After an inspection in Paris, Lam did not return to Hong Kong immediately. Instead, he went to London and met with Richman.
The Canary Wharf project has been redeemed from the creditor banks, but the first priority is to communicate with the London government and launch the subway extension line as soon as possible. Only in this way will companies be willing to move into this area.
At present, this project already has eight office buildings with an area of 600,000 square meters, but the occupancy rate is only 40%. Therefore, it is not a rush to build more high-rise buildings, but to improve the infrastructure and transportation facilities of Canary Wharf.
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Time flies, and two weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.
It's mid-July and the summer is hot.
Lin Zuhui has been in a good mood recently. London gold reached the liquidation line of US$390 per ounce at the end of June. He did not hesitate to choose Everjin Investment and Octopus Bank to slowly liquidate futures and spot positions.
This round of gold futures/spot speculation only took a total of about eight months, but the profits gained were huge. In terms of futures, the profit is expected to be 3.8 billion, and the withdrawal cost is 4.8 billion; in terms of spot, it is expected to make a profit of 15
It’s about HK$100 million, with a profit margin of 16-18%. Within eight months, it’s several times more cost-effective than lending.
At this time, the US dollar/yen index also fell to around 108 points, which greatly increased Lin Zuhui's investment book profits (around 4.5 billion).
The futures contract is still open and the current profit is more than 1 billion.
Coupled with the sharp increase in rents for Hengjin Real Estate this year, Lin Zuhui predicts that he will soon have about 15 billion in cash, and that is after paying off his personal loan. With such a huge wealth, Lin Zuhui has no good investments for a while, but he can
Continue to buy some familiar US stocks and make long-term investments.
Of course, with real estate dividends rolling in, New Era Group's dividends next year may be as high as more than 3 billion (half for individuals). The other three listed groups will also enter the return period and will also distribute very high dividends every year. Hengjin Real Estate
The annual rental return will also be more than 1.5 billion.
Lin Zuhui sighed that he finally got through it.
Liang Zhenxun came to Lin Zuhui's office and reported: "Boss, all foreign exchange positions have been closed, with a total profit of 1.38 billion and a cash withdrawal of 1.88 billion Hong Kong dollars."
Let New Era Group close its position in advance to avoid Lin Zuhui's ability being too amazing.
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "Not bad. It seems that we can save 10 billion Hong Kong dollars this year."
Now he has to start paying attention to cash flow. The world has changed a lot. Just because business is doing well today, he cannot settle on doing this kind of business. If there is sufficient cash flow, he can have extra cash and can use it at any time.
Enter other industries.
Development should not forget stability, and stability should not forget development. This will be the future strategy of New Era Group.
Liang Zhenxun said with a smile: "That's definitely more than that. The company not only has profit recovery, but also cost recovery. According to the current real estate market, the cash on hand at the end of the year is probably more than 12 billion."
To put it simply, the previous investment costs are also withdrawn together with the profits, so the estimated annual profit of 15 billion is actually far more than the amount of funds withdrawn. Of course, spending money is also very powerful, and the land now easily costs hundreds of millions.
Hundreds of millions are spent on purchasing land every year.
Although New Era Group invested 10.5 billion in the Canary Wharf project in the UK this year, it completed the project by issuing bonds and loans.
"It seems that I have to work hard to find projects!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.
Liang Zhenxun responded: "This time I made a huge profit of 1.38 billion in foreign exchange. If I acquire the resort brand in France, it is almost equivalent to a project that the boss made for free for the company. And the three US stocks I invested in are really very profitable. Guangtong General
Dynamics has issued two non-recurring dividends this year, up to US$38 per share. The market value of our US stock market has reached US$750 million, with a book profit of US$300 million... Therefore, I think we should give it to the boss and
Wang Dong (Wang Lingyin) has many hairs and robes of gold."
His subordinates protested for Lin Zuhui. Although Lin Zuhui owns 49.5% of the New Era Group's equity, if it is said that running the company well is Lin Zuhui's duty, so many non-recurring profits are obviously not Lin Zuhui's duty, so he should be heavily rewarded.
Lin Zuhui waved his hand and said: "Forget it, we have already set up a chastity memorial arch, why bother with it?"
"OK"
It is a fact that Liang Zhenxun's move will make Lin Zuhui feel good about him. Regardless of whether his thoughts are sincere or not, Lin Zuhui feels that he has every right to enjoy tens of millions of stipends every year.
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Since July, it has been popular in Hong Kong for girlfriends to hit their boyfriends, because ATV's "My Sassy Girl" started broadcasting in early July, causing a huge response in Hong Kong, and the ratings set another record.
"My Sassy Girl" is a low-cost small production + fan love + youth idol. It combines the freshness and delicacy of Japanese idol dramas, the romantic feelings of European literary films, and the nonsensical comedy of Hong Kong movies, and evolves it into a fan love story. Its
The story is actually quite old-fashioned. It tells the story of a "happy reunion" of a woman who has just lost her boyfriend and how she gets rid of the psychological shadow and regains true love. The plot of the film is not complicated. The biggest feature of the film is that it creates a character who has appeared in previous films.
The rare "savage girlfriend" role and "women beating men" have become the biggest gimmicks of the film.
At this time, the "Hong Kong dramas" led by ATV have been completely accepted by Hong Kong audiences, and even audiences across Asia, and have achieved great influence. The reason is actually very simple. What Lin Zuhui plagiarized are all classic "Korean dramas" in style.
It’s also summed up very well.
Lin Zuhui sometimes feels an inexplicable sense of relief, because he can single-handedly wipe out all the future "Korean Waves" and slaughter an entire country by himself, which makes people feel so happy.
The key is, once the style is determined first, will the Korean Wave still appear in the future?
If we follow Xiangjiang's example of plagiarism, wouldn't it become nondescript and be ridiculed by others?
Currently, Lam Cho-fai still has some inventory in terms of dramas, but he plans to wait until the Internet era; of course, maybe Xiangjiang's screenwriter can create better works, and he may not necessarily need to release them.
What Lin Zuhui is most familiar with is not TV dramas, but Korean variety shows in his previous life. Since he likes to watch Korean variety shows repeatedly, he still has memories of almost many game plots. In other words, probably starting in the late 1990s,
Hong Kong variety shows are also about to start.
Why not do it now? The first reason is because there are not many Hong Kong idols yet, and Hong Kong variety shows need Hong Kong idols. The second reason is that the Internet era has not really arrived yet, and we cannot create them all at once in the Internet era.
Otherwise, there will be no desired effect.
For example, the first Hong Kong variety show "X-Man" was released in 1997 (in fact, there are also interviews and music shows now), then it would take at least 2000 to release "Love Letter" and "Infinite Challenge", and there will be more after that.
Published "The Birth of a Family" and "Runningman".
By then, these Hong Kong variety shows will be available on the Internet.