"Actually, I have news that Hutchison's port project in Indonesia has been suspended for nearly a year, and the local government in Indonesia is preparing to take back the port." Chen Zhiwen continued.
"So, doesn't Hutchison's investment there go with it?" Zhou Jiayang said in shock.
"Yes, it is estimated that Hutchison has invested about HK$200 million in this project. If this news comes, what will happen to the stock market?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile.
"It's absolutely a bloodbath and terrible to look at. Hutchison's stock price has been stable during this period, and maybe 50% of it is due to our continuous acquisitions. But this kind of news will definitely make all shareholders and investors panic, fearing that Hutchison will go bankrupt completely." Zhou Jiayang replied without any hesitation.
"That is our window. Before you acquired 15%, basically a large proportion of the floating stocks on the market have been acquired. But as soon as this news is reported, many people will sell their stocks immediately. If we take the opportunity to acquire again, we will It’s not easy to be noticed.” Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"What Chen Sheng said is right, but I'm worried that such a major blow will really cause Hutchison to go bankrupt. In this case, our losses will be even greater?" Zhou Jiayang worried.
Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said: "A large company like Hutchison is not so easy to go bankrupt. No government would really allow such a large company to go bankrupt. It would be too destructive to the economy. Besides, sooner or later, this news will be unstoppable. Might as well let us take advantage of it.”
"That's true." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
Chen Zhiwen clicked and continued: "Then when will we take action?"
"About half a month later." Zhou Jiayang said: "I need a period of time to lower Hutchison's stock and register more wallet accounts. If I continue to acquire so many accounts before, it will be easy to expose the secret."
Accounts that acquire stocks in secret periods cannot acquire them for a long time or in large quantities, which easily increases the possibility of being discovered. The accounts used to acquire Hutchison were frequently changed, and new accounts were constantly being registered, but now suddenly there is a short-term News that internal pressure lowers the stock price requires more accounts to ensure demand for future acquisitions.
"Okay, I just have to go to the United States. It's almost time for me to come back." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
"America? Is it because of the recently established Berkshire Hathaway textile factory?" Zhou Jiayang asked.
As the head of the Hong Kong department responsible for Chen Zhiwen's idle capital investment, he naturally knew that at the beginning of the year, his boss had jointly opened a textile factory with an American company. This investment was a bit strange to him. It was really too low-efficiency. Buy real estate.
"It's just a small matter. I only need someone to look after the finances. I don't care about other things." Chen Zhiwen waved his hand and said with a smile: "If what we want to do in the United States succeeds, this textile factory will be very meaningful. "
Three days later, Queen Street, New York City:
"Sheng Chen, the bar in front of us is the one with the best business around here. Their boss asked us to buy three Snake arcade machines." Cheng Weibin, who is in charge of arcade machine sales in New York City, said to his boss introduced.
"What price did he pay for?" Chen Zhiwen asked as he walked, followed by a small group of assistants and bodyguards.
"One unit costs US$3,500, without discount, totaling US$10,500." Cheng Weibin said.
"3,500 US dollars? Did he take Citigroup's loan?" Chen Zhiwen asked again casually.
"No, there were only 300 arcade machines in the first batch to come to the United States at that time. Many bars wanted them. In addition to the one with the highest price, giving cash is also an advantage. Citibank's loan will still take some time." Cheng Wei Bin replied.
"Oh, are bar owners in the United States still very rich?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. In this era, US$10,000 is a large amount of money even in the United States. Ordinary people in the United States may earn as much in a year. With less than this amount of money, there are even fewer people who can save US$10,000.
"As long as our arcade machines can earn them enough profits, they will be willing to spend more money." Cheng Weibin said with a smile.
A few people quickly walked to the door of the bar. A black security guard at the door was checking ID cards. Those who were obviously very old were let go. Those who looked like they were under the legal age were stopped to check their ID cards.
Chen Zhiwen and An Qi were stopped. Asians generally look younger. After taking out their passports, the security guard let them go.
"Here in the United States, what is the minimum age to enter a bar?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
"The laws of each state are different. Most are 21 years old, a few are 18 years old, and there are some regulations in between." Cheng Weibin replied.
"This is a bit old." Chen Zhiwen said with a frown.
Although teenagers generally don’t have much money, they are actually the most solid customer group in the game industry. However, now that arcades have just come out, even adults cannot resist this temptation, but as adults, they have certain tolerance for many temptations. Without the ability to resist, this group will not be long-term customers after all.
But this is a problem for the future. Now the production capacity is not as good as the sales volume, so there is no need to consider new markets.
"Ted." Cheng Weibin greeted a bald man.
"Hi, Cheng." When Ted saw Cheng Weibin, he greeted the people around him and walked over. After seeing Chen Zhiwen and a group of people, he said, "Is this your friend?"
"Yes, they are my friends from Hong Kong. I brought them to the bar to hang out." Cheng Weibin said with a smile.
"OK, have fun, I'll give you a 20% discount tonight." Ted said with a smile.
"20% off? This discount is so rare for you. We treat us so well? Did you win the lottery?" Cheng Weibin said with a smile.
"Lottery tickets are not interesting. Those things are fake and manipulated." Ted said disdainfully: "Cheng, look, your game console is very popular. When will there be other machines? How many more do I want? "
Following Ted's direction, Chen Zhiwen, An Qi and others also saw a group of people gathered in front of several game consoles not far away, occasionally making some noise.
"Isn't three enough? If there are too many, can you make back the money?" Chen Zhiwen suddenly asked. Although Snake is very interesting in this era, in a place with a fixed flow of people and too many game consoles, it will inevitably happen. Loss.
"It's not my bar, but a friend of mine who also owns a bar in Brooklyn. He came to my place a few days ago, saw your game console, and wanted to buy one too." Ted said loudly and roughly, there was nothing he could do, the sounds around him were getting louder and louder.
Cheng Weibin glanced at Chen Zhiwen, and then shouted to Ted: "This depends on the plan in Hong Kong. I will contact you next time when new products are available."
"OK, my friend also wants 3 units, but it's not convenient for him to trade in cash. He will also need to go to the bank for a loan. Is that okay?" Ted also said loudly.
"No problem." Cheng Weibin said after showing the OK gesture.
"OK, have fun." Ted smiled and left.
A few people found a seat near the game console. Chen Zhiwen said to An Qi: "An Qi, look at how many people play in one hour and take note of it."
(End of chapter)
