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Chapter 587: Purchasing Patents, Strategically Positioning in Stocks! (Please Subscribe!)

Xiao Shan looked at Paul and instructed him, "By the way, when acquiring Qingzhou Yingni's shares, don't expose it. It's okay to take your time; I'm not afraid of spending time! It's best to acquire them in a dispersed manner so that no one can tell that it's all done by one person!"

Xiao Shan didn't know if Li Ka-shing was eyeing Qingzhou Yingni, but it was always good to be cautious.

“No problem, Mr. Xiao!” Paul nodded without hesitation.

After leaving HSBC, Xiao Shan bought a plane ticket to London.

The reason I didn't buy a direct flight to Hungary is because Hungary is still a member of the Warsaw Pact.

Several days later, after many twists and turns, Xiao Shan finally arrived in Hungary.

Of course, a translator must accompany the entire process, and no suspicious actions are allowed.

Before coming, Xiao Shan made it clear that his purpose in coming to Hungary was to purchase a patent, and if everything went smoothly, his stay would not exceed three days.

Thanks to the 1975 Helsinki Accords, relations between the US and Russia have improved.

Otherwise, even if Xiaoshan came to invest, as long as they came from the NATO camp, they wouldn't be able to get to Hungary.

The Budapest School of Architecture is located in the heart of inland Europe.

Castle-style architecture is everywhere, with rows of lush green trees, creating a unique scenic spot.

In a café on the banks of the Danube, Xiao Shan met his target, Professor Ernő Rubik of the Budapest School of Architecture.

Ernő Rubik is a Hungarian sculptor and architecture professor, and the inventor of the Rubik's Cube.

The Rubik's Cube, also known as the Rubik's Cube.

Xiao Shan stated his purpose directly: "Hello, Mr. Rubik, I am Xiao Shan from Hong Kong! I am very interested in one of your patents and I hope to buy it and promote it worldwide."

Without needing a translator's help, Rubik could tell from the Rubik's Cube on the table what patent Xiao Shan wanted to buy.

Rubik did not invent the Rubik's Cube for production or entertainment, but because he was a professor of architecture and sculpture, he created the Rubik's Cube to help his students understand the composition and structure of spatial cubes.

To him, the Rubik's Cube was nothing more than a toy.

However, the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries are not doing well right now, and even he, a university professor, is not having an easy time.

“I’m a businessman, and we’re talking business!” Xiao Shan pulled out a check and continued, “This $200,000 is for the Rubik’s Cube patent, and another $200,000 will be donated to the Budapest School of Architecture in your name!”

What do highly educated intellectuals care about?

Money is only one aspect; reputation is even more important.

That's why Xiao Shan proposed donating to the Budapest School of Architecture in Rubik's name!

Rubik was somewhat stunned to see that Xiaoshan was willing to pay such a high price for the Rubik's Cube's patent!

After regaining his composure, Rubik said to Xiao Shan with a slightly embarrassed expression, "Mr. Xiao, I have already handed over the patent and sales rights for the Rubik's Cube in Hungary to a Hungarian businessman, this..."

"It's alright!" Xiao Shan didn't care about the small market in Hungary. "Besides Hungary, you just need to sell me the international patent for the Rubik's Cube, and the price will remain the same!"

However, although Xiao Shan didn't care about the Hungarian market, he didn't want to leave a hidden danger: "If you can help me take back the sales rights and cancel the patent in Hungary, then I can make a promise!"

"In the next two years, you and your students can choose to work in Hong Kong, and I will have a real estate company that is at least medium-sized. You and your students can freely design skyscrapers in Hong Kong!"

For Rubik, this promise is undoubtedly exceptional.

Hungary is just a small European country, and graduates of the Budapest School of Architecture have very few job opportunities.

Especially now that the economies of the Warsaw Pact countries are declining, they have even fewer opportunities to realize their ambitions.

However, Hong Kong is different!

Hong Kong has now earned the reputation of being the third largest financial center. Its unique geographical location provides it with ample room for development, and there will be many opportunities for them here.

“Okay, Mr. Xiao, you have completely impressed me!” Rubick readily signed the patent transfer certificate, and under the supervision of the translator, the two began to discuss matters related to deepening cooperation in the future.

Under the guidance of this architecture professor, Xiaoshan has gained some understanding of the structure and trends of the real estate market.

Upon returning to Hong Kong, Xiao Shan didn't go to the company immediately. Instead, he took a taxi home to call his wife and children to let them know he was safe.

The next day, Xiao Shan returned to the newspaper office, and Tu Feiding immediately reported to him on the situation at the newspaper office while he was away.

During the days that Xiao Shan was away, Tu Feiding overturned the rule set by Xiao Shan that the news section should only occupy half a page.

With information from the New York Times and the recruitment of a large number of journalists during this period, news reporting is no longer a weak point for Taishan Media Group, and it has begun to prepare to compete with Hong Kong's news newspapers.

Seeing this, Xiao Shan was not angry at all; on the contrary, he greatly appreciated Tu Feiding's work attitude.

Tu Fei is a high-level executive whom he hired at a high price. If everything is done according to the plan he set, then what is the use of having him as an executive?

Let's just use a rubber stamp to clap our hands.

The decision to keep news articles brief was made based on the circumstances of the Taishan Daily at the time.

Now that we have enough news coverage, it's natural to get our revenge.

Under Tu Feiding's guidance, the daily sales of Taishan Daily have remained stable at around 400,000 copies these days.

Moreover, the monthly magazine has already begun typesetting.

The Taishan Monthly will be available next week, and the newspaper will have another source of income in addition to the Taishan Daily.

After listening to Tu Feiding's report, Xiao Shan pondered for a while before speaking: "Place an advertisement in the daily newspaper, inviting Hong Kong citizens to submit short stories and jokes to us. We can pay for the stories and jokes we collect, and the content will be used to enrich the monthly magazine..."

"In addition, we will publish 'Joy of Life' and 'My Heroic Husband' in the monthly magazine!"

"In addition to the regular information, the monthly magazine could also try adding sections on fashion styling, entertainment stars, and good deeds to generate buzz and public attention..."

As Taishan Newspaper Group becomes a rising star in the newspaper industry, more and more new writers are choosing to ghostwrite for them.

After all, the Taishan Newspaper offered a base salary of HK$1,000 and provided a complete outline and detailed outline of the novel; all they had to do was fill in the content.

If you're highly productive, earning a hundred a day is no problem.

Nowadays, ordinary new writers in Hong Kong usually earn ten dollars per thousand words, and at most twenty dollars, and they still need to rack their brains to create.

Even for renowned writers, a salary of around 100 yuan per thousand words is roughly the ceiling.

Chapter 588, A Large Number of Imitators Have Arrived! (Please Subscribe!)

Furthermore, Xiaoshan also encourages these ghostwriters to create their own works.

As long as you create excellent works, you will have the opportunity to have them published in the Taishan Daily and monthly magazine.

Furthermore, they will be able to obtain the creative rights to a novel for which Xiaoshan provides the outline and detailed outline.

These ghostwriters all know that the three novels that have recently become very popular in the Taishan Daily were all based on outlines and detailed outlines provided by Xiao Shan.

Therefore, the gunmen worked very diligently.

As Tu Fei made his notes, he couldn't help but marvel at how extraordinary his young boss truly was.

"Okay, boss, I understand!" After discussing the details of the daily and monthly publications, Tu Feiding said he would carry out the work.

After Tu Feiding left, Xiao Shan picked up the newspaper on the table and started reading.

As the owner of Taishan Daily, Xiao Shan naturally needs to keep track of his peers' situations.

However, upon reading some of the newspaper articles, Xiao Shan couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

These guys are really good at learning on the fly, but they just can't seem to grasp the situation.

After Taishan Daily secured its top spot in daily sales, many newspapers seemed to see a business opportunity and began acquiring novels on the market, abandoning their existing sections and learning to serialize novels.

As a result, in addition to the two major types of newspapers—news and finance—a third type of newspaper—serialized novel series—has emerged in the newspaper industry today.

These newspapers, modeled after the success of the Taishan Daily, did not add any other content; instead, they consisted entirely of new sections formed from serialized novel content.

Similar to the Taishan Daily, it serializes more than just one novel.

After all, serializing only one novel would require too many words, and some readers might not even like it.

The novels serialized in these newspapers were, of course, mostly the most traditional martial arts novels from Hong Kong.

Of course, some of the most popular time-travel novels at the moment have also been added.

For a time, novels such as "Song Tiles", "Return to Han Dynasty", and "Tomb Raider Diary" appeared one after another, making Xiao Shan laugh out loud.

Traditional martial arts novels are one thing, but with several renowned writers working diligently for so many years, they have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of Hong Kong citizens.

But time-travel novels are not that simple!

Even writers in later generations, if they lack sufficient information, are prone to writing incoherently, and writer's block can be so severe that they feel like dying.

The success of the three novels, "Tang Dynasty Brick", "A Step into the Past", and "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles", is by no means accidental.

With the outline and detailed outline provided by Xiaoshan, as well as a large number of character images and personalities, as long as there are no obvious errors or deviations, the ghostwriters can continue writing according to the established route.

Moreover, watching current events every day is a mandatory course for all the gunmen under Xiaoshan's command.

Writing takes up very little of these ghostwriters' time; most of their time is spent thinking and learning.

Only in this way can they improve their skills and write more and more substantial novels.

Looking at the serialized novel newspapers on the market, perhaps some have outstanding writing styles, but they haven't figured out the situation.

At least in the short term, these newspapers pose no threat to the Taishan Daily.

Ming Pao newspaper office.

"The younger generation is truly formidable..." Jin Yong, after reading three novels in the Taishan Daily in one go, couldn't help but sigh at the fact that the younger generation is surpassing the older.

Nowadays, Jin Yong rarely pays attention to other novels, especially works by new authors.

However, Jin Yong still gave the Taishan Daily, which rose to prominence with lightning speed, considerable attention.

Most young people who are interested in literature believe that the previous era was a glorious age for writers and artists, and that their own era is full of literary tragedy.

But Jin Yong didn't think so.

Hong Kong today is more tolerant of literature, especially novels, than it was during its peak.

The predecessors planted trees, and the descendants took the shade.

“What’s so formidable about the younger generation? Old Jin, look at this! You’re even better at dragging out the word count than you were back in your day…” Pan Aihuo teased, pointing at the contents of the newspaper.

Hearing Pan Aihuo's teasing, Jin Yong also laughed.

Making money by dragging out word counts is something almost every writer has done.

Jin Yong considers himself to be fairly reliable.

In comparison, the one from Taiwan went even further.

To earn money by dragging out the word count, the writers eventually pushed the word count to the point of collapse, and had to buy out the work by charging a certain amount per line.

As it turned out, that person came up with even more innovative ideas.

The word "wind" took up the whole line, followed by "blowing" taking up the whole line.

This process is repeated, with "rain" appearing as one line and "I am" appearing as another line.

With only six words and four punctuation marks, he earned four lines of royalties, making the newspaper that came up with this buyout method bleed money.

"It's normal to drag out the word count! Otherwise, how would we earn royalties?" Jin Yong said with a smile. "Newspaper serialization is only one aspect. We just take it back for revisions after it's published. Isn't that what we all do?"

Serialization and publication are actually two different things.

At least in Jin Yong's view, all three novels have the potential to be published and will likely sell very well.

"That's just taking a shortcut! It can't influence people's thinking at all; it's just trying to grab attention!" Pan Aihuo said, somewhat unconvinced.

"Taking an unconventional approach, so what?" Jin Yong flipped through the Taishan Daily in his hand, praising without reservation, "The reason it was these three novels, I'm sure that Xiao Sheng had his reasons!"

"Old Pan, look, I've given these three novels the three words 'new,' 'orthodox,' and 'unique' respectively!"

"In my opinion, 'Tang Dynasty Brick' is innovative enough to appeal to young people; while 'A Step into the Past' is so sophisticated in its writing and plot that it's aimed at us older readers; as for 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles,' it attracts readers with its magnificent imagination!"

"Therefore, the novelty of 'Tang Dynasty Brick,' the orthodoxy of 'A Step into the Past,' and the wonder of 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles'—when these three novels were serialized in the same newspaper, their audience was far wider than that of Ming Pao at the time!"

"However, in the days before I stopped writing, Hong Kong did not have the developed economy it has now. Many people wanted to read newspapers, but they couldn't bear to part with them!"

"Taishan Daily, you've truly seized a great era!"

While sighing with emotion, Jin Yong was also happy for the prosperity of Hong Kong.

Pan Aihua remained noncommittal regarding Jin Yong's remarks.

He tossed over a document, saying unhappily, "Take a look at your Ming Pao! Sales are bad again!"