1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 378 Pen name, Yu Zecheng
If there is a chance, Zhai Yuan still wants to get the shares in Li Zhiying's hands.

The talent of the editorial department comes second.

In Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, the three fully-equipped printing plants and office buildings of the former "Forbidden Fruit Daily" can do a lot of things.

Lai Chi-ying was wealthy during his lifetime. When Forbidden Fruit opened, he aimed to become the largest newspaper in Hong Kong. All the machines were imported brand new, the lease of the venue started from 20 years, and the two newspapers were merged together.

If the shares cannot be recovered, these things will be auctioned off by the Hong Kong government.

Then didn't he die in vain?

"Do you have any leverage over senior officials in the Hong Kong government? Or are you using some ulterior motive?"

He Shizhu once again participated in the court debate as a shareholder party.

In disbelief, he called Zhai Yuan and said, "Fuck you! Today, the judge, the legislators, and the head of the foundation suddenly changed their faces and agreed to your request. You don't even have to pay the 300 million Hong Kong dollars. Just deposit one dollar into the foundation as a symbol, and the 50% of Li Zhiying's unclaimed estate will all belong to you."

As it involves Hong Kong government departments, the court debate is not open to the public.

Zhai Yuan himself was too lazy to go to court, and was stunned when he heard the news.

I immediately realized that they were afraid that I would start a new business and lose this public opinion mouthpiece with 20 copies sold a day.

It seems that the black and gold line has not been broken, and someone is still closely watching the developments.

Zhai Yuan held the phone and smiled, "Maybe because I'm handsome."

"That's great." He Shizhu laughed through the receiver and said meaningfully, "But be careful that others might use you as a knife."

The "September 1st Daily" retained the original forbidden fruit team, and was in chaos, making it notorious among those who were pro-mainland.

He Shizhu was already considered a centrist, but he still couldn't help but give a reminder.

"Don't worry, Uncle He, I know what I'm doing."

Zhai Yuan replied with a smile, hung up the phone, and turned to look at Zhou Haimei, a 21-year-old female college student beside him.

The female college student has just adapted to college life and came to visit Jiuyi Culture today.

"You can come over anytime at Jiuyi Culture."

Zhai Yuan sat at his desk and asked Zhou Haimei to sit on his lap. He said in a tone that he was thinking about her: "But don't go to Jiuyi Entertainment casually."

Zhou Haimei was dissatisfied and asked: "Why?"

Zhai Yuan snorted: "There are too many female stars. I'm afraid you'll be jealous and unhappy again."

"I've already apologized to you, you're so stingy!" Zhou Haimei pouted and pinched the corner of Zhai Yuan's mouth to lift it up: "If you don't want to go, then don't go. Smile."

Zhai Yuan forced a perfunctory smile and took out a few tapes from the drawer.

"Some of these recordings are very important. They concern your cousin's life and property, so I only dare to play them to you."

Zhai Yuan took out a Walkman player, inserted the cassette, and handed the earphones to Zhou Haimei: "You are a top student. Listen to what I said and tell the people inside."

After all, it is not my native language. No matter how high my English test scores are, it is still difficult to communicate in reality.

Zhou Haimei, the only top student in the Zhai family, put on headphones and listened carefully, even rewinding the tape from time to time to connect the meanings.

After listening to a tape, my cousin's face became more and more serious.

I finally understand what Zhai Yuan meant by 'life and property'.

"Have you finished listening? What's going on inside?"

"One of the people inside is called Li, and the other is called Simon."

Zhou Haimei took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It's about three consecutive bombings in July. Terrorists are creating panic in Hong Kong, and there will be financial backers to provide support."

Zhai Yuan nodded slightly to show that he understood.

In fact, we could have roughly guessed what was going on from Li Zhiying's reaction when the matter was first mentioned, and now this tape has confirmed the matter.

Zhai Yuan could mostly match the identities of the characters in other tapes, such as Situ, Sen Ge, An Sheng and Cardinal.

The only thing is that I don’t know where this Simon comes from and he sounds like a foreigner.

Only foreigners would dare to cause such a big commotion as an explosion.

Seeing Zhai Yuan was silent, Zhou Haimei frowned and said worriedly, "It's very dangerous. Why don't we hand the tape over to the police to investigate?"

Zhai Yuan couldn't help but smile at her innocent words: "You and I know this. If a third person knew about it, the bomb might be placed in my office next time."

Zhou Haimei was so frightened that her face turned pale. She hugged Zhai Yuan tightly, not understanding how he got involved in such a thing.

"So keep your mouth shut, understand?"

"Ok!"

"Come on, there are a few English tapes here. Help me finish listening to them."

……

Yipu took over the remaining shares of "September 1st Daily".

Now, of the company's two largest shareholders, Zhai Yuan holds 90% of the shares, and He Shizhu's original share has been diluted to only 10%.

With the help of his cousin's translation, Zhai Yuan had a preliminary understanding of the market prices of Ouxi boss.

In comparison, the price of 100 million US dollars per month offered by Li Zhiying is just like a mosquito leg. In the recording, the foreigner not only provides money, but also provides a lot of resources, promising to give the younger countries in East Asia a green light in the future, and make newspapers everywhere in minutes.

To be honest, Zhai Yuan was very tempted.

But still no one contacted me.

"The 'Mainland Past' column will remain as usual, but the other editors who have come over as forbidden fruits will temporarily stop writing about sensitive topics."

Zhai Yuan thought about it for two days and decided to give it a try.

First, cut off the forbidden fruit pages that were originally used to set the pace, and replace them with standard local news.

Then he instructed Pan Yongqiang: "The team that brought the forbidden fruit are the former people of Tiantian Daily. You can handle it as you see fit. However, I don't like Ni Xie who is in charge of the novel serialization page. Tell him not to send any more manuscripts."

"Mr. Ni is currently the best-selling author in Hong Kong. Jin Liangyong writes martial arts novels, and he writes science fiction. Many readers buy newspapers just for his serials. I'm afraid kicking him out will reduce sales."

Pan Yongqiang hesitated when he heard this and said, "Even if we change people, it will take time to invite manuscripts. Besides, there are very few writers in Hong Kong now."

Hong Kong's literary talents, like celebrities in the entertainment industry, have always been supported by talents moving south.

From Ba Jin and Mao Dun who went south during the Anti-Japanese War, to Guo Moruo, Lin Yutang and Zang Kejia, they have twice become the backbone of Hong Kong literary history.

In the 1950s, there was a third group of writers moving south, including Zhang Ailing, Jin Liangyong, Liang Yusheng, and Ni Xun.

The fourth period was concentrated in recent years, with the emergence of a new generation of writers such as Dong Rui, Ba Tong, and Yan Chungou.

It does seem that each generation is inferior to the previous one.

It is no wonder that Pan Yongqiang would be a little worried. Ni Xian is very popular now and can drive a lot of newspaper sales. Otherwise, he would not be able to get such a high price.

Zhai Yuan shook his head and still insisted: "Change!"

Pan Yongqiang sighed and agreed: "Then I will go out and find other people to write for me as soon as possible."

"No need to bother." Zhai Yuan glanced at him and pointed at himself: "The future rising star of the literary world is sitting in front of you. Do you still need to go out and ask for manuscripts?"

Pan Yongqiang: “Ah?”

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"What does it mean?"

Situ Mingzhu held a revised copy of the September 1st Daily with a puzzled look on his face: "They drastically cut off the forbidden fruit page, but kept the column "Inland Past Events", fired Ni Xun, stopped his novel that used the evil spirits from outer space to reflect the mainland, and replaced it with a more explicit novel series."

Jumping sideways repeatedly?

Situ Mingzhu couldn't figure out what Zhai Yuan was trying to do.

Yang Sen saw through it and said with a smile, "This is to test our reaction. Li Zhiying, the middleman, is dead. He can't go back to the left camp because of the criticism from the Ta Kung Pao, so they are sending out signals in this way."

Yang Sen adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at the newly opened serialized novel on the table.

'From today on, our newspaper will terminate all cooperation with Mr. Ni Xian, and the reason is not to be told to outsiders. At the same time, the mysterious writer officially meets the readers with his new work "The Three-Body Problem". For a long time, Hong Kong science fiction novels have imitated many Western literary and film works, or used suspense to name science fiction, blindly seeking speed and abandoning quality, and ultimately it is difficult to get rid of the style of martial arts novels that are anticlimactic. I believe that the emergence of "The Three-Body Problem" will open a new era of science fiction works and lead a new literary wave...'

The single statement written at the front is enough to arouse people's imagination.

The cooperation was terminated, and the reason cannot be told to outsiders?

It sounds like the criticism is directed at Ni Xun, as if he did something wrong but I can't say anything about it.

If this is not a big deal, the following string of comments is a blatant attack on Ni Xun.

How many writers of science fiction are there in Hong Kong? One hand can hardly count them all. They imitate Western works, start strong but end weakly, and write martial arts novels under the guise of science fiction. Their works are always about speed and quality.

You might as well make your statement more obvious.

After the statement, there is the main text of about 3,000 words, which takes up exactly two pages.

At that time, Jin Liangyong serialized fourteen volumes of the Divine Book in Ming Pao, with daily publications of about two thousand words.

Ni Xu contributes articles faster and is known as a human money printing machine. He has written nearly 80 million words since his debut, but he basically maintains a layout of 2,000 to 4,000 words per newspaper.

Yang Sen's eyes fell on the main text.

The opening chapter is the history that Boss Ou Xi likes to read the most.

Quickly scan the entire article.

Yang Sen felt it was mediocre again.

The writing is mediocre, and there is no plot to be found just from the beginning.

He turned his attention to the opening part again.

"Three Body"

Author: Yu Zecheng.

Yang Sen retracted his gaze, turned his head to look at Situ Mingzhu, and asked: "Let's not talk about the newspaper, what do you think of this Zhai Yuan?"

Situ Mingzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Li Zhiying went too far in this matter. I am not very satisfied with it."

"I think people who do whatever it takes for their own benefit are good. As long as they are fed, it's fine. How much can he eat by himself? I'm afraid he's full of morality and justice."

Yang Sen smiled and took off his glasses. "I heard that more seats for legislators will be added soon. We can only arrange as many of our own people to participate in legislation in the next few years. Time is running out, Situ! How do you say that? A cat that catches mice is a good cat, whether it is black or white. Since this Mr. Zhai is still wavering, we will help him make up his mind. Doesn't he have a bad relationship with Formosa? As long as he is willing to cooperate, the September 1st Daily News can set up an office in Formosa next year. We guarantee that he will have a green light all the way..."

(End of this chapter)