Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

weekend.

Lin Baicheng gathered with Huo Yingdong, Bao Yugang, Guo Henian, Zheng Yudong, Hu Yinxiang, and Li Zhaoji.

Because Iwasaki Mineryu happened to be back in Japan, Iwasaki Mineryu was not invited to this party.

Also because this gathering was initiated by Lin Baicheng, Iwasaki Mineryu would only come to him if he was in Xiangjiang. Otherwise, if Huo Yingdong or someone else initiated the gathering, Iwasaki Mineryu might not be called.

Even though Iwasaki Mineryu and Lin Baicheng are friends, and Lin Baicheng also brought him to join his wealthy Chinese circle in Hong Kong, Iwasaki Mineryu is Japanese after all, and his career is mainly in Japan, so Huo Yingdong and others and Iwasaki Mineryu are actually Not close.

If it was Lin Baicheng who initiated the cooperation, and Lin Baicheng himself called Iwasaki Mineryu, then Huo Yingdong would naturally not say anything after waiting.

But if it was Huo Yingdong and others who initiated the cooperation, then they wouldn't necessarily call it Iwasaki Mineryuu, and Lin Baicheng had no reason to call it Iwasaki Mineryuu at that time. After all, he was not the initiator.

Although they are all friends of Lin Baicheng, friends of friends may not necessarily become friends with each other.

"Lin Sheng, you have been going to the United States for more than a month this time. What big business are you busy with?"

After meeting at the party, everyone chatted. Lin Baicheng, who had not been in Xiangjiang during this period, naturally attracted the most attention. Everyone was also curious about whether Lin Baicheng went to the United States to discuss any big business.

"I own a film company in Hollywood, and a movie I liked was released, so I had to go there. I was lucky, the movie was a big hit at the box office, and I can make a lot of money this time."

Lin Baicheng responded with a smile, of course he would not tell the real reason. The second part of "Home Alone" is released, and this is his explanation to the outside world.

Although the second part of "Home Alone" is still in theaters, it is unclear how much it will ultimately collect at the box office, but the global box office of 4 to 5 billion US dollars is still no problem. Including peripherals, Lin Baicheng can earn at least 100 million US dollars.

In this day and age, anything that can earn 100 million US dollars is not a small business. It is normal for the big boss Lin Baicheng to personally take action.

If it were Huo Yingdong or anyone else, facing such a big business, they would definitely take action personally.

"Listen to what you said, Lin Sheng, you must have made a lot of money this time. Do you mind telling us a little bit about it?"

Lin Baicheng's tone surprised a few people. From their usual exchanges, they knew that Lin Baicheng was not the kind of arrogant person. Now that Lin Baicheng said he was making a lot of money, he would definitely make a lot of money. Everyone was even more worried. curious.

"We are all friends, there is nothing we can't say."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand and said proudly: "I dare not say anything else. This time I will at least make this amount!" As he spoke, he raised his index finger.

"One hundred million?!"

No one would think that with Lin Baicheng's current net worth, the big profit he talked about would be only 10 million, and they thought it was impossible to make 1 billion.

Bao Yugang even said: "Lin Sheng, your 100 million shouldn't be 100 million US dollars, right?"

"Yes, at least 100 million US dollars!"

Lin Baicheng nodded and answered in the affirmative.

"One hundred million dollars?!"

Li Zhaoji shook his head with emotion. How many properties would he have to build to earn so much?

"Lin Shengqian is still very good. He can earn hundreds of millions at a time."

Zheng Yudong was extremely envious. At least 100 million U.S. dollars was equivalent to earning at least 400 million Hong Kong dollars. Five or six billion Hong Kong dollars was not impossible. If it were him, his happy mood would last at least half a year.

Guo Henian asked curiously: "Lin Sheng, what kind of business allows you to earn at least 100 million US dollars? Share it with us."

"Lin Sheng, tell us."

Huo Yingdong was also very curious. Although the Huo family was a long-established wealthy family, it was severely suppressed by the Hong Kong government. In terms of wealth, it was not necessarily as rich as Bao Yugang, let alone compared with the current Lin Baicheng. One hundred million US dollars was worth 100 million US dollars to Huo Yingdong. It’s not a small amount for a family.

"There's nothing that can't be said, except that such success is difficult to replicate."

Lin Baicheng did not hide anything: "I opened a film company called Morning Star Pictures in Hollywood, USA. The second part of "Home Alone" produced by the company was released before Christmas. The North American box office has already reached almost 200 million US dollars. It is expected to gross more than 300 million U.S. dollars when it is released. This is still in North America. If the global box office is added up, it should be no less than 500 million U.S. dollars, or even 600 million U.S. dollars."

"The higher the box office of a movie, the more Morningstar Pictures will make."

"As long as the global box office reaches US$400 million, I can earn US$100 million. If nothing else happens, I can earn at least more than US$100 million this time."

"There are very few box-office hits like "Home Alone Part 2" in Hollywood. That's why I say this success is difficult to replicate."

Lin Baicheng did not think that Huo Yingdong and others would go to the United States to invest in movies. After all, this was an unfamiliar field to them, and even if they decided to invest, it would not affect Lin Baicheng's ability to make money in Hollywood.

"I didn't expect that making movies can be so profitable. It's a pity that we can't make this kind of money."

Huo Yingdong couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this. He knew that even if he participated in this kind of business, he might not be able to make money. On the contrary, the risk was quite high.

"you do not say."

Bao Yugang nodded in admiration.

"What a pity." "Only Lin Sheng can make this kind of money."

Others have a similar attitude. Not everyone can make a lot of money from making movies.

Bruce Lee here in Hong Kong had entered Hollywood before, but Golden Harvest never made a lot of money from it, earning hundreds of millions of dollars at a time.

In the past, when Bruce Lee was around, if Golden Harvest could really earn hundreds of millions of dollars, this kind of business would have attracted the attention of other Chinese tycoons. They would definitely find a way to copy Golden Harvest's success and find someone similar to Bruce Lee to break into Hollywood and make a lot of money. Beautiful knife.

"Lin Sheng, congratulations on your big profit."

After feeling emotional, everyone congratulated Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng thanked them one by one, and then said to everyone: "I invite you to this gathering. In addition to communicating with you, the main reason is that I found an investment opportunity in the United States and want to share it with you."

"Oh? Thank you so much Lin Sheng."

Several people's eyes couldn't help but light up when they heard this. Regardless of whether they wanted to participate in the investment or not, Lin Baicheng was willing to share it with them, which was worthy of their gratitude.

"You're welcome."

Waving his hand, Lin Baicheng said: "The investment opportunity I found is futures investment. Although I believe in my judgment, it does not mean that my judgment will not be wrong, so the risk is not small. You can listen and see first , I don’t have to rush to make a decision whether to invest or not, and I am not responsible for losing money on investment, so in the end I decide whether to invest or not.”

"Lin Sheng, the futures investment you are talking about is crude oil futures, right?"

After hearing this, Bao Yugang said: "The price of crude oil has risen very sharply recently, doubling in just a few months."

Bao Yugang's main business is shipping, and shipping is closely related to oil prices, so he is very sensitive to changes in oil prices. In recent months, oil prices have risen sharply, even doubling. If he didn't know about this kind of thing, then he would work hard No less rich than he is now.

The others looked at Lin Baicheng after hearing this.

Lin Baicheng nodded slightly: "As Bao Sheng said, the futures investment I am talking about is crude oil futures."

"The risks of investing in futures are indeed not small."

The older generation like Huo Yingdong does not like futures trading with such high risks, but this does not mean that he will not participate. Previously, Lin Baicheng led others to go long gold futures, and he still participated.

In such futures investment, Huo Yingdong and others invested in Lin Baicheng. They were optimistic about him and thought he could succeed, so they invested money.

However, because futures investment is too risky, they will definitely not invest too much.

Bao Yugang said to Lin Baicheng: "Lin Sheng, oil prices are still rising. Do you want to go long in crude oil futures?"

"No, on the contrary, I want to go short."

Lin Baicheng shook his head and said: "As you said before, Bao Sheng, the price of crude oil has doubled compared to a few months ago. Although it is still rising, I don't think there is much room for it to rise. , so I’m going to go short.”

"Short?"

Lin Baicheng's answer surprised Bao Yugang. He thought that Lin Baicheng wanted to go long. After all, oil prices are constantly rising, and Shui was not sure how far the oil price would eventually rise. Unexpectedly, Lin Baicheng wanted to go short crude oil futures. Unexpectedly, Lin Baicheng wanted to go long. His expectations.

"Yes, it's short selling."

Lin Baicheng said to several people again: "The short-term increase in oil prices has been too high. When it reaches a certain price, it will definitely face pressure, and funds will definitely enter the market to short-sell, so I want to spend some money to do it." Short."

"Now that oil prices are rising, the risk of short selling is very high, right? Lin Sheng?" Bao Yugang was a little worried.

"The risk is indeed not small, but it shouldn't be too great."

Lin Baicheng explained: "I am not going to short crude oil futures now, but I am going to let the price of crude oil rise again. When it rises to 38 US dollars per barrel, I will enter the market to go short. The more it rises, the more I will go short." The more short orders you open, the more I don’t expect it to break through the price of $40/barrel.”

In fact, for Lin Baicheng, there is zero risk. He knows that the price of crude oil has not exceeded 40 US dollars per barrel before his rebirth. Even if the price changes due to his long position, the change should not be too big, at most. If it breaks through 40 US dollars, it is unlikely to rise to highs such as 45 US dollars or even 50 US dollars.

Besides, Lin Baicheng will not spend too much money for short selling this time, and the leverage used will not be too high. With his huge amount of funds as the backing, to put it mildly, even if the price of crude oil continues to rise several times, As long as he is not in a hurry to close the order, he does not need to worry about the risk of liquidation.

It is impossible for the price of crude oil to rise several times more, and it is impossible for Western governments to let this happen.

Crude oil prices continue to rise, who loses? It is none other than the Western countries that are at the forefront of industrialization, such as the United States.

And who really benefits from the rise in crude oil prices? In fact, it's not people like Lin Baicheng who are doing long, but Hongsu. Because of the Cold War, Hongsu is currently selling energy to make a living. The higher the oil price rises, the higher Hongsu's income will be.

The Cold War is ongoing. As long as the United States and other Western countries are not stupid, they will not allow oil prices to continue to rise, create difficulties for their own countries' economies, and send money to Hongsu.

Therefore, it is basically impossible for crude oil prices to skyrocket several times.

When shorting crude oil futures above $38/barrel, Lin Baicheng felt that the possibility of making money was still very high, so he roped in Huo Yingdong and others. Later, he would rope in Phil Smith and others from the United States to short-sell, asking them to follow. make money.

What Lin Baicheng did was not to panic and give them money, but to strengthen his influence among these people so as to form a business force headed by him.

If you want to be the boss, at Lin Baicheng's age, if you don't have the ability to dominate the crowd, it is absolutely impossible to succeed.

And if someone else becomes the boss, then Lin Baicheng would rather not join such a business force. He has no interest in really working for others.

"Lin Sheng, I don't know about this, but I believe you. I will definitely invest, but I have to go back and think about the specific amount."

Guo Henian said aloud that even if it was just to sell Lin Baicheng a favor, he would invest millions and tens of millions of funds. Anyway, even if he loses a little, he will not lose everything. Selling Lin Baicheng a favor for several million Hong Kong dollars , this kind of deal is still a good deal.

"Thank you Guo Sheng for your trust."

Lin Baicheng nodded to Guo Henian, and then said to everyone: "Investment is risky. Whether to invest or not, and how much to invest, you can think about it slowly when you go back. I just saw this opportunity, so I shared it with everyone. If you don't invest, It’s okay, don’t feel bad.”

"Don't worry, Lin Sheng. We have been working hard in the market for so many years. We know whether to invest or not, and we won't blame others if we lose money." Hu Yinxiang said aloud.

Bao Yugang said to Lin Baicheng: "Lin Sheng, tell us how much money you plan to raise for shorting this time, how many times of leverage you will use, and how much money everyone can contribute at most? So we can have a rough idea."

“This time I plan to raise US$150 million in funds for shorting, using 3 times leverage, and adding the principal, it will cost US$600 million.”

"I myself will contribute 50 million U.S. dollars, and the rest will be divided among everyone. The few here and Iwasaki Mineryu can contribute up to 50 million U.S. dollars. I also have some friends in the United States. I will also find them, and they can also contribute 50 million U.S. dollars. .”

"No matter which side is less than 50 million U.S. dollars, I will let the other side make up for it. If both sides can't make up, I will make up the amount myself. Anyway, the principal can reach 150 million U.S. dollars in the end."

Although Lin Baicheng will also hand over the short selling operation to the Golden Fleece Company this time, he will not let Vivien Kelly lead the team. Instead, he will find another manager and arrange an additional operation team. At the same time, there is no need to arrange this operation. So secretive, as long as temporary confidentiality is maintained internally.

Involving everyone in shorting crude oil futures, and operating a total of 600 million US dollars in funds, there is no way to make a lot of money, so there is no need to hide it from the outside world. It will be okay if Wall Street finds out afterwards.