Time flies, and it flies by in a blink of an eye.

January 1, 1988, New Year's Day.

Early in the morning, in the villa in Repulse Bay, Lin Zuhui opened his eyes, and then immediately pulled out his two numb arms.

Get out of bed and walk out of the bedroom.

Guan Jiahui's eyes widened, and she muttered: "Xiaoxian, why is this man's energy so abundant, can you insist on getting up so early every morning?" ”

Wang Zuxian didn't open her eyes, squeezed towards a warm place, and then fell asleep.

“？”

Guan Jiahui looked at Wang Zuxian who leaned over, closed her eyes helplessly and continued to sleep.

On the other side, Lin Zuhui came to the living room, picked up the newspaper and read it.

The nanny immediately brought boiled water and put it in front of him.

"Thank you!"

He is accustomed to reading the "Economic Daily" first, which is a highly professional newspaper under Wanhui Media, with sales of more than 60,000 at present, and the highest record is more than 80,000; The decline is not because the quality of the "Economic Daily" has declined, but because the people of Xiangjiang have recently 'talked about the color of stocks', and the sales of financial daily newspapers and magazines have plummeted.

The Hang Seng Index closed at 2,300 points last year (1987), and the panic has dissipated a little.

Regarding the trend of the Hang Seng Index, Lin Zuhui probably has a good idea in his heart: probably from September 1988 to May 1989, there was a big market, and the Hang Seng Index rose from 2,500 points to 3,200 points. Because there is a ZZ incident later, there will be a stock market crash in Xiangjiang, and Lin Zuhui can't remember it for no reason.

As for the market after the '87 stock market crash' to September this year (1988), Lin Zuhui doesn't need to know, he doesn't speculate much now, and it is estimated that it will rise and fall slightly.

"Economic Daily" not only has news about the securities market, but also news on real estate, this round of real estate decline is indeed beyond the expectations of everyone in Hong Kong, which is also a good news for the economy of Hong Kong.

However, not everyone has the courage to buy land and old real estate and exchange land rights and interests in the market from late November.

Even the real estate companies of the four major families have not yet purchased land on a large scale, and they are worried about the '73 stock market disaster', and they are not sure whether the real estate will fall.

There is no other big economic news, and everyone seems to be holding their breath and waiting for April to arrive.

The reason is simple:

First, the market is unstable right now;

Second, the mantra of 'a full takeover must be made at the highest price in the past six months' is waiting to be broken, and it can be used not only for 'privatization', but also for 'increasing shareholdings', and even more so for 'takeover wars'.

Even Lin Zuhui has a lot of plans that need to be implemented in April.

Foreign exchange market: USD/JPY fell to 120 pips.

Lin Zuhui has asked Li Hao to close his investment, invest 500 million, and obtain a net profit of 900 million.

At this time, Lin Zuhui's cash flow still has 4.5 billion (he also invested 3 billion in Japanese securities, with a market value of 15 billion with five times leverage).

After a while, the hostesses of the villa came to the living room one after another, and it immediately became lively.

"Wen Yi, Wen Hua, are you still sleeping?" Lin Zuhui raised his head and asked.

"Are the two little ones sleeping soundly?" Guan Jiahui said immediately, unable to hide a smile on her face.

Lin Zuhui got up and said to everyone: "I'll take you out and give everyone a surprise!" ”

Suddenly, the four girls came to their senses.

At this time, the villa welcomed back four hostesses, not for anything else, to consider the convenience of nannies and maids to take care of them in a centralized manner, after all, with two children, privacy and security must also be considered.

Although this villa is small, the live-in nanny can accommodate four, and the bodyguards can also be on duty all night as a gatekeeper in the business car.

All in all, it's more convenient here!

An hour later.

Lin Zuhui took his four daughters to the 'Lin Palace' (Hui Yuan Villa Group) on Nanwan Road.

As soon as the women got out of the car, they were amazed.

Guan Jiahui looked at the two rows of villas and said excitedly: "Wow, the villas here are so beautiful, they seem to be just built in European style!" ”

Wang Zuxian also happily agreed: "That side is Repulse Bay, directly by the sea!" ”

Soon, everyone began to ask Lin Zuhui which one he bought, or which ones he bought.

Lin Zuhui smiled and didn't say anything, but took them to visit directly.

"These are Block A1 and Block A2, and the pools of these two villas are directly facing the sea!"

"Block A2, this is the observation deck, everyone see if it is very stylish to hold a party on this grass! The sea is unobstructed and the sea breeze is gentle. ”

"This is the north side, the first is Block A, and then it is Block C1\C2\C3; This is the south side, the first block is A2, followed by B1\B2\B3. ”

"These eight villas are surrounded by trees and shrubs, and this is an independent kingdom."

"So, there will be a fence around it, and there will be a security booth near South Bay Road. The plan for redesigning the plan has already been made. The road where we park will be converted into a tennis court and a comprehensive use of the road. ”

Listening to Lin Zuhui's gushing introduction, the women finally understood that their man had bought all eight villas, and planned to redesign the periphery and turn this place into an independent kingdom - the Lin Palace.

For a time, all the women surrounded Lin Zuhui.

The most favored Guan Jiahui took the lead in making a difficulty: "In other words, there are eight Tai? ”

This appetite is too big, this is everyone's idea, they don't doubt Lin Zuhui's ability.

Lin Zuhui was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Absolutely not!" He added, "There may only be seven villas to live in!" ”

"How many are that?" The women asked in unison.

"Well... You can't live there? Lin Zuhui suddenly said seriously.

He can't be sure, and now it is Qiu Shuzhen who is clearly qualified to live;

As for Li Jiaxin, she is still a powder keg, and she will talk about it when it is over.

"Stay, of course!" Said Qi Qi again.

"In order, choose the position! Stay in next year's Spring Festival! ”

The basic decoration of the villa has been good, and there is absolutely no problem staying for more than 1 year.

After a while, everyone chose their respective villas in family order, and then looked forward to it.

The eight villas have a certain spacing, a bit like the palace in ancient times, if the concubine is not satisfied, make a Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace......

.......

The next day, Lin Zuhui led several people to the Furama Hotel, including several white foreigners, who were the top management of Lin Zuhui's new Cathay Pacific City Hotel.

The original Lu Donglai was transferred to New Era Real Estate as a director, specifically responsible for the diversified expansion of New Era Real Estate, and responsible for the comprehensive department; For example, telecommunications, retail, finance and other fields, and even the development strategy of ports (shares) and shipping.

This is a strategy reformulated by Lin Zuhui according to the organizational structure of Sun Hung Kai, New World, Henderson and other real estate companies.

Coming to the conference room of Furama Hotel, Chen Siming, Charlie and other hotel management teams of Furama Hotel have already arrived first.

After sitting down, Lin Zuhui stretched out his hand to a 40-year-old white man from the United Kingdom and said, "This is the new president of Cathay Pacific City Hotel - Cowpert, he has very rich experience in the hotel industry, and he has worked for Hilton Hotel Management Group......"

It is not easy to dig an international talent, not only to fire a high salary, but also to give various benefits. The most unacceptable thing for Lin Zuhui, the boss, is that these foreigners ask for too long annual leave.

But there is no way, Lin Zuhui plans to spend billions of Hong Kong dollars in the future to lay out a global hotel management network (acquisition), and also buy a certain number of hotels.

Such a big initiative naturally requires a corresponding international vision to manage talents. Of course, more than half of the Chinese executives in the management of Cathay Pacific City Hotel still occupy more than half, which can be said to be Chinese and Western management.

Cobbert's deputy is none other than Li Mingtao, the former executive director, who is now the vice president.

After some introduction, Lin Zuhui said: "Manager Chen, please report on the business situation of Furama Hotel last year!" ”

Chen Siming has long been familiar with the style of Lin Zuhui, the boss, and is very well prepared.

"Last year, Hong Kong's tourism industry was booming, and the performance of Furama Hotel also achieved a growth of nearly 30%, with a net profit of 63 million Hong Kong dollars (profit of 48 million in 1986, revised according to the data) ......."

Hearing this, Lin Zuhui nodded secretly, at present, Furama Hotel is already a 'parity' purchase. At the beginning, he bought it at a price with a total market value of 1.58 billion yuan (only 7% of the equity was purchased), and now the land of Furama Hotel is about 850 million, and the hotel assets plus construction assets are absolutely worth more than 700 million.

Even the annual profit of Furama Hotel is as high as 63 million, only considering the profitability of the hotel, it should be able to recover the cost in 10~15 years.

The main purpose of this meeting is to let everyone know each other, and the new management team of Cathay Pacific also needs to run in for a period of time, and then Lin Zuhui will arrange the expansion task.

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Lin Zuhui came to Wanhui Media and summoned the general manager Long Jingchang.

At the end of December, Wanhui Media spent 300 million yuan to buy a small building in Causeway Bay, so that the company's property assets are as high as 600 million, and it is expected that the net rental profit this year (1988) will be nearly 50 million, accounting for one-third of the group's profit.

Wanhui Media will become the most profitable media group in Xiangjiang, and the company's debt is almost none, and there is still 80 million cash lying on the account.

"Boss, a Japanese publishing house came to negotiate the authorization of "Fengyun", and I haven't agreed to him yet, mainly because the price is not very satisfactory. "Fengyun" has surpassed "Chinese Heroes" to become the most popular comic publication in Hong Kong, but it can't be sold cheaply! ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Fengyun has really become our cash cow, I am afraid that it can bring 30 million profits to the group company this year!" ”

"Chinese Heroes" accounts for one-third of Yulang Group's profits, and can make more than 20 million yuan per year.

"It should be about the same!"

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said, "How is the situation of the Yulang Group?" ”

Long Jingchang suddenly became energetic and said: "It's very not optimistic! It is said that Huang Yulang lost hundreds of millions of yuan in the stock market crash, and the Yulang Group, which is a publishing company rather than a securities industry, used the huge amount of 470 million yuan raised from the stock market to invest in securities, exceeding the group's market value of more than 400 million yuan (before the stock market crash), and shareholders complained. ”

Lin Zuhui suddenly pondered, and after a long time, he said to Long Jingchang: "You find someone to check the situation of Yulang Group, and then find someone to guide the shareholders of Yulang Group to complain to the Securities Regulatory Office..... Let the Securities Regulatory Office go to the trouble of the Yulang Group. ”

Long Jingchang nodded without hesitation and said: "Boss, don't worry, I guarantee that I don't know what is going on, anyway, the shareholders of Yulang Group are also complaining." ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, Long Jingchang retreated, and went to plan to do something.

He was thinking: once the Yulang Group is publicly reprimanded by the Securities Regulatory Commission and warned (that investing in securities itself is not illegal), then the image of the Yulang Group will be greatly damaged, and the stock price will plummet.

This is not the point, the point is that Huang Yulang himself, who borrowed a lot of debt from the bank.

Once the bank knew that the situation of the Yulang Group was not good, it was bound to force Huang Yulang to repay the money, and it was to repay the money immediately, and there was no room for negotiation.

This is the bank, if it weren't for Lin Zuhui's success in 'reducing the pound' before the stock market crash, the bank would have to let the new era real estate all pay back.

Once Huang Yulang is forced to debt by the bank, he can only reduce his holdings of Yulang Group's shares, and his holding will definitely not be secure.

At that time, Lin Zuhui's opportunity will come!

This year, Lin Zuhui's media field has two development directions: first, the acquisition of Yulang Group; Second, the acquisition of ATV.

At the end of last year, a fire broke out at ATV's headquarters, and at this time, Qiu Degen was afraid that he was already a little unhappy.

It's time to join forces with the Zheng family to test it.

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ATV's predecessor was Leigh's TV station.

In 1957, "Li's Voice", which was engaged in the broadcasting industry, changed his career to establish "Li's Yingsheng". In March of the same year, Leigh's TV was officially launched. Li's 10 years of dominating the screen and having no competitors have lived a peaceful life.

In November 1967, Li's dominance of Hong Kong was broken - Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited was established, founded by the Hong Kong family of Li Xiaohe. Lai TV uses cable to transmit signals, while Hong Kong TV uses transmitters to broadcast, so it is referred to as TVB. Wireless is overwhelming with the advantages of free, colorful, and colorful programs. The media said that "the beauty is not beautiful, and the wireless is unlimited", vividly summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of the two.

Li's had to change the old and make a new one, and in December 1973 it was changed to wireless and color. It's too late, wireless is firmly in the market, and it's getting more and more active.

In the summer of 1980, the sudden death of the chairman of the board of directors of TVB, Li Xiaohe, was elected as the chairman of the board of directors of TVB, Shao Laoliu, the king of Asian films, due to the impact of television, the films shot in his studio were not satisfactory for distribution in Hong Kong and overseas. So Uncle Six focused on the television industry, using the on-set equipment and cast and crew under his control to produce programs for TVB.

The momentum of wireless is unparalleled for a while.

There is a person who eats leopard gall and dares to challenge the sixth uncle of the film and television tycoon, and this gentleman is Qiu Degen, chairman of the Far Eastern Group. Coming to Hong Kong from Shanghai in 1950, Chiu Tak-kan initially opened cinemas (cinemas) in the New Territories and later established the Far Eastern Group, which included cinemas, banking, real estate and entertainment. Both the Qiu family and the Shaw family belonged to the Shanghai Gang, but the relationship was not good, because he was close friends with Lu Yuantao, the owner of Run Run Shaw's "sworn enemy", the owner of the electric film company. Qiu Degen, like other theater companies, has a heart to shoot films. Now that the film industry is declining and television is booming, Qiu is empathetic to the television industry. In September 1982, Qiu Degen purchased 50% of Li's equity from Husheng Group, thus becoming the chairman of Li's. "Li's Reflection" was officially renamed "Asia Television". Later, Qiu Degen bought all the shares of ATV.

"Becoming an Immortal"

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No. 12 Repulse Bay, Cheng's 'Imperial Palace'.

Lin Zuhui's arrival was warmly welcomed by the Zheng family.

Zheng Yutong has two sons, the eldest son Zheng Jiachun is a familiar acquaintance of Lin Zuhui, and the younger son Zheng Jiacheng is a strange and slightly strange person, likes to see a psychiatrist, several divorces, Zheng Jiacheng can soak in the bath in the New World Hotel for a morning, often holding a cigarette in one hand and food in the other, and does not pay much attention to image.

After a few people sat down, a servant brought tea and snacks.

Taking a sip of tea, Lin Zuhui made his intentions clear: "Uncle Tong, Brother Chun wants to buy ATV, what do you think?" ”

Zheng Jiachun almost didn't spray the tea on his face, and coughed twice before he said to Lin Zuhui under Lao Tzu's gaze: "Didn't you bring this up?" ”

As soon as Zheng Yutong saw his son's expression, he knew that Zheng Kar-chun was definitely moved!

"You have a newspaper group, if you buy ATV, I'm afraid the Hong Kong government will make trouble for you, right?"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "So I asked you to go out of the mountain and serve as the chairman of the board of directors of ATV, and I will take a director." Moreover, it is not Wanhui Media to acquire, I plan to participate in the acquisition in the name of my family. ”

He also knew that the Hong Kong government would soon introduce new regulations, and the TV license could not be under the name of a subsidiary of the group company, forcing Shaw Brothers to reorganize TVB.

Lin Zuhui plans to buy ATV shares in his personal name first, and then sell them to New Era Group later, otherwise his career is too miscellaneous, and even the equity of the film company will have to be sold to New Era Group if he finds an opportunity.

Zheng Yutong asked again: "Qiu Degen intends to put it on the plate?" ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It should be, I see that he is in trouble, there should be no problem!" ”

Zheng Yutong nodded, looked at Zheng Jiachun again, and found that his son was listening carefully, so he was determined to fulfill his son's wish.

"How to calculate the shares of the new consortium? Just the two of us? ”

Lin Zuhui thought for a while and said: "Qiu Degen may not be willing to sell all the shares, but in any case, there is no problem in buying seventy percent of the shares!" At that time, how about you take 35%, I take 30%, and invite God D to join 5%? ”

The Zheng family does not have the operation of media management, and the actual operation must be Lin Zuhui, but Lin Zuhui needs the signboard of Zheng Yutong, so let him be the chairman of the board of directors first, and the shares are more than himself.

As for Chu Degen's remaining shares, Lin Zuhui can win them all this year with a little trickery;

At that time, Lin Zuhui will surpass his shares in the Zheng family again, and he is testing the reaction of the Hong Kong government step by step.

After all, the Lin family's operation of ATV has become a foregone conclusion, and the pressure will be much less.

Zheng Yutong said with a smile: "Okay, I know what you think, it just so happens that we don't have any experience in running ATV, so we can rest assured that we will let you run it!" ”

The chairman of the board of directors and major shareholders of others have given it to him, of course he has to make concessions, not to mention that he believes that Lin Zuhui Media operates, others are the 'media tycoon' of Xiangjiang, and he will definitely be able to give ATV a new look.

The two sides communicated the details, and then planned to invite God D to join first, and then go to talk to Qiu Degen. The reason why Lin Zuhui invited God D was not to abide by the laws of his previous life, but that he and God D became good friends.