Lin Ruihuan and Luo Huijun, who had been shopping for a day, returned to an apartment in New York. This is Lin Ruihuan's rented apartment, and he has been living in this two-bedroom apartment of only 700 square feet for the past two years.

After graduating from Lin Ruihuan University, not only did he not get the family's 'financial loosening', but directly cut off the family's source of funds. Of course, Audrey's annual salary in the first year of investment was $50,000, which was the salary level of the Wall Street 'elite' who had just graduated, and the following year, Lin Ruihuan was promoted and raised, with an annual salary of $80,000.

In these cases, Audrey Hepburn dared to make a decision only after Lin Zhichao's consent.

And Lin Ruihuan didn't push it off, because he felt that his ability could match this salary, and he deserved it.

When she arrived at her boyfriend's apartment, Luo Huijun didn't have any worries, she knew Lin Ruihuan's personality; On the contrary, she likes to explore Lin Ruihuan's apartment very much, but it does not involve privacy.

"Wow, you've finished another book and taken so many notes. Don't you have friends to socialize in New York? Luo Huijun flipped through a book on business administration in surprise and couldn't help but say.

Lin Ruihuan looked at Luo Huijun's graceful figure, thinking that he was about to be separated for a year, and suddenly under the drive of hormones, he hugged Luo Huijun from behind and put his chin on his girlfriend's fragrant shoulder.

He is not like his father, and he does not dare to be like his father!

For women, he feels that one in his life is enough, he is Luo Huijun's first love, and Luo Huijun is also his first love.

Although there were girls who attacked him at school and in New York, he never had other ideas.

Pick only a suitable, don't learn the father's amorousness.

Luo Huijun suddenly became a little nervous, her boyfriend's breath was a little manic, and her hand was not honestly moving upward.

"What do you ask?" She finally interrupted Lin Ruihuan and said in a coquettish voice.

didn't refuse directly, she was afraid of hurting her boyfriend's face, but she also raised a warning look.

Can't be lost here, because the two will be separated for a year.

Lin Ruihuan reacted, this time he did not flinch, but turned Luo Huijun around, hugged her and said: "Of course there are friends, and there will be entertainment, but the time for study must also be squeezed out." What's more, cut back on some unnecessary socializing, and soon squeeze out time! ”

Luo Huijun suddenly felt very stable, this man gave people a particularly reliable feeling, although there was not much 'insecurity' in her personality, but this feeling did not conflict with her own feelings.

"By the way, what is your true ideal?"

Lin Ruihuan said without hesitation: "Serve the family business and become a helper for my father." ”

Luo Huijun is not too surprised, his boyfriend admires his father very much, but it just shows that his boyfriend is a responsible man; At the same time, she is not worried about her boyfriend's distraction, and in the past three years of getting along, she still understands Lin Ruihuan's personality.

"Your father has three wives, how do they get along?" Luo Huijun said deliberately.

Lin Ruihuan confessed his family situation last year, and Luo Huijun still can't understand the fact that Lin Zhichao has three wives; But after all, this is an elder's business, she just needs to understand that Lin Ruihuan does not have a playboy character.

Lin Ruihuan's feelings are not stupid, on the contrary, he is very delicate, and he quickly knows Luo Huijun's true thoughts.

"My father is extremely charming and romantic in terms of women's popularity, I don't deny this! Of course, I didn't feel that there was anything wrong with him when I was a child. But Huijun, you should know me very well, know that at this point, my father is not my idol, I am very dedicated to feelings. ”

His tone was calm and sincere.

Luo Huijun immediately said: "Of course I believe in you!" ”

She was smart enough not to discuss the topic too much.

But Lin Ruihuan felt that it was necessary to do one thing, so he said: "On the weekend, do you want to meet my third mother's family, they are Americans!" ”

"Ah, wouldn't that be good!"

Luo Huijun was worried about something.

Lin Ruihuan said: "Just like a fan to meet your favorite idol!" ”

Luo Huijun was stunned and said, "What idol? ”

Lin Ruihuan said with a smile: "My third mother, isn't it my current boss - Ms. Audrey Hepburn, didn't you tell me before, you like Audrey Hepburn very much, saying that he is one of the most successful women." ”

Luo Huijun said incredulously: "Third mother, is it Audrey Hepburn? Is that the heroine of "Roman Holiday", the mother of Barbie? ”

Lin Ruihuan nodded affirmatively!

Luo Huijun suddenly felt that this news was much more surprising than that of her boyfriend's father being the 'World Ship King'.

Los Angeles, Audrey's corporate headquarters.

Audrey Hepburn sat in her office, surrounded by her assistant Alice, a very good-looking high-achieving student; Her assistants have been held in three positions, the first two of which have been promoted, and all of them are talented and good-looking young girls.

However, she followed her man's instructions to find a young and beautiful 'foreign girl', but she never saw her man tease her assistant.

Audrey Hepburn understood that his man was not a very amorous man; She had no doubt that if her man had the slightest idea, the girls would pounce, because she knew it well.

Swinging the thoughts out of her mind, Audrey listened carefully to the work report of President Richie.

She is becoming more and more like Lin Zhichao's style!

"The Transformers comics have been published by Marvel for eight issues (monthly), and the animation of "Transformers: Beyond Vision" has become a favorite program for children this summer, and a steady stream of Transformers toys are exported from Hong Kong to the United States, and we have made a 'good start'."

President Rich reported seriously.

"Transformers" is more difficult to market than Barbie, and not only did they produce a monthly comic book, three episodes of cartoons, but also launched an all-out offensive in traditional advertising (magazines, television, trade shows).

On the back of the toy packaging, there are not only the firepower, intelligence, skills and other values of the toy character, but also many different characters have their own different mottos or mantras. This setting completely subverted the concept of "human-controlled robots" in early sci-fi anime, "Transformers are inorganic life forms that can think independently", and this concept has gradually taken root in people's hearts. Robots are no longer cold, but living "people".

Audrey Hepburn once again won the admiration of all the management of the company with her 'command Ruosu'.

"Since the ratings of "Transformers: Beyond Vision" are so good, is there a follow-up plan?" Audrey Hepburn is still familiar with the marketing of toys.

Rich immediately said: "Yes, there will be thirteen episodes of animation in the future, which is expected to be released on Christmas Eve." ”

To be honest, Lin Zhichao only gave the story outline, and Audrey needed to extend various "Transformers" animations on this outline. But it was precisely the full outline of the story, as well as the brightly colored and domineering Transformers, that sold out in the United States this summer.

The Yangtze River Toy Factory worked hard to prepare, took out the inventory, and immediately increased the production at full capacity.

Audrey Hepburn nodded and said, "Hasbro developed special forces toys in the sixties to position boys as toys to compete with our Barbie dolls. And now, our Transformers is out on the market, with all the toys for boys and girls. Therefore, the IP of "Transformers" will be regarded as as important as the IP of Barbie. ”

Richie said excitedly: "What the boss said is right, and the IP of Transformers, in a short period of time, will earn more than Barbie." ”

Audrey Hepburn certainly understands that according to her man's estimates, the profits of Transformers in the past five years may reach hundreds of millions of dollars. And now Barbie's annual profit is only about 20 million US dollars, and there are many major pirated Barbie dolls.

"That's right! I also have a new idea on the Atari side, I am going to recruit Silicon Valley elites to develop a home game console for us, and you and Onech will communicate with me, and I will go to Silicon Valley to investigate Atari video game company later. ”

Atari Video Games, has moved to Silicon Valley as a subsidiary of Audrey Corporation.

Richie's decision to the boss was very shocking!

R&D of home game consoles means that there are tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of potential customers. But at the same time, the investment in developing such a product is much higher than the initial investment in a toy.

Of course, Audrey is fully capable of doing so.

The current market capitalization of Audrey has soared to more than $500 million, and it continues to climb, with the stock up 15% in just one month. In terms of cash flow, there is a full 50 million worth of liquidity and stocks.

"Okay, I'll leave as soon as I can to talk to Oneich."

"Pay attention to secrecy, this is our company's secret weapon!"

"No problem!"

When Richie left the office, the assistant Alice said adoringly, "Boss, you are such a woman who can do anything!" ”

Audrey Hepburn pretended to be profound: "I am just a strong mother who is fighting for her son's future!" If Ryan could take over the company, I'd rather retire. ”

Alice smiled and said, "Are you by Mr. Lin's side?" ”

As an assistant, she naturally met Lin Zhichao many times.

Audrey Hepburn lamented, "He likes younger girls, like you." I accompany him every day, but it will only have a bad effect. ”

Alice said generously: "Then you are wrong! When Mr. Lin is with you, he won't look at me squarely! ”

Audrey Hepburn looked at Alice and said in her heart, sure enough, women are easy to like their men. Alice's tone was vaguely mixed with disappointment.

She wasn't angry!

"You take a vacation this weekend, I need to accompany my family!"

"Okay"

When the crown prince and the crown princess arrived, she also had to pay attention.

Audrey Hepburn is a local and has a lot of understanding of Chinese culture. In the hearts of his men, Lin Ruihuan must have more thoughts of 'hoping for his son to become a dragon' than other children, followed by Lin Ruihai and Lin Ruidong, the eldest sons of the second and third rooms.

As for the other children, it's not that their men don't pay attention to it, but they don't put too much pressure on them.

Of course, from the current point of view, the nine members of the second generation of the Lin family are still very good - smart and not rebellious.

Saturday.

When Luo Huijun saw Audrey Hepburn for the first time, she really felt the greatness of the founder of the Lin family; can let such a Western goddess and female entrepreneur give birth to two children for him.

Audrey Hepburn took Lin Ruidong and Lin Ruinan to welcome Lin Ruihuan and Luo Huijun at the door, which was very formal.

"Three Moms"

"Big Brother"

"This is my girlfriend Luo Huijun, she admires you very much!"

"This kid, whatever worship you say, it's all a family, sitting inside."

Soon, Luo Huijun integrated into the family, because she found that everyone really got along happily.

It's incredible!

A week later.

On the morning of Monday, Lin Zhichao took Lin Ruihuan to the Global Building and led him to work. There is no need for Lin Ruihuan to pretend to be an ordinary staff member, not to mention that he is seven points similar to Lin Zhichao, that is, there are more than 300 people in the headquarters of Cheung Kong Industrial, even if you don't know it today, everyone will know it within a month, why pretend to be mysterious!

Lin Ruihuan followed behind his father, and he was very excited that he finally wanted to join the family business and contribute his own strength. Since he was sensible, he knew that his mother had always been a 'hole card' for his father in the company, and now he also hopes that he is a 'territory'.

"Boss, morning!"

"Early Hu Zhong, please take the new staff to the personnel department!"

When he met the first employee, Lin Zhichao asked him to take his son to the personnel department to report.

After the listing of Cheung Kong Asset Group, Lin Ruihuan will go to the project department to become a project leader, and at the age of 25 or 6, he will become an executive director of Cheung Kong Asset Group and enter the senior management.

Everything about him is arranged and planned by Lin Zhichao.

Hu Zhong is a staff member of the project department, and when he heard the boss's arrangement, he looked at Lin Ruihuan again, and hurriedly said, "Okay, please come with me!" ”

Lin Ruihuan hurriedly said: "Trouble Senior Hu!" ”

Hu Zhong was overjoyed, he was not a fool, he could let the boss personally lead him into the company, and nine times out of ten, the prince would return to Hong Kong. Although he is only an ordinary employee, he is also a real super white-collar worker in Hong Kong (the ordinary staff of Cheung Kong headquarters are also high-income people), and he still has vision.

"You're welcome!"

Lin Zhichao didn't care about this, as long as Lin Ruihuan passed the curfew of the building and the company, then he could find his place. The personnel department has already received the notice, so naturally they will take him to the company.

A certain department.

A female employee walked into the office and said in a low voice, "Have you heard, a new employee is here today!" ”

Everyone was puzzled, and a male staff member said indifferently for the first time: "Ajuan, are you mistaken, this is also called gossip?" We are in the midst of a period of rapid growth, and it is normal and good to join new employees. ”

"That's it, we still like your celebrity gossip!"

"Haha, Ajuan hasn't been in the news recently, so let's talk about this matter!"

It turns out that Ajuan is a well-informed person in this office, and she is a lover of entertainment gossip, which can be regarded as a fun part of the office.

When Ajuan heard everyone's ridicule, she was not angry, but said arrogantly: "Today's news, you may not be able to hear such a hot news in your life!" ”

"Really?"

"Liar, huh?"

Ajuan said proudly: "If it's exciting enough, how about you all have a meal?" ”

"Then we'll see how exciting it is!"

"That is, the standard of judgment is in our hands."

This is the marketing department, not to mention there are more than a dozen employees, if it is a dinner, Ajuan can eat at least a dozen meals for nothing.

"You're good! The prince returned to Hong Kong and joined the company today! ”

"What prince?"

"It's not the boss's son, is it?"

"It doesn't make sense, how young is the boss, just in his thirties, and his son can go to work?"

For a while, everyone was chattering, if this news is true, it is indeed exciting enough.

Ajuan said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten! This morning, a young man who looked seven points like the boss was seen following the boss into the company, and then he was taken to the personnel department. Do you think, who will be brought into the company by the boss? And although the boss looks young, others have already created Changjiang Real Estate in the late forties, according to this calculation, it is almost reasonable! ”

For a while, everyone talked about it, and it wasn't until the department manager came in that everyone stopped talking. But there are still those who are brave enough to ask the manager.

"Manager, I heard that the prince joined the company today?"

"How do you know?"

"I heard what Ajuan said, saying that someone saw the boss bring someone to the company in the morning!"

"That's how it should be. Everyone works, there is nothing to discuss, just new employees, bosses, you all see each other often, don't make a fuss. ”

Having said that, soon the company's employees will discuss it privately.

Of course, it won't take long for the heat to subside.

General Manager's Office.

Lin Zhichao ignored his son's entry, and he sorted out the matter of listed assets.

Unlisted Assets:

Summarized as 'Victoria Harbour Real Estate', that is, the original Cheung Kong Real Estate, the assets include:

[Nine office buildings in Central: Profit Buy, Poly Building, Global Building, Midea Building, International Building, Taiping Hong, Far East Financial Center Tower A and B (under construction), Harbour Centre (under construction);

An office building in Kowloon: Starlight Walk

Reserve land: about 3.6 million square feet, of which about 2.2 million square feet of land exchange rights and New Territories land;

Retail properties: ground floor and basement of a 12-storey building;

Commercial land: The remaining projects of the former Navy Yard site – two shopping malls, six skyscrapers

Residential properties: a high-end residential building in Mid-Levels, Causeway Bay, and some high-end residential units and bungalows

Securities Investment: Stocks worth about HK$160 million】

Listed Assets:

Reorganized into 'Cheung Kong Asset Group', the original Cheung Kong Asset, with assets including:

【Commercial Projects:

Causeway Bay: Walden Building (Daimaru Department Store), Shintiandi Building (Shintiandi Shopping Centre)

Tsim Sha Tsui: Miramar Shopping Centre, Miramar Hotel (5-star), Lok Fu Building (purchased last year)

Singapore: Raffles City (shopping mall + office building)

Development Projects:

There are a total of 20 developmental developments, covering an area of approximately 400,000 square feet

Other Items:

Poly Construction, Anderson Daya Stone Mine, Yangtze River Finance, 7~11 Convenience, Café de Coral 50% Equity, Doll Noodles, Red Bull. 】

After roughly sorting out the listed assets, Lin Zhichao already had a number in his heart.

In fact, many unlisted assets were originally under the original Changjiang Real Estate, so it was not considered a major asset restructuring; By the end of the year, it should be completed without a hitch.

After the completion of the restructuring, Cheung Kong Asset Group will continue to purchase the land in the hands of Harbour Land.

As for debt: in addition to the HK$46 million for the acquisition of Lok Fu Building, under Cheung Kong Asset Group; For example, the debt invested in the 'Harbour Centre' is under the umbrella of Harbour Land.

Overall, there is no debt.

Far East Financial Center Tower AB, Shangri-La Hotel (Hong Kong), Raffles City Singapore and Victoria Harbour Center have a total investment of 1.1 billion Hong Kong dollars. Among them, the profit of Cheung Kong in 1968~1971 was about 450 million, which was used for this part of the investment, and the 100 million yuan supported by Cheung Kong in the early stage, which was already 550 million.

And the remaining 550 million, Lin Zhichao plans to repay it with stock investment, which is more than enough.

These are not counting the profits from the beginning of 1972, so there is no rush at all!

(End of chapter)