Hong Kong's new giants

Everyone chatted casually and didn't care.

The reason why they agreed to shoot was naturally that other people were guests, and it was also a way to promote the modernization of Xiangjiang.

Lin Zuhui vaguely remembered the plot of 'Laura' and her male companion jumping off the second phase of the International Finance Center. When filming in the previous life, the International Finance Center was not completed, and half of the outer wall was installed with glass curtain walls, so there was almost no aesthetic feeling.

Then the shot shows the two people wearing flight suits floating in the sky, and the picture shows many modern buildings in Hong Kong, including the Bank of China Building, the Exchange Building and so on.

From this picture to reflect the modernization of Xiangjiang, how powerful it is!

In this life, whether it is the second phase of the International Finance Center or the Four Seasons Hotel Building, they have all been completed.

So if "Tomb Raider 2" does this picture, it will be perfect.

Including the observation deck of the second phase of the International Finance Center, they are all very beautiful and shocking enough.

Chapter 733 [2003]

Time flies, half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and it came to July 2003.

In the past six months, Asia was attacked by SAS, and the economy was affected to a certain extent.

However, due to the impact of the SAS incident and the 85000 plan, Hong Kong’s real estate has fallen again, down 1997-50% from its peak in 70 (there was a slight rebound during the period, but the overall downward trend).

而股市在4月底跌至11000点以下（前世8400点），随后开始触底反弹，截止7月2日开盘，恒生指数为12000点。

The impact of SAS on Xiangjiang also includes catering, tourism, and retail, but as the end of June ends, everything has become clear.

……

New Era Group headquarters.

Times Shipping President Morris is reporting to work: "In the first half of the year, the global economy continued to pick up. In particular, China's total foreign trade exports increased by more than 30% over the same period last year. The year-on-year increase was at least 100%, and the net profit also increased significantly...The container business continued to maintain the good situation of the previous year, product prices continued to rise, and production and sales reached a record high in the same period of the year."

Shipping Explosion!

In fact, in 2002, shipping was already recovering. As for this year's SAS, the impact on shipping is not very big, and it cannot stop the cycle of shipping.

The time for shipowners to profit has come!

Last year, New Era Group's net profit was already HK$500 billion, and it is safe to break through HK$600 billion this year.

The impact of SAS is only from March to June, and it will end soon thereafter.Even though Xiangjiang's real estate is currently at its lowest point in recent years, New Era Group's real estate and hotel businesses in Europe, America and other parts of Asia have grown steadily.

Since the overseas business of the New Times Group occupies a considerable proportion, among all the large companies in Xiangjiang, the New Times Group is naturally less affected.

Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "This wave of shipping cycles is coming, you must do a good job in the shipping work of the times, and avoid accidents. Especially the oil tanker business, you must focus on safety."

In November last year, a Greek oil tanker leaked in a Spanish tourist resort and fishing area, and the fines caused the shipowner company to go bankrupt immediately.

In fact, with the advent of the era of shipping giants, the oil tanker business has become the monopoly of giants, and ordinary ship owners cannot enter this industry.Of course, most ship owners earn income by chartering ships to shipping companies.

Morris nodded and said: "At present, our oil and gas business transportation is all in the Bengesen Group (Norway), and our ships are almost all new ships and new ships. We will pay attention to it."

What Morris meant was that the Bengeson Group is a giant in oil and gas transportation with more than 40 years of rich experience. Coupled with the good condition of the ships, the possibility of leakage is very small.

The Bengesen Group has already been privatized by Times Shipping, and Times Shipping handed over some of the new ships it ordered and purchased new ships to Bengeson Group for management; business, especially in the Mainland.

In this way, Times Shipping can naturally make more money. After all, if you rent a ship, you can manage it yourself and receive orders.

Of course, after all, Times Shipping has ordered more than 2300 million tons of various ships in the past four years, so the leasing business is still very important.

Lin Zuhui continued: "It is inevitable that we can make a lot of profits in the past few years from shipping. I hope you can develop faster in the field of logistics. After all, we have funds."

"Okay! The periodicity of shipping is too strong. The boss's idea of ​​planning for a rainy day is very good. After all, logistics is more stable than shipping."

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said: "The aircraft leasing business should also explode. Mainland airlines are our focus. Of course, customers in Europe and the United States must also maintain steady growth."

"No problem, I will definitely do a good job!"

There are two models of aircraft leasing business—long-term and short-term. It seems that the difference is only in the period (7 years is the limit), but the actual difference is very large.

At present, the global aircraft leasing business is mainly short-term, that is, the lease period of less than seven years, and the maintenance of aircraft is the business of the leasing company.

The reasons why this type of leasing has become 'mainstream' are:

[-]. Airlines can set the length of the "lease period" according to their needs, so as not to cause waste of resources, and at the same time, they do not need to pay for aircraft maintenance and repair.

Second, for leasing companies, they can obtain higher rents; but if they encounter a low period, they will suffer a big loss.

But precisely, short-term leasing is more suitable for 'Times Aviation'. After all, Lin Zuhui knows the cycle and can arrange it.

After Morris left, Lin Zuhui smiled excitedly.

Times Shipping Group has invested a total of about 350 billion US dollars (the assets must have appreciated now), but the rate of return on wealth creation will be enough to make people crazy.

During the Suez crisis in the 70s and [-]s, it was said that it took three years to earn back the money for a new ship; and in this wave of market conditions, it may be three to four years to earn back the money for building a new ship.Before the outbreak of Lehman, if some ships were sold at high prices, it is possible that more than [-]% of the money for shipbuilding could be returned.

It is simply double the happiness. On the whole, from the layout in 1998 to 2008, the annual rate of return of Times Shipping may reach more than 20%.Not to mention, it also created a perfect foundation.

……

"dong dong"

"Come in"

Yuan Tianfan and Wang Weijian, the president of 'Times Beer', walked in hand in hand.

Wang Weijian said: "Boss, Harbin City will sell 29% of Harbin Beer's shares to American AB Company (Budweiser) at a price of 3.3 Hong Kong dollars per share."

Lin Zuhui was taken aback for a moment, wondering what Harbin's move was for?

At present, Times Beer also holds about 29% of the shares of Harbin Beer, which is the result of cooperation with six professional managers of Harbin Brewery at the beginning of the year.The condition of the cooperation at that time was that these six professional managers invested 500 million Hong Kong dollars to form a company with Times Brewery, and then purchased 7% of Harbin Brewery's new shares at a price of 29 million Hong Kong dollars.It is also stipulated that the six professional managers can get 5500 million Hong Kong dollars to withdraw after one year.

In fact, this is to protect the welfare of the management of Harbin Brewery, and Harbin Brewery has received a lot of funds to develop the enterprise.

"Have you ever gone to the mainland media to do advertising or something?"

Wang Weijian quickly said: "Yes! However, Harbin City believes that we have entered Harbin Beer for half a year, and have not brought synergy to Harbin Brewery in terms of production and marketing. Therefore, they think that we are not the best buyer of Harbin Beer, and even more so. Lean toward AB Company."

Lin Zuhui couldn't help laughing, this is a bit funny.

Yuan Tianfan also said: "We have only appointed two directors, and it is hard to imagine what dramatic changes they will bring to Harbin Brewery within six months."

Wang Weijian nodded and said: "I also said so in the mainland media! But judging from Harbin City, it tends to be a large international company like AB Company."

The annual output of "San Miguel" under Times Beer is only 30% higher than that of "Harbin Beer". Naturally, it is not considered a giant, and AB Company is at least dozens of times their size.

Lin Zuhui asked again: "The development committee agreed so quickly?"

This kind of acquisition is bound to go through the relevant departments in the Mainland.

Wang Weijian nodded and said: "It seems that Harbin City is in operation. It is a bit strange to say that Harbin City sold 29% of Harbin Brewery's shares to AB Company. The price is not high. We can definitely pay a higher price for that price!"

Lin Zuhui said: "I have never invested in those three provinces, there may be reasons for this!"

Although I don't know if this is the reason, but Lin Zuhui's influence is definitely not in those three provinces, and he has not invested a penny so far.Even if it is real estate, I didn't go there.

There are many reasons for this. The main reason is that he considers that there will be a serious loss of population in the future, and the future development prospects will be limited.

Yuan Tianfan said at this time: "At present, Harbin Brewery's shareholding has become 3:3:4. We and AB Company each hold 29%, and the public holds 42%. Since this is the case, we can only initiate acquisitions in the stock market. Once the acquisition After completion, Harbin City can only cooperate with us in the development of Harbin Beer in the future, after all, once the business fails, it will also affect the economy of Harbin City.”

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said calmly: "Now it's a war between us and AB Company, and it's an immediate war, so let's directly issue a comprehensive acquisition offer! But this time, I don't want to give AB Company a chance, and you directly pay a premium of more than 40% Take it!"

The maximum price is more than 50 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is not worth talking about for the cash cow of New Era Group.

In the future, the brand value of Harbin Beer will be more than 1500 billion, and the annual profit will be 50 billion, so why worry about losses!

This is the result of Harbin Brewery being acquired by AB Company in the previous life, and they didn't manage it carefully. After all, they mainly wanted to sell their own brand.

And San Miguel, a subsidiary of Times Beer, is also a century-old brand, and does not belong to AB Company in all aspects; once Harbin Beer is won, it will manage it with heart, and Harbin Beer will definitely become one of the three giants of domestic beer (currently the fourth) .

Yuan Tianfan nodded and said, "Okay, we will organize a full acquisition right away!"

The calmer the boss is, the more determined he is to win, so they must complete the acquisition.

As for the price, the boss never cares about buying expensive and buying cheap, and the development can make a lot of money.

……

The ownership of Harbin Brewery has entered an extremely delicate moment, and Xiangjiang investors have paid attention to this news. This medium-sized beer company, which has been listed for less than two years and had a market value of only more than 30 billion Hong Kong dollars before, has already stole the limelight.

"New Era Group vs. AB Beer, who will win?"

"No matter who wins or loses, I believe there are no losers!"

"Haha, that's true. Those who have tickets are waiting to get rich."

People are talking about it, which undoubtedly drives the heat of the stock market.

In fact, the citizens of Hong Kong know that New Times Group is definitely the world's top giant in the field of acquisitions. Strength is not weak.

However, AB company is not bad, with annual sales of nearly [-] billion U.S. dollars. Although its strength is lost to New Times Group, it is many times stronger than Times Beer.

……

Wayne, head of Asia of AB Company, led the team to Harbin, and happily signed the "AB and Harbin Urban Development Trust Fund" with the local government. AB injected 800 million US dollars into the trust fund to promote local economic development and benefit HEB citizen.

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.

People believed that AB Company had taken diplomatic means to settle the government of Harbin City, which put Times Beer in an embarrassing situation.

After all, if Harbin Beer develops in Harbin, if it does not get the support of the government, it is obviously affirmative.

When public opinion was raging, the Wien team also retreated because of the difficulty of Stella Artois, after all, things had already developed like this.

……

July 7th, weekend night.

Times Beer's financial advisor, Peregrine (which has always retained the brand), held a press conference and announced that it would acquire Harbin Brewery at a price of HK$4.3 per share.

As a representative, Liang Botao told the reporter: "If Harbin Beer is won by Times Beer, it will usher in vigorous development opportunities. Times Beer will allow Harbin Beer to concentrate on cultivating the mainland market and go out on behalf of China's beer industry."

For a while, the scene boiled.

It's not that Stella's promise is important, it's that Stella's bid is simply too high, a 45% premium over its recent average price.

……

AB Company Asia Headquarters.

"Manager, something is wrong. Times Beer has announced a full acquisition of Harbin Brewery at a price of 4.3 Hong Kong dollars!"

Wayne was taken aback when he heard what his men said.

"Are they crazy? Is Ha Beer worth that much?"

"Yes, according to this price, the value of Harbin Brewery is as high as 52 billion Hong Kong dollars, a full premium of 45%!"

Wayne quickly calmed down, after all, Company AB will never be a loser.

But thinking of the 800 million US dollars just donated to Harbin City as a trust fund, I can't help but feel a little heartache.

"I'll call the headquarters to see if I want to initiate an anti-acquisition!" Wien said.

The price is too high. The acquisition of a Harbin beer in Huaxia will cost AB Company almost a year's profit.As for Harbin Beer, it only ranked fourth in China.

……

On Monday, Lin Zuhui also came to the capital for activities, met with the main "staff" of the Development Committee, and quickly gained support.As for Harbin City, he did not go there, at least he would not go to inspect the work until he won the Harbin Beer.

The staff of the Development Committee almost patted their chests and assured Lin Zuhui that if Times Beer could win the AB company, it would definitely not be made things difficult by Harbin City.

Only then did Lin Zuhui leave the relevant department contentedly.

……

In mid-July, the acquisition of Harbin Brewery became clear, and AB Company has not made any anti-acquisition decision, so shareholders and institutions holding shares have registered with the representative office of Peregrine.

In the end, Times Beer completed the acquisition of 99.1% of the equity in the secondary market and privatized Harbin Beer.

The cost is actually not HK$52 billion. After all, the initial 29% equity price is very low. In fact, it is equivalent to spending HK$46 billion to complete the acquisition.

And Company AB obtained a profit of 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars. In just one month, even if the 5000 million Hong Kong dollars donated to the trust fund in Harbin were excluded, it also obtained a profit of 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

There are no losers in the whole acquisition. If there is any, it is the Harbin Municipal Government. After all, they can sell the shares of Times Beer at a high price.

Chapter 734 [Integration Strategy]

"The Gift of Room No. [-]", which was released in mid-July, harvested the tears of a group of Hong Kong citizens and washed away some of the hostility accumulated in the first half of the year.

The box office of this movie broke through 2000 million Hong Kong dollars in half a month, and it also caused a huge sensation in the industry, because this movie is the first movie directed and acted by Zhang Guorong. Excellent results, I am afraid that next year's awards will be soft, this is the opinion of people in the industry.

And this movie is produced by DreamWorks, it's not surprising at all. Seeing "DreamWorks" in Xiangjiang Movies has been deeply rooted in the hearts of Hong Kong citizens. DreamWorks is the signature of Xiangjiang Movies.