The Canary Wharf project is an important investment project of Cheung Kong Group, and Lin Zhichao intends to recruit a team of management from the United Kingdom to implement the localized management talent system of the 'Canary Wharf Group'; at the same time, MacLehose of Cheung Kong Group is the group management of this project, and of course Lin Zhichao and Lin Ruihuan have also joined the management team.

Therefore, although the project has been won, it will take a year and a half to really break ground!

The project is not only about planning a commercial real estate project on 11 million square feet of land, but also about the planning of the entire surrounding area, and it is also necessary to plan the transportation connection to the outside, especially the three subway/light rail lines.

On the 11 million square feet of land, Lin Zhichao intends to divide the project into two phases, the first phase of the project has a commercial area of 14 million square feet, and the second phase of the project has a commercial area of 12 million square feet, with a total property area of 26 million square feet.

The first phase of the project may take up to 10 years, and the second phase of investment will only be carried out after all three subway lines are completed.

During his stay in London, Lin Zhichao interviewed a capable deputy, Combeth, the president of a large commercial real estate company in the United Kingdom.

It was Lin Zhichao who invited him to jump to Canary Wharf Group and serve as the president.

In Lin Zhichao's office, Combes said: "May I ask Sir Lin, if I am the president, do I have a lot of command over this project, and how much capital can I get?" ”

He was a little impressed, and it was an honor to be the leader of such a project.

It's a pity that Lin Zhichao said directly: "Actually, I just need a deputy, and I have absolute command over this project." Of course, I've always done things big and small, and you still have a lot of room to play. As for the capital, Canary Wharf Group now has close to $1.7 billion in financial investment and cash flow, which can be described as very sufficient, and there will be no financial troubles in the later stage! ”

Combeston hesitated, Lin Zhichao's words meant very simply, this project could not be completely delegated to the management of Canary Wharf Group, and Cheung Kong Group had greater command.

In this way, he was a little worried about whether everyone's philosophy would be the same. If there is a conflict, won't he just leave immediately?

Today, he is the president of a large British real estate company, even though the size of the business is less than $4 billion.

Seeing this, Lin Zhichao said: "It is impossible for me to focus all my energy on this project, so the management of Canary Wharf Group is basically all local recruitment, and it also has a lot of independent management rights. ”

After thinking for a while, Combeth said: "Before I came to meet Sir Lam, I specifically learned about the performance of Sir Lam's Cheung Kong Group in Hong Kong. So, I would like to come and work for Canary Wharf Group! ”

The salary is high, and the project also has a lot of charm, which is why he finally decided to change jobs.

Lin Zhichao happily stretched out his hand and said, "Then you are welcome to join our team!" ”

Although he decided to put more effort into the Canary Wharf project, it was only in the early stages of preparation. Later, he will hand over the project to the management of Canary Wharf, and will also make Lin Ruihuan and Mai Lisi as the group supervisors.

Lin Ruidong took Robert Iger, head of the entertainment department of ABC radio in the United States, to Asia Television in Hong Kong.

Robert Iger, is Lin Ruidong's 'cronies', since Disney acquired the ABC of the United States, Lin Ruidong began to promote Robert Iger, from a small deputy in the sports department, quickly became a leader in the sports department and the entertainment department.

Lin Ruidong is now a director of Disney, although the power is in the hands of President Michael Eisner, but because Audrey's equity in Disney has increased to 52%, Lin Ruidong has a very large voice.

Michael Eisner did not expect that Audrey and his stake in Disney would eventually become an obstacle to taking sole power. Fortunately, Lin Ruidong is more face-saving and rarely participates in the specific affairs of Disney.

And this time, ABC Radio in the United States plans to buy the copyright of Asia Television's "Millionaire", which was brokered by Lin Ruidong, and of course comes from the influence of Lin Zhichao.

Robert Iger is Lin Zhichao preparing to take over the management of Michael Eisner, so this time he is in charge of the copyright acquisition of "Millionaire", which is to prepare him to increase his influence, and then to prepare for the role of vice president of ABC.

After all, "Millionaire" in the previous life brought ABC $1 billion in revenue, a proper wealth harvester.

Lin Ruikai led Zhou Liang Shuyi to participate in the negotiations in person, he and Lin Ruidong did not disclose their identities, and they were not the protagonists of the negotiations.

After the showdown began, Zhou Liang Shuyi directly asked for $30 million, which will allow ABC in the United States to adapt the copyright of "Millionaire", which is limited to the copyright in the United States.

Robert Iger's eyes were suddenly doubled in surprise, and he said, "Not 30 million Hong Kong dollars, or 3 million US dollars?" As far as I know, ATV only makes less than $10 million a year. ”

Zhou Liang Shuyi immediately said: "It's 30 million US dollars, I'm not wrong!" The copyright of "Millionaire" is an extremely important asset of our ATV, and we all think that dozens of countries will buy the copyright from us, so we set the copyright fee according to demographics, economic and other factors. ”

Robert Iger said with a smile: "I've seen Millionaire, first of all, I don't deny that it's very attractive and very suitable for many countries to buy the rights to adapt. However, without our American market as publicity, it is very difficult to believe that this show will break into the international market. In fact, I didn't notice that this excellent show was introduced to me by this Disney director next to me. ”

Lin Ruikai and Lin Ruidong brothers glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be a little funny, this price was set by their father, and they just planned to match. At most, that's $5 million coming and going.

Zhou Liang Shuyi said: "We can now earn 600,000 (profits) in local currency for one episode, and the market also proves that this show is a very profitable program." Here's our ad revenue data for the show, you can take a look. ”

Robert Iger patiently took the information, and then looked at it. In fact, he has analyzed it for a long time in advance and found that this show is really perfect, and if it is adapted by ABC in the United States, it will be a huge success.

And he will also gain a huge corporate status because of this.

After some negotiations, Robert Iger did not agree immediately, but consulted Lin Ruidong's opinion, after all, it was his idea.

Of course, Lin Ruidong signaled Robert Iger to agree with 26 million US dollars, so in the end, Robert Iger did not even ask the headquarters for instructions, and signed an agreement to purchase the copyright. This is because Lin Ruidong has a lot of rights in the ABC in the United States.

Since ABC was acquired by Disney, Lin Ruidong has been a senior consultant and participated in a series of reforms of ABC in the United States - controlling costs, which eventually made ABC's profits soar from $180 million to $300 million last year (1986).

In this way, the board of directors of the Disney Company naturally trusted Lin Ruidong, and he took advantage of the situation to become the invisible power of the ABC in the United States.

Afterwards.

Although the deal was struck, not many details were released because neither company is a publicly traded company.

However, because it was the ABC of the United States that bought the copyright of Asia Television's "Millionaire", it made the Hong Kong media carnival, believing that this was a symbol of the invasion of Hong Kong's cultural industry into the United States.

For a while, many Hong Kong citizens were proud!

At this time, Hong Kong comics have a certain influence in the world, and their influence in Asia is even greater!

At this time, Hong Kong movies have the reputation of Oriental Hollywood, and have always been very popular in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other regions, and Hong Kong stars are very happy in these places. Some celebrities even surpass Hollywood in the United States, but the local influence, such as Wang Zuxian's worth in South Korea, is the highest advertising spokesperson in South Korea; Cheng Long and Chow Yun-fat are also guaranteed at the box office in Japan, and their popularity is very high.

Then next, it's time for Hong Kong TV shows to go global, and "Millionaire" is the first! (End of chapter)