Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 201 [Cooperation]

In early October, Egypt and Syria, which had always believed in Islam and were at odds with Israel, jointly attacked Israel and set off the Fourth Middle East War.In order to attack Israel and its supporters (Europe, the United States, Japan, etc.), OPEC, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries headed by Saudi Arabia, decided to use oil as a weapon to sanction those countries that favor Israel; the boss of Saudi Shao took the lead in reducing oil production , and banned oil exports to the United States.As Saudi Arabia's action was supported by OPEC members, the scope of oil production cuts and embargoes was further extended to other countries sympathetic to Israel, thus triggering the worldwide oil crisis.

As an energy importing city that does not produce any oil, Xiangjiang is naturally unable to survive the crisis alone; Xiangjiang's oil is mainly controlled by the six major oil companies in Europe and the United States. Due to the outbreak of the oil crisis, not only oil shortages, but also The price of oil and its ancillary products has been greatly increased, which is a very serious blow to modern industry.

Evergrande Real Estate.

Lin Rongheng called the Three Musketeers to discuss matters, intending to find a place for Evergrande's funds.

Evergrande Real Estate currently has as much as 6 million Hong Kong dollars in cash in its account, and it has only been paid in and out in the past year. Reconstruction of the commercial building; the current total debt of Evergrande Real Estate is 5000 million Hong Kong dollars, and a large amount of debt will be added in the future.

Lin Rongheng said directly: "Gold has fallen to US$100 per ounce for nearly two months. I think that since the Middle East war broke out, gold is bound to appreciate. Therefore, I plan to ask Evergrande Real Estate to spend 2 million Hong Kong dollars to invest in spot gold. .”

The three of them believed in Lin Rongheng's investment acumen, and naturally said that this investment was feasible.

He Rui said: "3 million Hong Kong dollars can buy almost 15 tons of gold. With the current size of the gold and silver market in Hong Kong, it will take about 15 days to buy it! If you go through foreign gold dealers, the cost will increase accordingly !"

Lin Rongheng said directly: "It takes a month to eat, so don't cause any topic, lest people say that we Evergrande Real Estate are 'not doing business properly'."

He Rui nodded, expressing his understanding!

Whether investing in stocks or gold before, Evergrande Real Estate is relatively low-key. Its purpose is simple, that is, to worry about shareholders demanding dividends. After all, there is so much cash flow in the account and no major investment moves.Although the "commercial building reconstruction plan" was launched later to deceive people, but after all, it was all loans to start the project.

In short, to make a fortune in a low-key way, the announcement can only be vague, indicating that the company has sufficient cash flow to cope with the "commercial building reconstruction plan" and the real estate crisis brought about by the stock market crash and the oil crisis.

At this time, Lin Rongheng's personal gold investment has already been repurchased, so Evergrande Real Estate is allowed to intervene now; otherwise, he will not be involved because of Evergrande Real Estate's funds, which may affect his investment.

The investment in Evergrande Real Estate is a short-term investment. As far as Lin Rongheng knows, the price of gold will rise to US$170 per ounce in March; at that time, Evergrande Real Estate will be able to cash out, with 2% of the profit of about 8 million Hong Kong dollars funds.In this way, the cash flow of [-] million Hong Kong dollars can not only cope with bargain-hunting real estate, but also reduce the loan ratio for the commercial building reconstruction plan.

The gold invested by Lin Rongheng himself needs to be cashed out at the end of 1974 when the price of gold reaches US$180 per ounce.

At the end of October, Lin Rongheng brought Zhao Yazhi to Japan. It was called a vacation, but it was actually for work.

"Miyin Manke" has been released in Japan for more than 10 months, and the sales volume of each issue has risen to 80 copies, which has achieved great success; among them, the comic "Dragon Ball" contributed the most, followed by "City Hunter".

The popularity of "Dragon Ball" has attracted the attention of Toei Animation, a Japanese animation production giant, and proposed cooperation.

Lin Rongheng thought for a moment that it is fine to hand over the production to you, but he absolutely cannot hand over the copyright of the entire animation to you, so he decided to personally participate in the negotiation.

Japan Modern Manga Club is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Modern Publishing House. Most of the president and staff are Japanese. In , the Japanese creative team is just supplementing the outline and making it.

In order to increase the sense of belonging of these Japanese employees, the benefits of modern manga clubs are higher than those of local Japanese manga clubs!
After Lin Rongheng came to Japan, he immediately started negotiations with Toei Animation.Teng Nao Okawa, the president of Toei Animation, personally brought people to the meeting room of the Modern Manga Club.

The two sides mainly discuss the issue of copyright!

After some introductions, Okawa Tengzhi said respectfully: "I have heard of Mr. Lin's name, you are the most outstanding businessman in Xiangjiang!"

Lin Rongheng also admired: "Toei Animation is the oldest and largest animation production company in Japan. I am also very honored to cooperate with you this time!"

After some modesty, everyone got to the point.

Okawa Teng said directly: "We hope to buy your "Dragon Ball" animation copyright, and the price will satisfy you!"

Lin Rongheng said with a smile: "If the copyright is sold, then we are working for Toei Animation to promote the weekly manga "Miyin Manke" around the world?"

Modern Publishing House has made great efforts to promote "Zhiyin Manke", and has achieved great success in Southeast Asia, Japan, Taiwan Island, Xiangjiang, and South Korea. How could it be possible to do that kind of thing.

As soon as Okawa Teng heard it, he immediately knew that there was no hope of buying animation copyrights.

"I know that the reason why Mr. Lin registered Modern Manga in Japan is to take advantage of the Japanese manga market, increase its influence, and distribute it globally! If we only authorize us to produce and broadcast it in Japan, I can understand it, Are we promoting you?"

"You can't say that, you make "Dragon Ball" anime for profit, not for other factors! "Dragon Ball" is a product of our company, and it is normal for overseas distribution! Japanese manga fans like it, our manga Excellent, this is the reason for the current achievements. Chairman Okawa, what you said seems to have the color of local protectionism, which is not good; you Japanese businessmen are attacking everywhere overseas, do you also hope that the local government will reject you Outside?"

Lin Rongheng's meaning is very simple. Only Japanese businessmen are allowed to make money in Xiangjiang and other countries and regions. Are foreign businessmen not allowed to come to Japan to make money?

This is obviously not in line with the Japanese government's commitment to attracting investment, and Okawa Teng has never been able to bear this responsibility.

Okawa Tengzhi panicked immediately, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, my words were inappropriate!"

Lin Rongheng smiled and said: "It's okay, let's continue to talk about cooperation! What I mean is that you help us produce the animation of "Dragon Ball", and we will pay you a production fee first; then, we will sell the Japanese copyright to you. You just It’s just buying out Japan’s animation copyright, and the animation peripherals still belong to us!”

It is impossible for a modern publishing house to make a good animation and then sell it to Japanese TV stations. After all, others will consider the issue of boycott; but if Toei Animation is invited to produce it and the Japanese animation copyright is sold to them, then Toei Animation will naturally make great efforts. Go talk to the TV station. Besides, Toei Animation is still the majority shareholder of TV Asahi.

Okawa Tengzhi has no objection to this cooperation. After all, the entire copyright cannot be taken down, so this cooperation method is undoubtedly the best; it can be seen that modern publishing houses urgently need the influence of Japanese animation to improve the overall commercial value of "Dragon Ball" .

And Toei Anime is also optimistic about "Dragon Ball". After all, because of this serial animation, the sales volume of "Miyin Manke" in Japan has reached 80 copies, and its influence is very huge.

"I agree with Mr. Lin's cooperation plan, this is a win-win plan!"

After all, the price is easy to negotiate. The two parties negotiate the price according to the series. This time, we only discuss the price of the first 52 episodes; the follow-up cooperation will be discussed later.

Only 52 issues of "Dragon Ball" animation made Modern Publishing House earn 500 million Hong Kong dollars!
Earning is more than this, influence is a huge asset; if the animation responds well, the price of each episode will increase in the future.

As for the sharing and cooperation model, it is basically impossible for Toei Animation to agree, just like the introduction of Japanese manga copyrights in the mainland in the previous life, basically buying copyrights.

(End of this chapter)