The birth of the Hong Kong Island family

The Canary Wharf project is an important investment project of the Cheung Kong Group. Lin Zhichao plans to recruit a group of management from the UK to implement the localized management talent system of the 'Canary Wharf Group'; at the same time, MacLehose of the Cheung Kong Group As the group management of this project, of course Lin Zhichao and Lin Ruihuan also joined the management team.

Therefore, although the project has been won, it will probably take a year and a half before groundbreaking begins!

This project is not only planning a commercial real estate project on 11 million square feet of land, but also needs to coordinate with the planning of the entire surrounding area. It also needs to plan the transportation to connect to the outside, especially the three subway/light rail lines.

On the 11 million square feet of land, Lin Zhichao plans to divide the project into two phases. The commercial area of ​​the first phase project is 14 million square feet, and the commercial area of ​​the second phase project is 12 million square feet, for a total property area of ​​26 million square feet. .

The first phase of the project may take up to about 10 years. The second phase of investment will only be carried out after all three subway lines are completed.

While in London, Lin Zhichao interviewed a capable deputy, Combes, the president of a large British commercial real estate.

It was Lin Zhichao who invited him to switch to Canary Wharf Group and serve as president.

Combs said in Lin Zhichao's office: "Sir, if I serve as president, will I have great command authority over this project and how much funding will I get?"

He was a little moved. It was an honor to be the person in charge of such a project.

Unfortunately, Lin Zhichao said directly: "Actually, I just need a deputy. I have absolute command over this project. Of course, I always focus on the big and let go of the small. You still have a lot of room for development. As for funds, , Canary Wharf Group now has financial investment and cash flow of close to 1.7 billion US dollars, which is very sufficient, and there will be no financial troubles in the future!"

Combs hesitated immediately. The meaning of Lin Zhichao's words was very simple. It was impossible to completely delegate power to the management of Canary Wharf Group for this project. Cheung Kong Group had greater command power.

In this way, he was a little worried that everyone would have the same philosophy? If there was a conflict, wouldn't he have no choice but to leave immediately?

And now, he is the president of a large British real estate company, although the scale of the company is less than 4 billion US dollars.

Upon seeing this, Lin Zhichao said: "It is impossible for me to focus all my energy on this project, so the management of Canary Wharf Group is basically all locally recruited, and it also has great independent management rights."

Combs thought for a while and then said: "Before I came to see Sir Lam, I specifically learned about the performance of Sir Lam's Cheung Kong Group in Hong Kong. You have built many large projects and have rich experience as owners. Therefore, I am willing to come to Jinsi Work at Que Quai Group!”

The salary was high and the project was very attractive, which was the reason why he finally decided to change jobs.

Lin Zhichao happily extended his hand and said, "Then you are welcome to join our team!"

Although he decided to put more effort into the Canary Wharf project, after all, it was only in the early stages of preparation. In the later stage, he will hand over the project to the management of Canary Wharf, and will also let Lin Ruihuan and Malisi serve as group supervisors.

Lin Ruidong brought Robert Egger, head of the entertainment department of ABC Broadcasting in the United States, to Asia Television in Hong Kong.

Robert Iger is Lin Ruidong's "confidant". After Disney acquired ABC, Lin Ruidong began to promote Robert Iger. From a small deputy in the sports department, he quickly became the top leader in the sports and entertainment departments.

Lin Ruidong is now a director of Disney. Although the power lies in the hands of President Michael Eisner, since Audrey Company's equity in Disney has increased to 52%, Lin Ruidong has a very strong say.

Michael Eisner did not expect this at the beginning. Audrey Company would cooperate with him to increase its stake in Disney, which would eventually become an obstacle to his sole control. Fortunately, Lin Ruidong gives him more face and rarely participates in specific Disney affairs.

This time, ABC Broadcasting in the United States planned to purchase the copyright of Asia Television's "Millionaire". It was Lin Ruidong who brokered the deal, and of course it came from Lin Zhichao's influence.

Robert Iger is Lin Zhichao's replacement for Michael Eisner's management, so letting him take charge of the copyright acquisition of "Millionaire" this time is to prepare him to increase his influence and later serve as ABC's vice president.

After all, "Millionaire" in its previous life brought ABC $1 billion in revenue, and it was a proper wealth harvester.

Lin Ruikai led Zhou Liang Shuyi to personally participate in the negotiations. He and Lin Ruidong did not disclose their identities, and they were not the protagonists of the negotiations.

After the showdown began, Shuyi Chow directly asked for US$30 million to allow ABC to adapt the copyright of "Millionaire", which is limited to domestic copyrights.

Robert Egger's eyes doubled in surprise and he said: "Isn't it 30 million Hong Kong dollars, or 3 million US dollars? As far as I know, Asia Television only makes less than 10 million US dollars in profit a year."

Shuyi Zhou immediately said: "It's 30 million US dollars, I'm right! The copyright of "Millionaire" is an extremely important asset of our Asia Television. We all believe that there will be dozens of countries that will buy the copyright from us. Therefore, we set copyright fees based on factors such as population and economy.”

Robert Egger said with a smile: "I have watched "Millionaire". First of all, I do not deny that it is very attractive, and it is also very suitable for many countries to buy copyright adaptations. However, without our American market as a promotion, I believe this program will break into The international market is very difficult. In fact, I didn’t notice this excellent program, and it was the Disney director next to me who introduced it to me.”

Brothers Lin Ruikai and Lin Ruidong looked at each other and couldn't help but feel a little amused. This price was set by their father and they were planning to match it up. At most, that’s $5 million coming and going.

Selina Chow said: "We can now earn 600,000 (profit) in local currency per episode. The market also proves that this program is a very profitable program. This is our program's advertising revenue information, you can take a look."

Robert Egger patiently took the information and looked at it immediately. In fact, he had analyzed it for a long time beforehand and found that this program was really perfect. If it were adapted by ABC in the United States, it would be a huge success.

And he will also gain a huge corporate status as a result.

After some negotiations, Robert Egger did not agree immediately, but consulted Lin Ruidong for his opinion. After all, it was his idea.

Of course, Lin Ruidong signaled Robert Egger to agree to the deal for US$26 million, so in the end Robert Egger signed an agreement to purchase the copyright without even asking the headquarters for instructions. This is because Lin Ruidong has great power in ABC in the United States.

Since American ABC was acquired by Disney, Lin Ruidong has been a senior consultant and participated in a series of reforms of American ABC - cost control, which ultimately caused American ABC's profits to skyrocket from 180 million U.S. dollars to 300 million U.S. dollars last year (1986).

In this way, Disney's board of directors naturally trusts Lin Ruidong, and he has become the invisible powerful person of ABC in the United States.

after.

Although the deal was reached, not many details were announced because neither company is a listed company.

However, because it was ABC in the United States that purchased the rights to Asia Television's "Millionaire," the Hong Kong media was in a frenzy, thinking that this was a symbol of the invasion of the United States by Hong Kong's cultural industry.

For a time, many Hong Kong citizens became proud!

At this time, Hong Kong comics have a certain influence in the world, and they have an even greater influence in Asia!

At this time, Hong Kong movies had a reputation as the Hollywood of the East. They had always been very popular in Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other regions, and Hong Kong stars were very popular in these places. Some stars even have more local influence than Hollywood in the United States. For example, Wang Zuxian is worth the highest advertising spokesperson in South Korea; Cheng Long and Chow Yun-fat are also box office guarantees in Japan and are very popular.

Then, it is time for Hong Kong TV programs to go global, and "Millionaire" is the first one! (End of chapter)