Octopus Bank Building, Central.

Lin Zuhui and his wife Wang Lingyin came to the vault of Octopus Bank, and through layers of security, a titanium alloy gate weighing 38 tons came into view.

With the joint efforts of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Octopus Bank, Ho Cheong Hung, and the person in charge of the vault, the door of the vault was finally opened.

Then came the heart-wrenching moment.

I saw a large number of gold nuggets, which were built into square columns about 1.5 meters high, with a golden color and dazzling eyes.

"Boss, there are currently 1,155 tons of gold here." He Changhong reported.

Lam Cho Fai has stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Directors and replaced him with Ho Cheong Hung, and Lam Cho Fai no longer holds any position in Octopus Bank. Of course, he is also the Chairman of Octopus Financial Group and the absolute majority shareholder of Octopus Bank.

At this time, Octopus Bank had net assets of about HK$68 billion, deposits of more than HK$500 billion (Lin Zuhui personally had HK$100 billion), and branches or offices in many countries and regions in Asia.

Octopus also has a shortcoming, that is, it cannot carry out RMB business in the mainland, not because Lin Zuhui is not close enough, but because the mainland requires that the asset value must be 160 billion RMB.

Octopus Bank has grown fast enough, and its asset value was only more than 30 billion yuan when it was listed, and it has doubled in less than four years. There are many reasons for the doubling of the value of assets, such as more deposits and loans, a lot of profits from the Korean financial industry, and the acquisition of a small Thai bank.

"Well, how much gold does Octopus Bank own?"

"52 tons"

The two tacitly knew that about 1,020 tons of gold in it were deposited by Lin Zuhui, of course, in the name of a registered company, and the only people who knew about it were the core management of Octopus Bank.

Seeing Wang Lingyin pick up a gold nugget to admire, Lin Zuhui walked over and said, "Do you like it?" ”

Wang Lingyin smiled and said, "I like it!" ”

"Then I'll arrange for you to be the treasurer!"

"Brother Hui!"

The two were like young people, flirting and scolding, and He Changhong and the other three stood far away, pretending not to hear.

At this time, the price of London gold was only US$270 per ounce, about US$9.52 million (HK$74 million) per meal; The average price of the 1,020 tons of gold purchased by Lin Zuhui is about 280 US dollars per ounce, and the cost is less than 80 billion Hong Kong dollars, which is quite cheap.

In order to buy so much gold, it has taken three years, and then continued to increase its holdings to 1200 tons ~ 1300 tons of gold.

It's so easy to make money.

Walking out of the vault door, Lin Zuhui and Wang Lingyin returned to the office.

Seeing that there were no outsiders, Wang Lingyin asked curiously: "Brother Hui, why does Octopus Bank have so much gold?" ”

To be honest, she didn't know how much money her husband had, she never took the initiative to ask, and Lin Zuhui only revealed part of it.

Even so, Wang Lingyin also knows that her husband's money is an astronomical amount, and the Hengjin Real Estate in her hand alone has more than 60 billion properties and stocks; In addition, Wang Lingyin also knows that the assets of the family office are about 200 billion; Jingwei Capital, she also knows a little, around 100 billion.

The most mysterious, of course, is Hengjin Investment, Lin Zuhui has never told anyone, although he has a wealth of about 400 billion.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "I bought about 1,000 tons and deposited it in Octopus Bank as a long-term investment. ”

Suddenly, Wang Lingyin was dumbfounded.

After a long time, she nodded and didn't ask more.

........

Mid-December.

Lin Zuhui took Yuan Tianfan, Zhong Chuyi and others on his private jet to the United States.

Yuan Tianfan is the vice president of New Era Group, a key executive in charge of emerging industries and M&A, while Chung Chuyi is the head of Heung Kong Telecom's M&A and investment business.

Zhong Chuyi took Lin Zuhui's private jet for the first time, and couldn't help but be secretly smacked by his luxury, but Yuan Tianfan was accustomed to it, he was also a wealthy man in Hong Kong, in early 1999, the acquisition of Hong Kong Telecom was successful, Lin Zuhui was rewarded according to his merits, Yuan Tianfan only got 100 million worth of Heung Kong Telecom stocks, and as soon as the unbundling period arrived, Yuan Tianfan sold it and got 200 million.

In fact, in recent years, several core executives of New Era Group have earned hundreds of millions of dollars every year; Of course, almost all of them are rewarded in the form of 'bonuses' to avoid excessive taxes.

The important thing is that they were originally rewarded with 100 million shares, but when they cash out, they often cash out more than 150 million.

"President Yuan, you also bought a private jet that day?" Zhong Chuyi said with a smile.

At this time, several high-level executives were sitting in the living room on the first floor, while the boss was already resting on the second floor, and the atmosphere was slightly lively.

Everyone looked at Yuan Tianfan, several executives of the New Era Group are rich people living in detached houses on the top of the mountain, with an annual income of no less than 100 million; More importantly, I usually follow the boss and can get some investment news from the boss; And Yuan Tianfan's wife Li Huiling, who is also the vice president of Octopus Bank, is a well-known real estate speculator in Xiangjiang and makes a lot of profits.

Yuan Tianfan saw his colleagues joking, shook his head with a smile, and said: "I don't sit for this free, why should I buy a private jet, besides, the boss has a private jet, but I don't dare to expect it, that is, the annual maintenance cost is frighteningly high, and it has to be hundreds of millions." ”

Everyone secretly smacked their tongues, but they didn't envy it, after all, these things were not something they could hope for. Although everyone's annual salary is millions or even tens of millions, they are far from the real rich.

........

Lin Zuhui and his entourage came to the PRIE headquarters at their first stop.

PRIE is an Internet company that sells online ticketing in the United States, which is equivalent to Ctrip in China; Of course, Prie's teacher is Ctrip's master.

At that time, Prie's patent for the invention of a 'customer self-pricing system' was very bullish, and it received $100 million in venture capital that year, including the co-founder of Microsoft. Because Jingwei Capital missed the opportunity and wanted to make additional investment, it was directly shouted by its founder Walker at a sky-high price, which means that you either invest according to my price or give up yourself.

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At that time, although Lin Zuhui privately told his subordinates that Prie's day when he couldn't laugh, he still did not give up cooperating with Prie's and introduced it to Asia for development.

In fact, Lin Zuhui is not a fool of his words, and the bursting of the Internet bubble in the past year has also caused Prie's stock price to fall from a maximum of $80 per share to the current $6.5 per share.

In fact, Walker, the founder, had to leave the PRIE company.

"Mr. Lin, welcome to PRIE Company!" Jeffrey, the new president, said happily.

At the same time, the top brass of the PRIE company smiled.

They are very clear about Lin Zuhui's name, and now the world's richest man and technology tycoon has taken a fancy to PRIE Company, which is definitely exciting news.

After a brief greeting, everyone came to the conference room of the Prie company.

Prior to this, Yuan Tianfan, as Lin Zuhui's representative, had already held consultations.

"Mr. Lin, the board of directors has agreed to sell 17.5% of the new shares to your two companies to receive $73 million in cash; At the same time, you can also get a seat on the board. Jeffrey spoke.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "No problem, I'm very happy to join the PRIE company, I see the future from this company." You know, I proposed to Mr. Walker to buy a stake in the company, but unfortunately there was no agreement at that time. ”

Jeffrey nodded, he knew about it, because he had joined PRIE in 1999, and Walker had told him about it, and Walker was very proud at the time. Now, it seems that Walker should have rejoiced too soon.

"Mr. Lin, since you are so optimistic about the PRIE company, you must also know the company's current situation, the market value is only less than one-tenth of its peak, to be honest, it is very difficult." After speaking, Jeffrey and the others all looked at Lin Zuhui, hoping that this excellent business tycoon could have a good suggestion of his own.

Lin Zuhui said directly: "The bursting of the Internet bubble is not the disappearance or malaise of the Internet, on the contrary, the bubble is only aimed at the reduction of high price-earnings ratios, and the Internet itself is still developing with each passing day....... Therefore, the Internet industry still has unlimited prospects. ”

Thinking of applause in the conference room, everyone felt confident in Lin Zuhui's statement from the bottom of their hearts.

Jeffrey took the opportunity to ask again, "What advice does Mr. Lin have for the current prie?" ”

Lin Zuhui thought for a while and said: "If you want to survive the Internet winter, you must reduce costs. Layoffs, office space reductions, and the postponement of new business expansion, the company focused its efforts on airline tickets and hotel booking services. In addition, the company has also optimized its service quality, reducing the response time to customer orders from 1 hour to 15 minutes, and 8% of emails must be answered within 3 hours..... Through these reforms, PRIE can smoothly survive a period of downturn, and after the market value of PRIE grows and the general environment improves, it can take the opportunity to acquire overseas companies and globalize PREE. ”

The top management of Pye listened and took notes, and there was a look of admiration on their faces.

As soon as Lin Zuhui's words fell, applause rang out again.

Jeffrey said happily: "With Mr. Lin's guidance, we believe that we will definitely get out of the trough." ”

Lin Zuhui waved his hand modestly!

Next, the two sides signed a contract, this time to take a stake in PREE, the reason why Lin Zuhui let New Era Group and Heung Kong Telecom jointly invest, rather than Jingwei Capital's direct investment.

This is because New Era Group itself is cooperating with PREE to expand PREE's business to Asia, and the two parties have established a joint venture. In addition, Lin Zuhui can't just eat alone, so it's easy to wonder why his investment is so accurate.

To be honest, Jingwei Capital has future industry giants such as Apple, Amazon, Kingston, Alibaba, and Penguin, and Lin Zuhui is already very satisfied.

He doesn't feel wasted by leaving some soup and water to invest in his company.

When all the agreements were signed, Yuan Tianfan became a director of PREE and represented New Era Group.

Of course, Lin Zuhui does not have that much time and serves as a director of too many companies.

After handling the matter of prie, Lin Zuhui continued to arrange for Yuan Tianfan and Zhong Chuyi.

"Prie's founder, Walker, still has a lot of shares in his hands, and you go and negotiate with him to increase our holdings to more than 30%. Become the majority shareholder in the true sense of the PRIE and increase the number of board seats to 2. ”

Yuan Tianfan nodded and said, "Okay!" Presumably, since Walker has left, he will not be nostalgic for Prie. ”

Lin Zuhui said: "It can only be said that he has bad luck and no sense of risk!" ”

Yuan Tianfan and Zhong Chuyi couldn't help but think of their boss, and they used to be like this from time to time, but then they began to pay attention to cash flow and debt. Of course, the vision of his own boss, that is definitely the top acumen.