Shi Huang Chufang, the chairman of Hong Kong's largest camera and film sales company, the chairman of Pak Bao Group, and the aunt of the current president Huang Shurui, is a rare strong woman in Hong Kong's business community.

was helped into the seat, but Shi Huang Chufang's eyes never took off Lin Xiaozhi's body. It wasn't until he personally got up and poured a cup of black tea for her and the young girl who supported him that she said thank you, but she didn't touch the teacup, but just sighed: "Sure enough, he is a young hero, Lin Sheng is much younger than I imagined!" ”

Since his rebirth, four years of hard work and countless calculations have obtained the wealth and influence of today's famous Xiangjiang, from questioning, to smearing to the admiration of tens of thousands of people, and he will not be moved when he sees more praise, not to mention that he can't tell whether it is polite or sincere.

So he just said plainly and humbly: "You have won the prize, who is this?" ”

He obviously didn't want to talk too much about such a topic, so he simply changed the topic quietly.

Shi Huang Chufang glanced at him in surprise, and said that people are old and fine, and she can take over the business left by her husband when her husband dies early, from small to big, and it took 30 years to expand a small shop selling cameras and film to the largest optical equipment and camera group in Hong Kong today, and also represent several well-known brands. Lin Xiaozhi was not moved by her flattery at all, and even changed the topic impatiently, and the old man saw it at once. It's just that instead of feeling unhappy, she suddenly became more interested in this young man she met for the first time.

"She is my granddaughter Chen Zetian, as Lin Sheng you can see, my body is not very good, this child is more clingy, you must accompany me!" Shi Huang Chufang pointed to the girl sitting next to her with a look of affection, "Every day, talk to Lin Sheng!" ”

"Hello Lin Dong!" She seemed to be a little surprised, although she listened to Shi Huang Chufang's words and said hello to him, the expression on her face was a little stiff.

In the end, she is only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, and she is estimated to be still in high school, Lin Xiaozhi also nodded politely to her.

Before he inquired about the situation of Shi Huang Chufang's family, he knew that she was born in a scholarly family, and her grandfather Huang Guanghu was a late Qing Jinshi, and later after the decline of the family, his father married her to a businessman surnamed Shi who died two wives in succession to make three rooms, and it is said that she was only fourteen years old when she got married. The Republic of China was in chaos, and later she fled to Hong Kong with her husband when Japan invaded China. The first half of her life was undoubtedly hard, and her husband died a few years after she got married, leaving her only some property but a daughter waiting to be fed, this girl must be her granddaughter.

"I didn't think it through this time, and I should have visited in person."

Before he finished his polite words, he saw Shi Huang Chufang waving his hand and smiling: "We are not outsiders, I also know your grandfather Lin Jili." Your Kowloon Bank has provided me with loans before, and the two of us have some good fate. If Lin Sheng has anything to say, just say it! ”

Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect this old lady to be so refreshing, so that the draft he had prepared for a long time was useless.

Fortunately, he was not the kind of person who was in the middle of a fright, and he regained his composure after hearing the words. Nodding slightly, he met her gaze and said dryly: "It's okay, this time I suddenly asked you out because I have a business I want to talk to Baibao Group!" ”

"Business?" Shi Huang Chufang looked at him in surprise, "Is Lin Sheng trying to purchase shooting equipment?" With all due respect, although we at the Baibao Group represent many brands, most of them are camera-based, and most of them are models for the public, which may not meet the standards of your film group! ”

Indeed, the equipment used in professional photography is obviously not the same as what is sold in the market for ordinary households.

"Of course not!"

Lin Xiaozhi shook his head, he invited Shi Huang Chufang today to see it at first sight, naturally not to purchase shooting equipment, but for the forty percent of the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" held by Baibao Group.

said bluntly at the moment: "I want to buy the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" in Bai Shou's hand!" ”

At the Wenhua meeting a few days ago, I am afraid that most people thought that when he Lin Xiaozhi was about to leave Liang Qiuhao, he asked Hu Xian to bring Hu Xian's words of interest in Sing Tao Newspaper Group. In fact, not at all, on the contrary, he was indeed very interested in the Sing Tao Newspaper Group, and even if he could, he would not mind fighting for it to take it down.

However, Lin Xiaozhi also knew that it was impossible for him to buy Sing Tao Newspaper Group all at once. Let's not talk about whether Hu Xian, the queen of the newspaper industry, is willing to let go, just because it has been listed in 72, and now the stock has been dispersed to many institutions and investors, which is enough for Lin Xiaozhi to have a headache. If you want to complete the acquisition of it, according to his and Song Nianhui's calculations, you have to invest at least more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars, no matter how you look at it, you will only lose money. However, if it is only the acquisition of "Sing Tao Daily", it will be a different matter.

In September 1954, Hu Wenhu, a 72-year-old wealthy Burmese businessman, died of a heart attack, and it was his daughter Hu Xian who took over the Hu family's newspaper. That year, Hu Xian was 22 years old. At that time, despite its reputation, Sing Tao Newspaper was in a slump. Sing Tao Daily is just a four-storey office building on Wan Chai Road, while its subsidiary, Sing Tao Evening News, is in debt. For the young Hu Xian, this was undoubtedly a big challenge.

On his first day in office, Hu Xian walked into the newspaper office alone with his employees and took the elevator to work, and greeted acquaintances with a smile from time to time. She went to various offices to visit the people and listen to her subordinates' suggestions for reviving the newspaper industry. "The boss has no shelves, is energetic, considerate, and is a trustworthy and aspiring leader." The staff's evaluation is exactly what Hu Xian needs, she knows that what Xingdao Newspaper needs most is cohesion, morale and faith, and that Hu Xian was shrewd and capable at first.

Subsequently, Hu Xian made a series of outstanding moves one after another, and the Sing Tao newspaper industry became more and more prosperous. In 1972, Sing Tao Newspaper was listed in Hong Kong, and in the 80s, it dominated the Hong Kong newspaper advertising industry, and once monopolized the revenue of real estate advertising, which no one could match. In its heyday, Hu Xian controlled as many as 5 newspapers, including "Sing Tao Daily", "Sing Tao Evening News", "English Standard", "Express" and "Tian Tian Daily", of which "Sing Tao Daily", "English Standard" and "Tian Tian Daily" were respectively the third largest newspaper in Hong Kong in terms of circulation, the largest English newspaper in Hong Kong and the seventh largest newspaper in Hong Kong.

At the same time, it owns two listed companies, Sing Tao Press Group and Yulang Group, which had a market value of nearly 4 billion Hong Kong dollars at their peak, and Hu Xian himself had a wealth of more than 2 billion Hong Kong dollars. Hu Xian has been praised as the 'Queen of the Newspaper' by all walks of life in Hong Kong, but he is also worthy of his name.

"Sing Tao Daily" is undoubtedly the most high-quality asset of Sing Tao Press Group, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the core industry. It stands to reason that its shares should not be controlled by others, but on the contrary, as early as after the stock market crash in '87, "Sing Tao Daily" was no longer a newspaper fully controlled by Sing Tao Newspaper Group, and the reason for this was Hu Xian's own digging pit and the bitter fruit buried.

In 1985, at a land auction, Sun Plaza, Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, was bidding for the land, and because the land was opposite the Ocean Centre in Wharf, the real estate industry thought that Wharf was determined to get it. However, on the day of the auction, Jiucang failed to bid, and the king of the land was 6 by the foreigner. HK$3.6 billion won. The next day, when the "Sing Tao Daily" was published, everyone knew that the bidding for the land king was jointly controlled by Hu Xian and Yisheng Pacific.

Half a year later, Hu Xian won with 8. HK$300 million resold the land king, making a profit of nearly HK$200 million. You must know that the profit of the entire Sing Tao Press Group was only more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and such a huge profit from real estate made Hu Xian very moved, which triggered her idea of investing in real estate on a large scale.

Since then, in addition to entering Hong Kong real estate, Hu Xian has also made a big attack in Australia, Singapore, the United States, Canada and other places, and participated in nearly 20 property investments. Especially during the period when she planned to relocate Sing Tao Press Group to Australia in 86, her interest in investing in Australian real estate was particularly high due to her frequent visits to Australia. At that time, some people once said that she was "joining the ranks of high gambling", and she did not run the media industry with a good attitude, not only borrowing money to buy land and speculating in real estate in Hong Kong, but also taking a few pieces of land at a high price in Australia.

As a result, as soon as the 87 stock market crash came, many banks in Hong Kong were implicated, and major real estate developers suffered from the crisis of broken capital chains unless they had a large amount of cash flow in their hands, and Hu Xian was one of them. After the subsequent political storm hit Hong Kong in 89, it accelerated the withdrawal of some Hong Kong capital and British capital from Hong Kong.

With a debt of nearly one billion yuan, she had to ask her friends for help, and on the one hand, she contacted He Yingjie, a tobacco giant who had always wanted to buy her Sing Tao Newspaper Group, and borrowed 500 million yuan from him. On the other hand, she also had to find other friends to sell shares in major newspapers owned by Sing Tao Press Group in exchange for funds to tide over the difficulties.

Hu Xian and Shi Huang Chufang are both well-known female entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, so they naturally know each other. Therefore, in the most difficult time a few years ago, Hu Xian sold 40% of the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" to Shi Huang Chufang's Baibao Group for 120 million.

Shi Huang Chufang was taken aback when he heard that he was going to buy the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" in his hand. She looked at Lin Xiaozhi in surprise for a while, and then slowly asked: "Lin Sheng, if I remember correctly, you already have Chengbao Newspaper Group, why do you still want to buy "Sing Tao Daily"?" ”

A few years ago, Hu Xian sold 40% of the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" to her in order to raise money, but Sing Tao Press Group still had 60% of the shares in hand, and even if he bought it, he would not have a controlling stake.

"The development of the group needs, Ms. Shi Huang Chufang. As far as I know, a few years ago, when Ms. Hu Xian sold 40% of the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" to you, it was for 120 million Hong Kong dollars. To be honest, because Sing Tao Press Group has a controlling stake and it is only a subordinate newspaper of Sing Tao Press Group, you can only send one director to Sing Tao Press, and you have not yet the power to meddle in the management, at most, you will eat dividends, and you may not even have 5 million a year, right? In recent years, the situation of Sing Tao Newspaper Group has not been very good, and Ms. Hu Xian has invested too much energy in the property market and real estate, which has begun to affect the development of the newspaper industry. Moreover, the media has nothing to do with the main business of the Baibao Group, at most it is cheaper when advertising, and I can guarantee that "Cheng Pao" can give more of these discounts! ”

He originally planned to use HK$150 million to take over the shares of Sing Tao Daily in the hands of the Pak Bao Group. But after thinking about it, he decided to add more, and immediately stretched out his right hand and said: "I will add 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and 170 million Hong Kong dollars to buy 40% of the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" in the hands of Baibao Group. This price has increased by more than 30% compared to the previous two years when you bought it, which is already a very good investment income. Sing Tao Newspaper Group has been going downhill in the past few years, and if the reforms that were originally brewed can be successful, perhaps Sing Tao will have some hope. But the reform failed, even outsiders have many people who recognize its twilight, at this time to sell at a high price to make a lot of money, I think it should be a better choice! ”

HK$170 million!

Shi Huang Chufang's heart moved, to be honest, she was really moved by Lin Xiaozhi's offer. In Hong Kong, in addition to the two free-air television stations whose profits may be high, the only media companies that can make profits of more than 100 million yuan in a year are Oriental Newspaper, Sing Pao, Ming Pao, and Sing Tao Newspaper. Among them, Oriental Press has the highest profit, almost more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars. Ming Pao and Sing Tao Newspaper should be similar, both between 100 million and 200 million.

The profit of Chengbao is not as good as the other three, because the scale is far less than the other three. But since it was acquired by Lin Xiaozhi, relying on the advertising of Eat Asia, the income has skyrocketed, and it can barely exceed 100 million yuan in a year.

The reason why she agreed to take a stake in "Sing Tao Daily" was not because she liked how many dividends "Sing Tao Daily" could bring to her in a year, but because of the influence of this newspaper with the third largest circulation in Hong Kong.

The Pak Brown Group is the largest manufacturer of optical equipment in Hong Kong, and it also endorses the Hong Kong franchise of a number of Japanese and European cameras, which is indispensable for advertising in order to sell its products.

Now Lin Xiaozhi wants to buy her newspaper shares at a high price, and he also promised that the newspaper will give advertising discounts in the future, which is indeed a good deal.

She glanced at Lin Xiaozhi, who was calm in front of her, thinking that this should not be his bottom line, and she was ready to open her mouth and ask for a higher price.

It's a pity that she didn't have to wait for her to speak. Lin Xiaozhi seemed to understand her thoughts, and directly added: "I only quote the price once, do you think that if you can, I will immediately arrange someone to sign the contract, if not, then I can only say that it is a pity." Because taking a stake in Sing Tao Daily is only an option for me, not all options. ”

It seems that it can only be sold for 170 million!

She was a little disappointed in her heart, but she was still a little dissatisfied, and said, "If Lin Sheng wants to buy it, we can barely accept this price." But you'll have to promise me one more condition......"

"On what terms?"

"In the next ten years, we will advertise in the media under your name, and only charge 70% of the market price!" She said slowly, "This is also the condition that Sing Tao Newspaper promised me at the beginning......"

"Unless the heads of the senior management of Sing Tao Newspaper are kicked by donkeys, it is impossible to agree to such conditions!"

Lin Xiaozhi couldn't help but sneer, joking, Hong Kong is fiercely competitive because of the large number of media, and the gross profit of the media is generally only about three or four percent, and the net profit is even lower. Let the profit be more than 30%, and he promised it for ten years at once, as he said, unless Hu Xian's head was kicked by the donkey, it would never be possible to agree to such a condition.

This is clearly a blackmail that is not satisfied with the price he offers and wants more benefits.

Although she understands this in her heart, Lin Xiaozhi is still very greedy for the shares of "Sing Tao Daily" in her hand. After a moment of silence, he said, "In this way, in the next five years, I guarantee that the Baibao Group will advertise in the Cheng Pao Newspaper Group under my name, and only ask for 80% of the market price." The profits of the media are very low, and you have to at least leave me a bite to eat! ”

He was also smart enough to hide half a sentence and did not reveal to her that he had acquired ATV, otherwise if Baibao Group advertised on ATV in the future, it would only charge 80% of the price, and it would be a full five years, then his loss of profits would be much greater.

This condition is no different from what Hu Xian promised her at the beginning.

Considering that "Cheng Pao" has a larger circulation than "Sing Tao Daily", Shi Huang Chufang is already quite satisfied with the conditions he agreed.

After pretending to think for a while, he 'reluctantly agreed', "Okay! ”