Chapter 566: The Newspaper Association (4200+ chapters~)
"What happened? We are so panicked. There is nothing we can't settle in Xiangjiang!" Lai Decong said, leaning on the sofa and looking at the visitor.
The visitor’s name was Yang Weisen. He had been classmates with Ma Tingqiang since they were in school. Later, Ma Tingqiang became the chairman of Oriental Newspaper. Because Yang Weisen was a calm man and reliable in his work, he called Yang Weisen to his side to do some calculations.
I have been with Ma Tingqiang for several years.
So everyone around Ma Tingqiang knows Yang Weisen.
Lai Decong didn't care, but Ma Tingqiang and Tang Jiaming felt their hearts sink, because Yang Weisen rarely lost his composure like this.
"Weisen, what's wrong?" Ma Tingqiang put the red wine glass in his hand on the table, looked at Yang Weisen, and asked seriously.
Yang Weisen took a breath, and then said in a panic: "The Hong Kong Daily has just announced through ATV that all their newspapers will be free starting from tomorrow, and the first issue released tomorrow will be 400,000 copies!"
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Ma Tingqiang and Tang Jiaming stood up instantly, and their expressions became extremely solemn. Ma Tingqiang confirmed: "Is the news true?"
Tang Jiaming nodded and said: "It's true, it was announced by ATV News!"
Ma Tingqiang stood there, silent for a long time, and finally shouted: "Wu Jianye, you are so cruel!"
Ma Tingqiang's voice attracted the attention of other people in the club. Everyone knew that the Xiangjiang Newspaper Group, headed by Hu Ran and Ma Tingqiang, with the support of HSBC, was declaring war with Wu Jianye, and with the previous attitude
From the looks of it, Wu Jianye seemed to have no way to deal with them, but now that Ma Tingqiang suddenly shouted like this, someone immediately noticed that the incident had probably changed!
Tang Jiaming stood next to Ma Tingqiang and said in a deep voice: "Don't panic. If this thing is true, it will not only affect you, but almost the entire Hong Kong newspaper industry. You should immediately convene a meeting of the Hong Kong Press Association."
, and notify HSBC at the same time to see if they can do anything!"
Ma Tingqiang also responded to Tang Jiaming's reminder. When he was about to call Hu Ran, his phone rang first.
"Do you know the news just now?" Hu Ran's voice came out on the phone, also looking very panicked.
She had just told her elder brother that there was no problem. She also saw the news on TV and learned about the news from the "Hong Kong Island Daily".
Hu Ran instantly understood Wu Jianye's intention to use free newspapers to attack the existing newspaper industry structure in Hong Kong. She didn't know how Wu Jianye came up with this desperate method.
But she knew that Wu Jianye must not succeed in this matter, otherwise it would have a great impact on them. If the free newspaper of "Hong Kong Island Daily" really comes out tomorrow, there would be no need for Wu Jianye to take action on Monday. Their group
The stock price will fall in a waterfall-like manner. In order to deal with Wu Jianye's tactics, they had already purchased a large number of shares of their own newspaper group in the stock market. If everything comes true, they will lose a lot of money.
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"I already know where you are, we will meet soon!" Ma Tingqiang said.
"I'm at home. Let's go to your company. Let's meet at your company." Hu Ran said immediately.
"Okay, I'll go to the company and wait for you. By the way, let's call the others. Wu Jianye's method of exterminating a household will definitely make everyone dissatisfied with him!" Ma Tingqiang glanced at Tang Jiaming and said.
After the two hung up the phone, Tang Jiaming looked at Ma Tingqiang and said, "Let's go, I'll go to the company with you to have a look."
Ma Tingqiang nodded.
"I'll go too!" Lai Decong also stood up at this time.
None of the three of them paid attention to their female companions and returned to Oriental Newspaper with Yang Weisen.
When the four of them arrived at Oriental Newspaper, they saw that many newspaper bosses had already rushed over, including the brothers Hu Yuan and Hu Jiao from Sing Tao Newspaper, as well as Master Jin from Ming Pao Group.
and the owners of other newspaper groups.
"Let's talk upstairs first!" Ma Tingqiang said.
Then he led everyone to the conference room of Oriental Newspaper. Ma Tingqiang sat in the middle and could clearly feel that the atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
"Have you contacted Pu Wei Shi?" Ma Tingqiang asked.
Hu Ran nodded and said: "We have been contacted. Puisi told us not to panic. HSBC will work with us to raise the company's stock price on Monday!"
Hearing that Puisi had not abandoned them relieved everyone's nervousness.
Lai Decong said from the side: "Is this Wu Jianye sick? He makes a loss of tens of millions a year by running a free newspaper!"
Hu Ran glanced at Lai Decong and curled her lips slightly. She had already figured it out on the way here. What Wu Jianye did was a way to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. Now what Yiwang Group can use is "Hong Kong Island Daily". Previously, Yiwang Group
After acquiring Yulang International, it naturally also acquired "Tian Tian Daily". However, "Tian Tian Daily" is a listed company, and Yu Lang International is only the largest shareholder. This is why Wu Jianye announced that "Hong Kong Island Daily" is free.
There is no way to announce that "Tiantian Daily" is free.
As for the loss of tens of millions a year, everyone here is sensible. Everyone knows this amount, and Yiwang Group can afford to pay it!
What Hu Ran is really worried about is that if "Hong Kong Island Daily" uses this opportunity to grow bigger and quickly occupy the market, then the advertising revenue alone may even out the losses of "Hong Kong Island Daily"!
No one expected that Wu Jianye would make this move. They thought they had thought of all the possibilities, but Free Newspaper really didn't think of it...
"Our biggest problem now is that we can't get the Hong Kong Daily to really stand up, and we have to find a way to make it die prematurely!" Hu Yuan said.
Ma Tingqiang also received advice from Tang Jiaming on the way here, saying: "We should contact the Hong Kong Distribution Association immediately and tell them that no one can sell the Hong Kong Island Daily, otherwise they will be jointly banned by us!"
Master Jin suddenly said: "They will do this kind of thing even if we don't need to tell them."
Hu Ran nodded and said: "Yes, if the Hong Kong Island Daily becomes a free newspaper, then the distribution association will not get a share, and they will no longer sell the Hong Kong Island Daily."
Although Tang Jiaming is not a member of the Press Association, he is still a legal advisor to Oriental Newspaper, so at this time he said: "We can all think of these things, and I believe Wu Jianye can also think of them, and even if
In this way, Wu Jianye still chose to make "Hong Kong Island Daily" a free newspaper, which means that he must have his own way!"
At this time, no one dared to look down upon Wu Jianye anymore, and a free newspaper beat them into panic. Just as Tang Jiaming said, it was impossible for Wu Jianye not to have thought of this.
Everyone fell into silence, thinking about Wu Jianye's countermeasures!
In the end, it was Hu Jiao who took the lead and said, "Will Wu Jianye set up his own newsstands all over Hong Kong?"
Hu Ran shook his head and said: "It's impossible. If he wants to set up his own chain of newsstands, let alone the license issue, it can't be completed in such a short period of time. If there is such a move, then there is no way we will not get the news.
, after all, distributing 400,000 copies of free newspapers cannot be solved by just a few newsstands."
Master Jin, who was sitting aside, spoke again: "Wu Jianye doesn't need to have his own newsstand at all. He just needs to hire some teachers and set up a stall every morning in various populated places to distribute their Hong Kong Island Daily.
That’s it, free newspaper, I believe it won’t take a whole morning to distribute it!”
Hu Ran, Ma Tingqiang and others were all shocked. If they really wanted what Master Jin said, then "Hong Kong Island Daily" could perfectly avoid the distribution association, and their so-called ban would be meaningless.
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Hu Ran and Ma Tingqiang glanced at Master Jin. To be honest, in this operation against Wu Jianye, Master Jin had always adhered to the principle of silence is golden and never expressed his opinions. As a result, they all had feelings for Master Jin.
They ignored it, but then they remembered that Master Jin was of the same generation as their fathers. How could he not be capable after living in Xiangjiang for so many years?
"Master Jin, everyone sitting here is your junior, and what Wu Jianye is doing now is obviously aimed at our entire newspaper association. At this time, you should stop hiding it. If you have any ideas, please tell me immediately!" Hu
Amaranth preached.
Master Jin showed a wry smile and said: "What can I do now? As long as the free newspaper is launched, we will wait for our company's stock price to fall. Even if we and HSBC raise the stock price in a short period of time, the impact will be
, I think everyone sitting here should know it!"
After Master Jin finished speaking, everyone was silent again. In fact, they had already guessed what Master Jin said. With their help and HSBC's intervention, they might be able to raise the stock prices of several major newspaper groups in a short period of time, but its far-reaching impact is impossible.
It doesn't exist. First of all, the Hong Kong Daily has seized the newspaper market, and they are bound to lose part of the market as a result.
At the same time, they lose not only the market, but also their advertising costs. A newspaper with a daily sales of 300,000 copies has a different advertising cost than a newspaper with a daily sales of 100,000 copies!
Lai Decong said again: "Actually, your ultimate goal is not to make the Hong Kong Daily a free newspaper. Isn't this simple? Find more people tomorrow and guard various places with a lot of people. As long as you see someone
Distributing free newspapers, then smash this stall to him, what a simple thing!"
Some people have simple brains, so their brain circuits are not too complicated, but the suggestions of these people are often more accurate in hitting the most powerful points.
Just like what Lai Decong said now, since it is no longer possible to stop the trend of "Hong Kong Island Daily" being free, then it is necessary to manipulate their distribution channels. It is undeniable that although Lai Decong's method is a bit rough, but now for them
Talking is already the best way!
However, everyone did not comply with Lai Decong's suggestion, because everyone knew that if what they had done before was just a commercial method, then Lai Decong's proposal had gone beyond the scope of business and used the power of the community to fight against business rules.
, it doesn’t sound good to say it out loud!
But no one among them objects to Lai Decong's suggestion, because this is the best way they can think of so far!
Master Jin said: "This method is a bit extreme. I think we can discuss it with Wu Jianye. The matter has reached this point. If we choose to coexist peacefully with Wu Jianye, maybe we can interrupt his thoughts?"
Things have developed to this point, and Master Jin has regretted participating in this matter. Now for Master Jin, he still hopes that peace is the most important thing in everything. If the fight really continues, then both sides will inevitably end up fighting each other in the end.
Both sides suffer.
Wu Jianye's family has a great business and is not afraid of losses, but they can't!
Hu Ran, who had just asked Master Jin to come up with ideas, now shook his head and objected to Master Jin's opinion: "This is inappropriate. Since "Hong Kong Island Daily" has been officially announced as a free newspaper on ATV, then Wu Jianye will
It is impossible to stop at this time, and if we do so, we will offend HSBC. Without HSBC's help, our company's stock price will fall."
Master Jin smiled bitterly again: "Then there is nothing I can do!"
Hu Ran and Ma Tingqiang looked at each other. Both of them now agreed with Lai Decong's method of taking the commercial route. They had no way to deal with Wu Jianye, so they could only hope to find other ways.
Ma Tingqiang said in a deep voice: "Things can be done according to A Cong's method, but this matter cannot only be done by our Oriental Newspaper family, everyone needs to come forward!"
At this time, Ma Tingqiang has not completely lost his mind. He knows that if he really handles this matter according to Lai Decong's method, it will be equivalent to completely breaking up with Wu Jianye. He cannot charge in front, and these people
Everyone sits in the rear and enjoys the results of the victory!
Although no one spoke, sometimes silence is also a statement.
"Since everyone has no objection, let each family contribute some money. As for the manpower problem, let me solve it!" Ma Tingqiang said.
Although his father has gone to Wanwan, the Ma family still has a high influence in Xiangjiang's associations. As long as the money is in place, the problem of manpower is not a problem at all!
In the end, everyone reluctantly agreed to Ma Tingqiang's suggestion. At this time, they had no way out!
After coming out of Oriental Newspaper, Master Jin sat in his car, sighed, thought for a moment, and took out his phone.
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"Brother, Master Jin called and wants to meet you!" Yan Wen found Wu Jianye and said.
To be honest, Wu Jianye admired Master Jin very much. After all, his novels had a profound impact on Wu Jianye, but at this time, it was impossible for Wu Jianye to delay his plans because of personal feelings.
"Tell Master Jin that I don't have time during this period!" Wu Jianye said.
"OK!"
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The next day!
At major subway stations in Hong Kong, Central, Causeway Bay and other prosperous areas, many nurses suddenly appeared in red vests. On the back of the red vests was written "Hong Kong Island Daily"!
In front of them, there were stacks of "Hong Kong Island Daily" placed in piles. At the same time, there was a sign next to the newspapers: "Hong Kong Island Daily" distribution point!
But at this moment, not far from the distribution point, six or seven short mules wearing shirts and holding kerosene suddenly appeared...