In the black-and-white office, Chu Huan dialed Roy's phone with a gloomy face. No wonder Chu Huan was angry. Although Wireless is the largest TV station in Hong Kong, compared to the entire business environment in Hong Kong, Wireless is really just a small one. company of.
Chu Huan's attempt to acquire Wireless shares from HSBC has unexpectedly happened, so naturally Chu Huan cannot accept it.
"Roy, I need an explanation!"
After Roy Bentley heard Chu Huan's voice on the phone, his expression changed slightly. Ever since he met Chu Huan, he had never heard such a tone from Chu Huan. Even when Shen Bi was targeting Chu Huan before, Neither did Chu Huan.
"Ah Huan, this matter is a bit complicated. If you have time, I think we can meet and talk!" Roy Bentley said on the phone.
"Okay, I will rush to HSBC in an hour!" After saying that, Chu Huan hung up the phone directly.
"Brother Huan, we're just a TVB company. Why wouldn't HSBC be willing to sell his shares to you?" Fang Jianhui also couldn't understand.
According to Chu Huan's current size, HSBC should not make Chu Huan unhappy just for the sake of a TVB.
"I don't know. You don't need to worry about this matter. Wu Xiaoshi called and said that Nomura Securities' acquisition of Daily Life is nearing completion. You will also need to send a group of people there to be responsible for communicating with Wu Xiaoshi. Xiaoshi jointly takes over the daily life."
Chu Huan came to Black and White Image this time to actually talk to the room about two things. The first one was about Black and White Image's acquisition of TVB, and the second one was about Black and White Image's acquisition of Nikkatsu. Now something unexpected happened with the acquisition of TVB. Chu Huan Huan could only let Fang Jianhui pay attention to the second thing first.
Fang Jianhui nodded and said, "Don't worry, I have prepared the personnel. When there is definite news from Wu Xiaoshi, I will personally lead the team to Tokyo!"
Chu Huan nodded. Although in name, Baishan Entertainment, which acquired Nikkatsu, is a company controlled by Black and White Image, there is no direct relationship between Black and White Image and Nikkatsu, so this time Fang Jianhui went to Japan to reach a new agreement with Nikkatsu. A good cooperative relationship, both parties complement each other in their respective fields!
After a brief chat with Fang Jianhui, Chu Huan left the Tseung Kwan O studio and took a bus to HSBC.
After arriving directly at Roy Bentley's office, Chu Huan was not polite and asked directly, "Roy, something unexpected happened to HSBC for such a trivial matter. Do you really think that I, Chu Huan, am easy to bully?" "
Roy Bentley had already figured out why Chu Huan was angry.
Now HSBC and Chu Huan have an in-depth partnership. HSBC is not only responsible for the financial transactions between Hang Lung Real Estate and Huaye City under Chu Huan's name, but they also cooperate on a charity fund to jointly monopolize the textile industry in Xiangjiang. Chu Huan is also responsible for Is a director of HSBC.
Nowadays, some accidents will happen to the shares of a mere wireless station. It is no wonder that Chu Huan is angry.
"Ah Huan, forget about this matter and I'll tell you the real situation!" Roy Bentley said to Chu Huan helplessly.
Roy Bentley found Sha Ya this morning and brought up Chu Huan's idea yesterday. Sha Ya had no hesitation about selling TVB's shares, so she agreed to Roy Bentley. Who knows how long it will take? At about the same time, Shaya called Roy Bentley again, saying that HSBC did not want to sell its shares in TVB to Chu Huan, and asked Roy Bentley to apologize to Chu Huan on behalf of HSBC.
Regarding such a result, Roy Bentley naturally wanted to ask clearly, so he immediately found Sha Ya and asked about the specific situation.
It turned out to be Shen Bi again
As the general manager of HSBC, Shen Bi naturally has the right to know about the sale of TVB shares.
"Mr. Taipan, the black and white video in the hands of Chu Huan is already the largest film company in Hong Kong. According to Chu Huan's previous business behavior, if he acquires the shares of TVB from us, then the next thing he will do is to comprehensively By acquiring TVB, if this is the case, Chu Huan will have the largest TV station in Hong Kong in his hands.
Although the scale of tvb is not very large, its influence is huge. If Chu Huan acquires another large newspaper in the future, Chu Huan will suddenly become the largest media tycoon in Hong Kong. By then, his influence in Hong Kong will be huge. , will reach another level.
This time I am not targeting Chu Huan, but I want to remind you, Mr. Taipan, that Chu Huan’s reputation in Xiangjiang is not small at this time. If he gets TVB, it means that Chu Huan gets the publicity throat of Xiangjiang. Is this really good for HSBC?”
Shen Bi's words made Sha Ya fall into silence. Sha Ya was not Roy Bentley. Even if Roy Bentley thought of this, because Chu Huan could help him become the head coach of HSBC, Roy Bentley Li will definitely satisfy Chu Huan's request.
But Sha Ya is different. He is already a senior manager at HSBC, so the things he considers are naturally more comprehensive.
"However, if we all embarrass Chu Huan on the TVB matter, it will really affect our relationship, not to mention that Chu Huan is still a director of our HSBC!"
Seeing that Sha Ya was already attracted, Shen Bi immediately struck the iron while the iron was hot and said, "This is simple. We can contact Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu immediately. I believe they must not know about this matter, so as long as they know this This is a matter of course. I think I would definitely not want the company I founded to be acquired by someone else.
When Chu Huan asks about it, we can also blame Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu for this matter, saying that they have already greeted us in advance. I believe Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu I definitely won’t say anything!”
Obviously Sha Ya accepted Shen Bi's suggestion, so Shen Bi immediately contacted Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu.
Sure enough, as Shen Bi said, when Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu heard that Chu Huan wanted to acquire Wireless, they immediately expressed their willingness to invest in acquiring HSBC's shares in Wireless.
Hence the current situation.
Chu Huan sat there with a gloomy look on his face. Shen Bi was really trying his best to cause trouble with him!
At the same time, Sha Ya's behavior also made Chu Huan a little annoyed. The other party told Roy Bentley about the conversation between him and Shen Bi, but in fact he still had the intention of investigating Roy Bentley.
If Roy Bentley ignored the interests of HSBC and told her about the relationship between him and Shen Bi, then in Sha Ya's heart, Roy Bentley would have completely lost the hope of becoming a top executive at HSBC.
After thinking about all this, Chu Huan said to Roy Bentley, "You didn't tell me the conversation between Sha Ya and Shen Bi, and I don't know the real reason why HSBC didn't sell TVB shares to me!"
Chu Huan must keep Roy Bentley now, because if Shen Bi really takes the position of HSBC's top manager in the future, Chu Huan's life will definitely be difficult. This matter is more important than Black and White Video's acquisition of TVB. At least that's the case at this stage.
Roy Bentley naturally understood the key. Hearing that Chu Huan was still thinking about himself at this time, he was naturally very grateful and immediately said, "Ah Huan, don't worry, as long as I can become HSBC's employee in the future Taipan, then you are HSBC’s closest partner!”
Chu Huan suppressed the gloom on his face and said with a smile, "This is natural!"
Roy Bentley said, "So what are you going to do now? Are you just going to give up on TVB?"
"Give up?" Chu Huan sneered and said, "The word "give up" doesn't exist in my dictionary."
Seeing Chu Huan's appearance, Roy Bentley couldn't help but ask, "Then what do you want to do?"
Chu Huan said, "Of course I have to pay a visit to Sha Ya's class in person!"
Although Chu Huan pretended not to know the real reason why HSBC did not sell TVB shares to her, it did not mean that Chu Huan had no other reasons to go to Sha Ya.
So there was the matter of Chu Huan slamming the door when leaving Roy Bentley's office.
When Chu Huan came to Sha Ya's office, Sha Ya already knew from her secretary that Chu Huan slammed the door out of Roy Bentley's office.
"Director Chu, what makes you so angry?"
Sha Ya talked to Chu Huan with a smile.
Chu Huan said expressionlessly, "Mr. Taipan, I came here today because I have one thing I want to ask Mr. Taipan."
Sha Ya smiled and said, "Director Chu is our director of HSBC and also our best friend at HSBC. If you have any questions, just ask!"
Chu Huan said, "I would like to ask, will HSBC's targeting of me never stop? It is like this every time. If HSBC really thinks that I, Chu Huan, am not a friend of HSBC, but an enemy of HSBC, please Shaya Taipan clearly told me that from now on I will be able to control my relationship with HSBC!"
Sha Ya raised her eyebrows slightly, then asked with a smile, "Is it because Roy didn't explain it clearly to Director Chu?"
Chu Huan said calmly, "I have already explained it clearly. It is just that before me, Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu had already found out in advance that HSBC wanted to buy out the shares of TVB held by HSBC."
Hearing what Chu Huan said, Sha Ya breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that Roy Bentley was really deceived by lard and told Chu Huan about the conversation between him and Shen Bi. Now look He did not come, but told Chu Huan the reason according to his instructions.
"Director Chu, this matter is really not something that HSBC is targeting you, but you also know that Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu are both very influential figures in Hong Kong. They have proposed to buy back TVB's shares, and we at HSBC are also There’s no reason to refuse, right?”
Sha Ya gave a sermon to calm Chu Huan's emotions.
Chu Huan said calmly, "Mr. Taipan, business has always been about business. Now the shares of TVB are in the hands of HSBC. HSBC has rejected my acquisition proposal without even listening to my quotation." If you say that HSBC is not targeting me personally, I won’t believe it!”
Regarding Chu Huan's acquisition of TVB shares, it happened too suddenly. Although Shen Bi thought of a way to deal with it, it was still a bit rough and there were many loopholes for Chu Huan to seize.
Now what Chu Huan is talking about is a loophole. Since the two parties have not yet made a deal, it is indeed inappropriate to reject Chu Huan directly.
Sha Ya paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Director Chu misunderstood. Roy must have failed to explain clearly when relaying my words. Our HSBC did not reject Director Chu, but only told Director Chu about this matter. If Chu If Dong is really interested, he can certainly bid."
Chu Huan nodded, and the anger on his face finally disappeared, and then said, "If this is the case, there is nothing to say about the matter. The one with the highest price will get it!"
Sha Ya nodded slightly and said, "This is natural!"
Then Chu Huan looked at Sha Ya and said in a somewhat skeptical tone, "Mr. Taipan, Mr. Shen will not be like last time and loan money to Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu to compete with me, right?"
Sha Ya smiled awkwardly and said, "Of course it won't happen!"
Chu Huan finally showed a satisfied smile this time and said to Sha Ya, "Very good, then our Black and White Video is willing to acquire HSBC's TVB shares at a price higher than TVB's market valuation of 20!"
Isn’t it just comparing banknotes?
At this point, Chu Huan doesn't think anyone else in Xiangjiang except HSBC can have more cash than him.
This time Chu Huan wanted to force HSBC to make a decision.
Sha Ya smiled and said, "Director Chu is still so wealthy. I will tell Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu about this. But since we are friends, I still hope that we won't have any unpleasantness because of a business competition. How about this?" , the day after tomorrow, the morning after tomorrow, I invite Chairman Chu, Li Xiaohe, and Shao Yifu to come to our HSBC, how about we discuss this matter? "
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Okay!"
Chu Huan then left HSBC and returned to Jiahu Building.
Just as he sat on his chair, Xu Yi walked in.
"Boss, Mr. Chen from Jiuzhou just called. He arrived in Xiangjiang tonight and wants to meet you."
"Mr. Li Xiaohe, chairman of TVB, and Mr. Shao Yifu, chairman of Shaw Brothers, also called before and want to meet you this afternoon!"
"Ma Jizu and others have also returned from Tokyo, accompanied by Yokoi Gunpei and Miyamoto Shigeru. Ma Jizu said that Yokoi Gunpei is the person that the boss has personally decided to bring back to Xiangjiang."
After hearing Xu Yi's report, Chu Huan immediately showed surprise on his face. He just asked Ma Jizu to invite Yokoi Junpei to Xiangjiang, but he did not expect that Ma Jizu not only invited Yokoi Junpei to Xiangjiang, but also brought him
A surprise for Shigeru Miyamoto!
Shigeru Miyamoto said that two titles can highlight this person’s status in the gaming industry.
Gunpei Yokoi is known as the father of -Boy, while Shigeru Miyamoto is known as the ‘father of Super Mario’.
Another title of Shigeru Miyamoto is that in later generations he was ranked first among the ten most outstanding game designers in the world by the authoritative game magazine.
Chu Huan never expected that Ma Jizu would bring Shigeru Miyamoto to Xiangjiang. So without Gunpei Yokoi and Shigeru Miyamoto, would Nintendo still be the same Nintendo in future generations?
Chu Huan thought for a moment and said to Xu Yi, "Call back Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu and tell them that I have time at four o'clock in the afternoon. Please invite them to the company. Now you go and send Ma Jizu and Yokoi to the company."
Junping, Miyamoto Shigeru please come up, and by the way, call Bao Tianming and ask him to come over immediately!"
Chen Haichao must have come back to resolve his identity issue with Chu Huan, while Li Xiaohe and Shao Yifu must have talked about his acquisition of Wireless.
However, among the three things Xu Yi talked about, the one that satisfied Chu Huan the most was the incident of beating Ma Jizu and bringing Yokoi Gunpei back.
The gaming industry is a very important part of his future, so Chu Huan naturally has to take it seriously.
After a while, Xu Yi brought Ma Jizu and 34-year-old Yokoi Gunpei and 23-year-old Miyamoto Shigeru in. Seeing Yokoi Gunpei's smiling face, Chu Huan knew that Ma Jizu must have done an excellent job.
The assigned mission made Yokoi Junpei willingly follow him to Xiangjiang.
"Mr. Yokoi, Mr. Miyamoto, welcome, welcome, you two are very welcome to come to Xiangjiang and join our Wolf Smoke Game!" Chu Huan was very polite to people who could bring him super wealth, and stood up to greet Yokoi's army in person.
flat.
Although Miyamoto Shigeru will be very successful in the future, Chu Huan will definitely not give him the same treatment as Yokoi Gunpei now.
Facing Chu Huan's Corporal Li Xian, Yokoi Gunpei was a little flattered and said with a smile, "Chu Sang is so polite. I am very happy to join Chu Sang's company!"
This was a good start, and Chu Huan became increasingly satisfied.
After the two sides sat down, Yokoi Gunpei asked Chu Huan, "I heard from Manager Ma before that the main direction of Chu Sang's game company is arcade games?"
Chu Huan said with a smile, "That's just the early stage. In the later stage, I hope that Wolf Smoke games can cover arcade games, TV games, and even computer games!"
As early as the 1950s and 1960s, computer games with invisible graphics had appeared, but that was not Chu Huan's focus now.
At this time, Chu Huan's focus was on arcades and video games.
When Gunpei Yokoi heard what Chu Huan said, he immediately showed an interested expression. Home computers have not yet begun to become popular, let alone computer games, so the most important game markets now are arcade games and TV games.
Yokoi Gunpei believed that Chu Huan’s thoughts were consistent with his own.
"Mr. Yokoi, the company will hire you to be the company's chief consultant, who will be responsible for the research and development of all the company's game consoles and games. The man who will come later is Bao Tianming, who is the general manager of Langyan Games. I hope you two can work together happily in the future.
!”
Since Yokoi Gunpei has chosen to follow Ma Jizu to Xiangjiang, he naturally has no objections, especially now that Chu Huan has given him such great rights.
"I will definitely not let Chu Sang down!"
Chu Huan nodded, then stood up and came to his desk, took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer, then returned to the sofa and handed the paper in his hand to Gunpei Yokoi.
"Mr. Yokoi, this is a game I thought of in my spare time. Can you see if you can make it!?"
Yokoi Gunpei did not expect that Chu Huan would have game ideas, and with some curiosity and some doubts, he began to look at the game ideas that Chu Huan handed him.
"Donkey Kong?" Gunpei Yokoi thought the name was a bit interesting and couldn't help but look at it. Shigeru Miyamoto, who was next to Gunpei Yokoi, was still a little shy, but he still couldn't help but moved closer to Gunpei Yokoi and looked at it.
Got Chu Huan’s idea.
Chu Huan is also observing Shigeru Miyamoto.
In fact, the developer of Donkey Kong was Shigeru Miyamoto, but Chu Huan, who was more familiar with the game, knew that Shigeru Miyamoto had no such idea at this time.
Because when Shigeru Miyamoto received this task, it was actually a game designed based on "Popeye Autobots". In the early stage, Gunpei Yokoi wanted to put this game on the first WTC.
However, due to copyright issues, it was changed to the game "Donkey Kong".
The most important thing is that this game did not succeed on WTC. Instead, it succeeded in the field of arcade games, but not in Japan, but in North America. This game alone sold 6 copies in North America.
million units, bringing Nintendo a profit of US$1.2 billion.
The price of an arcade machine is still very expensive nowadays.
And Chu Huan also regards this game as his whetstone to open up the European and American game markets.
Yokoi Gunpei and Miyamoto Shigeru were both looking at Chu Huan's idea seriously. Not only was it creative, but there were also some ideas about how to play the game.
After a long time, Yokoi Junpei put down the four pieces of paper in his hand and said seriously to Chu Huan, "Chu Sang, this is a game that I don't know what the future is, but what I want to say is that the creativity of this game alone
, it can prove that Chu Sang you know the game very well."
Shigeru Miyamoto pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but thinking of his current status, he finally held back.
Ma Jizu took the lead in discovering Miyamoto Shigeru's situation, and then smiled and talked to Chu Huan.
"Chairman, Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto is about to graduate from Kanazawa City University of Arts and Crafts in Japan this year. When Mr. Gunpei Yokoi went to this university to recruit people, he met Shigeru Miyamoto and thought that Shigeru Miyamoto
He is a very creative game design talent, so when I came to Hong Kong this time, Mr. Gunpei Yokoi specially recommended Shigeru Miyamoto to me. I thought that Langyan Game definitely needs more game talents, so I made my own decision.
I brought Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto here!”
There is a saying among college students who are about to graduate in Japan: If you have not received an acceptance notice from the company before September, then you will definitely have no chance to enter the securities industry.
Although it is talking about the securities industry, it actually involves other industries in Japan.
There is a rule in Japan that no company is allowed to visit the campus before September!
This means that no company is allowed to go to campus for recruitment before September, but in fact this rule is meaningless to Japanese companies.
In April and May, Japanese companies will send people to major campuses to distribute flyers.
There is also a very exciting battle to grab people here.
Obviously, after Ma Jizu contacted Yokoi Gunpei, Yokoi Gunpei felt that Miyamoto Shigeru was a talent, and if he wanted to develop games by himself, it would definitely not be enough, so Yokoi Gunpei proposed that Miyamoto Shigeru be
Also brought to Xiangjiang.
Naturally, Ma Jizu didn't know Miyamoto Shigeru's future achievements, but Ma Jizu gave Yokoi Junpei full respect. In addition, Chu Huan had told him that after taking care of Yokoi Junpei, he would dig more in Japan.
There are a lot of game talents, so Miyamoto Shigeru was brought in as a matter of course.
"Mr. Miyamoto welcomes you to join Langyan Games. The company is a very open game company and has full respect for every developer. So if you have any ideas now or in the future, you can tell us directly.
General Manager of the company"
Halfway through Chu Huan's words, Bao Tianming had already arrived at Chu Huan's office. Now Bao Tianming already knew that he was going to serve as the general manager of Chu Huan Game Company.
"Tianming, come here!"
After Bao Tianming came over, Chu Huan introduced Bao Tianming to Yokoi Gunpei and Miyamoto Shigeru.
Then Chu Huan continued, "You can explain your ideas to Manager Bao at any time!"
Shigeru Miyamoto's face flushed instantly and he felt infinite respect.
When I met Shinkawa Morina before, I had already said that in the Japanese workplace, seniority matters are very common. Newcomers like Miyamoto Shigeru will definitely receive a lot of harsh treatment when they join the company, but
Now Chu Huan has given Miyamoto Shigeru such great creative freedom and respect.
How could I not be excited in my heart!
Shigeru Miyamoto stood up immediately, bowed to Chu Huan seriously and said, "Thank you, Chairman, for your respect. I will definitely develop the game seriously!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "I just saw that you seemed to have something to say. Do you have any thoughts about this game?"
In fact, Chu Huan also saw Miyamoto Shigeru just now.
Shigeru Miyamoto was excited at this time and immediately said, "That's it, I think this game has great potential and I want to participate in the development of this game!"
Gunpei Yokoi knew that the idea of this game was interesting, but he was not sure whether it would have a market, but Shigeru Miyamoto said that he was very optimistic about this game!
Yokoi Gunpei glanced at Miyamoto Shigeru. There was no dissatisfaction in his eyes, but rather some joy. Miyamoto Shigeru was the first person he brought to Xiangjiang. Naturally, he also hoped that Miyamoto Shigeru could show his value.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Of course we need Mr. Miyamoto to join, but now there are only two game developers in the company, so the most important thing for the next two is to establish the company's research and development team. The company will give everyone
Each R&D staff is equipped with an independent personal dormitory, and the Japanese artists who live with you are all Japanese artists from "Fantasy Comics", so you can better integrate into the life in Xiangjiang. As for the artificial aspect, it is also better than the same level of R&D in Japan.
Staff labor is 20 higher!”
If you want to retain talents, you must be willing to pay. Only by paying can you gain greater rewards!
Chu Huan understands this very well!
Yokoi Junpei and Miyamoto Shigeru were naturally even happier when they heard this. Yokoi Junpei was happy that the conditions of Langyan Investment could better recruit Japanese game talents for them, while Miyamoto Shigeru was purely happy to get it.
The treatment is good!
Then Chu Huan asked Bao Tianming to take Yokoi Gunpei and Miyamoto Shigeru to the headquarters of Wolf Smoke Games in Jiahu Building!
Chu Huan left Ma Jizu behind and left other tasks to Ma Jizu!