151 Heart of Light and Darkness
Jin Yong in the entrepreneurial era, the efficiency of work is not as slow as when he speaks.
Within a few days of Zhou Wenqiang's investment being recorded, Ming Pao entered the market in a high-profile manner, three years earlier than in history.
"Ming Pao" is so high-profile that the Hong Kong Island newspaper industry is surprised, first of all, it breaks the rules, and the young reporter also enjoys a guaranteed salary of 50 yuan per month, and if he interviews hot news, there are also commissions and year-end bonuses, and secondly, with the connections established by Jin Yong over the years, he has absorbed a number of heavyweight 'big hands' and sat in various columns.
At this time, Jin Yong is not stingy, he is very bold, and he is simply a 'fortune boy' in the paper media industry.
Coupled with Jin Yong's editorial, "Ming Pao" stood on the starting line of a first-line newspaper from the very beginning, and the first issue directly skipped the threshold of 5,000 copies per day.
Nowadays, the newspaper industry on Hong Kong Island has entered the first-line newspaper circle by default by selling 5,000 copies a day, and if the daily sales can exceed 10,000 copies, it can basically enter the top five in sales.
The first issue of "Ming Pao" entered the first-line sales, so that many tabloids who have worked hard for many years have the idea of "living on a dog over the years", and there are many people who are envious and jealous.
Some newspapers even wanted to unite to put pressure on the newspaper guys to force them not to sell Ming Pao, but when they heard the information that Jin Yongruo had intentionally or unintentionally revealed, and learned that Zhou Wenqiang was also a shareholder of Ming Pao, they dispelled this idea.
What are you kidding, when it comes to the control of the newspaper guys, who can compare to Beiwang Company? Which newspaper stall in Hong Kong and Kowloon does not have Wang Laoji herbal tea and Weidong spicy noodles for sale now?
Can't get along with the newspaper invested by Zhou Wenqiang, do these newspaper guys still want to get mixed up?
What's more, Zhou Wenqiang has a nickname called 'King of Zhou Yan', is that a person who is easy to mess with?
"Boss, I have inquired clearly, Zhou Wenqiang is indeed a shareholder of "Ming Pao", although it is not clear who is the major shareholder between him and Zha Liangyong, but it is already a fact that Beiwang Company has entered the newspaper industry, so our plan is ......."
Xin Anyi's white paper fan said solemnly: "Do you want to continue to implement it?" ”
"This also needs to be asked, with Zhou Wenqiang's character, how can he let the surname Cha really control "Ming Pao"? The major shareholder must be himself. ”
Xiang Qian smiled bitterly: "My Wenqiang brother is very powerful, it seems that he also sees the importance of the news media." The gun of public opinion, he will not let go. ”
"The plan is canceled, if there is no Zhou Wenqiang, I have a hundred ways to let the surname Cha 'sell' the shares, and now that he has planted the flag of "Ming Pao", a fool will come hard." Zhou Wenqiang is a beast that protects food, whoever dares to move his territory will be the next Hele'an! ”
When the major newspapers and even the prefix forces on Hong Kong Island were looking at "Ming Pao" one by one because of Zhou Wenqiang, Zhou Wenqiang met with a middle-aged man with glasses and polite writing on the roof of the Kowloon Hotel.
Liang Gen, a friend of Ip Man, is the editor-in-chief of the Hong Kong Island Times.
After Xiang Qian became a shareholder of the "Hong Kong Island Times", he attached great importance to this person, saying that he was a rare talent in the Hong Kong Island newspaper industry.
Liang Gen has only been the editor-in-chief for about half a year, but he has brought the "Hong Kong Island Times" from a second-tier newspaper to a top newspaper circle by his own ability, and now the daily sales of the newspaper are stable at about 10,000 copies, and it is inextricably competing with "Ta Kung Pao" and "Sing Tao Daily", becoming one of the three giants of the Hong Kong Island newspaper industry.
"Mr. Liang, please have tea. I've heard my brother talk about you for a long time. I heard my brother say that after he came to Hong Kong Island, he relied on your help, otherwise it would be difficult to gain a foothold. On behalf of him, my junior brother expressed his gratitude, replaced the wine with tea, and toasted you. ”
Zhou Wenqiang smiled gently, if Liang Gen hadn't heard of the names of 'Tiger of the New Territories' and 'King of Zhou Yan', I am afraid he would have regarded him as a high school student who had just graduated.
Seeing this legendary figure sitting in front of him, Liang Gen was also secretly surprised, but after all, he had seen the world, although he was surprised in his heart, he was able to keep the wind calm on the surface.
"Mr. Zhou is too polite, I didn't expect you to be Brother Ye's junior brother, that's good, it's all your own people."
Liang Gen drank tea with a smile, and made a friendship with Zhou Wenqiang without leaving a trace: "Now I don't know how many newspapers on Hong Kong Island are thinking about getting in touch with Mr. Zhou, it is best to do an exclusive interview. ”
is worthy of being the editor-in-chief of the "Hong Kong Island Times", Liang Gen, a workaholic, is simply three sentences that do not leave the industry.
Zhou Wenqiang smiled: "Hehe, your "Hong Kong Island Times" is not the nearest building......
Liang Gen shook his head and smiled: "Yes, since Mr. Zhou is a shareholder of Ming Pao, how can he support us as a competitor in turn?" ”
"But I have to praise Mr. Zhou, it's so sharp that you can ask Mr. Dongcha to be a partner. Mr. Cha is a veteran of the newspaper industry, and this move has shocked the Hong Kong and Kowloon newspaper industry, and with the current momentum, I am afraid that it will not be long before he will become a strong competitor to us. ”
Liang Gen actually didn't quite understand the purpose of Zhou Wenqiang's invitation to him today, and even wondered if Zhou Wenqiang was planning to dig him up in order to enrich the strength of "Ming Pao"?
However, this seems unlikely, "Ming Pao" already has Jin Yong, although his ability is strong, he dare not say that he can surpass Jin Yong.
Zhou Wenqiang looked at him and said, "If I guess correctly, it won't be long before Mr. Cha will find ways to increase the sales of Ming Pao." Although it is still uncertain what means he will use, if the day comes, how will Editor-in-Chief Liang respond? ”
Ha?
Liang Gen was a little confused.
Make no mistake, you are a shareholder of Ming Pao.
If there is a way to increase sales, you should help keep it secret, right? Now they are coming to remind me of this competitor, what is the reason?
After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't have an answer, so I tried to ask: "Zhou Sheng, ...... me Don't know what you mean? ”
"I asked Editor-in-Chief Liang to come today to make a deal with you."
Zhou Wenqiang took out a stack of manuscripts from the briefcase next to him and handed it to Liang Gen: "Mr. Liang will take a look at this martial arts first." ”
"Martial arts?"
Liang Gen was even more stunned, martial arts in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China were indeed all the rage, and for a while newspapers were very happy to serialize this kind of thing, but now that the heat has passed, he actually doesn't have much interest in this kind of thing.
Now the popular ones are romance and mandarin duck butterflies.
However, since this author asked Zhou Wenqiang to deliver the manuscript, he has to give some face anyway, and he still has to take a few looks.
Liang Gen would never have thought that the author was Zhou Wenqiang, and took it for granted that a certain author had taken Zhou Wenqiang's relationship, and he was still secretly despising it in his heart, a young author who even had to rely on relationships to deliver manuscripts, actually wanted to publish a long martial arts story in the "Hong Kong Island Times"? It's too unbelievable, right?
So I took the manuscript and just glanced at it casually, and sure enough, the title of the book is very old, what is it called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", isn't it a book with hunters as the protagonist?
Looking at the author's pen name again, I am even more disappointed.
Heart of Light and Darkness?
What kind of pen name is this, no level! At the very least, it should be called a name such as "landlord", "pavilion owner" and "layman" to reflect the cultural heritage......