Giant of the times

Beverly Hills, Lee's mansion.

Dongfang Yuqin tallied up the results of the Asian financial crisis and then handed them to Li Zetian to see.

Li Zetian was in a very happy mood, browsing the information while eating an apple.

"Haha, not bad, not bad! It's so profitable this time!" Li Zetian said with a hearty laugh. It was true that he had prepared for so long and mobilized trillions of dollars. During this Asian financial crisis, Li Zetian made US$1.15 trillion. Decades of economic accumulation in Southeast Asian countries were all made by Li Zetian!

"However, there are still some funds that cannot be cashed out for the time being!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile.

"Don't worry about this. What's important right now is..." Li Zetian took a bite of the apple and said inarticulately, "Well, after the financial crisis, land, companies, technology, etc. in Southeast Asian countries are all at bargain prices. We can take advantage of this opportunity to buy at the bottom. When the economy picks up in the future, our investment will increase many times!"

After speaking, Li Zetian unconsciously thought of South Korea's Samsung and Lotte Group... South Korean companies have a high responsibility rate, so more bankruptcies occur. Although Japanese companies such as Sony and Panasonic have not gone bankrupt, they have been severely damaged and damaged. They no longer have the strength to compete with Li Zetian's company in the future.

After reading the information, Li Zetian put the documents on the table and immediately chatted with Dongfang Yuqin about investment.

There are so many things to invest in. Li Zetian pointed out a general idea, but more professionals are needed to implement the specifics.

"The Bank of Korea is preparing to auction Samsung Group and Lotte Group. I think it is better not to wait for them to auction, and simply launch the acquisition in advance to avoid more people competing with us." Dongfang Yuqin suggested.

"Hmm...??" Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's launch the acquisition in advance!"

At the moment, Samsung Group is not the largest group in South Korea. However, if it were Lee Zecheon's previous life, Samsung Group would have bucked the trend after the Asian financial crisis and became South Korea's largest multinational conglomerate. It owns Samsung Electronics, Samsung C\u0026T, Samsung Fire, Samsung Securities, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Samsung Engineering. , Samsung Airlines, Samsung Life Insurance and other 85 subsidiaries, whose business involves electronics, finance, machinery, chemistry and many other fields.

The Samsung Group is incredibly powerful. Koreans claim that there are three things they cannot avoid in life: death, taxes, and Samsung!

Some people can't help but ridicule that the "Samsung life" of Koreans is: born in a Samsung hospital, studying at Samsung University, using Samsung electronic products, holding a wedding in a Samsung hotel, and finally dying of old age in a Samsung hospital.

However, Samsung in this life may not be as powerful as in the previous life.

If Li Zetian acquires Samsung Group, the Korean government will definitely not strongly support Samsung's development, and will even secretly restrict it. In fact, for Li Zetian, there are two main purposes for buying Samsung. One is to reduce a strong competitor, and the other is to rely on Samsung to open up the Korean market. South Korea is relatively exclusive, and the government attaches great importance to national industries, which makes it difficult for foreign companies to compete with local Korean companies.

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In the next period of time, Li Zetian was very busy, and there were many major acquisition and investment projects that required his personal intervention. In addition, it is already 1998. Li Zetian is worried that the Internet bubble will come early and plans to cash out some of his shares.

Just when he was considering how many shares of each Internet listed company should be sold, a phone call suddenly came, which stunned him for a moment.

"Chronos Li, hello, I am J.K. Rowling, do you still remember me? You also read the novel I wrote in a cafe in Edinburgh a few years ago..."

"Oh, it's you, of course I remember!" Li Zetian responded with a smile, thinking to himself, Luo Lin hasn't called me for several years, and I almost forgot about her.

When JK Rowling heard this, she was extremely pleasantly surprised. She never thought that the world's richest man would actually remember her!

Li Zetian asked at this time: "Has your book been published? Logically speaking, after so many years, your book should have been written. Why didn't you contact me to help you publish it?"

Luo Lin was embarrassed and silent for a while, then replied in a weak tone: "You have many things to do, you must be very busy...I, I don't dare to disturb you."

Li Zetian was speechless. I gave you the business card just so that you could call me after you finished writing the book, but your sister actually didn't call.

"Then has your book been published?" Li Zetian asked again. It should have been published by this time in his previous life. Li Zetian thought that no matter what, he had to get the copyright. Super IPs like "Harry Potter" are rare!

Rowling shook her head, her expression darkened, and she replied in despair: "I have found many publishers to submit my manuscript, but I have been rejected many times. They are not optimistic about my book..." After a pause, Rowling sighed sadly, “To date, my book has not been published.”

Li Zetian frowned slightly, thinking that it was probably because of the butterfly effect that Luo Lin did not meet the Bole from her previous life. At this moment, Luo Lin must have been desperate, so she called herself for help!

"I'll have someone buy a publishing house in the UK right away, and then help publish your book!!" Li Zetian said.

Chronos·Li specially went to buy a publishing house to help me publish my books! ! !

He, he doesn't like me, does he?

Luo Lin was shocked and her cheeks felt slightly hot.

In fact, it was because the novel "Harry Potter" was set in the UK that Li Zetian planned to buy a British publishing house. Unexpectedly, Luo Lin misunderstood. However, no wonder Rowling thought that her work was rejected by so many people that she lost confidence. Since the novel "Harry Potter" is not good, Rowling would think, why did Chronos Li want to help me publish a new book, and why he bought a publishing house to help her publish a new book! If I'm not interested in books, I'm interested in her as a person!

At this time, Luo Lin didn't speak for a while, her mind was filled with random thoughts.

"Luo Lin, what do you think?" Li Zetian didn't know why he didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask.

Luo Lin hesitated at this time, whether to agree or not. If you agree, it means that you accept his kindness...

Rowling suddenly thought of her situation. She was poor and had children to support. She was in urgent need of money now. Chronos Li is a wonderful person. If he likes me, then I will do as he wishes. Follow him...

"Chronos Li, I can't thank you enough for publishing a book for me!" Rowling said with a hint of shyness in her tone.

"It's nothing, no need to thank you!" Li Zetian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Why did Luo Lin's tone suddenly become weird?

However, Li Zetian didn't think much about it. He had no interest in Rowling at all, it was purely for "Harry Potter".

"Okay, Rowling, just wait at home. The publisher will contact you soon!"

"Hmm~~~"

After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian immediately asked his subordinates in the UK to help him purchase the publishing house and explained some things. After that, he made a call to Disney to purchase the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter" and then prepared to film. this movie.

On the same day, Disney called JK Rowling.

"Hello, are you JK Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" series of novels? Oh, I am Jimmy Charles, the producer of Disney Company. Our company plans to adapt your novels into movies! Don't worry, the movie adaptation The copyright will definitely satisfy you! Is $500,000 enough?”

When Luo Lin heard this, she was completely stunned!

What's happening here? My book hasn't been published yet, how does Disney know about it? And also buy the movie adaptation rights! 500,000 US dollars, my God, how could there be so many movie adaptation rights for an unknown, unpublished book? !

Rowling thinks everything is incredible!

Suddenly, Rowling's eyes lit up and she thought: "Disney seems to be Chronos Li's company!!!"

"The book hasn't been published yet, and I don't know if it will be popular, so he wants to buy the rights to adapt it into a movie... Well, he must know that I am in a difficult situation now, so he did this!"

Luo Lin blushed, feeling that Li Zetian was really too kind to her.

"Ms. Rowling? Are you listening?" Disney producer Jimmy Charles shouted on the phone.

"Oh, I'm listening!"

"Are you satisfied with the conditions offered by Disney?" Jimmy Charles asked.

"Satisfied! Very satisfied!" Luo Lin nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, I'll have someone contact you right away. Once the contract is signed, $500,000 will be credited to your account immediately!"

"Okay!" Luo Lin responded, she was really short of money now.

After finishing the conversation, Luo Lin walked to the window. There was a coffee shop downstairs opposite, which was the place where she and Li Zetian met for the first time.

Luo Lin stared at the cafe blankly, her thoughts wandering to nowhere.

If Li Zetian knew that Luo Lin was in a daze for him, Li Zetian would definitely scream that he was wronged, even more wronged than Dou E. He didn't flirt with Luo Lin at all, okay...