1991 Starting from the core

Faced with John Mike's persistent doubts, Su Yuanshan expressed his judgment.

"We have been planning to enter Russia since 1993, starting from the most basic base stations, and building a R\u0026D center to attract local talents, but several attempts have failed."

John Mike and Qin Si listened carefully.

"The reason for the failure is certainly not technology, nor is it price - in fact, if you have studied FarCore, you should understand that our base station solution is the most price-competitive in the world. But after all, the reason is still With people and the environment.”

"We define Russia's economic environment as: an abyss controlled by oligarchs. In Yuanxin's investment rating, this definition is very bad, and the grade is very low."

John Michael nodded slowly, opened his mouth, but resisted asking.

If a company's investment environment rating of a certain country is not made public, it is obviously a top secret related to its strategic development direction.

"Of course, this rating is only based on Yuanxin's philosophy and development, and does not conform to other fields and other companies. For example, Nokia, Siemens, and Cisco are developing very well in Russia, haha."

Su Yuanshan smiled and continued: "Therefore, we have to adopt other methods to solve the problem of talent introduction. For example, in the NewBee laboratory, there is a secondary laboratory composed of Russian computer and mathematics experts, specifically for The algorithm field of the fourth and fifth generation mobile communication technology - let’s not talk about this for now.”

"Doing real business is different from doing finance."

Su Yuanshan looked at the two people and said seriously: "When you think that Russia may wake up from shock therapy based on data and the general environment, we judge from the subtle market and people's livelihood. They can't. As long as the oligarchs are still there, That definitely won’t work.”

"Oligarchic interests take precedence over everything else."

…

This time John Michael and Qin Si came together, of course not to thank Su Yuanshan in person, let alone to solve a problem.

The two giants of Yuanxin have stayed in Hong Kong for many days, and they have nothing to do.

That night, John Mack and the Asia Pacific President of Morgan Stanley had a formal meeting with Chen Jing, Su Yuanshan, and Zhang Xiaolong.

After three hours of communication, the two parties initially reached a cooperation plan for Morgan Stanley to assist the backdoor listing of Yuanxin Technology Center.

Backdoor listing, looking for the backdoor is a technical job, and negotiating the price is even more technical. In this regard, Morgan Stanley is an extremely professional organization and is trustworthy.

As for Qin Si and Sun Xihui’s Oaktree Capital, they have to take on another important task.

They need to help Dingxin Media acquire ATV's shares and take Oaktree Capital's first step towards investment banking and even commercial banking.

…

With the popularity of Titanic, 20th Century Fox has recovered its investment and even made a profit by relying on its strong North American box office base, but it was unwilling to lose the global box office. Therefore, while maintaining the North American film schedule, various peripheral and soundtrack albums have also been launched, as if they will not stop until the last drop of Titanic's value is squeezed out.

Sony Video, on the other hand, did not panic at all. Because Netflix had obtained the digital rights for global distribution, it started the production of VHS, VCD, and DVD early, and then launched it in Europe in July, and on the first day of its launch, Britain has made a lot of history.

This made 20th Century Fox very angry, saying that if you do this, it will affect my box office, and it will not be distributed in North America!

Netflix, led by Sony, responded with one sentence - you have the guts to release it in North America for ten years! If you let it go for a day, I won't give you any credit.

I don’t know what kind of PY deal the two parties have made privately. Anyway, 20th Century Fox finally said that it will not be scheduled until August.

As for Dingxin Media, although it has obtained the distribution rights for digital discs in Southeast Asia, due to the financial crisis from last year to this year, from its launch on July 15th to now, the best-selling places for this genuine disc are actually mainland China and On the island…

Of course, the main reason for the good sales on the island is that the island has not been affected, while the good sales on the mainland are naturally because Zhang Jianjun has been sitting in the special zone since last month and has greeted heroes from all walks of life.

As the godfather of domestic pirated discs, I still have some dignity.

…

No. 188, Hennessy Road, Wan Chai.

The four gilt characters of Dingxin Media located on the top floor are shining in the sun, standing out from the crowd.

"Brother Zhang, sister-in-law." Su Yuanshan paused, looked at another actor standing low-key behind the two of them, and laughed: "Brother Jie, you have to give me your autograph later."

"Haha! What did I say?" Zhang Jianjun laughed and pulled Li Lianjie in front of him: "I told you that Mr. Shan has watched your movie, but you still don't believe it."

"Which of us has never seen Brother Jie's movies?" Su Yuanshan stretched out his hand first: "I am your loyal fan."

While Li Lianjie shook hands with Su Yuanshan, he said humbly: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it."

Dingxin Media can be said to have been born with a golden key from the beginning. First, Yuanxin, a big capital, is behind the promotion, and Yang Yingying, who is a popular figure in the domestic pop music scene, is in charge. Therefore, in the past few years, Dingxin Media has developed extremely rapidly in China.

But Dingxin's ambition is obviously not to pursue Yang Yingying as a cash cow. In addition to constantly signing mainland singers, it provides a springboard and stage for them to enter Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and even the Chinese regions in Southeast Asia. Zhang Jianjun has never given up on his layout in the film and television field.

Jet Li was poached last year and is currently the biggest actor signed by Dingxin Media.

On the one hand, Dingxin took a fancy to Li's domestic popularity, and on the other hand, Li took a fancy to Dingxin Media's overseas energy, so each got what they needed.

Later, Su Yuanshan met a group of singers and actors who came specially to show their faces. Among them were many well-known figures, famous singers and actors who have been listed on major music charts and whose photos appeared on pirated postcards.

Seeing these "goddesses" from previous lives, Su Yuanshan only sighed in his heart for a second.

…

After sitting down, Su Yuanshan looked at Yang Yingying who had recovered very well, and said cheerfully: "Sister-in-law, if you come here with senior brother, don't you worry about Maodou?"

"Don't worry, her grandma takes good care of her."

Maodou is the four-month-old daughter of Jiang Qingchuan and Yang Yingying. Yang Yingying has no idea of ​​​​retiring just yet. In addition, Dingxin Media also needs her as the boss to personally carry the banner of revenue, so she has no choice but to secretly get one. Certificate, it can be regarded as following the trend of hidden marriage.

As for the child, naturally he was secretly born in the name of further education.

"Yeah, but you still have to take care of yourself, don't let the old man spoil you."

Yang Yingying looked at him with a smile and said nonchalantly: "If you get spoiled, I'll give you an education."

"..." Su Yuanshan coughed immediately: "Please spare me."

——The news that Su Yuanshan "corrected" the naughty child of Sun Xihui's family has already spread throughout Yuanxin.

After chatting about daily life, the three of them soon got down to business.

"Brother Zhang, Oaktree Capital will officially contact you tomorrow. Although we are acquaintances, you must be confident."

"Don't worry, we already know ATV's bottom line clearly." Zhang Jianjun chuckled: "ATV has been losing money. Last year, we saw signs of profitability, and we immediately encountered a financial crisis - don't believe me when I tell you something. , Lin Baixin is so poor that ATV even has to pay for toilet paper."

"...Is it that exaggerated?" Su Yuanshan laughed.

"Hey! It's true! Lin Baixin was involved in a building case this year... Anyway, he lost a huge loss of more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. If he doesn't sell it, he may not be able to protect himself."

"Well, since we are willing to sell, we must take it." Su Yuanshan thought for a while and said: "According to preliminary estimates from Oaktree Capital, Lin Baixin's 51% stake can be priced at 700 million Hong Kong dollars - you guys Do you have that much money?”

Zhang Jianjun and Yang Yingying looked at each other and shook their heads: "We definitely didn't have that much cash, so we bought a building. Then we took advantage of the financial crisis to sign a lot of artists... It can be considered a counter-cyclical investment. We will wait for the crisis to pass. Woolen cloth."

"Hmm..." Su Yuanshan nodded slowly: "Then let's form a team with Yuan Xin, and let's do a little bit at the same time."

"Okay, you have the final say anyway." Zhang Jianjun chuckled.

Zhang Jianjun has reflected on himself countless times. It can be said that his wealth and status in this life originated from that chance encounter at the Jiangyin Factory. If it weren't for Su Yuanshan, he would have lost all his money long ago based on his idea of ​​making a tape recorder. .

No matter what he did afterwards, Su Yuanshan never forgot his share, and took care of him step by step until he reached his current position.

Therefore, if you want to get rich, you must listen to Mr. Shan.

Su Yuanshan laughed: "Okay, ATV is in such a bad shape right now. If you want to turn around, you probably need to inject capital. But then you can just ask Netflix for dividends. Netflix's recent sales of CDs have been soaring... It's really If that doesn’t work, Yuanxin or Hongyuan will inject more capital into you.”

Zhang Jianjun laughed: "We capitalists can't let money choke us to death anyway."

"Haha, that's the truth!"

Su Yuanshan laughed, but sighed in his heart.

——Although he has never admitted that Yuanxin is a chaebol system, what he does is actually something that chaebols do and can only do.

For example, this time, Yuanxin collaborated with Xinghai Fund and Huayuan Trading to take advantage of the financial crisis, when the Hong Kong government was tired and Hong Kong people relaxed their vigilance, to deploy several fields in Hong Kong at the same time.

Except for chaebols... How can this be done by ordinary companies and ordinary people?

"By the way, after we take down ATV, we may have to put on a show."

"What drama?"

"A power grab." Su Yuanshan glanced at his watch. It was still an hour and a half before he met with China Unicom Chairman Yang Weichang in HK.

Picking up the tea cup, Su Yuanshan chuckled: "We won ATV because we didn't think this broken TV station would increase in value..."

Zhang Jianjun was slightly startled: "What do you mean?"

"I want to replace the director of ATV."

"Ah?" Zhang Jianjun was startled again and hesitated: "Who? And Xiaoshan... you have to know that HK does not allow shareholders to interfere with the operation of the TV station."

"Haha, do you care about me?" Su Yuanshan grinned: "If the director is changed, I won't interfere."

"Then...who should I replace?"

"You know Wan Yongliang."

"..." Zhang Jianjun took a breath.

Of course he knows such a big boss!