Dreams of the Fragrant River

"Di Di Di Di..."

After Kang Jianfei attended the screening, before he walked out of the theater, Zeng Bolin's pager started beeping non-stop. [;Starting]

Pagers have already appeared in Hong Kong in the 1970s, but the people who are equipped with pagers are basically police officers and prostitutes. Precisely because they are afraid of being misunderstood as an improper occupation, women are basically not equipped with pagers, otherwise they will be pointed at on the road.

As for Big Brother, it came out a few years ago in some parts of Europe and the United States, but that thing has not yet entered Hong Kong, so even if you buy it abroad, you can't use it.

The current pager also does not have a Chinese display function. After receiving the pager, Zeng Bolin borrowed the phone from the theater and turned it back on. After a while, he returned to Kang Jianfei and whispered, "Boss, there are more than ten troublemakers from the TV station. Manager Huang and Manager Zhong and the others are dealing with it. There are many reporters at the entrance of the TV station. Manager Zhong reminds you not to go there for the time being, so as not to be blocked by reporters and get tangled up. "

Kang Jianfei originally wanted to go to the TV station to see the re-examination of the beauty pageant. He heard that there were a lot of reporters blocked there, and immediately smiled: "What are you afraid of, go take a look."

After Kang Jianfei finished speaking, he walked into the cab to start the car. Zeng Bolin could only sit in the co-pilot seat helplessly. Every time the boss drove him as an assistant. I am afraid that Zeng Bolin is the only one in Hong Kong.

Ten minutes later, Kang Jianfei had already driven his Cadillac across the street from Phoenix Terrace. Looking out the car window, he could see a lot of people surrounding him.

"Alin, go and see what's going on." Kang Jianfei stopped at a parking space, gave Zeng Bolin an order, and sat in the car to watch the show.

Zeng Bolin walked over pretending to be watching the lively passers-by, but saw at least twenty reporters crowding the entrance of the TV station, some visiting and some taking pictures. Such a lively scene attracted many passers-by.

"Abo, what happened?" Zeng Bolin asked an onlooker old man.

The old man's words were also interesting. He pointed to a few middle-aged women who were holding banners and said, "Those eight women who signed up for the beauty pageant didn't get selected, so they came to the TV station to make trouble. Don't pee to see how they look. If they can Being elected Miss Beauty, the old man can be a bodybuilder, and there are many ugly people to blame!"

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd at the entrance of the TV station, but Zhong Jinghui, the deputy general manager, came out. He raised his hand and pressed down: "Everyone please calm down. If there is anything we can talk about slowly..."

Before Zhong Jinghui's words were finished, a middle-aged woman with a little beauty stood up, pointed at Zhong Jinghui's nose, and said, "What are you doing at Phoenix TV? It's clear that there is no age limit for registration, why are we not allowed to be shortlisted now? !"

It was obvious in front of him that he was here to make trouble, and there must be someone behind him, otherwise so many reporters would not have arrived in a short period of time.

More than a dozen aunt-level women surrounded Zhong Jinghui, and Deputy Manager Zhong felt a lot of pressure. He took a step back to distance himself from them and said, "Of course everyone can sign up, but we have selection criteria..."

The woman interrupted Zhong Jinghui again: "Allow us to sign up for the competition, but say we don't meet the beauty pageant standards. You are discrimination and fraud!"

"Yes, it's discrimination and fraud!" More than a dozen other middle-aged women shouted.

Zhong Jinghui explained patiently: "We have selection criteria. So many people sign up for Miss Hong Kong every year, but not everyone can be shortlisted."

"Sophistry!" The woman turned her head and shouted to the reporters again, "I heard that in this Miss Oriental beauty pageant, anyone over 30 years old is not eligible to be shortlisted. Phoenix TV has deceived the citizens of Hong Kong, and they are the real discrimination. Auntie!"

Seeing that he couldn't explain clearly, Zhong Jinghui didn't bother to play the piano to Niu, so he turned around and went back to the TV station building.

"Don't let him go, I must make it clear today!" The woman grabbed the corner of Zhong Jinghui's clothes. Start to splash.

Seeing the conflict on the scene, the reporters immediately became excited and took pictures frantically.

Zeng Bolin figured out almost everything, and reported to Kang Jianfei across the street.

Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "Who is so kind to actually help hype up the beauty pageant for Phoenix TV."

More than ten minutes later, two nearby patrolling police officers came to maintain order after receiving the call. But how could the two little policemen be able to compete with more than a dozen aunties' combat power, and even the police caps didn't know where they flew between pushing and shoving, so they hurried and finally called for police support.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa..."

After a while, the siren blared loudly, and this time a carload of police came directly.

"These people are obstructing official business, arrest them all!" The little policeman with a few bloodstains scratched on his face shouted angrily to his colleagues who came to support him.

Those middle-aged women just took money to make trouble, but they didn't have the courage to sit in the situation.

...

...

"Manager Fang, look at today's newspapers." Hong Fei proudly placed several newspapers in front of Fang Yihua. Phoenix TV was embarrassed this time.

"I've seen it!" Fang Yihua said unsmilingly, she neither rejected nor appreciated this kind of trick.

Today's headlines in the entertainment section of nearly 20 newspapers are all about the news of Auntie making a fuss about Phoenix TV. The accompanying picture is particularly powerful. It is actually a close-up of Zhong Jinghui's glasses being knocked off. The embarrassment is so embarrassing that Zhong Jinghui has no face to go out.

The various headlines are very eye-catching, and readers are easily misled by the article, thinking that it was Phoenix TV’s fraud and exposure, and a group of aunts blocked the door in anger.

In the next few days, due to the unknown situation in other newspapers, many of them followed suit, and asked why Phoenix TV was deceiving the public. Some people even accused Kang Jianfei in the newspapers of making money with feminist hype. In fact, it was discriminating against women, treating women as his money-making. tool.

Kang Jianfei, who was very optimistic at the beginning, also saw that the situation was not good at this time. He thought that the leading rightist newspapers were completely discrediting the Phoenix TV station.

Phoenix TV, in the chairman's office.

The blood stains on Zhong Jinghui's face that were scratched by the nails left a few marks. He smoked a cigarette and said, "Have a press conference to clarify. There is no way to make trouble like this."

Huang Xizhao also echoed: "It's best to invite the police who were present at the time to testify. I was blocked by reporters when I went out these days, and I couldn't work normally."

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said with a smile, "It's useless. There is an idiom called confounding black and white, and another idiom called preconceived notions. These two words add up. We can't explain how to explain it. There are always some people who refuse to believe the truth."

Zhong Jinghui said: "I'm not afraid that I can't explain clearly. I heard that someone was making trouble that day, and I already asked the photographer to record the whole process. Just make the video public."

When Kang Jianfei heard that there was actually a videotape, he immediately laughed: "Manager Zhong, you still have a hand, so don't hold a press conference, first prepare a legal fee of 1 million, and directly sue those newspapers that took the lead in discrediting Phoenix TV. , especially to be sued!"

It is a veritable right-wing newspaper. Its chairman, He Shili, once represented the Republic of China as the chief representative of the UN Security Council Military Staff Committee. Since Phoenix TV was defined as a leftist media by the Taiwan Information Bureau, it has been writing articles criticizing Phoenix TV from time to time, and Kang Jianfei has long been unhappy with it.

Like a mad dog this time. When he caught Phoenix TV, he would bite. Kang Jianfei couldn't bear it any longer and decided to close the door and beat the dog.

In fact, there is no need for Kang Jianfei to fight head-to-head. In a few months, the Sino-British negotiation is over, and after the return of Hong Kong in 1997, He Shili, who is aware of current affairs, directly suspended it.

On the evening of May 15, 1984. Phoenix TV took a minute to issue an announcement before the broadcast of the TV series: "In view of the fact that some newspapers wantonly smeared this station, this TV station requires the relevant newspapers to stop spreading rumors within three days, and make a public apology on the main page of their newspapers, otherwise this station will We will resort to the law to seek justice. To face up to the truth... There are malicious rumors and smears on this station—,..."

As soon as Phoenix TV's announcement came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the Hong Kong media, because Phoenix TV wanted to sue twelve newspapers in one go.

The post countered: "Phoenix TV's so-called announcement is nothing more than a threatening language after a lack of rationale. Hong Kong is an international metropolis with freedom of speech and freedom. As a public media, newspapers have the right to report social news events and have the right to respond to social disapproval. Moral phenomena are discussed and criticized…”

Waiting for the newspapers that hold a centrist position, they didn't know what the situation was. After waiting for the left-wing newspapers to join the fray, they counted the bad deeds of the right-wing newspapers, calling them "under the banner of freedom of speech and depriving others of their freedom of speech." .

Seeing that the left and right newspapers in Hong Kong were fighting together again, Ma Chengkun couldn't help but invite Kang Jianfei out for afternoon tea.

"Brother, what's going on this time? Why are you fighting with more than a dozen newspapers at once?" Ma Chengkun asked with a smile.

Kang Jianfei sighed and said, "I can't help it either. Phoenix Television was listed as a left-wing media by the Taiwan Information Bureau because it helped the mainland during the Sino-British negotiations. These right-wing newspapers only sneered occasionally last year. , I don't know if I received instructions from the Taiwan authorities this year, and scolded Phoenix Taiwan every once in a while, and even scolded me in it."

"Are you sure you will win the lawsuit this time?" Ma Chengkun asked.

Ma's family is also a right-wing newspaper, but since Ma Chengkun's father was imprisoned by the Taiwan authorities, although he has only been detained for a few months, the color has gradually become less "blue".

Of course, now Ma Chengkun's father and uncle are still doing business in Taiwan, and they don't dare to speak ill of the Taiwan authorities. The usual reports are as far away from politics as possible, and everything is focused on sales.

Ma Chengkun's behavior is very interesting. In the 1990s, in order to allow his father to return to Hong Kong, he specially set up a newspaper to donate money to the British government. As a result, the British government took the money and did nothing, and did not revoke the arrest warrant for his father. Ma Chengkun, in a fit of anger, revealed all the insider information about the bribery, which caused an uproar in the UK.

After that, Ma Chengkun completely fell out with the Taiwan authorities and the British government, turned to support the Chinese regime, and even finally became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Kang Jianfei drank the black tea and said, "I have evidence in my hand. I won't mention whether I can win the lawsuit, but the reports are untrue. Brother Ma, don't mix it up with your family's newspaper."

"I know it in my mind," Ma Chengkun laughed, "Actually, I asked you out today to ask if your new book has any details? The sales have dropped by more than 10,000 copies. Brother, I will point to your new book to save my life. already."

Kang Jianfei laughed and said, "Come on, come on, you'll give the manuscript when you're done."

Ma Chengkun was afraid that Kang Jianfei would continue to drag on, so he decided: "Then it's settled. After your new film is released, brother, I will personally go to DreamWorks to receive the manuscript."

Kang Jianfei joked: "Why do you sound like a debt collector?"

Just as Kang Jianfei and Ma Chengkun were joking, the three-day deadline set by Phoenix Television had come, and the twelve media had indeed received letters from Phoenix Television's lawyers.

At the same time, Phoenix Television announced that it will hold a press conference on another day, at which it will announce the end of the re-examination of the "Miss Oriental Beauty Pageant", and let 30 shortlisted beauties appear on the stage to meet the media.

Of course, the video will definitely be released at the press conference to prove the innocence of Phoenix TV~www.wuxiaspot.com~ slapped the face while hyping the beauty contest.

...

Just when Phoenix TV announced that it was about to hold a press conference, Fang Yihua was at a loss for the current public opinion war. She called Hong Di and asked, "How much did you give those newspapers? How hard are they all working so hard!"

Hong Fei couldn't figure out what was going on either. He guessed, "It might be those newspapers who wrote it for sales."

Fang Yihua didn't find out until half a year later that it was filmed by the TV production department of Oriental DreamWorks, and sold to the mainland under the name of Phoenix TV, and set off a nationwide movie-watching boom.

After the incident was reported by a leftist newspaper in Hong Kong, it once again attracted the attention of the Hong Kong branch of Taiwan Central News Agency. The Taiwan authorities finally couldn't bear it anymore. They believed that Phoenix was a leftist TV station that cooperated closely with the mainland, so they contacted the leftist newspapers in Hong Kong to jointly attack Phoenix.

Not only was Kang Jianfei's Phoenix TV unlucky, but even the leading actor Jin Chaoqun was implicated, and he was ordered to go to the News Bureau for a review within seven days, otherwise he would be banned from entering Taiwan.