Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 598 Consistent interests, ready to run (two in one)

"Let's talk about how to defeat the Xingyue console and let the Atari VCS dominate the video game market."

The voice was Ray Kaiser, who was the new president who took over from Nolan Bushnell after he left. He was originally a marketing consultant for Atari.

The reason why Nolan Bushnell was forced to leave Atari is very simple. Under the leadership of Nolan Bushnell, Atari did not bring Warner satisfactory profits for Warner, but because of R&D investment and poor sales. The company was losing money, so Warner kicked Nolan Bushnell out of the company.

Warner then appointed Ray Kaiser as the new president of Atari. What they wanted was for Atari to focus on game marketing and reduce investment in development.

Ray Kaiser, who was not a game producer, also did this. After he took office, he carried out drastic reforms to Atari, fired many old heroes who made a fortune with Atari, and terminated many others. It seems that useless development plans reduce investment in development.

As a result, developers were paid less, their hours were extended, and their salaries were suppressed, leading many developers to complain and choose to leave Atari.

Some of these developers who left Atari were acquired by Xingyue Video Game Company, but some did not choose to work for Xingyue Video Game Company, and some of them even established a company called 'Activision ' game company.

Activision is doing game development, and it is based on Atari 2600 game development.To put it simply, it is to develop software games for the Atari 2600 console, and make the games into cassettes for sale.

The Atari 2600 is different from the Xingyue console. The latter has restrictions on access, but the Atari 2600 has no restrictions, so that games made by Activision can easily be played on the Atari 2600 platform. Sale.

Activision's doing this is obviously taking advantage of Atari, and Atari will definitely not agree, so Atari is currently in a lawsuit with Activision.

That's right, Atari is not open now, and not many game developers put their games on the Atari 2600 for sale.Only after Activision wins the lawsuit, other people or game companies can see the benefits, and then sell the developed games on the Atari 2600 platform.

Speaking of Atari after Ray Kaiser took office, because the previous strongest competitor, Fairchild Semiconductor, gave up the game business, Atari’s sales performance of consoles and cassettes this year is very good, coupled with cost reduction, It can be said that Atari has brought a lot of profits to the parent company Warner this year.

Therefore, Ray Kaiser has been affirmed by Warner, and he has taken control of Atari.

"Xingyue mainframe has invested a lot in publicity, and we can also increase investment. The company's product Atari 2600 is already more famous than Xingyue mainframe. As long as we increase investment in publicity, we will definitely be able to Press the opponent down."

"Good suggestion, any other ideas?"

"It can discredit the other party. The Xingyue host is a product from Xiangjiang, and this is the United States, our home stadium."

"I'm not opposed to smearing the Xingyue console, but there must be a limit. You must not smear video games, so as not to affect the sales of the company's console."

"The performance of the Atari 2600 is not better than that of the Xingyue mainframe. I think a better mainframe should be developed and crushed with products."

"The company's R&D investment on the Atari 2600 is as high as US$1 million. How much would it cost to start developing new products now? It can be invested in R&D, but I don't think it should be too urgent. The most important thing at the moment is to let Yada Profit 2600 creates profits for the company.”

"I think"

The executives of Atari either put forward suggestions to enhance their own strength, or put forward suggestions for the Xingyue mainframe. The ultimate goal is to let the Atari 2600 beat the Xingyue mainframe and let the Atari 2600 create a better environment for the company. Much profit.

After summarizing everyone's suggestions, Ray Kaiser decided to take two paths together, to strengthen his own strength and to act together against the Xingyue host.

Nowadays, Xingyue mainframe is already the biggest competitor of Atari 2600 in the United States. Ray Kaiser can no longer ignore it. See what he's capable of.

Atari was discussing how to attack the Xingyue mainframe.

Lin Baicheng went to New York by private jet.

Because the bodyguard and driver were asked to drive the extended Lincoln to New York first, when Lin Baicheng came out of the New York airport, the extended Lincoln was already waiting for him outside the airport.

Sitting in an extended Lincoln, Lin Baicheng came to his villa in New York, where he had never been before.

In this villa, there are many bodyguards guarding it. At the same time, there are 30 people living in the villa, all of whom are employees of the Golden Fleece Company.

Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon, and Sun Yiyang from Golden Fleece are also here, because they are also in charge of some of Lin Baicheng's gold futures orders, so they and their operation team have recently lived here in the villa.

As for the two people who joined later, Singer Lane and Mendez Carter, they stayed on Wall Street with the remaining employees of the Golden Fleece Company. They also had some gold futures orders in their hands, but this part of the gold futures The long order was from Hutchison Whampoa, and it had nothing to do with Lin Baicheng's long order.

"Sincerely!"

When Lin Baicheng brought people to the villa, Haruko Mori greeted him at the door.

Haruko Mori was photographed by Lin Baicheng to oversee the gold futures long order worth around tens of billions of dollars. With the operation team here, of course she is also here.

"Ok!"

Lin Baicheng nodded to Haruko Mori and walked into the villa.

As soon as he entered the villa, Lin Baicheng saw some employees sitting in front of the computer on the left side of the hall by the window, and Doug Gordon was also here. Obviously, this is the temporary team led by Doug Gordon. office place.

Without waiting for Lin Baicheng to ask, Haruko Mori took the initiative to say: "This place is divided into three groups. Manager Kelly, Manager Gorton, and Manager Sun each lead a team. The other two managers do not work here."

Lin Baicheng asked aloud: "The number of employees and bodyguards here should add up to a lot, right? There are so many people staying in this villa, is it enough?"

Haruko Mori replied: "The bodyguards were divided into three teams to stand guard in turn, so they didn't rest here. Although there are still a lot of people left, they can still be arranged, but the conditions are not very good. After this operation is over, It would be better to give everyone a long vacation and generous bonuses, so that employees will not complain."

"Vacations and bonuses will be a must."

Once he makes a lot of money in gold futures, of course Lin Baicheng will not be stingy with the bonus.

"Chairman!"

Doug Gordon, who found Lin Baicheng coming into the villa, came over.

Lin Baicheng said: "I think everyone is very serious, is it because there is a small amount of funds for short-term business?"

"Yes!"

Doug Gordon nodded.

The three groups of Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon and Sun Yiyang are all taking a small part of the funds for short-term business, fixing one or two accounts, so that the funds in other accounts will not be exposed.

Lin Baicheng said: "You go and do your work first, if you have anything to say, we can talk about it in the evening."

Doug Gordon responded: "Chairman, then I'll go to work first."

Seeing Doug Gordon leave, Lin Baicheng asked Haruko Mori to take him to the group where Vivien Kelly and Sun Yiyang were.

The group of Vivien Kelly and Sun Yiyang is also in this villa, so it is not far away. Lin Baicheng went to see it separately under the guidance of Haruko Mouri, but he did not disturb their work.

Haruko Mori was only in charge of supervision, so she had more free time. Lin Baicheng called her to a bedroom upstairs to talk.

Lin Baicheng: "You didn't report to me specifically, presumably nothing happened here."

Haruko Mori said: "The confidentiality work here is very good. Including Vivien Kelly and the three of them, during this period of time, they have no way to contact the outside world except to report their safety to their families. This is what they signed the contract with. , don’t worry about any problems.”

Lin Baicheng said solemnly: "The confidentiality work must be done well. You know it best. This is a gold futures order worth tens of billions of dollars. Once the outside world finds out, who knows what the White House or Wall Street capital will do?" .”

Lin Baicheng’s worries are not unfounded. The cost price of half of his gold futures orders is around US$200/oz, and half is nearly US$250/oz. Now the price of gold has risen to nearly US$600/oz, an increase of more than double.

In other words, without calculating leverage interest, taxes, and handling fees, Lin Baicheng's gold futures orders have already made more than tens of billions of dollars in profits.

This is tens of billions of dollars, and the time is still in 1980. Whether it is the White House or Wall Street, after learning about this money, they will definitely find a way to keep it.Of course, some of Lin Baicheng’s accounts are in banks in overseas countries, such as UBS and Deutsche Bank. The money is not easy to take away from the White House or Wall Street.

However, as long as Lin Baicheng is kept, there is no need to worry about the money running away.

The money was really too much, so even though he knew that coming to the United States was risky, Lin Baicheng still came because he wanted to sit in charge in person to ensure that there would be no problems with the operation team.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, nothing will happen."

Haruko Mori expressed her relief. She is the only one who knows how much money Lin Baicheng’s gold futures multiple orders have operated. Vivien Kelly, Doug Gordon and Sun Yiyang only know part of it. The following employees know Even less.

Since Lin Baicheng wants to let Haruko Mori supervise the funds without any problems, of course he can't hide it from Haruko Mori. Fortunately, he believes that there will be no problems with Haruko Mori, because he believes that Haruko Mori's interests are the same as his.

Haruko Mori really thought so, not only did she receive Lin Baicheng's high salary, but she was also Lin Baicheng's bedside person, and Lin Baicheng even agreed to let her conceive and have children.Even though her stomach hasn't moved yet, Lin Baicheng cums in it every time, so she knows that Lin Baicheng didn't lie to her about it.

In Mori Haruko's view, Lin Baicheng's son will inherit part of her assets in the future, so anything that harms Lin Baicheng's interests is harming her interests.

"Well, I also believe that nothing will happen."

Lin Baicheng smiled, letting Haruko Mouri feel his confidence. "The next day is the key. As the price of gold continues to rise, the time for shipment is getting closer and closer. As long as the shipment can be successfully completed and the funds are transferred from here, there is no need to worry about it later."

Haruko Mori asked, "Cheng-kun, at what price do you plan to start shipping?"

"For my private long orders, when the price of gold is higher than 600 US dollars per ounce, the shipment can begin, and at the same time as the shipment, the funds will be transferred from the United States to overseas."

Lin Baicheng knew that the price of gold would rise to more than 800 US dollars at the highest, but he did not plan to wait for the price of gold to reach that high before starting to ship. After all, his long and short orders had a large amount of funds. More than 200 billion US dollars cannot be lost in a short time.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng decided that after the price of gold was higher than 600 US dollars per ounce, he would slowly ship out and leave. Although he would make a lot less money, his profit was already enough. It was not only safer to run away early, but also because of this Sometimes people who do more tend to run away without attracting attention.

When the price of gold is at a high level, everyone is ready to run away. At this time, a large number of shipments will definitely attract the attention of Wall Street or international institutions. At that time, it is very difficult to hide.

After hearing this, Haruko Mori said: "If the price of 600 US dollars / ounce is reached, it will be soon. If the price of gold can still rise sharply tomorrow, I think it will break through the price of 600 US dollars / ounce."

Lin Baicheng said: "It is precisely because I know that the price of gold is about to reach this price that I hurried over here."

"Mr. Cheng, what about Hutchison Whampoa's long positions in gold futures and investment in oil futures?" Mouri Haruko asked.

"The oil futures order is not in a hurry for the time being. I think it is still possible to take another order and close the long position of the gold futures first."

Shaking his index finger, Lin Baicheng continued: "As for the long orders of Hutchison Whampoa, wait until the gold price is higher than 700 US dollars per ounce before shipping. After all, the amount of funds here is smaller and the shipping speed can be faster. "

At that time, on the bright side, Hutchison Whampoa's gold futures will ship a large number of orders, which can just cover up Lin Baicheng's personal orders.

Haruko Mori couldn't help saying: "One is $600/oz, and the other is $700/oz. The difference is a bit much."

"I think the price of gold should be able to reach that high, but the volume of my long orders is too large, so it is better to ship early."

Lin Baicheng did not tell Haruko Mori that the price of gold could rise as high as more than 800 US dollars, it was unnecessary, and he did not need to explain it so clearly to Haruko Mori.

"Cheng Jun, you have already made a lot of profits. It is a good thing to sell early, and the most important thing is to secure your pocket."

After hearing this, Haruko Mori thought that what Lin Baicheng said was very reasonable. The current increase is just paper data, and only by turning long positions into cash can the real profit be made.

(End of this chapter)