The board of directors of Asia Television was originally very harmonious, the operation of the TV station began to improve, the losses gradually decreased, and the profits were already predictable.

In the face of Standard Chartered Bank's questioning of the political issues involved in the operation of ATV, Qiu Degen was very dissatisfied with Peter, but in the face of the doubts of the company's directors, he had to suppress his dissatisfaction and explain to Peter.

After Qiu Degen finished speaking, everyone looked at Peter at the same time, wanting to see what he said, Peter shrugged his shoulders under everyone's gaze, and then said: "The neutral political position and business attitude are exactly what we hope for Standard Chartered Bank, and I also hope that Mr. Qiu can really be like you said in his business activities." ”

Standard Chartered Bank's small stake in ATV did not influence Khoo's decision-making, and Peter took advantage of the TV's shareholders' meeting to raise the issue, just to show the board of directors the attitude of Standard Chartered and use this to put pressure on Khoo.

Qiu Degen glanced at Peter deeply, then nodded indifferently and said, "You will see." As he spoke, he turned to look at the others and asked, "Directors, do you have any other questions?"

Jiang Ran and the others were silent, and no one spoke.

"So, in that case, let's end our meeting for today!" Qiu Degen was obviously distracted by Peter, and directly ended the boardroom.

Seeing Qiu Degen get up and leave directly with a calm face, Jiang Ran had no interest in staying any longer, so he stood up and walked out.

"Ah Ran, let's go together!" Xu Jinheng suddenly leaned over and said.

After a period of hot chatting before the meeting just now, Xu Jinheng directly called 'Ah Ran', Jiang Ran was very speechless about this, and wanted to ask questions, are you very familiar with him?

Jiang Ran didn't know what Xu Jinheng's purpose was for him like this, so he could only smile and respond to the story.

He stopped and waited for Xu Jinheng to come to him, and then smiled and asked tentatively: "Okay, Xu Shao! Where are you going?

"What's getting better at the TV station. Ah Ran, are you free, let's have afternoon tea together?" Xu Jinheng was so enthusiastic about Jiang Ran today, obviously for a purpose.

Jiang Ran looked at Xu Jinheng, and didn't want to be verbose with him anymore, so he said with a smile: "Xu Shao, my company is about to take annual leave, and there are still some things to deal with, if you have any care here, just say it directly." ”

Xu Jinheng saw that Jiang Ran refused his invitation, and directly asked about his purpose, his face changed, and then he said a little angrily: "Since Ah Ran is so simple, then I won't beat around the bush." ”

Xu Jinheng said, looked at the directors who looked at this side, pulled Jiang Ran, walked to a corner, and then said: "Ah Ran, it's actually not a big deal, I just heard that Guan Zhilin is an actor in your company, so I want to ask you to introduce me." ”

Jiang Ran was pulled into the corner by Xu Jinheng, thinking that he was going to say something confidential, but he said this. Jiang Ran was stunned and looked at Xu Jinheng rather strangely.

"Ah Ran, what's wrong?, is there a problem?" Xu Jinheng was a little uncomfortable by Jiang Ran, and asked with some annoyance.

"Oh, nothing. Jiang Ran replied with a smile, "I'm just a little strange, why did you think of asking me to introduce you." You know, although Guan Zhilin is an artist in our group, I am not very familiar with her. ”

Jiang Ran was actually a little annoyed by Xu Jinheng's request, after all, he was the boss of a large group company no matter what he said, and he was worth hundreds of millions.

Xu Jinheng just asked himself to introduce him to the female artists under him as a matter of course, which was very rude, which made Jiang Ran feel like pimping, so he didn't think about it and politely rejected Xu Jinheng.

"Ah Ran, you're not interesting enough. Xu Jinheng was not stupid, so he naturally heard the meaning of Jiang Ran's refusal, and said a little unhappily.

"Are you unfamiliar with the artists under you? Besides, even if you are not familiar, as the boss, you should have no problem calling out for a light meal together, right?"

Jiang Ran frowned slightly when Xu Jinheng opened his mouth, and after he finished speaking, he slowly put away the smile on his face, then looked at him a little coldly, and said, "Xu Shao, I can't do anything about this matter." It's not that I don't help you, but I don't know Guan Zhilin well, in this case, although I am the boss, it is not good to interfere with her private life. ”

After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he no longer cared about Xu Jinheng's gloomy face, nodded slightly, and said, "Xu Shao, I'm sorry! ”

After speaking, Jiang Ran didn't stay any longer, and left directly, leaving only Xu Jinheng, whose face was blue and white for a while, standing there alone, looking at Jiang Ran's departing back with resentment.

After Jiang Ran and Xu Jinheng separated, he was hesitating whether to say goodbye to Qiu Degen, but he didn't want to meet Peter, the representative of Standard Chartered Bank, in the corridor.

"Hello, Mr. Peter!" Jiang Ran said hello with a smile and was about to leave.

"Mr. Jiang, please wait!" Peter's hurried voice stopped Jiang Ran's departure, "I have something to talk to you about, Mr. Jiang." ”

Jiang Ran stopped and looked at Peter, thinking about the way he looked at him on the board just now, his heart sank, but he asked with a smile on his face, "Oh?

Peter looked at Jiang Ran with a scrutinizing gaze for a while, and when Jiang Ran couldn't help frowning slightly, he said slowly: "Mr. Jiang, you are a shareholder of Asia Television and the person in charge of this program. ”

Speaking of this, Peter shrugged his shoulders, "I don't mean to offend, but the attitude of you and your Ranfeng Group on the mainland issue has indeed affected the reputation and interests of the TV station. Therefore, I hope that Mr. Jiang and your Ranfeng Group can pay attention to this problem in the future, and we at Standard Chartered Bank will never allow anyone or company to affect our interests. ”

Jiang Ran's face was very ugly, he didn't expect that what had been going on for more than a month would be turned over by the British again, and the high-sounding Yiya was used as an excuse to warn him.

Jiang Ran was very unhappy in his heart, but he couldn't really ignore Standard Chartered Bank's warning. As Hong Kong's note-issuing bank, Standard Chartered Bank's influence in Hong Kong's political and economic circles cannot be underestimated, and its attitude can be basically equated with the attitude of the Hong Kong government to a certain extent.

Although he was unhappy, Jiang Ran still frowned and said, "Mr. Peter, first of all, I want to correct one of your mistakes, I and my Ranfeng Group do not have any attitude towards the mainland issue. ”

"Our attitude towards politics has always been very clear, we are a commercial company, we do not express subjective opinions on any political issues, and all our actions are based on business. ”

"In addition, I would like to emphasize that I and my Ranfeng Group do not have any interests entangled with Standard Chartered Bank, so I don't think the business activities of our company can affect the interests of your bank. ”

"As for ATN, I would like to say that Mr. Khoo is the chairman of the board of directors, and I am the second largest shareholder of ATV. So, Mr. Peter, thank you so much for your interest in ATV. ”

Jiang Ran said this, looked at Peter, and then spread his palm and asked, "I don't know if I answer like this, is Mr. Peter satisfied?"

Peter listened to Jiang Ran's words, his face changed slightly, he naturally heard Jiang Ran's meaning, this was saying that he was nosy.

"I hope Mr. Jiang is really like you said. Peter gestured with his hand in front of him, "Standard Chartered and I will be keeping an eye on you." ”

After Peter finished speaking, he ignored Jiang Ran's increasingly ugly face and turned to leave.

In fact, whether it was on the board of directors today or the warning to Jiang Ran just now, Peter was making his own decisions. Standard Chartered Bank, as a British company, naturally leans towards the UK politically.

However, since the vast majority of Standard Chartered Bank's business is in Hong Kong, they are more politically cautious as the bulls' ear in Hong Kong's political and economic circles at a time when the mainland is wrestling with the British government.

What's more, ATV and Ranfeng Group have always advertised neutrality and business in public, and there is not much entanglement of interests between them, so without a clear statement from the British government in Hong Kong, they will never provoke these billionaires.

After all, everyone knows that dogs will jump over walls when they are in a hurry, and rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry. To mess with a billionaire for no reason is definitely a very crazy act.