Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

The time in New York is about 3 hours ahead of that in Los Angeles, so there is a time difference between the two places.

Therefore, when Claure Rockefeller returned home from Phil Smith's party after eleven o'clock, he did not contact his father in New York immediately, but did not contact New York until the next morning.

Lawrence Rockefeller, as Claure Rockefeller's father, inherited his grandfather's talent for making money. More than forty years ago, he inherited the New York Stock Exchange bought by his grandfather, embarked on the road of entrepreneurship from Wall Street, and pioneered venture capital in the United States.

Nowadays, Lawrence Rockefeller has a net worth of billions of dollars in his name, but only a billion dollars is revealed on the surface.

This is only the assets owned by Lawrence Rockefeller. His father had a total of five sons and one daughter, and each of the six siblings had descendants. This shows how big the members of the entire Rockefeller family are, and how much their combined assets will be.

After the father and son chatted for a while, Claude Rockefeller said: "Father, Lin Baicheng and I met at Phil Smith's party yesterday."

"Well, what do you think of this guy?"

Lawrence Rockefeller knew that his son Claure was going to meet Lin Baicheng, and he even asked Claure to meet Lin Baicheng.

"Not an ordinary person! He doesn't have the arrogance, complacency and ecstasy that most young people have after they achieve success. He is very measured."

Claure Rockefeller first commented on Lin Baicheng, and then said in detail: "Yesterday he invited us to cooperate, saying that he was planning to form a television network, and that he knew that as a foreigner, he could not control the top television network in the United States. , so he wants to cooperate with our capital, which shows that he doesn’t think he can do anything just because he has made a lot of money.”

"Whether he thought of this himself or was reminded by his subordinates, if he can understand this, it already shows that he is awake enough. This young man is indeed not simple."

Lawrence Rockefeller was a little surprised after hearing this, but more of he admired Lin Baicheng.

"We can cooperate with him in establishing a TV network. As he said, he cannot control a TV network that is too large, but our Rockefeller family is different. When the time is right, we can take over this TV network and expand it. Family influence.”

Lawrence Rockefeller immediately said that he could use Lin Baicheng's funds to establish a television network and finally gain control of the television network. How could he miss such a good thing?

"I also think we can cooperate, but Lin Baicheng will not give up too many shares at the beginning. It is more likely that he will continue to reduce and dilute his shares in the later mergers and acquisitions and expansion of the TV network. During mergers and acquisitions, he can not only reduce With his shareholding ratio, he can take advantage of the trend without spending a penny.”

Claure expressed his opinion. He did not think Lin Baicheng was a fool who sacrificed himself for others.

"If you don't care about the controlling stake in a company, mergers and acquisitions are the best way to develop, and he will definitely do that. Even if he doesn't think of it himself, those under him will remind him."

Lawrence agreed. Putting aside whether Lin Baicheng was a smart person or not, the professional managers under Lin Baicheng could not all be fools. There would always be someone who would give Lin Baicheng the best advice.

"Let's not talk about the TV network for now, let's talk about other things."

Claure responded: "In order to get closer to Lin Baicheng, I told Lin Baicheng that I would invest in Changsheng Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Company as my father said. I thought Lin Baicheng would be happy to accept it. After all, this way he would not have to invest. There were so many, but Lin Baicheng refused, which surprised me."

"He actually refused?"

Lawrence was very surprised when he heard this. In his plan, he would get closer to Lin Baicheng by investing in companies under Lin Baicheng's name. Of course, among the many companies under Lin Baicheng's name, he knew that the company Changsheng Medicine had the least prospects, but He still asked Claure to invest in this company in order to gain Lin Baicheng's favor by sending money to Lin Baicheng.

Lawrence originally thought that investing in longevity medicine was a sure thing, and no one would refuse the money that came to his door, but Lin Baicheng refused.

Claure nodded: "He refused. Even though I expressed my willingness to help Changsheng Medicine recruit outstanding talents and provide assistance for future drug experiments, Lin Baicheng still said that he would consider it and did not immediately agree to let me become a shareholder."

"This doesn't make sense."

Lawrence was a little puzzled when he heard this: "I have even thought about investing some money in the company Changsheng Medicine at the beginning. Through this investment, you and Lin Baicheng can get closer and gradually become friends. After a few days, After this year, we will reduce our investment in Changsheng Medicine, or even stop investing in it, in order to avoid investing too much in this company that is basically unlikely to succeed."

Claure guessed: "Father, do you think it's because Lin Baicheng is confident that he doesn't want to give up his shares?"

"impossible!"

Lawrence immediately retorted: "What do you think this is research on? How can Lin Baicheng be sure about research on extending human lifespan? With the current level of science and technology, it is impossible to do this, let alone decades, one or two hundred years It was a fluke that it came to fruition.”

Claure: "I also know this truth, but if this is the case, Lin Baicheng has no reason to refuse our investment."

"No matter what he thinks, you can try it out later and see if you can participate in the investment. Spend 20 to 30 million US dollars to give it a try. Even if there is no gain in the end, our family will still bear this loss. Affordable.”

Lawrence decided not to think too much and just throw the money away. Anyway, his family could afford the loss of tens of millions of dollars, so they could use it to take a chance. If, if, the company Changsheng Pharmaceutical really succeeds, then this investment will reap huge returns in the future.

Not only the financial return, but also the research results. The Rockefeller family can know and use it as soon as possible. Such return is even more important.

Claure responded: "Yes, I will mention this matter to him again the next time I meet him."

"Especially these days, I walk around a lot with Lin Baicheng and Phil Smith."

Lawrence warned aloud and said: "Lin Baicheng's luck is really good this time, Hong Su suddenly invaded Afghanistan, otherwise the more than 2 billion US dollars of gold futures long orders operated by Hutchison Whampoa under his name would have been squeezed out. Wall Street is already communicating that it wants to eat up his capital."

Hutchison Whampoa, under the name of Lin Baicheng, has made huge profits by doing long gold futures many times, so it will naturally be targeted by Wall Street. Therefore, the current long order of US$2.5 billion has been targeted by Wall Street. Wall Street institutions began to communicate, causing the gold price to fluctuate for a while. It starts to fall and eats up all the long orders.

Of course, many Wall Street institutions joined forces not to eat Lin Baicheng's order. All bulls were targeted by Wall Street institutions, but the US$2.5 billion order operated by Golden Fleece Company was the most delicious piece of meat among them.

It is not unfounded for Wall Street institutions to cause the price of gold to fall due to short selling. Since the low of just over 100 US dollars per ounce in 1976, the price of gold has risen to about 400 US dollars per ounce a while ago, which has nearly quadrupled. The increase is quite astonishing. It has already achieved Downward adjustment trend.

Wall Street institutions join forces and continue to open short positions. A large amount of funds will push the gold price down, and then form a downward adjustment trend, thereby achieving the purpose of eating up the long positions.

However, before Wall Street institutions could complete the distribution of benefits, Hong Su suddenly invaded Afghanistan, war broke out, and the price of gold rose sharply, stimulated by risk aversion. This kind of news stimulated even Wall Street institutions to join forces, but they could not stop the influx of overseas funds from going long. .

What's more, after this happened, Wall Street institutions couldn't unite at all. Because the Wall Street institutions couldn't work together, someone would definitely enter the market to go long. Going long is the general trend, so the alliance failed and everyone did their own thing.

Lawrence Rockefeller himself was a member of Wall Street. He was also at the top of the hunting food chain. He was among the Wall Street institutions that wanted to unite. Therefore, he knew everything about this matter and had also investigated Lin Baicheng.

This time the Wall Street institutions failed to unite, the price of gold rose sharply, Hutchison Whampoa's investment once again made huge profits, and Lawrence deeply remembered Lin Baicheng.

No matter what the reason was, the investment led by Lin Baicheng made money again. Lawrence wanted to know in advance what kind of investment Lin Baicheng would make next. After investigation, he found that someone in the Rockefeller family had a good relationship with Lin Baicheng. He immediately contacted Logan Rockefeller The relationship led his son to get acquainted with Lin Baicheng.

Once his son becomes friends with Lin Baicheng and can find out Lin Baicheng's future investment direction, then whether Lawrence invests with him or harvests Lin Baicheng in the opposite direction, it will be a good thing for the Rockefeller family.

These are the real reasons why Lawrence sent his son Claure to get acquainted with Lin Baicheng, otherwise Claure would not have suddenly made friends with Lin Baicheng, a capitalist from Hong Kong, for no reason.

Claure said: "I will try my best. Sudden and presumptuous inquiries will only arouse suspicion. I will discuss with them when it is a good time to sell because I am long gold futures, but I am worried that he will not tell me his plans." .”

"It's best if you can find out. If you can't find out, forget it."

Lawrence did not force it: "Anyway, the long orders of more than 2 billion US dollars operated by Golden Fleece Company have been discovered by big institutions like us. Once his people start selling, we will be able to discover it as soon as possible."

"With the current increase in the price of gold, Lin Baicheng's investment has already made a lot of money, and it is basically impossible to suffer losses. Therefore, whether you know it or not does not have much impact. It is more important to have a good relationship with him and become friends. You must do a good job The degree of it.”

"I know what to do, Father."

Claure expressed his understanding out loud and knew that he had to take a longer view.

Lawrence warned a few more words: "Don't rush when making friends. If you rush, you will easily make mistakes. You can decide the details yourself."

"I understand, Father!"

The two father and son talked for a while before ending the call.

Today is Monday. On this morning, not only the Rockefellers are talking about Lin Baicheng, but some people are also talking about Lin Baicheng.

Atari Company, after a few days of preliminary investigation, Atari Company already knows which company's product the Star and Moon console sold at Starlight Company is.

Atari Company tracked down Xingyue Electronic Game Company, tracked down Lin Baicheng, and learned about some industries under Lin Baicheng's name. In fact, Atari employees did not check these in person, but paid an investigation company to check them, and the investigation company was more professional.

Although Atari did not convene a board of directors specifically for the Xingyue console, it did hold a high-level meeting.

"According to the investigation, the Xingyue console was launched in China, Japan and Hong Kong at the same time on May 12 last year. At that time, the price of a console was US$179, which was US$20 cheaper than our Atari VCS. .”

"A month later, the price of the Xingyue console increased to US$189 per unit, and before Christmas the price increased to US$199 per unit. Because the games on the Xingyue console are very popular among children, the sales of the console are very good. There has been no decrease in sales due to price increases.”

"Because the survey company only investigates the sales data of Xingyue consoles in its own country, according to survey statistics, as of the end of last year, the sales volume of Xingyue consoles was roughly around 400,000 units. The sales volume in the days before and after Christmas alone exceeded 100,000 units.”

"According to the judgment of the marketing department, the selling price of Xingyue console not only did not make Xingyue Electronic Game Company make any money, but actually made it lose a lot. However, Xingyue Electronics Company made a lot of profits from the sales of cassettes and made a lot of money. profit."

"For now, the sales volume of our company's consoles is much higher than that of the Xingyue consoles, but the sales volume of the Xingyue consoles last year exceeded 400,000 units, and this year's sales are likely to exceed that number. Also, this is only the sales of the Xingyue consoles. The sales volume of the domestic Xingyue console in Japan is not low, and in addition to other markets in overseas countries, the sales volume of this product has encroached on the market that should originally belong to Atari VCS."

"According to the investigation, the Xingyue console is a product produced by Xingyue Electronic Game Company. The company is located in Xiangjiang in the Far East. The technology of the Xingyue console is not much better than Atari VCS, but many of the games carried by this company are very popular. In particular, the game "Mario Brothers" is very popular among players according to surveys."

"As for Xingyue Electronic Game Company, it was originally a department of Galaxy Game Company. Galaxy Game Company is also a company in Xiangjiang. It makes arcade games and is currently listed on Nasdaq. In order to go public at that time, the boss of Galaxy Game Company The console department was split off and the current Xingyue Electronic Game Company was established."

"In other words, the two companies belong to the same boss, and his boss's name is Lin Baicheng. He is a big capitalist in Xiangjiang with very strong capital. According to the investigation, he also controls a company in Xiangjiang with a market value of more than 10 billion US dollars. , who owns nearly half of the shares.”

"besides."

Information about Lin Baicheng and Xingyue Video Game Company was introduced, allowing Atari's management to have a clearer understanding of the backend of Xingyue console, so that they would not be completely ignorant.