Chapter 2572 Listing Expectations
Since Dad decided to enter Europe, Li Dachao has spent most of his time in the UK recently.
Now Hong Kong's system is inherited from the United Kingdom, so as the country that Hong Kong people are most familiar with, Changyu Group puts the first step of its expansion here.
But Li Dachao did not implement his ideas in a hurry. He did not buy whatever he saw and directly monopolized an industry like in Hong Kong.
For more than half a year, what he has done the most is to investigate everywhere, collect information everywhere, and then sit in the office alone and study carefully.
Li Dachao is not as amazing as Li Chaoren, but he has a calm personality and can do many things with peace of mind.
If it was Li Xiaochao, if you want him to spend months running around and researching, but never start buying or selling property, then he will definitely not be able to do it.
Of course, Li Dachao is not completely unmoved. By helping Xiao Qi buy the Weiyou theater chain, he met the Duke of Saatchi, who is actually the richest man in the UK. It is said that people respect him a lot, but as the future head of the Li family in Hong Kong and Xiao Qi's partner, Li Dachao is still welcomed.
But what makes Li Dachao helpless is that everyone is more interested in Xiao Qi's recent investment, or whether he can take a stake in Xiao Qi's company. Li Dachao is not very interested in Changyu Group.
Li Dachao didn't complain either. He is still a figure in Hong Kong, but he is really nothing in the UK.
Especially in the stage of starting a business, there is no need to worry so much. There is no way to envy Xiao Qi's fame in the UK. The prestige of the world's richest man is really not comparable to that of the Li family.
Although the Li family has made some investments around the world over the years, generally speaking, it is the first time that they want to concentrate on doing business in Europe, especially in the UK, as it is now, and it is difficult at the beginning.
Fortunately, Duke Saatchi is very interested in Chang Yu Group. After hearing some opinions from Li Dachao, I was considering whether to cooperate with them.
besides. Terra Firma Capital, which Li Dachao had contacted before, has recently loosened its attitude. CEO Robbie has told Li Dachao that they are going to sell Aldern Theaters to his client Xiao Qi for 1.3 billion US dollars.
Although specific matters still need to be negotiated, generally speaking, there is no problem.
Li Dachao also breathed a sigh of relief. The matter Xiao Qi entrusted to him dragged on for three or four months, and finally came to fruition.
With the purchase of Aldern Cinemas, together with the previous Weiyou Cinemas, Kiwi Film and Television Group will become the largest theater chain owner in Europe, and it will undoubtedly be the largest theater chain in the world.
Thinking about what kind of popularity and fawning Kiwi movie theaters will get in the future, Li Dachao sighed.
When Xiao Qi is the richest man in the world, he basically has a global layout that can be industrialized.
As long as there is still demand for movie entertainment in the world, Kiwi Cinemas is the unique king. You can get the most profit sharing, and you can even influence those film companies.
Xiao Qi's layout is not just about movies.
According to Li Dachao's understanding. Xiaoqi has recently started active operations in India, and wants to start the entire B2C online business in India. So as to control the online shopping business of this superpower with a population of 1.3 billion.
Although India is very poor, any poor country with a consumer population of 1.3 billion will have a very large base, and it is worth any business to compete for this market.
What Li Dachao envied and hated the most was Xiao Qi's Fairy Company, the amazingly talented Dream Pad, Dream Stars, and Dream Snow, even foreigners were amazed and fascinated, let alone Li Dachao.
Now Li Dachao himself uses the Dream Pad and Dream Stars. Both in performance and aesthetics. They are all very sweet.
After coming to the UK, Li Dachao also found that young men and women were holding either Dream Stars or iPhones, and even more Dream Stars than iPhones.
Several Fairy directly-operated stores in the UK are full of people who go to experience Dream Pad and Dream Stars every day. Even today, many people have to go through two or three months to buy these two products. able to get.
You know, Dream Pad and Dream Stars are not cheap!
When you go to spend money to buy things, you actually ask for money to be sent to your door. It really makes Li Dachao admire Xiao Qi's business has reached a very high level.
This afternoon, Li Dachao received a call from his father, talking about the Meitu Sharing Company invested by Xiao Qi.
For such a period of time when the Greek debt crisis occurred, the Hang Seng Index has plummeted by 23%, which exceeded everyone's expectations.
Greece's concealment of debts has led to the reduction of the country's sovereign debt credit, which is not the main reason for the decline.
The main reason for the decline is the Greek government, as well as the self-rescue policies of Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland.
Hong Kong is a port city. Whether it was then or now, their main business is port business.
The goods exported from China to other places, and more goods exported to China from all over the world, basically chose to transit in Hong Kong before 90 years.
It is the port business that has brought a lot of vitality to Hong Kong's economy, so that they can just sit down and eat.
However, in recent years, with the gradual opening up of ports such as Guangdong, Dongfang, Quanzhou, Lingbo, Jinwei, etc., and as Huaguo's economy has become more and more internationalized, Hong Kong's status as an East Asian port center has gradually increased. has been severely weakened.
But even so, in the overall economy of Hong Kong, the port industry still accounts for more than 40% of GDP, ten percentage points more than the second financial industry.
Now as the five European countries are tearing their skins apart, more and more countries around the world must follow them, such as Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, etc. Once the ports of these countries are half-price or free, then Hong Kong’s Port trade will definitely be hit hard like never before.
There are also those transportation companies, in order to reduce costs, they will choose cheaper ports and routes. The cost of Hong Kong is not low, and the cost of transshipment is not low. Unloading is more cost-effective, right? Although the import procedures are a bit more troublesome, and it is not as customary as in Hong Kong, but in terms of money, it is better to save a little.
It is precisely because of such horror expectations that Hong Kong's stock market plummeted again and again, with a cumulative decline of 23%.
That is to say, the situation is wrong, so the government is working hard to find a solution.
Li Chaoren knew through his acquaintances in the government that if the Greek debt crisis continues to develop like this, causing global stock markets to fluctuate and fall, then the Hong Kong government may require Meitu to go public as soon as possible, so as to stabilize people's hearts as soon as possible.
Relying on the high popularity of Meitu Sharing Company in the world, and because Meitu Company is a company that Xiao Qi invests in favor of, if it is listed on the Hong Kong stock market, it will definitely attract a wave of pursuit, which will drive other shares in Hong Kong. , so that the Hang Seng Index will not fall so panicked.
If a company goes public, it will become a joint-stock company, and it will no longer be like before, only Xiao Qi and the entrepreneurial team shareholders.
It must be the introduction of new shareholders and underwriter partners.
The Li family has no way to compete with those giants in terms of underwriters. Whether it is Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Nomura Securities, Royal Bank of Scotland, etc., the Li family is not comparable. I don't have much interest.
Li Chaoren's interest is focused on the new shareholders of Meitu Sharing.
According to ordinary Hong Kong stock listing rules, Meitu Sharing has only been established for one year and is not eligible to be listed on the main board. Only on the Growth Enterprise Market can the application for "active business records" be shortened to 12 months. Meitu Sharing was established in July last year. It will start operations in November, and with the preparation and planning of roadshows, it is justified to go public in November.
And generally speaking, the largest shareholder's shares will be required to be reduced to less than 50%, plus a part for the underwriter, then at least 35% of the 80% shares that Xiao Qi currently owns must be taken out.
In this Internet age, as long as you have a gimmick, you can have a high market value and make a lot of money.
Meitu Sharing now has more than 300 million users and more than 100 million photos are uploaded every day, which means it has huge development potential.
If you can get the shares shared by Meitu before listing, you can definitely make a fortune. It is easy to double directly, and it is also easy to double or triple.
Li Chaoren's purpose is naturally not to buy and make money, but to participate in this Internet company with great development potential in the future and open up a new industrial chain for the Li family.
It's just that Li Chaoren thought well, but he was not the only one in Hong Kong who got the news. Many families and wealthy people knew the news, and everyone was watching the actions of Meitu Sharing Company.
In terms of the relationship between the Li family and Xiao Qi, it can only be said to be good, definitely not to the point of best friends, not even as good as Yan Chenglong.
How to impress Xiao Qi and make him willing to sell part of the shares to the Li family is the task that Li Chaoren gave to Li Dachao.
After all, Li Chaoren is old. If he doesn't exercise his son now, how can Li Dachao take over the Li family's business empire when he gets old? (to be continued ~^~)
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