Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Thursday, April 17, 1980.

On this morning, Lin Baicheng took Chen Huixiang and two bodyguards, Lei Rong and Wang Fang, a man and a woman, to the dock where the ship was moored.

This time Lin Baicheng and others went to the Mainland at the invitation of Mainland officials. Unlike the last time Lin Baicheng and others went to the Mainland in private, this time the entertainment trip was all arranged by Mainland officials, and the standards were higher.

"Lin Sheng, you are here."

"Bao Sheng!" "Huo Sheng!".

Lin Baicheng saw many old acquaintances and immediately went over to say hello.

Chen Huixiang, Lei Rong, and Wang Fang wisely went aside. It was not just Lin Baicheng who was leading the way. After all, it was more convenient to have someone by their side, and they also needed someone to help communicate between Xiangjiang and the mainland.

Hu Yinxiang looked at Lin Baicheng and said, "Lin Sheng, you look good. It seems that recent events have not had much impact on you." The recent events he mentioned were of course the closure of Lin Baicheng's enterprises by the Bay Island authorities.

"The impact will definitely be there, and it will not be small. But since I have made the choice, I am mentally prepared. How can I live or die because of these things?"

Lin Baicheng smiled and waved his hand. Of course, he couldn't say lightly that it had no impact at all, otherwise his losses would be in vain. He wants to let the mainland know his losses. This is not a calculation, it is the fact itself.

"Lin Sheng is still generous." Bao Yugang joked with a smile.

This time, it was not just business people who were officially invited to the mainland, but business people accounted for the vast majority. Moreover, all those invited to the mainland were announced to the public, not just Lin Baicheng.

However, although everyone announced it, only Lin Baicheng was targeted.

Don't those on the Bay Island know that Bao Yugang, Hu Yinxiang and others will go to the mainland today? Of course not, but if the Wandao side imposes sanctions and bans on everyone who goes to the mainland today, it will basically offend all Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong. To this extent, even the Wandao side would not dare to do so, nor would it be so Doing it means pushing everyone to the mainland.

But Wan Dao can't pretend that they don't see it. Such a bad thing will make more small and medium-sized Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong line up with the mainland. When the general trend is formed, it will be useless for Wan Dao to respond.

Therefore, the Bay Island authorities finally chose to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, and after screening, Lin Baicheng was the chicken picked out.

There were many reasons why the Bay Island authorities chose Lin Baicheng. First of all, Lin Baicheng had only made his fortune two or three years ago. He had no marriage connections with other families in Xiangjiang. His connections were not deep, and he had offended British capital. In addition, he was young and might not be able to scare anyone, so in the end Lin Baicheng was chosen.

However, what the Bay Island authorities did not expect was that Lin Baicheng chose to resist. When he was blocked by sanctions, he did not choose to bow his head. Instead, he insisted on going to the mainland. Therefore, although Lin Baicheng's career was ultimately damaged, the Bay Island authorities themselves did not. No matter how much benefit you get, at most it is just to establish your authority.

While Lin Baicheng and others were chatting, Wang Yiping, the first president of Xinhua News Agency, came over. He would accompany Lin Baicheng and others to Peiping this time, while Li Fuquan stayed in Xiangjiang to take charge.

"It seems that Guo Sheng is not coming."

Seeing the ship start but not seeing Guo Henian, Lin Baicheng understood.

Guo Henian's attitude is also close to the mainland, but he is not as positive as Lin Baicheng, Bao Yugang and others, and he is even more incomparable with red families like Huo Yingdong.

Lin Baicheng knew very well that if Guo Henian did not go to the mainland this time, the possibility of Guo Henian going to the mainland in the next one or two years would be greatly reduced. Before the results of the negotiations between China and Britain on the return of Xiangjiang came out, even if Guo Henian was close to the mainland, he would not be able to go to the mainland. I will not express my position openly and openly.

In fact, there are not many people like Guo Henian. Not to mention that Guo Henian is a Chinese businessman from Malaya. The local Chinese businessmen in Xiangjiang who are ambiguous or slightly inclined to the mainland are the mainstream, and Lin Baicheng and others are considered outliers among the very few.

With the prospect of Xiangjiang's return unclear, not many people are willing to risk their family's strength by lining up in the mainland.

In the opinion of many people, it is best to wait and see now and wait until the negotiations on Xiangjiang's return are concluded before making a choice based on the current situation. This may not yield a huge return, but at least you don't have to worry about the family business being affected.

There is actually not much distance between Xiangjiang River and the other side. The ship reached the other side in about half an hour.

After arriving on the other side, a special car took Lin Baicheng and others to the arranged train station, where they took a special train.

By the time Lin Baicheng and others boarded the special train, it was already around 12 noon, and everyone's lunch happened to be eaten on the train.

The motherland, which had just entered the 1980s, was not very rich in supplies, but this time Lin Baicheng and others were officially invited to visit Peking. The train was arranged as a special train, and the meals were naturally not bad. This represented the country's face.

The special train was bound for Peiping, and it took more than a day just to travel on the road. Calculated, it would take almost the early morning of the third day to reach Peiping.

On the day that Lin Baicheng and others left Xiangjiang for the mainland, Xiangjiang was not peaceful.

Many newspapers reported on the incident that morning. Lin Baicheng was highlighted because he was the richest man in Hong Kong and had recently been targeted by the Bay Island authorities.

However, these are nothing.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon that day, Hutchison Whampoa's stock price suddenly accelerated its decline, and a large number of sell orders appeared. The stock price, which was originally supported at the price of 90 Hong Kong dollars, fell rapidly after falling below the price of 90 Hong Kong dollars. By the close of the market, it could barely close at A little above the price of HK$85.

On this day, Hutchison Whampoa fell as much as 9.65%, and its total market value was only over 37 billion Hong Kong dollars.

"President Xia, please immediately ask someone to investigate the reason for the company's stock price plummet, and also find out who is shorting the company's stock."

Qin Lan returned to Xiangjiang this afternoon. After the stock market closed, she immediately contacted Vice President Xia Boyin of Hutchison Whampoa.

During the period when Wei Li went to England, Hutchison Whampoa was temporarily under the control of Xia Boyin. He could be said to have been the leader for some time.

"I have already asked people to check. With the company's connections, I believe the results will be available soon. However, even if I don't check, I can probably guess who it is. I think it is probably Jardine Matheson, Swire and other groups. The British-owned family behind it is short selling, and they have always been at odds with Mr. Lin."

Xia Boyin is not a job seeker. He also wants to wait for Wei Li to leave Hutchison Whampoa to take over Wei Li's work. Therefore, he works very seriously during this period and manages Hutchison Whampoa in an orderly manner. This sudden crisis is very difficult for him. It's not an opportunity. If you do it well, the big boss will definitely see it.

Qin Lan heard this and said: "I guess it's them too, but the most important thing is to know how much money they spent to short the company, and what other methods they haven't used. The reason why they are making efforts today is not because Mr. Lin went to the mainland. , we need to do a good job in maintaining stability and must not let the company get into trouble."

"Director Qin, please don't worry. I have already asked people to convene a senior management meeting. I will ask people to do the stabilization work soon. Everyone knows the strength of Mr. Lin and the company and will never be defeated by short selling, so they will continue to work hard." Yes." Xia Boyin said immediately.

"I will contact Vice President Lin later. If you have any news or situation, please contact President Xia or Vice President Lin."

The Vice President Lin mentioned by Qin Lan is naturally Lin Shufang. Lin Shufang is in charge of finance at Galaxy Financial Group. Her position is one of the vice presidents of Galaxy Financial Group, which can be said to be quite high in level.

Lin Baicheng also knows that his sister Lin Shufang has many shortcomings, but he definitely trusts her more in the financial department. Therefore, Lin Shufang, the vice president, is only responsible for the financial department and not other departments. It can be said that he is the vice president with the lightest burden. .

"Okay, I will communicate with Vice President Lin in a moment."

Even if Qin Lan doesn't say anything, even if there is no other news for the time being, Xia Boyin will have a phone call with Lin Shufang later. After all, Lin Shufang is the big boss's sister. In an emergency, the big boss's sister can make decisions on some matters. They are migrant workers. But can't do it.

After a while, Xia Boyin ended the call with Qin Lan, and then contacted Galaxy Financial Group. Fortunately, he contacted Lin Shufang as soon as possible.

Xia Boyin and Lin Shufang talked about the company's stock price being shorted by a large amount of money, and also talked about their suspicions about British capital and how to deal with it. Lin Shufang reassured Xia Boyin and asked him to do a good job of stabilization, saying that the big boss had already After thinking about this, I also have a way to deal with it.

Xia Boyin immediately felt relieved after hearing this. The big boss thought of this before leaving, so it would be okay no matter how the stock price fell. As the interim president, he only had to do a good job of calming people's hearts.

In fact, Qin Lan and Lin Shufang wanted to contact Lin Baicheng at this time, but Lin Baicheng said that he would contact them after arriving in Peiping, and then left their contact information to maintain communication between the two places. But Lin Baicheng had just set off in the morning, so he would definitely be on the train and couldn't be contacted, so he had to wait until Lin Baicheng arrived in Peiping and take the initiative to contact them.

Hutchison Whampoa's sharp decline today has driven the Hang Seng Index down, because Hutchison Whampoa is currently the company with the highest market value among listed companies in Hong Kong and has a great impact on the Hang Seng Index.

After the market opened, many people were paying attention and speculating on the reasons for Hutchison Whampoa's late-day plunge, wondering if there was bad news that they didn't know about. Bay Island's targeting of Hutchison Whampoa boss Lin Baicheng has already happened before, so this is unlikely to be the cause of the sharp decline.

That evening, the Asian Wall Street Journal released an extra issue of the Evening News, which solved people's doubts.

""The richest man in Hong Kong? The world's stock god!"

"As we all know, the current richest man in Hong Kong is Mr. Lin Baicheng. He has built a net worth of tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in just three years or so. People are shocked that he has achieved such an achievement at the age of twenty. He is truly the richest man in Hong Kong!"

"The first time the citizens of Xiangjiang knew Mr. Lin was because of the novel "Wind and Cloud Dominates the World". Mr. Lin was a well-known martial arts novelist in people's eyes. Moreover, Mr. Lin's reputation was not that great at that time, and it was not as good as that of all the citizens of Xiangjiang. Everyone knows it.”

"Mr. Lin once again caused a sensation in Hong Kong when he acquired Asia Television. At that time, people knew that the new martial arts novelist Mr. Lin Baicheng had entered the business world and became famous. He successfully acquired Asia Television and became one of the new tycoons in the media industry."

"Just when people thought that Mr. Lin would become a tycoon in the media industry in Hong Kong in the future, Mr. Lin suddenly acquired Hutchison Whampoa, one of the top four foreign banks, and became the first Chinese businessman to successfully acquire a foreign bank. All Xiangjiang citizens are thinking of Lin. I feel proud that he has become the idol of the young generation in Hong Kong."

"When Mr. Lin successfully acquired Hutchison Whampoa, Hutchison Whampoa's market value was less than HK$3 billion. After the successful acquisition, he used his excellent investment vision to invest in long gold futures with Hutchison Whampoa's funds. It has brought huge profits to Hutchison Whampoa many times, allowing Hutchison Whampoa to earn more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars from the gold futures market, making Hutchison Whampoa's total market value more than 50 billion Hong Kong dollars at one time, making it the largest listed company in Hong Kong."

“In just two years since Hutchison Whampoa was acquired, Hutchison Whampoa’s total market value has increased twenty-fold at its peak, which is eye-catching and shocking!”

"And just today, I received accurate news that Mr. Lin, who holds nearly 50% of Hutchison Whampoa's shares, has reduced his holdings of a large number of Hutchison Whampoa shares. The reduction is expected to be more than half. Mr. Lin only holds Hutchison Whampoa shares. There is about 20% left, and the cash he received from reducing his shareholding exceeds 10 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

"Excluding the dividend profits that Mr. Lin previously received from Hutchison Whampoa, and not counting the approximately 20% of Hutchison Whampoa shares that Mr. Lin currently holds, the cash obtained by Mr. Lin from reducing his shareholdings alone, Mr. Lin obtained from Hutchison Whampoa, The profit earned by the company was at least five times the cash spent to acquire the company.”

"In less than two years, Mr. Lin has made tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in cash from Hutchison Whampoa. He is not only the Asian stock god, but also the world's stock god. We look forward to his more investment performance in the future."

"Here, we can't help but look forward to what the tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in cash obtained by Mr. Lin from reducing his holdings will be used to invest, and what kind of performance it will bring to us, and..."

People are no longer paying much attention to the subsequent reports. What many people care about is that Lin Baicheng, the richest man in Hong Kong, received tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars in cash from reducing his holdings in Hutchison Whampoa, and the fact that he reduced his holdings.

Lin Baicheng's reduction in Hutchison Whampoa's shares has not been disclosed to the public before. Now it has been exposed by the "Asia Wall Street Journal". People have to have a bad association. Is it possible that Lin Baicheng is not optimistic about the current stock price of Hutchison Whampoa, so he wants to cash out? , let investors take over.

Some people have even wondered whether Lin Baicheng went to the mainland with the cash obtained from reducing his holdings, and whether he was not optimistic about the prospects of Xiangjiang and wanted to develop in the mainland, etc.

Although Lin Shufang did not see the "Asia Wall Street Journal" for the first time, she received a call from Qin Lan soon after and learned about the matter from Qin Lan.

"Why was it announced? How did the Wall Street Journal know about it? What should I do now?"

Lin Shufang couldn't help but panic. After all, she was just an employee of a small tea restaurant three years ago. Although she had been learning continuously in the past few years, she was incomparable to a genius like Lin Baicheng. When she suddenly encountered such a big event, she would naturally panic and not know what to do. how to respond.