In Hong Kong, CICC, China's first investment bank, is located in the conference room of its headquarters in central square. The one and a half hour meeting has just ended.
It's August 28, Thursday.
This is a meeting with only a dozen participants, but the standard is very high, because the content of the meeting is to discuss the introduction of cornerstone investors in the listing of China Telecom in Hong Kong. The so-called cornerstone investor is an enterprise IPO process in advance to determine some highly credible investment institutions, famous enterprises or rich celebrities for minimum subscription, in order to further strengthen market confidence.
Most of the participants in the just concluded meeting are potential cornerstone investors of China Telecom's overseas listing. However, they are basically a group of Chinese businessmen in Southeast Asia who have good relations with China.
Except for two women.
Among a group of middle-aged and elderly men, Chen Qing and Lin Su, who are quite outstanding in appearance and temperament, are quite eye-catching. The two women participated in the meeting as Simon's direct personal representatives, while westero will also participate in the advance subscription as cornerstone investors.
Compared with Southeast Asian Chinese businessmen, the name "westero" alone is enough to support the cornerstone investor role of this IPO, both in terms of credibility and capital strength. However, Simon did not completely monopolize the role of the idea.
Whether it's meat or soup, sharing together is the king.
Of course, after all, the volume is here. Compared with the total subscription amount of 1 billion US dollars of all Chinese businessmen convened by CICC, only westero company has taken out 500 million US dollars alone.
According to the basically determined listing plan, the total amount of financing for the IPO of China Telecom, which was listed in advance to the end of the year, is about US $5 billion. Now, the IPO plan is still in progress, and the subscription share of US $1.5 billion has been determined in advance, and the subscribers have a strong international appeal, which basically declares that the IPO will be smooth sailing.
At the end of the meeting, everyone got up one after another. As the younger generation, Chen Lin and her daughter intended to fall behind, but they didn't want a group of middle-aged and old men to slow down. When they came near, one of them invited them in Mandarin and said, "Xiao Lin, do you have time in the evening? Zheng Sheng has a reception in Repulse Bay tonight. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."
Lin Su felt the friendly tone of the tall and thin man with glasses. Instinctively, he was a little bit uncomfortable and declined: "sorry, Mr. Li, Xiaoqing and I are going to return to the mainland soon."
"Oh, it doesn't matter. I hope I have a chance next time."
The other side said, not only did not have the slightest displeasure, but also took out a business card to hand over, Lin Su politely took it, did not forget to take out his business card and exchange with the big guys.
After several minutes of greeting, the two women were able to get away.
Accompanied by the four maid guards, they went downstairs and got into the car. Looking at Chen Qing who had just been following the class, Lin Su gave her a weak look: "since you are more interested in these things, why do you want to push me out?"
The news that Lin Su was ranked 387 on the Forbes 400 us rich list has spread rapidly in recent days.
Of course, it's not because of her 500 million dollar fortune that a group of Chinese businessmen just took the initiative to get close to Lin su. After all, this money is not listed in the list. The key lies in the well-known man standing behind Lin su. In this world, no one can ignore the name of "Simon westrow".
Chen Qing smiles like a little fox. She shoves a stack of business cards into her bag and says, "because I want to be the backstage agent."
Lin Su, speechless, thought of someone again and said, "you You know how to bully me. "
So, just as the car left the underground parking lot of the building, Lily favel on the front co pilot felt something. She took out a shaking mobile phone from her bag and handed it to Lin Su: "Lin, your father's phone. He called once when you had a meeting with Chen."
Lin Su raised his hand subconsciously and shrunk again. After all, he picked up the phone and pressed the answer button: "Dad Yes, still I'll be back in a minute. Well, I mean, Xiaoqing and I are going to Beijing Fake, I don't have 500 million dollars No matter how authoritative a magazine is, it will make mistakes. Dad, don't listen to other people's nonsense, OK I'm not sure. Maybe after a few days in Beijing, I'll go back to America Dad, he is my boss's boss's boss. I don't know how much higher he is. I haven't seen anyone for months Well, I'm going to get on the plane. That's it for the time being. "
Lin Su finished in a hurry and hung up. Seeing that Chen Qing was still watching, he threw the Nokia over: "here you are, all for you."
Chen Qing took the phone with a smile and joked: "you speak a lie quite smoothly."
Lin Su glared at her: "when did I lie?"
Chen Qing blinked her eyes and nodded: "yes, you didn't lie at all. You really don't have $500 million. Now you have only $410 million in cash in your account, and some other company shares and so on. Together, they should be more than $500 million. You really don't lie."“……”
After Simon's proposal last time, the two women have cashed out 2.65% of their respective shares in scupper. With the continuous outbreak of China's VCD industry and the halo of Westeros concept stocks, even according to the closing data of the Forbes 400 list on August 16, the market value of scupper has reached 19.1 billion US dollars at that time.
2.65% of the shares, which is $506 million.
Therefore, if the two women do not cash out, the statistics of the Forbes list do not deviate too much.
As for why Lin Su has only US $410 million on his book at this time, the main reason is that it is impossible for him to choose the high point on August 16 in the process of cash out. Moreover, this money has not yet been taxed. If he subtracts the 15% capital gains tax he needs to pay, there will be only US $350 million left.
In any case, a woman who immigrated to the United States for only two years suddenly had hundreds of millions of dollars in cash on her personal account. Even Lin Su himself was at a loss. What's more, I didn't expect that my friends and some hateful man would join hands and secretly put her on this year's "Forbes" US 400 rich list.
Chen Qing saw Lin Su in a trance and was about to continue to say something. The mobile phone she had just received rang again. She didn't want to connect her immediately: "hello Oh, Minister Wu, I'm Xiao Chen Ah Su, she's asleep. She's a little tired these days. Do you need me to wake her up Oh, well Yes, the meeting has just ended. We are on our way to the airport Tomorrow morning No problem. Well, when she wakes up, I'll tell her. That's it. "
After hanging up, Chen Qing saw Lin Su and said, "from the Ministry of Posts and telecommunications, I hope we Well, no, it's Miss Lin. I've agreed to attend a seminar on China's information industry tomorrow morning. "
“……”
Chen Qing looked at her: "or, I go for you?"
Lin Su glared at her: "I'm not going to take you."
Chen Qing immediately wronged the past: "ah Su, how can you do this to me..."
The hairy Lin Su raised her hand and hit her a few times.
Chen Qing is not angry after being beaten, but laughs: "it seems to be a bit of a blunder, as long as I knew, I came out on my own."
"I'm joking with you," Chen Qing immediately changed her tone. "I don't want to figure out this kind of limelight. Ah su OK, OK, Su Su Oh, don't fight any more. I mean, I'll be your assistant in the future. You can stay in the mansion and be a little grandmother. I'll try my best to help you with other things. "
Lin Su hit her again, thought about it, and said, "by the way, in the media, I mean, in China, I don't want to make a lot of noise."
"Don't worry, I've done it in advance. It won't appear in the public media."
Lin Su immediately asked, "in private, how did my father suddenly know?"
Chen Qing said with a smile, "you must know everything you should know."
Lin Su curled his mouth and didn't say anything.
Chen Qing waited for her mood to slow down for a moment before she said again, "ah..."
"Well?"
"I'll take care of your money."
Lindsay paused and said, "I'll ask him for his opinion."
"What's the boss's opinion? Do you think he likes your little money? We men have $1.5 trillion?"
Lin Su didn't pay attention to the appellation "we men" in Chen Qing's words, but didn't say any more.
Although Such a huge sum of money lies in her account, but deep down, Lin Su always feels that she is just helping him keep a sum of money. After all, from small to large, she never thought that she would become a billionaire one day.
When Chen Qing saw that she didn't answer, she suddenly thought of another thing: "by the way, this money, I can tell you, no more random donations as before."
Lin Su just glanced at her.
In the past two years, Lin Su has donated a lot of money to various charitable organizations in China, but it's basically just her salary. As for the money in her hand, for some reason, she doesn't intend to use it indiscriminately. She even thinks that she should give it back to him. After all, there is so much money that she can't afford it.
Chen Qing then looked at Lin Su's expression carefully. She leaned back on the leather chair and mentioned the meeting she had just participated in. She couldn't help saying, "I don't know what the boss thinks this time. If we don't subscribe directly in the name of Westeros, but choose a third party as the media, maybe we can get a lower discount."
As the cornerstone investors, they often have to bear higher risks, at the same time, they will naturally enjoy the corresponding preferential treatment.
Of course, this part of the discount is generally not put on the table.
When Lin Su heard Chen Qing's words, he turned to see what he subconsciously wanted to say. After a pause, he was silent again.Chen Qing noticed Lin Su's expression and slightly hooked the corner of her mouth.
After arriving at the airport, they boarded a Gulfstream V business plane, which almost became two women's private cars, set out from Hong Kong, arrived in the capital in the evening, and then drove back to Simon's Siheyuan in Maoer Hutong, NanLuoGu lane.
Recently, this courtyard is no longer just a group of waitresses.
When Zhu Momo and his party returned to China a few days ago, Chen Qing, who is also the housekeeper of Simon's various properties in China, personally arranged for them to be here, which can be regarded as under the eye.
As a result, in addition to the original waitress team, there are now five more people in the courtyard. They are Zhu Momo, Jill pecker, Zhao Annie, Li Youhu and Teacher Yu. Of course, with the size of this courtyard, let alone five more people, even if it is doubled a few times, it is still more than enough.
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon, which has entered the final stage of preparation, is expected to be launched in late September. It plans to shoot some scenes in Beijing first. Therefore, the crew is currently stationed in the capital, so Li Youhu and others can stay here.
When the film starts shooting, people will start to travel all over the country.
Compared with China, where the news is not spreading fast after all, Jill pecker has already got the news that Linsu has entered the Forbes list ahead of time..
Therefore, when Chen Qing and Lin Su returned, they happened to meet Zhu Momo, Li Youhu and others who had just returned from a day long Chinese opera class nearby. When they saw Lin Su, Jill peckert was the one who felt the most.
Although Jill pecker's ultimate goal this year is to be the third richest woman in the Forbes 400 list with a fortune of 29.5 billion dollars and another founder of Tinkerbell, she is far away from her even though she is close to 30 billion dollars.
As it happens, Simon has set her career goal in China, so for Lin Su, the 387th woman in this year's list, she has become Jill's most direct target unconsciously.
And it's relatively promising.
After all, it's only two years since Lindsay started from scratch. Jill doesn't think she will compare the variance.
No matter what their thoughts were, after meeting, the women were very warm to each other. They exchanged greetings and came to the inner courtyard together. Chen Qinglin and Su still lived in the west wing, while Zhu Momo lived in the east wing. No one lived in the main room, and no one proposed to live in it. After all, the place was a man's by default.
Unless the other party comes, they can only go in at night.
From the evening to dinner, Mr. Yu and Li Youhu feel that they should not be ignored. After all, a few days ago, they were Simon's women. But, well, transparent people also have the advantages of transparent people. It's interesting to see Chen Qing and Zhu Momo secretly tit for tat.
"I've seen the script of that movie, and it's a very interesting story." at the dinner table, everyone gathered together. Compared with Lin Su, Chen Qing naturally took the initiative in the fight and said to Zhu Mo, "however, at this stage, there is basically no film industry in China, including crouching tiger, hidden dragon with fox 》In fact, it's still a good movie for me, so, Momo, you don't have to pay too much attention to it. "
Zhu Momo just said that he was going to cooperate with Zhang Guoshi. Of course, he couldn't help showing off, but he didn't expect to get Chen Qing's evaluation immediately. With a girl's character, of course, he would not be soft hearted. He countered: "sister Chen, according to you, isn't Simon paying attention to the Chinese film industry completely unnecessary?"