Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

On the afternoon of the next Saturday, Shen Zhou contacted Lin Baicheng.

The two went to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea.

The two chatted for a few words at first, but did not get down to the topic immediately. Lin Baicheng was not in a hurry. Anyway, it was Shen Zhou who contacted him for this meeting. If it was urgent, Shen Zhou was also anxious.

The two of them were sitting here drinking afternoon tea. Of course Shen Zhou was not in a hurry, but after all, he was the one who contacted Lin Baicheng, so after the small talk, he took the initiative to talk about the business: "Lin Sheng, I mainly want to invite you this time. Do me a favor, it’s related to our agreement.”

"Um?"

Lin Baicheng looked at Shen Porridge with some confusion when he heard this: "Hutchison Whampoa's stock price fell below 40 Hong Kong dollars yesterday, but it quickly rebounded due to a large number of buying orders. This was caused by HSBC buying too much in a short period of time. You want me to How can I help?" Since it was an agreement with HSBC, he guessed it was related to this matter.

Hearing this, Shen Zong explained: "When the stock price fell below 40 Hong Kong dollars, we were not HSBC. We wanted to build a position of 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. How could we buy so violently? There were third-party funds entering the market." HSBC must buy. It is to buy slowly and cautiously, and control the stock price to fluctuate within a narrow range, rather than to rise or fall sharply.

"What a coincidence?"

Lin Baicheng was very surprised. This was too much of a coincidence.

"What a coincidence indeed."

Shen Porridge nodded. Judging from Lin Baicheng's reaction, it didn't look like he did it. However, it was also possible that Lin Baicheng was acting. However, Shen Porridge thought that the possibility of Lin Baicheng acting was relatively small. He was more inclined to believe that a third party really appeared. funds.

"We have found that this fund comes from the Bank of Mitsubishi branch in Xiangjiang. I also talked with Bank of Mitsubishi's president Tachibana Yamada here this morning, but the other party said that the customer's information should be kept confidential, so I think Lin Sheng, please help me find out who the other party is. Even if it doesn't work, you can find out how much money the other party wants to use to buy Hutchison Whampoa's stocks."

"Taban Shen, I think you think too highly of me. It's true that I cooperate with Mitsubishi Bank, but someone who can spend tens or even hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to buy Hutchison Whampoa stocks is definitely not an ordinary person. Mitsubishi Bank's big customer, how could they leak the big customer's information to me? To put it bluntly, I am also a big customer of Mitsubishi Bank. Aren't they afraid that I will worry about my information being leaked to others and replaced by Mitsubishi Bank? Isn’t it a cooperative bank?”

Lin Baicheng shook his head. Although he was a little surprised by the emergence of third-party funds to purchase Hutchison Whampoa shares, he would not easily agree to Shen Zhou's help in seeking information.

Hearing this, Shen Porridge said: "Lin Sheng, please help me do some research. If I really can't find any information, I have to give up."

"Since you said that, Mr. Shen, then it would be unjustifiable for me not to help."

Lin Baicheng agreed in silence, but even though he agreed verbally, he would also take action to ask Yamada Tachibana, but that was only for Shen Porridge to see. He would only ask, and would not specifically ask for this matter. Mineryu Iwasaki helps.

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, Lin Sheng."

Shen Porridge held up the tea cup to signal, but he actually didn't have much hope.

"You're welcome, we have an agreement, this is what I should do."

Lin Baicheng smiled slightly. It was best to help without having to pay anything.

"Lin Sheng, there will be some negative news on the market next week that is not conducive to Hutchison Whampoa's stock price. I will let you know first. I hope you can understand."

Shen Porridge said aloud that this was what he wanted to say in his meeting with Lin Baicheng today. This would not only suppress Hutchison Whampoa's stock price, but also test the big fund yesterday's negative news about Hutchison Whampoa. Will you continue to buy stocks?

"There can be negative news, but it cannot affect Hutchison Whampoa's business development."

Lin Baicheng reminded aloud that this was agreed upon by both parties, so he could not go back on his word. What he could do was to prevent HSBC from crossing the line.

Shen Porridge nodded: "Don't worry, Lin Sheng, HSBC will not violate our agreement."

"Taban Shen, yesterday Hutchison Whampoa's stock price fell below 40 Hong Kong dollars, so according to our agreement, HSBC will lend me another three-year low-interest loan of 500 million Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Baicheng reminded aloud that this was related to his interests and he couldn't help but care.

"Don't worry, Lin Sheng. Just ask someone to come to HSBC Bank to handle the loan procedures with me on Monday."

Shen Porridge smiled and agreed. This was the reward promised to Lin Baicheng. Of course he would not go back on his words. If he really regrets it, Lin Baicheng will definitely not cooperate with HSBC anymore, and it will only be HSBC that loses.

"Okay, I will ask someone to go to HSBC to handle the procedures next Monday."

Lin Baicheng smiled when he heard this. He would also sabotage HSBC later, so it was better to get the loan as soon as possible.

After the two chatted for a while, Shen Porridge said goodbye and left.

"Lin Sheng!"

Just when Lin Baicheng was about to leave a moment later, someone came over saying hello.

"Leisheng!"

Lin Baicheng stood up and shook hands with the visitor.

This is a man in his fifties. His name is Lei Juokkun. He is the chairman of Kowloon Construction. He also owns a number of theaters. He was originally the controlling shareholder of Kowloon Bus, but now Kowloon Bus has been given to Hutchison Whampoa. Acquired.

Hutchison Whampoa's acquisition of Kowloon Bus was a wholly-owned acquisition, and Kowloon Bus was directly delisted. Now Kowloon Bus has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa.

Losing the controlling stake of Kowloon Bus was a major loss for Lui Kwok-kun. However, the shares he held were sold at a high price. In addition, Hutchison Whampoa and his company, Kowloon Construction, entered into real estate development cooperation. Therefore, Lui Kwok-kun There was no loss, but a lot of benefits. Therefore, Lei Juekun did not hate Hutchison Whampoa and Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng met Lei Juekun several times, but they were not very familiar with each other and could only be regarded as acquaintances.

"Lin Sheng, I take the liberty of interrupting you. I wonder if I can delay you for a while?"

Lei Juekun said sincerely that in terms of wealth and status, he could not compare to Lin Baicheng.

"of course."

Lin Baicheng sat down with a smile and called the waiter not far away.

Lei Juekun also sat down and ordered tea from the waiter.

Before the waiter could bring the tea, Lei Juekun spoke up: "Lin Sheng, the thing is like this, I have theaters such as Lesheng, Lisheng, and Kaisheng under my name. They used to be leased to Jiahe, but now my Kowloon The bus was acquired by Hutchison Whampoa, and I wanted to start another business, so I wanted to buy a few more theaters and form a theater chain together with the original theaters."

"It's a good choice."

Lin Baicheng nodded when he heard this. Let's not talk about whether establishing a theater chain can make money. The real estate of the theater alone will continue to increase in value as housing prices rise, so it is a very good investment method.

Lei Juekun said: "Lin Sheng, your Star Cinemas can be said to be all over Xiangjiang. I am now preparing to enter this industry, so I would like to say hello to Lin Sheng first, hoping not to cause misunderstandings, so that my theater chain will be opened as soon as it opens." Being suppressed.”

"Leisheng, you are too polite. You don't need my approval to enter this industry. I don't have the ability to suppress your theater chain."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand, and then said: "Anyone can do this business, and Lei Sheng is no exception. But I want to remind Lei Sheng that whether it is the theater chain under my name, or the theater chains of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, all Each film company is supporting you, Lei Sheng, if you set up a theater chain but don’t have film support, I’m worried that your theater chain won’t be open for a long time.”

As far as the film industry is concerned, theaters are very important, but the film companies that shoot movies are equally important, and the two are interdependent.

The current structure of the Hong Kong film industry is that of three major companies: Star Pictures, Shaw Brothers, and Golden Harvest. The three film companies have their own theaters, and all the films they shoot are only released in their respective theaters.

In addition, it is true that there are other small film companies in Hong Kong, but the films produced by those film companies are usually released by Star Cinema and Golden Harvest, while Shaw Brothers only releases its own films.

In this case, Lei Juekun's establishment of a theater chain will only be able to obtain films produced by other small film companies, and he will also have to compete with Star Cinema and Golden Harvest, especially Golden Harvest. In addition to showing movies from Star Pictures, Star Cinema also shows movies from other movie companies in which it has a stake. It can be said that there is no shortage of movies to be released.

It will not be easy for the theater chain Lei Juekun just established to compete with Jiahe. If it cannot compete with Jiahe, the theater chain's profitability will be a big problem.

The waiter came over with tea, and after he left, the two continued talking.

"Lin Sheng, I wonder if the films produced by your film company can also be screened in my theater?"

Lei Juekun asked tentatively. Of course he knew the importance of the film and had a rough idea. But if he could win Lin Baicheng's support, his theater chain would be able to develop better in the early stage.

"I'm sorry Lei Sheng, my theater chain is enough to cover the Hong Kong market, so the film can be released in Xingchen Cinema."

Lin Baicheng declined. His theater chain almost covered the city of Xiangjiang. There was no need to show the movie in other theaters and let others make money.

"That's such a shame."

Lei Juekun sighed regretfully, but said nothing more. He knew that this kind of thing could not be done forcefully.

"Lin Sheng, I will also find some people to set up a film company when the time comes. If I ask you to borrow actors for filming, I hope you will not refuse."

"Of course this is not a problem, as long as the actors are given a salary that matches their worth."

Lin Baicheng does not refuse to allow TV stations or artists who have signed contracts with film companies to film other film companies' films. Even if they prevent their artists from filming, the other party can completely replace them. If the film is popular, then the only losses will be his own artists and his own company. So there is no need to prevent this kind of thing.

Lei Juekun said with a smile: "Of course, if you invite them to film, you will definitely have to pay them."

After chatting with Lei Juekun for a few more words, Lin Baicheng excused himself and left, saying that he had something to do.

After leaving, Lin Baicheng asked someone to contact Yamada Tachibana, the president of Mitsubishi Xiangjiang Branch, to meet with him. This was what he promised to Shen Zhou. He would definitely meet with Yamada Tachibana and show it to Shen Zhou.

Not long after, the people below reported that Yamada Tachibana should meet with Lin Baicheng and said that the time would be decided by Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng asked someone to arrange the time for tomorrow morning. He had a date with Zhong Chuhong in the evening.

On the date that night, Lin Baicheng and Zhong Chuhong first went to the hotel to have dinner together, and then they went to watch a movie together.

"Money Makes Trouble", Lin Baicheng thought it was a movie released in 1980, but it was released this year. But it’s normal to think about it. Originally, this movie was supposed to be produced by Golden Harvest. Now that the Xu brothers, Hong Jinbao and others have been poached by Lin Baicheng, there is nothing wrong with filming this movie in advance.

"Money Makes Trouble" is a film co-produced by Hui's Pictures and Seven Little Fortunes Film Company. Both parties share the cost equally. The main actors are also people from both companies. The actors alone are very different from the version before the rebirth. Big difference.

Lin Baicheng has actually never seen this movie. He only knows about such a movie because he has written a novel.

Therefore, when watching the movie this time, Lin Baicheng watched it very seriously.

"It's still the philistine style of the Xu brothers."

After watching it for a while, Lin Baicheng made a judgment. And if there are no accidents, in today's era, the philistine style of the Xu brothers is quite popular. As long as the story is told well, the box office will not be bad either.

Of course, Lin Baicheng has been influenced by future diverse films, so the plot of the movie is still a bit old-fashioned to him, and he can't say he likes it very much.

"Baicheng, this movie is really good."

Unlike Lin Baicheng, Zhong Chuhong praised it greatly after leaving the cinema.

"its not bad, right."

Lin Baicheng commented truthfully.

Zhong Chuhong said: "Is it just good? I think it looks good."

Lin Baicheng held the girl's hand: "Everyone has different preferences. It's normal that I don't like her as much as you do."

"Too."

Zhong Chuhong quite agreed with this statement.

In Lin Baicheng's opinion, the movie "Money Makes Trouble" is not as good as Hui's Pictures' "The Pledge of Allegiance" last year. If nothing else, the box office of "The Trouble with Money" should not be as good as "The Pledge of Allegiance". In other words, the total box office of the film will be less than 7 million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course, Lin Baicheng cannot guarantee whether this is the case. After all, this is just his judgment. He cannot represent others. Maybe he doesn't like the citizens of Xiangjiang, but he may like it.

Lin Baicheng actually doesn't care that much about film companies now, mainly because he makes too little money. Even if a film is a hit at the box office, with a box office of 7 to 8 million Hong Kong dollars, the maximum number is more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars including overseas profits. It is basically impossible to exceed the upper limit of 20 million Hong Kong dollars, unless the film can be sold to Western countries to make a profit. Dollar.

In a few years, the box office of a movie in Hong Kong will reach about 20 million Hong Kong dollars. At that time, plus overseas income, it is possible for a movie to earn 20 to 30 million Hong Kong dollars or even more. At that time, it can be said that Movie profits are not low anymore.

Only then will Lin Baicheng pay more attention to the film company, invest more energy, and even take charge of the film himself.

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