Chapter 32: "Little Superman"
Next, he talked about some adjustments to the group's business strategy, and 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 thoroughly grasp the animation assets of Yiqiao Group, which is one of the key points of future development; The second is to spin off the part responsible for game distribution from Kunpeng Animation and establish an independent game publishing company, with its main business scope in Asia (excluding mainland China), plus Activision in the United States and EIDOS in the United Kingdom, which will be a game publishing network all over the world; The third is to fully support the development of Jiamei toys, and if necessary, we can use acquisitions and other means to help clear the obstacles.
These suggestions were not made by Zhang Lexing alone, because Yang Xinxin and Mak Jiajun had given advice, "Remember that you don't invite employees to be spectators, but to give full play to the initiative and ...... of your subordinates", so Zhang Lexing did not forget to let his subordinates think more.
After talking about the business strategy, Zhang Lexing and the head of the investment department of Oriental Holdings studied the future investment direction, and the meeting was over. After the meeting, Zhang Lexing deliberately left Hua Ziqing behind, wanting to know how the things he was responsible for.
"How is the contact with Zheng Weijian?"
"Chairman," Hua Ziqing replied respectfully: "Entrusted by you, I have already contacted Zheng Weijian the day before yesterday, and I formally held the first consultation with the other party yesterday. Since Pao's death, the family's assets have basically been in the hands of four sons-in-law, the eldest son-in-law, Su Haiwen, who controls Global Shipping, the second son-in-law, Wu Guangzheng, who is in charge of Longfeng International and Wharf, the third son-in-law, Watara Nakaichiro, who manages an integrated trading company privatized by Tokyo Insurance and Trading Company, and the fourth son-in-law, Zheng Weijian, who is in charge of the Bao family's investment fund. According to yesterday's consultation, Zheng Weijian does intend to sell some of the assets he holds, but the matter of the equity of Standard Chartered Bank was not talked about yesterday, and it seems that he visited several more times. ”
"Okay, keep in touch more, and be sure to take that part of the equity. Pay more attention to the operation of their family business, and maybe be more proactive when negotiating. In addition, it is possible to appropriately absorb a portion of the outstanding shares. ”
"Okay chairman, I'll keep an eye on it."
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A week later, when the time to make an appointment with Li Zekai came, Zhang Lexing came to the Hutchison Building on time and walked through the lobby into the elevator. When the elevator came to the floor where Li Zekai's office was located, the door opened with a bang, and a woman wearing black professional clothes and a pair of gold-wire glasses appeared in front of Zhang Lexing.
"Hello, it's Mr. Zhang, I'm Mr. Li's secretary, he is already waiting for you, please come with me." The woman made a gesture of please.
Following the woman who claimed to be Li Zekai's secretary, Zhang Le walked into Li Zekai's office in the Hutchison Building. The decoration of the office is not luxurious, but a bit Western-style, which may be related to Li Zekai's experience of studying in the United States. The most striking feature of the office is the video wall of 24 televisions, on which different TV programs are playing, and in which Zhang Lexing also found several familiar station signs. A young man sat on the chair and watched the program on the TV wall seriously, this person was Li Zekai. Hearing that someone was coming in, Li Zekai took his eyes back from the TV wall, and after seeing the person coming clearly, he immediately greeted him warmly.
"Mr. Zhang, what kind of wind blew you here?"
"Mr. Li, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and 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 beckoned, "Jenny, make a cup of tea and another cup of coffee, be fast." ”
Jenny, the secretary who led Zhang Lexing in just now, nodded, turned around to make tea and coffee, and the conversation between Zhang Lexing and Li Zekai officially began.
"Mr. Li, I didn't expect you to have such a big TV wall, it's really rare."
"Well, it's not bad, I can watch multiple channels at the same time. Mr. Zhang is also interested, I can introduce a familiar friend to you, and I can help you make an exact discount point. ”
"That's not necessary, I'm just a little curious. Mr. Li, I don't know what you think about the future development of the TV industry? ”
"What's this," at this time, the coffee and tea were delivered, Li Zekai scooped a little coffee with a spoon and tasted it, then picked a piece of sugar and added it, and stirred it with a spoon: "I think it has great potential for development." ”
"Mr. Li, are you willing to live under your father's wing all the time?"
Li Zekai's face changed: "What do you mean by this?" ”
"I heard that Mr. Li studied computer engineering at Stanford University in the United States, so you should know that the future high-tech industry has great potential, haven't you ever thought about starting your own business?"
"Haha." Li Zekai laughed: "Mr. Zhang, have you taken a fancy to my satellite TV?" ”
didn't expect to be seen through by the other party so quickly, Zhang Lexing took a sip of tea and simply said: "How about it, is Mr. Li willing to cut love?" ”
Li Zekai thought for a while, and said with a smile: "It's okay to cut love, but I'm afraid that Mr. Zhang can't afford it." ”
"What are the conditions, Mr. Li, please speak."
"The shares of satellite TV must not be transferred to you all at once, well, how about a US$525 million (about HK$4.1 billion) transfer of 63.6% of the equity of satellite TV."
"What, $525 million." Zhang Lexing was taken aback, with the current profitability of satellite TV, it is not worth so much money. According to the investigation, the Li family has invested a maximum of $125 million in satellite TV in the past two years, but I didn't expect Li Zekai to come to a lion's mouth, according to this price, the entire satellite TV can be worth 950 million US dollars.
Seeing the uncertain expression on Zhang Lexing's face, Li Zekai pretended to be generous and said: "Mr. Zhang, how about it, do you need to go back and think about it, it's okay, I'll wait for your news." ”
"What should I do, if I retreat like this, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to talk next time, it's better to ......" Zhang Lexing thought about it in his heart for a while and made up his mind.
"Mr. Li, I agree with your price, but there is one condition, I will acquire the remaining shares within two years, and the price per share will remain the same." After Zhang Lexing finished speaking, he looked at Li Zekai with a provocative gaze.
This time it was Li Zekai's turn to be taken aback, originally he just hoped to scare Zhang Lexing away with a high price, but he didn't expect that this obviously overestimated offer was actually accepted, and he was surprised that he also admired the other party's courage very much. From Li Zekai's point of view, he doesn't want to regard satellite TV as his lifelong career, because after all, this is a career mainly invested by his father, rather than his own independent creation, so he does have the intention of reselling, but it should not be now, at least wait for his "road to heaven and earth" plan to succeed, Li Zekai's principle of doing things has a beginning and an end, he doesn't want to leave a stall that has been talked about halfway.
But his big words have already been spoken, and it is really against his own standards of life to be invalid by the way, even if he ignores it, he may not be able to pass it on to his father. Alas......" Li Zekai couldn't help but feel distressed.
After frowning for a long time, Li Zekai got up and said, "Mr. Zhang, I need to report this matter to the board of directors, please wait here." If you are bored, you can look at the TV over there, and if you need something, you can find my secretary Jenny. ”
After saying that, Li Zekai turned around and hurriedly left, Zhang Lexing breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, he said what he should have said, just watch TV. In addition to the TV wall in Li Zekai's office, there is also a TV, which can also receive many channels, Zhang Lexing casually changed a few channels, accompanied by a familiar voice - "What you are watching now is satellite TV Chinese ......", the satellite TV Chinese stations that I had watched appeared on the TV screen.
When Tetsuya Takeda on TV said the words "I won't die, because I love you, so I won't die" to Asano Wen, in the office of Li Ka-shing in the Hutchison Building......
Li Ka-shing pressed his hands on the desk and shouted excitedly: "What? You've sold satellite TV! ”
"Dad, don't get excited." When Li Zekai first walked into this office, he was a little like a child who had done something wrong, but now he has returned to normal.
Li Ka-shing pointed at his son and said angrily: "You have to give me a good explanation!" ”
"I sold part of my equity on my own initiative, but I believe that you will be able to understand me after listening to the terms of the transfer."
"What conditions, you say?"
"$525 million to transfer 63.6% of the equity of satellite TV, and the remaining shares will be sold at the same price within two years."
"What?" Li Ka-shing was taken aback again, he has only invested $125 million in satellite TV in the past two years, how could anyone pay such a high price to buy it, he simply wondered if he had heard it wrong.
"$525 million, 63.6% equity" Li Zekai repeated again.
Li Ka-shing smiled: "Okay, you did a good job, I believe that the board of directors at this price will not object." Who is our buyer, how can I hear any news before. ”
Li Zekai has a little headache, in fact, he only found out today, if he says it like this, wouldn't it ruin his wise move, he hesitated for a while, and said: "It is Zhang Lexing, chairman of the Oriental Group, who has taken a fancy to our satellite TV, and he is very optimistic about our platform, so I will seize 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 be stronger in your hands." Li Ka-shing was deeply relieved to see his second son so capable, and it seemed that he had taken the right path to let his two sons take care of each other.
Hearing his father's praise, Li Zekai had a smile on his face, but he didn't care in his heart, he actually didn't have much interest in the big group of Hutchison, no matter how well he did it, in the eyes of others, he also relied on the blessing of his father, in fact, he has always wanted to start his own business, but there is no right time, speaking of this, Zhang Lexing, the chairman of the Oriental Group, can be regarded as his bosom friend.
Li Ka-shing patted his son on the shoulder and said, "Okay, don't let our guests wait too long, you go and talk back to the family first." ”
"Dad, ...... on the board"
"Don't worry, I'll go and tell them on the board side, I believe I'm bullish, and they'll be bullish. Let's go. Li Ka-shing waved his hand and sent Li Zekai away.
As the office door slammed, Li returned to his desk and sat down in his executive chair, lost in thought.
Li Zekai hurriedly returned to his office, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Lexing still watching TV with a teacup, so he coughed.
Hearing this, Zhang Lexing raised his head: "Oh, Mr. Li, you're back, how is the situation?" ”
"No problem, Mr. Zhang, your proposal has passed, and we can make an appointment to officially sign the contract."
Zhang Lexing was finally able to leave with peace of mind......
Five days later, Oriental Group officially announced that it had purchased a 63.6% stake in Satellite TV Co., Ltd. from Hutchison Whampoa and the Lee family for $525 million, all to be paid in cash.
The sale of satellite TV made Li Zekai, who operated this matter, famous, and was even named "Little Superman" by the good deeds. Hong Kong's "Economic Times" on March 23 commented: "Li Zekai finally made a good show this time, bringing more than 3 billion Hong Kong dollars in benefits to Hutchison Group and its father...... Li Ka-shing hopes that his son will become a Chan, and this time he can get his wish. ”
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