Hong Kong's new giants

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Lin Zuhui came to the United Leon Group, hoping to cut through the mess quickly and take over Chateau Latour.

The reason is simple, it must be taken down before the French react.

As for how the following things will develop and how the French are making trouble, he has already got it, so why not be afraid!

Occupying the commanding heights of the rules, Lin Zuhui has a greater initiative.It is impossible for the French to rob clearly, after all, it is related to the reputation of a country.

Of course, it may not have been so smooth. The Japanese bought Liguan Chateau, a famous third-level winery, for two full years; however, the Japanese bought it from France at that time, so there were many difficulties.

"Mr. Lin, hello!"

"Mr. Ram, hello!"

As soon as the two parties met, they seemed very enthusiastic. Lahm was more annoyed at the Frenchman's arrogance at this time, and decided to support Harvey Department Store to receive Chateau Latour, of course, the price is higher.

After the two parties sat down, Lin Zuhui explained his intentions: "Mr. Lahm, we intend to acquire the shares of Chateau Latour in your hands, and we are very sincere!"

Ram pretended to hesitate, and then said: "Mr. Lin, you may not know what Chateau Latour meant to the French. Back then...so, we were also in a difficult situation!"

Lin Zuhui said calmly: "They are all commodities, there are not so many rules and regulations. Didn't the Japanese buy the classified winery back then. Therefore, we are willing to bid 1.35 million US dollars to buy it. I believe that the French will not give you this price."

The joy on Lahm's face flashed, and soon he started haggling with Lin Zuhui again.

As a result, the two parties initially negotiated, and Harvey Department Store won it at a sky-high price of 1.4 million US dollars.Of course, this is only a verbal agreement between the two parties, and then they have to go to Bordeaux, France to negotiate.

This is also the news that Lin Zuhui learned from Lahm. He originally thought that he could sign the contract directly in London, but Lahm told him that he had to register with the Bordeaux Land Commission so that he could take over Château Latour smoothly.

Otherwise, even if the signing is successful in London, if there is a strong reaction there, the deal will be difficult to conclude.

4 Chapter Ninety

Lin Zuhui did not intend to personally intervene in the follow-up matters of the acquisition of Chateau Latour, so before returning to Hong Kong, he summoned Chen Shiwen, Ian, Joseph, three senior executives of the LEIT Group, and Lin Zuhui's personal consultant - the investment department of the family office Head Bruce et al.

In the meeting room, Lin Zuhui said calmly: "I expected that the acquisition of Chateau Latour would not go well, so I was originally a drunkard who didn't care about wine, and my fundamental goal was to be a classified chateau in Bordeaux."

A few foreigners seem to be a little confused. They don't understand the 36 tricks of the Chinese ancestors-strife.

Only Chen Shiwen's eyes lit up, and he said: "The boss means that if we pretend to buy Chateau Latour, the French will definitely make a fuss, but we have the initiative after all. When the time is right, we will take the second place and buy a winery. First-class winery, the French think it is slightly acceptable.”

Hearing this explanation, the foreign executive finally understood, and immediately showed an expression of admiration.

Although a preliminary agreement has been reached for this transaction, it is bound to fall into controversy just like the acquisition of Liguan Winery by Japan’s Suntory back then; the only advantage is that the United Leon Group is a British capital, and they only want to sell it at a high price now. , don't care too much who you sell to.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "That's right, the real goal of the LEIT Group this time is: Luchen Family Manor, a second-class estate that can be traced back more than 300 years ago."

Chanel, sorry!

In the previous life, in 1994, the Wertheimer family, the owners of the fashion giant Chanel Group, acquired the second-class winery, the Rouchen family estate; and they could have owned Chateau Latour, but when they were hesitating, they were bought by Gucci. (Gucci) owner outright acquisition.

In the past few years, the economies of Europe and the United States have been weak. In addition, dozens of red wine estates are listed for sale in the Bordeaux area every year, so these classified estates are not immune.

Ian, the vice president of LEIT Group, said at this time with a strong promise: "Boss can rest assured, in this way, we will be able to complete the acquisition."

Lin Zuhui also felt admiration for himself when he saw that everyone showed the expression that they were determined to win.

However, he still said cautiously: "This acquisition of a Bordeaux listed winery does not necessarily have to be a listed winery, but it must be a listed winery. You must act quickly, after all, we are currently taking the initiative. As for the details of the acquisition , I will not participate in order to avoid too much influence.”

Everyone nodded. The boss's meaning was very clear, that is, he personally didn't want to get involved, and only wanted to use Harvey Department Store in the UK to buy it.This is similar to the business style of the Chinese, who don't like to be too ostentatious.

Lin Zuhui then made arrangements: "When you make the acquisition, in order to reduce controversy, you can advertise more in the media. Explain that the acquisition of 'Harvey Department Store' will benefit the development of red wine in the entire Bordeaux region, and tell them that the market in the Far East is huge. At the same time, it means that we will still hand over the management to the descendants of the Siegel family, and continue to inject funds to upgrade and transform the winery."

Ian echoed: "Boss is right. Bordeaux wineries are currently facing difficulties and really need to open up new markets. And LEIT Group has a strong strength in Asia, so the acquisition of Bordeaux classified winery is a win-win thing. .”

Harvey Department Store is backed by Huazi. This will not be a secret, and it can only deceive ordinary people who don't know.

Therefore, with a multi-pronged approach, the LEIT Group will definitely be able to obtain a listed winery, and then use this winery as its flagship to acquire wine estates in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States to build its own red wine business.

"Okay, I'll leave the rest to you, I should go back to Hong Kong!" Lin Zuhui finally said.

"Don't worry about the BOSS" everyone swore a guarantee.

In their view, the current LEIT Group is robbing. The French did not agree with their acquisition of the classified winery, so they directly bought Chateau Latour.

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At the London airport, Monica was held in Lin Zuhui's arms, and she showed a reluctant expression.

"Honey, do we need to meet in two months?" Monica said looking at Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui smiled, this time the two of them stayed for seven days and seven nights, and did I five times, the total time was more than 6 hours, and their relationship became much stronger.

"If the relationship lasts for a long time, how can it be day and night. Miss Monica, you are only 28 years old, and you have 50 years left in your life. If you get together with me for one month a year, we will have nearly 1 years Together. So, do you feel that time is short?"

He started the bluffing tactics. There was too much water in it, and he would be an old woman in the future. There are still so many misses there, Lin Zuhui should change to a young girl.

After all, Monica is a woman. After a while, she said, "I'll wait for your news! When I go back, I will study hard to enrich my life; I will also work hard to make the clothing brand bigger as soon as possible." In the end, she He touched his belly again and said, "According to what you said, I will definitely get pregnant this time, and I will give you a healthy child!"

If it was the previous life, Lin Zuhui would be very moved, but in this life, he is destined to be a prodigal son in love.

Don't show mercy!

"Very well, I will reward you well."

There is no woman who does not love money, and European and American societies are even more money-worshiping societies. There is no need to question this.

Sure enough, Monica gave Lin Zuhui a French romance.

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When Lin Zuhui returned to Hong Kong, there was already a lot of noise in France.

French media have reported that United Lyon Group intends to sell Chateau Latour to Harvey Department Store, the three major boutique department stores in the UK, at a price of US$1.4 million.

Importantly, Harvey Department Store has been acquired by the Chinese-funded LEIT Group.

For a time, the LEIT Group became famous and was dubbed "Asia's LVMH Group" by the media.It is conceivable that the LEIT Group made a world-class advertisement in vain this time.

The problem now is that if this deal is concluded, France will completely lose Château Latour, one of the five first-growth estates, so French public opinion is indeed fierce.

However, United Leon Group and Harvey Department Store are not vegetarians either, saying that this transaction is fully in line with international law and French law.

After all, French law does not stipulate that Bordeaux wineries cannot be sold to foreigners, and there are even precedents for selling to Japanese.

In this way, a three-party struggle was formed, and the other party was not the French government, but French public opinion.

After all, it is impossible for the government to directly stop it, otherwise the French will become an unruly force in the future.

The senior management of the LEIT Group, represented by Ian, was doing public relations activities in France while secretly negotiating with the owner of the Luchen family manor.

As a second-class estate of Zhuang Luchen family, the price is naturally not that expensive, it only needs about 7000-8000 million US dollars (depending on the amount of wine stored), and the price is very high.

Ian and the others also kept Lin Zuhui's words in mind that the Luchen Family Manor is not necessarily the target, but all the classified manors can be the target.

LEIT Group only needs one Bordeaux classified winery, even if it is a fifth-level chateau, it can be considered to complete the goal.

Of course, the best result is the Luchen Family Manor, after all, Chateau Latour is used as a bargaining chip.

In the acquisition of the Bordeaux Class Cru winery, Lin Zuhui finally planned to let the LEIT Group fully contribute, which was nothing more than a matter of leverage.After all, if he invests as a family, he still feels a little high-profile.

Chapter 491 [The Third Marriage]

Thursday, November 3.

Central Plaza, the headquarters of New Era Group.

Lin Zuhui stands in front of the window of his office, overlooking Victoria Harbor and the Kowloon Peninsula. Just standing at this height can inspire people to be enterprising.

For the development of New Era Group, if the total score is 100 points, he can give 110 points to New Era Group.

Too strong!

Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Huaxia, and Xiangjiang (Huaxia) all have the huge real estate business of New Times Group.

The non-real estate business involves a wider range, almost dozens of countries.

Today's New Times Group is the absolute trump card in the hands of Lin Zuhui, with a market value of 1400 billion (Hang Seng Index 6000 points), which is better than - Cheung Kong + Hutchison Whampoa + HK Electric in terms of market value.

Of course, the cards of the Lin Zuhui family are: Asia Television Group, Wanhui Media Group, LEIT Group, Octopus Financial Group;

As for Xiaomi Technology, Lin Zuhui has always regarded it as a black card, but it is not actually a black market. Many people know that it was founded by Lin Zuhui; but when the time is right, Lin Zuhui will list Xiaomi Technology and then sell the shares he holds Cashing out and handling by offshore companies gives people the feeling of fading out of Xiaomi Technology.

Lin Zuhui's investment in the Canary Wharf project was regarded by Heung Kong media and investors as another victory in going global, with a very large impact.The number of investors following Lin Zuhui has increased a lot.

"dong dong"

"Come in"

Lin Zuhui returned to his office and sat down.

Liang Zhenxun walked into the office, sat on the sofa and reported: "Boss, the funds invested in the Canary project have been transferred to the HSBC account."

Lin Zuhui said: "How much cash is there in the account?"

Liang Zhenxun replied: "More than 40 billion, but the mainland needs to inject 20 billion Hong Kong dollars!"

Magic City has agreed with New Times Group (Huaxia) to undertake the construction of the "Magic City Global Financial Center". In addition to the initial investment of other mainland projects, it is indeed necessary to inject 20 billion Hong Kong dollars; Nearly 50 billion.

Although the funds in the account are small, Lin Zuhui said indifferently: "Well, there are no major projects for the time being, and an average of 15 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash can be withdrawn every month, so I can continue to save money."

Although the predicted annual profit is 150 billion, but actually including the principal of the investment, the funds withdrawn are not limited.

"Okay, I will definitely do a good job in financial management."

Then, Liang Zhenxun said: "Boss, Huaying restarted negotiations on the new airport. It seems that there is hope to reach an agreement. If so, then the construction of the airport railway station may be called for bidding, and our funds may not be safe."

Lin Zuhui smiled and said, "Don't worry, don't come up with an airport plan this year, so the bidding for the property above the airport railway station is still early."

The property above the Airport Railway Station can be said to be a super large-scale project project. The area of ​​the property above the Airport Railway Central Terminus alone is as high as 43 square feet (the same area as New World Center in Tsim Sha Tsui), and 400 million square meters can be built commercial buildings over [-] feet.

The area of ​​commercial buildings in Central is more than 400 million square feet. This is the current rent-collecting area of ​​Landmark in Central. One can imagine how huge it is.

In the previous life, this project was jointly won by Henderson and Sun Hung Kai, with a total investment of 400 billion Hong Kong dollars.

In this life, they will naturally not have their share, and the New Era Group will definitely win.

Of course, if Henderson's Lee Shau Kee intends to join, Lin Zuhui also welcomes him, and he can give up [-]% of the shares.As for Zheng Yutong, he doesn't like the top price, meaning that as long as everyone competes fiercely, he will voluntarily withdraw. The competition in Central Station is so fierce, he is unlikely to participate.

The Airport Railway is a railway from the Central Terminus to Lantau Island. There are several stations along the line that will invite tenders for the development rights of the above-the Central Terminus, Kowloon Station, Tai Kok Tsui Station, Tsing Yi Station, Tung Chung Station...the most important of which is of course Central terminus.

Hearing Lin Zuhui's analysis, Liang Zhenxun immediately took reassurance and said, "Okay, it will be very easy financially."

Lin Zuhui added: "According to the information I have received, General Dynamics of the U.S. stock market will distribute dividends to release the excess funds in the account. It is conservatively estimated that the U.S. stock market will pay a dividend of 20 US dollars in the near future."

Liang Zhenxun said in surprise: "So rich? That's really great. We own 141 million shares, and we can get more than 2800 million US dollars."

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "So let me remind you that if General Dynamics pays dividends, all funds will continue to buy Microsoft shares."

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it."

In fact, as far as Lin Zuhui knows, throughout 1993, the abnormal dividend of General Dynamics was 50 US dollars per share, and the normal dividend was 2.6 US dollars per share, which means that the dividend per share alone this year is 52.6 US dollars, and New Times Group can get 7400 million US dollars. dividends.

In addition, the average cost of New Era Group's lightening of positions is US$68 per share, and the share price of General Dynamics will soar to around US$112 by the end of this year.Equivalent to another 6200 million US dollars in profit for New Era Group.

For this investment, the rate of return in one and a half years will be as high as 120%, which is extremely generous.

After discussing the company's finances with Liang Zhenxun, Lin Zuhui let him leave.The financial arrangement of a company is very important, and superb financial skills can even allow the company to develop by leaps and bounds.

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On Saturday, Dickson Poon got married, and Lin Zuhui and Wang Lingyin went to the Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Convention and Exhibition Center to attend his wedding.

Dickson Poon is the groom for the third time (Michelle Yeoh was Michelle Yeoh before that), and this time the bride is Yu Guizhu, who graduated from Harvard University, and is a member of the Eu Yan Sang family in Xiangjiang (traditional Chinese medicine industry).The media said that Dickson Poon's fame is inseparable from brand-name clothing, watches, and jewellery, and his wife is also famous.

The important thing is that Dickson Poon always makes a fuss. The last time Lin Zuhui attended his wedding was in 1988. The venue was the Regent Hotel in the New World Center. The object was Michelle Yeoh. The wedding was quite grand. Uncle Shao Six was also invited Be a witness.

As a person who plays in the circle, Dickson Pan is getting married for the third time, and some people brought out a few people from the big D meeting to report, and found that everyone except Zheng Yutong was romantic, in fact, Zheng Yutong was also rumored to be a scandal.

Needless to say, Lin Zuhui is simply a romantic patriarch. The most amazing thing is that the women who have been with Lin Zuhui have never said anything bad about him, and there has never been any conflict between women. This makes many people praise Lin Zuhui His skills are superb.

Liu's reputation is not very good, but the media likes to report his affairs and doesn't care how much money he makes.The rest of the big D club is also the same, all of them have a lot of romantic affairs, which makes the media capitalize the close-up.

The Grand Hyatt Hotel is currently one of the best first-class hotels in Xiangjiang.

Lin Zuhui took Wang Lingyin's hand and walked into the hotel together. Some reporters wanted to take pictures, but they found that Lin Zuhui's bodyguard team was very alert and blocked the camera with their bodies.Although it is not impossible to shoot at all, but at least it is not clear.

"Congratulations to Brother Pan on his big wedding, and the addition of a little princess!" Lin Zuhui said to Pan Dickson, who was wearing a groom's suit.

Pan Dickson and Yu Guizhu got married on the basis of their sons. Yu Guizhu gave birth to a daughter at the end of November last year, and Pan Dickson will have two little princesses.

Pan Disheng said with a smile: "Thank you Lin Sheng and his wife for coming, I thought you would not be able to come back from abroad!"

"I don't even rush back when you get married, it's like saying something!"