Chapter 283: The Wronged Boss
The relationship between Lao Li Chaoren and the mainland is far from enough to write in an entire book. Although he has various titles, he is regarded as a symbol of Chinese success, a symbol of Hong Kong, a patriotic businessman, etc., but in essence, he is a businessman, a capitalist, and since he is a capitalist, in the current society, a capitalist is a sign of a class, especially in Hong Kong, the expression is so obvious.
Of course, there were individuals who betrayed the class, but there were no classes that betrayed the class, and the Li family achieved this status and accumulated wealth to such a point that Hong Kong would become known as the Li Family Castle. It can be seen from this that his relationship with the mainland is definitely not as simple as that of a red capitalist. There are still disputes within the party, let alone between the party and the capitalists?
Over the years, Lao Li's company has continued to hoard high-quality real estate in the mainland, and he is not satisfied with this, and has repeatedly wooed Wang Anping, hoping to cooperate with the other party for deeper and larger-scale real estate development. Wang Anping and the Li family are not on the right path, not necessarily because they feel that they will earn less by cooperating with each other, maybe this disgust is more due to some deep-seated reason. Of course, even from Shen Zhenghui's point of view, he can't rashly think that Wang Anping and the Li family are not on the right path because of safeguarding their own interests.
But it is clear that there is an alliance of the Li family within the party, even at the top.
The Li family's operation this time was quite good at grasping the timing, and the process was also very shrewd. Wang Anping just helped Shen Zhenghui to say that he wanted to control ATV, and the Li family had already entered the actual operation step. Liu and Chen are carrying their burdens at this time, it is difficult to say whether it is because someone is also blowing the wind, the Li family is out at this time, but they have to hold up a sign again, saying that it is to help Shen Zhenghui. This is equivalent to putting Shen Zhenghui on the shelf.
The Li family has a history of betraying the TV station to Mercado, but they are ready to make a comeback this time. Either the TV station was obtained with the acquiescence of the mainland government, or the TV station was resold to Shen Zhenghui. Especially this time, it is obvious that Xiao Li is charging ahead, and Lao Li is planning behind. It is difficult to say whether Xiao Li's action this time is another speculation.
Wang Anping was very annoyed by this, this time the operation of the incident suddenly happened in Hong Kong, but it is difficult to say that there is no shadow of party struggle here, because the power of the grandfather's retired family has been greatly reduced. Wang Anping has deliberately kept a low profile, and before she even sold Penguin shares and helped others win Ahri's investment opportunities, but now it seems that she has not obtained better luck because of this. This kind of grievance, although the task of paying for it did not fall on her, the depression in her heart was also overflowing.
"Have you decided you want an ATV?" Wang Anping asked Shen Zhenghui.
Shen Zhenghui nodded.
"Don't be afraid of me being embarrassed," Wang Anping said, "I really can't let that guy buy Lao Li." In the end, what he really does, I'll see how some people end up. ”
"Forget it, it must be his second son who appears, and his second son always looks rebellious, Lao Li must have cleared up the relationship." Shen Zhenghui said, "Moreover, after the TV station got it to me, it was much more useful than in their hands." It's also good for my overall layout. ”
"Can you not lose money?" Wang Anping asked.
"Of course, I won't lose money." Shen Zhenghui replied, "Even if you lose money, you will earn it back in other places, and it is advantageous to burn money." ”
"Okay," Wang Anping patted the table and picked up the phone. "I'll contact the Hong Kong branch of the Bank of China, and if there is a problem with the funds, you can tell me."
It's more secure. Shen Zhenghui knew that Wang Anping would not talk about deeper political matters. But it was enough for her to make this gesture.
"Besides," Ms. Wang said, "you keep 25 percent of the shares for me," she snorted, "and I can't help but show up." ”
"No, I don't." Shen Zhenghui said.
"If you are told to keep it, you will keep it," Wang Anping was a little impatient, "If you invest all of them, will the capital turnover be opened?" ”
Shen Zhenghui didn't dare to say that the turnover was open, so he had to thank him.
"What do you think their reserve price is?" Wang Anping asked.
"I think," Shen Zhenghui narrowed his eyes, "50% of the shares, it won't exceed one billion, right?" ”
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The meeting with Xiao Li Superman is much simpler and more direct, Xiao Li Superman said that he wants to take a stake in ATV, and will make it clear that he will buy ATV's shares, in fact, he has already received almost 11% of the shares of retail investors, but Liu Chen and the two of them jointly hold more than 70% of the shares, so he wants to talk directly with these two major shareholders.
Xiao Li Superman said that if Shen Zhenghui was interested, he could transfer his shares to Shen Zhenghui at a low price, and let Shen Zhenghui meet with Liu and Chen.
It's too straightforward. However, Shen Zhenghui did not show a hesitant expression, and directly agreed to Xiao Li Superman's request.
"Are you sure Liu or Chen are willing to sell more than 30% of their shares to me?"
"Of course."
"What price?"
"It's the same price as buying my shares."
"Mr. Li, be more direct, how much?"
"9%, 200 million Hong Kong dollars."
This means that the entire Asia TV is worth more than 2.2 billion, Nima's, such a trick.
Li Zekai's eyes flashed with a sly light, "Mr. Shen, are you interested?" ”
"Of course," Shen Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, although the price was inflated, it was actually within Shen Zhenghui's affordability.
Xiao Li Superman was slightly surprised, he had made a roller coaster ride in his net worth, and made a profit of more than 5.5 billion from the acquisition of Hong Kong Telecom, but in the face of a business of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, Shen Zhenghui's calmness was still beyond his imagination.
"Mr. Shen," Li Zekai asked tentatively, "I am very optimistic about the real estate business in the mainland, I heard that you have a lot of commercial land in the Yuhang area, if we cooperate in the development, in the ATV project," he spread his hands and said, "The acquisition of ATV is just an investment gimmick in a sense, in Hong Kong, ATV can't do TVB, on the other hand, in commercial TV, it can't do Phoenix." ”
Shen Zhenghui was silent.
Li Zekai thought that he had moved Shen Zhenghui, "I also think that this price is a bit inflated, but the purchase price is like this." If you want to buy a controlling stake, those small shareholders will desperately increase the price, and the premium will be a little more. ”
Shen Zhenghui seemed to be still thinking.
Li Zekai continued, "Is Mr. Shen thinking about my construction? ”
"Oh, I'm done." Shen Zhenghui groaned and said, "I think if you can do it with money." Let's do it with money! ”
"Mr. Shen seems to be very wary of me," Li Zekai sat up straight with some embarrassment, leaning back, "No confidence in me?" ”
"Not really," Shen Zhenghui shook his head, "Mr. Li has always given me the impression of being a shrewd investor, and I am always a little apprehensive when dealing with a business partner like you. ”
"Worried about what?"
"Mr. Li's business ideas are different from ours, and I think about it for a long time when I invest. I hope to be able to see a growing enterprise and make it bigger and stronger, so that I can not only gain profits, but also a sense of achievement. Shen Zhenghui said, "In my past, Mr. Li must have known that in fact, for me, doing other businesses makes a lot more money than making movies, but making movies gives me a sense of satisfaction." So I chose to be a film director rather than a simple boss......"
Li Zekai nodded as he listened.
"But when I'm a studio owner and director, I can't help but think. What should I do to make my film company bigger and stronger in this industry for a long time? Shen Zhenghui stared at Li Zekai, "So on the issue of ATV." I'm not afraid to be honest, it's an ambition of my overall layout. He looked into Li Zekai's eyes, "So I really want to take the ATV down." ”
Li Zekai tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Is that so?" ”
"That's right," he said to Li Zekai seriously, "so in the choice of partners." I want them to be close to me in terms of thinking, or to be able to help me for a long time. Shen Zhenghui spread out his hands to express regret, "That's why I can't accept Mr. Li's kindness to cooperate repeatedly." ”
Li Zekai pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled bitterly, "Actually, I'm also very dedicated to investment!" He said, "I have always been optimistic about the development of social informatization. Otherwise, why would I buy HKT? ”
No, don't put gold in your face, your thinking is actually in the same vein as your father's, and in essence it is still the idea of a rich man and a monopoly capitalist, and you just put a high-tech cloak on this idea. Judging from the series of things you have done since you took over HKT, what you are a profit-seeking capitalist is doing is capital operation, and dividing and selling assets is your favorite thing to do, and the remaining shell will become a burden to you to reveal your essence. You are fundamentally not an entrepreneur in the sense of construction, but a usurer and a landlord.
Shen Zhenghui responded to Li Zekai's confession with a smile.
Li Zekai was also silent, and after a while, "Are you willing to use cash to buy shares?" ”
Shen Zhenghui nodded, "If you want cash." ”
Li Zekai showed an incredulous expression, "Are you really going to take cash?" ”
"So what do you want? Penguin's shares? Shen Zhenghui asked rhetorically.
This sentence made Li Zekai a little out of shape, but at present, the stock price of penguins has not yet reached the point where Li Zekai immediately felt heartache at the mention of penguins.
"Mr. Shen is not as single-minded as you advertise!"
"Sometimes I have to do a small business in order to eat."
"Then I don't care, just cash." Li Zekai said, he raised his eyebrows, "Isn't Mr. Shen a bargain?" ”
"I can make no counteroffer," Shen replied, "but I want the deal to go with the deal for Liu and Chen, and I want to make sure that I get more than 50% of the shares." ”
"No problem." Li Zekai laughed.
The trouble caused by Shen Zhenghui's atmosphere is just a financial trouble.
Xiao Li Superman brought the news quickly, and the two gentlemen Liu and Chen put forward the request that Shen Zhenghui could not get 50% of the shares alone, and he had to find a partner to share more than 50% of the shares with him. Liu and Chen are willing to sell 40% of the shares, and the price is on par with Li Zekai, 900 million Hong Kong dollars. Moreover, for the next three years, Liu and Chen reserve the right to continue to sell shares to Shen Zhenghui at this price.
Based on the calculation that Liu and Chen hold 80% of the shares, in the next three years, Shen Zhenghui will have to prepare another 900 million Hong Kong dollars for the sake of controlling ATV, and the funds that may be used for this acquisition will reach 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, that is. For Shen Zhenghui, the price of ATV exceeded 2 billion yuan.
The partners are almost ready-made, and Ms. Wang's overseas investment company will act as Ms. Shen's partner. Mitsumi Fukuda seems to be sensitive and not suitable for coming forward. When Shen Zhenghui had agreed to a series of conditions and was ready to complete the acquisition, Director Zhu of the Hong Kong office invited Shen Zhenghui to have tea.
I don't know who made the move behind it, and the reason why Shen Zhenghui was called over was that the central government found out that Shen Zhenghui's funds came from Japan. Shen Zhenghui was called over to understand the situation. Given his deep Japanese background, some leaders are worried that if Shen Zhenghui can't afford the debt in the end, ATV's shares will be used as collateral to be controlled by Japanese banks.
Ah, that picture is too beautiful for me to look at. In particular, the current Japanese prime minister is an extremely hard-line militarist -- at least a militarist -- at least a militarist -- and his attitude of firmly hugging the thigh of the United States is the greatest threat to the republic.
Shen Zhenghui had to explain this problem well, this loan brokered by Fukuda Mitsumi was just to raise funds, Shen Zhenghui's normal asset operation was enough to afford the debt, not to mention that he did not use ATV's shares to mortgage the bank at all. In his words, "ATV, which has been losing money, is not a high-quality asset at all, and the bank does not want it." ”
"And what did you use as collateral?" Director Zhu asked, "Could it be your animation company in China?" Or your dad's company? ”
This guy's attitude is definitely not friendly, but it is polite. Shen Zhenghui couldn't help but miss the Counselor Sun Zhenyu Sun in Japan, and really hoped that he could be transferred to the Hong Kong office.
"Actually, I mortgaged the European and American box office dividends of "New Police Story"."
"Can you mortgage 500 million Hong Kong dollars?" Director Zhu asked rhetorically.
"Actually, it's only HK$400 million," Mr. Shen replied.
"Does the bank recognize that you can earn 400 million Hong Kong dollars from this movie?" Director Zhu continued to ask, but he explained immediately. "My report is going directly to the top leadership, so it has to be clear. It's not that I'm trying to find out your trade secrets. ”
"Understood." Shen Zhenghui nodded. "I own 20% of the rights to 'New Police Story,'" he said, "and 'New Police Story' grossed HK$800 million in Asia. ”
"You got 160 million?" Director Zhu asked directly.
"Not so much, the profit is about 40 million Hong Kong dollars." Shen Zhenghui replied, yes, profit. The 20 million as a director's fee and the 20 million invested are excluded. "In addition, there are DVD rights and so on, and the Bank of Japan is very optimistic about the box office of this film in North America."
"With a box office of 800 million Hong Kong dollars in North America, you don't have too much, just 40 million." Director Zhu asked pretending to be puzzled.
"Actually, it should have doubled," Shen replied, "after all, the cost has been earned." Later, there are DVD rights or something, according to the general rules of Hollywood and your algorithm, in the long run, my profit is about 240 million Hong Kong dollars. ”
"But you borrowed 400 million Hong Kong dollars." Director Zhu asked.
Shen Zhenghui didn't know why this guy was so desperate, "Didn't you watch the news?" He replied, "It's now the third week of the movie's release, and the movie has been on the box office charts for three consecutive weeks, either first or second, and the box office has exceeded 100 million US dollars," Shen Zhenghui spread his hands, "Experts believe that it is not realistic for the movie to exceed 200 million at the box office, but exceeding 1.5 is already an ironclad thing." ”
"So it's 400 million?"
"Yes, that's not even counting Europe's results."
Director Zhu looked a little choked, but immediately a gentle smile appeared on his chubby face, "I really want to congratulate you." ”
"Thank you." Shen Zhenghui's tone is normal, compared with the other party's tone, it seems that the other party's tone is a little deliberately false.
"I want to report to my superiors well," Director Zhu's tone was high, and he even walked over and shook Shen Zhenghui's hand vigorously, "You have won glory for our country." ”
"That's what I'm supposed to do."
"I hope you can make more films with such good results in the future." Director Zhu continued.
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When Director Zhu sent Shen Zhenghui out of the gate of the Hong Kong office building with a smile on his face, there were already reporters squatting at the gate with guns and guns, and during this time, Shen Zhenghui's stake in ATV seemed to have become an annual drama, which aroused the endless gossip of the Hong Kong people, although they all looked at it with complicated attitudes, and there was such a mainlander who became the de facto head of Hong Kong TV.
And Shen Zhenghui took out 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars of real money to invest in ATV, which gave them a sense of worship for him. After all, this is the No. 1 commercial director in Asia, and ATV seems to be expected to revitalize.
On the other hand, the box office frenzy that followed the Hollywood release of "The New Police Story" during this period seems to indicate that the gentleman is showing how he has earned it elsewhere despite spending some money on things.
In this way, even if he mocked Shen Zhenghui as the one who took over as the wronged boss at the beginning, he was not sure whether this gentleman was wronged, and maybe ATV's decades of being pressed by TVB would come to an end. (To be continued......)