However, Lin Xiufeng also received the news that He Shanheng was interested in selling the company, but Lin Bingyan's family had almost no strength (no funds). The only advantage was that it owned 20% of the shares of Hengchang Enterprise.
Therefore, he first thought of Zheng Yutong, who had a close relationship with He Shanheng, and then thought of Xu Zhantang, an upstart in the business world. In recent years, Xu Zhantang has become famous for his aggressiveness. His most successful acquisition was the purchase of Zhonghua Paint.
So, he invited the two of them to make plans together.
The three of them gathered in a private room of a teahouse, and Lin Xiufeng talked about Hengchang Enterprise.
Zheng Yutong was very excited at first. Although he had retired and returned home to entertain his grandchildren, he was actually busier than ever. He even went to the mainland for inspection this year.
Zheng Yutong said: "The acquisition of Hengchang Enterprise requires at least 5 billion yuan. If we intend to form an alliance to acquire it, we will have to find a bank to provide a loan before we can succeed!"
Although Zheng is a very rich man in Hong Kong, it is absolutely impossible for him to come up with billions in cash flow. It can be said bluntly that none of the richest people in Hong Kong can come up with half of Lam Cho-fai's cash.
Lin Xiufeng and Xu Zhantang nodded, but still looked at Zheng Yutong, thinking to themselves, you don't expect us to do this!
When Zheng Yutong saw this, he did not turn around and said: "HSBC is the director of our New World Development. I can persuade HSBC to provide a loan for this acquisition! However, how will the shares of the three of us be divided?" After saying that, he looked at Lin
Xiufeng.
Lin Xiufeng was the initiator of this acquisition, so he was naturally prepared. He said: "The equity distribution is 65% for Chow Tai Fook, which represents the interests of the Zheng family, 10% for Beihai Industrial, which represents the interests of Brother Xu, and 10% for Bai Ningshun, who represents the interests of the Lin family.
Accounting for 25%. Of course, because we own 20% of Hengchang Enterprises, our family does not need cash to invest in it!”
Zheng Yutong suddenly became happy because it was him who was raising the banner.
"agree"
"I agree"
Soon the three reached an agreement and immediately contacted HSBC.
For such a huge loan matter, HSBC also stated its conditions: if the acquisition is successful, some of Hengchang's assets will be split and sold to get cash back and repay part of the loan.
The first thing the three leaders thought of when they formed the group was to remove Hengchang's overseas assets. The next thing they thought of was to dismantle Hengchang to its bones and cut it into three large pieces.
After the bones were dismantled, Zheng Yutong's Chow Tai Fook and New World acquired Hengchang's properties; the Lin brothers controlled Dachang's automobile agency rights; and Xu Zhantang acquired the grain and oil trading business.
Although their ideas are good, they rarely succeed.
Moreover, New Era Group has already taken action!
Friday, June 15th.
Li Lin Zuhui decided to acquire Hengchang Enterprise, but it was only the fifth day. He was already planning to go to Hengchang Building, the headquarters of Hengchang Enterprise, to meet with He Shanheng.
Think about other people's acquisitions, and then look at Lin Zuhui's acquisition, it is exactly what he said - fast, ruthless and accurate.
As far as Lin Zuhui knows, in his previous life, Lin Xiufeng, Zheng Yutong, and Xu Zhantang formed a consortium to acquire Hengchang Enterprises, which took a full year and has not been successful yet.
Lin Zuhui believes that he will have at most two months to either close the door to He Shanheng or give up the acquisition.
In this regard, Li Huagua is somewhat similar to Lin Zuhui, but his bid is not as straightforward as Lin Zuhui's.
Of course, the reason why Lin Zuhui is "quick, ruthless and accurate" is because he is trying to grab food, and it will not work if he is not "quick, ruthless and accurate"!
What's more, he understands the general trend, and as long as he doesn't lose money or is not outrageous, he can accept it.
Lin Zuhui and Liang Botao visited He Shanheng of Hengchang Enterprise. They guessed that they were interested, so He Shanheng roped in He Tian and Liang Qiuju to receive the two of them.
After being polite, Lin Zuhui looked at the three old men in their 80s and 90s and said with a smile: "The three seniors are really good at predicting things. It seems they have guessed our purpose!"
He Shanheng also had a smile on his face and said kindly: "You are a new rich man in Xiangjiang who made his fortune through acquisitions; Liang Sheng is the leading securities expert in Xiangjiang. If we can't guess your purpose, then we are really old fools."
!But I am very curious, why did Lin Sheng think of acquiring Hengchang Enterprise?"
He didn't ask how Lin Zuhui knew that he intended to sell, because he didn't want Lin Zuhui to take the advantage. He was the one who became better with age.
However, Lin Zuhui’s acquisition is an upright one and there is no need to think so much!
"To be honest, I just guessed! In Hengchang Enterprise, there are no capable juniors of the three old gentlemen to lead the company, so I decided to give it a try!"
He Shanheng nodded and said: "This is an opinion! There is no successor!"
Liang Botao immediately said: "He Sheng is serious. It should be said that everyone has their own ideas, and those who have the ability do not have this ambition!"
After resolving the slight embarrassment, Lin Zuhui nodded mentally to Liang Botao.
He Tian said: "Why is Lin Sheng optimistic about Hengchang Enterprise?"
But he was setting a trap for Lin Zuhui. He Tian was probably the one among the three who most wanted to sell the stock and cash out. In this way, he just wanted to sell at a high price. Moreover, he did not show any intention to sell.
Three old men!
But it’s okay, who doesn’t want to sell it at a high price!
As long as their children become outstanding figures, they will not give away the family business.
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I want to get involved in trade, and Hengchang Enterprise is a trading giant, so naturally I am very happy to see it."
He is also not weak, and his speech is impeccable.
Of course, he was looking for a purchase now, so he couldn't annoy others too much. Lin Zuhui gave Liang Botao a look.
Liang Botao immediately said: "We come here with sincerity. New Era Group is willing to invest 310 yuan per share to acquire Hengchang Enterprise, involving about 6.5 billion yuan."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Zuhui's keen eyes noticed that the three old people had expressions of surprise and excitement. Although these expressions were very subtle and could not be noticed by ordinary people, Lin Zuhui had physical talent, so he could always observe the subtleties.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He Shanheng said calmly: "This price is still too low, and you have no idea how rich our properties are. We will not sell our hard work at a low price."
It’s a hard-earned foundation!”
Liang Botao immediately followed the clue and said: "If it is convenient, could you please give us a copy of your company's information?"
Hengchang Enterprise is an unlisted company, and it is difficult for outsiders to know the specific situation, so Lin Zuhui and Liang Botao only base their valuation on a rough estimate.
If the financial report of Hengchang Enterprise can be obtained, it will be equivalent to He Shanheng expressing his intention to contact, and Lin Zuhui will have an advantage over other consortiums interested in acquiring Hengchang Enterprise.
He Shanheng pretended to think for a moment, and then said: "Let's do this, we need to discuss it internally. If we are interested in selling Hengchang Enterprise, we can provide you with a piece of information, and then you can reorganize the quotation."
Lin Zuhui said: "Okay! Our New Era Group is making the acquisition with great sincerity and will not offend the three seniors. If the New Era Group succeeds in the acquisition, it will not dismantle Hengchang Enterprise. This can be done by the three seniors."
Don’t worry. The old employees of Hengchang are all Kaibao. We will consider their relationship with the three of them and will continue to hire them!”
Sure enough, when Lin Zuhui said that he would not dismantle Hengchang Enterprise, the three of them looked moved. Especially He Shanheng, he absolutely did not want anyone to dismantle his Hengchang Enterprise. Those old employees were all friends and relatives of everyone, and they needed it more.
Think about their future.
"Lin Sheng is indeed the Lin Superman of Xiangjiang!"
"There, there, senior is so complimentary!"
In fact, Lin Zuhui is by no means as friendly as he said. After the acquisition, he will definitely remove the bones, but not immediately.
Just like the Ming Pao Group, they acquire it first and then, in a few years, they can do whatever they want. They don't dismantle it at the beginning, it's just to take care of the face of the former owner.
As time goes by, and the relationship between the former employer and the ex-client is settled, there won't be any problems.
On Saturday morning, Lin Zuhui came to the ATV building.
Today, ATV is a vibrant communication company with a certain influence in the world. Because the copyright of "Millionaire" was successively purchased by the United States and the United Kingdom, ATV made a profit of 15 million US dollars.
In the office, Lin Zuhui looked at ATV's financial statements and felt very happy.
He has thought of a bright future for ATV, which is to make huge profits by producing programs and then selling the copyrights.
Since ATV was taken over by him, he has also produced "The Voice of Hong Kong", "Millionaire", and "Music Bank" regardless of the programs that existed in Hong Kong in his previous life, such as "Prize Doorman", "Comedian Saves the Earth", etc.
, it can be said to be a great success.
However, Lin Zuhui suddenly felt heartbroken when he thought that he only earned US$8 million by selling a copyright for "Millionaire".
You must know that in 2001, the American Fox Broadcasting Company purchased the British "Pop Idol" for a total of US$70 million. Similarly, it can be speculated that in the previous life, the American ABC TV station purchased the British copyright of "Millionaire" in 1998.
It’s also over US$50 million.
He sold at a huge loss!
"Pop Idol", "American Idol", "Britain's Got Talent", "America's Got Talent", these are all good cash flows.
Of course, "The Voice of Hong Kong" is actually the "original talent show". However, because the two seasons were only held in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, its influence is limited, so it has now set off a heat wave in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The copyright is not currently for sale, but for
ATV has selected many potential singers and increased the ratings.
Lin Zuhui banged on the table, thinking about how to make a lot of money from "producing programs". In the future, ATV could become world-famous just by copying popular programs from previous lives and selling the copyrights. This was Lin Zuhui's idea.
"Yes, first use satellite TV to expand the auditions for "The Voice of Hong Kong" to all of Asia, especially Chinese in Southeast Asia."
"As long as ATV has enough reputation, it won't sell its copyrights cheaply in the future!"
There are many programs in his mind, from Europe, America, Korea, and Taiwan. Once they are all copied one after another in advance, it will be like a money-printing machine.
In the previous life, how many copyrights did Korean Bangzi sell to the mainland? One running man alone sold 200 million.
In his previous life, he watched few TV series and was keen on watching variety shows, so he had too many memories in his mind regarding program production, mini-game structures, etc.
Thinking of this, Lin Zuhui made a plan. He would first plagiarize European and American programs in the 1990s, and then plagiarize Bangzi's programs after the millennium. Several Taiwanese programs were unnecessary. Although Lin Zuhui often watched them in his previous life, he had never heard of them being sold.
It has passed the copyright because it is probably too explicit and not suitable for children.
After a while, senior executives from ATV came to the conference room one after another.
At the meeting, Lin Zuhui said: ""The Voice of Hong Kong" is a good program, but my original intention was to attract Chinese people from all over the world to join, but it seems that it has not been achieved yet. So I plan to wait for the third season of "Asia Satellite TV" to start broadcasting.
Auditions will truly expand the scope to the world, of course mainly in Asia."
The two satellite receivers leased by ATV allow Asia Satellite TV to cover the entire Asia, which is a good tool for publicity. At present, the Hong Kong government has agreed to issue a satellite license to ATV, but Li Chaoren has not yet obtained it.
Because of this news, I almost beat Uncle Shao to the ground. It is said that Wireless was in chaos at that time and Uncle Shao could not control it. Wireless now has no way to set up a satellite station because there are no satellite receivers for them to rent.
ATV is moving very quickly. The preparatory team has officially started work and is expected to start broadcasting by the end of the year.
Shuyi Zhou nodded and said: "The boss is right, the program "The Voice of Hong Kong" is very good and is the true 'originator of talent shows' in the world. It is indeed somewhat buried at the moment. It is very right for Asia to increase investment!"
Everyone agreed. The wider the audition scope, the higher the production fee will naturally be.
But now ATV is also rich, especially its "Millionaire", which not only sells copyrights, but also costs 600,000 yuan to produce an episode. But now the advertising fee has risen to more than 1.3 million yuan, and one episode is a profit of 700,000 yuan, which is 700,000 yuan a year.
Profit of more than 35 million.
Not only that, if the ratings of one program are popular, it will also drive the ratings of other programs.
Therefore, the current ratings of ATV and TVB are not only 50-50 (occasionally winning), but the advertising expenses are also 40-60, or even 50-50.
Then, Lin Zuhui asked Li Baoan: "How are you preparing for the listing?"
Li Baoan said quickly: "Everything is ready. It will be officially registered next week. It is initially expected to raise 625 million yuan! According to the investors' prior investigation, there is absolutely no problem in subscribing, and the subscription may be exceeded several times."
Lin Zuhui nodded. ATV was worth 3 billion to 5 billion, but it registered to sell shares with a market value of 2.5 billion, so I believe it is very tempting.
The IPO raised 625 million yuan, accounting for almost one-eighth of the funds raised by IPOs in Hong Kong throughout the year. It can be said to be a giant listing. After the 1989 stock market crash, the market still had a great impact.
However, the listing of Lin Zuhui's companies is a high-quality asset in itself. Coupled with his personal influence, investors are naturally willing to follow suit.
The funds raised are mainly used to build the start-up capital for ATV's Tseung Kwan O headquarters and the preparatory funds for Asia Satellite TV. The account will also have sufficient cash flow.
After doing so much for ATV, Lin Zuhui's director's robe salary will be increased to 1.5 million per month after ATV goes public, which can be regarded as pocket money.
Then, everyone reported to Lin Zuhui the plans for drama series, programs, etc. Overall, they were very stable.
Although the programs and dramas that Lin Zuhui brought to ATV are not many, it is like fighting a war. Once the fight goes smoothly, the overall momentum will increase.
At present, ATV is really exciting and blooming, and the talents of ATV are no weaker than TVB.
Finally, Lin Zuhui said: "Has the host of the World Cup made an appointment with He Shouxin in advance?"
The Olympics and the World Cup are all weapons, and the host of the program is very important. Lin Zuhui was sure that Uncle Shao Liu would pay attention to He Shouxin, so he called the ATV management early.
"Well, the talks were negotiated at the beginning of the year and the contract was signed. I'm afraid Uncle Shao Liu is a few steps late!" Zhou Liang Shuyi said with a smile.
As far as sports program hosts are concerned, He Shouxin is currently the best because he understands sports. Although Huang Zhan is eloquent, his sports knowledge is a little weak.
Thinking of Huang Zhan, Lin Zuhui suddenly thought of a good program.
He immediately said: "How about our Asian TV program plans a talk show hosted by Huang Zhan? It will be called 'Huang Zhan Show' and invites celebrities in the entertainment industry." He gave a rough idea of the "Ellen Show" and other programs in the United States in his previous life. This
This kind of program will be familiar to everyone. After all, "Undefended Tonight" is also a similar program.
Not asking Huang Zhan to host the World Cup must have offended him a bit. Huang Zhan is a frequent guest on ATV and has very little cooperation with TVB.
Shuyi Zhou immediately said: "Well, I think it's very good!"
Everyone quickly passed this resolution!
They trust their boss so much that they cannot doubt someone who is successful in everything they do.
After quickly finishing the ATV work, Lin Zuhui officially prepared to take weekends off. He now works five and a half days a week.
I usually spend half a day on Saturday at ATV or Wanhui Media, and I always spend half a day every week dealing with matters related to these two companies.