Since March, the Hong Kong stock market has started a singing mode with the birth of the US Internet "bubble". Capitalists all over the world are discussing the impact of the Internet, and capital is pouring into Internet companies.
In fact, in 1998, the Internet became a boom year, with Yahoo and Amazon growing several times.
It’s just this year (1999) that the Internet has become an industry that is carnival for capital around the world, spreading from the United States to every corner of the world.
Xiangjiang Telecom has also started to sing all the way since March. First, due to the influence of the "Cyberport", investors believe that Xiangjiang Telecom will enter the technology industry;
Then in early April, Xiangjiang Telecom announced three major business plans. Among them, the PCC business made Xiangjiang Telecom's stock price soar. In mid-April, it had exceeded 300 billion.
In mid-April, Xiangjiang Telecom President Ivey Lang announced that he had reached a cooperation agreement with Intel, with Xiangjiang Telecom investing 70% and Intel investing 30%. The two parties will cooperate to promote interactive information services in Asia.
For a time, Xiangjiang Telecom's stock price rose again!
At this time, in the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng Index had climbed to over 14,000, among which the most popular were Internet and technology-themed stocks such as Sina (50 billion) and Xiangjiang Telecom (302 billion).
On the contrary, New Era Group's market capitalization of 700 billion has begun to sluggishly rise.
USA.
Li Zekai hurriedly found Chavez, a senior executive at Intel, and asked: "Mr. Chavez, didn't Intel promise to cooperate with our company, Yingdong Technology, to promote interactive information services in Asia? Now, why have you gone back on your word and cooperated with Xiangjiang Telecom?
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Chavez spread his hands and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, when Xiangjiang Telecom came to discuss cooperation, Intel's senior executives had already decided to cooperate with them. First of all, Xiangjiang Telecom is a large telecommunications company in Asia with great strength; secondly, there are
As the boss of Xiangjiang Telecom, Mr. Lin Zuhui, the Asian technology tycoon second only to Bill Gates, has such appeal that we can see hope of success. So, I am sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, it is not that we have broken the contract, but that we have a better choice.
, your strength is too weak!"
Li Zekai felt as if he was being humiliated, and immediately stood up and left Intel.
What a shame!
Li Zekai felt his face was hot when he walked out of Intel Company.
"Why? Why should he have a hand in everything? Is Xiangjiang the Lin family's Xiangjiang?" Li Zekai roared in a low voice.
The pcc business was a business he had been planning many years ago. Now he finally found a listed Airbus company. He injected his property assets into it and completed a backdoor listing. Then he was ready to expand his ambitions. Unexpectedly, Hong Kong Telecom put his idea
Totally plagiarized.
For example, Xiangjiang Telecom has also established an ‘Internet Investment Fund’;
For example, Xiangjiang Telecom not only developed the PCC business, but also leveraged its own capabilities and reached cooperation with Intel.
He felt that Lin Zuhui was full of malice toward him!
Could it be that just because the TV station was sold to him at a high price back then, didn't this fulfill his wish?
At this time, Li Zekai was already a little depressed and didn't know how to face the next thing.
Because of Xiangjiang Telecom's strength, it has robbed him of his creativity. So if Yingdong tells these stories next, will investors buy it?
Moreover, as Lin Zuhui's status increases day by day, the brand name "Superman Li" is becoming less and less effective!
Return to Hong Kong.
Li Zekai, Li Zeju, Li Chaoren and his son gathered together and also changed the topic to Lin Zuhui.
Li Chaoren also felt that as Lin Zuhui became more and more domineering, the development of the Li family was greatly restricted.
Lin Zuhui not only wants to dominate the Internet, technology industry, and media communication industry in Hong Kong, but now he is putting strong pressure on Hutchison Whampoa in the port; Times Shipping has spent huge sums of money to establish a huge business, involving shipping, logistics, ports and other aspects, including ports.
On the other hand, there is a new competition situation between Hutchison Whampoa and Hutchison Whampoa.
The governments of many countries now only recognize Lin Zuhui's brand name. After all, Lin Zuhui is the leader of the Chinese and has the most appeal. Therefore, others are more willing to reach a cooperation agreement with Times Shipping to jointly develop ports.
Now the Li family only has certain advantages in retail and infrastructure:
In terms of retail, Watsons has developed very smoothly and is very competitive in its global expansion;
In terms of infrastructure, Cheung Kong Infrastructure (Hong Kong Electric) has long-term investment in overseas infrastructure industries (power, transportation, etc.), so it is also very competitive.
In other industries, the Lin Zuhui family has completely surpassed the Li Chaoren family.
"We really want to enter the Internet industry. Although Lin Zuhui is powerful, it is impossible to truly have a monopoly!" Li Chaoren said decisively.
Li Zekai immediately said happily: "What my father said is that the Internet is the most promising industry in the future, and we cannot miss it!"
Li Chaoren said with a pity: "It is a pity that portals like Sina.com were preempted by Lin Zuhui. There is not much we can do. Internet finance is good, and Internet trade is also good. In short, we can let Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa join forces
Make an investment. Is Zekai interested in coming back?"
Li Zekai immediately shook his head and said: "I will not give up easily. I came to see my father and brother. I just hope that you will not miss the Internet investment plan."
Li Chaoren could only say: "Okay! But I also want to remind you not to get into a fight of will. There are so many investment projects in the world. If you can't succeed, others will have to admit that it may be easier to succeed in another project."
Li Zekai nodded in agreement on the surface, but actually didn't listen much.
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Saturday, April 17th.
In the morning, Lin Zuhui came to the ATV Group headquarters office as usual.
Although the cultural industry is a gift brought by Lin Zuhui to Xiangjiang, he himself spends at most half a day to one day a week on it. After all, he prefers his wealth to grow. Of course, with Lin Zuhui’s accumulated efforts over time, Xiangjiang’s cultural industry
We have embarked on a broad road.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Zhenqiang is still the first to come to Lin Zuhui’s office to report the situation. In fact, Lin Zuhui only needs him to communicate with him about work; as for Director and President Zhou
Liang Shuyi, executive director and financial manager Li Baoan, etc., only come to report work because Lin Zuhui needs them to come. This is Lin Zuhui reducing the burden on himself.
Although the top management of ATV Group has not changed much over the years, it has promoted many middle-level managers. As for the changes in the top management, after all, Lin Zuhui has only taken over for more than ten years, so there is no need to rush to replace them with younger ones. Maybe in a few years,
All senior executives are promoted directly from within.
"Boss, there has been a ratings craze for "Meteor Garden" in Taiwan. The ratings are higher than "Huanzhugege"... f4 has become a topic that everyone talks about in Taiwan, and there are many people following the trend.
Yes..." Zhao Zhenqiang knew what his boss was most concerned about, so he briefly cut into the key points of the report.
After hearing this, Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Although a TV series cannot be said to bring ATV to a new level, it can truly prove that Hong Kong culture has become a trend in Asia. In the future, we will pay attention to the development of surrounding businesses of "Meteor Garden"
It is only right to hold activities and make more money for the company. After all, 9,000 people in the ATV Group need to eat."
Now, Lin Zuhui's mantra for these senior executives is always inseparable from topics such as how many people in the company need to eat, in order to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and sense of responsibility.
In fact, Lin Zuhui also has this mentality now. Hundreds of thousands of people eat with him. Failure to run the company properly will have serious consequences.
Zhao Zhenqiang was shocked and assured: "Don't worry, boss, we have formed a complete entertainment system, which will definitely be able to efficiently complete the work and reflect the surrounding value."
"Well, I just remind you all the time, don't live on your laurels. ATV Group is at the time of its second transformation, and everything must be ahead of this era."
"Yes, boss."
From Lin Zuhui's height and his previous life experience, he himself knows the bottleneck problem of the enterprise and that it must change if it wants to continue to prosper.
For example, ATV Group will intervene in the Internet video field around 2004 and develop a technologically leading video website; following the path of Netflix in its predecessor, it will lead the Internet video website and app of this era.
ATV Group has content, and apart from the impossibility of development in the mainland, other Asian countries allow foreign Internet to enter the country; therefore, relying on the influence of Hong Kong Streaming, video websites and apps can be introduced into other countries.
Then, Zhao Zhenqiang reported to Lin Zuhui the handling of the "X-Man" program, which made Lin Zuhui very satisfied.
The success of "X-Man" means that the era of Hong Kong variety shows has arrived. In the future, many countries in Asia will purchase the copyrights of Hong Kong variety shows. The impact is not only these, Hong Kong variety shows also drive the influence of Hong Kong stars overseas.
These stars can earn more foreign exchange.
Hong Kong celebrities can go abroad in large numbers, which will naturally drive Hong Kong's employment, tourism, consumption and other aspects. This is the benefit of the cultural industry.
Xiangjiang cannot become an important city in the fields of industry, manufacturing, etc., so developing cultural industries is a very good plan.
Zhao Zhenqiang finished his report and left. Lin Zuhui did not make any new plans. His plan could only be a supplement and model. ATV Group has what it is today, and the strength of the entire company is very important. And because of the satellite TV channels of ATV Group
There are a lot of them, so I don’t have to worry about there being too many self-made programs but no platform to broadcast them.
After a while, DreamWorks CEO Pan Cheng came to his office. Pan Cheng rushed to Tseung Kwan O from the Kowloon Broadcasting Channel.
Regarding DreamWorks, Lin Zuhui gave some pointers when he thought about it, but forgot about it when he didn't think about it. Fortunately, DreamWorks has now resumed the rules of filming movies. Pan Cheng can decide how many movies to shoot each year, as long as he does not lose too much.
After Jiuqi, Xiangjiang movies relied more on the mainland market, and many directors and actors even went north. With the support of the mainland market, the decline of Xiangjiang movies really had nothing to do with the market, but everything to do with innovation and quality. DreamWorks invested in several movies.
A large-scale production worth around 100 million Hong Kong dollars has fully recovered its costs and made a slight profit.
Pan Cheng gave a detailed report on the work of DreamWorks. At this time, DreamWorks began to exert efforts in theaters and distribution. It almost monopolized 50% of the theaters in Hong Kong, and also participated in theater investment in the mainland, as well as in Southeast Asia.
We invested in theater chains. We also put a lot of effort into distribution.
Therefore, DreamWorks has now become a powerful film company that integrates production, distribution, and theater chains. And it is developing very quickly because ATV Group is very rich.
"This year, "Infernal Affairs" defeated the films of Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi, with a box office of 46 million, and the annual championship is guaranteed; importantly, "Infernal Affairs" broke the previous model of police and gangster films and opened up a new chapter."
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've made a movie that made such a huge profit!"
Indeed, movies like "Resident Evil", "The Matrix", and "The Fast and the Furious" are all big investments. Although the box office is good, the road to return is very long; however, "The Matrix" was released in North America, so it made a lot of money.
With 20 million US dollars, we can shoot two blockbusters.
Pan Cheng said: "Indeed, those big productions are just about making money. This time "Infernal Affairs" earned the company 100 million Hong Kong dollars!"
Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You can make money even if you shout! Now is the period of 'Cultural Development of Hong Kong', we can't be biased!"
Pan Chengli said seriously: "Okay!"
Then, Pan Cheng added: "We have already communicated with Pixar Animation in the United States. We will invest in the filming of "Kung Fu Panda" with an estimated investment cost of US$100 million."
After saying that, Pan Cheng's face ached a little. The boss was becoming more and more ambitious. When he invested 10 million US dollars in the past, people in Hong Kong thought that the boss had money and no place to spend it. Now he has invested more than 100 million US dollars in animation.
The film is simply heartbreaking.
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Lin Zuhui naturally knew what Pan Cheng was thinking. He smiled and said: "Jiahe can invest in a Hollywood movie like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that is a hit, and we can also invest in a top-notch three-dimensional cartoon like "Kung Fu Panda." I think it must be the same.
Make a lot of money. When cooperating, you have to pay more attention to the details. The movie peripherals that I value very much, don’t be cheated by the contract.”
The entire investment was financed by DreamWorks, while Pixar only enjoyed the North American film distribution rights. In fact, Pixar sought distribution from Disney, the company behind it.
"OK!"
In fact, there is only one problem when releasing a movie in the United States: the scale and quality of your investment.
Hollywood also introduces foreign films every year, otherwise it would be impossible for it to only make money in other countries and not let other countries make money in Hollywood.
"The Matrix" was screened in Hollywood and grossed US$38 million at the box office.
The last one to report was Yu Xiaoming, the president of YG Entertainment. He is known as the godfather of hk-pop and has a transcendent status in Hong Kong. I don’t know how many rich people want to get to know him in the hope of accomplishing some ulterior things.
But Yu Xiaoming knew very well that if he dared to take that step, Lin Zuhui would never bypass him; in fact, even the boss had never gotten involved with YG Entertainment’s ‘Hong Kong female idol’.
YG Entertainment has very strict management of 'Hong Kong idols' and does not allow them to fall in love during the 'seven-year contract period'. As for after seven years, whether to sign or not is still the same thing. Even if they sign, it is still a head contract. Are the benefits good?
Said, love is no longer managed.
Of course, there are always surprises in everything, and not all idols can hold back their hormones, so some are punished severely, while others are dealt with flexibly.
Yu Xiaoming reported on his work, and what he picked up were important work reports, such as overseas development; currently, YG Entertainment’s overseas revenue accounts for 85%, and it can be said to be a major foreign exchange generator.
“How are Korean entertainment companies developing?”
"Overseas, they are latecomers and imitators, so they are a little embarrassed. However, Korea is developing very quickly. However, the foundation we have laid in the past allows our idols to still develop well in Korea."
Lin Zuhui showed a smile. Although South Korea has established a "cultural nation", it still introduces Hong Kong dramas, as if it is an addiction. The three TV stations always think about "cheap and guaranteed ratings."
In fact, the Hong Kong Current surrounds the Korean Wave in the area of South Korea and then attacks their homeland at any time.
Lin Zuhui warned: "The Second Generation Regiment is our ambition and the second revolution. I hope you will pay attention to it."
Yu Xiaoming quickly said: "Boss, don't worry, all the members of the second generation group will be carefully selected, and they have greater potential for international development.".
Lin Zuhui nodded. He said that the second-generation group was his own. He even formulated a series of professional techniques based on the second-generation Korean wave groups in the previous life. Simply put, the "Girls' Generation" in the previous life was the beginning of the second-generation girl group.
Hong Kong's second-generation group is expected to debut in two years and will teach the Korean Wave another lesson.
"By the way, have you watched "X-Man"?" Lin Zuhui suddenly asked.
"Look, after all, this is a Hong Kong variety show, and I have done some research on it!" Yu Xiaoming said.
He may be very busy, but he must read and study the content of the port flow, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the group or the boss's plans.
Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "I received a variety show idea specially developed for Hong Kong idols. It is probably a variety show planned for our Shinhwa group. It is a celebrity speed dating program. Under the command of the MC, male guests will compete with female guests.
Show off your charm, dance, play games, etc., and finally win the heart of the heroine. But unlike Taiwanese variety shows, the content is positive and healthy. It does not talk about scandals or play around with feelings, allowing the guests participating in the show to express their true feelings.
The method of immersing yourself in it to show the humorous side... let's call it "Love Letter". You will discuss and prepare this idea with the ATV production team, and then the first season will be customized for YG Entertainment's Shinhwa Group.
Let ATV re-select itself for the second season."
The pen in Yu Xiaoming's hand kept recording, but the expression on his face was very surprised.
He didn't doubt the boss's statement. This idea might have been told to him by someone else. After all, the boss had time to plan the program.
"Okay, I will definitely negotiate with the ATV production team and try to create a second "X-Man"."
"Well, he is indeed a cornerstone of Hong Kong variety shows. You told ATV to plan it carefully. Even if it is broadcast next year!"