Hong Kong Governor MacLehose resigned from office and returned to his hometown in the UK. Many bigwigs from Hong Kong's industrial, commercial and political circles went to see him off, officially declaring the end of the "MacLehose Era" in Hong Kong.
MacLehose is recognized as the most outstanding and most beloved governor in the history of Hong Kong. During his term, he implemented the low-rent housing project, nine-year compulsory education, opened up new towns, established the Independent Commission Against Corruption, built the subway, and local administration.
Reform, social welfare reform and other measures have been implemented one by one, which have made great contributions to the prosperity and development of Hong Kong and the improvement of the lives of ordinary citizens.
The major media outlets have reviewed MacLehose's achievements during his administration, but the new Hong Kong Governor Youde has been ignored, and ordinary citizens do not care at all.
Under such circumstances, DreamWorks' "Happy Ghost 3: Happy Ghost" was released, and its film promotion was almost obscured by MacLehose's reports.
However, relying on the reputation accumulated by the first two "Happy Ghosts", "Happy Ghost 3" is doing well at the box office, with the box office exceeding 1 million on the first day of release.
The preparatory work for "A Better Tomorrow" has been completed, and the machines for printing U.S. dollars have also been made. They are actually just tin boxes as outer shells, with messy wiring connected inside to control various signal lights.
Even in the United States, today's personal computer market has only just entered the development stage from its infancy. The crude counterfeit money making machine in the movie is simply science fiction to Asian audiences.
Seeing that he was about to worship God and turn on his phone, Kang Jianfei suddenly received a phone call. The content of the call made him wary and dumbfounded.
The call was made personally by Qiu Degen, the CEO of Far East Group. The two of them didn't chat for a few words before Qiu Degen revealed his true intention, which was to acquire Kang Jianfei's Lishi shares.
Qiu Degen was the one who changed the name of Li's TV station to Asia Television in the parallel space. It was also under him that the Miss Asia beauty pageant was founded. ATV under the chairmanship of Qiu Degen was the most profitable and glorious period.
Kang Jianfei had an argument with Qiu Degenxu on the phone. Instead of refusing, he revealed that he was dissatisfied with the TV station's operating conditions and wanted to sell his shares.
As soon as he hung up the phone, Kang Jianfei made a lot of phone calls, clamoring to convene the board of directors again, saying that the TV station had suffered heavy losses this month.
After contacting the board of directors for next week, Kang Jianfei asked someone to inquire about Qiu Degen. In this era, there were no online encyclopedias, so it was very difficult to check other people's information. Fortunately, Qiu Degen was famous in Hong Kong, so it was easy to get a rough idea.
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After some inquiring, Kang Jianfei found out that Qiu Degen was originally a movie maker and had run several theaters. In the 1960s, Qiu Degen was spotted by the movie tycoon Lu Yuntao, and he started making movies with great success.
, and the fight with Shaw Brothers was in full swing.
As a result, just when Cathay Pacific was at its most glorious, Lu Yuntao encountered a plane crash on his way to Taiwan. Cathay Pacific never recovered. At that time, Qiu Degen's wife was also on the plane and was Lu Yuntao's entourage.
After his wife and boss died in a plane crash, Qiu Degen sold the movie theater in his hand and turned to other businesses. The famous Lai Yuan Amusement Park in Hong Kong is his property, and his assets have doubled in recent years.
Several times, and still controls the Far East Bank.
After figuring out the general situation of Qiu Degen, Kang Jianfei's pressure doubled. The little money he had was still far behind Qiu Degen. If Qiu Degen was determined to acquire Lishi, Kang Jianfei had no choice but to do so.
Competition, even throwing money at him will kill him.
Kang Jianfei couldn't wait for next week's board meeting. He took Chen Shuli straight to Martindale Jones, the television director appointed by Rio Tinto Mining.
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Martindale Jones has been having a hard time recently, due to Lishi's continuous losses. The group headquarters is already questioning his ability, and is asking to pack up everything and move to Australia next week.
Damn yellow-skinned monkey!
Martindale Jones did not think he had done anything wrong. He attributed the failure of the TV station to the xenophobia and uncooperation of Hong Kong employees.
In fact, there is no distinction between who is right and who is wrong in the whole matter. I can only say that there is a big difference between doing TV stations in Hong Kong and doing TV stations in Australia. Copying them mechanically will only lead to failure.
Hong Kong's television stations have developed for more than ten years. Although they have various shortcomings and shortcomings, they have developed their own way.
When you go to a place to work, you can't think about changing the local work style, you can only force yourself to adapt.
For example, Xu Ke, who was very successful in Hong Kong, found it extremely difficult to break into Hollywood. The biggest problem was that Xu Ke was used to the Hong Kong way of filming and could not adapt to the American way. So Xu Ke returned to Hollywood after a short time.
Hong Kong, but Wu Yusen, who has adapted to Hollywood, has established a foothold in the United States.
This is also the problem with several Australian directors. What they want to do is not to adapt to Hong Kong routines, but to change LiTV into an Australian-style TV station.
After receiving Kang Jianfei's invitation, Martindale Jones walked slowly to a coffee shop near his home to wait. After reading a newspaper, Kang Jianfei came with a translator.
"Hello, Mr. Jones!" Kang Jianfei smiled and shook hands with Martindale Jones.
Martindale Jones didn't even stand up. He just nodded and said, "Please sit down. What's the matter with Mr. Kang's invitation to me?"
Kang Jianfei said seriously: "Mr. Jones, as a shareholder of LiTV, I have the right to question your ability to work. You have seriously affected the normal operation and development of the TV station."
Martindale Jones shrugged and said: "Mr. Kang, you don't need to say these words to me. I will return to Australia next week, and CRA will appoint another person to be a director."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Rio Tinto Mining is still interested in running Li's TV station?"
Martindale Jones was probably leaving soon, so he didn't hide anything. He said directly: "Who knows, some shareholders want to withdraw their capital anyway."
Kang Jianfei said: "I'm afraid it's not that some shareholders want to withdraw their capital, but that they have wanted to withdraw their capital for a long time but can't find a successor, right?"
"You're right." Martindale Jones smiled.
In fact, this situation is normal. Those who have money to acquire Lishi are not interested, but those who are interested do not have that much money, because it will cost at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to acquire the shares from the three Australian shareholders.
However, Kang Jianfei's words were a test of Martindale. He wanted to know if Qiu Degen had contacted Rio Tinto Mining first. If Kang Jianfei had been Qiu Degen, he would have quietly captured him first.
Then we will discuss the acquisition of the 16.5% shares with the other three major shareholders.
Because of this, Kang Jianfei calmed Qiu Degen on the phone and then came to communicate with other shareholders.
Kang Jianfei sighed: "To be honest, I have always wanted to build Li's TV station, but the current situation is very bad. If Rio Tinto Mining wants to sell shares, I can take over."
"You?" Martindale Jones suddenly realized that his opportunity had come. If he and Kang Jianfei negotiated an acquisition agreement, Rio Tinto Mining could make a lot of money. Then the acquisition of the TV station was a successful investment, and the TV station was
No one will pursue old accounts that were managed in a mess.
Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "I have no choice now, either I divest my capital or acquire your shares. Otherwise, who can sustain this loss?"
Martindale Jones asked: "What price is Mr. Kang prepared to pay?"
Kang Jianfei calculated and said: "After acquiring the shares of Jardine Matheson and Standard Chartered, Rio Tinto Mining now owns 24% of Lishi's shares. Based on your original purchase price, it is worth 50 million, which is already a lot."
Martindale Jones shrugged: "No way, there will be no failed investments in my hands."
Kang Jianfei sneered and said: "The original price I can give you is already pretty good, and I don't want to see what LiTV will do to you! Who else will take over LiTV's TV station now except me?"
Kang Jianfei's words made Martindale Jones quite frustrated, because when they acquired Lishi, Lishi was at its peak, with ratings steadily beating TVB, but now it has long since lost its glory.
However, Martindale Jones still shook his head firmly. He stretched out six fingers and said: "Sixty million."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "You, Rio Tinto Mining, bought Lishi's shares for more than 40 million yuan, then turned the TV station into a mess, and now you are asking for 60 million yuan. You really know how to do business."
Martindale Jones sighed: "Okay. I can't make the decision anyway. I just have a rough discussion on the price with you. The specific decision must be made by the group headquarters. I will report Mr. Kang's proposal to the headquarters as soon as possible. I hope
We can continue to talk."
Kang Jianfei knew that there was absolutely no way to reach an agreement this time, because Martindale had no way of making the decision and had to seek advice from his superiors.
After leaving the coffee shop, Kang Jianfei breathed a heavy sigh of relief and took Chen Shuli to the next restaurant.
After getting on the bus, Chen Shuli hesitated for a while and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Kang, are you going to get all the shares in Lishi? It will cost almost 200 million."
Kang Jianfei didn't bother to explain to her and scolded: "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
"Oh." Chen Shuli shut up aggrievedly.
In the next half day, Kang Jianfei contacted people from two other Australian consortiums, and the quotes were more outrageous than the last. He actually asked for 100 million for 30% of the shares of Davidson Newspaper Group. Kang Jianfei was so angry that he was about to kill the guy.
His head was stuffed directly into the toilet.
Since he still needed some time for the three Australian consortiums to communicate with each other, Kang Jianfei forced himself to steady himself and start the filming of "A Better Tomorrow" as planned the next day. But in his heart, he could only pray that Qiu Degen would not be so fast.
Contact the Australian shareholders, otherwise Lishi will belong to the Far East Group as soon as the money is spent.
In a parallel dimension, Qiu Degen, who was not short of money, turned a 50 million yuan business into 100 million when he first acquired Lishi shares, directly using his money to become the majority shareholder of the TV station.
