Henry Keswick, in the mood of being sure of Airship Tai, took the initiative to ask Airship Tai to meet and ask how he thought about it.

In fact, he felt that he was already giving face to Airship Tai by acting like this; After all, this kind of thing, he would have only needed senior staff to come and negotiate.

But Henry Keswick enjoys the happiness brought by this kind of 'bullying the small with the big' and 'robbing while the fire is hot', although the Chinese capital in Hong Kong has become more and more powerful in recent years, especially in real estate, shipping, and industry, he still believes that the British capital is the boss of Hong Kong.

The meeting between the two sides is in the Starlight Building.

"Mr. Huo, I don't know how you think about it? You know, the sooner you complete this deal, the sooner you can end the grievances with the US officials. ”

He did not say the official attitude of the United Kingdom, but in fact, the British government in Hong Kong implements an economic policy of 'active non-intervention', and will not directly help the purchase of land or suppress the Chinese.

The suppression of the airship Thailand this time was led by the US Consulate, and the Hong Kong and British governments cooperated.

To put it simply, the U.S. Consulate saw that Airship Thailand was becoming more and more successful, and suddenly felt that a businessman who had made a fortune from the Battle of the Peninsula and from the corpses of American soldiers was now about to become a tycoon, and he was naturally very unhappy. At the same time, coupled with the fact that the British government in Hong Kong had just been so frightened by Zuo Lengchan that it almost lost Hong Kong, it was naturally very unhappy that Xingguang Xing leased the office building to 'Huayi Company'.

Hit it off, and the airship Tai hit the muzzle of the gun.

Of course, the US and British officials are more to teach Airship Thai a lesson and prevent him from becoming a chaebol in Hong Kong, rather than rushing to exterminate everything, the first is to worry about the disgust of all the Chinese, and the second is to abide by the law to do things.

Airship Tai felt that the depression and humiliation at this time had been swept away, and he wanted to laugh in his heart, but he still said seriously: "I'm sorry, Mr. Henry, Starlight has been sold to the merchant designated by the US Consulate in cash, and there is not a penny of bills!" ”

Henry Keswick was stunned, the expression on his face was then embarrassed and humiliated, he regretted coming in person, and instead sent a senior person to inquire. Now, I have lost face!

However, he still said in disbelief: "Impossible! Not only can we afford 37.5 million Hong Kong dollars, but we also want to satisfy the US consulate, there are other people in Hong Kong! ”

Airship Tai smiled and said, "Of course! There is no problem with the value of this building worth 37.5 million Hong Kong dollars, even if the real estate is in a downturn now. As for the dissatisfaction of the US consulate, in fact, Mr. Henry may not understand, as long as they are not pro-insiders, they can admit it. You're too confident! ”

Henry Keswick's face flushed, and then he angrily shook his hand away.

He didn't even ask who the buyer was, because he vaguely guessed a person, not to mention that the truth was soon revealed; However, he didn't want to see Airship Tai again, and he was ridiculed by this.

A smile appeared at the corner of Airship Tai's mouth, and the depression at the corner of his mouth was swept away. He is afraid of the Hong Kong government and the US government, but he is not afraid of Jardine Matheson.

Henry Keswick, who returned to the company, told his father, John Keswick, about it.

After listening to this, John Keswick said solemnly: "If Lin Zhichao intervenes, the United States and Britain will give face." Especially last year, Lin Zhichao's clear-cut Zuo Lengzen led to a great increase in the favor of Hong Kong officials; In addition, he is the king of the world ship and has been friends with American and British politicians all year round. ”

Henry Keswick said unwillingly: "Is that it? Why don't you let the Hong Kong Telephone Company continue to make things difficult for the stars? ”

John Keswick said, "No need! With Lin Zhichao's strength, even if he doesn't rent it out, it won't affect too much. But if the Hong Kong phone calls do this, the impact will be extremely bad, and the British government in Hong Kong will also stop it, which will push Lin Zhichao into the arms of the other side, so British politicians will not agree. ”

Henry Keswick was so clever that he would not have started a 'cattle war' and annexed the dairy company without spending a penny.

Soon he sighed and said: "The rise of Chinese capital in Hong Kong, Lin Zhichao is developing rapidly, and it has a great impact on our British capital!" ”

John Keswick sneered, "Is it a big influence? I don't think that our British capital is sitting on a lot of land resources and can become a real estate giant at any time. What's more, if Chinese capital can't be listed in large quantities, then don't think about developing rapidly. It is precisely the case that the Hong Kong Association is very strict with listed companies, and the management of Chinese companies is very poor, and it is impossible to list in large quantities. How can a non-listed company outcompete a listed company? ”

Henry Keswick was right when he thought about it, he knew the stock market very well, and listed companies had too many conveniences.

Henry then said, "Father has a point! If we hadn't developed overseas first, we would have been even bigger in Hong Kong today. ”

"Overseas development must be insisted on, preferably by increasing the proportion of overseas investment to 60 per cent, with Hong Kong leaving only 40 per cent," John stressed. Hong Kong, it's still too close to the other side! ”

The father and son's wariness of the mainland has always existed, because in the fifties Jardine Matheson lost 30 million pounds of wealth in the mainland. Of course, the Keswicks were the merchants who had always insisted on trading between Britain and the hinterland, because they wanted to make money back little by little.

The other side.

Cheung Kong acquired Xingguang Hong Kong for 37.5 million Hong Kong dollars in cash, which caused a great response. At the same time, Chinese businessmen who are well informed are naturally very supportive of preventing the cheap flow of Chinese assets to Hongkong Land.

After Cheung Kong acquired Starlight Company, the U.S. Consulate immediately withdrew the ban, and the Hong Kong phone did not seem to make any more trouble. However, for the sake of safety, Lin Zhichao did not immediately rent Xingguang Xing with great fanfare, but temporarily shelved it there, and only notified the original tenants - everyone can buy and sell American goods, and you can install phones.

As for Lin Zhichao himself, he has never been to the Starlight Building to check. First of all, the edifice, while valuable, was nothing to him; Secondly, who knows if 'Huayi Company (selling specialties)' has Zuo Lengchan and puts his cold arrows.

Of course, he doesn't plan to make things difficult for Huayi Company, as long as everyone is safe! In another year, Hong Kong's Zuo Lengchan will be completely abandoned, and the situation will be much better. And by 1971, even Zuo Lengchan on the opposite side had no soil to survive.

In mid-February, Media Building.

After two months of preparation, the management of "Oriental Daily" has been set up, and the president 'Luo Wenhui', the editor-in-chief 'Dai Pingshu' and the managers of other departments have all been finalized.

On this day, Lin Zhichao had the first management meeting with everyone in the conference room.

"In the future, on any occasion, you will call me 'boss' or 'Lin Sheng', I hope you will know!" Lin Zhichao's first sentence was to correct everyone's title.

Very important!

He had already told some close friends that they could just call him 'Lin Sheng'. 'Sir Lin' has heard a lot, which always makes Lin Zhichao a little uncomfortable, mainly because his subordinates, good friends, and relatives are resolutely not called.

Friends, partners, strangers in general, then there is no need to emphasize.

"Okay, boss!" Then the crowd spoke.

Everyone vaguely guessed that the boss meant that I was so successful in business that I didn't need a 'knight' title to foil me.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao said: "Next, I will give you two months to prepare, and then the "Oriental Daily" will be officially published. In terms of funds, I will inject 1 million Hong Kong dollars first, and I can recruit 100 local reporters and 20 overseas reporters in the early stage, and then slowly expand later. People from other departments can be recruited according to demand. ”

Everyone was shocked, this is a big deal!

Generally, 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is enough to run a newspaper, when will this 1 million Hong Kong dollars be earned!

Luo Wenhui then said: "What we want to run is a mass newspaper with the largest sales volume in Hong Kong, and we plan to have one and a half sheets at the beginning, with rich content and three characteristics: one of the characteristics is to collect and write a large number of Hong Kong social news to attract readers, with fast timeliness and wide coverage, so we recruited a lot of reporters at the beginning; Second, the supplement edition publishes a large number of articles by famous writers in Hong Kong's journalism and literary circles, so many famous writers are invited to publish them; Third, the article is short, has many columns, is easy to understand, and is suitable for the tastes of readers of different ages. ”

This is something that the boss has communicated with him, and now he conveys it.

Everyone recorded it one after another, and they also felt that this newspaper was different!

Lin Zhichao added: "We must capture people's curiosity! For example, some horrific news, we have to get the source as soon as possible, what happened in such and such a place, the killing of women, the rush of associations, the robbery of gold stores, etc., the citizens have the right to know, we have to report to them as soon as possible. Whether the news is good or not, the headline accounts for three points of importance, and the same news, as long as the headline is good, the effect is self-evident, and I take this news from today's "Sing Tao Daily", if I were the editor, I would probably write like this."

Eyes!

Everyone didn't expect Lin Zhichao to be so 'vulgar', he was really a 'profiteer'!

Lin Zhichao saw everyone's expressions and said without remorse: "This is just a kind of marketing, there is no false publicity, there is no need to feel anything wrong." My first job in Hong Kong was selling newspapers. At that time, I understood that the most important thing is to attract people, to arouse the curiosity of customers."

The crowd was taught.

Finally, Lin Zhichao said: "President Luo, you and President Li Ziduo of Oriental Publishing House are jointly preparing to build a first-class printing house, which should have the best equipment and the most strict management. ”

Li Ziduo immediately said: "Okay, I'll communicate with him!" ”

Anyway, a lot of printing business is needed, so it is natural to develop a large printing house - the Oriental Printing House.

Although there are Oriental Publishing House, Oriental Daily, and Oriental Printing House, this group is called 'Media Group' and does not carry the word Oriental. First, the media group listens domineering; Second, the Oriental Media Group is easily confused with the Oriental Group (Tang Zhongyuan).

After some arrangement, the preparations for the Oriental Daily officially began, and it will probably be published in April. And Oriental Publishing House's "Manke World" was also published in that month.

After these two things are done, a film company and a cinema chain will be established in the second half of the year.

In terms of cinemas, Lin Zhichao has several theaters, but they are all managed by others, and they can be taken back later.

"Oriental Daily" vigorously recruited editors, reporters, staff and other positions, and placed advertisements in major newspapers in Hong Kong, which caused a great deal of discussion for a while.

Such a large-scale investment and battle soon became known that the boss behind this turned out to be Lin Zhichao, a Chinese leader in Hong Kong. As a 'Chinese leader in Hong Kong' after Sir Ho Tung, it seems not surprising to run a newspaper, after all, the Ho Tung family also has a "Commercial Daily".

This newspaper is now under the care of General Ho Shih-li, and it is an out-and-out Taiwan-oriented newspaper.

Many people are concerned about the newspaper run by Lin Zhichao, what kind of tendency is it?

Most likely, it is a newspaper that leans towards the British government in Hong Kong!

As everyone knows, this newspaper will learn from "Sing Tao Daily" and establish a newspaper that does not have a clear stance.

Ming Pao.

After hearing the news about the "Oriental Daily", Jin Daxia couldn't help but laugh to himself: "How can the newspaper be so easy to run!" "Ming Pao" can have today, I almost lost my life! ”

Thinking of what happened some time ago, he couldn't help but tremble, those Zuo Lengzen really wanted to kill!

He is not optimistic about the prospects of "Oriental Daily", although Lin Zhichao is very rich, but the people who buy the newspaper will not buy it; The content is good-looking, and engaging is the key.

He started in this industry in the 40s and stayed up for ten years before starting Ming Pao; The important thing is that at the beginning, it was unable to open the market, and it was only possible to gain a firm foothold by relying on its own serialization, and it was not until the political Z incident in 1962 that the "Ming Pao" exceeded 80,000 copies.

In last year's political Z incident, "Ming Pao" did not make a lot of money, because the rich emgrated overseas, coupled with some Zuo Lengzen fanning the flames, did not reap the benefits, and the sales increased slightly.

"Could it be that Lin Zhichao decided to run the "Oriental Daily" after reaping the benefits of the Hong Kong government in last year's incident, so he knew the benefits of mastering speech?" Jin Daxia guessed maliciously.

Thinking of last year's events, he commented so much, and as a result, he was scolded a lot; Lin Zhichao published an article, which was echoed by many people and recognized by the Hong Kong government.

Something uneven!

Sing Tao Daily.

Hu Xian sat in her office, a little angry because Oriental Daily had poached her vice president.

Originally, one more competitor was enough to make people feel uncomfortable, but now it is very angry to poach her right-hand man.

As everyone knows, a big reason why Luo Wenhui changed jobs is that Hu Xian is too domineering and has to report to her in everything; In his opinion, he stayed at "Sing Tao Daily" as an assistant, and there was no place for him to play. So in the face of the solicitation of "Oriental Daily", he almost did not hesitate to decide to change jobs, Lin Zhichao is a big chaebol in Hong Kong and a new newspaper, he will play a great role.

Hu Xian said: "Running a newspaper is not something that can be done by throwing money at it!" I don't believe that Lin Zhichao can be successful in the media. He thinks he's omnipotent! ”

Originally, Hu Xian still had a good impression of Lin Zhichao, and last year's "A Citizen Lin Zhichao" was deeply appreciated and admired by her, but now the good impression has disappeared.

"If you don't do it well, wouldn't you smash your own signboard, but he will choose the wrong one!"

After muttering to himself, Hu Xian's mood became good.

New York, Manhattan high-rise apartments.

Lin Zhichao is sitting at his desk, which is a home office, and he sometimes likes to sit here and have some fun. For example, today, Audrey Hepburn is walking around in front of him in an office OL uniform with black stockings and high heels.

She came to the desk, then stood opposite Lin Zhichao, then bent her waist, and then approached her man, her eyes full of admiration. The degree of love preservation between the two is still very high, and there is probably a reason why distance produces beauty, in short, love is still greater than family affection.

Unknowingly, Audrey Hepburn is about to be 39 years old, but he still looks like he is only in his twenties, and outsiders think that he is well maintained and made up well, but they don't know that it is natural.

Her faint red lips activated: "What are you thinking?" Are you worried about a lot of money? "With a playful joke on his face.

Lin Zhichao raised her chin and said, "It's not about worrying about a lot of money, but thinking about my son's future career, that is, thinking about the family business of the Hepburn family." ”

Audrey Hepburn immediately said: "Then what is the Hepburn family, they are all from the Lin Zhichao family!" ”

is very serious, for fear that Lin Zhichao, a Chinese, cares about this.

"Haha, I just know, there's no need to care!"

In Audrey's vein, the English name is legal, and Hepburn is the surname. Of course, there are Chinese names within the family, and they are called Chinese names at home, which is Audrey's respect for Lin Zhichao.

And Lin Zhichao believes that as long as it is his own blood, where can he manage things in the future. What's more, using an English name is conducive to breaking into Western high society.

Subsequently, Lin Zhichao said: "Audrey, are you willing to work a little harder and create a bigger career for the children, I can guide you." ”

Audrey Hepburn didn't have the idea of being lazy, and said, "Yes! Anyway, it's just according to your will, and then leave it to the management, as long as they don't cheat on us and don't be lazy, that's fine. I'm already familiar with your style! ”

Lin Zhichao, the truth is so simple. As a boss, as long as you have a good grasp of the direction and come up with funds to invest, there are definitely people who are willing to serve you.

"In this way, the small hotel at the New York train station we saw yesterday, you asked Audrey Investment Company to negotiate and buy it, and then re-planned, designed, and built it into a Hyatt hotel, and let the professional real estate team do it, and you want to make full use of the loan to build an office building and buy a Manhattan ready-made one."

Audrey Hepburn's investment company is also large-scale, with a capital of more than $200 million. Her other Audrey toy company, also has a market value of more than $250 million, and she is now an out-and-out richest woman in the United States.

"The funds invested by Audrey are far from being exhausted!"

"Just put it on the account to eat interest, and wait for the stock market to have an opportunity before investing in securities. At present, two real estate projects will be set up first. ”

"Okay, I see, I've done both of these things well!"

Audrey Hepburn understands that she and Lin Zhichao have two sons, which is equivalent to earning two more family businesses. The same is true for the big house and the second room, this man really cares about 'family unity', his son has a share, and his daughter also has a small share.

Lin Zhichao then handed Audrey Hepburn a piece of paper and said, "Do you know why I asked you to change 'Audrey Toy Company' to 'Audrey Company'?" ”

In the United States, it is popular to use the founder's name as the name of the company, such as Disney, Hilton, Wal-Mart, etc., and now Lin Zhichao has also made the word 'Audrey' very loud in the West.

Audrey said: "Are you planning to develop this listed company into a conglomerate? ”

Lin Zhichao nodded happily, then pointed to a piece of paper on the table and said: "In the future, toys will only be a business of Audrey's company, and we will also develop technology, media, culture, etc." This listed company will continue to tell stories to investors, continue to expand its business, and eventually become a large listed company. ”

Audrey nodded excitedly, she believed that with this man's guidance, all of this could be achieved. What's more, the eldest son has already shown an interest in business, so he can wait another seven or eight years to join Audrey's company.

"Well, I listen to you! But what kind of high-tech product is on this paper? ”

"It's called a game machine, or an arcade machine. In 1962, the United States had already developed the SpaceWar video game on a $400,000 mainframe computer. But obviously, who would play a game on such an expensive computer, so I thought, using a monitor, a host circuit board, two battle sticks and buttons, to make such an arcade game machine, which can be carried out by coin-insertion, and after the game needs to continue to play coin-operated (coin vending machines are already very popular).

How could Audrey Hepburn understand, she didn't understand it at all, but a rendering was clear at a glance, and Lin Zhichao's plan had already been depicted.

"Isn't that a big prospect?"

"If it can be developed, Audrey will be a milestone in the creation of video games. As for the prospects, if the bar is equipped with such a game machine, at the end of the night, it will be full of coins, in short, people want a form of entertainment, and the market is huge. ”

Audrey Hepburn said: "That's going to do, I'll hold a board meeting later and put forward this plan!" ”

Lin Zhichao nodded and said, "Don't remember to say that it's your own idea, just say a friend's idea." Also, Audrey should not pay too much dividends in the future, and should keep more R&D funds. Even, it is possible to purchase a property to increase the value of the company. ”

Audrey Hepburn nodded and said, "The cash flow is very sufficient, with more than 20 million US dollars."

Lin Zhichao said: "In short, Audrey Company will develop and expand its business in the future, and the more money you save, the better, or the more assets you have, the better." ”

"Okay, I see!"

Audrey's company is firmly in the hands of Audrey Hepburn. The original founding team reduced their holdings of a lot of shares, while Audrey Hepburn used dividends to increase her stake to 53.5%.

Moreover, Audrey Hepburn does not sell high and buys Audrey's shares low, if it falls this time, it will continue to increase its holdings a little, and it may eventually be more than 55%.

And 9% in Lin Zhichao's hands has not been reduced.

The idea of the arcade machine was handed over to Audrey because Hong Kong did not have this kind of innovative technology, and it was not easy to promote. His purpose is to make money, and it is the same for Audrey's company to make money.

But this kind of innovative technology, with Lin Zhichao's program planning, for the United States environment, research and development may be very simple. After all, an arcade machine that was born in a garage, an electrical engineer who has just graduated, and a part-time boss must not be too difficult to make an arcade machine.

The hard thing must be 'innovative thinking'!

(End of chapter)