Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is 2012.

At the beginning of June, New Era Group issued an announcement:

"Upon the resolution of the Board of Directors, Mr. Lin Wenjie was appointed as an executive Director and vice president ......."

As soon as the news was announced, it was reprinted by the Xiangjiang media, because the significance behind it was extraordinary-Lin Zuhui's family had entered the second-generation handover procedure.

Today's New Era Group:

It has become a world giant with an annual stable profit of more than 100 billion Hong Kong dollars - 108 billion Hong Kong dollars in 2010 and 116 billion Hong Kong dollars in 2011;

It is the world's largest commercial real estate group, the largest shipping group, the hotel group, the beverage and food giant, the beer giant, the telecommunications giant, and also has a very large scale in the fields of biopharmaceutical, new energy, retail, minerals and other fields;

It has an asset value of more than 2.5 trillion Hong Kong dollars and a market value of about 1.2 trillion Hong Kong dollars, ranking 68th among the world's top 500 companies.

At the age of 24, he has become the executive director and vice president of New Era Group, Mr. Lin Zuhui is a little anxious, right? And he is only 47 years old, he is young, and he wants to change shifts so early. Ay! ”

An investor of the New Era Group is a little worried, because over the years, the New Era Group has been led by Lin Zuhui, which can be described as developing steadily and rapidly, bringing rich dividends to investors and huge economic effects to Hong Kong.

"What's this? Mr. Lin Zuhui was already the chairman of the board of directors of a listed company at the age of 20, the so-called 'tiger father has no dog', Mr. Lin Wenjie has graduated from Harvard at the age of 20, and he also has rich work experience in the past four years. Moreover, it is only the vice president and executive director, maybe it will be more than ten years before he will really take over! ”

"Makes sense! Cultivating it around you in advance is more conducive to the overall situation. ”

Citizens have discussed that the Lin Zuhui family is the business optimus of Xiangjiang, and everyone is naturally very concerned.

Someone has audited that the Lin Zuhui family's industries affect 30% of Hong Kong's GDP, and the important thing is that these industries are all highly value-added areas, not traditional business areas of Hong Kong.

.......

New Era Group.

In Lin Zuhui's office, the three carriages of the New Era Group - Chen Bin, Liang Zhenxun, Yuan Tianfan, as well as Lu Xiangdong, President of the New Era Group (Huaxia), and Lin Wenjie, who had just been appointed as an executive director, gathered around the conference table to listen to Lin Zuhui's meeting.

Because it is a small meeting, there is no need to go to the group meeting room, just in his office of more than 2,000 square feet.

"Real estate in the mainland is growing rapidly, and land prices are becoming very expensive, so we will gradually reduce the intensity of land acquisition within two years, until the beginning of 2015....... At the same time, within six years, we should gradually reduce the land reserve, intensify the development of the land reserve, and complete the destocking .......as soon as possible," Lin Zuhui made serious arrangements.

He will not run, but will withdraw from the development of real estate (residential) ahead of schedule, leaving only commercial real estate business (office buildings, shopping malls, hotels).

After hearing this, Lu Xiangdong said: "Within two years, we will gradually stop taking land until we all stop taking land, so that the government will not be aware of it." Destocking within six years, when the time is completely in time, we will make a step-by-step plan, and it will not have too much impact on the society. ”

has followed Lin Zuhui for many years, and Lu Xiangdong naturally understands Lin Zuhui's worries.

Lin Zuhui said with satisfaction: "Therefore, we must do a good job of the whole plan, and don't let our 'reduce investment' behavior become the vane of the market, otherwise it will be a shot in the head...... Because of this, we have to complete the commercial real estate project in our hands immediately, and there are no new commercial real estate projects. ”

Everyone nodded!

"Wen Jie, what do you think?" Lin Zuhui named.

Lin Wenjie immediately said: "The chairman believes that the cycle of this wave of real estate in the mainland is around 2018, so he has made a layout in advance, and it will not have a bad impact on the official." New Era Group also owns a large number of commercial properties in the mainland, including 22 Central Plazas, but these properties are concentrated in very well-developed cities, and even if the cycle is lowered, the impact should not be particularly large. The important thing is that we still have huge businesses such as beverage and food and new energy in the mainland, so we are bound not to give a bad impression to the official, after all, the beverage and food business alone can bring nearly 10 billion yuan of revenue to the New Era Group. ”

Everyone was very appreciative of the face-saving appearance.

Lin added: "The official represents the direction of public opinion, especially in the mainland, so it means that we can no longer engage in the strategy of selling high and buying low. At the same time, the global Internet public opinion has exploded, and even our commercial real estate in Europe and the United States can no longer be speculated in large quantities like before, which is easy to arouse disgust. The cash flow of our New Era Group is maintained at more than 350 billion, there is no need to sell high and buy low, just long-term stable rent collection, land is power....... Of course, selling some distressed assets will not make a difference..... On the Xiangjiang side, it is also necessary to start reducing investment in real estate. ”

The words revealed the attention to public opinion, after all, Lin Zuhui's family has a big goal.

Since 2008, Lin Zuhui has ceased to engage in property speculation, as is the case all over the world.

The properties that have been bought from the financial crisis are intended to be used for long-term rent.

Of course, before 2018, some commercial real estate will be sold, but it will not be too big, and the object will only be assets such as non-performing rent collection and small commercial real estate projects.

After all, New Era Group is like a behemoth, and it is not easy to turn around.

Next, Lin Zuhui arranged: "Wenjie, you are now responsible for continuing to invest in the lithium mining business and continue to expand Times Mining's stake in global lithium mines." ”

Times Mining has been laying out lithium mines for a long time, and at present, it can be said that the lithium mining shares in hand exist in the top five in the world, and they are the directors of many lithium mining companies.

Of course, Times Mining is not directly engaged in the development of lithium mines, but only a strategic investment.

Lin Wenjie immediately said: "Okay, chairman! ”

Yuan Tianfan said with a smile: "I will arrange the handover!" ”

For a long time, it was Yuan Tianfan who was in charge of mineral investment, and of course he also had the general manager of Times Mining under him.

Lin Wenjie immediately said respectfully: "Thank you, Uncle Yuan!" ”

Yuan Tianfan is equivalent to his master, and he is also equivalent to the Taifu of the New Era Group, so he should naturally be respected.

It will only be about five years before the retirement of the three carriages, and a new generation of management is about to appear.

In recent years, the New Era Group has not stagnated its development, although there are no large-scale acquisitions, but there are many small and medium-sized acquisitions, mainly concentrated in mineral resources, beverages and food, logistics, real estate, hotels, etc., which can be described as in full bloom, and tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars are invested every year.

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In late June, a grand wedding was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, and guests from home and abroad gathered, which shocked the reporter; The groom is Lin Wenjie, and the bride is Chen Xiujun, who is four months pregnant.

Lin Zuhui also didn't expect that at the age of forty-seven, he was already about to be upgraded to become a grandfather, and the third generation of Lin Zuhui's family was about to be born, and he was still a man.

Although he didn't expect it, he was still very happy to hold a grand wedding for his son. After the bride and groom got married, they stayed at No. 75 Deep Water Bay, which is the patent of the eldest son.

Following.

Lin Zuhui met separately with Bill Gates, who attended the wedding, at the Four Seasons Hotel.

He has many political and business friends in the United States, and he has always paid special attention to making a good hand with Eagle Sauce in advance, not asking for help, just not being targeted; At the same time, he has many business giants as friends in the United States, although Jobs died last year, Lin Zuhui is still a director of Apple, and he has a close relationship with Cook. In addition, Lin Zuhui and Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Bezos and others are all friends, which has to say that he has a strong personal charm, not only can enter the world's top business circles, but also get along well.

Of course, his hard power is king.

Bill Gates came to Xiangjiang to attend Lin Wenjie's wedding this time, and he also had one thing, that is, he wanted to buy Activision Blizzard in the hands of Lin Zuhui.

Of course, this is just a news released by Lin Zuhui in advance, otherwise Microsoft would not have taken the initiative to find the door.

"Microsoft's board of directors is willing to pay $12.2 billion to buy Activision Blizzard, with half stock and half cash."

"I accept!"

Bill Gates was very surprised, in his opinion, Lin Zuhui is still very 'stingy' and enjoys the process of making money very much.

"Is it because we're making a high price?" Bill Gates said with a smile.

From the words, it can be felt that the relationship between the two is not just limited to cooperation, but has a good private friendship. And Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft acquired this time, is Lin Zuhui's private company after all, and it is harmless to make some jokes appropriately.

Lin Zuhui replied: "It's not high at all, the market for online games is very promising, and if I keep it in my hands for another seven or eight years, it may be worth 50 billion US dollars." Of course, now that Microsoft is paying 6.1 billion in shares, I believe there is also a lot of room for appreciation in the future. ”

Next, Lin Zuhui fought for some benefits for Activision Blizzard's management and employees, of course, it was just a convenient one, and it didn't matter whether it succeeded or not.

At present, Microsoft's market capitalization is only $270 billion, which is equivalent to paying a little more than 2% of Lin Zuhui's shares. But Bill Gates is not heartbroken at all, he understands the prospects of Activision Blizzard.

Bill Gates changed his tone and said: "You make so much money, you should make your charity bigger, although you donate about $500 million a year, but it is obviously not equal to your wealth." ”

Kao, this is the first time that Lin Zuhui has directly felt the 'moral kidnapping' after meeting the Holy Mother.

Of course, he was not angry with Bill Gates, knowing that Bill Gates had set up a foundation, and even Warren Buffett donated to it. At the peak of its previous life, this foundation directly donated $5 billion a year, which is really remarkable.

"Of course I will donate more, because I am still young, so I will wait for the investment to be larger and make more donations," said Lin Zuhui. ”

Bill Gates immediately said: "That's great, if you want to know more about charity operations, I can have a long talk with you." ”

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "Maybe, in three years, I will concentrate on charity!" ”

People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, Lin Zuhui is not concentrating on his career now, but concentrating on hiding his wealth and improving his family's influence and positive image.

Since the first half of this year, Lin Zuhui has begun to frequently cash out the shares of Apple, Amazon, and Google, and has cashed out more than 20 billion US dollars in total.

At this time, he has cleared Amazon shares, and there are still 2.5% of Apple and Google shares left. Of course, his Hengjin Investment also bought 2% of the shares of these companies in the early years, which is a decentralized and offshore holding.

In other words, Jingwei Capital's liquidation or reduction of U.S. stocks (Apple, Google, Amazon) will not affect the 2% of the stocks held by Hengjin Investment, nor will it affect the 0.5~0.9% held by each of Lin Zuhui's five women.

Matrix Capital has now sold Activision Blizzard, leaving him with only Kingston (unlisted), as well as 2.5% of Apple, 1.9% of Microsoft (traded), and 2.5% of Google.

And he got more than $25 billion in cash flow.

At the same time, he began selling spot gold in February last year, and in more than a year, he has sold 280 billion Hong Kong dollars, leaving about 410 billion worth of gold to continue to sell. When the price fell below $1,300 an ounce, he stopped selling it and continued to hold it in his hands.

Lin Zuhui also sold gold through Octopus Bank, Luk Fook Jewellery and other channels, and it was not a big fanfare, so he paid a little attention to it. The important thing is that he can choose not to sell it, anyway, he will keep the gold in his hands, which is similar to storing it in the bank, and even if the gold falls next year, it will rise back in the future.

It is estimated that his cash flow will be as high as more than 1.2 trillion Hong Kong dollars (including gold), which are mainly stored in Switzerland, Ireland, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the scale of Heung Kong will account for as much as 60%.

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75 Deep Water Bay.

Lin Zuhui, Wang Lingyin, Lin Wenjie, Lin Wentao, Lin Wenhua, and Chen Xiujun, the family is eating.

No. 75 Deep Water Bay is an 'ancestral home', and Lin Zuhui and his wife naturally will not move out to live, so Lin Wenjie and his wife live with their parents.

Of course, Lin Zuhui will not meet at 75 Deep Water Bay and other rooms for a long time, but at Yunfeng Ju or Shek O Villa.

"Baba, Mom, I want to move out!" During the meal, Lin Wentao preached.

Lin Zuhui did not hesitate, and said directly: "Yes, when you return to Hong Kong, you will live at No. 23 Shixun Road, which has been renovated for two years, and no one has lived there." ”

Lin Wentao immediately said: "Ba, you were strict with your brother at the beginning, but now that you are here with me, why do you let me live in a mansion as soon as you graduate, do you have low requirements for me!" ”

A typical financial man with a proud personality.

Wang Lingyin immediately taught: "How can you talk to your father, isn't he good for you!" ”

Lin Wentao was not afraid of Wang Lingyin, and continued: "Anyway, I don't want to live at No. 23 Shixun Road, it's too big, I'll live in a mansion in the middle of the levels!" ”

I don't want to be too constrained! After all, at No. 23 Sxun Road, there must be a bunch of servants and bodyguards in the villa.

Wang Lingyin immediately said: "Okay, then you can pay my rent and live there if you want!" ”

Lin Wentao immediately surrendered and said: "Mom, I just graduated, and I only earn $8,000 a month working in the Bank of Bahrain, you can spare me!" ”

When Wang Lingyin saw that he had subdued Lin Wentao, he was proud in his heart, and said with a serious face: "Then give you a good reason!" ”

Lin Wentao was about to open his mouth to Lin Zuhui, but Lin Zuhui had already interrupted: "Okay, I approve it." Also, I'm not asking too much of you, I'm very high. In the financial industry, a negligence, a wrong decision, or even a thought will cause the company to suffer a catastrophe. Lehman, which is more than 100 years old, and even the Bank of Bahrain that is more than 200 years old, is a lesson from the past. ”

Lin Wentao hurriedly said: "Dad, don't worry, I will study and practice hard." ”

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "In this way, I will arrange for the Bank of Bahrain to give you a project, which is to talk to Canada Goose about buying shares, which is a ....... The Bank of Bahrain invested in the company, and Canada Goose used the funds to move from a small Canadian brand to a global down jacket luxury product..... The Bank of Bahrain has helped Canada Goose go global. ”

The success of the Bank of Bahrain in brands such as Hilton, Gucci, and Fila has made the investment bank have a good influence in the industry, and at a time when Canada Goose has not yet developed and has not brought in foreign capital, so the hope is very high.

Of course, it is more important to buy most of the shares and continue to let the Canadian family manage them, with the Bank of Bahrain only assisting from them; After all, according to Lin Zuhui's investigation, the family may not completely sell its shares and hand over its management.

Lin Wentao's eyes lit up at this time, knowing that this was the task given to him by his father, an opportunity to prove himself.

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely learn from my seniors in this project!"

"Well, it's good to know, be humble in doing things, I know you're proud, but you're not qualified enough."

Wang Lingyin immediately added: "Especially in front of you Baba! ”

Lin Wentao suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "I know, Baba is my idol, but you can also give me some encouragement!" ”

Everyone laughed, including the new daughter-in-law Chen Xiujun, who felt that this family seemed to be a high-ranking family, but they actually got along relatively well.

In Lin Zuhui's plan, Lin Wentao started from the Bank of Bahrain, then returned to Octopus Bank, and finally returned to the headquarters of Octopus Financial Group. Step by step, get acquainted with this financial group, and eventually take over.

Then, Lin Zuhui instructed Lin Wenhua: "Go to the United States to study, study hard, and don't think about anything." Of course, I am very supportive of falling in love in college and cultivating hobbies and interests, and people can't die studying. ”

The third is Wang Lingyin's longest-staying son, who only went abroad to study at the age of 17. You must know that Lin Wenjie went abroad to study in junior high school at the age of 10, and Lin Wentao went abroad to study in high school at the age of 14.

The three sons are all studying in the United States, and they are all admitted to famous universities with their own skills, which is something that Lin Zuhui is more proud of.