We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

Chapter 51 Become famous and known all over the world 2
The next day, while major newspapers were still competing for sales with Luo Nianzhong's various news, the front page headline of Southeast Daily successfully attracted the attention of all Hong Kong citizens.

"The Shipping King and Tycoon Law Officially Launched the Acquisition of Wharf"

The newspaper introduced that the chartering king and Luo Nianzhong formed a new company and had acquired 40% of Wharf's shares. And it will acquire 100 million shares of Wharf at a price of HK$1100 per share, which can be traded on all major stock exchanges in Hong Kong.

This news was thrown into the Hong Kong stock market like a bomb. Wharf's stock price was like a rocket. From yesterday's closing price of 62 yuan, it rose to 87 Hong Kong dollars in less than half an hour. There is a price but no market. I believe it is only a matter of time before the acquisition price suddenly reaches HK$100.

This was also Luo Nianzhong's idea. He didn't want to drag out this acquisition battle for nearly two years like he did in his previous life. The proposed acquisition at a price of HK$100 per share was because they did not want to leave time for Jardine to prepare funds.

Besides, because of the previous share purchase price issue, even if 11 million shares of Wharf are purchased for 1100 billion Hong Kong dollars now, the average price is less than 44 Hong Kong dollars.

But Jardine is different. If they don't want to lose Wharf, they need more stocks. Not to mention more funds, it is now difficult for them to quickly prepare 5 million Hong Kong dollars.

On the other hand, the chips held by Luo Nianzhong and the others are also different now. The number of stocks in the hands of the previous charter king was less than 30%. Invisibly, he bought a lot of time for Yihe, but it is different now. Luo Nianzhong obviously just wants to beat him to death with a stick, and has no intention of adding any foreplay or shouting with you.

In the office of Jardine Matheson, Newbijian was reporting the situation to Henry Keswick, the major shareholder of Jardine Matheson. As he spoke, his face was full of embarrassment.

Yesterday, he swore that everything was fine and under his control. Who would have thought that things would take a turn for the worse today.

"How much capital can the company mobilize now?" The voice coming from the phone was very low, and you could hear anger mixed in the tone.

"Less than 300 million."

"What about HSBC? How much money did they promise to lend us? There are other banks."

"5 million, this is already the maximum amount Shen Bi can give us. He only agreed after the Governor came forward to mediate. As for other banks, the total will not exceed 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and the money will not arrive immediately." .

"HSBC is on the other side?" Five hundred million Hong Kong dollars, the maximum authority, sounds so nonsense.

"No, but it's true that they don't like us."

There was silence for a moment on the phone, "Raise the offer. I will find a way to raise part of the funds in England, but as you know, it will take time to reach the Hong Kong account."

Newbijian didn't speak. After a while, he said as if he had lost time and had the strength to say, "Our chances of winning are very small. We have already suffered huge investment losses outside Hong Kong Island, if we borrow so much debt."

He didn't need to tell Keswick about what happened next. Once Luo Nianzhong and the others completed their control, the share price of Wharf would be cut in half. The more stocks they bought at this time, the greater the losses would be.

After Jardine lost Wharf, this debt would only end up stealing the chicken but not losing the rice. Jardine's stock plummeted, and it was even possible that it would face bankruptcy.

Newbijian knew that he should not say such things, because now he is the taipan of Jardine, and all this can be said to be caused by him. But as a professional manager, he has his own persistence and should remind major shareholders of the consequences of doing so.

Regarding his suggestion, Keswick, who was far away in England, roared on the phone, "Then what do you want me to do? Give up Wharf? Just surrender without any resistance? Who is all this because of?"

There was silence again on the phone. Perhaps because Keswick felt calmer, Newbijian said, "Now we are just tearing down the stakes to hunt the wolf. We are not even sure we can repel the wolf in front of us."

"If all the wooden piles are removed and a large area of ​​sheep is exposed, then after the calm, more wolves will be waiting for us."

"This will be a disgrace to the Keswick family and we will become a joke to the whole of Britain." Keswick's voice was very soft. He didn't know whether he was talking to Newbijian or mumbling to himself. After speaking, he hung up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Niubijian didn't feel any better and just slumped down in the chair. He knew that when this incident was over, he would basically be done with his position as the taipan at Jardine.

With such a huge stain on your career, it will be difficult to find a job in a big company in the future. In fact, he cannot be blamed for this matter. There are too many factions in the Jardine Matheson Group. Did no one in the company really find out that someone was secretly acquiring Wharf shares? Not necessarily, but no one thought it would develop to this point.

Now that such a big thing has happened, someone needs to take the blame. Except for him, Niubijian, no one else can.

After rubbing his temples and cheering up, Niubijian glanced at the executives in front of him and said slowly, "Send someone to negotiate with Global Shipping."

A group of senior executives left, and no one comforted him, making Newbijian feel that all his efforts were so ridiculous.

Yesterday, he asked the Hong Kong government and HSBC for help, trying to get the Hong Kong government to put pressure on the Wharf to save Wharf, but today he became the scapegoat.

For this reason, he had to work hard in front of the company that was riddled with holes, but the people behind him stabbed him in the back.

After standing up and looking around at everything in the office, Newbijian picked up a pen and paper and started writing on his desk.

One day later, at home on Deep Water Bay Road, Luo Nianzhong was preparing to go to Glory when the charter king called. After notifying him of Jardine's decision, Jardine sold 70% of its shares to Charter King for HK$23.7 per share, which was unexpected and reasonable for Luo Nianzhong.

Unexpectedly, he felt that Jardine Matheson, as the largest financial group in Hong Kong Island, should struggle. The direct surrender now would be too damaging to Jardine Matheson's prestige in Hong Kong Island. He believed that as soon as the news was announced, Jardine Matheson's stock price would fall. .

However, under the current situation, Jardine is basically helpless, and it is reasonable to choose to maximize profits. If Luo Nianzhong and the others gain control, it's not certain how much Jardine's shares will be worth once the Wharf is split.

No matter what, the result is developing in the direction that he is most satisfied with, and Luo Nianzhong smiles more during happy events.

Honor Company, I haven’t been here for a while, and the look here has changed again. The factory building across the road has been put into use. Now the monthly output of Honor's arcade machines can reach more than 40 units. If full-time overtime production is used, this production capacity can be increased.

Previous orders from Europe and the United States have been delivered one after another, but Luo Nianzhong still underestimated the love of people around the world for this game. Subsequent additional orders have allowed trucks to line up to two miles away at the entrance of Honor every day, and countless reporters come to report every day. Pomp and circumstance here.

Compared to Liang Jiadong, Robert and others who were surprised by the sales, Luo Nianzhong still understood. We must know that each of these three games will have more than 50 billion US dollars in revenue in later generations. Although those statistics are for a long time, it is still no problem to have billion US dollars in revenue in the early stage, right?
In addition, there is currently no competition from other games, and Luo Nianzhong believes that the profits created by these three games will definitely be higher than in the previous life.

Walking into Liang Jiadong's office, not only Liang Jiadong, General Manager of Glory, but also Robert, Luo Nianzhong's financial steward, were here.

Now he comes here every two days to check some accounts for fear of problems. Not only that, Glory’s financial department has also increased from the original five people to more than 20 people now.

This number will grow as new products are introduced and more and more finances are handled.

"Luo Sheng".

"boss".

"Well, you have worked hard." Luo Nianzhong responded with a smile.

"This is what we should do and our responsibilities lie." Liang Jiadong said modestly.

"Hahaha, okay. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly. I will definitely give you a big red envelope at the end of the year."

"Then thank you Luo Sheng." Liang Jiadong said politely.

"I am looking forward". Compared to Liang Jiadong, Robert is much more straightforward.

"Let's go. I heard that you have developed a new game? Let's go take a look first and then look at the new products later."

"Okay, Luo Sheng, please come this way."

Liang Jiadong led the way and led everyone to the glorious scientific research building.

It is said to be a scientific research building, but it is just a part of the previous industrial building that was redivided and simply renovated.

Even though the place is not that good, it has everything you need, including tea restaurants, coffee shops, various entertainment venues, and lounges. If the hardware is insufficient, can you use the software to make it up?

It's not that Luo Nianzhong doesn't have the money to build a better office building, it's that he doesn't have the money to build one. If nothing else happens, the headquarters he planned will be launched almost next year. By then, all his companies, except for production, will have moved into the new headquarters.

When Luo Nianzhong and others came to the game development department, the employees here gathered around a workstation, and there were some discussions and cheers from time to time.

"Dead cover". This kind of cry is the most common.

There is no way, who makes the absolute majority of R&D personnel here are islanders. After nearly two months of adaptation, they have become accustomed to life on Hong Kong Island. Although they only speak a few words in Chinese, they can communicate in English without any problem, which prevents them from having language difficulties. Seeing Liang Jiadong want to speak out, Luo Nianzhong waved his hand to stop him and quietly walked to the back of the crowd.

In the center of the crowd, a young man with long hair was seen working quickly with his hands. On the monitor, a little man wearing overalls is avoiding various obstacles that the gorilla still comes out of above. Every time he avoids the obstacles, the people around him will exclaim.

Finally, in a thrilling evasion, the character he controlled did not survive, and the game ended. At this time, the staff standing next to Luo Nianzhong and others also discovered them.

"Luo Sheng, Mr. Liang".

This greeting also made everyone look over. After saying hello, everyone left and returned to their seats.

After everyone dispersed, the employee who was playing the game also stood up and said in somewhat broken Chinese, "Luo Sheng, Mr. Liang, hello."

"Hello, you don't have to be so polite. In my company, I still hope that you won't be as formal as other companies."

Pointing to the arcade machine, Luo Nianzhong continued, "What is your name? Come and introduce to me your masterpiece."

"My name is Shigeru Miyamoto, and this is a game I made inspired by film and television works such as Popeye, Beauty and the Beast, and King Kong. I call him Donkey Kong."

"The game is very simple. You control this character called Mario to pass through various levels and obstacles, climb onto the building, and ask for his princess Pauline from this gorilla."

It seems that history has not changed despite the changes. What has changed is that Shigeru Miyamoto left Nintendo and came to Honor. What has not changed is that this popular game in Europe and America was still born from his hands, and the time has been advanced.

"If this game becomes popular, you will not only get the project commission you deserve, but you will also become the leader of a project team. This is my promise to you."

This is also what Luo Nianzhong proposed. If a project achieves profitability, its developers will receive 5% of the project's profits as a project reward for one year.

Don’t underestimate this 5%. In this era of lack of entertainment, many games may earn over 500 million, or even billion. Even a project award of US$ million is enough for them to achieve financial freedom.

This is also the reason why Honor has been able to recruit so many talented R&D personnel from the island country. The most direct and effective way is to get them to leave their homes and become determined to make money.

Talk about feelings? You thought it was Rabbit's house.

Shigeru Miyamoto was also very excited about Luo Nianzhong's commitment and said, "Thank you Luo Sheng. I will definitely work hard and strive to create more and better works for the company."

Luo Nianzhong laughed and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to it."

"How are you? Do you have any difficulties in your daily life and work? If you have any difficulties, just raise them and the company will try its best to help you solve them."

Miyamoto Shigeru glanced at Liang Jiadong, then at Luo Nianzhong, and said hesitantly.

"One thing is that game development requires inspiration. Many employees will choose to work overtime when they are inspired. Sometimes when working late, colleagues with cars are fine, but colleagues without cars can only work on the floor of the company."

Luo Nianzhong frowned and turned to look at Liang Jiadong, "Don't we have a dormitory?"

"Yes, Luo Sheng, we do have dormitories. But they are basically occupied by employees on the production line. As you know, we have been working overtime a lot recently. Many front-line production employees need to lay floors in the dormitories, so It’s what it is now.”

"Why not build new dormitories?"

"The first is the land issue. In our current factory area, it is difficult to find an open space to build new dormitories. Now, with the investment in new factories and the increase in production capacity, we don't know how long this overtime situation will last."

After understanding the specific situation, Luo Niangzhong thought for a while and said, "In this way, we buy a few cars, recruit our own drivers, count the addresses of our employees, and open a few routes to operate ourselves. My request is very simple. No matter what time, my employees If they want to go home, they have to make sure there is a car to take them.”

Many people heard Luo Nianzhong's words, and suddenly the entire office burst into applause and cheers. You must know that most of them are islanders, and they have no intention of buying a car before Hong Kong Island has completely stabilized.

Now Luo Nianzhong's decision has given them a greater sense of belonging to Honor Company.

At work, they are very satisfied with both the salary and the creative environment and atmosphere. Outside of work, this kind of help that employees do their best allows them to see the human touch that is different from other companies.

This incident was later spread back to the island country through the introduction of these employees, and Luo Nianzhong later gained the loyalty of a large number of island country talents.

After getting to know many people about their thoughts and views on the current working environment, Luo Nianzhong left the game development department. Luo Nianzhong had a meal in the cafeteria with everyone. He didn't do anything special. He refused the small stove that the canteen supervisor wanted to arrange and lined up like the workers. This gave him another wave of fame.

At the beginning, the workers were still a little restrained, but as Luo Nianzhong chatted with some people about their daily life, made jokes, and cared about their work, these people relaxed. After a while, the entire canteen returned to its usual bustling state.

After lunch, Luo Nianzhong and Liang Jiadong went to the hardware development department. Unlike in the game development department just now, where no one was interested, when I came here, there were already people waiting here.

After everyone said hello, a palm-sized machine appeared in front of Luo Nianzhong. This was the second product Luo Nianzhong asked Honor to develop - the tape player, also known as the Walkman.

This concept was invented by a German-Brazilian as early as 1972, but it was not as sophisticated as it is now. In order to avoid getting into a patent lawsuit like Sony in the future, Luo Nianzhong sent someone to buy out the concept from the Brazilian and applied for a patent.

30 US dollars, this money can not only avoid some disputes in the future, but also can be used to choke other companies' necks. Do you want to produce? Do I need to pay patent fees? Is it a good idea even to exchange patents?

"Luo Sheng, this is a portable tape player invented based on your idea. It's not difficult, but I don't know if it will be accepted by people.

After all, there is a big gap in sound quality between this machine called a Walkman and a traditional player."

Liang Jiadong's words made Luo Nian laugh secretly in his heart, but no one accepted it? You must know that when Sony developed the Walkman, it was an audio-visual equipment that took the entire world by storm, selling more than 200 million units in two years.

Luo Nianzhong picked up what was an old antique for him, put on his headphones, and pressed the player. It contains the first album songs recorded by Leslie Cheung, but it has not been released yet.

The sound quality is definitely not comparable to the later ones, but as far as the Walkmans Luo Nianzhong was exposed to in his previous life as a child, it is really hard to judge, and that's enough.

"It's not bad. I think it will be liked by young people. Are there any problems with cost and production?"

Regarding Luo Nianzhong's problem, Liang Jiadong understands well, "The cost is not expensive, about 70 US dollars. The more we produce, the cost will go down. But we don't have the production capacity to produce him now."

This is a problem. With the additional orders for arcade machines, Honor's current production tasks are scheduled to be several months in the future.

Expand production capacity? Luo Nianzhong is unwilling to participate too much in these low value-added industries. Even the current Honor production line will slowly be transferred out in the past two years.

As for the cost, Luo Nianzhong is still satisfied. He remembers that Sony's first Walkman was sold in the island country for 33000 yen, equivalent to $165. The European and American version has reached US$199. Luo Nianzhong still accepted this profit rate.

"Let's do this. You first dispatch a group of workers and produce 10,000 units first. I will figure out how to increase the production capacity after that."

Luo Nianzhong suddenly thought of the invitation that the boat charter king had given him when he called him in the morning.

New Year's Day is coming soon, and the North has invited Huo Daheng and the others to invite businessmen from Hong Kong Island to Rabbit to experience the atmosphere of the traditional festival.

Of course, these are definitely secondary, the main thing is to attract investment.

Rabbit has already started reforming, and they hope to get some investment through this invitation. At this time, businessmen in Hong Kong cannot make up their minds, so Luo Nianzhong doesn't mind giving Rabbit a big gift at this time.

The icing on the cake can never be as good as providing help in times of need. Luo Nianzhong finalized this first large investment to help his hometown develop, and the future benefits will definitely be indispensable. This can also solve production problems and reduce labor costs, killing three birds with one stone.

Moreover, the Walkman is not like a computer. Most of the components inside are not under the jurisdiction of Batumi. Even if the relationship between the beautiful country and the rabbit is about to ease, it doesn't matter. Even if some components are not available in his hometown, it does not prevent Luo Nianzhong from importing them.

After getting to know each other, Luo Nianzhong told Liang Jiadong that a Walkman research department could be set up to study things like song cutting and playback.

After that, Luo Nianzhong left.

(End of this chapter)