As the Spring Festival approaches, the flavor of the New Year in Xiangjiang is getting stronger and stronger.
Victoria Harbor will have a 'fireworks show' on New Year's Eve, lasting nearly 30 minutes, and will be broadcast live by ATV Group.
As for the light show "A Symphony of Lights" proposed by Lam Cho-fai, it has been installed on the top floors of 40 skyscrapers in Hong Kong and will be officially launched on the evening of the first day of the Lunar New Year, which will attract a large number of citizens and tourists to watch.
This year's "Lunar New Year Festival" of Hong Kong Films is also very exciting. Chow Sing-chi vs. Cheng Lung vs. Andy Lau/Tony Leung, three movies compete. This is an unprecedented event.
As the Hong Kong government has strengthened its crackdown on piracy, everyone has regained a lot of confidence. In addition, the three movies are actually staggered by a certain amount of time, almost spanning 60 days.
All companies owned by Lin Zuhui once again announced a year ago that each employee's "year-end bonus" would be no less than "three grains", which immediately became a hot topic among the media and citizens in Hong Kong.
As we all know, the companies owned by Lin Zuhui are somewhat unfriendly to shareholders and take great care of their employees.
Why is it said to be unfriendly to shareholders? The reason is that the annual dividend ratio is not very high.
However, his companies are still investors' favorite companies because the premium for shareholders' assets is too fast and the stock price rises very quickly. Although the dividend ratio is small, it is actually the company that pays the most dividends overall among companies in the same field.
They really take good care of their employees. Their salaries are among the best among companies in the same field. Their employee provident funds/pensions are also very high. Moreover, these assets are still appreciating (overseas securities investment), and there are many holiday benefits.
Who can not praise Xiangjiang citizens for being able to do this? After all, there are more than 80,000 local employees working for Lin Zuhui.
this day.
Asia Television City has become a sea of red. The open space around the three video buildings is filled with hundreds of tables. You can tell at a glance that a banquet is being held.
It turns out that today is the annual meeting of the ATV Group Television Department, where nearly 6,000 staff and artists will gather.
The entire ATV Group has nearly 9,000 employees and artists, and the rest are departments such as YG Entertainment and DreamWorks. The TV department of the ATV Group has nearly 6,000 people, which is quite scary. After all, the TVB in its previous life only had 4,000 people at its peak.
The main reason for the 1.5 times increase is that the satellite TV department of ATV Group is very powerful, and the entire TV department has a lot of contracted artists.
"Hi boss!"
"boss!"
Suddenly, the crowd suddenly became commotion. It turned out that Lin Zuhui came to attend the annual meeting of ATV Group in person. This was a rare situation before.
"Okay, everyone has worked hard for a year, let's enjoy it tonight!" Lin Zuhui responded with a smile.
Lin Zuhui led several senior executives as they shuttled through the crowd. Police and security guards were also on duty to ensure everyone's safety. The open space in ATV City was large enough so that there would not be a crowd or stampede, so it was necessary to be prepared.
During this period, Lin Zuhui also discovered that he did not know most of the artists on ATV. In fact, Hong Kong stars in this generation have been shuffled. Many who were not popular in the previous life are very popular in this life; those who have developed well in the previous life may be popular in this life.
Development is not possible.
But overall, Hong Kong stars occupy an absolute leadership position in Asia, especially Hong Kong stars.
"Boss, sit here!" Zhou Liang Shuyi pointed to a table with the '1' table card on it and guided Lin Zuhui.
"Well, I'm here today to see how ATV's food is going to be after the new year?" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.
"Don't worry, boss, Da Poon Choi guarantees a lot of seafood, and the food is much better than Wireless, no problem!" Zhou Liang Shuyi replied.
She was originally a senior executive from TVB, so she was naturally aware of TVB's "tradition of frugality", so she made this statement.
Lin Zuhui smiled and nodded. This is a must. Although ATV is relatively strict in artist contract management, it gives artists good basic salary. This means that if you are not popular, at least you will have a stable job;
The strict part is that the ATV Group has to suck a lot of blood from those "mid-to-high-end" stars cultivated by ATV. After all, it has to protect the artists who "earn basic wages."
And why do artists still choose ATV Group?
First of all, TVB TV stations are more strict, and the overall conditions of ATV are slightly better;
Secondly, ATV has a strong presence overseas, so signing a contract with ATV will make it easier to go out of Hong Kong and become a popular star in Asia. Even if it is not very popular, at least you can make money overseas.
Finally, ATV Group adopts a dividend system for ATV artists’ overseas income, and artists receive more.
In fact, it just encourages everyone to work harder!
Hong Kong people like to eat Poon Choi. The New Year's Eve dinner in many families is a large Poon Choi, which includes pork, bamboo shoots, radish, etc., and also adds precious ingredients such as oyster drum, abalone, fish maw, and ginseng, which symbolizes plenty of food and clothing.
As an entertainment company, ATV Group naturally needs stage recognition, so the entire annual meeting is very interesting.
When Lin Zuhui came to the ATV annual meeting, he naturally attracted many artists and management people who were sitting nearby to come and toast. Of course he was not that stupid and knew how to toast. It was just a small taste.
During this period, some ex-girlfriends inevitably came forward. Fortunately, everyone cooperated happily and it seemed very natural.
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February 15th, New Year’s Eve.
In the afternoon, Lin Zuhui's family of four went shopping at the Guojin Shopping Center. They were originally a family of five, but their eldest son Lin Wenjie was studying in the United States. Therefore, only Lin Zuhui, Wang Lingyin and their two sons spent this Spring Festival together.
In fact, with Lin Zuhui's identity and status, it stands to reason that he has a lot of social activities; but given his identity and status, he can choose whether to participate in social activities or not. In fact, many wealthy people who have reached a certain level of wealth choose to be very low-key and appropriate.
Participate in social activities.
Of course, some people choose to be high-profile and have thousands of people congratulate them on their birthday.
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Lin Zuhui is a relatively unusual rich man among young people. He has turned down a lot of entertainment and focuses on spending time with his woman and family. Even when the World Chinese Entrepreneurs Conference in Singapore invited him, he declined politely.
The international shopping mall covers an area of 800,000 square feet and houses more than 200 international brands, which is enough to make people forget to leave.
Lin Zuhui is now looking forward to seeing the entire IFC Center completed, with shopping malls, office buildings, hotels and serviced apartments. It can be said to be a city within a city in Hong Kong Central.
Because the "Hotel Tower" of the International Financial Center needs to be completed in 2002 (expected to open by the end of 2003), Lin Zuhui cannot demolish the "Fulama Hotel Tower" and use it as an office building.
"Brother Hui, how do you like this bag?" Wang Lingyin asked expectantly, holding a bag.
At this time, Lin Zuhui and his two sons raised their heads, obviously not focusing on shopping.
"Yes, it suits you very well!" Lin Zuhui said without hesitation.
If they were a normal couple, they would naturally find something wrong if they heard that their partner was so careless; but obviously, Wang Lingyin would not do that.
"Okay, that's it!" Wang Lingyin said happily.
Lin Zuhui asked out of guilt: "This LV really suits you!"
Wang Lingyin was stunned, and the clerk was also stunned. This made Lin Zuhui a little confused. Did he say the wrong thing?
"Brother Hui, this is a Gucci store!" Wang Lingyin whispered.
Lin Zuhui was immediately embarrassed. He didn't pay attention to this at all. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and said: "Don't you always like LV?"
This sentence reveals a meaning, that he understands his wife.
"I've also fallen in love with Gucci lately!" Wang Lingyin said playfully.
Hearing this, Lin Zuhui suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but ask again: "Is Gucci from Italy?"
A clerk immediately said: "Yes, Lin Sheng, the Gucci brand is an Italian national treasure brand. It has a brand history of almost 80 years and is one of the representative brands of top luxury goods."
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Of course I know it is a luxury brand, but I forgot whether it was French or Italian for a moment. Moreover, maybe this brand will become ours in Hong Kong, haha!"
Everyone just thought that Lin Zuhui was joking and felt that he was quite approachable.
Naturally, it is impossible to think that Lam Cho-fai does not have enough understanding of luxury goods. Who in Hong Kong does not know that Lam Cho-fai is a connoisseur of enjoyment; a Boeing 747 passenger plane has been converted into a private jet, two 50-meter super yachts, and he lives in a top-notch mansion.
It can only mean that no one can afford the luxury goods that Lin Zuhui plays!
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Just after the first day of the new year, Lin Zuhui called Andre, the president of Barings Bank.
"Check for me if there is any abnormality in Gucci's stock recently, and start buying Gucci's stock! Funds are not a problem, I will invest in a special fund if necessary."
"Okay boss, I will arrange an investigation immediately and report to you as soon as possible!"
"Well, pay attention to the laws and regulations of the place where it is listed, and form a dedicated acquisition team."
"yes"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Zuhui showed a smile.
It’s not just a whim, it’s just that he has plenty of funds, so he plans to try out how deep Gucci’s water is!
And why choose Gucci?
Because Gucci seems to have been hostilely acquired by the LVMH Group. In this case, he also wants to try owning a luxury brand.
Last year, banks cashed out, and Hengjin Investment withdrew about 4 billion U.S. dollars of funds. There is currently no investment channel for this money.
The potential of luxury goods like Gucci has only just begun. Acquisition now is more efficient in making money than Hilton Hotels.
As for whether Gucci will become less "luxurious" because of his acquisition, Lin Zuhui is not worried. Barings Bank is only an investor, and Gucci will have independent management rights even after the acquisition.
Barings Bank only arranges high-level personnel and puts forward some business suggestions, but it will not participate in specific operations. In fact, Barings Bank's capital injection was in London, and most people would not think that its boss is a Chinese.
This layer of control allows Lin Zuhui to control remotely from behind.
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In the days that followed, Lin Zuhui felt for the first time that the acquisition was so 'easy'.
On February 25, Barings Bank purchased Gucci Group shares at a price of US$55.84 per share, with a shareholding ratio of more than 5%, meeting the requirements for filing with the U.S. and Dutch Securities Regulatory Commissions; it is worth mentioning that although it is a filing,
However, there is a loophole in Dutch securities regulatory laws, that is, the acquirer does not need to submit a detailed acquisition plan to all shareholders.
On March 5, Barings Bank bought another 631,000 shares of Gucci Group at US$68.87 per share, raising its shareholding ratio to 9.6%;
On March 11, using the same operation again, its shareholding ratio reached 26.6%
By March 18, Barings Bank’s shareholding ratio had risen to 34.4%
In other words, in less than 20 days, Barings Bank acquired a large number of shares in the Gucci Group for US$1.4 billion, and the process was so smooth that the Gucci Group did not react at all.
This scene made Lin Zuhui somewhat familiar. Can Wanke Bao from his previous life fight?
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Italy, Gucci headquarters.
President Ferrinder convened an emergency high-level meeting to discuss Barings Bank’s hostile acquisition of Gucci.
"What's going on with you? The stock price has skyrocketed in a short period of time, and there's no reaction at all. How ridiculous is that?" Ferrinder scolded a group of people.
A senior executive defended: "Bahrain Bank moved too quickly. When we reacted, they had already reached 34.4% of the shares. This is a very rare situation."
Everyone agreed with this view. The acquisition of Barings Bank was so rapid that it raised the stock price to more than 100% in a short period of time without wavering at all.
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Seeing that everyone was like this, Ferrinder felt helpless. As the president of Gucci, he had not discovered this phenomenon and could not escape it.
"Bahrain Bank stopped acquiring 34.4%. It seems that it was afraid of touching the full acquisition line, or the superiors came to negotiate with us. In this case, let us tell you, what do you think of Barings Bank, a new investment banking giant?
idea?"
"They want to control Gucci with 34.4%, which is delusional! Since they are worried about reaching the full acquisition line, we insist on letting them fully acquire it."
Generally speaking, you can control the company by holding 34.4% of the shares, which is basically the case all over the world; but there are also many special circumstances, that is, the board of directors and management are unanimously opposed, which is naturally impossible.
A senior executive tentatively said: "What if Barings Bank really wants to fully acquire the Gucci brand? You know, they only ambitiously acquired Hilton worth nearly 20 billion US dollars last year, and the price of the entire Gucci acquisition is expected to be
Behind the US$8 billion Barings Bank is the world’s richest man, a legendary figure with a net worth of tens of billions of US dollars, and a giant in the capital market.”
Everyone suddenly became serious!
"We have two methods: first, let Barings Bank fully acquire it. If the price is really about 8 billion US dollars, I believe shareholders will be very willing to take action; second, introduce white knights to resist Barings Bank's attack."
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"Yes, these two options are currently the most realistic!"
Ferrinder thought for a moment and said: "Then let's wait for Barings Bank to come to us and see what they mean first!"
Barings Bank’s blitzkrieg has shocked many business people around the world. After all, unlike its acquisition of Hilton, Barings Bank is making a hostile acquisition of Gucci. More importantly, in just 20 days, Barings Bank acquired Gucci for US$1.4 billion.
At the price, it became the controlling shareholder of Barings Bank, accounting for 34.4% of the shares.
No wonder the senior executives of Gucci Group did not react immediately.