Reborn Xiangjiang as a Tycoon

Chapter 573 The Middleman (Two in One)

Time has entered December.

Galaxy Games distributed dividends. The company distributed a dividend of US$300 million, and Lin Baicheng personally received US$177 million. This money was not taxed and he received all of it.

Including the 4% shares held by the Lin family, the Lin family received a total of US$189 million.

It has only been a little over a month since Galaxy Games went public, but the company's stock price has increased by 71.5% from the issue price of $16, reaching a price of $27.44.

The reason why the company's stock price has soared by 70% in just about a month is because institutions such as Goldman Sachs are doing long positions in the company's stock. Coupled with the positive stimulation of huge dividends, the stock price has naturally risen steadily.

Relatively speaking, it is most important for institutions such as Goldman Sachs to be long, otherwise an announcement that is good for the company can be interpreted as negative by capital, and the stock price does not rise, but instead causes the stock price to fall.

Take Galaxy Gaming Company’s dividend of US$300 million as an example. Goldman Sachs and other institutions currently interpret that the company has huge development potential and high annual profits, so the company has the money to pay huge dividends, and the company is likely to pay huge dividends in the future. It is a

It is a stock that is very suitable for long-term investment and is worth holding by investors.

However, if institutions such as Goldman Sachs are short selling, dividends will be interpreted by capital as the company's development potential is limited and it has reached the peak of the industry. In the future, the company will at most maintain its current performance. Therefore, there is no direction for expansion and it can only distribute precious funds as dividends to shareholders.

, instead of using funds to develop the company.

Capital has always interpreted whatever is beneficial to itself. The problem is that capital has publicity channels, and its own credibility has a great impact on investors. Therefore, it is very important whether large institutions such as Goldman Sachs go long or short.

Galaxy Games, which has a total share capital of 200 million, now has a market value of nearly 5.5 billion US dollars. Lin Baicheng can't help but wonder whether the company's market value will reach the level of 10 billion US dollars when the company goes public for half a year.

Goldman Sachs and other institutions are now long on Galaxy Games in order to make huge profits by reducing their holdings of stocks after the sales restriction period arrives. They originally subscribed with financing at a stock price of less than 16 US dollars. If the stock price is tripled, then they will

Don't make crazy money.

Of course, this is not a bad thing for Lin Baicheng. After all, he will also reduce his holdings when the time comes. The same stocks can be sold for more money. The people who are cut off are the stock investors, and they are American stock investors.

A few days after Galaxy Game Company distributed dividends, Lin Baicheng went to Los Angeles. There were many things that he needed to deal with here in the United States, and Christmas was coming soon, and some products had to be promoted. Fortunately, during Christmas time, there were many things to do.

It was a special sale, so he came over to take charge.

This time when he went to Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng took Zhao Yazhi with him, but he wanted to give her a little hope and let her know that he was taking things seriously.

After the plane arrived in Los Angeles, Lin Baicheng left the airport and returned to the villa in Beverly Hills in the extended Lincoln brought by Catherine. As for Zhao Yazhi, she did not leave the airport.

Zhao Yazhi and the two bodyguards who came with Catherine took a private plane to Canada, where someone would pick them up and take them to where Huang Hanwei lived.

However, Huang Hanwei is no longer there. Lin Baicheng asked the people looking for Huang Hanwei to be discovered by Huang Hanwei on purpose, and then allowed Huang Hanwei to leave the place where he lived. After confirming that Huang Hanwei had moved away, he

Zhao Yazhi sent it.

In this case, Zhao Yazhi would not be able to see Huang Hanwei, and Huang Hanwei had indeed lived here before. Zhao Yazhi would know it by asking people nearby, which could prove that Lin Baicheng had indeed helped her find someone.

, it’s just bad luck and it’s just a step too late.

In this case, as long as Lin Baicheng agrees to continue to help Zhao Yazhi find someone, then Zhao Yazhi will definitely not say anything, and Lin Baicheng can delay for a while.

With bodyguards following Zhao Yazhi, Lin Baicheng was not worried about what would happen to Zhao Yazhi in Canada.

Lin Baicheng returned to his Beverly Hills villa. Since it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, he simply didn't go out.

"Son, how long are you going to stay here this time?"

Lin's father, Lin Haishan, is still in Los Angeles and has not left, but Lin's mother, Zhao Huilan, has returned to Xiangjiang.

Lin Baicheng thought for a moment and said, "It will take about a month, if there are no emergencies."

"Since you plan to stay here for about a month, I will go back to accompany your mother first. You can take care of Xiaoqin here."

Although the total time spent in Los Angeles is not short, Lin Haishan is still not used to living here. Xiangjiang is more suitable for living, and foreign countries are suitable for traveling.

"Dad, you can go back if you want."

Lin Baicheng nodded: "But my private plane is taking a friend to Canada. You can go back after the private plane comes back."

"How long will it take? If it doesn't work, I'll buy my own plane ticket and go back."

"It won't be long, just a day or two. It's more comfortable to fly on a private plane. After all, it takes more than ten hours to fly."

"That's okay too."

Lin Haishan didn't insist when he heard this.

In the evening, Lin Baicheng received a call from an important figure in the Reagan campaign team. The other party asked him if he had time and hoped to meet with him tomorrow.

Next year is a campaign year, and Lin Baicheng knows that if his rebirth does not change the future, then Reagan will become the president of the United States next year, and the important figures in his campaign team will be rewarded and become important figures in the political arena.

Therefore, as long as his fundamental interests were not touched, Lin Baicheng would not easily offend Reagan and members of Reagan's campaign team, so he said he had time, and the two made an appointment to meet at a golf course in Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon.

"Why did Carter ask me to meet? Is it related to next year's election? It shouldn't be. I have already promised to support him."

Lin Baicheng was a little confused. After thinking about it, he still couldn't figure out what was going on. In the end, he was too lazy to think about it anymore. Anyway, he would know what was going on when he met someone tomorrow.

The next afternoon, Lin Baicheng went to the appointment, but he did not go alone. In addition to his bodyguard and personal secretary, he also brought Isabella with him.

"Long time no see, Alan!" "Long time no see, Carter!"

Lin Baicheng shook hands with Jean Carter. Jean Carter was a well-known barrister in the United States. He had friendships with many judges and lawyers and had a wide network of contacts, so he was valued by Reagan and recruited as a member of the presidential campaign team.

And Jean Carter also has his own needs, that is, he wants to change his career to become a justice. Once Reagan succeeds in the election, with his connections and qualifications, he will immediately become a very high-level justice.

For the same judges, judges in ordinary cities are incomparable to justices in New York, Washington and other places; judges in the District of Washington are incomparable to judges of the Supreme Court.

No matter who wants to be an official, they all want to have a higher starting point.

"Hello, Mr. Carter." "Congratulations, Ms. Kent, you are now the manager of a large company."

Isabella and Carter had met before, but Isabella was still Lin Baicheng's assistant at that time. Since Isabella took a job at New Century Software Company, the two have not seen each other again.

"Carter, who is this?"

Lin Baicheng looked at the person next to Jean Carter. He was an old white man in his fifties, whom he had never seen before.

"William Henry Gates, nice to meet you, Mr. Allen."

The old white man said a name that surprised Lin Baicheng and stretched out his hand to Lin Baicheng.

As soon as he heard the other party's name, Lin Baicheng didn't know that the man in front of him was Bill Gates' father. The other party wanted to meet him through Wade Thomas's relationship, but he rejected him. Unexpectedly, he still didn't give up.

Now we have found Jean Carter as the middleman.

Upon seeing this, Jean Carter said: "Alan, I already know about you and William's son. If there is any misunderstanding, we can talk openly. I hope you can give me some face."

"Well, I'll give Carter some face."

Lin Baicheng reluctantly shook hands with William Gates. Since Jean Carter had come forward, and the person was right in front of him, he had to give Jean Carter a face no matter what, and we would wait until we could reach an agreement.

"Thanks a lot, Alan!"

Jean Carter was very happy that Lin Baicheng gave him face.

Because they had something to talk about, the four of them stopped playing and sat aside.

Lin Baicheng went straight to the point: "Mr. Gates, you should know the specifics of the grievances between your son and me, right?"

William Gates nodded: "Yes, I know all the details."

"It's good that you know."

Lin Baicheng immediately said: "Originally, it was good for me to invest in Microsoft, but because the computer operating system technology developed by the company has business dealings with IBM and needs financing, then your son and others wanted to kick me out and dilute my shares significantly.

Of course I can't accept it. Now, they have transferred the company's technology to the company 'Blue Software', which has obviously harmed my interests. I have settled this lawsuit with them."

"I came to Mr. Allen just to talk to you and see if I can drop the lawsuit."

William Gates knew all this, but he didn't know it at the beginning. He didn't know about it until Bill Gates was involved in a lawsuit. After some understanding, as a barrister, he didn't know anything about Bill Gates.

The possibility of Gates and others winning the lawsuit is very low.

If it were an ordinary small company, they could also use the tactic of filing a lawsuit to delay the case until the other party couldn't bear it and didn't have so much money and time to respond to the lawsuit. However, this tactic was of no use to Lin Baicheng, who had strong capital.

According to William Gates' judgment, this lawsuit will drag on for a few years at most, and then the court will rule against it, and Lin Baicheng's side will be compensated for a certain amount of monetary losses. The longer the delay, the greater the loss that will be compensated.

If Blue Software was already a big company, then William Gates would not take the initiative to seek settlement with Lin Baicheng. At most, he would just lose the lawsuit and pay money. This is what many large companies do when they have patent and other lawsuits.

Use money in exchange for development time.

But the problem is that Blue Software is still a small company. Although there is cooperation from IBM, the cooperation between the two companies has not yet begun, and it is still uncertain what the performance of IBM will be after entering the personal computer market. Once the performance is poor, Blue Software's

The operating system will definitely not sell well and the company will not make much money.

The company cannot make a lot of money, but it is facing lawsuits, money continues to be spent, and finally a compensation payment has to be prepared. Naturally, William Gates cannot help but worry that Blue Software will go bankrupt and Bill Gates will be implicated.

"Withdraw the lawsuit? This is impossible!"

Lin Baicheng immediately shook his head. He knew how good Microsoft's future prospects were, but because of the greed of Bill Gates and others, he had lost so much. How could he withdraw the lawsuit just because of a few words from the other party?

Jean Carter helped to speak: "Alan, we can always negotiate. Tell us your conditions and see if William can do it."

"First of all, I also want a copy of Microsoft's computer operating system technology and patents. This is a prerequisite. If you can't agree to this, then there is no need to talk about anything else."

Lin Baicheng knew that under the current situation, it was impossible for him and Bill Gates to continue to cooperate, so the best option was to take over the technology and patents and let New Century Software Company start a new business.

Jean Carter said nothing and looked at William Gates. He came here just as a middleman, and at most he could help William Gates a little bit.

For a big capitalist like Lin Baicheng, Jean Carter wanted to achieve greater things in the future, so he would not offend him easily, not to mention that this incident had nothing to do with him.

"Yes, but Mr. Allen, you cannot cooperate with IBM!"

William Gates immediately agreed after hearing this. He had already agreed before the bottom line of the negotiation was reached. Handing over technology and patents is not a big deal. For Blue Software, the most important thing is the cooperation with IBM.

Lin Baicheng thought for a while and said: "I can only promise not to cooperate with IBM within two years. As for whether we can reach cooperation in the future, we will talk about it later."

"Can."

William Gates had no objection. Anyway, with Blue Software’s connections, it was impossible for IBM to cooperate with Lin Baicheng’s company.

Lin Baicheng raised his index finger: "I only have two conditions. The second condition is that my shares in Microsoft must be converted into shares in Blue Software, and my interests cannot be harmed."

William Gates shook his head: "Mr. Allen, this is simply impossible. You hold so many shares, and now Blue Software simply cannot give you that many shares."

Lin Baicheng said forcefully: "This is your problem. It's good that I didn't ask for compensation for all the costs of the lawsuit."

"Mr. Allen, you have asked for technology and patents. Blue Software is equivalent to the company Bill and his colleagues opened with technology. You can do the same. As for Microsoft, we can give you more during the split. This is our

The biggest concession."

Microsoft is actually not worth much now, only seven to eight million US dollars, mainly because the two founders of the company have left the company and took some technical talents with them.

If the company wasn't now managed by professional managers, and the company's main business hadn't disappeared because the founder left, it was expected to earn one or two million dollars a year, and the company would never have been worth that much.

(End of chapter)