In the second half of 1978, the British side began to prepare for diplomatic representations with the mainland on the issue of the future of Xiangjiang '97, and the mainland also formally invited MacLehose at a banquet by the Minister of Foreign Trade in December.

It is only now that MacLehose has asked for directions on behalf of the British government, and is interviewing the mainland's attitude towards the Xiangjiang issue.

Therefore, MacLehose's trip to the north was highly anticipated, and newspapers such as Ming Pao, Ta Kung Pao, and Cheng Pao that were biased towards politics discussed MacLehose's trip to the north for the first time.

Moreover, because it is necessary to divert the attention of the people and eliminate the residual impact of the squeeze turmoil as much as possible, major newspapers such as "Fengyun Daily" and "Sing Tao Daily" under Jiuding Newspaper Company also analyzed this matter.

The attention of the general public in Xiangjiang was really attracted.

It involves the return of Hong Kong and the two social issues, which are related to their property security and rights, and practitioners from all walks of life in Hong Kong are paying attention.

Under these circumstances, Jiuding Bank orderly reorganized Hang Lung Bank and Jiahua Bank, sorted out assets and carried out property rights transfer.

Liu Tianci consulted Xia Yu, and after discussion, it was decided to completely merge the two banks into Jiuding Bank, and after the full absorption, it was the time when the brands of Hang Lung Bank and K. Wah Bank disappeared.

Of course, considering the brand reputation of Hang Lung Bank and K. Wah Bank in Southeast Asia for decades, Jiuding Bank cannot digest it in a short period of time, so it is destined that the brands of the two banks will still exist in the next few years.

However, according to the long-term plan, these two banks will eventually disappear.

After taking over Hang Lung Bank and K. Wah Bank, Jiuding Bank's total assets directly exceeded the 10 billion mark, reaching as much as 12.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, making it a big bank in Hong Kong!

In addition, Jiuding Bank has also gained a large number of bank employees with strong business ability, doubling the total number of employees of Jiuding Bank.

Zhuang Rongkun, who had been staying in Xiangjiang, was so disappointed that Hang Lung Bank fell into the hands of Jiuding Bank that he finally left Xiangjiang until he left, and he did not know why the two banks fell into the hands of Jiuding Bank.

If there is a guess, it should be those people in the conference room, MacLehose and Xia Dingji will not be able to say, and Zhuang Rongkun will not be able to ask.

As for Shen Bi, Garth Liddell, He Shanheng and Ma Jianmin, although they have speculations, they will not spread it, after all, they have no evidence, and there is no need to offend Jiuding Bank and Xia Yu for Zhuang Rongkun, an external loser.

What's more, in this run on the run, although they didn't eat any of the two banks, but the four of them are big banks, and in this run, they are all beneficiaries, the only difference is that the benefits are not as big as Jiuding Bank.

Maybe with the passage of time, there will be news about this run, and there will be various speculations and analyses, but at that time, I believe that Jiuding Bank has also become a giant, and the Jiuding consortium has also penetrated into all walks of life, and there is no fear of these rumors that have passed.

In the midst of all the disturbances, another earth-shattering news came out.

Universal Cinemas was officially launched, and a press conference was held at the Universal Taiping Cinema, which was converted from a Taiping Cinema, and the media in Hong Kong were invited to attend.

This news was like a thunderbolt from the blue, smashing into the heads of Shao Yifu and Wrinkle Huai, and then the two of them immediately sent someone to the Universal Taiping Cinema to inquire about the first-hand news.

At the press conference, Jiang Zhiqiang announced the establishment of Universal Cinemas Company in high spirits, and unabashedly showed the strength of Universal Cinemas.

Although in the past few months, there have been media speculations that there will be major changes in the film industry and the cinema industry in Hong Kong, but because no one has answered positively, the impact is not great.

But when Jiang Zhiqiang said that Universal Cinemas has 20 theaters in Hong Kong, with a total of 16,850 seats and 189 screens, surpassing the Golden Harvest Cinema Line and Xiangjiang Shaw Cinema Line in Hong Kong, and ranking first in Xiangjiang, there was a moment of silence at the entire press conference, and then all the media went crazy, and the lights flashed so that Jiang Zhiqiang couldn't open his eyes at all.

"Mr. Jiang, may I ask if the big guy behind Universal Cinemas is Xia Yu, the god of stocks?"

"Mr. Jiang, has the establishment of Universal Cinemas been planned for a long time?

"Mr. Jiang......"

The reporters kept holding the microphones and frantically squeezed forward, and the Aegis security personnel at the venue tried their best to maintain order and keep the reporters out of the cordon.

Jiang Zhiqiang's face was ruddy, and his hands were raised flat to signal everyone to be quiet.

"Come one by one, everyone keeps order. ”

"Okay, that's you!"

Jiang Zhiqiang clicked on the reporter of the nearest "Hong Kong Economic Journal", and was pleasantly surprised by the reporter who clicked it, and immediately asked in a loud voice: "Mr. Jiang, the global cinema line and the global TV station have the same name, may I ask the big man behind the global cinema chain is Xia Yu, the god of stocks? Does the big entry of the god of stocks into the cinema industry mean that the film industry in Xiangjiang is promising?"

The reporter of the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" greedily asked two questions at once, and the second question was robbed by the reporter of "Cheng Pao", which immediately made the latter angry, but the reporter of "Hong Kong Economic Journal" directly ignored it.

Jiang Zhiqiang looked at him and said, "A person can only ask one question, but since you are lucky enough to be the first, I will answer you two questions." ”

After speaking, Jiang Zhiqiang raised his head and said loudly: "Global Cinema Company belongs to Jiuding Culture Media Group, and is a brother company with Jiuding Newspaper Company and Global TV. ”

"As for entering the film industry, there is no special significance, but simply from the perspective of enriching the group's industrial chain, that's all! ”

"...... Uproar"

Hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's answer, the reporters present were even more excited, Universal Cinemas is really the industry of the gods.

A few days ago, Jiuding Bank of the stock god only annexed two old banks, and the heat has not subsided, and now it has set foot in the theater industry, and it is still strong and domineering and directly trampled the original industry boss and second under his feet, with an aggressive momentum and a posture of wanting to fight.

"Mr. Jiang, although Universal Cinemas is the first in Xiangjiang Cinemas in terms of scale, compared with Shaw Brothers Cinemas and Golden Harvest Cinemas, there is a lack of sufficient film source support, what confidence do you have to break through, is it that a film company has been established in secret?"

After Jiang Zhiqiang answered, the reporter of "Cheng Pao" immediately rushed to ask.

"That's a good question!"

Jiang Zhiqiang gave him an appreciative look and said.

"From the very beginning of its establishment, Universal Cinemas has set the purpose of contributing to the Hong Kong film industry. “

"A single flower is not spring, a hundred flowers bloom in spring!"

"Universal Cinemas is open, open to all film companies, unlike some of its peers, who rely on theaters to compete unfairly, preferring to show boring movies rather than give good movies a chance to get ahead. ”

Hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's fierce attack, the reporters present trembled with excitement, of course, some reporters gradually realized that Jiang Zhiqiang seemed to be exposing a big news next, so despite the excitement, they all endured it and stared at Jiang Zhiqiang with burning eyes.