Chapter 700 [Entrepreneur of the Century](1/2)
A new week begins.
On Monday morning, Lin Zuhui came to the New Era Group office as a habit.
A magazine "Time" (USA) that he rarely reads is placed on his desk. The cover is an elegant and handsome portrait of Lin Zuhui. The title is in English, which probably means: "Who is the Millennial Entrepreneur?"
Without reading the content, Lin Zuhui knew that he had won another 'laurel crown', but since his men were ready, he opened the magazine and started reading.
It turned out that "Time" magazine and the American accounting firm Ernst & Young formed a panel of experts to make a ruling on 'Who is the Millennial Entrepreneur'? Lin Zuhui defeated Bill Gates (Microsoft), Henry Ford (Ford Motors), Richard
De Arkwright (the first person in the British Industrial Revolution), Medici (Italian Renaissance family) and other 15 famous late and living entrepreneurs have won this laurel that spans eras and centuries.
Become the most outstanding entrepreneur of the century.
Selection experts believe:
First, Lin Zuhui controls a wealth of US$60 billion (the value of his stock holdings);
Second, Lin Zuhui’s huge wealth was created from scratch;
Third, in any field of his diversified business kingdom, Lin Zuhui has become a well-deserved great entrepreneur.
Based on these three conditions, Lin Zuhui stands out among global tycoons.
Putting down the magazine, the expression on Lin Zuhui's face was very natural. He was neither nervous about "revealing wealth" nor nervous about "sudden honor".
Anyway, I'm used to it.
He has received too many honors like this, and the weight of this magazine is almost meaningless.
For Lin Zuhui, what is weight?
When heads of state invite him to attend events, that's called weight;
The world's top chamber of commerce sends an invitation, that's the weight;
He attends events and donates to charity, that is the weight.
In the morning, Chen Bin and Chen Xiaofen arrived hand in hand.
Chen Bin is the president of New Era Group and is responsible for all group affairs, but his actual focus is the global real estate business; while Chen Xiaofen has been upgraded from the previous sales business to be in charge of the Xiangjiang real estate business.
Chen Xiaofenhui reported: "Boss, there will be a total of three pieces of land in the official land auction tomorrow..."
When Lin Zuhui heard this, he said: "They are all small plots of land, taking care of small and medium-sized real estate developers. You can take care of it yourself!"
The implication is that the emphasis is on participation, but don’t raise prices with small and medium-sized real estate developers.
New Era Group has the second largest land reserve in Hong Kong, and the cost of land is very low; while small and medium-sized real estate developers, because they have no land reserves and only have small plots of land, they are bound to work hard to compete for such small plots of land.
Although large-scale real estate developers have strong financial resources, everyone is not stupid. If they compete with others for a small plot of land, the cost will naturally increase if they get more land.
Chen Xiaofen's performance in recent years is enough to show that Lin Zuhui can delegate power to her for land acquisition, construction, and sales, not to mention that Chen Bin is her immediate boss. In fact, in important projects, not only Chen Bin has to personally participate, but also Lin Zuhui
There will also be reviews from time to time, such as 'International Financial Center'.
"Okay, I understand!" Chen Xiaofen nodded.
She has an advantage over other real estate developers because her boss has said that housing prices will not have much hope for several years, and the damage is difficult to repair. Based on this analysis of the overall situation, she really will not take the risk to fight.
After all, if big real estate developers pay too much, they will not only be ridiculed, but they will also be easily outbid by small and medium-sized real estate developers in future auctions.
Chen Xiaofen reported on other work and then left alone.
Next, Chen Bin said: "Boss, the subway at Canary Wharf will be opened in May, and the Mayor of London will attend the event..."
Lin Zuhui said: "Okay, I will attend, you can attend with me!"
"OK"
Canary Wharf Company, now the flagship of New Era Group's European real estate company, not only develops Canary Wharf and its surrounding areas, but also develops real estate projects in other parts of London. The office buildings that have been developed have been purchased by Barclays Bank
A building of 1 million square feet is leased, and it is believed that the initial 11 million square feet of office space will be fully leased within next year.
As for listing, Lin Zuhui decided to postpone it until the first half of 2007!
After all, New Era Group is not short of money now!
Choosing the right time to go public will bring greater benefits to the company. For example, if a real estate project is listed in 2007, a large amount of cash can be raised. After the Lehman outbreak in 2008, and then bargain hunting will increase the speed of asset expansion by several times.
times.
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When Lin Zuhui came to Cyberport, he felt a sense of pride in his heart.
The world's first instant messaging software icq comes from Hong Kong, the world's first graphic online game "Legend" comes from Hong Kong, the global popular PC game "Age of Empires" comes from Hong Kong, the Greater China portal Sina...
Every achievement in the Internet and gaming fields is related to Hong Kong. Obviously, these are inseparable from Hong Kong's "godfather" Lin Zuhui.
At this time, the Cyberport has gathered most of Hong Kong's technology companies (Internet, software, games, digital, consulting), as well as many internationally renowned companies.
The future is promising. This is how Xiangjiang citizens understand Xiangjiang's technology industry, and everyone is very confident.
Lin Zuhui came to the office building of The Ninth City, and he followed the president Gao Kelin directly to the studio of "Miracle Mu".
The9 is a large-scale game developer. From handheld games, console games, to PC games, and online games, it has not only achieved outstanding results, but also has considerable strength. The entire company has more than 700 employees, 80% of whom are locals from Hong Kong.
"Boss, this computer." Xie Li, the person in charge of "Miracle Mu" invited.
Lin Zuhui nodded, sat down unceremoniously and started to try the game. As a player of online games, web games, and mobile games for so many years, he must be very professional when evaluating games; especially in this era when online games are just emerging.
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As a mm game (massively multiplayer role-playing game), Lin Zuhui also participated in the development of "Miracle Mu". This game draws lessons from its brother company Blizzard.
The gameplay of "Diablo" is quite beautiful. It has a wing system, an alliance system and other innovative gameplays. Compared with the online game "EverQuest" developed by Japan's Sony this year, "Miracle Mu" is among maps.
A teleport station was added during the period.
Anyone who has played "EverQuest" knows that running the map is exhausting, which will greatly affect the player's enthusiasm.
In any case, some of Lin Zuhui's ideas and creativity are an important factor influencing The9's game development; in addition, The9's game development history of more than seven years is also strong.
While Lin Zuhui was playing, Xie Li, the head of the studio, explained it. After playing for a while, he directly changed Lin Zuhui to a high-level account. Even so, it took more than two hours of playing before Lin Zuhui ended the game with satisfaction.
At this time, there were already three levels of onlookers inside and outside. The world's richest man was concentrating on playing online games. What a strange thing.
During this period, Lin Zuhui expressed some opinions, which were naturally noted by the studio.
"Well, this game is very good!" Lin Zuhui finally praised.
Xie Li quickly said: "Thank you boss for the compliment. We will continue to work hard to improve and strive to ignite new fighting spirit among players every time a new version is released!"
Lin Zuhui patted Xie Li on the shoulder, which immediately encouraged him.
"We must have an innovative spirit! If Hong Kong wants to become a key research and development area for games in the world, we must always maintain a humble spirit and innovate and learn all the time."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone applauded. Everyone knows that this boss is in charge of the world's game industry. Blizzard, Activision in the United States, and Kingsoft Games in the Mainland are all his industries or investment companies. And Xiangjiang's software and games
The industry was cultivated by him.
Therefore, in the eyes of these people, Lin Zuhui is a god-like figure.
Then, Lin Zuhui asked: "How many online game players are there in Xiangjiang?"
This data is easy to calculate. You only need to look at how many active players "Legend 1" has every day to get a rough idea.
Gao Kelin immediately said: "About 10,000 people, this number is still rising!"
Although The9 has only released one online game, "Legend 1", it has established networks in more than 50 countries (either directly, through agents or joint ventures), and already has a global distribution channel.
Three of the top ten richest men in South Korea in previous lives came from the gaming industry. It’s not about how big the Korean gaming industry is, but South Korea exports through gaming.
Lin Zuhui said: "This scale is pretty good!"
Gao Kelin said with a smile: "Almost soon we will be able to set up servers in Taiwan, Singapore, Japan and other regions and countries. We are full of confidence in "Miracle Mu" and it will definitely become a long-lasting game."
classic game."
Lin Zuhui nodded with satisfaction and said: "South Korea should also break in early, whether it is an agent or setting up its own server. In short, it is to suppress the Korean game industry."
"no problem!"
Everyone understands that South Korea and Xiangjiang have recently formulated the same general policy, so they will compete directly. If they can enter their products into South Korea, they will directly defeat them.
In Lin Zuhui's view, not only this reason, but also the birth of "Miracle Mu" may cause Bangzi Country's game companies to fall into a 'plagiarism crisis'. There are two consequences: First, if Korean game developers are already developing this
The project will stop development or change many ideas; secondly, if Korean game developers release similar games, it will obviously cause plagiarism. The9 will definitely report this matter in the Korean media. It will not only be embarrassed in Korea, but also
It can also be exported internationally.
Lin Zuhui didn’t know whether the two games “Miracle Mu” and “Ragnarok” were being developed by Korean game companies, so he thought so; but he was certain that after the millennium, The9 City would be developing games that he was more familiar with.
"Audition", "MapleStory", "Kart Run", etc., Bangziguo must not directly plagiarize it, because it is too obvious. Later, "Cross Fire" and "Dungeon Fighter" will also be
Almost all games in Bangzi Kingdom are available.
As the saying goes, how ruthless Bangzi Country was in exporting games to the mainland in the previous life, they will be ruthless in being intercepted in this life.
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Friday, April 23rd.
"Miracle Mu" officially launched closed beta testing in Xiangjiang. The Internet cafes in Xiangjiang were overcrowded for a while, and many people couldn't wait to start preparing to experience it.
To be continued...