Chapter 563: The End of an Era

After returning to Hong Kong, Qiao Feng found that the Hong Kong media and newspapers were all covering the acquisition of MGM and Columbia, and the news that Sony was intervening and Qiao Feng was competing for MGM.

Even ATV, which has not dealt with Qiao Feng since Lin Baixin joined ATV, has been reporting every day, and even a talk program has specially invited experts in the economic field to analyze the possibility of Qiao Feng's successful acquisition and why there is such an acquisition.

Even after learning that Qiao Feng returned to Hong Kong, there were a large number of reporters blocking the door of the known Qiao Feng's house, as well as the door of his women, waiting to interview Qiao Feng.

For himself to be in the headlines again and steal the limelight from many celebrities, Qiao Feng smiled and didn't care.

"Mr. Cha, have you really decided to put down the burden of Ming Pao?"

"Yes, I am old and mentally weak, Ming Pao has a lot of things to do every day, and there is still work to be done by the Basic Law Drafting Committee. Jin Yong said with some amazement.

"Mr. Cha single-handedly brought Ming Pao to such a scale, it is indeed time to rest and enjoy life." Qiao Feng echoed and said, but in his heart, he actually felt that Jin Yong did not say the main reason for his retirement.

In Qiao Feng's opinion, the main reason why Jin Yong retired was because he was old and no one in his children and grandchildren was willing to accept his newspaper empire, so he was ready to take off the responsibility of president and live a retirement life when he was in his sixties.

Now Ming Pao can rank among the top three in Hong Kong, although it occasionally ranks first, but that is when Mr. Qiao has a new serialization. I hope that Mr. Qiao can make persistent efforts in the future to bring Ming Pao to the throne of the real No. 1 newspaper in Hong Kong." Jin Yong solemnly please.

"Mr. Cha rest assured, he will definitely live up to Mr. Cha's trust." Qiao Feng also replied solemnly.

Qiao Feng has never concealed his covetousness for Ming Pao, and Jin Yong also has a good relationship with Qiao Feng, especially Qiao Feng, many of which are serialized in Ming Pao, as he said, Ming Pao's sales have been driven by Qiao Feng and have repeatedly rushed to the first place in the sales of all newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong, which is all due to Qiao Feng.

Qiao Feng wanted, and he wanted it for many years, plus the relationship was good, Jin Yong has also been testing who will be his successor, and he has found that Qiao Feng is still the most suitable.

So, after Jin Yong decided to retire, he invited Qiao Feng to his office for a detailed discussion.

Jin Yong was like the ancient emperor when he was dying, he was very solemn, so that Qiao Feng had to answer very solemnly.

Qiao Feng didn't want to be on the final interview.

"I'm relieved to have Mr. Qiao's words." Jin Yong said with relief after getting Qiao Feng's promise, and said a little embarrassed when it was over: "Ming Pao is just like my child, and I hope Mr. Qiao won't be surprised."

"Where, human nature." Qiao Feng smiled and said he didn't mind.

Jin Yong is not saying that he will step down as the president of Ming Pao immediately, let alone sell Ming Pao immediately.

He expects to step down from the position of president next year, and then Qiao Fengfeng will take over as president, after which Jin Yong is also preparing to plan to list Ming Pao.

After all, in addition to Jin Daxia's identity, Jin Yong's main identity is a businessman, the owner of a big newspaper.

For a boss and a businessman, the pursuit is nothing more than the maximization of profits, and the maximization of interests can not compare to the listing of the company.

Therefore, the two who had communicated for a long time quickly finished talking about business, and then, Jin Yong asked about the acquisition that was widely spread.

Jin Yong asked curiously: "Is the acquisition of Colombia still going well?"

Business negotiations are very secretive, so unless you are particularly concerned about making a lot of inquiries, it is impossible to know the circumstances of an acquisition involving a huge amount of money.

There are a lot of reports in Hong Kong, but they are all hearsay or reprinted from newspapers and television in the United States.

Jin Yong naturally didn't know, so he was very curious about how big the matter was, what was the point of this acquisition, and what was the situation.

"There is no progress at the moment, Coca-Cola's asking price is too high, the appetite is too big, far beyond the actual value of Colombia, so it is still in a stalemate." Qiao Feng didn't hide it, and directly said the current predicament.

"Oh, that's right." Jin Yong was a little disappointed when he heard this, sighed and said: "If you can win it, you should try to win it. Our Hong Kong market is too small, although the film market has been very good and booming in the past two years, but no matter how big the cake is, it will be so big, and now so many people see the huge profits of movies squeezing into the film market, and the cake is still far from enough.“

Qiao Feng nodded, although Jin Yong said a little naïve and a little taken for granted, it is not as easy for Hong Kong movies to break into Hollywood and go to the world as he said.

However, about Hollywood, the analysis of the North American market, and the analysis of the Hong Kong market and the market, Jin Yong is very right.

Of course, this is also related to Jin Yong's work in newspaper publishing. Ming Pao's current predicament is actually similar to that of Hong Kong films.

If you can't go out, then you can only grab the small cake of Hong Kong, and it will always be the current scale, and the great thing is to become the No.1 of the Hong Kong newspaper industry, and dominate the small pool in Hong Kong.

"Although the acquisition is currently experiencing some difficulties, I am confident that the final acquisition will be completed, so that Hong Kong films will have a real bridgehead and a base camp in the United States." Qiao Feng said with confidence.

"Not only movies, but also Ming Pao will go out in the future. Only by going out can we speak more for our country and our people, and can more people in the world hear our Chinese voice."

"What Mr. Qiao said is really fascinating, and the old man can't wait to see that kind of grand occasion."