Lin Zuhui inspected various departments and seemed to be in a very good mood.
Newspapers and magazines are at their peak in recent years. Even Ming Pao Group's annual profit is 150 million, and Wanhui Media's print media department has an annual profit of 250 million.
Of course, the most profitable department is undoubtedly the 'Comics Department', with an annual profit level of more than 400 million. This is because of continued additional investment. The original 'Hong Kong Comics' annual profit of the comics department was around 150 million, with overseas contributions
The "Japanese Comics Department", which has been developed for the past two years, has grown rapidly. The three major signatures "Slam Dunk", "Detective Conan" and "Pokémon" have driven the growth of the entire department and even the entire Xiangjiang Comics.
growing up.
Back in the office, Long Jingchang followed him in to report on his work.
"Boss, the acquisition of Activision has been negotiated. The price of the 70% equity agreement is US$4.5 million."
When Lin Zuhui heard this, he was not in a mood. As a game fan in his previous life, he had no favorable impression of Activision. In everyone's opinion, Activision's acquisition of Blizzard Entertainment was worried about affecting the quality of Blizzard Entertainment's works.
It is precisely because of the concerns and warnings from game fans around the world that Activision has been promoting Blizzard Entertainment as the company's only independently run division.
In this life, Lin Zuhui took advantage of the industry to acquire Activision and Blizzard Entertainment together. The main reason is that Activision is a game developer, publisher, and distributor, while Blizzard Entertainment is just a humble company.
Micro game development company.
"Well, I don't want to interfere with their operations, just supervise their finances. Until Blizzard Entertainment develops new products, the two companies can complement each other's resources."
Long Jingchang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take some time to introduce the presidents of the two companies to each other!"
As the president of Wanhui Media, Long Jingchang’s skills over the years have long been no longer limited to those of a newspaper company. He has considerable management capabilities and vision. He firmly believes in the boss’s layout, so he has been
Recharge yourself while working to be qualified for this position.
Then, Lin Zuhui said: "We invest in Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. Do you know what the purpose is?"
Long Jingchang said quickly: "I know, the most important thing is to enter the field of video games based on the two companies. When the time is right, we will set up a game development company in Hong Kong. Therefore, we have also recently been looking for game development companies in the United States.
The company plans to conduct mergers and acquisitions with Blizzard Entertainment to enhance its game development capabilities and cultivate talents, who can be transferred to work in Hong Kong in the future."
Lin Zuhui nodded and agreed with this statement.
In his mind, the game department of Wanhui Media will be established in the second half of next year, and then proceed to the "casual" research and development stage; by 1994, it can enter the research and development of "Legend", and strive to release a real game in early 1997
The first 'online game', the first to implement a monthly subscription system (with free time in the early stage).
It’s definitely an instant hit!
His goal is to copy Bangzi's game industry, and the market naturally relies on the mainland market.
Then, Lin Zuhui said to Long Jingchang: "This time I went to the mainland and found that the mainland is developing very well in computer software, especially a company called Hong Kong Kingsoft. The wps they developed accounts for more than 90% of the mainland's word processing market. You
Go inquire about the situation and report back to me. I plan to get the company into the software field."
Long Jingchang had to admire his boss's unconstrained ideas. He had just decided to enter the gaming field, and immediately set his sights on the software field. No wonder, although the boss is the largest real estate developer in Hong Kong, he gives the impression to the public that he is an all-round entrepreneur.
.
"Okay, I'll get this company's information as soon as possible!"
"Well, we should pay special attention to a talent named Qiu Bojun. When it comes to software, talent is the most important thing."
"Okay, I'll make sure to find out more about it."
After Long Jingchang left, Lin Zuhui couldn't help laughing.
He is a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking, Qiu Bojun is the second one, he cares about Rebus.
Of course, he doesn't care about Rebus the most. What he cares about is the strength of China Software.
He knows the importance of wpS. This software can be said to be in the same camp as Microsoft's word, but in its previous life it was defeated by Microsoft's woRd in 1995. Although it regained its important position as office software after 2010, it was actually because of woRd.
It's really too expensive.
And he also knew that the biggest reason why wps failed in 1995 was that the best opportunity was wasted by developing some Pangu software.
In the final analysis, it was because Rebus did not realize that the computer system windows would completely replace the doS system, and wps and Pangu software were office software developed based on the doS system.
Of course, Lin Zuhui did not intend to let Rebus and Qiu Bojun work completely for him. After all, others would definitely not work all the time; moreover, Lin Zuhui also needed to support the spokespersons in the mainland.
Therefore, he plans to cooperate with the two of them as an investor.
Of course, this investor must have considerable say.
At the same time, he can cultivate a game agency and a talent training base, so why not!
........
A week later, Lin Zuhui came to the capital.
In a high-end hotel, he and Long Jingchang entertained Qiu Bojun and Lei Jun, but did not invite Zhang Xuanlong from Hong Kong Jinshan Company.
Zhang Xuanlong is the son of Zhang Kaiqing, the founder of Hong Kong Kingsoft Company. Both father and son are actually mainlanders. Zhang Kaiqing came to Hong Kong in 1973 to establish Hong Kong Kingsoft Company. Later, Zhang Xuanlong succeeded his father in 1980. This
In the early days, the company mainly engaged in the assembly and sales of IBM PC compatible machines. To put it bluntly, it was an agency company dispatched from the mainland to Hong Kong to obtain Western technology products.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And Qiu Bojun is a software genius. The wps software he developed currently occupies 99% of the computers in the mainland, with an annual sales of 30,000 units and a sales volume of 6,600
Ten thousand yuan.
However, all of this has nothing to do with Qiu Bojun, the greatest hero. Of course, if money was discussed at the beginning, Qiu Bojun may not have achieved what he has today.
The two of them were suddenly invited to dinner, and they were a little uneasy, which was very consistent with the image of engineering students. If Lin Zuhui was not the richest man in China, they were also curious, and they might not even have been invited.
Lin Zuhui introduced himself: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Zuhui. I am a businessman from Xiangjiang. Have you heard of me?"
Qiu Bojun said: "Of course I have heard of it. Mr. Lin is the representative of patriotic businessmen in Hong Kong in the mainland. We have heard of your name for a long time. My name is Qiu Bojun, and I am a software developer."
Rebus quickly said: "Mr. Lin, I am Rebus and I am also a software developer."
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I have known you for a long time. This is the CEO of my company. You should have met him. Then let's sit down and eat!"
During the dinner, Lin Zuhui was not in a hurry to express his thoughts. He just chatted with two celebrities from his past life about the situation of the domestic software market. When talking about this, Qiu Bojun and Rebus seemed to be a lot more cheerful and became a little more talkative.
When the time was right, Lin Zuhui turned around and said: "You two, in fact, in my opinion, wpS is already in a very dangerous situation!"
Everyone was stunned, thinking, do you still know software?
Qiu Bojun said modestly: "Mr. Lin, do you mean that your company has also developed better office software?"
Lin Zuhui shook his head with a smile and said: "That's not true. Our company is preparing to invest in this area, but has not started to get involved. What I mean is that the windows system will replace the doS system, and your wpS is developed based on the doS system.
Not only that, Microsoft has set its sights on the mainland market, and you will soon face a powerful opponent. This opponent has thousands of talents, and their software is improving every day, while you only have a dozen talents.
How to fight!"
The engineering students also have tempers, and both of them looked unconvinced.
Qiu Bojun said: "Mr. Lin may have his own opinions on this industry, but our WPS will also improve, and we will not be easily defeated by others."
Lin Zuhui continued: "Once you are defeated, there is no possibility for you to stand up. If Microsoft loses, it can come back. This is hard power. Although the two are technical masters, are Americans bad?"
Having said this, the two finally calmed down. Microsoft is definitely a respectable opponent.
Qiu Bojun still asked: "How did Mr. Lin know that Microsoft will replace IBM's doS system?"
Lin Zuhui said calmly: "I am a businessman, and I analyzed the market value of Microsoft's stock. In the past few years, Microsoft's market value has been growing at more than 20% every year. Their current market value is already US$26 billion. It can be said that in the future, this will
One company will monopolize the systems of all computers in the world. With the strength of thousands of R&D personnel, no company can be an enemy. Of course they will not be satisfied with the monopoly on the system, they will also monopolize the software. So, in fact, they
We have already set our sights on the mainland market.”
Having said this, Qiu Bojun and Rebus were finally moved and realized the danger.
However, Qiu Bojun was the first to react and asked: "What does Mr. Lin mean by discussing these issues with us?"
Lin Zuhui motioned to Long Jingchang to ask the next question.
Long Jingchang took over the topic with a smile and said: "That's it! After investigation, I found that wps sales are so high in the mainland, with an annual turnover of 66 million, but Mr. Qiu Bojun, as a developer, does not get much
money."
Qiu Bojun said quickly: "At the beginning of development, I neither negotiated commissions nor shares with the company, nothing. It was the boss who was kind and gave me a little bonus."
Long Jingchang immediately said: "Don't you two want to be your own bosses?"
Qiu Bojun and Rebs were shocked. Now they understood that they had met an investor.
"Jinshan Company has treated us very well, and we have never thought about working alone!"
Lin Zuhui immediately said with a smile: "The mainland is now deepening reforms. Even state-owned enterprises are considering restructuring, and there are still worries there. You are technicians, not managers. Starting a business is the best way to achieve the success of Huaxia Software
Dream and win glory for the country! In this way, you will not live up to your talent. Besides, Qiu Bojun, do you feel indebted for your contribution to Jinshan Company?"
Qiu Bojun shook his head and said, "Of course I don't owe anything!"
Lin Zuhui smiled and continued to signal Long Jingchang.
He is naturally a master at deceiving people, and he can easily reach the level of the country and the nation.
Long Jingchang immediately said: "That's right, we want to support the two of you in acquiring the software division of Kingsoft Corporation and starting a business. We can support you in setting up a software team of hundreds of people and continue to develop wpS. But we have a
The condition is that it must rely on pS."
At this time, Rebus, who had been silent, said: "I am also optimistic about the development of office software for Windows systems. I have even thought of a name, and it will be called Pangu."
Lin Zuhui immediately said: "That won't work, it has to be called wps. In the computer field, Chinese people only understand English. This is a fact we have to admit."
At this time, Lin Zuhui was suddenly stunned. Could it be that the Pangu software in his previous life was also developed based on the Windows system?
In this case, wouldn’t it mean that we still can’t win woRd?
But he soon realized, isn't he the chief engineer of woRd and wps?
He doesn't know how to write code, but he knows how to layout, what functions, and what layouts. How difficult is it for someone who has been using office software for a long time?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As long as the programmer writes the code!
Rebus smiled sarcastically. He didn't know why, but he felt that what Lin Zuhui said was very reasonable. Pangu was indeed not as loud as wpS.
Then, Lin Zuhui said: "If you two are interested in starting a business, we can reach an agreement today. We will contract the cost of acquiring Kingsoft Software and inject 10 million R&D funds, and we can continue to inject capital in the future. We will gather the best software engineers in China
, have a good fight with Microsoft and boost the morale of the Chinese people."
As soon as he said a few inspiring words, engineering men like Qiu Bojun and Rebus were already confused and nodded one after another.
"I'm willing to cooperate!"
"I'm also willing to cooperate!"
They didn't even ask about the shares because they didn't know how much they wanted?
Of course, Lin Zuhui will not be stingy, because he knows that money is not everything. He is both a Hong Kong investor and a layman.
Therefore, he said: "Since you two have agreed, let's start cooperating. No matter what the purchase price of Jinshan Company is, we will give you 30% of the shares, and you can also enjoy high wages. In addition to that, we will give you 30% of the shares.
In addition, Mr. Qiu Bojun will serve as the general manager, and Mr. Rebus will serve as the chief engineer and project leader. As for our company, we only need to send a few managers to serve as assistants, and everything will be dominated by the two of you."
How can there be such a good thing in the world? If Lin Zuhui's reputation hadn't spread far and wide, the two of them would not have believed it.
At this time, Qiu Bojun felt that he was taking too much advantage, so he took the initiative and said: "Mr. Lin, maybe I can participate in the negotiations with Kingsoft Company and provide some help." He was very confident, thinking that Kingsoft Software was created by him, so he left Kingsoft.
The software and the company itself are also finished.
Lin Zuhui said: "Okay, you guys talk to President Long! To tell you the truth, I didn't invest in you for money. How much money can I make in the software market? I just happened to see the dangers faced by domestic software and the beginning of this industry. I think I should
We won’t take it too seriously if we invest in your company’s shares. When the time comes, we can implement a ‘stock ownership plan’ for employees, and we can even go public in Hong Kong in the future.”
Qiu Bojun said quickly: "We don't do this business for money. We have the same idea as Mr. Lin."
Lin Zuhui believed this. In his previous life, Qiu Bojun sold his villa for 2 million yuan to support the difficult Kingsoft software, but in the end he was invaded by a foreign thief.
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You may not care, but as a partner, we will definitely seek benefits for all the talents who contribute. Only in this way can a virtuous cycle be formed, talents are willing to contribute to the company, and the company's products will become better and better."
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Qiu Bojun and Rebus nodded. They understood today that in the past they were just acting recklessly and relying on their passion.
Today, when Lin Zuhui talked about how Microsoft has thousands of talents working on research and development, they realized how naive their ideas were. Mr. Lin’s prediction of the future was correct.