Chapter 410: Flirting with JK Rowling?
Beverly Hills, the Lee family's mansion.
Dongfang Yuqin counted the results of the Asian financial crisis, and then handed it to Li Zetian to see.
Li Zetian was in a very happy mood, eating apples while browsing the information.
"Hehe, not bad, not bad! It's really profitable this time!" Li Zetian laughed heartily, it was in vain that he had been preparing for so long, and he had mobilized trillions of dollars. In this Asian financial crisis, Li Zetian earned 1.15 trillion US dollars, and the decades of economic accumulation of Southeast Asian countries have been earned by Li Zetian!
"However, there is still a part of the funds that cannot be cashed out for the time being!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile.
"This is not in a hurry, the important thing at the moment is ......" Li Zetian took a bite of the apple and said inarticulately, "Well, after the financial crisis, the land, companies, and technologies in Southeast Asian countries are all cabbage prices, and we can take the opportunity to buy the bottom, and when the economy picks up in the future, our investment will be many times better!"
After speaking, Li Zetian unconsciously thought of South Korea's Samsung and Lotte Group...... Korean companies have a high rate of responsibility, so there are many bankruptcies. Although Japanese companies such as Sony and Panasonic have not gone bankrupt, they have been hit hard and have been hurt by their bones, and they will no longer have the strength to compete with Li Zetian's company in the future.
After reading the information, Li Zetian put the documents on the table and immediately chatted with Dongfang Yuqin about investment.
There are too many things to invest, Li Zetian pointed out a rough idea, and more professionals are needed to implement them.
"The Bank of Korea is preparing to auction Samsung Group and Lotte Group, but I don't think it's better to wait for them to auction it, and simply launch the acquisition in advance, so as not to have more people competing with us. Dongfang Yuqin suggested.
"Hmm......??" Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "It's okay, then let's launch the acquisition in advance!"
At the moment, Samsung Group is not the largest group in South Korea. However, if it is Li Zetian's previous life, Samsung Group will develop against the trend after the Asian financial crisis and become the largest multinational conglomerate in South Korea, with 85 subsidiaries such as Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Fire, Samsung Securities, Samsung Heavy Industries, Samsung Engineering, Samsung Airlines, and Samsung Life Insurance, and its business involves electronics, finance, machinery, chemistry and many other fields.
The Samsung Group is incredibly powerful, and Koreans claim that they cannot avoid three things in their lives: death, taxes, Samsung!
Some people can't help but joke that the "Samsung life" of Koreans is: born in Samsung Hospital, studied at Samsung University, used Samsung electronic products, held a wedding in Samsung Hotel, and finally died of old age in Samsung Hospital.
However, the Samsung in this life is afraid that it is not as powerful as in the previous life.
If Li Zetian acquires Samsung Group, the South Korean government will definitely not vigorously support Samsung's development, and will even secretly hinder it. In fact, for Li Zetian, the main purpose of buying Samsung is twofold, one is to reduce a strong competitor, and the other is to rely on Samsung to open up the Korean market. South Korea is more xenophobic, and the government places a lot of emphasis on ethnic industries, which makes it difficult for foreign companies to compete with local Korean companies.
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In the next period of time, Li Zetian was very busy, and there were many major acquisition and investment projects that he needed to personally inquire. In addition, it is now 1998, and Li Zetian is worried that the Internet bubble will come early, and plans to cash out some of his shares.
Just when he was thinking about how many shares each Internet listed company should sell, a phone call suddenly came, which made him stunned for a moment.
“Chronos· Hello Li, I'm J.K. Rowling, do you remember me? A few years ago in a café in Edinburgh, you read what I wrote ......"
"Oh, it's you, of course I remember!" Li Zetian replied with a smile, thinking, Rowling hasn't called me in years, and I almost forgot about her.
When JK Rowling heard this, she was pleasantly surprised, she never thought that the richest man in the world really remembered her!
Li Zetian asked at this time: "Has your book been published?" It stands to reason that after so many years, your book should have been written, why didn't you contact me to help you publish it?"
Rowling was embarrassed to be silent for a while, and replied in a weak tone: "You are very busy, and you must be very busy...... I, I dare not disturb you. ”
Li Zetian was speechless for a moment, when he gave you a business card, he just wanted you to call me after writing the book, but your sister didn't call.
"Then has your book been published?" Li Zetian asked again, it should have been published in his previous life. Li Zetian thought to himself, no matter what, he must also get the copyright, a super IP like "Harry Potter" is rare!
Rowling shook her head, her expression darkened, and she replied in frustration: "I have found many publishers to submit, but they have been rejected repeatedly, and they are not optimistic about my book......" After a pause, Rowling sighed sadly, "So far, my book has not been published." ”
Li Zetian frowned slightly, thinking to himself, I am afraid that it was because of the butterfly effect that Rowling did not meet the Bole in his previous life. At this moment, Rowling must be desperate now, so she called herself for help!
"I'll have someone buy a publishing house in the UK right away, and then help your book get published!!" Li Zetian began.
Chronos· Li went to buy a publishing house to help me publish my books!!
He, he's not going to like me, is he?
Rowling was shocked, and her cheeks burned slightly.
In fact, because the background of "Harry Potter" is in the United Kingdom, Li Zetian plans to buy a British publishing house. Unexpectedly, it made Rowling misunderstand. However, it is no wonder that Rowling thinks that her work has been rejected by too many people, so that she has lost confidence. Since "Harry Potter" is not good, Rowling will think, Chronos· Why did Li help me publish a new book, and even bought a publishing house to help her publish a new book! If she is not interested in books, she is interested in her person!
At this time, Rowling didn't speak, and her mind was full of thoughts.
"Rowling, what do you think?" Li Zetian didn't know why he hadn't spoken for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.
Rowling hesitated to say yes or no. If you agree, you accept his kindness......
Rowling suddenly thought of her situation, poor, and had children to support, and now she was in dire need of money, and Chronos· Li is a wonderful person, if he likes me, then, then I will follow him as he wishes......
“Chronos· Li, thank you so much, thank you for publishing a book for me!" Rowling said with a hint of shyness in her tone.
"It's nothing, no need to thank you!" Li Zetian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, why did Rowling's tone suddenly become weird?
However, Li Zetian didn't think much about it, he didn't mean anything to Rowling at all, purely for "Harry Potter".
"Alright, Rowling, you wait at home, and a publisher will contact you soon!"
"Hmm~~~"
After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian immediately asked his subordinates in the UK to help him buy a publishing house, and explained some things, and then made a phone call to Disney to buy the copyright of the "Harry Potter" movie adaptation, and then prepared to shoot the movie.
On the same day, the Disney Company called J.K. Rowling.
"Hello, are you J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series? Oh, I'm Jimmy Charles, the producer of the Disney Company, and our company is going to make your adaptation into a movie! Rest assured, the rights to the film adaptation will definitely satisfy you! Is $500,000 enough?"
When Rowling heard this, she was completely stunned!
What's going on? My book hasn't been published yet, so how does Disney know about it? And it's going to buy the rights to the film adaptation! $500,000, oh my God, how can there be so many rights to the film adaptation of a book that has not yet been published?!
Rowling thought everything was incredible!
Suddenly, Rowling's eyes lit up and she thought, "Disney seems to be a Chronos· Li's company !!"
"The book hasn't been published yet, and I don't know if it will be popular, so he has to buy the film adaptation rights...... Well, he must have known that I was in a difficult situation, so he did it!"
Rowling blushed, only to feel that Li Zetian was really good to her.
"Ms. Rowling??are you listening?" shouted Disney producer Jimmy Charles on the phone.
"Oh, I'm listening!"
"Are you happy with the terms offered by Disney?" asked Jimmy Charles.
"Satisfied! very satisfied!" Rowling nodded repeatedly.
"Okay, I'll have someone contact you right away, and as soon as the contract is signed, $500,000 will be credited to your account immediately!"
"Good!" replied Rowling, who was really short of money right now.
After finishing the conversation, Rowling walked to the window, and there was a café opposite downstairs, where she and Li Zetian first met.
Rowling stared at the café in a daze, her thoughts drifting to no avail.
If Li Zetian knew that Rowling was in a daze for him, Li Zetian would definitely shout that he was wronged, more wronged than Dou E, he didn't flirt with Rowling at all, okay......