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Three days before the High Court pronounced the verdict, Gu Chen suddenly withdrew the indictment against Ni Zhen, and everyone was surprised by this, could it be that Gu Chen suddenly had great mercy to let Ni Zhen go? But if you think about it carefully, it seems unlikely, judging from Gu Chen's huge compensation of 100 million US dollars, it shouldn't be so anticlimactic, there must be some reason for it, but what reason can make Gu Chen let go of Ni Zhen, who can be said to have a 'deep hatred' with him? Just when many paparazzi in Hong Kong are looking for answers but to no avail.

Huang Zhan, who has always liked to shoot guns, once again took the initiative to break the news to the media that Jin Yong personally came forward to intercede for Ni Zhen, and Gu Chen agreed to open the net. After this revelation was reported by the media, everyone suddenly realized that it was Ni Hao who invited Jin Yong, and with Jin Yong's influence in Hong Kong, it was not surprising that Gu Chen sold him face. But then everyone couldn't help but feel sad for "Entertainment New Weekly".

Ni Duo can invite a character like Jin Yong to intercede because the two have been friends for decades, and it is said that some of Jin Yong's "Tianlong Babu" was written by Ni Duo, which shows the relationship between the two. But "Entertainment New Weekly" does not have such great energy, and judging from the current situation of all parties, it is almost certain that "Entertainment New Weekly" will lose the lawsuit, and it is nothing to apologize in the newspaper, at most it will lose a little reputation. But the compensation of up to $100 million is enough to kill, and dozens of "Entertainment New Weekly" add up to more than this price.

On March 2o, the Hong Kong High Court pronounced a judgment on Gu Chen's lawsuit against Entertainment New Weekly for defamation infringement, ordering Entertainment New Weekly to publish an apology statement in Hong Kong's "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily", "Wen Wei Po" and "Sing Tao Daily" at the same time, and to compensate the victim Gu Chen with $5ooo for reputation damage. Suddenly Hong Kong was lively again, and the verdict made the front page headlines of newspapers in Hong Kong and around the world at the same time, and the focus of people's attention and discussion was the $5ooo dollar for reputational damage in the judgment, although the court did not fully implement Gu Chen's request. But $5ooo is enough to call it astronomical.

So much so that even the Washington Post exclaimed that this was definitely the largest single award for reputational damage so far this century.

According to the reporter who was listening in the courtroom, the boss of "Entertainment New Weekly", who appeared in court to listen to the verdict, softened in court after the judge read out the verdict. Of course. This is only the first-instance verdict, and the case has not yet reached the time when the coffin is closed, and in the next 1o days, "Entertainment New Weekly" has the right to decide whether to appeal.

Although Entertainment New Weekly has not yet been sentenced to 'death', even if it is appealed, it is estimated that the amount of compensation will not drop much. Therefore, the collapse of "Entertainment New Weekly" is certain, and I am afraid that the owner of the newspaper will also be forced by the court to be imprisoned because he has no money to compensate.

Seeing such a tragic ending of "Entertainment New Weekly", there are those who gloat, those who fall into the well, and those who sympathize and pity. In the eyes of some, Entertainment New Weekly simply published a somewhat drastic report, because it would be too harsh to lead the newspaper's bankrupt boss to prison. And so it goes. Who would dare to report Gu Chen's news casually in the future, this is a typical sad psychology of a rabbit and a fox.

At this time, it was reported that Gu Chen acquired 25% of the shares of the "Ming Pao" Group, becoming the largest shareholder of the group except for Jin Yong, and serving as the executive vice chairman of the board of directors of the group. You must know that although "Ming Pao" has not been established for the longest time, due to the rapid growth of Jin Yong's relationship, it is now one of the most influential newspapers in Hong Kong, and its sales have always ranked among the top three. Now that Gu Chen is the executive vice chairman of the board of directors of Ming Pao, he has mastered one of the biggest tools of public opinion in Hong Kong, and other newspapers immediately felt the pressure.

However, for Gu Chen, entering the board of directors of "Ming Pao" is only the first step, before signing the equity transfer agreement, he and Jin Yong had a verbal agreement, in the future, Jin Yong will gradually transfer his own "Ming Pao" group equity to him, he is still very confident in Jin Yong's credit, it is because of this verbal agreement that he will agree to only acquire 25% of the shares of "Ming Pao" group.

After the agreement was signed, Tang Dynasty Holdings sent a working group to Houston to negotiate with Liang Qiwen, president of the Texas branch of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, about the acquisition of the Herald Leader, a newspaper under his name. As a result of the phone call, the two parties reached a preliminary intention to acquire it. Therefore, the negotiation process went quite smoothly, but there were differences in the proportion of acquisitions, and Tang Dynasty Holdings hoped to acquire it as a wholly-owned company, and then inject capital into the Herald Leader to achieve the purpose of the Herald Leader's rapid expansion of business. But Leung only agreed to sell up to 6o% of the shares. After all, "Herald Leader" was created by him with hard work, and he was really reluctant to sell him like this.

In addition, once Tang Dynasty Holdings becomes the owner of the "Herald Leader", it is completely conceivable that the "Herald Leader" will usher in a period of expansion, and how can he give up such obvious interests. In the end, after several rounds of negotiations, the two sides took a step back, Tang Dynasty Holdings acquired 85% of the shares of the Herald Leader, and Liang Qiwen held the remaining 15% of the shares, and continued to serve as the president of the newspaper.

Under the terms of the agreement, Standard Chartered provided the newspaper with a low-interest loan of US$7oo0,000, which is sufficient to meet the Herald Leader's expansion in North America in the coming years. As for Liang Qiwen's ability, Gu Chen still believes that a Hong Kong man who came to the United States with his bare hands can create today's huge industry in the fiercely competitive United States in more than ten years, in addition to relying on the traditional spirit of Chinese people to endure hardships and stand hard work, the main thing is because of his personal ability, otherwise why would others not be able to.

When receiving the news from the United States, Gu Chen was playing golf with Li Jiacheng, because Gu Chen did not shy away from Li Jiacheng, so Li Jiacheng listened to all the content of Guo Yunxi's report, and after Guo Yunxi left, he waved his club lightly and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Gu Sheng's movements to be so fast, just a few days after entering the board of directors of "Ming Pao", he acquired a newspaper in the United States. ”

"If you add Asia TV, Gu Sheng's layout in the media industry is already obvious, it seems that you are very interested in public opinion."

"Hehe, it is very reasonable for the media to be called the uncrowned king, to put it mildly, they can say that the black is white, and the dead are alive, whoever controls public opinion has the initiative, and sometimes the offensive of public opinion is more useful than any sharp spear and cannon."

Gu Chen handed the club in his hand to the caddy, and Li Jiacheng boarded the electric car and drove towards the next hole, where he continued the topic that had just been interrupted: "Regarding the joint fund with Huo Zhenhuan as the president, as long as you and Mr. Li Zhaoji agree, I don't have any opinion. ”

After a period of preparation, Fok Yingdong, Li Jiacheng and Lee Zhaoji have all the funds in place, and the fund named "United" has also reached the final stage of formation. At this time, the president of the fund naturally became the focus of discussion among the four people, and it was obvious that Huo Yingdong recommended his second son Huo Zhenhuan to serve as the president, and got Li Jiacheng's consent, and then asked Li Jiacheng to be a lobbyist.

In fact, Gu Chen didn't care about the position of president, and he agreed to join the joint fund entirely because of the face of Fok Yingdong, Li Jiacheng and Li Zhaoji. 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars may be all their net worth for other rich people, but for Gu Chenlai, it is just a drop in the bucket, not that he doesn't care, but that he feels that there is no need to contradict Huo Yingdong and others for the position of president.

Moreover, he did not expect much wealth from the joint fund, and he saw the joint fund as a bond that brought the four of them closer.

"Hehe, Gu Sheng is really a cheerful person, you can rest assured, Zhenhuan was raised by me, I still know his personality and ability, and I will definitely be able to take care of the joint fund." Seeing that Gu Chen agreed happily, Li Jiacheng happily made a guarantee, and then said: "In addition, I met with Brother Huo and Brother Li the day before yesterday, and we all agreed that it was most suitable for you to serve as the chairman of the board of directors of the joint fund. ”

"Mr. Li said with a smile, with you three old-timers, where can I be the chairman." Gu Chen resigned with a smile, the four of them all accounted for 25% of the shares in the joint fund, and the voter turnout was the same, so this so-called chairman was just a false name, he even gave up the position of president, how could he care about a chairman who had a false name. Besides, he doesn't need such a false name to show his identity now.

"This has nothing to do with the seniors who are not the predecessors, and it has more than enough to do with Gu Sheng's current strength and status as the chairman." In the future, there will be more places where Gu Chen will be used in the official operation of the fund, Huo Yingdong and the three of them naturally hope that Gu Chen will serve as the chairman, although it is only a fictitious position, but it is also the chairman, as the so-called in his position, he will seek his own government, and when there is anything Gu Chen must do more to do it.

"I think so, Mr. Lee Siu Kee is the chairman of the board of directors, Mr. Li has always been good at stock market investment, and it is very suitable to have him as the chairman of the board of directors." Gu Chen suddenly changed his words and pointed that Li Zhaoji, who should be the weakest of the four, served as the chairman of the board of directors, and Li Jiacheng didn't want to say anything at this time, so he groaned and said: "I don't have an opinion on Gu Sheng's proposal to let Brother Zhaoji serve as the chairman of the board of directors, but we still need to meet to make this matter official, I wonder if Gu Sheng has time at night?" ”

Gu Chen said teasingly, "Yes, the location is set at Tan Jiaxuan, a few new dishes have just been launched, you must not have tasted them yet." ”

Hearing this, Li Jiacheng suddenly laughed: "Then I really have to try it, anyway, there is a treat for you as a boss, and it is not too late to eat in vain." ”