The news of Jin Yong's intention to retire came two years ago on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of Ming Pao, when he suddenly announced his resignation from the post of president at the tea party and only retained the post of chairman of the board of directors of Ming Pao.

As soon as this news came out, more than 10 consortia came to negotiate the acquisition of Jin Yong's shares. Those who want to buy Ming Pao are: Liang Botao, the owner of the Hong Kong acquisition of the Baifuler Group, Zheng Jinghan, the founder of the Hong Kong version of Playboy, the British newspaper tycoon Maxwell, Hong Kong's chief chaebol Li Ka-shing, Jardine Matheson, the Australian media tycoon Murdoch, the major shareholder of the South China Morning Post, Mei Duo, the Japanese Tokuma Book Company, and Yu Pinghai, the general manager of Zhicai Company.

But two years have passed, Jin Yong still hasn't sold "Ming Pao", and he doesn't even bother to ask for a price.

Not only that, but the Ming Pao Group even went public a few months ago. Jin Yong shouted retirement and listed the company in his hand, which made outsiders even more confused.

After hitting a wall, many acquisition teams have dismissed the idea of acquiring "Ming Pao", because it is not a matter of money at all, and Jin Yong's mind is to find a suitable heir to carry forward the spirit of "Ming Pao".

This heir must be young and promising (under 40 years old), and he must be appreciated by Jin Yong, and be consistent with Jin Yong's newspaper philosophy.

After the withdrawal of the consortium and the rich, there is one person who persevered, and that is Yu Pinghai, a consultant for Tokuma Bookstore in Japan.

He started as a phoenix man studying in Canada, and after returning to Hong Kong, he worked as an editor and columnist for Hong Kong Economic Journal and Financial Daily. Six years ago, Yu Pinghai persuaded his friends to invest 800,000 yuan to establish a Zhicai Consulting Management Company, and he was the only one in the entire company, from the general manager to the staff. In just two years, Yu Pinghai listed Zhicai Company Shunlì, and its market value soared to 600 million Hong Kong dollars.

Although 600 million Hong Kong dollars is a lot, it is only a small amount of money compared to any chaebol who wants to buy Ming Pao. What's more, Yu Pinghai is just the general manager of that listed company, and the real major shareholder is his partner friend.

But Yu Pinghai is the most promising person to take over "Ming Pao", he has been coaxing Jin Yong to be happy for the past two years, accompanying Jin Yong to watch plays, play chess, eat hairy crabs, and talk about the ideal of running a newspaper. In addition, Yu Pinghai looks a little like Jin Yong's dead son, the relationship between the two is very harmonious, and he even moves around during the New Year's holidays, and he is now almost equivalent to Jin Yong's godson.

If Kang Jianfei wants to acquire the "Ming Pao" group, he must clear the obstacle of Yu Pinghai.

Although Oriental Media already has newspapers and periodicals such as "Tian Tian Kuai", "Tian Tian Daily", "Financial Daily" and "Fresh Weekly", each publication has a different audience, and the influence of Ming Pao among Hong Kong's middle class is what Oriental Media Group urgently needs.

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Check the house.

Yu Pinghai held a sunspot in his hand, looking at the criss-crossing chessboard, and one of his big dragons was about to be eaten by Jin Yong.

After pondering for more than ten minutes, Yu Pinghai finally threw in the towel and exclaimed: "Mr.'s chess skills are getting better and better, and I can't catch up with the real horse." ”

Jin Yong smiled and taught his philosophy to Yu Pinghai: "To play chess, we must have a view of the overall situation, we must be far-sighted, and we can't just see the immediate interests." ”

Yu Pinghai turned the conversation to "Ming Pao" and said: "What Mr. taught me is that I think the same is true for newspapers and magazines. The most obvious counter-examples are Oriental Daily News and Next Magazine, both of which have reckless morality for the sake of immediate sales. It is not advisable for a newspaper to publish Fengyue articles and a magazine to attract readers' attention by secretly filming and breaking the news. ”

The children can be taught!

Jin Yong was very satisfied with Pinghai's understanding, and he said: "That's right. Kang Jianfei's "Looking for Qin" was originally submitted to "Ming Pao", but I rejected it, and later "Oriental Daily" increased its sales by tens of thousands because of "Looking for Qin", but I didn't regret it at all. Why? Because there are too many plots in "Looking for Qin", it does not match the positioning of "Ming Pao". ”

"Jingle Bell ......"

The phone in the study rang suddenly, and before Jin Yong stood up, Lin Leyi, who came in with refreshments, picked up the phone: "Hey, hello, this is Chafu, who is it...... Well, okay, I'll help you ask, please wait a minute......"

Lin Leyi held the microphone and said to Jin Yong: "Kang Jianfei wants to ask you for afternoon tea and asks when you are free." ”

"What did he ask me for?" Jin Yong thought for a while and said, "Sue him, I'm free tomorrow afternoon." At three o'clock in the afternoon, Longfeng Tea House. ”

Lin Leyi replied according to Jin Yong's meaning, picked up the tray and walked out of the study.

Jin Yong is old, and the refreshments haven't moved much. Yu Pinghai ate unceremoniously like his own home, and asked, "Sir, Kang Jianfei is very familiar with you?" ”

"I've only seen it a few times," Jin Yong shook his head, and suddenly said again, "By the way, you go with me tomorrow, and you two young talents will come into contact with each other." ”

"Is it appropriate for me to go?" Yu Pinghai actually wanted to get to know Kang Jianfei, and the intellectual talent consulting management company he managed had a lot of cooperation needs with Kang Jianfei's company, and it was a good opportunity to expand the company's business with Kang Jianfei.

Jin Yong obviously regarded Yu Pinghai as a nephew, and he smiled: "It's just afternoon tea, there's nothing inappropriate." ”

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Jin Yong didn't take this seriously, Kang Jianfei was surprised when he saw Yu Pinghai, he didn't expect Jin Yong and Yu Pinghai to be so close to each other.

Even if he is his own son, he rarely takes him with him to private appointments.

"Hello Mr. Cha." Kang Jianfei glanced at Yu Pinghai, and then shook hands with Jin Yong with a smile.

Jin Yong smiled: "Mr. Kang, don't you mind drinking tea with one more person, right?" ”

"If it's a friend worth making deeply, I think the more the better." Kang Jianfei had something to say.

Jin Yong didn't think much about it, and introduced: "This is Yu Pinghai of Zhicai Consulting Company. ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I have admired the name for a long time. ”

Yu Pinghai said: "Don't dare to be, Mr. Kang is worthy of his reputation." ”

Kang Jianfei wanted to buy "Ming Pao" last year, and sent someone to check the old background of Pinghai's competitor, and recently he got a shocking news, so he decided to ask Jin Yong to come out and talk.

After sitting down, Jin Yong asked with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Kang is making a new film costing 400 million, how can you have time to go out for tea with an old man like me?" ”

Kang Jianfei said truthfully: "The filming base is being built, and the actors are not in place yet, so I estimate that it will take two months to start filming." ”

"I watched the movie version of "Notes on Tomb Robbery", and it was very wonderful and realistic, I heard that the movie cost more than 100 million?" Although Jin Yong disdains "Looking for Qin", he likes the novel "Notes on Tomb Robbery" very much.

Kang Jianfei nodded and said: "With the publicity expenses, it is indeed more than 100 million." ”

The two chatted about the movie for a while, and while chatting, they talked about Xu Ke's "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The East is Undefeated". Jin Yong himself was very dissatisfied with this movie, and blamed Xu Ke for being too outrageous in front of Kang Jianfei, saying that he would never hand over the film copyright of the novel to Xu Ke in the future.

Since the topic has already talked about the novel, Kang Jianfei said: "Mr. Cha, in fact, I asked you to drink tea today, just to buy the copyright of the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

Jin Yong said strangely: "Even if Phoenix TV wants to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", you don't need to come to me to talk to me in person, right?" ”

Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I'm not sure who will come, so I have to try my luck myself." ”

Jin Yong took a sip of black tea and said, "Mr. Kang, you make me very embarrassed." ”

"I know that Mr. Cha and Shao Daheng have a good personal relationship, so I brought you a special gift today," Kang Jianfei handed a bag of Wen Jiàn to Jin Yong, "If Mr. Cha thinks that such a gift is heavy enough, then let's talk about the TV copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

Jin Yong curiously opened the bag, and inside was a thick layer of more than ten pages of printer paper.

Yu Haiping also wanted to know what was inside, but he could only resist his curiosity and not peek, and silently drank tea to observe Jin Yong's reaction.

Jin Yong's expression was initially puzzled, and then his eyes widened suddenly, as if he had seen something that surprised him. Slowly, Jin Yong frowned, read page by page with a gloomy face, and his hands trembled with anger when he finished reading the information.

Jin Yong's city government was still very deep, and he quickly suppressed his negative feelings, put the information back into the bag, and asked Kang Jianfei: "These are all true?" ”

"It's true," Kang Jianfei glanced at Yu Pinghai next to him with a smile and said, "If Mr. Cha doesn't believe it, you can spend money to hire a private detective to investigate, and the truth will naturally be revealed at that time." ”

"I'll find someone to investigate, I believe Mr. Kang won't spread this kind of panic that can be broken with a poke." Jin Yong put away the bag and said, "I accepted this favor, and I will sell you the TV copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for 1 Hong Kong dollar." ”

Kang Jianfei said: "Let's talk about it according to the normal market price." ”

Jin Yong shook his head and said, "This is my favor to Mr. Kang, please don't refuse." ”

"Okay," Kang Jianfei stood up and said, "It's a little inconvenient today, I have something else to discuss with Mr. Cha, and I'll talk about it another day." ”

Jin Yong also stood up, shook hands with Kang Jianfei and said, "Then we'll talk another day." ”

The two left the teahouse one after the other, and the whole process was like playing a dumb riddle, which made Yu Pinghai on the side confused, and he didn't know what was going on.

Yu Pinghai followed Jin Yong's side and asked, "Sir, is the West that Kang Jianfei gave you very important?" You actually gave him the copyright of the TV series "The Condor Heroes". ”

Jin Yong nodded with a pale face and said: "It's very important, don't say it's "The Condor Heroes", he asked me to give me the TV series copyright of 15 novels." ”R1152