Chapter 0396: Jardine found the White Knight
Some people in the United States are trying their best to calculate Tang Huan, and the commotion on the Xiangjiang side is even more lively.
After entering 1982, public opinion in Hong Kong became hot one after another. It's wonderful.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is naturally the entanglement between Tang Huan and Jardine after the grudge, which has lasted for more than half a year from the end of last year to the present.
First, Tang Huan's representative in Xiangjiang was meticulous, and he was defeated by the deep-rooted Jardine Matheson's repeated calculations, and then the billionaire was furious and retaliated, crushing the seemingly impeccable chain ship structure and taking over Xiangjiang Land, the largest real estate company in Xiangjiang.
If it weren't for Jardine Matheson's quick opportunity and letting HSBC help and take away 20% of the shares of Jardine Matheson in Hongkong Land in advance, this century-old British-funded foreign bank would probably have been surnamed Tang.
However, this capital war did not end there, but entered the second stage, the focus of the competition fell on Jardine itself, as Zhou Mi declared, Hongkong Land and Jardine Matheson are too deeply related, only to win Jardine, the huge resources paid before are valuable.
In addition to wrestling with the capital, the offensive and defensive sides also launched an overwhelming public opinion war, and the main attacker Fang Qinhe was absolutely ingenious, which opened the eyes of the Xiangjiang people who were only staring at the bits and pieces in front of them all day long.
Recently, the most talked about is that Qinhe organized a group of 100 people to take everyone to Japan and the United States for free to visit the real family background of listed companies, and witnessed the listing of Epson on the spot.
As the video game company Taidong approaches to go public, the second group of 100 is also ready.
It's just that everyone doesn't know yet, in fact, the second momentum is no longer necessary. Because when Tang Huan decided to leave for the Falklands at the end of April. Qinhe already owns more than 20 percent of Jardine's stock. With the remaining 20 percent in Hongkong Land's hands and 10 percent of the killer feature, Jardine Matheson is already surnamed Tang.
The reason why it is not kept secret is that Guy Tang Huan is thinking about how to end it, the British emotions must be appeased, and a slap will give a sweet date, not to mention the British shareholders of Jardine Matheson, who have been entrenched in Xiangjiang for more than 100 years.
In addition, Tang Huan also wanted to see it maliciously, and he didn't know that he was dead Yihe. There will be some new tricks to come up with, or uninteresting forces will jump out.
Sure enough, during Tang Huan's stay in South America, Jardine Matheson struggled to the death as best he could.
First of all, from the political level, Jardine Matheson, through the power of London, urged the Governor of Hong Kong to come forward to suppress it.
But when Zhou Mi was interviewed, he made it clear that "Qinhe is like a sports car running at full speed, and stepping on the brakes at this time will undoubtedly hurt yourself." Only after arriving at the destination. ”
This metaphor is recognized by many people who watch the excitement. And so it is. The advantage of diligence is so obvious, how can it not strive for an all-round victory.
The outgoing governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose, was busy with a stroke over this matter, but fortunately, the symptoms were not serious, so he took the opportunity to get up.
Also afraid of hiding is the charter king, who left Xiangjiang early to discuss business, because the British are looking for "white knights" willing to help Jardine Matheson.
Not to mention, there are really people wading into this troubled water, and the Australian consortium is eager to join in, as well as several famous Chinese businessmen - Guo Henian and Qiu Teck Puat from Singapore and Malaysia, and Li Bancheng from Xiangjiang.
The motives of the Chinese businessmen's "white knights" immediately became a new hot spot in public opinion in Xiangjiang, and many of them joked that if the charter boat king was also in Xiangjiang, he would basically be one of them.
But to the embarrassment of the British, the intervention of the "White Knight" did not have much effect in practice, and the shares of Jardine Matheson continued to flow to opponents.
This involves a subtle psychology common to Xiangjiang people, the future of Xiangjiang has been officially put on the table, how many people have confidence in Chinese mainland, there is no need to discuss, the original wave of immigrants in time and space illustrates this phenomenon, there is no way to stay and not go, and when it came to the 1990s, it was a collective drunken dream.
In this case, the people of Xiangjiang urgently need a channel to preserve their wealth, and the investment in Japanese and American assets provided by Tang Huan caters to the needs of the public, and even circulates the gossip that they can use it to invest in immigrants.
Jardine Matheson fought with Tang Huan for cash before, and was directly defeated, but Tang Huan still relentlessly offered a "share exchange" killer move, which actually blocked all the opponent's retreats.
Now the "White Knights" are on the scene, but the problem is that their tricks are also the same, and the most effective way to attract shareholders with large sums of cash has long been proven to be not attractive enough.
In addition, it has to be mentioned that the psychology of Xiangjiang people has undergone new changes, which is inseparable from the world news reports of Media Asia TV.
When Tang Huan went to the Falklands, he brought two brave war correspondents from Media Asia, which not only allowed the world media to see the Chinese in this field, but also gave the people of Xiangjiang a detailed understanding of the war on the other side of the world.
After all, Xiangjiang is a British colony, and it is impossible not to be interested in the major events that happened in the UK.
As a result, under the explanation of the special military commentator of Media Asia TV, the audience learned about the specific end of the Falklands at the scene of the war, and then the "whip of the British army" became more and more impressive in everyone's minds.
From this association, Jardine's assets seem to be even less valuable. Of course, the effect is very subtle.
Jardine, who did not know that he had been further saddened, while hoping that the "White Warrior" would play a role, further counterattacked in public opinion, directly blaming the current decadence of Xiangjiang's real estate industry and stock market on the economic chaos caused by the capital war launched by Qinhe, and trying to pour dirty water on Tang Huan's head.
Zhou Mi naturally won't let the opponent be so untrustworthy, and immediately said bitterly, starting from the initial acquisition of Xiaoli's TV that was obstructed by various obstacles, and talked about the recent suppression of himself by Jardine in the capital market, Mr. Tang was completely unbearable, and he also used color.
As for linking the economic turmoil in Hong Kong with Qinhe. That's really too much to look up to Mr. Tang. Maybe Xiangjiang has been under a spell for ten years. It's time for a new cycle.
He received a lot of opinions from Tang Huan, and said this casually, but he didn't expect it to resonate with many Xiangjiang people, because in recent decades, Xiangjiang's economy has been circulating like this.
As a result, the Hang Seng Index fell by dozens of points on the same day, and the British government of Hong Kong hurriedly gave Jardine Matheson and Qinhe a gag order, and the two of you quarreled and quarreled. But it is no longer allowed to involve the economic environment of Hong Kong.
But the more it was suppressed, the more widespread the topic became, and it was even put on Media Asia TV's signature talk show.
After constantly learning advanced experience from their counterparts in Europe, the United States and Japan, Media Asia TV's own characteristics have become more and more obvious, and its unique attention to the local society and international environment in Hong Kong has been down-to-earth and up to heaven, so that a large number of viewers from the grassroots to the elite have unconsciously moved closer.
And a few talk shows, either serious or witty. It always captures everyone's mind and makes them want to stop.
Ladies and gentlemen, Through these programs, a lot of prestige was earned, and the subjective initiative naturally became stronger.
It has to be said that with the rapid development of Xiangjiang's economy and the uncertainty of the current situation, talk shows that can express their opinions are a successful form that came into being.
TVB saw that Media Asia TV was so prosperous in this regard, so it naturally couldn't let it specialize in beauty, so it decided to follow the trend and copycat.
However, Fang Yihua immediately found that he was late, and Hong Kong's four great talents - Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan and Cai Lan have all been scored by Media Asia TV.
Of course, it is okay to find someone else, but these four famous literati who have goods in their stomachs and are good at pouring out are the top existences in the field of Xiangjiang culture, and there is no comparison with others in terms of prestige.
In addition to this incident that made Fang Yihua depressed, there was also the Jin Yong martial arts drama "Tianlong Babu: Six Veins Divine Sword" carefully created by TVB, and the ratings were not perfect.
This is not to say that the ratings are embarrassing, on the contrary, after Media Asia TV, as always, tacitly staggered the defeat of the main TV series, the ratings of "Dragon Babu: Six Veins Divine Sword" are very high.
But the strange thing is that that's all, surveying the audience, how do you feel, and the reply you get is, it's pretty good, but there is no follow-up.
In other words, after the high ratings, there was no follow-up sensation that was accustomed to it, and after watching it, the audience did not discuss the plot and actors of this TV series.
You must know that in "Tianlong Babu: Six Veins Divine Sword", there are many well-known artists from TVB, in addition to popular stars such as Huang Xingxiu, Xie Xian, Shi Xiu, Lin Jianming, and Lu Youhui, there are also Tang Zhenye, Huang Rihua, Chen Yulian, Yang Panpan and others who plan to become popular through this drama, but the audience's reaction was surprisingly cold.
After listening to the discussion and summary of his subordinates, Fang Yihua figured out what was going on, and now the theme of public opinion in Xiangjiang is Jardine and Qinhe, how to improve and maintain the value of the assets of Japanese and American companies that Tang Huan used to exchange shares, and investment immigrants who are rumored to be more and more mysterious, etc., there is no TV series.
Maybe the people at the bottom are concerned, but unfortunately, they do not occupy the mainstream of public opinion.
Fang Yihua, who suddenly realized, hated this in his heart, and secretly scolded Hu Yinmeng for being too cunning, no wonder he has been so wilted in the past few months. According to this, the Miss Xiangjiang selection and the rookie singing contest will also be postponed.
Thinking of this, Fang Yihua hurriedly came to discuss with Run Run Shaw, but the other party nodded absentmindedly.
"Sixth brother, you seem to be getting less and less interested in the TV station." Fang Yihua complained.
"The artists are very well-behaved, and the advertising revenue has been rising, do I need to worry about it?" Shaw laughed, put down the magazine, and took off his reading glasses.
Fang Yihua glanced at the newspaper and couldn't help but be surprised, "I didn't expect Golden Harvest's "Young Master Long", when the Chinese New Year stall was so hard pressed by Xinyicheng's "Best Partner", but it was so popular in Japan. ”
"That's not the point." Run Run Shaw handed this "Film Biweekly" to Fang Yihua, "You can take a look at it." ”
"The box office of "Shaolin Temple" in Japan has already reached billions of yen!" Fang Yihua admired enviously, and then shook his head, "But I think this is just a phenomenal movie, that's all, and the follow-up is powerless." ”
"You haven't seen the point I'm talking about." Shaw shook his head.
Fang Yihua's eyes continued to move on the report, and finally his eyes widened, "Shaolin Temple also sold more than 10 million dollars in the United States!" Who has so much energy? ”
"Do you still need to ask, of course it's the boss Tang who chased and blocked Jardine to the ground, and one of his identities is the boss of Hollywood." Shaw sighed and said to himself: "If you want to gain a foothold in Hollywood, you really need someone inside." ”
"Tang Huan has already brought the TV series of DreamWorks and TVB to the Chinese channel of American television, is it the turn of the movie now?" Fang Yihua thought for a moment, "Shaolin Temple" should be the first movie he brought over. ”
"Now it seems that TVB and DreamWorks, as well as Media Asia TV, cooperate to a certain extent, it is still very cost-effective, everyone fights in Xiangjiangwo, no matter how ruthless it is, the cake will not get bigger."
Run Run Shaw shook his head embarrassedly, "The film adapted from Gu Long's novel directed by Chu Yuan once reached 40 million Taiwan dollars at the box office on Treasure Island, but one dollar is equivalent to more than 30 Taiwan dollars, six or seven Hong Kong dollars, the gap is really too big." ”
But the decline of Shaw Brothers movies has become more and more obvious, Golden Harvest is so confident to enter Hollywood, but now is it not to take Cheng Long back and develop in Asia honestly.
Fang Yihua's lips moved, but in the end she endured it and didn't say it, in her opinion, as Run Run Shaw gets older, it is almost impossible to revive Shaw Brothers movies.
With all kinds of thoughts turning in his heart, Fang Yihua listened to Run Run Shaw continue: "Tang Huan has taken a fancy to the industry in Xiangjiang, but the pattern here has been established, and there is no room for him to stand on it, so he took advantage of the situation to win the land, and at the same time forced Jardine Matheson to be in danger. Although DreamWorks is currently developing well, after all, it has been established in Hong Kong for a very short time, and there are some aspects that cannot be compared with us, such as the cinema chain, which is not a basis for cooperation. ”
Finding out that Run Run Shaw had the idea of expanding the scope of cooperation with DreamWorks, Fang Yihua couldn't help but have one head and two big, and muttered to herself, "I don't want to face Hu Yinmeng, a sharp-toothed girl, day and night." ”
As a powerful queen in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, Fang Yihua and Hu Yinmeng, who are just a generation behind in terms of qualifications, are born to be impulsive.
For example, the age that women are most sensitive and care about the most, one is old and the other is in the prime of life, so it is natural and inevitable to compare sparks.
This subtle emotion could not be expressed, and Fang Yihua felt that she was becoming more and more depressed. (To be continued......)