In early October, Lin Zuhui, accompanied by the director of education, went to the southwest region under difficult conditions to inspect the situation. The 'difficult conditions' life along the way made Lin Zuhui, the richest man in the world, feel deeply.

Coming to a cold area of Miao Autonomous County, walking into a stone village among the rolling mountains, what appeared in front of him was a basin surrounded by mountains, and the houses in the town were like the 'cage houses' of the Xiangjiang River; if there was a building in this cottage that Lin Zuhui could accept, it was the central primary school (including junior high school) that he invested in building.

Over the years, he has donated at least 200 million RMB every year to the basic schools of primary and secondary schools in the southwest region, and has achieved great results.

After the inspection, Lin Zuhui waved his hand, and the 'Lin Zuhui Family Foundation' donated 300 million RMB again for the education field in the southwest region.

After that, Lin Zuhui stepped up the work of laying out the business field in the mainland.

Due to the impact of the financial crisis, the mainland's export trade has been greatly reduced, and the economic situation has also declined sharply. As a result, the mainland has introduced various 'housing reform' measures in the past year, intending to boost the economy through domestic sales.

New Era Group (Huaxia) is also preparing to acquire land on a large scale, and the development of real estate and commercial real estate go hand in hand; In particular, commercial real estate plans to build more 'Central Plazas' and put them into provincial capitals and cities with development prospects in China.

The scale of New Era Group's investment in the mainland is very large, because the parent company is about to cash out a large amount of funds from Europe and the United States, and needs investment channels. Of course, even if the mainland invests 20 billion RMB, there is no problem in raising 100 billion yuan in projects.

In addition to the investment in real estate, Times Shipping, a subsidiary of the New Era Group, also sent a super cake to the mainland shipbuilding industry, a ship order worth 1 billion US dollars.

In March this year, when Times Shipping spent $1.7 billion to build a ship, it caused a worldwide sensation; After half a year of investigation, Times Shipping determined that the technical and price factors were qualified, and the contract was officially signed.

This year, Times Shipping has invested 5 billion US dollars, which can be described as leapfrog development. The investment in ships alone is as high as $3 billion, and the M&A expenditure is nearly $2 billion.

.......

Monday, October 12.

In the office of New Era Group, Lin Zuhui is using a computer.

The online world of Xiangjiang is almost all Lin Zuhui's industry, the portal uses Netflix's Sinicized Yahoo (Hong Kong), Sina.com, ICQ for social software, and Straight Flush (produced by Netflix) for stock trading software..... Wait a minute.

At this time, he was thinking about monopolizing the online world of Xiangjiang, so he formulated a series of investments:

For example, Langham Hotel Group, a subsidiary of New Era Group, has introduced 'prie' online travel in the United States, introduced buyer-led e-commerce services in Asia, and provided online travel services through a "set by you" pricing system. When the time is ripe, Langham Hotel Group will become its major shareholder.

For example, it has entered the 'online investment service' and expanded its online investment business throughout Asia, including Hong Kong, Chinese mainland, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia; Consider a partnership between New Era Group and Bank of Bahrain, one is a large investment bank, the other has telecommunications services, a large customer base, etc.

In short, from now on, his companies will enter the Internet field one after another.

Monopolizing the offline life of Hong Kong people, but also monopolizing the online life of Hong Kong people, this is what the chaebol should do.

Soon, Lin Zuhui has already made a resolution and plans to start arranging it in the near future.

"Dongdong"

"Come in"

Liang Zhenxun walked into Lin Zuhui's office, chose to sit on the sofa, and Li Ke poured tea for him.

"The investment in European and American bank stocks can be gradually emptied within three months. The recent appreciation of the yen, the strength of the US dollar is almost over, and the boom season in the banking sector is almost over. Lin Zuhui said lightly.

It's very easy!

The USD/JPY has fallen below 118 points, and the Bank of Bahrain shorted USD/JPY, making a profit of more than $400 million, is slowly clearing its position.

Although Lin Zuhui knows a lot of general trends and has accurate financial analysis, he is never greedy. Because he knows that once he invests too much money, it is like a live target, and European and American capital predators can make him lose all his money.

But if the amount of money he invests is not large, it means that he can make up a large amount of positions, so even if he pulls out the network cable, he is in an invincible position. What's more, a small amount of money also means that the goal is small and difficult for people to find.

On the 7th of this month, the US dollar plummeted by about 7% against the yen in one day, and I don't know how many 'buying' investors will lose.

Liang Zhenxun nodded excitedly and said: "We hold 1.52% of Citibank stock, and this alone is expected to cash out $3 billion; There are also bank stocks in London, which are also expected to cash out about $2.5 billion. In this way, the company's cash flow is expected to be nearly 60 billion Hong Kong dollars by the end of the year! ”

Lin Zuhui said firmly: "There are more European and American stocks to cash out later, and a mere $5.5 billion is nothing." It just so happens that shipping, real estate, and hotels all require a lot of capital investment. ”

After these shares are closed, New Era Group also holds a 1.83% stake in Microsoft (which will be diluted when acquiring the company) worth about 36 billion yuan, worth 7 billion Hong Kong dollars worth of Vodafone shares, and 16 billion Hong Kong dollars worth of Sony shares.

Liang Zhenxun nodded, and also admired his boss's determination. In these years of securities investment, the boss has created hundreds of billions of funds for the group, and this investment method is one of the reasons for the rapid expansion of the new era group.

At this time, the market value of New Era Group has entered the 500 billion club, accounting for about 16% of the market value of the Xiangjiang stock market, and has already surpassed HSBC to become the first listed company in Xiangjiang.

........

The opening ceremony of the 'Silicon Valley' Cyberport in Hong Kong was held, bringing together political and business celebrities and academic celebrities from home and abroad.

Cyberport, the cradle of Hong Kong's technology industry jointly invested by the Hong Kong government and New Era Group, began to be planned in 1994, and is currently in use for office buildings and shopping malls, while the hotel part and residential part have not yet been completed.

In the previous life, after the completion of the Xiangjiang Cyberport, it coincided with the Internet bubble, and the overseas technology companies that had been negotiated changed their minds one after another, and only two technology companies settled in, which became a failed project.

In this life, it is obviously a very different situation, because many of Lin Zuhui's companies meet the requirements of 'Cyberport'. Therefore, Lin Zuhui moved them to Cyberport one after another, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. This not only lays the foundation of 'Cyberport', but also saves a lot of rent (price difference).

At the same time, Lin Zuhui's connections are all over the world, and he personally recruits overseas and mainland companies to settle in, so everyone will naturally give face.

Cyberport's 1.5 million square feet of office space can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and the rent is currently HK$15 per square foot per month. In other words, if it can be developed, it can solve 10,000 jobs for Xiangjiang, and it is also a science and technology industry.

This is because only enterprises and talents who meet the conditions of 'Cyberport' can live in Cyberport, after all, the rent here is very cheap. The conditions are not very high, let's say a game studio comes to apply and can get approval very quickly. At the same time, it may also receive investment from Matrix Capital (Hong Kong).

On the opening day of Cyberport, dignitaries, Hong Kong government and celebrities from home and abroad came to attend the ceremony.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Lin Zuhui personally came to the scene to entertain the guests.

Former US dignitaries, provincial officials from the mainland, heads of Hong Kong and the three secretaries, academic celebrities, university professors, the four major families of Hong Kong, the top ten wealthy families, and the top ten candidate chaebols attended the event.

Lin Zuhui is about to announce in a high-profile manner that he is a technology tycoon, and he wants to develop the technology industry in Hong Kong!

Over the years, he has donated money to major colleges and universities to cultivate talents, open technology companies, invest in science and technology industries at home and abroad, etc., which is enough for him to brag about now.

At the ceremony, Lin Zuhui was dressed in formal clothes, elegant and calm, and greeted every VIP.

"Mr. Bill Gates, thank you so much for coming!" Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

To be honest, he didn't have much hope, but he still sent an invitation to Bill Gates, and he didn't have hope because the two were still competing for the Four Seasons Hotel.

Bill Gates said seriously: "I think Mr. Lin is a formidable opponent, so I must come and see Hong Kong's 'Cyberport'." ”

He knows that Lin Zuhui is not only the boss of a venture capital company, but also a competitor. For example, he spent $400 million to buy a free Hotmail mailbox, and ICQ developed a free mailbox built into ICQ, and for a while people got used to ICQ mailbox because it was so convenient.

Today's ICQ valuation has exceeded $3 billion, and it is only a matter of a few years to become an Internet giant. At that time, the development of 'blogging technology' in advance and the release of ICQ space will have a brighter prospect.

"I think it's better to talk about cooperation, don't you?"

"Haha, of course!"

After a brief chat, Lin Zuhui entertained the president of the new agency, Dong Sheng and others.

Soon, Lin Zuhui walked onto the stage and came to the center to prepare to speak.

At this time, there were hundreds of guests sitting under him, including many elders in the scientific and technological circles and academic circles.

"Dear guests and friends, it is a great pleasure for you to come to Hong Kong Cyberport to participate in this opening ceremony....... Many people say that Xiangjiang is not suitable for the development of science and technology, and Xiangjiang is even more spread that 'hightech will be rubbed, lowtech will be fished', I don't see it that way, I think as long as we find our own positioning, Xiangjiang's science and technology must also be able to undertake important tasks in the world......"

"ICQ is developed by our local company, Netflix Software, which currently has 50 million users in 21 countries around the world, and although its headquarters has moved to the United States, it still provides more than 500 jobs for local providers in Hong Kong."

"The development trend of the game industry in Hong Kong is very good, "Resident Evil", "Pokémon" and "Age of Empires" are all world-class games, which have exceeded 5 million sales, and "Legend 1" is the world's first real graphic online game...... At present, there are more than 1,000 people engaged in game development in Hong Kong, and we have a global distribution channel, and I believe that the future will get better and better. ”

Lin Zuhui's well-founded speech on the podium surprised and shocked the audience, because they were more or less optimistic about Cyberport; As a result, Lin Zuhui used some reality to shatter their thoughts.

Netflix, Ninth City, Sitong Intelligence and other software and game companies owned by Lin Zuhui have more than 3,000 people settled in Cyberport; As well as other software and game companies in Xiangjiang, nearly 1,000 people have come here to start a business and develop.

Well-known hardware companies such as Xiaomi Technology, Kingston, and Huawei have also settled in Cyberport; In particular, Xiaomi Technology will set up a R&D center with thousands of people in Cyberport.

Although it is not fully leased (less than 50% at present, which is larger than the office area in the previous life), with the development of time, there is no problem with the full lease of Cyberport within five years.

Lin Zuhui's speech was inspiring, especially local scholars and government officials in Hong Kong, who frequently applauded.

........

In the afternoon, Lin Zuhui and Bill Gates met alone.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of the proposal if we work together to combine the Internet and television to develop online television in Asia in an all-round way?" Bill Gates said.

Lin Zuhui has experience in running satellite TV and TV stations, and Bill Gates is an Internet giant, so this cooperation is indeed tempting.

Unrealistic, though!

"You want to break into the mainland market, right?" Lin Zuhui said directly.

"Not bad!"

"Then this cooperation may not work! It's not that I don't want to cooperate with you, it's that I understand the mainland's policies better than you do, and it's unrealistic. ”

Bill Gates said unrelentingly: "I know that your TV station can broadcast in the mainland, and you have a high network in the mainland. ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "My TV station is restricted from broadcasting in the mainland (joining the cable system, the three coastal provinces plus special places such as national hotels), which is already a policy consideration. ”

Bill Gates didn't force it when he saw this, but he still had a personal choice in his heart, that is, Li Zeju who picked up the airport yesterday, because Li Zeju also ran a TV station.

Then, Bill Gates said: "Lin Sheng, the matter of the Four Seasons Hotel, let's cooperate, after all, no matter how good things are, there will be a price, what do you say?" ”

At this point, both parties have raised the price to a 40% premium.

Lin Zuhui decisively agreed, because he was already planning to withdraw, after all, a premium of 40% would require $2.15 billion, plus $250 million in debt, a full price of $2.4 billion.

It's too expensive, it's only the end of 1998!

"It's an honor that we can work together!"

"Haha, I think too!"

Both agreed, that is, to add a Waleed, and the three of them jointly financed the privatization of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Finally, Bill Gates asked: "Mr. Lin, I really don't plan to sell ICQ, we are willing to pay $3 billion plus stocks!" ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "ICQ is already planning to go public, and I think it is not complete yet, maybe in a few years, it will be worth 10 billion US dollars!" ”

Bill Gates's heart sank suddenly, he didn't doubt Lin Zuhui's words, because there was still a mainland market.

Of course, he didn't take into account that there are still many features of ICQ that have not yet come out!

In fact, Lin Zuhui also knows that ICQ will never develop into a penguin in the previous life, because Americans don't like to use software like WeChat.

Americans like to use mailboxes, and since childhood, they have cultivated to use mailboxes to hand in homework, contact, etc., and everyone needs to send a large number of mailboxes every day.

Moreover, the United States is highly competitive, unlike penguins that have a monopoly on the market.

At present, the reason why ICQ is valuable is that ICQ mailbox has a high penetration rate, coupled with various functions of ICQ - voice, video, file transfer, as well as entertainment, convenience and other advantages.

But the market has already been developed by two giants, Microsoft and AOL, to compete.

To tell the truth, Bill Gates offered $3 billion because he was a little 'afraid' of Lin Zuhui, especially Lin Zuhui's vicious vision and successively invested in a large number of successful American Internet companies.

"Okay, then I'll wait a few more years!" Bill Gates finally said with a smile.

Lin Zuhui smiled in return!

Wouldn't it be more valuable if ICQ set up a 'blog Twitter' subsidiary?

】

And if it's listed in the U.S., isn't there a need to rush to sell?

You need to take your time!