Hong Kong's new giants

He is not worried about what his parents will become because of this wealth, because he knows that his parents are very honest people, and they will not use money to gamble or show off; moreover, Lin Zuhui is paying attention With the development of the situation, at present, my parents have purchased a big house and two sets of facades in the city where they are working. They have taken 'myself' and my sister to live together and run a restaurant business.

All in all, a stable life.

Lin Zuhui didn't give too much to avoid accidents.

……

Led by Lu Bingwen, Lin Zuhui came to an office building in the Nanshan District of Pengcheng.

Brother Xiao Ma, who is famous in later generations, has already nervously led his partners to wait at the door. When he saw Lin Zuhui coming, he hurriedly greeted him respectfully.

It turns out that Jingwei Capital has already been paying attention to the domestic instant messaging market, and several companies are doing it. There are even Chinese-style ICQ developed by Taiwanese people in the mainland.So some of Lin Zuhui's men don't understand why ICQ doesn't do the mainland market.

Lin Zuhui doesn't need to explain so much to them, he just needs to pay attention to when Xiao Ma's QICQ will be released, when the Chinese version will be released, and then come to the door at the right time.

At the beginning of January this year, Brother Xiaoma’s QICQ was released. Lin Zuhui looked at his version and found that his version was easier for the market to accept than others; he knew that software is also a profound knowledge. Brother Xiaoma not only knows "Bringing doctrine" and being able to "make a second innovation on the original version" are the real reasons for his success.

Otherwise, if there are so many ICQ companies in China, why would he be the only one to break through and even monopolize the market in the future.

At this time, seeing Lin Zuhui greeted him very friendly, Xiao Ma breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that after the Spring Festival this year, ICQ began to make a sudden effort to sue various counterfeit ICQ companies in the mainland; as the owner of Penguin, he was even more frightened. He didn't think about the prospects of QICQ, he just wanted to make some money , even if ICQ bought his company, he would not hesitate at all.

A group of people came to Penguin's office building. It was very simple and small. It looked like a typical start-up company. Of course, it was better than American technology tycoons who like to start a business in a garage.

"Xiao Ma, I heard from President Lu that your QICQ is the best version made in China, can you demonstrate it to me?" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

Brother Xiaoma nodded quickly and said, "Okay, Mr. Lin. This way please!"

Then, in the uneasy mood, Brother Xiao Ma even trembled a little with his hands. After all, he was very clear about who this person was.There are too many titles, any one can crush him to death, regardless of his father's power.

And Lin Zuhui watched Xiao Ma's presentation seriously, and decided to invest in him.

That's right, investors.

When venture capital companies invest in Internet companies, the first thing they look at is the head of the company. After all, it is very easy to copy Internet companies. Whoever has the last laugh depends on the head of the company.

After a demonstration, Lin Zuhui said: "This version is just a copy of our ICQ, it's nothing more than a Sinicization! And the Sinicization of ICQ is also used in Hong Kong." After speaking, he looked at Xiao Ma with a smile.

Brother Xiaoma was suddenly embarrassed. ICQ has powerful functions and a simple version, which can be said to be very good.When he was doing this, he didn't think of too many new ideas for a while, and he almost copied it completely.

"What Mr. Lin said is that ICQ is too powerful, and you have not entered the mainland, so we feel that Chinese people should use such an excellent software."

Look, this awareness is not bad for being the boss of a multi-trillion enterprise in the future.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "We suddenly want to enter the mainland market, so this year we have sued many counterfeit ICQs in the mainland."

Brother Xiao Ma was at a loss for a moment, he could only say: "This..."

"Haha, don't be nervous, Xiao Ma, if I really want to trouble you, I still need to come!"

"Thank you Mr. Lin for your generosity! Then who are you here?"

"How much did you invest in this company?"

"50 RMB"

"How about selling it to us for 100 million?"

"no problem!"

Now it was Lin Zuhui's turn to be stunned for a second, and then he laughed again.

"I'm kidding you! Did President Lu tell you anything?"

Brother Xiao Ma finally showed his surprise, and then breathed a sigh of relief, before he said: "Well, President Lu said that Jingwei Capital wants to invest in our Penguin company, and I said the conditions are up to him!"

This is a fact. Brother Xiao Ma believes that the investment of Jingwei Capital not only means that there is capital investment, but also the experience of ICQ and the human resources of Jingwei Capital. This is good luck on the list.

Lin Zuhui then said: "For Internet companies in the Mainland, we are mainly supporting them now. We will not directly invest in Internet companies in the Mainland, except for Sina.com. Therefore, we have also investigated the Instant Messenger market for a long time, looking for a It is most in line with the investment goal, and then all other infringing companies will be sued. So, for Penguin, we only need 40% of the shares. As for the price, how much do you consider giving, President Lu?"

Lu Bingwen had already received instructions from Lin Zuhui, so he said seriously: "Since we have decided to support an Instant Messenger company, we will consider the capital needed for Penguin's development in the next few years until it goes public. Therefore, we decided to invest 380 million US dollars in Penguin. Then provide support in all aspects. Even the ICQ company will reach an agreement with Penguin, and will not trouble Penguin in the future.”

At present, ICQ has not been officially listed (in June), so Lin Zuhui can naturally be the master.

Brother Xiao Ma is very happy at this time. 40% of the shares have been exchanged for nearly 3000 million RMB, and there are all kinds of support, which is unimaginable.

"No problem, we very much welcome Jingwei Capital's investment!"

Lin Zuhui smiled. The reason why he increased the investment by about 400 million US dollars is that Penguin will not refinance before listing.Sometimes venture capital firms will intentionally increase the investment price, the purpose is to support the market, the reason is as simple as that.

Moreover, as soon as the Chinese version of Penguin was launched this year, ICQ immediately set off a legal appeal in China.

"By the way, QICQ can't be called this name, let's call it QQ!" Lin Zuhui said.

Brother Xiao Ma nodded immediately when he heard it, and said, "Mr. Lin has done a good job!"

Next, everyone chatted easily.

Lin Zuhui personally participated in this kind of investment, which is not outstanding. He was originally a "tech tycoon" openly in the American media, and invested in many Internet giants in the United States.

Of course, Lin Zuhui did not actually support the growth of American Internet companies, such as Netscape, YAHOO, Amazon, etc. He actually did not participate in any good proposals.I mentioned the development of Internet payment to Amazon, but after all, it was the opportunity to grab Musk.

In the coming time, Lin Zuhui intends to support domestic Internet companies. For example, once Alibaba comes into the market, he will invest immediately.

After all, Brother Da Ma has Cai Chongxin next to him, so it is easy to be preempted by other venture capitalists.

With these two Internet companies, Lin Zuhui can sit back and relax, and the rest of the projects are decided by Lu Bingwen himself.

After sitting for a while, Lin Zuhui left Penguin satisfied.

Lu Bingwen could tell that the boss attached great importance to this company, so he decided to give Penguin more resources.Jingwei Capital has been rooted in the mainland for several years, and naturally knows a lot of talents. At the same time, Jingwei Capital is also familiar with the operation and listing process of the Internet.

So it's not a big problem. Of course, Lu Bingwen also knows that the head of a company that the boss values ​​must be capable, so Jingwei Capital can only assist, not seize power.

Chapter 659 [Internet Big Bubble]

From the beginning of March, with the birth of the US Internet 'bubble', the Xiangjiang stock market has started a singing mode all the way.Capitalists all over the world are talking about the impact of the Internet, and capital is flocking to Internet companies.

In fact, in 1998, the Internet became a big explosion year, and YAHOO and Amazon both increased several times.

Only this year (1999), the Internet has become a carnival industry for capital all over the world, spreading from the United States to every corner of the world.

And Heung Kong Telecom has also started a singing mode since March. Firstly, due to the impact of the injection of "Cyberport", investors believed that Heung Kong Telecom would enter the technology industry;

Then at the beginning of April, Heung Kong Telecom announced three major business plans, among which the PCC business made the share price of Heung Kong Telecom skyrocket, exceeding 4 billion in mid-April.

In mid-April, Avalon, president of Heung Kong Telecom, announced a cooperation agreement with Intel. Heung Kong Telecom will contribute 4% and Intel will contribute 7%. The two parties will cooperate to promote interactive information services in Asia.

For a while, Xiangjiang Telecom's stock price rose again!

At this time, the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng Index has climbed to more than 14000, among which the most popular are Internet and technology-themed stocks such as Sina.com (500 billion) and Hong Kong Telecom (3020 billion).

On the contrary, the New Era Group, with a market value of 7000 billion, has begun to rise weakly.

United States.

Li Zekai hurriedly found Chavez, a senior executive of Intel, and asked: "Mr. Chavez, didn't you Intel agree to cooperate with us, Yingdong Technology, to promote interactive information services in Asia? Now, why did you go back and cooperate with Xiangjiang Telecom? "

Chavez spread his hands and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li Zekai. When Xiangjiang Telecom came to discuss cooperation, the senior executives of Intel had already decided to cooperate with them. First of all, Xiangjiang Telecom is a large telecommunications company in Asia with great strength; secondly, there are Mr. Lin Zuhui, the Asian technology tycoon who is second only to Bill Gates, as the boss of Xiangjiang Telecom, has such appeal that we can see the hope of success. So, I am sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, it is not that we break the contract, but that we have a better choice , your strength is too weak!"

Li Zekai felt as if he was being humiliated, and immediately got up and left Intel.

What a shame!

When Li Zekai walked out of Intel, he felt his face was hot.

"Why? Why does he have to intervene in everything, is Xiangjiang the Lin family's Xiangjiang?" Li Zekai roared in a low voice.

The PCC business is a business he has been planning for many years. Now he finally found an Airbus listed company. He injected his property assets into it and completed the backdoor listing. The plagiarism is spotless.

For example, the establishment of an 'Internet Investment Fund' was also done by Heung Kong Telecom;

For example, in the development of PCC business, Heung Kong Telecom not only did it, but also leveraged its own corner and reached a cooperation with Intel.

He felt that Lin Zuhui was full of malice towards him!

Could it be that because he sold it to his satellite TV at a high price back then, didn't he fulfill him by himself?

At this time, Li Zekai was already a little bit down, and didn't know how to face the next thing.

Because of the strength of Heung Kong Telecom, he stole his ideas again, so will investors buy these stories that Yingdong will tell?

Moreover, as Lin Zuhui's status is increasing day by day, the signboard of 'Li Chaoren' is becoming less and less effective!

Back to Hong Kong.

Li Zekai, Li Zeju, and Li Chaoren father and son got together and turned the topic to Lin Zuhui.

Li Chaoren also felt that as Lin Zuhui became more and more domineering, the development of the Li family was greatly restricted.

Lin Zuhui not only wants to rule the Internet, technology industry, and media communication industry of Xiangjiang, but now he is putting strong pressure on Hutchison Whampoa on the port; Times Shipping has invested huge sums of money to build a huge business, involving shipping, logistics, ports and other aspects. On the one hand, it is a new situation of competition with Hutchison Whampoa.

The governments of many countries now only recognize Lin Zuhui as a signboard. After all, Lin Zuhui is the leader and appeal of the Chinese, so others are more willing to reach a cooperation agreement with Times Shipping to jointly develop ports.

Now the Li family has certain advantages only in retail and infrastructure:

In terms of retail, Watsons has developed very smoothly and is very competitive in its global expansion;

In terms of infrastructure, Cheung Kong Infrastructure (HK Electric) has long invested overseas in infrastructure industries (power, transportation, etc.), so it is also very competitive.

In other industries, the Lin Zuhui family has completely surpassed the Li Chaoren family.

"We are indeed going to enter the Internet industry. Although Lin Zuhui is powerful, it is impossible to truly monopolize it!" Li Chaoren said decisively.

Li Zekai immediately said happily: "What my father said is that the Internet is the most promising industry in the future, and we can't miss it!"

Li Chaoren said regretfully: "It's a pity that Lin Zuhui preempted portals like Sina.com, and we can't do much. Internet finance is good, and Internet trade is also good. In short, we can let Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa unite. Make an investment. Is Zekai interested in coming back?"

Li Zekai immediately shook his head and said, "I won't give up easily. I came to see my father and elder brother, and I just hope that you don't miss the Internet investment plan."

Li Chaoren can only say: "Okay! But I also want to remind you that you must not engage in emotional disputes. There are so many investment projects in the world. If you can't do it, you have to admit it. It may be easier to succeed in another project."

Li Zekai nodded in agreement on the surface, but actually didn't listen too much.

……

Saturday, October 4.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui came to the headquarters office of ATV Group as usual.

Although the cultural industry is a gift from Lin Zuhui to Xiangjiang, he spends at most half a day to a day a week on it. After all, he prefers his wealth to increase.Of course, thanks to Lin Zuhui's accumulated efforts, Xiangjiang's cultural industry has embarked on a broad road.

Zhao Zhenqiang was still the first to come to Lin Zuhui's office to report the situation. In fact, Lin Zuhui only needed him to communicate with him about work; as for director and president Zhou Liang Shuyi, executive director and financial manager Li Baoan, etc. Lin Zuhui needs them to come, so they will come to report work, this is Lin Zuhui to reduce the burden for himself.

Although the top management of the ATV Group has not changed much over the years, many middle managers have been promoted; as for the changes in the top management, after all, Lin Zuhui has only taken over in his early ten years, so there is no need to rush to replace with younger ones.Maybe in a few years, they will be promoted directly from the inside.

"Boss, there is a frenzy in the ratings of "Meteor Garden" on Taiwan Island, which is even higher than the ratings of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge"... F4 has become a topic that everyone talks about in Taiwan Island, and there are many people who follow suit..." Zhao Zhenqiang knew what the boss was most concerned about, so he briefly cut into the key reporting work.

Hearing this, Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Although a serial drama cannot be said to bring ATV to a new height, it can actually prove that Hong Kong culture has become a trend in Asia. Follow-up attention should be paid to the development of peripheral business of "Meteor Garden" The only reason is to make more money for the company, after all, 9000 people in the ATV Group need to eat."

Now, Lin Zuhui is always inseparable from the mantra of these high-level executives, such as how many people in the company want to eat, so as to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and sense of responsibility.

In fact, Lin Zuhui also has this kind of mentality now. Hundreds of thousands of people eat with him. If he does not manage the company well, it will cause serious consequences.

Zhao Zhenqiang was shocked, and assured: "Boss, don't worry, we have formed a complete entertainment system, and we will be able to efficiently complete the work and reflect the surrounding value."

"Well, I'm just reminding you all the time, don't live on your laurels. ATV Group is at the time of the second reform, and everything must be ahead of this era."

"Yes, boss."

Standing at the height of Lin Zuhui, and the experience of his previous life, he himself knows the bottleneck problem of the enterprise, and if he wants to prosper, he must change.

For example, BTV Group will intervene in the field of Internet video around 2004 to develop a technologically advanced video website; following the path of Netflix in the previous life, it will lead the Internet video website and APP of this era.

ATV Group has content, and except for the development in the mainland, other Asian countries allow foreign Internet access to their countries; therefore, relying on the influence of Hong Kong Stream, they will then enter video websites and apps into other countries.

Then, Zhao Zhenqiang reported to Lin Zuhui the situation of "X-MAN" program, which made Lin Zuhui very satisfied.

The success of "X-MAN" means that the era of Hong Kong Stream variety shows is coming. In the future, many countries in Asia will purchase the copyrights of Hong Kong Stream Variety Shows; the impact is not limited to these, Hong Kong Stream Variety Shows will also drive the influence of Hong Kong Stream stars overseas. These stars can earn more foreign exchange.

A large number of Hong Kong stars can go overseas, which will naturally drive Hong Kong's employment, tourism, consumption and other aspects. This is the benefit of the cultural industry.

It is impossible for Xiangjiang to become an important city in the fields of industry and manufacturing, so developing the cultural industry is a very good plan.

Zhao Zhenqiang finished his report and left. Lin Zuhui did not make any new plans. His plan could only be a supplement and a model. The strength of the entire company is very important for ATV Group to have today.And because ATV Group has a lot of satellite TV channels, it is not worried that there are too many self-produced programs and there is no platform to broadcast them.

After a while, Pan Cheng, the president of DreamWorks, came to his office. Pan Cheng rushed to Tseung Kwan O from the Kowloon Broadcasting Channel.

As for DreamWorks, Lin Zuhui gave advice when he thought about it, and forgot all about it when he didn't think about it.Fortunately, now that DreamWorks has resumed the rules for shooting movies, Pan Cheng can decide how many movies to shoot each year, provided that he does not lose too much money.

After Nine Sevens, Hong Kong Films relied more on the mainland market, and many directors and actors even went north. With the support of the mainland market, the decline of Hong Kong Films has nothing to do with the market, but has something to do with innovation and quality.DreamWorks invested in several major productions of around [-] million Hong Kong dollars, all of which recovered their costs and made a slight profit.

Pan Cheng gave a detailed report on the work of DreamWorks. At this time, DreamWorks began to exert its strength in theaters and distribution. It almost monopolized 50% of Xiangjiang's theaters, and also participated in the investment of mainland theaters and Southeast Asia. Invested in theaters.In terms of distribution, a lot of energy has also been put in.

Therefore, the current DreamWorks has become a powerful film company integrating production, distribution, and theaters.And the development speed is very fast, because the ATV group is very rich.