When the news of Octopus Bank's acquisition of the old British bank, Bank of Baring, reached Xiangjiang, public opinion exploded instantly, and the media praised Lin Zuhui with the words "world-class businessman" and "light of the Chinese".

In the past, everyone had only heard of foreign banks buying Chinese banks one after another, and Hong Kong's local Chinese banks were almost completely wiped out. Unexpectedly, with Lin Zuhui's entry into the banking industry, he not only developed a large local Chinese-funded enterprise in Xiangjiang, but now he has also gone to the United Kingdom to win an old and well-known bank such as the Bank of Bahrain.

For a time, the citizens of Xiangjiang and even the entire Chinese circle regarded Lin Zuhui as an idol. All kinds of beautified books began to be sold in the Chinese circle through unauthorized piracy, spreading Lin Zuhui's brilliance to the entire Chinese circle.

Lin Zuhui himself has heard about it, but he can't stop these pirated books, some of which are even mainly sold in the mainland. Thinking about his own time, he also read with relish a 'Biography of Li Superman', and vowed to become a monopoly.

Actually? Reading those books doesn't help you in life at all, it just arouses a momentary enthusiasm.

The important thing is how high you hold now, how heavy you will be in the future.

Fortunately, Lin Zuhui doesn't care!

At the end of March, the Nikkei futures index was delivered, and Octopus Bank and New Era Group won a big victory.

The Nikkei index closed at 16,460 points on the delivery day, and Octopus Bank made a fourfold profit, earning a net profit of more than 6 billion, which was less than expected, mainly because the delivery date was approaching and the bulls were pulling up. The acquisition of Bank of Bahrain paid HK$10.3 billion, which is equivalent to HK$4.3 billion to be made up by Octopus Bank.

Although Bank of Bahrain is currently under the umbrella of Octopus Bank, if Octopus Bank is listed, Bank of Bahrain will be transferred to Octopus Financial and will not be listed.

In this way, Octopus Financial Group has gathered commercial banks, investment banks, securities, and insurance, which are four large-scale financial institutions.

Lin Zuhui's own group companies now include: New Era Group, Octopus Financial Group, LEIT Group, ATV Group, Wanhui Media Group, Xiaomi Technology; There are also three private investment companies: Lin Zuhui Family Office, Hengjin Investment, and Jingwei Capital.

It's really complicated, no wonder some people say that Lin Zuhui's career is scattered and his energy may not be enough.

However, Lin Zuhui's strategy of 'grasping the big and letting go' is something that all entrepreneurs in the world can't learn.

For example, Li Chaoren invested heavily in Europe and the United States at the end of the 80s, and the rate of return was very low, and he finally withdrew part of it and returned to Xiangjiang and the mainland.

But Lin Zuhui has a golden finger and does not have to worry about the 'general direction' going wrong, so so many companies are developing very well now. What's more, Lin Zuhui is gifted, has a super brain, and can do a lot of work in details. For example, when he does real estate, he is familiar with all aspects of real estate, and he knows the latest building materials, construction, and design very well.

Thursday, March 30.

In the afternoon, Chen Bin came to Lin Zuhui's office.

"Boss, the official land auction of the 1994~1995 Xiangjiang fiscal year officially ended today, the government's land sales revenue was 16.1 billion, and our company contributed a total of 3.25 billion."

When Lin Zuhui heard this, he was very satisfied with this result, which was not an exaggeration or a few; The important thing is that the New Era Group should be able to make some money by completing the big project of 'Digital City', and even when the financial crisis comes, there are still real estate companies that want to exit, and they will definitely be able to take it back at that time.

He said to Chen Bin: "This year's property market transactions are unusually cold, but the decline is not too big, what do you think?" ”

The test tests the general trend of his subordinates, after all, he is also the president of the New Era Group.

Chen Bin said seriously: "There are many people who follow the British to sing about Hong Kong, and British investors are also selling properties in Hong Kong, plus the Hong Kong government cracked down on the property market last year, and the property market adjustment is a matter of course." However, the situation of short supply has not changed, and the general direction of the Xiangjiang property market has not changed, so in the second half of this year or at the end of the year, I think it will return to the upward track. ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, Chen Bin's analysis was right, and of course he didn't expect him to predict what would happen after Jiuqi, after all, the big bubble in the property market had not yet been born.

In the previous life, in the fourth quarter of 1995 ~ the first half of 1997, the Xiangjiang property market can be described as crazy, with an increase of about 100%. Taking Hong Kong Island residential as an example, after the current drop of about 2%, the price is about 5,000 yuan per square foot, but in the first half of the year, it will be as high as about 10,000 yuan per square foot.

Crazy!

However, Lin Zuhui himself and his subsidiaries are currently not good at speculating in real estate, otherwise they will be easily criticized.

Of course, a group like New Era will certainly sell a large number of properties in the first half of 1997 to ensure sufficient cash flow, including some small buildings that may be sold at high prices, as long as the price is ideal.

It is inconvenient for Lin Zuhui and his companies to speculate on real estate, but his concubines will not let go of this opportunity, and at this time they have already taken advantage of the low price in Xiangjiang to absorb luxury houses, office buildings, shops and other properties, and the scale of funds is not small.

"Well, the analysis makes sense. Therefore, there is a redevelopment property for sale in Hong Kong, and we can also buy it as a reserve land. ”

"Okay, I got it!"

As long as you don't buy it in 1996~1997, it will be a good deal. Taking advantage of the downturn in the market, it is a good time to buy goods, otherwise how would the four major real estate developers monopolize the real estate in Hong Kong?

After a while, Liang Zhenxun also came in to report his work.

"Boss, all the tens of billions of funds invested in London stocks have been bought."

Lin Zuhui said calmly: "Okay, long-term investment projects, you only need to supervise the situation after buying." ”

Liang Zhenxun nodded, he knew that the boss rarely speculated in the short and medium term, after all, he was not worried about the ability of the securities department, and the boss did not have the energy to take care of it.

Then, he reported: "The short selling of Nikkei made a total profit of 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the return of funds was 2.7 billion Hong Kong dollars. ”

Lin Zuhui showed a faint smile and said: "It's not bad, next year's financial report can continue to be bright." ”

Although the real estate is sluggish, if you do more promotional advertising, then you may stand out from the major real estate developers, not to mention the growth of local real estate performance, at least you can play a tie with last year.

Liang Zhenxun said with a smile: "The foreign exchange book profit is also more than 1.6 billion, and this year, the company has obtained a large number of non-recurring profits under the command of the boss, and the shareholders are going to laugh crookedly." ”

"Shareholders trust us, so it's only natural that we want to make a profit for them," Lim said. ”

The two chatted a few more words, and Liang Zhenxun left.

Lin Zuhui suddenly thought about it!

If there is any high-leverage product investment that is the most certain, it is undoubtedly the foreign exchange of the US dollar and the yen. He knows for sure that this year's minimum will fall to 80 points, and it is only 88 points at present.

And once it falls to about 80 points, Lin Zuhui is also very clear about the trend behind it, and the strong start of the US dollar has laid the foundation for harvesting Asia.

So, once it falls to 80 points, the backhand is the time to start buying long. In this case, Wall Street united cannot be Lin Zuhui's opponent. Even if they can get the dollar and yen to 70 or 60 points, with Lin Zuhui's wealth, they can blow them up.

Because of this, Lin Zuhui is now an invincible existence, and it is useless to pull out the network cable.

I used to think about not speculating in high-leverage financial products, but after that, he found that he was 'sick in the brain', and such a little money began to swell, and his mentality simply did not turn around.

Although he had a lot of money, he had to start a large amount of cash flow in the second half of 1999, and when the Asian financial crisis came, his cash flow was not much.

Therefore, he wants to make more money and strive to have enough to eat in the Asian financial crisis.

Then again, when Soros and other international financial hooligans targeted Xiangjiang, Lin Zuhui said that he would not participate too much.

First of all, with the participation of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the mainland's foreign exchange, in the face of hundreds of billions of US dollars, Lin Zuhui's strength is only a drop in the bucket;

Secondly, he himself is also throwing high and sucking low, and it is right not to change history.

In the end, Xiangjiang needs a crisis, and then reborn from the ashes, and his 'cultural port' and 'science and technology port' are the only way out.

Lin Zuhui knew that Xiangjiang was 'won' in this battle and was not as embarrassed as Thailand, Indonesia, etc., so he would not interfere impositively.

Moreover, after the stock market and real estate plummeted, Lin Zuhui could buy the hearts of the citizens in the name of 'bailing out the market', which is the best 'Oscar'; I want to eat it!

Therefore, Lin Zuhui's major companies will ensure sufficient cash flow before the financial crisis; And he himself will be the same, and then he will be equivalent to a large number of bullets, harvesting all of Asia.

On Saturday, Lim Cho-fai and Lee Shau Kee met at Fanling Golf Club.

The two played golf, and Lin Zuhui let Lee Shau Kee have two ~ three strokes per hole (three strokes in the back), and the price of each shot was 100,000 Hong Kong dollars. After three rounds, it may also be a game of millions.

Because of the large number of handicaps, Lin Zuhui is not a sure win, but he loses less and wins more. If he doesn't give way, there are few people in Xiangjiang who are his opponents, and everyone will avoid him and stop playing.

Of course, such a bureau of millions, even the unlucky rich, is only tens of millions a year, and everyone doesn't pay attention to it. After all, the effect of fun and connections is not something that can be bought for tens of millions.

"Fourth uncle, your physical strength is good, today!" Lin Zuhui saw Li Shauji swing a big one, and said with a smile.

"Yes, I've been feeling good lately, maybe it's because of the good weather!" Lee Shau Kee said proudly.

This hole is expected to win, and the 18 holes of Fanling Golf Course can win at least one or even two strokes if you win a hole, and the victory or defeat in a game is dozens of strokes.

Recently, even Lee Shau Kee lost 14 million Hong Kong dollars (100,000 holes) in a golf match, which almost caused a public opinion war in Hong Kong; Fortunately, the rich people are relatively tight-lipped about gambling, but Zheng Yutong accidentally revealed some information, so the Xiangjiang media was in an uproar.

Zheng Yutong and He D Wang are the kind of people who are easy to open up the situation in front of the media, so they are deeply liked by the media.

"It's better to be in Xiangjiang, it's winter for a few days all year round!" Lin Zuhui sighed.

Although he is in good health and not very afraid of the cold, he still does not like winter.

Lee Shau Kee said with a smile: "I see that you have been abroad lately, and I thought that your focus had shifted overseas!" ”

Although it was a joke, Lin Zuhui still said seriously: "Xiangjiang is based on it, even if you make 10 billion US dollars overseas, you have to get Xiangjiang back in the end." ”

Lee Shau Kee was heartbroken, to be honest, if there are four major families in Xiangjiang, then there must be no Lin Zuhui family; Because the other four major families are not qualified enough, they are on a par with the strength of Lin Zuhui's family. Therefore, the Lin Zuhui family is now a super family, a real chaebol.

It stands to reason that there is such a family in Xiangjiang, and Lee Shau Kee believes that it still has a great impact on the development of his family, at least in real estate. At present, the Lee Shau Kee family's business is mainly Henderson Land and China Gas, two large companies, of course, the Lee Shau Kee family has a relatively high shareholding in Henderson, up to 60%, and there are also private real estate companies, so his annual dividend is second only to Lin Zuhui.

If you can't beat it, you can join, this is Lee Shau-kee's idea.

Therefore, Li Shau Kee asked generously: "In the second half of this year, the bidding for the properties on the top of each station along the railway line may begin, and the New Era Group is bound to win the machine railway terminus, right?" ”

Lin Zuhui didn't answer and asked: "The fourth uncle doesn't take care of his friends' descendants and unite with Sun Hung Kai?" ”

When Li Shaoji heard this, he said with a smile: "What's the use of uniting, can you still have more money?" ”

In March, the annual financial reports of Lin Zuhui's listed groups were released, which shocked the entire Xiangjiang and even spread its prestige overseas. The four major listed groups received a total net profit of HK$27.5 billion. Converted to US dollars, that's $3.5 billion.

The net profit of the four major listed groups surpassed that of HSBC Group and Cheung Kong Group, and became a veritable chaebol in Hong Kong.

Lin Zuhui said: "Then let's form a group, I won't tell you, I have taken a fancy to the Central Terminus." As far as I can guess, Hongkong Land should return to Hong Kong to defend their position in Central. ”

Lee Shau Kee said with a smile: "You are now a little less rent-collecting property than Hongkong Land in Central, and if you win the bid this time, then you will dump a lot of land." ”

Lin Zuhui smiled, he really didn't take all his opponents to heart, so he didn't say 'arrogantly', he could point to a group of consortia in Xiangjiang and say: "You are all 'verbose', you can go together!" ”

"Central Station, the New Era Group wants to take sixty percent of the rights, if the fourth uncle joins, you can take thirty percent, and the remaining one percent is retained, and there may be other institutions to find me, such as Bank of China."

Although Lee Shau Kee only allocated 30 percent, he didn't care at all, and immediately gladly agreed.

As for Zheng Yutong, Lin Zuhui knew that he would not be interested, after all, Central was going to have a top price, and he didn't like it.

This kind of personality also led to Zheng Yutong being the best born among the four major real estate developers, but New World Development was the worst; If it weren't for Chow Tai Fook Jewellery, he would not be worthy of his name in the four major families.

For example, this year's real estate downturn, Cheung Kong, Henderson, New Era, and Sun Hung Kai are all reducing prices and promotions, but New World is a small event, so naturally sales are not good.

Poor sales mean that the return of funds is slow, so how to auction the land and buy the bottom?

Therefore, Zheng Yutong's temper is: neither the price nor the bad market.

Then, Lin Zuhui said: "Fourth uncle, the chairman of the board of directors of Miramar, I would like to ask you to be the general manager, and the general manager is dispatched by our company. ”

Yang Bingzheng died of a heart attack in early March, so Miramar Hotel Group can now change the dynasty.

Lee Shau Kee thought for a moment and nodded!

He knows that the chairman of the board of directors is more symbolic than practical, at present, the hotel field of the new era group has been restructured, the new Langham Hotel Group was born, and the discerning people can see that the new era group is going to vigorously develop the hotel industry, no, it is already vigorously developing.

Zheng Yutong's New World Hotel Group is vulnerable in front of Langham Hotel Group, so to speak.

At this time, Miramar Hotel Group has developed more than a dozen three- and four-star Miramar hotels in the mainland, plus 1.8 million square feet of first-class commercial buildings in Kowloon, which are also worth a lot of money.

Langham Hotel Group's 34.5% stake is obviously not enough, and Lam Cho-fai intends to wait for the Asian financial crisis to join Lee Shau Kee to privatize it.

(End of chapter)