Today is the day of the handover, and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center is extremely lively. Officials from China and the United Kingdom, as well as celebrities from all walks of life in Hong Kong, are entering the venue one after another.
Kang Jianfei, as the richest man in Hong Kong, was also invited. Sitting next to him were Li Jiacheng and other wealthy people. Not far away were Jin Yong, Shao Yifu and other literary and art figures. Everyone had serious faces at the moment, sitting upright and looking ahead.
In the center of the hall stage, there are four flagpoles, two high and two short.
The two flagpoles on the left are empty. The tall one on the right is flying the British Union Jack flag, and the short one is flying the Hong Kong colonial flag. In the center of the four flagpoles, the five-star red flag and the Union Jack flag are hanging horizontally.
An English order sounded, and a British officer in a white military uniform drew his saber and stepped forward, followed by two rows of fully armed British soldiers.
These British soldiers stepped to the right side of the stage and stopped under the Union Jack flag and the Hong Kong colonial flag. At the same time, the Chinese garrison troops in Hong Kong also appeared from the left side of the stage and walked to the left side of the stage to stand by under the two empty flags.
Officials from both sides appeared one after another and stood side by side under the national flags of the two countries.
"The flag-lowering ceremony begins, everyone stands up!"
Including Kang Jianfei, all the guests and officials who were sitting in the audience stood up quickly or slowly and looked up at the flag in front of them.
The Chinese and British military bands jointly played marching music. After a short and passionate music, the Chinese soldiers came to the flag stand holding the five-star red flag and the redbud flag, and then the British military band played the British national anthem.
In the music of "God Save the Queen", the Union Jack flag and the colonial flag were lowered slowly. Then the "March of the Volunteers" was played, the five-star red flag and the Bauhinia flag were rising, and the Chinese people at the scene couldn't help but sing the national anthem.
Kang Jianfei was also singing along silently. Some of the rich Hong Kong people around him were so excited that they had tears in their eyes, while some had complicated expressions.
The national flag handover ceremony ended here, which announced the end of more than 100 years of British colonial rule over Hong Kong. Countless people in mainland China and Hong Kong cheered as they watched the live broadcast.
In the following cultural performance, Andy Lau's song "Chinese" filled the hall, and then stars from all over Hong Kong competed to appear.
The climax of the party was "Pearl of the Orient" written and composed by Kang Jianfei. As many as 50 stars took the stage, led by a little girl selected from among the people:
"The river flows southward in a curved way and reaches the Xiangjiang River to have a look.
Pearl of the Orient, my love. Is your style still romantic?
The moon is crescent over the harbor, the night is deep, and the lights are shining.
The Pearl of the Orient stays up all night, keeping its promise of ever-changing seas and seas.
Let the sea breeze blow for five thousand years,
Every teardrop seems to express your dignity.
Let the waves accompany me to protect you,
Please don't forget me, never change, yellow face..."
Kang Jianfei turned to look at Li Chaoren. There was a faint smile on the gentleman's face, but the smile was very shallow. Then he looked at Mr. Huo in the distance. Mr. Huo grinned so much that his teeth were yellowed by smoke.
Before the performance was over, Li Chaoren asked casually: "Mr. Kang, are you interested in exchanging shares?"
"What shares are exchanged?" Kang Jianfei asked.
Li Chaoren said: "The shares of Yangtze River Industrial and Oriental Network Technology Company."
"Let's talk about it later." Kang Jianfei didn't want to talk anymore and watched the performance on the stage seriously.
As the world's first Internet technology stock, as Internet entrepreneurship becomes more and more popular, EITC not only has not been submerged by the Internet tide, but has become even more dazzling. In 14 months, EITC's stock price has soared to $0.
Last month, two major consortiums invested in the company, and the company also issued additional shares. The market value now reaches a terrifying US$11 billion.
In January this year, Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong became the richest Chinese in the world with a net worth of US$14.8 billion. As for Zheng Zhoumin (Philippines), the richest Chinese last year, although his wealth is also growing, he fell to fourth on the Chinese rich list.
Position - Lee Shau Kee and Guo Bingxiang's family are too powerful.
At the end of the month, the "Forbes Global Rich List" was released, and Bill Gates continued to be the world's richest man, with a net worth of US$6 billion. Kang Jianfei's net worth increased sharply compared with the statistics two months ago due to the increase in the stock prices of EITC, Sega Games and Paramount.
With a personal asset of US$1.5 billion, he ranks fourth on the global rich list. The fifth place is Lee Shau Kee, with a personal asset of US$14.7 billion. This gentleman’s wealth is also terrifying. In addition, the brothers Guo Bingxiang, with a net worth of US$1,
Ranked 9th on the world's richest list.
This year's list of the world's richest people is very interesting. Several software and Internet industries are on the list, and Bill Gates is far ahead of everyone. The rich in Asia have generally regressed, especially the rankings of Japan's richest have dropped most significantly, while Hong Kong's richest
Unique in Asia, there are actually several who have made great strides into the top 10 and top 0.
Kang Jianfei is ranked 4th in the world, Lee Shau Kee is ranked 5th in the world, and Guo Bingxiang is ranked 9th in the world. The situation is very good. As for Li Chaoren, well, this gentleman is ranked outside the 0th place for the time being.
Just the day after Hong Kong returned to China, the Asian financial crisis hit.
From July to September, financial giants represented by Soros successively brought down Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries. In late October, international speculators moved to Hong Kong, targeting Hong Kong's linked exchange rate system. Taiwan
Under pressure, the authorities suddenly abandoned the exchange rate of the New Taiwan dollar, devaluing it by .46% in one day, making the Hong Kong dollar and the Hong Kong stock market even worse.
Li and Guo, who had just entered the top ten of the world's richest people, saw their wealth shrink instantly as the group's share price plummeted, and even had problems with their capital chain. On the contrary, Li Chaoren was the one who was able to hold on the best, with his Yangtze River
The industrial debt ratio is low, the capital chain is no problem, and it is taking advantage of the outbreak of the financial crisis to hoard land at low prices.
After the financial crisis ended, Li Chaoren's net worth surpassed that of Lee Shau Kee and Kwok Ping-xiang in one fell swoop, completing a magnificent turnaround.
Of course, the financial crisis has had even less impact on Kang Jianfei. Although he is the richest man in Hong Kong, he does not have a listed company in Hong Kong, and a large part of his property is distributed in Japan, the United States and mainland China.
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In May 1996, Oriental Music Group, a subsidiary of Oriental Entertainment Group, acquired a small company in the United States and renamed it Generation Records. The first batch of signed artists was only three: Britney, Beyoncé and Christina. The three girls trained for half a year.
After improving their singing and dancing skills, they formed the group "The Right Girl" and made their official debut. Their first album was a hit, and the two title songs were composed by Kang Jianfei himself. They once ranked sixth on the US Billboard weekly chart.
In September 1996, after half a year of production, "The Legend of White Snake" was finally broadcast in three places across the Taiwan Strait and became popular in half of Asia.
In January 1996, "Resident Evil" directed by Xu Ke was released, which once again triggered a zombie craze around the world. The global box office reached a total of 400 million U.S. dollars. This subject matter has transformed from a niche to an important branch of science fiction.
In April 1997, the first Hong Kong International Film and Television Exhibition was held. It established multiple units such as the "Main Competition Unit", "International Youth Unit", and "Golden Camera Unit". It not only invited dozens of top filmmakers from around the world, but also
Hollywood stars were invited to catwalk at sky-high prices. During this exhibition, transactions for 14 Chinese and non-Chinese film and television works were completed, and preliminary transaction intentions were reached for more than 100 works. This film and television exhibition was extremely successful with the full support of Kang Jianfei
, provides a new trading platform for many small and medium-sized film companies and independent filmmakers in Hong Kong, injecting new vitality into the gradually declining Hong Kong films.
In June 1997, "Titanic" jointly produced by Paramount Pictures and Oriental DreamWorks was released, causing a global sensation and sweeping the global box office of US$1.85 billion, becoming the highest in film history. This record was achieved more than ten years later.
Broken by "Avatar".
In the same year, the Korean entertainment industry suddenly emerged, and the Korean wave began to spread in China, Taiwan and China. Among them, Kang Jianfei's company in South Korea took advantage of the trend and launched many Korean dramas and records such as "Star Dream" and "Blue Life and Death" in a few years.
The company also promoted celebrities such as Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Hyori and many other singers. The Korean authorities once ordered to restrict the development of Kang Jianfei's company in South Korea. In the end, after negotiation and compromise with many parties, Kang Jianfei gave up part of the company's shares and lost his absolute controlling interest, but was allowed to invest in several companies.
Korean entertainment companies. Ten years later, industry insiders in South Korea often complain that half of the five major Korean entertainment groups have the surname Kang.
From January 1997 to November 1998, after many delays, Blizzard Entertainment successively released "Warcraft", "Resident Evil" and "StarCraft". The two games were well received after their release and almost dominated the world's computer games.
market. At the same time, the Battle.net server has also become increasingly prosperous.
In January 1998, the Hong Kong Film Development Council was formally established, with Kang Jianfei serving as Vice Chairman of the Film Development Council.
In January 1999, Oriental Media Group began a 15-year global development plan and successively acquired more than 40 newspapers, magazines and TV stations in Europe, America and Asia.
From May to January 2000, Kang Jianfei invested in Tencent and Google, and registered Legend Games Company.
In the same year, Golden Harvest Company was liquidated nine months later than the original time and space, and it gradually went to the grave. Hong Kong films also ushered in a complete winter period. Although the Hong Kong International Film and Television Festival has become one of the most high-profile film and TV series trading platforms in the world,
However, Hong Kong films and dramas have withered and become the common memory of people of that era. The once glorious Oriental DreamWorks is also laying off employees year by year, with the annual production volume reduced to about 8 films. A large number of Hong Kong artists go to the mainland and Taiwan to make money.
gold.
In January 2001, Kang Jianfei invested in Baidu.
In the same year, the online game "Legend" independently developed by Legend Company was officially launched and became popular all over the country. The number of people online at the same time exceeded 1 million.
In the 2000s, Kang Jianfei ranked second on the Forbes Global Rich List and first on the Asian Rich List with a net worth of US$5.1 billion.
In September 2000, due to the downturn in the traditional record industry, Kang Jianfei began to vigorously integrate Oriental Music Group. Among them, its subsidiary Singapore Sea Butterfly Records was sold off, mainland Magic Rock Records declared bankruptcy, and some singers transferred to Xiongfei Records. At this time,
At the same time, Kang Jianfei's record companies in Japan, South Korea and the United States are still developing.
In the same year, China carried out reforms in the film industry. Domestic theater chains announced commercialization, increased the admission quota for Hong Kong films, and liberalized the standards for joint venture films. With the help of Hu Juncai, Kang Jianfei built a large number of theaters in the country, and Oriental DreamWorks increased the number of joint ventures.
Annual film production.
In June 2004, Siemens Mobile suffered serious losses, and multiple reforms could not reverse the situation, so BBK launched acquisition negotiations with it. In May of the following year, the BBK Group controlled by Kang Jianfei and Hu Juncai successfully acquired Siemens Mobile and reorganized it.
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In the same year, Tencent was listed in Hong Kong.
In the same year, "World of Warcraft" produced by Blizzard became popular all over the world.
In 2005, BBK mobile phone sales ranked third in the country and ranked first among domestic mobile phone brands.
In the same year, Oriental Media Group developed rapidly, Oriental Music Group continued to suffer losses, and its UFO Records company was sold off by Kang Jianfei. Xiongfei Records vigorously developed the online song business.
In 2006, Kang Jianfei bought a stake in AMC, the second largest theater chain in the United States, and became the company's fifth largest shareholder. Until 2011, the revenue of the U.S. theater industry plunged by 4.5%, and the American film industry was in turmoil. Kang Jianfei took the opportunity to complete the final acquisition of AMC.
, became AMC’s largest shareholder.
In November 2007, Alibaba's affiliated network company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Taobao Mall was launched the following year.
In 2008, the financial crisis broke out in the United States and the U.S. stock market plummeted. Kang Jianfei's Dream Fund took advantage of the trend and invested in seven well-known American companies.
In March 2009, the "Forbes World's Richest List" was released. Affected by the financial crisis, the number of billionaires on the list in 2009 dropped from 115 in the previous year to 79, and the wealth of the rich shrank significantly. Kang Jianfei finally took off his ten thousand years of wealth.
With a net worth of US$4.5 billion, he became the world's richest man.
In the same year, "Avatar", co-produced by Paramount Pictures and Oriental DreamWorks, grossed US$787 million at the global box office.
In 2010, Kang Jianfei became the second richest man again, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos became the richest man, and Bill Gates ranked third.
In May 2011, BBK launched the world's first smartphone before Apple. At the end of the same year, BBK was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the company's stock rose by the daily limit for one week in a row.
In January 2001, the "Forbes Global Rich List" announced that Kang Jianfei once again became the world's richest man, with personal assets reaching US$7 billion.
In 2001, Kang Jianfei completed the integration of his theater chains, forming a world cinema network covering mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Southeast Asia, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In the same year, relevant U.S. agencies filed an antitrust lawsuit against AMC. After Kang Jianfei suffered a massive hemorrhage,
, this farce is over.
In November 2014, Alibaba was listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
In 2015, in the list of the world's richest people released by Forbes, Kang Jianfei's personal assets soared to 116 billion U.S. dollars, while Bill Gates, who ranked second, only had a net worth of 76 billion U.S. dollars. Domestic netizens jokingly called Kang Jianfei "Kang Qianbillion"
, his 0-year-old eldest daughter Kang Zhenqi officially took over Oriental DreamWorks, frequently appeared in newspapers and magazines, and was praised by netizens as "the most beautiful and fair in the world".
