Monday, November 9.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui came to the headquarters of New Era Group - Central Plaza in Wan Chai.

The 78-storey Central Plaza was originally Asia's tallest skyscraper, but was overtaken by Pengcheng Diwang Tower in 1996 and became Asia's tallest building in 1997. Therefore, the current Wan Chai Central Plaza is the third skyscraper in Asia and the second in Hong Kong.

Mr. Lam walked into the building and took an elevator that requires a special code to start, and it took only about a minute to reach the 78th floor of Central Plaza, where Mr. Lam's office was located.

Coming to the 78th floor, after stepping out of the elevator, there were two metal-framed glass doors, and the two security guards had been waiting for a long time, opening the heavy door for Lin Zuhui and others.

The view from the gate is enough to surprise people, rockeries, small bridges, flowing water, trees, this is an artificial urban jungle.

When you walk on the stone slab road, your first reaction is that these stones, trees, and streams are not worth much in themselves, but what is valuable is the area of the property,' and because of this, these stones, trees, and streams have become almost a city again.

Walk through the stone path, soon to the front desk on the 78th floor, the golden words 'New Era Group' give people a sense of 'priceless'; as for the two beautiful front desks who stand up, it is no longer so important, even if they are graduated from world-famous universities, even if they are good-looking, even if they are 'young fresh graduates with good facial features required by the 13th Bureau of American Railroads', they are already so insignificant.

"Good morning, boss!"

No matter what they were expecting, the response to them was always a slight nod, which was just Lin Zuhui's subconscious response when he heard the voice.

Pushing open his office, Lin Zuhui showed a smile.

Simplicity and cleanliness are the first impression, luxury and dignity are the second impression, and finally a feeling of 'power peak' emerges, which is the real impression.

Two leather sofas are facing each other, and in the middle is a glass coffee table, which is the reception area;

Next to the reception area is a conference table, with four positions on each side and one position on the top and bottom, which is the meeting area;

The faint yellow lights and the sunlight transmitted outside the floor-to-ceiling windows are intertwined; The solid walls are clad in mahogany, making the entire office feel like a blend of modern and classic. The calligraphy and painting hanging on the physical wall is Zhang Daqian's masterpiece, and it is also a super-large masterpiece.

On the other side of the reception and meeting area is Lin Zuhui's office area.

Wide desks with very neat tops; On both sides of the office, there are two computers not far from the inside side, and the outside side has an invincible sea view, plus a desk with three telephones. There are six telephones in the entire office, and three are on the window table in the meeting area; But in fact, very few people can call in, and the people who know the phone almost never come in directly.

At 8:35, Chen Bin, president of the group, and Chen Xiaofen, director of the group, walked in together.

"Boss"

"Well, sit down!"

The two sat on the sofa, Lin Zuhui got up and moved his muscles, in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the office, and looked into the distance by the way.

Chen Bin reported on the situation of Xiangjiang Real Estate, and summed it up that there was no improvement, at least the price did not rebound.

On the contrary, the Hong Kong stock market has rebounded a lot, and the Hang Seng Index is now above 11,000 points.

Lin Zuhui moved his body slightly, while thinking about the situation of Heung Kong Real Estate.

Although the proportion of Xiangjiang's revenue has decreased a lot, the cake of Xiangjiang Real Estate will not be lost.

Lin Zuhui thought about it, and suddenly found that he had some improper strategies, and Heung Kong Real Estate may have maintained an overall downward trend in 1998~2003; There may be a slight rise during this period, but it will soon be attacked by 911 and SAS.

In other words, at the peak, the 8,000 Hong Kong dollars per square foot of the house has been in the range of 3,000~4,500 in recent years. Therefore, if the real estate can be sold, it still has to be sold.

Even if it is three or four thousand Hong Kong dollars per square foot, the profit of New Era Group is actually quite good, because many land reserves were bought in the early years, and the house price at that time was only 2,000 Hong Kong dollars!

"What is the situation of sales outside now, or is it very chaotic in terms of price reduction competition?" Lin Zuhui asked.

Chen Xiaofen immediately replied: "That's not the case! Now the major real estate developers have formed a tacit understanding to try to avoid 'collisions', and take turns to sell each other in an orderly manner.

Lin Zuhui turned his head and said, "Hmm! Look at this, don't think about the real estate climax like before in a few years, you can reformulate the real estate development strategy. Start the real estate, promote the real estate, give priority to the development of the real estate with low land cost, and form a sales similar to Sun Hung Kai and Cheung Kong. ”

Chen Bin immediately nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

In the past year or so, although the New Era Group has started less real estate construction, it has also had a lot of practical workers; On the building of the IFC alone, there are about 2,000 workers working every day.

"Will the Hong Kong government's land auction be restarted in March next year?"

"Yes, boss!"

"Well, no matter what the market is, we should also reserve more reserve land!"

"Okay, I've got it!"

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

During the period, Lin Zuhui asked: "New Era Group's recent stock rally is very strong, what are the other reasons?" ”

From the lowest of less than 400 billion, it has now risen to 580 billion, which is much more powerful than those small and medium-sized stocks, so Lin Zuhui asked.

Of course, he is not afraid of being taken over by hostile takeovers, after all, this matter is more difficult than going to Mars; Not only does he hold 49% of the shares, but who can buy this market value, which is almost 600 billion giants.

Liang Zhenxun immediately replied: "Recently, due to the influence of U.S. technology and Internet stocks, coupled with the influence of 'science and technology Hong Kong', Xiangjiang technology stocks are highly sought after. Because of the 'Cyberport' project, New Era Group is also a hot topic in technology. Boss, the market value of Wanhui Media, which you own, is afraid that it will exceed 100 billion. ”

Lin Zuhui was stunned, isn't 'Cyberport' a real estate project, how can it still catch up with the theme of science and technology, this stock speculator is really dizzy.

Of course, it makes sense to insist on being a science and technology theme. This is because Cyberport is the cradle of Hong Kong technology, and Cyberport itself is full of technological elements.

"yes, I see!"

After Liang Zhenxun left, Lin Zuhui suddenly thought that in his previous life, Li Zekai's 'unsuccessful' Cyberport project made Yingke's market value as high as 60 billion, and then acquired 52% of the equity of Telecom, which instantly made Yingke's market value as high as 500 billion. You must know that the market value of Xiangjiang Telecom was only about 280 billion in the previous life in 2000.

At the end of the day, it's all about the good packaging.

At this time, due to the boom of technology and Internet in the United States, the Stock Exchange has made it clear that as long as Netflix's 'Sina.com' is willing to go public, everything can be given a 'green light', and there is no need for a three-year operating financial report, no need for a two-year establishment of rigid requirements, and so on.

In short, as long as Sina.com can be listed in Xiangjiang, it can be completed in one month.

As for whether anyone subscribes to the stock, there is no need to worry, it is normal for the subscription to be hundreds of times oversubscribed.

For these reasons, Lin Zuhui plans to list 'Sina.com' in Xiangjiang at the end of this year or early next year, and ICQ will be listed in the United States, which is expected to be in the first half of next year.

........

Australia.

In an office building, Cai Ning's Huiteng Group, LEIT Group, and the acquisition advisory teams of the two companies are discussing in the conference room.

At this time, Cai Ning changed his gentleness in front of Lin Zuhui and became very capable and tenacious.

I saw her say: "The acquisition of Ruoshi Manor can not be delayed any longer, and the offer is raised to 1 billion Australian dollars, I don't believe Robert Audley will not be moved!" ”

It turned out that Robert Audley, the owner of Ruoshi Manor, was already relatively strong, as well as the brand influence of Ruoshi Manor itself; So at the beginning of the offer of $600 million, there was not much progress. The next step was not very smooth, because the Southern Wine Company heard that a consortium was buying Ruoshi Manor, and immediately joined in.

Fortunately, the Southern Wine Company also does not offer a high price.

In this way, the three parties have been entangled for half a year, and the highest is still the Phaeton Group, with a price of 800 million Australian dollars.

Even so, Robert Audley still didn't have any desire to relent.

Richards, the acquisition consultant, said seriously: "The professional opinions given by lawyers, finance, etc. are less than 800 million Australian dollars. At this time, the southern wine acquisition posture has fallen into weakness, and there is great hope for it to be less than 1 billion Australian dollars. ”

Cai Ning shook his head and insisted: "Quickly cut through the mess, it seems that the shareholders of Southern Wine are in a quarrel, but they still have other advantages. Moreover, we need to bring Ruoshi Manor under our umbrella as soon as possible to integrate resources. ”

Chen Shiwen nodded and said, "That's true, sooner rather than later, it's time to launch a decisive battle!" "After all, it was the boss who was planning behind it, and of course he had to support it firmly.

Richards immediately said: "No problem, I will quickly organize and take down Ruoshi Manor as soon as possible!" ”

After the meeting dispersed, Chen Shiwen and Cai Ning greeted each other and immediately entered the negotiation of another acquisition of Eucalyptus. Jeanswest's brand rights in Australia and New Zealand are still in the hands of Australian companies, so Leit Group intends to acquire them back.

At this time, Cai Ning also made up her mind to buy Ruoshi Manor within 1 month, and as for the price, she can actually increase it by 200 million Australian dollars.

If Robert Audley still doesn't agree, it's a deliberate attempt to sit on the ground or sell unintentionally.

Then, Cai Ning has to come up with a new plan, that is, to buy the Southern Wine Company at a high price. At that time, Robert Audley may not be able to sit still.

In short, her man said that the acquisition of Ruoshi Manor would be completed this year; As for the money, there is no need to worry, everything is arranged by him.

.......

Ruoshi Manor.

Robert Audley was finally moved after hearing about Richards' new offer.

This is the psychology of the gap, at the price of 800 million Australian dollars, the two acquirers are at a stalemate; Suddenly, Fang Meng raised the price to 1 billion Australian dollars, and he was immediately moved.

"It should be a little higher!" Robert thought to himself.

The consortium acquired this time is a cooperative enterprise between a local consortium and the Heung Kong consortium, but in fact they are all Chinese; Therefore, Robert felt that the people of Xiangjiang were so rich, and he should sell them higher.

"Wait!"

Southern Wine Company.

Although the shareholders are hyped, everyone still wants to buy Ruoshi Manor.

Originally, Southern Wine gradually formed a wine consortium with 'Penfolds Wincier' as the core and more than a dozen other brands acquired through acquisitions.

The estate is only a single-brand individual winery, and the equity is almost entirely concentrated in Robert Audley's family.

Southern Wine Company naturally thought about acquiring Ruoshi Manor, after all, one is the first in Australia and the other is the second in Australia; After planning to acquire other Australian brands, it will not be easy to turn around and buy Ruoshi Manor.

Unexpectedly, someone is now the first to initiate the acquisition, and the head of the consortium of this acquisition is actually a female Chinese immigrant, which is really a big surprise to everyone.

"A billion dollar offer, are they crazy?"

"That's it, Ruoshi Manor is not even worth 800 million Australian dollars!"

Some shareholders complained.

"But if we don't continue to make an offer, Robert may decide to make a deal, and then the idea of what we've been buying will be frustrated!"

"The company's books are a little tight, and Australian wines are not as competitive as European wines, so we also need to consider the price of acquisition!"

It's another confrontation.

"I think let's wait and see what happens, and keep waiting, Robert won't be so easy to agree!"

"Yes, the company should make financial arrangements first and discuss how much the highest price is acceptable!"

At the end of the meeting, it became inconclusive, and the opinions were not unanimous and broke up unhappily.

........

The acquisition of Ross Estate was again at an impasse, with Robert Audley still not agreeing and Southern Wine Group not bidding.

Cai Ning returned to Xiangjiang and met with his man in person to seek a final decision.

75 Deep Water Bay.

Cai Ning returned to Xiangjiang and did not live in his own Repulse Bay No. 4, because it was being rebuilt. Of course, Cai Ning still has a mansion in the middle of the mountain, which can also be lived.

However, when she returned to Xiangjiang, she first talked to Wang Lingyin on the phone, and was naturally called by Wang Lingyin to live at home.

When Lin Zuhui returned to the villa after work, he saw two girls coming out with children to greet them, Cai Ning was holding Wang Lingyin's youngest son, and Wang Lingyin was pulling his second son.

The family went back to the restaurant for dinner!

During the banquet, Lin Zuhui asked: "Is returning to Hong Kong a matter of Ruoshi Manor?" ”

Cai Ning nodded, and then reported the situation.

Lin Zuhui said as a matter of course: "I told you that the red wine estate is a symbol of our family, and making money is secondary. Of course, I know you're nervous that it's your business, so you care about the cost of acquisition. But the problem now is that the more it drags on, the more disadvantageous it becomes, so you are right in your current thinking, and you need to solve it quickly. After you return to Australia, you will first send someone to the south to propose the purchase of wine, and then let out the news; Ruoshi Manor must be a little nervous and will take the initiative to negotiate with you. At that time, 1.2 billion Australian dollars (more than 7 billion Hong Kong dollars) is not impossible, but it will have to be done in a month, otherwise it will be withdrawn and the purchase of southern wines will be wholeheartedly. ”

Cai Ning hurriedly agreed, and was immediately full of confidence.

"Okay, I know how to do it!"

"Well, funding is not a problem, I will arrange it. The two companies add up to more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, and you will pay part of the loan, and I will participate in part of the shares. In short, it will be arranged for you, and the shares in my hands will be slowly transferred to you! ”

"Thank you, Ah Hui, thank you, eldest sister!"

Wang Lingyin said with a smile: "Thank me for what you deserve!" ”

It sounds like 20 billion is a lot, but Wang Lingyin probably knows Lin Zuhui's current wealth, so naturally he won't have much reaction.

........

The Phaeton Group launched an acquisition of Southern Wine Company for 1.8 billion Australian dollars, which was immediately reported by the Australian media.

Soon everyone found out how this company had never heard of it, but it actually took 1.8 billion Australian dollars to acquire Australia's largest wine company; And even if the reporter inquired, the specific situation of the Phaeton Group is not very clear, only that the boss is a Xiangjiang immigrant.

In fact, although Cai Ning has always been in the business of real estate and wine in Australia, he is very low-key, never giving interviews to reporters, and rarely exposing himself to the media.

Cai Ning's trick really worked, and Robert Audley invited the Phaeton Group to negotiate again.

This time, after three days of negotiations, the two parties finally reached an acquisition agreement.

Robert Audley sold the estate to a consortium led by the Phaeton Group for $1.08 billion.

"Miss Cai, you are really admirable! If as I expected, your acquisition of Southern Wine is just a pretense for the purpose of bringing me to the negotiating table as soon as possible! Robert Audley said with a smile after signing the contract.

Cai Ning shook his head and said, "It's not a pretense, we are very sincere in acquiring Ruoshi Manor and Southern Wine Manor. I believe that for sincerity, Mr. Robert should be visible! ”

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Robert Audley nodded and said with satisfaction: "Haha, happy cooperation, congratulations on owning Ruoshi Manor!" ”

Cai Ning nodded and said, "Thank you!" ”

She was also very happy, but she didn't expect the plan to work, and there was a difference of 1.2 Australian dollars from the reserve price, which is very good news.

Now that she has won Ruoshi Manor, the first thing is naturally the integration of resources; As for the reconstituted Ruoshi Manor brand, the new president has already started to look for a new president, and the locals will be given priority.

As for the acquisition of the Southern Wine Company, her man said that it would start in half a year, and the most important thing was to digest the results.

........

Southern Wine Company.

"Liars, buying us is a cover, putting pressure on Robert Audley is their idea!"

"This Phaeton Group is not simple, its main business is real estate and wine, it has been established for less than five years, and it already has such strength, it seems that their head is a powerful character!"

"That is, we should check the boss of this company carefully, and everyone will be competitors in the future!"

In fact, when the consortium led by Phaeton made an offer to Southern Wine, the shareholders still had some expectations. After all, $1.8 billion is already the actual asset of Southern Wines, and it is even slightly higher.

Judging from the company's rush to acquire the wine industry, there is no problem with a premium of two or three percent.

At that time, everyone may actually agree to the acquisition.

Southern Wine is a non-listed company with diversified equity, and the shareholders are naturally 'profit-oriented', if the investment in Southern Wine can immediately make a lot of profits, why don't you sell it?

........

Hong kong.

When Lin Zuhui heard that the acquisition went smoothly, he showed a smile.

He has a good industrial plan for the Australian Lins:

The first is wine, winning Ruoshi Estate and Southern Wine, which is the largest wine group in Australia; And these two companies, Ruoshi Manor is more difficult to acquire, because in fact, individual wineries, others can sell if they are happy, and they can sit on the ground and start the price; The second is the Southern Wine Company, which is a non-listed company with scattered shares, and the premium of 20% is very tempting.

Second, agriculture and land. 'Land is power' is an eternal truth, and Australia is a country with developed agriculture and animal husbandry, so the development of agriculture and animal husbandry must be very promising.

Third, luxury and high-end mineral water. Rainwater from the Australian island of Tasmania is collected to make high-end mineral water, and the price of a bottle is thousands of yuan. Such people can supply wealthy people as well as high-end restaurants.

Fourth, real estate and hotels. Australian real estate will be on the rise for more than 20 years, it will not skyrocket, but it can outperform inflation, which is a very good investment. In terms of hotels, it is natural to let Cai Ning buy mid-to-high-end hotels, Australia is a country with developed tourism after all, and there is no need to worry about the loss of hotels.

With these plans, the Australian Lin family does not need to participate in any stock investment, and can develop an Australian industrial empire.

Cai Ning is currently worth more than 8 billion, although it is not enough for rapid development, but Lin Zuhui's idea is that it is mainly with the help of loans, coupled with his support, there is no big problem.