1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 381 Official
Li Yunqin, 19 years old.

Zhai Yuan glanced at the girl in front of him and could see that she had dressed up carefully today.

Relying on his youth, his appearance can barely be described as handsome.

The facial features are actually ordinary.

He had a pair of thick eyebrows drawn with an eyebrow pencil, his eyes were long and thin with drooping corners, his nose was quite large, and his lips were very thick.

At this time, he grinned at Zhai Yuan, revealing his slightly protruding front teeth.

Is this how you test your cadres?

Later, when Li Zhiying talked about his second wife, he often said that he fell in love with her at first sight and was confused. In order to pursue her, he followed her all over the world to create opportunities to meet her by chance.

He is indeed a man who can accomplish great things!
"Ayuan, Yunqin just came back from studying in France. She majored in journalism. Although she is young, she has deep insights into current affairs and editorials."

Situ Mingzhu naturally changed his way of addressing Zhai Yuan and recommended Li Yunqin with a smile: "I think it would be better for her to go to the Jiuyi Daily for internship first. You young people are often together, so you must have a lot of topics to talk about."

While speaking, he gave Li Yunqin a wink.

The girl who had returned from studying in France was indeed very romantic. She came up to Zhai Yuan and took his arm, rocking him gently.

Li Yunqin asked in a coquettish voice, "Is it okay, Mr. Zhai?"

If Chen Shaomei, the main writer of "A Shuai", were to draw this cartoon, there would definitely be a pound symbol on Zhai Yuan's forehead, as if his anger value was almost full.

However, Brother Yuan was well-mannered and still kept smiling, saying in a calm tone: "Of course, no problem. Qin is a beautiful girl, and she is capable and intelligent. It is most suitable for her to work in the newspaper..."

……

The next day, Situ Mingzhu met with Zhai Yuan at the stadium and introduced another heavyweight to him.

In the recording, 'Simon' had a pleasant conversation with Li Zhiying.

Mark Simon, the second generation of the American Intelligence Agency who inherited his father's career.

They drank and chatted, and felt like old friends from the first sight.

The topics we talked about were all things that shouldn't be touched.

The show ended that afternoon.

Li Yunqin officially joined Jiuyi Culture Company as a special reporter of the editorial department of Jiuyi Daily.

"Brother Yuan~"

Amid the surprised looks of a group of employees, Li Yunqin pushed open the door of the boss's office without knocking.

Zhai Yuan didn't care about it, but when the girl turned around to close the door, Teacher Zhu's bloody lesson suddenly came to his mind.

Zhai Yuan immediately took out a cigarette and said with a smile, "It's good that the door is open. I'll have a cigarette to breathe."

"Okay." Li Yunqin nodded with a smile and looked at Zhai Yuan. She had a good impression of this young man.

She really disliked the old man Fatty Li, who was introduced to her by Situ Mingzhu. However, she did not dare to disobey him because of the face of the elders in her family, especially her father Li Bingxiong and brother-in-law Yang Sen's noncommittal attitude. Now she thinks it's a good thing that Li died early.

Li Yunqin raised the corner of her mouth and sat across from Zhai Yuan in a familiar manner: "Brother Yuan, I plan to interview Uncle Situ for the special interview section of the September 1st Daily next week. He has already informed you in advance."

"Yes, I did." Zhai Yuan flicked off the ash from his cigarette, speaking sparingly.

At present, Szeto Ming-chu and Elsie Tuen are competing for seats in the next Legislative Council, one in Kwun Tong North and the other in Kwun Tong West. Elsie Tuen focuses on education and grassroots rights, while Szeto Ming-chu talks about welfare policies from an elite standpoint. Judging from the current level of support from the public, the two sides are evenly matched.

Therefore, Situ Mingzhu needs more exposure and to win as many votes as possible from the perspective of public opinion.

Li Yunqin continued chatting with Zhai Yuan for a few more sentences, mostly about her experiences while studying in France, with a hint of superiority often evident in her words.

Finally, he took out two movie tickets from his pocket and took the initiative to invite Zhai Yuan: "Brother Yuan, I bought two tickets for Lost in Translation. How about we go to the movies together after work?"

"Lost in Translation" was screened in Japan a while ago and landed in Hong Kong cinemas at the end of September. It is now competing with "Moonlight", a comedy romance film released by the New Treasure Cinema Alliance, starring the up-and-coming Nicolas Cage.

Zhai Yuan looked embarrassed and declined politely, "I'm afraid I don't have time. I have a business meeting with a friend..."

Li Yunqin was sent away with a few words.

Zhai Yuan let out a sigh of relief. What kind of pretty girls were usually around him? He was a little uncomfortable with being suddenly approached by a piece of pork chop.

But at this moment I have to pretend to be nice.

It is not difficult to see from Situ Mingzhu's attitude that Li Yunqin, a second-generation legislator, is one of the links between the two sides, and he may even be planning to let himself take over and arrange a marriage between politics and business.

Zhai Yuan couldn't help but frown when he thought of this, and thought: "I can't stay in the newspaper office any longer, otherwise I will be drugged and lose my virginity sooner or later!"

He immediately called Pan Yongqiang into the office.

Zhai Yuan said: "I have a lot of things to do in the next period of time at my film company, so I don't have time to take care of the newspaper work for the time being. I will tell you a few key points for you to remember."

"Understood. What do you want, Mr. Zhai?"

Pan Yongqiang took out a notebook from his arms and looked like he was listening carefully to his leader's lecture.

"The pages that were previously suspended by the Forbidden Fruit Department can be restored and allowed to continue to develop. For the new girl named Li Yunqin, give her an interview page and let her lead a team to interview well-known people in Hong Kong. My former employees of the 91 Department do not need to be moved. Let Mo Yan's "Mainland Past" column have more sharp views..."

Although it is the "September 1st Daily", the company has now been privately divided into two factions, Forbidden Fruit and September 1st. They are the original Forbidden Fruit team headed by Wei Jianbang, who were formerly under Li Zhiying, and Pan Yongqiang, Huang Zhan, Cai Lan and others under Zhai Yuan.

The two sides disliked each other. In addition, Wei Jianbang was the forbidden fruit who moved over from the "Tiantian Daily", and there was an old grudge between him and Pan Yongqiang.

Some time ago, after the pages of Forbidden Fruit that criticized current social issues were cancelled, the people of the 91 faction felt proud.

Now that the situation has reversed, Pan Yongqiang frowned unconsciously when he learned that he was going to reuse the other party.

Zhai Yuan then dropped another bombshell: "In addition, I want Wei Jianbang to be the general manager of the September 1st Daily and be responsible for all matters of the company in the future. Please invite him in to have a chat..."

…………

After appointing Wei Jianbang, the forbidden fruit pillar, as the newspaper's general manager, Zhai Yuan planned to stay away from the newspaper for a while.

Apart from the serialization of the two editions of "The Three-Body Problem" and "A Shuai", I try not to interfere in any company affairs.

One of the reasons, of course, is that he doesn't want to have anything to do with Li Yunqin.

More importantly, there will always be a scapegoat to stand up in the future.

Wei Jianbang, who is second only to the top official at this time, is the most suitable person to take the position. However, he cannot tell these things to other people, so he can only let his 91 faction suffer for a while.

"The operating budget is still one million US dollars per month. We will open a branch of the September 1st Daily News in Taiwan before the end of this year. Next year, we will open branches in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Each region will receive financial support to expand the influence of the newspaper..."

Zhai Yuan repeated the promises that Situ Mingzhu and Mark Simon had made to him.

It is obvious that the intention is to develop the "September 1st Daily News" from a mouthpiece in Hong Kong to a mouthpiece in Southeast Asia.

Only foreigners can say such things.

After all, it is quite difficult for local newspapers to obtain the qualifications to start publication in other places, but under the banner of America, smaller regions in other places have to allow it to develop.

On the other hand, Hong Kong has a special status.

The foreigners want to support a newspaper that will flourish throughout Southeast Asia, but it seems that this can only be done in Hong Kong.

Objectively speaking, Hong Kong was the world's largest port city in terms of container throughput at that time. Hong Kong's cultural customs could easily radiate to the outside world, just like the popularity of Hong Kong films. On the other hand, the city was still under the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong government and was easy to manipulate.

This is one of the reasons why Forbidden Fruit Daily, despite being condemned by everyone, still remains popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and other regions.

“But I’m afraid I won’t be able to see the September 1st Daily News achieve the level of power and influence in Southeast Asia that the foreigners expect.”

Zhai Yuan left 91 Culture and did not return to 91 Entertainment. Instead, he went to Deng Leling's residence.

Sort out the boxes of audio tapes of Situ Mingzhu and Li Zhiying and put them aside.

Zhai Yuan sat on the sofa, thinking about his next move.

You can't just keep going down this path till the end!

People like Szeto Ming-chu will definitely not be able to enter the Legislative Council. His election campaign with Elsie Tu will be from April to June next year.

That is to say, no matter how Zhai Yuan now uses the "September 1st Daily" to help Situ Mingzhu build up his influence.

When the election comes, these tapes must be played to stop these people from becoming legislators and amending the laws before the handover.

It was a tacit agreement that Li Zhiying should be killed.

Once these negative materials were released during the election period, regardless of whether they were first reported by the September 1st Daily News or not, the other party would be able to guess that the tapes came from their hands.

Today on the golf course, Zhai Yuan, Mark Simon and Situ Mingzhu's ambitious plan to publish newspapers throughout Southeast Asia naturally came to a temporary halt.

“There’s still about half a year left.”

Zhai Yuan calculated the time and thought, "It will be enough if we can get the qualifications to start publication in two regions in the next six months. One is Taiwan, and the other is fine. We can make several million dollars from 100 million US dollars a month. In addition, we have the funds for movies like Red Sorghum and Farewell My Concubine. It would be best if The Three-Body Problem can win an award. We have to let the ghostwriter finish the manuscript as soon as possible..."

The longer you work, the more you will gain.

If there really are foreigners escorting the ship, this ship led by Situ Mingzhu and his men will obviously be able to withstand the wind and waves in the next few years.

Zhai Yuan was able to receive a full load of goods even on the boat.

Unfortunately, the author of "The Three-Body Problem" is Yu Zecheng.

As for Yu Zecheng, he just took two bags of surplus grain from the landlord's house. He was not greedy and was very capable.

Ever since Li Zhiying contacted him, Yu Zecheng was ready to jump ship at any time.

By the way, use these tapes in your hand to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat.

Therefore, we have to take advantage of the time we are still on the ship to get as much benefit as possible from the ship owner.

As for whether they will disappear after the falling out?
"That depends on how much money I can get back from this stock market crash. But the most important thing is to see how high the share price will be after 91 Entertainment goes public, and how many shareholders will be affected by my life."

Go over the matter from beginning to end.

Zhai Yuan came back to his senses and realized that Deng Leling was sitting beside him, looking at him with her hands on her chin.

Sister Ling had a smile on her face, but her eyes were wandering, and no one knew what she was thinking about.

"Meah, haven't you seen a handsome guy?"

"I've seen many handsome guys, but I found that he seems to be particularly handsome today."

Deng Leling crossed her arms over her chest, revealing the cleavage, squinted her eyes and said with a smile.

Ever since Zhai Yuan entrusted her with his so-called "life and property", this woman's eyes would often be filled with tears.

Zhai Yuan couldn't help but think of Li Yunqin's ordinary face again. It was true that there was no harm without comparison.

Deng Leling pointed to a few specially selected tapes on the table and asked, "Why are you putting your life and property on the line?"

Zhai Yuan smiled and said, "I plan to fight for my life."

"Same one?"

"Official!"

"You dare to offend the officials? Be careful that others will..."

Deng Leling thought Zhai Yuan was joking, so she frowned and pretended to be serious, and stretched out her thumb to make a gesture of wiping her neck.

"Really? Then, won't the Zhai family's incense be cut off?" Zhai Yuan nodded thoughtfully. He suddenly stood up and pressed Deng Leling down on the sofa as she screamed. He said viciously, "Prepare for a rainy day and continue the family line first!"

(End of this chapter)