Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 386 Jardine Finds the White Warrior
Someone in the United States tried every means to plot against Tang Huan, and the commotion in Xiangjiang was even more lively.

After entering 1982, the hot spots of public opinion in Xiangjiang came one after another.It can be described as brilliant.

The first to bear the brunt is naturally the entanglement between Tang Huan and Jardine Harmony, which has lasted for more than half a year since the end of last year.

First, Tang Huan's representative in Xiangjiang, Zhou Mi, was defeated by the entrenched Jardines, and then the billionaire retaliated in a rage, crushing the seemingly invulnerable chain ship structure, and winning Hong Kong Land, the largest real estate company in Hong Kong.

If Jardine hadn't seen the opportunity quickly and asked HSBC to help and take away 20.00% of Jardine's shares from Hongkong Land in advance, this century-old British foreign company would probably have the surname Tang.

However, this capital war did not stop there, but entered the second stage, and the focus of the competition fell on Jardine itself.

As Zhou Mi stated, Landmark and Jardine are too closely related, and the huge resources that have been spent before will be valuable only if Jardine is subsequently won.

In addition to wrestling for capital, the offensive and defensive sides also launched an overwhelming public opinion war. The main attacker Fang Qinhe is absolutely ingenious, which opened the eyes of Xiangjiang people who just stare at the little bits and pieces in front of them all day.

The most talked about recently is that Qinhe organized a group of [-] people to take everyone to Japan and the United States for free, visit the real estate of listed companies, and even witnessed the listing of Epson on the spot.

As the listing of the video game company Taitung approaches, the second group of [-] people is also ready.

It’s just that everyone doesn’t know that the second campaign is actually unnecessary, because when Tang Huan decided to leave for the Falklands at the end of April, Qinhe controlled more than 20.00% of Jardine’s stock, plus Land For the remaining 20.00%, and the trump card [-]%, Yihe inevitably had the surname Tang.

The reason why it is kept secret is because Tang Huan is thinking about how to end it. The British people must appease their emotions, and they need to give a sweet date for a slap, not to mention the British shareholders of Jardine who have been entrenched in Xiangjiang for more than 100 years.

In addition, Tang Huan also wanted to see without malice. He didn't know that Yihe, who was already dead, would come up with new tricks, or some uninterested forces would jump out.

Sure enough, during Tang Huan's stay in South America, Jardine took the opportunity to do his best to die.

First of all, from the political level, Jardine urged the Governor of Hong Kong to suppress it through the influence of London.

But when Zhou Mi was interviewed, he made it clear, "Qinhe is like a sports car driving at full speed. If you step on the brakes at this time, you will undoubtedly hurt yourself. We can only talk about it after we reach our destination."

This metaphor is recognized by many spectators.The fact is also true, Qinhe has such obvious advantages, how could it not be possible to strive for a comprehensive victory.

MacLehose, the outgoing governor of Hong Kong, was so busy with this matter that he had a stroke. Fortunately, the symptoms were not serious, so he took the opportunity to get up.

Also afraid of avoiding it is the charter king, who left Xiangjiang early to discuss business, because the British are looking for "white warriors" who are willing to help Jardine.

Not to mention, there are really people wading into this muddy water, and the Australian consortium eagerly joined in, including several well-known Chinese businessmen—Guo Henian and Qiu Deba from Singapore and Malaysia, and Li Bancheng from Xiangjiang.

The motivation of the "White Warrior" of the Chinese businessmen immediately became a new hot spot in Xiangjiang public opinion. Some people joked that if the charter king was also in Xiangjiang, he would basically be one of them.

But to the embarrassment of the British, the intervention of the "White Warrior" did not have much effect in practice, and Jardine's shares still flowed continuously to the opponent.

This involves a subtle psychology common to Xiangjiang people. The future of Xiangjiang has been officially put on the table. There is no need to discuss how many people have confidence in mainland China. It illustrates this phenomenon, there is no way out for those who stay and do not go, and by the 1990s, the collective was intoxicated.

Under such circumstances, Xiangjiang people urgently need a channel for wealth preservation, and the Japanese and American asset investments provided by Tang Huan cater to the needs of the public, and there are even gossips that people can use this to invest in immigration.

Jardine and Tang Huan fought for cash before and were directly defeated. Tang Huan still resorted to the ultimate move of "swap shares", which actually blocked all the opponent's escape routes.

Now the "White Warriors" are on the stage, but the problem is that their tricks are also invariable. The most effective way to attract shareholders with large sums of cash has long been proven not to be attractive enough.

In addition, I have to mention that there has been a new change in the psychology of Xiangjiang people, which is inseparable from Media Asia TV's world news reports.

When Tang Huan went to Mashima, he brought two brave Media Asia TV war reporters, which not only allowed the world media to see Chinese in this field, but also let Xiangjiang people know in detail about the war that happened on the other side of the earth.

After all, Xiangjiang is a British colony, and it is impossible for it not to be interested in major events happening in the UK. The British feel that Media Asia TV is helping them promote their national prestige, which is exactly what they need at the moment, so they naturally like to see it.

As a result, under the explanation of Media Asia TV's special military commentator, the audience learned the specific location of the Falkland Islands where the war took place, and the "out of reach" of the British army became more and more impressive in everyone's mind.

From this association, Jardine's assets seem to be even less valuable.Of course, the effect is very emollient and silent.

Jardine, who still doesn't know that she has been further distressed, hopes that the "white warrior" will take effect, and at the same time counterattacks in public opinion, directly blaming the current decadence of Xiangjiang's real estate industry and stock market on the capital war launched by Qinhe. The economic chaos caused by the economic order tried to pour dirty water on Tang Huan's head.

Naturally, Zhou Mi would not let his opponent talk so nonsense, and immediately complained about it. From the initial acquisition of Xiaoli TV, he was obstructed in various ways, all the way to his recent suppression by Jardine in the capital market. Mr. Tang couldn't bear it. Below, return the color.

As for associating Xiangjiang's economic turmoil with Qinhe, that is too much for Mr. Tang. Maybe Xiangjiang has been cursed for ten years and has started a new cycle.

Zhou Mi, who received a lot of opinions from Tang Huan, said this casually, but unexpectedly resonated with many Xiangjiang people, because in recent decades, Xiangjiang's economy has been in such a cycle.

As a result, the Hang Seng Index fell by dozens of points that day, and the British Hong Kong government hurriedly issued a gag order to Jardine Matheson and Kin Wo. The quarrel between the two of you is a quarrel, but it is not allowed to involve the economic environment of Hong Kong.

However, the more suppressed it was, the more this topic spread, and it was even put on Media Asia TV's signature talk show.

After continuously learning advanced experience from European, American and Japanese counterparts, Media Asia TV’s own characteristics have become more and more obvious. Its unique attention to Hong Kong’s local society and the international environment, down-to-earth, and up-to-earth listening, have attracted a large number of people from grassroots to elites. The audience unconsciously moved closer.

And a few talk shows, whether serious or humorous, can always grab everyone's mind and make them want to stop.

The hosts and guests have also gained a lot of prestige through these programs, and their subjective initiative has naturally become stronger.

It has to be said that with the rapid economic development of Xiangjiang and the uncertainty of the current situation, talk shows that can express their opinions are a successful form that emerged as the times require.

Seeing that Media Asia TV is so prosperous in this area, TVB can't let it focus on the former, so it decided to follow the trend and copy it.

However, Fang Yihua soon found out that she was too late to do it. The four major talents in Hong Kong - Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, Huang Zhan and Cai Lam, had all been wiped out by Media Asia TV.

Of course it’s okay to ask others to come, but these four well-known literati who have money in their stomachs and are good at pouring out are the top existences in the cultural field of Xiangjiang, and the reputation of other people is simply incomparable.

In addition to this incident making Fang Yihua depressed, there is also TVB's carefully crafted Jin Yong martial arts drama "Dragon Ba Bu: Six Meridian Sword", which did not receive perfect ratings.

This is not to say that the ratings are embarrassing. On the contrary, after Media Asia TV tacitly staggered the main TV series as always, the ratings of "Dragon Babu: Six Meridians Excalibur" are very high.

But the strange thing is, that's all. I asked the audience how they felt, and the reply I got was that it was pretty good, but there was no more text.

In other words, after the high ratings, there was no follow-up sensation, and the audience did not discuss the plot and actors of the TV series after watching it.

You know, "Dragon Babu: Six Meridians Excalibur" has brought together a lot of well-known TVB artists, in addition to popular stars such as Huang Xingxiu, Xie Xian, Shi Xiu, Lin Jianming, and Lu Youhui, there are also plans to use this drama to become popular Tang Zhenye, Huang Rihua, Chen Yulian, Yang Panpan and others, but the audience's response was surprisingly lukewarm.

After Fang Yihua listened to the discussions and summaries of his subordinates, he finally figured out what was going on. Now Xiangjiang’s topic of public opinion is Jardine and Qinhe, which are in full swing. And investment immigration, which has been rumored to be more and more mysterious, wait a minute, there are no TV dramas.

Perhaps the people at the bottom are concerned, but unfortunately, they do not occupy the mainstream of public opinion.

Fang Yihua, who suddenly realized, felt so much hatred in his heart, and secretly scolded Hu Yinmeng for being too cunning, no wonder he has been so sluggish these past few months.According to this, the selection of Miss Xiangjiang and the Rookie Singing Contest will also be postponed later.

Thinking of this, Fang Yihua hurriedly came to discuss with Run Run Shao, but the other party nodded absently.

"Sixth brother, you seem to be getting less and less interested in the TV station." Fang Yihua complained.

"The artists are very good, and the advertising revenue has been increasing, do I need to worry about it?" Run Run Shaw laughed, put down the magazine, and took off his reading glasses.

Fang Yihua glanced at it and couldn't help being very surprised, "I didn't expect Golden Harvest's "Master Dragon" to be so heavily suppressed by New Art City's "Best Partner" during the Lunar New Year, but it was so popular in Japan."

"That's not the point." Run Run Shaw handed the "Film Biweekly" to Fang Yihua, "You can read it again."

"The box office of "Shaolin Temple" in Japan has already reached billions of yen!" Fang Yihua admired enviously, then shook his head, "But I think this is just a phenomenal movie, nothing more. There is no succession.”

"You haven't seen the point of what I said." Run Run Shaw shook his head.

Fang Yihua's eyes continued to move on the report, and finally his eyes widened, ""Shaolin Temple" has sold more than 1000 million US dollars in the United States! Who has such great energy?"

"Do you need to ask? Of course it is the Tang Huan who chased and blocked Jardine until he was ashamed. One of his identities is the boss of Hollywood." Run Run Shaw sighed and said to himself: "If you want to be in Hollywood To gain a foothold, you really need someone inside.”

"Tang Huan has already brought TV series from DreamWorks and TVB to the Chinese channel of American TV stations. Now is it the turn of movies?" Fang Yihua thought for a moment, ""Shaolin Temple" should be the first one he brought there. Movie."

"Now it seems that it is very cost-effective for TVB to cooperate with DreamWorks and Media Asia TV to a certain extent. If everyone fights in Hong Kong, no matter how ruthless they are, the cake will not get bigger."

Run Run Shaw shook his head sighingly, "Director Chu Yuan's movie adapted from Gu Long's novel once had a box office of 4000 million Taiwan dollars in Taiwan, but one US dollar is equivalent to more than 30 Taiwan dollars, six or seven Hong Kong dollars. The gap is too big." It's big."

But the decline of Shaw Brothers movies has become more and more obvious. Golden Harvest is so confident to enter Hollywood, but now they have brought Cheng Long back and honestly developed in Asia.

Fang Yihua's lips moved, but in the end she resisted to say anything. In her opinion, as Run Run Shaw got older, it was almost impossible to revive Shaw Brothers movies.

With all kinds of thoughts in his mind, Fang Yihua heard Run Run Shaw continue to say: "Tang Huan took a fancy to Xiangjiang's industry, but the structure here has been established and there is no room for him to gain a foothold. This forced Jardine to be in danger. Although DreamWorks is currently developing well, it has only been established in Hong Kong for a short time, and there are some aspects that cannot be compared with us, such as the theater chain. This may not be a basis for cooperation.”

Finding that Run Run Shaw wanted to expand the scope of cooperation with DreamWorks, Fang Yihua couldn't help but be a little bit older, and muttered to himself, "I don't want to face Hu Yinmeng, a sharp-mouthed girl day and night."

As powerful queens in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, Fang Yihua and Hu Yinmeng, who were just a generation behind in qualifications, were naturally conflicted.

For example, the age that women are most sensitive to and cares about most, one age is getting old, and the other is in full bloom, it is natural and inevitable to compare sparks.

Such delicate emotions could not be expressed, Fang Yihua felt more and more depressed.

(End of this chapter)