Chapter 37: Taipei II
"Don't make a fuss." Zhang Aijia pushed away Shen Chong's hand and wanted to hold her, and said, "My grandfather is inside." β
Shen Chong raised his eyes to look at the hazy outline of the villa and asked, "Old Wei is also there?" β
"He hasn't been feeling well recently, the environment here is good, the air is fresh, come to stay for a few days, recuperate.
"It doesn't matter, right?"
"It's nothing, the doctor said it was a cold, I was a little cold, just rest for a while."
Shen Chong sighed, he put away his restless thoughts, straightened his clothes, and said, "How do I look, don't I look like a decent gentleman?" β
"Like a big-headed ghost." Zhang Aijia hit him with her handbag and said, "Come in, it's windy, it's cold outside." β
This is a small two-storey building with a courtyard, and the specific structure is not clear at night, but the exquisite doors and windows and the ancient blue brick courtyard wall all show the extraordinary here.
"I'll come, I'll come." Shen Chong grabbed ahead of Zhang Aijia, picked up the copper ring on the gate of the courtyard, knocked on it, and then said: "There are still such traditional objects, it's really rare, what is this decorative animal, lion head?" β
"Tyrant, stand aside, it's a shame, this is a supplement." Zhang Aijia despised him with his eyes and said: "Long gave birth to nine sons, supplemented by the ninth son, who is quiet, alert, and good at guarding the door, and is a traditional Chinese gate decoration. β
Before Shen Chong could argue and retort, the door was opened by a rich middle-aged woman with a bun.
"Miss is back."
"Aunt Rong, this is Mr. Shen, he lives here tonight." Zhang Aijia walked into the courtyard and asked, "Where is my grandfather?" β
"The master is in the study."
"Are you hungry?" Zhang Aijia turned around and asked, "I asked Aunt Rong to prepare some supper, do you want to eat some?" β
"Fortunately, I ate at the Hong Kong airport, and now I'm not very hungry." Shen Chong looked at the plum blossoms in full bloom in the corner of the courtyard and said: "It's really good here, forget the vulgar when you see it, if you stay for a few more days, I will definitely wash away the local arrogance and become the most elegant cultural person in the world." β
"Don't be poor, go to the study if you're not hungry, grandpa is waiting for you, saying that there is something important."
The decoration and furnishings in the room are very traditional Chinese taste, the table of eight immortals, the Taishi chair, the screen, calligraphy and painting, etc., are all available, stepping on the wooden stairs, listening to the creaking sound, full of ancient rhyme, Shen Chong gently swiped the carved guardrail with his fingers, looked at the swaying back in front, and asked: "You really don't like here?" β
"It's good here, if you can't buy it, you can put out the mind of taking it for yourself." Zhang Aijia said: "This is the party's assets, the place where high-ranking officials retire, it will not be sold, every piece of furniture has a history, and the calligraphy and paintings hanging in the living room are all genuine and valuable." β
"It's a shame." Shen Chong sighed and said: "Suddenly I am so poor, when I have money in the future, when I am rich and rich enough to rival the country, I must build a better house to live in than here." β
At the end of the second floor, a Japanese-style room, I took off my shoes and opened the paper door full of cherry blossoms, and I saw Wei Jingmeng sitting on a tatami mat, wearing reading glasses, reading attentively.
"Wei Lao."
"Xiao Shen, come, come, sit." Wei Jingmeng took off his glasses, greeted him warmly, and then ordered: "Jiajia, go make tea." β
"Old Wei, how is your body?"
"It's just a cold, little thing, don't worry." Wei Jingmeng put down the book, stared at Shen Chong with blazing eyes, and said, "Xiao Shen, I heard that you have made a lot of money recently, how much is it?" β
"I made $300 million in gold futures." Shen Chong looked at him with a stern expression and asked, "What's the matter, Wei Lao wants to use money?" β
"I'm a retired old man, just waiting for death, what do I want money for." Wei Jingmeng waved his hand, pondered for a while, and said, "If you have spare money, you can invest a little in Taiwan." β
At this time, the door was opened, Zhang Aijia walked in with a tea set, Shen Chong stood up diligently, helped her clean up, and asked: "Taiwan is so big, where to invest it?" β
"Tea first." Wei Jingmeng didn't answer, and said, "It's cold, you just came back from outside, drink some hot tea to warm up." β
After Zhang Aijia cleaned up, she pursed her mouth, made a playful grimace of grievance and helplessness, and withdrew.
He picked up the delicate blue and white porcelain teacup, took a sip lightly, and said: "Old Wei, Jiajia is not an outsider, don't avoid her." β
"Xiao Shen, you remember, to do big things, it's best not to let women interfere, women are indecisive by nature and are prone to bad things." Wei Jingmeng earnestly advised: "You let her open a film company, I don't object to how to play, it doesn't cost much to make a small fuss, but we are talking about a big business of hundreds of millions of dollars now, she is a girl, it is better not to listen." I'm also protecting her, so that you won't get into trouble in the future. β
Shen Chong said yes again and again, indicating that he accepted the teachings, and then asked: "Old Wei, you just said that Taiwan has hundreds of millions of businesses?" β
Wei Jingmeng nodded slightly, he held the teacup, and after half a ring, he said slowly: "Last month, Sun Yunla, president of the Executive Yuan, submitted a report to the president, proposing to build a television station in Taiwan that is independent of the party, government, and military. β
When Shen Chong heard this, his hand shook and he spilled the tea in the cup.
Sure enough, it's big business
On May 19, 1949, Chen Cheng, then chairman of the Taiwan Provincial Government and commander-in-chief of the Taiwan Provincial Garrison, promulgated martial law, from 0:00 on May 1949, martial law throughout Taiwan until July 15, 1987, Chiang Ching-kuo announced the lifting of martial law, which lasted for 38 years and 56 days.
For such a long time, there were only three television stations in Taiwan, the China Television Company belonging to the Kuomintang, the Taiwan Television Company belonging to the government, and the China Television Company belonging to the military.
Taiwan and the mainland are both similar and different; the similarity is that under martial law, the political atmosphere is strong, and there are many minefields that cannot be touched; the difference is that under the ubiquitous pressure and influence of the United States, Taiwan's social structure is relatively open, and the private media are proficient, and the government is exploiting loopholes everywhere.
For example, Li Ao, although the government blocked everywhere, he still opened a column in the "China Times" and scolded people every day, and the government was helpless.
The same is true for TV stations, although "Taiwan TV", "China Television", "China Television" monopolized the TV market, but Taiwan is mountainous, and the signal of public television stations cannot cover all areas, in the mid-197o, Keelung, Shipai area of hydropower project businessmen, sniffed out the business opportunities of cable TV, pulled the line between the streets and alleys, sold TV boxes to the public, at a price of NT$5oo per month, secretly broadcast stock market information, pornography, color information and non-copyrighted film and video tapes, All of a sudden, cable television stations sprung up one after another, and the number of them was as high as hundreds, and they were collectively called the "fourth channel." Among these many cable television stations, many of them were "democracy stations" made up by democracy activists, which gave the Taiwan Government an extremely headache, but they were repeatedly banned.
In the "Beautiful Island" incident, the underground cable television station added fuel to the fire and played a significant role, and Sun Yunxuan wanted to set up an independent television station, probably in order to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle and destroy the livelihood of these underground cable television stations.
"Wei Lao, this independent TV station." Shen Chong put down the cup, wiped the water stains with his sleeve, and asked, "Is it wireless or wired?" β
"Wired station." Wei Jingmeng took a brown paper bag from behind him, handed it to him, and said, "This is a report, you can take a look." β
"This is the secret text jiΓ n." Shen Chong took it, looked at the eye-catching red logo on it, and said, "Can I see it?" β
"It's okay, just watch it here, don't spread it."
Shen Chong opened the paper bag, took out a stack of papers, looked at them carefully, and after more than half an hour, he put away the papers, returned them to Wei Jingmeng, and said: "This proposal is too general, it is still in the stage of proposing, the operability is too low, and the steps are too cumbersome, if you want to do it, it will take at least three or five years of effort." β
"Although Sun Yunlath is a technocrat, his strength is in electricity and technology, and he is a layman in the media." Wei Jingmeng rewound the sealing line on the bag and said: "I have dealt with the media all my life, and I also prepared for Taiwan Television back then, so the president handed me the proposal and asked me to evaluate it, and I have a lot of say in how to operate." Xiao Shen, do you want to do this business? β
"Yes, of course I want to," Shen Chong replied categorically.
Although cable television stations are not as extensive and influential as wireless television stations, they are still television stations after all, and the penetration rate of cable television stations in Taiwan is not low; in Sun Yunla's proposal, it is roughly estimated that Taipei alone has more than 200,000 subscribers, which is a very ideal number, and as long as it is operated properly, it will soon be profitable.
"In that case, then I will sue President SΓΉ that this proposal is feasible." Wei Jingmeng put away the Wen JiΓ n bag, drank a cup of tea, and then said: "But there are some conditions that need to be clarified in advance." β
"Old Wei, please speak."
"First, the largest shareholder of this TV station must be Taiwanese, even if it is a Taiwanese in name." After Wei Jingmeng finished speaking, he explained: "Neither the party nor the government will allow foreign capital to be the majority shareholder of the TV station, and you have to accept this." β
"Yes." Shen Chong nodded and said, "I understand this." β
"Second, you have to give me a share of this TV station."
"Yes, yes, don't mention my relationship with Jiajia." Shen Chong said with a smile: "Just by virtue of the prestige of high morality, you have to give, you are always the treasure of the town." β
"Don't put a high hat on me, if you want to talk about sycophancy, you're still very tender." Wei Jingmeng waved his hand, and said with a desolate tone: "I want this stock, not for myself, I am old, my body is weak, and I even have to recuperate from a cold, I probably don't have many years to live, and it is useless to ask for money, but I can't rest assured that the women in the family have to leave an industry and provide for her for the elderly." β
Shen Chong pursed his lips and didn't speak, just nodded, Wei Jingmeng's little lover is only in his thirties, and he has a beautiful appearance, and it is not good to say "I will raise your wife" at this time, he has to avoid suspicion.
"Third, you give me a sum of money, and I'll help you open up the joints."
"No problem."
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