Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 650 [6000 billion Big Mac]

Monday, May 11.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui came to the headquarters of New Times Group - Central Plaza in Wanchai.

Central Plaza is 78 stories high. It was originally the tallest skyscraper in Asia. It was surpassed by Pengcheng Diwang Building in 1996. In 1997, Tsuen Wan Plaza became the tallest building in Asia.Therefore, the current Wanchai Central Plaza is the third tallest skyscraper in Asia and the second tallest in Hong Kong.

Lin Zuhui walked into the building and took an elevator that requires a special password to start. This elevator only takes about 1 minute to reach the 78th floor of Central Plaza, which is Lin Zuhui's office.

On the 78th floor, after stepping out of the elevator, two metal-framed glass doors came into view. Two security guards had been waiting for a long time to open the heavy doors for Lin Zuhui and others.

Walking into the gate, the scenery is amazing enough, rockery, small bridges, flowing water, trees, this is an artificial urban jungle.

Stepping on the road of making stone slabs, your first reaction is that 'these stones, trees, and streams are not valuable in themselves, what is valuable is the area of ​​the property', and because of this, these stones, trees, and streams have become almost connected to the city.

Walking through the stone path, I soon came to the front desk on the 78th floor. The golden words "New Era Group" gave people a sense of "priceless"; as for the two beautiful receptionists who stood up, it was not so important, even if they Even if they graduated from world famous schools, even if they are good-looking, even if they are "the fresh graduates who have just graduated and have good facial features required by the [-]th American Railway Bureau", they are already so insignificant.

"Boss, good morning!"

No matter what they were expecting, they always responded with a slight nod, which was just Lin Zuhui's subconscious response when he heard the voice.

Pushing away from his office, Lin Zuhui showed a smile.

Simplicity and cleanliness are the first impressions, luxury and dignity are the second impressions, and finally a feeling of "peak power" emerges, which is the real impression.

Two leather sofas face each other, with a glass coffee table in the middle, which is the reception area;
Next door to the reception area is a conference table, with four positions on each side and one position on the top and bottom. This is the conference area;
The faint yellow light and the sunlight transmitted through the floor-to-ceiling windows are intertwined; the solid walls are covered with mahogany, making the whole office seem like a fusion of modern and classic.A pair of calligraphy and painting hanging on the solid wall is Zhang Daqian's masterpiece, and it is also a super-large masterpiece.

On the other side of the meeting and meeting area is Lin Zuhui's office area.

The wide desk is very neat and tidy; on both sides of the office, there are two computers not far from the inner side, and an invincible sea view on the outer side, plus a table with three telephones.There are a total of six phones in the entire office, and three are on the table by the window in the meeting area; but in fact, very few people can call in, and almost no one who knows the phone will call in directly.

At 8:35, Chen Bin, the president of the group, and Chen Xiaofen, the director, walked in hand in hand.

"boss"

"Well, sit down!"

The two sat on the sofa, and Lin Zuhui got up and stretched his muscles. He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows in the office and took a look at the distance.

Chen Bin reported the situation of Xiangjiang Real Estate, and concluded that there was no improvement, at least the price did not rebound.

On the contrary, the Hong Kong stock market has rebounded a lot, and the Hang Seng Index is now above 11000 points.

Lin Zuhui moved his body slightly while thinking about the situation of Xiangjiang Real Estate.

Although the group's share of Xiangjiang's revenue has decreased a lot, the cake of Xiangjiang Real Estate will not be lost.

Lin Zuhui thought about it, and suddenly realized that his strategy was wrong. Heung Kong Properties may have maintained an overall downward trend from 1998 to 2003; there may have been a slight increase during the period, but it will soon be attacked by 911 and SAS.

In other words, the housing price of 8000 Hong Kong dollars per square foot at the peak has been in the range of 3000 to 4500 in recent years.Therefore, if the real estate can be sold, it still has to be sold.

Even if it is three or four thousand Hong Kong dollars per square foot, the profit of New Times Group is actually not bad, because many land reserves were purchased in the early years, and the house price was only 2000 Hong Kong dollars at that time!
"What's the current situation of property sales outside? Isn't it chaotic with price cuts and competition?" Lin Zuhui asked.

Chen Xiaofen immediately replied: "That's not the case anymore! Now the major real estate developers have formed a tacit agreement to avoid 'collisions' as much as possible, and take turns to promote each other in an orderly manner.

Lin Zuhui turned his head and said: "Well! Look at this, don't think about the real estate upsurge like before in a few years, you should re-establish the real estate development strategy. Start real estate, sell real estate, give priority to the development of real estate with cheap land costs, and form a partnership with Sun Hung Kai, Pretty much the same sales."

Chen Bin nodded immediately and said, "Okay!"

In the past year or so, although New Era Group started construction on few buildings, it also has a lot of practical workers; on the building of the International Finance Center alone, there are about 2000 workers working every day.
"Will the Hong Kong government's land auction restart in March next year?"

"Yes, boss!"

"Well, no matter what the market situation is, we should reserve more land!"

"Okay, I took note!"

After a while, Liang Zhenxun came to his office to report on his work.

During the period, Lin Zuhui asked: "New Times Group's recent stock price has risen sharply. Is there any other reason?"

From a minimum of less than 4000 billion, it has now risen to 5800 billion. This increase is much higher than those of small and medium-sized stocks, which is why Lin Zuhui asked.

Of course, he is not afraid of being hostile to takeover, after all, it is more difficult than going to Mars; not only does he hold 49% of the shares, but who can buy it with a market value of almost 6000 billion Big Mac.

Liang Zhenxun immediately replied: "Recently, due to the impact of American technology and Internet stocks, coupled with the influence of 'Technology-based Hong Kong', Hong Kong's technology stocks are highly sought after. New Times Group is also a technology hot spot because of the 'Cyberport' project. The boss The market value of Wanhui Media under your subsidiary may exceed [-] billion."

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, isn't 'Cyberport' a real estate project, why is it also involved in the theme of science and technology, this stock speculator is really in a daze.

Of course, it makes sense to insist that it is a science and technology theme.Because Cyberport is the cradle of Hong Kong's technology, and Cyberport itself is full of technological elements.

"Well, I see!"

After Liang Zhenxun left, Lin Zuhui suddenly thought that an "unsuccessful" Cyberport project in Li Zekai's previous life made Yingke's market value as high as 600 billion; later, he bought 52% of the shares of Telecom, which instantly made Yingke's market value as high as 5000 billion.You know, the market value of Heung Kong Telecom was only about 2000 billion in 2800 in the previous life.

After all, it is well packaged.

At this time, due to the upsurge of American technology and the Internet, the stock exchange has clearly stated that as long as Netflix's "Sina. rigid requirements and so on.

In short, as long as Sina.com can be listed in Xiangjiang, it can be completed within one month.

As for whether anyone subscribes for the stock, there is no need to worry about it. It is normal for the subscription to be hundreds of times oversubscribed.

Based on these reasons, Lin Zuhui intends to list 'Sina.com' in Xiangjiang at the end of this year or early next year; as for the listing of ICQ, it will be listed in the United States, which is expected to be in the first half of next year.

Australia.

In an office building, Cai Ning's Phaeton Group, LEIT Group, and the acquisition consultant teams of the two companies are discussing in the conference room.

At this time, Cai Ning changed his gentleness in front of Lin Zuhui and became very capable and tough.

She said, "The acquisition of Ruoshi Manor can't be delayed any longer. I don't believe that Robert Audley won't be tempted to raise the offer to 10 billion Australian dollars!"

It turned out that Robert Audley, the owner of Russie Manor, was relatively strong, and the brand influence of Russie Manor itself; so the initial quotation of 6 million Australian dollars did not make much progress.The next step was not very smooth, because the Southern Wine Company heard that a consortium was buying Ruoshi Manor, and immediately joined in.

Fortunately, Southern Wine Company's quotation is not high either.

In this way, the three parties have been entangled for half a year, and the highest offer is currently the Phaeton Group, with an offer of 8 million Australian dollars.

Even so, Robert Audley still didn't have any willingness to let go.

Richards, the acquisition consultant, said earnestly: "The professional opinions given by lawyers and financial officials are all less than 8 million Australian dollars. At this time, the acquisition of Southern Wines has become weak. If we continue to negotiate slowly, there may be a lot of sales below 10 billion Australian dollars. Great hope."

Cai Ning shook his head and insisted: "Cut the mess quickly. It seems that the shareholders of Southern Wine are in a quarrel, but they still have other advantages. Moreover, we need to bring Ruoshi Manor under our banner as soon as possible to integrate resources."

Chen Shiwen nodded, and said: "That's true, sooner rather than later, it's time to launch a decisive battle!" After all, the boss is behind the plan, so of course he must firmly support it.

Richards immediately said: "No problem, I will quickly organize and take down Ruoshi Manor as soon as possible!"

After the meeting dispersed, Chen Shiwen and Cai Ning greeted each other, and immediately engaged in another acquisition negotiation.The brand rights of Jeanswest in Australia and New Zealand are still in the hands of Australian companies, so the LEIT Group intends to acquire them back this time.

At this time, Cai Ning also made up his mind to acquire Ruoshi Manor within one month. As for the price, she can actually increase the price by 1 million Australian dollars.

If Robert Audley still doesn't agree, then he deliberately raised the price on the ground, or he didn't intend to sell it.

Then, Cai Ning had to come up with a new plan, which was to buy Southern Wine Company at a high price.At that time, Robert Audley may not be able to sit still.

In short, her husband said that the acquisition of Ruoshi Manor will be completed this year; as for the money, there is no need to worry about it, everything will be arranged by him.

Rose Manor.

Robert Audley was finally moved after hearing Richards' new round of offers.

This is the mentality of the gap. At the price of 8 million Australian dollars, the two acquirers were at a stalemate; suddenly, one of them raised the price to 10 billion Australian dollars, and he was immediately moved.

"It should be even higher!" Robert thought to himself.

The consortium acquired this time is a joint venture between a local consortium and the Xiangjiang consortium, but they are all Chinese; therefore, Robert feels that the Xiangjiang people are so rich, and he should sell it at a higher price.

"hold on!"

Southern Wine Company.

Although all the shareholders are in a mess, everyone still wants to buy Ruoshi Manor.

Originally, through acquisitions, Southern Wine gradually formed a wine consortium with 'Penfolds Chateau' as the core and acquired more than a dozen other brands.

Chateau Rochester is just a single-brand personal winery, and the equity is almost all concentrated in Robert Audrey's family.

The Southern Wine Company naturally thought about acquiring Rosie Manor. After all, one is Australia's No. [-] and the other is Australia's No. [-]. After originally planning to acquire other Australian brands, it will turn around and acquire Rosie Manor. It will not be an easy task at that time.

Unexpectedly, someone is the first to initiate the acquisition now, and the head of the acquisition consortium is actually a female Chinese immigrant, which is really beyond everyone's surprise.

"A $10 billion offer, are they crazy?"

"That's right, Ruoshi Manor is not even worth 8 million Australian dollars!"

Some shareholders have complained.

"But if we don't continue the offer, Robert may decide to make a deal, and then our idea of ​​buying will come to naught!"

"The company's funds are a little tight, and Australian wines are not as competitive as European wines. We also need to consider the cost of the acquisition!"

Another confrontation.

"I think wait and see what happens and continue to wait. Robert will not agree so easily!"

"Yes, the company should make financial arrangements first and discuss how much the highest price can be accepted!"

At the end of the meeting, it became nothing, the opinions were not unified, and they broke up unhappy.

The acquisition of Ruoshi Manor fell into a stalemate again, Robert Audley still did not agree, and the Southern Wine Group did not bid.

Cai Ning returned to Xiangjiang, met his man in person, and sought the final decision.

75 Deep Water Bay.

When Cai Ning returned to Xiangjiang, he did not live in his Repulse Bay No. 4, because it was being rebuilt.Of course, Cai Ning still has a luxury house in the middle of the mountain in his hands, which is also possible to live in.

However, when she returned to Xiangjiang, she had a phone call with Wang Lingyin, and Wang Lingyin called her to stay at home.

When Lin Zuhui returned to the villa after get off work, he saw two daughters coming out to greet him with their children. Cai Ning was holding Wang Lingyin's youngest son, and Wang Lingyin was holding the second son.

The family went back to the restaurant for dinner!
During the dinner, Lin Zuhui asked: "Is the return to Hong Kong a matter for Ruoshi Manor?"

Cai Ning nodded, and then reported the situation.

Lin Zuhui said as a matter of course: "I told you that the red wine manor is a symbol of our family, and making money is second. Of course, I know you are nervous that it is your property, so you care about the acquisition cost. But the problem now is, the more The more unfavorable it is to procrastinate, so your current thinking is correct, and you need to make a quick decision. After you return to Australia, first send someone to the Southern Wine to propose the purchase, and then let the wind out; Ruoshi Manor must be a little nervous and will take the initiative to negotiate with you. You negotiate. At that time, 12 billion Australian dollars (more than 70 billion Hong Kong dollars) is not impossible, but it has to be settled within a month, otherwise we will withdraw and buy Southern Wine wholeheartedly.”

Cai Ning quickly agreed, and was immediately confident.

"Okay, I know how to do it!"

"Well, the funds are not a problem, I will arrange it. The two companies add up to more than 200 billion Hong Kong dollars at most. You will pay part of it later, part of the loan, and part of my shareholding. In short, I will arrange it for you. The shares in my hand It will also be transferred to you slowly!"

"Thank you, Ah Hui, thank you, big sister!"

Wang Lingyin smiled and said, "Thank you for what I do, you deserve it!"

200 billion sounds like a lot, but Wang Lingyin probably knows Lin Zuhui's current wealth, so naturally he doesn't have much reaction in his heart.

The acquisition of Southern Wine Company by Phaeton Group with A$18 billion was immediately reported by the Australian media.

Soon everyone discovered that this company had never heard of it before, but it actually offered 18 billion Australian dollars to acquire the largest wine company in Australia; Xiangjiang immigrants.

In fact, although Cai Ning has been operating real estate and wine in Australia, he appears to be very low-key. He never accepts interviews from reporters and rarely exposes himself to the media.

Cai Ning's trick really worked, and Robert Audley of Ruoshi Manor invited Phaeton Group to negotiate again.

This time, after three days of negotiations, the two parties finally reached an acquisition agreement.

Robert Audley sold Ruose Manor to a consortium led by the Phaeton Group for A$10.8 billion.

"Miss Cai, you are really admirable! If I don't expect, your acquisition of Southern Wine is just a cover, and the purpose is to bring me to the negotiating table as soon as possible!" Robert Audrey signed the contract and smiled Said.

Cai Ning shook his head and said: "It's not a pretense, we are very sincere in acquiring Ruoshi Manor and Southern Wine Manor. I believe that Mr. Robert should be able to see the sincerity!"

Robert Audley nodded, and said with satisfaction: "Haha, happy cooperation, congratulations on owning Ruoshi Manor!"

Cai Ning nodded and said, "Thank you, Chengquan!"

She was also very happy. She didn't expect the trick to work, and the difference from the reserve price was 1.2 Australian dollars, which is very good news.

Now that she has won Ruoshi Manor, the first thing is to integrate resources; as for the reorganized Ruoshi Manor brand, the new president has already started to look for, and locals will be given priority.

As for the acquisition of the Southern Wine Company, her husband said that it will start after half a year, and the most important thing is to digest the results.

Southern Wine Company.

"Liar, the acquisition of us is a cover, and it is their idea to put pressure on Robert Audrey!"

"This Phaeton Group is not simple. Its main business is real estate and wine. It has been established for less than five years and already has such strength. It seems that their leader is a powerful character!"

"That's right, we should investigate the boss of this company, everyone will be competitors in the future!"

In fact, when the consortium headed by Phaeton made an offer to Nanfang Wine, all shareholders still had some expectations.After all, 18 billion Australian dollars is already the actual assets of Southern Wines, even slightly higher.

Judging from the company's eagerness to acquire the wine industry, a [-]% to [-]% premium is probably not a problem.

At that time, everyone may really agree to the acquisition.

Nanfang Wine is a non-listed company with dispersed shares, and all shareholders are naturally "interested first". If the investment in Nanfang Wine can immediately make a lot of money, why don't you sell it?

Hong Kong.

After Lin Zuhui heard that the acquisition went well, he showed a smile.

He has a very good industrial plan for Lin's in Australia:

The first is wine. The largest wine group in Australia will be Australia's largest wine group if you take down Rosie Manor and Southern Wines. However, Rosie Manor is even more difficult to acquire these two companies, because in fact, a personal winery can be sold by others if they like The price starts from the ground; the second is Southern Wine Company, which is a non-listed company with scattered shares, and a premium of [-]% is very tempting.

Second, agriculture and land. 'Land is power' is an unchanging truth, and Australia is a country with developed agriculture and animal husbandry, so the development of agriculture and animal husbandry must have a bright future.

Third, luxury and high-end mineral water.It is collected from the rainwater of Tasmania in Australia to make high-end mineral water, and the price of a bottle is thousands of yuan.This kind of person can supply rich people, and can also supply high-end restaurants.

Fourth, real estate and hotels.Australia's real estate will have an upward trend in the next 20 years. It will not skyrocket or plummet, but it can outperform inflation. This is a very good investment.In terms of hotels, it is natural for Cai Ning to buy mid-to-high-end hotels. After all, Australia is a country with a developed tourism industry, so the hotel will not worry about losing money.

With these plans, the Australian Lin family can develop an Australian industrial empire without participating in any stock investment.

Cai Ning's current net worth is only more than 80 billion. Although it is not enough for rapid development, Lin Zuhui's idea is that it is not a big problem mainly with the help of loans and his support.

(End of this chapter)