Hong Kong's new giants

In fact, the game is far more than just three games. For example, after choosing COUPLE, there are games for couples to play together; moreover, cockfighting games, sumo games, reaction games, etc. will be inserted in the middle of the game.

It took two hours to read the volume of two weeks (divided into two episodes), Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Not bad, let the PD improve according to the effect later!"

When Zhao Zhenqiang heard that Lin Zuhui was satisfied, he immediately said happily: "Don't worry, the boss, we ATV Group has a lot of talents, production capabilities, etc., and we will definitely make the program more and more excellent."

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "If the effect is good, then change it to Sunday."

"Okay, I know!"

This variety show is the early Hong Kong variety show of "Hong Kong Variety" that most attracted Asian audiences. The specific meaning is to bring joy to the audience during the game of the stars (usually the first-line stars in Hong Kong) and increase their popularity. etc. (such as donating to charity).

And some viewers can also see more of their favorite stars. It can be said that stars promote their best programs, especially for overseas promotion of Hong Kong streams, which is very effective.

In the previous life, many mainland Hallyu fans first got to know their idols from Han Zong, and then fell in love with their albums, concerts, and even obsessed with other people's dynamics; a star eating a meal or posting a selfie can make fans excited on the Internet endlessly.

From Lin Zuhui's personal point of view, he naturally doesn't like the behavior of fans. (In his previous life, he only liked to watch Korean dramas and dramas, but he didn’t follow stars)

But from the perspective of Hong Kong's economic development, Lin Zuhui said that the more such fans the better, Hong Kong Stream can create more foreign exchange.

In this life, Hallyu is already in a difficult situation.

For example, under the influence of the official relationship between China and South Korea, South Korea brought Hallyu stars to the mainland; soon Korean entertainment companies discovered that the Hong Kong Stream, which fans in the mainland like, regarded them as 'knockoffs'.

Although there must be cultural exchanges in the relationship between governments, there is no way if you can't open up the Korean wave here.

In mainland China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, they have long encountered the imprint of "Hong Kong streamers". Others have been chasing Hong Kong streamers for several years, so it is naturally difficult to accept "copycats".

In terms of quality, Hallyu cannot be compared with Hong Kong Current.

……

A new week begins.

Lin Zuhui got the news from the newspaper that the ratings of "X-MAN" were very good, and the public's feedback was very good. The media used "the first Hong Kong variety show", "ATV's innovative program "X-man" is coming" and so on. praise.

Although it is only half an episode so far, it has already achieved good results, which is actually the result of publicity in advance.What's more, ATV Group has become the vane of Hong Kong's entertainment culture, and naturally it has attracted the attention of the public.

One piece of news was caught by Lin Zuhui, that is, 'Hutchison Telecom has successfully entered the US market after acquiring 19.9% ​​of the shares of Western PCS and about 5% of its parent company Western Wireless Corp. '

He couldn't help thinking.

Hutchison Telecom's business has developed very well. It has telecommunications business in many countries. It used to be a loss; but now in the Internet age, telecommunications is a proper high-quality asset. It can raise funds for development or cash out through listing.

By the end of next year and after the millennium, we will sell the 2G business and use the funds to invest in the 3G business.

Hutchison Telecom's telecommunications industry has a characteristic, that is, it is listed separately by region and business. For example, the orange company sold to Osman in the previous life was actually a 2G business.After the sale, Hutchison Telecom did not withdraw from the British market, but spent more than 40 billion pounds to acquire a 3G license to continue to develop telecommunications.

Lin Zuhui is hesitant to develop 3G, because he thinks this thing is a bottomless pit, not yet profitable, and 4G licenses have come out again.

As for the telecommunications industry, he puts more emphasis on overseas telecommunications equity investment. For example, when Brasil Telecom was privatized this year, Times Telecom bought some shares, although not many.

Because this is an investment in the nature of 'buying and selling assets', just buy shares. The bubble crisis has little impact on the telecommunications industry, and the telecommunications industry is still booming after the millennium.

After thinking about it carefully, Lin Zuhui showed a firm expression on his face.

He decided to take the initiative - to acquire Hong Kong Telecom, rather than continue to wait for the change of the board of directors of Dadong, or the news that Dadong Telecom Bureau and Singtel contacted.

Take the initiative to attack and occupy the advantage!

Picking up the dedicated phone, Lin Zuhui dialed the numbers of the two people.

About 30 minutes later, Chen Bin, Liang Zhenxun, and Yuan Tianfan had already sat down at the conference table in Lin Zuhui's office, and Liang Botao just walked in panting.

"Bo Tao, come and sit down, the meeting is on!" Lin Zuhui waved his hand.

Liang Botao was taken aback for a moment, he was the vice president of Barings Bank, why did he have a meeting with the Big Three of New Era Group.

Although he was a bit suspicious, he still sat obediently next to Yuan Tianfan. The two former colleagues had now become colleagues again.

It can be said that "the world is impermanent, the large intestine wraps the small intestine"!

Lin Zuhui saw that everyone was here, so he said directly: "I plan to acquire Xiangjiang Telecom, so I invite you to discuss it!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone showed incredible expressions.

Chen Bin took the lead in saying: "Compared with Hong Kong Telecom, Times Telecom's mobile phone business is evenly matched. The fixed line and international call services are the advantages of Hong Kong Telecom. Although several fixed line telecommunications companies have interrupted Hong Kong Telecom's monopoly, international calls Business is the biggest source of profit. Generally speaking, this acquisition is very promising, but if the acquisition is successful, our two licenses will be cancelled.”

Yuan Tianfan was very interested in this acquisition, and immediately said: "The license can also be transferred, and even if it is cancelled, the business can be merged into the new company."

Regarding this question, Lin Zuhui said: "Hongkong Telecom can have a stable profit of 100 billion a year, coupled with a lot of cash flow on its account, it is a very worthwhile asset to acquire. Today, Hong Kong Telecom's market value is 2200 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is not as good as 300 billion US dollars is a good time to start."

Everyone quickly decided to buy!

Yuan Tianfan said again: "Now is how to persuade Dadong Telegraph to sell Hong Kong Telecom!"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Okay, let Tian Fan handle the acquisition, and Bo Tao will be the consultant."

"Yes!"

Chen Bin and Liang Zhenxun have their own affairs. After all, the entire New Era Group has a huge business, so inviting them here is just to let them know about it.

Then, Lin Zuhui said: "There are two aspects to persuading the Dadong Telegraph Bureau, you can organize it well:

First, Heung Kong Telecom has been limited. Originally, Dadong wanted to sell Hong Kong Telecom shares to Mainland Telecom, hoping that Hong Kong Telecom could enter the mainland telecom business, but this is obviously unrealistic.So, Heung Kong Telecom has no 'prospect'

[-]. The current explosion of the Internet is a better investment than the traditional telecommunications industry, so the Dadong Telegraph Bureau may not have considered it.

In short, it will be a matter of time before the Dadong Telegraph Bureau cashes out Hong Kong Telecom, so it doesn't matter if we contact them in advance. "

Yuan Tianfan nodded and said, "Okay, we must succeed in lobbying!"

Lin Zuhui added: "Well, they definitely want to cash out, but there are few companies that can be bought, so there is almost no change in price. The important thing is who gives more cash and less stock. This is the important decisive victory. The key. Of course, these are things for later, let’s get in touch first, let’s move forward step by step!”

"Yes, boss!"

Chapter 649 [A big bubble is born]

On November 11, Liu Songcheng, president of Netflix Software, announced that sina.com, an Internet site with the slogan "bring China to the world and the world to China," will be listed in Hong Kong on December 23.

Sina.com, which is listed in Hong Kong, intends to raise 8.2 million Hong Kong dollars (25% equity) for technology development, marketing, business expansion, e-commerce, strategic investment, operating funds, etc.

Sina.com has issued more than 3 prospectuses and more than 50 subscription forms. If the subscription forms are sold out, they will reprint them.

For a time, it attracted widespread attention from the Chinese community and even the global information industry, and the market responded even more enthusiastically.

"Heung Kong's first Internet-themed stock, plus the Internet owned by Mr. Lin Zuhui, this is a proper new stock with a 'tenfold increase'. It is simply a profit if you buy it."

"That's right! Mr. Lin is a technology tycoon second only to Bill Gates (ranked in the United States this year). His ICQ software is said to have rejected Microsoft's offer of 30 billion US dollars. This Sina.com is also worth the price!"

"Brother, do you know what Sina.com does?"

"I don't know! I want to know what it does and what it does. I just need to know that it is a company owned by Mr. Lin Zuhui!"

"Uh... big brother talks about it!"

For a while, relying on the hotness of American technology Internet stocks and Lin Zuhui's brand name, Sina.com became the "Tang Monk Meat" in the hearts of Xiangjiang citizens, and they all inquired there to send subscription forms.

The day.

Sina.com held a press conference. President Du Huide introduced the situation of Sina.com and answered questions from reporters.

Sina.com has been in operation for almost a year. It is the only super portal website across the Greater China region. It provides information on "knowing Chinese affairs" for the overseas world, and provides "Chinese fashion life" for global Chinese in the Greater China region and overseas Chinese-speaking communities. ” and e-commerce services.

The content includes tourism, culture, science, academics, art, fashion, games, news, sports, entertainment and other items.In addition, the company will operate three main portals offering content and services under the name sina.com.These portals will be localized and featured in key Chinese communities around the world, including Chinese Taipei, Singapore, BJ, Shanghai, Sydney, San Francisco and Vancouver.

"May I ask President Du Huide, how does Sina plan to make money in the future?"

"In the future, the company's main profits will be advertising revenue, expected product and service transaction and subscription revenue, commission revenue and content supply revenue."

"May I ask President Du Huide, what exactly is the business expansion of Sina.com?"

"Acquisition of advertising companies in the Greater China region, entry into the field of game development, and publishing."

"Game development? Doesn't it overlap with brother company Ninth City's business? Moreover, how does the little Xiangjiang absorb a large amount of game industry?"

"You have said that it is a small Hong Kong. According to the truth, even a game company cannot survive. How did The Ninth City achieve sales of tens of millions of sets? Naturally, it is exported overseas! The game industry is "culture revitalizes Hong Kong." ', has been included in the government-supported industry, so let's wait and see!"

The Ninth City has proved with facts that the game industry is a global field, and good products naturally have no worries about the market, which is recognized by Xiangjiang.

At this time, the Ninth City has assumed the role of the agent publisher of Xiangjiang Games. Even the products of other studios can still enter overseas through the distribution channels of the Ninth City. Dozens of countries have established distribution channels.

In fact, in Lin Zuhui's plan, Sina.com will never repeat the mistakes of TOM.com in the previous life, and become a website that is "smart and sidelined".

Therefore, Lin Zuhui did not expect the portal website to become the only business of Sina.com, but had other plans.

For example: game development.Although the businesses of the ninth city industry and the game department of ATV Group overlap, Lin Zuhui has already distinguished them; among them, the ninth city specializes in the development of games played by Lin Zuhui in his previous life (mainly developed by South Korea); while the other two companies The game department of the company relies on the development strength of Xiangjiang's overall games to independently develop games.

This is like a circle of conscience. Lin Zuhui has already laid the foundation of talent and environment for the Xiangjiang game industry. Even without him intervening in the establishment of game projects, I believe that the strength is very competitive; of course, if Lin Zuhui projects some classic games, it will be even more exciting. The whole environment has benefited a lot.

With only one game development, Sina.com can have great prospects. After all, three of the top ten richest people in Korea in the previous life were the owners of game companies. Among the four major portal websites in the mainland, NetEase far surpasses Sohu and Sina relies on games.

The reason why the development of online games is so profitable is because online games are represented abroad and in the mainland, and developers make profits based on commission, not just an agency fee.This commission is not only stable for a long time, but also generally as high as 25%, which is very profitable.

In addition to the game business, Lin Zuhui also formulated a series of Internet businesses such as "cloud computing" and "video network" for Sina.com in the future.

In short, Sina.com is Lin Zuhui's Internet signboard.

As for ICQ, although it is very promising, it is still aimed at selling at a high price.

……

From the next day, sina.com started distributing application forms for subscription of new shares. A large number of citizens queued up for two consecutive days, and 50 application forms were sold out.

Some securities firms have described that retail investors are entering the market almost insanely, and some large retail securities firms have even suspended the registration of new customers because they cannot cope with the sudden increase in new registered customers.

People in the securities industry pointed out that sina.com's IPO activity was so crazy. Apart from being a technology stock, the majority shareholder had a prominent background and the number of shares for public offering was limited, which naturally caused a sensation.

It is not surprising that the oversubscription multiple is estimated to be thousands of times.

In the IPO of sina.com, a total of 4.28 million new shares were sold, but only 10% were subscribed by retail investors (15% by institutions).

On the second day after the distribution of application forms, the underwriter Peregrine (which has been privatized by Barings Bank) printed another 50 copies after sending out 50 the previous day.

Outside the branches of Octopus Bank, which is responsible for distributing the application forms, long lines of people formed early on.Outside a branch, there was a queue at 3 a.m., and there were more than 400 people before the official opening.

Since the branch once declared that it would not distribute new forms, which caused dissatisfaction among shareholders, the branch decided to distribute forms again and asked the police to maintain order.

At the head office of Octopus Bank in Central, there was an unprecedented crowd of people waiting to pick up watches. They took a few "snake cakes" in the basement of the head office, turned into Queen's Road Central, and then turned back to Des Voeux Road Central via Bank Street. There were as many as 5000 people at one time. people.Among the watch-leaders are the elderly, Filipino maids, women with babies, and many messengers assigned by the company to pick up the watches.

Many citizens who returned empty-handed asked whether there was still an application form, and the bank staff hurriedly reassured them, saying that the relevant institutions were in the process of printing them.

As of Saturday, there was another frenzy of subscription for sina.com stock. About 30 Hong Kong citizens braved the rain and flocked to 10 designated Octopus Bank branches to deliver subscription forms.

Due to the large number of people at the scene, the police were dispatched urgently to maintain order. This is an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of Hong Kong stocks.During the period, some accidents naturally broke out, causing traffic jams, and some people were even admitted to the hospital because of fights.Therefore, the SFC also issued a warning to the sponsor Peregrine and the beneficiary bank Octopus Bank.

People in the Hong Kong securities industry are delighted to believe that this subscription frenzy can bring prosperity to the Growth Enterprise Market, whose enthusiasm has cooled, and attract other Hong Kong consortiums to spin off their technology businesses and list on the Growth Enterprise Market.

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The headquarters of Sina.com is in Xiangjiang, and the regional headquarters are in Beijing and Taipei.

On this day, Lin Zuhui participated in a high-level meeting of Sina.com, including Wang Leilei, general manager of Huaxia District Operations, and Sun Gaoyin, general manager of Taiwan Island Operations, all came to Xiangjiang for a meeting.

Seeing Lin Zuhui walk into the meeting room, everyone's first reaction was to stand up and say respectfully, "Hello, boss."

This is also due to the lack of contact with Lin Zuhui. In the group meeting, Lin Zuhui did not allow everyone to stand up, which seemed unnecessary.

"Sit, sit, be less polite!"

Having said that, everyone waited for Lin Zuhui to sit down before sitting down one after another.

Lin Zuhui looked at the group of high-level executives. There was also a high-level executive from the mainland who was born in the third generation. TOM.com will always operate the portal in the mainland. is a good choice.

This is not about caring, but that others are relying on their real skills; if it is about caring, Lin Zuhui naturally took care of the descendants of big families who came to Hong Kong to do business, but it was just a matter of saying something.

"President Du, come to the meeting, let me listen first!"

Du Huide nodded quickly, then organized the language, and formally held a meeting in front of the big boss.

"Sina.com raised 8.2 million yuan in its listing, which was actually used to expand its business. After all, we have invested hundreds of millions of funds in the early stage to lay a solid foundation in the technology field, and Sina.com has also been in operation for nearly a year. The portal website with the highest traffic in China, even in the mainland, is NO.1."

"However, we are short of profits and need to turn losses into profits! Therefore, the first step of Sina.com's listing is to acquire print advertising companies in various provinces in the Mainland. To dominate the outdoor advertising in the Mainland, we must complete the acquisition within one year... The way is to add cash and stock...while acquiring and integrating these fragmented print advertising companies to form a cash cow."

This is a strategy formulated in the early days. Lin Zuhui knows that as overseas companies enter China to develop their business, outdoor advertising in the mainland will enter a booming morale, and there will be at least a decade of bonus period.

Of course, what Internet companies pay attention to is beautiful financial reports, which also requires such a development path.

The initial development model of Sina.com was indeed similar to TOM in the previous life, but it was actually very different. At least the layout of Sina.com was similar to that of the mainland portal, and it was the layout model of the later period of the previous life.

Lin Zuhui said: "Okay, this plan must be fast and accurate, and more consideration should be given to stocks and a small amount of cash when purchasing!"

"Yes, boss!"

In the previous life, TOM once had a market value of 300 billion U.S. dollars. This is the reason for this investment. You must know that the market value of Clear Channel, the world's largest outdoor advertising company, has already exceeded 500 billion U.S. dollars.

The reason why Lin Zuhui said to think more about stocks is that after all, Sina.com did not have any accidents, and it will soon open for more than 300 billion Hong Kong dollars; and next year will be the year of the Internet boom, and it will not be a problem for the market value to exceed 1000 billion.