Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 376 Interview
So the next day, Li Song appeared at the entrance of Phoenix TV and was again surrounded by reporters.

Because Li Song has so much news, and it's all international news, it's easier for him to get attention and has a greater impact than news about other people in Hong Kong.

"Mr. Li!"

"Mr. Li, the release of Jurassic Park has affected the box office of National Treasure. What are your thoughts on this?"

"Mr. Li, your company has applied for two more models of civil aircraft. When do you plan to launch these two aircraft?"

"There are rumors that some aircraft manufacturing companies are already lobbying the government to take some political measures."

After seeing Li Song's car, the reporters immediately blocked it and started asking questions loudly!

Li Song got out of the car looking helpless, and then said loudly, "I'll give you five minutes, so don't block the entrance to the TV station!"

"Don't disrupt employees' normal get off work hours!"

"You, reporter, speak!" After Li Song got out of the car, bodyguards separated the reporters, and Li Song pointed to one of them and said.

"Mr. Li, I heard that your company has applied for two aircraft patents. May I ask what those aircraft patents are?" This was clearly a Western reporter, so he quickly asked the question!

"Our company has applied for one twin-engine wide-body passenger aircraft and one four-engine wide-body passenger aircraft!"

“Our company has a strong technical team and a fully independent aircraft manufacturing plant,” Li Song replied, wearing sunglasses.

"Mr. Li, when will these two aircraft be able to make their maiden flight?" the reporter asked again.
"It depends on the factory's schedule. It could be tomorrow, it could be next month, or it could be a year from now!"

"I'll leave this to the professionals. I'll just give them a task, and they'll get a bonus if they complete it!"

"I believe that professional matters should be left to professionals," Li Song said loudly.

"Mr. Li, it is said that an aircraft manufacturing company is already lobbying the relevant government to issue some policy documents. What do you think about this?" the reporter asked again.

As for whether what the reporter said is true or not, it's hard to say. It's possible that the reporter said it for the sake of the interview, but that doesn't affect Li Song's answer!
"Our aircraft manufacturing company has no weaknesses!"

"Our aircraft factory has expertise and manufacturing technology across the entire industry chain, so our costs are relatively low!"

"Furthermore, our company will pursue legal action to protect our rights. We respect the laws of every country!"

"But I want to say that customers' money doesn't grow on trees."

"Furthermore, our company is not afraid of any threats!"

"On the contrary, as soon as our patent came out, some companies couldn't wait to lobby politicians, which proves that they are afraid!"

"I am personally very pleased with the reactions of these airlines, because they feel threatened by our products!"

"This is an honor for any new company."

“If this company doesn’t have the confidence to compete with us in terms of product performance and can only collude with politicians to introduce some targeted policies, I think such a company is not worthy of competing with our company at all!” Li Song blurted out.

These reporters' eyes lit up, and some were already thinking about how to write it!

The title should read directly: World-renowned writer Li Song says that some large aircraft manufacturing companies are simply not worthy of competing with their company!

World-renowned writer Li Song said that some large aircraft manufacturing companies colluded with politicians to harm the interests of their customers!

Mr. Li Song, president of Parkson Corporation, said that he looks down on certain large aircraft manufacturing companies!
Some even go so far as to switch their large aircraft manufacturers to Boeing or Airbus, depending on which region the media outlet distributes in.

For example, media outlets in North America will definitely write about Boeing, while those in Europe will write about Airbus.

"Mr. Li, what would you do if other countries introduced targeted policies?" a reporter asked again.

"I will take up legal means to resolutely safeguard the interests of our customers!"

"I believe a large company should consider issues from the customer's perspective."

"Our company, Parkson, is a responsible company, and we always put our customers first!"

"I utterly despise companies that resort to political means when they can't compete in business!"

"This is a serious act of unfairness!"

“We should all resist this unfair behavior!” Li Song said again, and Li Song’s English was quite good.

The reporters became even more excited upon hearing this!

"Mr. Li!"

"If Boeing has taxes, politicians will take some restrictive measures."

So what would you do?

"I will use legal means to protect the legitimate rights and interests of our company."

"Furthermore, I believe Boeing is a responsible company."

"Furthermore, I hope that Boeing will compete with our company in the market fairly and squarely!"

"Because Boeing is our company's target and our company's idol!" Li Song's words were both soft and firm.

Of course, these reporters won't cover everything in order to attract more readers.

Li Song's statement was a prelude to later hype!
If Aramco really does implement such a policy, I can stand up and look down on Boeing.

And then they'll hype it up a bit more!
Moreover, Li Song also felt that Boeing, Airbus, and McDonnell Douglas might not necessarily be on the same page!

why?
Of course, it's because Boeing holds such a large market share.

McDonnell Douglas is currently facing a period of transition and shortage of talent.

DC10, the infamous king of air disasters, has caused many customers to cancel their orders!
The next generation of aircraft has not yet been designed!

Therefore, the commercial passenger aircraft market is temporarily dispensable for McDonnell Douglas!
Airbus was founded specifically to compete with Boeing.

Now that another company has entered the fray and is stirring things up, Airbus will definitely have to wait and see what's going on.

Anyway, there are people who are more anxious than me!
Moreover, Europeans have a troublemaker spirit in their bones!

Europeans are now caught between the Americans and the bears.

In fact, Europe was completely outmaneuvered by these two countries for the next few decades.

Europe had several opportunities to rise afterward, but these were all thwarted.

Look at the euro; it depreciated by more than a third in the second year after its introduction!

Because color revolutions broke out in Europe!

Moreover, they use a soft approach, employing various environmentally friendly methods.

Europe is so deprived of electricity that it can't even be self-sufficient.

They cut their prices high to buy Aramco's energy!

It's not that Europe doesn't want to stand up!
The main problem is that people in Europe are not united.

To put it bluntly, these European countries do not consider Aramco to be their biggest enemy!

On the contrary, their neighbors are their biggest enemies.

Eight hundred schemes among dozens of European countries!
So, not only is the European side not in a hurry about this matter, but they might even stab us in the back!
"Mr. Li!"

"Will your company's main focus in the future be wide-body or narrow-body passenger aircraft?" another reporter asked.

"As I said before, our company is people-oriented, and we will do whatever our customers need!"

"And it's no exaggeration or exaggeration to say that our aircraft design is ten years ahead of our competitors!"

"If you don't believe me, go ask your colleagues and see if they can understand some of the unique designs on our aircraft!"

"Is there something they don't understand?" Li Song immediately launched a sarcastic attack.

None of the reporters were aircraft engineers, and when they heard Li Song say this for the first time, they were incredibly excited!
"Mr. Li, could you please elaborate?"

"Mr. Li, are there any differences in your company's aircraft design drawings?" "Mr. Li?" the reporters asked loudly.

"Feel sorry!"

"It's time for work, so that concludes today's interview."

"If you have any questions, you can ask the designers of other aircraft!"

"Thank you everyone!" Li Song left everyone in suspense as he entered Phoenix TV.

These journalists have already gotten enough today.

So they stopped Li Song's car and prepared to go back to write their articles.

Of course, some of these journalists are not intelligence personnel from other countries.

Li Song came to Phoenix TV, much to Liu Jiale's surprise.

"Brother Le, don't bother preparing. I deliberately came to the TV station entrance to get interviewed." Li Song went upstairs to Liu Jiale's office!
"OK then!"

Li Song then went to his office.

Thinking about what he had said in the interview, Li Song chuckled.

I just want to be flamboyant and attract attention.

In any case, these three aircraft manufacturers must be very upset after hearing the news.

If these three aircraft manufacturers were to lobby politicians to introduce restrictive or trade policies!
This indirectly proves that the performance of aircraft manufactured by Chang'an Aircraft Manufacturing Plant posed a threat to their aircraft.

Don't underestimate this subconscious reaction!

This is enough to prove just how excellent the performance of the aircraft manufactured by Chang'an Aircraft Factory is!

Otherwise, these three companies wouldn't be in such a hurry.

Another point is what Li Song mentioned about the aircraft's design, which is incomprehensible to others!

Because current aircraft designers are not clear about the future development direction of aircraft.

Even if these aircraft designers know the future direction of electronic upgrades for aircraft, they don't know exactly how to upgrade them.

What other equipment is there?
Therefore, Li Song found the interstellar wars of this era somewhat laughable.

Because people can never imagine things they haven't seen.

These reporters definitely won't shy away from making things worse; they'll surely ask questions then.

Someone will definitely point out some design problems with these two aircraft!

Remember, I'll be interviewing designers from three different companies then!
For news media, this is traffic, this is sensationalism.

It pulls and pulls repeatedly, and then it pulls itself back in front of you!

"Brother Le!!" Li Song heard the knocking and saw that Liu Jiale had arrived.

"Boss, would you like me to get you a secretary?" Liu Jiale asked as he came in with the documents.
"That's fine, I only come here a few times a month." Li Song shook his head. Baisheng Company also has its own secretary, but they rarely use her.

"The box office performance of the movie 'National Treasure' has already been impacted by 'Jurassic Park'!"

"However, it's still relatively stable compared to other films!"

“Other films were hit even harder,” Liu Jiale said.

"Ok!"

“Jurassic Park has a wider audience.” Li Song nodded.

"In addition, the merchandise and related products for the Space Mercenaries are selling quite well, with cumulative sales of over 60 million US dollars so far."

"That's great! We can get 25% of the copyright fee!" Li Song was very happy to hear this.

Toy copyrights are charged on a tiered basis. The contract signed with the toy company in America stipulated that 20 million in sales would be paid as 10% of the copyright fee, 40 million would be paid as 18%, 60 million would be paid as 25%, and sales exceeding 100 million would be paid as 50%.

For toys, the cost of manufacturing them is negligible; the main factor is the influence of the intellectual property.

The toys in Star Mercenaries mainly consist of mechs, drone mechs, fighter jets, and robots, with a focus on versatility and the ability to load various modules.

It's like a combination of Lego and Transformers!

Once one child in a group of kids owns this kind of toy, the others won't be far behind!

This is just a pile of plastic.

These things are now being produced by Aramco, because it helps them open up the market!

Once the market opens up, capital will choose to produce in the mainland!
Because the profits would be higher that way!
"Um!!"

"And sales are still growing rapidly!"

"I feel like we made a huge mistake by signing that agreement!" Liu Jiale nodded.

"It's not exactly a loss, considering it's someone else's market, and it's a long-term strategy!"

"The greater the benefits they gain, the more they will promote it," Li Song thought to himself.

Because this revenue share is already high enough, and they haven't sold off all the market authorizations!

Moreover, the greater the benefits the other party gains, the more secure they will be when they encounter problems later.

"Companies are already optimistic about World of Warcraft and Pirates of the Caribbean!"

"I want it to be published in Europe and America, and adapted into comics or even movies."

“Most of these companies are hoarding intellectual property,” Liu Jiale added.

Let's make contact for now!

"We'll make our own comics from now on!"

"And cartoons too!"

“We’re planning to do this next year!” Li Song said.

"Okay!!" Liu Jiale had never made fantasy comics or animations before, so he was unsure of himself.

However, seeing Li Song's expression, Liu Jiale was no longer afraid.

Because Li Song's decision was right!

"Furthermore, the script for the TV series 'The Legend of the White Snake' has already begun preparations!"

"Prepare HK$20 million for investment!" Liu Jiale produced a document.

Li Song knew that back in 1992, the investment was around 50 million, but now 20 million would definitely make it a big production.

"Eight million of that is earmarked for special effects!" Liu Jiale added.
"hold on!"

"I'll start a special effects production company before the end of this year." Li Song had two concerns. First, Zhao Niangzi's temperament wouldn't reach the original level. Second, there were issues with the special effects. Although the special effects in history weren't good, and the props were often terrible, he decided to wait until his special effects company opened before making any decisions.

"it is good!"

“I have a TV series script for ‘The Great Song Dynasty’s Chief Censor’ here. You can find someone to fill it in. It’s actually similar to Bao Zheng, but this one is more professional!” Li Song took out a script. This case-solving script could be written indefinitely, compiling strange cases from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign.

"In addition, this is a script for a TV series about the Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty. It mainly focuses on kung fu, investigation, and court intrigue!"

"Show me when it's filled, then we can take the picture!"

"Thank you, boss!" Liu Jiale exclaimed with joy!

(End of this chapter)