Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 662 [The Xiangjiang of the Lin Family]

From the beginning of March, with the birth of the US Internet 'bubble', the Xiangjiang stock market has started a singing mode all the way.Capitalists all over the world are talking about the impact of the Internet, and capital is flocking to Internet companies.

In fact, in 1998, the Internet became a big explosion year, and YAHOO and Amazon both increased several times.

Only this year (1999), the Internet has become a carnival industry for capital all over the world, spreading from the United States to every corner of the world.

And Heung Kong Telecom has also started a singing mode since March. Firstly, due to the impact of the injection of "Cyberport", investors believed that Heung Kong Telecom would enter the technology industry;

Then at the beginning of April, Heung Kong Telecom announced three major business plans, among which the PCC business made the share price of Heung Kong Telecom skyrocket, exceeding 4 billion in mid-April.

In mid-April, Avalon, president of Heung Kong Telecom, announced a cooperation agreement with Intel. Heung Kong Telecom will contribute 4% and Intel will contribute 7%. The two parties will cooperate to promote interactive information services in Asia.

For a while, Xiangjiang Telecom's stock price rose again!
At this time, the Hong Kong stock market, the Hang Seng Index has climbed to more than 14000, among which the most popular are Internet and technology-themed stocks such as Sina.com (500 billion) and Hong Kong Telecom (3020 billion).

On the contrary, the New Era Group, with a market value of 7000 billion, has begun to rise weakly.

United States.

Because of the strength of Heung Kong Telecom, he stole his ideas again, so will investors buy these stories that Yingdong will tell?
Moreover, as Lin Zuhui's status is increasing day by day, the signboard of 'Li Chaoren' is becoming less and less effective!

He may be very busy, but he must read and study the content of Hong Kong Stream, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the plan of the group or the boss.

"How are Korean entertainment companies developing?"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "I have received an idea for a variety show specially made for Hong Kong idols. It is probably a season of variety show planned for our Shinhwa group. It belongs to the star speed dating show. Show your own charm, through dancing, games and other links, and finally win the heart of the heroine. But it is different from Taiwan variety show, the content is positive and healthy, does not talk about gossip lace, and does not touch the edge of sex, so that the guests participating in the show can truly The way to put in it to show the humorous side. Call it "Love Letter". You discuss and prepare this idea with the ATV production team, and then order the first season for YG Entertainment's Shinhwa group, and the second season will be handed over to ATV re-selects itself."

A large number of Hong Kong stars can go overseas, which will naturally drive Hong Kong's employment, tourism, consumption and other aspects. This is the benefit of the cultural industry.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui came to the headquarters office of ATV Group as usual.

Saturday, October 4.

Lin Zuhui naturally knew Pan Cheng's thoughts, he said with a smile: "Golden Harvest can invest in Hollywood movies like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and we can also invest in top [-]D animation films like "Kung Fu Panda". I think it must be a big profit." Yes. When cooperating, pay more attention to the details, and I value the peripherals of the movie very much, so don’t be fooled by the contract.”

Now the Li family has certain advantages only in retail and infrastructure:

The entire investment was funded by DreamWorks, and Pixar only had the right to distribute films in North America. In fact, Pixar was looking for Disney distribution behind it.

Zhao Zhenqiang was still the first to come to Lin Zuhui's office to report the situation. In fact, Lin Zuhui only needed him to communicate with him about work; as for director and president Zhou Liang Shuyi, executive director and financial manager Li Baoan, etc. Lin Zuhui needs them to come, so they will come to report work, this is Lin Zuhui to reduce the burden for himself.

Chavez spread his hands and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li Zekai. When Xiangjiang Telecom came to discuss cooperation, the senior executives of Intel 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 Mr. Lin Zuhui, the Asian technology tycoon who is second only to Bill Gates, as the boss of Xiangjiang Telecom, has such appeal that we can see the hope of success. So, I am sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, it is not that we break the contract, but that we have a better choice , your strength is too weak!"

Then, Pan Cheng said: "We have already communicated with Pixar Animation in the United States, and we will invest in the filming of "Kung Fu Panda". The estimated investment cost is 1 million U.S. dollars."

And YG Entertainment is very strict about the management of "Hong Kong idols", and they are not allowed to fall in love during the "seven-year contract period". As for whether to sign a contract after seven years, it is still the same thing. Said, love those are no longer managed.

Pan Chengcheng and Ma Zhengse said: "Okay!"

Li Zekai immediately said happily: "What my father said is that the Internet is the most promising industry in the future, and we can't miss it!"

"Boss, there is a frenzy in the ratings of "Meteor Garden" on Taiwan Island, which is even higher than the ratings of "Huan Zhu Ge Ge". F4 has become a topic that everyone talks about in Taiwan Island, and there are many people who follow suit." Zhao Zhenqiang Know what the boss is most concerned about, so briefly cut into the key reporting work.

"Overseas, they are latecomers and imitators, so it's a bit embarrassing, but South Korea has developed very fast. However, the foundation we have laid in the past allows our idols to still develop well in South Korea."

In terms of infrastructure, Cheung Kong Infrastructure (HK Electric) has long invested overseas in infrastructure industries (power, transportation, etc.), so it is also very competitive.

Lin Zuhui showed a smile. Although South Korea has established a "cultural nation", it is still introducing Hong Kong dramas, as if they are addicted. The three TV stations will always think about "cheap and guaranteed ratings".

In fact, Lin Zuhui also has this kind of mentality now. Hundreds of thousands of people eat with him. If he does not manage the company well, it will cause serious consequences.

In other industries, the Lin Zuhui family has completely surpassed the Li Chaoren family.

Of course, there are always accidents in everything. Not all idols can hold back hormones, so there are severe punishments, but they can also be dealt with flexibly.

"This year, "Infernal Affairs" defeated the films of Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi, with a box office of 4600 million, and the annual champion is firmly established; the important thing is that "Infernal Affairs" broke the previous model of police and gangster films and opened up a new chapter."

What a shame!
When Li Zekai walked out of Intel, he felt his face was hot.

"Look, after all, this is a Hong Kong variety show, and I have studied some of it!" Yu Xiaoming said.

Back to Hong Kong.

Pan Cheng said: "Indeed, those big productions are just to make money. This time, "Infernal Affairs" earned 1 million Hong Kong dollars for the company!"

Lin Zuhui exhorted: "The second generation regiment is our ambition, and the second revolution, I hope you will pay attention to it."

"The Matrix" was released in Hollywood and made a box office of 3800 million US dollars.

Li Zekai, Li Zeju, and Li Chaoren father and son got together and turned the topic to Lin Zuhui.

"Why? Why does he have to intervene in everything, is Xiangjiang the Lin family's Xiangjiang?" Li Zekai roared in a low voice.

At this time, Li Zekai was already a little bit down, and didn't know how to face the next thing.

Zhao Zhenqiang was shocked, and assured: "Boss, don't worry, we have formed a complete entertainment system, and we will be able to efficiently complete the work and reflect the surrounding value."

Then, Zhao Zhenqiang reported to Lin Zuhui how the "X-MAN" program was cleaned up, which made Lin Zuhui very satisfied.

Li Chaoren can only say: "Okay! But I also want to remind you that you must not engage in emotional disputes. There are so many investment projects in the world. If you can't do it, you have to admit it. It may be easier to succeed in another project."

Lin Zuhui nodded. The second-generation troupe is his own statement. He even formulated a series of professional techniques referring to the second-generation Korean Wave troupe in his previous life.Simply put, the 'Girls' Generation' in the previous life was the beginning of the second generation girl group.

Hearing this, Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Although a serial drama cannot be said to bring ATV to a new height, it can actually prove that Hong Kong culture has become a trend in Asia. Follow-up attention should be paid to the development of peripheral business of "Meteor Garden" The only reason is to make more money for the company, after all, 9000 people in the ATV Group need to eat."

As for DreamWorks, Lin Zuhui gave advice when he thought about it, and forgot all about it when he didn't think about it.Fortunately, now that DreamWorks has resumed the rules for shooting movies, Pan Cheng can decide how many movies to shoot each year, provided that he does not lose too much money.

The last one to report was Yu Xiaoming, president of YG Entertainment. He is known as the godfather of HK-POP and has a detached status in Hong Kong; I don't know how many rich people want to get to know him, hoping to achieve some ulterior motives.

Li Zekai hurriedly found Chavez, a senior executive of Intel, and asked: "Mr. Chavez, didn't you Intel agree to cooperate with us, Yingdong Technology, to promote interactive information services in Asia? Now, why did you go back and cooperate with Xiangjiang Telecom? "

After Nine Sevens, Hong Kong Films relied more on the mainland market, and many directors and actors even went north. With the support of the mainland market, the decline of Hong Kong Films has nothing to do with the market, but has something to do with innovation and quality.DreamWorks invested in several major productions of around [-] million Hong Kong dollars, all of which recovered their costs and made a slight profit.

After finishing speaking, Pan Cheng's face felt a little heartbroken, the boss was getting more and more ambitious.When investing 1000 million US dollars in the past, the people in Xiangjiang thought that the boss had money and no place to spend it. Now they are investing more than 1 million US dollars in cartoons, which is simply insane.

After a while, Pan Cheng, the president of DreamWorks, came to his office. Pan Cheng rushed to Tseung Kwan O from the Kowloon Broadcasting Channel.

Although the top management of the ATV Group has not changed much over the years, many middle managers have been promoted; as for the changes in the top management, after all, Lin Zuhui has only taken over in his early ten years, so there is no need to rush to replace with younger ones.Maybe in a few years, they will be promoted directly from the inside.

But Yu Xiaoming is very clear that if he dares to take that step, Lin Zuhui will never bypass him; in fact, even the boss has never touched YG Entertainment's "Hong Kong female idol".

Li Chaoren said regretfully: "It's a pity that Lin Zuhui preempted portals like Sina.com, and we can't do much. Internet finance is good, and Internet trade is also good. In short, we can let Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa unite. Make an investment. Is Zekai interested in coming back?"

"We are indeed going to enter the Internet industry. Although Lin Zuhui is powerful, it is impossible to truly monopolize it!" Li Chaoren said decisively.

Indeed, "Resident Evil", "The Matrix", and "Fast and Furious" are all big investments. Although the box office is good, the road to return is very long; but "The Matrix" was released in North America, so it is a big profit With 2000 million US dollars, two blockbuster films can be shot.

In terms of retail, Watsons has developed very smoothly and is very competitive in its global expansion;

ATV Group has content, and except for the development in the mainland, other Asian countries allow foreign Internet access to their countries; therefore, relying on the influence of Hong Kong Stream, they will then enter video websites and apps into other countries.

The pen in Yu Xiaoming's hand kept recording, but the expression on his face was very pleasantly surprised.

Yu Xiaoming reported on his work, and picked up important work reports, such as overseas development; currently, YG Entertainment's overseas revenue accounts for 85%, which can be called a major foreign exchange generator.

The success of "X-MAN" means that the era of Hong Kong Stream variety shows is coming. In the future, many countries in Asia will purchase the copyrights of Hong Kong Stream Variety Shows; the impact is not limited to these, Hong Kong Stream Variety Shows will also drive the influence of Hong Kong Stream stars overseas. These stars can earn more foreign exchange.

"Well, I'm just reminding you all the time, don't live on your laurels. ATV Group is at the time of the second reform, and everything must be ahead of this era."

Li Zekai immediately shook his head and said, "I won't give up easily. I came to see my father and elder brother, and I just hope that you don't miss the Internet investment plan."

Although the cultural industry is a gift from Lin Zuhui to Xiangjiang, he spends at most half a day to a day a week on it. After all, he prefers his wealth to increase.Of course, thanks to Lin Zuhui's accumulated efforts, Xiangjiang's cultural industry has embarked on a broad road.

Standing at the height of Lin Zuhui, and the experience of his previous life, he himself knows the bottleneck problem of the enterprise, and if he wants to prosper, he must change.

"Ok!"

The PCC business is a business he has been planning for many years. Now he finally found an Airbus listed company. He injected his property assets into it and completed the backdoor listing. The plagiarism is spotless.

Li Chaoren also felt that as Lin Zuhui became more and more domineering, the development of the Li family was greatly restricted.

The Hong Kong second-generation group is expected to make their debut in two years, and then they will teach the Korean wave a lesson.

Actually, there's only one problem with film distribution in the United States: it's the size and quality of your investment.

Therefore, the current DreamWorks has become a powerful film company integrating production, distribution, and theaters.And the development speed is very fast, because the ATV group is very rich.

It is impossible for Xiangjiang to become an important city in the fields of industry and manufacturing, so developing the cultural industry is a very good plan.

Hollywood also introduces foreign films every year, otherwise it is impossible for him to only make money in other countries and not let other countries make money in Hollywood.

He felt that Lin Zuhui was full of malice towards him!
Could it be that because he sold it to his satellite TV at a high price back then, didn't he fulfill him by himself?

Zhao Zhenqiang finished his report and left. Lin Zuhui did not make any new plans. His plan could only be a supplement and a model. The strength of the entire company is very important for ATV Group to have today.And because ATV Group has a lot of satellite TV channels, it is not worried that there are too many self-produced programs and there is no platform to broadcast them.

Li Zekai nodded in agreement on the surface, but actually didn't listen too much.

"By the way, have you watched "X-MAN"?" Lin Zuhui asked suddenly.

Yu Xiaoming quickly said: "Boss, don't worry, all members of the second-generation group will be carefully selected, and they have more potential for international development."

Lin Zuhui not only wants to rule the Internet, technology industry, and media communication industry of Xiangjiang, but now he is putting strong pressure on Hutchison Whampoa on the port; Times Shipping has invested huge sums of money to build a huge business, involving shipping, logistics, ports and other aspects. On the one hand, it is a new situation of competition with Hutchison Whampoa.

"Yes, boss."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You have to make money too! Now it's 'culture revitalizes Hong Kong', we can't be biased!"

Pan Cheng gave a detailed report on the work of DreamWorks. At this time, DreamWorks began to exert its strength in theaters and distribution. It almost monopolized 50% of Xiangjiang's theaters, and also participated in the investment of mainland theaters and Southeast Asia. Invested in theaters.In terms of distribution, a lot of energy has also been put in.

For example, the establishment of an 'Internet Investment Fund' was also done by Heung Kong Telecom;
For example, in the development of PCC business, Heung Kong Telecom not only did it, but also leveraged its own corner and reached a cooperation with Intel.

Now, Lin Zuhui is always inseparable from the mantra of these high-level executives, such as how many people in the company want to eat, so as to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and sense of responsibility.

In fact, Gangliu is to surround the Hallyu area in South Korea, and then attack their homeland at any time.

The governments of many countries now only recognize Lin Zuhui as a signboard. After all, Lin Zuhui is the leader and appeal of the Chinese, so others are more willing to reach a cooperation agreement with Times Shipping to jointly develop ports.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've made such a profitable movie!"

Li Zekai felt as if he was being humiliated, and immediately got up and left Intel.

For example, BTV Group will intervene in the field of Internet video around 2004 to develop a technologically advanced video website; following the path of Netflix in the previous life, it will lead the Internet video website and APP of this era.

He didn't doubt what the boss said, the idea might have been told to the boss by someone else, after all, the boss had time to plan the show.

"Okay, I will definitely negotiate with the ATV production team and strive to create a second "X-MAN"."

"Well, he is indeed a cornerstone of Hong Kong's variety shows. You told ATV to plan well. Even if it is broadcast next year!"

"Ok"

(End of this chapter)