Chapter 44: All-rounder Edison Chen
The major owners of "Not" magazine are mainly Chen Guanzhong, Qiu Shiwen, Deng Xiaoyu and Hu Junyi, and own nearly 85% of the shares. Since Chen Guanzhong dared to come to Zhang Shaoping to inject capital, it was already agreed that several people had already agreed. They shared 51% of the shares for 4.5 million yuan and transferred them to Zhang Shaoping.
In addition to the three major companies such as Zongheng Investment, Han and Tang Fengxing Clothing and Ocean Trade, Zhang Shaoping originally had nearly 300 million yuan in spare money, but he has invested a lot in real estate and theaters one after another, so now he has only HK$220 million in cash.
Zhang Shaoping invested 30 million yuan to establish Dingsheng Culture Journal Publishing Company.
Most of the publications such as Hong Kong newspapers and magazines are concentrated in the areas of Emperor Road and Hennessy Road, Hong Kong Island. The address of Dingsheng Culture Company is No. 660 Emperor Road.
The first move after Dingsheng was to acquire 51% of the shares in "Extra" for HK$4.5 million. The funds obtained by Chen Guanzhong and the four of them transferred their equity were not discounted by 1.5 million, but the remaining 3 million was offset by 10% of the equity of Dingsheng Company.
Dingsheng Company's second move was to establish wholly-owned subsidiaries "Fashion" magazine, "Movie Time" magazine and "TV Time" magazine. The former is mainly aimed at the "Yuppeers" of the middle and upper class, and the latter two publish professional journals introducing film and television. Originally, Zhang Shaoping wanted to establish professional magazines for men and women, but he could not find a suitable person for the time being, so the plan was temporarily stranded.
"Movie Time" magazine and "TV Time" magazine, Zhang Shaoping originally wanted to wait until he found a suitable editor-in-chief and other candidate before he officially opened the publication. However, Chen Guanzhong said: "Zhang Sheng, these two newspapers can be handed over to me. I can be the editor-in-chief, and I can also find editor-in-chief, editor and editor to open the publication."
Zhang Shaoping said in surprise: "You come? You can write scripts. I know that you can write scripts, but you can't just write scripts when you run a publication." He didn't say anything in his mind. Even if you write a script, it would be a waste of life. "Fire Youth" almost killed Liu Zhenwei.
Chen Guanzhong smiled and said reservedly: "I write scripts in my spare time, occasionally film reviews, and also made an American movie. I dare not say that it is very professional in the film and television industry, but I know more than a lot of half a bucket of water in Hong Kong."
In later generations, this guy published a lot of books, which Zhang Shaoping knew, and this guy was good at playing businesses and running TV stations. At this time, he heard him say that he had also made an American movie, and Zhang Shaoping had to admire this guy, he was really a versatile guy.
Zhang Shaoping said inexplicably: "Since you are so familiar with the film and television industry, why don't you run a magazine about film and television when you return to Hong Kong? In this way, the "Movie Biweekly" will not be more beautiful than before."
Upon hearing this, Chen Guanzhong rubbed his hands awkwardly and said, "When I started the publication, Hong Kong movies were not that popular. When it was popular, I wanted to run them but had no money. I wanted to close the magazine "Extraordinary" since it was opened. But every time, when I wanted to stop it, someone invested money to maintain it. Everyone was so enthusiastic, I couldn't let their love down!"
When Zhang Shaoping heard this, he didn't know what to say. "The Outside" magazine is simply a weird thing in newspapers and magazines. It loses money every year, but it can maintain it every year. When it is weak, someone immediately invests money in it. It has been seven years of bumpy bumps.
What a legendary magazine.
Zhang Shaoping said: "Since you are so confident, tell me, how can you run these two publications well?"
Speaking of this, Chen Guanzhong suddenly became energetic and said: "For professional film publications, Hong Kong only has "Movie Biweekly", while in Hong Kong there is only one TV publication in Hong Kong, which is "Hong Kong TV", which was founded in 1967. "Movie Biweekly" mainly introduces filmmakers and films in the local film industry, and is seriously localized, while "Hong Kong TV" is just an internal publication of TV station, which only introduces wireless artists, TV programs and TV series. If we publish publications, if we don't want to fight fiercely with the two and grab the market, then we cannot seriously localized."
He was a little thirsty, Chen Guanzhong took a sip of tea and continued: "I plan to divide the two publications of movies and TV. One is from the Greater China circle and the other is from the world version outside of Greater China. Moreover, the current magazines are all monochrome black and white printed. Our magazines can use color printing, so that we can easily grab some markets from them."
When Zhang Shaoping heard this, he had no doubts and clapped his hands on the spot and said, "Okay! That's great! As long as our magazines are different from others and have their own characteristics, they will definitely be able to get our market share. Just do it as you want, I fully support it."
Chen Guanzhong hesitated a little: "There is one thing that is bad for using color printing, which is that the cost will increase a lot. Moreover, the funds invested in the machine will be more. Therefore, the profits of the magazine will become very small."
Zhang Shaoping smiled and said, "What's there to do? What I want is the signboard of becoming bigger and stronger. Now, even if I invest, I will naturally take it back in the future. As long as I can get more market share and earn less, I will accept it."
Since the big boss Zhang Shaoping nodded, Chen Guanzhong wanted to go down, but saw Zhang Shaoping stopping him again and asked, "Chen Sheng, are you good at running a newspaper?"
Chen Guanzhong laughed dryly and said, "When the magazine "Extra" was first released, it was in the form of a newspaper. At that time, 10,000 copies were distributed, and more than 9,000 of them were sold as waste paper. If Zhang Sheng asked me if I didn't know what I knew about running a newspaper, the answer was yes, but if it could be done well, it would be hard to say."
Zhang Shaoping said: "I bought a tabloid. There are only fifteen employees in the entire newspaper. The newspaper printing is called OEM by the printing factory. I now find it like a piece of chicken rib, which is tasteless and a pity to throw it away. What are your suggestions?"
Chen Guanzhong replied: "Every successful newspaper must find the right positioning of the newspaper and establish a unique development style. For example, Overseas Chinese Daily and Sing Tao Daily attach importance to international perspectives, social culture and in-depth reports, while Ming Pao and Xinbao adhere to Chinese traditional culture and look at problems from the perspective of intellectuals. Oriental Daily, Chengbao and others take the grassroots mass route. As for others, some are pro-Mainland and some are pro-Taiwan."
Positioning? Entertainment gossip. Style? "Paparazzi". After listening to Chen Guanzhong's words, Zhang Shaoping suddenly thought of countermeasures in his mind. But the birth of "Paparazzi" is not a glorious thing. Zhang Shaoping would not mention it himself even if he was beaten to death. He doesn't want to involve his name with the three words "Paparazzi".
Chen Guanzhong left, and Zhang Shaoping was still struggling with whether to let the monster "paparazzi" be born early. The benefits are there, but the disadvantages are also obvious. Since we can't make a decision, Zhang Shaoping simply let it exist in a desperate situation. When we find a suitable candidate, it will not be too late to develop again. Anyway, this tabloid is only worth one million yuan, and it is not a pity to close the door. Before closing, we can report some rumors in a storm and put cold guns on some people.
One advantage of Zhang Shaoping is that he will not do anything he can't do. Therefore, when the publications under Dingsheng Company were published and distributed, Zhang Shaoping handed them over to Chen Guanzhong and others who were familiar with it. He just went to the company to "patrol" from time to time to show his existence to all the company employees, and he was the real boss.
Zhang Shaoping returned to the three-point line, oh, no, it should be the four-point line. He set off from home in the morning and went to the company in Kwun Tong to work, and started staying at Zongheng Investment Company at noon. At four o'clock in the afternoon, he went to Dingsheng Company to make a move. This was the day, and Zhang Shaoping lived a lot.
During this period, Zhang Shaoping did not forget the arduous task assigned by Mi Xue. He called Zhang Guorong and asked him about his whereabouts.
A charity basketball game is being held in Tsuen Wan, and many celebrities, film, television, and sports athletes have come to help. Zhang Rong also went to participate in the grand event.
When he arrived at the scene, Zhang Shaoping had not found Zhang Rong yet, but he ran into Huo Zhenting first.
Huo Zhenting asked strangely: "Hey, didn't you say you were not free and wouldn't come?"
"You said there was a charity game and invited me to participate. What you meant was this charity basketball game?" Zhang Shaoping remembered that yesterday Huo Zhenting called him to participate in some charity. Zhang Shaoping did not go in person, so he asked his secretary Guan Xiaoxiao to attend and donate money on his behalf. But he did not expect that Zhang Guorong and Huo Zhenting invited were the same charity.
"Didn't this charity be held in the Peninsula Hotel? Why did you move here?" Zhang Shaoping asked in confusion.
"Originally, they were just doing a charity and sponsoring basketball and sports, but they had to move to Tsuen Wan after they had a basketball game."
Zhang Shaoping suddenly realized and said, "So that's it."
"Aren't you there no time?"
"I'm looking for someone. You've seen it, Zhang Guorong, I'm looking for him."
"Look for him? Why?"
"The private matter Huiling told me to do is related to him."
When Huo Zhenting heard that it was a private matter, he didn't ask much and said, "Okay, go find him first. When you come back, I will introduce two friends to you."
Of course, the friends Huo Zhenting mentioned are not ordinary people, people with no certain ability or similar ambitions, but they cannot catch his eye. Zhang Shaoping is looking forward to the friends he mentioned and wants to know them very much.
Zhang Shaoping said: "Okay, I'll say a few words to Arong and I'll go find you in a while."
According to the location mentioned on Zhang Guorong's phone, Zhang Shaoping found him without much time. But when Zhang Shaoping saw the people around him, he widened his eyes and showed a look of surprise. His long hair was shawl, his pretty face, capable clothes, and his heroic spirit were Zhang Shaoping's secretary Guan Xiaoxiao.
Chapter completed!