Chapter 178: Cao Zhihong's Blueprint
"I've been living a scared life all my life......," Zhou Dayu said, and actually patted the red-faced ghost on the shoulder, like an elder: "In the past, I was worried that the boss would be angry, and then I was worried that Zou Feng would be angry, and then there were all kinds of people...... But these people are all finished, and I'm still alive in the end!"
"That just shows that you're good at speculation!"
"But when I'm with anyone, I haven't been as stressful as the black-faced ghost!" Zhou Dayu said meaningfully: "Other bosses, at most, they will get angry, and the black-faced ghost will kill people at any time!"
"This ......" the red-faced ghost reluctantly admitted: "It's true!"
"Think about it." Zhou Dayu patted the red-faced ghost on the shoulder again: "I don't want to eat with a madman!"
"What do you think ......" The red-faced ghost hesitated for a long time, and finally asked, "What should I do?"
"Three days later, a batch of raw materials for zombie medicine was transported from other places, because the police have cracked down harshly recently, and the black-faced ghost personally escorted it. After a pause, Zhou Dayu reminded: "I can contact Cang Hao!"
"I see. The red-faced ghost showed a grim smile, but under the cover of the mask, no one else could see it.
Let's talk about Cang Hao's side.
Soon, the time agreed with the Diamond Alliance came, but Cang Hao didn't pay much attention.
Although the Diamond Alliance is greedy, it also has an advantage, that is, it is very trustworthy in doing business.
Sure enough, ten minutes before the press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Australian Diamonds preemptively issued a statement to the effect that it was deeply disturbed by the alleged corruption of Xintai Mining, although Australian Diamonds was not involved in this case, but as a partner of De Beers, it still felt that it should not continue to hold Xintai Mining, so it was willing to dedicate the relevant shares to the king of country T.
Immediately afterwards, the press conference in Huaxia was held smoothly, just as Gross said, and sure enough, a reporter asked about the country's attitude towards the diamond trade, and the dumb and cute spokesman said the promise that Gross needed like a repeater.
This incident made Cang Hao feel that these diplomatic spokesmen were actually marionettes, and what they said and even every action they did was not something they could decide.
Country T welcomed the announcement of Australian diamonds, immediately announcing the unfreezing of Xintai Mining's assets, but also said that the government's anti-corruption campaign would continue.
Speaking of which, the next anti-corruption campaign in country T has in fact little to do with the Diamond Alliance, which is a way for the Chawari cabinet to consolidate power.
None of the military's ambitious generals had a clean ass, and if any of them dared to threaten Chawalit, they would be taken down on charges of corruption.
It seemed that everything was going smoothly, but Cang Hao had a faint trace of concern, the Diamond Alliance had made such a big concession, and it was likely that it would have to take action in other aspects.
This was the case last time, the Diamond Alliance was going to shake hands with Cang Hao on the surface, and turned around and used the Spear of Ares, so the vigilance should be strengthened in the near future to prevent the Diamond Alliance from attacking from other aspects.
At this time, Cang Hao looked at Weibo when he had nothing to do and noticed a piece of information: "Cao's Group will split and sell its twelve factories, and the industry is expected to complete the transformation within the year." ”
There are many companies under Cao's Group, so far, Canghao has only contacted Cao's Real Estate and Cao's Finance, perhaps Xintai Mining.
Cao's Group started with manufacturing, but Cao Zhihong and Cao Yaru rarely mentioned manufacturing matters, and Cao's Finance and Cao's Real Estate have no dealings with the group's manufacturing companies.
In recent years, with sluggish exports, sluggish manufacturing, and rising labor costs, wages paid by hired workers have far exceeded those in neighboring Southeast Asia.
It should be said that this transformation decision is correct, but Cang Hao didn't expect that there would be so many factories for sale at one time.
These factories cover mobile phone and tablet assembly, outsourced manufacturing of household appliances, and so on, and none of the reports mention what the funds will be used for after the sale.
For such a long time, Cao Zhihong and Cao Yaru have always gone to France, and no one knows what kind of business they are talking about there.
Cang Hao had no doubt that Cao Zhihong already had a blueprint in his heart, but he never told himself.
The godfather has his own reasons for doing things, and since he refuses to say it, Cang Hao doesn't ask much.
The next day, another piece of news came out, Cao's Group obtained 50% of the shares of Haitian Entertainment and became the company's largest shareholder.
As for this Haitian Entertainment, Canghao Baidu took a look and found that it is the largest entertainment company in China, with many businesses such as film and television production, record distribution and advertising, and many first-line stars have signed contracts.
It's just that Cang Hao never watches entertainment news, and he doesn't know any of these stars.
Just like Cang Hao guessed, Cao Zhihong has always had a complete idea, and even Cao Yaru doesn't know much.
At this time, Cao Yaru was in France, and Cao Zhihong flew over to help deal with some things, and had a meal with Cao Yaru by the way.
"Dad......" Cao Yaru fiddled with the knife and fork, looked at the steak in front of her, and had no appetite at all: "Our Cao Group said that it was going to transform, but several years have passed, and there have not been many specific actions. Until this time, twelve factories were hastily sold, and the outside world could not see through our development plan. ”
"First of all, the outside world can't see through it, the business plan must be highly confidential, if even those boring Internet idlers who are keen on gossip can see our development plan, how will Cao's Group gain a foothold in the industry in the future;
"Manufacturing is already a sunset industry, and it's right to give up, but I don't understand what our transformation goals are?"
"Well, I'll tell you a little bit first, I was going to tell you when I'm more mature. Cao Zhihong ate a steak, and then wiped his mouth with a napkin: "We started in industry, but the times are changing, and it is difficult to make money in industry now." It is necessary to shift the profit point to the virtual industry, such as the entertainment industry......"
Cao Yaru nodded: "This industry is indeed very profitable!"
"The three world-recognized profiteering industries are arms, drugs and movies. In fact, the entire entertainment industry is like this, with low investment and rich returns, casually packaging a star out, you can make a lot of money with brainless fans, and there is no business in the world that is more cost-effective than this. For example, a concert costs not much to hold once, why can the ticket price be sold so expensive, isn't it for the fame of the star? Celebrities are money-making machines, we can create a lot of money-making opportunities for ourselves, as long as we hype up our fame, it is not difficult for crows to become phoenixes. After a pause, Cao Zhihong said again: "Actually, I have started the layout a long time ago, otherwise why do you think I would want to acquire Cao's real estate?"
"What does it have to do with Cao's Real Estate?"
"I am ready to let Cao's Real Estate go all out to develop into commercial real estate. Cao Zhihong told Cao Yaru very seriously: "In every city above the medium size, we can build at least one integrated commercial center, including large shopping malls, supermarkets, all kinds of restaurants and cinemas. Some of the business spaces are sold, but the best location is only rented and not sold, and the company can be maintained by just eating rent in the future. More importantly, with the help of this commercial center, we can build our own cinema system, and the films distributed by Haitian Entertainment will be directly promoted in our own cinemas. Which film you want to make popular, which star you want to praise, isn't it up to us?"
"I see. Cao Yaru suddenly realized that when Cao Zhihong decided to acquire Cao's real estate, she didn't understand it very much, because real estate is already a sunset industry.
Since the manufacturing industry is already in a recession, why bother to go from one sunset to another, and continue to develop like this, the song of Cao's Group is "The Sunset is Infinitely Good".
It turned out that Cao Zhihong really focused on the derivative peripheral industries, which was a complete chess game.
Cao Yaru asked again: "Why did you acquire Xintai Mining? There should be a reason for the formation of Cao's Finance, right?"
"Cao's Finance's future concept is not yet mature, as for Xintai Mining......
Cao Yaru hurriedly asked, "How is it?"
"Another goal of our transformation at the Cao Group is high-end consumer goods, including jewelry, high-end clothing and bags. With a sigh, Cao Zhihong said with emotion: "In other words, if it weren't for Cang Hao, I really wouldn't know about the Diamond Alliance, it turns out that this industry has always been manipulated." ”
"Cang Hao......" Cao Yaru's tone was a little strange: "I didn't expect Cao's Finance to make him very successful!"
"Weren't you angry before, thinking that Cang Hao was going to bankrupt the company, but it turned out to be a profit of more than 10 million dollars. After a pause, Cao Zhihong said word by word: "Starting from Cao's real estate to Cao's finance, I have always been deliberately cultivating him. Now he has proven his ability to move to the next level. ”
"What's higher?"
"He can play an even more important role in the transformation of the Cao Group!"
Cao Yaru asked stupidly, "That...... What about me?"
"Isn't it good that you are now the president of Cao's Real Estate? After looking at the time, Cao Zhihong said: "Wait a minute, I will go to country T to deal with the start of Xintai Mining." Tomorrow you go back to Guangsha, there is a piece of land to be auctioned, be sure to take it, this is our second comprehensive commercial center. The day after tomorrow, there is a piece of land to be auctioned in the capital, and you must also take it down for me when you go to the capital......"