Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 962: Four Years (Part 2)

Phoenix Group has more than ten subsidiaries, and each of them is developing and changing every day, especially the major pillar industries. Thanks to Lu Shaohua's strong support, whether it is capital or talent, Lu Shaohua continues to pour in, making the major pillar industries develop at an incredibly fast speed.

However, there is a subsidiary that has not been listed as a pillar industry by Lu Shaohua, but it is developing at a very fast speed. This industry is none other than the oil industry. More than four years ago, Lu Shaohua took over 50% of the oil industry from the Rockefeller Consortium. Lu Shaohua integrated it, and then cooperated with the Saudi Arabian royal family to continuously improve its performance.

The three oil companies that tried to seize the Asian oil market share that year, after their failure, are now clinging to their territory - the European market. However, they are no match for Phoenix Oil. After all, Phoenix Oil cooperates with the Saudi Arabian royal family and has a steady supply of crude oil. In addition, Lu Shaohua controls the oil price, so their demise is only a matter of time.

Now it has come true. They are destroyed and forced out of business by Phoenix Petroleum. The market share that originally belonged to them has also been owned by Phoenix Petroleum. This has caused Phoenix Petroleum's performance to suddenly increase significantly, like riding a rocket.

As we all know, the oil industry is very profitable. If we talk about making money, apart from Phoenix Financial, the ATM of Phoenix Group, the next one is Phoenix Tencent, and the third one is Phoenix Petroleum.

In terms of performance and global market share, Phoenix Petroleum is not as good as Phoenix Computer or Phoenix Automobile, but in terms of profitability, Phoenix Petroleum is definitely ranked third, followed by Phoenix Automobile and Phoenix Computer.

Four years ago, Phoenix Petroleum still relied on Lu Shaohua's capital injection for its development. Now it no longer needs to do that. Not only can it be self-sufficient, but it can also support the group. Of course, there is a prerequisite before this, and that is that Lu Shaohua does not expand the market frantically. If Lu Shaohua goes crazy and wants to continue to expand the market, then further capital injection is inevitable.

This is the current situation of Phoenix Petroleum, very awesome and powerful.

However, in addition to Phoenix Petroleum, Phoenix Automobile, Phoenix Computer and Phoenix Tencent, there is another industry that cannot be underestimated, and that is the retail industry - Phoenix Supermarket.

Four years ago, Phoenix Supermarket became the world's number one, but that was just a name. However, now it is different. After four years of development, Phoenix Supermarket has become a global retail giant.

There are tens of thousands of chain stores around the world. If we only count the market value of those chain stores, it is probably no less than 100 billion US dollars. However, supermarkets are small profits but quick turnover after all, so the profit is not that big, and it ranks in the middle and lower reaches of all the subsidiaries of Phoenix Group.

In addition, there is another industry that Lu Shaohua cannot ignore, that is the Phoenix Software Group in Shenzhen. This group under the Phoenix Group has developed rapidly in recent years, especially in operating systems. It was already a dominant presence in the early years. After competing with Microsoft, it won and now occupies a market share close to monopoly.

A genuine system can be sold for tens or even hundreds of dollars. Although it is pirated, there are still many users who use the genuine version, which means a considerable income. According to statistics, the market value of the Phoenix operating system subsidiary alone has reached more than 820 US dollars. You can imagine how powerful and awesome it is.

There are also Phoenix Financial Management, Phoenix Online Games, etc., which are all developing rapidly. Many subsidiaries are able to be self-sufficient and develop rapidly, and there is no need for Lu Shaohua to inject capital to increase the speed of development.

It is worth mentioning Phoenix Security Company, which mainly operates two industries, one is anti-virus software, and the other is firewall. Anti-virus software is divided into two categories, one is home version, and the other is commercial version. The same is true for firewalls, which are divided into home and commercial versions.

Two years ago, Lu Shaohua had bundled the family versions of Phoenix Antivirus and Phoenix Firewall into the Phoenix operating system. As long as users purchased genuine systems, the two software could be used for free. It could be said that we had entered the free era.

As for the commercial version, the users are all enterprises, and those enterprises are all rich. Lu Shaohua did not order it to be free, but maintained the charging. However, Lu Shaohua also knows that the charging stage will only last a few years, and in the near future, free will be the king.

Phoenix Software Group has achieved success and established its position, and Phoenix Communications is not bad either. Although it only operates in China and Hong Kong, don't underestimate these two places. Let alone Hong Kong, which is an economically developed city, the communications sector is very profitable.

Not to mention the domestic situation, because the Chinese are ranked the best in the world in terms of character. With the development of the economy, mobile phones and the Internet are becoming more popular, and the communications sector is a huge source of money.

If we were to rank companies in the communications sector, Phoenix Communications would definitely be the best in the world, no doubt about it.

The achievements of Phoenix Communications are gratifying and powerful. However, the mobile phone industry related to wireless communications has naturally developed rapidly. Phoenix mobile phone is already one of the famous brand mobile phones. With Phoenix Communications organizing activities and selling the products in its business halls, its performance has naturally skyrocketed.

According to incomplete statistics, more than half of the people in China and Hong Kong use Phoenix mobile phones, and more than 25% of the people in the world use Phoenix mobile phones. It is an absolute giant and absolutely strong.

As far as Lu Shaohua knows, when Apple mobile phones were rising strongly, their largest market share was only 19.2%, and Nokia's market share did not exceed 25% at its peak. It can be said that the heights reached by Phoenix mobile phones are unattainable by any other mobile phone manufacturer.

What's more important is that in addition to the Phoenix mobile phone brand, there is also Nokia. As a mobile phone company that was acquired by Lu Shaohua very early, Lu Shaohua spent a lot of effort on it. Not only did he share technology, but he also injected capital. With the use of Phoenix Group's resources, Nokia's development speed is naturally not slow.

According to statistics from international professional departments, Nokia mobile phones account for as much as 15.2% of the market share, which is also very strong. If the 25% of Phoenix mobile phones is added, the total market share is as high as 40.2%.

Out of every thousand people who use mobile phones, 402 of them use phones from Phoenix Mobile Company. What a terrifying number.

But then again, these are achievements in the industrial sector. Although they are strong and powerful, they are nothing compared to Phoenix Financial.

Phoenix Financial has always been the ATM of Phoenix Group. Funds are continuously taken out from Phoenix Financial and injected into the industrial sector of Phoenix Group. It can be said that without the support of Phoenix Financial, Phoenix Group would not have achieved the success it has today in the industrial sector.

Although there were no major disturbances in the financial market during these four years, we should not forget that Phoenix Financial had been speculating in the two major futures of oil and gold. Under the price control of Lu Shaohua, it almost always made a full load, speculating once a week, four times a month, and as many as forty-eight to fifty times a year. And the profit each time was not small, exceeding one billion US dollars.

If we assume that there are 50 speculations a year, and they make $1 billion each time, that would be $50 billion a year. The combined profits from oil and gold would be more than $100 billion. Which financial company is so impressive as to make $100 billion a year?

What is more important is that Phoenix Financial does not only speculate in oil and gold futures. Liu Mingzhang and his people are like prey, always lurking in the financial market. Once they find an opportunity, they will pounce on it, take a bite, and then withdraw.

Every time they make a move, they make money. So all in all, Phoenix Financial will definitely make more than 200 billion US dollars for the group every year. After four years, that is a terrifying number.

Yes, it is precisely because Phoenix Financial made a lot of money for Phoenix Group that the traders of Phoenix Financial are all very wealthy. Let’s not talk about other things, let’s talk about Liu Mingzhang, his current net worth is definitely over 100 billion US dollars.

No, it is definitely more than 100 billion US dollars. Lu Shaohua once calculated for Liu Mingzhang. After deducting his expenses, his savings should be more than 80 billion US dollars. Now four years have passed, and Liu Mingzhang has not been able to save another 20 billion US dollars? Lu Shaohua would never believe it.

This is true for Liu Mingzhang, and it is also true for Li Zongen. Although there is less hype about Li Zongen, we cannot doubt him. He is the kind of person who does not show off his wealth. Even if he is rich, he still dresses like an ordinary person, without any intention of showing off.

As for Li Yunqing! He is the worst among the three giants of Phoenix Finance, but his net worth is definitely more than 100 billion US dollars. The reason for this is that Li Yunqing is not a person who likes to show off. Just look at Li Yunqing now and you will know that the car he drives is still a very ordinary car, only about 400,000 or 500,000.

From this point, it can be seen that Li Yunqing is definitely not the kind of person who spends money like water. In addition, Li Yunqing's wife is also a down-to-earth person who will not spend money indiscriminately. Therefore, Lu Shaohua dares to conclude that Li Yunqing's savings will definitely not be too little.

As for the traders below, any one of them would have a net worth that is definitely over 50 billion US dollars.

Some people may wonder why the traders have so much wealth when they only get a small share of each operation. This has to do with the fact that Lu Shaohua relaxed the restrictions. Every time there was a big move, Lu Shaohua did not restrict them from investing privately.

And those traders seem to cherish every opportunity, so when a big move comes, they will take out almost 90% of their entire wealth and invest it all together. The final result is obvious, they make a lot of money.

Lu Shaohua once lamented that everyone in Phoenix Financial was a rich man, a super rich man, but that was just Lu Shaohua's lament. When it comes to super rich people, Lu Shaohua is number one.

Why is Lu Shaohua number one?

The source is not the money that Phoenix Group earns for him every year. That is only a small part of it. The bulk of it is elsewhere!

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