Since March, the Hong Kong stock market has started a singing mode with the birth of the Internet bubble in the United States. Capitalists all over the world are talking about the impact of the Internet, and capital is flocking to Internet companies.

In fact, in 1998, the Internet became the year of the big bang, and Yahoo and Amazon rose several times.

It's just that this year (1999), the Internet has become the world's capital carnival industry, spreading from the United States to every corner of the world.

Heung Kong Telecom also started the singing mode all the way from March, first of all, the impact of the 'Cyberport' injection, investors have believed that Heung Kong Telecom will enter the technology industry;

Then, at the beginning of April, Heung Kong Telecom announced three major business plans, among which the PCC business made Heung Kong Telecom's stock price soar, and it exceeded 300 billion yuan in mid-April.

In mid-April, Heung Kong Telecom's President Averon announced that it had reached a cooperation agreement with Intel, with Heung Kong Telecom investing 7% and Intel 30% investing, to promote interactive information services in Asia.

For a time, the stock price of Heung Kong Telecom rose again!

At this time, the Hang Seng Index has climbed to more than 14,000 in the Xiangjiang stock market, and the most popular ones are Internet and technology-themed stocks such as Sina.com (50 billion) and Xiangjiang Telecom (302 billion).

On the contrary, the New Era Group has begun to rise weakly in terms of market value of 700 billion.

United States.

Li Zekai hurriedly found a senior executive of Intel, Chaves, and asked: "Mr. Chaves, didn't you Intel agree to cooperate with us to promote interactive information services in Asia?" Now, how did you go back on your word and cooperate with Heung Kong Telecom? ”

Chavez spread his hands and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, when Xiangjiang Telecom came to talk about cooperation, Intel's senior management had already decided to cooperate with them. First of all, Heung Kong Telecom is a large telecommunications company in Asia with outstanding strength. Secondly, with Mr. Lin Zuhui, an Asian technology tycoon second only to Bill Gates, as the boss of Heung Kong Telecom, such appeal is our hope for success. So, I'm sorry, Mr. Li Zekai, it's not that we broke the contract, but we have a better choice, your strength is too weak! ”

Li Zekai felt as if he had been humiliated, and suddenly got up and left Intel.

Shame!

When Li Zekai walked out of Intel, he felt that his face was hot.

"Why? Why does he have to intervene in everything, Xiangjiang is the Xiangjiang of the Lin family? Li Zekai roared in a low voice.

PCC business is a business that he has been planning for many years, and now he finally found an Airbus listed company, and he injected his property assets into it to complete the backdoor listing; Then he was ready to make a big move, but he didn't expect Hong Kong Telecom to plagiarize his ideas.

For example, the establishment of an 'Internet investment fund' has also been done by Heung Kong Telecom;

For example, to develop PCC business, Heung Kong Telecom not only did it, but also pried its own corner and reached a cooperation with Intel.

He felt that Lin Zuhui was full of malice towards himself!

Is it because it was sold to him at a high price back then, isn't this fulfilling him?

At this time, Li Zekai was already a little down, and he didn't know how to face the next thing.

Because of the strength of Heung Kong Telecom, and robbed him of his creativity, so will investors buy these stories when Yingdong tells these stories next?

Moreover, with Lin Zuhui's status increasing day by day, the signboard of 'Li Superman' has become more and more useless!

Back to Hong Kong.

Li Zekai, Li Zeju, and Li Chaoren, father and son, got together and shifted the topic to Lin Zuhui.

Li Chaoren also felt that as Lin Zuhui became more and more domineering, the development of the Li family was greatly restricted.

Lin Zuhui not only wants to rule the Internet, technology industry, and media communication industry in Hong Kong, but now he is putting strong pressure on Hutchison Whampoa on the port; Times Shipping has invested heavily to set up a huge business, involving shipping, logistics, ports and other aspects, among which the port is a new situation of competition with Hutchison Whampoa.

The governments of many countries now only recognize Lin Zuhui as a signboard, after all, Lin Zuhui is the leader and appeal of the Chinese, so others are more willing to reach a cooperation agreement with Times Shipping to jointly develop ports.

At present, the Li family only has certain advantages in retail and infrastructure:

In terms of retail, A.S. Watson is developing very smoothly and is very competitive in expanding around the world.

In terms of infrastructure, Cheung Kong Infrastructure (HKCT) has a long history of overseas investment in infrastructure industries (electricity, transportation, etc.), so it is also very competitive.

In other industries, the Lin Zuhui family has completely surpassed the Li Chaoren family.

"We do want to enter the Internet industry, although Lin Zuhui is powerful, it is impossible to really monopolize it!" Li Chaoren said decisively.

Li Zekai immediately said happily: "What my father said is that the Internet is the most promising industry in the future, and we can't miss it!" ”

Li Chaoren said with a pity: "It's a pity that portals like Sina.com were preempted by Lin Zuhui, and we can't do much, Internet finance is good, Internet trade is also good, in short, Cheung Kong and Hutchison Whampoa can jointly invest." Is Zekai interested in coming back? ”

Li Zekai immediately shook his head and said: "I won't admit defeat easily, I came to my father and eldest brother, I just hope you don't miss the investment plan of the Internet." ”

Li Chaoren could only say: "Okay! But I also want to warn you that you must not engage in a battle of will. There are so many investment projects in the world, and if you can't do it, others have to admit that it may be easier to succeed if you change the project. ”

Li Zekai nodded in agreement on the surface, but in fact he didn't listen too much.

........

Saturday, April 17.

In the morning, Lin Zuhui, as usual, came to the headquarters office of ATV Group.

Although the cultural industry is a gift from Lin Zuhui to Xiangjiang, he himself spends his energy on it for half a day ~ one day a week, after all, he prefers more and more of his wealth. Of course, with the accumulated efforts of Lin Zuhui, the cultural industry of Xiangjiang has embarked on a broad road.

Zhao Zhenqiang was still the first to come to Lin Zuhui's office to report the situation, in fact, Lin Zuhui only needed him to communicate with him; As for the director and president Zhou Liang Shuyi, the executive director and financial manager Li Baoan, etc., Lin Zuhui needs them to come, and they will come to report their work, which is to reduce the burden on Lin Zuhui for himself.

Although there has been little change in the top management of ATV Group over the years, many middle management has been promoted; As for the changes at the top, after all, Lin Zuhui has only taken over for more than ten years, so there is no need to rush to replace him with a younger one. Maybe in a few more years, it will be directly from the inside to promote the top.

"Boss, there has been a frenzy of ratings for "Meteor Garden" on Taiwan Island, which is higher than the ratings of "Huanzhu Gege...... F4 has become a topic that everyone talks about on Taiwan Island, and people who follow the trend abound...... "Zhao Zhenqiang knows what the boss is concerned about, so he briefly cuts into the key report work."

When Lin Zuhui heard this, he said with satisfaction: "Although a series cannot be said to bring ATV to a new height, it can really prove that Hong Kong culture has become a trend in Asia. Follow-up attention to the development of the surrounding business activities of "Meteor Garden", and it is only right to make more money for the company, after all, the 9,000 people of ATV Group have to eat. ”

Now, Lin Zuhui's mantra for these high-level executives is always inseparable from topics such as how many people in the company want to eat, so as to stimulate everyone's enthusiasm and sense of responsibility.

In fact, Lin Zuhui also has this mentality now, hundreds of thousands of people follow him to eat, and if he does not run the company well, it will cause serious consequences.

Zhao Zhenqiang was shocked and assured: "Boss, rest assured, we have formed a complete entertainment system, and we will be able to efficiently complete the work and the surrounding value embodiment." ”

"Well, I'm just reminding you all the time not to live on your laurels. ATV Group is the time for the second change, and everything must be ahead of this era. ”

"Yes, boss."

Standing at the height of Lin Zuhui and the experience of his previous life, he himself knows the bottleneck problem of the enterprise, and if it wants to prosper for a long time, it must change.

For example, ATV Group will intervene in the field of Internet video around 2004 and develop a technology-leading video website; Follow the path of Netflix in the previous life, leading the Internet video websites and apps of this era.

ATV Group has content, and except for the development of the mainland, other Asian countries allow foreign Internet access to their own countries; Therefore, with the influence of Hong Kong Stream, video websites and apps will be launched into other countries.

Then, Zhao Zhenqiang reported to Lin Zuhui on the cleanup of the "X-Man" program, which made Lin Zuhui very satisfied.

The success of "X-Man" means that the era of Hong Kong variety shows is coming, and many countries in Asia will buy the copyright of Hong Kong variety shows in the future; The influence is not only these, but also the influence of Hong Kong stream stars overseas, and these stars can earn more foreign exchange.

Hong Kong celebrities can go overseas in large numbers, which will naturally drive Hong Kong's employment, tourism, consumption and other aspects, which is the benefit of the cultural industry.

It is unlikely that Xiangjiang will become an important city in the fields of industry and manufacturing, so the development of cultural industries is a very good plan.

Zhao Zhenqiang's report ended and left, Lin Zuhui did not make a new plan, his plan can only be a supplement and model, ATV Group has today, the strength of the entire company is very important. And because ATV Group has a lot of satellite TV channels, it is not worried about many self-made programs and no platform to broadcast.

After a while, the president of DreamWorks, Poon Cheng, who had rushed to Tseung Kwan O from Kowloon Broadcasting Road, came to his office.

For DreamWorks, Lin Zuhui pointed out twice when he thought of it, and forgot everything when he didn't think of it. Fortunately, now that DreamWorks has reinstated the rules for filming movies, Pan Cheng can decide for himself how many films to shoot each year, provided that he does not lose too much money.

After a long time, Xiangjiang films relied more on the mainland market, and many directors and actors even went north; With the support of the mainland market, the decline of Hong Kong Films has little to do with the market, but with innovation and quality. DreamWorks invested in several large-scale productions of about 100 million Hong Kong dollars, all of which recovered their costs and made a slight profit.

Pan Cheng made a detailed report on the work of DreamWorks, and at this time, DreamWorks began to make efforts in theaters and distribution, almost monopolizing 50% of the cinemas in Xiangjiang, and also participated in the investment of cinemas in the mainland and Southeast Asia. And in terms of distribution, a lot of energy has been put into it.

Therefore, DreamWorks has now become a powerful film company that integrates production, distribution, and theaters. And it's growing fast, because the ATV group is rich.

"This year's "Infernal Affairs" defeated Cheng Long and Zhou Xingchi's films, with a box office of 46 million, and the annual champion is firmly in place; Importantly, "Infernal Affairs" breaks the model of previous police films and opens up a new chapter. ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's been a long time since I've made such a lucrative movie!" ”

Indeed, things like "Resident Evil", "The Matrix", and "Fast and Furious" are all big investments, and although the box office is good, the road to return is very long; However, "The Matrix" was released in North America, so it made a lot of $20 million and could shoot two blockbusters.

Pan Cheng said: "Indeed, those big productions are to make money, and this time "Infernal Affairs" made 100 million Hong Kong dollars for the company! ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "You have to earn it if you shout!" Now it's 'cultural rejuvenation of Hong Kong', we can't be biased! ”

Pan Zhengcheng Ma Zhengse said: "Okay! ”

Then, Pan Cheng said: "We have communicated with Pixar Animation in the United States, and we will invest in the filming of "Kung Fu Panda", with an estimated investment cost of 100 million US dollars. ”

After speaking, Pan Cheng's face hurt a little, and the boss was becoming more and more ambitious. In the past, when they invested 10 million US dollars, the people of Xiangjiang thought that the boss had money and had no place to spend it, but now they have invested more than 100 million US dollars in cartoons, which is simply heartbroken.

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Lin Zuhui naturally knew Pan Cheng's thoughts, and he said with a smile: "Golden Harvest can invest in a good Hollywood movie like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", and we can also invest in a top 3D animation like "Kung Fu Panda", I think it must also be a big profit." When cooperating, you should pay more attention to the details, and I value the movie peripherals very much, so don't be deceived by the contract. ”

The entire investment was financed by DreamWorks, and Pixar only enjoyed the rights to distribute North American films, which was actually Disney distribution behind Pixar's search.

"Okay!"

In fact, there's only one problem with a movie being distributed in the U.S.: it's the scale and quality of your investment.

Hollywood also introduces foreign films every year, otherwise it is impossible for him to only make money in other countries, and not let other countries make money in Hollywood.

"The Matrix" was released at Hollywood and grossed $38 million.

The last to report was Yu Xiaoming, president of YG Entertainment, who is known as the godfather of HK-pop and has a transcendent status in Hong Kong; I don't know how many rich people want to get acquainted with him in the hope of reaching something unspeakable.

But Yu Xiaoming knew very well that if he dared to take that step, Lin Zuhui would never bypass him; In fact, even the boss has never been involved in YG Entertainment's 'Hong Kong Stream Female Idol'.

And YG Entertainment is very strict with the management of 'Hong Kong Stream Idols', and it is not allowed to fall in love during the 'seven-year contract period', as for seven years later, it is one thing to sign a contract or not, even if it is signed, it is also a head contract, not to mention the benefits, and those who are in love are no longer managed.

Of course, there are always accidents in everything, and not all idols can hold back their hormones, so there are serious punishments and flexible treatments.

Yu Xiaoming reported on his work, picking up important work reports, such as overseas development; At present, the overseas income of YG Entertainment accounts for 85%, which can be described as a large foreign exchange generator.

"How are entertainment companies growing in Korea?"

"Overseas, they are latecomers and imitators, so it's a little embarrassing, but South Korea is developing very quickly. However, the foundation we have laid in the past allows our idols to still develop well in Korea. ”

Lin Zuhui showed a smile, although South Korea has engaged in a 'cultural country', it is still introducing Hong Kong dramas, as if it is addicted, and the three TV stations will always think about 'cheap and guaranteed ratings'.

In fact, the Gangryu is to encircle the Korean Wave in the area of South Korea and then attack the mainland at any time.

Lin Zuhui advised: "The second-generation regiment is our ambition and the second revolution, I hope you will pay attention to it." ”

Yu Xiaoming hurriedly said: "Boss, rest assured, all the members of the second-generation group will be carefully selected, and they have more international development potential." ”。

Lin Zuhui nodded, the second-generation group is his own statement, and he even referred to the second-generation Korean wave group in his previous life to formulate a series of professional technologies. To put it simply, the 'Girls' Generation' in the previous life was the beginning of the second-generation girl group.

The second-generation group in Hong Kong is expected to debut in two years, and it will teach the Korean Wave another lesson at that time.

"By the way, have you watched X-Man?" Lin Zuhui asked suddenly.

"Look, after all, this is a Hong Kong stream variety show, and I have also studied some of them!" Yu Xiaoming said.

He may be very busy, but he must read and study the content of the port stream, otherwise he will not be able to keep up with the plan of the group or the boss.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said: "I received a variety show idea specially formulated for Hong Kong idols, which is probably a season of variety show planned for our mythical combination, which belongs to the star speed dating program, under the command of MC, the male guests show their charm to the female guests, and finally win the heart of the heroine through dancing, games and other links." But unlike Taiwan variety shows, the content is positive and healthy, does not talk about scandals and lace, and does not play astringent side balls, so that the guests participating in the show can show their humorous side in a way that is truly engaged....... Let's call it "Love Letter". You discuss and prepare the idea with the ATV production team, and then the first season is customized for YG Entertainment's mythical group, and the second season is handed over to ATV itself for re-selection. ”

The pen in Yu Xiaoming's hand kept recording, but the expression on his face was very pleasantly surprised.

He didn't doubt the boss's statement, the idea might have been told to the boss, after all, the boss had time to plan the show.

"Okay, I'll definitely negotiate with the ATV production team to create a second X-Man."

"Well, he is indeed a cornerstone of the Hong Kong stream variety show, and you told ATV to plan well. Even if it's next year! ”

"Okay"