Chapter 135 [Get the Daily Daily] (Please subscribe in full!)
Monday, January 20th.
When Liang Botao came to New Era Real Estate, he couldn't help but think of New Era Real Estate a year ago, from a net asset of 50 million to a net asset of more than 1 billion. What kind of courage and ability it took to achieve this in less than a year.
completed within the time.
He recalled what Lin Zuhui once said as a 'joke' - if I were the future Superman Li, would you be my Du Huilian?
Will he really grow up to the level of Superman Li?
Or will he fall to the level of Chen Songqing?
One side is heaven, the other side is hell.
Lin Zuhui warmly received Liang Botao and said with a smile: "Brother Liang, your work has been going very well recently!"
Liang Botao responded: "Thanks to everyone's trust!"
He took over the investment banking business (Hong Kong) of Wanguo Baotong Bank last year, and it quickly progressed smoothly and the business increased.
Lin Zuhui knew that it was precisely because of Liang Botao's strong business ability that he and Du Huilian jointly opened Peregrine Company two years later (1988).
After all, with the connections and business brought by Citibank (Wan Guobaotong), Peregrine quickly developed into a consortium with a market value of several billion (acquiring listed companies such as Guangsheng Bank).
Even the companies owned by Lin Zuhui are accustomed to hiring Liang Botao as a financial consultant to raise funds through rights issues.
After the two sat down, Liang Botao reported: "At present, we have secretly purchased 5.2% of Chinese Land's shares, and Chinese Land's stock fluctuates at the normal level of 16.2 Hong Kong dollars per share."
Lin Zuhui said without hesitation: "Stop the secret buying behavior and wait for the opportunity!"
"OK!"
Because of the good relationship between the two, Liang Botao couldn't help but ask a question he really wanted to ask: "Lin Sheng, Feng and Li's family hold nearly 60% of the shares of Hutchison. If they don't cause civil strife, Huazhi's stock price may not rise in the short term."
Fluctuation, I’m afraid the more than 20 million you earn is not enough to pay the interest!”
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "It's okay, our company does not lack more than 20 million. But if there is civil strife in their board of directors, that is my opportunity. And as far as I know, Li Fuzhao has always wanted to join the board of directors of Bank of East Asia, but has been delayed.
Li Fushu and other brothers refused, so even the Li family had the seeds of conflict. Needless to say, the Feng and Li families, the friendship of their predecessors may not be passed down to their generation. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.
And I'm just waiting for an opportunity."
"Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared." Liang Botao repeated softly, and then said happily: "Okay, Lin Sheng is indeed a wizard in the business world. I feel like I can learn a lot by being friends with you."
Lin Zuhui smiled and nodded. Why didn’t Liang Botao want to ‘establish himself as a king’?
After chatting with Liang Botao for a while, he left Lin Zuhui's office.
Both of them are busy people, and they only occasionally take time to have a meal and exchange experiences.
After he left, Lin Zuhui began to think deeply, and realized that his financial group (as Xiangjiang said in this era) had already waved to him. More than two months later, his status in Xiangjiang had reached a higher level.
Chinese Real Estate was established in 1922 by two aristocratic families, Feng Pingshan and Li Guanchun. It is a long-established Chinese-owned company in Xiangjiang. It was listed in 1968. The company invests in high-quality properties and securities. It originally owned the famous Chinese Bank in Central. The old Chinese Bank was owned by the Chinese in 1974.
The property was sold to HSBC, which then cooperated with Cheung Kong to rebuild the People's Bank of China.
Chinese Land used the money from the sale to acquire 50% of the equity of China Entertainment (a listed company), which owns the Entertainment Building in Central; Chinese Land also owns 10 million shares of Towngas, currently worth 130 million;
It was these 10 million shares of China Gas that made Liu Luanxiong decide to snipe at China Gas in his previous life, making a huge profit of nearly 100 million yuan.
In addition to its 50% stake in China Entertainment and 10 million shares of Towngas, Chinese Real Estate also owns a large number of high-quality properties and blue-chip stocks; it can be said that its net assets should be around 600 million, which is much lower than its market value.
Another advantage of acquiring Chinese Real Estate is that it controls China Entertainment, which has a market value of nearly 300 million, which is equivalent to "buy one, get one free".
What's more, Chinese Real Estate is an old company with excellent reputation and great influence.
The purpose of Lin Zuhui's acquisition of Huaren Real Estate was very simple, that is, he lacked a real estate company (to invest in rent-collecting properties). After the acquisition was completed, Huaren Real Estate became his company to invest in rent-collecting properties and high-quality securities.
After New Era Real Estate completes this acquisition, it will also become a consortium in Xiangjiang, and may become one of the top ten consortiums in Xiangjiang in two years' time.
...
Xiangjiang media suddenly broke the news that Wanhui Media was acquiring "Tian Tian Daily", which immediately caused a stir in the media industry.
Wanhui Media may not be influential enough, but the boss of Wanhui Media, Lin Zuhui, is very well-known. Many people are surprised by Lin Zuhui's large investment, and even more amazed by the rapid development of Lin Zuhui's media empire.
It was established at the end of 1984. In less than two years, did you want to build a media empire comparable to Sing Tao Group and Ming Pao Group?
Many people couldn’t help but ask!
Many people have also begun to notice that Wanhui Media has great potential to raise funds through rights issues, and Lin Zuhui has a large number of warrants; if based on the experience of New Era Real Estate, Wanhui Media is really likely to build a company in a short period of time
Media empire.
Many people are asking: "Is traditional management really obsolete?"
Since Lin Zuhui took the lead in sniping Aimei Gao in the stock market, stock market snipers like Liu Luanxiong and Fang Jin have appeared one after another in Hong Kong; this has never happened before in the business history of Hong Kong.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
The so-called sniping at listed companies means not aiming at successful acquisitions, but mainly engaging in business activities of ‘robbing’ major shareholders.
...
In the conference room of Oriental Newspaper, the content of this meeting was finally about Wanhui Media.
"Tiantian Daily" has always been a competitor of "Oriental Daily". Both newspapers are popular and comprehensive newspapers. The decline of the other is a law, and everyone still knows it.
"You don't need to worry. What can be published well may not be easy to run as a newspaper. Our "Oriental Daily" has been the number one in sales for several consecutive years, so there is no need to be too nervous." A director said relaxedly.
What this director said was recognized by most of the senior executives!
In their view, Lin Zuhui is at best a talent in the capital market, and may not be very strong in his ability to run a newspaper.
"Haha, he thought that by eating hairy crabs and watching a few plays with Daxia Jin, he could learn the essence of running a newspaper? As everyone knows, even Daxia Jin's "Ming Pao" sales are only half of ours." A senior executive said. Cater to everyone’s ideas.
They selectively forget that Ming Pao Group's profit is twice that of Oriental Newspaper. Ming Pao sells 100,000 copies, but its advertising expenses are comparable to Oriental Daily, which sells 200,000 copies.
At this time, a senior executive said carefully: "That Wanhui Media seems to be targeting us deliberately!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cripple Ma immediately said: "So what if it's against us? I'm afraid he will do something!"
The senior executive replied: "Oriental Daily is not afraid, but the Ma family is in trouble!"
Cripple Ma said angrily: "What kind of trouble can we get into? Does Lin Zuhui still dare to cause trouble for us?"
The senior executive nodded and said: "I heard that his DreamWorks is preparing to make a movie, which seems to be called "Four Families: Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers". It is a biopic based on the deeds of the former boss brothers."
The members of the Ma family were immediately shocked. Why are they so low-key in Hong Kong? Isn't it because their father and uncle are still wanted by the Hong Kong government?
If this movie is made, it will be equivalent to directly publishing the deeds of their father and uncle to the public, and then they will probably live with their tail between their legs in the future.
Some senior executives and directors suddenly felt happy. In fact, they wanted the Ma family to leave the company, so that everyone would not have to work on tiptoe.
After all, Lame Ma didn't say anything. The Ma family has already faded away in Xiangjiang and has become an existence that everyone wants to beat. The "Oriental Daily News" is even called the "white powder newspaper"; even if there is some friendship in the society, the society cannot Taking the risk to offend a rich and powerful new force; not to mention that Lin Zuhui has deep connections, has the support of the boss behind him, and usually has five or six bodyguards in and out. How can the society cause trouble for him?
...
In the conference room of Tiantian Daily, Lin Zuhui came to discuss the acquisition in person. The previous negotiations between Long Jingchang and He Shizhu were almost complete.
He Shizhu was the first to speak and said: "Lin Sheng, your company has also reviewed our finances. It's time to make a decision! I don't want to delay it for too long, lest the company's sentiments change and cause unnecessary losses to me."
Lin Zuhui said with a relaxed expression: "He Sheng, since I'm here, I naturally agree to your request. We will take 70 million! But I hope there are two small requests."
He Shizhu's face flashed with joy. In less than a year, he made a net profit of 15 million from buying and selling, which was great.
Eight years ago, Liu Tian bought 75% of the equity of "Tiantian Daily" for only 1.65 million. Now it has doubled.
The sales volume of "Tiantian Daily" is only 130,000 copies, and it is not considered profitable. The profit scale is not even 15 million a year. With Tiantian color printing, it is only 15 million a year.
Moreover, a daily newspaper like this may go downhill in two or three years. Who dares to bet!
"Lin Sheng, tell me, let me think about it!"
Lin Zuhui said: "First, we hope to pay in three installments, each installment is one month, and will be paid in full within three months, and we will pay interest."
This requirement is very reasonable, and it is normal for some large properties to be paid off in one year.
"Yes, I am very confident about Lin Sheng's credibility!" He Shizhu readily agreed.
Lin Zuhui nodded and continued: "Second, I hope you can help us convince the Wei clan to sell their shares. Tell them that if they are unwilling to sell, because we have to invest a huge amount of 50 million yuan to "Tiantian Daily"
》Re-publicity, poaching with high salaries, and creating a lot of publicity, their shares will be diluted, and there will be no dividends in the short term.”
He Shizhu was shocked. What is the concept of 50 million? Oriental Daily's sales of 200,000 would probably take nearly two years to earn (Oriental Daily has more than one newspaper).
"Yes, Webster is the founder of "Tiantian Daily". Lin Sheng's approach of "courtesy first, then attack" is admirable. I will try my best to persuade them to sell their shares."
"Thank you He Sheng!"
He Shizhu asked curiously: "If your company buys "Tiantian Daily", it won't stop publication and then re-publish it, right?"
"Of course not, that would be a loss of customers!"
"I feel relieved now!"
Nonsense, are you that stupid?
Of course, while poaching employees with high salaries and building momentum, we are preparing for the new version of "Tian Tian Daily" in two months!
The two parties agreed to sign a share transfer agreement at the law firm the next day, and Lin Zuhui led the team back to Wanhui Media.