1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 361 Daily News
"Fatty Li, you are crazy. Last time you raised a peacock, and now you raise a bear?"

On Tai Po Road in Kowloon, a glittering golden Rolls-Royce is parked at the entrance of Lai Chi-ying’s 30,000-square-foot mansion.

Situ Mingzhu brought a white foreigner into the Li family mansion and, under the guidance of the maid, came to the backyard of the mansion.

In the backyard, Li Zhiying, wearing suspenders and overalls, was teasing a new pet he had just adopted last year with a live chicken in an iron cage.

An Asiatic black bear with a white V-shaped stripe on its chest.

Seeing the scene in front of him, Situ Mingzhu frowned and took a step back. The white foreigner next to him showed an interested look. He looked around at Hei Xiong and Li Zhiying for a few times, and asked Situ Mingzhu in English with a smile.

"Is this Mr. Li who will be working with me next?"

"Yes, Mr. Simon."

"looks good."

The foreigner Simon smiled and praised. At this time, Li Zhiying happened to throw the frightened rooster into the animal cage, and immediately the chicken feathers flew in the cage.

"It still needs to be fed with live animals, otherwise it will be stupid and have no energy at all. I'll prepare a few dozen kilograms of good beef as a snack later, so as not to let my new pet starve."

Li Zhiying clapped his hands and gave instructions to the breeder beside him, then turned around with a smile and looked at Situ Mingzhu and the foreigner Simon who were waiting on the side.

"Good morning, Brother Situ. If you have anything to say, please tell me. I will come to see you. How dare I trouble you to come to a rural place like mine?"

Compared to the 30-square-foot mansion he just rented on Kadoorie Avenue in Ho Man Tin for HK$ a year, the -square-foot property on Tai Po Road is large enough, but its location is not in a wealthy area and is actually not suitable for his current status.

However, this mansion is Li Zhiying's obsession, because he has lived at the foot of a nearby mountain since he was a child. One time, he accidentally broke into this big house and was shocked. It was hard for him to imagine that there was such a big house in the world. Therefore, after he became rich, he immediately bought it from the previous owner, an auction house employee. No matter how many properties he owns over the years, he still lives in this big house in the country.

Situ Mingzhu ignored his false politeness and looked at the black bear licking its paws in the cage. He frowned and scolded, "Last time you kept peacocks at home, you were accused of animal cruelty. Do you want to go to court again this time? Now I ask you to keep a low profile, but you insist on making yourself a news topic. Are you afraid that outsiders can't find out your true identity?"

“Only those who are talked about will live longer.”

Li Zhiying muttered something in a neither loud nor soft voice. Seeing Situ Mingzhu's face darken, he immediately smiled again and said seriously, "It's just a charity. This time it's definitely not animal abuse. Last year, when I went to the goldfish street to choose goldfish, I happened to meet a goldfish seller holding a bear cub that looked like a cat. He said he wanted to send it to the restaurant kitchen. So I bought it and raised it myself to do a good deed. At most, I'll send it to a zoo in the mainland later. Maybe I'll get a banner."

Situ Mingzhu understood the meaning behind the words, took a deep breath to suppress his dissatisfaction, and waved at him.

"Go to the living room and introduce this new friend to you."

"Okay, I like making friends the most. What's your name, friend?"

Li Zhiying came towards them with a tall and fat figure, almost the same size as the black bear in the cage, and gave the foreigner Simon an affectionate hug.

Simon the ghost smiled and said nothing.

Li Zhiying frowned and cursed: "What the hell! Why don't all the people I've met recently know Chinese?"

……

"Mark Simon, an employee of the American Intelligence Agency."

Tea was served in the living room, and Situ Mingzhu introduced the white guy next to him to Li Zhiying.

Mark Simon, who is in his early thirties, is currently a submarine analyst for the U.S. Naval Intelligence Agency. His father also worked for the CIA for decades, so he can be said to be from an intelligence family.

"America? Not the British?"

Upon hearing the background of the foreigner Simon, Li Zhiying was slightly surprised. Why did he suddenly change the second boss?

Situ Mingzhu said directly: "One provides money, the other provides power, do you have any problem with that?"

"I know, in Taiwan this is called black gold, right?"

Li Zhiying nodded in understanding, showing a smile of complete understanding, but then he looked embarrassed again: "But boss, the 97 handover is approaching, and you will be beheaded if you keep doing this." "The American sponsors give you enough money, and the foreigners in Hong Kong give you enough power. This year, even the charge of fake news has been abolished. It is clear that they want to create a media tycoon."

Situ Mingzhu gave Fatty Li a sidelong look and said, "You don't have to pretend to be a fish, shrimp or crab. If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who will do it."

"Pick! Talking about this? Since I have two bosses willing to support me, why should I bother the old man above? If I don't eat the food when it's available, it's a heinous crime!"

Li Zhiying pointed at Mark Simon standing aside and said in a vulgar tone: "This guy is called Xi, Xi... Anyway, I don't care about him. He is just a stinky guy. Give me money and he will be my boss from now on."

Situ Mingzhu smiled and said, "He can't be your boss, but you can give him the position of content director. He will have the final say on what news should be written in the newspaper in the future."

"He doesn't even know Chinese to write content? What does he know?"

"Don't worry, I have already selected the founding team for you. The one named Ni, one of the four great talents in Hong Kong, is your old friend."

"Ni Xun? Okay, but don't pay him for the time being. He had a party in my living room last week and almost crippled a female star. I paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars." Li Zhiying cursed and said, "What else? It's obviously not enough to have only him. Invite three other talented people back!"

Situ Mingzhu ignored him.

Jin Liangyong is now the big boss of Ming Pao and a newspaper magnate. He is probably worth billions, so it is naturally impossible for him to switch jobs.

Cai Lan and Huang Zhan still have some chances, but he is too lazy to bother looking for each other, and they are also worried that if they show up in public, they will be written about by reporters.

"You can contact other talented people yourself. Didn't you always say that you are the best at making friends?"

Situ Mingzhu glanced at Li Zhiying and continued, "In addition to Ni Xian, the chief editor, there are also the original team of Tiantian Daily coming to help you. In a word, you just need to sit firmly in the position of the boss of this media company, and everyone else will take care of everything else..."

…………

"Mr. Zhai, the only newspaper that meets your requirements, is old and famous, and is willing to sell is Tiantian Daily."

In the office of Jiuyi Entertainment.

After Shi Nansheng screened a number of media companies, he introduced one of them to Zhai Yuan.

"The Tian Tian Daily was first published in the early 84s. The owners at that time were the Wei brothers of the Er Tian Tang Pharmaceutical Factory. They created the first color-printed daily newspaper in Hong Kong that year. However, the family's pharmaceutical factory was short of funds, so the Wei brothers sold the Tian Tian Daily to Liu Tianjiu, the head of the Hermitage Group. In , Liu Tianjiu's Hermitage Group also encountered a financial crisis and sold the newspaper to Mr. Ho Sai-chu of the Ho Yiu-kwong family. However, after Ho Sai-chu took over the Tian Tian Daily, due to the company's distribution problems, most of the editorial staff were dissatisfied. The editor-in-chief Wei Jianbang left with more than % of the employees and founded another newspaper, Today Daily. Unfortunately, Wei Jianbang's newspaper is now operating very poorly, and both sides are in a lose-lose situation."

Shi Nansheng quickly introduced the past and present of Tiantian Daily, and then said: "Although Tiantian Daily has changed hands three times, it still maintains a daily sales volume of 10 copies. After Wei Jianbang and his people left, Mr. He Shizhu could not spare more energy to manage the newspaper, so he also intended to sell it to others."

"The Ho Sai-chu from the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals?"

"Yeah."

Zhai Yuan nodded when he heard this and asked, "How much did he bid?"

Shi Nansheng reported the amount: "70 million Hong Kong dollars."

Zhai Yuan raised his eyebrows: "More than 70% of the employees have run away, and he wants 70 million for a shell company?"

Shi Nansheng said seriously: "The Tiantian brand is worth the price. Now He Shizhu holds all the shares. If the employees hadn't left, it would be no problem to sell it for hundreds of millions."

Originally, Wei Jianbang still owned 25% of the shares of Tiantian Daily. However, after he fell out with Ho Shih-chu over the issue of distribution agency, Ho Shih-chu bought out all his shares at once and directly kicked him out of the company.

There is also an interesting story. Before Wei Jianbang and Ho Sai-chu discussed the matter, he was afraid that the other party would use his family background to play tricks, so he called his bodyguard, boxing champion Jiang Fude, and a group of underworld bosses to protect him. As a result, Ho Sai-chu did not even show up throughout the whole process and directly asked the lawyer to go to the office to meet Wei Jianbang with the contract. It can be said that he was judging others by his own standards.

"70 million Hong Kong dollars, the Ho Yiu Kwong family..."

Zhai Yuan sat at his desk and pondered for a moment, rubbed his face, and looked up at Shi Nansheng: "Sister Nan, please help me make an appointment with Mr. He from the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. I want to meet him in person to discuss this matter."

(End of this chapter)