"Ding bei bei bei bei..."
Kang Jianfei participated in the screening of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers". Before he could get out of the theater, Zeng Bolin's pager started calling.
Pagers have appeared in Hong Kong in the 1970s, but the people equipped with pagers are basically police and girls, and they can receive signals as soon as possible. Because they are afraid of being misunderstood as an improper profession, women basically do not deserve pagers, otherwise they will be pointed at by others when walking on the road.
As for Big Brother, some parts of Europe and the United States were released a few years ago, but that thing has not entered Hong Kong yet, and it cannot be used even if it is bought abroad.
The pager now does not have a Chinese display function. After receiving the pager, Zeng Bolin borrowed a phone call from the theater to reply. He returned to Kang Jianfei for a while and whispered: "Boss, there are more than a dozen troublemakers coming from the TV station. Manager Huang and Manager Zhong are dealing with it. There are many reporters at the TV station. Manager Zhong reminds you not to go there for the time being, so as not to be blocked by the reporters."
Kang Jianfei originally wanted to go to the TV station to see the re-examination of the beauty pageant. When he heard that there were many reporters blocking there, he immediately smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? Go and take a look."
After Kang Jianfei finished speaking, he walked into the cab and started the car. Zeng Bolin could only sit in the passenger seat helplessly. The boss drove him as an assistant every time. Zeng Bolin was probably the only one in Hong Kong who was treated like this.
Ten minutes later, Kang Jianfei drove his Cadillac to the opposite street of Phoenix Platform. He could see a lot of people around him when he saw through the car window.
"Alin, go and see what's going on." Kang Jianfei found a parking space to stop, gave Zeng Bolin the order and sat in the car to watch the show.
Zeng Bolin pretended to be watching the fun, but saw at least twenty reporters gathering around the TV station, some were visiting and some were taking photos. Such a lively scene attracted many passers-by to watch.
"Uncle, what happened?" Zeng Bolin asked an old man watching.
The old man was also interesting to speak, pointing to a few middle-aged women who were placing banners and said, "Those goblins signed up for beauty pageants but failed to choose, but they came to the TV station to make trouble and didn't urinate to see how they looked. If they could all be beautiful ladies, I could be a bodybuilder. I would be ugly and make more troubles!"
Suddenly, the crowd at the entrance of the TV station was in a commotion, but the deputy general manager Zhong Jinghui came out. He raised his hand and pressed: "Please calm down. If there is anything, we can talk slowly..."
Before Zhong Jinghui could finish his words, a slightly beautiful middle-aged woman stood up and pointed at Zhong Jinghui's nose and said, "What are you doing in Phoenix Station? You have clearly agreed to register without age limit, why don't we be shortlisted now!"
It was obvious that there was an unreasonable reason in front of me, and there must be someone instructing me behind me, otherwise so many reporters would not have arrived in a short time.
More than a dozen women of aunt-level women surrounded Zhong Jinghui. Deputy Manager Zhong felt very stressed. He took a step back and distanced them and said, "Of course everyone can sign up, but we have selection criteria..."
The woman interrupted Zhong Jinghui again: "We are allowed to sign up for the competition, but she also said that we do not meet the beauty pageant standards. You are discriminatory and fraud!"
"Yes, it's discrimination and fraud!" More than a dozen other middle-aged women shouted.
Zhong Jinghui explained patiently: "We have selection criteria. If so many Hong Kong Miss sign up every year, it may not be possible for everyone to be shortlisted."
"Questions!" The woman turned her head and shouted to the reporters, "I heard that in this Miss Oriental beauty pageant, those over 30 years old are not qualified to be shortlisted. Phoenix TV has deceived all Hong Kong citizens. They are the real discrimination against Aunt!"
Seeing that he really couldn't explain clearly, Zhong Jinghui was too lazy to play the piano to Niu, so he turned around and went back to the TV station building.
"Don't let him go, I must make it clear today!" The woman grabbed the corner of Zhong Jinghui's clothes and began to stutter.
Seeing a conflict on the scene, the reporters were immediately excited and took photos crazily.
Zeng Bolin understood almost everything, so he crossed the street and reported to Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "Who is so kind-hearted that he actually helped hype the beauty pageant for Phoenix Station."
More than ten minutes later, two nearby patrol police officers came to maintain order after receiving the call. But the two little policemen could not match the combat effectiveness of more than ten aunts. While pushing and shoving, they didn't even know where the police hood went, so they hurriedly called for police support.
"Woola wula wula..."
A moment later, the sirens sounded loudly, and a car of policemen came directly.
"These people are obstructing public affairs, arrest them all!" The little policeman with a few blood marks on his face shouted angrily to his colleagues who were rushing to support him.
The middle-aged women just used money to make trouble, but they didn't have the courage to squat. Seeing that the police came seriously, they immediately fled in a blink of an eye.
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"Manager Fang, read today's newspaper." Hong Miao proudly put several newspapers in front of Fang Yihua. Phoenix TV was so embarrassed this time.
"I've seen it!" Fang Yihua said seriously. She neither rejected nor appreciated such tricks.
The entertainment page headlines of nearly twenty newspapers today are all news that Aunt made a big fuss in Phoenix Station. The pictures of "Industrial and Commercial Daily" are particularly impressive. It is actually a close-up of the moment when Zhong Jinghui was knocked away from his glasses. She was so embarrassed that Zhong Jinghui had no shame to go out.
"Is it acknowledging feminism or discriminating against women?"
"Phoenix Platform Stages Far, Aunt Fights Ah SIR"
"No age limit is just a gimmick, beauty pageant has other dark spots"
"The TV station beauty pageant hype has no bottom line, and Aunt is angry and upset"
"…"
Various titles are very eye-catching, and readers are easily misled by the article, thinking that Phoenix TV was exposed, and was furious and blocked by a group of aunts. They asked the police to clear the scene after being speechless.
In the next few days, due to unknown circumstances in other newspapers, many of them followed the trend and questioned why Phoenix Station wanted to deceive the public. Some even scolded Kang Jianfei in the newspaper for using feminist hype to make money. In fact, it is essentially discriminating against women and treating women as a tool for him to make money.
Kang Jianfei, who was optimistic at the beginning, also saw that the situation was not good at this time. Several right-wing newspapers led by the Industrial and Commercial Daily were completely distorting the Phoenix Platform.
Phoenix TV, in the chairman’s office.
There were a few marks on Zhong Jinghui's face that were scratched by his nails. He smoked and said, "Shell hold a press conference to clarify. It's not a solution to continue this kind of trouble."
Huang Xizhao also echoed: "It's better to invite the police present to testify. I've been blocked by reporters when I went out these days and I can't work properly."
Kang Jianfei shook his head and smiled, "It's useless. There is an idiom called "Black and White" and another idiom called "Precise". The two words together, we can't explain them clearly, and there are always some people who refuse to believe the truth."
Zhong Jinghui said: "I'm not afraid of not being able to explain clearly. I heard that someone came to make trouble that day, so I asked the photographer to record the entire video. Just make the video tape public."
When Kang Jianfei heard that there was a video, he immediately laughed: "Manager Zhong, you still have a hand, so don't hold a press conference. Prepare a million yuan in litigation fees first and directly sue the newspapers that took the lead in smearing Phoenix Station, especially the "Industrial and Commercial Daily"!"
The Business Daily is a true right-wing newspaper. Its chairman He Shili once represented the Republic of China as the chief representative of the United Nations Security Council Military Staff Committee. Since Phoenix TV was defined as a left-wing media by the Taiwan News Bureau, the Business Daily has written articles to criticize Phoenix TV from time to time, and Kang Jianfei has long been unhappy with it.
This time, the Industrial and Commercial Daily was like a mad dog, and caught Phoenix TV and bit it. Kang Jianfei couldn't bear it anymore and decided to close the door and beat the dog.
In fact, Kang Jianfei didn't need to fight head-on with the Industrial and Commercial Daily. In a few months, the Sino-British negotiations ended. After confirming the return of Hong Kong in 1997, He Shili, who knew the current affairs, directly suspended the Industrial and Commercial Daily. No matter how big the trouble is, it is useless to do it.
On the evening of May 15, 1984, Phoenix TV spent one minute of prime time before the TV series was broadcast: "In view of the recent newspapers slandering this station, this TV station requires the relevant newspaper to terminate the spread of rumors within three days and apologize publicly on the main page of its newspaper. Otherwise, this station will resort to the law to seek justice to face the audio... Those who maliciously spread rumors and slander this station include "Industrial and Commercial Daily", "Sing Tao Daily", "Hong Kong Business Daily", "Hong Kong City Daily"..."
As soon as Phoenix TV's announcement was released, it immediately attracted an uproar from the Hong Kong media because Phoenix TV wanted to sue twelve newspapers in one breath.
The Business Daily issued a counterattack saying: "Phoenix TV's so-called announcement is just a threatening language after being exhausted. Hong Kong is a free speech international metropolis. As a public media, newspapers have the power to report social news events and also have the power to discuss and criticize social immoral phenomena..."
The newspapers with a middle-level position such as Ming Pao have not figured out what the situation is. Left-wing newspapers such as Wenhui Po have joined the battle group, listing the bad deeds of right-wing newspapers such as Industrial and Commercial Daily, saying that they are "depriving others of freedom of speech under the banner of freedom of speech."
Seeing that Hong Kong's left and right newspapers were fighting again, Ma Chengkun of the Oriental Daily couldn't help but ask Kang Jianfei out for afternoon tea.
"Brother, what's going on this time? Why are you talking to more than ten newspapers all at once?" Ma Chengkun asked with a funny look.
Kang Jianfei sighed, "I can't do anything about it. Phoenix Taiwan was listed as a left-wing media by the Taiwan News Bureau because he said some good things to the mainland during the Sino-British negotiations. The right-wing newspapers such as the Industry and Commerce Daily only occasionally sarcastically last year. This year, I don't know if they received instructions from the Taiwan authorities, and they scolded Phoenix Taiwan every now and then, and even scolded me."
"Are you sure to win the lawsuit this time?" Ma Chengkun asked.
The Ma family's Oriental Daily is also a rightist newspaper. However, since Ma Chengkun's father was locked in a cell by the Taiwan authorities, although he has only been incarcerated for a few months, the color of Oriental Daily has gradually become less "blue".
Of course, Ma Chengkun's father and uncle are still doing business in Taiwan, and the Oriental Daily dare not say bad things about the Taiwan authorities. His daily reports are as far away from politics as possible, and sales are the priority in everything.
Ma Chengkun is very interesting in his behavior. In the 1990s, in order to get his father back to Hong Kong, he specially issued a newspaper to donate money to the British government. As a result, the British government took the money and did not revoke the wanted order for his father. Ma Chengkun was furious and shook out the inside story of bribery through the Oriental Daily, which caused an uproar in the UK.
Since then, Ma Chengkun has completely broken up with the Taiwan authorities and the British government, and has instead supported the Celestial regime, and has even finally become a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Kang Jianfei drank black tea and said, "I have evidence in my hand. I won't mention whether I can win the lawsuit, but it is certain that the report of the "Industrial and Commercial Daily" is incorrect. Brother Ma, don't interfere with your newspaper."
"I know it in my heart," Ma Chengkun smiled, "Actually, I'm asking you out today to ask if your new book is good. After the serialization of "The Ethereal Journey", the sales of "Oriental Daily" dropped by more than 10,000 copies. I'll point to your new book to save my life."
Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "It's coming soon, it's coming soon. You'll give me the manuscript when I finish my work."
But Ma Chengkun was afraid that Kang Jianfei would drag him down and made a decision: "Then let's make up that. After your new film "Love Saint" was released, I will go to Dream Factory to receive the articles myself."
Kang Jianfei joked: "Why do you think you are collecting debts?"
Just as Kang Jianfei and Ma Chengkun were joking, the agreed three-day deadline for Phoenix Station had arrived, and twelve other media outlets including the Industry and Commerce Daily really received a letter from Phoenix Station.
At the same time, Phoenix Station announced a press conference a day to hold, and will announce the end of the re-examination session of the "Miss Oriental Beauty Pageant" at the press conference, and let 30 shortlisted beauties appear and meet the media.
Of course, the video must be announced at the press conference to prove the innocence of Phoenix Station and to hype the beauty pageant while slapping the face.
...
Just when Phoenix Station announced that it was about to hold a press conference, Fang Yihua was confused by the current public opinion war. She called Hongmiao and asked: "How much did you give those newspapers? They all worked so hard!"
Hongmiao couldn't figure out what was going on, and he guessed: "Maybe those newspapers were writing randomly for sales."
It was not until half a year later that Fang Yihua realized that "Bao Qingtian" filmed by the TV Production Department of Oriental DreamWorks was sold to the mainland under the name of Phoenix TV, and triggered a nationwide movie viewing craze.
After this incident was reported by Hong Kong left-wing newspapers, it once again attracted the attention of the Hong Kong branch of Taiwan Central News Agency. The Taiwan authorities finally couldn't bear it anymore and believed that Phoenix Taiwan was a left-wing TV station that cooperated closely with the mainland, so they contacted Hong Kong left-wing newspapers to jointly attack Phoenix Taiwan.
Chapter completed!