Chapter 912: Partial Adjustments
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Chapter 912 Local Adjustments
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After discussing the matter of Cathay Pacific, after a little silence, Liu Dong said: "Lao Zhang, I am going to merge Qingyang Venture Capital into Hanhua Venture Capital, and in the future, the headquarters of Hanhua Venture Capital will be located in Hong Kong, and you now have two choices, one is to continue to serve as the president of Hanhua Ventures, and the other is the president of ICQ, if you choose the latter, all the money that Qingyang Ventures made in the stock market before will be at your disposal!"
Now that Liu Dong's industrial layout is becoming clearer and clearer, he has decided to take Dingsheng Fund as the core of the U.S. business group, and Hanhua Bank Group as the center of the Chinese business group, forming a dual core. And the Bank of America and many industries in Colombia are the retreats that Liu Dong has prepared for himself.
There is a way to be a cunning rabbit, with these three roads, no matter what kind of difficulties you encounter in the future, you can guarantee a chance to make a comeback!
Therefore, Qingyang Venture Capital, a pure venture capital company, is a bit redundant. Therefore, Liu Dong has integrated it into the Hanhua Bank Group, and by the way, the framework and strength of the branches of Hanhua Bank will be improved as soon as possible.
Regarding Liu Dong's decision, Zhang Fan was a little surprised, but not surprised.
After the reorganization of China Bank from the other party, the shares of ATV and Cathay Pacific were all integrated into China Holdings. He already had a premonition that Qingyang Venture Capital might also integrate.
It's just that. Originally, he thought that Liu Dong would wait. Wait for the acquisition of Cathay Pacific Airways to be completed before the integration, but I didn't expect Liu Dong to announce it now!
In the face of the two choices given by Liu Dong, Zhang Fan was also very hesitant, but he also made a choice after a short time, he still preferred the IT industry compared to the venture capital industry that is more biased towards finance!
And he has been following Liu Dong for so long, and Zhang Fan also has some understanding of his temperament. As the core of Liu Dong's career in the future, although the future of Hanhua Bank Group is bright, it is obvious that Liu Dong will not let him go public, so he is destined to not get the equity award!
But ICQ is different, and there is great hope for listing in the future!
"Chairman Liu, I hope to be the president of ICQ!"
Hearing this, Liu Dong smiled and nodded in agreement, in fact, he also hoped that Zhang Fan could serve as the president of ICQ, an instant messaging company that he agreed to acquire because of Zhang Fan's suggestion. In Zhang Fan simplified the procedure, cleaning the window. Under a series of means such as removing cumbersome advertising, although it is still losing money, icq's users have resumed rapid growth, and in just one quarter, the number of ICQ registrations, which had been stagnant at 120 million, has risen sharply, nearly doubling to nearly 200 million!
Left Microsoft's MSN and latecomer QQ far behind!
Now even Liu Dong no longer understands network operation and sees the value of ICQ, no matter what, after it is multiplied by 200 million, the influence is huge!
Therefore, Liu Dong hopes that Zhang Fan, the original promoter, can continue to lead ICQ forward and achieve greater results!
"Chairman Liu, I hope that in addition to the funds in the New York stock market, you can invest another $200 million in ICQ?" Now that he has decided to become the president of ICQ, Zhang Fan has also immediately changed his position!
"Oh, why? Isn't it enough for you to use all the futures and stocks in the New York stock market that are now worth $500 million after you sell them?" Liu Dong said in surprise.
"Yes, Mr. Liu, this time I plan to build our own ICQ data center, with an investment of 900 million US dollars, a total of three in the United States, China and Europe, with these three data centers, we will no longer have to rent AOL servers, which will not only save 40 million US dollars in additional expenses per year, but also support the rapid growth of our ICQ registration at the same time, but also can be outsourced and rented, and then we can reduce the company's losses and achieve breakeven as soon as possible! In addition, under the condition of ensuring that the position of the instant messaging field is not shaken, I hope to expand the company's business horizontally, involving portals, blogs, mailboxes, multimedia players, and try to find more profit points for the company!"
This is the development strategy that Zhang Fan has been building for ICQ, but recently the acquisitions of Chong Hing Bank, ATV and Cathay Pacific have involved too much of his energy, and he has not yet had time to implement it!
Although Liu Dong didn't know much about many Internet businesses that came out of Zhang Fan's mouth, he could hear from the other party's narrative that Zhang Fan had already had a plan in his heart, so he nodded after a little thought.
"I agreed to your request, the money in the stock market and futures market can be withdrawn now, 500 million US dollars is enough for you to use in the first half of next year, and when the 500 million US dollars are spent, come to me when you need funds!"
"Thank you, Liu Dong!" Zhang Fan couldn't help but say with joy.
"Don't thank me, you earned it yourself! I still say the same thing, I don't ask about the process, just look at the result! If the billion dollars are invested, ICQ's performance can still be greatly improved, and I will not be stingy if you still need to invest in the future!" Liu Donghao said angrily.
Now he has more and more capital to say this!
After sending Zhang Fan away, Liu Dong is also considering several new companies under his own, Zhang Fan is in charge of ICQ, so after Qingyang Venture Capital merges into Hanhua Venture Capital, he needs to find another qualified professional manager!
Moreover, there are six branches in the entire Hanhua Bank Group, and the person in charge of each branch is extremely important, especially the CEO position of the Hanhua Bank Group, Guan Tao's pattern is too small, and he has no work experience in large companies, although he has the ability, but his vision is not enough, and he is barely enough to control the Hanhua Commercial Bank, but he is not suitable to be the CEO of the Hanhua Bank Group.
Originally, Liu Dong wanted Feng Jianhui to take this position, after all, he once served as the global vice president of Chase Bank. Regardless of ability or experience. Even in terms of trust, it can meet Liu Dong's requirements.
But when asking Feng Jianhui's opinion. He unexpectedly refused to Liu Dong!
Liu Dong is not easy to be strong, and this position is too critical, and he is not willing to let anyone go up, so in the absence of a suitable candidate, he can only let Guan Tao do it first for the time being!
"Talents, senior elite talents, it's really too lacking!" Liu Dong couldn't help but sigh.
Now he is more and more able to appreciate the preciousness of top elite talents! Now Liu Dong can only rely on the headhunting companies he is looking for to provide better candidates!
It's already the middle of December, and it's going to be half a month away. It's 2002, so the year-end summaries and New Year's plans of the major groups under his hands are all going on, which involves a lot of things, and Liu Dong is unwilling to deal with these cumbersome government affairs, so except for the particularly important, the rest is basically handed over to Lin Ling.
Now Liu Dong has a bit of the meaning of the ancient emperor, and the people under his hand write down the opinions on how to deal with it, and then bring it to him, and after Liu Dong's 'Zhu Approval' is over, he will return it to various companies.
The first day of my second trip to Hong Kong was basically spent dealing with corporate affairs.
The next day. Leaving Lin Ling to send the results to the managers of various group companies, Liu Dong drove to the famous No. 81 Broadcasting Road in Hong Kong by himself!
But when he stopped and walked out. Everything in front of him made him frown.
In addition to the large posters and station signs outside the gate just now, which can let people know that this is the famous ATV, walking inside is really no different from a small factory in the countryside in China!
The same compound, and then surrounded by a five-storey low building in the middle!
There are about 20 interview cars and live broadcast cars parked in front of the courtyard, and behind the courtyard is a parking lot, and the white façade in the middle, full of 80s architectural style, and even some old buildings are the core of ATV.
No. 81 Broadcasting Road witnessed the two most glorious periods of ATV's era in the Khoo Teck Puat era and the Lin Baixin era, during which ATV produced influential dramas and programs such as "Silkworm Transformation", "The Grace of the Earth", "Hero Huo Yuanjia", "I Have a Date with a Zombie", "Millionaire", "Today's True D", "Miss Asia" and so on.
Among them, "Miss Asia" has excavated artists such as Yang Gongru, Gong Xuehua, Yuan Jieyi, Wan Qiwen, etc., the Asian Amateur Singer Contest has launched artists such as Leslie Cheung and Zhong Weiqiang, and the self-run Asian TV artist training class has cultivated artists such as Wang Mingquan, Li Siqi, Liu Songren, Huang Qiusheng, Zhang Min, etc., and its signed artists have reached more than 1,000 people at most.
It's a pity that ATV seems to have declined with the decline of the Hong Kong film and television industry, and it has only been 5 years since ATV turned a profit, and it has gone downhill again!
"If it was before, forget it, and now that ATV is in my hands, I resolutely can't let it continue to lose money!" Liu Dong said in his heart.
The importance of public opinion does not need to be repeated, and radio and newspapers are sharp weapons to grasp public opinion, in the mainland because of physical reasons, Liu Dong has nothing to do, but in Hong Kong there is no such problem!
After looking at it again, Liu Dong strode into the main building of ATV, surrounded by ATV staff back and forth, although many people saw that Liu Dong was a new face, but every day there were more fresh faces to ATV, who had nothing to do and asked a few words? Everyone is not a security guard.
In this way, Liu Dong wandered around the ATV's building.
"Oops......!"
Just when Liu Dong was cornering, a black shadow suddenly rushed out and hit him!
Because he didn't have any intuition of danger in advance, coupled with the fact that he was attracted by the surrounding situation, and his vision was blocked, Liu Dong did not avoid the other party's collision.
But from the other party's soft body, the lingering fragrance on the tip of his nose, and the crisp voice, Liu Dong knew that it was a woman who bumped into him!
A lithe woman bumped into herself with no good results.
………………………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued......)