Chapter 263: Dongling is happy
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Hong Kong's British political axe was comprehensively purged, and the first thing the new Hong Kong governor did when he took office was to invite Xiao Ran to talk in secret. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ The anti-monopoly law and the legislation to increase the tax rate were quickly repealed, because Xiao Ran and the three giants told the Hong Kong governor very clearly that the current foundation of the Hong Kong film industry is unstable, and the anti-monopoly may not be effective. Of course, it is not known whether the Governor of Hong Kong was canceled for this reason, or because of the gloomy abolition.
At least Xiao Ran can relax for a while this time, and after solving the opponent and difficulties, he should naturally relax. However, before that, the Phantom Group held a fairly comprehensive high-level meeting, and this meeting was arguably the most attended in the history of the Phantom Group. At the meeting, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling determined the group's future strategic goals.
Before deciding to hold this high-level meeting of the group related to the future strategy of the Phantom, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling had a rather fierce argument in the office, and the quarrel was so fierce that the secretary almost thought that two Spanish bulls were fighting inside.
The core issue of Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling's argument is the same as the future direction of the Phantom, and the cause of the matter is actually very simple, Wei Dongling believes that the existing system of the Phantom is no longer suitable for the future economic structure, and Xiao Ran believes that the Phantom Group should focus on the future strategically.
So, the two argued without even listening carefully to what the other said. After making trouble for a long time, the noise made his voice hoarse, Wei Dongling gasped and poured water for Xiao Ran, intending to continue!
Xiao Ran also gasped fiercely, there was no difference between his physique and Wei Dongling, and as a result, after a fight, everyone was basically out of breath. Xiang Wei Dongling shook his head, and Xiao Ran hung up the war-free card: "I won't quarrel with you, I'll talk about it after a rest!" β
After resting for a while, Wei Dongling smiled and said to Xiao Ran: "You kid has eloquence, and his speech is very incendiary, but it's not okay to quarrel and be stunned. However, let's talk about the real thing, don't mess around! β
If the secretary hears the words of the two giants of the Phantom, he is afraid that his glasses will fall to the ground. Who would have thought that these two guys would quarrel like fun, but it also can't blame them. Especially Wei Dongling, who is usually working, rarely has time to go out for a leisure, Xiao Ran can only accompany this guy to quarrel twice, so that he can vent his frustration.
"The system I am referring to is the management and financial system, and the financial system will not be mentioned for the time being, I think you can understand it." Wei Dongling took a few breaths, took a sip of the wine extorted from the winery that Xiao Ran bought in France, and said: "The current company's management system is indeed not perfect, perhaps it is better to say that if the current system is allowed to continue to develop, in a few years, it will be difficult for us to adapt to the progress of the times!" β
Xiao Ran didn't speak, just gently shook the water in the cup like shaking red wine. Wei Dongling pondered for a moment and said slowly: "I have thought about it for a long time, and I think that the current management method is too scattered, and if we don't have enough energy, it will be difficult to make the right decision." β
"And what do you mean?" Xiao Ran was not surprised by this, Wei Dongling's hard work was a proof.
"It's simple, change, we need to change!" Wei Dongling suddenly realized that he had suddenly learned Xiao Ran's mantra, and hurriedly glared at him, before continuing: "I think it's time to merge the other industries together, and then use them as the flagship companies, and the Phantom as the general flagship to command everything. In this way, decentralization, we have a lot easier. β
"For example, Shuxiang and ATV, I think it's better to merge them into a media group and form a separate team." Wei Dongling took a breath and glanced at Xiao Ran, who was listening intently: "In the electronics industry, in addition to Nokia, we also control several companies, and they can be merged together. β
"But when we split them up and merge them now, wouldn't we go back to the original way?" Xiao Ran frowned, he originally planned to spin off and go public, but later found that the listing was generally just to collect funds or raise funds, so since the phantom was not short of funds, there was no need to go public.
"Don't forget that since the spin-off, each subsidiary has developed a lot of outstanding human resources. For example, Bai Pengfei, before the split, did you know that he could take care of the book so well? Wei Dongling smiled with relief, in his opinion, none of this is a problem: "You have to take into account that the company currently controls too many subsidiaries, which can easily cause chaos in the system and management and even finances." β
Xiao Ran thought of the famous Enron bankruptcy case in the future, which was bankrupt precisely because of the reasons mentioned by Wei Dongling. Now that Wei Dongling had foreshadowed this in advance, Xiao Ran certainly had no reason to object!
Seeing Xiao Ran nodded, Wei Dongling leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes comfortably and said, "I have thought about it, since the company focuses on entertainment media, electronics and telecommunications, as well as real estate-related and financial investment, then we can use this to show that it is the five flagship companies." β
Xiao Ran nodded again: "What I want to say is very simple, we must be ready to meet the information age. Now the network and computers are becoming more and more mature, or in a few years, they will become an indispensable force in the world! β
Wei Dongling heard Xiao Ran say this for the first time, and naturally said well: "I have considered that the world's famous computer companies are all from the United States, and it is impossible for us to achieve the status of the real largest shareholder, so we can only maintain the current control." Of course, we can set up a computer hardware and software company under the umbrella of an electronics company. As for the network operation and other aspects you are referring to, of course, telecommunications will do it. β
"I've told you everything, so what do I say?" Xiao Ran glared at Wei Dongling angrily, and said depressedly for a long time: "In my conception, entertainment media will become the core of the Phantom Core. Electronic technology and telecommunications and network application technology will serve this point, so the future development must develop to electronic information! β
"In terms of media, it's simple that Hong Kong is the most important base for development to reach out to Asia. Europe is based in the UK and trying to beat Murdoch, and I think the millionaire game needs a little bit more. In North America, it is not easy for us to develop, but we can use the power of the world to achieve media expansion, and when the time comes, it will be spun off to Shuxiang, and a global media network will be basically formed! β
"It's all good, you can attack and retreat, you can defend, so that the phantom won't have no way out!" Wei Dongling refers to the fact that the core industry of the Phantom is more dispersed, so that the risk can be diversified.
Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders, showing his chic: "That's basically it, it's still you who actually do it." After arranging the reorganization of the group, you will have time to marry Li Jiaxin for your honeymoon! β
In the next three months, under Wei Dongling's personal efforts, the reorganization of the phantom was successful, becoming more efficient, and the strictness of the system could give people enough room to play, which was the tightening and loosening advocated by Xiao Ran.
As a result, Shuxiang Media officially stepped onto the stage and became the most influential media company in Eurasia in one fell swoop. Hutchison became the flagship company of the telecommunications industry, and Commonwealth Fund was officially merged into the investment company of Power, continuing to bear the name of Commonwealth Investment Fund. In the electronics industry, Wei Dongling did not make Nokia a flagship company, but attributed it to the flagship company of Power. There is also the kinetic energy that Ah Biao is responsible for, of course, this guy is mainly just a faΓ§ade in the past, and he doesn't understand business things.
In real estate and infrastructure, as well as sales and hotels, Ming Xuan has become the flagship company in this area. The only tricky thing is the film industry, which is really not easy to merge, and in the end it still continues the previous management system. In fact, other companies related to movies have developed into other industries, such as Sihai, which is now focusing on sales, and even set foot in supermarket chains.
When Shuxiang Media and ATV Group merged, Xiao Ran instructed Bai Pengfei to sell some of the newspapers in his hands, and only controlled the most influential and successful newspapers and magazines. Because Xiao Ran knows very well that in the future, the role of ordinary print media will gradually weaken, and TV and the Internet will become the key. However, it is interesting to note that because of the excellent operation, the sale of seven newspapers and magazines alone has made a profit of more than 8 billion.
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling control the seven flagship companies, but in fact, the equity of the other companies is controlled by the Phantom. This means that, including the equity of other companies, the total market value of the seven flagship companies is as high as 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars, but with the acquisition, the debt on the back is as high as nearly 30 billion US dollars. Of course, because Hutchison and other companies are not wholly-owned, Xiao Ran's assets naturally do not have so much.
According to Asia Weekly, the Phantom's reorganization this time will give birth to a huge fleet, a fleet that is fully capable of crisscrossing the seas. In fact, however, the news of the Phantom's restructuring did go on for a long time, and it was one of the hottest financial news in Asia at the time. Especially in Asia, the merger of the already well-known Tianxia Fund is even more surprising.
In March 1994, Wei Dongling finally married Li Jiaxin. Xiao Ran looked at Wei Dongling, who was a little nervous, where the groom of the church was staying, and suddenly couldn't help laughing wildly, glaring at him viciously: "Interesting, remember how someone played with me last time when I got married?" β
"Don't, I'll talk about it later, it's a big deal to give you some face in the future, and I'll only blackmail once a year!" Wei Dongling only felt that his heart was not so loaded, and hurriedly asked Xiao Ran for mercy. It's just that this way of begging for mercy is really strange.
Xiao Ran smiled and put his arm on Brother Fa's shoulder and said, "Brother Fa, this kid is much luckier than me, when I got married, so many people came to watch the ceremony." Unexpectedly, he got married, Li Ka-shing and the Hong Kong Governor came! β
Fa Ge couldn't help laughing, the friendship between Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling was really strange and interesting: "Isn't it that he touches your light?" I thought it was you. β
"Forget it, Brother Fa, I'm the CEO of the dignified Phantom Group, and I have an annual salary of tens of millions and a net worth of more than 10 billion, so I don't have any face? Still need to touch his light? Wei Dongling was grateful to Xiao Ran in his heart, he knew that Xiao Ran was afraid that he was too nervous, so he deliberately made fun of him to make him relaxed. Of course, on the surface, it is natural to say it disdainfully.
"Brother Dong, that's not right, you are only more than 10 billion, where can you compare to Brother Ran, he has a net worth of more than 100 billion, and Forbes ranks fourteenth." Fang Xiaoqiang glanced at the two of them with a smile, and simply ridiculed both of them.
Fang Xiaoqiang has been working for Dongli's investment company for many years, running around looking for opportunities, but rarely in Hong Kong. This time, he was in the Netherlands to negotiate an investment with Philip, and he specially put down his business and rushed back.
At the mention of this, Xiao Ran hated it and glared at the groom. This time, because the company has expanded rapidly this year and Microsoft's stock has risen sharply, he has risen in the rankings, giving Wei Dongling the opportunity to blackmail. As a result, Wei Dongling's guy really extorted a plane from him, fortunately it was not a Boeing, otherwise Xiao Ran would have vomited blood and died.
Prince Rong, who likes to play with airplanes and also has private jets, once expressed his admiration and appreciation for Wei Dongling's plane, and when he mentioned it to Xiao Ran afterwards, Xiao Ran's face immediately turned miserable. It's really helpless, people with a net worth of more than 10 billion still want to blackmail him, this is really unconscionable.
"Xiaoqiang, ...... you" Xiao Ran glared at one more object, and Fa Ge suddenly sighed: "Now I know where Adong got so many Rolls-Royces, by the way, Ah Ran, you should know that I like this brand of car very much, right?" β
Xiao Ran almost fainted, at least he made a fainting expression. Unexpectedly, Brother Lian Fa would come to blackmail him, Xiao Ran sighed violently: "It's really morally degenerate, people's hearts are not ancient!" It's not saved, it's not saved. β
"How? Ah Ran, it feels okay, right? After relaxing, Wei Dongling's mood gradually relaxed, and he asked Xiao Ran in front of the mirror. He felt that this was the most nervous moment in his life, that is, he was a hundred times nervous compared to the acquisition of Wheelock and the use of tens of billions at every turn, this is the feeling of a heartbeat.
"Great, you're so much more handsome than usual today!" Xiao Ran gave an absolutely unreliable answer with a serious face, he suddenly thought of the day he and Lin Qingxia got married, wasn't he as nervous as Wei Dongling? And now that he has a son and a daughter, it makes him feel sweet to think about it.
Enough hours, Wei Dongling came to the priest, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia turned their faces to look out the door, Li Jiaxin was coming in with his father. Xiao Ran had to admit that Li Jiaxin was really beautiful, and it was difficult to find a more suitable adjective to describe it. But Xiao Ran thinks that in terms of appearance alone, there are really no two Hong Kong artists who can fight it.
After declaring them as legal husband and wife, as is customary, everyone went out together. Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia held each other's hands tightly, and they both remembered the situation when they got married that day, and a little smile gradually appeared in their eyes when they looked at each other.
The subsequent photo shoots and other activities are much simpler and more lively, and this is where the excitement of Western-style weddings lies. Wei Dongling pulled the happy bride to Xiao Ran, and stabbed the kid before saying, "Hey, go take pictures, everyone is waiting for you!" β
After taking a few group photos, Xiao Ran suddenly became interested and asked the photographer to take a few photos of the two couples individually. Wei Dongling patted Xiao Ran's shoulder with emotion: "Ah Ran, think about it, we were all self-made back then, and even I didn't expect that it would not be easy for the Phantom to come to this point in less than ten years!" β
Xiao Ran took a deep breath, this feeling made him feel very special, his nose was sour, and he reluctantly greeted the photographer, and then said to Wei Dongling: "Let's take a few photos alone...... If it weren't for you all these years, there would definitely be no Phantom now, and I don't know what to say. You kid is really, you don't want to give you equity, think about it yourself, 10% of the equity, that's 20 billion, it's really convinced! β
"It's just money, just enough to spend!" Changing his movements, Wei Dongling laughed and leaned close to Xiao Ran tightly, like brothers: "I only like to work and like to play my abilities." Besides, without your foresight, I wouldn't be able to do anything! β
Xiao Ran nodded, patted each other's shoulders at the same time as Wei Dongling, and couldn't help laughing at the same time. At this time, Li Ka-shing, Prince Rong and other wealthy people came to Wei Dongling, and Zheng Yutong, the jewelry king, stretched out his hand to Wei Dongling with a smile: "Mr. Wei, congratulations, you are envious of marrying such a stunning beauty!" β
"You're welcome, Zheng Dong, I still bought my wedding ring in your store!" Wei Dongling smiled and raised his hand to signal: "Sure enough, he is worthy of being the king of Hong Kong jewelry!" β
"Mr. Wei, you don't need to be in a hurry to come back on your honeymoon this time, enjoy it!" Li Ka-shing was in a very happy mood: "Don't think about any business anymore, we will study that investment when you come back, don't snub the beauty!" β
"I'll leave all the things here to Xiao Ran, I'll go to the free world for a month and come back, tire this kid hard, and let him understand my pain!" Wei Dongling glared at Xiao Ran viciously.
Wei Dongling and Li Jiaxin left by private jet, Xiao Ran looked at the sky for a long time, finally lowered his head, looked at Lin Qingxia and smiled, and put his face up: "Wife, I want to ......"