Hong Kong's new giants

The tallest building, the second tallest building in Xiangjiang, and even the third tallest building and the fourth tallest building immediately will be his properties; the tallest residences in Xiangjiang—the three top-floor duplexes and tallest villas in Diligende Pavilion in Mid-levels— ——Yunfeng Residence is also the property of Lin Zuhui.

Standing on a high place, overlooking the Xiangjiang River, there are many tall buildings, and it is easy to find your own high-rise buildings, which is also a sense of accomplishment.

Living in Hong Kong for 16 years, Lin Zuhui has already regarded this place as his home and has a very strong sense of belonging.Because of this, he even thought about the future of Hong Kong's economy very early on, and formulated the "animation industry", "Hong Kong stream industry", "game industry", and "software industry" for Hong Kong, which increased the diversification of Hong Kong's economy.

As it turned out, he succeeded!

At the same time, his companies have developed a large amount of business overseas and earned a large amount of foreign exchange, which is also an addition to Hong Kong's economy.

In this life, will Singapore's per capita GDP exceed that of Xiangjiang?

Hard!

Yes, but difficult!

In 1999, Xiangjiang’s GDP was 2000 billion US dollars, while Singapore’s was only 950 billion US dollars, and the gap between the two sides was more than double;

In the previous life, the reason why Xiangjiang’s per capita GDP and total GDP lagged behind in the later stage was that it had a single industry and lacked stamina; but today’s Xiangjiang, with its efforts in the fields of culture and technology, coupled with the contributions of Lin Zuhui’s companies, is naturally even more powerful.

Xiangjiang only has a total of more than 600 million people, and Lin Zuhui can fully drive it. This is the city of invincible wealth.

Unknowingly, Lin Zuhui has been brought into the role of "big patriarch". The reason why he is so worried about the whole Xiangjiang affairs is because it can bring him huge profits.

Xiangjiang Comic Industry:

Lin Zuhui contributed the outlines of four works. Of course, his greatest contribution is not these four works, but the transformation of Hong Kong manga into a "Japanese manga style", and the requirements for painters are more refined, which laid a very good foundation in one fell swoop.In the previous life, Korean comics relied on imitating Japan, and later became a major exporter of comics.Hong Kong's comics industry is undoubtedly the leader in this world. Recently, the "Internet comics" website "Manke SHOW" was established, attracting more Hong Kong cartoonists to create.

At this time, the talents in the Xiangjiang comics industry no longer rely on the most primitive "apprenticeship system", but there are many colleges and universities that continuously provide art skills and comic-type talents. This also includes Lin Zuhui's efforts over the years. From persuading the school directors of colleges and universities to add subjects, to special donations, and finally to recruiting new graduates every year, he is doing the whole thing.

In the game industry, Hong Kong stream culture, and software industry, in these industries of Xiangjiang, Lin Zuhui has achieved from the cultivation of talents, to the leading effect of enterprises, financial support, and the blessing of classic works from previous lives, which makes Xiangjiang in these three fields. , It is difficult to think about success.

Finally, Lin Zuhui showed a satisfied smile.

Chapter 679 [Feng Shui Problem]

Monday, May 1.

New Era Group headquarters.

Sitting in the spacious office, Lin Zuhui was in a very good mood. From time to time, he looked at the computer screen not far away, and he smiled.

The Hang Seng Index reached 18500 points, setting a record for the situation.

The companies under Lin Zuhui have also created legends one after another:

The market value of New Times Group is 10550 billion, accounting for about 20% of the market value of Xiangjiang stock market (total market value is about 5.5 trillion);

The market value of its Xiangjiang Telecom is 4150 billion, accounting for about 8% of the market value of Xiangjiang;

万辉传媒市值1800亿、旗下新浪网市值1100亿、亚视集团市值500亿出头、LEIT集团市值430亿，八达通银行市值520亿、小米科技市值820亿，六家上市合计5170亿。

The market value of listed companies in Hong Kong controlled by Lin Zuhui is about 2 trillion yuan, accounting for more than one-third of the total market value of Hong Kong stock market, which is a miracle.

In the morning, Liang Zhenxun was the first to come to Lin Zuhui's office.

"Boss, the cash position of Microsoft's stock has been completed as scheduled, with a total of 560 billion, and the profit is about 30 times." After finishing speaking, Liang Zhenxun couldn't help being shocked, although he knew the rate of return beforehand.

"What is Microsoft's current market capitalization?"

"Around 5800 billion US dollars!"

Lin Zuhui nodded. It stands to reason that last year it should have exceeded 6000 billion US dollars, or even higher; but it is normal to cash out nearly 3% of the equity (Hengjin + New Era), which is much lower than the history.

However, in the past six months, Lin Zuhui and his companies have cashed out nearly 3% (less than 1% is cashing out), which has indeed not aroused the market's vigilance; hide.

"How's the cash flow in the account?"

"Currently, the group's debt is only 500 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the group's cash flow is 715 billion Hong Kong dollars, including 118 billion Hong Kong dollars in euro floating-rate notes."

Lin Zuhui showed a satisfied expression. The group's cash flow is so abundant, so naturally, the cash flow from the sale of 'Orange Company' and the floating-rate notes were included.

"What about the holdings?"

"Shareholding: The market value of Vodafone stock is 150 billion Hong Kong dollars, Sony's market value is 335 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Mannesmann's market value is 380 billion Hong Kong dollars, totaling about 765 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Zuhui thought about it, and Liang Zhenxun waited quietly. He knew that the boss was thinking about the allocation of the group's funds.

"In this way, start to cash out the shares of Vodafone and Sony, and plan to cash out all of them within three months."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

As for Mannesmann's stock, it is natural to wait until Vodafone swallows Mannesmann and converts it into a new stock before gradually cashing out; although it is expected to happen in February, and March is the peak of the Internet bubble; however, Telecom The industry does not belong to the Internet. Although it will fall, it will not fall rapidly, and there is no time to cash out.

Lin Zuhui estimated that in the era of 2000, the New Era Group had already booked about 1700 billion in cash flow, plus this year's normal profit is expected to exceed 400 billion, which is a full 2100 billion in cash flow.

Of course, how to spend and how much to spend this year have to be carefully considered.

in the afternoon.

Morris, the president of Times Shipping, came to Lin Zuhui's office.

"Boss, we have already held 12% of the shares of the Norwegian Shipping Bengesen Group from the secondary market, spending a total of 2.5 million U.S. dollars. If we take another 44% of the shares in the hands of the two board chairmen of the Bengesen Group, we will be able to do so in one fell swoop. Reached 56% shareholding.”

Lin Zuhui heard the words and said seriously: "How much money do you think is needed to increase the shareholding to 56%?"

Morris said: "Shipping is no different than other industries, and the premium does not need to be too high. I think the estimated price of 10 billion US dollars can persuade the two companies to sell their shares."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "This is equivalent to using 12.5 billion US dollars of funds to control assets of more than 100 billion US dollars. It is very cost-effective!"

Bengesen is the largest liquefied gas and natural gas transporter in the world, with a total load capacity of 1230 million tons. Its main business is positioned in the transportation of oil, liquefied gas, natural gas, ore, coal and other energy.

Bengesen Group owns 9 LNG ships, 71 LPG ships, and some oil tankers and bulk ships, employs 3500 people, has an annual turnover of 5 million US dollars, and a net profit of more than 4000 million US dollars.

Why is it said that the Bengesen Group controls tens of billions of dollars in assets?

After all, the market value of the Bengesen Group is only about 20 billion US dollars!

The reason is that many ships are only management (controlling), and the owners are not Bengesen Group, just like the franchise system of hotel companies.

Another reason is that Bengesen's debt is not low.

As for Xiangjiang's global shipping, although the total tonnage is only 900 million tons, it is the No. 1 oil shipping in the world. At the same time, most of the ships of others are their own assets, and their strength is relatively strong.

Of course, through these data, we can know that, as a shipping giant with tens of billions of dollars in assets, the Bengesen Group owns routes, business, technical and management personnel, and management systems, etc., which are all needed by Times Shipping.

Times Shipping is proficient in the container and bulk carrier business. Now it has ordered so many oil tankers, steamers, and ore carriers. If it does not absorb old shipping companies like the Bengesen Group, I am afraid that it will only be able to engage in ship leasing business in the future.

In this way, it was obviously not what Lin Zuhui wanted to see.

Morris nodded, and said seriously: "The start and end is as simple as controlling tens of billions of assets. We can use mergers and acquisitions to achieve many purposes:

First, obtain a monopoly position, obtain economies of scale and competitive advantages;

Second, acquire technical and management talents to improve the level of enterprise management;

Third, reasonable tax avoidance and increased profits;

Fourth, mergers and acquisitions can effectively curb the phenomenon of mutual vicious bargaining caused by serious excess capacity on routes. "

Lin Zuhui has also been learning shipping knowledge in recent years, and often consults senior shipping talents like Morris, and is very interested in this knowledge.

"You are right! Through mergers and acquisitions, the return rate of shipping can be improved. It seems that the era of large mergers and acquisitions in the shipping industry is coming! Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. This is the law of survival. So, Morris, Times Shipping should not stop, and quickly become the overlord of the sea through mergers and acquisitions.”

The Bengesen Group and China Iron & Steel are just two big goals, and Times Shipping also has some "small goals".

"Okay, boss!"

Morris also lamented in his heart that this boss must be the strongest in the world in everything he does. No wonder he was named a hegemon in various fields and a businessman across the ages by European and American media.

Is it risky to do so?

The answer is yes!

If it were someone else doing this, Morris would have murmured in his heart, "It's strange if we can't go bankrupt like this", but for his boss, he knows that the boss is a businessman who is extremely keen in analyzing the situation; at present, the meaning revealed by the boss is, Shipping will start to explode in the next few years.What's more, in Morris' view, even if the shipping investment exceeds 150 billion US dollars, it is not fatal to New Era Group.

After Morris left, Lin Zuhui thought about it.

If the investment of Bengeson Group is added, New Era Group has invested nearly 100 billion US dollars in shipping; moreover, this is not the end, and will continue to invest in the future.

Being the overlord of the sea, just thinking about it is enough to give you a sense of accomplishment!

The charter king of the year had a huge influence in the world. Leaders of big countries such as Li Gen and Saqier were all his friends, which was far behind Li Chaoren.If the Chartered Ship King hadn't detected cancer early, the Bao family would have had a good development in real estate.After all, from the acquisition of Wharf, Landmark (unsuccessful), Standard Chartered (unsuccessful), and Wheelock by Chartered King, we know that he is actually an ambitious and courageous figure.

Of course, although Charter King has great influence, if compared with Lin Zuhui, even if moved to the same era, Charter King is still far behind Lin Zuhui.

The reason why Lin Zuhui dared to invest heavily in shipping is nothing more than knowing the explosive period of shipping from 2003 to 2008, because knowing this information is equivalent to making money three times:

The first money: After the Asian financial crisis, he started hunting down the bottom line and made a lot of money, because whether it was building new ships, buying second-hand ships, or buying shipping companies, he saved a lot of money.As a simple example, if you buy new and old ships from 2003 to 2008, the cost must be huge.

The second money: During the five years from 2003 to 2008, the freight rate and the ship leasing cost skyrocketed, which brought huge profits.As far as Lin Zuhui knows, shipping stocks have always been feared by the financial world, but in those few years, shipping stocks were the most popular in the investment world.

The third money: Now that we know that shipping will fall into a sharp drop in the second half of 2008, Times Shipping may start to "sell ships at high prices" in the first half of 2008, and even try to sell a small amount at the end of 2007.

……

The next day.

Lin Zuhui came to Hengjin Investment and called Wu Guoming, the vice president.

He first asked about Hengjin Investment's cash-out situation in US stocks. Although Wu Guoming is in charge of Asian affairs, he is the vice president of Hengjin Investment after all, and he will also be the contact person of Lin Zuhui and George. After all, Lin Zuhui can't often go to U.S.

"The progress is very smooth, and none of them caused abnormal stock price fluctuations. According to the current situation, there will be no abnormalities in the remaining three months. After all, Internet-themed stocks have gone crazy now."

It's not that there are no abnormalities, but that no one cares. For example, Microsoft's market value should be 6200 billion, but now it is only 5800 billion. This is actually a change.Of course, only Lin Zuhui knew this.

Lin Zuhui nodded, but this time the cash out was also beyond his estimate, because the tax (15%) and stocks did not rise as expected; therefore, he originally thought that there would be 3200 billion, but it was expected to be only 2600-2800 billion.

This made Lin Zuhui secretly feel sad. No wonder many rich people feel heartbroken about taxes and try to avoid taxes.

Of course, Lin Zuhui can't avoid taxes, because what he wants is privacy and security.

"In this way, you will throw away Hengjin's investment in Hong Kong stocks within three months!" Lin Zuhui continued.

The initial investment was 200 billion Hong Kong dollars, which was invested in the attack on international speculators, but now it has nearly 400 billion Hong Kong dollars, nearly double the increase.

That being the case, it can be cashed out.

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

Cashing out less than 400 billion in three months is not a big problem; but as far as Lin Zuhui knows, the HKMA seems to be cashing out at the end of last year.

Therefore, the two companies are not so much saving the market as they are buying the bottom.

Of course, in order not to cause market turmoil, Lin Zuhui also asked the family office to stand still.

See if there is any chance to do T in the future, it doesn't matter if there is no chance, just save the T at the end of 2007.In fact, the total market value of Hong Kong stocks is only 5.5 trillion yuan, which is still too small for Lin Zuhui's funds.

After Wu Guoming went to work, Lin Zuhui was still calculating his wealth invested in Hengjin.

The cash out of US and Hong Kong stocks should be a full 3000 billion, plus the holdings of Nike, Starbucks, and the 90 billion US dollars injected into Barings Bank, the asset value is 3800-4000 billion.

And the cash flow is 3000 billion!

Last year, Lin Zuhui already spent 300 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy gold, and this year and next year he will need to spend 700 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy gold. He wants to purchase 1000 billion Hong Kong dollars in spot gold, which is stored in the underground vault of the Octopus Bank Building, which is about 1100 to 1200 tons.

This name is not Hengjin investment, but Lin Zuhui's personal investment.

How to spend the remaining 2000 billion?

And the 1000 billion of Jingwei Capital, how should I spend it?

Subsequent repurchases of Microsoft and Oracle will not cost a lot of money, and they should still hold some US stocks, but it is estimated to be only 1000 billion.

I have no choice but to save it until there are good projects.

Chapter 6 Eighty [Crowned World Ship King]

Times Shipping's acquisition of the Norwegian shipping giant, Bengesen Group, is progressing very smoothly. The two major shareholders of Bengesen Group are very satisfied with Times Shipping's asking price. After all, it is very ideal to be able to sell at this price in the cold winter of shipping.

On January 2000, 1, Mr. Lin Zuhui, chairman of the board of directors of Hong Kong Times Shipping Group, announced that Times Shipping had spent huge sums of money to acquire Norwegian Shipping's "boss" Bengesen Group. Ship King's world shipping record.

Morris, the president of Times Shipping, also revealed to reporters that this is currently the shipping company with the largest gross tonnage in the world, and the new ships ordered by Times Shipping are about 700 million tons, and they will be added one after another. Times Shipping has set a record The footsteps will not stop.

At the same time, some media revealed that the acquisition cost was 12.6 billion U.S. dollars, which once again refreshed the 1998 billion U.S. dollar "M&A of the century" created by Times Shipping in 10—purchasing the sea-land international liner business and related 18 terminals .In just two years, Times Shipping has spent US$29 billion on mergers and acquisitions, and another US$60 billion on ordering new ships, as well as the purchase of second-hand ships, logistics construction, etc., and has already spent a huge sum of more than US$100 billion.

All of a sudden, everyone was shocked!

The media all over the world have described Lin Zuhui as the new "World Ship King" deservedly, and in a new field - shipping once again achieved a dominant position.

……

The headquarters of Times Shipping is located in the 'Wah Chi Center' in Admiralty, Central.

Lin Zuhui convened the senior management of Times Shipping and held a core meeting.