North Point, Media Building (redevelopment of the original Lok Kei Hong Building).
Wanhui Media has moved into the Media Building as a whole. As for the original News Building, it did not choose to rebuild it immediately, but rented it out to collect rent. The reason is simple. The rent has been so high in recent years. Wouldn't rebuilding it be a waste of time/money? At least
It will also take Jiuqi to start rebuilding in the second half of the year.
The reason for the relocation is because the office space in the News Building is only about 100,000 square feet, which can no longer satisfy the growing Wanhui Media.
The new media building is a newly rebuilt Grade A office building with a height of 22 floors and a total floor area of 260,000 square feet.
Lin Zuhui paused for a while downstairs. The words "Media Building" were quite shocking to his heart.
Wanhui Media has not developed much in print media in recent years. Currently, it mainly produces Tiantian Daily, the largest-selling popular newspaper in Hong Kong, Economic Daily, the second-selling financial newspaper in Hong Kong, and Ming Pao Group (
Ming Pao), the best-selling magazine "Men's Wear"...etc.
Because of the lack of ambition in print media, the gossip magazines in Hong Kong have been booming recently. The three gossip magazines, "Next Weekly", "Apple Weekly" and "East Weekly", have occupied the top three best-selling magazines in Hong Kong.
Magazine.
The gossip magazine owned by Wanhui Media not only started to decline, but even Lei Weipo was planning to change jobs. Unable to stop it, someone offered an annual salary of nearly 10 million, aiming to set a new record in the media industry.
What is the meaning of an annual salary of nearly 10 million? Currently, the most profitable magazine in Hong Kong is Zheng Jinghan's "One Weekly", which can make a net profit of more than 25 million in a year.
When he came to his office, Lin Zuhui was drinking tea while thinking about Wanhui Media's future plans. Paper media, comics, games, and the Greater China Portal will be its four major industries.
Paper media will not disappear, but will exist in the form of the Internet.
After a while, Long Jingchang came to Lin Zuhui's office and reported his work to him. As the CEO of Wanhui Media, although he is also the president of a listed company, it is not wrong to say that he is Lin Zuhui's retainer.
Because in the listed companies owned by Lin Zuhui, his personal status is a "one word and one word" existence. Whether it is investors or the board of directors, they all have blind trust in him.
"Boss, "World of Warcraft" developed by Blizzard Entertainment in the United States has sold 800,000 units and accumulated a large amount of initial funds." Long Jingchang said with a smile.
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "Ignore them and give them the greatest freedom. What I am interested in is the prospects of this industry. No matter how much money I make in the short term, it won't be a problem for them to use it for further research and development and to expand the team."
In fact, Lin Zuhui played "World of Warcraft" before it was released, and even made a special comment, that is, the new operating system - right-click to move, left-click to select - was established. This was immediately recognized by the team
Adopted and implemented in "World of Warcraft 1".
No matter how much he earns in the early stage, Lin Zuhui doesn't mind if Mike Mohami and the others spend it, and he doesn't mind giving the R&D team the highest salary in the industry. The more active they are, the more Wanhui Media will earn in the future.
Long Jingchang nodded and said: "Well, the team currently has more than 20 people. I have asked Mike Mohami to recruit several Chinese or Asian game development engineers for us to participate in the research and development of "World of Warcraft 2"
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Lin Zuhui said: "Well, we can set up a game development department early next year. "Pokémon" is a big game IP."
Blizzard's four premium games: "World of Warcraft", "Diablo", "StarCraft", and "Hearthstone", the first three of which were developed in the 1990s, would still have appeared even without Lin Zuhui's intervention.
Of course, Lin Zuhui will pay attention to Blizzard.
When investing in Blizzard, Lin Zuhui didn't care about the early profits at all. The best returns will be when online games are released. Of course, the most important thing is that the company can be sold at a high price in the future.
"Okay, I've written it down."
Finally, Lin Zuhui said to Long Jingchang: "In addition to the gaming field, if you pay attention to the Internet in recent years, I am very optimistic about its prospects. Maybe we will enter this field in the future."
As the CEO of the group, Long Jingchang does not need too much professionalism, but he does need good management skills and the ability to complete the tasks assigned by Lin Zuhui.
"Well, I will definitely strengthen my study in this area."
At this time, Long Jingchang was a little surprised. First it was comics, then games, and now the Internet. He was not surprised by his boss's ambition, but by his long-term vision. It is currently the peak period of paper media. If other bosses have
With such achievements, he has long been resting on his laurels and enjoying the fruits of victory, while his own boss is always thinking about the future.
After Long Jingchang left, Luo Benzheng from Wanhui Comics came to his office. The comics industry is currently the most important industry of Wanhui Media, so Luo Benzheng has also risen in the group and serves as a director of the company.
Lin Zuhui said: "Assemble a comic team for me. This time I have greater requirements for the comics' painters and plot concepts. It is a big production, and I hope it will become the fourth major IP in our company's Japanese comic series.
"
In fact, Wanhui Media's three major Japanese comic IPs are actually very good at drawing, and the more they draw, the better. At least they have the eighty-nine success of several major Japanese publishing houses. Japanese people have seen that Wanhui Media has so many
The big IP is just a matter of envy and jealousy.
Luo Benzheng suddenly became excited, because any theme (outline) chosen by the boss must be a classic work. The boss's vision and ideas are really genius.
"No problem, boss! Now our overall comic strength is one of the top five comic publishing houses in Japan. Although there were some flaws in the early stage, it has become much better now!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lin Zuhui nodded, he did not dare to invest too much in the early stage, but now Wanhui Comics has funds and talent reserves, so naturally all aspects have been improved.
He directly handed a piece of information to Luo Benzheng and said: "A friend told me that, including in the Japanese comics industry, pirate-themed comics are very rare. So, he conceived a pirate-themed comic. You will form a team later.
, you can use this information as an outline."
Luo Benzheng knew very well that no matter whether he had this friend of his boss or not, he could not talk nonsense.
"As for pirate themes, as far as I know there is only "Little Heroes of the North Sea" in Japan. In my spare time in the past few years, I have also read a lot of Japanese comics. Pirate themes are indeed rare."
Lin Zuhui said: "For a big comic IP, the plot is more important than the artist, and the world background/setting determines the appeal of this big IP. This is why our company has never had a fourth big IP. I
I am personally quite optimistic about the outline I gave you, but after all, it is just an outline and can only be used as a reference. Real talents are needed to complete the plot and painting, so don't waste it."
Luo Benzheng nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, boss, we now have a strong army and no shortage of talents."
Wanhui Comics has a division of labor between the plot and the artist; unlike in Japan, the manga artist also participates in plot conception.
Of course, this does not mean that the main writer of Wanhui Comics will not participate in plot conception, nor does it mean that the Japanese main writer participates in all plot conception; in fact, everyone collaborates as a team to complete a large work, but the proportion of participation is different.
The comic synopsis "One Piece" that Lin Zuhui handed over is actually a relatively messy memory. After all, even if he has read it, he has almost forgotten most of the small plots, and most of the world background and settings are remembered, so I can only say
It provides material reference.
For another example, "Pokémon" has more than 900 kinds of Pokémon. Who can remember it clearly? The attributes of each Pokémon are even more complicated.
Therefore, the team is still very important and can contribute more to the "perfection" of this work.
In addition to producing good works, Wanhui Comics has also done a lot of work. For example, the company's management team is strong and has made great contributions to exporting copyrights and safeguarding rights overseas. In addition, Wanhui Comics' individual volumes and animation export prices,
It is cheaper than Japan's and aims to establish an early 'bait' to lay the foundation for making big money in the future.
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Villa No. 36, Shih Hoon Road (former Standard Chartered Executive House).
Li Jiaxin showed Miss He around her mansion, with a bit of pride in her eyes. There are less than 200 garden-style single-family villas in Hong Kong, and even fewer hilltop villas, but she owns one.
"How is it? Isn't it as good as the Xu family's mansion?" Li Jiaxin said with a smile.
Miss He said angrily: "You're so proud! You know very well that we don't live in the Xu family's mansion, so how can it be as luxurious as yours?"
Enemies in the previous life, best friends in this life, leaders of the socialite circle. Miss He and Li Jiaxin have a socialite circle, and they are the two with the most status.
Li Jiaxin suddenly started to gossip: "How is your relationship lately?"
Miss He's expression darkened, and then she said calmly: "That's it!" Then she continued: "You'll have a drink with me later!"
Li Jiaxin is the owner who shows off everywhere, and immediately said: "Okay! Our Leit Group recently acquired the second-class Chateau Luchen in Bordeaux, France, and I happened to take a few boxes. Let's entertain you tonight.
Come and taste a bottle of good vintage.”
Leit Group's successful acquisition of the Luchen Family Manor has aroused great repercussions in France and Hong Kong. Hong Kong has even set off a wave of people going to Bordeaux to buy red wine manors. Of course, it is impossible to sell classified wineries in France, and even ancient famous wineries cannot be sold.
Maybe, at most, some small and medium-sized estates will be sold.
More than 60 wineries are listed for sale in the Bordeaux region every year, so there is no shortage of goods. However, it is difficult for wineries in Bordeaux to make money because the labor unions there are strong and operating methods must strictly comply with the laws of the Bordeaux region.
According to regulations, it is impossible to improve labor efficiency.
Miss He is already very familiar with Li Jiaxin's character, so naturally she won't care about these small things; in fact, the two got together because of Lin Zuhui's relationship at the beginning. Li Jiaxin is Lin Zuhui's woman, and Miss He is Lin Zuhui's good friend.
The two families have a good relationship and have many business cooperations.
But gradually, the two did become good friends and besties.
To be very realistic, the so-called friend means that both parties can use and cooperate with each other. If they can no longer use each other, the friendship will be lost. If the identity gap is too big, it will naturally be difficult to become friends.
Miss He hugged Li Jiaxin's son again and couldn't put it down. She thought he was very cute and smart. It wasn't until the servant called for dinner that she reluctantly handed Lin Wenjun to the nanny.
During the meal, the two women drank and chatted.
Miss He suddenly asked: "I want to ask a question, but you are not allowed to spread it randomly!"
Li Jiaxin looked like I am that kind of person, and then said: "Well, I'll keep it a secret for you!"
Miss He asked carefully: "You have such good conditions, what does he have that deserves your grievance?"
Li Jiaxin was stunned. This question was difficult to answer. Anyway, she had never thought about leaving Lin Zuhui because she had followed Lin Zuhui for a long time and her thoughts were already fixed.
After thinking for a long time, Li Jiaxin said: "I don't know. Anyway, I have never thought about leaving him. There is no reason. I haven't considered this question in the past 8 years, so I can't answer you."
Miss He secretly scolded Lin Zuhui for being "ambitious" and acted accordingly. Of course, she would not spread the word randomly, and she could not afford to offend Lin Zuhui.
"Then let me ask a different question. Your man is quite carefree. He spends very little time with you. Do you have any objection? I am not trying to provoke a relationship between you two, but I am simply asking!" Miss He said sincerely.
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Li Jiaxin pursed her lips and said: "It's impossible for you to sow discord between me and Brother Hui. Our sons are both over two years old, and our relationship is going well! Let me tell you, lest you be curious, I don't think it's necessary to stay together every day
Together, my man is super strong..."
Miss He suddenly blushed and said in a broken voice: "Why are you telling me this!"
Li Jiaxin said with a smile: "You are asking about our private matters yourself! By the way, is your family as good as my brother Hui?"
"Go, go, you said everything!"
At this time, both women had drunk a lot of wine, and their faces were slightly flushed.
So Miss He couldn't help but said: "Your man can really show off his affection for two hours, and that's not how he brags about it!"
Li Jiaxin said: "If you don't believe me, pull him down, otherwise why do you think he is so romantic?"