With the increase of money and fame, Shen Chong gained a lot of things and lost a lot of things, such as friendship, when he got together with Yan Hao and Xu Anhua, he could no longer find the casual atmosphere between friends before, and the two were a lot more restrained.

Shen Chong is helpless about this, after all, in the past year, there has not been much time and frequency of interaction with them, and they used to have similar identities and like-minded people, so they can talk freely, and now, the relationship between the boss and his subordinates is a foregone conclusion, and there will naturally be an invisible gap between the two sides, affecting communication.

Because of this, at the party, there are no new topics, and the content of the chat is "Shadow Warrior".

Because of Shen Chong's multiple rounds of investment, sufficient funds have been ensured, and the filming of "Shadow Warrior" has gone very smoothly, and it has now entered the post-production stage, and it is planned to be released in March, and Yan Hao and Xu Anhua will almost be able to return to Hong Kong before the Spring Festival.

The movie "Shadow Warrior", Shen Chong didn't pay much attention to it, firstly, there is Akira Kurosawa's golden signboard, and the quality is guaranteed, and secondly, this film is jointly invested by Toho and Fox, and the line is naturally in charge of their two companies, one is the largest film company in Japan, and the other is one of the seven major Hollywood merchants, so there is no need for him to interfere.

"Shadow Warrior" invested nearly 10 million US dollars, equivalent to almost 100 million yen, with the information in Shen Chong's memory and his understanding of the current situation of the Japanese film market, this film will almost certainly not be able to rely on the box office to recover its costs, so he relied on the advantage of the most investment, and set up a gambling agreement in the agreement, if the box office does not reach the ideal figure, after the film is screened, in addition to the TV station screening fees, all third-party screening rights, such as videotapes and other media copyrights in the future, It will be owned by Oriental Charm Film Company, so if nothing else, this drama is the first world-class production produced by Shen Chong's film company.

After staying in Japan for another week, or participating in shares, or acquiring, and tossing seven or eight enterprises, Shen Chong chartered a plane, took a group of people with him, and set off back to Hong Kong.

"Dong Haoyun loves ships too much." In the first-class cabin, Shen Chong looked at the latest issue of the "Far Eastern Economic Review", and said to the young man sitting opposite him, with an elegant appearance and wearing a suit: "Now that the shipping industry is in a downturn, he is still buying new ships on a large scale, entrusting Japan to build the world's largest oil tanker, and buying a British shipping company, and competing with Bao Yugang for the world's ship king. ”

"What Mr. Shen said is that now that the US economy is in a recession, the shipping industry is sluggish, and the price of oil is soaring, Dong Haoyun is still going to buy a ship, fighting for the false name of the king of ships, which is quite unwise, in comparison, Bao Yugang has a more long-term vision." The man closed the same magazine as Shen Chong in his hand, and then said: "In 1977, Gibson Ship Brokerage Company selected the world's ship king, Bao Yugang was on the list with a scale of 13.47 million tons, twice as high as the second place Japan's Sanguang Company, but since last year, Bao Yugang has been selling ships on a large scale, the price is much lower than the market price, and the ships that cannot be sold have even been dismantled as scrap iron and sold, and recently he has been buying Wharf shares on a large scale, I think he wants to give up shipping and go ashore to do real estate, Hong Kong's real estate market, it is very worth investing, and the shipping business will not improve in the short term, even if Dong Haoyun sits in the position of the world's ship king? It is difficult for the ship to turn around, and once it loses, it will be a catastrophe, and it will not be able to turn over for more than ten years. ”

"That's right."

According to history, two years later, Dong Haoyun died, leaving a huge mess for his son Tung Chee-hwa, and then it took Tung Chee-hwa more than ten years, plus the help of the mainland government, to finally digest the debts left by his father......

Shen Chong is crossing the party, but this one in front of him is not, he can see the fate of the Dong family from the clues, it can be said that his eyes are like torches, and he is a great talent.

This man, named Yuan Tianfan, graduated from the famous University of Chicago Department of Economics, after working as a teacher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a year, he jumped to the bond department of HSBC, and was dug by Shen Chong last year, specifically responsible for helping him manage the financial business, this time from the Mitsui consortium to acquire Sony's shares, which he was in charge of, completed very beautifully, only at the price of 100 million US dollars, he bought the shares of Sony UU 10,000,000 shares, the price per share is less than 1ouu yen, it can be said that he has made a lot of money - after buying the shares, In just over the past week, Sony's stock price has broken through the 1ouu yen mark.

"Mr. Yuan, Wharf is a joint venture asset of Hongkong Land and owns a large number of high-quality real estate, they will not sit idly by and watch Pao Yugang swallow it, and if the two tigers fight, there will be an injury." Shen Chong put down the magazine, picked up the wine glass, and said, "In the middle, is there a chance to steal it?" ”

"There's definitely a chance." Yuan Tianfan also picked up the wine glass, touched him lightly, and asked, "I just don't know who Mr. Shen wants to steal?" ”

"Of course, it's the land stealing syndicate." Shen Chong smiled and said, "I'm a careful person, whoever offends me, I will take revenge." I recently started filming a drama and planned to borrow the Recreation Building as a location, and Hongkong Land actually charged me 1oo Hong Kong dollars for the location, and I want to get this money back. ”

"My father used to sue me that in this world, anyone can offend, but you can't offend women." Yuan Tianfan took a sip of wine and said, "Now I think it's better to offend a woman than to offend Mr. Shen." ”

When Shen Chong heard this, he laughed out loud, and said in a loud voice: "It's over, it's over, I'm not there yet."

"In 1978, Bao Yugang bought more than 1ouu shares of Wharf from Li Ka-shing at a price of more than 4o yuan, accounting for about 18 of the total shares, but then he did not make any big moves, and now Wharf's stock price is only about 1 yuan, and the share value is low." Yuan Tianfan analyzed clearly: "According to my judgment, Bao Yugang did not move last year, he was secretly raising funds, and he will soon make another move to challenge the status of the major shareholder of Hongkong Land Group, and it is a good time to enter now." ”

Shen Chong was about to answer, when he heard someone behind him talking in Japanese, and when he looked back, it was Yamaguchi Baihui, who was trying to get past the flight attendant's barrier and enter the first class.

"It's okay, let her in."

Yamaguchi Baihui walked in front of Shen Chong in small steps, bowed, and then said a word of Japanese, Shen Chong didn't understand it very well, but looking at her expression, she should have come to apologize.

Seeing this, the flight attendant translated it in English, although it was a bit bumpy, but she finally made it clear, and she really came to apologize, saying that she didn't know that the agent company had made so many harsh requests.

"Miss Yamaguchi, no need to apologize." Shen Chong waved his hand and said in English: "Business belongs to business, favors belong to favors, and the brokerage company is also safeguarding your interests, don't be harsh, you do your duty and film well, it's okay, I won't blame." ”

After listening to the flight attendant's translation, Yamaguchi Momoe bowed again and left.

"Momoe Yamaguchi is very polite." Yuan Tianfan looked at her back and said, "It's more temperamental than a few Hong Kong actresses I've seen." ”

"Her one can't be called temperament anymore, it should be called aura, actresses with aura are rare in the world." Shen Chong smiled and said: "I don't really like her appearance, but I appreciate her innocence, as if looking at a lotus flower." ”

"Really? Is there such a thing as aura in the entertainment industry? ”

"Yes, but rarely." Shen Chong returned to the topic just now and said, "How to operate a sneak attack on the Landmark Group?" ”

"Hongkong Land probably owns a 2O stake in Wharf, and if Pao wants to increase his holdings, they will definitely take in the shares of minority shareholders as well." Yuan Tianfan said: "However, Hongkong Land has made mistakes in recent years, and has suffered many losses, and the liquidity in hand is not enough to support this war, so we can buy a certain number of Wharf shares first, and then use it to replace Hongkong Group's high-quality real estate, if the capital is sufficient and the timing is right, I estimate that we can get Hongkong Land's high-quality properties at a price lower than the market price of 3 percent." ”

"You can handle this matter." Shen Chong didn't know much about the specific operation of finance, and he didn't have the heart to study it, so he said: "I'll give you 100 million dollars of capital to see what good things you can snatch out of the mouth of Hongkong Land." ”

Yuan Tianfan was very confident, he was not polite, he just said: "Thank you Mr. Shen for your trust." ”

"By the way, is there any new news about the TV station?"

"Yes, everybody." Yuan Tianfan moved his body, changed his sitting position, and said: "They have agreed to cooperate in principle, but in terms of details, they still need to meet with Mr. Shen." ”

"Before New Year's Day, I went to them to cooperate, and they all pushed back and blocked, clearly distrusting me." Shen Chong smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Now seeing that I have dropped bombshells one after another, I finally start to believe." ”

"It's human nature." Yuan Tianfan said with a smile: "A year ago, if someone told me that a person started from scratch and made $500 million a year, I would definitely think that he was crazy, or he was just bragging." ”

"Mr. Shen's rise is too unbelievable, so everyone doesn't believe that you really have so many assets." Yuan Tianfan continued: "And that TV station plan is completely a money-burning plan, not to mention anything else, Mr. Shen, just you promise that as long as you can become the chairman of the board of directors, you will invest at least 200 million yuan as working capital every year, and if you lose 100 million, you will pay out of your own pocket to make up for the deficit and make up for the losses of other shareholders, this is completely a crazy person's thing, if you don't have enough capital, who dares to play with you?" ”

"I have a lot of money." Shen Chong laughed and said: "I can't bear to be a wolf who can't be tricked by children, my family is too fast, I have money and no power, so I have to spend money to buy these people's power, otherwise, the Hong Kong government will not give me the opportunity to make TV." ”

"Money can't be turned into potential, it's all empty, I know this and I can understand it, but I don't understand, why is Mr. Shen so persistent in restarting Jiajiayi TV?" Yuan Tianfan said: "To do TV business in Hong Kong, H is the best choice, it is a listed company, with Mr. Shen's financial resources, it is not difficult to become a major shareholder." ”

Shen Chong shook his head and smiled without saying a word.

Ia1 was the third free-to-run commercial radio and television station in Hong Kong, which opened on September 7, 1975 and closed down in August 1978.

Unlike H and Li's TV, Jiayi TV only has one Chinese channel, and its emblem is a circular hexagonal shape composed of six 1-degree angle lines, representing the "six arts" of Chinese Confucianism - ceremony, music, archery, royal, calligraphy, and mathematics, and also represents the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV, namely the Lin Bingyan family, the founder of Hang Seng Bank, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong Commercial Radio, and "Sing Tao Daily", "Overseas Chinese Daily", and "Industrial and Commercial Daily".

Among the six shareholders, Commercial Radio is the largest shareholder, the founder of Hong Kong Commercial Radio, Ho Zuozhi, who is one of the collateral descendants of Hong Kong's famous wealthy family "Ho Family", and is a relative of Macau gambling king Ho Hong.

Because of the restrictions of the TV license, Jiayi TV can only be used as a teaching TV from afternoon to u o'clock and from 9 pm to 11:3o pm, broadcasting science and education training programs, but even so, it has filmed fifty or sixty TV series in just three years, which was definitely prolific in the seventies, including many classic works, such as Jin Yong's TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", starring Mi Xue Huang Rong, which caused a sensation in Hong Kong after filming, creating a precedent for martial arts TV dramas.

After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" became an instant hit, Jiayi TV quickly rose to the top and surpassed Li's TV to become the second most-rated TV station in Hong Kong, which put a lot of pressure on H.

However, Hong Kong has a small territory, a limited market, and very fierce competition, and Jiayi TV is congenitally insufficient, and it was not ready to participate in the war between TV stations, but now if it does not fight, the ratings are not guaranteed, and there are no advertisers, it will kill itself.

So I borrowed 15UU from the Bank of East Asia, poached everywhere, recruited troops, and began to shoot TV dramas on a large scale, Jiayi TV was only one person when it was first established, and before it collapsed in 1978, there were more than 700 employees, and most of these people were dug up at least twice the salary of H, so that the financial pressure doubled.

H behind HSBC and Hong Kong giants Li Jia,There is also the full support of Shaw Brothers,Li's TV has the support of the British consortium,Among the six shareholders of Jiayi TV,The main business of Jardine Matheson is not at all on the TV media,It's just a name here,Hang Seng Bank was initially interested,However, after investing a huge amount of money in 1977,Now the money is burned too much,But it can't make money,Immediately retreated,The remaining three newspapers,All soy sauce goods,With the strength of Hong Kong commercial radio,Can't support such a big plate, so in August 1978, Jiayi TV was liquidated without warning.

Shen Chong's plan is to find a few new partners and start broadcasting Jiayi TV again, and the TV station is a very good tool to integrate all forces.

Hong Kong Commercial Radio has a TV license and experience in media production, so it is natural to be one of the partners.

In 1976, Jiashi broadcast Taiwan's high-rated drama series "Hong Xiguan and Fang Shiyu", which attracted a lot of audiences, and Jiashi also took the route of martial arts dramas, first "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and then "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". However, Jiashi failed to maintain the level of ratings, and the economic situation fell into a difficult situation, which was supported by the injection of capital by Lin Xiufeng, the son of Hang Seng Bank founder Lin Bingyan.

In 1978, Liang Shuyi joined Jiashi from TVB, causing a poaching boom, and the important staff of TVB who came with Liang Shuyi included Liu Tianci (assistant to the general manager and creative supervisor), Shi Shaoming (program director), Lu Guozhan (program promotion director), Ye Jiexin as director), Lin Xuhua (data collection manager). Many famous artists and choreographers have jumped ship together, and most of the actors in the TV feature drama "Home Change" have also shifted positions. Liang Shuyi spared no effort to instigate the "July Offensive". But by this time, the government had already begun to intervene in the investigation of Jiashi's financial problems.

Before the "July Offensive", Jiashi artists went out in groups to parade floats in the scorching heat, visiting various districts in Hong Kong to promote Jiashi programs; Newspapers also sold advertisements. The offensive was mediocre, and although it was a good show, it cost a lot of money. Liang Shuyi was forced to resign, and at the same time, Shi Shaoming, Ye Jiexin, Liu Tianci, Lu Guozhan, and Lin Xuhua resigned, known as the "Six Gentlemen" incident. (Another theory is that these six people jumped to Jiashi)

In August 1978, a notice appeared outside the Jiashi Building: "The company is in trouble due to its operation, and will cease business from now on. ”

Jiayi TV has produced many TV programs that are regarded as classics by TV fans, including [The Legend of the Condor Heroes], [The Legend of the Condor Heroes], etc. Tsui Hark, Zhou Liang Shuyi, and Zheng Yuling have all worked in TV stations. After the collapse of Jiayi TV, Jiayi TV Building became today's RTHK Television Building.

Unlike the other two TV stations in Hong Kong, "TVB" and "ATV", Jiayi TV only has one Chinese channel. Its Taiwan emblem is a circular hexagonal shape composed of six lines at an angle of O, representing the "six arts" of Chinese Confucianism - ritual, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics; At the same time, it also represents the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV, namely the family of Lam Ping Yim (one of the founders of Hang Seng Bank), Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong Commercial Radio, and three Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong - [Sing Tao Daily], [Overseas Chinese Daily] and [Industrial and Commercial Daily] (among which only Sing Tao Daily continues to publish today), among the six shareholders, Commercial Radio has the largest dominant power. Commercial Radio even founded the "Jiashi Football Team" for Jiashi, but later gave up due to the collapse of Jiashi; It is worth mentioning that Wu Huangrong, who worked at the Commercial Station at that time, was the leader of the team.

Blind poaching, actors and workers are paid high, in addition to the high cost, the salary of actors and employees is also very high.

When Jiashi was first established, there were only people, and in order to win over the elite, they poached talents everywhere, especially to TVB on a large scale, and the number of employees reached more than 700 in 1978.

Especially in 1977, Liang Shuyi, the manager of TVB's program department, who did a very good job, pulled the backbone of the team to jump ship to Jiashi en masse, causing a sensation.

At that time, Leung Shuyi's conditions were very generous, including a high salary, membership on the board of directors, full responsibility for personnel and programs, and never disturbed her use of money.

At that time, many actors in tvnR couldn't resist the temptation of high salaries and switched to Jiashi.

After a fierce tug-of-war, TVB artist Shi Xiu was once locked up in a hotel, and the company did not allow him to transfer to Jiashi, and asked him to immediately receive three times his salary back to TV

And the head of the family, Huang Shuyi, was in a different place at the time, she sent a letter to Liang Shuyi, planning to join Jiashi, and Liang Shuyi was very happy after seeing it, and immediately asked Shen Yueming to Canada to sign a contract.

Huang Shuyi asked for a price of 10,000 yuan (at that time, the art that took five or six thousand yuan was already called a special grade, and 10,000 yuan was simply the best in Hong Kong), but Liang Shuyi didn't think about it and immediately agreed.

As a result, TVB received the news and signed a contract with Huang Shuyi at a higher price before Jiashi.

And Jiashi's "Dream of Lou" filmed in 1977 took a fancy to Wu Weiguo, an actor who had played Jia Baoyu on TV, so he dug Wu Weiguo over with a high salary and played Jia Baoyu again.

When he left TVB, his monthly salary was only Io yuan, but after passing the good TV, his monthly salary was 5ouu yuan, plus some other income, and his monthly income exceeded 10,000 yuan.

It can be seen how generous Jiashi's efforts were back then, but at the same time, it also planted the seeds for financial difficulties in the next few years.

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