People in Hong Kong create super chaebols

Chapter 436 Current status of the four novels

From the 20s to the 50s, corruption and bribery were serious in Xiangjiang, gangs were powerful, and the entire society was in chaos. At that time, there were three Chaozhou gang heroin tycoons in Xiangjiang, namely Ma Xiru, nicknamed "White Pink Horse", and his younger brother "Golden Horse" Ma Xizhen. , and Wu Xihao, nicknamed "Lame Hao".

The Ma brothers occupy two of the seats and are one of the four major gang families. Their strength is evident.

Su Cheng wanted to call Masiru, so he naturally had to investigate Masiru's situation.

Putting down the information, Su Cheng dialed Masiru's phone number without hesitation.

Unfortunately, Ma Xiru was over in Wanwan, and Su Cheng had no plans to go to Wanwan for the time being, so the only way to communicate was by phone.

"dududu~"

The bell rang a dozen times and was finally answered.

However, the person who answered the phone was not a male voice, but a female voice.

"I want to find Mr. Ma Xiru. Is Mr. Ma here?" Su Cheng asked very directly.

The phone number should be correct. The information provided by Brother Wu has been strictly verified. It is impossible to give him a wrong phone number.

"Excuse me, who are you?" The other person did not answer Su Cheng's question immediately, but asked instead.

"I am Su Cheng from Xiangjiang, the chief executive of Hutchison Whampoa Group." Su Cheng stated his identity directly.

"It turns out it's Mr. Su. Xiru went out early this morning and hasn't come back yet. When he comes back, I will tell him that you have something to do with him." When the woman heard that the caller was Su Cheng, her tone suddenly changed. Respected.

After all, Su Cheng is famous all over the world, and even more famous in the Chinese circle. Therefore, after Su Cheng revealed his identity, the other party immediately recognized Su Cheng.

"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Su Cheng said with a smile.

According to the information provided by Brother Wu, Su Cheng also knew who answered the phone.

This lady was one of Masiru's mistresses in Wanwan. After Masiru fled to Wanwan, he had been living in this mistress's home and living with her.

The news that Ma Chengkun, the current helmsman of Oriental Newspaper Company, was ambushed by a group of masked criminals on his way home from the company at noon today must have reached Ma Xiru.

Therefore, he should have gone out to deal with this matter.

Although Ma Xiru cannot return to Xiangjiang, he still has many connections in Wanwan and Xiangjiang. Even if his power is greatly reduced, some people will give him face and provide him with some help.

After all, Ma Chengkun is a junior of Ma Xiru. Although he is not his son, the Ma family has a small population, and Ma Chengkun is his nephew. Now that Ma Xizhen is squatting in prison again, Ma Xiru naturally takes the decision. Therefore, Masiru will take his actions no matter what.

After putting down the phone, Su Cheng picked up a Chinese version of "Twilight", lay on the sofa, and read.

When he is bored, he always likes to read some books to enrich himself.

In this world, although "The Twilight Saga" has become Su Cheng's work, in fact Su Cheng has never read the novel at all, Xiao Ai just printed out the entire process.

In his study, there are hundreds of domestic and foreign famous books. Whenever he has nothing to do, Su Cheng likes to lie on the sofa and read.

While reading, you can also wait for Masiru's reply.The fact that Ma Chengkun was attacked was a good boost to him, so Su Cheng planned to seize this opportunity.

The Ma family is not short of money, but what they are short of is a positive reputation. Over the years, the two brothers have made an unknown amount of money through shady business.

If the Ma brothers were still in Xiangjiang, no matter how much money they were given, they would probably not be willing to sell Oriental Daily.

But things are different now. They can no longer continue their illegal businesses in Xiangjiang, and the lives of the family's descendants are still threatened.

Today is different from the past, I believe Masiru will consider the pros and cons clearly!
It is worth mentioning that Su Cheng had previously given four novels to Wei Li, and Hutchison Publishing House was responsible for publishing and operation.

These four novels are "Harry Potter", "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Percy Jackson" and "The Twilight Saga".

The strength of Hutchison Publishing House is very average. Previously, it was mainly responsible for publishing English books operating in Hong Kong, as well as translating some Chinese works into English versions. Although it also has business in the UK, its business capabilities are naturally not comparable to those of traditional English publishing houses. compared to.

In the past, Hutchison Publishing mainly relied on other publishing houses to sell publishing rights in the Xiangjiang region. It did not sign any powerful books with top authors, so its profits were very average.

Although there are some writers in Hong Kong who submit their works to Hutchison Publishing House, in Hong Kong, they mainly write works in Chinese, and there are very few works that are suitable for Westerners.

Since acquiring the publishing rights to these four novels, Hutchison Publishing has attached great importance to them and mobilized all the resources of the publishing house.

To this end, Hutchison Whampoa Group, under the leadership of Wei Li, also invested an additional several million in Hutchison Publishing House to allow them to expand overseas channels.

After several months of operation, the four novels are now available in some UK bookstores.

However, because Hutchison Publishing House has relatively mediocre overseas channels, these four novels are not considered works by famous writers in the eyes of others.

Therefore, although a lot of money was invested, the promotion effect was not very satisfactory. After all, the time was still too short.

There is a saying that goes well, even if the wine is fragrant, the alley may be too deep!

Such a situation has occurred since the release of the four novels "Harry Potter", "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Percy Jackson" and "The Twilight Saga".

The lack of good sales channels and the short publication time have resulted in the failure of these four English novels to become popular.

However, after the emergence of Oracle brand experience stores, the sales of the four novels began to improve.

After the opening of the first Oracle brand experience store, four published novels, "Harry Potter", "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Percy Jackson" and "The Twilight Saga" were placed in the store , became a product sold in the store.

In particular, Oracle brand experience stores have continued to expand in Europe and the United States. While the sales of products under Su Group and Hutchison Whampoa Group have surged, the sales of these four novels have also begun to rise.

In the last month alone, the sales of these four novels exceeded 30 copies through dozens of Oracle brand experience stores around the world. Among them, the sales volume of "Harry Potter" exceeded 50 copies, and the sales volume of "Twilight" exceeded 40 copies. "City of Light" has also exceeded [-] copies.

The influence of the four novels began to grow throughout the world.

The more word-of-mouth, the more fans you will naturally have.

At the same time, the name Su has also attracted everyone's attention.

(End of this chapter)