Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 745 [Gong Xindou]

Yunfeng Residence, Villa No. 3 of the Lin family.

At present, Lin Zuhui has four villas covering an area of ​​2 square feet, so he compiled them as "Lin's Villa No. 1234"; of course, this statement is only an internal statement of the family.

林氏1号别墅——深水湾75号、林氏2号别墅——石澳别墅、林氏3号别墅——哥赋山颠云峰居、林氏4号别墅——施勋道23号（原香植球的玻璃大屋）。

Of course, it's not that Lin Zuhui doesn't have other "independent garden villas" in his hands. Not even the "super villas" of those women, Lin Zuhui also has "No. 1 Peak Road" and "No. 10 Pollock Road" in his hands.

Among them, "No. 1 Peak Road", this house was bought by Jin Daxia for 1985 million in 1250. After buying it, he considered that "Lu Chong" felt that the feng shui was ominous and did not move in. It was not until he invited a famous feng shui master to visit it. It was found that Feng Shui factors were taken into consideration at the beginning of the design of this mansion, and it is definitely a good residence in the "three-element undefeated pattern".The result is indeed the case. From 1985 to 1996, during the 11 years after Jin Yong moved in, it was the heyday of "Ming Pao". In 1996, it was very clever to sell it at a high price before the financial crisis came.

For this kind of "garden-style independent villa", especially No. 1 Peak Road, Lin Zuhui naturally didn't care about the high price, so he still won it at a "friendly price" of 1.88 million Hong Kong dollars.

At present, the price of the villa at No. 1 Peak Road is less than 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, and Lin Zuhui has lost more than 4000 million Hong Kong dollars.If it was during the period from 1998 to 2003, it is estimated that the loss will be more than 7000 million.

Since last July, when Xiangjiang properties bottomed out, luxury houses took the lead in rebounding after July, with an increase of more than 30% in half a year.
I have to say that Xiangjiang is really a 'free port'.

There is no limit to the rise and fall of housing prices, and everything depends on the market.

in the restaurant.

Lin Zuhui is dining with several wives, including Wang Lingyin, Guan Jiahui, Li Jiaxin, and Lin Zixia; the winter vacation has not yet arrived, so the large team has not returned to Hong Kong.

"Jiaxin, how is the rental situation of your THE ONE shopping mall?" Wang Lingyin asked casually.

When it comes to THE ONE, everyone is focused on caring about it, and the reason is unknown.

TheONE is a uniquely designed 29-storey Ginza-style building with a height of over 145 meters. It is the tallest pure retail building in Hong Kong.With its "unique" innovative implication and the "one-stop" leisure consumption concept integrating shopping, leisure and entertainment, it has created an eye-catching new landmark for "Shopping Paradise", and also created a place for tourists visiting Hong Kong. A unique place to visit,

Li Jiaxin also said very excitedly: "The progress is going very well, sister. At present, 160 high-quality merchants and brands with both fashion and strength have been signed. I believe that the rest can be signed within one month. You don't know, Many international brands have chosen THE ONE for their first store in Xiangjiang, or even the first store in Asia. It will open in May next year, and it will definitely shine.”

Lin Zuhui couldn't help laughing, listening to Li Jiaxin talking about business was undoubtedly a bit funny.In fact, she doesn't understand business and business at all. Lin Zuhui recruited excellent talents for her, and even went so far as to poach people from New Era Group for her.

Suddenly, Wang Lingyin asked: "Who named this 'THE ONE'?"

Lin Zuhui's heart skipped a beat, his eyes signaled Li Jiaxin not to talk nonsense, and he admitted that he named it himself.

It's a pity, what does this woman know, and she asked without hesitation: "Brother Hui took it, sister!"

Guan Jiahui immediately looked at Lin Zuhui with an expression of watching the excitement.

Lin Zuhui stared at her, and Guan Jiahui reciprocated, not to be outdone - a good show is coming.

Lin Zixia looked at Wang Lingyin with great interest, wondering how the situation would develop and how the old woman would deal with this situation.Although she is the oldest, she is not a woman in the top positions of the family, and she will not fight for status.As a love brain, she only enjoys every moment and every second with Lin Zuhui.

Naturally, Wang Lingyin wouldn't trouble Lin Zuhui, she was so smart, she was spinning her brain quickly.

Soon, she smiled and said, "The investment attraction of the Royal Fort Building has also gone very smoothly. All the contracted businesses have been completed and will open in March."

Li Jiaxin said quickly: "Congratulations sister!"

Royal Fort Building, located in Causeway Bay, is an 18-story (including two-story basement) building with a property area of ​​up to 41 square feet. It was bought by Chinese Real Estate for about 10 billion Hong Kong dollars (around 1991), and then sold. Give Hengjin real estate.

In 2002, Lin Zuhui arranged Hengjin Real Estate Investment to carry out a large-scale renovation of the Fort Royal Building, and all floor areas were changed to "shopping malls" to become a high-rise shopping mall.

Causeway Bay is a shopping paradise in Hong Kong. With the expansion of Fort Wing's shopping malls, it will seize the retail market in one fell swoop.

Wang Lingyin said with a smile: "The Royal Fort Building is located in the retail area of ​​Causeway Bay. The overall price is higher than your THEONE. In this way, we exchange [-]% of the shares, and we are good sisters. I don't care about the price difference."

"Ah!" Li Jiaxin was surprised, and then looked at Lin Zuhui again.

For her, value comes second, and the name THE ONE mall really makes her very happy.

Lin Zuhui pretended to eat and turned a blind eye to Li Jiaxin's request for help.

Seeing this, Li Jiaxin could only face Wang Lingyin's gaze alone. Under the pressure of the doctor, she quickly gave up resistance.

"Well, then sister can't regret it!"

"What do you regret? They are all my sisters. If you cooperate, you can show the unity of our Lin family to others."

Guan Jiahui held back her laughter, Lin Zixia looked at Wang Lingyin in admiration, and even Lin Zuhui showed a gratified expression.

After the matter was handled 'perfectly', harmony was restored.

afterwards.

When Wang Lingyin and Lin Zuhui were alone, she couldn't help asking, "Brother Hui, do you think I'm a little narrow-minded?"

Lin Zuhui sat on the sofa with his arms around her.

"What's the matter! I really like to watch you play a palace fight, so that I can have a chance to train you, haha! However, I named it THE ONE, just because I think it sounds good."

Wang Lingyin said happily: "Then what do you think of my performance this time?"

"Very good, I am very satisfied!"

"Hee hee, with Jiaxin's IQ, there is no way she can play palace games with her. Of course, this woman is under your pressure, and she doesn't dare to play tricks. Naturally, she can only suffer a dull loss."

Lin Zuhui was stunned and said, "How do you know she has the talent and nature of 'playing'?"

Wang Lingyin said proudly: "I don't understand any of your women's personalities. Although Sister Guan likes money, she is not a troublesome woman; as for Zu Xian, she has a quiet personality and Sister Qingxia, who looks domineering, but is actually a love brain." , afraid of you again"

Great!

"Makes sense!"

"Hee hee, in fact, it is impossible for these women to commit themselves to other men. But my husband is not an ordinary man, so it is not reasonable to subdue us."

These words really won the hearts of Lin Zuhui, watch and appreciate!
afterwards.

"Brother Hui, is sister Ling Yin bullying?" Li Jiaxin held Lin Zuhui's arm and said coquettishly,

Lin Zuhui patted the back of her hand and comforted her: "I didn't bully you, this is a sweet treat for you, the Fort Royal Building is indeed more expensive."

Li Jiaxin went directly to Lin Zuhui's front, put her hands around Lin Zuhui's neck, and said closer, "But how do I feel, she is upset that I own the THE ONE building alone, she is too narrow-minded!"

Lin Zuhui pretended not to know and said, "Is that so? That's not okay. In this way, let's go and ask her if she is narrow-minded."

"No! I won't ask!" Li Jiaxin said with a look of fear.

If she was young, she would dare to compete with Wang Lingyin, but now she really dare not, and she herself surrenders to Wang Lingyin in her heart.

"Okay, exchange is exchange, you women are so narrow-minded, just a name!"

"Although you don't think so, I always think about it!"

Lin Zuhui looked at Li Jiaxin's pretty face, who was close at hand, and posted it.

After a long time, we separated.

"Okay, this matter has been settled satisfactorily, don't think about it! The two of you are together this weekend, and I will communicate with you again."

"I hate it, I knew you would do this trick!"

After some joking, the hidden dangers of the family disappeared.

Of course, Wang Lingyin already had a lot of power, and it was impossible for Lin Zuhui to oppose her on such a trivial matter.

Time flies, and it is 2004 in a blink of an eye.

After the New Year's Day, Lin Zuhui came to Jingwei Capital to receive Xiao Ma and his party from Penguin Company.

Penguin is going public soon, and Lin Zuhui is also looking forward to it.

The Penguin of this life will obviously not be listed at a valuation of around HK$70 billion, the reason being the success of the Penguin game.As Penguin Games successively represented "Adventure Island", "Bubble Hall", "Audition", and "Martin Run", they all achieved great success.

This is equivalent to doubling the valuation of Penguin, which is around 150 billion.

Coupled with the premise of selling ICQ for 82 billion US dollars, and Lin Zuhui is the major shareholder of Penguin, even 200 billion is no problem.

"Mr. Lin, hello!" Miss Xiao Ma greeted restrainedly.

Lin Zuhui nodded and invited everyone to sit down, accompanied by Liang Botao.

The main underwriter for Penguin's listing in Hong Kong this time is Peregrine, a subsidiary of Barings Bank, led by Leung Botao.

"What is the specific situation of Penguin's listing?" Lin Zuhui asked.

Liang Botao immediately said: "About 4.2 million shares will be issued, with a total share capital of 16.8 billion shares. We want to set the price per share at 9.8 Hong Kong dollars per share."

Lin Zuhui immediately calculated the market value in his mind, then shook his head and said, "It's a bit lower, 10.8 Hong Kong dollars is no problem."

Liang Botao showed a confident expression, and said: "I think so too. After all, ICQ is sold first, and Jingwei Capital is the major shareholder. The price of 10.8 Hong Kong dollars is considered conservative."

The price can go up, this will be decided according to the specific situation.

Brother Xiao Ma was dumbfounded, planning in his mind to raise more than 40 billion Hong Kong dollars at once, Penguin's funds are simply not too sufficient.

At the same time, he also understands that Penguin can have this valuation thanks to the agency of four games from The Ninth City. Last year, the game business alone made a profit of 6 million RMB; moreover, Penguin Games has pre-ordered two more games from The Ninth City— - "Street Basketball", "Dungeon and Fighter", and Blizzard's "World of Warcraft". (Crossing the line of fire and handing over to Xishanju agent)

In fact, the game business has exceeded the value of QQ itself.

Lin Zuhui asked Xiao Ma: "Penguin Company must pay attention to technology, service, and even the strength of cracking down on external cheating in the operation of agent so many online games at once, otherwise it will be bad if users lose .”

Brother Xiao Ma immediately said: "Don't worry, Lin Sheng, Penguin Games has received a large amount of funds and strong support from Jingwei Capital since its establishment, and we have always maintained good operations."

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "I am always concerned about the development of QQ. Your team really shines in my eyes. It can be said that ICQ's team is not as good as yours."

Brother Xiao Ma was immediately flattered, and only thought Lin Zuhui was being polite, because he understood that although QQ has many innovations, there are many places that copied ICQ.If ICQ is not in the hands of this person, QQ troubles will continue.

Today, ICQ has been acquired by Microsoft. It is said that the Americans claim to enter the Chinese market. Although he is not worried, after all, QQ has already monopolized the domestic instant messaging software, but there is a curse after all.

"Mr. Lin has won the prize!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "QQ is indeed developing well. Of course, it can only be said in terms of QQ software. However, Internet companies must develop ecology in the end. The so-called ecology is an ecological chain. Relying on core business or user base, Vigorously develop other businesses to achieve the effect of monopoly, such as Microsoft.”

Everyone was focused, afraid to miss every word, including the Penguin team.

After all, Lin Zuhui is an Internet tycoon.

"QQ has the largest user base, and will soon have 50 billion funds, and there are many projects that can be developed."

"For example, Internet payment (QQ Tenpay), with the popularization of the Internet, online payment is a very convenient thing for Internet experience."

"For example, Internet literature, a certain Chinese website in China, is a very high-quality website. It is similar to the 'Sina Comics' we developed. If Penguin can acquire a certain Chinese website and integrate domestic novel websites, it will be able to Form an online literature publishing giant. The novels on the novel website not only have a VIP fee system, but also have copyrights, which can be made into movies and change animations. These are treasures.”

Shanda was taken away by Lin Zuhui, and Cheng Tianqiao was no longer the richest man in China, so he didn't know where he went.Doesn't it mean that a certain Chinese website does not have an owner, so Lin Zuhui thought of arranging a good owner for a certain point.

He is now the major shareholder of the Penguin company, and if he dares to allude to him in the "Hong Kong time travel" novel at a certain point in the future, he will be blocked directly, 404.

Brother Xiao Ma said excitedly: "Listening to Mr. Lin's words is really better than studying for ten years. Don't worry, we will definitely take action after we go back."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "What I said is just a suggestion. I still hope that you will do what you want to do first, and then consider what I said when you have the energy. After all, I am not an industry person."

Knowing that Lin Zuhui was being modest, Xiao Ma nodded and said, "Don't worry!"

After the dilution of shares this time, Jingwei Capital still holds 36% of the shares, which is considered to be quite high.

After the Lunar New Year, the Penguin IPO became a major event in the Hong Kong securities industry. Because Lin Zuhui was behind Penguin, the major shareholder (36%), and Penguin’s profitability was actually very good (about 2003 million RMB in 9), so it attracted Crowds of people are ready to buy.

"Will the issue price of 10.8 Hong Kong dollars per share be too high?" Some investors not only want to ask this question.

"High? Do you know what the annual net profit of Penguin Games was last year? 6 million, accounting for about 40% of the mainland. The profits of other businesses are also 3 million RMB. According to the financial situation of 9 million RMB, Penguin Even if it is not on the market, it will be very nourishing.”

"Also, ICQ sold for 82 billion US dollars, so isn't QQ worth 25 billion US dollars?"

Soon, some voices of doubt disappeared. On the contrary, the citizens of Xiangjiang, relying on their pursuit of Lin Zuhui, queued up to apply for the form.

What surprised Lin Zuhui was that the richest people in Xiangjiang were not interested in the listing of QQ, and did not find Peregrine or Lin Zuhui to propose an internal subscription; on the contrary, many overseas financial institutions participated in the internal subscription, but the shares were not counted. Many, mainly Lin Zuhui's meaning - to satisfy the subscription of Xiangjiang citizens as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)