Kang Jianfei attended the Miss Oriental Beauty Pageant only as a guest to watch the whole process, while Zhao Yazhi went to be a judge in the semi-finals.
In terms of inviting guests and judges, Kang Jianfei's connections and background are insufficient. In the semi-finals and finals of the Miss Hong Kong contest every year, Shao Yifu can invite a number of celebrities as guests, as well as fashion celebrities, without even having to show up himself.
, celebrities from the entertainment and cultural circles serve as judges. For example, during the finals of the 10th Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, Shao Yifu even invited gambling king Stanley Ho to be a judge.
Although Kang Jianfei is now very influential in Hong Kong, this influence is concentrated in the film and music circles. He doesn't even know a few celebrities, and he doesn't have much contact with people in the cultural world.
Fortunately, Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui also know some people. In addition to Zhao Yazhi, the judges for the semi-finals of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant include former Jiashi program manager, a master's degree from Chinese University, Hong Kong's famous literati Kong Yubiao (female), and Hong Kong's largest
Zhang Dezhi, vice president of Meirui Advertising, one of the advertising companies, Pan Desheng, owner of Disheng Jewelry Store, and others.
There are only five judges in the semi-finals, and there are ten judges in the finals. The invited judges for the finals include the former director of Radio Hong Kong and deputy director of the Hong Kong Broadcasting Department, Zhang Minyi, the famous ballet dancer, actor, and costume designer Zhang Tianai, English
Educator, host, and famous writer Zhan Delong, as well as Xu Guanwen, Ma Chengkun, Zhong Jinghui, Huang Zhan, Yu Zheng and Kang Jianfei themselves.
"Tie!" Zhao Yazhi chased and grabbed Kang Jianfei who had already left the house, and forcibly tied a tie around his neck.
Kang Jianfei looked at Zhao Yazhi who was helping him tie his tie seriously. He was almost 30 years old but still had smooth and tender skin that could be broken by blows. His delicate face made people want to take a bite.
Zhao Yazhi helped Kang Jianfei tie his tie. When she looked up, she saw Kang Jianfei staring at her affectionately. While she was happy, she pretended to be angry and said, "Why are you staring at me? I have flowers on my face."
"You don't have any flowers on your face." Kang Jianfei touched Zhao Yazhi's face and said with a smile, "But Sister Zhi, you are just a delicate flower that I never tire of looking at."
Zhao Yazhi still had resentment in her heart and said in a displeased tone: "I can't get enough of it. I haven't been able to see anyone for more than half a month. I thought you had forgotten me."
"Ahem, I've been busy with work recently." Kang Jianfei quickly said sweet words again, and finally made Zhao Yazhi laugh.
The two walked out affectionately, holding hands. Zeng Bolin saw them coming and quickly opened the car door.
Because he had to talk to Zhao Yazhi, Kang Jianfei finally stopped driving by himself.
"I'm afraid the semi-finals for Miss Hong Kong have already started." Kang Jianfei hugged Zhao Yazhi and asked Zeng Bolin who was about to drive.
Zeng Bolin nodded and said: "It's been half an hour since then, and neither Sir Shao nor Ms. Fang have shown up."
When Kang Jianfei heard this, he said with a smile: "It seems that I should show up in the finals, otherwise I would really lose my place."
TVB obviously did not pay attention to the semi-finals, and the judges they invited did not have much weight. Shao Yifu and Fang Yihua also did not come to support in person.
However, in order to compete with Phoenix TV for ratings, the beauty pageants held by the two TV stations were scheduled to be held on the same day, with a difference of only more than two hours. And because the live broadcast could not be subtitled, TVB moved more than two hours in advance.
It is recorded and broadcast every hour, subtitled and then broadcast during prime time in the evening.
Zhao Yazhi worried about Kang Jianfei: "This year's Miss Hong Kong has a very beautiful girl named Gao Lihong. Coupled with TVB's reform and publicity, the ratings will definitely not be low."
Due to the crazy hype of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant, TVB's promotion was also full of energy. Among them, the mixed-race beauty Gao Lihong received great attention.
Even Kang Jianfei has to admit that Gao Lihong is really a top beauty at this time - don't look at the photos of her wearing the Miss Hong Kong crown, the photos are too embarrassing. (Zhang Manyu presented the award to the runner-up of Miss Hong Kong in 1984, and Gao Lihong for
During the 1985 Miss Hong Kong championship award ceremony, Gao Lihong's aura in the two photos simply overwhelmed Zhang Manyu and Xie Zhen)
But it is not just Gao Lihong that makes Kang Jianfei feel threatened, but the change in the concept of the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant.
The concept of the previous Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant was to put equal emphasis on intelligence and beauty, so that the contestants who had the biggest claim for the title often ranked behind the beauties who had equally outstanding academic qualifications, conversational skills, and performance. To avoid suspicion or for other reasons, the judges would always choose to give
The less beautiful woman was given higher marks, while the prettiest one was pushed down the list.
But this year is different. Judging from the promotional content of TVB, we know that this year's Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant has no scruples about "judging people by their appearance". It has put aside the emphasis on "equal emphasis on beauty and intelligence".
This is why later generations said that 1984 was the beginning of the prosperous period of Hong Kong Miss, because only from this year did Hong Kong Miss be in the real beauty pageant.
Fortunately, TVB is concerned about publicity costs and Phoenix Channel is not sparing no effort to build momentum for Lizhi and Qiu Huixin. Otherwise, the outstanding appearance of Gao Lihong may really suppress the limelight of the Miss Oriental beauty pageants.
Of course, Huang Xizhao, as the general manager of the TV station, is quite dissatisfied with Kang Jianfei's propaganda and hype regardless of the cost. According to the current scale of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant, it will lose at least more than 5 million. Last year, Phoenix TV only made a full-year net profit.
More than 9 million.
If a beauty pageant is held, the TV station's profits may drop by more than half. How can Huang Xizhao be happy?
But from a long-term perspective, if we can win the title of Miss Oriental Beauty Contest this year, then the loss of millions will be worth it.
More than half an hour later, Kang Jianfei and Zhao Yazhi finally arrived at the Taiping Theater, where the semi-finals of the Miss Oriental beauty pageant were held.
Although attention was distracted by the semi-finals of the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, there were still many reporters at the scene. Many newspapers sent several reporters to both sides. Both Taiping Theater and Lee Stage paid attention.
"Mr. Kang, which beauty do you like most?"
"Azhi, how do you feel about being elected as a beauty judge for the first time?"
"Mr. Kang, the two beauty pageants are held on the same day. Are you sure you can beat Miss Hong Kong in the ratings?"
"..."
While being chased and intercepted by reporters, Kang Jianfei took Zhao Yazhi to the Taiping Theater and greeted the guests and judges one by one.
Today's judges, except Zhao Yazhi and Pan Disheng, met Kang Jianfei for the first time. After a brief exchange of greetings, Kang Jianfei ran to the guest seat and sat down, while Zhao Yazhi sat further in front.
Jury seat.
The semi-finals had not officially started yet. Kang Jianfei chatted with Ye Xueyan and Su Yuanyuan next to him: "I heard that Brother Ye wants to transfer to Hong Kong?"
Ye Xueyan just came back from the mainland and heard that Kang Jianfei was going to hold a beauty pageant, so he brought his wife over to watch the fun. The couple are pursuing fashionable young people. In 1978, they started holding various ladder dances at home.
How can you miss something fashionable and trendy?
Su Yuanyuan was looking at the emcee who was already seated on the stage with curiosity, and didn't pay attention to what the two men were talking about.
"Yes, it will be easier to do business if you become a Hong Kong citizen." Ye Xueyen replied. In fact, he would rather become an American citizen, but if he did that, Mr. Ye would have to break his legs if he knew it.
Kang Jianfei asked: "Brother Ye shouldn't need my help for such a small matter as obtaining Hong Kong citizenship."
"No need," Ye Xueyan said and sighed, "Those officials in Hong Kong are also stubborn. They try to use the back door, but they only get the certificate with a green seal. You think it's embarrassing for this to spread!"
The green-stamped document is similar to the U.S. green card. Ye Xueyian had to live in Hong Kong for seven years before he could change to a black-stamped ID card.
Kang Jianfei listened to his complaint and comforted him: "Seven years have passed in a blink of an eye. Brother Ye, don't worry about it."
"You're just at the right time. As soon as you arrive in Hong Kong, you immediately get your black-stamped ID." Ye Xueyan said with some envy. The identity of Hong Kong people is somehow tainted with British foreignness. Today's Chinese people still have a strong tendency to worship foreigners.
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"I'm just a blind cat who ran into a dead mouse." Kang Jianfei chuckled and asked, "Is the food company's business going well?"
"It's not bad," Ye Xueyan said, "Now all the instant noodles in Guangdong are produced by our Kangle Food Company, and the channels have been laid out in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangxi and Fujian."
Kang Jianfei basically had nothing to do with the food company except asking people to check the accounts every quarter. He asked: "Why haven't they been sold to other provinces?"
Ye Xueyan said with emotion: "The production can't keep up. The factory in Shenzhen/Zhen has just expanded and added two more production lines. But it seems that the supply is still insufficient. As for the production of ham sausages and the plans to set up a pig farm
, we can only push it back.”
Kang Jianfei was sweating violently. In his previous life, he had only heard of goods being overstocked and unable to be sold. It turned out that there was such a thing as supply exceeding demand. He had originally planned to shoot some advertisements to make Kangle instant noodles famous. It seemed that it was pure
It's too much to worry about.
Ye Xueyan's smile faded and he said seriously: "Our instant noodles are selling so well that even blind people know how to make money by making instant noodles. Now many places in the south are ready to open instant noodle factories. If it weren't for the production equipment and raw material supply problems, I guess
Those township and village enterprises dare to make instant noodles."
Kang Jianfei had actually anticipated what Ye Xueyan said. The Chinese technology tree was already full of copycat skills. With such huge profits, and the lack of technical content in making instant noodles, no one followed suit and opened instant noodles.
The factory is weird.
Moreover, Kang Jianfei never thought of monopolizing the mainland instant noodle market. To do so was to seek death. The country would not allow non-state-owned enterprises to monopolize a certain industry.
Kang Jianfei could only laugh and said: "There is endless money in the world, so you have to leave some for others."
"Yes, the domestic market is too big." Ye Xueyan said with emotion. He used to think that instant noodles could not sell a few packs in the mainland market, and building a factory could supply the country's instant noodles. As a result, the production of the instant noodles factory increased after the expansion.
The ability can only barely supply three provinces. With the development of the mainland's economy, more and more people will have spare money to buy instant noodles. Ye Xueyan gets excited just thinking about it.
While the two were talking, the lights suddenly brightened on the theater stage, and the two emcees walked behind the stage. Then the lights suddenly dimmed, leaving only two beams of bright light shining toward the backstage, leading the beauty pageant contestants to appear.
Ye Xueyan stared at the stage and suddenly said: "By the way, Fei, didn't you say you wanted to hire bodyguards last time? I have specially hired a few for you through my connections, and they are all good players in the army."
Kang Jianfei asked jokingly: "Are there any Zhongnan/Hai bodyguards?"
"Zhongnan/Hai bodyguards? I'm not even qualified to call them," Ye Xueyan said with a smile, "Those are bodyguards that can only be used by central ministers. Even after they leave their jobs and retire, they cannot be hired by private individuals." (To be continued. If
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ps: Khan, I changed Ye Xueyuan’s name to Ye Xueping in some chapters. 9
