Hong Kong's new giants

The several online games developed by The Ninth City did not intend to enter South Korea. This time, they intend to use casual online games to knock on the door of South Korea in one fell swoop.

Next, Gao Kelin reported the situation of other games.

At present, The Ninth City has entered the stage of high-frequency game release, with 1-2 online games released every quarter;

Moreover, this speed is still increasing. Maybe in two years, there will be about 10 online games released a year.

After all, Lin Zuhui has released 10 basic online game disks, and the Ninth City has to continue to vigorously promote the strength of Xiangjiang's game industry.

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NEXON Corporation.

"President, something is wrong!" A manager hurried to Jin Chengzai's office with a flustered expression.

"What's the rush, didn't you see that I'm working!" Jin Chengzai said displeased.

Recently, he has been very unhappy, because the games developed by Xiangjiang Ninth City have been developed one after another, and the games developed by NEXON are somewhat homogeneous, which makes him very distressed.

Because, even if the ideas are a bit the same, at least there must be a lot of core things in it.And some of the previous research and development have to start again.

The management quickly said: "It is "Adventure Island" that is going to be launched in South Korea, and it is expected to be tested on Christmas in December."

Jin Chengzai was shocked, because the speed was so fast that the game similar to "Adventure Island" developed by the company was too late to come out.

"They are outsiders and may not adapt to the Korean environment!"

"However, they chose an agent to set up the server, and the agent is Hyundai Entertainment under the Hyundai Group."

"What? Agent of Hyundai Group!"

"Correct!"

For a moment, Jin Chengzai sat down weakly.

The Hyundai Group is an existence he needs to look up to, although it is in trouble now.The important thing is that developing a game similar to "Adventure Island" must be difficult and cause copyright troubles; even if it is developed, players will choose "Adventure Island" developed by Ninth City, because others are already one step ahead.

"I see! The game plan of "Adventure Island" can only be done again, and there must be more things of our own."

"But in this way, time will be spent, and the market will be robbed."

Jin Chengzai's face was unpredictable, and he had to admit defeat in the end.

"Then break it up and do it again, a horizontal scrolling 2D online game will do!"

"It can only be this way!"

The next step is to meet the challenge. Although NEXON has the cash cow "Paradise", it has now successively abandoned "Adventure Island", "Bubble Hall", and "Martin Run".

Almost millions of dollars have been invested in these games, and now they can only be in vain.

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domestic.

With the development of online games at a speed visible to the naked eye, major Internet companies in China are eyeing this fat meat one after another.

However, they soon discovered a problem. The world's largest game developer—Xiangjiang Ninth City kept producing excellent works, but almost all of them were rejected when they wanted to cooperate with them.

Later, everyone discovered that the Ninth City had hand-picked agency companies in the mainland, one was Xishanju under Kingsoft, and the other was Penguin Games of Penguin.

In fact, it is not difficult to find that these two companies have Hong Kong-funded backgrounds, so they are only represented by others.

This way does not work, and then find two ways, one is to act as an agent for Japanese and Korean online games, and the other is to develop by ourselves.

As a result, Japanese and Korean online games were beaten by Xiangjiang online games, and there was not enough time for their own research and development, so they could only watch helplessly as the market was monopolized by Xishanju and Penguin Games.

Penguin, meeting room.

Brother Xiao Ma signed his name, then reached out his hand to shake hands with Gao Kelin and said, "Thank you for your company's trust. You have given us the agency contracts for 5 games this year."

At this time, although Penguin Games' agent "Adventure Island" and "Bubble Hall" has only been two or three months, the number of registered players has increased by hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands, and the number of online players has also quickly reached 10 or 20. Online games with extremely fast growth.

Therefore, upon hearing that The Ninth City was beta-testing "Audition", Penguin Games hastily signed three more online game agents, including two online games that Xiangjiang hadn't beta-beta yet.

"President Ma is serious. How can we say that our boss is also a shareholder of Penguin. These games are the first choice of Penguin Games, and they are also cooperation for win-win cooperation." Gao Kelin said politely.

He knows one thing, the company where the owner of the method holds a large proportion of shares and serves as a director must have a bright future in the future, so he also has a good impression of Xiao Ma.

The two sides then exchanged their experience in the game and had a very happy chat.

The games developed by The Ninth City represented by Xishanju are all paid online games;

The games represented by Penguin are all free casual games, using props to charge for profits.

The two parties had an in-depth discussion on these two profit models.

Chapter 731 [Entering the field of electric vehicles]

Standing in front of the window of his office on the 88th floor of the 'IFC Phase [-]', overlooking Kowloon and Victoria Harbour, Lin Zuhui always inspires his ambitions.

Money, he does have enough!

However, being able to make money represents his strength and ability, so he is still looking for investment directions for his funds.

The failure of the acquisition of the American Petroleum Company did not dampen Lin Zuhui's enthusiasm for investment. This is a very normal investment failure, and at most he will lose some consulting fees and preparation costs.

In fact, if he uses the funds to buy commercial real estate around the world and use it for rent collection, not only will he not be affected by politics, but he can also obtain stable profits and value-added.

In fact, New Era Group has been doing this all the time, but it only occupies part of the investment, and has not made full efforts in real estate.

"dong dong"

"Come in"

There was a knock on the door, and Lin Zuhui turned his head.

"boss"

Entering was Lin Zuhui's general Yuan Tianfan, who was also one of the three carriages (Chen Bin, Liang Zhenxun, Yuan Tianfan) at the headquarters of the New Era Group.

"Boss, this is the information of Nanfu Battery in the Mainland. I have already investigated it clearly!"

Lin Zuhui nodded, took the information and looked at it seriously.

[In 1999, the NP Municipal Government approached CICC to take the lead in raising funds for Nanfu Battery. The original five Chinese shareholders of Nanfu Battery used 5% of the current asset appraisal value of Nanfu Battery as capital. The Singapore Government Investment Corporation , Morgan Stanley, Dutch National Investment Bank, and CICC (CDH) 69 international investment banks invested 4 million US dollars, 1000 million US dollars, more than 400 million US dollars, and more than 100 million US dollars in cash respectively to jointly establish Huaxia Battery Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huaxia Battery Co., Ltd. Huaxia Battery), in order to hold 100% of the shares of Nanfu Battery.In Huaxia Battery, the four original Chinese shareholders hold a total of 72% of the shares, and the four international investment banks jointly hold 4% of the shares.

At that time, the mainland’s main board’s listing policy restricted foreign ownership to no more than 25%; and foreign parties such as Morgan Morgan refused to sell their hard-earned shares, so they could only promote Nanfu’s listing in Hong Kong.But soon the listing rhythm was interrupted by China Resources Baifu.

China Resources Baifu lost tens of millions of dollars due to speculation in gold. In order to repay the debt, it had to transfer 20% of the equity it held in Huaxia Battery to a subsidiary of China Base, and sold a part of the equity to Morgan Stanley. The total shareholding exceeds that of the Chinese investor for the first time. At the same time, because this equity transfer is the first of its kind, it violates the Hong Kong listing requirements for shareholders to maintain stability within 3 years, which disrupts the pace of Nanfu Battery’s listing in Hong Kong.

In 2001, the foreign party promoted Huaxia Battery to increase capital and share on the grounds that Nanfu Battery wanted to acquire Shuanglu Battery.The Chinese capital has no money to participate in the capital increase, and the gap between the shareholding ratio of domestic and foreign capital has further widened.

This year, China Base's subsidiary will sell the 20% stake in Huaxia Battery acquired from China Resources Baifu to Zhejiang Fubon for 7800 million yuan.Morgan Stanley didn't want others to get involved in Guifu battery, so it bought back the equity for US$1500 million.

Seeing that there is no hope of going public in Hong Kong, and foreign capital has become the controlling party, the NP city government recently sold its shareholding in Huaxia Battery for US$1000 million.After a series of shareholding changes, the foreign party took full control of Huaxia Battery and 72% of Nanfu Battery. The owner of Nanfu Battery’s fate became Morgan Stanley. Proud Brand". 】

After reading the information, Lin Zuhui asked: "I want to buy 72% of Nanfu Battery from Huaxia Battery. Do you think there is any difficulty?"

Yuan Tianfan said with a smile: "As an equity investment tycoon, Morgan Stanley's purpose is to promote Nanfu Battery to go public in the capital market, and to sell and exit at the right time to earn huge profits. Therefore, it is not difficult to acquire the shares in their hands. The key is price."

Lin Zuhui said: "According to the investment of foreign capital, the total is 5000 million U.S. dollars, and how much money can be spent, so if you go boldly to contact, even if it is 1 million U.S. dollars, we have to win 72% of South Africa's battery."

He is not stupid, but he understands that the profit of Nanfu Battery will reach 8000 million US dollars in the next year, and now is the cheap time.

Of course, Lin Zuhui is also a drunkard, after all, it is just a Nanfu battery, why should he ask in person.The reason why he acquired Nanfu was to enter the field of new energy, that is, to create the 'Ningde era' in advance.

Yuan Tianfan said: "Okay, I'll go to Morgan Stanley to negotiate right away! But after the acquisition, the boss intends to continue to go public and cash out profits in the future; or is he planning to obtain a controlling stake in the operation of Nanfu Battery after the acquisition?" After finishing speaking, he endured I can't help being a little curious.

Lin Zuhui said: "It is natural to operate Nanfu Battery and turn this company into a technology company. But it is still a bit early to talk about this. Let's first win the equity in the hands of foreign investors."

He is used to calling others "foreign capital", but he does not know that Hong Kong capital is also foreign capital in the eyes of the mainland. Of course, foreign capital also has a degree of closeness.

As the boss of Hong Kong capital, Lin Zuhui is very well taken care of in the Mainland. His subsidiary Sina.com can not only cooperate with Joint Publishing to enter the publishing industry, but also acquire the "Computer News" in the Mainland.

Yuan Tianfan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange it right away."

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The next day, Lin Zuhui came to a villa in Pengcheng to have a party with Zou Kaixuan and his two sons.

Zou Kaixuan and his two children are naturally from Xiangjiang, but the two children are currently studying in the Mainland, because Zou Kaixuan has stayed in the Mainland for a longer period of time.

After playing with the children for a while, Lin Zuhui and Zou Kaixuan came to the study.

Lin Zuhui said: "I want Xiaomi Technology to enter the field of 'electric vehicles', so you recently established this department, the name is 'Tesla', which means paying tribute to the physicist Tesla. Establish R&D centers in the United States, Europe, Hong Kong, and the mainland."

Zou Kaixuan was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "You mean, electric vehicles will replace traditional petrol vehicles in the future?"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "It's too early to talk about replacement, but electric cars will definitely become an immeasurable car force. If we end early, we can accumulate enough technology and strength in the future, and even reach the world's leading level." status."

Zou Kaixuan nodded, and said, "Okay, I support your idea, and I will definitely invest in it." She understood a truth that Lin Zuhui must be willing to spend money on any industry hand-picked by Lin Zuhui.

Lin Zuhui said: "Tesla is a car brand that needs to be registered quickly, including registration in the United States and Europe. At the same time, this is a very unfamiliar field, and mainland talents are also scarce, so I let you establish R&D globally. Center, of course I hope you will focus on supporting R&D centers in the Mainland."

"No problem, I see what you mean!"

This woman has been in the technology industry for so many years, she is already an 'veteran' and understands Lin Zuhui's thoughts.

As for Lin Zuhui, he simply wanted Huaxia to take the lead in the field of electric vehicles one step earlier.

As for funds, Xiaomi Technology has no shortage of funds. Even if it lacks funds, Lin Zuhui still has ways to let Xiaomi Technology raise funds from bank loans and stock markets, so that this company has dozens of research and development expenses every year.

Moreover, with the explosion of the "PHS" business, Xiaomi Technology will have a market capitalization of around 2500 billion Hong Kong dollars, and even 3000 billion is not a problem; just ask, does such a company still worry about having no funds?

In the previous life, UT Starcom once reached a market value of more than 300 billion US dollars with only PHS and network solutions; of course, with the withdrawal of PHS and the emergence of smart phones, UT Starcom naturally declined.

However, Xiaomi Technology's business is very extensive, and PHS is just one of the more important businesses, so the market value will usher in a big explosion in the last two years.

For entering the field of smart phones, it is naturally the first time to enter, and will not neglect.

Finally, Lin Zuhui said: "I am planning to acquire Nanfu Battery, and if it goes well, I will promote its listing. After that, I will choose to let Nanfu Battery acquire Xiaomi Technology's lithium battery business."

Zou Kaixuan naturally would not refute Lin Zuhui, but said: "No problem, I will promote this transaction at that time. However, Xiaomi Technology's establishment of Tesla electric vehicles is bound to develop the battery part of electric vehicles."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "There is no problem with this, just keep one department. In the future, Nanfu Battery will be changed to Nanfu Power, and will also develop batteries and solutions for electric vehicles. The two parties can cooperate."

Zou Kaixuan replied: "Well, this is a very good arrangement. Xiaomi Technology can just streamline the production system and use the funds for research and development."

This woman is indeed a very smart woman who is also very keen on the technology industry.

Lin Zuhui said: "What you said is very reasonable. The further Xiaomi Technology develops, the more it has to hand over part of the production system to the foundry and focus on research and development. Of course, the supply chain must give priority to domestic companies and support the development of the entire industry. "

The research and development costs of Xiaomi Technology have always been very high, and they have also achieved great results. Every year, the patents are at the No. 1 level in China.Because of this, this company is very cared and taken care of by the upper management, and the support is no less than that of mainland companies.

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Yuan Tianfan found John, the person in charge of the Greater China Region of Morgan Stanley, and explained his intentions.

John looked pensive, and then said: "Mr. Yuan, we have been laying out Nanfu batteries for many years. During this period, we have played a role in promoting Nanfu's operation and development with our corporate transformation capabilities. Regarding this asset, We also value it very much.”

This is nothing more than a tactical negotiation, nothing more than trying to gain a negotiating advantage.

Yuan Tianfan said: "Stanley Morgan is an investment bank. Whether it is investing in Nanfu, or promoting Nanfu's operation and development, it is all for listing and cashing out. Now, because Nanfu Battery's shareholders change frequently, listing in Xiangjiang is temporarily unfeasible. So, if you cash out at this time, why not do it?"

John smiled and said: "What you said seems to make sense! However, we also have long-term investment ideas. Last year, the sales of Nanfu batteries reached nearly 1 million US dollars, which has very good benefits."

Yuan Tianfan said as a matter of course: "Because of this, Morgan Stanley will consider selling this asset. After all, as overseas brands enter the mainland, Nanfu may be affected; in addition, we will give you a satisfactory acquisition fee .Of course, Morgan Stanley has to buy all the shares of Huaxia Battery (accounting for 72% of Nanfu shares) for us.”

John said at this time: "Well, we will seriously consider this proposal, but you can raise a price first!"

Yuan Tianfan said calmly: "If that's the case, how about 7800 million US dollars!"

John shook his head and said, "The price is very low. I hope that next time we meet, you will be more prepared."

Although the two parties did not reach an agreement in the first trial, they made great progress. Morgan Stanley intends to facilitate this transaction, and New Era Group also sincerely bought the shares.

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In early November, New Era Group acquired all Huaxia Battery equity shares of Mohe, CDH, Singapore Investment and other companies, holding a total of 11% of Nanfu Battery, involving a capital of 72 million US dollars.

Several investment companies were eliminated after nearly doubling their profits, and New Times Group became the sole shareholder of "Huaxia Battery" registered in Xiangjiang.

After the acquisition was completed, Lin Zuhui took Yuan Tianfan and several high-level officials to the inland NP city to investigate Nanfu Battery.

"Mr. Lin, this is Chen Laimao, the chairman and general manager of Nanfu Battery...Chairman Chen, this is Mr. Lin Zuhui. I think you are familiar with it."

Chen Laimao was the factory director of Nanping Battery at the time. Later, seeing the development of alkaline batteries in the world, he recruited many investors to form Nanfu Battery, including Xiangjiang China Resources Baifu. Therefore, Nanfu Battery was a Sino-foreign joint venture from the beginning. Although China Resources Baifu is just another shell of Chinese capital.

As a result, it was precisely because the shareholders of Nanfu Battery owned other enterprises such as China Resources Baifu and Industrial Bank that Nanfu Battery later fell into the hands of foreign capital.

Chen Lai said happily: "No stranger, Mr. Lin is a businessman who loves G. This time he won 72% of Nanfu shares from foreign investors, which can be said to welcome Nanfu back."

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Chairman Chen has won the award, but this investment in Nanfu is a purely commercial act. But everyone can rest assured that Nanfu is a representative of Huaxia Battery and a well-known national brand. As a major shareholder, we naturally hope that Nanfu will not only Occupying the market in China also hopes that Nanfu Battery will develop overseas."

Everyone applauded, Mr. Lin Zuhui deserved to be the pride of the Chinese people, he lightly mobilized everyone's atmosphere, everyone thought in their hearts.