Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire

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night.

After the cloud and rain.

Li Ting walked over to Xu Cun's side, stepping over one body that was dripping with sweat, and said, Brother Cun, I want to buy Ming Pao.

The news that Kim Yong intends to retire came out two years ago on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the founding of Ming Pao - he suddenly announced his resignation from the post of president at the celebration tea party, and only remained as the chairman of the board of directors of Ming Pao.

As soon as the news came out, more than a dozen consortiums came to negotiate the acquisition of the shares held by Jin Yong. Those who wanted to acquire Ming Pao included: Liang Baitao, the owner of Hongkong Bai Fule Group, and Zheng Zheng, the founder of the Hong Kong version of Playboy. Jing Khan, British newspaper tycoon Maxwell, Xiangjiang chief chaebol Li Ka-shing, Jardine Matheson, Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, major shareholder of South China Morning Post Rupert Murdoch, and Xu Cun.

But two years later, Jin Yong still didn't sell his Ming Pao, and he didn't even bother to ask for the price.

Not only that, Ming Pao even went public a few months ago.

Jin Yong shouted to retire, but at the same time listed his company, which made outsiders even more confused.

Many acquisition teams gave up the idea of ​​acquiring Ming Pao after hitting the wall again and again, because it was not a question of money at all, but Jin Yong's mind was to find a suitable successor to carry forward the spirit of Ming Pao.

This successor must be young and promising, and must be appreciated by Jin Yong, and the most important thing is to be consistent with Jin Yong's philosophy of running a newspaper.

The first two, not only Xu Cun, but even Li Que can meet the requirements.

But when it comes to being consistent with Kim Yong’s philosophy of running a newspaper, not only Xu Cun, but even Li Que, who now considers himself a newspaperman, is very different from Jin Yong——Ming Pao rejects all political parties and groups Strictly abide by the free, neutral and objective line of running a newspaper. Xu Cun can't do this at all. In Xu Cun's view, all the newspapers and TV stations under his banner are his own propaganda tools. Although Li Ting wants to be like Jin Yong, she can only run a newspaper under Xu Cun's will. After all, the newspaper industry is only one of Xu Cun's many industries. In terms of value alone, the newspaper industry is only one of Xu Cun's industries. Therefore, Xu Cun's newspaper industry must serve Xu Cun's other industries, and must take into account the overall situation.

to be honest--

Not only Li Que, but even Xu Cun wanted to include Ming Pao under DreamWorks Newspapers.

The most valuable thing about Ming Pao is its credibility accumulated over thirty years. The other so-called Oriental Daily, Sing Tao Daily and Ta Kung Pao are all worthless compared with Ming Pao. In terms of credibility, Ming Pao is absolutely No. 1 in Hong Kong, Dongfang Daily has no integrity at all, Sing Tao Daily is a purely commercial newspaper, and Ta Kung Pao is indiscriminately helping the party to speak Therefore, when the views of several newspapers are inconsistent, most readers will listen to the views of Ming Pao.

No amount of money can buy the credibility of Ming Pao, and no matter how much money is given to Jin Yong, Jin Yong will not sell it.

So, when Li Ting said that he wanted to buy Ming Pao, Xu Cun looked puzzled: Zi Zi, it's not that I don't want to buy Ming Pao for you, but that Jin Yong doesn't sell it...

Li Ting arched upwards, then hugged Xu Cun's waist and lay in Xu Cun's arms, saying: Jin Yong is not for sale, but someone is.

Hearing what Li Que said, Xu Cun was surprised and said, Who? Lin Leyi?

In Xu Cun's mind, the only person who can still influence Jin Yong's decision is Jin Yong's young wife Lin Leyi.

but--

What Xu Cun didn't expect was that Li Que shook his head directly and said, It's not her.

When he heard that it wasn't Lin Leyi, Xu Cun immediately became interested and asked, Who is this person who can be Jin Yong's master?

Li Que said, Yu Pinghai.

Xu Cun said in surprise, It's him!

Xu Cun still knew about Yu Pinghai.

Speaking of which, this person's career experience is also quite legendary - Yu Pinghai was born in a commoner family, went to Japan to work and study after finishing middle school in Xiangjiang, and was admitted to the University of San Diego in the United States at the age of 19, because he could not make up enough tuition fees , moved to the University of Saskatchewan in Canada to study political economics, returned to Xiangjiang after graduation, and once worked as an editor for the Letter. At the age of 30, he and his friends bought a listed company in the Philippines and owned the Hilton Hotel in Manila. Three years later, he cleverly used the integration skills to make an asset transfer between cash, stocks, old factories and hotels. Hua Fenwen became the major shareholder of Nanhai Development again.

but--

Although the current Yu Pinghai is considered to have a small fortune, compared with any chaebol who wants to buy Ming Pao, he is not enough.

Therefore, Xu Cun couldn't help being a little surprised when Li Que said that Yu Pinghai could be the master of Jin Yong!

Seeing Xu Cun's surprise, Li Wei immediately explained: You haven't paid much attention to the newspaper industry in the past two years, so you don't know that Yu Pinghai has been coaxing Jin Yong to be happy for the past two years. Chess, eating hairy crabs, talking about the ideal of running a newspaper, and Yu Pinghai looks a bit like Jin Yong's dead son Zha Chuanxia. The relationship between the two is very harmonious. It’s like being Kim Yong’s godson.”

After hearing Li Que's explanation, Xu Cun also remembered that Yu Pinghai was the second-generation owner of Ming Pao in his previous life.

Moreover, it didn't take long for this guy to run Communications TV, and even established his own media kingdom at one point.

But just as his media kingdom was taking shape, he lost $100 million because of one incident.

Later, Yu Pinghai changed its name to Nanhai Holdings through its subsidiary China Digital Acquisition Co., Ltd., making a comeback and transforming into the field of enterprise informatization, that is, the Internet industry.

Such an extraordinary experience earned Yu Pinghai the title of Wonder Boy.

Even though Yu Pinghai in the most glorious period was nothing more than a small person in Xu Cun's eyes, but this guy did have something unique - this guy was especially good at doing business without capital.

This costless transaction does not refer to stealing or robbery, but zero-cost acquisition.

Not only the acquisition of Nanhai Development, but also the acquisition of Ming Pao, Yu Pinghai can be regarded as an empty-handed white wolf. Ming Pao.

However--

Although Yu Pinghai had packaged himself as a dignified gentleman and a media person who devoted himself to being a newspaper, Xu Cun knew that this guy was an out-and-out businessman, a purer businessman than most businessmen.

In the last life, Yu Pinghai resold Ming Pao within two years after he got it—this incident made Jin Yong regret it, and even became Jin Yong’s second only to his son Zha Chuanxia who died young. regret!

Xu Cun was not sure about buying Ming Pao from Jin Yong, an old and stubborn man, but Xu Cun couldn't help laughing when he bought Ming Pao from Yu Pinghai, a pure businessman!

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