Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

It involves a transaction of up to HK$1 billion in Hutchison Whampoa. He holds a lot of shares in Hutchison Whampoa. As a director of Hutchison Whampoa, Guo Hanian also came to Hutchison Whampoa during the transaction.

Therefore, after the press conference, Lin Baicheng called Wei Li to his office and asked Guo Henian to speak in his office.

Lin Baicheng first exchanged some pleasantries with Guo Henian before getting down to business.

"Guo Sheng, I invited you here to discuss with you the dividend distribution of Hutchison Whampoa this year."

"It's up to you, Lin Sheng, to decide this matter."

After hearing this, Guo Henian said that he was very self-aware. The control of Hutchison Whampoa was in the hands of Lin Baicheng. It would be useless even if he disagreed with some of Lin Baicheng's opinions. At most, he would cause some minor trouble for Lin Baicheng, but that was the right thing to do. It doesn't do him any good.

"Guo Sheng is also a director of Hutchison Whampoa. We still need to inform Guo Sheng of any major decisions about Hutchison."

Lin Baicheng smiled. Guo Henian was self-aware. Lin Baicheng would of course give Guo Henian a little favor as a director. Except for major secrets such as gold futures investment, there was no need to hide other decisions about the company's development from Guo Henian.

Taking the matter of dividend distribution as an example, Lin Baicheng did not make a decision in a single word, but discussed it with Guo Henian. Although his own opinion was the most important, he did this out of respect for Guo Henian as a director, and everyone gave each other face.

"I don't have any opinion on dividends."

Of course Guo Henian would have no objection, and he even wished that the more funds he could receive as dividends, the better. Taking the 8.1% stake in Hutchison Whampoa he currently holds as an example, if the dividend is HK$600 million, that would be nearly HK$50 million, which is quite a lot.

It is said that Guo Henian originally bought Hutchison Whampoa's shares because he valued Watson's channels and opened up new channels for his sugar, edible oil and other commodities. But now, just the change in the market value of the shares has made him a huge profit.

Guo Henian spent nearly 800 million Hong Kong dollars to buy 8.1% of Hutchison Whampoa shares. Today, the market value of these shares exceeds 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the book profit exceeds 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Baicheng said to the two of them: "The reason why I called Guo Sheng and Wei Li is to discuss with you the appropriate amount of funds for Hutchison Whampoa's dividend distribution this year."

Guo Henian said with a smile: "I definitely don't know Hutchison as well as Lin Sheng and Wei Li, so we can just discuss this matter and decide, and I can just sit in and watch."

Wei Li glanced at Guo Henian after hearing this, and then said: "Let me tell you my point of view. Last year, the company's dividends were HK$600 million. The company's development this year can be said to be even better than last year, so I personally think that this year's dividends Try not to be less than HK$600 million. Once the dividend is less than HK$600 million, the outside world may have bad associations and suspect that the company is short of funds or something."

Lin Baicheng nodded after hearing this and asked Wei Li, "Wei Li, if the company now invests 800 million Hong Kong dollars, will it have an impact on the company's development?"

"Will not."

Wei Li shook his head: "The Golden Gate Building sold by the company will receive 600 million Hong Kong dollars. If the company's dividend is 800 million Hong Kong dollars, the company only needs to spend an additional 200 million Hong Kong dollars. With the funds currently in the company's account, it will spend 200 million Hong Kong dollars." One hundred million Hong Kong dollars is nothing.”

Lin Baicheng looked at Guo Henian: "Guo Sheng, what do you think of the HK$800 million dividend?"

"As long as Lin Sheng and Weili Taipan think it will not affect Hutchison Whampoa's development, I have no problem."

Guo Henian smiled, calculated in his mind, and found that he could get 64.8 million Hong Kong dollars out of the 800 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends, which was not a small amount.

"Since both of you have no objections, it has been decided that this year's dividend fund will be HK$800 million."

Seeing that Guo Henian had no objection, Lin Baicheng made the decision. He calculated that he could get HK$399.2 million from HK$800 million. The difference of HK$800,000 was HK$400 million. Adding the HK$299.4 million in dividends received last year, the total dividends reached nearly HK$700 million.

Lin Baicheng originally spent a little over 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy 49.9% of Hutchison Whampoa shares. Now he has received nearly 700 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends alone, nearly half of his original capital has been recovered.

Based on Hutchison Whampoa's current market value, Lin Baicheng's return on this company has reached 15 times. However, this is a book return. If he sells the shares now, he will definitely not be able to sell them for a price as high as HK$12 billion.

Hutchison Whampoa's dividend of HK$800 million this year has been decided, and neither Guo Henian nor Wei Li have any objections.

After seeing that both of them agreed, Lin Baicheng said to Wei Li: "Wei Li, the matter of dividend distribution will be discussed at the board meeting next week. Please mention it and implement it immediately after the board of directors approves it." Since the amount of dividends has been decided, there is no money. If it is necessary to put it in Hutchison Whampoa's account, it is better to keep it safe.

"Okay, Mr. Lin."

Wei Li responded.

Guo Henian asked Lin Baicheng at this time: "Lin Sheng, Hutchison Whampoa's dividends are paid every year?"

"As long as Hutchison Whampoa is still under my control, as long as Hutchison Whampoa's performance for the year is not bad, then Hutchison Whampoa will definitely pay dividends that year. As for the specific amount of dividends, it depends on Hutchison Whampoa's performance that year and whether there is any A lot of money is needed.”

There is no need to pay taxes on dividends, because the funds distributed by the company have already paid taxes, so unless Hutchison Whampoa is in difficulty in a certain year, Lin Baicheng will insist on paying dividends every year, so that he can get a sum of funds that do not need to pay taxes every year. .

Guo Henian couldn't help but say: "If Hutchison Whampoa pays dividends every year, and the funds for dividends are not low, then Hutchison Whampoa's stocks will definitely be more favored by some funds in the future."

"I pay more attention to the long-term development of Hutchison Whampoa. As long as shareholders hold Hutchison Whampoa's shares for a long time, they will naturally enjoy the dividends brought by Hutchison Whampoa's development."

Lin Baicheng smiled and nodded, but despite what he said, when necessary, he would still appropriately reduce his holdings of some stocks and buy them back after the stock price fell to a certain level, making a short-term difference.

Guo Henian suddenly said: "Lin Sheng, there is something I want to ask you."

"Please say."

Lin Baicheng stretched out his hand to signal.

Guo Henian: "The company's Hutchison Hotel will be completed and open for business in a few months. I would like to ask, is Hutchison going to enter the hotel industry in a big way?"

"Guo Sheng asked this, isn't he worried that Hutchison Hotel will affect Shangri-La Hotel? Hutchison Hotel has not yet been built, but Shangri-La Hotel has already gained quite a reputation. Even if there is competition, Hutchison Hotel cannot compete with Shangri-La. hotel."

Lin Baicheng couldn't help laughing when he heard this. Knowing that Guo Henian owned the Shangri-La Hotel Group, he subconsciously thought of this.

"It means the same thing."

Guo Henian said with a smile: "I think so. If Hutchison Hotel will expand, I hope the two hotels will not be built together. Let alone Asia, Xiangjiang alone is not small. There is no need for two hotels. If they are built together, let them know when they want to build a hotel where, and avoid each other. This will be beneficial to everyone."

"That's true."

Lin Baicheng nodded in agreement: "Hutchison Hotel will definitely expand in the future, but Hutchison's main business is real estate, retail and medicine, so the hotel will not expand so fast."

"But what Guo Sheng said is not bad. If Hutchison Hotel has the intention to expand in the future, it will discuss it with Shangri-La Hotel to avoid direct competition."

This is beneficial to both parties, so Lin Baicheng has no objection.

"When Lin Sheng says this, I feel relieved."

Shangri-La Hotel Group is a very important industry under Guo Henian's name. He attaches great importance to it. Although he is not afraid of competing with Hutchison Hotel, if he can avoid direct competition, it is better to avoid it.

After a while, Guo Henian and Wei Li left Lin Baicheng's office.

…………

"Cheers!" "Cheers!"

In the office of the chairman of Jianing Group, Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen were drinking red wine to celebrate.

After the press conference at Hutchison Whampoa, Chen Songqing returned to Jianing Group, and Zhong Zhengwen was already waiting for him in his office, waiting for him to come back to celebrate.

After drinking, Zhong Zhengwen said excitedly: "If we can buy the Golden Gate Building from Hutchison Whampoa this time, the company will take off soon."

"yes!"

Chen Songqing was also very excited: "After buying the Golden Gate Tower, half of the two roads we originally planned have been completed, and we can start taking action on the other backdoor listing."

"Financially?"

Zhong Zhengwen was slightly worried.

Chen Songqing waved his hands: "Don't worry about the funds. I have already thought of how to raise them. Now that the company has bought the Golden Gate Tower from Hutchison Whampoa, it will definitely cause a huge shock in Hong Kong. The funds that the company can borrow will only be more, so there is no need to worry." Funding issues.”

"I know that with your abilities these are not problems."

Hearing what Chen Songqing said, Zhong Zhengwen immediately felt relieved. Of course he knew that Chen Songqing was making false accounts, and he was not the only one in the company who knew it, but everyone was a collective group of interests, and there were too many interests involved, making it difficult for him to let go.

Chen Songqing said: "I still need your cooperation next time."

"You tell me what to do, and I will cooperate with you."

Zhong Zhengwen nodded in agreement, this is what he wanted to do.

"Um!"

Chen Songqing nodded, and then said: "This time we bought the Golden Gate Tower not only to achieve the goal of becoming famous in Hong Kong, but also to get in touch with HSBC. Not only did HSBC give the company hundreds of millions of loans, but we also asked HSBC to invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars. . In the future, we must hold on to HSBC. As long as we have the support of HSBC, we can develop Jianing Group into one of the giants in Hong Kong without even having to make false accounts."

Zhong Zhengwen agreed: "Fake accounting will not last long. It would be best if we could develop the company through HSBC. That way we would have no risk."

After taking a sip of wine, Chen Songqing said: "Not only HSBC, but also our richest man in Hong Kong, Lin Baicheng, whether it is his own fame or the Galaxy Bank under his name, we can draw on it."

"The richest man in Xiangjiang? Aren't you being tricked by us?"

Zhong Zhengwen snorted coldly when he heard this. It was impossible to say that he was not jealous of Lin Baicheng, the richest man in Hong Kong. Who made Lin Baicheng achieve his current wealth in only two years.

"Don't be careless."

Upon seeing this, Chen Songqing said solemnly: "Although Lin Baicheng is young, he can have the current wealth, and Hutchison Whampoa is also managed by him in an orderly manner, which shows that he is not just a lucky person, he has his own merits. We What you are doing is inherently risky, so you must be cautious and don't be careless. You should know what will happen to us if something goes wrong."

"You said, I will be careful."

Although he was a little disapproving in his heart, Zhong Zhengwen still solemnly expressed his understanding. He knew very well that nothing could happen to what he and Chen Songqing did, otherwise there would be no good end for him, and even the Zhong family would not be able to save him.

"Well, tell me something happy."

Seeing this, Chen Songqing said with a smile: "I have already calculated it. Once our plan goes well, after Jianing Group is listed, the company's market value will definitely exceed 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. By then, you and I will easily have hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars." net worth."

"Hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars!"

Zhong Zhengwen's eyes couldn't help but shine after hearing this. His current net worth is not as much as hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars, but Jianing Group can easily make him have that much net worth with just a few operations. It was indeed the right choice to cooperate with Chen Songqing. .

Chen Songqing: "After the company is listed, we will have to make our performance better and try to keep Hutchison Whampoa and HSBC in check. Otherwise, if these two companies continue to reduce their holdings of the company's stocks, it will be detrimental to us."

"Hutchison Whampoa holds more than 30% of the company's shares. It is not easy to prevent Hutchison Whampoa from reducing its shareholding."

"I also know that it is best if Hutchison Whampoa does not reduce its shareholding. If not, there is nothing we can do. It would also be good for Hutchison Whampoa to reduce its shareholding less."

"What you said is, you can make the arrangements anyway, I will listen to you."

"Okay, first I wish our cooperation a success!"

Chen Songqing and Zhong Zhengwen clinked glasses again. Zhong Zhengwen was able to understand his position, which made Chen Songqing feel relieved. He was afraid that Zhong Zhengwen's eyes would be fascinated and he could not see clearly his position, and he would compete with him for control. If so, That would be troublesome.

In the next few days, the news that Jianing Group acquired Golden Gate Tower from Hutchison Whampoa for more than 1 billion Hong Kong dollars can be said to have shocked the whole of Hong Kong. Many people were discussing it, and the reputation of Jianing Group also spread. .

Chen Songqing has been very high-profile in the past few days, frequently appearing in newspapers, promoting himself and Jianing Group.

In the past few days, Chen Songqing asked Lin Baicheng to meet several times, but Lin Baicheng declined them all because Lin Baicheng did not want to have too much entanglement with Chen Songqing, which made Chen Songqing very disappointed.

Fortunately, Chen Songqing did not gain anything, that is, he and Shen Porridge met several times, and the relationship between the two parties was getting closer. The main reason is that in Shen Chou's view, Jianing Group is a high-quality customer that is on the rise, so of course he doesn't mind having a good relationship with Chen Songqing.