Chapter 498 The amazing profits of "Peppa Pig"

Chapter 498 The amazing profits of "Peppa Pig"

"Hutchison Whampoa." Yang Wendong looked at the headlines of Oriental Daily in his hand and said with a smile.

"What's wrong?" Su Yiyi, who was peeling walnuts for her son to eat next to her, asked curiously when she saw Yang Wendong suddenly laughing.

Yang Wendong put down the newspaper, took a peeled walnut, and replied with a smile: "It's nothing. You know Qi Dezun's Hutchison Whampoa. I am also a shareholder of Hutchison. After this merger, although my share share has been diluted. A little, but after all, the investment has tripled.”

When he originally invested in Hutchison, he only spent 20 million, but now it has become 70 to 80 million, not counting that he also secretly acquired some Hutchison shares and Whampoa shares, etc.

Just looking at this income alone, you can still make a lot of money.

"Qi Dezun is really powerful." Su Yiyi also knew a little bit about some major events and said: "After the acquisition of Huangpu, the market value has increased so much."

Yang Wendong said: "No, Qi Dezun was most powerful last year. He bought a lot of property land and many shares of British-owned companies by bargain-hunting. Now that the market is picking up, these investments immediately brought tens of millions of profits. < br>

Coupled with the fact that Hutchison is about to develop its real estate business, there is too much good news, and the stock price has gone up. The acquisition of Huangpu Group is just one of the factors. ”

Su Yiyi asked again: "Then can you control the Huangpu Group? Are you afraid that Qi Dezun will not listen to you?"

"He will not disobey me now." Yang Wendong shook his head and said: "He is not qualified to fight with me yet."

"Then what you mean is that he might not listen to you in the future?" Su Yiyi heard the meaning;

Yang Wendong smiled and said: "It's possible. This man is very arrogant and will never listen to other people. You know, he is the only British man who can make a fortune from scratch;

He is still polite to me now, because he knows that he needs to rely on me to obtain greater benefits. Smart people know when to be low-key and when to be high-key. ”

In the original history, when Qi Dezun was at his peak, not to mention businessmen such as HSBC and Jardine Matheson, even the newly appointed Governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose, did not give him face. It can be said that he was extremely crazy.

Even though history is different in this life, his character is unlikely to change. It's hard to say what the future will be like.

"Able to bend and stretch, he is quite a character." Su Yiyi commented.

Yang Wendong said: "I won't invest in a person unless he is a person. It doesn't matter what kind of personality he has, as long as it is useful to me. Most capable people in this world have a temper, as long as it does not escalate to personal hatred. Just fine.”

In his previous life, Steve Jobs was very capable and had a very eccentric temper. But if he could invest, he would definitely invest. If he had a little bit of his own personality, there would be no problem, as long as he didn't offend himself because of his lack of brains. If he didn't have any emotional intelligence, then basically You won't succeed even if you have a bad temper. You have to deal with the right person.

However, my ten-year business career has had a great impact on many people around the world. I just don’t know whether people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates will be successful in the future. But it doesn’t matter. Apart from the system and core Many industries can also make their own chips.

The time soon came to April, and the privatization of Huangpu Group was also gradually promoted. The process of privatization mergers and acquisitions like this is also very long. You need to apply to the Hong Kong Council first, and then apply to Hong Kong government officials. After that, it takes half a year. Time, give all shareholders a certain amount of time to gradually cash out their stocks, and then they can officially delist and merge.

The process is very long, but Qi Dezun has obtained the management rights of Huangpu Group, and Edward is very cooperative. Qi Dezun also keeps his promise and continues to let the original team manage Huangpu. This can actually make Qi Dezun more convenient in future acquisitions, at least for others. The management of the company will not be too opposed to the company being acquired.

Qi Dezun and Edward also cooperated very well with what Yang Wendong needed. Hundreds of people from Changxing Infrastructure entered Huangpu Terminal for various learning. In addition to traditional loading and unloading, there will also be many technical personnel when Kwai Chung Terminal opens in the future. Go to ensure smooth operation.

This can be regarded as solving a major hidden danger problem in our own terminal. After all, recruiting people alone is definitely not as good as being fully supported by a professional company.

One day, Yang Wendong brought Su Yiyi and his eldest son Yang Zhiwen to Changxing Group. As soon as they arrived at the office, Yang Zhiwen came to the rest area and turned on the TV.

"What do you want to see so early?" Yang Wendong asked curiously.

Yang Zhiwen replied: "It's a cartoon. I didn't see it last night, so I could only watch it in the morning."

"You should study hard and don't just think about playing or watching cartoons." Yang Wendong said with a smile, but he did not stop him. It is also natural for children to watch cartoons.

Seeing that his father made no next move, Yang Zhiwen looked happily. Yang Wendong and Su Yiyi began to deal with their work. After about half an hour, Yang Wendong completed a document and looked up while still watching TV. His son stood up and stepped forward.

The animation shown in the animation is also "Peppa Pig" produced by my company. This animation did not draw comics first, but went directly to TV. Because it is a children's cartoon, it is only suitable for dissemination through video.

After watching it with his son for a while, Yang Wendong suddenly said: "Zhiwen, we have some "Peppa Pig" that you haven't seen yet. Do you want to go and see it?"

"Haven't you seen it?" Young Yang Zhiwen asked with wide eyes: "Where is it? I want to see it."

"Let's go, I'll take you there." Yang Wendong smiled and directly picked up his son and carried him on his back. He said to Su Yiyi: "Yiyi, I'm going to the office of Changxing Culture downstairs. Do you want to come with me?"

"Okay." Su Yiyi naturally agreed.

The three of them followed the elevator to the 17th floor, which is where Changxing Culture has its offices. Just as they got out of the elevator, Su Yiyi suddenly said: "Brother Dong, now that the company is getting bigger and bigger, this Changxing Building doesn't seem to be enough. ”

"Yeah, it's really not enough." Yang Wendong nodded and said: "But the buildings in Central are basically this big in area. If you want to change to a suitable one, I'm afraid you have to buy a piece of Central in Central that is large enough, and then Just build a higher level.”

With the development of the group's business, the number of people in the headquarters is also increasing, and each subsidiary has its own position in the headquarters. For example, Changxing Culture often needs to communicate with Yang Wendong, and the number of people is larger than that of other companies. It's much less, so half of the company is here, and only the video people are in other buildings. Before the 1970s, buildings in Central, Hong Kong generally only had about 20 floors. Even the three buildings he acquired from Land were in excellent locations, but their area was still not as large as Cheung Hing Building; these three buildings were not very large either. It is old, and it is not cost-effective to demolish it now and build a super building.

Cheung Hing Real Estate has no shortage of land, and it can also offer some large-area old buildings in Central. However, there is no such land in the core area of ​​Central, because the good locations in Central have long been developed, although Cheung Hing Real Estate has also acquired some , but not together and in a good location.

Su Yiyi asked: "There shouldn't be such a location in the core area of ​​Central."

"Wait a minute, maybe the Hong Kong government will reclaim the land or relocate some government agencies in the future." Yang Wendong said: "This way there will be land."

Since the 1970s, in order to maximize profits, the Hong Kong government has begun large-scale reclamation and relocation of government agencies. There have been many landowners, the most famous of which is the Future Connaught Building (Yihe Building). Even though this building has arrived In the 21st century, it is far less tall than the surrounding buildings, but it is still an eye-catching building.

"Oh." Su Yiyi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Yang Sheng, Mrs. Yang."

Zhang Zhiyuan and Wu Hailin from Changxing Culture immediately came out to greet him. Yang Wendong smiled and said: "I'll bring my son over to have a look. You send someone to take him around, and then let him watch the animation program you haven't launched yet."
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Zhang Zhiyuan said quickly: "Okay, I will arrange it."

Then he immediately called a young girl in her 20s and took the young master with her. Su Yiyi followed suit.

"Now that we are all here, let's take a look at the recent achievements of Changxing Culture." Yang Wendong said again.

Wu Hailin smiled and said: "No problem, Yang Sheng, please come this way."

Several people came to a conference room next to the glass. Zhang Zhiyuan quickly sent over some information and said: "Yang Sheng, this is the financial data of the last quarter. The total revenue was 16.2 million Hong Kong dollars and the profit was 10.23 million. , the specific names are in the report.”

"The profit margin is so high?" Yang Wendong laughed.

Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "Yes, it is mainly due to the fact that several of our cartoon videos have begun to have success overseas, especially "Peppa Pig", which has achieved good results in the UK, and many British TV stations have also They all purchased the copyright one after another;

The profit margin of copyright is very high. In the later stages, it gets closer to 100%. There are also two other countries in Europe that want the copyright. If "Peppa Pig" can be released in Europe and even the United States, then our profits will be huge. But it's very scary. ”

"Maybe it can surpass Changxing Industrial." Yang Wendong also said with a smile.

A popular cartoon may not be able to match that of a large factory in terms of business scale, but it is not difficult to surpass it in terms of profit. If the copyright of its own cartoon is sold, it can be sold to hundreds of global TV stations, and the profits are considerable. And once it becomes popular, the benefits from various derivatives, toys, image licensing, etc. will be like a tide, and money will be given to the copyright owners.

Of course, to achieve this result, it must be a super hit. There are few cartoons like this in human history, but "Peppa Pig" can be regarded as one.

Zhang Zhiyuan said with a smile: "It would be great if this could happen."

Yang Wendong nodded and said: "Next, take the initiative to send people to English-speaking countries, show them the results of British TV stations, and try to get them to get the copyright and broadcast it on their own TV stations;

Don't waste too much time. If we can't negotiate the price, I can authorize them to charge a small fee or even make it free for the first ten episodes. In short, TV comes first. ”

Giving some benefits for free first, and then waiting to be charged is the business logic of the Internet in the previous life. Animated newspapers cannot do this, but already produced cartoons can, and the cost of additional broadcasts is infinitely close to 0.

As long as these countries broadcast it, it will not be their turn to choose later.

"Understood." Zhang Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Conquer the English-speaking countries first. As long as we have success in these countries, it will be much easier to enter other European countries in the future."

"At that time, we may not need to go to the door to deliver the goods. They may take the initiative to come to the door." Yang Wendong said with a smile.

If he were not afraid of being sued for malicious competition, he would have no problem providing "Peppa Pig" to global TV stations for free.

Zhang Zhiyuan thought for a while and said: "Then I will send people to the United States immediately. There are more TV stations there."

"Okay." Yang Wendong also agreed and said: "Contact Lin Youjing. Several subsidiaries of Changxing Group have been doing advertising in the United States for several years. He may know some major local TV stations."

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