The Miss Oriental and Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant finals have ended one after another. The two beauty pageant champions, Weng Hong and Chen Farong, have naturally become the limelight figures in major newspapers and magazines. ()
The treatment of Miss Oriental this year is obviously different from the past. Although the bonuses and prizes have not been reduced, the support from TV resources has been reduced by a level.
In the past, the top three Miss Oriental contestants had the opportunity to star in Phoenix TV's new film as the heroine and important supporting actress, and the new film was specially planned for beauty pageants. This kind of TV series was nicknamed "beauty drama" by Hong Kong audiences.
However, this year's "beauty drama" plan was cancelled. Only the winner, Weng Hong, played the heroine in Phoenix TV's time-travel drama "City Swordsman". The runner-up, Wu Yongwei, and the third runner-up, Wan Qiwen, could only play ordinary supporting roles in the film.
This change must be related to the new general manager Liang Shuyi, but she is not making random reforms.
After years of development, Oriental Entertainment Brokerage Company has a group of actors who specialize in acting on television. The representative figures among them are also known as the "leading actresses" and "leading niche" of Phoenix TV.
These actors and actresses have accumulated a lot of connections and popularity: connections are in Dongshi Company and Phoenix TV Station, and popularity refers to their popularity with the audience.
Therefore, whether because of the personal relationship between the producer and director, or from the perspective of ratings, Oriental TV Production Company will choose TV stars they are familiar with as the male and female protagonists when filming new dramas.
Nowadays, there are more and more so-called "female actresses" on Phoenix TV, and the competition is extremely fierce on weekdays. However, East TV Company has a quota for large-scale production dramas every year, and allocates a quota for "beauty dramas". The remaining large-scale productions
There are even fewer resources, which is not conducive to the development of East TV and Phoenix TV, and will reduce the loyalty of front-line old-school actors to the company.
This contradiction was already exposed when Huang Xizhao was the general manager of Phoenix TV. However, his character was somewhat indecisive and he delayed making any reforms until he resigned.
The newly appointed Miss Liang Shuyi did not have any burden and directly abolished the "beauty drama". From now on, only the winner of Miss Oriental can directly play the leading role, while the runner-up and third runner-up can only slowly work their way up from supporting roles.
The so-called "beauty drama" was originally established to attract beauties to sign up for Miss Oriental. Now the Miss Oriental beauty pageant is on the right track. Even if it is abolished, it will have little impact.
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"Tomb Raiders" is still serialized in the "Oriental Daily". After the first story in the newspaper ended, book fans are even more looking forward to the movie of the same name.
At this moment, Kang Jianfei, who had been immersed in making movies, suddenly announced that he would spend HK$230 million to acquire Yulang International's "Tiantian Daily", "Tiantian Express", "Star TV", "Financial Daily", and "Fresh Weekly" in a package
》and Tiantian Color Printing Company.
Once this news was confirmed, it immediately caused a stir in public opinion. Naturally, the print media industry cried wolf.
The Hu family of the Xingdao Group had a deeper grudge against Kang Jianfei. They had been eyeing this piece of fat for more than two years, and just when it was about to fall apart, Kang Jianfei actually ran out to pick peaches.
Peninsula Hotel, conference room.
Under the flashing spotlights, Kang Jianfei signed his name, then put down his pen and stood up to shake hands with Huang Yulang. The two smiled and faced the reporters' cameras.
"Mr. Kang, your large-scale acquisition of newspapers and magazines this time. Are you going to fully enter the media industry?"
"I am originally engaged in the media industry. Phoenix TV and "King of Painting" Pictorial are also media. This time I just have a few more newspapers and magazines."
"Mr. Huang, it is rumored that Yulang International has serious debt problems. Is this true?"
"Sorry, this is a commercial secret and I am not in a position to disclose it. However, I reserve the right to pursue the malicious rumors spread by some people. Before signing the contract, Mr. Kang had already sent someone to fully investigate the situation of our company.
There is definitely no problem with Yulang International, and this is also the basis for our cooperation with each other."
"Since there is no problem with Yulang International, why would Mr. Huang sell his company?"
"..."
Reporters surrounded them. Although all kinds of tricky questions came to them, Kang Jianfei and Huang Yulang still answered them one by one very patiently.
Huang Yulang wanted to use this to publicize that Yulang International had gotten out of financial difficulties. Kang Jianfei's more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars was enough to revitalize the remaining companies of Yulang International.
Kang Jianfei is just doing simple publicity and building momentum. He has a big move later, which is to integrate these newly purchased newspapers and magazines with Dark Horse Comics Company and "King of Painting" pictorial to form a large-scale media that integrates publishing and distribution.
company.
"Mr. Kang, do you want to have dinner together?" Huang Yulang asked with a smile after entering the elevator.
Kang Jianfei declined politely: "No, I have an appointment at noon."
"In that case, I won't bother you." The smile on Huang Yulang's face never stopped. He was obviously very happy. He received more than 200 million yuan in one go, which was rare for him who had been worried about money for more than a year.
The ground breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Meifeng followed Kang Jianfei with the documents under her arm. After getting in the car, she was about to speak when Kang Jianfei's mobile phone suddenly rang.
The call was from Ma Chengkun: "Brother, why don't you say anything about such a big thing? I'm going to treat you tonight and celebrate it for you?"
"Let's go another day. We have an appointment tonight." Kang Jianfei declined. He knew what Ma Chengkun wanted to do with him.
Today, the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong is "Ming Pao", the second best-selling newspaper is Ma Chengkun's "Oriental Daily", the third best-selling newspaper is "Tian Tian Daily" just bought by Kang Jianfei, and the fourth best-selling newspaper is Hu's "Sing Tao"
Daily", and the fifth best-selling one is "Hong Kong Daily" owned by Huang Yulang.
"Oriental Daily" has always cooperated harmoniously with Kang Jianfei's Oriental Culture Group. Not only was Kang Jianfei serialized in "Oriental Daily", exclusive news about stars from Phoenix TV, DreamWorks, and Pop Records were all leaked to "Oriental Daily" for reporting and promotion.
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Since they both have the word "Oriental" and they always cooperate happily, uninformed people think that "Oriental Daily" is also Kang Jianfei's property. Kang Jianfei also thought about buying or investing in "Oriental Daily", but every time he tried it, Ma Chengkun
I always pass it by saying haha.
Now that Kang Jianfei has bought a lot of newspapers and magazines, not only will his news not be published in Oriental Daily, but also the Oriental Group's star news will no longer be given priority to Oriental Daily.
It was precisely because of this that Ma Chengkun couldn't wait to invite Kang Jianfei to dinner for discussion, but Kang Jianfei also deliberately avoided it.
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Dao Sing Island News Building, Wan Chai.
Hu Xian, who is 57 years old, looked at the photo of Kang Jianfei and Huang Yulang shaking hands in the newspaper and was so depressed that he could not speak for a long time.
35 years ago, 22-year-old Hu Xian took over the helm of Sing Tao Daily. At that time, the newspaper was still in a state of loss. It was she who single-handedly turned the situation around and eventually made Sing Tao Newspaper listed in Hong Kong. Today, it almost monopolizes real estate advertising in Hong Kong.
Although the current circulation of "Sing Tao Daily" is not as good as that of "Tian Tian Daily", its annual profit is nearly half that of "Tian Tian Daily". The main factor is the huge profits from real estate advertising.
Hu Xian's assistant was an old aunt who had been with her for more than 20 years. The old aunt came up with a bad idea and said: "Mr. Hu, didn't we see Kang Jianfei and Zhao Yazhi walking together last week? Zhao Yazhi was holding a child.
Really? Why don't you let the reporter from the Evening News take some photos so that the Hong Kong citizens can see Kang Jianfei's true face!"
"Forget it, with Kang Jianfei's current status, this kind of news is not painful to him. Moreover, Zhao Yazhi has not been filming in the past two years, so he probably will not return to the entertainment industry. Reporting their scandal is meaningless."
Hu Xian shook her head and said that she had actually discovered that Zhao Yazhi and Kang Jianfei had an illegitimate child because Hu Xian's residence was near Zhao Yazhi's villa.
The old aunt added: "This Kang Jianfei is too disgusting. We have been planning to acquire Tiantian Daily for more than a year, but he came to take advantage of it without any effort. How can there be such a good thing in the world!"
"Forget it, just give him the "Tian Tian Daily". Since Kang Jianfei has decided to make a newspaper, even if he can't buy the "Tian Tian Daily", he will buy other newspapers. There is a long way to go. From now on, everyone will be in a competitive relationship, and there will be a fight." Hu Xian
Known as the Queen of Hong Kong's newspaper industry, what worries her now is the subsequent impact of Kang Jianfei's joining the newspaper industry, not just the loss of "Tian Tian Daily".
The old aunt knew what Hu Xian was thinking and comforted her: "Mr. Hu, don't worry too much. Kang Jianfei is good at making movies, but he may not be good at running newspapers. He might lose money in two years and write the "Tian Tian Daily"
"Sold."
Naturally, Hu Xian did not believe such comforting words. She said: "Sing Tao Daily should maintain a neutral attitude towards Kang Jianfei's related reports in the future. Don't blindly criticize Kang Jianfei. Many fans of Kang Jianfei have already written letters.
Complained."
Kang Jianfei's fans have been writing letters to complain about Sing Tao Daily for more than a day or two. The old aunt asked in surprise: "Mr. Hu, have you made any decision?"
"You still understand me," Hu Xian smiled helplessly, "Mainland's newspaper industry has been opened to foreign investment. I plan to open a newspaper in Shenzhen next year."
The old aunt suddenly realized that Hu Xian was planning to change his stance and join the mainland.
The reason why "Sing Tao Daily" scolded Kang Jianfei was because "Sing Tao Daily" was a right-wing newspaper and it was only after Kang Jianfei was banned in Taiwan.
Now that the time for Hong Kong's return is getting closer and closer, as long as the boss of "Sing Tao Daily" is not stupid, he cannot continue to choose Taiwan. Since Hu Xian has chosen to move closer to the mainland, it is definitely impossible to continue to favor Kangbi.
scold.
In fact, Hu Xian is not as prosperous as he seems. Huang Yulang suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash two years ago, and the same is true for Hu Xian. Before the stock market crash, Hu Xian once made a profit of 200 million by speculating in Land King, changing hands.
Now it is very difficult for her to come up with 200 million in cash. She has to squeeze out toothpaste to raise money everywhere. Otherwise, she would not be able to hold down the price and let Kang Jianfei buy Tiantian Daily at a bargain price. (To be continued...