Hong Kong Movies: You Hongxingzi, what the hell is the charity king?

Chapter 487 "486" It has always been Guotai who bullies others, but today the situation is reversed

at last,

The Chairman of the Newspaper Association of Hong Kong found out the truth after making several phone calls.

"My darn thing!"

"It was actually ordered by the Great Demon King Guanzu!"

The president was sweating profusely.

He doesn't want to be beaten into a pig's head by thugs.

Without saying a word, he found the phone number of the Five Star Group Secretariat and called.

The call was connected, and after chatting for a few words, the call was transferred to Guan Zu.

"Hello, Mr. Guan, I am Xiao Chen, the president of the Hong Kong Newspaper Association..."

Good chicken is humble~~~
"Oh, it's President Chen... Sorry, sorry, I forgot to inform you this time. I won't forget next time."

Guan Zu had indeed forgotten about this 'President'.

This association does have certain powers, but to Guan Zu, they are nothing.

Guan Zu was just being polite.

The president wiped his sweat and said, "I dare not."

"Mr. Guan, first of all, I have one thing to apologize to you, Mr. Guan."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"It was the CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways who offered a newspaper 1 Hong Kong dollars to forbid reporting any negative news about Cathay Pacific."

After hearing this, Guan Zu couldn't help but laugh.

Sure enough, things in Thailand are not so peaceful after all.

You even want to suppress the news!
Unfortunately, today is different from the past.

Most of the media in the entire Hong Kong Island have to look at my face!

President Chen apologized on the other end of the phone.

"I didn't know it was related to the Five Star Group at first, so I agreed. But now I know that it was Mr. Guan who was pushing this matter..."

"I reflect deeply that I did not take the rights of citizens to heart, and I realize my mistake."

"Now, I firmly believe that incidents like the one involving Cathay Pacific must be exposed, and exposed in depth! Our Newspaper Association strongly supports exposure and speaks out for justice!!"

When it comes to talking, it's like a sow with a nipple, one set after another.

Guan Zu felt President Chen's plea for mercy and couldn't help but laugh.

"President Chen is a man of great integrity and a role model for the media! Let's have dinner together sometime!"

"Thank you, Mr. Guan. It would be a great honor for me to have dinner with you!"

Guan Zu had not thought of treating him to a meal, but this President Chen was too flattering, and he took advantage of the situation, which made Guan Zu feel a little embarrassed.

Never mind, it’s just a midnight snack.

"No problem, I'll treat you to a midnight snack in Causeway Bay tonight!"

"Really?! I'll definitely come!"

President Chen was excited.

He was just about to shout: Brother Zu, be loyal!
……

a new day,
The scorching sun shines on the earth.

Early in the morning, after finishing his breakfast, Tang Baolin left the villa in a Mercedes and headed towards the Cathay Pacific Building.

9:00, arrived at Pacific Place in Admiralty.

The office building of Cathay Pacific Airways is located inside the Pacific Place building.

It is worth mentioning that there is a banyan tree 'next to' Pacific Place.
The location of Admiralty Pacific Place used to be the Italian military barracks. After the barracks were demolished, Pacific Place was built in the 1980s. The government proposed to preserve one of the banyan trees that was planted in 1870. In order to prevent the growth of the tree roots from affecting the structure of Pacific Place below, Pacific built a giant cylindrical "flower pot" with a diameter of 18 meters and a depth of 10 meters underground.

The project cost as much as HK$2389 million and it is known as "the most expensive tree in Hong Kong."

And Taikoo Plaza is right under this banyan tree.

The Taikoo House is the building next to the banyan tree.

Tang Baolin took the elevator and arrived at the president's office.

at this time,

The secretary has already made the coffee.

Tang Baolin came to the office, took a sip of coffee, then suddenly frowned and looked at the empty desk.

"Didn't you pick up today's newspaper?"

As a secretary who has worked with him for more than ten years and is smart and capable, it is really inappropriate for her to make such a mistake.

The secretary hesitated for a moment and said, "I took the newspaper, but..."

Tang Baolin: "But what?"

Secretary: "President, you told the newspapers not to report the news yesterday, but today's newspapers still reported extensively on our Cathay Pacific Airways..."

Then she went out the door and came back ten seconds later with an armful of newspapers.

Tang Baolin looked through them one by one.

In every copy, the headline is negative news: "Thailand..."

The more he looked at it, the angrier he became.
Not because of the report,

It’s because the newspaper doesn’t give face!

"Are these newspapers crazy? They don't even give face to our Cathay Pacific Airways?"

"Besides, didn't we give them money? They don't even want the money?"

He glared at his secretary: "Tell me, what's going on?"

The secretary quickly said, "I asked, it was the Guanzu Secretariat that called the newspapers."

When Tang Baolin heard this, he became even angrier.

"Oh, if Guan Zu's secretary calls, these newspapers will listen? If my secretary calls, they won't listen?"

"You mean I'm not as good as Guan Zu?"

The secretary quickly said, "No, President. I asked several newspapers, and they said that if Guan Zu is not satisfied with the newspaper, he will find someone to beat up the newspaper staff. Their newspaper has also suffered greatly from it, and they dare not disobey Guan Zu's orders."

Tang Baolin: “???”

"You mean, I, Tang Baolin, and our Guotai are easy to bully? Do they dare not listen to me?"

The secretary bowed his head to show his agreement.

Tang Baolin: “…………”

He was so angry that his nose was crooked.

It has always been Thailand that bullied others, but today the situation is reversed.

It’s against Tiangang!
Tang Baolin thought about it, is there any way to deal with Guan Zu?

For a moment, it seemed that there was no particularly good solution.

……

……

at night,

Causeway Bay, at Guan Zu’s home.

After receiving the invitation to Guan Zu's family dinner, Mr. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu paid a visit.

On the table, there were seven or eight dishes, including traditional Nezha pork rib soup, boiled chicken, and steamed saury.

After eating,
Guan Zu and Mr. Zhu came to the study and started talking about business.

While making tea,
Guan Zu told the story about Xiao Fu, the passengers, and Cathay Pacific Airways.

"This Cathay Pacific Airways, relying on its monopoly over all business in Hong Kong Island, is so blatantly discriminating against the mainland and licking the foreign devils. Its behavior is disgusting." "I invited Mr. Zhu here today to ask, is there a chance that we can take over this Dragonair?"

Mr. Zhu nodded: "I actually experienced this incident with Cathay Pacific..."

Then I told Guan Zu about 20 years ago.

In the 70s and 80s, he was a diplomat in foreign embassies and often flew abroad. International flights in China were not yet mature, so he often had to transfer in Hong Kong Island.

Therefore, I had conflicts with Cathay Pacific flight attendants many times, and also witnessed many things where Cathay Pacific looked down on people from China.

Especially before 84, Hong Kong Island had not yet been confirmed to be returned, so the attitude of Cathay Pacific Airways really left a deep impression on Mr. Zhu. 20 years have passed, and he still remembers it vividly.

"These people look down on us mainlanders..."

"They all hate the seats we sit in..."

"So when Mr. Cao invited me to dinner and first talked about setting up a Chinese-owned airline, I agreed on the spot."

"Knowing shame brings courage!"

"We need to have our own airline."

"That year, several of our companies came together to form Dragonair, with great ambitions."

"However……"

Mr. Zhu sighed.

"You know the ending... None of these ghost guys are good."

He looked at Guan Zu, as if he saw himself back then, wanting to interfere with Dragonair because of anger.

His eyes were full of appreciation.

"You want to capture Dragonair in our hands, right?"

"Yes... I hope to get some advice from Mr. Zhu. Is there any way?"

Mr. Zhu thought for a moment and said,
“There are three areas that need to be addressed.”

"First, you need to meet with Mr. Cao and see what he thinks. He currently holds 21.6% of the shares."

Guan Zu hurriedly said: "Please introduce me to him, Mr. Zhu. I have heard of your name for a long time, but I have never met you in person."

Mr. Zhu: “No problem.”

"Second, we need to deal with CITIC Fortune... We can try to contact them first. If it doesn't work, I will report it to the higher-ups."

"Third, the 'one route, one company' policy implemented by the British Hong Kong government is a policy that restricts Dragonair's development, and Dragonair will have very little room for operation."

Guan Zu: "I've thought about this, I might be able to handle it."

The “one route, one company” policy is, to put it bluntly, the government’s policy. This is easy to handle. Just find Fei Peng.

Even though he and Fei Peng were fighting each other, Guan Zu realized that Fei Peng was actually afraid of him.

We can definitely cooperate.

Fei Peng was born into a common family and was very poor.

When he finished his term as Governor of Hong Kong and returned to England, he went bankrupt and was still poor.

Therefore, the basis for cooperation is very large!
Mr. Zhu glanced at the confident Guan Zu and continued:

"If the above three issues are resolved, Dragonair can operate international routes, but how do we get the routes? We can't just get them whenever we want..."

"So, at this time, we need to mobilize the power of the country."

Guan Zu smiled: "I think the country will be happy to help..."

Mr. Zhu nodded: "I will tell the higher-ups."

By cooperating with Chinese capital (country), Guan Zu made a lot of money!

The two talked about this.

The framework is basically formed!
……

a new day,
More citizens came forward and said on TV that they suffered mental damage from discrimination while flying on Cathay Pacific Airways.

Guan Zu continued to give money and the newspapers continued to report.

Guotai continued to remain silent.

怒气+1+1+1+1+1……

……

noon,

Peninsula Hotel.

Guan Zu brought Fang Ting, dressed in black suits, into the Peninsula Hotel and, led by the waiter, walked towards the reserved box.

Came 20 minutes early.

Not long after, Mr. Zhu led an old man with black hair and vigorous spirit into the box.

It’s Mr. Cao.

He is 72 years old this year and still in good health.

Guan Zu quickly stood up and greeted him at the door.

"Hello... Mr. Cao, I have long heard of your name. It is an honor to meet you today."

"Mr. Guan, you are too polite. I have heard about your achievements in Hong Kong Island. You are really a promising young man!"

The two shook hands.

Mr. Cao looked at Guan Zu and marveled at his youth.

Guan Zu also looked at Mr. Cao and saw that he was in really good condition.

Mr. Cao was born in Shanghai in 1920. He came from a wealthy cloth merchant family. His family then fell into poverty, but he rose again. His cloth shop became one of the three largest cloth shops in Shanghai. Then he went to Hong Kong Island and soon became the number one wool spinning tycoon.

He was the first Hong Kong businessman to invest and set up a factory in the mainland. During the Korean War, he collected medicines from all over the world and sent them to Mr. Huo and to the mainland to support the war.

A true patriotic businessman.

After the guests and hosts were seated,
Order food,

However, at this time, Mr. Cao couldn't help but look at his secretary Fang Ting.

Because all three parties brought their secretaries and they all sat next to each other.

"Ma'am, I don't know why, but you look familiar to me, like someone I know."

Fang Ting: "Mr. Cao, my father is Fang Jinxin."

Mr. Cao was surprised: "Ah?"

"It's Mr. Fang!"

Mr. Cao was immediately in awe: "Mr. Fang is also a banner for us Chinese investors and a contributor to the first Chinese stock exchange."

He picked up the teacup and offered it to Fang Ting: "I am very sorry about what happened back then."

Fang Ting had already let go of her worries: "Thank you, Mr. Cao."

After this,
The relationship between the two sides suddenly became much closer.

After getting a little familiar with each other, Mr. Zhu brought up the topic of Dragonair.

Mr. Cao did not hide anything and talked about his past experience: "Speaking of Dragonair, in the 1960s, I went to Europe for business and took a Pacific Airways flight. My English was average, so I asked the stewardess some questions in Cantonese, but the stewardess looked disgusted..."

"The meals provided on the plane are obviously much richer for foreigners, while the ones we get are just simple meals."

"At the time, I thought to myself, how could we, the proud Chinese people, be discriminated against in such a way by the airline that is right next to our home."

"Later, every time I took a plane, I would have these experiences, and they would make me angry every time."

"In 1984, after the publication of the Sino-British Declaration, I was greatly encouraged..."

"Not long after, I was on a plane again and had the same humiliating experience again. That's when I suddenly had an idea to set up our own Chinese-owned airline."

"Then, I talked to my fellow villager Lao Bao (boat charter king), and got his strong support!"

(End of this chapter)