Age of Dreams

As a joint investment by Xiao Qi and Cheung Kong, Changyu Group is still registered in the Virgin Islands. ◇↓◇↓,

Over the years, Li Chaoren has done well in the transfer of capital.

Not really as the outside world said. He saw the financial crisis in Hong Kong and wanted to escape from this place.

It was nothing more than Li Chaoren's reconfiguration of assets.

As a businessman, Li Chaoren wants to pay less tax on the one hand, and on the other hand wants to diversify his business.

Only putting assets in China and Hong Kong is undoubtedly very singular, so Li Chaoren chose the Commonwealth like the United Kingdom and Australia. He is familiar with the laws here, people who are familiar with these places, and there are many contacts that can help him. Handle the relationship here.

Li Chaoren also knows what is meant by equal interest sharing and what is meant by risk-taking.

So he brought in Xiao Qi, let Xiao Qi buy 30% of the shares, and then Cheung Kong Holdings took up 70% of the shares, and the capital of the entire Changyu Group was 30 billion U.S. dollars.

On the surface, Xiao Qi paid 9 billion U.S. dollars and only occupied 30% of the shares without decision-making power, which is really a loss.

But you have to know that Cheung Kong Group is not 100% owned by the Li family.

Cheung Kong Holdings is Hong Kong's "one boy", that is, the Hong Kong stock code 00001. Its total market value has exceeded 1,000 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 110 billion U.S. dollars.

The Li family holds about 56% of the Cheung Kong Group's shares through various foundations, which is about 60 billion U.S. dollars.

Calculated in this way, in fact, the Li family only owns almost 40% of the shares, and the rest belong to the other shareholders of the Cheung Kong Group.

But if you say that the Li family also controls the Changyu Group through the control of the Cheung Kong Group, that is also correct.

But Xiao Qi didn't care about these trivialities.

He knew that although Li Dachao in his previous life was not well-known in Hong Kong. But his shots in the UK and Australia are very steady and generous.

From water, electricity, and gas, to communications, agriculture, and planting, there is no such thing as Li Dachao who does not invest.

Moreover, with a stable rate of return and a stable rate of asset appreciation, the Li family has flourished in the UK and Australia, and it has the taste of a nobleman in the new century.

Xiao Qi is concerned about this matter. Basically, he didn't understand it at all, so he just took a ride and took advantage of the ingenuity of the Li family to go to the UK and Australia to make money.

Li Chaoren certainly didn't dare to pit Xiao Qi, so as long as he could make money, what would Xiao Qi care about as a controlling shareholder?

Of course, it wasn't just Xiao Qi who wanted to use the power of the Li family.

Li Dachao, who was in charge of developing the UK, also wanted to use Xiao Qi's name to make the first step.

His first step. It was on the purchase of British cinema chains that Xiao Qi mentioned to him when he came to Hong Kong after the New Year.

It is said that it is a British cinema line, in fact, it is not only British, but the two cinema lines that Xiao Qi intends to have are headquartered in the UK.

One is called Odern Cinema and the other is Weiyou Cinema.

The first one is a company of Typhon Capital, a well-known private equity capital in the United Kingdom. In the seven major EU countries, it has 210 cinemas with a total of 2,000 screens.

The latter one is a company in its own right. There are 120 cinemas in the five EU countries. A total of 1300 screens.

At the same time, the two are also the two largest movie theater companies in Europe, which together account for more than 40% of the movie box office in Europe.

Xiao Qi means that if it can be acquired, it will be acquired together. If it cannot be acquired, it will be acquired by Aldern, because it is the largest.

As for the price, Xiao Qi has no limit at all. This gave Li Dachhao more room for manipulation.

Why spend money to buy things, who won't?

What Li Dachao values ​​most is not the cinema line itself, but the owners of the two cinema lines.

Needless to say, Taifeng Capital is funded by more than 100 British nobles. In this era when the nobles are becoming less and less valuable, relying on the investment of Taifeng Capital, these nobles have gained a lot every year. Together with their own united strength, they are like an important force that cannot be ignored in the British political and economic circles. .

Another Weiyou theater line, the owner is the famous British Duke of Saatchi. This duke is a rare rich man. It is said that he has a lot of wealth left by his ancestors. Therefore, he is involved in many industries. The movie theater line is only very rich. A small part of the actual assets of the Duke of Saatchi is more than 20 billion pounds, but people do not like to show off, so the hippie "young man" like Branson was made the richest man in Britain.

However, as Branson's 5% of Dreampad shares and 1% of Dreamstars shares become more valuable, he is actually one of the top five richest people in the UK.

If Li Dachao wants to open up the situation in the UK, he just happened to get in touch with the two parties, relying on Xiao Qi’s acquisition to build a good relationship with them, and after having a little fame and status in the UK, he slowly began to develop an interest in the British industry. Acquisition, so the resistance encountered will be much smaller.

The vice president of Terra Firma is called Robbie, a very common name.

But his qualifications are not ordinary. In addition to being a hereditary earl, he is also a top student of Harvard University in the United States. He worked for Goldman Sachs for 20 years before returning to Taifeng Capital to take up important positions.

Oh, forgot to say, Taifeng Capital has been established for more than 200 years. It is a very old and very old private equity capital in the UK. It is said that its predecessor is somewhat related to the previously notorious East India Company. Now its tentacles are all over the UK and the Commonwealth. corner.

Hong Kong was once hosted by the United Kingdom for a period of time, so even if Robbie had a strong South London accent, Li Dachao could hear clearly and clearly, and what he said himself was also South London accent.

Robbie was very satisfied with the similarities, and after chatting for a while, he smiled more.

"Mr. Li, I have already heard about you and your father. I know that for the past 20 years, he has been a strong competitor for the richest man in Asia, and he has been the richest man in Asia for many times." Robbie laughed Said, "It's just that Xiao Qi, a genius young man has now appeared, and your father has only become the second richest man in Asia. This is enough to be proud of!"

"What you said is wrong." Li Dachao smiled and said in a low voice: "As far as I know, several of Xiao Qi's confidantes are not inferior to my father in possessions, but they are very low-key and are not willing to appear. That’s all in the rich list. For example, Xiao Qi’s childhood sweetheart girlfriend, Ms. Huangfu, and her Wechat and Weibo companies are now valued at more than 40 billion U.S. dollars. If they go public, they will have to double again!

In addition, there is also the cinema line that Xiao Qi entrusted me to buy over this time, and the beautiful lady who is going to give her, Qiao Guoer, is not only a household star in China, but also has the largest cinema line in the world. And the abundant real estate resources, the assets are more than 20 billion U.S. dollars! "

Properly revealing a little secret will interest the negotiating partner and increase the friendliness.

"Haha, I can't think that Mr. Xiao Qi is such a pitiful person. It is really interesting." Robbie smiled, "I also heard about Miss Qiao. She bought the theater, bought the imax company, and established it in China. With the huge 3D and imax screen theaters, these are all generous, much stronger than our Odern theaters."

"Xiao Qi believes that if you don't have a lot of money to use when the market is not hot, then you won't be able to make money easily when everyone notices this business." Li Dachao said, "For example, my brother, it was me at the beginning. His father forced him to cooperate with Xiao Qi, but with Xiao Qi's advice, he was on the list of the top ten richest people in Hong Kong at the beginning of this year, ranking eighth."

"Who said no?" Robbie also sighed, "Branson, this rude guy, originally made a little money by relying on his fame and fame. As a result, he bought Xiao Qi's Dreampad and Dreamstars shares, and his net worth was all of a sudden. The increase of five or six billion dollars is really enviable! It would be nice if we had this courage at that time!"

"My father is regretting this too. If he had given a higher price at the beginning, he would be one of the happy people today." Li Dachao said, "So we still have a close cooperative relationship with Xiao Qi. , I’m here to talk about this business for him, just to increase friendship with him, so that I can make money!"

After a pause, Li Dachao said: "Mr. Robbie, I respect Taifeng Capital very much, so I don’t say those lie. Xiao Qi asked me to come over to talk about the sale and purchase of Aldern Cinemas. He has no price. As long as you are interested in selling, then everything is easy to talk about, and he will not let his friends down."

It is Robbie who is accustomed to meeting the rich and accustomed to business negotiations. He was also amazed by the courage that Xiao Qi showed~www.readwn.com~ People who can talk like this are more important than money. It was this kind of determination that was inevitable, showing how confident Xiao Qi was.

Robbie is not a fool. Seeing that Xiao Qi is not bad for money, of course he wants to see how much Xiao Qi can bid, and then go back to discuss with the executives of the management.

But at the same time, he did not swell to the point where he thought he was so solemn, and he would not offer an outrageous price.

Otherwise, it would not be called business talks, and it would be a death to offend people.

And what you offend is the richest man in the world!

If Xiao Qi remembers to hate Taifeng Capital... ahem, think about how miserable the giants such as Merrill Lynch, Citi, and Goldman Sachs have been pitted by Xiao Qi. There is no one that can win a gambling, every time. Xiao Qi gave money and became the laughing stock of Wall Street and the whole world!

Taifeng Capital only wants to make money, but doesn't want to be the object of ridicule by others like this!

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