Break out of the courtyard

Thursday, November 1980, 6.

The Hong Kong Island TV station collected advertising fees three days ago and had to promote a charity auction initiated by mainlanders.

However, today no one gave them advertising fees, but they came to the Hilton Hotel to live broadcast the charity auction.

Because, for some unknown reason, TV stations from Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Eagle Country and other places have sent film crews here, so how could Hong Kong TV station show weakness?

Although they didn't know if there was any major news yet, they didn't want their peers to be the first to report the news, so they came with a lot of questions in their heads.

Today, check-in at the Hilton Hotel is no different from usual, except that the top floor is off limits, an invitation is required to enter the third floor, there are security guards, bodyguards, police checks in front of and behind the door, and there are a lot of people.

Of course, if the Hilton Hotel was booked out today, there wouldn’t be so many people.

However, charity, especially a relatively costly public welfare undertaking such as the Hope Project, requires not only money, but also more people's participation and supervision.

So, when the second largest shareholder of the Hong Kong Island Hilton Hotel proposed to clear the site, Chen Shuting did not agree, but others also agreed that more people should be involved in charity.

The people from Hong Kong Island TV had their equipment opened with a screwdriver by the Umbrella Company bodyguards at the door. They were allowed into the hotel only after confirming that they were not carrying any dangerous goods.

On the right wall of the hall is a 100-inch poster, on which is a picture of the big-eyed girl who has frequently appeared in people's sight in recent days.

There are some small photos on the left and right of the big poster, all of which are content that Hong Kong TV has recently broadcast.

So, although there were few people at the photo wall, no TV station stopped there.

After some searching, the people from Hong Kong Island Television were surprised to find that they could actually enter the venue on the 3rd floor!

However, after entering, they discovered that although the charity auction had begun, it was just a warm-up.

On the makeshift auction table, an auctioneer was selling a second-hand gold necklace with a starting price of HK$3 and a minimum increment of HK$1.

Although there were quite a few people standing sparsely below the stage, each of them was holding a wine glass and was busy chatting and laughing with others, completely ignoring what the auctioneer on the stage was saying.

"This item failed to sell. We will hold a second auction this afternoon at a 5% discount. If it fails again, the money will be returned to the donor. Thank you for participating!"

As the auctioneer finished his words, the next item was brought up.

The people at Hong Kong Island TV were a little confused. What was there worth filming?

Just as they were looking at both sides of the venue in confusion, seeing their colleagues busy setting up filming equipment, a bodyguard came over, led them to the wall to choose a position, and reminded them not to change positions at will, otherwise they would be asked to leave.

"Director, I noticed that people from other TV stations are looking at this auction album!" A stagehand ran back and handed a thumb-thick color book to the director in charge.

The director of Hong Kong Island Television quickly flipped through the beautifully printed color book, looking at the items with starting prices of hundreds of thousands or even millions.

When the director turned to the last two pages of the color book, his body was shocked. The item in the painting turned out to be the 19-inch ultra-thin color screen monitor!

This display caused a sensation last year.

For this purpose, Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong invested 10 billion U.S. dollars in a joint venture with mainland China, Japan and Magnesium to build a factory. That’s 10 billion U.S. dollars!

Look at the starting price of this monitor, 1 million Hong Kong dollars, and the minimum increase is 1 million!

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At the same time, in the penthouse suite of the Hilton Hotel, an old man from Huadu was complaining.

"How can Tingmei Trading Company auction off that ultra-thin monitor!" The old man didn't look at the smiling Mrs. Zheng, but rubbed the green military cap in his hand, half depressed and half angry and said:

"If this is bought by foreigners and the production method is reverse-engineered, the domestic investment will be wasted!"

"Don't be impatient, Mr. Xin!" Mrs. Zheng smiled as she flipped through the charity auction album that was delivered last night.

"Young people do things with their own considerations. Moreover, the investment of the color screen joint venture in China has been very smooth, which has not only improved our related technologies, but also promoted the upgrading of related industries."

"Even if this monitor is really bought by foreigners, it is foreigners supporting our basic education construction, and we should be grateful for it."

"This is a weasel paying New Year's greetings to a chicken. It has no good intentions! How can it possibly be thankful!" Old man Xin from Huadu couldn't understand it. He turned his head away and didn't look at Old Lady Zheng.

Old Mrs. Zheng glanced at the other people in the room, closed the auction album, put away the smile on her face, and said in a slightly serious tone: "Have you ever thought that this is the Hong Kong businessman who is dissatisfied with our research and development speed and deliberately raised the whip!"

"We have been given a complete set of world-leading ultra-thin color screen technology, which is a technology that even the experts in the field are jealous of! Not to mention, there is also 10 billion magnesium yuan in funding support!"

"But what about us? More than half a year has passed, and the Shenzhen Ultra-Thin Color Screen Joint Venture Factory hasn't even finished its factory building!"

"In the past, foreigners blocked our technology. We tightened our belts, saved money on food and clothing to catch up with foreign technology, and broke through one technological barrier after another. Now, alas..."

There was silence in the room for a while, and then Old Lady Zheng spoke again: "They told me about the auction of the ultra-thin color screen monitor the day before yesterday, and I also reported the reason to my superiors."

"Tingmei Trading Company has 2.9 million magnesium yuan in its account to buy back the monitor. These Hong Kong businessmen are willing to fully support basic education in China. We should thank them for their contribution instead of complaining about the trouble they caused."

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"Chairman Shen, there's a charity auction at 7 o'clock tonight, you have to arrive early!"

"Haha! Those Middle Eastern tycoons are not as important as you. You are our distinguished guest!"

"The wife of the Governor is coming too... Yeah! Security and medical assistance will definitely be no problem!"

After Zhang Heping put down the phone, he pondered for a while before saying to Wei Chunqiao who was sitting on the sofa next to him, "Tonight, I'm taking Xiaobei and Xiaonan to the charity auction. My mom and the five little ones will stay at home. You guys should be careful and alert!"

Wei Chunqiao stood up hurriedly and assured, "Don't worry, sir. If anything happens, I will immediately take the old lady, the young master, and the young lady to the basement and call the hotel to tell you."

"Yes!" Zhang Heping also stood up and patted Wei Chunqiao on the shoulder. "Security is not about being aggressive. We must protect our customers as well as ourselves. Go notify our people, and someone from Ah Hu will remind them."

After Wei Chunqiao left, Zhang Heping took his mother Ma Xiuzhen, his first wife Tang Xin, and the children to the basement and told them how to hide on the B1 and B2 floors, where the food was, etc.

Finally, they were taken to the negative third floor and toured the underground exits of each building.

"It's like a war in the tunnel!" Ma Xiuzhen looked at her eldest daughter-in-law with a smile and asked casually, "Is there going to be a war here?"

Tang Xin just shook his head awkwardly and thought of the bloody incident at the villa in Kowloon Tong.

"Grandma, we are doing this to prevent kidnappers, robbers, as well as foreign spies and agents!" explained the eldest son Zhang Bei.

"To prevent bad guys from stealing our watches!" The fourth daughter Zhang Feng stretched out her right hand as if presenting a treasure, showing off her red LED color screen watch.

Xiaohu, who will be 9 years old in a few days, said angrily: "Bad guys killed Aunt Fangfang and Aunt Huahua. We want to kill the bad guys!"

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