Hong Kong's new giants

In fact, in the field of software, Lin Zuhui has almost done his best, and the follow-up development can only rely on the development of Xiangjiang's software industry itself; I believe that Xiangjiang Software can form a good industry.

Of course, we can still provide some opinions at present and in the future, such as the most recent "Internet comics" and the video software that will be developed in the future; even, Sina.com will also develop cloud computing in the future. Of course, Lin Zuhui, as Amazon and Alibaba Directors will also make recommendations.

Hongkong's software and game industry cannot be separated from the mainland, but it will never rely on the mainland, or even move to the mainland for development. This is what Lin Zuhui has always emphasized.

Then, Gao Kelin took Qiu Bojun and Rebus to visit the Ninth City again, and the two were shocked again.

Rebs humbly asked: "Online games have not yet become popular, and you have invested so much, are you not worried?"

Gao Kelin said with a smile: "It is precisely because it has not yet become a climate that we have invested so much so that we can seize the market in the future. In fact, the Internet speed and computer configuration in the mainland are the worst in the world; and online games are already popular in many countries. It has formed a huge market. For example, we released "Miracle MU" this year. Only Xiangjiang has a record of 5000 simultaneous online users. Taiwan, Japan, Singapore... Europe and the United States also have servers, and the number of simultaneous online users has exceeded 12. .”

I was shocked again, only to find out that the Internet industry in the Mainland is not as good as Xiangjiang.

When Gao Kelin introduced the achievements of non-online games such as "Resident Evil", "Pokémon" and "Age of Empires", Qiu Bojun and Rebs felt the strength of the "Ninth City", and even the entire Xiangjiang Strength.

Although Jinruan Software also has a game subsidiary, Xishanju, it only develops PC games, and the most successful one is of course "Swordsman Romance".

At this moment, Rebs already had the idea of ​​developing an online version of "Swordsman Romance".

……

In the office, Lin Zuhui met the visiting Kingsoft duo Qiu Bojun and Jobs.

At present, Kingsoft is already a large domestic software company with thousands of employees; but at the same time, it is a traditional technology industry and has missed the opportunity of the Internet.

Of course, Lin Zuhui had no intention of interfering with Kingsoft's access to the Internet. He just wanted Rebus to stick to software development.From WPS, Kingsoft Internet Security, Kingsoft PowerWord, Kingsoft Shadowmaster, to BBS (forum), PC games, etc., Kingsoft is a software development giant.

These are actually similar to the previous life, the only difference is that the market share of WPS is higher, and the sales of these software are higher, because Jingwei Capital has introduced sales executives for Jinruan Software.

Jingwei Capital currently holds 60% of the shares in Kingsoft, Qiu Bojun and Rebs hold 30%, and the other 10% is held by others in Kingsoft.

Now, Lin Zuhui intends to list Kingsoft, which encourages Qiu Bojun, Rebs and others.

Originally, based on Kingsoft’s situation, it was difficult to list in Xiangjiang; it’s not that the Stock Exchange made it hard for Kingsoft, but that there might be no investors.

Before going public, many companies will have a road show, the purpose is to attract investors, which is a reflection of the strength and prospects of the company.

Of course, these problems will not trouble the current Kingsoft, after all, behind Kingsoft is 'Lin Zuhui'.

Just based on the three words "Lin Zuhui", Kingsoft is a shell company, and it can be praised by investors even if it goes public, it is so realistic!

"Don't worry about going public, the financial company Peregrine (wholly owned by Barings Bank) is fully responsible, and you just wait to become billionaires!"

Kingsoft will be listed in early December, when the Internet will be crazy, and the company can raise a large amount of funds to survive the next Internet winter.

Qiu Bojun said: "With Jingwei Capital as a major shareholder, we are very confident in going public. This time I came to Xiangjiang to visit Mr. Lin, mainly because I want to enter the Internet industry." After finishing speaking, he motioned to Rebs to continue.

Rebs is not Jack Ma, and he is even more "cautious" in front of Lin Zuhui, but he can only muster up his confidence and say: "I want to build an e-commerce website, and I have brought the PPT." Then, he was a little at a loss What to do, because Lin Zuhui had no intention of watching it at all.

Lin Zuhui smiled and said, "Haha, I won't watch it. I've already invested in an e-commerce company, so it's not good."

Rebs's heart sank, and Lu Bingwen, the president of Jingwei Capital, didn't dare to be interested. They planned to visit Lin Zuhui, an Internet tycoon. After all, Kingsoft's major shareholder is Jingwei Capital, and investing in e-commerce is a waste of money. The start-up capital needs 500 million US dollars. .

However, what Lin Zuhui said next made Leibs suddenly complicated again.

"We will not stop young people with dreams, so this investment is up to you. It is not impossible to use the funds raised by Kingsoft's IPO. However, Kingsoft still wants to focus on software, that is to say, electronic The president of the business website can’t be the two of you, you can let Jingwei Capital find outside talents for you, or you can find them yourself.”

Rebus tentatively said: "Lin Sheng is not optimistic about our e-commerce model, why not take a look at the PPT!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Nothing, but I invested in Kingsoft for the development of China's software industry. You are now focusing on e-commerce, which will definitely not work. Besides, you don't directly manage the e-commerce business. You can offer advice and suggestions, and serve as the chairman of the board."

Seeing what Lin Zuhui said, Rebus and Qiu Bojun didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, after all, Lin Zuhui had already given face.

"No problem, thank you Mr. Lin for your support!" Rebus said sincerely.

Kingsoft's listing is all thanks to this person. They want Kingsoft to invest in e-commerce, so they naturally need the approval of major shareholders.

Lin Zuhui added: "Although I don't know your plans, I can tell you one thing. The current Internet industry bubble is too big, which is why I want to list Kingsoft Software. I just want to make a fortune and deal with the future. The bubble burst. The e-commerce industry is a good direction. You have a very high possibility of making money (cash out), but the possibility of breaking out of the tight encirclement is not high, which is why I let you calm down. Compared with e-commerce, Kingsoft’s biggest financial gain in the future will be the revenue from online games.”

For a while, the two were dumbfounded. Lin Zuhui had revealed a lot of information, the Internet bubble and the cold winter period.

After a long time, Rebs asked, "Online games?"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Online games in the mainland will develop soon, and it will only take one to two years. I hope that Xishanju can act as an agent for the online games developed by our Ninth City. This is a win-win situation."

Qiu Bojun said: "There is no problem with this. The Ninth City is the first company in the world to develop a graphic online game. Now it has released a boutique such as "Miracle MU". Xishanju can represent its products, which is a win-win situation."

After chatting for an hour, the two left with mixed feelings.

For Rebs, Lin Zuhui has dampened his enthusiasm for e-commerce. Although he will not give up easily, the weight of the word "Lin Zuhui" is too heavy.

Of course, the two also got a lot of good news from Lin Zuhui. Kingsoft's listing is expected to raise more than 2.5 million RMB (25% public shares), and its market value will be several billion.

However, the "bubble crisis" made the two of them vigilant again. After all, the funds raised were to allow Kingsoft's own business to develop better.

After the two left, Lin Zuhui smiled. It seems that Lin Zuhui has been able to handle all these mainland technology giants in later generations.

Of course, Lin Zuhui is also supporting the technology industry in the Mainland.

Chapter 675 [Hundred Billion Profit]

Time flies, and it's mid-October in a blink of an eye.

London, Orange corporate headquarters.

The executives of Mannesmann, the second largest telecommunications company in Europe, gathered in Orange, the third largest telecommunications company in the UK, and the two sides are in the final negotiations.

It turned out that as early as more than two months ago, Orange announced its plan to sell, and immediately attracted Vodafone, the largest telecommunications company in Europe, and Mannesmann, the second largest telecommunications company in Europe. scramble.But now, Mannesmann is of course the one with the highest sincerity, and the two sides have reached the end of the negotiation.

Orange Company was originally a subsidiary of Times Communications, and later merged with the European business of 'Hutchison Communications', forming a situation where two Hong Kong-owned companies operate the third largest telecommunications company in the UK, led by Huo Jianning and assisted by Yuan Tianfan.

There is no way, if the two Hong Kong-owned telecommunications companies continue to compete in the UK, it will cause adverse effects and will invest more.Currently, Times Communications holds a 27% stake in Orange, and Hutchison Communications holds a 24% stake.

The reason why the two companies decided to sell Orange was also the result of discussion between Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren:

They believe that there are three phenomena in the telecommunications industry: "1. Voice services are becoming more and more popular. Although the growth rate is very fast, the competition in the industry is too great, which may reduce the marginal profit; 2. The proportion of data transmission services is increasing. The percentage of growth rate is much higher than that of voice; 3. Driven by the upsurge of technology and communication stocks, the market value of mobile communication companies has reached its peak."

Another huge pressure is that although Orange is the third largest company in the UK, it can only be the third largest. The fierce competition has made the company's life more and more difficult, and the competition is getting worse. fierce.

The top two telecommunications giants in Europe, British Vodafone (Vodafone) and German Mannesmann (Mannesmann), have both regarded the British market as a must-see and are fighting for the leading position.

And the so-called cases where the boss and the second child fight, and finally kill the third child, are also not uncommon in business wars throughout the ages.

Not optimistic, even in a crisis situation.

However, it is a 'crisis', but also a 'turning point' - Orange company has the disadvantages of being the third company, but also has the unique value of being the third company - Vodafone and Mannesmann, whoever can buy Orange company can become real boss.

If it can inspire two bids for Orange, it will definitely sell for a good price. This happened more than two months ago-Orange made a publicity about its intention to sell.

Neither is in a hurry, but Vodafone and Mannesmann are, especially Mannesmann.

Huo Jianning is worthy of being a good negotiator, and quickly adjusted the interest of Mannesmann's top management to a high level, making the negotiation go smoothly.

"President Fussell, we have accepted the conditions of 35 billion US dollars in cash and 28 billion US dollars of three-year euro floating rate notes issued by your company; but considering the number of users and growth rate of Orange, we still need 10.5 % of Mannesmann shares. If you agree, we can sign the contract today. I can remind you that soon Vodafone will also accept such conditions...”

Cash plus floating-rate notes is a total of 480 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Mannesmann was only willing to add 10.2% of the shares (currently worth about 580 billion Hong Kong dollars).

Huo Jianning is right, this condition will make Vodafone agree quickly, and then the two parties will fall into competition again.However, there has been news from the two bigwigs in Xiangjiang that it is best to reach a deal in October.

Obviously, both Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren saw the crisis.

Mannesmann's executives immediately communicated that a difference of 0.3% can determine who is the largest telecommunications company in Europe, and they are already very excited.

After a long time, Fussell stretched out his right hand across the conference table, and said with a smile, "OK, congratulations on reaching an agreement."

In this way, the two consortiums, Times Communications and Hutchison Communications, sold 51% of Orange in their hands at a price of about 1100 billion Hong Kong dollars.

The two consortiums are a joint consortium, so the follow-up sharing and cash-out issues are all consistent.

10 month 20 day.

Lin Zuhui of New Times Group and Li Chaoren of Cheung Kong Industrial Co., Ltd. announced at the same time that the two companies have formed a consortium and have decided to sell a total of 51.01% of the shares they hold in Orange to Mannesmann. The total transaction consideration includes: equivalent to Hong Kong dollars 265 billion in cash, three-year euro floating rate notes issued by Mannesmann equivalent to HK$215 billion, and 10.5% of Mannesmann's shares.

When the news came out, the global capital market was fried.

Orange's investment is only on the scale of tens of billions, and it has recovered a considerable amount of principal through listing.This means that in this transaction, the two consortiums of Xiangjiang obtained a net profit of more than [-] billion Hong Kong dollars.

……

Lin Zuhui returned to the office of New Times Group, and at noon he had a banquet with Li Chaoren to discuss the sale of Orange Company.

It can be seen that Li Chaoren is very excited to reap a profit of about 500 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Zuhui smiled in his heart: "You could have made more than 1000 billion in profits this year, but I cut it off!"

In fact, it is not yet the final profit figure, because Mannesmann's stock will continue to rise within this year; and next year Vodafone can't swallow that breath and directly annex Mannesmann, then the stocks in the hands of the two Hong Kong consortiums will be It will become more than 5% of the shares of the new company, and the face value will increase by tens of billions (estimated to be 500 billion).

Therefore, in fact, this transaction will obtain more than 1600 billion profits.

The New Era Group and the Cheung Kong Group received about 800 billion Hong Kong dollars each, and the New Era Group received slightly more.

Historically, Li Chaoren has made a big splash this year, because the Cheung Kong Group under his leadership has made a profit of more than 1500 billion, shocking the world.

But in this life, the New Era Group has already shocked the world:

In 1997, the net profit of New Era Group was 750 billion Hong Kong dollars (sales of buildings, shopping malls, etc., and profits from short selling gold, plus normal profits);

In 1998, the net profit of New Era Group was 760 billion Hong Kong dollars (460 billion Hong Kong dollars from the sale of European and American bank stocks, plus normal profits)

In the past two years, New Era Group has achieved good results that 'shocked the world' in the business community.

For a long time, when mentioning Heung Kong companies, overseas always think of HSBC; however, in the two years from 1997 to 1988, HSBC only had an annual profit of 430 billion and 310 billion respectively, which is far behind New Era Group.

Therefore, New Times Group has been the largest enterprise in Hong Kong since 1997.

Today, the market value has exceeded 7500 billion yuan, and trillion yuan within the year is not a problem.

Lin Zuhui did some calculations. This year, New Era Group's conservative annual profit is more than 1500 billion yuan, which is double that of the previous year.

Because the sale of Orange is calculated as a profit of 600 billion, the normal net profit is about 350 billion, plus the profit of 600 billion Hong Kong dollars from the sale of Microsoft.

By the turn of the millennium, New Era Group also has shares held by Vodafone (purchased in the secondary market) and Sony, and is expected to cash out nearly 500 billion Hong Kong dollars; plus Vodafone's acquisition of Mannesmann's profit of 250 billion (subsequent gains) profit), and a normal net profit of more than 350 billion; New Era Group will continue to create miracles in the millennium.

Even in 2001, although New Times Group returned to "normal profitability", it still started to grow from HK$400 billion, and it will not show a downward trend.After all, the real estate, hotel, shipping, beverage and food industries invested in these years will gradually explode after the millennium.

The problem that New Era Group is facing now is: there is nowhere to spend the money.

Of course, it is only a short-term confusion. Lin Zuhui still has some investment directions in his mind, but he needs to figure it out gradually.

Chapter 676 [1+1+1]

Lin Zuhui came to an independent villa in Feimo Mountain, Kowloon, and saw Jennifer, Wang Shishi, and a little girl following them.When he saw this little girl, his eyes brightened three points. If he didn't guess wrong, the little girl should be Wang Shishi's younger sister Wang Yuanyuan.

"Brother Hui" Wang Shishi greeted him happily.

Lin Zuhui showed a smile, and hugged Wang Shishi, who had rushed forward, and then put one arm around his waist and one hand on his hip; Wang Shishi was obviously more active, and directly leaned forward to ask for a kiss.

The two kissed passionately for a while before separating.

At this time, Wang Yuanyuan was a little at a loss, hiding behind Jennifer shyly, and couldn't help but peek.

Jennifer couldn't help swallowing her saliva, almost couldn't help it - and wanted to go forward too.

Lin Zuhui came to Wang Yuanyuan and said with a smile: "You are Yuanyuan, you really are a little beauty!"

He has a handsome appearance and an easy-going tone. The little Wang Yuanyuan quickly forgot that "Lin Zuhui is a big man", and said happily: "Lin...Mr. Lin, I am Wang Yuanyuan, I am so glad to meet you!"

"Just call me Brother Hui, let's go, let's go in together!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Zuhui took Wang Yuanyuan's little hand and walked towards the villa.

Jennifer and Wang Shishi immediately looked at each other, Jennifer smiled wryly, and Wang Shishi stepped forward to hold Jennifer's arm.

"Mom, it's okay, Brother Hui is a very nice person, he won't treat our sisters badly!"

"Silly girl, I'm worried about my old face!"

"You are not old, we are three sisters!"

"Don't be ashamed, he's so good, I think you've become a demon now."

"Someone still said it to me!"

"Damn girl, you dare to make fun of me, don't you?"

Back in the villa, Wang Shishi quickly came to Lin Zuhui's side to change his shoes and take off his coat.

Wang Yuanyuan looked at Lin Zuhui curiously, because this man could make his sister squat down and change his shoes for him; even his mother took off his coat for him and put it on the hanger.

After a brief chat, everyone came to the restaurant for dinner.

Lin Zuhui sat at the main seat, Wang Shishi and Wang Yuanyuan sat on both sides, and Jennifer sat next to Wang Shishi.

In fact, he only communicated with Jennifer and Wang Shishi four times and got together for four nights; but there is no doubt that Lin Zuhui left a deep impression and influence on them.