Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

Although Jed hadn't visited his grandfather Lin Bo'an since his rebirth, his mind was filled with stories about his grandfather.Even after the rebirth, Jed has to admit that Lin Boan is indeed a legend. He was a senior KMT officer who became a spy during the Anti-Japanese War and was active in Shanghai, the "isolated island" at that time.

Later, because of his disagreement with Mr. Jiang in the civil war, he left for the United States, and then settled down in the United States.Lin Boan started his own business in the United States, founded a supermarket chain serving the Asian community, and also invested in a lot of real estate. KTSF, which is known as the number one Chinese channel in North America, is also one of Lin Boan's assets.

Of course, Lin Boan, who is now retired, only retains one identity, "Honorary Chairman of the Chinese American Historical Society".The Chinese American Historical Society has been committed to publicizing the contributions and tragic experiences of Chinese laborers during the Westward Movement in the United States; another purpose is to urge the US federal government and Congress to apologize for the "Chinese Exclusion Act" passed in 1882.

The "Chinese Exclusion Act" is the first and only discriminatory bill specifically formulated against a certain ethnicity in American history, and it has also become the chief culprit for the long-term separation of the Chinese American community from mainstream American society.Therefore, although my grandfather has retired for many years, he still becomes one of the objects that many American politicians rush to visit.After all, Lin Boan's appeal and influence in the Chinese community is still very important, which is beyond Lin Boan's expectations.

Although Lin Bo'an's wealth is already a huge sum, Lin Bo'an still lives on Shi Dayton Street in Chinatown, which is considered a relatively quiet street in Chinatown.When Jed and John arrived by car, they found that there was already someone waiting downstairs. It was an old man with white hair and beard, but his eyes were still sharp. "Young master, master is waiting for you upstairs."

"Thank you, Warbur." Jed's memory recognized the old man's name.

Jed's mother was the grandfather's youngest daughter, and Jed had three other uncles in San Francisco.It's just that Uncle Jed moved out of Chinatown a long time ago and lived in the relatively noble Nob Mountains.It is one of the two high-end communities in San Francisco, and it is also the preferred community for many Chinese who have made a fortune.Although there are more Chinese in Nob Hill, Lin Boan still stayed in Chinatown.

Fortunately, the nurses left behind by the children were still accepted by Lin Bo'an according to their orders, otherwise Jed's three uncles would not feel at ease that Lin Bo'an lived here.With Warbur leading the way, John and Jed walked into an inconspicuous small door.But after entering the door, I found that there was something wrong with it. Behind the door was a small peony garden.Of course, Jed knew that his grandfather had always yearned for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, so he especially loved the peony flower that best represented the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.Walking through this small peony garden is Lin Boan's study.

Uncle Hua lured Jed here and resigned. Although the Lin family did not regard Uncle Hua as a real person, he still abided by his duty and basically never set foot in Lin Bo'an's study.

"Come on, just come in." Lin Bo'an's voice was still full of energy, and it seemed that he didn't have any health problems.

Jed hesitated for a while, but walked in with John.Lin Bo'an looked at Jed as if, "Sit down."

Jed hurriedly took John to do it, and at this time someone had already brought tea.Jed sniffed it, and it was the smell of oolong tea in his memory.Lin Boan is from Fujian, so he has a special liking for oolong tea, so the Lin family also likes to drink oolong tea more or less.It's just that Jed changed his mouth to drink lighter green tea after he was reborn, but he is no stranger to the taste of this oolong tea.

"Do the math, you haven't come to my place for more than six years. Especially after your mother passed away, you don't even have a phone call." Lin Boan said lightly, but Jed couldn't calm down anymore, and hurriedly put the tea away Step aside and listen respectfully.Seeing Jade's actions, Lin Bo'an still nodded slightly. It seems that the child still has a little recognition for the Chinese in his heart. "I also know what you're worried about, but some things wouldn't happen if you weren't worried. Later I heard that you got involved with the mafia guys." Speaking of this, Lin Bo'an gave John a cold look, surprised John was in a cold sweat. "But fortunately, you still know what to do and what not to do, so I won't say much. What's your business coming to me this time?"

After thinking for a while, Jed revealed all about his cooperation with the FBI, causing Lin Bo'an to frown.After finally waiting for Jed to finish speaking, Lin Bo'an said coldly: "How did your mother teach you? Didn't she teach you 'a gentleman cannot stand under a wall'?"

"But in this way, I can get the greatest degree of protection from the FBI and benefits that are difficult to refuse afterwards!" Jed explained.

"You are as adventurous as your father!" Lin Bo'an shook his head, "Tell me, what can I do for you?"

"I heard that Japan's Fuji Sankei News Corp. intends to acquire part of the shares of my grandfather's Lincoln Broadcasting Company. I want to mess up the deal." Jed said the plan, "It is said that the Japanese black dragon will attach great importance to this transaction, I want to mess with them."

"Okay, but in business, I want to know how much money you can spend?" Lin Bo'an looked at Jed and said.

"Huh?" Jed froze for a moment, thinking his grandfather would be happy to give it away for free or something.

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Bo'an's mouth, and he felt a sense of satisfaction that his scheme had succeeded. "My company is not my own company. I have to serve the interests of my shareholders, right? Besides, my own Chinese American Historical Society is also a bottomless pit. How can I save some money? I can guarantee it now The point is, if your bid is close to the market price, you have priority.”

"They are Japanese!" Jed hurriedly reminded his grandfather that the other party was the Japanese he hated.

"I know, so I set a very high price! I'm going to slap them hard, and then use this money to promote the improvement of the status of the Chinese in the United States. Isn't this a good way to get the best of both worlds?" Lin Bo'an asked rhetorically .

Jed didn't know what to say anymore, and John also knew that Jed didn't have much money anymore, and most of his money was spent on the acquisition of ATV and the establishment of Asia Satellite TV Company.If it weren't for the good box office of "Toy Story", Jed may soon be suspected of going bankrupt.

But after John closed his eyes and thought about Jade's assets, he suddenly suggested: "Mr. Lin, it is almost impossible to buy Lincoln Broadcasting Company in cash, but if we take the shares of Oriental TV Station and KTSF to cross-shareholding, the two companies will merge. How about becoming a company? Although KTSF is known as the No. [-] Chinese TV station in North America, its influence is mainly limited to the San Francisco Bay Area. But Mr. Sherman’s Oriental TV not only sits on the viewing market in the Greater Los Angeles area, but also through Mr. Sherman’s shareholding The leading satellite TV company successfully landed in the Greater New York area, Seattle area, Chicago area and Houston area. We believe that the merger of the two TV stations will be very helpful in promoting the market share of Chinese broadcasting in the United States."

"That's a good idea." Lin Bo'an nodded, then closed his eyes and thought about the plan John offered.

At the same time, Jed also began to think about the feasibility of this plan.Oriental TV is now one of its own assets, but although this TV station has a wide coverage, its program production capacity is very weak, because Jade himself lacks the production capacity of Chinese-language TV.The current Oriental TV even collects and edits the resources of other TV stations for news programs, so although the coverage has increased, the ratings are very bleak.But KTSF is different. KTSF not only broadcast the first Chinese news program in North America, but also has a very strong special production ability, but it can interact with Oriental TV.

"KTSF has five wireless broadcasting channels in the San Francisco Bay Area. How do you fill these channels?" Lin Boan asked, "I won't let you fill them with your English programs. I want Chinese broadcasting!"

"Then why are you willing to sell Japanese broadcasts to the Japanese!" Jed quickly pointed out that Lin Boan was unfair.

Lin Boan went to smile and said, "The Japanese want to buy it, but they can offer three times the market price, okay? If you are willing to calculate my shares at three times the market price, I agree with you, and you can do whatever you like."

Jed suddenly became depressed, and it took a long time before he said: "Actually, I plan to merge all these TV station resources into Asia Television. Asia Television will launch three news channels in Mandarin, Cantonese and English next year, and will also retain a news channel. The Family Carnival channel mainly contains some Cantonese programs and TV dramas. In addition, I also have a history channel in my hand, and I have always wanted to make a Chinese Asian history and culture channel.”

"Three news channels, one Cantonese family channel and one Asian history and culture channel." Lin Bo'an thought for a while, "Go and prepare the business plan and merger and acquisition plan. I will hold a board meeting tomorrow."

"This acquisition can't involve cash, because I don't have much cash anymore." Jed said very rascally.

"If you don't have money, why are you talking about acquisitions!" Lin Bo'an was so angry that his grandson's scoundrel blew out his beard.

"Creative ideas and solutions." Jed said, "I can't give you cash now, but there will be a steady stream of cash in the future."

"Okay." Lin Bo'an could only admit defeat, "If you can convince the other directors, I will vote for it."

Hearing what Lin Boan said, Jade quickly called Lansing and asked her to bring the team to San Francisco immediately. At the same time, he also called Lin Jianyue from Hong Kong to talk about this matter and obtained support from Hong Kong.Now that the big heads have reached an agreement, the rest will be handled by the people below, and Lin Bo'an will naturally not care about the details.Seeing his grandson scolding Fang Qiu like this, he suddenly realized that this person was no longer the little boy who needed to be protected back then, he had also grown up.Maybe this is what my daughter is happy to see?However, his reckless temper was inherited from his father, and Lin Bo'an felt a little dissatisfied. "If you finish the phone call, accompany me to have dinner. Lao Hua heard that you are coming to see me, so he started to prepare a few days ago. There are lychees you like to eat and Buddha Jumping Wall, which you like to drink." Lin Bo'an said, bringing Following Jade and others out of the study, they walked towards the restaurant on the east side.

Although Jed was very spicy in his past and present lives, it doesn't mean he can refuse the temptation of Buddha jumping over the wall and lychee meat.