Reborn Tycoon Rise

On the second day of the celebration party, Forbes officially released a new issue of the newspaper and officially announced the latest survey results, the ranking of the world's richest Chinese.

First place: Xu Zhi US$3.5 billion

Second place: Wang An, US$1.8 billion

Third place: Bao Yugang, US$1.4 billion

Among them, Wang An's asset structure is relatively simple, and the core asset is Wang An Computer Company.

Bao Yugang's assets are Wharf Group, Global Shipping and a large number of properties and stock assets around the world.

Xu Zhi's assets are even more complicated. Because a large number of his companies are not listed on the market, it is difficult for outsiders to estimate his true worth without knowing his liabilities. However, Forbes calculated his real worth based on his entrepreneurial history and a large amount of data from the Hong Kong business community. The net worth is definitely not less than 3 billion US dollars.

At the same time, Forbes also made an analysis, believing that Xu Zhi’s acquisition of Disney consumed too much money and seriously increased his liabilities. If development does not go smoothly, the acquisition will bring huge disaster to the richest Chinese man.

However, this does not prevent Xu Zhi from becoming a new generation of influential figures in the United States. In a capitalist society, unless it is related to their own interests, people do not care too much about who the president of their country is, but most people admire them very much. Self-made super rich man.

Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, started from a garage and became the youngest billionaire in the United States in a few years. At this moment, countless Americans know that on the other side of the Pacific, there is a young rich man who also started a business and achieved greater achievements. .

The August issue of "Forbes" economic magazine sold like crazy. Many American readers are eager to learn about this new Asian billionaire, while Chinese Americans and even other Asians living in the United States are even more interested.

In addition to the previous acquisition of Disney, countless reporters couldn't wait to gather at the Hilton Hotel where Xu Zhi lived, but they were in vain.

Having already acquired Disney, I naturally had to pay a visit to its headquarters.

However, after arriving in California, Xu Zhi did not rush to Disney headquarters, but met with a guest.

"Hello, Mr. Disney." Looking at the gray-haired middle-aged man in his fifties, he said politely with a smile.

"Please call me Roy, the name Disney is too easy to cause misunderstanding." The visitor said politely.

"Okay, Roy, please sit down." Xu Zhi stretched out his right hand and prompted.

The visitor's name is Roy Edward Disney. He is the nephew of Walt Disney, the founder of Disney Company. He is also an honorary director and consultant of Disney Company. He currently works in Disney Animation Department.

Walt Disney had 2 daughters, as well as a brother, Roy Disney, and his son, Roy Edward Disney (the names of the father and son are rather strange). Such a family is a very poor one among American conglomerates. .

After Walt Disney's death, his son-in-law Ron Miller and Roy Disney fought for the inheritance of this extremely wealthy country. In the end, the son-in-law won and controlled the entire Disney company, but Roy Disney is still a shareholder of the company and is still employed. In the animation department of Disney, he and Ron Miller can be said to be close to being incompatible.

In the early days, the two did not have much conflict, because neither could do anything to the other. Ron Miller could not drive someone with the Disney name out of the company, while Roy Disney was responsible for technology and products, so there was no big deal. management power, a short-term balance is maintained.

But a few years later, Ron Miller's incompetence was gradually exposed. He simply did not have the ability to run such a large company. He relied entirely on Walt Disney's huge cultural heritage to survive. , Roy Disney has always intended to do something to change the current Disney situation.

But the sudden acquisition ruined his plan. Although he and Ron Miller did not get along, they shared the same hatred when facing foreign enemies. He did not want Disney to be acquired by an outsider.

But just like Ron Miller, they are powerless in the face of powerful capital. Their combined stock holdings are less than 10%. When they were running the company in the past, these large investment funds were not responsible for it. When it comes to company matters, he has a very strong voice, but now it is facing a multi-billion dollar acquisition. At the same time, the entire company has been operating poorly for a long time. A large number of shareholders want to take the opportunity to get rid of it. At this time, he and Ron Miller hold the Points of equity won't make any difference at all.

Disney's board of directors has agreed to sell the company. Although according to the law, the two of them can refuse to sell and retain their shares, other people and funds have taken action, and the acquiring party has obtained absolute control.

Just when Roy Disney was hesitating about which choice he should make, he received an invitation from Xu Zhi.

Facing this Asian who acquired his own company, Roy Disney did not show any unfriendly expression. Instead, he proactively asked: "I wonder why Mr. Xu invited me here?"

"If I say that I want to discuss with you the future development path of the Disney Company, would you believe it?" Xu Zhi asked with a smile.

Roy Disney was stunned for a moment and saw that Xu Zhi was not joking, so he said: "Mr. Xu, I think you have found the wrong person. Although my surname is Disney, I am not involved in the management of Disney Company. I think you should find It’s my brother-in-law, Ron Miller, who is currently the president of Disney.”

"What I'm looking for is someone who can revive the glory of Disney Company again, not an incompetent person who almost destroyed the entire company." Xu Zhi took a sip of coffee and said seriously.

After hearing this, Roy Disney frowned and said, "What does Mr. Xu mean?"

“I don’t care how Ron Miller got the CEO position of Disney after Mr. Walt Disney passed away, but over the years the entire Disney company has been stuck in a quagmire and has been unable to extricate itself, and various business departments of the company have fallen into losses one after another. Ron Miller deserves the credit for this. Absolutely indispensable." Xu Zhi continued: "Roy, you and I probably have the same idea!"

Roy Disney said: "Maybe, but now Mr. Xu, you have acquired most of the shares of Disney Company. No matter who you are optimistic about or who you are not optimistic about, it is not your decision.

If you don't like Ron Miller, you can fire him directly. It seems that there is no need to tell me this, right? After all, my last name is Disney. "

"It's because your surname is Disney that I came to you." Xu Zhi said with a smile: "I did acquire Disney, but I hope that the culture of Disney Company will remain the same as before and not change because of my appearance. You hope this too, don’t you?”