Rebirth: The Era of Hong Kong Tycoon

Chapter 207 [Piracy]

The subordinates of both sides did not expect that such a large deal would be finalized in just one meeting between the two masterminds.

In fact, the biggest reason here is: Lin Rongheng is very sincere, and he doesn't want to worry about being cut off for the sake of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The two parties signed a preliminary sale and purchase agreement on the spot, which means that the deal has been finalized, and only the follow-up detailed negotiations are left.

Afterwards, little Shiyock invited Lin Rongheng to have a meal, the purpose was to ask some knowledge about real estate; Lin Rongheng was not stingy, anyway, he couldn't stop the establishment of Taikoo City, so it's okay to raise some opinions.

Swire Pacific has two characteristics:

First, unlike Jardine Matheson and Wheelock, who have always been worried about the future of Xiangjiang, Swire Pacific has been firmly developing in Xiangjiang;

Second, Swire Pacific has a conservative style of work. Although it has listed companies—Swire Properties and Swire Industries, its holdings are very high. Even after the Sino-British negotiations in the 80s, Swire Properties was privatized by Swire Pacific while the stock market was in a downturn. .

Based on the above two characteristics, it is doomed that it is very difficult for Lin Rongheng and Taikoo Matheson to have malicious competition or hostile takeover. After all, even if Lin Rongheng wants to acquire the industry of Taikoo Matheson, he has no way to do so.

Therefore, it is better to make friends with the Shiyock family.

In fact, although these British capitals are hateful (occupying the Chinese territory), they have made great contributions to Xiangjiang; even, when Zheng Yutong led the four major families to hostilely acquire Hongkong Land in the previous life, it is said that the Xinshe discouraged the several major families, saying that doing so, It is easy to squeeze the entire British capital out of Xiangjiang, which is not conducive to the development of Xiangjiang.

This also shows that the mainland side proceeds from the overall situation, and can sincerely accept a foreign firm like Jardine that is full of evil.

Therefore, Lin Rongheng's future acquisitions of British-funded companies such as Wharf, Qingzhou Yingni, Hong Kong Electric, etc., were entirely out of normal commercial activities. He was talking about business, looking for a way out for his own funds, and did not carry anything narrow national spirit.

Of course, it's up to the reporters to write what they want.

In April, the deal between Evergrande Real Estate and Swire Properties sparked heated discussions in Xiangjiang.

Evergrande Real Estate invested heavily when the real estate market plummeted, and won two pieces of land from Swire Properties at a price of 1.27 million Hong Kong dollars. This made many real estate companies consider whether they should also invest against the market.

However, this kind of thinking will not affect the sluggishness of real estate. There are many reasons: most real estate companies have already invested funds in the peak of real estate, and the cash flow is insufficient; It is so convenient to get a loan. For various reasons, many real estate developers are unable to buy the bottom.

Of course, like Evergrande Real Estate, there are also many real estate developers who are preparing to buy real estate at the bottom; for example, real estate companies such as Sun Hung Kai, Cheung Kong Enterprises, and Henderson Land Development, but they are by no means so big.

Kwun Tong District.

Lin Rongheng is very satisfied with his new industrial building.

The entire building is in the shape of an open 'mouth', with a total of 10 floors and a total area of ​​30 square feet. It is currently a relatively large industrial building in Xiangjiang.In his previous life, there were more than 200 industrial buildings in Kwun Tong District, and more than 1000 industrial buildings in Hong Kong. However, this type of property has little investment value, and Lin Rongheng naturally did not think about investing a lot in this type of property.

Half of the industrial building has been rented out, but Lin Rongheng decided not to renew the contract after the contract expires, and the entire building will be used by his own electronics company, Xiaomi Electronics.

After inspecting the building, Lin Rongheng told several people around him to prepare for Xiaomi Electronics, mainly to hire technical personnel and senior management personnel with high salaries.

After the recruitment in Xiangjiang is completed, Lin Rongheng will spend huge sums of money to hire technical personnel from Japan, Europe and the United States. In short, money is not a problem, and technology will not become an obstacle for Xiaomi Electronics.

The first product of Xiaomi Electronics is the Walkman. The technical content is not particularly high, but the theory has not been accepted by people.

In 1972, Pavel, a German-Brazilian, first proposed the concept of "portable music player" in the world.He built a gadget with a "portable tape playback system" and "headphones", which was the prototype of the "Walkman".As a music lover, his original intention of inventing this thing is to hope that more people can listen to music anytime, anywhere.

However, mainstream music equipment manufacturers such as Philips, Yamaha and other established acoustic manufacturers believe that this kind of equipment that sacrifices sound quality and emphasizes portability has no future.

According to history, Pavel was not discouraged, he persisted in his research, and applied for a patent in 1977.Two years later, Sony's first Walkman TPS-L2 was launched on the market. While Sony sold it at a high price, it was also keenly aware that Pavel's invention patent would pose a threat to its business future.Sony asked Pavel to give up his status as the "inventor of the concept of portable music equipment", so a tug-of-war of litigation that lasted for 25 years began. It was not until 2003 that the two parties reached a settlement.

There are still 5 years away from the world's first Walkman, which is enough for Xiaomi Electronics to develop a first-class Walkman; before that, Lin Rongheng planned to acquire Pavel and his research and development first, and pull this talent into subordinate.

While making products, Xiaomi Electronics will also enter the semiconductor field, starting with low-tech products.

In short, Lin Rongheng feels that, except for some cutting-edge technological products, which Xiaomi Electronics cannot get involved in, most electronic products can still enter.What's more, you can also acquire foreign electronics companies to strengthen yourself.

The sales volume of "Miyin Manke" in the latest week has reached 166 million copies, of which 100 million copies were sold in Japan, 35 copies in Southeast Asia, 15 copies in Taiwan and Island, 10 copies in Xiangjiang, and 6 copies in other regions and countries. The total sales volume of "Dragon Ball" has reached 500 copies, and the anime "Dragon Ball" has also started to be broadcast in Japan, and the sales of comics are increasing day by day.
The good news of Modern Publishing came one after another, and the monthly net profit even exceeded 300 million, slightly higher than the profit of Modern Newspaper, which surprised Lin Rongheng.

Zhang Cheng reported to Lin Rongheng that the comics peripherals of Modern Publishing House were seriously pirated, and a large number of Xiangjiang cottage factories participated in it, which caused huge losses to Modern Publishing House.

Today, Modern Publishing House has invested in [-] physical stores throughout Asia—Manke Shijia, and already has many sellers who specialize in selling genuine comics peripherals; but some sellers saw the promotion on the Xiangjiang copycat factory, and fell down the copycat in a blink of an eye. Factory, after all, the price is cheap.

After pondering for a while, Lin Rongheng said: "Contact the modern newspaper for investigation and make a lot of reports! At the same time, the company has set up a legal department and a joint law firm. No matter how much energy and money it consumes, we must curb the development of this phenomenon. For those counterfeit factories that infringe upon copyright, they should be sued for bankruptcy.”

The counterfeit factory cannot be eradicated, but it must not be allowed to go on like this, so Lin Rongheng decided to spend huge sums of money to protect the company's rights and interests with legal weapons.

In Xiangjiang, the cost of a lawsuit is very high. In short, the investigation fee, lawyer's fee, and litigation fee, without financial strength, can't even afford a lawsuit; If the factory wants to be eliminated, it will have to lose a lot of money.

Seeing the boss's determination, Zhang Cheng was naturally encouraged, and said, "Don't worry, boss, I will handle this matter well! Together with Modern Newspapers and lawyers, we will definitely win this infringement battle."

(End of this chapter)