Chapter 520 Dong Ma's Pillow

After Christmas, Wang Yuanchao returned to Hong Kong.

The two parties have basically reached an agreement on the first business of purchasing the shell of a listed company.

People not only want a shell, but also want to put some assets inside, which makes it look better than an empty shell.

The property prices in Hong Kong are very attractive nowadays. You can earn a premium by just buying some land and houses.

The final transaction price was 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

The cost Wang Yuanchao paid was just the shell he had maintained for several years, as well as the land and house that were worth tens of millions of yuan at the time (now worth more than 100 million but less than 200 million yuan).

Net profit of more than 1 million.

Wang Yuanchao was somewhat concerned about this deal because the party involved in the transaction was called Chen Songqing.

You may not be familiar with his name, but if you have seen the movie "Golden Finger" starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau, you will know that the prototype of the role played by Tony Leung is Chen Songqing.

The murder of Jianing was so confusing that it remained unsolved for decades. With the death of this old man, the truth disappeared from this world forever.

Once Wang Yuanchao sets his sights on a trading party, the forces under his control will naturally know this person's cards thoroughly.

Chen Songqing, a Malaysian, studied in the UK, majoring in civil engineering.

It initially engaged in small-scale civil engineering projects in Southeast Asia, but went bankrupt due to insufficient market demand.

Then he chose to go to Hong Kong, the "Pearl of the Orient", hoping to revive his career there.

Through real estate, he used small investments to make big gains, constantly mortgaged land to banks, and used the money to purchase more land. In just one year, his Jianing Group accumulated a large amount of land in the New Territories, jumping from a small developer to a medium-sized one. ——Wang Yuanchao did the same thing back then, but the loans from various banks were limited. If it weren't for the strong support of HSBC, his wealth would not have expanded so quickly.

So which bank is behind Chen Qingsong?

The financial backer behind him is Malaysia's Utama Bank.

The majority of the funds of Yu Min Bank come from Petronas, and the Malaysian government gives it 5000 million every month.

By 1979, U-Ming Bank had injected up to RM30 billion into its Hong Kong branch, U-Ming Finance.

But the bank can’t spend this money. Why?
Because banks have an unwritten rule that they can only lend to foreign nationals who start businesses in foreign countries.

You have to know that at that time, there were very few Malaysians who went abroad to start businesses.

Moreover, at that time, Yumin Bank had ambitions for the global market, especially the booming Hong Kong real estate market, so -

Chen Qingsong and Yumin Bank hit it off immediately.

Even so, Chen Qingsong was still not satisfied. He was not satisfied with the bank loan and wanted to switch to the stock market. The stock market is good for telling stories, setting up schemes, manipulating stock prices, and absorbing the wealth of stockholders. It is more efficient than making money in real estate.

To play the stock market, one must have a listed company of his own, so he has to make a big investment to acquire a company.

Wang Yuanchao has many listed companies under his name, and he is also the richest Chinese in Hong Kong. It would be prestigious to buy a listed company from the richest man and do business with the richest man, right?

Chen Qingsong is good at taking advantage of situations, as well as packaging and promoting.

If Wang Yuanchao had not come later and knew his background, he would probably have hailed him as a business superman!

However, if someone offered him money, Wang Yuanchao would not refuse.

Jianing Group first acquired a listed company owned by Hong Kong's richest man Wang Yuanchao for 3 million yuan, and listed it through a backdoor listing with a share price of 5.6 yuan.

Subsequently, the Carrian Group spent another 10 billion yuan to purchase the Golden Gate Building, one of the most famous office buildings in Central Hong Kong. The large amount of money shocked the Hong Kong society. (It was later proved that in this acquisition, Yumin Finance lent nearly 3 million yuan to a new company under Carrian with a registered capital of only 2 yuan.)
After this incident, the Carrian Group, which seemed to have an endless supply of cash, became famous. Carrian's stock began to rise slowly.

Wang Yuanchao knew that the other party had more tricks up their sleeves!
Originally, this had nothing to do with him. He didn't really want to get involved, and there was no way he would be fooled by Chen Qingsong's low-level tricks. These were tricks that Wang Yuanchao had played out so many times that he was not even willing to play them.

But U-Ming Bank was funded by Petronas.

The National Oil Company, founded in 1974, owns the vast majority of Malaysia's oil and gas block shares, conducts offshore oil and gas development on behalf of the Malaysian government, and has generated a large amount of tax revenue for the country since its establishment.

Malaysia's oil resources are mostly distributed along the coast of the Malay Peninsula, Sarawak and Sabah.

Haha, this company took away most of the oil and gas profits from Sarawak and Sabah, and then threw them into Hong Kong for people to squander, without caring about the interests of the people of Sarawak and Sabah. It really is taking every penny and using it like dirt!

This oil company could not have done this without the collusion between the Malaysian authorities and the oil and gas companies!

The Jianing murder case has nothing to do with the people of East Malaysia, but the actions of U-Min Bank and the oil company are the best fuse. Wang Yuanchao can add fuel to the flames of Jianing Company and let it get more money from U-Min Bank.

The more money this money has, the angrier the East Malaysian "people" will be when the truth is revealed. The Malay authorities simply cannot give a convincing reason or solution!

Is there any better reason to demand independence?
This amount of money is enough to fight a local war!

Of course, it is more than enough to hire Blackwater mercenaries.

Wang Yuanchao instructed his men to keep a close eye on Chen Qingsong's every move, who he met, who he ate with, who he slept with, and who the people he met met with. This network had to extend to more than three levels of relationships!
In other words, Chen Qingsong meets A, A meets B, B meets C, and all the relationships of C must be checked!
Anyway, Wang Yuanchao has plenty of younger brothers and policemen under him, and he has plenty of time, so he doesn't have to worry about not being able to keep an eye on them.

As long as we keep an eye on all those who are not from Hong Kong, they will have to return to their home country, right? At that time, it will be much easier to investigate which bigwigs of the Malaysian authorities they met with and which people under those bigwigs they met with.

Wang Yuanchao didn't need to know the specific transactions and dirty deeds between them, he just needed to know who they were and throw dung on them. Seven or eight out of ten would be correct.

There is nothing new under the sun.

The difficulty lies in clearly pointing out the guy who did the dirty thing! After all, he did something bad, and he doesn't know where he made a mistake. Maybe he will reveal more in a panic.

Now that the east wind has been booked in advance, Wang Yuanchao only needs to lay a solid foundation in Sarawak and Sabah.
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After the New Year’s Eve Gala, TVB launched the project of the classic TV series “The Bund” on January 1.

Throughout the 70s, Hong Kong dramas were mainly costumed martial arts dramas and comedies, whether it was TVB or Rediffusion, or later ATV, TVB, or CTV.

After watching these things every day for ten years, the audience has become aesthetically fatigued with the previous themes, not to mention that ATV's beauty pageants and CTV's variety shows have brought tremendous pressure to TVB.

In order to maintain its ratings, TVB decided to change the background of its film and television dramas from ancient times to the Republic of China era, the glamorous Songhu Concession. This is also a new subject matter that it has never tried before.

The chairman of TVB's board of directors is Lee Ho-wo, and the general manager is Yu Jingwei. To be honest, they have a good relationship with Wang Yuanchao. The three TV stations compete with each other, but they are not as stingy as they were in history when Shaw Brothers took over.

After CTV was revived, Yu Jingwei proposed that artists from the two TV stations could be transferred to star in each other's TV series. This would maximize the savings of human resources and compete with ATV, which was owned by foreign capital.

I compete with myself??

Things had come to this point, Wang Yuanchao immediately and tactfully told Yu Jingwei that he had invested in ATV, and that the three artists could communicate with each other and everyone could produce programs based on their own abilities.

Yu Jingwei was stunned for a long time at that time, but he was the one who proposed the opinion and Wang Yuanchao also gave a reply, so how could he not agree?

Otherwise, wouldn't ATV and CTV join forces to beat TVB?!

So the three TV stations worked together to develop a method for artists to communicate with each other. This also promoted the early introduction of the agent system.

Actors no longer receive salaries from TV stations, but from the artist management department under the TV stations. They have their own performance remuneration, and other companies have to pay this remuneration when they invite you to perform. Of course, the remuneration is divided between the company and the individual in proportion, with the company taking the majority. The remuneration of actors is determined by the market. If you set it too high, people will not invite you. If you set it too low, other companies will also settle accounts, and the actors' schedules will be full.

Anyway, after studying for a month or so, we finally reached a consensus on the actors.

TVB is weak and worried about being poached by the other two...

After the project of "The Bund" was approved, Wang Yuanchao recommended Zhao Yazhi to Yu Jingwei to play the role of Feng Chengcheng.

Feng Chengcheng isn't the same without Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi’s acting career at ATV is actually pretty good now, and her pay is not low.

But Wang Yuanchao took the initiative to push the person away, so Yu Jingwei did not refuse. His life was saved by Wang Yuanchao!

No matter how tight TVB's budget is, it won't be short of this little bit of star pay.

Although the flow of artists has been opened up, each studio still prefers to use its own actors because they are cheaper, unless they are particularly interested in actors from other studios!

Yu Jingwei is a romantic man, so it's natural for him to think that Wang Yuanchao has taken a fancy to the girl!

So he prepared to send an invitation to Zhao Yazhi personally, and also went to chat with ATV's general manager Huang Xizhao.

"Old Huang, you hid it really well!"

Huang Xizhao was puzzled and said:
"You romantic fish, what am I hiding?"

They are all from the same circle. Even though they are competitors, people at their level still get along with each other frequently and have a good relationship. They are even colleagues on the Television Committee!

Yu Jingwei said carelessly:

"You, a subordinate, don't consider your boss at all. He wants to sleep with the little actress below, and he wants me to help him arrange it!"

(End of this chapter)