Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 503 [Handling Little Superman]

Time flies, and it's mid-May in a blink of an eye.

Sunday, May 5.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Zuhui, Zheng Yutong, Li Zhaoji, He Sheng, Rong Gongzi, Mr. Dong, He Shanheng, Li Junxia, ​​Li Yeguang and a group of people came to a Catholic church to attend the wedding of Li Chaoren's eldest son Li Zeju.

Li Chaoren didn't send invitations, but everyone came 'uninvited', and there were quite a few people, as many as 200 people participated.The same is true for Lin Zuhui. When Li Chaoren attended his wedding, he had no choice but to show him face.

What's more, Lin Zuhui himself and Li Chaoren don't have any enmity, the two are just fiercer under the competition of their subsidiaries, and now they are more normalized.

Although Li Zeju's marriage was relatively low-key this time, reporters and citizens all over Hong Kong paid attention to it.If he doesn't participate, he will definitely be criticized.

In fact, all of this is due to Li Chaoren's "cautiousness and subtlety", for fear of being scolded by others for being extravagant and wasteful, and holding a wedding for his son with great fanfare.

is that useful?
If it was useful, his son would not have been kidnapped in the previous life;

If it was useful, he wouldn't have been a 'patriotic businessman' in his previous life, and finally became a 'Li Cucumber' and attracted a lot of infamy.

It was Lin Zuhui who saw through it. When wealth reached a certain level, there was no need to care too much about those 'reputations'; as long as it didn't touch the law, he could spend his money as he wanted.

Don't you see, even a rich man like Bill Gates who 'donates all', some netizens scold others for using 'foundations' to avoid taxes.Therefore, the poor will always 'hate the rich', they will not think about how to make money, they will only scold 'the rich are rich and unkind'.

When everyone came to the church, they saw Li Chaoren thanking each other at the door, as quite modest and polite.

"Lin Sheng, the hospitality is not good, please take care of me!"

"Li Sheng is polite, you are busy, we are quite casual!"

After speaking, Lin Zuhui and everyone went to the seats and waited for the wedding ceremony.Because the bride Wang Fuxin is a Catholic, the wedding was held in a Catholic church. It is said that Li Chaoren also donated 300 million to this church, fulfilling his daughter-in-law's wish.

At 4:[-], the wedding was held on time, in the Catholic manner.

After the ceremony, everyone was invited to the Eagle's Nest Hall of the Central Hilton Hotel, Li Chaoren's home, for a dinner.

The signature dishes of the wedding banquet include: salt and pepper raw crab claws and other 10 dishes, Hema abalone with 12 abalones, more than 2000 yuan each; braised big abalone with golden mountain hook wings, 3000 yuan per catty; Big eyebrows, nearly 2000 yuan each. Roughly estimated, almost 38000 yuan per table.

Not surprisingly, Li Chaoren had to introduce to the media again, so as not to give people the impression of luxury.

During the period, when Lin Zuhui met Li Zekai, he was a bit of a "loofer".

"Lin Sheng, you must feel nonsensical (boring) about tonight's 'Nostalgic Song'?"

Lin Zuhui saw that he took the initiative to talk to him, and said with a smile: "From this point of view, you and brother Ni have really different personalities, but I think the nostalgic song tonight is really meaningless, haha!"

He is more than a year older than Li Zekai, but he usually has a relationship with his father, and he has also had a relationship with Li Zeju, but he only met in some gatherings of Hong Kong's second generation.Of course he is not considered a rich second generation in Hong Kong, but he also has friends in that circle, such as Zheng Jiachun, Poon Dickson, Feng Yongxiang and others, so he played together once or twice before.

Li Zekai continued to talk and said: "I complained to the foreman and asked him not to play so many nostalgic songs, but the foreman said that my brother hand-picked it, so there is nothing I can do. I know that Lin Sheng is a Hong Kong stream music, The godfather of the series, come here to ask a few words."

At this time, the meal is almost over, and it is time to listen to music and dance.

Lin Zuhui immediately took advantage of the situation and said: "That's not easy. Dragon TV joined our ATV Group. A Kai, you will be our director. You will also be the boss of Hong Kong Liu Culture in the future. Haha!"

He did it on the spur of the moment. The reason why he gave up the establishment of a satellite TV network was that the cost was too high. However, if it adopts the method of issuing new shares and does not need to use ATV's cash flow and loans, then it will be very good.

To be honest, what he cares most about is to develop the Hong Kong Stream culture, but he doesn't care much about the number of shares he holds, although he still has 49% of the shares and a small amount of warrants (DreamWorks merged into ATV).

Li Zekai was stunned for a while, unable to react for a while, and then said after a while: "Lin Sheng wants to buy or merge Dragon TV?"

Lin Zuhui is an old man, so Li Zekai can't compare to him, so he immediately attacked and said, "Why don't you come and play on my yacht tomorrow, today is a good day for your brother."

At this moment, Li Zekai could only agree, "If Lin Sheng invites you, I will definitely come!"

Let's not talk about whether this deal will be completed or not, but Lin Zuhui has already invited his youngest son to his yacht without Li Chaoren's knowledge.Of course, Dragon TV is a company where Li Chaoren raised his son, and Li Zekai can call the shots.

In fact, Li Zekai did not tell Li Chaoren about this that night. The first was that Li Chaoren was too busy, the second was that he felt that he could call the shots, and the third was of course that he was curious about how much bargaining chips Lin Zuhui had given him.

At this time, Dragon TV has a total of 5 channels, 4 of which broadcast American TV channels, and 1 self-produced program; Dragon TV’s reception area is wider than that of Asia Satellite TV, but the audience is still not as large as a single channel of Asia Satellite TV.Asia Satellite TV has 4500 million viewers, while Dragon TV has 3800 million viewers.

This made Li Zekai a little reconciled. Although Dragon TV is already profitable, Asia Satellite TV is obviously more favored by world-class companies and advertises.

Of course, the overall advertising revenue of Asia Satellite TV is definitely far less than that of Dragon TV. After all, Dragon TV has five channels.

The next day.

In the sea facing the south of Hong Kong Island, Lin Zuhui entertained Li Zekai on his super yacht.

From Li Zekai's eyes, he could see envy. Due to Li Chaoren's family tradition, Li Zekai did not have the freedom of wealth like the rich second generation of the later generations. It is said that in Canada, he still rents a house with his own salary, even now he rents with his salary. Live in a mansion in Mid-Levels.

According to the analysis of this situation, Lin Zuhui immediately knew that if Li Zekai wanted to be independent, the best way was to sell Dragon TV and start a business with the money.

"Lin Sheng, this yacht of yours is the first in Xiangjiang. I'm afraid the price is hundreds of millions!" Li Zekai said enviously.

Lin Zuhui patted him on the shoulder and said, "Call me Brother Hui, everyone is young, so why not be polite. This yacht is exactly 1 million, don't be envious, you will have it soon."

"Brother Hui, I'm not like you. I start from scratch and spend my money as I want. The family is more tightly controlled!" Li Zekai immediately said kindly.He admired Lin Zuhui's legendary experience. Although the two were considered 'opponents', he found that Asia Satellite TV was running really well, so he had some admiration.

Lin Zuhui said: "This is your father's tempering you. Dragon TV is run so well by you, and your father and your master have given you almost full power. You have already succeeded in starting a business. Let me show you around. !"

"Okay, it won't be inconvenient!" Li Zekai said.

"convenient!"

Taking Li Zekai on a tour of the yacht for a while made this super rich second generation itchy.But he knew that his father would not let him be so high-profile. Of course, if he made money, he would not care about his father's opinion.

Finally, Lin Zuhui invited Li Zekai to come to the flying bridge, poured a glass of red wine, and chatted with exquisite snacks.

"Akai, what do you think of my suggestion yesterday? Together, we will definitely be able to create the strongest communication group." Lin Zuhui said kindly.

In fact, he calculated that Li Zekai's joining ATV would not threaten his dominance at all, so he said it lightly.

As for equity, ATV's current market value is 230 billion, which can be called a giant.The valuation of Dragon TV is at most 35 to 50 billion in this life, which is less than the 63 billion Hong Kong dollars in the previous life.

Li Zekai said: "Brother Hui, of course I want to work with you, but I want to start a business even more. So, if you are interested, you can give me an offer, and I will see if Dragon TV is sold."

Of course, there is no problem. Issuing new shares can be exchanged for Dragon TV, and you can also raise funds to buy Dragon TV. The reason is the same.At present, Heung Kong has already canceled the rule of "issuing no more than 10% of new shares", so if ATV Group comes to "10 for 3", it will easily swallow Dragon TV.

Lin Zuhui nodded and said, "That's good! How about 4 million US dollars (31.2 Hong Kong dollars)?"

Li Zekai's expression froze, and he immediately said, "Brother Hui, this price is not like your style!"

This price is indeed very low. Although Dragon TV is estimated to have only invested 12 billion to 15 billion Hong Kong dollars, the operation is still successful after all. The 3800 million viewers are real, and the satellite TV license is also very valuable.

Lin Zuhui laughed loudly, and then said: "Don't worry! The US$4 million is to buy a 65% stake in Dragon TV. Of course, we want half cash and half ATV Group shares. As for the remaining 35% stake, because considering the possibility When it comes to the relevant regulations of the Hong Kong government, we need to make strategic arrangements. My idea is that Hutchison and the Li family still control Hutchison Broadcasting, the licensing agency of satellite TV. You hold 52% of the shares, and Asia Satellite TV only holds 48%. ; and the 65% controlling stake in Oriental Satellite Broadcasting is owned by Asia Satellite TV, and if the time is right to merge, you can still enjoy the long-term dividends of satellite TV.”

Li Zekai was moved at this time. Dragon TV has only invested more than 13 billion Hong Kong dollars so far, which is equivalent to returning nearly three times the profit.

"Brother Hui, I need to go back and think about it!" Li Zekai said.

I thought it was tempting, and Lin Zuhui did not lower the price, and it can even be said that the premium is very high.The reason is actually very simple, in order to reach this deal, it doesn't matter if Li Zekai earns more money.

However, the market value of Asia Satellite TV is already high, and Lin Zuhui does not intend to participate in the funds raised through the rights issue, so the dilution of the stock will be diluted.

Assuming that the total value of Dragon TV is 50 billion Hong Kong dollars, and ATV Group is 230 billion, Lin Zuhui's stock will be diluted by about 20%, and there are still nearly 40%.

For Asia Satellite TV Group, Lin Zuhui originally valued its influence more than its value.Therefore, the 40% shareholding will not affect anything about him, and it is impossible for someone to challenge the control, after all, he is super rich.

What's more, you can increase your holdings if you find opportunities in the future.

(End of this chapter)