Reborn as a Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 666 Not suitable, look at people (two in one)

After some consultation, half an hour passed like this.

After confirming that everyone asked about the same thing, Lin Baicheng said: "Today is the 22nd, and the company will be officially established on April 4st. You don't have to make a decision now. You can think about it for a week, as long as you give it to me before next Sunday. One answer will suffice."

"Alan, we will seriously consider it."

Phil Smith said aloud that although he has decided to invest and cooperate with Lin Baicheng, after all Lin Baicheng has brought him a lot of money, even if this investment fails, his loss is not much, which is within his tolerance.

However, although he has decided to invest, he didn't say it directly. To express his opinion now is a bit like forcing other people to express his opinion. It is very bad to do so.

Claure Rockefeller also said: "We will definitely give you an answer to Alan before next Sunday."

"Mr. Allen, what is the specific investment share of each person?"

Abigail Johnson asked, although she has not yet decided whether to invest, but it is not a bad thing to ask first.

"Currently, each person has a maximum investment share of 5%, a minimum investment share of 1%, and an investment of less than 100 million US dollars is fine. You can decide how much you want to invest."

"I know that some people may consider not investing or investing less due to various circumstances. If there is more investment on Sunday, if someone wants to invest more, as long as the investment ratio is not higher than 10% , that’s fine.”

Lin Baicheng said that he did not have a mandatory minimum investment of 500 million US dollars, but the minimum amount of 100 million US dollars still has to be limited, too little is meaningless.

It's not that Lin Baicheng doesn't look down on hundreds of thousands of dollars, but only a few thousandths of the shares. It is more difficult for the established company to borrow the network resources behind the other party. It doesn't cost much, so how can it be possible to contribute a lot to help the company develop.

Only when you have a certain percentage of shares in a company, the interests involved are not small, and the company develops and makes a lot of profits, will you be willing to contribute to the development of the company, because helping the company is tantamount to helping yourself.

Logan Rockefeller asked, "So next week we meet again on Sunday?"

"We don't have to get together on Sunday."

Lin Baicheng waved his hand and said: "After everyone has made a decision, you can contact me. After I confirm that everyone has made a decision, I will contact you to get together and talk about the establishment of the company and everyone's investment ratio."

Phil Smith said: "That's fine, let's settle down like this."

"So be it."

In this regard, everyone has no opinion.

This is the end of the discussion about the joint investment in the TV network, so I won't talk about it any more.

Lin Baicheng said with a smile: "If you have any good investment projects, don't forget me."

Although the relationship formed by the combination of interests will fall apart because of interests, it is often stronger than the so-called friendship.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng doesn't mind cooperating more with these American capitalist families to form a community of interests, so that if his assets in the United States are threatened, he can at least contact these families to resist.

Of course, when the benefits reach a certain level, the so-called partners may still betray. Not betraying is nothing more than insufficient bargaining chips. Therefore, cooperation is cooperation, but precautions must be taken.

If you foolishly believed in these interest partners, you would be a fool.

"What I have to do now is to develop Zhonghe Game Company. The game industry is likely to make a big difference. Before the company develops to the public, I will not take the initiative to start other projects."

Phil Smith said that people's energy is limited, and he can't talk about how powerful he is. At least he thinks he is incomparable with Lin Baicheng. He has entered one industry after another, and the channel agency company and Zhonghe game company are enough He did.

"Now I mainly focus on my studies. I can invest with the funds given by my family, but I can't start my own business. I don't have the time or the ability."

Abigail Johnson shook her head, blatantly admitting her lack of ability.

Taking Abigail Johnson just 20 years old, this is true. Not everyone is a reborn person like Lin Baicheng, and not everyone is a business elite such as Bill Gates and Zuckerberg. will be looked down upon.

Being able to admit his own shortcomings, on the contrary, shows that Abigail Johnson has a strong self-awareness.

"I wonder if you are interested in investing in oil exploration?"

The one who spoke was Logan Rockefeller, who worked in Mobil, and he was more familiar with investment in oil exploration.

"Can you be more specific?"

Lin Baicheng asked with great interest, oil is the driving force of industrial development, and it is liquid gold. If the country's strength does not allow it, he would very much like to invest in oil companies in the Middle East and other African countries.

An oil company, in the long run, is absolutely profitable.

The reason why the Rockefeller family was able to become the most powerful family in the United States for a time was oil. Therefore, when they heard that it was an investment in oil, others immediately became interested.

"of course."

Logan Rockefeller nodded and said: "Everyone knows about the war between Hongsu and Afghanistan. Before that, the price of gold and oil both rose sharply, especially the price of oil, which is still rising."

"And with the development of the industrialization process in the world, the use of oil will only increase. No matter in the short term or in the long term, the price of oil is more likely to rise, and the entire industrial chain related to oil will benefit. .”

"Mobil is one of the largest oil companies in the United States and even the world. The company decided to increase oil reserves and development, so it invested a lot of money in oil exploration."

"However, Mobil's funds are limited after all, so we decided to look for partners outside. Mobil will contribute manpower and technology, and the capital will contribute funds to jointly explore areas where oil may exist. After the exploration is successful, it will be based on the agreed ratio. distribute the benefits."

"Mobil's technology in oil exploration is still very strong. It is much better for Mobil to determine the exploration area than to find another team for exploration. In addition to the post-production of oil, it will be better to cooperate with Mobil."

"To put it simply, Mobil provides the technology, we provide the funds, and after the oil is discovered, the benefits are distributed according to the pre-negotiated ratio, isn't that true?"

After hearing this, Lin Baicheng said, but he didn't have much interest anymore.

Logan Rockefeller nodded: "That's what it means."

Phil Smith then said: "I think Mobil will not share benefits with others for no reason. The high-quality exploration areas must be kept by themselves, and there may be other conditions."

"Once oil is discovered, the subsequent oil refining and oil sales must be handed over to Mobil, and Mobil can guarantee that the settlement will be based on the market price." Logan Rockefeller explained.

Anna Nord said very directly: "With this kind of cooperation, once an oil field with amazing oil reserves is discovered, Mobil will definitely turn its face, and we cannot be Mobil's opponent."

"The risk is not small, but the benefits are not high. I am not interested in this kind of investment."

Lin Baicheng directly stated that it would be fine if he established an oil company by himself. The discovered oil fields will be handed over to Mobil for refining and sales, which means that most of the benefits will be taken away by Mobil, and it will not be able to form influence. It doesn't make sense either.

What's more, oil exploration itself has risks. Otherwise, Mobil would not look for partners outside, and could explore and mine on its own.

Others followed suit, expressing no interest in such cooperation.

"This is the only project I can think of. If there are other projects in the future, let's cooperate again."

Seeing everyone's rejection, Logan Rockefeller was not disappointed either. If he succeeds, he will certainly bring him performance, but if he fails, he will not lose.

"Actually, this project is not bad. It is still very attractive to many people, but it is not suitable for us."

Lin Baicheng said something aloud to save Logan Rockefeller from embarrassment.

Others echoed Lin Baicheng's words, so as not to embarrass Logan Rockefeller.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Baicheng and other talents left.

When leaving, Lin Baicheng asked Barry Diller to go with him and got into his extended Lincoln.

The car is driving on the road.

Lin Baicheng said to Barry Diller: "Barry, no matter whether they will participate in the investment or not, the company will still be established. If your investment remains the same, I will be responsible for the remaining 90% of the investment. So, you have to be prepared. How to do it or how to do it, build the company as soon as possible after leaving the company.”

"My investment will never change."

Barry Diller said first, and then said: "I have already contacted some people. As soon as the company is established, they will join the company as soon as possible and start the company with me."

In this way, the company's backbone team is formed by Barry Diller, and Barry Diller's rights will be magnified. This is not good for other major shareholders of the company in an ongoing company, and it is prone to management problems. The layer listens more to the case of Barry Diller.

If the major shareholder takes Barry Diller away, it will inevitably lead to a turnover of personnel, turmoil in the management and the company, which is extremely detrimental to the company's development, and it will magnify Barry Diller's power.

However, Lin Baicheng didn't care about these things, because he himself had to keep reducing his shareholding, so he couldn't have an absolute influence on the company. He could only arrange a few people to join the company, and then maintain a certain influence on the company.

It is in his interest for Barry Diller to do so, and Lin Baicheng will not object, as long as it does not affect the development of the company.

"I look forward to your performance."

Lin Baicheng nodded, and changed the topic: "After the establishment of the company, compared with setting up a TV station by myself, I think it is more cost-effective to acquire a small and medium-sized TV station. What do you think?"

"That's exactly what I wanted to say."

Barry Diller was a little surprised, and immediately said: "I'm planning to talk to you, Mr. Allen, after the company is established. Instead of establishing a TV station, we might as well acquire a TV station and use the TV station on the basis of this TV station. After the development of the TV station is effective, other TV stations will be acquired, a TV network will be established, and the scope of viewing will be expanded.”

"It seems that we have thought of getting together, do you have any goals?"

Lin Baicheng nodded involuntarily. It seems that he did nothing wrong in finding Barry Diller as the president of the company.

Barry Diller said: "I already have several expected goals, but more specific ones will have to wait until after I leave the company and lead the team to conduct a more detailed investigation, and then I will know which TV station is the most suitable."

"After you have a goal, remember to tell me."

Lin Baicheng reminded that although Barry Diller is the president of the company, his shareholding in the company will continue to decrease, but this does not mean that he has to be a transparent person. He also has to exert influence, otherwise the establishment of the TV network It doesn't make sense.

"I will report all the company's affairs to you, Mr. Allen."

Barry Diller immediately said that he still has the ambition to control the TV network, so he needs the support of Lin Baicheng, a major shareholder, so he must not dare to offend Lin Baicheng.

"Hope we have a good time working together, Barry."

Lin Baicheng looked at Barry Diller meaningfully. Barry Diller is both the president and the shareholder. It is entirely possible that in the company's development process, the major shareholder like Lin Baicheng, who is not in charge, will gradually be emptied, and the major shareholder's shares will be in the company. Continuously diluted in the mergers and acquisitions, and finally got the control of the enterprise.

The representative figure among them is Michael Eisner who is still working under Barry Diller. When Michael Eisner switched to Disney, the market value of Disney was only 20 billion US dollars. Under his leadership, Disney developed Become a $400 billion entertainment empire.

However, during this development process, the Disney family’s shareholding ratio in the Disney empire has been continuously reduced, and the number of directors’ seats has also been reduced due to the expansion of the board of directors. The shareholding ratio and board control have been greatly reduced.

When the market value has doubled by twenty times, the value of the shares held by the Disney family has increased, which means they have made money. However, the Disney family’s control over Disney has decreased. In the end, Michael Eisner controlled Disney through power tactics and became Disney. the emperor.

It is true that Michael Eisner does not have many Disney shares, but Disney has grown under his leadership. Many shareholders believe in his ability and choose to support him. Therefore, he obtained the control of Disney through the shares of these shareholders. .

Michael Eisner can do it, so can Barry Diller.

Fortunately, Lin Baicheng couldn't firmly control the TV network, so he didn't care too much, as long as he maintained his influence on the TV network.

Of course, the control of the TV network can be handed over to Barry Diller, but the premise is that Lin Baicheng voluntarily gave it to Barry Diller, rather than Barry Diller taking it away through his ability. The meanings of the two are different.

"Mr. Allen, I am very grateful for this opportunity you gave me, and I will always remember it in my heart."

Barry Diller said aloud, expressing his kindness in mind.

Lin Baicheng nodded and didn't say any more. To judge how a person is, it is not by how well he says, but by his actual actions.

Lin Baicheng will observe how Barry Diller is. He has at least a few years of observation time.

(End of this chapter)