"I hope that the newspaper will be modernized. We have been run as a family for a long time and will be institutionalized in the future. Going public is the best opportunity for the company to move towards institutionalized management.

Mrs. Lin is a heroine who has braved the wind and waves in the business world. I believe that under her leadership, the new Ming Pao Enterprise will definitely shine!"

People carried the sedan chair. Tao Yushu also said in an interview with a reporter from the South China Morning Post:

"The success of Ming Pao Enterprises is inseparable from the success of Ming Pao, and this is all due to Mr. Cha's personal foresight.

From the early days of Jin Yong in martial arts novels, to the 1960s when Cha Liangyong was famous for his political commentary, to the current listed Ming Pao Enterprise.

Mr. Cha has successfully built Ming Pao Enterprise into a newspaper company that is highly respected by intellectuals, which shows his foresight."

After Ming Pao Enterprises went public, Tao Yushu became the actual controller of the company, while Jin Yong retreated to the position of manager. The two seemed to have a harmonious relationship and respected each other.

This undoubtedly greatly enhanced investors' confidence in Mingpao Enterprises after its listing.

Early the next morning, news about the successful listing of Ming Pao Enterprises appeared overwhelmingly on the pages of major newspapers in Hong Kong. The images and speeches of Tao Yushu and Jin Yong were also widely reported by the media.

On the first day of listing, the stock price increased by 93%, and the market value reached HK$4.65 billion, proving the market's recognition and expectations for Mingpao Enterprises.

In the eyes of many media, it is only a matter of time before Mingpao Enterprise becomes the first stock in Hong Kong’s media industry.

Facts have proved that these media guesses were correct, but not completely.

On the second day of listing of Ming Pao Enterprises, the stock price continued to rise. In less than a week, the stock price increased from 3.2 yuan to 9.2 yuan.

The cumulative increase is 187%.

The market value has also reached HK$6.9 billion, successfully overtaking Oriental Newspapers’ market value of HK$6.3 billion, becoming the first stock in the Hong Kong-listed media industry.

This stock price and market value are definitely artificially high for Mingpao Enterprises, which has just been listed, but it also proves the market's confidence and recognition of Mingpao Enterprises.

From more than a month before the listing to more than a week after the listing, Tao Yushu has been in the interview mode, not slacking off for a moment, either just accepting interviews or on the way to be interviewed.

On May 23, the Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition) published an in-depth interview with Tao Yushu.

This newspaper is a comprehensive daily founded by the Wall Street Journal in 1979. The Asian edition is headquartered in Hong Kong.

As a "rich second generation" born with a silver spoon in his mouth, "The Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition)" has become an authoritative magazine in the field of Asian financial news since its inception.

Since the 1960s, Hong Kong's newspaper industry has been the most developed in Asia, and even Japan, which has an equally developed newspaper industry, is slightly behind.

Within just a few days of its listing, Ming Pao Enterprises became the number one stock in the Hong Kong media industry, which naturally attracted the attention of the Wall Street Journal.

As early as last year, they had paid attention to Tao Yushu's acquisition of Ming Pao Group, and promoted Tao Yushu to the throne of "Queen of Media" in Hong Kong.

Now the words of the Wall Street Journal can be said to be extremely prescient, and they naturally cannot let go of this opportunity to promote their own newspaper's foresight.

"When I first met Tao, it was hard to imagine that she was already 35 years old. Of course, this was just the first visual impression - she was young and beautiful.

In fact, she controls two listed media companies in Hong Kong and the largest film company in Asia. Such achievements are unimaginable at her age.

What impressed me most about her was her strong mental state and fighting spirit. She seemed not to know what tiredness was.

Every morning at 8 o'clock, she would appear in the company building on time, and the employees would call her "Mrs. Lin" when they met.

Chinese people do not put their husband's surname first. This is a unique habit of Xiangjiang people. Tao is not opposed to this, but is very happy. She said that her success is inseparable from her husband's support.

She specifically emphasized that this is not a Chinese modesty habit, but a fact.

Tao's husband is a novelist who has won the French Renaudeau Prize for Literature. His works have been sold well all over the world, including the United States, and she is very proud of this.

At work, she is involved in various affairs, including movies, comics, games, news, and publishing——

In these complicated tasks, she can always sort out the clues and make decisions easily.

Being clear-headed and rational, full of energy and motivation, working with colleagues who are too good is always a very stressful thing. This is how Tao's subordinates feel.

Usually, Tao gets off work before 8 pm, which is an agreement between her and her husband.

She said that she often neglected spending time with her family because she was too involved in work. She felt a little guilty about this, but it was difficult to change. Fortunately, her family members understood her.

It is 11 kilometers from King's Road to Deep Water Bay and passes 7 traffic lights. Tao said that except for the Chinese New Year, she commutes on this road most of the year.

No. 75 Deep Water Bay Road is a villa that Tao and her husband Lin bought last year. The surrounding villas were not eye-catching before the 1970s. Later, Li Ka-shing, who lived here, became the richest man in Hong Kong, and this became a hot spot among Hong Kong’s rich.

Popular luxury areas for purchase.

When the author and Tao returned home, Lin had already prepared a table of delicious food. She said this was a tradition in her family. Whenever guests came to the house, her husband would cook and show off his special skills.

Okay, I admit, his craftsmanship is really good, it reminds me of the Max Café in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, which is the best restaurant in Paris.

A gentle and talented husband, lovely children, a successful career, beauty and wisdom. When the author listed these elements in his notebook, I couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Among the hundreds of people interviewed by the author, Tao may not be the richest entrepreneur, but she must be the most successful and happiest. The "Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition)" interview with Tao Yushu was placed on the front page of the newspaper.

, the article "Asian Women's Model of the New Era: An In-depth Interview with Tao Yushu, the Head of Ming Pao Enterprises" occupies almost a full page.

Reporter Chloe Nelson praised Tao Yushu in the introduction, and the interview also shined with the exchange of wisdom between the two sides.

At the end of the article, Chloe Nelson once again mentioned the "Wall Street Journal's" reputation for Tao Yushu.

"The future of Tao Ming's newspaper company does not stop at Xiangjiang. This is her confidence in the company as the leader, and it has been recognized by the capital market to a certain extent.

Maybe in the near future, we will have to replace the article in front of ‘Hong Kong Media Queen’ with ‘Asia’.”

"The Wall Street Journal (Asia Edition)" is Tao Yushu's first interview with an internationally influential media, and this interview article also spoke highly of her.

After the article was published, it quickly aroused a certain response in the business circles and media fields in Hong Kong and even various Asian countries and regions. This is also the first time that Tao Yushu's name has been spread to such a large extent in Asian society.

In the bustling month of May, Tao Yushu became a favorite on TV and in newspapers, and the endless reports lasted for half a month before they stopped.

By June, the outside world's attention on her had completely dissipated. Being a businessman is not a star, and the boss cannot always stand in front of the stage. Tao Yushu deeply understands this truth.

The results of the second Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award were announced this month, causing considerable controversy in the domestic literary circles.

The controversy mainly focused on the selection of the best novel. The best novel this time was awarded to Liang Xiaosheng's "Snow City".

This novel tells the story of a group of educated youths who experienced the movement to go to the mountains and countryside and faced spiritual, material and other pressures and challenges after returning to the city. It also describes the various hardships they experienced in the process of integrating into the city.

Liang Xiaosheng's creative style was very alternative in the fiery, restless and exaggerated 1980s, and was somewhat rustic.

While others wrote scar literature to accuse the cruelty and dehumanization of the torrent of humanity, he wrote the literature of educated youth with a revolutionary atmosphere, passionate, glorious and sacred.

While everyone was arguing endlessly about various literary trends and schools, he still insisted on writing simple realism.

"Snow City" is Liang Xiaosheng's first full-length work. It is not considered a first-rate work among contemporary literary works, and it is not even considered top-notch among second-rate works.

However, it cannot stand up to the overall weakness in the creation of domestic novels in the past two years, but it appears to be outstanding.

Literary literature has never been the best since ancient times, and the discussion in the literary circles about "Snow City" winning was actually not much different from the winning of "The Ordinary World" the year before.

The difference was that Lin Chaoyang was the one who dominated the awards at that time.

The award for "The Ordinary World" was controversial. Lin Chaoyang said, "You can't be afraid of controversy when judging awards." Everyone immediately felt their hearts in their stomachs.

Lin Chaoyang did not participate in the awards this year, and did not even attend the award ceremony. When the controversy started, many people began to sway.

The Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award is an award founded by Lin Chaoyang. The first edition was so popular that it seemed to be on par with the Mao Dun Literary Award.

As a result, in the second session, Lin Chaoyang, the initiator, did not participate in the entire process.

Not only did he not participate in the award evaluation, but he also did not participate in the organization, preparation and awarding of the awards. This has to make everyone suspicious.

From last year to this year, due to the changes in the domestic public opinion environment, the literary world was already sensitive. This change in the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award and Lin Chaoyang's resignation naturally created the ground for the spread of conspiracy theories.

Rumors about the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award being incorporated into the Association for Literary and Art Circles and the quarrel between Lin Chaoyang and the Association for Literary and Art Circles spread like wildfire, and they were spread in a fashionable way.

For a while, it was difficult to tell the truth from the false.

Someone from the Literary and Art Association suggested that Lin Chaoyang come forward to clarify, but Ma Feng dismissed it.

"It was nothing at first, but if I did this, it would only make it worse."

Public opinion in the Mainland literary circles is of no importance to Lin Chaoyang who is far away in Hong Kong. He has been entrusted by others for the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award. If the first session was successfully held, his mission has been completed. Of course, he is not willing to spend more time on it.

Focus on this kind of thing.

In addition, he did not return to Yanjing to attend the award ceremony, mainly because the creation of the new book entered a critical period.

Not long after the New Year, Lin Chaoyang started writing a new book. He completed the first draft in June, and then he revised it for a long time.

In the past, Lin Chaoyang's manuscripts rarely took such a long time to revise.

The difference this time is that Lin Chaoyang returned to the creative technique of stream-of-consciousness literature and told stories with a non-linear and fragmented narrative structure.

The whole story seems fragmented at first glance, but in fact it contains hidden mysteries. Readers need to be patient until the end to gradually discover the mystery.

It was not until late August that Lin Chaoyang finally revised the manuscript.

When he wrote the words "finalized in Xiangjiang on August 22, 1990" on the last page of the manuscript, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but let out a long breath.

"I can take another vacation!" he murmured to himself.

Then he made a call to each publishing house, including Huacheng Publishing House, Ming Pao Publishing House, Pure Literature Publishing House and Hede Bookstore. Even before his new book was completed, these four publishing houses had already expressed their intention to publish it.

In the evening, Lin Chaoyang was humming a tune and cooking for his family. It happened that Tao Yumo came back from school after picking up her two children. She smelled the aroma wafting from the kitchen and couldn't help but sniff.

"Brother-in-law, what day is today?"

"Today is a good day!" Lin Chaoyang replied with a smile.

Then he saw Maggie Cheung standing behind Tao Yumo, looking towards the kitchen.

"Why are you here?"
To be continued...