Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 682 [Feng Shui Problem]

Monday, May 1.

New Era Group headquarters.

Sitting in the spacious office, Lin Zuhui was in a very good mood. From time to time, he looked at the computer screen not far away, and he smiled.

The Hang Seng Index reached 18500 points, setting a record for the situation.

The companies under Lin Zuhui have also created legends one after another:

The market value of New Times Group is 10550 billion, accounting for about 20% of the market value of Xiangjiang stock market (total market value is about 5.5 trillion);
The market value of its Xiangjiang Telecom is 4150 billion, accounting for about 8% of the market value of Xiangjiang;

万辉传媒市值1800亿、旗下新浪网市值1100亿、亚视集团市值500亿出头、LEIT集团市值430亿，八达通银行市值520亿、小米科技市值820亿，六家上市合计5170亿。

The market value of listed companies in Hong Kong controlled by Lin Zuhui is about 2 trillion yuan, accounting for more than one-third of the total market value of Hong Kong stock market, which is a miracle.

In the morning, Liang Zhenxun was the first to come to Lin Zuhui's office.

"In this way, start to cash out the shares of Vodafone and Sony, and plan to cash out all of them within three months."

"Around 5800 billion US dollars!"

It turned out that the princess bought this property in 1997 at a cost of 4800 million, because she signed with EMI for a signing fee of 6000 million.In other words, the princess is not short of money, she was simply fascinated by Lin Zuhui last time.

As for Mannesmann's stock, it is natural to wait until Vodafone swallows Mannesmann and converts it into a new stock before gradually cashing out; although it is expected to happen in February, and March is the peak of the Internet bubble; however, Telecom The industry does not belong to the Internet. Although it will fall, it will not fall rapidly, and there is no time to cash out.

Lin Zuhui recalled that in her previous life, after her relationship with Ah Feng ended without a problem, this woman felt that the house was not well feng shui, so she sold it because she felt that the two consecutive relationships were not smooth, and it must be a feng shui problem.At the same time, it's funny for her to sell the house, that is, she doesn't want anyone to see it, not even an intermediary; because she thinks this house is a love nest with Ah Feng, and she doesn't want to expose her privacy.

Lin Zuhui estimated that in the era of 2000, the New Era Group had already booked about 1700 billion in cash flow, plus this year's normal profit is expected to exceed 400 billion, which is a full 2100 billion in cash flow.

After Wu Guoming went to work, Lin Zuhui was still calculating his wealth invested in Hengjin.

After all, I am playing with her feelings now, which may not even count as feelings.

See if there is any chance to do T in the future, it doesn't matter if there is no chance, just save the T at the end of 2007.In fact, the total market value of Hong Kong stocks is only 5.5 trillion yuan, which is still too small for Lin Zuhui's funds.

In the evening, Lin Zuhui came to Baosong Garden in Jiudu Mountain, New Territories, and mysteriously walked into a property, where the princess and Liu Jialin greeted him.

The second money: During the five years from 2003 to 2008, the freight rate and ship leasing fees skyrocketed, which brought huge profits.As far as Lin Zuhui knows, shipping stocks have always been feared by the financial world, but in those few years, shipping stocks were the most popular in the investment world.

"Okay, boss!"

"Afei, I heard you miss me?" Lin Zuhui teased.

The reason why Lin Zuhui dared to invest heavily in shipping is nothing more than knowing the explosive period of shipping from 2003 to 2008, because knowing this information is equivalent to making money three times:

"How's the cash flow in the account?"

"What about the holdings?"

Of course, in order not to cause market turmoil, Lin Zuhui also asked the family office to stand still.

"Shareholding: The market value of Vodafone stock is 150 billion Hong Kong dollars, Sony's market value is 335 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Mannesmann's market value is 380 billion Hong Kong dollars, totaling about 765 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Since you think Feng Shui is not good, why are you asking me! But having said that, you are really expensive, and there may be no hope of getting back your money in five years. I'm afraid it will take seven or eight years to get back your money."

Lin Zuhui showed a satisfied expression. The group's cash flow is so abundant, so naturally, the cash flow from the sale of 'Orange Company' and the floating-rate notes were included.

The cash out of US and Hong Kong stocks should be a full 3000 billion, plus the holdings of Nike, Starbucks, and the 90 billion US dollars injected into Barings Bank, the asset value is 3800-4000 billion.

At this time, Lin Zuhui suddenly remembered something, and his heart suddenly became hot, and he was blessed tonight.

Of course, Liu Jialin's net worth is tens of millions, so she can't stand this woman's ambition.

Even if Xiangjiang houses began to rise in 2004, it is estimated that it will take 2007 to recover to the peak of Jiuqi.

At the same time, he remembered when it was time to go to Smecta, South Korea. In his previous life, it was said that "Sister Qiao" played wildly, and she dared not fart. of.

Of course, how to spend and how much to spend this year have to be carefully considered.

Another reason is that Bengesen's debt is not low.

Good guy, no wonder Lin Zuhui offered her money last time, but she refused directly; on the contrary, Liu Jialin happily accepted the huge sum of 500 million.

"Currently, the group's debt is only 500 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the group's cash flow is 715 billion Hong Kong dollars, including 118 billion Hong Kong dollars in euro floating-rate notes."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away!"

During the meal, the princess asked: "Brother Hui, my property has already fallen by half, should I sell it?"

"Lin Sheng, I think you can do it!" Liu Jialin stepped forward, stroked Lin Zuhui's chest, and said with a smile.

"Can you still get back the money?" Liu Jialin asked immediately, grabbing the real estate information.

The initial investment was 200 billion Hong Kong dollars, which was invested in the attack on international speculators, but now it has nearly 400 billion Hong Kong dollars, nearly double the increase.

The princess didn't seem to care too much, and the topic just now seemed to be casual.

Lin Zuhui has also been learning shipping knowledge in recent years, and often consults senior shipping talents like Morris, and is very interested in this knowledge.

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and immediately interrupted: "Stop, I don't care about that!"

I have no choice but to save it until there are good projects.

"Boss, the cash position of Microsoft's stock has been completed as scheduled, with a total of 560 billion, and the profit is about 30 times." After finishing speaking, Liang Zhenxun couldn't help being shocked, although he knew the rate of return beforehand.

Lin Zuhui thought about it, and Liang Zhenxun waited quietly. He knew that the boss was thinking about the allocation of the group's funds.

This made Lin Zuhui secretly feel sad. No wonder many rich people feel heartbroken about taxes and try to avoid taxes.

The charter king of the year had a huge influence in the world. Leaders of big countries such as Li Gen and Saqier were all his friends, which was far behind Li Chaoren.If the Chartered Ship King hadn't detected cancer early, the Bao family would have had a good development in real estate.After all, from the acquisition of Wharf, Landmark (unsuccessful), Standard Chartered (unsuccessful), and Wheelock by Chartered King, we know that he is actually an ambitious and courageous figure.

The third money: Now that we know that shipping will fall into a sharp drop in the second half of 2008, Times Shipping may start to "sell ships at high prices" in the first half of 2008, and even try to sell a small amount at the end of 2007.

He first asked about Hengjin Investment's cash-out situation in US stocks. Although Wu Guoming is in charge of Asian affairs, he is the vice president of Hengjin Investment after all, and he will also be the contact person of Lin Zuhui and George. After all, Lin Zuhui can't often go to U.S.

"Go ahead, I'm talking about Jia Ling, don't worry, if there's anything wrong with the film king, I'll just miss my baby!" Lin Zuhui teased.

Morris nodded, and said seriously: "The start and end is as simple as controlling tens of billions of assets. We can use mergers and acquisitions to achieve many purposes:
First, obtain a monopoly position, obtain economies of scale and competitive advantages;
Second, acquire technical and management talents to improve the level of enterprise management;
Third, reasonable tax avoidance and increased profits;

"The progress is very smooth, and none of them caused abnormal stock price fluctuations. According to the current situation, there will be no abnormalities in the remaining three months. After all, Internet-themed stocks have gone crazy now."

And the cash flow is 3000 billion!
Last year, Lin Zuhui spent 300 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy gold. This year and next year, he will need to spend 700 billion Hong Kong dollars to buy gold. He wants to purchase 1000 billion Hong Kong dollars in spot gold, which is stored in the underground vault of the Octopus Bank Building, which is about 1100 tons to 1200 tons.

Lin Zuhui came to Hengjin Investment and called Wu Guoming, the vice president.

Times Shipping is proficient in the container and bulk carrier business. Now it has ordered so many oil tankers, steamers, and ore carriers. If it does not absorb old shipping companies like the Bengesen Group, I am afraid that it will only be able to engage in ship leasing business in the future.

Liu Jialin immediately returned to her true nature as a courtesan, took Lin Zuhui's arm, and said, "Then please have dinner, my lord, let the two of us serve you well tonight!"

"That's for sure! Properties in Xiangjiang will definitely be more expensive in the future!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

It's not that there are no abnormalities, but that no one cares. For example, Microsoft's market value should be 6200 billion, but now it is only 5800 billion. This is actually a change.Of course, only Lin Zuhui knew this.

If it were someone else doing this, Morris would have murmured in his heart, "It's strange if we can't go bankrupt like this", but for his boss, he knows that the boss is a businessman who is extremely keen in analyzing the situation; at present, the meaning revealed by the boss is, Shipping will start to explode in the next few years.What's more, in Morris' view, even if the shipping investment exceeds 150 billion US dollars, it is not fatal to New Era Group.

Of course, through these data, we can know that, as a shipping giant with tens of billions of dollars in assets, the Bengesen Group owns routes, business, technical and management personnel, and management systems, etc., which are all needed by Times Shipping.

In this way, it was obviously not what Lin Zuhui wanted to see.

Morris said: "Shipping is no different than other industries, and the premium does not need to be too high. I think the estimated price of 10 billion US dollars can persuade the two companies to sell their shares."

"What is Microsoft's current market capitalization?"

After Morris left, Lin Zuhui thought about it.

As for Xiangjiang's global shipping, although the total tonnage is only 900 million tons, it is the No. 1 oil shipping in the world. At the same time, most of the ships of others are their own assets, and their strength is relatively strong.

If the investment of Bengeson Group is added, New Era Group has invested nearly 100 billion US dollars in shipping; moreover, this is not the end, and will continue to invest in the future.

Morris also lamented in his heart that this boss must be the strongest in the world in everything he does. No wonder he was named a hegemon in various fields and a businessman across the ages by European and American media.

Why is it said that the Bengesen Group controls tens of billions of dollars in assets?

Cashing out less than 400 billion in three months is not a big problem; but as far as Lin Zuhui knows, the HKMA seems to be cashing out at the end of last year.

The princess blushed, looked at Liu Jialin, and wanted to say no, but she couldn't say it.In fact, she felt that being with Lin Zuhui was not a long-term solution. It would be enough to find porcelain skin once or twice, but she didn't want to be this kind of X friend for a long time.

Lin Zuhui was taken aback, and said, "Are you short of money?"

Bengesen Group owns 9 LNG ships, 71 LPG ships, and some oil tankers and bulk ships, employs 3500 people, has an annual turnover of 5 million US dollars, and a net profit of more than 4000 million US dollars.

Good guy, it turns out that this woman is a love fan, but why is her relationship so unsatisfactory!

Lin Zuhui nodded, but this time the cash out was also beyond his estimate, because the tax (15%) and the stocks did not rise as expected; therefore, he originally thought that there would be 3200 billion, but it was expected to be only 2600-2800 billion.

How to spend the remaining 2000 billion?
And the 1000 billion of Jingwei Capital, how should I spend it?
Subsequent repurchases of Microsoft and Oracle will not cost a lot of money, and they should still hold some US stocks, but it is estimated to be only 1000 billion.

The concubine shook her head and said, "There is no shortage! But I think the Feng Shui of this house is not good, and now that the price has fallen like this, I just want to sell it!"

"You are right! Through mergers and acquisitions, the return rate of shipping can be improved. It seems that the era of large mergers and acquisitions in the shipping industry is coming! Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimp. This is the law of survival. So, Morris, Times Shipping should not stop, and quickly become the overlord of the sea through mergers and acquisitions.”

Of course, although Charter King has great influence, if compared with Lin Zuhui, even if moved to the same era, Charter King is still far behind Lin Zuhui.

After all, the market value of the Bengesen Group is only about 20 billion US dollars!
The reason is that many ships are only management (controlling), and the owners are not Bengesen Group, just like the franchise system of hotel companies.

Lin Zuhui nodded. It stands to reason that last year it should have exceeded 6000 billion U.S. dollars, or even higher; but it is normal to cash out nearly 3% of the equity (Hengjin + New Era), which is much lower than the history.

Being the overlord of the sea, just thinking about it is enough to give you a sense of accomplishment!

Lin Zuhui heard the words and said seriously: "How much money do you think is needed to increase the shareholding to 56%?"

That being the case, it can be cashed out.

Morris, the president of Times Shipping, came to Lin Zuhui's office.

The first money: After the Asian financial crisis, he started hunting down the bottom line and made a lot of money, because whether it was building new ships, buying second-hand ships, or buying shipping companies, he saved a lot of money.As a simple example, if you buy new and old ships in 2003~2008, the cost must be huge.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "This is equivalent to using 12.5 billion US dollars of funds to control assets of more than 100 billion US dollars. It is very cost-effective!"

"Boss, we have already held 12% of the shares of the Norwegian Shipping Bengesen Group from the secondary market, and spent a total of 2.5 million U.S. dollars. If we take another 44% of the shares from the two chairman of the board of the Bengesen Group, we can do it in one fell swoop. Reached 56% of the shares.”

Fourth, mergers and acquisitions can effectively curb the phenomenon of mutual vicious bargaining caused by serious excess capacity on routes. "

Liu Jialin's face froze, and she said, "He and Zhang Manyu had a hot fight."

The princess blushed. Although it had happened twice, she did experience happiness that she didn't have in the first half of her life.

in the afternoon.

This name is not Hengjin investment, but Lin Zuhui's personal investment.

The next day.

However, in the past six months, Lin Zuhui and his companies have cashed out nearly 3% (less than 1% is cashing out), which has indeed not aroused the market's vigilance; hide.

Is it risky to do so?
The answer is yes!

The Bengesen Group and China Iron & Steel are just two big goals, and Times Shipping also has some "small goals".

Bengesen is the largest liquefied gas and natural gas transporter in the world, with a total load capacity of 1230 million tons. Its main business is positioned in the transportation of oil, liquefied gas, natural gas, ore, coal and other energy.

To be honest, he really didn't want to continue with Liu Jialin and the princess, but he couldn't help but agree to Liu Jialin's invitation.

"In this way, you will throw away Hengjin's investment in Hong Kong stocks within three months!" Lin Zuhui continued.

Therefore, the two companies are not so much saving the market as they are buying the bottom.

Of course, Lin Zuhui can't avoid taxes, because what he wants is privacy and security.

Lin Zuhui smiled and said to Wang Hao: "You believe in Feng Shui, don't you think that if you invite me here this time, do you think I can change your luck?"

The concubine blushed, and said hastily, "No, it was Sister Jialing who did it."

Lin Zuhui said indifferently: "Although I don't believe in feng shui, everyone says I am the 'God of Luck' and 'God of Wealth'. You are right. Let's fight her for thousands of rounds tonight. Your relationship will be fine too."

Listening to Lin Zuhui's flickering, the princess's face was full of conviction, even Liu Jialin believed it.

(End of this chapter)