Beverly Hills, Lee's mansion.
Dongfang Yuqin counted the results of the Asian financial crisis, and then handed it to Li Zetian.
Li Zetian was in a very happy mood, browsing the information while eating apples.
"Hehe, not bad! This time is really profitable!" Li Zetian laughed heartily, not worth the time he had been preparing, and he had mobilized trillions of dollars. In this Asian financial crisis, Li Zetian earned 1.15 trillion US dollars, and all the economic accumulation of Southeast Asian countries for decades has been earned by Li Zetian!
"However, there are still some funds that cannot be cashed out for the time being!" Dongfang Yuqin said with a smile.
"Don't worry about this, what's important right now is..." Li Zetian took a bite of the apple and said inarticulately, "Well, after the financial crisis, the land, companies, technology, etc. in Southeast Asian countries are all cabbage prices, we can take the opportunity to hunt for the bottom, and in the future The economy has picked up, and our investment will be many times better!"
After finishing speaking, Li Zetian unconsciously thought of Samsung and Lotte Group in South Korea... South Korean companies have a high responsibility rate, so there are more bankruptcies. Although Japanese companies such as Sony and Panasonic have not gone bankrupt, they have been severely damaged and broken, and will no longer have the strength to compete with Li Zetian's company.
After reading the information, Li Zetian put the document on the table and immediately chatted with Dongfang Yuqin about the investment.
There are too many things to invest in. Li Zetian pointed out that there is a general idea, and more professionals are required to implement it.
"The Bank of Korea is going to auction Samsung Group and Lotte Group. I think it's better not to wait for them to auction, and simply initiate an acquisition in advance, so that more people will not compete with us." Dongfang Yuqin suggested.
"Hmm...??" Li Zetian thought for a while and said, "Alright, let's launch an acquisition in advance!"
Right now, Samsung Group is not the largest group in South Korea. However, in the previous life of Li Zetian, the Samsung Group would have developed against the trend after the Asian financial crisis and become the largest multinational conglomerate in South Korea. It owns Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Fire, Samsung Securities, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Samsung Engineering. , Samsung Airlines, Samsung Life Insurance and other 85 subsidiaries, whose business involves electronics, finance, machinery, chemistry and many other fields.
The Samsung Group is incredibly powerful. Koreans claim that they cannot avoid three things in their lives: death, taxes, and Samsung!
Some people can't help but ridicule that the "Samsung life" of Koreans is: born at Samsung Hospital, studied at Samsung University, used Samsung electronic products, held a wedding at Samsung Hotel, and finally died of old age in Samsung Hospital.
However, the Samsung in this life is probably not as powerful as in the previous life.
If Li Zetian acquired the Samsung Group, the South Korean government would certainly not vigorously support the development of Samsung, and even secretly restrict it. In fact, for Li Zetian, there are two main purposes of buying Samsung, one is to reduce a strong competitor, and the other is to rely on Samsung to open the Korean market. South Korea is relatively exclusive, and the government attaches great importance to national industries, which makes it difficult for foreign companies to compete with local Korean companies.
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In the next period of time, Li Zetian was very busy, and there were many major acquisitions and investment projects that required him to personally intervene. In addition, it is already 1998. Li Zetian is worried that the Internet bubble will come ahead of schedule, and plans to cash out some shares.
Just when he was considering how many shares each Internet listed company should sell, a phone call suddenly made him stunned for a moment.
"Hello, Chronos Li, I'm JK Rowling, do you remember me? In a coffee shop in Edinburgh a few years ago, you read the novel I wrote..."
"Oh, it's you, of course I remember!" Li Zetian replied with a smile, thinking to himself, Rowling hasn't called me for years, and I almost forgot her.
JK Rowling was very surprised when she heard the words, never thought that the world's richest man still remembers her!
Li Zetian asked at this time, "Has your book been published? It stands to reason that after so many years, your book should have been written. Why didn't you contact me to help you publish it?"
Rowling was embarrassed to be silent for a while, and replied weakly: "You have a lot of time to work, and you must be very busy... I, I don't dare to disturb you."
Li Zetian was speechless. When he gave you his business card, he wanted you to call me after you finished writing the book, but your sister didn't call me.
"Has your book been published yet?" Li Zetian asked again, it should have been published by this time in his previous life. Li Zetian thought to himself, no matter what, he must get the copyright. Super IP like "Harry Potter" is rare!
Rowling shook her head, her expression darkened, and she replied disappointedly: "I found many publishing houses to submit manuscripts, but they were repeatedly rejected, and they were not optimistic about my book..." After a pause, Rowling sighed sadly, " To date, my book has not been published."
Li Zetian frowned slightly, thinking that because of the butterfly effect, Rowling did not meet the Bole in her previous life. At this moment, Rowling must be desperate now, so she called herself for help!
"I'll have someone buy a publishing house in the UK right away, and then help you publish your book!!" Li Zetian said.
Chronos·Li went to buy publishers to help me publish books! ! !
He, he doesn't like me, does he
Rowling was shocked, and her cheeks were slightly hot.
In fact, because the background of the novel "Harry Potter" is in the United Kingdom, Li Zetian planned to buy a British publishing house. Unexpectedly, Rowling misunderstood. However, it is no wonder that Rowling thought that her work was rejected by so many people that she lost her confidence. Since the novel "Harry Potter" is not good, Rowling will think, why did Chronos Li publish a new book for me, and even bought a publishing house to help her publish a new book! If it is said that I am not interested in books, I am interested in her as a person!
At this time, Rowling didn't speak for a while, all thoughts were in her mind.
"Rowling, what do you think?" Li Zetian didn't know why he didn't speak for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask.
Rowling hesitated at this time, whether to agree or not. If you agree, it means that you accept his kindness...
Rowling suddenly thought of her own situation. She is poor, and she has children to support. Now she urgently needs a sum of money, and Chronos Li is an excellent person. If he likes me, then I will do as he wishes. from him...
"Chronos Li, I'm really grateful, thank you for publishing a book for me!" Rowling's voice was shy.
"It's nothing, no need to thank you!" Li Zetian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, why did Rowling's tone suddenly become weird
However, Li Zetian didn't think much about it, but he didn't have any interest in Rowling at all, it was purely for "Harry Potter".
"Okay, Rowling, wait at home first, and a publishing house will contact you soon!"
"Hmm~"
After hanging up the phone, Li Zetian immediately rushed to his subordinates in the UK to help him acquire the publishing house, and explained some things. After that, he called Disney to buy the copyright of the "Harry Potter" movie adaptation, and then prepared to shoot. this movie.
That same day, Disney called JK Rowling.
"Hello, are you JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels? Oh, I'm Jimmy Charles, a Disney producer, and our company is going to make your novel into a movie! Don't worry, the movie adaptation The copyright will definitely satisfy you! Is $500,000 enough?"
Rowling was completely stunned when she heard this!
what's going on? My book hasn't been published yet, how did Disney know? And also to buy the film adaptation rights! $500,000, oh my god, how could there be so many movie rights for an unknown, unpublished book? !
Rowling thinks everything is incredible!
Suddenly, Rowling's eyes lit up and she thought: "Disney seems to be Chronos Li's company!!!"
"The book hasn't been published yet, and I don't know if it will become popular. He's going to buy the film adaptation rights... Well, he must know that I'm in a difficult situation right now, so he did it!"
Rowling blushed, only to feel that Li Zetian was really kind to her.
"Ms. Rowling?? Are you listening?" Disney producer Jimmy Charles shouted on the phone.
"Oh, I'm listening!"
"Then are you satisfied with the terms given by Disney?" Jimmy Charles asked.
"Satisfied! Very satisfied!" Rowling nodded again and again.
"Okay, I'll have someone contact you right away. As soon as the contract is signed, the $500,000 fund will be credited to your account immediately!"
"Okay!" Rowling replied, she is really short of money now.
After finishing the conversation, Rowling walked to the window. There was a cafe opposite downstairs, where she and Li Zetian first met.
Rowling stared blankly at the cafe, her thoughts drifting to nowhere.
If Li Zetian knew that Rowling was in a daze for him, Li Zetian would definitely shout that he was wronged, even more wrong than Dou E, he didn't flirt with Rowling at all, okay...