology.

"The effect is not bad. It saved the company a lot of detours in the field of memory, and learned a lot of technology and experience!" Zou Kaixuan said.

Lin Zuhui nodded. The current development of Xiaomi Technology is still good. With its VCD, cordless phones and other products, the annual net profit is as high as 15 billion; plus the decoding chip company in the United States, the annual net profit has already reached 20 billion RMB.Of course, this figure is still growing crazily. Next year, only the decoding chip can make a profit of 2 million U.S. dollars, and the total profit of the entire Xiaomi Technology should exceed 30 billion.

Of course, if the investment is included, Xiaomi Technology is actually still in debt, and a mobile phone project has already invested more than one billion yuan, not to mention LCD, semiconductor, lithium battery, and memory products.

Supporting war with war is the characteristic of Xiaomi Technology. Coupled with Lin Zuhui's blood transfusion, bank loans, and next year's IPO fundraising, the entire 90s can invest tens of billions in research and development funds.

Jiangnan Province, Xinke Company.

A manager hurried to the general manager Gao Wangsheng's office and said, "Mr. Gao, it's not good. Xiaomi VCD has announced a price reduction. Currently it only costs 2688 yuan."

Gao Wang stood up vigorously, then sat down slowly, and said in his mouth: "They want to continue to monopolize the market by relying on the price. No way, we can also lower the price!"

The management reminded: "Mr. Gao, there is a very short supply of movement and decoding chips, and the manufacturers who master these two parts are sitting on the ground and raising prices. Not only are we out of stock, but we have to buy them at a high price."

Gao Wangsheng was speechless for a moment, VCD player is not a high-tech product, a CD movement plus a decoder, and then fixed on the shell, almost constitutes a vcd (capacitors, resistors, and shells are all things with no technological content) .

"Awesome! Xiaomi Technology is amazing. They not only master the production of decoding chips, but also signed a large number of movement orders with Philips in the Netherlands. Now we want to order from Philips, but they can't do it if they want to do our business, because they have to prioritize Guarantee the order of Xiaomi Technology. Great, great."

The management nodded and said: "The key is that Xiaomi Technology dares to sign an order for 800 million pieces of movement. Is it really not afraid that it will not be sold if it is in hand!"

Gao Wangsheng shook his head. He couldn't understand why Xiaomi Technology dared to sign such a large order.You know, Xiaomi Technology spent a full year in order to let the market know about the VCD product.

"It's useless to say these things now. You send someone to contact the Japanese manufacturer, and you must give us a certain movement order. Then go to the decoding chip manufacturer in the United States, and you must also get the order. We can't be the boss, at least I also want to be the second child, VCD player 2688 still has a good profit margin, so I have to hurry up to make money, as the competition will increase in the future, it will be even more difficult to make money."

Gao Wangsheng thinks very clearly that as more and more copycat factories join in, the profits of VCD players will become lower and lower, and now they can make money quickly.

The land of China.

Dozens of VCD manufacturers have contacted several overseas companies to seek orders for movement and decoding chips, which made several major manufacturers happy for a while.

Philips couldn't help regretting that he took a private jet, a red carpet, and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands to meet Zou Kaixuan and his party, because they missed the opportunity to make a lot of money.

When signing the order for 300 million cores, Philips smiled. Although the price is cheap, it is a new profit after all; Hehe, small profits but quick turnover, the risk belongs to Xiaomi Technology.

But now, they can't laugh anymore. The data from Huaxia shows that VCD players are growing explosively. The movement produced by Japan's Sony can be 50% more expensive than that sold by Philips, and the supply is in short supply.

Philips' current production capacity can only supply Xiaomi Technology's orders. As for additional production lines, the company's executives are a little conservative. They are worried that Huaxia's VCD will suddenly be saturated, so they only dare to expand the production line a little.

(End of this chapter)