Chapter 1256

"China Pacific Airlines is losing money? I haven't heard of it. What's the situation?"

Yang Cheng really became interested. Cooperation is one thing, acquisition is another. At least Guotai Airlines is valuable to him. Qiqi's novels are first published on the Internet

Little Superman spread his hands, "There are many reasons, such as the increase in expenses caused by hedging against rising crude oil prices, the strict aviation control in the Greater China region, and the expansion and occupation of routes by mainland airlines, all of which have had a negative impact on the business structure of China Pacific Airlines. threaten.

Last year, the fuel hedging loss exceeded 5 billion, and this year it may exceed 6 billion.

In addition, mainland airlines, including Haihang, have purchased long-haul aircraft for trans-Pacific routes, directly causing the loss of Cathay Pacific's passenger base.

Due to various reasons, the loss situation this year and next year has been irretrievable. "

While Superman was talking, Yang Cheng checked the stock price of Cathay Pacific Airlines on his mobile phone. Sure enough, it had suffered losses since the year before last, and the stock price had also dropped from around HK$13 to around HK$10 now. will exceed 40 billion.

Put away the phone, "You mean the Swire family is going to sell part of their equity?"

"No, no, I didn't say that, but the outstanding shares are nearly 20%, and you can try to get in touch with Cartel Airlines. The West Asian is the second largest shareholder of Guotai, holding nearly 10% of the shares." Introduced Guotai's shareholders to Yang Cheng.

But Yang Cheng is not optimistic, and even said that there is little hope. He found that Taigu's actual shareholding ratio has exceeded 50% through cross-shareholding, and the possibility of intervening in Guotai's operations without using Taigu is basically zero.

"Forget it, Delta Air Lines has become a shareholder of China Eastern Airlines, and has covered routes in Greater China. Guotai is not a must."

The actual purpose of Little Superman is to promote the cooperation between China Pacific Airlines and Beihai Petroleum, and turn losses into profits as soon as possible, so that the shares in his hands are valuable.

But Yang Cheng's attitude is very firm, and it will take time to convince him, so there is no rush.

Half an hour passed in a flash. I was busy chatting and forgot to place a bet. Only Liu Yifei and Guo Jiawen bought 10,000 Hong Kong dollars each, but the result was not satisfactory. Guo Jiawen bought the position Q, meaning that two horses were randomly selected as the top three in the race, regardless of the order, but she only guessed one horse, and the other horse withdrew from the race , should have been accidentally injured, and ended up getting nothing.

This made the little Superman who had just cleaned up his emotions couldn't help but feel proud, "Don't worry, the next game, let me turn the tide~"

Yang Cheng also rubbed Concubine Liu's frustrated face, and comforted, "It's okay, that's the fun of betting on horses. Besides, you made so much just now, so it's nothing if you lose 10,000."

It's a pity that in the next three games, the self-proclaimed Superman failed to guess even once. He spent hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in just a few hours, but he didn't get a hair back. He was in an extremely bad mood.

Although Yang Cheng gloated, he didn't do much. He just managed to win a few thousand dollars by betting too much. He even used financial hedging methods to play horses.

Before the start of the sixth game, there was not much wine left in the silver-black crystal bottle, and Yang Cheng and Little Superman were a little drunk at the same time, ready to play big.

The upcoming race is a 1,400-meter grass race with two super long straights, which will test the speed endurance of the horse and the cooperation with the rider.

Yang Cheng saw Panton go into battle again. This time he will be riding the No. 2 horse named 'Beautiful Day'. He has a very good record in the past and has won many championship trophies, but the disadvantage lies in the fact that 'Beautiful Day' in this race The actual negative weight reached 129 pounds, ranking the most in this game.

The so-called negative weight means that in a horse race, different weights are given to the horses to make all the participating horses have the same chance of winning. The weight carried by the horses is called a negative weight.

Under the premise of maintaining the fairness of the event, the negative weight can maximize the unpredictable result of the game.

Enhance the speed experience that horse racing brings to the audience.

The horse load usually includes the weight of the athlete, the total weight of the sports clothing and the full saddle.

Therefore, if you want to increase the horse's load, you usually put a certain weight of lead in the bag under the saddle.

Generally speaking, horses with higher ratings will carry the highest weight, and similarly weaker horses will carry lighter weights.

For horse owners, handicap races are their best chance of winning a horse. If there is no negative weight rating, then the best horses will continue to win the races, and other horse owners will become meaningless.

So here comes the question, how can we ensure fairness since we have to bear the weight?

In countries and regions where horse racing is relatively developed, the team that scores negative weights, also known as weight judges, will analyze each horse to determine the number of games and negative weights that the horses will participate in.

In addition to the need to master the horse's track record, they publish a horse rating every week based on the performance of the horse in the field: the higher the score, the better the horse.

With standardized ratings, the basis for negative pounds becomes clearer, e.g. when horses rated 120 and 110 are raced together, in order for them to have the same chance of winning, the horse with the higher rating needs to carry 10 more pounds (roughly 4.5kg), although it is not absolute, but every extra kilogram a horse carries will result in 1-2 stalls, a gap of about one-third of a second.

Of course, in order to avoid the appearance of horses with a large gap in the same race, most handicap races will strictly require the horse's score to be in a range, such as the range of 0-70, so the score can not only determine the negative weight of the horse , also has the function of determining the level of competition that horses can participate in.

In Xiangjiang, horse racing competitions are divided into multiple levels, which are called class races. When the performance of horses improves, the scores will also increase, and vice versa.

There are also ups and downs in the performance of horses, and there will also be promotions and relegations, just like the promotion and relegation of football teams. The football term "promoted horse" comes from this.

The first six races of today's race were all horses from the fourth class. The difference in strength between them was not that big, and the negative weight was likely to be the most important factor in determining the outcome of the race. The fastest updated Qiqi novel

That's why Yang Cheng pays special attention to the No. 2 "Beautiful Day". In the first game before, Panton drove the "Super Energy" and finally won the second place. At that time, the negative weight of the flatterer reached 131 pounds, which was also the best on the spot. most.

This proves that Panton has rich experience in handling excellent and high-loaded horses, and today he is in very good form. Yang Cheng has reason to believe that No. 2 'Beautiful Day' will become a strong contender for the championship, at least it should be Break into the top three.