Chapter 58 Deliberation

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Huang Renzhong is greedy for wine and lustful, uninhibited, and is a chic and uninhibited person, but at this moment he is sitting in a precarious position, with a serious expression, as if a middle school student in training does not have the usual profligate appearance at all, not for anything else, just because the person sitting opposite is his father Huang Shaogu.

He held an important position in the supervision department of the Kuomintang as early as the 30s, and is now Taiwan's "judicial president".

For example, a few years ago, "Director of Military Intelligence" Lu Guangyi bought a house in a prosperous area of Taipei by means of installment payment, and after Chiang Ching-kuo found out, he immediately transferred him to an idle post, and his future was ruined -- Taiwan's high-ranking officials have official residences in the government, so what are you buying a house for? Where does the money come from?

Lu Guangyi was originally a talent that the military had focused on cultivating, and he was destined to be the future "Commander-in-Chief of the Taiwan Army," but his future was ruined because of a house......

Therefore, although Huang Shaogu has profound qualifications, is in a high position, and his children are all successful and financially prosperous, he has always lived in a half-new official house, and never goes out to engage in the business of asking for a house, so as not to anger Jiang Jingguo, he leaned back against the sofa that was already a little yellow, and asked in a deep voice: "Shen Chong really said that?" ”

"Yes."

"Show me his business card."

Huang Renzhong stood up, took out Shen Chong's business card from his pocket, held it in both hands, bowed over it, Huang Shaogu took it, carefully looked at the extremely concise business card for a while, and then gently put it on the coffee table and asked, "What is Li Guoding's reaction to Shen Chong's words?" ”

"Uncle Li thinks that Shen Chong is knocking on our Taiwan government, and is worried that political factors will affect future investment and company operations, so he plans to let the president banquet Shen Chong to express his attitude and dispel his doubts."

Huang Shaogu bowed slightly, then looked at Huang Renzhong with blazing eyes, and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't think Shen Chong is worried about investment interference, he may be telling the truth." Huang Renzhong reversed the arguments made when he exchanged with Li Guoding in Hong Kong, saying: "First, Shen Chong is in the mainland, Hong Kong, and the United States...... Especially in the United States, it has a lot of influence and popularity, every word and deed will be reported and interpreted, and the investment of 1 billion US dollars is extraordinary, which attracts the attention of the world, and under the spotlight of the global media, no one in Taiwan dares to mess around, so there is no need to worry about it; Second, Taiwan has a population advantage over Singapore and an infrastructure advantage over the mainland, and these advantages can bring benefits to Shen Chong at least tens of millions of dollars every year, but Shen Chong is too good at making money, and 10 million or even tens of millions of dollars is not very attractive to him. ”

He swallowed his saliva and said: "I have a few friends who work on Wall Street, and they say that several major banks in the United States have analyzed Shen Chong's assets, and have always believed that his wealth is at least 2 billion US dollars, from last year to now, it is exactly 20 months to make a full calculation, which is equivalent to earning 100 million US dollars a month, and in his eyes, tens of millions are just a fraction of a small profit." ”

"Businessmen don't have a lot of money, and tens of millions of dollars are not a small profit."

"Shen Chong is not an ordinary businessman." Huang Renzhong remembered Shen Chong's pride when he threw away the sushi casually, he was in a trance, he frowned, his face like orange peel was squeezed together, and explained: "When I was studying in the United States, I once read a paper on the science of human behavior, which said that human needs have five levels from low to high, the lowest is physiological needs, followed by safety needs, then love and belonging needs, then respect needs, and finally self-realization needs. The only thing I care about now is self-realization, the realization of my ideals, ambitions or interests. ”

He pointed to the business card on the coffee table and added: "Media and cultural careers may be his life ideals or interests." ”

Huang Shaogu twisted his business card with his thumb and forefinger, held it in front of his eyes, and muttered silently, and only after half a ring, did he say: "Wei Jingmeng went to the presidential palace last night and submitted a report on the feasibility of opening a fourth television station in Taiwan. ”

"TV station?"

"At the beginning of the year, Dean Sun proposed to open a private cable TV station to solve the flood of private illegal TV stations in the way of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and the president asked Wei Jingmeng to do a feasibility analysis, Wei Jingmeng analyzed for seven or eight months, and there was no movement at all, but yesterday he suddenly took out the report." Huang Shaogu touched his chin and continued: "There are several main points in this report: first, cable TV stations are operated by private capital, and the government, military and party organizations are not involved; Second, the registered capital shall not be less than NT$500 million; Third, there shall be no less than six shareholders, of which the shareholding of Taiwanese or Taiwanese enterprises must exceed 51%; Fourth, the maximum shareholding of a single shareholder shall not exceed 40%; Fifth, the general manager needs to be reviewed by the Information Bureau......"

Huang Shaogu, a legal expert, concluded: "In this report, except for those regulations that must meet Taiwan's laws and regulations, the rest of the articles are almost exactly the same as Shen Chong's Jiayi TV in Hong Kong. ”

"Wei Jingmeng is paving the way for Shen Chong to come to Taiwan to open a TV station?"

Huang Shaogu didn't speak, just flipped his business card, and then put it back on the coffee table.

Jiayi TV has not yet gained a firm foothold in Hong Kong, so it wants to reach out to Taiwan?

Hong Kong and Taiwan have different economic, political, cultural, customs, and even language environments.

No wonder Jardine Matheson's Taipan Bikin said he was a madman......

"This plan is very lenient for Shen Chong, he can hold 39. 9% of the shares, and if you find an ally, you will have full control of the TV station. Huang Renzhong was surprised by Shen Chong's appetite and asked, "What is the president's attitude?" ”

"Mr. Jiang didn't say anything, just left the report in the study of the official residence."

Stay in the middle and don't send it?

Do you want to consider the feasibility of the report itself, or do you want to see the reaction of all parties?

Huang Shaogu raised his right hand, rubbed his temples with his thumb, and then said: "Shen Chong went to Singapore this morning, he just left in Hong Kong, and Gu Qiyun and Xiao Zheng followed him. ”

Gu Qiyun is the eldest son of Gu Zhenfu, the heir of the Gu family in Lukang, the Gu family is one of the five major families in Taiwan, in the early years of the Japanese colonial period by opium and salt industry, in the 50s Gu Zhenfu entered the cement industry, just in time for Taiwan's economic take-off, infrastructure and real estate market is strong, cement demand is large, profits, thus accumulating a large amount of wealth, Gu Zhenfu is also recognized as Taiwan's business leader.

Although the main business of the Gu family is cement, Gu Qiyun has no interest in the traditional industries with serious pollution, but has a strong interest in smoke-free industries such as finance, securities and media, so after graduating from the famous Wharton School in the United States, he did not sell cement, but went to China Trust to do planning, and later went to work at the Continental Bank of the United States and Mitsubishi Trust of Japan.

Taipei is such a big circle, the circle of the second generation is even smaller, Huang Renzhong naturally knows Gu Qiyun, knows that he admires Shen Chong very much, regards him as an idol, and especially appreciates the concept of knowledge economy advocated by him, and now Shen Chong wants to come to Taiwan for large-scale investment, and it is not unusual for him to contact - the Gu family in Lukang has always been known for its diversified operation, whether it is the electronics industry or the media industry, they are very interested.

Gu Qiyun went to Singapore to represent the Gu family, so Xiao Zhengzhi went to Singapore to represent the Cai family......

As early as the 40s, Chiang Kai-shek appointed him as the magistrate of Chongming County in Jiangsu Province and the magistrate of Daishan County in Zhejiang Province before he was 30 years old.

In 1970, Wang Sheng prepared to set up China Television Station, and strongly recommended Xiao Zhengzhi as the deputy general manager, in charge of the operation of the TV station, Xiao Zhengzhi also lived up to expectations, and operated the business well, but in two or three years, he overwhelmed Taiwan Television and China Television, making China Television the first profitable TV station in Taiwan, but this person often used the TV station to make friends with political and business celebrities to make money, which caused Jiang Jingguo's dissatisfaction, so in 1975, he was secretly demoted, and transferred him to the General Political War Department as an idle post, after the expiration of his term in 1978, Wang Sheng repeatedly offered him to serve in public institutions, but Chiang Ching-kuo vetoed him, so he had no choice but to retire and go to the Cai family, one of the "new five families in Taiwan," to serve as the chairman of a printing company.

Taiwan has two generations of "five families", of which the old five families, refers to the period from Japanese colonization to the end of World War II, the most politically and economically influential local five families, from north to south are Keelung Yan family, Banqiao Lin family, Wufeng Lin family, Lukang Gu family and Kaohsiung Chen family, these five families rely on the accumulation of land and government support to make a fortune, most of the business is traditional industries, such as Keelung Yan family business minerals, Kaohsiung Chen family business sugar industry, Lukang Gu family business opium, salt industry and mothballs.

In the fifties and sixties, Taiwan's economy took off, and in the process of shifting from an agricultural society to an industrial society, five new families were born, namely the Formosa Plastics Wang family, the Far East Xu family, the Cathay Tsai family, the Hexin Koo family, and the Shin Kong Wu family.

The Cai family owns more than 10 large financial institutions and industrial companies such as the Tenth Credit Cooperative, Cathay Life, Cathay Insurance, Cathay Trust, Cathay Construction, Cathay Plastics, etc., and its business scope involves finance, insurance, transportation, construction, advertising, plastics, leasing, textiles, food and beverages, electrical appliances and electronics, hotels and department stores and many other industries, as early as the mid-70s, the total assets exceeded 1 billion US dollars, and there were more than 70 affiliated enterprises, which is the leader and giant of Taiwan's private enterprises.

Taiwan has not completely opened the capital market, if Shen Chong comes to Taiwan to invest 1 billion US dollars, he will inevitably need financial institutions to help take care of it, this is a huge business, the Cai family can not sit idly by, Xiao Zhengzhi used to be Chiang Ching-kuo's confidant, Wang Sheng's arm, and now he has his back to the Cai family, he has rich political and business resources in his hands, and he has the experience and ability to run a TV station, sending him to Singapore to contact Shen Chong, presumably it is the Cai family's goodwill - and Li Ka-shing's stake in Jiayi TV, each takes what they need, and is mutually beneficial.

"Dad, the capital of the Gu family and the Cai family is not comparable to me, what should I do now? Am I going to Singapore too? ”

Huang Shaogu shook his head and asked, "How much money do you have in your hands now?" ”

"It's about NT$50 million, but if Shen Chong comes to invest, I have to keep at least about NT$30 million to buy equipment and expand the plant, otherwise I won't be able to meet his needs."

"So it's only 20 million?" Huang Shaogu frowned, and after thinking about it, he said: "Go to your brother-in-law to borrow 30 million, and I will give you another 5 million, 55 million, and you should be able to get TV station 10." 5% stake. ”

Huang Renzhong has two elder sisters, the eldest sister is married to Hu Tongqing, and the second sister is married to Xia Gongquan, Xia Gongquan is Taiwan's representative in the United States, and does not have many assets, Huang Shaogu said "brother-in-law", referring to Hu Dongqing, he is the founder and chairman of Far Eastern Airlines, Far Eastern Airlines is the largest private airline on the island of Taiwan, with deep pockets, and it is not difficult to borrow tens of millions of new Taiwan dollars.

"The so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, the Gu family and the Cai family have a big business, many branches and leaves, the electronics industry is just the icing on the cake, Shen Chong is not sure to control them, but you are different, you only do the electronics industry, the financial road is single, Shen Chong can decide your life and death with a word, it will be more assured, sometimes it is not a bad thing to give people a handle." After Huang Shaogu finished pointing, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said: "Shen Chong went to Singapore in the morning, Zhang Aijia returned to Taipei in the afternoon, and now he should have gone to the villa in Yangmingshan, you just have a breath with her, you don't have to go to Singapore." ”

"Say to Zhang Aijia? She has no interest in business, and Shen Chong does not tell her about investment plans. Huang Renzhong hesitated and said, "It's better to wait for Shen Chong to come to Taipei on the weekend, and then I'll talk to him." ”

"Shen Chong used to talk about business and never took Zhang Aijia there, why did you take her to see you and Li Guoding this time, have you thought about it? Zhang Aijia is the spokesperson on the table, you and her are clear, it's enough, Shen Chong and you are just general friends, but Zhang Aijia and you are world friends, and their feelings are different. Huang Shaogu used two fingers to push Shen Chong's business card over and said, "You put this away, don't lose it, it may be useful in the future." ”