The advent of the 1987 stock market crash directly shattered Emperor Yulang’s dream of becoming a billionaire!
In mid-October 1987, there was a global stock market crash.
The stock market is in ruins, stock trading master Xiang Zhiqiu is scarred; Luo Xurui, who has a strong digestive function, suffers from an intestinal infarction - how can Emperor Yulang survive?
Only Liu Luanxiong escaped with the help of Wu Jianye. This also shows why Liu Luanxiong respects Wu Jianye so much!
First of all, Huang Yulang's plan to raise HK$170 million through a share placement fell through; secondly, the market value of Yulang Group dropped by more than HK$200 million; thirdly, the Hang Seng Index futures he was optimistic about was in a bad market, resulting in a total loss of more than HK$300 million.
In addition to pumping back the original surplus water, Huang Yulang also had to take his Yulang stocks to the bank as collateral to repay debts.
The stock market was in depression, and people became distraught when they heard about the stock market. The Financial Times, which mainly targeted stock market investors, was ignored. It was published for only 72 days before it was shut down suddenly, setting a record for the shortest life span of a Hong Kong newspaper.
Yulang Group is in the publishing industry, not the securities industry, but it invested 470 million in securities, mainly raised from the stock market, which exceeded the group's market value by more than 40%.
Shareholders complained, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission ordered Yulang Group to suspend trading for six days while it underwent investigation.
In May 1988, the Stock Exchange publicly condemned and warned the board of directors of Yulang Group for failing to comply with the listing regulations and trading important shares and assets without telling shareholders.
The image of Yulang Group was greatly damaged, and the stock price plummeted. The bankers knew that the situation was not good, so they added insult to injury and forcibly pressed for debt. In order to escape the bad luck of liquidation, Huang Yulang had to reduce his weight and cash out to repay the debt.
In September 1988, Huang Yulang's shareholding in the group dropped to 36.4%, indicating that his control was not secure.
If Luo Xurui was not a fellow villager of the Huang family and his wounds had not yet healed, it would have been Luo Xurui who attacked the Yulang Group first.
Perhaps fate has destined that Huang is only qualified to work in the comics industry.
Historical lessons tell him that once he gets involved in other industries, he will fail miserably. Only when he returns to the comics industry can he become more popular and make money.
Huang Yulang is "down to earth" and focuses on comic publishing. The market has been cold after the stock market crash. However, with the golden sign of "Huang Yulang", the damage to comic publications is not huge.
Huang Yulang saw that the comics market in Xiangjiang was becoming increasingly saturated, and the group had achieved brilliant results with a 90% share. He swung the boat and actively explored overseas markets. Comic books have successively entered the United States, Canada, RB, Wanwan, Bangzi, and throughout Southeast Asia.
market.
Among them, the English-translated martial arts comics are the best-selling ones in North America, and Huang Yulang has become a world-class comics giant. Huang Yulang is very happy when he sees his achievements. He is light-boned and moves his body without losing the majesty of the former Emperor Yulang.
Unexpectedly, the sniper's tentacles were like claws reaching out, trying to take away the Emperor's crown.
In February this year, Peregrine Capital, a company chaired by Liang Botao, proposed a comprehensive acquisition of Yulang Group on behalf of Spacemen at a price of HK$0.8 per share.
The boss of spacemen is publishing wizard Zheng Jinghan.
Zheng originally worked for Sing Tao Newspaper Group and became famous a few years ago when he founded the Chinese version of "Playboy" and "Capital" magazines.
Zheng is also a Chaozhou native. There is no father or son in the shopping mall, so the friendship between fellow villagers will naturally be as thin as a piece of paper in the face of commercial interests.
This comprehensive acquisition requires 600 million in cash, which shows that Zheng's strength is considerable.
It is said that Huang Yulang was in Dongliu at this time, enjoying a song and dance performance at a geisha house with rb publishers. When he heard about the fire in the backyard, he immediately flew to Xiangjiang to organize a counterattack.
After a few rounds, Zheng Jinghan seemed to have insufficient stamina - because a mysterious third party bought Yulang's stock at a high price in the market, the Zheng family gradually died down.
Huang Yulang was surrounded by enemies on all sides and was devastated.
"Who is this mysterious third party?" Wu Jianye sat on the sofa with his legs crossed and a half-burned cigar in his hand.
In fact, Wu Jianye has always been very thoughtful about the comics industry. If he only reads comics from Xiangjiang, even if he reaches the level of Huang Yulang, he has hit the ceiling of the comics industry in Xiangjiang, and the market value of the head office is only a billion Hong Kong dollars.
That’s all, but if you look at the global comics industry, you will know that this is a very huge industry chain.
Especially the comics industry in RB and the comics industry in the United States. The comics industry is one of the pillar industries in RB, with an annual output value of over 10 billion, while the comics industry in the United States is concentrated in the three major comic companies: DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse.
On the body.
However, due to the current level of technology, the American comic industry has not yet begun to take off. It will not be until 2000 that American comics will begin to conquer the world with the rise of superheroes.
Wu Jianye remembered that he had read several reborn Hong Kong-language online novels in later generations, which contained descriptions of the comics industry. Unfortunately, Wu Jianye's understanding of comics was still limited to "Dragon Ball" and "Slam Dunk"
, "Captain Soccer", "Yu Yu Hakusho" content of this era.
Most of these comics have been serialized in RB, so there is no way to plagiarize them. The most important thing is that RB's comics industry has already formed a complete production chain. Even those with money may not necessarily leave their hometown and change jobs.
Come to Hong Kong to create comics.
So Wu Jianye never paid attention to this.
Later, after Yan Wen was asked to establish Sanmiao Comics, Wu Jianye also wanted to hold the copyrights of some potential comics in Xiangjiang.
For example, the "Wind and Cloud" series currently being created by Ma Yicheng, and the "Young and Dangerous" series created by Niu Lao, the copyrights of these comics belong to Sanmiao Comics.
As for "Heroes of China" that Ma Yichen created before, because he was affiliated with Yulang International at that time, the copyright of "Heroes of China" belongs to Yulang International.
In fact, when Xiangjiang movies were declining in the late 1990s, Xiangjiang's comic book movies could help Xiangjiang movies break through. But unfortunately, capital had already left Xiangjiang at that time, and comic book movies also involved huge financial support, so Xiangjiang movies
The last glimmer of hope was directly destroyed.
The movie that ended the era of Hong Kong movie double Mondays was actually the "Feng Yun" movie adapted from the "Feng Yun Series" comics!
"It has been clearly investigated that this third party is actually Hu Yuan's Sing Tao Newspaper Group!" Yan Wen said: "Hu Yuan absorbed the equity of Huang Yulang Group through America's Trust Asia, and the equity held has reached 30%.
There are 50% warrants. The warrants are then exchanged for underlying shares, diluting the equity controlled by Huang Yulang."
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "This Hu Ao is really a man who must retaliate for his hatred!"
Yanwen was smiling next to him, "This Huang Yulang is actually stupid enough. He doesn't even know who his real opponent is. I got the news that Huang Yulang's opponent is not only Hu Ran, but also others." !”
Wu Jianye asked curiously: "Is there anyone else?"
Yan Wen nodded and said: "Yes, because when the stock market was a big bull before, Huang Yulang was too arrogant, so he offended many people. Now someone is maliciously acquiring Yulang International, and there is no one who can help Huang Yulang. Now The only one left beside him was his fellow countryman Qian Guozhong, and this Qian Guozhong had found Yu Zhi Investment before and wanted to borrow money. However, I found out that Qian Guozhong was actually dissatisfied with Huang Yulang's behavior for a long time. This time he helped Huang Yulang borrowed money, but he also wanted to use it to gain Huang Yulang's trust, and then prepare to fight back!"
After listening to Yan Wen's narration, Wu Jianye laughed: "It seems that Huang Yulang really has no chance of saving his life!"
Yan Wen nodded and said: "Yes, and Qian Guozhong also told us that Huang Yulang was suspected of making false accounts to obtain cash."
Wu Jianye: "In that case, let's do it. After acquiring Yulang International, we can sell off all those useless companies and only keep their core comics business!"
Yan Wen agreed: "I think so too, what about Hu Ran?"
Wu Jianye smiled and said: "You can handle this matter yourself. Can't you deal with the Xingdao Newspaper Group?"
Sing Tao Newspaper and Oriental Newspaper have always been the two largest newspaper groups in Hong Kong. Even Master Jin's "Ming Pao" cannot compete with these two, but as just mentioned, every industry has its ceiling. , Xiangjiang's newspaper group also has its own ceiling. No matter how powerful the two newspapers are, they can't compare with Yiwang Group. If Yanwen can't even deal with Xingdao Newspaper Group, then his work in the past few years has been in vain!
Yanwen said confidently: "Brother, don't worry!"
Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "By the way, Gong Yin's parents have been saying that they are getting old recently. Now you can buy the "Hong Kong Island Daily" under their name directly in the name of Yiwang Group."
Yanwen suggested: "Now Yaoguang Group has ATV and Fengge Entertainment, and Yiwang Group has Sanmiao Comics. If we add "Hong Kong Island Daily", brother, can we consider setting up a media group?"
Wu Jianye fell into deep thought. Yan Wen's suggestion was very pertinent to Wu Jianye. Currently, his entertainment industry in Xiangjiang is somewhat scattered and belongs to Yaoguang Group and Yiwang Group respectively. This is not conducive to the development of the entire entertainment industry.
If you listen to Yan Wen's suggestion and establish your own media group, you can perfectly integrate your entertainment industry in Southeast Asia. At that time, it will also be very good news for the development of these companies.
"If a media group is established, the person in charge is a difficult problem!" Wu Jianye said.
Yan Wen: "I think Jiang Zhiqiang from Fengge Entertainment is good. Although this person's management experience is still somewhat lacking, under the protection of the two major groups, Yaoguang Group and Yiwang Group, he can be given a period of time. Buffer period!”
Wu Jianye thought for a while and said: "Okay, you go discuss this matter with Zhou Tao, and then come up with a specific and feasible plan. We will discuss it in detail then!"
Yan Wen smiled and said: "I know!"
Wu Jianye urged: "Don't worry too much about the acquisition of Yulang International. The most important thing for Yiwang Group now is to get Standard Chartered Bank into its hands and complete its privatization!"
Yanwen: "Don't worry, I can distinguish the important from the important!"
The acquisition of Yulang International is just a casual thing, and the complete privatization of Standard Chartered Bank is the biggest task of Yiwang Group this year.
It was already early in the morning when the two of them finished talking about work. Yan Wen missed Qian Sisi, so he rushed back overnight. When Wu Jianye returned to the bedroom, Gong Yin had already rested.
Wu Jianye went to bed directly.
When I opened my eyes the next day, it was already past ten o'clock.
After eating the breakfast prepared by his servants, Wu Jianye went to ATV. He has been busy sorting out business affairs in Xiangjiang these days. Wu Jianye has not yet gone to see the editing work of "The Legend of White Snake".
When I came to the editing room, I saw Zhao Le and the team he recruited from ATV, working intensively. "The Legend of White Snake" is a mythological drama. It is not only as simple as editing, but also some post-production special effects production and
Voiceover work.
However, compared to this TV series, the special effects company in Xiangjiang is enough to complete the work. When editing in China, I was planning to hand over the special effects work to the company in Xiangjiang. But now it is better.
The editing of "The Legend of White Snake" was moved to Xiangjiang, and Wu Jianye could give them better orders.
Although Xiangjiang Film dominated the whole of Asia in the 1980s and 1990s, Xantao Digital later appeared to support the facade in terms of special effects. However, with the decline of Xiangjiang Film, Xantao Digital also gradually declined.
Later, only the special effects companies in Xiangjiang were left. The special effects company "po Chaoting" founded by Xie Tingfeng and the "one cool" special effects company founded by Principal Gu came to support the appearance.
But again, the current Xiangjiang special effects company is enough to handle the special effects of "The Legend of White Snake".
After spending a day at ATV, Wu Jianye returned to Repulse Bay at night.
Wu Qichen is being taken care of by the nanny at home, and Gong Ying is also studying her own career. Gong Ying's fashion magazine has begun to be published. At the same time, she herself has officially established an underwear brand after listening to Wu Jianye's advice.
The company had been delaying the birth of Wu Qichen before, but now Wu Qichen no longer needs her 24-hour care, so he started working on his own career.
Wu Jianye sat next to Gong Ying and watched her carefully read some of the company's reports.
Wu Jianye said: "Underwear brand, I think you should not hire designers in Hong Kong. Directly hire top designers from RB and Europe and the United States with high salaries. Don't worry about the cost. The more advanced this thing is, the more women will like it. Then we will build another one."
With a team of models and catwalks all over the world, it will become a world-renowned underwear brand in just a few years!”
Gong Ying put down the pen in his hand and asked with a smile: "What about the fashion magazines?"
Wu Jianye laughed and said: "It's simple, just spend money. Find the most famous designers in the world and publish your fashion opinions in magazines. At the same time, contact major fashion and top luxury brands, give them money, and first publish the magazine's
Once your reputation increases, then think about making money!"
Gong Yin was slightly startled. He always felt that what Wu Jianye said was a bit too simple, but after thinking about it for a while, the simple and crude method of throwing money at it seemed to be really effective!
"That will cost a lot of money?" Gong Yin joked.
Wu Jianye took Gong Ying into his arms and said with a smile: "I will invest you 50 million US dollars in the early stage, and you can do whatever you want!"
In 1989, US$50 million was more than enough to establish the brand influence of a fashion magazine and the preliminary work of an underwear brand!
Gong Yin nodded and said, "Okay then!"
The two chatted for a while, and Gong Yin suggested that Wu Jianye accompany her to watch TV. Wu Jianye had no objection to this, but Gong Yin suggested watching "The Legend of the Gods".
Putting the videotape into the VCR, the two of them lay on the bed and watched TV 'seriously'.
But Wu Jianye looked at it for a while and thought of the acquisition of Yulang International that Yan Wen had mentioned before, and an idea suddenly came to his mind...