Hong Kong's new giants

However, with the growth of the mainland business, it will soon become an important market.

"The growth of the game business can drive the market value of Kingsoft to skyrocket. This is inevitable. And Kingsoft can also use the stock market to raise funds in the future to further develop in the software field. I hope you can consider software and games to go hand in hand and not forget the original intention !"

"What Mr. Lin said is very reasonable, we must keep it in our hearts."

Lin Zuhui is not too concerned about whether Xishanju will focus on game development in the future. After all, it is impossible for the mainland game industry to develop without more than ten years of hard work.What's more, they can represent Xiangjiang's games, so why spend too much money on research and development!

"Legend", "Miracle MU", and "Ragnarok" are the first wave of representative online games in The Ninth City; followed by "Adventure Island", "Bubble Hall", "Martin Car", "Audition "These four casual games have landed.

However, for the next four games, Lin Zuhui plans to arrange for Penguin to act as an agent.

At this time, although Penguin has more than [-] million users, Penguin has no real source of profit.

Therefore, acting as an agent for online games is inevitable. In my previous life, it seems that agent games really started to flourish in 2003.

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After a day's work, Lin Zuhui invited Fan Binbin and Gao Yuanyuan to the Ritz-Carlton in Beijing for a party.

Although the villa is good, it is obvious that the hotel is more suitable. After all, there is 24-hour service here.As for the concern about exposure, Lin Zuhui is not very worried. Although he is well-known in the mainland, there are still some differences between him in the media and in reality.

Moreover, there are no paparazzi in the hotel, and the mainland is not so exaggerated, he is not very worried about exposure; in addition, Lin Zuhui likes to reserve a presidential suite in his own five-star hotel in each city for his residence in the Mainland.

In the box, the three of them were having dinner.

Fan Binbin said reluctantly, "Brother Hui, are you going back to Xiangjiang tomorrow?"

Although being reluctant to part with a woman gives him a sense of accomplishment, but Lin Zuhui doesn't want to be addicted to a game.

"Tomorrow I have to go to Hainan to work for a day, and I won't return to Xiangjiang until the day after tomorrow." As for his little girlfriend, he always taught him earnestly and would not act too hastily.

Fan Binbin's eyes lit up, and he said: "Then we will go to Hainan tomorrow and wait for you at the hotel tonight? Unless, you have arranged for a sister?"

Lin Zuhui was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Bingbing to be so obsessive, and said in his mouth: "Bingbing, I also want to give XX a holiday!"

Fan Binbin finally blushed, and said coquettishly, "Brother Hui, I didn't mean that, I just wanted to warm your bed!"

"Does Hainan need warm beds? It's tropical!"

"Brother Hui!"

Seeing the little girl bowed her head, Lin Zuhui let her go, looked at Gao Yuanyuan, and said, "What do you think?"

Gao Yuanyuan said emotionally: "We will wait for you in Sanya, just as our two sisters also want to travel."

Lin Zuhui then said: "Okay, but it's okay, tomorrow I have work during the day and entertainment at night, but I don't have time to accompany you. But you two, you can go back to Xiangjiang. It's time for you five sisters to get together."

Although the five sisters are originally from Taiwan Island, Xiangjiang, and the Mainland, it is impossible for them to be good friends, but Lin Zuhui is too powerful.Moreover, when wealth reaches the same level, naturally there is not much difference.

"Well, let's let sister Zhiling arrange it!" Fan Binbin said obediently.

Among the five, Lin Zhilin is the eldest sister. Not only is Lin Zhilin older, but also Lin Zhilin has a high emotional intelligence. She has been Lin Zuhui's assistant, and everyone respects her very much.

Lin Zuhui was very satisfied with the well-behaved of these women, whoever dared to trip him, he would beat them with a stick, that kind of education that ascended to heaven.

After the three enjoyed dinner, they made an appointment to go to the spa together.

Lin Zuhui's work in Hai N this time is to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony of the 'Atlantis Hotel'.

Atlantis Hotel, as one of the high-end hotels of Langting Group, currently has three hotels under construction, namely Dubai, Singapore and Sanya.The first to open will be Singapore, which will open next year, followed by Dubai, which is expected to open in 2004, and Sanya after 2005.

Chapter 714 [Intimacy]

In early November, Xiangjiang Central.

In an office building in Huazhi Center, Lin Zuhui was fiddling with the computer on the desk, while two super beauties stood on both sides of him.

Standing beside Lin Zuhui, the two women were dishonest. They almost held Lin Zuhui's shoulders each, and then looked at the securities software on the computer.

Hui Jiao said: "How is it, can you enter the market?"

Xin pouted, expressing disdain for Hui's behavior.

"I have learned about futures trading for almost three months!"

Hui gave Xin a 'serious' look, as if saying again, you can't change the way of shouting, but she shouted first; Xin was not to be outdone, and returned a look, expressing that I am willing to call you what you want!

Lin Zuhui naturally didn't care about the little actions of the two women, he was thinking about the timing of entering the market.

Since the September 911 incident broke out (London gold), the price of gold futures has dropped from more than 290 US dollars per ounce to 275 US dollars per ounce. I'm afraid I dare not do more in the futures market.

And the price of $275 per ounce seems to be low enough that it should be able to enter the market.

Although the leverage of gold futures is very large, as long as you seize the opportunity to enter the market and prepare the funds to cover the position, you can make money with peace of mind.

In the eyes of others, futures is a high-risk, high-frequency securities transaction, but in the eyes of Lin Zuhui, it is a low-risk, low-frequency financial transaction.First of all, he can almost copy to the 'bottom' (historical event), and he is very familiar with the future trend; secondly, he has sufficient margin and will not be liquidated, and even if he is liquidated, he can still copy a lower 'bottom'.

Another product - oil futures, has almost fallen below 20 US dollars per barrel, and Lin Zuhui's heart price is to buy at 20 US dollars per barrel; however, he handed over the transaction of buying oil futures to Monica and Qiu Shuzhen .

As for himself, he didn't intend to play these anymore.

"You can buy gold futures, you can buy London gold and New York gold... Tell your investment manager, just do it like this."

"It seems very simple!"

The two women said in unison.

Lin Zuhui laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's too complicated for you to remember. Also, you must strictly follow the instructions I gave you to operate, and you must not invest in any financial products without permission."

He has always emphasized this kind of thing, not allowing his women to invest privately, so as not to lose money.

Hui smiled and said, "You can rest assured, we are not that stupid!"

Lin Zuhui looked sideways at Hui, and was amazed again in his heart. He couldn't get tired of seeing this woman for nothing, and the longer she grew, the more beautiful she became; at the age of 40, it seemed that she was only 27 or [-] years old.

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Media Building.

Lin Zuhui was sitting in his office. He picked up a newspaper and pointed to the news on it, saying: "Game Room (Internet cafes) in Hong Kong are developing rapidly, which is good for the game development environment. However, the operators are mixed, and the security environment is not good. Now It's not good to make it a bit 'angry and complaining'." He saw the news in the newspaper, so he immediately called Gao Kelin.

The reason why Internet cafes in Hong Kong are called Game Room (computer game Internet cafes) is that they are different from Internet cafes in mainland China. They are rarely used for surfing the Internet, sending and receiving emails, or playing ICQ, etc. Most of them are purely for playing online games.

In fact, Hong Kong's computer penetration rate and Internet penetration rate are among the highest in the world. As usual, people can easily access the Internet at home.As for those who choose to go to the Game Room, they can mainly play in groups of three or four, and the Internet cafe's Internet speed is faster than that at home.

Gao Kelin, president of The Ninth City, said: "Many people with community backgrounds have opened cheap Internet cafes one after another, resulting in a poor environment. According to reports, the government also intends to amend relevant laws to prohibit 24-hour operation and the like."

Lin Zuhui immediately said: "This is unlikely. The game development industry is an emerging industry in Xiangjiang, and they will not fight like this. But even if the government does not enact regulations, it will be difficult for Game Room to attract more people if it continues to develop like this. Play."

Gao Kelin knew that the boss wanted to change this situation, but he said: "After all, the core business of our Ninth City is to develop games. When we first opened the Game Room, it also drove the Xiangjiang industry. Although we currently occupy the mid-to-high-end Game Room market, But there are a lot of low-end game rooms flooding the market, and their backgrounds are complicated."

Lin Zuhui said: "I know, that's why I asked you to deal with it!"

Gao Kelin shuddered, thought for a while and said, "Then set up an Internet cafe association. All Internet cafes that join the association will abide by the rules and regulations, and advocate the entire industry to improve the environment."

Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "You can let the person in charge of the Internet cafe in Ninth City handle this matter, and you can supervise it. You can also make a bronze medal for the membership unit, which means that this Internet cafe is a member, which means that the environment here is very good."

Gao Kelin's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "That's right! In this way, at least netizens can have better choices when choosing. The boss's move is really clever."

What is so high about this is that there are many ways.

Although this incident was originally a trivial matter, since Lin Zuhui saw the news, he would naturally ask his subordinates to rectify the industry environment. This is the responsibility of the industry boss.

Moreover, although the overall base of game enthusiasts in Xiangjiang is not large (the proportion is high), as the first practice market after the successful development of Xiangjiang's online games, it is better to be healthy.

"After the establishment of the Internet Café Association, the association can also communicate with the Hong Kong government to legislate laws restricting minors from entering Internet cafes. We can't sacrifice the future of the entire Hong Kong just to make money."

"Okay, I took note!"

Lin Zuhui nodded!

In fact, games may not have such a huge impact on the entire society as the previous media said. After all, the United States is a big game country, and Christmas gifts for American children are all game consoles given by their parents.

Of course, the self-regulation of the industry still needs to be self-disciplined.Minors really don't want to go to Internet cafes, it's easy to go bad.

In this incident, because the opponents were many associations, Lin Zuhui's methods naturally could not directly offend them. It is easy to engage one or two people, but it is difficult to engage a group of people.No matter how the Xiangjiang society declines, there are still many people.

Therefore, he asked the Ninth City Internet Cafe to take the lead in setting up an 'Internet Cafe Association' to attract a large number of members.In this way, it is equivalent to an industry chamber of commerce, and the rights are invincible in the industry.

In the 60s of Xiangjiang, the most powerful rights of Chinese people in Xiangjiang were not so-called inspectors, inspectors, and JCs in military uniforms, but the "Chamber of Commerce" and influential social lords, businessmen, and justices of the peace.As for the association, it is even lower. To put it bluntly, it is the suffering of society haha.

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The Ninth City Internet Café soon joined forces with many Internet cafes to establish the "Xiangjiang Game Room Association", advertised in newspapers, released industry codes, and boycotted unscrupulous Internet cafes. Of course, it also encouraged all practitioners to join the association and abide by industry rules and regulations.

For a while, the citizens praised it one after another.

"The Ninth City is responsible for improving the environment of the entire industry at once. I'm afraid the government is not so efficient and powerful."

"That is, don't look at who is behind the ninth city? That is the world's top media group, the largest media communication group in Asia."

An Internet cafe with a community background.

"Brother, the business of Internet cafes is getting worse and worse. I think many Internet cafes have a bronze medal of 'Xiangjiang Game Room Association Member'. This kind of Internet cafe business is better. It is said that only by passing the industry examination and inspection can you get this award." sign, indicating that the environment of this Internet cafe has been improved."

"Test, open an Internet cafe and have to take the test, what a hen! I don't want to take the test and let them inspect it. You can find someone to make an identical sign and hang it up, isn't it all right!"

"Brother, it doesn't seem to work! I heard that there is an Internet cafe that does this, and it was advertised in the newspaper. Even the JC and the fire department have many times a day, which ruined the business."

"Fuck the street, who the hell is so ruthless, fuck us!"

"It is the general manager of Ninth City who acts as the chairman of this meeting. It is said that it is the meaning of the media group and the meaning of the Legislative Council."

The big flat-headed brother stopped talking immediately!

Some companies and their bosses in Xiangjiang cannot be offended, and even large associations cannot be offended. Regardless of wealth, what matters is high social prestige.

"Then go and see, how to join this association, I don't believe it, they will specially ask us difficult problems."

In this way, the Internet cafe environment in Xiangjiang began to get better and better.

Undoubtedly, this is a good thing.

Chapter 715 [Time Aviation]

In mid-November, Lin Zuhui took a private jet to the capital of the Kingdom of Ireland 'Dublin' to attend the unveiling ceremony of 'Time Air'.

Why is 'Dublin' the headquarters of 'Time Air'?

This is because the development of the Irish aircraft leasing market has gone through about 30 years. After continuous improvement and enrichment, a complete supporting system has been established in terms of taxation, law, financing channels and professional services, forming a mechanism to promote the development of the aircraft leasing industry. With its unique advantages, it has become one of the centers of the global aircraft leasing industry.

The Irish aircraft leasing market is relatively mature and has four characteristics:

[-]. At present, the global aircraft leasing business is relatively concentrated in a few large leasing companies, and many of these companies are headquartered in Dublin.

[-]. Ireland's unique advantages in supporting the development of the aircraft leasing industry can be summarized in two aspects: tax incentives and other supporting policies: low interest rates and low tax rates; meanwhile, Ireland's aircraft maintenance industry is very developed, with thousands of aircraft maintenance workers.Just imagine, an airplane is not a building. The leasing company leases the airplane to Huaxia customers, but when it comes to maintenance, it can save money and effort by driving the airplane to Ireland for maintenance.

[-]. The advantages in the external environment mainly include: the application of the British and American legal systems, a good policy environment for attracting external investment, a good capital market and rich financing channels, a developed and mature GEM trading market, and convenient and smooth international market connections. We have established a wide range of cooperation opportunities with various local companies and companies in the same industry, and have well-educated labor forces with the ability to provide professional services.

Coupled with the on-the-spot investigation by Yuan Tianfan, Morris and others, the Government of the Kingdom of Ireland gave the most sincere conditions for attracting investment.

On the day of the unveiling, Irish Prime Minister Bertie attended the ceremony. The highest official in Ireland, he himself pays more attention to relations with China, coupled with Lin Zuhui's influence in the world, and the huge asset value of New Times Group, he will not hesitate Give 'Time Aviation' a lot of support.

Bertie and Lin Zuhui each gave speeches at the ceremony, followed by speeches by Morris, president of Times Shipping, and Ahern, president of Times Airlines. After some operations, the following guests and the media were also very excited.

Times Air, a subsidiary of Times Shipping, belongs to one of the core businesses of 'ocean/aircraft'; and Times Airlines stated that it will be committed to developing into one of the world's top aircraft leasing companies.

Undoubtedly, the guests and the media are convinced that the boss Lin Zuhui has always been the overlord of various industries, a natural king.

After the unveiling ceremony, the organizers prepared a reception.

Lin Zuhui and others, together with Bertie and others from the Irish government, held wine glasses and talked together.

Bertie said friendlyly: "Thank you Mr. Lin for your trust in Ireland and choosing Dublin as the headquarters of 'Times Aviation'. As the government, we will definitely give full support to all aspects and ensure a good investment environment."

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Lin Zuhui is a big signboard.As Dublin is committed to becoming the dominant position in global aircraft leasing, it is naturally very eager for Lin Zuhui to choose 'Dublin'.

Lin Zuhui raised his glass to signal, and said: "Prime Minister Bertie, we chose Dublin as the headquarters because of the environment and sincerity here. I believe this is a win-win choice. The president and most of the management of Times Airlines, They are all from Ireland and I trust these colleagues."

Ahern and other management on the side immediately enjoyed it very much.

In fact, Lin Zuhui is very good at "using barbarians to control barbarians". Many of his executives are foreigners, such as the president of Langham Hotel, the president of Times Shipping, etc. There are countless foreign executives.

New Times Group has a group photo of the management, and the foreign executives in the photo account for half of the number.

Bod nodded, and then asked curiously: "Time Airlines has now been established, how much money do you plan to invest in buying planes?"

Lin Zuhui said: "We have injected US$30 billion into Times Aviation to purchase aircraft or acquire aircraft leasing companies; at the same time, we will adopt a loan model, so the total investment will not be less than US$50 billion."

What he said was very conservative. In fact, the follow-up is far more than investment.

In aircraft leasing companies, the average cost of an aircraft is between 3 million and 4 million Hong Kong dollars, mainly narrow-body aircraft, supplemented by wide-body aircraft.In the previous life, AerCap, the world's largest aircraft leasing company, managed and owned more than 1100 aircraft with an asset value of nearly US$600 billion.

Why did Lin Zuhui invest in the aircraft leasing industry?