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Chapter 14 Rage

With a "bang", Chen Chong threw the magazine in half hard on the conference table and asked in a cold voice: "Who did this topic?"

A bald foreigner in his fifties and sixties ignored Chen Chong's anger. He smoked his pipe, raised his right index finger coolly, and then said in a arrogant tone that was unique to the British: "Mr. Chen, is there any problem?"

"Question?" Chen Chong sneered and gritted his teeth and said, "You have been fired, get out now."

The man was stunned. He put down his pipe and said with obvious disdain, "Mr. Chen, do you know who I am?"

"I know you are a pig." Chen Chong cursed without any grace, and then said to Qiu Siyu, who was sitting at the door to make meeting minutes: "Call the security guard over. He will not leave within ten minutes, and ask the security guard to drive him away with a stick."

"Mr. Chen, you can't fire him. He is the chief editor of our magazine." George said in a co-founder of "Asia Weekly" sitting in Shen Chong's hands, "If he is fired, the next issue of the magazine will not be published on schedule."

"Next issue? There is no next issue." Chen Chong pressed his hands on the table and said loudly: "From now on, "Asia Weekly" will be closed.

More than a dozen editors in the conference room looked at each other, and the arrogant old man also put down the pipe in his hand in shock.

"Mr. Shen, you can't do this." George stood up excitedly and shouted, "Why?"

"Why? Why do you tell me?" Chen Chong looked up and looked at him with a murderous look. He said: "Before the acquisition, the agreement clearly stated that any news about Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland must be reviewed and signed before it can be released."

He grabbed a piece of magazine paper scattered on the table, shook it, and said in a louder voice: "Did you show these five shit-like articles before they were released? Is there any?"

"Mr. Shen, this is an accident." George's voice was half-small, and he defended: "I couldn't find you at that time, and the magazine printing time was about to end, so I made an immediate decision."

"Is that?" Chen Chong sneered and said, "Qiu Siyu, come here and read my schedule for a moment. Let's see what I'm in the three days before the magazine was released."

Qiu Siyu immediately took two steps forward, took out a form from her briefcase, read it according to the script, and then concluded: "Three days on the 13th, Mr. Chen went to work at 7 am and got off at 8 pm. Except for the two-hour golfing I went to play two hours in the afternoon, he had been working normally in Wan Chai's office for the rest of the time."

"Did anyone send manuscripts to the office in the afternoon?"

"No." Qiu Siyu put away the form, changed a notebook, and said: "On the afternoon, there were seven phone calls and two visitors, all of which were registered."

"Mr. George." Chen Chong mocked without hesitation: "Am I an invisible person? Or is it the blind man who sent the manuscript?"

"This may be a work mistake and I forgot to send the manuscript." An editor from the Eastern Front Host found a step for George and said: "After all, the magazine has just been completed and many procedures have not been handed over yet, so mistakes are inevitable."

"Missue? It was not given on purpose." Chen Chong sat down, flicked the paper in his hand with his fingers, and said, "You know that this kind of shit article will definitely be cut by me when I send it over, so I will kill it first and then report it and issue it directly, right?"

"Mr. Chen, I don't think there is any quality problem with this topic." George sat down and said, "Please respect our work."

"Respect your work?" Chen Chong said with a sarcastic smile: "Who will respect my IQ? Who will respect my money

He slapped the table suddenly, stood up again, and said, "Come on, come on, take out the original interview records and tell me, among the people of Xu Xinliang, Shi Mingde, and Lu Xiulian, who said they were deliberately rioted by the mainland? Which one said they were funded by the mainland? The relevant persons, anonymous people, well-informed people, are they fooling around?"

"Asia Weekly is so famous. Everyone here is known as media elites. I think it's all because of the flawless reputation. How do you do magazines? "Beautiful Island" has done such a big thing, but I found it at the Golden Horse Awards. I asked you to go to Taiwan for interviews and special topics in advance. As a result, after doing it, I made such a shit thing. I'm so embarrassed to tell me to respect your work?"

"And you, you, the chief writer, why haven't you left?" Chen Chong became more and more angry as he spoke. He pointed to the man in the pipe and shouted: "It's no different from injecting potassium cyanide into milk. This is intentional commercial damage. Not only have you been fired, but you are also waiting for the court's subpoena."

The roar of storm and storm made more than a dozen editors in the office silent, and George, the founder and editor-in-chief, dared not speak anymore.

After the pipe man left in a mess, Chen Chong sat down again and calmed down slightly.

On 10th, 1979, Taiwan's "Beautiful Island" magazine organized demonstrations and marchs with non-Korean Party members as the core. During this period, violent conflicts occurred, and finally ended with the government sending military and police to suppress them in a comprehensive manner. This was the largest conflict between officials and civilians in Taiwan since the "February 28 Incident" in 1947, known in history as the "Beautiful Island Incident".

The "Beautiful Island Incident" has had a severe impact on society, politics, society and culture. It is a historical event in Taiwan from closure to openness. It is the beginning of the collapse of the Kuomintang's one-party dominance in Taiwan, and it is also the starting point for the collapse of the Chiang Dynasty. For example, members of the Democratic Progressive Party such as Chen Shuibing, Lu Xiulian, and Chen Ju all gained the first pot of political capital from this incident.

Chen Chong could not know about such a big event, nor could he not pay attention to it. He hurriedly acquired "Asia Weekly" mainly to catch up with this matter. Therefore, when he attended the Golden Horse Awards ceremony, he deliberately inquired about "Beautiful Island".

"Beautiful Island" is named after Yang Zu's song of the same name. It is the base camp for non-KMTs. It was founded in September. By 11, the circulation had exceeded 80,000 copies, and it has a very strong influence in Taiwan.

On the 10th of the month is International Human Rights Day. The Beautiful Island magazine plans to hold a rally. At the end of the month, in the name of "celebrating the 41st anniversary of World Human Rights Day", it submitted an application for parade speech to the government in advance. Everything seems to be nothing special.

It’s just that Shen Chong traveled through the party and knew something big happened, so the Golden Horse Awards ceremony ended. After returning to Hong Kong, he immediately arranged for a reporter from "Asia Weekly" to go to Taiwan for an interview, and made preparations in advance, intending to take advantage of the troubled waters.

Many of the parties involved in the "Beautiful Island Incident" became big figures in Taiwan's political arena in the future. In addition to making arrangements for future arrangements, Chen Chong also had other ideas - some of these people were unificationists and some were independents. Taking advantage of their lack of climate, they took advantage of the advantages of time travelers to support the unificationists and beat the unificationists. Wouldn't it be great?

However, ideals are full and reality is skinny. Sunken and overestimate their control. As Wang Yang said, he is too young and has too shallow qualifications, so many people don’t take him seriously.

The things I bought were unreliable. In the first issue after the outbreak of the "Beautiful Island Incident", "Asia Weekly" concocted a special topic without telling him. On the one hand, it accused the mainland of fanning the flames and turning the demonstrations into violent conflicts. On the other hand, it also reported that the people participating in the marches were thugs...

I have seen someone cheating, but I have never seen someone cheating, so Chen Chong is very angry.

Not only anger, but also a feeling of anxiety and depression stuck in my heart.

This special report that reverses right and wrong is not very lethal for Chen Chong. In Taiwan, the aftermath of the "Beautiful Island Incident" will last for a long time. There are opportunities to make trouble. However, as long as he explains it sincerely, there is no big problem.

The key to the problem is that this is the first time after Shen Chong traveled through time, he felt that the situation was not under his control. The huge sense of loss and crisis made him anxious.

Wealth accumulates too quickly, social resources and personal resources accumulate too slowly, like a huge kite, which seems beautiful, but has no foundation. A pair of scissors can make him fall miserably.

For example, this time, "Asia Weekly" is the top news magazine in Asia. Even if Shen Chong does not acquire it, it will be acquired by "Time" Group in a few years. Will such an excellent media and its chief writer concoct a topic with such low quality and obvious preference?

Someone must be instructed behind the scenes...

But Chen Chong couldn't pursue it. It was obvious that the instructor behind it was either the Taiwan government or the Hong Kong government.

The Taiwan government is fine. Chen Chong can break with them without hesitation. Magazine branches and film branches are not big investments, and it is not a pity to lose them. Taiwan’s film market is very important to others. For him, it’s just a drizzle. As long as Taiwanese filmmakers can come to Hong Kong to film, he will rest assured.

If the Hong Kong government makes trouble behind it, it will be a mess.

Now that the Sino-British negotiations have not begun, the UK still has great fantasies about Hong Kong. The more famous Chen Chong is and the more assets the Hong Kong government is, the less we want him to be too deeply involved with the mainland. It is not impossible to deliberately make bad things happen. When acquiring "Asia Weekly", a press conference was held. Many people knew that this magazine was his asset. It was best to publish articles attacking the mainland on it, which was most suitable for discord.

Hong Kong is the foundation, and it cannot be abandoned or left. If this matter involves the Hong Kong government, it must be handled carefully. If it does not give in, it will definitely be subject to restraint in the future. If it gives in, one will not be able to accept its national feelings, and the other will be difficult for the mainland to explain.

This is a super trouble... and Chen Chong can't find a solution for the time being. People are the slaughter and I are the fish, so it's not surprising that he is out of control.

After Chen Chong's expression relaxed, George asked tentatively: "Mr. Chen, what should we do now?"

"What else can I do?" Chen Chong said angrily: "Recover all magazines and destroy them, and double the compensation for readers' losses. Xiaoyu told Zhu Jiading that I would buy me the front pages of several major newspapers in Hong Kong tomorrow. I want to publish an advertisement to apologize publicly."

"Mr. Shen, our magazine suffered a lot of losses in doing so."

"It's good that you know," Chen Chong crossed his hands and stared at him and said, "Mr. George, you are the founder of the magazine. I will give you face. I won't pursue this matter. If there is such a thing next time, I will sue you for commercial fraud and you will compensate for all losses."

"And you all remember them all. I am not the government, I am your boss, and your financial backer, so remember them all. Don't take the airs of the uncrowned king in front of me, and don't tell me about the freedom of the press." Chen Chong stood up, looked around, and said, "When you pay your salary, you will check whether it is fake money, so after the manuscript is written, I will also test whether it is my taste. If you don't agree, leave as soon as possible."

After saying that, Chen Chong pointed to the eastern Kong who had just rescued George and said, "I will now appoint you as the new chief writer. You will do the next issue of the magazine. Can you do it?"

The man was surprised and happy when he stood up immediately, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I will definitely make it well."
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