Chapter XVIII Relationships

readx;?β€œ This is my husband, Gu Zhiming. Pen Γ— fun Γ— Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Huang Yingying wore a delicate dress and introduced very elegantly: "Ah Ming, this is Mr. Shen Chong, whom you admire very much." ”

"Mr. Shen, I'm glad to see you."

"Hello, Mr. Gu." Shen Chong shook hands with him warmly, and then beckoned, "Please sit down." ”

Gu Zhiming pulled the chair away very gentlemanly, and after Huang Yingying sat down, he sat down opposite Shen Chong and said: "Mr. Shen, I'm really sorry, I actually let you have a treat, you came to Singapore, you are a guest, it should be me and tr to invite you." ”

"The same, the same." Shen Chong said with a smile: "Today, Mrs. Gu is my tour guide, and I have been delayed for a lot of time. ”

After last night's speech, Huang Yingying reversed the initial coldness, a lot of enthusiasm, and today accompanied Shen Chong to visit the "Nanyang Siang Pao" and Singapore TV, she has lived in Singapore for many years, and worked in the TV station, familiar with the media environment here, the introduction is very detailed, so that Shen Chong understands a lot of things.

Singapore's television industry developed very late, the TV channel was opened at the end of 19, and it was changed to a color signal in 1974, the government control is very strict, except for the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, other institutions and individuals are not allowed to operate TV business, so Singaporean citizens can only watch a total of two channels, a Chinese channel 8 and an English channel 5, the TV station is very small, the program content is monotonous and boring, and even the ability to produce TV dramas is not available, and can only do some simple variety shows.

It is worthy of being a developed country with the lowest degree of press freedom in the world......

After a day of visiting, Shen Chong basically gave up trying to meddle in Singapore's media business, because according to the newly revised publishing law, shares in Singapore newspapers cannot be resold to non-Singaporeans, and even Singaporean citizens are not allowed to own more than one newspaper share.

What's more troublesome is that Lee Kuan Yew is different from ordinary national leaders, he likes to sue the media, for example, he sued Nanyang Siang Pao for defamation in 19 years, and then won the lawsuit, which made the credibility and sales of Nanyang Siang Pao plummet, and in later generations, he also sued more than 20 world-class media such as the New York Times, The Economist, and the Wall Street Journal, all of which won the lawsuit, such a lawsuit will have a great negative impact, the New York Times These European and American media are far away, and it doesn't matter, Shen Chong's home base is in Hong Kong, If you get into trouble, it will be very troublesome, and if you get into trouble for the sake of Singapore's sesame market, it will be a loss.

The same is true for TV stations, the state monopolies, all programs have to be reviewed, in such an environment, Shen Chong thinks it's better to change the way - we don't want your market, as long as you have talents, Singapore has a population of millions, even if you are one in a million, you can find 100 good people.

So he once again used the magic weapon of the ancient way, and signed an agreement with the Singapore Broadcasting Authority on talent exchange and training, Singapore TV can send people to Hong Kong, and the oriental charm will help train δΈ¨ Anyway, with Singapore's barren cultural environment, it is absolutely impossible to retain talents with pursuit.

"Mr. Gu, your surname is very special." Halfway through dinner, Shen Chong found a topic and asked, "I know that there was a great talent in the late Qing Dynasty, Gu Hongming, are you from the same family?" ”

"It's really the same family." The Chinese in the Nanyang area attach great importance to the concept of clan, although Gu Zhiming is young, but he knows the origin of the family very well, he nodded and said: "The eighth ancestor of our family moved from Quanzhou to Malaysia during the Jiaqing period, and then branched out, some went to Taiwan, some returned to the mainland, and our branch has stayed in Singapore, counting, Gu Hongming and my great-grandfather are cousins. ”

"Oh?" Shen Chong asked with interest: "I know that there are five major families in Taiwan, the Lukang Gu family, and you should also be relatives, right?" ”

"Yes, but we have already come out of the five suits, which can be regarded as distant relatives." Gu Zhiming said with a smile: "Mr. Gu Zhenfu from Lukang is Gu Hongming's nephew, and the relationship between the two families is closer. ”

Koo Chen-fu, the head of the Koo family, a Taiwanese business leader, and one of the protagonists of the Wang-Koo talks.

From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the Japanese colonization, and then to the entry of the Kuomintang into Taiwan, the Gu family has never been able to stand after several twists and turns, and the business has become bigger and bigger, and it has been involved in many fields such as finance, construction, and plastics.

In my previous life, I watched NHA on the Internet that there was a Weilai Sports Station, which seemed to be the Gu family, I wonder if they are interested in doing TV business now?

Shen Chong has entered the state of God outside the world again-there is no way, because of the advantage of information asymmetry, for the traverser, any time, any place, any person, any word, any little thing, it is possible to do something big.

For example, when you get up in the morning and see the wardrobe, you will think of the unknown IKEA at this time, wearing clothes, you will think of Versace, who is unknown at this time, wearing a watch, you will think of the famous Swiss watches and wearing shoes at this time, you will think of Nike, which is not worth mentioning at this time, shaving, and Gillette who is in trouble at this time......

"Mr. Shen?"

"I'm sorry, I have a very bad problem, my mind is always fluttering, and I don't know where the person is if I'm not careful." Shen Chong came back to his senses, first apologized, and then asked, "Does Mr. Gu still have any contact with the Gu family in Taiwan?" ”

"Yes, yes, but not much, everyone is very busy with work, and it takes four or five hours to fly from Singapore to Taiwan, which is a bit far."

"Amin." Huang Yingying was very keen, and she interjected: "I remember that you didn't go to Lukang two years ago?" ”

"That time was to pay homage to the birthday, Mr. Gu Zhenfu UU birthday, of course we juniors, of course we have to go." Gu Zhiming was reminded by Huang Yingying, reacted, and said: "If Mr. Shen and Mr. Gu Zhenfu have business to discuss, I may be able to help a little." ”

"I just had an idea suddenly, but I'm not sure yet, if I need to, I'll ask Mr. Gu for help then." Shen Chong was noncommittal, he picked up the wine glass, and said to Huang Yingying with a smile: "Patronizing and chatting with Mr. Gu, I neglected Mrs. Gu, I'm sorry, please." ”

"Mr. Shen still call me TR, call me Mrs. Gu, I feel that everyone is getting old." Huang Yingying held up the wine glass, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Shen, I am good friends with 11, you wrote a very wonderful and very nice song for her, can you also write me a song?" ”

"Trumpet, you are the cash cow of PN1 EMI Records." Shen Chong shook his head and said, "We are competitors, if we write a song for you, the managers of several record companies under Oriental Charm will rebel." ”

"Then what if I change jobs and go to Oriental Charm?"

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome." Shen Chong smiled and said, "Polygram, Rolling Stone, Flying Saucer, you can choose, you will definitely not slack off." ”