Jordan can be said to be one of the biggest factors in creating glory for the NBA after the late 1980s. For such a league team, this is a real money-attracting tool and brings huge popularity. If the Lakers have If you acquire Jordan and add your own resources, such as buying more top stars, your strength will definitely be overwhelming.
However, the glory of the NBA is definitely not limited to Jordan. In fact, there are many other superstars with strong abilities in various aspects, forming different teams. Various exciting games require a large number of experts to participate, that is, Because too many masters have created the glory of the NBA, of course, Jordan's various unnatural moves also played a big role.
But no matter what Jordan will be like in the future, he is still just a potential star with good basketball skills, that is, a somewhat special college student. It would be unusual and unnecessary for Chen Zhiwen to go to him in person. Arrange for professional people to conduct the assessment and then bring them back to your team. When you have time in the future, it will be normal to meet again.
Before leaving Los Angeles, Chen Zhiwen arranged for a team of lawyers to prepare to register the Jordan sports brand globally. This can also be regarded as a move for his textile industry to enter the international market.
Today's Anta shoes industry often produces international brands such as Nike and Adidas, and its production capacity is already strong. However, if an unknown brand like Anta wants to internationalize, it is very difficult and requires many years of operation. In fact, Chen Zhiwen's The plan has always been for Anta to focus on the domestic market, which is still a blank slate. There is no difference between Anta, Nike and Adidas to anyone. However, Anta has strong capital and has many layouts in the mainland. It can use its absolute power to Promote the Anta brand and occupy the market to a certain extent. If there is an opportunity in the future, we can also expand a little in Southeast Asia.
In Europe and the United States, it is natural to leave it to the Jordan Brand. When Jordan becomes popular around the world with basketball in the future, it will also bring strong visibility to the "Jordan Brand". In this way, even if it still cannot beat Nike and Adidas, it can still occupy the market. There's a bit of a market.
However, this brand must be registered first. Otherwise, if you wait until Jordan's name becomes popular and then register it, there may be some legal disputes. Because registering a name that is too famous and has an owner, it is very controversial in many countries. Although there is a high probability that it will Registration is the only legal basis, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, it is better to register early.
And Chen Zhiwen will not be so greedy that he can eat this big piece of meat himself. After all, he wants to make money entirely in the European and American markets. When the scale becomes large, he will inevitably introduce capital from all parties and even go public. As for Jordan, he can also eat it. A mouthful of meat, at least the endorsement piece, must belong to him, and with his reputation, the money he gives will not be less.
After finishing this small acquisition in the United States, Chen Zhiwen got on his private jet again, took advantage of the night to sleep, and then returned to Hong Kong.
Although he has left Hong Kong for more than half a month, Chen Zhiwen's acquisition of Disney is still the headline of many media newspapers. The main reason for this is that some newspapers sent people to the United States to focus on this matter. Although one It is difficult for outside reporters to know the details of acquisitions by large consortiums, but many general things can be found if they look carefully. The most basic thing is that there are so many Disney shareholders, and the acquisition price is always told to them, and when they know the price By then, outsiders will know what stage the negotiations have reached, or the Ministry of Commerce has received an acquisition application. This kind of thing will not be completely confidential and can naturally be found out.
Some newspapers deliberately added fuel to the fire, and even deliberately included Disney's liabilities in the acquisition price. When the media announced that the acquisition was close to 3 billion US dollars, many people felt that Chen Zhiwen was transferring assets, especially Last year, "Fortune" announced that Chen Zhiwen's net worth was US$4.5 billion, and almost half of his assets were gone.
"There are too many fools and not enough liars." On the second day after Chen Zhiwen came back, he read various newspapers for a while when he came to the office. He smiled and shook his head and said, "These people use loans when they speculate in real estate, and they don't expect it." For our kind of acquisition, what we need to pay for is only 20-30 percent."
One is 4.5 billion and the other is 3 billion, which makes many people follow the rhythm and leave, but there is nothing they can do. Many people don’t understand. In fact, the so-called large-scale acquisitions either use stock swaps, such as buying land to drink milk in the past, or using a large amount of Loan funds, which is also the role of investment banks or commercial banks and one of the sources of profits.
"There are more and more people saying this in the market now. Some people even have this idea within our company. Some people even proposed to leave their jobs and prepare to immigrate, or apply to work overseas." Zhou Jiayang said: "Sheng Chen, Do we need to intervene, otherwise some friends from the media will only make the matter bigger and bigger."
"You don't have to worry about them, and you don't have to do anything. Just let nature take its course. We can buy whatever we want with our own money. We don't need to explain to anyone." Chen Zhiwen said: "If our people want to leave their jobs and immigrate, then Just agree, as for other people, it’s none of our business.”
For those who want to immigrate, the more immigrants the better. It's none of Chen Zhiwen's business. The more people immigrate, the more benefits they can leave for themselves in the future.
"Okay." Zhou Jiayang nodded. Originally, he was worried that too many people leaving would affect the company's operation, or that the need to re-recruit a large number of people would put too much pressure on the human resources department. But now that the boss has spoken, this must be the case. Done.
"What happened to the previous negotiations with the Hong Kong government on the conditions for reducing bidding restrictions?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.
"Obviously, the Hong Kong government did not agree, but in the latest auction, there were three residential sites with almost no restrictions. This may be a secret step back. I also won these, but the location is very average, in Shatin. And over there at Tseung Kwan O," Zhou Jiayang said.
"The Hong Kong government naturally wants to save face. Now it is willing to release a few. Even if it responds, this may be a factor of financial pressure, but this is also good news. Maybe after some time, the Hong Kong government may release more." Chen Zhiwen He said with a smile.
The Hong Kong government has always maintained Hong Kong's low tax rate policy, which has also made Hong Kong a very high-quality investment paradise, shopping paradise, etc. However, the price of this is insufficient fiscal revenue. In this case, it is necessary to rely on land finance. , especially in the past few years, when the Hong Kong real estate market was good, the Hong Kong government had a large fiscal surplus every year, and spent money lavishly. Various public infrastructure projects, public subsidies, and large-scale recruitment have become the norm, but now the economic crisis has arrived , but it is impossible to fire people who have been recruited before, and it is impossible to default on the subsidies that have already been contracted, and it is even more impossible to stop various infrastructure projects, because if they stop, the losses will only be greater, and the economic crisis has caused a large number of unemployment, which is more needed at this time. Continue various infrastructure projects that can protect employment.
The previous surplus may be able to sustain for a while, but it is unlikely to be feasible in the long term. Moreover, the Hong Kong dollar crisis is coming soon, and that will be the most difficult period.
"Now we can only wait, but the good news is that many real estate companies have begun to be forced to sell some properties in their hands at low prices, but these properties are not very good, so I haven't made a move yet." Zhou Jiayang added. .
"Well, there is no need to acquire land and properties in general. Just concentrate on waiting for a more suitable one." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.
"Understood." Zhou Jiayang said: "One more thing. President Liang wanted to find you before, but because you went to the United States, he asked me to find a time to meet with him when you come back."
"Is it because we are preparing to acquire Disney?" Chen Zhiwen asked doubtfully.
"No, President Liang said it was not about Disney, but something else, but he refused to tell me what it was specifically." Zhou Jiayang said.
"Well, in the next few days, make an appointment with him for me to meet." Chen Zhiwen said.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Zhou Jiayang replied.
Two days later, Chen Zhiwen came to a small hotel in Central. It was quite big and the food here was good. He used to like to come here often.
Soon, President Liang also came.
"President Liang, please sit down. The food here is ordinary. There will be no hospitality issues. Let's enjoy it slowly." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
The dishes on the table are all the most common beef, chicken, fish, and a few vegetables. They can be regarded as ordinary stir-fries, but the chefs here are very skilled and the taste is very good.
This is also for the convenience of entertaining people from the Hong Kong government or other officials, inviting President Liang to eat here. After all, the other party is an official. It may not be good if he eats a luxurious meal worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong.
"It's very ordinary for Chen Sheng, but for me, it's very extraordinary." President Liang smiled and said, "This meal is considered very high-end in the mainland. I went to Yanjing before and talked with a few None of my friends are at this level."
"The mainland's economy will also get better and better. A few years after the reform, the economy is obviously much stronger than before." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
"This is also thanks to Hong Kong investors headed by Chen Sheng, who have invested a large number of factories in the country to help domestic people find jobs." President Liang said after sitting down.
"It should be mutually beneficial, and I can also benefit from it." Chen Zhiwen said that many products of Midea and Galaxy Trading are low-end light industrial products, which are very sensitive to labor costs. The monthly salary in Hong Kong now exceeds HK$1,000, which basically means The low-profit industries in the world are almost unable to survive. Moving to the mainland has obviously increased efficiency and lowered costs, and at the same time, it has also improved the competitiveness of products in the international market.
"It's mutually beneficial. This is indeed the most appropriate thing." President Liang smiled and said: "I came to make an appointment with Chen Sheng today. Actually, I have something to discuss with you, and maybe it will be a mutually beneficial thing. "
"What's going on?" Chen Zhiwen asked curiously.
"There is a big project plan in Yanjing City that involves a lot of funds, so it is intended to involve foreign capital. I came here today to ask Chen Sheng what he meant." President Liang said.
"Oh, what big project?" Chen Zhiwen asked.
President Liang continued: "In the past few years, Yanjing City has received more and more foreign missions and business investors. Hotels are basically no longer a problem. This is also thanks to the investment from Hong Kong businessmen, but we still lack a formal Hospitality center. After the Yanjing City inspection team went to Japan, the United States and Europe, they decided to imitate these countries and build a large-scale trade center building in the center of Yanjing. It can be regarded as the first CBD office center in Yanjing City and even in our country. .
However, after some calculations, the investment in this project is too large. There is no extra finance in China to build this project. However, the current international trade situation cannot keep delaying it, so I thought of using foreign investment to build this project. Trade Center, I wonder if Mr. Chen is interested? "
(End of chapter)
