DreamWorks is planning to shoot a blockbuster film that will enter Hollywood, and it is co-produced with 21st Century Fox, which caused a huge sensation in Hong Kong.
Everyone in the industry knows that Asia Television Group and News Corporation have just cooperated, and then the two film companies announced a co-production of a movie.
Of course, in fact, 21st Century Fox was just in name, and a few people came to assist in the filming. The person who could promote this matter was naturally Lin Zuhui who came forward and said hello to Murdoch.
For this movie, whether it makes money or not is secondary. The important thing is to be influential and to make Lin Zuhui look good. Therefore, the filming must be of high quality, at least several times higher than the quality of Hong Kong's previous science fiction films.
The scenery and props of the first part of "Resident Evil" are mainly the base camp of the hive, so DreamWorks will spend huge sums of money to build it. In order to recover the cost, the hive will be opened to the public as a "tourist attraction" in the future and can be reused.
In fact, the most important thing about this movie is not the big production, but the creativity - t-virus, artificial intelligence (supercomputer) and a series of fresh words.
This film will take a year to prepare and shoot, and is scheduled to be broadcast next summer.
After completing the last field of communication enterprises, Lin Zuhui felt relieved. TV stations, entertainment companies, film companies... ATV Group has become the king in all fields of communication.
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Thursday, August 19th.
In the morning, Lin Zuhui read the newspaper in the office and saw that Cheung Kong Group released its half-year financial report: Cheung Kong made a profit of 3.8 billion in the first half of the year (as of June 30), and Hutchison Whampoa 2 billion. (Hong Kong Electric is considered a public utility company, and Hutchison
Only holds 34.5% of the shares, additional news will be announced)
After reading the news, Lin Zuhui was a little surprised that Cheung Kong Group's performance was so good, excluding HK Electric, it was 5.8 billion in half a year.
New Era Group's net profit in the first half of the year was 7.5 billion, including 1.38 billion non-recurring profits, so recurring profits were 6.12 billion.
It was only a little higher than Cheung Kong Group, which surprised Lin Zuhui.
You must know that Chinese Real Estate, a subsidiary of New Era Group, is a large rent-collecting company; while Cheung Kong Group has almost no rent-collecting properties and its proportion is very small.
However, Lin Zuhui soon understood that Hutchison Whampoa made more money than Hengchang Holdings. Hengchang Holdings may only have about 50% of that, and its half-year profit was only 1.1 billion.
The profits of the two real estate developers are about the same, with Cheung Kong even slightly winning. New Era Properties can only take third place, and Sun Hung Kai ranks first, but the three companies are chasing closely.
Liang Zhenxun nodded and said: "We are ready and plan to release it in early September."
It is necessary to release this financial report. The current market value of New Era Group is only over 150 billion, and it strives to rise to 200 billion by the end of the year, setting a record. After all, the market can soar to more than 11,000 points, and New Era Group has no problem rising by 30%.
Lin Zuhui continued: "When holding a press conference, remember to report to investors in more detail. The book assets of the U.S. stocks we invested in this year have increased, and General Dynamics' dividend per share has reached as high as 32.6 US dollars (1.47 million shares held)...
.Hengchang Profitable Food has become the No. 1 instant noodle brand in the Mainland...The market value of listed companies controlled by Singapore has reached 4 billion...Good news such as this can be explained to investors."
New Era Group's finances have always been relatively transparent, and announcing some good investment news can also enhance investor confidence.
The important thing is that billions of convertible bonds will mature at the end of the year. The company does not want to pay the principal and interest, but wants everyone to exchange for stocks. Therefore, the higher the market value, the greater the enthusiasm of everyone to exchange for stocks.
In fact, everyone will exchange stocks.
"Okay, I will communicate with President Yuan later, and the two of us will attend the press conference!"
Lin Zuhui nodded. He had not attended the semi-annual financial report conference for several years. He would only consider attending the annual financial report conference in February and March.
Today's New Era Group's net assets have already exceeded 200 billion, making it a giant in the industry.
The rise of New Era Group has weakened Cheung Kong, Sun Hung Kai, Henderson, and New World by 10 to 20%; second-tier real estate companies such as Hang Lung, Great Eagle, Sino, and Chinachem have even weakened the fourth- and fifth-tier properties; as for those third-tier real estate companies,
Fourth-tier real estate developers are naturally affected.
After Liang Zhenxun left, assistant Li Ke brought someone in a while later, and Lin Zuhui greeted him.
"Sheng Wang, welcome!" Lin Zuhui said happily.
The person who came was Wang Jianping, the general manager of Shougang Xiangjiang listed company, and he had crossed paths with Lin Zuhui several times. Because Lin Zuhui made a great contribution to the acquisition of Asia Securities by CEFC, as a result, several official companies in the mainland started to talk about him.
Tails, intending to let Lin Zuhui take them to the sky - to come to Hong Kong for a backdoor listing.
Therefore, when Shougang came to Hong Kong for a backdoor listing and successively acquired several companies, Lin Zuhui also participated, and indirectly cooperated with Li Chaoren.
The so-called cooperation does not just provide advice, but requires money to participate in the purchase of listed companies. For example, if Shougang is interested in a listed company, but it does not have enough money, it can only purchase 51% of the shares, and other consortiums will buy the rest;
After acquiring a company, the market value will inevitably skyrocket, and then Shougang (a listed company) can raise funds through rights issues and then redeem the shares in the cooperative company (at a profit).
Through this kind of stock market game, the company can quickly develop like a snowball. CEFC is a representative of mainland companies coming to Hong Kong. After successively annexing multiple listed companies, CEFC's current market value has reached 20 billion, becoming a Chinese concept stock.
The first share.
Shougang is the second stock, with a current market value of less than 5 billion.
Wang Jianping is a second generation, and it goes without saying that this is true for everyone, including those at the top of CEFC.
Of course, although Lin Zuhui can't say that he will go to the mainland, but as long as he doesn't cause trouble, no one will dare to trouble him. He has connections with people in the upper class, and with his own status in Xiangjiang, he doesn't need to please.
these people.
On the contrary, these people are all trying to please Lin Zuhui, the God of Wealth.
"Lin Sheng, I'm here to disturb you, a busy man, again!" Wang Jianping said politely with a smile.
Lin Zuhui motioned for him to take a seat, and then said: "I like this interruption. It can make me money. It just shows that we are a win-win cooperation."
Wang Jianping immediately said happily: "It's fair to Mr. Lin. There are media outside who came to Hong Kong to grab business and have privileges. They have wronged us. We are now acting in accordance with the system of Hong Kong and abiding by the laws and regulations here; only
But there are some bad apples who make some false backgrounds to deceive people."
How should I put it? There must be privileges. Even the Hong Kong government has taken care of CEFC before. When it acquired Ka Wah Bank, the acquirer did not bear bad debts and was guaranteed by the Hong Kong government’s Exchange Fund; there are also Hong Kong companies such as Lin Zuhui and Li Chaoren.
Big businessmen, in order to invest in the Mainland, are definitely willing to cooperate with these Mainland enterprises in Hong Kong... Such things are considered privileges. As for real privileges, they are naturally impossible. After all, the Hong Kong government also wants to safeguard Hong Kong.
fairness.
However, mainland companies listed in Hong Kong have a common problem, that is, low profits, poor management, complicated personnel, and too much internal friction. Obviously, they still have a long way to go.
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "This is a process. The market will eliminate those bad companies. The ones that survive in the end must be Hong Kong-listed companies like CEFC, Shougang, and China Aerospace."
Hua Aerospace Technology also successfully went public through a backdoor listing, and its performance is good. The launch of AsiaSat 1 is their performance. Of course, the assets listed through a backdoor listing are not the core assets.
Mainland official capital comes to Hong Kong for backdoor listings in order to raise funds through securities and then invest. In recent years, a lot of funds have been invested in Hong Kong from the mainland.
After talking for a while, Wang Jianping said: "Lin Sheng, I am looking for you this time to see if you are interested in cooperating with us to renovate several state-owned hotels in Beijing."
Lin Zuhui asked: "I often go to the capital and I am basically familiar with which restaurants?"
Wang Jianping immediately said: "The Great Wall Hotel, Minzu Hotel, Xiangshan Hotel, Huadu Hotel, Yanxiang Hotel, Qianmen Hotel, Yanjing Hotel, there are seven hotels in total; except the Great Wall Hotel which is five-star, the others are all three-star.
We want to transform these hotels into foreign-related hotels through renovation, and strive to upgrade the three-star hotels to four-star and five-star hotels."
When Lin Zuhui heard about the Great Wall Hotel, some memories came back to him. He remembered that the annex building of this hotel was probably the famous Heaven and Earth in later generations. Of course, it was leased and had nothing to do with the Great Wall Hotel.
"I have no hesitation in supporting the development of the capital. After all, when overseas investors come to the capital, if they have a good accommodation environment, they will have better results, so this cooperation is very good!" Lin Zuhui said at the scene.
He doesn't need to directly talk about the details and benefits, because he has his subordinates to talk about it, and it's only a small project worth a few hundred million, so he doesn't need to worry about it.
Wang Jianping said happily: "It is really a blessing to have New Era Group join this project. Your hotel industry is doing very well. There are many industries abroad."
Lin Zuhui said modestly: "Sheng Wang deserves the award! But we have indeed invested a lot of money in the hotel group."
The two reached a cooperation agreement verbally, and then the teams of both parties discussed the details. Naturally, Lin Zuhui would not participate.
After Wang Jianping left, Lin Zuhui called Li Mingtao, the vice president of New Era Hotel Group, and handed him the task. For such projects, Lin Zuhui's consistent principle is that he is very satisfied with a profit of more than 8% every year, which is considered immediate.
You can make a little money and support the development of your motherland.
Many of the mainland projects of New Era Group (Huaxia) are livelihood projects. Due to the need for urbanization, they are led by the government and invested by developers to develop residential projects. The official guarantees that investors will make a profit of 15% to 20% every year, and
Developers can have stable profits, which is equivalent to limiting the developers' profiteering behavior, because this is a people's livelihood project.
Although the 15% profit is considerable, if Xiangjiang developers are allowed to develop projects solely, this profit will never be the only one.
After explaining to Li Mingtao, Lin Zuhui asked again: "How is the development of third- and fourth-level hotels in the mainland?"
Li Mingtao said: "Through Miramar Hotels, we have identified a total of 7 three-star hotels and 2 four-star hotel development projects in second-tier cities such as Wuhan, Hangzhou, and Foshan, all of which will be developed through leasing properties.
.It is estimated that the cost can be recovered within four to five years.”
Lin Zuhui immediately asked: "Is there any basis for recovering the cost in four to five years?"
Li Mingtao nodded and said: "Yes, the current occupancy rate of the three hotels we have opened is 86%. And with the growth of the mainland's economy, this ratio will increase."
He had to lament the boss's strategy. After acquiring the Miramar Hotel, he immediately formulated a plan for mid-to-high-end hotels in the mainland, adopted a leasing property model, and quickly deployed Miramar Hotels in some second-tier cities in the mainland.
Third- and fourth-level hotels are suitable for the current economic environment in the mainland, and their occupancy rates are much higher than those of five-star hotels.
"Well, then we will continue to look for suitable targets to open stores and lay out the hotel market in the mainland as soon as possible."
"OK"
After Li Mingtao left, Lin Zuhui thought about it. Although New Era Group only held 34.5% of Miramar Hotel, it still tried its best to assist Yang Bingzheng in its development.
Because Lin Zuhui knew that once Yang Bingzheng died, the Miramar Hotel would completely belong to the New Era Group.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the issue of low shareholding, he does not need to worry. After the financial crisis, it is still possible to increase the shareholding to 49%.
There is no need to delist to avoid hurting the feelings of partners!
Lin Zuhui has a motto that he always warns himself: "Leave room for things when doing things, don't do things to perfection. If you have money, everyone will make money, and everyone will share the benefits. Only in this way will people be willing to cooperate. If it is fair to take 10% of the shares, then take 11%
It's okay, but if you only take 9% of the shares, you will make a lot of money."
This is also the reason why he can make a lot of money alone, but he insists on bringing everyone together to make a fortune.
If he is greedy enough, he can privatize New Era Group during the financial crisis, or control it to 75%; he can afford the monetary price.
However, he must lead shareholders to make money together, so that he can have enough influence and sense of achievement. New Era Group has 60,000 to 70,000 shareholders, and they all hope that Lin Zuhui will lead the company to make money. They will worry about Lin Zuhui's health.
Worrying about Lin Zuhui's safety... Just like Samsung's Lee Jae-yong in his previous life, the government wanted him to serve a few years in prison. As a result, it affected not only Samsung, but also the entire South Korean economy. In the end, it was all over.
Can Lin Zuhui become the Li family of Samsung in Hong Kong? He thinks it is inevitable! When his "cultural empire" is established, he will no longer be a simple real estate developer.
And this cultural empire includes: TV stations, entertainment companies, record companies, production companies, theaters, print media, the Internet, games, comics, software... By then it may be able to support hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people.
There is also overseas influence and honor, which can also make him greater in Hong Kong!