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The Ma family's purpose in creating the "Oriental Daily" was simple: to whitewash their reputation and manipulate public opinion in Hong Kong regarding the Ma family.

Therefore, the Ma brothers, Ma Xizhen and Ma Xiru, didn't need the "Oriental Daily" to develop significantly overseas. What they needed was for the "Oriental Daily" to maintain its leading position in Hong Kong.

After all, the Ma family wasn't short of money; what they lacked was a good reputation, and newspapers could precisely control public opinion.

Moreover, the "Oriental Daily" could indirectly promote their other businesses and obtain the latest intelligence.

This is why, even though newspaper businesses aren't very profitable, the Ma family still invested so much energy and effort into creating the "Oriental Daily."

Compared to the "Oriental Daily," their gambling dens and flour businesses were raking in money every day. The "Oriental Daily's" little profit was nothing.

"President Chen, I fully support your desire to explore overseas markets, and not just verbally. Whatever resources you need, I can provide. Your vision is excellent: wherever there are Chinese people, there should be the 'Oriental Daily.' I hope this goal isn't just boasting but can genuinely be achieved in the future. The title of 'Hong Kong's No. 1 Newspaper' isn't strong enough; we should aim to be the 'No. 1 Chinese Newspaper'!" Su Cheng naturally strongly supported Chen Zhibai's ambition.

"With your support, boss, I believe this dream isn't far away!" Chen Zhibai laughed.

The Hong Kong market is still too small. In this small market, we can only engage in small-scale operations.

Looking at the whole world, that's where the big market lies.

"President Chen, as you know, I have many industries under my control, and I can't possibly manage them all. I understand your abilities, and your ambition perfectly aligns with my expectations for the 'Oriental Daily.' Therefore, I've decided to promote you to the general manager of Oriental Press Group, giving you full control over all operational matters of Oriental Press Group. Your salary will increase by 50% on the original basis. I hope you won't let me down!" At this moment, Su Cheng said to Chen Zhibai seriously.

This was something he had decided after understanding Chen Zhibai's situation. It would be a waste of talent to only have such a person as an assistant.

Moreover, he also knew that although Chen Zhibai seemed to be the Ma family's assistant before, he was actually the one managing the company, only needing the Ma family's approval for development decisions.

Now, Su Cheng's intention was simple: to completely hand over the Oriental Press Group to Chen Zhibai, while he, the boss, would be a hands-off manager.

With sound intelligence and the dispatched finance personnel, Su Cheng had no worries about entrusting the Oriental Press Group to Chen Zhibai.

It was basically impossible to seek company benefits under his nose.

Moreover, the local press group was only a company with a market value of around 200 million Hong Kong dollars. Compared to that, Su's Group, Hutchison Whampoa Group, Hong Kong Electric Group, and others were much larger in scale. Su Cheng still dared to let professional managers manage these much larger companies, so what was the Oriental Press Group in comparison?

Hearing Su Cheng's words, Chen Zhibai was slightly surprised, but more so pleasantly surprised.

"Don't worry, boss, I will definitely not let you down. I will give you good results every year from now on!" Chen Zhibai said solemnly.

"I believe in your ability," Su Cheng smiled.

"By the way, boss, I plan to publish the news of your acquisition of Oriental Press Group in tomorrow morning's newspaper. What do you think?" Chen Zhibai asked.

Why not use it to make the "Oriental Daily's" sales reach a new high!

The exclusive report of a big scoop would be very sweet.

Su Cheng's acquisition of Oriental Press Group would definitely cause a big sensation in Hong Kong.

After all, the "Oriental Daily" had been the hegemon in Hong Kong for six consecutive years. If it weren't for the rise of the "Knightly Literature Newspaper," the "Oriental Daily" would have continued to lead.

According to the historical trajectory of Su Cheng's previous life, the "Oriental Daily" would dominate the charts in Hong Kong for 35 years. Even in the year Su Cheng transmigrated, the "Oriental Daily" was still one of the best-selling newspapers in Hong Kong.

And this, without thinking, everyone knew that Chen Zhibai's contribution must be the greatest. Chen Zhibai laid a solid foundation for Oriental Press Group, which allowed the "Oriental Daily" to reach this point.

The predecessors planted the trees, and the descendants enjoy the shade; this is exactly the case.

After being promoted and receiving a salary increase, Chen Zhibai was full of energy.

Previously, although Chen Zhibai almost managed all the affairs of Oriental Press Group, many things needed to be approved by the Ma family.

But now, with Su Cheng's delegation of power, he could make his own decisions when determining the development strategy of Oriental Press Group in the future.

Anyway, Su Cheng wasn't afraid of him messing around, as someone was always supervising him.

Of course, when there were major decisions in the company, involving large amounts of capital, Su Cheng, the boss, still had to confirm.

"By the way, I heard that when Ma Chengkun was in charge of Oriental Press Group, there was an executive who didn't accept Ma Chengkun's management?" Su Cheng asked.

"Boss, are you talking about Kou Shanglin, the head of the distribution department? That's just the kind of person he is. He thinks Ma Chengkun, Ma Yanqiang, and others are too young, but his abilities are actually quite good," Chen Zhibai immediately knew who Su Cheng was talking about.

"That's right, it's him. Find a reason to fire him. Our company doesn't need this kind of employee, even if he's capable, I don't need him!" Su Cheng said directly.

Chen Zhibai wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say it and nodded instead.

The head of the distribution department felt that the descendants of the Ma family, like Ma Chengkun, were just occupying a toilet without doing anything. He didn't dare to show any attitude to big shots like Ma Xizhen and Ma Xiru, but after the Ma family lost power, and the Ma family's descendants took over the Oriental Daily News, he felt that he had made great contributions to the company and no longer took these juniors seriously. He even sometimes showed his displeasure directly to Ma Chengkun and others.

Ma Chengkun had just taken over the Oriental Daily News, and in order to stabilize the company, he didn't dare to lay off employees randomly.

Little did he know that the Oriental Daily News had always belonged to the Ma family. What right did he have to look down on them?

Therefore, now that Su Cheng has acquired the Oriental Daily News, he naturally doesn't need this kind of manager.

"Ability is indeed important, but character is also very important. I don't want to have people with bad character in the company. As the company's top manager, you should also assess their character when evaluating employees. Those who don't meet the standards should be eliminated. This society doesn't lack people. Otherwise, if I lose power like the Ma family one day, wouldn't I also be betrayed and abandoned?" Su Cheng said earnestly.

"Okay, I will pay attention to this matter!" Chen Zhibai responded.

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"You know Sanyang Headhunting Company, right? This headhunting company is also my business. If you need any talents, you can ask them for help. They are very capable of finding high-end talents," Su Cheng thought for a while and continued.

After kicking out the head of the distribution department, someone had to take his place.

"OK, I will contact Sanyang Headhunting Company another day to see if I can find a suitable person to replace Kou Shanglin. However, I have worked in this industry for so many years and know many talents. If it doesn't work out, I can also poach someone from another place," Chen Zhibai said with a smile.

Su Cheng looked at the time on his watch. It was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, so he said goodbye to Chen Zhibai.

There was nothing here that he needed to worry about.

Even though the Ma brothers fled to Taiwan, leaving the Ma family's descendants in Hong Kong to manage the Oriental Daily News, it was still developing steadily in an orderly manner. Chen Zhibai played a very important role.

Otherwise, how could the Ma family's descendants have stabilized the Oriental Daily News!

After Su Cheng left the Oriental Daily News, Chen Zhibai called the editor-in-chief of the Oriental Daily over to discuss the headline news for tomorrow.

Soon, under the arrangement of the editor-in-chief, several of the company's full-time news writers with strong writing skills wrote articles about Su Cheng's acquisition of the Oriental Daily News.

When these news writers initially learned that Su Cheng had acquired their company silently, their surprise was no less than when Su Cheng took over Hutchison Whampoa.

They never thought that they would one day become employees of Su Cheng, the world's richest man.

At this moment, these news writers felt honored from the bottom of their hearts.

Compared to working for the Ma family, they naturally preferred to work for Su Cheng.

After all, the Ma family's reputation in Hong Kong was not very good. Although the public's perception of the Ma family had improved over the years due to the Oriental Daily News's public opinion guidance, everyone knew how the Ma family had started.

Su Cheng was different. His reputation in Hong Kong was still very good. After all, he had never done anything bad.

When tomorrow's news稿s were confirmed, it was almost time to get off work. The news of Su Cheng's acquisition of the Oriental Daily News gradually spread throughout the company, and many people were so happy that they danced.

Although they were not promoted or given a raise because of this, they inexplicably felt that their status was higher than before.

Standing at the front of the hall office, Chen Zhibai called for a stop, and everyone slowly quieted down.

"Mr. Su Cheng has become our boss. I believe everyone should know about it. This news will be the headline news of our Oriental Daily tomorrow. I hope everyone will keep it a secret. Otherwise, this news will not be our exclusive news, which will damage our company's interests. You should all know the consequences if it is found out who leaked the news in advance," Chen Zhibai said seriously.

In fact, even if the news was known to other newspapers at this time, those newspapers would not have time to modify it. At most, they could only do a brief news report.

However, Chen Zhibai still hoped to keep it a secret.

The reason why the Oriental Daily has always been far ahead of other newspapers in the newspaper category is because the company is sensitive to hot news and can provide readers with the fastest, most substantial, and most accurate information.