Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 696 [Small means]

mid-December.

Avelon came to Lin Zuhui's office and reported the progress of the work.

"Boss, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau has loosened up and intends to reach a deal. However, the public opinion in Australia is somewhat unfavorable for the acquisition."

It is understandable that telecommunications assets are not real estate or hotels, and not only need the consent of the government, but the government will also consider the influence of public opinion.

"Very serious?" Lin Zuhui frowned.

Evelyn nodded, then hesitated and said: "I suspect that someone is deliberately manipulating public opinion to prevent our acquisition."

Lin Zuhui asked: "What kind of public opinion?"

Avalon said: "Probably because there is a mainland shadow behind Heung Kong Telecom, and public opinion is worried that mainland officials will infiltrate the Australian telecommunications industry, thereby affecting national security issues."

"Have you explained it in the media?"

Holding a 25% stake in Ali, Ali hardly needed financing before Taobao appeared, because Lin Zuhui raised the price and gave 2500 million US dollars.The important thing is that the second round of Jingwei Capital will also participate in the investment, but it cannot fully invest, because Lin Zuhui is very clear about the C2C model.

New Era Group.

This is the third consortium joining the competition; this is not over yet, the fourth consortium, Telecom New Zealand, also joined the bidding.

As for Penguin's major shareholder, the South African Press Group, although they hold a high shareholding, they voluntarily gave up their voting rights, so Brother Xiao Ma has a great say.

Sing Tao Telecommunications.

For example, a certain actor in his previous life bombarded him for charging for watching TV. In fact, this is an Internet video service.

Without money, you can't do such a big thing.

Lin Zuhui said again: "There is still the right to take back the naming rights of South Korea, and it is best to hold the management rights in your hands."

However, Lin Zuhui has always done better. He belongs to the kind of world businessman who invests globally without any official elements.

"Well. I won't interfere with anything about Hongkong Telecom. I will only give you some suggestions. This is where I think Hongkong Telecom will be better."

Although Lin Zuhui has been in the telecommunications industry for many years, he has been studying telecommunications knowledge, buying books and reading, etc.; but he only wants to understand the technical terms. In fact, he does not interfere with specific development.

Fila Headquarters, Italy.

In this life, Jingwei Capital has a large voting right in Ali and Penguin.

The chief executive is silent!
After a long time, an executive said: "At present, both competitors need to be approved by the Australian government. We can only conduct some explanations and activities through the government, which may have some effect."

To be honest, Lin Zuhui has no concept of personal gain or loss in the acquisition of Australia's Optus Communications. He purely wants to increase the potential for the Heung Kong Telecommunications industry, and even the technology industry.

Lin Zuhui also specially asked Heungkong Telecom to set up a venture capital fund, which has successively invested in many well-known Internet companies such as 'Du Niang' and 'Ctrip'.

Everyone came to the meeting room, and Lin Zuhui listened to everyone's work report.

"BOSS, this is President Santos."

About a few years later in the previous life, Danmaxi began to be guarded by Asian countries. Bangziguo did not recognize it as a financial institution, not only refused DBS Bank to acquire a local Korean bank, but even held no more than 10% of its shares, which was obviously targeted;

"No problem, we will succeed!" Santos took the lead.

The reason why Du Niang defeated Google in the previous life was not that its search engine was very powerful, but because of various reasons such as blocking Google by relying on a firewall, and Du Niang launched an MP3 service.In fact, its search engine technology is not worth mentioning.

Therefore, although it is BAT, Lin Zuhui does not want Jingwei Capital to invest in Du Niang, but let Heung Kong Telecom participate in the investment; moreover, Du Niang's investment is the kind of investment that is cashed out before listing, that is, now the venture capital invested in Du Niang's shares. Before Du Niang goes public, you will be asked to cash out to avoid affecting its controlling interest.

Avalon's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "What the boss said is that if our background is worrisome, then the background of Sing Tao Telecom is even more worrisome."

In the previous life, Ali's founder team had the least influence, because the founder's equity was diluted a lot, and Softbank and Yahoo had a lot of voice;

For a time, public opinion was in an uproar.

After attacking Heung Kong Telecom, the Australian media turned to attack another competitor, Sing Tao Telecom, claiming that it is increasingly "country D righteousness", the official is the absolute majority shareholder, and its overseas investment is not subject to domestic media supervision , and is not subject to the supervision of the acquisition country.

He is very satisfied with Avelon's tricks. He will not advertise and defend Hong Kong Telecom in the Australian media first, but first draw the trouble to the east.

President Yang Li's face was dark. He didn't expect that the Australian media would not only criticize Sing Tao Telecom, but also criticize Dan Macy, who was behind it, and the public opinion increased sharply.

Evelyn nodded seriously, and said, "Don't worry, boss, I know what to do!"

He knows that relying on these people alone, it is difficult to catch up with Nike and Adidas, after all, the peak is more than ten years away.

Santos said: "The naming rights in South Korea are in the hands of the Fila family, and it is easy to get them back. But the management there has already formed its own system and has been listed."

The reason is simple, he also needs to downplay his influence in Hong Kong Telecom.And he also understands that it is normal for this matter to drag on for three to five months.

This time, Lin Zuhui called Ai Weilang to take advantage of this shortcoming to attack his opponent.

"Who would that be?"

Not enough, these people have no doubts. Behind the public opinion is the shadow of Hong Kong Telecom. They only think that after the Australian media protested Hong Kong Telecom, they protested against Sing Tao Telecom.

Some media pointed out that Vodafone intends to transfer 100 million customers to Hutchison Telecom, so as to avoid antitrust laws.

Then, Heung Kong Telecom has a much higher chance of success!
Although it is a bit despicable, Sing Tao Telecom does not follow the rules first.

In fact, Lin Zuhui also knew that Dan Macy's troubles had already arrived.

"Do you think someone is manipulating public opinion to prevent us from buying Optus Communications?"

Lin Zuhui nodded. In fact, Mainland Telecom's shareholding in Heungkong Telecom was originally 10%, but after dilution and cash out, it should be very small now.

In the end, Lin Zuhui decided to let go of this matter and hand it over to Avelon's team to tackle the problem.

Public opinion belongs to public opinion, but it cannot prevent the fate of Optus Communications from being sold, because Dadong Telegraph and Telegraph cannot protect itself, and there is no other way but to cash out.

Four consortiums bid for Optus Communications held by Dadong Telegraph Bureau, which even Lin Zuhui did not expect.

Some investment managers in Sing Tao even criticized: "Dan Macy has a high IQ, but a low EQ. Dan Macy has been operating in the domestic market for a long time, and will hardly be supervised by the state-controlled media."

So what about a hostile takeover, a small company with a market value of only a few hundred million Hong Kong dollars.

At the same time, Heung Kong Telecom is still a technology company that develops many auxiliary businesses: e-commerce services for business enterprises, data centers, Internet services, call centers, and so on.

However, Lin Zuhui knew that the endorsement was a bug of Fila.

"Actually, our competitor is becoming more and more 'country D righteous'. Their major shareholder is Dan Macy, and holds more than 70% of the shares, which can be said to be full of official power; Dan Macy's influence in Asia is increasing. It is said that there is the official color of Sing Tao's country D, from telecommunications to finance, to real estate, etc., these are the spaces for their activities."

The reason why he did this was not that he didn't want to make money, but that he didn't want to be too popular.

The media once again reported that a consortium composed of Vodafone and Hutchison Telecom is also bidding for Optus Communications in the hands of Dadong Telegraph and Telegraph.

"The acquisition is already not good for us, let's talk about it, what should we do?"

"Yes. I made it clear that Xiangkong Telecom is a public enterprise of Hongkong Telecom and does not have any official power."

Heung Kong Telecom develops Internet services such as video information, PCC, and broadband services, and it is convenient to cooperate with the "content king" - the media group; for example, in Thailand, when people watch TV, they can use the information service of the charging model to watch Hong Kong streaming programs, sports events, etc. These programs cannot be provided by cable TV, and this has formed a new industry.

Therefore, he still shifted his energy to other investments.

After all, Heung Kong Telecom represents Heung Kong, and Lin Zuhui is not a real boss. After all, according to the calculation of layers of holdings, Lin Zuhui only holds less than 25% of Heungkong Telecom's equity.

The most important thing is that he felt that Li Chaoren was a little unreasonable about his brotherhood, and even the Xiangjiang media began to criticize him.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "You are Australian. Our Xiangkong Telecom has a large number of foreign management teams with a clean background. This is our advantage. , even under the supervision of the world's media, it is just a purely commercial enterprise. Assuming we acquire Optus Communications, we will actively improve technology and services to serve Australian citizens."

The advantage of diverting disasters to the east is not only that it reduces the threat of Sing Tao Telecom, but at the same time, the small problems of Xiangjiang Telecom are directly covered.

At least it is richer than Sing Tao Telecom, that's for sure. After all, Hong Kong has a population of more than 600 million, while Singapore has only 400 million.

And this acquisition will not have an answer so quickly, so Avelon's team will make public in the media afterwards, and Avelon himself is an Australian native and has worked for the Australian Telecommunications Bureau for more than ten years, so he naturally occupies a geographical advantage.

After a meeting, the executives of Sing Tao Telecom did not reach a good measure.

After all, according to common sense, it is the Australian media who are criticizing the two acquisition companies; after all, the Dadong Telegraph Bureau has not yet announced the ownership of the transaction.

Santos and others showed expressions of approval, and they were not too surprised that Lin Zuhui made a good suggestion.

"Compared to Dan Macy, we have always been just a business group, never a ZZ vassal."

After Fila was acquired by Barings Bank, it was quickly replaced by Santos, a professional manager hired from the United States. This was the first time Lin Zuhui met.

Lin Zuhui showed a smile, but he was very calm.

For example, he has changed his mind and instead of signing James at a high price, he has gone to pick up NBA stars.

Lin Zuhui nodded, acknowledging the matter.

Santos said seriously: "No problem, I will definitely solve this problem. By the way, Boss, you are making such a big move, are you planning to continue to increase investment in Fila?"

The executives have been infected one after another. You must know that the legend in front of you is enough, and the influence of the West is very large.

Another executive said: "It's not the attitude of the Australian government now, but the Dadong Telegraph and Telegraph Bureau will not be willing to sell it to us at a price of 76 billion US dollars. Presumably Xiangjiang Telecom has paid more than 80 billion US dollars."

Moreover, the reason why Lin Zuhui didn't invest in Du Niang was because he didn't like it.If Penguin started from a cottage, then Du Niang started from "walking around the edge of the law".

"With such a high price, Xiangjiang Telecom is really rich!"

Although Fila is listed in the United States, its headquarters is in Italy, because this brand was founded by Italian 'Fila Brothers' and has a history of more than 80 years.

Last year, Hong Kong Telecom's net profit was HK$120 billion, a proper cash cow.

All of a sudden, public opinion turned to Sing Tao Telecom.

In this way, the people of Sing Tao Telecom would never think that it was Xiangjiang Telecom who was playing tricks.

Santos said energetically: "BOSS, the relocation of Fila's headquarters to the United States is expected to be completed within three months. At the same time, we have formulated a new strategy: abolish the route of luxury goods, and benchmark Nike and Adidas; sell The rest of the business controls costs”

NBA, football stars, picking up leaks are the characteristics of Fila.

China has also begun to take precautions. Danmasy’s investment in telecom must be controlled within 5%; India is also convenient, rejecting the acquisition of telecom, and Sing Tao Telecom’s shareholding cannot exceed Indian shareholders; Thailand is even worse, directly triggering large-scale protests. should be involved in a ZZ incident
In short, Danmasi is indeed very powerful, but it has also begun to be feared by various countries, because behind it is the official.

Of course, if Heung Kong Telecom wants to grow and develop, the outline formulated by Lin Zuhui is crucial.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "The shareholding is very loose, the current president is not strong enough, so he directly buys it in the stock market. Of course, I have known the Korean president and he is a rare talent, so we can cooperate in the Korean market, but we must be major shareholder and has the right to participate in management.”

However, there are also media reports that Vodafone's participation in the bidding has violated the 'anti-monopoly law'.Because once Vodafone successfully acquires Optus Communications, its mobile business will account for more than 52%, which has already exceeded the 46% stipulated by the Australian Telecommunications Authority, and it is already within the scope of monopoly.

"Thank you boss for your trust!"

"Boss, it's an honor to meet you!"

At the same time, the public opinion in the media like Australia has also begun to make neighboring countries start to be wary of Damasy and start to examine Damasy's investment.

After listening, Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "The overall strategy is correct, but it still lacks some offensiveness. My suggestion is that since it is the price of Nike and Adidas, we should naturally make professional basketball shoes and football shoes." At the same time, Fila's sports series should change the dull design in the past and add young and fashionable elements."

"The biggest suspect is our biggest competitor!"

Holding a 40% stake in Penguin, he gave 380 million US dollars, so that Penguin did not need to consider financing when it went public. Even the listing was arranged by Lin Zuhui's people.The reason is the simplest. Not only does Lin Zuhui hold 40% of the shares, the most important thing is that ICQ is the world's leader in instant messaging. Penguin is still on the way to imitate it.

He doesn't remember the draft situation, but he remembers who the NBA stars are parallel imports and who are underrated stars.For example, in next year's NBA draft, the No. [-] pick will be a super parallel importer, Quark Brown.

At this time, he felt that emerging Internet services such as PCC and video information were very worth investing in. Maybe the current effect is not obvious, but when it develops to a certain level in the future, it will not belong to the traditional telecommunications business.

"Just a guess!"

This MP3 service made great contributions to Du Niang. At that time, MP3 downloads were popular, but mainlanders were used to free things, and Du Niang’s MP3s were all free. As a result, many copyright dealers complained, and Du Niang thought it was just a link. Coupled with the domestic laws, he just carried it over.No way, in the same case, the slow-broadcasting boss was jailed.

"Okay, Boss, we've written it down."

Suddenly, he thought of a problem. Evelyn suspected that someone was manipulating public opinion, which was pouring dirty water on him. No matter whether he had an official background or not, he would actually be affected by public opinion.

Lin Zuhui smiled when he saw such news.

Lin Zuhui said: "Money is not a problem. What I want is the world's top three sports brands, brands as famous as Nike and Adidas. I do things, like and have confidence!"

What's more, shopping malls are like battlefields!
Of course, these small tricks did not prevent Lin Zuhui from going to Xingdao!

Unless, the Australian media will point the finger at him.

If dozens of people in the draft are placed in front of him, Lin Zuhui only needs to let Fila sign the latter, but he has played All-Stars and is a very famous player.

It can be said that Fila will have a lot of all-star players at that time, and their annual endorsement fee may only be hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars, so it will be profitable by then.

The important thing is that you can avoid those stars whose peak period is too short.

Not to mention football, it is almost easy to sign big names.

(End of this chapter)