Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

It was already after eleven o'clock in the evening when the Lin family became quiet again.

Lin Baicheng did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he went to the study and contacted Weili in London.

Because yesterday was the wedding day, Lin Baicheng told Wei Li in advance that if he had anything to do, he would contact Wei Li when he was free, and Wei Li would not disturb him for the time being.

Now that he is free, Lin Baicheng naturally wants to know the outcome of the negotiations in London.

"Mr. Lin."

After a while, Wei Li's voice rang on the phone.

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "Wei Li, how is the progress of the negotiations?"

"Back to Mr. Lin, I have talked with Mr. Jackson again."

Weili replied: "First of all, regarding debt, we have reached an agreement that the debt we will take over will not exceed 50 million pounds. After taking over these debts, the relevant companies will receive tax exemption and tax avoidance for a certain period of time. , as well as policy subsidies for related industries, they will not cause us any losses anyway.”

"As long as we don't suffer a loss, it's no problem. It's just a matter of taking out the cash first."

Although taking out cash first is actually a loss. After all, the currency continues to depreciate. Fifty million pounds now is definitely worth more than fifty million pounds a few years later. However, Hutchison Whampoa's losses will not be too much, so there is no need to worry about it. Just think of it as giving the Prime Minister face.

“What do you say about the factory issue?”

Lin Baicheng asked, this is the most important point.

"After my hard arguments, Mr. Jackson made some concessions. Our team believes that the problem is not big, but Mr. Lin still needs to decide whether to agree or not."

"The condition put forward by Mr. Jackson is that without government suppression, workers' unrest, shortage of raw materials and spare parts and other factors, Bentley's current factory cannot be moved out of England before entering the 21st century."

"During the Prime Minister's administration, whenever Bentley Motors had plans to build a branch factory, it could only build a factory in England."

"There are only these two conditions. After discussion, we found it acceptable."

"Bentley's current factory cannot be relocated before the 21st century. This is probably the bottom line, and there is no need for us to relocate. After all, if Bentley is sold to the European market, it will be more convenient to transfer goods from England, so it is There is no need to relocate the factory unless there are special circumstances."

"As for the fact that a branch factory can only be built in England during the Prime Minister's term, the Prime Minister is elected every five years, and it is basically impossible for the Prime Minister to serve three consecutive terms. Therefore, the Prime Minister will only be in office for ten years, or even only five years. .”

"For now, we want Bentley to enter the mid- to low-end car market, and we have plans to build a branch factory. The place to build the branch factory is originally here in England, so there is nothing to refuse."

"With the original factory plus branch factory, Bentley Motors is basically unlikely to build another branch factory in the short term, unless the car company develops rapidly and the new cars it develops are wildly sought after by people, and the manufacturing of cars cannot keep up with sales."

"It's just that, to be honest, this possibility is too low. The development of Bentley cars takes time."

"Also, if Bentley's market is aimed at Europe and the United States, then it will be more convenient for the car to be sold in England. We don't need to build a branch factory in Hong Kong."

"Finally, I know Mr. Lin that you value the market in mainland China, but China has just reformed and opened up, and the automobile market will not be big in a short time. There is no need to build a special factory."

"In ten years, no matter how fast China develops, its economy will definitely not be very good. The automobile market is not big. If we feel that China's market is good in ten years, it will not be too late for us to let Bentley build a factory there. "

Wei Li spoke out his thoughts, and Lin Baicheng listened attentively.

Lin Baicheng is not fully aware of the terms of office of prime ministers and presidents of other foreign countries, but he still knows the terms of office of some famous prime ministers and presidents. Therefore, he knows that Mrs. Thatcher stepped down after 90 years and her term was only ten years.

Wei Li's analysis just now is not wrong. In the past ten years, the development of the domestic economy has indeed not been very good. It really took off after the comprehensive reform in 1992. Before that, it was just trying to cross the river by feeling for the stones.

Therefore, before the 1990s, China's automobile market was indeed limited. After the 1990s, it was acceptable for Bentley to enter the Chinese market.

"Weili, you can make another condition, that is, Bentley can form a joint venture with companies in China to establish a car company. The car company's car sales will only be limited to Asia during the Prime Minister's administration."

"If this condition is agreed to, then I will have no problem, and you can officially start negotiations to acquire Bentley Motors."

Although the conditions are acceptable, there is no harm in being able to enter the Chinese market earlier and cooperating with Chinese automobile companies.

"Okay Mr. Lin, I will talk to Mr. Jackson again."

Wei Li agreed. He felt that the conditions proposed by Lin Baicheng were not too difficult and there should be no problem.

Lin Baicheng said: "Okay, then I will wait for your reply. If there is nothing else, I will rest first."

"Good night, I won't disturb Mr. Lin from your rest." Wei Li said immediately.

"Um!"

Lin Baicheng hung up the phone.

Lin Baicheng planned to go to the United States after Lin Shufang's wedding. However, as he had just joined the telephone company, he had to go there in person to meet with the company's executives, appease them, and make some personnel appointments, so he still needed some time.

Especially since today is Friday, tomorrow is a holiday, and he has to go to the phone company until next Monday.

The next morning, Lin Baicheng sent Lin Qin and his aunt's family to the airport. They wanted to return to the United States first.

After sending the person away, Lin Baicheng went to find Guan Zhilin. Guan Meiren doesn't want to live at home because of her parents' divorce. Recently, she has been living in the villa given to her by Lin Baicheng.

Last time, Guan Zhilin and Lin Baicheng said that her mother was taking her brother and her to Los Angeles. Currently, her mother, Zhang Bingqian, has not left Xiangjiang, and Guan Zhilin also decided to stay in Xiangjiang and not leave. She decided to stay with her father.

Guan Zhilin's choice had something to do with Lin Baicheng. She was worried that after leaving Xiangjiang and going to Los Angeles, the two of them would meet less often and their relationship would slowly fade away. This was something she didn't want to see.

I accompanied Guan Zhilin in the morning, had dinner together at noon, and went out for a walk after the meal. They didn't separate until after two o'clock.

Lin Baicheng went to Hutchison Hotel and came to his exclusive private room to have afternoon tea. He had already made an appointment with someone.

"Mr. Lin, President Wang, President Li and Mr. Huo are here!"

A few minutes after Lin Baicheng arrived in the private room, Chen Huixiang walked in.

"Go and invite them over."

Although Huo Yingdong and others knew the private room, Lin Baicheng still asked Chen Huixiang to take the people.

A few minutes later, Chen Huixiang led Wang Yiping, Li Fuquan and Huo Yingdong into the private room.

"Huo Sheng! President Wang! President Li!"

When they came in, Lin Baicheng stood up and went over to shake their hands.

Lin Baicheng called the three of them to sit down, while Chen Huixiang called in the tea master who was waiting outside. He was good at making tea.

While the tea master was making tea, the four of them chatted casually, but did not talk about important matters.

After a while, the tea master made tea, and Lin Baicheng asked the tea master and Chen Huixiang to go out, leaving only four people in the private room.

The four of them sipped tea and continued chatting.

Huo Yingdong asked: "Lin Sheng, what are your plans for acquiring the telephone company?"

"Not yet, this is for the future." Lin Baicheng shook his head.

Huo Yingdong did not ask deeply, but said: "Anyway, I still want to congratulate you, Lin Sheng, for easily gaining control of the telephone company. This company has monopolized the telephone communication market in Xiangjiang and will definitely be able to provide services for you in the future." Lin Sheng, you will bring rich rewards."

Lin Baicheng said with a smile: "The premise is that it must be managed well. The telephone company was previously managed by British capital, and I don't know if the management will cooperate."

"Lin Sheng, you are the largest shareholder of the company, so they cannot help but cooperate."

Huo Yingdong didn't think that the management of the telephone company would be uncooperative. After all, they were just professional managers and wage earners. It didn't matter who they worked for, and few of them would be in trouble with their future.

Wang Yiping: "Mr. Lin, your career is getting bigger and bigger now, congratulations."

"It's just a small fight."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand modestly.

"Mr. Lin, you are too humble." Li Fuchuan said.

"About the past time, it should be settled, right?"

Smiling, Lin Baicheng asked aloud. He knew that this was what the two presidents of Xinhua News Agency were going to say when they asked him to meet today.

Last year, Wang Yiping and Li Fuquan mentioned to Lin Baicheng that in the first half of this year, the government would officially issue an invitation to Lin Baicheng and others to visit the mainland.

This time was different from when Lin Baicheng and others went to the mainland before. In the past, they went by themselves and visited privately. This time, it was a formal invitation from the official. The meanings of the two are different.

For the official invitation, more than just Lin Baicheng was invited. The time of the official and Lin Baicheng and others must be comprehensively considered to select a date when the official senior officials, Lin Baicheng and others have time to meet, so this time has not been determined until now.

"It's been decided."

Wang Yiping nodded and said: "April 21st next month is the date of the meeting. Mr. Lin, you have to go there in advance."

Nowadays, there is no way to take a direct flight from Xiangjiang to Peiping. The road trip alone takes about a day, so it is usually necessary to arrive about two days in advance so that you can be mentally prepared for the meeting.

"Understood. Since the time has been set, I will go there in advance."

Lin Baicheng nodded, then looked at Huo Yingdong and said, "Huo Sheng, when the time comes, shall we go there together, or shall we act separately?"

"It depends on the situation. It's still early anyway, but I will definitely go there then."

Huo Yingdong said that as the Huo family, as a red family, this kind of official invitation is definitely indispensable, and Huo Yingdong will definitely respond actively to avoid causing bad associations. If Huo Yingdong didn't get involved in this kind of thing, it would be bad if word came out that the Huo family had changed their stance. Even if it didn't go to this extent, it would be a bad thing if it caused bad associations among some Xiangjiang businessmen.

"also."

Lin Baicheng said nonchalantly, whether he went there on his own or with others, it would be the same to him, there wouldn't be much difference.

Time passed slowly as the four of them chatted.

After sending Huo Yingdong, Wang Yiping and Li Fuquan away, Lin Baicheng also left the Hutchison Hotel. He did not go to Guan Zhilin, but went to the villa given to Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi was not here at the villa, but the two of them made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening. Lin Baicheng simply waited here for Zhao Yazhi to come over.

Because of the transaction relationship with Zhao Yazhi, Lin Baicheng and Zhao Yazhi did not have a heart-to-heart relationship, so he could not really like Zhao Yazhi from the bottom of his heart. He also knew that Zhao Yazhi did not like him. But it doesn't matter. In his opinion, time can change everything. Even if Zhao Yazhi still doesn't like him after a few years, the relationship between the two should be improved.

Lin Baicheng felt quite sorry to say that he actually liked Bai Suzhen and Zhao Yazhi. Unfortunately, Zhao Yazhi got married and had children early, and the two were not destined to be together. Otherwise, he can fall in love with Zhao Yazhi just like he pursued Guan Zhilin and Zhong Chuhong.

Instead of like now, the two of them were just doing business, not close to each other.

"Yazhi, you're back."

Around six o'clock, Lin Baicheng was watching TV when Zhao Yazhi walked in.

"Um!"

Zhao Yazhi hung the bag on the hanger and said, "What do you want to eat? I'll cook it for you."

Lin Baicheng smiled slightly: "As long as it's made by you, I like it."

"Then I'll just do it casually."

Zhao Yazhi said casually, but she could still cook Lin Baicheng's favorite dishes. Life is like this, and you can't embarrass Lin Baicheng just because they are doing business, making both of you unhappy.

"I told you, as long as it's done by you, I like it."

Lin Baicheng stood up and walked to the kitchen with Zhao Yazhi. Because Zhao Yazhi made it clear that they were not needed, there were no other servants in the villa. The cleaning maid also comes once a week and leaves after cleaning.

"Are you filming anything recently?"

"I was approached to make a movie, but I turned it down."

"Why? The bigger the movie star, the higher the pay, right?"

"For no other reason, I don't like the script."

"Well, this reason is indeed strong enough."

Lin Baicheng has nothing to say. There is a saying that goes well, it’s hard to buy movies that you like if you have money. Zhao Yazhi really doesn’t need to make movies that he doesn’t like for money now.

Zhao Yazhi was wrapped in an apron: "Boss Lin, I'm going to cook. You go watch some TV first and wait."

Lin Baicheng raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll just watch from the side, and I'll also do some beatings at the same time."

"Then I'm really honored."

Zhao Yazhi was a little surprised when she heard this, but she didn't refuse. Lin Baicheng, a rich man with a net worth of tens of billions, wanted to help her, so she had no reason to refuse.

In Lin Baicheng's view, relationships are cultivated. If you interact a lot, you will gradually develop feelings over time. Even if he didn't develop the feeling of love, it would still be better than the relationship between him and Zhao Yazhi when he and Zhao Yazhi were together.

If the two of them only have this kind of thing, no matter how long it takes, there will be no feelings, only transactions.