Hong Kong's new giants

"This year, "Infernal Affairs" defeated the films of Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi, with a box office of 4600 million, and the annual champion is firmly established; the important thing is that "Infernal Affairs" broke the previous model of police and gangster films and opened up a new chapter."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've made such a profitable movie!"

Indeed, "Resident Evil", "The Matrix", and "Fast and Furious" are all big investments. Although the box office is good, the road to return is very long; but "The Matrix" was released in North America, so it is a big profit With 2000 million US dollars, two blockbuster films can be shot.

Pan Cheng said: "Indeed, those big productions are just to make money. This time, "Infernal Affairs" earned 1 million Hong Kong dollars for the company!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You have to make money too! Now it's 'culture revitalizes Hong Kong', we can't be biased!"

Pan Chengcheng and Ma Zhengse said: "Okay!"

Then, Pan Cheng said: "We have already communicated with Pixar Animation in the United States, and we will invest in the filming of "Kung Fu Panda". The estimated investment cost is 1 million U.S. dollars."

After finishing speaking, Pan Cheng's face felt a little heartbroken, the boss was getting more and more ambitious.When investing 1000 million US dollars in the past, the people in Xiangjiang thought that the boss had money and no place to spend it. Now they are investing more than 1 million US dollars in cartoons, which is simply insane.

Lin Zuhui naturally knew Pan Cheng's thoughts, he said with a smile: "Golden Harvest can invest in Hollywood movies like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and we can also invest in top [-]D animation films like "Kung Fu Panda". I think it must be a big profit." Yes. When cooperating, pay more attention to the details, and I value the peripherals of the movie very much, so don’t be fooled by the contract.”

The entire investment was funded by DreamWorks, and Pixar only had the right to distribute films in North America. In fact, Pixar was looking for Disney distribution behind it.

"Ok!"

Actually, there's only one problem with film distribution in the United States: it's the size and quality of your investment.

Hollywood also introduces foreign films every year, otherwise it is impossible for him to only make money in other countries and not let other countries make money in Hollywood.

"The Matrix" was released in Hollywood and made a box office of 3800 million US dollars.

The last one to report was Yu Xiaoming, the president of YG Entertainment. He is known as the godfather of HK-POP, and he has a detached status in Hong Kong; I don't know how many rich people want to get acquainted with him, hoping to achieve some ulterior things.

But Yu Xiaoming is very clear that if he dares to take that step, Lin Zuhui will never bypass him; in fact, even the boss has never touched YG Entertainment's "Hong Kong female idol".

And YG Entertainment is very strict about the management of "Hong Kong idols", and they are not allowed to fall in love during the "seven-year contract period". As for whether to sign a contract after seven years, it is still the same thing. Said, love those are no longer managed.

Of course, there are always accidents in everything. Not all idols can hold back hormones, so there are severe punishments, but they can also be dealt with flexibly.

Yu Xiaoming reported on his work, and picked up important work reports, such as overseas development; currently, YG Entertainment's overseas revenue accounts for 85%, which can be called a major foreign exchange generator.

"How are Korean entertainment companies developing?"

"Overseas, they are latecomers and imitators, so it's a bit embarrassing, but South Korea has developed very fast. However, the foundation we have laid in the past allows our idols to still develop well in South Korea."

Lin Zuhui showed a smile. Although South Korea has established a "cultural nation", it is still introducing Hong Kong dramas, as if they are addicted. The three TV stations will always think about "cheap and guaranteed ratings".

In fact, Gangliu is to surround the Hallyu area in South Korea, and then attack their homeland at any time.

Lin Zuhui exhorted: "The second generation regiment is our ambition, and the second revolution, I hope you will pay attention to it."

Yu Xiaoming quickly said: "Boss, don't worry, all members of the second-generation group will be carefully selected, and they have more potential for international development."

Lin Zuhui nodded. The second-generation troupe is his own statement. He even formulated a series of professional techniques referring to the second-generation Korean Wave troupe in his previous life.Simply put, the 'Girls' Generation' in the previous life was the beginning of the second generation girl group.

The Hong Kong second-generation group is expected to make their debut in two years, and then they will teach the Korean wave a lesson.

"By the way, have you watched "X-MAN"?" Lin Zuhui asked suddenly.

"Look, after all, this is a Hong Kong variety show, and I have studied some of it!" Yu Xiaoming said.

He may be very busy, but he must read and study the content of Hong Kong Stream, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the plan of the group or the boss.

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said: "I have received a variety show idea specially formulated for Hong Kong idols. It is probably a season of variety show planned for our Shinhwa group. It belongs to the celebrity speed dating show. Under the command of the MC, male guests will meet female guests Show your own charm, through dancing, games and other links, and finally win the heart of the heroine. But it is different from Taiwan variety show, the content is positive and healthy, does not talk about gossip lace, and does not touch the edge of sex, so that the guests participating in the show can truly The way to put it into it to show the humorous side... Let's call it "Love Letter". You discuss and prepare this idea with the ATV production team, and then order the first season for YG Entertainment's Shinhwa group, and the second season will be handed over Re-select for ATV itself."

The pen in Yu Xiaoming's hand kept recording, but the expression on his face was very pleasantly surprised.

He didn't doubt what the boss said, the idea might have been told to the boss by someone else, after all, the boss had time to plan the show.

"Okay, I will definitely negotiate with the ATV production team and strive to create a second "X-MAN"."

"Well, he is indeed a cornerstone of Hong Kong's variety shows. You told ATV to plan well. Even if it is broadcast next year!"

"Ok"

Chapter 6 Sixty [Century Entrepreneur]

A new week begins.

On Monday morning, Lin Zuhui habitually came to the office of New Times Group.

A magazine "Time" (USA), which he rarely reads, is on his desk. The cover is a portrait of Lin Zuhui's elegant and handsome, and the title is in English, which roughly means: "Who is the millennial entrepreneur?"

No need to read the content, Lin Zuhui also knew that he had won another 'Laurel Crown', but since his subordinates prepared it, he opened the magazine and read it.

It turned out that "Time" magazine and Ernst & Young formed an expert panel to make a ruling on "who is the millennial entrepreneur". Lin Zuhui defeated Bill Gates (Microsoft), Henry Ford (Ford Motor), Richard 1 famous deceased and living entrepreneurs, including De Arkwright (No. 15 of the British Industrial Revolution) and Medici (Italian Renaissance family), won this cross-epoch and cross-century crown, becoming The most outstanding entrepreneur of the century.

Selection experts believe:

First, Lin Zuhui controls a wealth of 600 billion US dollars (holding stock value);

Second, Lin Zuhui's huge wealth was created from nothing;

Third, Lin Zuhui has become a well-deserved great entrepreneur in any field of his diversified business kingdom.

According to these three conditions, Lin Zuhui stood out among the global tycoons.

Putting down the magazine, the expression on Lin Zuhui's face was very natural, neither nervous about 'wealth revealed' nor nervous about 'sudden honor'.

In short, get used to it.

He has received too many honors like this, and the weight of this magazine is almost meaningless.

For Lin Zuhui, what is weight?

The heads of state invite him to attend the event, that is the weight;

The invitation letter sent by the world's top chamber of commerce, that is the weight;

He attends events and donates to charity, and that counts.

In the morning, Chen Bin and Chen Xiaofen came together.

Chen Bin is the president of New Era Group, in charge of all group affairs, but the actual focus is on the global real estate business; while Chen Xiaofen has been upgraded from the previous sales business to be in charge of Xiangjiang real estate business.

Chen Xiaofen reported: "Boss, there are three pieces of land in the official land auction tomorrow..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Zuhui said, "It's all small land, and it takes care of small and medium-sized real estate developers. You can figure it out yourself!"

The implication is that the emphasis is on participation, but don't try to compete with small and medium real estate developers.

New Times Group has the second largest land bank in Xiangjiang, and the cost of land is very low; and small and medium-sized real estate developers, because they have no land bank and have a small amount of land, they are bound to strive hard for such a small amount of land.

Although the large real estate developers are rich and powerful, everyone is not stupid. If you want to compete with others for such a small piece of land, the more land you take, the higher the cost will naturally be.

Chen Xiaofen's performance in recent years is enough to show that Lin Zuhui can delegate power to her in land acquisition, construction, and sales, not to mention that Chen Bin is her immediate boss.In fact, not only Chen Bin has to personally participate in important projects, but even Lin Zuhui will review them from time to time, such as the 'International Financial Center'.

"Okay, I understand!" Chen Xiaofen nodded.

She has an advantage over other real estate developers, because the boss said that housing prices will not have much hope for several years, and trauma is difficult to repair.Based on this analysis of the general situation, she really would not take the risk to fight.

After all, large real estate developers are not only ridiculed when they pay too much, they are also likely to be overpriced by small and medium-sized real estate developers in future auctions.

Chen Xiaofen reported on other work and then left alone.

Next, Chen Bin said: "Boss, the subway at Canary Wharf will open in May, and the mayor of London will attend the event..."

Lin Zuhui said: "Okay, I will attend, you will attend with me!"

"Ok"

Canary Wharf Company, now the flagship of New Era Group's European real estate company, not only develops Canary Wharf and its surrounding areas, but also develops real estate projects in other places in London.And the office building that has been developed has been leased by Barclays Bank with a building of 100 million square feet. It is believed that the first 1100 million square feet of office buildings will be fully leased within next year.

As for the listing, Lin Zuhui decided to postpone it until the first half of 2007!

After all, New Era Group is not short of money now!

Choosing the right time to go public will bring greater benefits to the company.For example, listing a real estate project in 2007 could raise a large amount of cash, and after the Lehman outbreak in 2008, we carried out bottom-hunting, which increased the speed of asset expansion several times.

……

When Lin Zuhui came to Cyberport, he felt a surge of pride in his heart.

The world's first instant messaging software ICQ comes from Hong Kong, the world's first graphic online game "Legend" comes from Hong Kong, the world's most popular PC game "Age of Empires" comes from Hong Kong, and the portal network Sina.com in Greater China... One piece about the Internet The achievements in the game field are all related to Hong Kong. Obviously, these are inseparable from Xiangjiang's "Godfather" Lin Zuhui.

At this time, the Cyberport is home to the vast majority of technology companies in Hong Kong (Internet, software, games, digital, consulting), as well as many well-known international companies.

The future can be expected. This is Hong Kong citizens' understanding of Hong Kong's technology industry, and everyone is very confident.

Lin Zuhui came to the office building of 'The Ninth City', and he directly followed the president Gao Kelin to the studio of "Miracle MU".

The Ninth City is a large-scale game developer. From handheld games, console games, to PC games, and online games, it has not only made outstanding achievements, but also has a strong strength. The entire company has more than 700 employees, and [-]% of them are locals from Xiangjiang.

"Boss, this computer." Xie Li, the person in charge of "Miracle MU", invited.

Lin Zuhui nodded, sat down unceremoniously and began to try the game. As a player of online games, web games, and mobile games for so many years, he must be very professional in evaluating games; especially in this era when online games are just emerging .

"Miracle MU" is an MMORPG game (massively multiplayer role-playing game), and Lin Zuhui also participated in the development of opinions. This game has borrowed from the brother company Blizzard's "Diablo" gameplay. The game screen is quite beautiful and has a wing system , Zhanmeng system and many other innovative gameplays. Compared with the online game "Ever Mission" developed by Japan's Sony this year, "Miracle MU" has added a teleportation station between maps.

Anyone who has played "Eternal Quest" knows that running the map is exhausting, which will greatly affect the player's enthusiasm.

In any case, some of Lin Zuhui's thoughts and ideas are an important factor influencing the game development of The Ninth City; in addition, the Ninth City's game development history of more than seven years is also strong.

While Lin Zuhui was playing, Xie Li, the head of the studio, explained. After playing for a while, he directly changed Lin Zuhui to a high-level account; even so, he played for more than two hours before Lin Zuhui ended the game with satisfaction.

At this time, the onlookers were three floors in and out. It was so rare for the richest man in the world to concentrate on playing online games.

During the period, Lin Zuhui expressed some opinions, which were naturally recorded by the studio.

"Well, this game is very good!" Lin Zuhui finally praised.

Xie Li quickly said: "Thank you boss for the compliment, we will continue to work hard to improve, and strive to ignite players' new fighting spirit every time a new version is released!"

Lin Zuhui patted Xie Li on the shoulder, which immediately encouraged him.

"It is to have an innovative spirit! If Hong Kong is to become a key research and development area for world games, we must always maintain a humble spirit, and innovate and learn all the time."

As soon as the voice fell, everyone applauded.Everyone knows that this boss is in charge of the world's game industry. Blizzard and Activision in the United States, and Kingsoft Games in the Mainland are all his industries or investment companies.And Xiangjiang's software and game industry was cultivated by him.

Therefore, in the eyes of these people, Lin Zuhui is like a god.

Then, Lin Zuhui asked: "How many online game players are there in Xiangjiang?"

This data is easy to count, just look at the number of active players in "Legend 1" every day to get an idea.

Gao Kelin immediately said: "About 10000 people, this number is still rising!"

Although The Ninth City has only released one online game "Legend 1", it has already established a network (either directly or as an agent or a joint venture) in more than 50 countries, and already has a global distribution channel.

In the previous life, three of the top ten richest men in South Korea were from the game industry. It is not because of the size of the Korean game industry, but because of South Korea’s export of games.

Lin Zuhui said: "This scale is not bad!"

Gao Kelin said with a smile: "Almost soon, we will be able to establish servers in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and other regions and countries. For "Miracle MU", we are fully confident that it will definitely become an enduring game. classic game."

Lin Zuhui nodded in satisfaction, and said: "The South Korean side also needs to get in early, whether it's an agent or build a server by itself. In short, we want to suppress the Korean game industry."

"no problem!"

Everyone understands that South Korea and Xiangjiang have recently formulated the same general policy, so they will compete directly.If you can get your products into South Korea, you will directly defeat them.

In Lin Zuhui's view, it's not just for this reason, the birth of "Miracle MU" may cause the game companies in Bangziguo to fall into a "plagiarism storm".There are two consequences: first, if a Korean game developer is already developing this project, they will stop developing it, or change their thinking; To report this kind of thing in the Korean media will not only lose face in Korea, but also in the international arena.

Lin Zuhui didn't know whether the two games "Miracle MU" and "Ragnarok" were developed by Korean game companies, so he thought so; but he was sure that after the millennium, the Ninth City would be more familiar with the development "Audition", "Adventure Island", "Running Kart", etc., Bangzi Kingdom must not directly copy, because this is too obvious.Later, there were "Cross Fire" and "Dungeon and Warriors", which almost caught all the games of Bangzi Kingdom.

As the saying goes, how ruthless Bangziguo exported games to the mainland in the previous life, and how ruthless they will be cut off in this life.

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Friday, April 4.

"Miracle MU" officially launched its closed beta in Xiangjiang. The Internet cafes in Xiangjiang were overcrowded for a while, and many people couldn't wait to start preparing for the experience.

In order to develop online games, The Ninth City has invested in many Internet cafes in Xiangjiang, accounting for almost 80% of the Internet cafes in Hong Kong.At the same time, Hong Kong people themselves are very rich, and the proportion of owning computers ranks among the top three in the world.

As a result, although there are only 600 million people in Hong Kong, there are a lot of online game players, and even as many as 60 in later generations.

At 10 am, some people even asked for leave to come to the Internet cafe, intending to experience "Miracle MU" for the first time, which shows everyone's love; after all, it has been publicized for so long, and many people have already been fascinated.

"What a delicate picture! It also has wings, it looks so mighty!"

"MU Kingdom... Monster Invasion... Brave Continent"

Immediately, there was a lot of noise in the Internet cafe, and there was a lot of applause.

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Naturally, "Miracle MU" has also attracted the attention of Asian game developers and agents, and has a deep understanding of the Hong Kong game industry for a while.

Many overseas media have commented that this is a much better game than the Korean "Paradise"; whether it is in terms of the quality of the game screen or the variety of gameplay, it is a top-notch online game.