Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1015 "Starlight Talent Singing Contest"

Xiao En never expected that Chen Jiasheng could persuade Lin Daoqiu to join forces with him.

When looking at Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng in front of him, the smile on Xiao En's face was a little unnatural.

"I already know what you two mean, but it's a bit unrealistic to buy the shares of Xiangjiang Electric at a price of 35 billion."

Originally, Xiao En wanted Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng to fight to the death to see if he could push up the price of Xiangjiang Electric.

But now that they suddenly teamed up, fighting is definitely impossible.

So what Sean can do now is to attract other potential buyers to increase the price.

"Mr. Xiao En, the current price is 35 billion. If Yihe doesn't sell it, I worry that Xiangjiang Electric will not be able to sell it for 30 billion in a year's time."

"Heh...Mr. Lin is joking, Xiangjiang Electric is a high-quality company, and there are not a few people in Xiangjiang who are interested in it."

Xiao En didn't believe what Lin Daoqiu said at all.

Baoyun International and Lawrence are potential buyers of Heung Kong Electric, although their performance is not as active as that of Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng.

"Since this is the case, let's make a bet. If Xiangjiang Electric can be sold for 35 billion a year later, then I will lose [-] million Hong Kong dollars to Mr. Xiao En. If it cannot be sold, Mr. Xiao En will lose [-] million Hong Kong dollars to me." [-] million."

If Xiao En really agrees to the bet with Lin Daoqiu, it means that he and Chen Jiasheng will not bid for Xiangjiang Electric within this year.

Thinking of the attitudes of Baoyun International and Foden, Sean felt uneasy in his heart.

"Mr. Xiao En, apart from me and Mr. Lin, no one will offer a price of 35 billion. If you don't believe it, you might as well make this bet with us."

Chen Jiasheng chimed in from the side.

Fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, and Sean seemed to have begun to hesitate.

"I'll give you an answer in two days."

After thinking about it for a while, Sean decided to test the attitude of the Lawrence family and Baoyun International towards Heung Kong Electric.

If they don't plan to pay a high price, Xiao En can only sell Xiangjiang Electric to Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng at a price of 35 billion.

Sean took the initiative to contact Foden and Bao Shaoqiang after Lin Daoqiu and the others left.

But it is a pity that they never thought of spending such a large sum of money to buy Xiangjiang Electric.

After testing the other party's attitude, Xiao En realized that Lin Daoqiu and the others were right.

And two days later, Chen Jiasheng and Lin Daoqiu came to the headquarters of Yihe Group again, this time they came to sign a contract.

In April 1984, Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng joined forces to buy 4% of the shares of Xiangjiang Electric Lighting held by Yihe's Hong Kong Land Group at a price of 35 billion.

The day after the equity transaction ended, Chen Jiasheng suddenly received a piece of news that shocked him.

At this time, Lin Daoqiu's shareholding in Xiangjiang Electric was not 17.9% as he thought, but 21%.

"How is this going?"

Chen Jiasheng couldn't believe that when Lin Daoqiu actually held 3% of the shares.

A group of secretaries next to them lowered their heads and didn't know how to answer Chen Jiasheng's question.

"Lin Daoqiu, you are very scheming..."

When Chen Jiasheng slapped the table, he was so angry.

Lin Daoqiu is now the major shareholder of Xiangjiang Electric. Once his shares exceed [-]% in the future, Xiangjiang Electric will change his surname to Lin.

And Lin Daoqiu didn't make Chen Jiasheng wait too long. After buying the shares in Hong Kong Land Group, he began to contact other shareholders who held shares in Xiangjiang Electric.

After Chen Jiasheng received the news, he was also busy buying shares in Xiangjiang Electric.

Originally before this, the stock price of Xiangjiang Electric was 8 yuan per share.

However, under the support of Lin Daoqiu and Li Ka-shing, in mid-April 1984, the stock price of Xiangjiang Electric soared to 4 yuan per share.

During this period, Lin Daoqiu spent a total of one billion to collect 8% of the shares of Xiangjiang Electric from various places. At this time, his shares have reached 29%.

On the other side, Chen Jiasheng was not to be outdone. He spent 12 billion to buy 10% of the shares, and he also owns 27% of the shares.

The combined shares of Chen Jiasheng and Lin Daoqiu have reached 56%.

Seeing this, the other shareholders are not selling the shares of Heung Kong Electric, and intend to continue to wait for the price.

Therefore, Lin Daoqiu and Chen Jiasheng were able to temporarily rest.

However, after spending so much money, the funds on hand of the two have begun to be stretched.

If they continue to buy, they may not even have the company's daily liquidity in their hands.

And that's the real reason they gave up.

In May, New Oriental Records was officially established.

Lin Daoqiu is the chairman of New Oriental Records, while Li Xiaotian is the general manager.

There are still very few artists under New Oriental Records. Leslie Cheung, Happy Girls Group, and Su Rui are only three singers.

But Xu Guanjie will not be able to join New Oriental Records until after September.

But even if Xu Guanjie joins, the foundation of New Oriental Records still looks a bit weak.

So after thinking about it carefully, Lin Daoqiu decided to hold a singing competition.

In the place of Xiangjiang, many singers showed their talents through talent and singing competitions.

Since Lin Daoqiu opened New Oriental Records, if he wanted to find a singer, he would naturally hold such a competition.

The purpose of doing this is very simple, one is to build up the reputation of New Oriental Records, and the other is to find excellent singers for the record company.

For this singing competition, Lin Daoqiu named it "Starlight Draft Singing Contest".

There is no doubt that ATV is the organizer of this singing competition. After all, Lin Daoqiu can't run to TVB for cooperation.

Since a singing competition is going to be held, the matter of finding judges is naturally the first problem to be solved.

Lin Daoqiu is very familiar with actors, directors, stars, screenwriters, etc., these people are very respectful to Lin Daoqiu.

But when it comes to the music circle and singers, Lin Daoqiu seems a bit inconvenient.

Calling Li Xiaotian to his office, Lin Daoqiu planned to talk to him about the "Starlight Talent Singing Contest".

"Mr. Lin, as for the judges, I think some famous singers should be invited. This will not only increase the ratings, but also attract many outstanding young people to participate in the competition."

For such things as holding singing competitions, Li Xiaotian can be said to be familiar with it.

If Lin Daoqiu entrusts him with this matter, there will never be any major problems.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't think about handing over all the "Starlight Talent Singing Contest" to Li Xiaotian.

It's not because Lin Daoqiu can't trust him, but because Li Xiaotian may not understand all his intentions.

"This time, I plan to personally participate in the preparatory work for the Starlight Talent Singing Contest."

As soon as this remark came out, Li Xiaotian was stunned on the spot. He didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to attach so much importance to this singing competition.

(End of this chapter)