Subsequently, Pan Cheng, the president of DreamWorks, came to Lin Zuhui's office.

DreamWorks has made several classic movies in recent years, taking the boutique route, which is different from Wang Jing's large number of bad movies every year (it is said that it takes so many talents to shoot).

Of course, the success of DreamWorks cannot be replicated, first of all, DreamWorks has the capital to shoot Hollywood-style blockbusters, and secondly, DreamWorks also has very good IP.

In recent years, DreamWorks has filmed movies including: "Resident Evil 1 & 2", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", "The Matrix", "Fast and Furious", "My Sassy Girlfriend", "Heroes of the World" and so on.

All the big-investment movies have all paid off their costs and generated a certain profit. Of course, there must be a difference in the level of filming with Hollywood, but copycat Hollywood also has a market in Asia, not to mention that "The Matrix" was released in the United States and earned $38 million at the box office.

"Boss"

"Well, sit!"

Then, Lin Zuhui asked, "What movies have you been making recently?" ”

Pan Cheng said in his heart, the boss can be regarded as thinking of DreamWorks, the boss discussed it with him twice at the beginning, and he didn't mean that in the past year. Fortunately, DreamWorks already has a lot of IPs that can shoot a sequel.

"Going to shoot 'The Matrix 2'"

"That means there's no preparation yet?"

"Yes, there are preparations, and the script has been written!"

When Lin Zuhui heard this, he said, "Since we have only come to this point, let's stop first." I recently received a great idea, and you asked DreamWorks to prepare it! ”

Pan Cheng was immediately excited, because most of DreamWorks' highest-grossing movies in recent years were hand-picked by the boss. Now DreamWorks shoots 1~2 blockbusters every year, and almost all of them are the boss's idea. Even "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "The Hero of the Storm Dominates the World" are ready-made IPs of their own companies and brother companies.

"Okay, we'll focus on shooting first!"

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "It is probably that two men with confused identities are undercover agents for the police and the underworld respectively, and after a fierce fight, they are determined to find their own stories." Specifically, it is arranged by the boss of the community and the police. This movie does not pursue Hollywood-style elements, but takes twists and turns and bizarre psychological confrontations as the starting point, in addition to a large number of entertainment elements, there are some thought-provoking things related to philosophy, and the movie is called "Infernal Affairs"! ”

Pan Cheng instantly understood, and said while writing it down: "Boss, don't worry, we will definitely send out high-quality products!" This idea is very creative, a little similar to the "Face Swap" back then, but the movie Face Swap is obviously unrealistic, and this mutual undercover method is much more clever. ”

This is not nonsense, in the previous life, "Infernal Affairs" was almost a beacon of the decline of Xiangjiang movies, and it took a few more years. The film itself has also been released in dozens of countries, and it has also been bought by Hollywood for the remake rights, although it is only less than 2 million US dollars.

Lin Zuhui said again: "Xiangjiang movies should be a little more careful, after all, Hollywood-style commercial blockbusters are to support the scene, and they can't change the pattern of the entire Xiangjiang movie." I hope that this movie can change the impression of previous police and gangster films, and no longer put the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, grievances and hatred in the first place, but focuses on portraying the psychological changes of the characters. ”

Pan Cheng said while recording: "What the boss said is reasonable, it turns out that Xiangjiang Films must make changes, just like the Xiangjiang music scene before the emergence of HK-POP, and the Hong Kong dramas before the emergence of Hong Kong dramas, it is already time to go downhill." In recent years, Xiangjiang films have been affected by piracy, the impact of Hollywood movies, and the local films are not competitive, and it is really sunset. Although our DreamWorks has shot several classic films, it was not suitable for other film companies in Hong Kong at that time, and everyone wanted to learn from it. ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, Pan Cheng was right, when he decided to copy the Hollywood blockbusters in his previous life, he wanted to keep the signboard of 'DreamWorks'; although these movies were very successful, they didn't seem to have any effect on Xiangjiang movies, because no one dared to spend money like this.

"By the way, this movie can invite Liu Weiqiang to create it together, the director also looks for him, and the leading actors look for Tony Leung and Lau Dehua."

"Okay, I've got it!"

After Pan Cheng left, Lin Zuhui was thinking about whether he was ready to copy the Korean stick movie in his previous life?

Of course, Bangziguo's "Mingliang Naval Battle" and "Taiji Flag Flying" are naturally a joke, after all, the Korean ships fought a 'village battle' to make a national pride, as for "Taiji Flag Flying" Although it is about human nature, but in terms of the performance of Bangziguo in that battle, the flag can't float at all.

Lin Zuhui wants to plagiarize "Monster of the Han River", "Train to Busan", "Snowpiercer", "Parasite" and the like, but the timeline is still a little early, so don't rush it first.

And once "Infernal Affairs" is successful, it can extend a system and shoot some very good movies, such as "Lone Agent" and "Daisy" and other movies of the same genre.

Just thinking about the problem, Lin Zhilin came to his office again to renew the tea, and Lin Zuhui suddenly came back to his senses.

"If I'm dating another woman, will you feel bad with you?" Lin Zuhui asked suddenly.

This is a very important question, after all, the personal assistant will know a lot of things about him, and he may know more than his main room and concubine's room. Of course, Lin Zuhui will try his best to avoid Lin Zhilin from seeing his main room and concubine's room, at least for now.

Lin Zhilin still said in a businesslike manner: "No, I'm the boss's assistant!" ”

Lin Zuhui looked at this woman seriously, revealing a playful demeanor.

Lin Zhilin quickly lost the battle, made a cute grimace, and then said coquettishly: "I really won't, I will cherish this personal assistant position, you don't have to worry about me. Really, it's better than being sent to Canada! ”

Lin Zuhui's face turned 'black' and said: "I was assigned by me, obviously he resigned to me and wanted to study!" ”

When Lin Zhilin saw Lin Zuhui's expression, she immediately walked to his side, rubbed her temples for Lin Zuhui with a pair of slender and white hands, and then said in a begging tone for mercy: "I'm sorry, it's my fault!" ”

Lin Zuhui's bones were almost crispy, and he stretched out his hand to Lin Chilin's thigh again and pinched it.

"Ahh

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Okay, you have passed the probation period and officially become my personal assistant, remember to ask Ah Fang more about work." ”

Lin Zuhui has a lot of secretaries and assistants, such as Li Ke is his secretary and his general manager, but he will not follow him abroad, because Li Ke wants to use Xiangjiang as a contact point, his Lin Zuhui's itinerary, global contact information, etc., in case there are any emergencies in Xiangjiang that Lin Zuhui needs to return to Hong Kong to deal with.

Later, Lin Zuhui had a number of assistants, and every time he went abroad, he brought two.

To be honest, Lin Chilin, the personal assistant, is to take care of Lin Zuhui's life, and she does not need to be contacted at work.

"Really?" Lin Zhilin said happily.

Lin Zuhui smiled and motioned her to climb closer, this woman thought that Lin Zuhui was going to whisper to her, and there was no doubt about him.

As everyone knows, when the woman did so, Lin Zuhui's eyes immediately projected on the front of her white shirt, and then through the thin slit, the lace BAR inside loomed, and a hook was revealed.

Good figure!

"Boss, is it good-looking?" Lin Zhilin found that Lin Zuhui's eyes were wrong, and immediately said coquettishly.

Lin Zuhui immediately said: "Sample, cross the line!" ”

In other words, you are my assistant, how can you tempt me with words!

Lin Zhilin's face was slightly red, and she suddenly knew that she was 'out of shape', and the two had an agreement that if she wanted to become Lin Zuhui's assistant, she could only cross the line by Lin Zuhui, and she could not cross the line. Although the conditions were harsh, she thought that she could often follow this man's side, so she agreed unconditionally.

This man has a mysterious magic that makes women unstoppable!

"No, I'm asking the boss, 'Do I look good?' If it doesn't look good, it means that this uniform is not suitable for me, and I have to remake it. After all, there is no female assistant around the boss, so there is something wrong with our assistant team! Lin Zhilin quickly said 'wise and self-preservation'.

Although she knew that this man was 'flirting' with herself, she still had to maintain the demeanor of an assistant.

Lin Zuhui looked at the 'Sister Chiling' who was close at hand, and then printed it and sucked it up. Then, he pulled her into his arms and gave her a light look.

During the whole process, Lin Zhilin showed a 'Ren Jun picking' appearance, which is the man who doesn't love.

In his previous life, because he changed his surname to 'Kurosawa', I don't know how many mainland fans hated because of love, but his essence was still to be really beautiful, really sexy, and really a goddess.

Lin Zuhui finally stopped in time, Lin Zhilin saw Lin Zuhui stop his hand, and hurriedly got up and stood aside to sort out his clothes, his cheeks were red, and he was charming in a flash.

To be honest, being able to kiss Lin Zhilin Fangze made Lin Zuhui have no interest in 'Boduo' at all. After all, Boduo is just 'Dark Zhiling', his appearance is only fifty or sixty percent, and his figure is also good for Lin Zhilin, not to mention cultural literacy, words and deeds, etc., Lin Zhilin is the best.

Lin Zuhui's second-generation girlfriends also appeared one after another, Lin Zhilin, Fan Binbin, and Lin Xinru

In early March, Lin Zuhui's private plane arrived in Bangzi Country, and this time he came to South Korea, but he was full of goodwill.

His first stop was to visit Hyundai Group, where Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hyundai Group Chung Mong-hun received Lin Zuhui and his entourage.

The reason why it is said to be the first station is that Lin Zuhui remembers that South Korea only lifted all restrictions on foreign investment around the middle of this year, and the stock market bottomed out at that time; Therefore, it will take a little time to copy the bottom stick country.

"Mr. Lim, welcome to Hyundai Group!" Zheng Mengxian stretched out his hand and bowed his waist, looking very 'Japanese'.

He spoke English, and there were translators on board, who obviously attached great importance to Lin Zuhui's visit. After all, Lin Zuhui's influence is no less than that of a modern group.

Lin Zuhui responded politely: "I am honored to come to South Korea's largest consortium for inspection, and Chairman Jung Mengxian is so polite!" ”

Fluent in Korean, which can be regarded as polite.

Zheng Mengxian said in Korean in surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be so fluent in Korean, it's really an honor for us in the Great Cold Netherworld!" ”

TUI！ Lao Tzu was originally used to pick up girls, what does it matter to you in the cold underworld!

To be polite, the two sides still switched to English, after all, Lin Zuhui's subordinates could not understand Korean.

After some introductions, Zheng Mengxian took everyone to inspect the headquarters of Hyundai Group.

This time he came to Hyundai Group, Lin Zuhui brought Yuan Tianfan, and Morris, president of 'Times Shipping', and several senior executives.

Finally, everyone came to the conference room and started the topic.

Lin Zuhui first praised: "It is said that the Korean shipbuilding industry has a lot of orders this year, and our 'Times Shipping' also needs a large number of ships to expand its business." ”

Why did South Korea's shipbuilding industry increase under the financial crisis?

It turned out that the depreciation of the Korean won, coupled with the Asian financial crisis, caused the price of shipbuilding in South Korea to drop significantly, and European and American shipowners saw this, so they naturally wanted to take advantage of the low shipbuilding. After all, at this time, South Korea's shipbuilding industry was already catching up with Japan.

At the same time, South Korea's shipping companies are heavily indebted, coupled with shrinking business, so they urgently need to inject funds to save the company; For this reason, a large number of Korean shipyards and shipping companies have sold 'second-hand ships' at very low prices.

For these reasons, Times Shipping does not need to wait until the trough in 1999 to buy the bottom, after all, it takes about two years to build a new ship.

As for Times Shipping, it is also ready to buy second-hand ships in South Korea, which is also the reason for this, to take advantage of the depreciation of the Korean currency and the financial crisis to win some bargains.

As for why not go to the mainland to order shipbuilding?

Times shipping also has this plan, but there must only be fewer orders, to put it simply, South Korea's annual production of ships is 10 million tons, at this time the mainland is only about 2.5 million tons, only 25% of others; The side shows that some high-tech ships are still not good for inland shipyards.

If the technology is sufficient and the price is reasonable, Times Shipping will indeed consider mainland shipyards.

Times shipping in recent years needs about 10 million tons of ships (both new and old ships are needed), the number is very huge, according to the current price of about 10,000 tons of new ships of about 9 million US dollars (the old ships are cheaper), all new ships are about 9 billion US dollars, which can be called a huge investment. Of course, there may be more than this tonnage, but it is certain that the proportion of old ships is also very large, and it is unlikely that new ships will exceed half.

The reason why Lin Zuhui dares to invest so hugely is that in addition to the company's very huge cash flow, the business is also intended to be done with acquisitions, for example, Times Shipping has been eyeing the largest old shipping company in South Africa, and another one, Times Shipping will also expand the 'chartering business', and the mainland is a big customer for chartering.

Overall, after 2001, as long as you have a ship, business is fine. In fact, shipping has recovered a lot in 2000, and if it weren't for 911, this round of shipping cycle started earlier.

Zheng Mengxian immediately said proudly: "Mr. Lin is right, our Korean shipbuilding technology is comparable to Europe and the United States, and the cost of our shipbuilding orders this year has dropped greatly, so the business of Korean shipyards is very busy." ”

He did not mention small Japan, apparently believing that South Korean shipbuilding had already surpassed rival Japan.

Lin Zuhui pretended to be surprised and said: "Will we line up for too long when we order a shipbuilding?" After all, our Times Shipping intends to order ships of several million tons! ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of executives of Hyundai Group opened their eyes wide and looked at Lin Zuhui incredulously. After all, the annual shipbuilding tonnage of Hyundai Group is only about 2 million tons.

Zheng Mengxian said even more excitedly: "Mr. Lin, you came at the right time, and the order delivery will not exceed 2001!" The millions of tons you are talking about are "He is afraid of offending people, so he does not dare to question it, but he is a little unconvinced."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Not less than 2 million tons, in fact, our group needs to buy 10 million tons of various ships within three years." ”

Zheng Mengxian could only bite his tongue to sober himself up, and said, "Mr. Lin, rest assured, our Hyundai Group will take your valued customers seriously." ”

Lin Zuhui nodded with a smile, and then asked Morris, a professional person, to talk about the type of ships, tonnage, delivery time, etc. required by Times Shipping.

The type, tonnage, and delivery time were carefully discussed by Lin Zuhui and the senior management of Times Shipping, with Lin Zuhui's general outlook, and then according to the needs of the surrounding market.

This meeting was very long, but the two sides were discussing at the top of the level, of course, today is only a preliminary cooperation agreement, and more professional people will have to bargain next.

However, it is certain that Times Shipping will order about 200~3 million tons of ships in South Korea in the first half of 1998, and the price is about 20~3 billion US dollars.

During this period, Lin Zuhui said to Zheng Mengxian: "Chairman Zheng Mengxian, we Times Shipping want to invest in the second phase of Gwangyang Port in South Korea, and we want to invite Hyundai Merchant Marine to cooperate together, and I also hope that you can communicate with the Korean Port Authority." ”

It's not enough to have sea freight, you also have to invest in ports.

This year, Times Shipping has taken the port of Thames in the United Kingdom and is also considering acquiring the Dutch company ECT (which holds the Port of Rotterdam); Then there are ports in North America, South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.

Of course, many ports are cooperating with local consortia, South Korea is a relatively xenophobic country (national pride), and Xiangjiang is also an xenophobic region (local chaebol monopoly).

Therefore, taking advantage of the opportunity to order shipbuilding, it is time to negotiate a cooperation agreement for a Korean port.

Zheng Mengxian agreed without hesitation and said: "Of course, there is no problem, we in South Korea welcome foreign investment." For a world group like New Era Group, we are particularly welcome. The first phase of the port of Gwangyang will be completed this year, and the second phase is not yet known to be carried out by the government, but Mr. Lim, please rest assured that we can reach a cooperation agreement as soon as possible and then propose to the port authority to develop the project, and there will not be much hindrance. ”

Ports aren't worth much, except in the top 10 ports in the world, the Port of Gwangyang is the second largest port after the Port of Busan in South Korea, but it's also the best port to enter.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Then it's a word!" ”

"It's a deal!"

When he came to South Korea this time, Lin Zuhui wanted to be full of goodwill, because after May, he would light up the butcher's knife and buy it in South Korea.

Of course, this is also what the South Korean government would like to see, after all, the country needs foreign investment.

In fact, in May, Lim Zuhui mainly wanted to buy some promising stocks such as Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, and Amorepacific; There is no possibility of hostile takeovers, and even if there is an acquisition of a company, it must be a bona fide takeover that takes advantage of the danger of others.

(End of chapter)