game trailblazer

Chapter 107 "Little Superman"

Next, we talked about some adjustments to the group’s business strategy. There are three main points in the near future: the first is to mobilize the resources on hand of the group to help Kunpeng Animation fully grasp the animation assets of Yiqiao Group. This is one of the key points of future development; The second is to separate the part responsible for game publishing from Kunpeng Animation, and establish an independent game publishing company, whose main business scope is in Asia (excluding mainland China), plus Activision in the United States and EIDOS in the United Kingdom. It will be a game distribution network all over the world; the third is to fully support the development of Camry Toys, and if necessary, it can use acquisitions and other means to help it clear obstacles.

These suggestions were not put forward by Zhang Lexing alone, because Yang Xinxin and Mai Jiajun once gave advice, "Remember that you are not inviting employees to let them be spectators, and you must give full play to the initiative of your subordinates...", so Zhang Lexing did not forget to ask his subordinates to think more.

After talking about the business strategy, Zhang Lexing discussed the future investment direction with the head of the investment department of Orient Holdings, and the meeting was over.After the meeting, Zhang Lexing purposely stayed with Hua Ziqing, wanting to know how the affairs in charge of him were going.

"How is the contact with Zheng Weijian?"

"Chairman," Hua Ziqing replied respectfully: "As entrusted by you, I had already contacted Zheng Weijian the day before yesterday, and I formally had the first consultation with him yesterday. Since Bao Yugang passed away, his family assets have basically All are in the hands of the four sons-in-law. The eldest son-in-law Su Haiwen controls global shipping, the second son-in-law Wu Guangzheng is in charge of Longfeng International and Wharf, and the third son-in-law Watanabe Ichiro manages a comprehensive trading company that was privatized by Tokyo Insurance and Trading Company Zheng Weijian, the fourth son-in-law, is in charge of the investment fund of the Bao family. Judging from yesterday's negotiations, Zheng Weijian does intend to sell some of the assets he holds, but the matter of Standard Chartered Bank's equity was not discussed yesterday. Second-rate."

"Okay, keep in touch, and be sure to take that part of the equity. Pay more attention to the operation of their family business, and maybe they will take the initiative when negotiating prices. In addition, you can properly buy some of the tradable shares."

"Good chairman, I'll keep an eye on it."

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A week later, when the appointment time with Li Zekai arrived, Zhang Lexing arrived at Heji Building on time, walked through the lobby and entered the elevator.When the elevator came to the floor where Li Zekai's office was located, the door opened with a ding, and a woman in black business attire and gold-rimmed glasses appeared in front of Zhang Lexing.

"Hi, it's Mr. Zhang. I'm Mr. Li's secretary. He's already waiting for you. Please follow me." The woman made a gesture of invitation.

Following the woman who claimed to be Li Zekai's secretary, Zhang Lexing walked into Li Zekai's office in Heji Building.The decoration of the office is not luxurious, but a bit of Western style, which may have something to do with Li Zekai's experience of studying in the United States.The most eye-catching thing in the whole office is the TV wall composed of 24 TV sets, on which different TV programs are being played, and Zhang Lexing also found several familiar TV logos in it.A young man was sitting on the executive chair, watching the program on the TV wall seriously. This person was Li Zekai.Hearing someone coming in, Li Zekai turned his eyes away from the TV wall, and after seeing the person clearly, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

"Mr. Zhang, what wind brought you here?"

"Mr. Li, I don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. I want to talk to you about something."

"Oh, let's sit down and talk." After sitting down on the sofa, Li Zekai asked, "Do you want something to drink?"

"Have a cup of tea."

Li Zekai waved his hand and greeted, "Jenny, make a cup of tea and another cup of coffee, hurry up."

The secretary Jenny who brought Zhang Lexing in just now nodded, turned around to make tea and coffee, and the conversation between Zhang Lexing and Li Zekai officially started.

"Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to have such a big TV wall. It's really rare."

"How about it? It's not bad. I can watch many channels at the same time. Mr. Zhang is also interested. I can introduce you to a friend who I know well, and I can help you make an identical discount."

"That's unnecessary, I'm just curious. Mr. Li, what do you think of the future development of the TV industry?"

"What?" At this time the coffee and tea were brought, Li Zekai scooped up some coffee with a spoon, tasted it, then picked a piece of sugar, added it, and stirred it with the spoon: "I think it has great potential for development."

"Mr. Li, are you willing to live under the wings of your father?"

Li Zekai's expression changed: "What do you mean by that?"

"I heard that Mr. Li studied in the computer engineering department of Stanford University in the United States, so he should know that the high-tech industry has great potential in the future. Haven't you thought about starting your own business?"

"Haha." Li Zekai laughed: "Mr. Zhang, have you taken a fancy to my satellite TV?"

Unexpectedly, the other party would see through him so quickly, Zhang Lexing took a sip of tea, and said directly: "How about it, is Mr. Li willing to give up his love?"

Li Zekai thought for a while, then said with a smile: "It's okay to cut off love, I'm afraid Mr. Zhang can't afford it."

"If you have any conditions, Mr. Li, please tell me."

"The shares of Satellite TV cannot be transferred to you all at once. Well, how about transferring 5.25% of the equity of Satellite TV for US$41 million (about HK$63.6 billion)?"

"What, 5.25 million US dollars." Zhang Lexing was taken aback. Based on the current profitability of satellite TV, it is not worth so much money.According to the survey, the Li family invested a maximum of 1.25 million US dollars in satellite TV in the past two years. Unexpectedly, Li Zekai came up with a big mouth. Based on this price, the entire satellite TV can be worth 9.5 million US dollars.

Seeing the uncertain expression on Zhang Lexing's face, Li Zekai pretended to be generous and said: "Mr. Zhang, how are you? Do you need to go back and think about it? It's okay. I can wait for your news."

"What should we do? If we just shrink back like this, it may be more difficult to talk about it next time. Why not..." Zhang Lexing pondered for a while before making up his mind.

"Mr. Li, I agree with your price, but there is one more condition. I will buy the remaining shares within two years, and the price per share will remain unchanged." After Zhang Lexing finished speaking, he looked at Li Zekai with a provocative look.

This time it was Li Zekai's turn to be surprised. Originally, he just hoped to frighten Zhang Lexing away with a high price, but he didn't expect such an obviously overestimated price to be accepted by someone. He was surprised and admired the other party's courage.From Li Zekai's point of view, he doesn't want to regard satellite TV as his lifelong career, because after all, it is a business mainly invested by his parents, not created by himself, so he does have the intention of reselling it. But it shouldn't be now, at least wait for his "road leading to heaven and earth" plan to succeed. Li Zekai's principle of doing things is from beginning to end, and he doesn't want to leave a stall that has been half-talked.

"But I have already said my big words, and by the way, it is against my own principles of life. Even if I don't care about it, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass it to my father. Sigh..." Li Zekai couldn't help but feel distressed.

Frowning for a long time, Li Zekai stood up and said, "Mr. Zhang, I need to report this matter to the board of directors. Please wait here for a while. If you are bored, you can watch the TV over there. If you need anything, you can ask my secretary Jenny."

After Li Zekai finished speaking, he turned around and left in a hurry, Zhang Lexing was so relieved, he said what he had to say anyway, so why not just watch TV.In Li Zekai's office, besides the TV wall, there is another TV, which can also receive many channels. Zhang Lexing changed a few channels at random, accompanied by a familiar voice - "You are watching the Chinese channel of satellite TV...", back then The Chinese channel of Satellite TV that I had watched before appeared on the TV screen.

When Takeda Tetsuya on TV said "I will not die, because I love you, I will not die" to Ono Asano, in Li Ka-shing's office in Hutchison Building...

Li Ka-shing pressed his hands on the desk and shouted excitedly: "What? You sold the satellite TV!"

"Dad, don't get excited." When Li Zekai first entered this office, he looked a bit like a child who did something wrong, but now he has returned to normal.

Li Ka-shing pointed at his son and said angrily, "You must give me a good explanation!"

"I sold part of the equity on my own initiative, but I believe that you will understand me after listening to the conditions of the transfer."

"Say, what conditions?"

"Transfer 5.25% of the equity of Satellite TV for US$63.6 million, and the remaining shares will be sold at the same price within two years."

"What?" Li Ka-shing was taken aback again. He had invested only US$1.25 million in satellite TV in the past two years. How could anyone pay such a high price for it? He wondered if he had heard it wrong.

"US$5.25 million, 63.6% equity," Li Zekai repeated again.

Li Ka-shing smiled: "Okay, you have done a good job. I believe the board of directors will not object to this price. Who is our buyer? I have heard all the news before."

Li Zekai had a bit of a headache. In fact, he only found out about it today. If he just said it like this, it would ruin his wise move. He hesitated for a while and said, "The person who watched our satellite TV is Zhang Lexing, the chairman of the Eastern Group. , He is very optimistic about our platform, so I seized the opportunity to negotiate a high price, which is also a good explanation to the board of directors.”

"Very good. If you can keep performing like this, Hutchison will definitely grow stronger in your hands." Li Ka-shing was very pleased to see his second son so capable. It seems that he let his two sons It's the right way to take care of each other.

Hearing his father's praise, Li Zekai had a smile on his face, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart. He didn't really have much interest in the big group of Hutchison Huang. No matter how well he did, in the eyes of others, he was relying on the blessings of his father's generation. In fact, he has always wanted to start his own business, but he just didn't have the right time. When it comes to the chairman of the Eastern Group, Zhang Lexing, he can be regarded as his bosom friend.

Li Ka-shing patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't make our guests wait too long, go and call them first."

"Dad, over there on the board of directors..."

"Don't worry, I'll go to the board of directors and tell them, I believe that if I'm optimistic, they will also be optimistic. Let's go." Li Ka-shing waved Li Zekai away.

As the office door closed, Li Ka-shing returned to his desk, sat down on his executive chair, and fell into deep thought.

Li Zekai returned to his office in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Lexing still watching TV with a teacup, so he coughed.

Hearing the sound, Zhang Lexing raised his head: "Oh, Mr. Li, you are back, how is the situation?"

"No problem, Mr. Zhang, your proposal has been approved, and we can make an appointment to formally sign the contract."

Zhang Lexing can finally leave with peace of mind...

Five days later, Dongfang Group officially announced that it had purchased 5.25% of the shares of Satellite TV Co., Ltd. from Hutchison Whampoa and the Lee family for US$63.6 million, all paid in cash.

The sale of the satellite TV made Li Zekai famous for handling this matter, and was even nicknamed "Little Superman" by the troublemakers. Hong Kong's "Economic Daily" commented on March 3: "Li Zekai finally made a good show this time, bringing more than 23 billion Hong Kong dollars in benefits to Hutchison and his father... Li Ka-shing hopes that his son will become a dragon, and this time he can get his wish gone."

(End of this chapter)