The performance of the Hong Kong stock market in the first five months of this year (1993) was very impressive. The good results of an increase of more than 30% also made most investors make a lot of money. From less than 5,500 points at the beginning of the year, it had exceeded 7,200 points in mid-May.
point.
Lin Zuhui's personal investment company, Hengjin Investment, also made a huge profit of nearly 1 billion since he started doing futures contracts at the beginning of the year.
In terms of real estate, since the beginning of the year, luxury property prices have risen steadily, and transactions have been booming in April and May. Sales prices have increased by 20% in two months. Driven by luxury buildings, the prices of small and medium-sized residential units have soared again, with the average price
Approaching the 5,000 yuan per square foot mark.
Driven by residential buildings, rents and sales prices of office buildings in Xiangjiang have risen sharply. Grade A office buildings in Central and Wan Chai have increased by about 20% in less than half a year, and are expected to rise to
More than 30%, and the central area may even reach an increase of 40%.
As the prosperous business district spreads from the core to the periphery, Hong Kong's shopping malls and store markets have also performed well, especially Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point and Tsim Sha Tsui on Hong Kong Island. From the perspective of Causeway Bay District, since Sogo Department Store
After the opening of the company and the completion of Times Square, the flow of people in the area surged, attracting many large chain groups to open branches nearby, causing rents in the area to rise sharply. At this time, Hong Kong's shop rents ranked first among 12 major cities in the world;
Among them, a shop in Causeway Bay has a monthly rent of HK$3,420 per square foot. A buyer offered HK$190,000 per square foot to buy it. However, the business was shelved due to reluctance to sell the business.
Real estate profits are rolling in, and major real estate developers, agents, and real estate speculators are all smiling; foreign capital has begun to enter Hong Kong's securities and real estate businesses, hoping to get a piece of the pie.
May 22nd, Saturday.
In the morning, Lin Zuhui held a small meeting with the core real estate executives in the office of New Era Group.
He said: "In mid-May, the Hong Kong government announced the annual 'Crown Land Auction' plan, and the stock market immediately surged. From this point of view, the property market will continue to be strong for several years. Therefore, we will conduct these three auctions from 1993 to 1995."
We must not lag behind Sun Hung Kai and Henderson Land when we carry out large-scale land acquisitions in 2018, so as not to cause a lack of stamina in the future."
In the past year or so, New Era Group has not been as aggressive in purchasing land as before, but it has still maintained its position as one of the leading real estate developers in Hong Kong. The fundamental reason is still because there is not enough 'money'.
Chen Bin nodded and said: "Due to the boom in real estate, our company's profits are continuously generated, and we can indeed strengthen land purchases. However, now major real estate developers are boldly pursuing higher prices, and it is not so easy to obtain official land auctions.
The ground is gone.”
This is true, the better the market is, the more people chase the high price and buy; the worse the market is, the more timid and cautious everyone is.
In any case, New Era Group will try its best to strengthen its land reserves in the past three years; as for 1996 to 1997, it will naturally not chase the highs. The year and a half itself was the last craziness. On the contrary, it will have to take advantage of the highs.
goods.
Therefore, in the recent official land auction, if there is good land or luxury land, New Era Group will try to get as much as possible. After all, there will be a lot of cash flow.
Real estate in Xiangjiang still accounts for the absolute profit source of the group. Although New Era Group has successfully diversified, its overseas and mainland investments have not yet produced much returns.
For example, there is indeed a net rental profit of more than 1 billion per year for property rentals in Manhattan, but the interest on that investment requires nearly 40%. The current annual return rate for eight skyscrapers is 7.5%. This is still a case of buying at a low price.
Otherwise, the return rate is estimated to be only 4~6%.
Therefore, it is difficult to make money in the United States. In the previous life, a large number of Chinese companies in the Mainland purchased Manhattan office buildings on a large scale after 2010. At that time, prices were high, and as a result, they lost money. There were also companies that came to Xiangjiang to buy properties and properties.
Land, with almost no profit to be made, has become a source of wealth for Hong Kong real estate developers.
The level is really bad!
The underlying reason is that, just a few decades after the reform, everyone's international business vision has not yet been developed.
After chatting with everyone about the general direction of the company's real estate, everyone left the office with confidence and devoted themselves to work.
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Happy Valley, Haodong Hotel.
In the karaoke box on the 15th floor, Yang Shoucheng, Cheng Long, Huang Yulang and other friends were having a party while drinking and singing.
During this period, everyone discussed the design of the ‘doll’ (comic picture) for the T-shirt, and Huang Yulang talked non-stop, as if he was the number one cartoonist in Hong Kong.
Huang Yulang completed his sentence in Stanley in the second half of last year. He was sentenced to 4 years and actually served 2 years. When he was released from prison, reporters, as well as his old subordinates and apprentices were "waiting" in front of Stanley Prison. Huang is still
Showing the arrogance of the past, he clenched his fists and said: "I, Huang Yulang, am still a big hit in the market!"
However, the reality is cruel. At this time, great changes have taken place in the comics industry in Xiangjiang. That is, the new genre-Japanese comic style has taken the mainstream position, followed by Ma Rongcheng and Shangguan Xiaobao's high-quality local comics. And those in the market
Low-quality comics full of violence and pornography have been gradually abandoned by the market, and have even been suppressed by the Hong Kong government.
Huang Yulang can indeed live a very comfortable life with the bald pen in his hand, but if he wants to recreate his glory, it is undoubtedly a foolish dream.
Yang Shoucheng is now also the boss of a media company, and he is very familiar with the situation of Xiangjiang's comic industry, so he said: "The T-shirts out there now are all printed with Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle...
...There are also Conan, Sakuragi Hanamichi, etc. printed on them. In the entire Xiangjiang comics industry, the Japanese comic style has become absolutely dominant again."
Huang Yulang said unconvinced: "That is succumbing to the power of money. I have recently called on some well-known Hong Kong cartoonists to discuss the development of local comics again. I believe that Hong Kong people still like local comics."
Yang Shoucheng said with a smile: "With your skills, you won't have to worry about having food to eat. But do you know how many people Wanhui Comics Club supports? Lin Zuhui and I are good friends. As far as I know, others are planning to take over the comics industry.
Build it into a pillar industry in Hong Kong. As far as I know, Wanhui Comics' profit this year may exceed HK$800 million."
Huang Yulang was shocked and couldn't help but said: "Impossible! Even if they have some overseas markets, how could they have such high profits?"
At its peak, Yulang Agency's annual profit was just over 100 million, which was due to its overseas distribution. In just a few years, Wanhui Comics has made an annual profit of more than 800 million.
Not to mention Huang Yulang didn't believe it, I believe many people wouldn't believe it either.
Yang Shoucheng patted Huang Yulang on the shoulder and said: "This is still a rough estimate. Others have made a profit of 550 million Hong Kong dollars last year from the comics industry alone. Wanhui Comics is not only doing comics, but also doing comics industry chain.
They are doing comics, animation, and comic peripherals. Their toy factories are very large in the mainland and contribute a lot of profits. If you think about the Ninja Turtles back then, you will know how huge the profits were."
Huang Yulang was immediately discouraged. He had read "Pokémon" and found that there were many kinds of Pokémon in this comic, and they were extremely popular among comic fans, especially the big yellow-eared 'Pikachu'.
Known throughout Asia.
"Why would a Hong Kong person bring Xiangjiang comics to the Japanese style? I don't understand!" Huang Yulang complained.
Cheng Long said: "It's easy to understand. In line with the world and Asia, we are also making movies now. We will consider the Hollywood market. At this point, we have to convince others. Lin Zuhui's status in Hong Kong,
Far from being comparable to those real estate developers, the 'cultural establishment' he opened has brought a large-scale industrial chain to Hong Kong and added thousands of jobs."
Everyone agreed. On this point, no one can lie.
Although everyone is Huang Yulang's friend, everyone must remind Huang Yulang that Hong Kong comics are no longer your world.
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"Manke Show" was born almost two years ago, and it has firmly ranked No. 1 in sales in Xiangjiang. The sales volume in Xiangjiang is 270,000; plus the very normal sales overseas and in the mainland, the sales volume of each issue can reach 350,000.
Of course, with the profits from "Manke Show" alone, even the main writers, screenwriters and other staff of Wanhui Comics' Japanese comic series cannot be paid. Add in the individual volumes of comics and the overseas copyright income of animation, and the cost may be earned.
Came back and made a slight profit.
Really profitable income comes entirely from comic peripherals, and from the peripherals of the three major works of "Slam Dunk", "Detective Conan", and "Pokémon" - dolls, figures, theatrical versions, and live-action versions.
Wait around.
What’s important is that the country/region with the largest profit source is Japan, a big country in the comics industry.
Therefore, Wanhui Comics has attracted the attention and vigilance of the Japanese comics industry. Some Japanese comics even took risks to imitate and plagiarize similar themes, which also triggered a lawyer's letter from Wanhui Comics.
It's okay to plagiarize "Detective Ke Lan". After all, this copyright is difficult to define. "Detective Ke Lan" also borrowed from "Sherlock Holmes".
However, "Pokémon" is a comic that integrates pet development, battles, etc. If it is plagiarized, it will almost always be reported.
Although, the works of Wanhui Publishing House have also been criticized by the Japanese comics industry - the overall quality (artwork) is not as good as Japanese comic works. It was originally a good material that was as famous as "Dragon Ball" and other excellent Japanese works, but it ended up being a "copycat Japanese comic"
resulting in a decrease in quality.
This is probably the last self-esteem of the Japanese!
In fact, the criticism from the Japanese comic industry is somewhat justified, but it has not affected the sales of "Slam Dunk", "Detective Conan", and "Pokémon" at all overseas and in the mainland.
After all, it is difficult for comics fans to detect subtle differences in quality; in fact, the salary of the Japanese comic writers at Wanhui Comics is too high, so they can hire two outstanding Japanese comic writers for each work.
The budget has reached the highest level; as for the local comic writer in Hong Kong, he will assist the comic writer.
As for the cartoonists who have been trained, they can only draw other works on the "Manga Show". Currently, there are no works that can become best-selling overseas.