Chapter 479

After New Oriental got Henry's investment, it immediately caused a huge sensation in China. Even the central and central government were shocked. The news broadcast of that night even gave a one minute report, which made Henry extremely surprised.

In 2001, "news network" is still the most influential program in China, with more than 100 million viewers. New Oriental can show its face in the program for a minute, which is more effective than how much it costs to advertise. Overnight, New Oriental is a household name! The next day, New Oriental received tens of thousands of consultation calls! Yu Hongmin and a large number of friends were shocked

The Chinese government thinks that Henry Williams, the world's richest man, has come to invest in China, and what he has invested in is China's education. What a role does this play in China's development? He must express his strong support here! Therefore, not only the news network vigorously publicizes and praises New Oriental, but also opens a convenient door to New Oriental. As for school land, if New Oriental wants it, it can get it at a very favorable price. At the same time, it is also an attitude of the Chinese government towards foreign investors!

With 12 billion yuan of strong financial resources, New Oriental can naturally circle land in major cities across the country. Build a school with an average of 300 million yuan, and prepare to build 40 schools across the country.

With the school, teachers must catch up.

New Oriental in addition to external recruitment, the most important way is to cultivate their own students, let them stay in school to teach. On the one hand, these students are familiar with the teaching mode of New Oriental; on the other hand, under the guidance of New Oriental, they are competent as teachers with their abilities. Pay attention to the company's personnel training and reserve has always been far easier than recruiting outside, more useful! At present, in China, teachers are insufficient, and the good and the bad are intermingled. Naturally, it is undoubtedly the best choice to cultivate relevant teachers themselves!

At this moment, New Oriental is painful and happy.

There are too many students and too few teachers.

Too much money, too few schools.

New Oriental has to limit the enrollment of new students, so as to avoid the decline of teaching quality.

One of the purposes of Henry's investment in New Oriental is for Madagascar, but he has not put forward anything about Madagascar to New Oriental for the time being, so as not to make the outside world suspect that he has planned for Madagascar. Henry chose Madagascar in the same way that Zhao Kuangyin was "forced" by his subordinates in Chenqiao post! Henry wants Malagasy people to take the initiative to let Henry take charge of Magas. In this way, international resistance will be minimized, and the United States has nothing to say. Even if it wants to find fault, it has no excuse.

So, before that, Henry couldn't show any sign of trying to capture Madagascar! As for how to be "dressed in yellow robes", well, Henry had a plan

Later, Henry is going to merge the New Oriental cooking school.

However, the investigation really surprised Henry. It turns out that New Oriental cooking school is one of the brands of Xinhua Group, a large private enterprise in Anhui Province. Xinhua Group, founded in 1988, has four major vocational education brands: "Xinhua computer education", "New Oriental cuisine education", "Wantong Automobile education" and "Paris fashion education".

As a result, Henry transferred the target of the merger from New Oriental cooking school to Xinhua Group.

Henry can't do everything by himself. Yu Hongmin is responsible for the merger of New Oriental Group and Xinhua Group. He himself went to Shandong by plane, the purpose of which is to invest in Lanxiang. In China, Henry has never heard of other excavator schools. It's only because Lanxiang in Shandong is so powerful that other excavator schools are eclipsed!

Henry once asked how many excavator talents, at least tens of thousands of them, needed to develop a place as big as Madagascar

Two days later, Henry came to Shandong Lanxiang school.

Rong Lanxiang, Lan Xiang's principal, came to receive Henry. Because of the "lesson from the past" of New Oriental, Rong Lanxiang can easily guess Henry's purpose.

However, it is not difficult to see from his warm reception of Henry that he welcomed Henry to invest in Lanxiang school. Under his leadership, Henry visited Lanxiang school once. However, Henry's feeling was different from that of Lan Xiang in the legend. He was disappointed. Maybe it's because the scale of Lan Xiang is still small

While walking, Rong Lanxiang introduced the history of Lan Xiang to Henry.

Before 1988, Lanxiang was not Lanxiang and was unknown. This year, the army began to engage in "three industries". Rong Lanxiang seized this opportunity and cooperated with the army to open Lanxiang school. There are many advantages in cooperation with the army. It can not only provide factory land, but also bring trainees. All of them are military personnel who have changed jobs and need training skills! From then on, Lanxiang technical school began to step on the "myth" road.

After the visit, everyone came to the office of President Rong Lanxiang. He poured a glass of water for Henry and said, "Mr. Williams, I heard that you just invested in New Oriental Group before..."

"Yes, China has a population of 1.3 billion. I think China's education has great potential for development."

Henry looked at him, laughed, and said, "Lanxiang technical school is also good. We all know that China's development can be described as rapid. All the major cities in the country are engaged in development. There are many tall buildings, and a large number of excavator talents are needed."

"Yes, over the years, China's development is really very fast, and the number of students studying in Lanxiang is several times more than in previous years!"

"Mr. Rong Lanxiang, with all due respect, although there are tens of thousands of students in Lanxiang, the school is poor and the place for students to practice excavators is too small, which completely limits the development of Lanxiang technical school. So... "Henry paused and asked with a smile," do you need investment? "

Rong Lanxiang nodded and said, "Mr. Williams is willing to invest. Of course, I welcome him!"

"I'm very glad that President Rong Lanxiang can agree. As far as I know, Lan Xiang's legal person is the army. You are just the manager of the school! If Lan Xiang wants to accept the investment, I'm afraid he must first obtain the consent of the army! "

When Rong Lanxiang heard this, he laughed, "Mr. Williams, you are right. However, since 1997, the army has been restricted from engaging in the third industry. So, in 2000, I bought 50 mu of land at the foot of Yaoshan mountain in Jinan and built a new campus. I'm ready to fight alone to decouple Lanxiang technical school from the army

This is good!

Henry doesn't want to deal with the military, either. Trouble!

Rong Lanxiang continued: "if we can get your investment, we can not only speed up the construction of the new campus, but also expand the area of the campus, and the whole Lanxiang technical school can move quickly!"

"Well, I can invest in you now!" Henry thought about it and said, "is one billion yuan enough?"

"Enough, enough!" Rong Lanxiang nodded his head and said in secret that he was the richest man in the world. He made an extraordinary move and opened his mouth to 1 billion yuan!

"Mr. Williams, how many shares are you going to take?"

"60% is not much!" Henry laughed.

"Not much, not much!" Rong Lanxiang didn't have to think about it at all. With the development fund of 1 billion yuan, he can buy land, expand the campus and recruit more students. Once the scale comes up, he can not only make money from tuition fees, but also participate in food, clothing, housing, transportation, entertainment and so on. Lanxiang technical school can make a lot of money!

"I'll ask the lawyer to draw up the contract and sign it tomorrow!" Henry said.

"OK, no problem..."

So, the next day, Henry completed his investment plan for Lanxiang. At the same time, Yu Hongmin has made contact with Xinhua Group. Of course, the result of their negotiation is not as fast as Henry's. what are the assets of both sides and how many shares each side holds after the merger? In a word, it is a lot of trouble. Usually, in such large-scale mergers and acquisitions, professional investment banks or financial consulting service institutions will be invited to help, such as Goldman Sachs, Citibank, Blackstone investment asset management company and so on, Henry recommended Blackstone to Yu Hongmin, because Blackstone Group is Henry's industry.

It's not easy to come to Jinan, Shandong Province. Henry naturally wants to travel here. Jinan is also known as "Spring City", because "every spring, every weeping willow", there is a famous 5A level scenic spot of the world's first spring, including Baotu Spring, Daming Lake, Heihu spring, pearl spring, Baishi spring and other 72 springs, which is named after a school of Jiangnan scenery. Of course, the most famous is Daming Lake. At present, the trilogy of huanzhu gege is being replayed, and the audience rating is still a mess!

Just one sentence: "remember the summer rain Lotus by Daming Lake?" It attracts countless tourists.

Daming Lake has a beautiful scenery, with flying kites and fish, lotus flowers all over the pond, boats passing through, willows and willows on the bank, flowers all over the lake, and visitors all over the lake. It is also decorated with pavilions, platforms, buildings and pavilions. The distant mountains and near waters are combined with the clear sky, just like a huge color picture. Henry was in a fairyland. At this time, Henry can't help thinking of Zhao Wei, Fan Bingbing and Lin Xinru. They are all big stars in the future. It's better to sign them in to their company as soon as possible.

If the "huanzhu three sisters" are all their own... Er, artist, what would it feel like?!

Ever since Henry invested in Hengdian, he has built IMDB Plaza in China following the pattern of Wanda Plaza, and established IMDB China cinema, IMDB China TV series company, IMDB China Film Investment Company and IMDB China broker company. Under Henry's herding management, these companies have developed with great success. Some of China's more popular TV series, films and IMDB have participated in the investment. For example, the popular 2001 TV series "deep rain" is invested and shot by IMDB China TV series company. For example, "Crouching Tiger, hidden dragon" is invested and shot by IMDB China film investment company, In addition, IMDB China film investment company also participated in the investment of Feng Xiaogang's "big shot", a New Year blockbuster to be released at the end of 2001.

Unfortunately for Henry, although IMDB agent company has signed many actors, there is no Zhao Wei, Fan Bingbing and Lin Xinru.

Zhao Wei didn't join the agency, but she had an independent agent, her sister-in-law Chen Rong.

Lin Xinru signed a contract with Zhongjie culture communication company to become its own artist. The strength of this company seems not so good, and it has no fame.

Although Fan Bingbing is the most popular of the three, he chose to sign in Huayi brokerage company in 2000, which is one of the best in China.

It is self-evident that the importance of agents or agent companies to artists. In the following years, Zhao Wei was full of ups and downs, but Lin Xinru's star path gradually declined. However, Fan Bingbing, a "Golden Lock" who did not play a lot in that year, was in the ascendant in the future. It's not hard to see that choosing the right agent is very important!

The next day, Henry left for Shenzhen and did not intend to intervene in the merger of New Oriental Group and Xinhua Group. Henry intends to cultivate Yu Hongmin, so that he can take charge of the company independently in the future!

Henry called IMDB China agent company on his private plane and asked them to dig Zhao Wei, Fan Bingbing and Lin Xinru as much as possible. If the other company can't release people, it doesn't matter even if it's a breach of contract. It's just great to pay compensation!

The headquarters of ICQ China branch is located in Shenzhen, where Henry first went after he arrived in Shenzhen.

Here, Henry met Ma Huateng face-to-face for the first time. He was pretty good-looking, tall, and wearing a pair of glasses. He looked a little green. However, he was far from the demeanor of a big man in his previous life. Now he was very excited to see Henry, as if a pilgrim had seen Allah.

"Hello Ma Huateng, nice to meet you!"

"Hello, Mr. Williams. Nice to meet you!"

Henry patted Ma Huateng on the shoulder and said, "how are you doing at ICQ?"

"Very good! After I joined the company, I just knew that I was a frog in the well. I didn't expect that ICQ company had so much research in the high-tech field, especially in the field of artificial intelligence. The research is very deep. No company in the world can match the artificial intelligence Siri program! " Ma Huateng said.

"Ha ha, it's OK. Google is also developing artificial intelligence, and its strength is very strong, which can't be underestimated!"

"Google? Isearch's parent company? " Ma Huateng took a deep breath and said in secret that if Google enters into artificial intelligence program, it will undoubtedly be the strong enemy of ICQ with Google's strength.

"Yes Henry nodded and gave a faint smile.

By this time, Henry and his party had come to the company.

"Mr. Williams, you must have something to do with ICQ this time?" Ma Huateng asked.

"Yes, that's right." Henry stopped and said, "Shanghai Shanda Network Development Co., Ltd., have you heard of it?"

"Shanda? That's not Chen Tianqiao's company! " Ma Huateng was puzzled and said, "Mr. Williams, I heard that Chen Tianqiao went to Korea to represent a game with all his assets, which seems to be called legend... Are you interested in this game? However, as far as I know, this game is not popular in Korea... "

Henry is showing a mysterious smile: "you are right, but maybe it will achieve unprecedented success in China."

(update at 11:30 PM)