Hong Kong variety show: The mastermind behind the scenes is emerging.

As the sensational "billion-dollar kidnapping case" that rocked Hong Kong gradually came to an end, the rainy season in Hong Kong also came to a close, ushering in the heat of early summer.

Li Chengjia spent a full week in the intensive care unit of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital before finally being discharged. After his discharge, he seemed to have aged ten years instantly. Although Cheung Kong Holdings' stock price managed to stop its decline after a massive injection of funds to rescue the market, the huge cash flow vacuum of one billion Hong Kong dollars forced this behemoth, which was originally poised to dominate the Hong Kong business world, to completely back down and enter a comprehensive strategic contraction.

When a whale falls, all things are born.

After Li Chengjia was forced to withdraw from the game, the vacuum period in the entire Hong Kong capital market was ushered in its true master - Lu Chen.

In April, Hong Kong's business world witnessed two major events that triggered a massive earthquake. These two events, worthy of being recorded in business history, were orchestrated by the same person: Golden Harvest International Group.

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May 12th, 10:00 AM.

In the luxurious conference hall on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, an extremely low-key signing ceremony was taking place, yet it attracted the attention of paparazzi from all the entertainment and financial sections of Hong Kong.

On one side of the long conference table sat Mr. Lui, the head of Kowloon Motor Bus and the biggest financier behind Cinema City.

At this moment, Boss Lei's face was gaunt, and his eyes were sunken. The high-end custom-made suit that was originally extremely well-fitting now looked somewhat empty on him, as if he had been drained of all his energy in the past two weeks.

He sat in the large, leather-backed chair, staring intently at the thick asset transfer agreement before him, his hand holding the Parker gold pen trembling slightly uncontrollably. Throughout the entire process, he remained silent, like a condemned prisoner about to be led to the guillotine.

On the other side of the conference table.

Cheng Yiyan, the chief financial officer of Jiahe International Group, was wearing a perfectly tailored handmade suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and his signature gentle smile.

"Boss Lei."

Cheng Yiyan leaned forward slightly, extended his slender fingers, and gently tapped the signature area at the end of the agreement. His voice was as gentle as a spring breeze, but to Boss Lei, it sounded like the whisper of a devil.

"It's almost time. Our reporters outside are still waiting for us to announce some good news."

good news?

Boss Lei's heart was bleeding madly.

Over the past month, having exhausted all cash flow at the peak of the stock price and burdened with massive short-term bank debt, Lei Jun's balance sheet collapsed as the stock price fell. Banks, taking advantage of his misfortune, launched a frantic loan collection campaign.

In order to save the family's core business, Kowloon Motor Bus, Mr. Lei was forced to cut his losses and sell everything he owned to raise funds.

The mysterious buyer who secretly targeted Kowloon Motor Bus, drove him to the brink of despair, and then generously stepped forward to "take over" was none other than the smiling Central wolf in front of us—Cheng Yiyan!

"One hundred and sixty million..." Boss Lei's voice was hoarse as he finally managed to utter these words, his eyes filled with humiliation and resentment. "President Cheng... Golden Princess Cinemas occupies one-third of the Hong Kong film distribution market, and their film library contains the rights to all the blockbuster movies from the past few years! You're only offering one hundred and sixty million... This is practically robbery! It's dirt cheap!"

It's really dirt cheap.

Under normal circumstances, given Golden Princess Cinemas' current dominant position in the Hong Kong film industry, the package sale price would be at least 300 million!

"Mr. Lei, you can't say that," Cheng Yiyan adjusted his glasses, his smile still impeccable. "Business is about mutual consent. You know better than I what the Hong Kong capital market is like right now. Everyone's tightening their purse strings to weather the storm. Besides Golden Harvest, who in all of Hong Kong can come up with a full HK$160 million in cash flow to save your life within a week?"

"Yes, our offer isn't high. But this money is clean and will be deposited into Kowloon Motor Bus's account immediately to fill your hole."

Cheng Yiyan stood up, looking down at Boss Lei, his tone gradually turning cold and oppressive: "Boss Lei, if you feel you've lost out on this deal, the door's over there, you can leave anytime. However... tomorrow, HSBC's liquidation team will probably be seizing Kowloon Motor Bus's assets."

Upon hearing this, Boss Lei trembled as if his spine had been ripped out. He closed his eyes dejectedly and let out a deep sigh.

"I'll sign."

After signing, Cheng Yiyan stood up and, in an extremely gentlemanly manner, extended his hand to shake hands with Boss Lei, whose face was ashen.

Then, Cheng Yiyan turned and went out. After descending the stairs, facing the media reporters surrounded by a throng of cameras and microphones, and witnessed by countless flashes, he straightened his tie and announced loudly:

"Dear friends from the media, on behalf of Golden Harvest International Group and Mr. Lu Chen, I hereby announce..."

"Effective today, Golden Harvest International has officially acquired 'Golden Princess Entertainment Limited' and all its cinema chains and film library copyrights for HK$160 million!"

"As everyone knows, Golden Harvest International's business has previously spanned luxury goods, finance, security, and technology, but it has never ventured into the film and entertainment industry. And today!"

Cheng Yiyan spread his arms wide amidst the flashing lights, his tone filled with an air of domineering authority:

"Golden Harvest has officially entered the Hong Kong film industry!"

This news caused an uproar throughout the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

Everyone knows that the lifeline of Hong Kong cinema does not lie with the film production companies, but with the "cinema chains" that control the distribution channels!

While Golden Harvest International was wealthy in the past, its only significant asset in the entertainment industry was Asia Television. Now, however, this financial behemoth has leveraged Golden Princess's resources to rise to the top, controlling Hong Kong's most prestigious cinema chains and a vast film library!

Inside the Clearwater Bay studio of Shaw Brothers, Uncle Six looked at the newspaper in silence for an entire morning, feeling an unprecedented existential crisis.

A fierce dragon crossing the river, carrying endless amounts of money, stormed into this already fiercely competitive red ocean.

Just as the Hong Kong entertainment industry was trembling with fear due to Golden Harvest's aggressive invasion.

In late April, a major international financial news item from distant London left the high-ranking officials of the Hong Kong British government reeling.

The Empire, London, British Telecom Headquarters.

Under the Iron Lady's decisive political hand and the frenzied lobbying by her eldest son Marco after being fed a "two million pound bonus".

In less than half a month, the originally lengthy hearings and opposition debates in the British House of Commons were forcibly fast-forwarded.

On April 25, the High Table, Europe's largest underground capital syndicate, officially completed its acquisition of absolute control of the first batch of privatized shares of "British Telecom"! This massive British national communications behemoth has now been completely transformed into the High Table's will.

The first thing the High Table Group did after completing the acquisition was to set its sights on the Pearl of the Orient in the Far East.

At its first global press conference following its privatization, BT's chairman officially announced that BT would spend a huge sum to acquire 100% of the controlling stake in Hong Kong Island Telephone Company!

The news caused an uproar worldwide!

For the Hong Kong British government and those high-and-mighty foreign capitalists, this was nothing short of a joyous and celebratory piece of news!

Some time ago, in order to prevent the “Golden Harvest Group”, which has strong pro-China leanings, from acquiring Hong Kong Island Telephone, Governor Edward Youde and the Chief Secretary went to great lengths, even secretly supporting “banana man” Li Chengjia to intercept the deal.

As a result, Li Chengjia failed to live up to expectations. His family was kidnapped, and the notorious thief Dai Fuqiang drained 1 billion yuan of their cash flow. Li Chengjia was so angry that he was admitted to the ICU and completely lost his eligibility to bid.

Just as the Hong Kong British government was frantically searching for a replacement, the "British Empire's" own son, British Telecom, appeared out of nowhere, bringing with it a wealth of European capital, and directly bought out Hong Kong Island Telecom!

At Government House that day.

Governor Youde even excitedly opened a bottle of expensive champagne and raised a toast with several senior cabinet officials.

"Cheers! To the strategic security of the Empire that can't withstand Japan!" Governor Youde, beaming, declared, "As long as Hong Kong's communications lifeline remains in the hands of British Telecom, and in the hands of Anglo-Saxon capital, that Chinese man surnamed Lu will never be able to make a ripple in Hong Kong's communications market!"

The entire Western community in Hong Kong was jubilant, and the media was flooded with sycophantic articles praising the "return of British capital and the consolidation of Hong Kong's prosperity."

Everyone thought that in this thrilling battle for communications, the British had won the final and overwhelming victory, while Lu Chen of Golden Harvest could only watch helplessly from the sidelines.

However, they had no idea that in this world, the deadliest weapons are often disguised in the most beautiful disguises.

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Central, the headquarters of Golden Harvest International.

Lu Chen sat in the large leather chair, looking at the smug face of the Hong Kong British government spokesperson on the big screen, and couldn't help but let out an extremely sarcastic sneer.

"Ring ring..."

The phone rang.

Lu Chen picked up the receiver, and came through the magnetic, extremely respectful voice of Susan, CEO of the High Table Group's UK region.

"Boss."

"Well done, Susan. Now, immediately launch Project Pangu."

Lu Chen's eyes turned incredibly cold, like an imperial marshal issuing a general offensive order.

"I want you to, in the next year, in the name of British Telecom, frantically deploy second-generation (2G) mobile communication network base stations in London, Manchester, and major cities throughout the British Isles, at all costs!"

"At the same time, internal instructions were issued to Hong Kong Island Telecom. Large-scale construction of communication base stations was to begin immediately across Kowloon, the New Territories, and Hong Kong Island!"

"I want to spread our GSM digital network across these two areas like nerves and blood vessels in the shortest possible time. I want to show those idiots still using analog cell phones and walkie-talkies what real mobile internet is!"

"Yes, Boss. The funding and technology teams are already on standby." Susan respectfully accepted the order.

hang up the phone.

Lu Chen stood up and walked to the French windows.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

Now, he has completely taken advantage of the situation surrounding the base station through a clever deception.

"Yode, and that Iron Lady."

Lu Chen gently stroked the "Dragon Soaring" Model 1 phone in his hand, a cold smile of arrogance curling at the corner of his mouth.

"You think you've won the game of capital?"

"No, you have only just pushed open the door to the new era of meat grinder that I have prepared for you."

End of March 1983.

In this spring filled with scheming and intrigue.

The era of Lu Chen's 2G communications empire, accompanied by the roar of countless base stations breaking ground, finally ushered in the dawn that pierced the darkness!