Chapter 212 [The Little Devil is Difficult to Deal with]

The company responsible for bus transportation in the urban area of ​​Hong Kong Island is China Motor Bus Company Limited (CMBL). This company owns several large parking lots in Causeway Bay, Sai Wan, North Point, Quarry Bay and other areas. The geographical location of the land is more advantageous and its assets are better than those of KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus Company Limited). However, the difficulty of acquisition has directly increased by several levels. Now is an economic downturn. Naturally, Li Wendi dare not borrow a large sum of money from HSBC. In case of failure, he will suffer heavy losses.

Ambush first, and then take action when the economy improves?

Li Wendi couldn't help but shake his head at this. In 81, the Bailibao Investment Company, which was a subsidiary of the former Eagle Properties, acquired the China-Bulgaria Company, but was strongly opposed by the owner of China-Bulgaria, Yan Chengkun. Finally, in 81 when the market was good, Bailibao Investment exited the market with a profit of 3000 million yuan.

On the surface, China-Pakistan Corporation is a publicly listed company, but in reality it is controlled by the Yan family and no one is allowed to get involved.

In 81, the market value of the Eagle Properties Group exceeded 30 billion yuan, which could be said to be the largest real estate company in Hong Kong. However, it was unable to acquire China Motors, so Li Wendi was pessimistic about the plan to acquire China Motors.

Kowloon Motor Bus Company is different. In its previous life, it was successfully acquired by Sun Hung Kai Properties. Li Wendi feels that as long as he lies in ambush for a while, until his funds are sufficient and shareholders such as the Lei family relax and are not so vigilant, the probability of successfully acquiring Kowloon Motor Bus Company is still very high.

Monday, September 7
The news of Bruce Lee's death came from abroad. As for the reason, there were many rumors outside, but people like some melodramatic things, so more people are willing to believe the rumor that Bruce Lee died in a woman's bed, and the newspapers processed it artistically to make the plot more in line with human nature.

Under Li Wendi's instructions, the Qi Nian newspaper and the Xiangjiang Daily merely reported the news without any speculation.

Bruce Lee's album has been suppressed by Li Wendi for a long time, and now is the time to "harvest leeks".

On the morning of the next day, the Qinian Newspaper published a special magazine about Bruce Lee. Naturally, these magazines were sought after by Bruce Lee's fans. The magazines were sold out in just one day. Li Wendi asked his printing factory to work overtime overnight. Fortunately, the printing factory was strong and printed 2 copies overnight.

In order to avoid accidents, Li Wendi asked the workers to go off work and resume work at 4 pm, trying to print 10 copies before 2 pm to ensure that there would be goods for sale the next day.

"Did you know that Bruce Lee would die at this time?" He Qijun discovered the trick and asked, staring at Li Wendi's face.

Li Wendi had already prepared a plan, and said with a smile, "I have received some seemingly plausible news. I am just taking a gamble. I am not a god, so how can I calculate the time of someone's death with my fingers?"

He Qijun pursed her lips, "That's right! But as you can guess, it's already impressive. We can at least make millions in profit this time. Should we buy the sales rights for other places from Golden Harvest Entertainment?"

When signing the contract, Li Wendi only asked Zou Wenhuai for the distribution rights in Hong Kong, and did not mention the distribution rights in other regions at all.

You have to know that Bruce Lee has a great influence. Even the Japanese like him. Even if the people Bruce Lee beat are Japanese, he still has a good fan base in the United States. You can imagine that this is a big piece of fat meat.

Li Wendi shook his head. "We don't have any foundation elsewhere. It's definitely not possible to issue it on our own. Besides, Zou Wenhuai is not a pushover. He will definitely ask for a higher price. If we change sides, we will be in a passive position and may suffer losses."

This business is certainly profitable, but it is still unknown whether the money goes into the pocket of the Qinian Newspaper.

In fact, this time the market was caught off guard. There will definitely be a large number of pirated magazines and albums next. The profits of Qinian Newspaper will soon decrease, so making money depends on these two or three days. He Qijun nodded. What Li Wendi said made sense. She has been working in the newspaper industry for a long time and is very familiar with some of the obstacles and difficulties. It is easy to "make wedding clothes for others".

As the prices of theater properties have fallen significantly, Zhang Wentao has been quite active in the market, which has posed a threat to some people.

Although the Changxin Real Estate Company represented by Zhang Wentao is not well-known in the film industry, it is quite famous in the real estate industry. Its boss Li Wendi likes to acquire high-quality properties.

Golden Harvest Entertainment, Kowloon Development, and R&F Cinemas all wanted to expand their own capabilities and naturally could not let Li Wendi's Changxin Real Estate "stand out alone", so the four companies began to compete for the acquisition of theater properties. Although none of the four companies wanted to purchase at a premium, the theater owners knew very well that they could sell at a high price under this situation, so they waited for a new round of bids.

Of course, there are also companies that contact the owners privately and use the art of language to fool the owners, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to bluff the owners and take over the theater.

Li Wendi did not attach much importance to the theater property because he knew that the real bottom had not yet been reached. There were so many high-quality properties in Hong Kong. As long as you had money, you would definitely be able to buy a property that suits your taste. Bidding with those people was an unwise choice. So he instructed Zhang Wentao that the price of the theater should not exceed the market price. If it exceeded, he should give up immediately.

Zhang Wentao naturally did not dare to compromise on Li Wendi's order, but the pace of acquiring theater properties slowed down. In a week, he only acquired one theater, which was not large and could only accommodate more than 100 people to watch movies.

Due to the competition among the four companies for theaters, the prices of theaters in the city have been showing a subtle upward trend, which has caused some people to wonder whether the city is going to pick up.

Saturday, May 7

The HSBC charity gala was held at the Peninsula Hotel in downtown Kowloon. All kinds of luxury cars gathered that night and celebrities attended in their best attire. Some wore extremely sexy evening gowns to attract attention. Reporters' cameras never stopped, as if there was endless film.

Li Wendi appeared in front of the camera holding He Qijun's hand, and many reporters wanted to gossip about it.

"Mr. Li, when do you and Miss He plan to get married?"

"Thank you all for your concern! We don't have any plans to get married for now. If we do, we will inform you all as soon as possible." Li Wendi replied with a smile.

Li Wendi was willing to stop and answer. Naturally, the reporters would not miss such a good opportunity, so they all gathered around and kept asking Li Wendi questions, including some tricky questions, such as the He family is a family of scholars, does Li Shengjue feel that he is marrying above his station?
Li Wendi did not answer this kind of question. After all, this kind of reporter was the "black fan" from his previous life. People who didn't know would think that Li Wendi had dug up their ancestors' graves.

"These reporters' questions are always vicious. No matter how you answer, they will make up a fancy answer to attract the attention of the public." He Qijun said somewhat dissatisfiedly. Although she also runs a newspaper, she hates reporters interfering in her private affairs.

Li Wendi smiled, comforted He Qijun, and said, "It's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with the little devil! These reporters are very merciless in their writings. We should not offend them if we can, so as to avoid becoming the topic of conversation among the citizens after dinner."

He Qijun glanced at Li Wendi. Li Wendi was sometimes domineering, sometimes cunning, and sometimes humble and patient. She couldn't understand the man in front of her. She didn't know how many faces Li Wendi had, and which one was the real one to her?
(End of this chapter)