North Point, Media Building (redevelopment of the former Lok Kei Hong Building).

Wanhui Media has moved into the Media Building as a whole, and as for the original News Building, it did not choose to rebuild it immediately, but leased it out for rent collection. The reason is very simple, the rent has been so high in recent years, wouldn't it be a waste of time/money to rebuild, at least it will have to start rebuilding in the second half of the year.

The reason for the relocation is because the office area of the News Building is only about 100,000 square feet, which can no longer meet the growing Wanhui Media.

The new Media Building is a newly redeveloped Grade A office building with 22 storeys and a total floor area of 260,000 square feet.

Lin Zuhui paused downstairs, and the words 'Media Building' were more shocking.

Wanhui Media has not developed much in paper media in recent years, and is currently mainly the largest selling mass newspaper in Xiangjiang - "Tiantian Daily", the second best-selling financial newspaper in Xiangjiang "Economic Daily", Ming Pao Group (Ming Pao), and the best-selling magazine "Men's Wear...... Wait.

Because of the 'lack of progress' in the print media, the gossip magazines in Xiangjiang have recently shone brightly, and the three gossip magazines of "Next Weekly", "Apple Weekly" and "East Weekly" have occupied the top three best-selling magazines in Xiangjiang.

And Wanhui Media's gossip magazine not only began to decline, but even Lei Weipo was planning to change jobs. I can't stop it, someone offers an annual salary of nearly 10 million yuan, which is to set a new record in the media industry.

What is the idea of an annual salary of nearly 10 million, the most profitable magazine in Xiangjiang is Zheng Jinghan's "Next Magazine", which can achieve a net profit of more than 25 million a year.

Coming to his office, Lin Zuhui drank tea while thinking about Wanhui Media's future plans. Paper media, comics, games, and the Greater China Portal will be its four major industries.

Paper media will not disappear, but will exist as an Internet.

After a while, Long Jingchang came to Lin Zuhui's office and reported to him. As the CEO of Wanhui Media, although he is also the president of a listed company, it is not wrong to say that he is a retainer of Lin Zuhui.

Because of Lin Zuhui's listed companies, his own status is the existence of 'one word', whether it is investors or the board of directors, they all have blind trust in him.

"Boss, the World of Warcraft developed by Blizzard Entertainment in the United States has sold 800,000 units and accumulated a lot of initial funds." Long Jingchang said with a smile.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "Don't care about them, give them the greatest freedom, what I fancy is the prospect of this industry, no matter how much money is made in the short term, it is not a problem for them to use it to re-develop and expand the team." ”

In fact, Lin Zuhui played it before the release of "World of Warcraft", and he also made a special suggestion, that is, the new operation system - right-click to move, left-click to select- has been established. This was immediately adopted by the team and implemented on World of Warcraft 1.

And no matter how much he earns in the early stage, Lin Zuhui doesn't mind Mike Mohami spending it, and he doesn't mind offering the highest salary in the industry to the R&D team. The more active they are, the more Wanhui Media will make in the future.

Long Jingchang nodded and said, "Well, there are currently more than 20 people in that team, and I have asked Mike Mohami to recruit a few Chinese or Asian game development engineers for us to participate in the development of World of Warcraft 2." ”

Lin Zuhui said: "Well, we can set up a game development department early next year, and Pokémon is a big game IP. ”

Blizzard's four boutique games: "World of Warcraft", "Diablo", "StarCraft", "Hearthstone", the first three of which were developed in the nineties, even without Lin Zuhui's intervention, will still appear. Of course, Lin Zuhui will pay attention to Blizzard.

Investing in Blizzard, Lin Zuhui doesn't care about the profits in the early stage at all, and when the online game comes out, it is the best time for returns. Of course, the most important thing is that in the future the company can sell at a high price.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it."

Finally, Lin Zuhui said to Long Jingchang: "In addition to the game field, in recent years, you have paid attention to the Internet, I am very optimistic about its prospects, maybe we will enter this field in the future." ”

As the chief executive officer of the group, Long Jingchang does not need to be too professional, but he needs good management skills and complete the tasks assigned by Lin Zuhui.

"Well, I'm going to step up my studies in this area."

At this time, Long Jingchang was a little surprised, first comics, then games, and now the Internet, he was not surprised by the boss's ambition, but surprised by the boss's long-term vision. At present, it is the prosperous period of the paper media, if other bosses have such achievements, they would have already enjoyed the fruits of victory in the credit book, and their own bosses are always thinking about the future.

After Long Jingchang left, Luo Bencheng of Wanhui Comics Club came to his office, the comics industry is currently the most important industry of Wanhui Media, there is no one, so Luo Bencheng is also rising in the group, and he is also a director of the company.

Lin Zuhui said: "Set up a comic team for me, this time I have greater requirements for the drawing of comics and the conception of the plot. It's a big production, and I hope it will be the fourth big IP in our company's Japanese comic series. ”

In fact, Wanhui Media's three big IPs of Japanese comics, the painting work is actually very good, and the more you paint, the better it gets, at least there are eight or nine successful properties of several major publishing houses in Japan. When the Japanese see that Wanhui Media has so many big IPs, they are just envious and jealous.

Luo Bencheng suddenly became excited, because any subject matter (outline) hand-picked by the boss must be a classic work, yes, the boss's vision and ideas are really genius.

"No problem, boss! Nowadays, our comprehensive strength of comics is that if we go to Japan, we can also rank among the top five comic publishing houses. Although there were some flaws in the early stage, it has become much better now! ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, he didn't dare to invest too much in the early stage, but now Wanhui Comics Club has funds and talent reserves, and naturally it has improved in all aspects.

He directly handed a document to Luo Bencheng and said: "A friend told me that comics with pirate themes are very rare, including in the Japanese manga industry. So, he came up with a pirate-themed comic, and you can use this material as an outline when you finish forming your team later. ”

Luo Bencheng knew that whether he had this friend of the boss or not, he couldn't talk nonsense.

"As far as the pirate theme is concerned, as far as I know, there is only one "Little Hero of the North Sea" in Japan, and in my spare time in the past few years, I have also learned a lot of Japanese comics, and the pirate theme is really rare."

Lin Zuhui said: "For a big comic IP, the plot is more important than the artist, and the world background/setting determines the attractiveness of this big IP." This is also why our company has not had the fourth big IP born. I'm personally optimistic about this outline I gave you, but after all, it's just an outline, and it can only be used as a reference, and you also need real talents to complete the plot and artwork, so you don't want to waste it. ”

Luo Bencheng nodded and said seriously: "Boss, don't worry, we are now strong and strong, and there is no shortage of talents." ”

The plot and drawing work implemented by Wanhui Comics Club carry out division of labor and cooperation; Unlike Japan, where manga artists are involved in plot planning.

Of course, it's not that the main writer of Wanhui Comics will not participate in the plot conception, nor that the Japanese main writer will participate in all the plot ideas; In fact, everyone works as a team to complete a big work, but the proportion of participation is different.

And the comic outline "One Piece" handed over by Lin Zuhui is actually a messy memory, after all, even if you have read it, most of the small plots have been almost forgotten, and most of the world background and setting are remembered, so it can only be said that it provides material reference.

For another example, there are more than 900 kinds of Pokémon in Pokémon, and whoever remembers it clearly, the attributes of each Pokémon are even more complicated.

Therefore, the team is still very important and can contribute more to the 'perfection' of this work.

In addition to doing a good job in the works, Wanhui Comics Club has also done a lot of efforts, such as the company's strong management team, which has made great contributions to the export of copyright and rights protection overseas; In addition, the price of Wanhui Comics' single books and animation exports is cheaper than that of Japan, aiming to establish a 'bait' in the early stage and lay the foundation for making a lot of money in the future.

.......

Villa 36 Svenn Road (formerly Standard Chartered Taipan House).

Li Jiaxin took Miss He to visit her mansion with a little pride in her eyes. There are less than 200 garden-style villas in Hong Kong, and even fewer hilltop villas, but she owns one.

"How? Is it not as good as the Xu mansion? Li Jiaxin said with a smile.

Miss He said angrily: "Stinky and proud! You know that we don't live in the Xu family's mansion, where can we compare to your luxury. ”

The enemy in the previous life, the best friend in this life, and the leader of the celebrity circle. Miss He and Li Jiaxin have a circle of celebrities, and the two are the two with the most status.

Li Jiaxin suddenly gossiped: "How is your relationship lately?" ”

Miss He's expression darkened, and then she said surgingly: "That's it!" Then he continued, "You'll have some drinks with me later!"

Li Jiaxin is the master of showing off everywhere, and immediately said: "Okay! Our LEIT Group recently acquired the second class of Bordeaux in France, the Rouchen Maison, and I happened to have a few boxes. I'll entertain you tonight and get a bottle of good vintage to taste. ”

The successful acquisition of the Luchen family estate by LEIT Group has caused great repercussions in France and Xiangjiang, and Xiangjiang has set off a wave of buying red wine estates in Bordeaux, of course, it is impossible for France to sell classified wineries, even ancient and famous estates, at most some small and medium-sized estates.

With more than 60 châteaux on sale in the Bordeaux region every year, there is no shortage of products. But it is difficult for Bordeaux wineries to make money, because the union there is strong, and the operation methods are strictly in accordance with the laws of the Bordeaux region, and it is impossible to improve labor efficiency.

Miss He is already very familiar with Li Jiaxin's character, so she naturally doesn't care about these little things; In fact, the two came together at the beginning because of Lin Zuhui's relationship, Li Jiaxin is Lin Zuhui's woman, and Miss He is Lin Zuhui's good friend, and the two families have a good relationship and have a lot of business cooperation.

But gradually, the two did become good friends and best friends.

To put it very realistically, the so-called friends are that both parties can use and cooperate with each other, and if they can't use it that day, the friendship relationship will be ruined. If the disparity in identity is too great, it is naturally difficult to become friends.

Miss He hugged Li Jiaxin's son again, and she couldn't put it down, thinking it was very cute and smart. It wasn't until the maid called for dinner that she reluctantly handed Lin Wenjun to the nanny.

During the meal, the two girls drank and chatted at the same time.

Miss He suddenly asked, "Let me ask a question, you are not allowed to spread it around!" ”

Li Jiaxin had an expression of "I'm that kind of person", and then said, "Well, keep it secret for you!" ”

Miss He asked cautiously: "Your conditions are so good, what is there about him that is worthy of your grievances?" ”

Li Jiaxin was stunned, this question was difficult to answer, anyway, she didn't think about leaving Lin Zuhui, because she had followed Lin Zuhui for a long time, and her thoughts had been fixed.

After thinking about it for a long time, Li Jiaxin said: "I don't know, anyway, I didn't think about leaving him, there is no reason, I haven't considered this question for 8 years, so I can't answer you." ”

Miss He secretly scolded Lin Zuhui for his 'wolf ambition' and made a move. Of course, she won't spread the word, and she can't afford to offend Lin Zuhui.

"Then let me ask another question, your man is very attentive, and he has very little time with you, so you have no opinion? I'm not provoking a relationship between the two of you, or I'm just asking! Miss He said sincerely.

Li Jiaxin pursed her lips and said: "If you want to provoke the relationship between me and Brother Hui, it is impossible, our son is more than two years old, and the relationship is good!" I'll tell you, lest you're curious, I don't think there's any need to stick together every day, my men are super strong in that aspect......"

Miss He's face suddenly turned red, and she said in a broken mouthful: "What are you talking to me about this!" ”

Li Jiaxin smiled and said, "You want to ask about our private affairs!" By the way, your family is not as good as my brother Hui! ”

"Go, you've said everything!"

At this time, both women had drunk a lot of wine, and their faces were slightly flushed.

So Miss He couldn't help but say: "Your man can really do it for two hours, and showing affection is not like this!" ”

Li Jiaxin said: "If you don't believe it, pull it down, otherwise why do you think he is romantic!" ”