As money and fame increased, Chen Chong got a lot of things and lost a lot of things, such as friendship. When he got together with Yan Hao and Ann Hui, he could no longer find the casual atmosphere between friends like before. The two of them became much more restrained.

Chen Chong had no choice but to do anything about this. After all, in the past year, he had not been dating them for many times. In the past, he had similar identities and like-mindedness, so he could talk without hesitation. But now, the relationship between the boss and subordinates has become a foregone conclusion, so there will naturally be an invisible gap between the two parties, affecting communication.

It is precisely because of this that during the party, there are no new topics, and the content that comes and talk about is "Shadow Warrior".

Because of the multiple rounds of investments in Shen Chong, the filming of "Shadow Warrior" was very smooth, and now it has entered the post-production stage and is scheduled to be released in March. Yan Hao and Ann Hui will almost be able to return to Hong Kong before the Spring Festival.

Chen Chong didn't pay much attention to the movie "Shadow Warrior". First, it had the golden sign of Kurosawa, and the quality was guaranteed. Second, the movie was invested by Toho and Fox, and the distribution was naturally the responsibility of their two companies. One was Japan's largest film distribution company, and the other was one of the seven major Hollywood publishers, so he didn't need to intervene.

"Shadow Warrior" invested nearly 10 million US dollars, equivalent to about 10 million yen. With the information in Chen Chong's memory and his understanding of the current situation of the Japanese film market, this movie is almost certainly unable to rely on box office to recover the cost. So he relied on the advantage of investing the most and set a bet agreement in the agreement. If the box office does not meet the ideal number, after the film is screened, except for the TV station's screening fee, all third-party screening rights, such as videotapes and other media copyrights in the future, will belong to Oriental Charming Film Company. So if nothing unexpected happens, this drama is the first world-class production produced by Chen Chong's film company.

After staying in Japan for another week, either participating in shares or acquiring them, and after tossing seven or eight companies, Shen Chong booked a plane, took Yi Yu to wait, and set off for Hong Kong.

"Dong Haoyun loves ships so much." In the first class cabin, Shen Chongfeng looked at the latest issue of "Far East Economic Review" and said to the young man sitting opposite him, who was elegant in appearance and in a suit: "The shipping industry is so sluggish now. He is also buying new ships on a large scale, entrusting Japan to build the world's largest oil tanker, a British shipping company, and competing for the world's ship king with Pao Yugang. I think something will happen sooner or later."

"Mr. Chen said that the US economy is now in a downturn, the shipping industry is sluggish, and oil prices are soaring again. Dong Haoyun is still buying a ship to compete for the reputation of the ship king. It is quite unwise. In comparison, Bao Yugang has a longer-term vision." The man closed the magazine like Shen Chong in his hand, and then said with a close eye: "In 1977, the Gibson Ship Brokerage Company selected the world's ship king. Bao Yugang ranked first with a scale of 13.47 million tons, which is twice as high as the second-place Sanguang Company in Japan. However, since last year, Bao Yugang has been selling ships in a big way, with a much lower price than the market price. The ships that cannot be sold are even sold as scrap iron. Recently, they are buying stocks of Hutchison Whampoa. I think he wants to give up shipping and go ashore to do real estate. Hong Kong's real estate market is very worth investing, and the shipping business will not improve in the short term. So what if Dong Haoyun takes the position of the world's ship king? It is difficult to turn around. Once the ship is lost, it will be doomed and will not be able to turn over for more than ten years."

“That’s right.”

According to history, two years later, Dong Haoyun passed away, leaving a huge mess for his son Tung Chee-hwa. Then, it took more than ten years of Tung Chee-hwa, coupled with the help of the mainland government, to finally digest the debt left by his father...

Chen Chong is a time traveling party, but the person in front of him is not. He can see the fate of the Dong family from clues. He has a gaze that looks like a torch and is a great talent.

The man, named Yuan Tianfan, graduated from the famous Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. After working as a teacher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a year, he jumped to the bond department of HSBC. Last year, he was poached by Shen Chong to help him manage his financial business. This time, he acquired Sony shares from Mitsui Consortium. He was in charge of the company. The completion was very beautiful. He bought Sony's shares at just $100 million, and the price per share was less than 10UU yen. It was a big profit. After buying the shares, just a week later, Sony's stock price broke through the 10UU yen mark.

"Mr. Yuan, Hutchison Whampoa is an asset of the joint venture of Land Land Group. It has a large amount of high-quality real estate. They will not sit idly by and watch Bao Yugang swallow it. If two tigers fight, there will be a injury." Chen Chong put down the magazine, picked up the wine glass, and said, "Is there any chance to steal a handful in the middle?"

"There must be opportunities." Yuan Tianfan also picked up the wine glass, touched him lightly, and asked, "I just don't know who Mr. Chen wants to steal?"

"Of course it's stealing Land Group." Chen Chong smiled and said, "I am a stingy person. Whoever offends me will take revenge on anyone. I recently started filming a movie and planned to borrow Kangle Building as an outdoor location. Land Group actually charged me a location fee of HK$1 million. I want to get this money back."

"My father told me before that anyone in this world can offend women, but they can't offend women." Yuan Tianfan took a sip of wine and said, "Now I think I would rather offend women than offend Mr. Chen."

Chen Chong laughed and said repeatedly: "I've been awarded too much, I've been awarded too much, I haven't reached that level yet.

"In 1978, Bao Yugang bought more than 100,000 shares of Hutchison Whampoa from Li Ka-shing for more than 40 yuan, accounting for about 18 of the total shares, but he did not make any big moves later. Now the Hutchison Whampoa stock price is only about 1 yuan, and the stock value is seriously low." Yuan Tianfan analyzed clearly: "According to my judgment, Bao Yugang didn't move last year. He was secretly raising funds and would soon take action again to challenge the major shareholder of Land Group. Now it is a good time to enter."

Chen Chong was about to answer, but at this time, he heard someone behind him speaking in Japanese. When he looked back, he found that it was Yamaguchi Momoe. She was about to pass the stewardess' block and enter the first class.

"It's okay, let her come in."

Yamaguchi Momoe walked to Chen Chong in a short stroll, bowed and saluted, and then whispered Japanese. Chen Chong didn't quite understand, but looking at her expression, she should have been to apologize.

Seeing this, the flight attendant translated it in English. Although it was a bit bumpy, it made it clear. As expected, she came to apologize and said that she didn't know that the agency company had put forward so many harsh demands.

"Miss Yamaguchi, don't apologize." Chen Chong waved his hand and said in English: "Business is business, favors are favors, and the agency company is also protecting your interests. There is no need to blame you. Just do your duty and film well, and I won't blame you."

After listening to the flight attendant's translation, Yamaguchi Momoe bowed again and left.

"Yamaguchi Momoe is quite polite." Yuan Tianfan looked at her back and said, "It is more elegant than the few Hong Kong actresses I have ever met."

"Her one can no longer be called temperament, it should be called aura. Actress with aura is rare in the world." Chen Chong smiled and said, "I don't like her appearance very much, but I appreciate her purity, as if I look at a lotus."

"Is that true? There is still a saying in the entertainment industry that aura is there?"

"Yes, but it's rare." Chen Chong returned to the topic just now and said: "How to attack the Land Group?"

"Land Land Group owns about 20 shares of Hutchison Whampoa. If Bao Yugang wants to increase his holdings, they will definitely absorb shares of small shareholders." Yuan Tianfan said: "But Land Group has made mistakes in recent years and has suffered losses. The working capital in its hands is not enough to support this war. We can buy a certain amount of Hutchison Whampoa shares first and then use it to replace the high-quality real estate of Land Group. If the capital is sufficient and the time is right, I estimate that I can get the high-quality property of Land Group at a price of 30% below the market price."

"You can do this." Chen Chong didn't know much about the specific operation of finance, and he didn't have the time to study it. He said: "I'll give you 100 million US dollars of capital to see what good things you can snatch out from the mouth of Land Group."

Yuan Tianfan was very confident, and he was not polite, just said: "Thank you Mr. Chen for your trust."

"By the way, what are the news about the TV station?"

"Yes, each company has it." Yuan Tianfan moved his body, changed his seat, and said, "In principle, they all agreed to cooperate, but in details, they still need to have an interview with Mr. Shen."

"Before New Year's Day, I went to find them to cooperate, and they all pushed and stopped, and they obviously didn't trust me." Chen Chong smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Now, seeing me launching bombs one after another, I finally started to believe it."

"This is human nature." Yuan Tianfan said with a smile: "A year ago, if someone told me that a person started from scratch and earned 500 million US dollars a year, I would definitely think he was crazy or just bragging."

"Mr. Chen's rise is too incredible, so no one believes that you really have so many assets." Yuan Tianfan continued: "And that TV station plan is a completely cost-burning plan. Not to mention anything else, Mr. Chen, just you promise that as long as you can become the chairman of the board, you will invest at least 200 million yuan as operating capital every year. If the loss exceeds 100 million yuan, you will pay out of your own pocket to make up for the loss and make up for the losses of other shareholders. This is completely a matter that only madmen will do. If there is not enough capital, who dares to play with you?"

"I have more money." Chen Chong laughed and said, "I can't bear to let my children get trapped. I'm making a fortune too quickly. I have money but no power, so I have to spend money to buy the power of these people, otherwise the Hong Kong government would not give me the opportunity to make TV."

"Money cannot be converted into trend, and it will be a waste in the end. I know and understand this, but I don't understand why Mr. Chen is so persistent in restarting Jiajiayi TV?" Yuan Tianfan said: "H is the best choice to do TV business in Hong Kong. It is also a listed company. With Mr. Chen's financial resources, it is not difficult to become a major shareholder."

Chen Chong shook his head, laughing without saying a word.

Jiayi TV Station Ia1 is the third free commercial radio and television station in Hong Kong. It opened on September 7, 1975 and closed down on August 1978.

Unlike H and Li's TV, Jiayi TV only has one Chinese TV. Its station emblem is a ring-shaped hexagon composed of six l-degree angle lines, representing the "six arts" of Chinese Confucianism - rituals, music, sprints, books, numbers, and also represents the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV, namely the founder of Hang Seng Bank, Jardinea Foreign Company, Hong Kong Commercial Radio, as well as Sing Tao Daily, Overseas Chinese Daily, and Industry and Business Daily.

Among the six shareholders, Commercial Radio is the largest shareholder. Ho Zuozhi, the founder of Hong Kong Commercial Radio, is one of the descendants of the famous Hong Kong wealthy family, and is a relative of Macau gambling king Ho Hong.

Due to the limitation of TV licenses, Jiayi TV can only be used as a teaching TV to broadcast science and education training programs from afternoon to U and 9:00 to 1:30 pm. However, even so, it produced fifty or sixty TV series in just three years, which was definitely prolific in the 1970s, including many classic works, such as the first Jin Yong TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", starring Michelle Michelle. After filming, it caused a sensation in Hong Kong and set a precedent for martial arts TV series.

After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" became a hit, Jiayi TV quickly rose to the top, surpassing Li's TV and becoming the second-ranked TV station in Hong Kong, putting H in a lot of pressure.

However, Hong Kong's territory is small, the market is limited, and the competition is very fierce. Jiayi TV Station is inherently inadequate and was not prepared to participate in the war between TV stations. However, it was later found that if the war was not met, the ratings would not be guaranteed and without advertisers, they would perish themselves.

So he borrowed 15UU million from the Bank of East Asia, poached everywhere, recruited soldiers, and started shooting TV series on a large scale. When Jiayi TV was first established, there were only people. Before the bankruptcy in 1978, there were more than 700 employees, and most of these people were dug up by at least twice as much as H. As a result, the financial pressure doubled.

Behind H are HSBC and Hong Kong wealthy Li family, as well as Shaw Brothers' full support. Lite TV has the support of the British consortium. Among the six shareholders of Jiayi TV, Jardinea Foreign Company's main business is not in the TV media at all. It is just a name here. Hang Seng Bank was initially excited, but after investing huge amounts of money in 1977, it found that it was too expensive but could not make money. It immediately gave up. The other three newspapers were all good at making soy sauce. With the strength of Hong Kong commercial radio, they could not support such a large plate. So in August 1978, Jiayi TV closed down without warning.

Chen Chong’s plan is to find a few new partners and start broadcasting Jiayi TV again. The TV station is a very good tool to integrate forces from all aspects.

Hong Kong Commercial Radio has experience in television licenses and media production, so it is naturally one of its partners.

In 1976, Jiashi broadcasted the high-rated Taiwanese drama series "Hong Xi Guan and Fang Shiyu", which attracted a lot of viewers. Jiashi also took the route of martial arts dramas, first "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and then "The Return of the Condor Heroes". However, Jiashi failed to maintain the ratings level and the economic situation was in a dilemma. It was only supported by Lin Xiufeng, son of Hang Seng Bank founder Lin Bingyan.

In 1978, Liang Shuyi joined Jiashi from the TVB, which caused a boom in poaching. The important TVB staff who followed Liang Shuyi include Liu Tianci (assistant general manager and creative supervisor), Shi Shaoming (program director), Lu Guozhan (program promotion director), Ye Jiexin as director), and Lin Xuhua (data collection manager). Many famous artists and directors changed jobs together, and most of the actors in the TV series "Family Change" also moved their positions. Liang Shuyi spared no effort to instigate the "July Offensive". But at this time the government had already begun to intervene in investigating Jiashi's financial problems.

Before the "July Offensive", Jiashi artists came out in groups and took a float parade in the hot weather. They visited various parts of Hong Kong to promote Jiashi programs. The newspapers also sold advertisements. The offensive performance was mediocre. Although there were good shows, the cost was very high. The senior management therefore had to take action to stop the bleeding. Liang Shuyi was forced to resign. At the same time, they also resigned. Shi Shaoming, Ye Jiexin, Liu Tianci, Lu Guozhan, and Lin Xuhua, known as the "Six Gentlemen" incident. (Another saying is that these six people jumped to Jiashi)

On August 1978, a notice appeared outside Jiashi Building: "The company is in trouble due to business operations and will be closed from now on. As for the salary and salary of employees, it will be handled in accordance with the public and will be resolved quickly. As for the relevant progress, it will be gradually announced."

Jiayi TV has produced many TV programs that are regarded as classic by TV fans, including [The Legend of the Condor Heroes], [The Legend of Condor Heroes], etc. Tsui Hark, Zhou Liang Shuyi, and Cheng Yuling all worked in the TV station. After Jiayi TV went bankrupt, Jiayi TV Building became today's Hong Kong Radio TV Building.

Unlike the other two TV stations in Hong Kong, "Wireless" and "ATV", Jiayi TV only has one Chinese channel. Its platform emblem is composed of six ring-shaped hexagons composed of 0-degree lines, representing the "six arts" of Chinese Confucianism - ritual, music, shooting, imperial, book, and number; it also represents the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV, namely the Lin Bingyan (one of the founders of Hang Seng Bank), Jardinet Foreign Company, Hong Kong Commercial Radio, and three Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong - [Sing Tao Daily], [Overseas Chinese Daily] and [Business Daily] (only Sing Tao Daily still continues to be published today). Among the six shareholders, commercial radio has the greatest dominance. Commercial radio once founded the "Jashi Football Team", but later gave up because Jiashi went bankrupt. It is worth mentioning that Wu Huangrong, who was working in the business station at that time, was the leader of the team.

Blindly poaching, the salary of actors is high, in addition to the high cost, the salary of actors and employees is also very high.

When Jiashi was first established, there were only people, but in order to win over elites, they were poaching people everywhere, especially large-scale poaching of TVB, the number of employees reached more than 700 in 1978.

Especially in 1977, Liang Shuyi, the backbone of the brigade who was very good at TVB, collectively jumped to Jiashi and caused a sensation.

At that time, Liang Shuyi's conditions were very generous, including high salary, joining the board of directors, and being fully responsible for all personnel and programs, and never disturbing her use of money.

At that time, many actors in tvnR could not stand the temptation of high salaries and turned to Jiashi's arms.

There was a fierce tug-of-war, and TVB artist Shi Xiu was locked up in a hotel. The company did not allow him to transfer to Jiashi and asked him to get three times his salary immediately to return to TV.

The leading actress Huang Shuyi was in a different place at the time. She wrote a letter to Liang Shuyi, intending to contribute to the best performance. Liang Shuyi was very happy after seeing it and immediately asked Chen Yueming to sign a contract in Canada.

Hong Shuyi asked for a price of 10,000 (the art that won 5,000 or 6,000 yuan at that time was called a special grade, and 10,000 yuan was the best in Hong Kong), but Liang Shuyi agreed immediately without considering it.

As a result, TVB received the news and even signed a contract with Huang Shuyi before Jiasi.

"The Dream of the Building" filmed by Jiashi in 1977 even attracted Wu Weiguo, an actor who played Jia Baoyu on TV, so he poached Wu Weiguo for a high salary and played Jia Baoyu again.

When he left TVB, he had a monthly salary of only 10 yuan, but his monthly salary was 50UU yuan, plus some other income, and his monthly income exceeded 10,000 yuan.
Chapter completed!