Hong Kong's new giants

As for the light show "A Symphony of Lights" proposed by Lin Zuhui, it has also been installed on the top floors of 40 skyscrapers in Xiangjiang. It will be officially launched on the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year.

This year's "Lunar New Year File" of Heung Kong Films is also very exciting. Zhou Xingchi VS Cheng Long VS Andy Lau/Leung Chiu Wai, a total of three films compete, this is an event that has never been seen before.

As the Hong Kong government has strengthened the crackdown on piracy, everyone has regained a lot of confidence. In addition, the three films have been staggered for a certain period of time, spanning almost 60 days.

All the companies under Lin Zuhui once again announced years ago that every employee's "year-end bonus" will be no less than the standard of "three grains", which became a topic of discussion among the Hong Kong media and citizens for a while.

As we all know, the companies under Lin Zuhui are somewhat 'unfriendly' to shareholders, but they take great care of their employees.

Why is it unfriendly to shareholders?The reason is that the annual dividend ratio is not very high.

However, his company is still the favorite company of investors, because shareholders' assets have risen too fast, and the stock price has also risen rapidly; although the dividend ratio is small, it is actually the company with the largest dividends among companies in the same field.

They really take good care of their employees, their salaries are among the top among companies in the same field, their employees’ provident funds/pensions are also very high, and these assets are still appreciating (overseas securities investment), and there are a lot of holiday benefits.

No one in Xiangjiang would praise that he can do this. After all, there are more than 8 local employees working for Lin Zuhui.

this day.

The Asia Television City became a sea of ​​red. Hundreds of tables were filled in the open space around the three video recording buildings. It was obvious that a banquet was being held.

It turned out that today is the annual meeting of the TV Department of ATV Group, where nearly 6000 staff and artists will gather.

The entire ATV Group has nearly 9000 employees and artists, and the rest are departments such as YG Entertainment and DreamWorks.And the TV department of ATV Group has nearly 6000 people, which is also quite scary. After all, there were only 4000 people in the wireless TV station in the previous life.

The main reason for the 1.5 times increase is that the satellite TV department of ATV Group is very strong, and the entire TV department has a lot of signed artists.

"Hi boss!"

"boss!"

Suddenly, the crowd suddenly became commotion. It turned out that Lin Zuhui came to the ATV Group's annual meeting in person, which was rarely seen before.

"Okay, everyone has worked hard for a year, let's enjoy it tonight!" Lin Zuhui responded with a smile.

Lin Zuhui led several high-level officials to shuttle through the crowd, and he could also see police and security guards on duty to ensure everyone's safety.The open space in ATV City is large enough, and there will be no crowding and stampede, so we must be prepared.

During the period, Lin Zuhui also discovered that most of ATV's artists were totally unknown to him.In fact, Hong Kong stars in this life have undergone a reshuffle. Many who were not popular in the previous life are very popular in this life; those who did well in the previous life may not develop well in this life.

But on the whole, Hong Kong stars occupy an absolute leading position in Asia, especially Hong Kong stars.

"Boss, sit here!" Zhou Liang Shuyi pointed to a table with a '1' table card, and directed Lin Zuhui to say.

"Well, I'll take a look today, how is the food after ATV?" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

"Boss, don't worry, there are plenty of seafood in Da Poon Choi, and the food is much better than wireless!" Zhou Liang Shuyi replied.

She was originally an executive from a TVB TV station, so she is naturally aware of the TVB TV station's "tradition of thrift", so she said this.

Lin Zuhui nodded with a smile. This is a must. Although ATV is relatively strict in the management of artist contracts, it has given a good treatment to the basic salary of artists; it means that if you are not popular, at least you will have a stable job; The strict part is that for those "mid-to-high-end" stars cultivated by ATV, ATV Group has to suck a lot of blood, after all, it has to protect the "basic salary" artists.

And why do artists still choose ATV Group one after another?

First of all, TVB is more strict, and ATV's overall conditions are slightly better;

Secondly, ATV has great strength overseas, so signing a contract with Asian TV makes it easier to go out of Hong Kong and become a popular star in Asia. Even if it is not very popular, at least it can make money overseas.

Finally, the ATV Group adopts a dividend distribution system for the income of ATV artists overseas, and the artists get more.

In fact, it is to encourage everyone to work harder!

Hong Kong people like to eat Poon Choi. Many families have a big Poon Choi for the New Year’s Eve dinner, including pork, bamboo sticks, radishes, etc. Oyster drums, abalone, fish maw, Liao ginseng and other valuable ingredients are also added, implying ample food and clothing.

As an entertainment company, ATV Group naturally cannot do without stage praise, so the whole annual meeting is very interesting.

When Lin Zuhui came to the ATV annual meeting, he naturally attracted many artists and management from nearby seats to toast. Of course, he would not be so stupid.

During the period, some ex-girlfriends came forward. Fortunately, everyone cooperated happily and seemed very natural.

……

January 2, New Year's Eve.

In the afternoon, Lin Zuhui's family of four appeared in the IFC Shopping Center for shopping. There were originally a family of five, but the eldest son Lin Wenjie was studying in the United States; therefore, only Lin Zuhui, Wang Lingyin and their two sons spent this Spring Festival together.

In fact, with Lin Zuhui's identity and status, it is reasonable to say that there are a lot of entertainment; but it is precisely because of his identity and status that he can choose whether to participate in the entertainment or not.In fact, many rich people who have reached a certain level of wealth choose to keep a low profile and participate in entertainment appropriately.

Of course, there are also people who choose to be high-profile. Thousands of people congratulate him on his birthday.

Each has its own way of living!

Lin Zuhui is a relatively heterogeneous rich man among young people. He turned down a lot of entertainment and devoted himself to spending time with his wife and family; even when he was invited by the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference held in Singapore, he politely declined.

The international shopping center covers an area of ​​80 square feet and gathers more than 200 international brands, which is enough to make people linger and forget to return.

Lin Zuhui is now very much looking forward to seeing the completion of the entire IFC, with shopping centers, office buildings, hotels and serviced apartments, which can be described as a city within a city in Central Hong Kong.

Because the 'Hotel Building' of IFC needs to be completed in 2002 (it is expected to open by the end of 2003), Lin Zuhui can't demolish the 'Furama Hotel Building' and use it as an office building.

"Brother Hui, how about this bag?" Wang Lingyin asked expectantly while holding a bag.

At this time, Lin Zuhui and his two sons raised their heads together, apparently neither focused on shopping.

"Yes, it suits you!" Lin Zuhui said without hesitation.

If they were normal couples, they would find something wrong when they heard that their partner was so indifferent; but obviously, Wang Lingyin would not do that.

"Well, that's it!" Wang Lingyin said happily.

Lin Zuhui asked out of "guilt": "This LV really sounds suitable for you!"

Wang Lingyin was dumbfounded, and the clerk was also dumbfounded, which made Lin Zuhui a little confused, did he say the wrong thing?

"Brother Hui, this is a Gucci store!" Wang Lingyin said in a low voice.

Lin Zuhui was suddenly embarrassed, he didn't pay attention to these at all, but he reacted quickly and said: "Didn't you always like LV?"

This sentence reveals a meaning, that I know my wife well.

"I also like Gucci recently!" Wang Lingyin said playfully.

When Lin Zuhui heard the words, he suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help asking again: "Is Gucci from Italy?"

A clerk immediately said: "Yes, Lin Sheng, the Gucci brand is an Italian national treasure brand. It has a brand history of almost 80 years and is one of the representative brands of top luxury goods."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Of course I know it's a luxury brand, but I just forgot whether it's French or Italian. Besides, maybe this brand will become our Hong Kong brand, haha!"

Everyone only thought Lin Zuhui was joking, and felt that he was quite approachable.

Naturally, it is impossible to think that Lin Zuhui does not have enough knowledge of luxury goods. Who in Hong Kong does not know that Lin Zuhui is an expert who can enjoy; Boeing 747 airliner converted into a private jet, two 50-meter super yachts, living in a top luxury house.

It can only show that Lin Zuhui's luxury is something that everyone can't afford!

……

Just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lin Zuhui called Andrei, the president of Barings Bank.

"Check for me if there is any abnormality in Gucci's stock recently, and start to absorb Gucci's stock! Funding is not a problem, and I will inject a special fund if there is a situation."

"Okay Boss, I will arrange an investigation immediately and report to you as soon as there is any situation!"

"Well, pay attention to the laws and regulations of the place where it is listed, and form a dedicated acquisition team."

"Yes"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Zuhui smiled.

It's not a whim, it's just that he has more funds, so he plans to try Gucci's water, how deep is it!

And why choose Gucci?

Because Gucci seems to have been hostilely acquired by the LVMH group, in this case, he also wants to try owning a luxury brand.

Last year, the bank cashed out, and Hengjin Investment returned about 40 billion U.S. dollars of funds. There is currently no investment channel for this money.

For luxury goods like Gucci, the potential has only just begun, and the acquisition now is more efficient than Hilton Hotels in making money.

Lin Zuhui is not worried about whether Gucci will become less "luxury" because of his acquisition.Barings Bank is just an investor, and even after Gucci is acquired, it still has independent management rights.

However, Barings Bank at most deploys high-level personnel and puts forward some business suggestions, and it will not participate in specific operations.In fact, the capital injection of Barings Bank is in London, and most people would not think that its boss is a Chinese.

This layer of holdings allows Lin Zuhui to command remotely from behind.

……

In the following days, Lin Zuhui felt for the first time that the acquisition was so 'easy'.

On February 2, Barings bought GUCCI Group shares at a price of US$25 per share, holding more than 55.84% of the shares, meeting the requirements for filing with the US and the Netherlands Securities Regulatory Commission; it is worth mentioning that although it is a filing, the Netherlands There is a loophole in the CSRC law, that is, the acquirer does not need to submit a detailed acquisition plan to all shareholders.

3月5日，巴林银行以68.87美元／股再次买入63.1万股GUCCI集团，持股比例提高到9.6％；

On March 3, with the same operation, its shareholding ratio reached 11%

By March 3, Barings' stake had risen to 18 percent

In other words, in just 20 days, Barings Bank acquired a large number of shares of GUCCI Group at a price of 14 billion US dollars, and the process was very smooth, and GUCCI Group did not react at all.

This scene made Lin Zuhui a little familiar, the Vanke Baoneng battle in the previous life?

……

Italy, Gucci headquarters.

President Felinder urgently convenes a high-level meeting to discuss the hostile takeover of Gucci by Barings Bank.

"What's the matter with you? The stock price has skyrocketed in a short period of time, and there is no reaction at all. Isn't that plausible?" Felind reprimanded a group of people.

A senior executive argued: "Bahrain Bank moved too fast. We realized that they have reached 34.4% of the shares. This is a very rare situation."

Everyone agreed with this point of view. The acquisition of Barings Bank was too fast, and the stock price rose to more than 100% in a short period of time without any wavering.

Of course, this is also the consequence of the long-term low price of Gucci stock.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Felinder was immediately helpless. As the president of Gucci, he hadn't noticed this phenomenon, so he couldn't escape it.

"Bahrain Bank stopped when it acquired 34.4%. It seems that it is afraid of touching the full acquisition line, or it may come to negotiate with us. In this case, let me tell you, what do you think of this new investment banking giant, Barings Bank?" idea?"

"They want to control Gucci with 34.4%, which is delusional! Since they are worried about touching the full acquisition line, we want them to make a full acquisition."

Generally speaking, holding 34.4% of the company can control the company, which is basically the case all over the world; but there are also many special cases, that is, the board of directors and management are unanimously opposed, which is naturally impossible.

Some executives tentatively said: "What if Barings Bank really wants to acquire the Gucci brand in its entirety? You know, they were so ambitious last year that they took Hilton's income worth nearly 200 billion US dollars into their arms, and the price of Gucci's entire acquisition is estimated to be At 80 billion US dollars. Behind Barings Bank is the richest man in the world, a legend with a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, and a crocodile in the capital market.”

Everyone suddenly became serious!

"We have two options: first, let Barings Bank make a full acquisition. If the price is really around 80 billion US dollars, I believe shareholders are very willing to sell; second, introduce white knights to resist the attack of Barings Bank."

"Yes, at present, these two solutions are the most realistic!"

Felinder pondered for a moment and said, "Then wait until Barings Bank takes the initiative to approach you, and see what they mean first!"

The blitz of Barings Bank has shocked many business people in the world. After all, unlike the acquisition of Hilton, Barings Bank is hostile to acquire Gucci this time; more importantly, in just 20 days, Barings Bank paid $14 billion Considering the price, it became the controlling shareholder of Barings Bank, accounting for 34.4% of the shares.

No wonder, the executives of the Gucci Group didn't react immediately.

Chapter 656 [Taking down Gucci]

Italy, Milan.

In a conference room, Lin Zuhui met with Andre and his team to hear the progress of the acquisition of Gucci.

"At present, Gucci's management has only two options: first, ask us to fully acquire Gucci, which will cost us about 80 billion U.S. dollars. This price is very attractive to Gucci shareholders, after all, the premium is very high; The second is to find helpers and issue new shares to dilute our equity, for example, the French LVMH group is eyeing Gucci."

Lin Zuhui heard the words and said: "LVMH Group is not as good as us. This group has always only subscribed for holding shares, and then sucked blood into subsidiaries to develop the group. Gucci's management must also understand that if LVMH helps them, it is nothing more than wanting to suck up Gucci's blood. Let Gucci's competitors, such as LV, develop better."

A senior executive echoed and said: "BOSS is right. It is impossible for Gucci to introduce LVMH Group. Moreover, according to legal procedures, Gucci's management has no right to formulate the right to issue new shares before we deny the full acquisition."

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "I never thought about controlling Gucci either. From the very beginning, I planned to make a full acquisition and re-list when the time is right."

At this time, the Hilton Hotel has already embarked on the road of reform. After the replacement of the new management team, the Hilton Hotel is changing in an orderly manner.

Similarly, in Lin Zuhui's view, the cost of acquiring Gucci at $80 billion is not high.At the peak of the previous life, Gucci had an annual profit of around US$30 billion, accounting for 60% to 70% of the Kering Group. It was simply a super cash cow.

The two countries that contributed the most are the United States and China, so Gucci's potential is unlimited.

Andre said: "We have already negotiated with several banks. They are willing to provide loans of about 30 billion U.S. dollars for special funds for the acquisition of Gucci. The acquisition of insufficient funds will use Barings Bank customer funds for investment."

Barings Bank has become the darling of the financial world. After all, large-scale mergers and acquisitions require banks to provide loans, and future re-listing requires investment banks and securities companies to underwrite stocks, which will generate a lot of wealth.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Then get ready and officially launch a full acquisition of Gucci!"

"Ok!"

For the acquisition of Gucci, Lin Zuhui drew 40 billion US dollars from Hengjin Investment, and these funds were cashed out from American bank stocks such as Citibank and Wells Fargo.

In the past year, Lin Zuhui has continuously injected a full 90 billion U.S. dollars into Barings Bank, and Barings Bank has become a full-fledged giant.With the improvement of influence, more and more public funds are entrusted to the management of Barings Bank, and Barings Bank will naturally grow stronger.