1 March 2002.

Friday.

"Boss, the dividend plan has been sorted out, I'll show it to you."

Liang Zhenxun, the financial director of New Era Group, respectfully handed a copy of the information to Lin Zuhui, and he was even a little excited.

Lin Zuhui picked up the information with a slight smile and looked at it seriously.

At the beginning of the year, New Era Group had two large-scale acquisitions - Tiexing Zhahua and Unocal Petroleum.

Among them, the iron line slag Hua is relatively smooth, and the EU has agreed in principle to merge.

However, Unocal of the United States has explicitly rejected the acquisition of New Era Group, for the simple reason that Unocal has no intention of selling the company. It seems that Unocal Oil is undervalued, but it is not yet ready to sell itself.

The idea of New Era Group entering the energy field fell through, but fortunately, Lin Zuhui didn't particularly care, and a small loss was nothing.

At present, New Era Group still focuses on real estate, hotels, shipping, telecommunications, retail, beverages and food as its core industries, and will only enter new fields when there is an opportunity.

If you have money in your hands, why bother!

Of course, this year's annual dividend of the New Era Group, Lin Zuhui plans to give more blood.

"Okay, let's announce the annual financial report and dividend news next Monday!"

After reading it, Lin Zuhui said that there was no problem.

"Okay, I'll arrange!"

Liang Zhenxun happily left the chairman's office.

Lin Zuhui leaned on the office chair, feeling happy in his heart, this time the New Era Group took out about 30 billion Hong Kong dollars in cash for dividends.

He currently holds 46.8% of the shares and can receive about HK$15 billion in dividends.

Even if the New Era Group pays a dividend of 30 billion Hong Kong dollars, the cash flow on the account will still be 135 billion; This is still after injecting 24 billion Hong Kong dollars into 'Times Airlines' and spending 17 billion Hong Kong dollars on the acquisition of Tiexing Zhahua, such a high cash flow, coupled with the group's low debt (20 billion Hong Kong dollars) and high assets (trillions of Hong Kong dollars), the competitiveness of the entire New Era Group is very sufficient in the world.

Despite the 911 incident last year, New Era Group still made a net profit of HK$43.1 billion for the whole year, continuing to be the most profitable enterprise in Hong Kong.

"Knock knock. The boss, President Lu and Mr. Ma of the penguin are here! ”

"Let them in!"

After a while, Lu Bingwen, president of Jingwei Capital, and Brother Penguin Xiao Ma walked in.

Matrix Capital is the largest shareholder of Penguin, accounting for 40% of the shares, and is also the 2 board seats of Penguin. For Lin Zuhui, there is no need to absorb foreign capital before the penguin is listed, and Jingwei Capital has to contract all financing; Of course, with the addition of $2.2 million in the first financing, at most it is one more financing, and it will have to be listed.

Brother Xiao Ma respectfully walked into Lin Zuhui's office, there is such a saying in the mainland business circle, and it will be a lifelong benefit to meet Mr. Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui did not hold it up, but accompanied the two to sit down on the sofa, and warmly entertained Brother Xiaoma.

"Who's coming this time?" After taking a sip of tea, Lin Zuhui said with a smile.

Brother Xiao Ma was not confident enough at this time, and he was originally a science man and was not good at words, so he tried to calm down before he got down to business.

"That's right, Mr. Lin. QQ has 80 million users and will exceed 100 million this year. However, we are not listed and we do not have good profit income, so my idea is that I hope to raise a second round of financing to expand new business. ”

Lin Zuhui nodded, even in the past few years, ICQ has relied on the financing before the listing, and the market value is only more than 3 billion US dollars. This made Lin Zuhui a little skeptical, whether he could sell it at a good price.

Whether it's ICQ or QQ, it currently relies on advertising and membership income, but after all, it's free software, and there are too many people with white tickets.

Penguin wants to raise the second round of financing, naturally with the consent of Jingwei Capital, not to mention that Jingwei Capital is a major shareholder, that is, Penguin's QQ plagiarized ICQ, but Lin Zuhui has always been protecting Brother Xiaoma, otherwise the lawsuit is enough for him to drink a pot.

After all, in this life, QQ plagiarized ICQ almost said to be copied. Of course, ICQ is a listed company, and Lin Zuhui cannot directly say that he will protect QQ, but he has long been prepared, that is, before ICQ is listed, some layouts will be carried out.

Lin Zuhui said: "Financing is a good thing, but have you wanted to enter that industry? ”

Xiao Ma immediately said: "I communicated with President Lu, and he proposed that Penguin enter the game industry, which I think is a very good industry. Our company has a customer base, and coupled with the development of the online game industry in the mainland, Penguin will definitely be able to obtain new sources of income when it enters this industry. ”

Nonsense, most of the income of the penguin in its previous life was based on games. In his previous life, he probably entered the game industry in 2003, and it seemed to be suggested and invested by Zhang Lei at that time, but the Korean online game that Penguin was the first agent to act as an agent did not seem to have ignited a spark and was a failure.

Lin Zuhui said at this time: "Very good idea! It just so happens that Ninth City is working on several casual online games, and I think the potential is huge. ”

"Casual online games?" Brother Xiao Ma said with some skepticism.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Let President Lu take you to the Ninth City for an inspection later, and you will understand that surprise is more successful." As for the second round of financing, how much Penguin needs, how much we give, let's talk to President Lu in detail. ”

Brother Xiao Ma did not protest, as he said at the beginning, Jingwei Capital preferred investment before listing, and now it is naturally fulfilling its promise. At the beginning, the penguin was even almost sold by him, and this one didn't buy him, you must know that this one is optimistic about this industry.

Therefore, Brother Xiao Ma felt that rather than Lin Zuhui investing in penguins, he might be investing in his team, which made him a little moved.

At this time, the valuation of Penguin can be overestimated, and Jingwei Capital will not talk about conditions. The big deal is that before the listing, Jingwei Capital held 50% of the shares.

Lu Bingwen and Xiao Ma walked out of the office building and drove to Jingwei Capital together.

"Mr. Ma, we can think of Penguin raising 35 million US dollars and increasing its shareholding to 45%, which is enough for Penguin to support its listing in Hong Kong."

Brother Xiao Ma was also a person under the eaves and had to bow his head, and quickly agreed to this condition. Of course, he didn't think that Jingwei Capital was excessive, first of all, Jingwei Capital did not interfere with Penguin's operation, but would provide all kinds of help; Secondly, if the penguin wants to be listed in Xiangjiang, then it must need the help of Mr. Lin Zuhui, the head snake; In the end, QQ is plagiarism ICQ, and in front of the genuine version, he is inferior.

"No problem!"

The two sides reached a preliminary agreement, and then Lu Bingwen arranged for Xiao Ma to visit the ninth city.

The first casual online game "Adventure Island" in the ninth city is ready to start in Xiangjiang and Taiwan, and it is expected that it will be officially represented in the second half of the year after Penguin enters the game field.

When Brother Pony saw the content of the game "MapleStory Island", he did not hesitate to express his hope that he would be represented by Penguin in the future, but Gao Kelin did not refuse, but communicated with Brother Pony about what work needs to be prepared to enter the game field.

After some exchanges, Brother Xiao Ma felt that his trip to Hong Kong was very perfect.

Last year, "Legend of Blood" recorded a net profit of hundreds of millions of RMB in the mainland, shocking the entire industry in one fell swoop; At the same time, it has also stimulated the development of online games in the mainland.

Of course, the largest game company in the mainland is Xishanju, a subsidiary of Kingsoft Software.

Xishanju has represented a total of three online games in the ninth city, namely "Legend of Blood", "Miracle MU", "Ragnarok", plus Xishanju also has its own IP "Swordsman Love" online version will be released this year.

This year, I am afraid that almost all online games in the mainland are occupied by Lin Zuhui's companies.

On Saturday morning, Lin Zuhui came to the Media Building.

After the merger of the media group, he has not gone to the ATV building very much, downplaying his influence in the ATV group, and he does not need that kind of influence.

Of course, in terms of the content of ATV Group, he still pays attention to it often, and will give some outline plans in the future. In a word, if you can move the good variety shows and classic dramas of the stick country in your previous life, you have to move them over.

After a while, Zhao Zhenqiang came to Lin Zuhui's office and quickly reported the work report of the 'program content', he knew that the boss was still very concerned about the development of ATV on the program.

After listening to the report, Lin Zuhui nodded with satisfaction.

At the beginning of this year, ATV's drama "The Temptation of Wife" became a big hit, becoming a classic of Hong Kong dramas, which can be said to continue the hegemony of Hong Kong dramas in Asia.

At the same time, "X-MAN", "Love Letter", and "Infinite Challenge" have become classics of Hong Kong comprehensives, and "X-MAN" and "Love Letter" have been introduced in the mainland, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

The real influence of this variety show has not yet arrived, and when the video website becomes popular, the screen names of many countries will gradually contact Hong Kong comprehensives, and it will be out of control at that time. Copyright is secondary, and the important thing is that there are more and more 'Hong Kong fans'.

"X-MAN" and "Love Letter" will have aesthetic fatigue, and it is estimated that it will only last three or four years, so you have to pay attention to the ratings. Once it is lowered, it will be replaced with a new Hong Kong stream variety show. However, "Infinite Challenge" can be used in various situations, plus it can be filmed outdoors, so it can be said that there are many ways to play, and a lot of development is required to create a longevity program with a ten-year lifespan. ”

"Okay, I got it!"

Lin Zuhui nodded and continued: "Recently, someone submitted another article, saying that it is probably this situation to suggest that ATV should hold a variety show of "The Birth of a Family". I think it's good, you can let people prepare first, but you have to take over the Hong Kong comprehensive, don't take it out all at once. ”

The so-called variety show of "The Birth of a Family" is a series of reality shows such as a group of Hong Kong stars going to the countryside to live in the countryside for a period of time, doing tasks, being funny, cooking (division of labor) and so on. The model is quite simple, but it is necessary to have the foundation of the port flow and the port comprehensive in order to develop, and there is no doubt that Xiangjiang is already the paradise of the port flow, and it has been developed systematically.

Zhao Zhenqiang nodded with a smile and said, "This idea is really good, I'm afraid it will be popular for a few more years!" Of course, with the development of Hong Kong stream variety shows to this day, we have also figured out a truth, that is, the foundation of Hong Kong stream in the early stage has been well laid. Hong Kong stream idols, comedians training, etc., otherwise it is really creative, but no one can play it. ”

Lin Zuhui said: "Hong Kong culture has formed a system, the early stage of the cultural industry accounted for only 3.5% of GDP, and last year the cultural industry Avenue accounted for a high proportion of 15%, coupled with the cultural industry driven by tourism, retail. So, you have a great responsibility! ”

Zhao Zhenqiang said proudly: "Boss, rest assured, we will work hard to innovate the culture of Hong Kong flow!" He added, "With you, we are more confident." ”

Of course, he never dared to show it, and the boss gave him advice. Because the boss warned him, there was news leaked outside that it was him Lin Zuhui who participated in ATV content, and only he Zhao Zhenqiang said it.

It goes without saying that he can't afford to offend his boss.

After Zhao Zhenqiang left, YG Entertainment's Yu Xiaoming followed.

At this time, Lin Zuhui had already understood that there were probably three reasons why the mainland could not learn South Korea's 'K-POP culture' in his previous life:

First, there is no mature trainee training system. At this point, Lin Zuhui witnessed the prosperity of the Xiangjiang trainee system and felt that it was really remarkable.

Second, South Korea is developing the 'Korean Wave' as a whole country, but the mainland officials will have a lot of concerns, after all, China has its own traditional culture, and once they all learn from Korean sticks, it will form a subversion of the entire social values. In this life, Xiangjiang does not have this problem, it is a free port in itself, no one interferes with your culture, and the market accepts it.

Third, the creative strength of dance and song. In my previous life, many Korean dance teachers, arrangers and choreographers were very powerful. Taking Japanese music culture as an example, it is even more powerful, and some people even say that it feeds half of Hong Kong pop music; Japan's music culture is more profound than Korea's, and the Korean Wave may not be remembered in a hundred years, but Japan's culture will definitely be passed on to a hundred years later. In this life, at the beginning of Hong Kong's HK-POP, Lin Zuhui even taught the dance and music style himself, for fear that he would not achieve the effect he wanted, of course, he just determined the style and route, after all, he has a complete memory there.

Yu Xiaoming quickly reported on YG Music's work, and his report was on the scale and progress of overseas development, not music itself.

"Girls' Generation was a huge success as soon as it debuted last year, and it was slightly more powerful than SES back then. The second-generation regiment can be regarded as having achieved initial success. ”

Lin Zuhui took out a DVD and said to Yu Xiaoming: "This is a contribution from a friend, it is the general style and dance situation of a song, you are looking for a master choreographer and choreographer to produce a song for the second album of Girls' Generation." Mainly, I'm more optimistic. ”

Yu Xiaoming didn't dare to underestimate the strength of the boss, HK-POP was invented by the boss, of course, only he knew about it.

"No problem, I will pay attention to it!"

"DVDs can only be watched for one day, and when they remember clearly, they will be destroyed on the spot, and they must not be leaked, and they are not allowed to take pictures."

"No problem!"

Yu Xiaoming wouldn't ask the reason, because he guessed that maybe it was taken by the boss's woman, so naturally he should pay attention to privacy.

He thought about it well, it was really performed by Li Zi, it was the "GEE" of the girls' generation taught by Lin Zuhui in his previous life, of course, he could only think of a rough idea, Gee Gee Gee Gee Baby Baby Baby Baby with crab leg dance, I don't know how long I was fascinated by Lin Zuhui back then.

It's a pity that things are people, even if Lin Zuhui meets those girls in the future, he won't be interested.

Because, he has matured!

Nine are not pretty, but they can only be said to be well packaged, which can make men obsessed for many years.

"GEE", "NOBody", and "Jiangnan STYLE" have been fascinated for a long time, and fortunately Lin Zuhui was fascinated back then, otherwise there would be today's plagiarism.

"By the way, how is the development of Taiwan music?" Lin Zuhui asked.

In the previous life, Hong Kong music began to decline in the 90s, and Taiwan music rose with the trend, until after 2010, Taiwan music almost declined, but it was really a cycle.

Yu Xiaoming said: "It's not bad! However, we have been in Taiwan for many years, and we have formed a force comparable to their local music in Taiwan. ”

Lin Zuhui didn't care about this, he said directly: "Well, but I heard Lin Xinru say that there is a Jay Chou on Taiwan Island who sings very well, and you can buy Jay Chou's company later, of course, you must not spend money indiscriminately." After buying, it will be developed as a branch in Taiwan and give them enough support, which can be regarded as a value investment. ”

Actually, it has nothing to do with Lin Xinru, but Lin Zuhui happened to be concerned recently, remembering that Wu Zongxian packaged and sold Alpha to others, so he had a feud with Jay Chou.

In this case, buying Alpha is buying Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan, I'm afraid I can make hundreds of millions for the company.

It's just a matter of effort.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to do it right away." Yu Xiaoming said seriously.

What the boss said, it was all to the point, and he wouldn't think it was a trivial matter. As for the boss and Lin Xinru, I have heard of it.

After Yu Xiaoming left, Lin Zuhui stretched his waist!

He doesn't think it's a big deal to plagiarize the Korean Wave in his previous life, although he is no longer short of money, but the Hong Kong Wave culture is a representative of Lin Zuhui, and it also symbolizes one of Lin Zuhui's contributions to Hong Kong, and it also lays down his influence in Hong Kong.

After all, he is the owner of the media group, and the media group is the founder of Gangliu culture.

Besides, it doesn't take much effort, so why don't you copy it.

(End of chapter)