1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 362 It turns out to be him
Sheung Shui Fen Kam Highway.

The Fanling Golf Course covers an area of 170 hectares.

Zhai Yuan brought the company's lawyer Shen Wei to meet the eldest son of He Yaoguang's family here.

He Shizhu, who has a lot of titles.

He Shizhu, who is over 50 years old, has a high nose and broad ears, a blessed face, and neatly combed thick black hair, exuding a spirit that does not match his actual age.

Both parties were businessmen with some reputation in Hong Kong, so there was no need for further introduction. He Shizhu had also heard of this young man, Zhai Yuan, and they became familiar with each other after a brief exchange of words.

"Ah Yuan, I don't really like golf. I like horse racing the most."

He Shizhu, who was leaning on a baseball bat, spoke with full energy and said with a smile, "I originally wanted to invite you to the racecourse today to see my newly acquired horse 'Tiantian Jingshen', but unfortunately I met a few other friends at the racecourse to discuss some trivial matters, so I had to let you come along as well."

"It doesn't matter. I'll see your racehorse again next time I have the chance."

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "I rarely come to golf courses, and I've only seen horse racing on TV. You know I come from a housing estate, so I'm not used to such high-end places."

He Shizhu laughed when he heard this, patted Zhai Yuan on the shoulder, and moved closer to him and said with a mysterious smile: "Actually, I'm not used to it. The key is that those so-called old money like to come to this kind of place to pretend to be upper class, so why not just cooperate with them."

The old and the young looked at each other and laughed together.

Strictly speaking, He Shizhu, whose ancestral home is in Fujian Province, has a family that has been passed down since the Qing Dynasty and can definitely be considered old money.

But the old man refused to admit it and showed his disdain for this identity, which was rare among the political and business celebrities who couldn't wait to divide themselves into classes after becoming rich.

He swung the club a few times casually.

Zhai Yuan's basketball skills were really poor. After he threw the stick out of his hand once, He Shizhu finally couldn't stand it anymore and called for a stop with a smile.

"Okay, Ayuan, just warm up your body and activate your blood circulation. Come over and rest."

He waved to Zhai Yuan to sit under a parasol. After a short rest, He Shizhu leaned back in his chair and asked, "Do you know the current background of my Tiantian Daily?"

Zhai Yuan nodded: "I have learned a little bit. When you were in charge, New X Society helped a lot. Now that Wei Jianbang has led his people away, it is also the editorial staff of New X Society who are temporarily filling in."

He Shizhu hummed and smiled: "So it's not that I will sell it if you pay me. Recently, many people have contacted me and are willing to buy this newspaper. After choosing and choosing, only you and a young man named Huang Yulang are the most suitable."

When Zhai Yuan heard the name Huang Yulang, he raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't match the name to the name, but many famous Hong Kong cartoonists immediately came to his mind.

At this time, his Jade Dynasty had not yet been established, but the Yulang Group was already well-known in Hong Kong.

This godfather of Hong Kong comics, after integrating the Shangguan comic companies, ushered in a period of monopoly in the history of Hong Kong comics.

He first recruited three swordsmen, and then appointed four main writers under his tutelage as the four generals. Later, his assistants were collectively called the Imperial Guards. He called himself the Jade Wave Emperor, which was extremely inflated.

"But I still chose to meet you today instead of the Jade Wave Emperor."

He Shizhu smiled and asked, "Do you know why?"

Zhai Yuan hesitated for a moment, not knowing why, and said, "Maybe I'm more handsome?"

"You seem to have some sense in saying that."

He Shizhu smiled and shook his head, narrowing his eyes and said: "But of course not, because you are brave enough to make a loud noise with Baodao, but this one is enough..."

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"You spent 20 million to buy the sign of Tiantian Daily, and gave He Shizhu an extra percent? Boss, you really are..."

Zhai Yuan came back from the golf club in Fanling. Without going into details about the process, he directly explained the result of his meeting with Ho Sai-chu and the agreement reached between the two parties.

When the management of Jiuyi Entertainment learned that Zhai Yuan purchased Tiantian Daily for 6000 million yuan and gave He Shizhu a 20% stake, they all showed indescribable expressions.

"No matter how you calculate it, it's a loss, right?"

"Adding an extra 10 million shouldn't be a problem for Mr. Zhai, so why give away He Shizhu's shares for free?"

"Boss Zhai's move must have a deeper meaning!"

Except for a few flatterers, most people did not understand why Zhai Yuan gave the other party shares.

"Shut up~"

Zhai Yuan glanced at everyone and stopped them from talking. "The reputation of the He Yaoguang family cannot be bought with money. I give him 20 percent. He will still be a major shareholder of Tiantian Daily, which means he is one of the bosses. In the future, it will be easy for him to borrow money from the bank and find resources. Isn't it easier?"

There are of course other reasons. When newspaper media become bigger, they will inevitably act as mouthpieces. Without sufficient background, tonsils will be inflamed in minutes. However, there is no need to tell these to the employees of Jiuyi Entertainment.

At present, it seems that both the He Yaoguang family and the New X Society can provide a breeding ground for a rootless grass like me who has just entered the newspaper industry.

I didn't continue discussing this issue with a group of short-sighted senior workers.

Zhai Yuan then asked the heads of various departments about the company's film-related business.

Jiuyi Entertainment has grown to such a large scale that it has gradually developed a system to maintain its operation. Unless a movie with a billion-dollar investment fails, as long as three or two out of ten movies are profitable, the company will still be in healthy development.

Large-scale projects are personally supervised by Zhai Yuan, so most of the time there will be no problems. The remaining trivial matters are handled in an orderly manner under the leadership of the housekeeper.

After the crowd dispersed.

Shi Nansheng was left alone in the meeting room.

"I just received the box office data of Lost in Translation during the Japanese New Year holiday. What's your estimate, Mr. Zhai?"

"You look so smiling that I know it won't be too bad." Zhai Yuan looked at Shi Nansheng and said with a smile: "Tell me if it's enough to make up for the cost of acquiring Tiantian Daily."

"It is still difficult to make a profit of over 6000 million, but the box office has already exceeded 6000 million, breaking the box office record of the two "A Better Tomorrow" films in Japan!"

Shi Nansheng paused here, wanting Zhai Yuan to ask more questions. Unfortunately, Boss Zhai did not give him the face.

Shi Nansheng had no choice but to continue reporting proactively: "During the entire Lunar New Year period, Lost in Translation took in 23 billion yen in Japan, equivalent to about 1 million Hong Kong dollars. Last year, the most popular movie in Japan was Cat Story, which took in 1500 billion yen. Our Lost in Translation ranked 54th in the Japanese box office rankings."

Zhai Yuan frowned in dissatisfaction: "Why is it ranked 9th?"

Honestly speaking, he had high hopes for "Lost in Translation". The theme was about the various experiences of Americans living in Japan. Although it was an art film and Michelle Pfeiffer replaced Scarlett Johansson, it still sounded very topical.

What's more, the movie itself has a box office miracle of 400 million US dollars with a cost of 1 million in later generations.

Therefore, No. 9 on this list does not seem to stand out.

Seeing his reaction like this, Shi Nansheng only felt a vague toothache.

A foreign film is not satisfied with this kind of performance in Japan? This boss is going crazy!

"With a box office of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars, the company will get about 20 million? That's all OK. We can pick a good time slot to release it in Hong Kong."

Zhai Yuan did a quick calculation in his mind. The share of the revenue from imported films was still more than 20%. The production cost of "Lost in Translation" was about 10 million yuan. If the Japanese box office alone could cover the cost and publicity, there would not be much profit left.

As expected, it was still difficult to make up the 60 million cash he had just spent to purchase the newspaper.

If we add the votes from Taiwan, we can get some extra money back.

Zhai Yuan thought of this and let out a breath.

He also recalled that when he was discussing with He Shizhu, the other party talked about the reason why he chose him instead of Huang Yulang.

"My father, He Yaoguang, and my great uncle, He Yaoquan, were both leaders of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions at the time. However, on April 1927, 4, the Bald Man launched a rebellion in Huangpu and hunted down important members of the Workers and Peasants Association. My great uncle He Yaoquan died in April of that year. My father had no choice but to take the whole family to flee to Hong Kong... So, Ayuan, our He family has no good feelings towards Formosa. Huang Yulang bowed to the Formosa market in order to publish comics, which should be no problem, but we in the He family always feel like there is a thorn in our hearts..."

I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain from being hostile to Formosa Island. No wonder He Shizhu was so enthusiastic towards me when we first met.

However, judging from the current situation, whether it is the bad relationship between the company and Formosa, or the personal connections with the Tiantian Daily, if he wants to go to Formosa to make money again, he will have to wait until the regime changes on the other side.

It should be soon.

Zhai Yuan calculated the time. If he remembered correctly, the family that was the leader of Taiwan's leading family would be running out of luck, so he wouldn't have to wait too long.

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The newspaper acquisition process went smoothly.

end of June.

After the money and goods were settled with He Shizhu, the "Tiantian Daily", a paper media that had changed hands several times, this time came into the hands of Zhai Yuan.

On that day, a striking announcement appeared on the front page of the newspaper.

"To better meet the needs of readers in the new era, Tiantian Daily has announced that it will officially change its name in the middle of next month. The newspaper will continue to operate under the new name of Jiuyi Daily under Jiuyi Culture.

The company's new head, Mr. Zhai Yuan, said that the name change is aimed at consolidating the brand image and is an important measure in the long-term development plan of Jiuyi Entertainment and Jiuyi Culture.

As we all know, Tiantian Daily has been established for nearly 30 years. With its solid news and social analysis, it has won the support and trust of readers. After the name change, Jiuyi Daily will continue to adhere to the principles of fair, truthful and authoritative news and strengthen diversified consulting services..."

This is different from other businessmen who dare not easily change the signboard after taking over the newspaper.

The first thing Zhai Yuan did after taking over Tiantian Daily was to change its name and use the influence of his own film company to expand its audience channels.

And on the same day.

Another broadsheet newspaper in Hong Kong has officially launched.

It's called "Forbidden Fruit Daily".

It is unprecedented in the entertainment industry that two broadsheets appeared in the same city at the same time.

In the newly established office building of the "September 1st Daily".

Department manager Pan Yongqiang hurriedly knocked on the new boss's office door with a very grim look on his face.

"Mr. Zhai, Wei Jianbang and the former employees of the newspaper don't even want their Today Daily. They all transferred to the new owner. They chose to publish this Forbidden Fruit Daily today. It's obvious that they are protesting against us!"

Wei Jianbang, an old colleague of Tiantian Daily, was stirring up trouble, but it did not arouse Zhai Yuan's interest.

But the newly published "Forbidden Fruit Daily" that Pan Yongqiang placed in front of him caught his attention.

The broadsheet is printed in full color, showing the lavish style of the newspaper.

Printed on the front page was a familiar headshot of Li Zhiying, whom he had met once before at Du Yixin's school.

In the newspaper, Li Zhiying was very proud. In addition to the formulaic text about the founding concept, the newspaper also used cartoon bubbles to reveal Li Zhiying's founding concept: "If Eve had not taken a bite of the forbidden fruit, there would be no sin, no right or wrong, and of course no news."

"Forbidden Fruit Daily", Li Zhiying.

It was not until this newspaper was placed in front of him that Zhai Yuan remembered the other identity of this big shot of the Number Gang and the boss of Jordanli.

It turned out to be him.

Pan Yongqiang at the side continued to remind him: "Mr. Zhai, the average price of a newspaper in Hong Kong is four dollars, but the Forbidden Fruit Daily only costs two dollars. In the early days of its founding, it launched such a big price war. The sponsor Wei Jianbang found this time must be quite powerful."

With so much anti-China black money from the foreigners, Li Zhiying would naturally not be short of money.

Therefore, in the early days of the publication of "Forbidden Fruit Daily", a cut-throat tactic was launched against all newspapers in Hong Kong.

Zhai Yuan took a deep breath, looked up at the young manager of the September 1st Daily, and said with a soothing smile: "Don't worry, I will take care of him."

(End of this chapter)