Du Feng thought of the initial question again, "Brother-in-law, the so-called 'black and red' is actually the "pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger" among the people of Xiangjiang."
"That's true. In the mall, being underestimated is not a bad thing.
When Liu Luanxiong first emerged, he was rampant. The big reason was that he was always underestimated.
As a result, he suffered several losses. Even if it was Huazhi and China Coal, he would not dare to deal with it with him. Liu Luanxiong was praised to a certain extent.
I often say that Yumo is more suitable to be a capitalist than your sister.
An important reason is that your sister cherishes her feathers more and has more feelings. Yumo acts more in line with her original intentions, and she has less scruples. She attaches more importance to achieving her goals.
Look at her, she is so at ease that she can live a life of money. She will try her best to praise her money. She doesn’t think about investment or financial management at all.
Once the career aspirations are aroused, there will be another scene immediately, and I wish I could squeeze out the surplus labor of every subordinate.
Du Feng has lived in Xiangjiang these days and has gradually gained some understanding of the changes in the business world of Xiangjiang. He felt that Lin Chaoyang's views were indeed unique and convinced.
In particular, Lin Chaoyang's analysis of Tao Yumo's personality was strongly recognized by him.
He is truly a writer, and his observation ability is meticulous.
Just as he was about to speak, Tao Yushu, who had just gotten off work, came back from outside.
"Sister, are you back?"
Du Feng hurriedly greeted him, and Chen Lan, who was beside him, also stood up to say hello.
Tao Yushu smiled and grabbed Chen Lan's hand, "Let me see, my skin is cured after being pregnant."
Chen Lan was a little shy when she praised her. Du Feng said, "People say whether it is a girl or a boy when she is pregnant."
"Feinary! Do you have a throne to inherit?" Tao Yushu ridiculed him.
"I'm not a boyish person, girls are likely to suffer losses. It's better for boys. You can give other people's cabbages, and you won't suffer losses at all."
Du Feng's fallacies aroused the dissatisfaction of Chen Lan and Tao Yushu, but Lin Chaoyang was awakened by him.
The little cabbage in my home is just when it is tender, so I have to strengthen my education in the future and cannot be given a gift from Zhu Bajie like Du Feng.
Chen Lan and Du Feng got married in October. They were recently diagnosed with pregnancy. Calculate the day, and they should be pregnant in December.
It's a thrilling move to get pregnant after two months of marriage.
The main reason is that the two are not young, especially Du Feng.
After chatting around the child for a while, Tao Yushu asked Du Feng if he would return to Yanjing during the Chinese New Year.
"Asia and Europe will be listed in March, and Chen Lan is pregnant again. We will not go back to Yanjing for the New Year this year. If the old man wants to see his eldest grandson, he will come here by himself."
Du Feng touched Chen Lan's stomach and told proudly: "Son, you have to be good for your father and me!"
"You also said you don't value boys over girls?"
It is impossible for Du Feng to let his father go to Xiangjiang to see his grandson, and it is impossible to love him no matter how much he loves him. Even if Du Ruolin retires now, he will never be able to go abroad for personal gain.
After a few jokes, dinner was prepared, and the family gathered in the restaurant for dinner.
Du Feng said, "By the way, sister, brother-in-law, don't congratulate you yet."
"What are you congratulating?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"The Rich List! This year, you and your wife have ranked fourth, which is a top-notch player, and it's a step further."
Du Feng's tone was very excited, and he was very proud of having a sister and brother-in-law who were among the top in the rich list.
Just two days ago, Capital magazine released the 1993 top ten richest people in Xiangjiang.
According to the estimates of Capital magazine, as of the close of December 31, 2019, Lin Chaoyang and his wife had the total equity value of the three major listed Lin's Pictures, Mingpao Enterprise and Bubble Universe, reached HK$22.9 billion.
In other assets, in addition to the investment in Shanghai’s Fuxing Investment, which was rated as HK$2.1 billion, Capital Magazine also included the royalties and copyright income of Lin Chaoyang’s works in the calculation category for the first time, and gave an astonishing valuation of HK$1.16 billion.
In addition, because the Asia-Europe listing is about to be listed, Lin Chaoyang and his wife's holdings in the company were also exposed, and the equity value is estimated to be HK$1.4 billion.
A summary of the company's equity and assets held by Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu and his wife, "Capital" magazine finally concluded that Lin Chaoyang and his wife's net worth is as high as HK$27 billion, ranking fourth in the list of the top ten richest people in Xiangjiang this year.
This type of rich list has been held every year in Xiangjiang Financial Media in recent years. Lin Chaoyang and his wife have been on the list for four consecutive years, and their rankings are getting higher and higher every year.
On the rich list, it is not uncommon for rich people to be on the list all year round, but few have steadily increased their wealth and ranking year by year.
After counting, in addition to Li Ka-shing, who is already regarded as the richest man in Hong Kong and the Kesek family, who controls the Jardines consortium, only Lin Chaoyang and his wife can do it.
After the list of rich people was released, it naturally attracted the attention of many citizens, but Xiangjiang citizens have gradually become immune to astronomical wealth in recent years.
On the contrary, Capital magazine's asset appraisal of Lin Chaoyang, a great writer, has aroused many people's interest.
According to Capital magazine, the data of HK$600 million they gave was summarized through multiple verifications.
They counted the sales volume of Lin Chaoyang's works in many countries, including China (including Xiangjiang,
Wandao, Haojiang) sold as high as 76 million copies, the United States sold 10.2 million copies, and Japan sold 6.4 million copies...
Finally, the royalties revenue of HK$350 million was obtained, and the remaining valuation of HK$250 million was the copyright value estimated by Capital magazine based on the adaptation of Lin Chaoyang's works over the years.
He has made a fortune of hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars by writing and writing, and is the only one in the history of Hong Kong.
Even Jin Yong earned a lot of wealth by writing martial arts novels back then, but he could not compare with Lin Chaoyang, because he really relied on running newspapers to get rich.
After the list of rich people was announced, many media have regarded Lin Chaoyang as a unique perspective on reporting, giving him the eye-catching titles such as "a wonderful pen to produce gold" and "the richest writer" and "the richest man in the writer", which has aroused a lot of discussion.
"The wealth on the rich list is all empty. It's hard for me to take out one or two billion now," said Tao Yushu.
"It's money to put the assets there. Sister, you're not ashamed."
Tao Yushu smiled bitterly, "This is not modesty, but fact. The company's stocks cannot be reduced casually. The wealth on the rich list is just a number game, so don't take this kind of thing seriously.
Moreover, the industries you brother-in-law and I are engaged in are all tertiary industries, and the scale of the industry is very limited.
If you look at the "Top Ten Thousand Thousand Billions" rankings just reviewed by the Express, the market value of the top 4 listed companies controlled by them has exceeded 100 billion Hong Kong dollars, that is the real daily profit of money, and wealth is as good as a country."
The Rich List calculates the wealth of the rich, while the chaebol List calculates the market value of listed companies controlled by the rich. Among the top ten chaebols selected by the Express, the Li Ka-shing family has firmly ranked as the champion with a market value of 184.2 billion with giants such as Cheung Kong and Huang.
Later, there were the Keserk family, the Guo Bingxiang family, the Li Ka-kye family and other rich families with a market value of over 100 billion Hong Kong dollars. Except for these four, the remaining six rich families controlled assets between 60 billion and 26 billion yuan.
Lin Chaoyang and his wife ranked 8th with a controlled market value of HK$38.4 billion.
Tao Yushu's modesty and calm mind made the educated nod, but he still said:
"Sister, don't belittle yourself. The company they control is large in scale, but the control is not as stern as you have.
Several companies are almost in one-many way, and they are in power. They are not more comfortable than those rich people who have hollowed out their minds to create marriages and cooperation?"
Du Feng said nothing wrong. Compared with other rich people who need to use various means to control the company, Tao Yushu has undoubtedly much greater control over several of its companies.
Tao Yushu was chatting on his mouth, his eyes were thinking.
Until late at night, Tao Yushu and Lin Chaoyang leaned on the head of the bed.
"Shen Baoxin has been very close to Yu Pinhai recently. What he said is that Yu Pinhai plans to run a newspaper."
"Is the news accurate? Is it true or a trick?"
"I heard that some editors and editors have been recruited, which is not like being a mystery."
Lin Chaoyang wondered, "Open newspapers? Now that the competition in the newspaper industry in Xiangjiang is so fierce, he dares to come in?"
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the newspaper industry in Xiangjiang experienced rounds of fierce fighting. By the 1990s, the five listed communication companies in Hong Kong stocks, Mingpao Enterprises, Oriental Newspaper, Singdao Newspaper, South China Morning Post and New Organizations.
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But from the perspective of this era, Tao Yushu's obsession with the South China Morning Post Group is not difficult to understand.
With a market value of HK$7 billion, annual revenue of HK$600 million, and net profit of HK$300 million, South China Morning Post Group is still a rare high-quality asset even in the face of fierce market competition.
It is another media company with a high-quality business in English newspapers and magazines.
Not only does it have a complementary role with Mingpao Enterprises in business, Star TV can also expand its strength for Mingpao Enterprises.
If Xiangjiang Newspaper really enters a stage of close combat and bayonet success in the future, then Mingbao companies that merged the South China Morning Post Group will hardly be afraid of any challenges due to their scale effect.
It is even possible to achieve the effect of defeating others without fighting.
If it is doomed to fail, which businessman will never die? Only when they see an opportunity can they attack like hyenas.
And the most important thing is that Mingpao companies can also take an important step in the path of internationalization.
The South China Morning Post seems to have low sales, but as Asia's earliest English-language newspaper, it has always had a good influence in Asia and Europe and the United States.
In addition, the "Sunday South China Morning Post", "STYLE", "ThePEAK" under the South China Morning Post Group
The influence of newspapers and magazines such as TheList also covers 500,000 high-end consumer groups in the entire Xiangjiang River.
It can also produce certain synergies with the businesses of Lin's Pictures, Mingpao Enterprises, Star TV and other companies. For Tao Yushu, who has deepened the cultural and media industry, taking over the South China Morning Post Group and expanding its international influence is an important step in career development.
Sometimes the most important thing in the culture and media industry is not money, but influence.
Just like Murdoch's News Group, its market value on the New York Stock Exchange is not as valuable as Lin's Pictures, but it has dozens of newspapers, as well as publishing houses, printing companies, film companies, TV networks and other businesses.
The influence has touched the entire Western Hemisphere, and the capital that can be leveraged is far beyond Lin's Pictures.
According to public information, News Group's assets reached US$5.3 billion in 1988, which sounds like a lot, but it has US$6.8 billion in debt alone worldwide.
Having more debts than stock assets is rare in the world. Having a market value of more than $2 billion is considered a high recognition of News Corporation.
This also indirectly illustrates the importance of influence in the culture and media industries.
Musk, who was later generations, tried his best to help comrades in the founding country to regain their title as the king of America, which is more sufficient to declare the importance of media and influence.
Therefore, Lin Chaoyang did not object to Tao Yushu's idea.
Even if the paper media declines in the future, they will not keep holding on to the company's equity until they die.
His reminder made Tao Yushu suddenly wake up. She couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm really confused, I'm a little timid before the fight."
Lin Chaoyang gently held her hand, "You are facing a news giant who has been famous for many years. It is also appropriate to consider it carefully, mainly not to put too much pressure on yourself."
Tao Yushu nodded slightly, with a reassuring smile on his face.
"When did you say Murdoch will contact me again?"
"It shouldn't be too long. The longer the battle line is, the easier it is for his wishful thinking to be exposed."
The day after saying this, Tao Yushuzhen received a call from Murdoch from the United States. More than a month had passed since the last meeting between the two.
This time, Murdoch called me, still to buy Star TV, so he raised the acquisition price.
The 51% equity of South China Morning Post Group, $600 million in cash and $100 million in Fox's stock proposed during the last meal. Murdoch provided another $100 million in stock this time, which seemed to be sincere in purchasing.
Especially Murdoch offers Fox stock.
When people mention Fox in later generations, the first thing they think of was Fox Film Company and then Fox TV. In fact, both companies are affiliated with Fox Company.
In 1984, Neijiang occurred in Fox Company. Mike Ritchie, the company's major shareholder, was preparing to escape from the investigation by the US Income Agency.
Due to a desperate need of cash, Ritchie was forced to sell half of his stake in Fox to another major shareholder, Davis, for a low price of $116 million.
Davis, who acquired all the equity of Fox, did not develop the company well. Because several major productions failed one after another, Fox suffered heavy losses, Davis decided to resell half of Fox's equity.
This gave Murdoch an opportunity to seek entry into Hollywood and American television businesses.
In 1985, Murdoch purchased half of Fox's equity for $250 million, becoming Fox's largest shareholder and actual controller, and then he founded Fox TV.
In just a few years, Fox TV became the fourth largest TV network in the United States, and this year it defeated CBS at a high price to get the broadcast rights of the NFL.
As the most important sport in the United States, football has won its broadcast event contract, which also means that Fox TV's rise in the American television industry is unstoppable.
The good development momentum has made Fox one of News Corp.
Lin's Pictures has been contributing to the US market in recent years, and Murdoch's move is also considered to be a favorite among Tao Yushu.
Faced with Murdoch's sincerity, Tao Yushu pretended to hesitate and once again explained the importance of Star TV to her career. Finally, he "rejected" Murdoch's request with regret.
After hanging up the phone, Tao Yushu was not happy because Murdoch took the initiative to raise the quotation, but instead felt the pressure.
The more Murdoch raised his quotation at any cost, the more he proved that he was determined to win the goal. It was not pleasant to be coveted by an international media giant.
But Tao Yushu had a premonition that this time it was likely to be an important opportunity for her industry to move internationally.
After this phone call, the end of the year is approaching, and the family flew back to Yanjing as in previous years.
"Why is Yushu so busy today?"
On New Year's Eve, the family was making dumplings, but Tao Yushu called with the phone for more than half an hour, without any intention of hanging up the phone.
While rolling the dough, Zhang Guiqin looked in the direction of Tao Yushu with concern.
"The company is too big, there are many things to do, so it's normal for Yushu to be busy," said Lin Chaoyang.
"You don't know how to help her share the burden!"
Zhang Guiqin's tone was a bit of blame.
"I've shared the burden, why didn't I share it?"
But Zhang Guiqin said, "It sounds nice."
Lin Chaoyang:—·
Is this still a real mother?
"My mother-in-law, you can't say that. Yushu often tells me that Chaoyang has given her many suggestions in her career.
Yushu has that kind of personality, she likes to rush forward in everything she does. Chaoyang is a character of planning and then moving. With him, Yushu can be more at ease."
Lin Chaoyang cast a grateful look at Tao's mother. Finally, someone saw his contribution to this family, but he never expected that this person was his mother-in-law.
Zhang Guiqin started chatting with Tao's mother. Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but feel curious when he saw Tao Yushu's phone call. Tao Yushu wouldn't have been calling for such a long time when he was a normal official phone call.
He washed his hands and came to Tao Yushu. Tao Yushu looked at him and signaled him to wait.
She spoke for another three or four minutes before hanging up the phone.
"What happened?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"The first weekend of "Broken Arrow" came out, with $28.85 million," said Tao Yushu.
"Broken Arrow" is an action movie produced by Lin and Twentieth Century Fox in the United States, with an investment of up to 5,000 yuan.
Ten thousand dollars, directed by John Woo.
Lin Chaoyang smiled and said, "That's pretty good. It seems like he's going for $60 million in the first week."
"Yes, this is the best result that Lin's American family has achieved so far. The total box office in North America may exceed $150 million and enter the top few of the annual box office rankings."
Tao Yushu was full of joy when he spoke, but Lin Chaoyang wondered that even if "Broken Arrow" created box office history for Lin's family, it would not be said to be so long.
"There is something else?"
Chapter completed!