Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 528 [1994]

1994 years.

In the past year, Lin Zuhui's wealth has shown a substantial increase. Only the superficial stock market wealth, his net worth is already 1500 billion.

He should be the richest man for another two years.

If nothing else, Bill Gates had the chance to reach the top in 1996.

The biggest contributor is of course the New Era Group.

The Hang Seng Index closed at 12100 points last year, and the market value of New Era Group was as high as 2180 billion, which is only 300 billion less than HSBC, which makes people feel very incredible.

In the eyes of professionals, the asset value of HSBC Bank is much higher than that of New Era Group, which is not an order of magnitude at all.

However, New Era Group is sought after by shareholders, and its profitability is indeed strong. (Estimated 1993 billion Hong Kong dollars in 160, non-recurring profit increased to 20 billion, excluding dividends and stock book appreciation for investing in US stocks)

And Lin Zuhui deservedly became the No. 3300 chaebol in Xiangjiang, with a market value of 12.2 billion, accounting for [-]% of the total market value. (HSBC is not a family company and does not count the chaebol list. Otherwise, the market value of HSBC plus Hang Seng would still exceed that of Lin Zuhui’s entire holdings.)

And Lin Zuhui's hidden wealth has also exceeded the scale of [-] billion. These assets are real cash flow; including the funds invested in US stocks, they can be cashed out at any time without causing book depreciation.

Monday, May 1.

The new year's work has officially started, and Lin Zuhui also came to New Times Group on time. Generally, as long as he is in Xiangjiang, he must arrive at the company office on time on weekdays.

Of course, as a boss, how can he be in the office all the time, so he is often not in the company; or he is outside to accompany guests, or to inspect outside, or even absent from work to take a short errand.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui held a meeting with all the top management.

The reorganization of Huaren Real Estate has been completed. After all, it is only the reorganization of the group's subsidiaries, so it did not cause much movement.

After the reorganization, New Era Commercial Management Company will manage its global rental properties in a unified manner. New Era Commercial Management has four subsidiaries in total: Chinese Properties, Central Plaza Shopping Center, Futura Real Estate Investment Management, and Amazon Shopping Center.

Lin Zuhui said: "Goldman Sachs has already found a good acquisition company for us. Later, Gao Yi, you will lead the team to start the work first. You must remember to keep the original management and employees as much as possible to avoid handover. Talent loss during the period.”

Goldman Sachs acted quickly and found an American real estate company with 19 shopping malls for Amazon, and the price was ideally in the early part of US$10 billion.

The problem now is that other people's shopping malls are doing well, and they must not cause personnel turmoil during acquisitions, thereby affecting development.

After Amazon's acquisition, it is not a one-time renovation of all 19 shopping centers, but in batches.

Gao Yi nodded and said, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter well. Amazon's management has also recruited about the same, and Goldman Sachs even introduced us to a president-level talent..."

Speaking of this point, Lin Zuhui has to admire Goldman Sachs' attitude in doing things, which is really for the sake of customers.In fact, they not only participated in acquisition issues, but also gave a lot of business advice and help.

Of course, there is no need to question the strength of New Era Commercial Management. After all, it is a large commercial real estate company with rich management experience.

Lin Zuhui continued: "If it is an acquisition fund of 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, how the company pays it will not have much impact?"

Liang Zhenxun immediately said: "After cashing out the stocks in the Hong Kong stock market, we have almost 110 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash. I suggest using 60 billion in cash and 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in loans for acquisitions. In this way, the company still has enough cash , to cope with the expansion in the new year."

The bigger the company, the more the New Era Group can control its debts, which has become an unspoken rule.

Lin Zuhui took this suggestion!

Although there are only 50 billion Hong Kong dollars left in the account, there are still about 3 to 5 months before the profits roll in, which will bring huge cash flow to the company.

Of course, it does not mean that during the adjustment period, the revenue of New Era Group will decrease a lot.This is definitely impossible. After all, the New Era Group also pays attention to "goods are in rotation". If the real estate market is not good, then the house must be reduced in price, packaged, and sold.

Therefore, the Louli in 1994 will definitely not be lower than that in 1993; and the Louli in 1995 and 1994 must be similar.

……

That night, 09:30ATV.

"I am He Jun"

"I served in XXXX troops"

"I Climb to the Top of Mount Everest"

"I have also crossed the icy white ice ocean"

"Now, this time my challenge is to go alone into one of the most dangerous places in America"

"the Rocky Mountains"

"Millions of people walk in here every year, but 2000 don't come out"

At 09:30 that night, ATV Chinese Channel officially broadcasted "Survival in the Wild". This program has been promoted for half a month, and I believe it will attract many people's interest.

ATV's "Wildness Survival" program attracted the attention of many citizens in Xiangjiang for a while.

In this matter, in the TV screen, He Jun took a plane and flew over the Rocky Mountains.

"The pilot may tell me to jump at any time"

"Where it falls, I don't know"

"I had no maps, no extra clothes, water, food, or even a radio."

"My mission is simple, do my best within five days"

"Come out alive"

Then, He Jun climbed onto the wing pole of the plane, let go of his hand, and staged a skydive.

Audience: "Damn, CI is so exciting!"

Audience: "It's amazing, He Jun is flying in the air, but he doesn't open his umbrella, so nothing will happen!"

Audience: "ATV's production must be a high-quality product. It seems that it is another big copyright program, the light of the Chinese!"

The TV viewers watched He Jun flip in the air, and then flew down in the air at a very slow speed. Suddenly, they seemed to be facing it, and their heartbeats accelerated.

In fact, the audience didn't know how good the photographer was for shooting this shot.

The cost of filming this program is also high. The production cost of one episode is several million Hong Kong dollars, and two episodes are almost the cost of a 20-episode series.

Of course, advertisers love ATV's new programs the most, and the advertising fee for one episode of "Survival in the Wild" is more than 1200 million; the advertising fee for the 12 episodes of the first season is 1.5 million.

He Jun writhed in the air, seemingly chic, but soon made the audience nervous because he was hung on a tree.

"It hurts"

Narrator: "Jumping into places where the situation is unknown is always dangerous!"

"I am still 18 meters above the ground. If I jump, I will die."

The audience became worried and stared at the TV nervously.

"No way, the show ran into trouble in the first episode? Do you want to stop recording?"

For a while, the audience participated in it one after another.

Next, He Jun opened the parachute while explaining.Through the secondary parachute, he was only 6 meters above the ground.

At this time, He Jun turned into a master of popular science and explained how to jump at this height to avoid physical damage.

This is a point of knowledge!

Next, gather useful stuff, explain the dangers of the Rocky Mountains, activate the 'Ho's Taunt'...

That night, with just one episode of "Survival in the Wild", the citizens of Xiangjiang seemed to open up a new world. The original program can do this, ATV is really invincible!

ATV is not only the best TV station in Hong Kong and the Chinese, but also regarded as the "light of the Chinese" by the citizens of Hong Kong. After all, the export of culture is far more incredible than the export of goods.

……

The next day.

The citizens of Xiangjiang discussed not only the stock market, but also ATV's "Survival in the Wild".

With the upgrade of Lin Zuhui's wealth, his ambitions are also getting bigger and bigger. One of his ambitions is to build Xiangjiang into the "Entertainment Capital of the World", and all kinds of entertainment industries must develop unprecedentedly.

A classic variety show can always have copyright income, the adaptation rights of TV stations, and the copyright of the Internet can be said to be "one edition in hand, and there is always income".

The same is true for drama series and movies. Copyright fees can be collected in the Internet age, as well as DVD and Blu-ray copyrights.

When it comes to copyright, you have to mention the song "Happy Birthday", which has only 6 words and has collected copyright fees for nearly a hundred years; the copyright holding company was acquired by Warner Records for US$1990 million in 1500 , of which "Happy Birthday to You" is estimated to be worth $500 million.Warner claimed that it was illegal to perform the song in public without permission, unless they were paid royalties.It is estimated that Warner makes more than $200 million a year from this.This situation was not canceled by the US court until 2015.

Therefore, knowledge copyright is really profitable. If ATV has the copyright of dozens of variety shows, and they are adapted by various TV stations in the world, and various video companies in the world buy broadcasting rights, they are really making money lying down.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui took the time to come to the training base of his security company.

Liu Dehua, Yuan Liangliang and other leading actors also came here to prepare for a ten-day special training.If one of these leading actors is the most difficult to deal with, of course it is Liu Dehua who is currently in a mess.

However, the prestigious DreamWorks brand, coupled with the $1500 million investment in "Entering Hollywood Blockbusters", is enough for Andy Lau to make up his mind and fight hard.

Seeing Lin Zuhui coming to the scene in person, Liu Dehua, Yuan Liangliang and others were a little surprised. Can this big boss come in person?

Looking at the artists on the playground, Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You have to be prepared to suffer, and don't quit halfway!"

pressure!

Everyone felt that offending the boss itself was a terrible thing. If he offended Lin Zuhui, the godfather of the entertainment industry, his acting career would be ruined.

"Don't worry, Lin Sheng, we signed the contract." Liu Dehua said immediately.He attaches great importance to the acting career, and thinks this is a great opportunity, after all, DreamWorks has successively promoted the three box office guarantees of Zhou Runhua, Zhou Xingchi, and Li Lianjie.

Lin Zuhui patted Hua Tsai on the shoulder and said, "This time the training was held in Hong Kong and the United States, and we paid a great price for it. Of course, if you perform well, we will give priority to you in our blockbuster films in the future, and we won't have to train again .”

At this time, Lin Zuhui suddenly thought that if Andy Lau was the leading actor in filming the film adaptation of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in his previous life, it would definitely have a good effect.

Of course, the investment in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is bigger, and everything has to be done slowly.ATV can lose one blockbuster movie a year, but it must not lose two blockbuster movies, lest shareholders gossip about it.

After all, this is just Lin Zuhui's toy.

At this time, Yuan Liangliang said nervously: "It can't really be the devil's training, right?" She said this because of her private relationship with Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Of course it is impossible to train you as soldiers, but the training must be the most effective and exciting fighting in movies. DreamWorks is transforming, imitating Hollywood fighting scenes, and abandoning Hong Kong's original complicated fighting scenes." fight scene."

Yuan Liangliang didn't dare to say anything, she always felt that she was fooled, the box office of "New Love" she filmed last year was 3000 million, and "New Love" could easily win the Golden Image Award, she actually came to shoot Action movies, really obsessed.

After simple condolences, Lin Zuhui bid farewell to everyone.

Chapter 529 [Dongfang Bubai and Nie Xiaoqian]

Time flies, and half a month passes in a blink of an eye.

During this time, Lin Zuhui carried out activities in Europe and America.

First of all, Monica gave birth to a mixed-race child for him, and he stayed in Milan for nearly a week;

He then flew to the US to sign an HK$80 billion takeover of a privately held company that owns 19 shopping centers.

When New Era Group purchased assets in the United States again and announced to enter the field of shopping malls in Europe and America with the brand of 'Amazon', the public opinion of Heung Kong gave very positive comments.

After making large-scale overseas acquisitions for three consecutive years, the annual profit of New Era Group has not decreased, but has risen sharply. This is a remarkable achievement.

What's more, with the prosperity of European and American economies, New Era Group's overseas acquisition of assets has also seen the dawn.Moreover, New Era Group's stock investment in the United States has made a lot of profits on the books, which is also the confidence to enter overseas.

Thursday, November 1.

In the morning, in Lin Zuhui's office, a continuous stream of high-level executives came to report to him on the latest work situation.Through this outline understanding, Lin Zuhui can firmly grasp the company and will not let the company go in the wrong direction.

Yuan Tianfan came to Lin Zuhui's office and handed him a document.

"Boss, this is a contract signed with Thailand Tencel."

Lin Zuhui picked up the English contract, read it carefully, and quickly confirmed that there would be no problem, after all, there was a lawyer.

"At present, if we want to produce and sell Red Bull in the mainland, we must solve two problems, one is the licensing problem, and the other is the trademark registration problem. To solve these problems, the most important thing is our sincerity, then It is to give up some shares to mainland government companies; at the same time, we have to improve the formula according to the requirements of the mainland official guidance, and finally invite a group of experts to evaluate and review. After passing, the official will naturally give approval."

Yuan Tianfan said: "You have to go out and return so many programs?"

He knows the power of the boss, and the annual private donations are [-] to [-] million, plus he controls the public opinion and economy of Xiangjiang.

Lin Zuhui knew that Yuan Tianfan actually had too little contact with the mainland. Although Hengchang Holdings has a lot of business in the mainland, after all, the president of the branch is in charge.Of course, if Lin Zuhui gets involved, it will be much easier to obtain permission and registration than Yan Bin in his previous life.

"These are normal procedures, and I will not give them any tongues in the future. I do business in the Mainland, and I don't like to use slogans. I want any benefit, as long as it is fair."

Having said that, in fact, Lin Zuhui still has many advantages, such as taking the best position and the most rare project.

"Well, let me explain to President Luo that he is good at dealing with the mainland government, and I will report to you if there is any follow-up situation!"

"Okay, I have to communicate with the official anyway, so that President Luo's job will be easier."

Yuan Tianfan nodded, and then reported: "I have sold all the shares of Hang Seng Bank, and cashed out a total of 13.8 billion Hong Kong dollars."

These stocks were originally held by Hengchang Enterprises, accounting for about 1.2% of Hang Seng Bank's stocks. Lin Zuhui has not sold them, and he just took advantage of this stock market peak to cash out.

The Hang Seng Index peaked on January 1, reaching 4 points, then fell sharply in the next three days, and closed at 12888 points on January 1.Afterwards, it rose, fell, and then rose again, basically running above 7 points, and currently it is as high as 11100 points, making Lin Zuhui wonder if he made a mistake, or history has changed.

Of course, this kind of market is conducive to his investment liquidation, and there is nothing wrong with it.Although he said to close positions above 10800 points, the average liquidation level must be higher than 11000 points, and the profit will be more.