Swaying in the air at a height of 10,000 meters, Lin Xiaozhi's whole person sank into the sofa, his face full of exhaustion.

A week ago, he was filming in Egypt, and the following week he first moved to the United Kingdom to negotiate with the record giant Polygram to buy UTC Cinemas, and after a few days in London, he had to fly to Australia because of a phone call from home.

Compared with his unbearable spirit, the spirit of his wife Li Jiaxin, who was sitting next to him in the first class, was obviously much better.

"Husband, is the newly bought winery really going to be named after me?"

Leaning his head on his shoulder, Li Jiaxin's voice was not loud, but it was difficult to hide his joy in his words.

Lin Xiaozhi replied with a light 'um', it seemed that he was still closing his eyes and recuperating, but in fact he was thinking about the recent gains and losses.

Although the filming of his new film "The Mummy" was temporarily suspended due to his own reasons, the pre-production went very smoothly, and according to the current process, it should be completed by the end of April to the beginning of May, and then enter the post-production process. Although this movie can only be released in time for the monster "Jurassic Park" to be released at the end of the world, but there are other movies in Media Asia, which have been preparing a year in advance, to snipe at that monster, at least it can be guaranteed that it will not be called a single murderer in Asia!

As for the acquisition of UTC Cinemas, after he offered a sky-high price of 300 million pounds, Polygram's top management was obviously moved.

After all, since the 80s, the economies of Europe and the United States have entered a stage of adjustment, and at present, except for the United States, which has relied on the dollar to bind to oil and dragged down the political dividend economy of the Soviet Union's monopoly on the world, has not declined, most European countries are now in a period of economic turmoil, and it is difficult for people to work and make money, so naturally there is no more spare money to enjoy, and the profitability of the associated theater chain is far less than in the past.

However, he obviously underestimated Polygram's greed, 300 million pounds is the number given by his investment team, which can only be said to be slightly higher than the assets of UTC's cinema chain, but why can it make Polygram's side excited, an important reason is that more than half of the theaters under UTC are all inherited from the 'old Fortes' that was acquired by Polygram in 88. Even with an old word before the name, you know that 'Old Forts Cinemas' must have a history.

Founded in 1953 as a family-run property by Fortes, the chain had more than 100 cinemas in the UK by the early 80s. Although I don't know why the Fortes family sold the theater chain a few years ago, most of the old Fords' theaters were established in the sixties and seventies, not only the equipment is old, but the environment is also a little out of step with the times, if it weren't for the fact that many of UTC's theater land in the UK are owned by himself, Lin Xiaozhi would not even give it a sky-high price of 300 million pounds.

Although PolyGram is not satisfied with the offer of UTC, as long as they have the intention of selling, the rest is a matter of more money and less money. Lin Xiaozhi attaches great importance to UTC, and his hole card is that as long as it does not exceed 400 million pounds, he would rather spend a little more money and must get a ticket to enter the European theater chain before Hong Kong's return to the motherland. Otherwise, after the return of Hong Kong in the future, there will be a red mark on the body, and under the intervention of the **** enemy China ideology, it will not only be difficult for Media Asia to make a difference, but also spend a lot of unjust money.

Even a pro-British faction with a clear stance like Li Jiacheng has been interfered with by European countries in their overseas investment after the turn of the millennium, and the ideological struggle can be seen. Therefore, it is important to complete the market layout before the return year.

When straightening out these two pieces, Lin Xiaozhi thought about it carefully and felt that he had not missed it, and felt some itching in his nose, so he opened his eyes and immediately saw his wife Li Jiaxin naughtily stretching out her fingers to tickle him.

"Don't make a fuss, let me rest......"

Lin Xiaozhi grabbed her white tender finger and kissed it, and when he came to Australia, he was really busy half to death.

As the handover approaches, all the wealthy families in Hong Kong are busy transferring assets overseas. On the one hand, the demonization of red political parties in the media over the past half-century has made most people afraid of whether Hong Kong will also suffer the liquidation of the fifties and sixties after its return to the motherland. On the other hand, a series of immigration and investment preferential policies designed by the last British government in Hong Kong and the British since the 80s have indeed attracted many businessmen to take advantage of the opportunity to invest in immigration.

The Lin family is not exempt from vulgarity, although the old man also knows that with Lin Xiaozhi's current status in Beijing's eyes, he may not be as good as Huo Yingdong, but he has the right to speak in the media of Hong Kong, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first person Beijing strives for under the top ten richest people, and he will definitely not encounter accidents. But putting all your eggs in one basket is undoubtedly a fool's errand for a thriving wealthy family.

Therefore, the Lin family also took advantage of the set of immigration preferential policies that the UK has now made up to obtain Australian citizenship for one of Lin Xiaozhi's sons, and invested in some land in Australia and bought some properties, including several small wineries in Hunter Valley.

Hunter Valley, also known as Hunter Valley, is the largest river valley in New South Wales, Australia, about 160 kilometers north of Sydney, not only charming scenery but also one of the most famous premium wine producing areas in the southern hemisphere that has begun to rise in fame in the past decade.

Because of the historical legacy, Hong Kong people, especially the younger generation, are becoming more and more westernized and prefer red wine far more than white wine, so since Australia has also joined the ranks of the British Commonwealth immigration preferential countries, there are some Hong Kong tycoons who have immigrated to Australia and bought some Australian wineries, including Hunter Valley.

Although Australian wine is not as traditional as France and Portugal, and technological innovation is not as good as the United States, because of its excellent geographical environment, it also has the ability to produce the world's top wines. There are more than 400 wineries in the Hunter Valley, and one of the main reasons for the lack of development of Australian wine is the problem of funding.

Australia, as a former British colony that exiled domestic criminals, even if Australians are unwilling to admit it, cannot bypass a fundamental point, that is, before World War II, Australia was poor except for the poor, and there were few decent big capitalists. Although Australia was able to attract many high-quality immigrants from Europe with the help of the turmoil of World War II, because it was only the third choice after the United States and Canada, Australia's private capital was not strong until the 90s, and even if there were some rich people such as Murdoch, most of them would re-emigrate for one reason or another.

The lack of capital is deeply constrained by the technological change and development of this year, and the area of most wine estates in Australia is far from being comparable with American wineries, even if it is compared with some small and medium-sized wineries in Europe, the gap between the two is obvious, not only the vineyard area is small and the winemaking equipment is old.

In the 90s, even Australian wineries in Hunter Valley were sold very cheaply, and Lin Xiaoyi was more westernized than his younger brother, and dreamed of owning a winery of his own family for a long time. Therefore, after the old man Lin Jili persuaded Lin Xiaozhi to agree to invest in Australia last year, he said that instead of buying some properties in Australia and waiting for the appreciation that does not know which year will come, it is better to buy some wineries, farms and ranches to operate by himself, and even if other industries in the family are sluggish in the future, at least he can leave some capital for the juniors to make a comeback.

With the price of fine wine on the rise in recent years, and the fact that it's only a two-hour drive from Australia's largest city, Sydney, makes Hunter Valley wineries a great place to invest.

After his younger brother nodded and agreed, Lin Xiaoyi personally came to Australia to choose a winery. In the end, after more than a month of playing cards, he simply bought six or seven adjacent small wineries with an area of less than five hectares at prices ranging from 500 to more than 1 million Australian dollars, and finally made this winery the third largest winery in the Hunter Valley after Yunxian and Mankegan.

The reason why Lin Xiaozhi and Li Jiaxin came to Australia to sign a contract is because Li Jiaxin has an Australian green card, and their youngest son has applied for Australian citizenship.

On the one hand, the crew will make up for some scenes in the filming venue that has been set up in Shenzhen Cinema, and he is also ready to meet with CCTV executives who visited Hong Kong by the way.

Of course, there is another important reason because, after nearly half a year of preparation, the new Academy Awards ceremony is about to open.

For this Chinese film festival that may be reborn by his hands, Lin Xiaozhi must witness it with his own eyes!