Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

Compared with the previous two competitions, the talent show time of this competition has been compressed to ten minutes, and each contestant only has a maximum of ten minutes to show off her talents.

The reason why the talent show time of the contestants is compressed is because there are a total of twenty contestants participating in the finals. If each contestant has an average of fifteen minutes of performance time, then the performance time alone does not include the judges' comments and the time for the contestants to get on and off the stage. It takes three hundred minutes, which is five hours.

If you calculate it this way, one day is just enough time for the beauty talent show, and there is no time for the subsequent competitive competitions.

Compressing the performance time of each contestant into ten minutes, the total is two hundred minutes, a little more than three hours.

In addition, some contestants take less than ten minutes to perform. Take Guan Zhilin as an example. Her talent show is singing. One song only lasts a little more than four minutes. Counting the time it takes for her to get on and off the stage and the judges' scoring, it adds up. It only took about ten minutes in total.

In this case, one day will be enough for the finals to be successfully completed.

After the talent show in the morning, there was a break of one and a half hours. The talent show of the beauties throughout the morning was not over yet, and the beauties at the back of the queue had not performed yet, and their performances would be in the afternoon.

After the remaining beauties showed off their talents, it was time for the beauties to compete.

At the end of the morning game, Lin Baicheng invited Iwasaki Mineryu, Kim Jaejoong and Miki Yota to have dinner at the Hutchison Hotel.

Sitting in an extended Lincoln on the way to the Hutchison Hotel.

"Mr. Lin, about half an hour ago, Director Chiba in Tokyo wanted to contact you and said he had something to report to you."

As a personal secretary, Chen Huixiang sat opposite Lin Baicheng.

Lin Baicheng asked: "Did she say what happened? Is it urgent?"

"Director Chiba said it has something to do with TV Asahi. She asked you to contact her as soon as possible after the competition." Chen Huixiang replied.

"okay, I get it."

Lin Baicheng nodded. The Murakami family wanted to compete with the Miki family for control of TV Asahi. As a shareholder holding 6.2% of the shares, he had some weight and could not be ignored.

After having lunch at Hutchison Hotel.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Lin Baicheng found an excuse to leave first and contacted Chiba Nanako in Tokyo.

"Chairman!"

"Director Chiba, I heard from Secretary Chen that you have something to report to me?"

"Yes."

Chiba Nanako responded: "Chairman, Mr. Murakami contacted me not long ago and wanted to talk to you through me."

"The Murakami family acted really fast."

Lin Baicheng was slightly surprised: "So, what does he want to talk to me about?"

Chiba Nanako said: "Mr. Murakami wants to acquire the shares of TV Asahi that you hold. Based on your purchase price at that time, he is willing to pay a 50% premium for the acquisition."

Lin Baicheng listened and said: "I remember that I purchased 6.2% of the shares of TV Asahi for US$50 million. The time seemed to be mid-June last year. It is now August. I have benefited nearly 50% in more than a year. It's not bad. ”

Lin Baicheng originally purchased the shares of TV Asahi at a premium, but over a year later, the market value of TV Asahi has increased, basically equalizing his original premium.

In other words, based on market value, the Murakami family paid a 50% premium to acquire Lin Baicheng's shares. This premium is actually not low.

After all, this is a 50% premium based on US$50 million, which is equivalent to a premium of more than HK$100 million.

However, although the Murakami family's premium was not low, Lin Baicheng was not moved at all.

Not to mention that the shares of TV Asahi are related to the comic adaptation of Zhiyin Comics, the export of Asia Television's TV series to Japan, and the layout of Asia Star Media Group in Asia. The more shares of TV Asahi, the better.

From the perspective of profit maximization alone, acquisitions with a 50% premium are not enough.

The Murakami family and the Miki family are competing for control of TV Asahi. The difference in their shares is only about 8%. Once Lin Baicheng's 6.2% shares are obtained, the Murakami family's shareholding ratio will be very close to the Miki family's shareholding ratio. Therefore, The 6.2% shares held by Lin Baicheng are very important to both parties, and may very well determine the outcome.

If this happens, the two companies will inevitably compete for Lin Baicheng's shares.

In a battle for control of a large company, it is entirely possible for key shares to command premiums of one or two times.

Therefore, even if he wanted to sell his shares at a good price, Lin Baicheng did not immediately agree to sell his shares to the Murakami family.

"Chairman, what do you mean?"

"Of course I won't sell it. I also want to buy some more shares in TV Asahi to increase my influence."

Lin Baicheng answered immediately and continued: "Besides wanting to acquire my shares, does the Murakami family have anything else?"

"Chairman, Mr. Murakami may have been mentally prepared that you will not sell your shares, so he also said that if you are unwilling to sell your shares, he hopes that you can support him on the board of directors, and he will give your support In return." Chiba Nanako said.

"Other than that?"

"there is none left."

"okay, I get it."

Lin Baicheng pondered as he spoke, and Chiba Nanako naturally wouldn't rush him.

After the meeting, Lin Baicheng said: "You directly convey my meaning to Mr. Murakami. I will not sell the shares. At the same time, because Chairman Miki will support me in acquiring more shares of TV Asahi, I will support Chairman Miki. I regret that the two sides cannot cooperate.”

The Miki family holds more shares in TV Asahi than the Murakami family, and TV Asahi has always been controlled by the Miki family. Lin Baicheng believes that with his support, the Miki family will continue to control TV Asahi.

After all, TV Asahi is a Japanese TV station. It is impossible for Lin Baicheng to gain control of this TV station, so he has no need to take advantage of the fire. Otherwise, in this kind of battle, he can covet the control of the TV station.

As long as he has money and seizes the opportunity, although Lin Baicheng is the smallest shareholder among the three, it is not impossible for him to swallow the elephant.

However, the nature of the TV station means that Lin Baicheng, a foreign businessman, cannot gain control. If this is the case, then there is no need for him to cause trouble. He can just continue to support the Miki family of Miki Yaota and maintain and enhance his influence on the TV station.

"Yes, Chairman!"

Chiba Nanako responded to express her understanding.

"If nothing happens, let's do this for now."

"Goodbye, Chairman!"

After finishing the call with Chiba Nanako, Lin Baicheng thought for a while and decided to find time to chat with Miki Yota again to remind the other party of the importance of Lin Baicheng and see if he could get some more benefits.

In the afternoon, the Miss Asia finals continued.

First, several beauties performed a talent show. After the talent show, it was the beauty competition.

At the end of the competition, the five judges gave the beauties their total scores and selected the corresponding rankings and awards.

Of course, there is also a live audience voting session this year, but this live audience voting is not a vote for more than 3,000 viewers, but a hundred viewers sitting on specially customized seats who can vote. The ticket price of these hundreds of viewers is compared to other Audiences are also a bit more expensive.

Although the ticket price is quite expensive, there are many people grabbing it. Being able to vote means participating. For some people, the sense of participation is very important.

The Beauty Competition was only held this year, so some things were not done well, but fortunately there were no major problems. There is nothing you can do about it. Without previous experience as a reference, you can only cross the river by feeling the stones.

Watch the game all day today.

Lin Baicheng found that the final day was still too short and the time was a bit tight. It would be best to make adjustments next year in terms of time.

However, this is all for next year. Just let the management of Asia Television consider the specific arrangements.

The finals of this year's Miss Asia are over, and naturally some people are happy and some are worried about the awards.

First of all, the two awards of 'Sports Talent' and 'Best Figure' were taken away by two beauties from Japan and South Korea. It was agreed from the beginning that at least one award would be given to the beauties from the two countries.

At least one each, not just one, but the beauties from the two countries were not particularly outstanding, at least incomparable to Guan Zhilin and Lan Jieying, so the beauties from the two countries did not win other awards.

Among the remaining five special awards, Guan Zhilin won the two awards of 'Most Popular with Audiences' and 'Sweetest Smile'.

Lan Jieying won two awards: "Best Temperament" and "Most Charming".

As for the remaining "Best Talent" award, it was Shang Tian'e who won the award. The judges unanimously recognized that her talent performance was the best.

The three most important awards are the championship, runner-up and third runner-up. Among them, the third runner-up winner is Xia Wenxi. Her total score is a little higher than Shang Tian'e, which is a narrow victory.

The runner-up was Lan Jieying. Lin Baicheng gave her almost the same score as Guan Zhilin. Unfortunately, the other four judges scored Guan Zhilin higher, so she could only be ranked runner-up.

The winner of the championship is naturally Guan Zhilin. If it were not for Lan Jieying among the contestants this time, Guan Zhilin would have won more special awards, because Guan Zhilin was so outstanding compared to other contestants. too much.

In the same way, if there is no contestant like Guan Zhilin in Miss Asia this time, then it is no surprise that the winner will be Lan Jieying, who is much better than the other contestants.

If we do the math, the only beauties who won awards this time were Guan Zhilin, Lan Jieying, Shang Tian'e, Xia Wenxi and two beauties from Japan and South Korea. A total of six beauties won awards, and the remaining 14 beauties received nothing. .

Although the Miss Asia contest is not a winner-take-all contest, it is very normal for the awards to be concentrated on a few or even one or two beauties. This is not a big deal. All contestants can win an award. If that is the case, Asia The prizes in Miss Miss Contest are worthless.

The third Miss Asia Contest has come to an end.

At seven o'clock this evening, Asia Television will hold a celebration banquet at the Hutchison Hotel. The award-winning beauties have been invited. The television station has also invited many celebrities to participate. Tonight's celebration banquet will surely be star-studded.

Since it is nominally the celebration banquet of the Miss Asia contest, the winners are the protagonists.

Guan Zhilin is the champion, so of course she is also invited. She is the protagonist tonight, and she asked Lin Baicheng to go with her. Of course, Lin Baicheng will not refuse. After all, he was planning to attend the celebration banquet tonight.

"Brother Cheng, I'm so happy, I'm the champion!"

It was still early for the celebration banquet, so Lin Baicheng took Guan Zhilin back first.

Guan Zhilin was very happy because she got her wish and became the champion of the Miss Asia contest. She is the most beautiful woman in Hong Kong and she is worthy of her beloved Lin Baicheng.

The reason why Guan Zhilin participated in the Miss Asia contest was partly because of her own little intention, which was to prove herself. The main reason is that Lin Baicheng is too good, which puts a lot of pressure on her. Sometimes she can't help but wonder whether she is worthy of Lin Baicheng.

Now that she has become the most beautiful Asian lady, Guan Zhilin is naturally more confident.

Lin Baicheng smiled and praised: "Jiahui, you are the best. It is natural to win the championship."

"Thank you, Brother Cheng!"

Guan Zhilin happily kissed Lin Baicheng on the face.

Holding Guan Zhilin in his arms, Lin Baicheng looked at her and said, "Jiahui, where are those dresses you have?"

The sets of skirts that Guan Zhilin wore to participate in the competition were not sample clothes provided by the TV station, but were specially handmade by Guan Zhilin and were expensive.

"At Sister Chen's side."

The Sister Chen that Guan Zhilin refers to is actually one of the female bodyguards arranged by Lin Baicheng to protect her, and she usually also does some assistant work.

"After you go back in the evening, put it on and show it to me alone, so that I can appreciate it."

Lin Baicheng said with a smile. When he thought that the Miss Asia title in front of others belonged to him alone, he felt somewhat vain and accomplished.

"As long as Brother Cheng likes it."

Guan Zhilin smiled shyly. Of course she knew what Lin Baicheng was going to do, but she was not a little girl who didn't understand anything. The two of them could barely be considered an old couple.

"I like Jiahui the most."

The beauty's shy look is still very cute, and Lin Baicheng never gets bored no matter how long he looks at it.

"Hehe~~"

Guan Zhilin never gets tired of hearing similar sweet words, and she is very happy every time she hears them.

After returning to the villa, Lin Baicheng and Guan Zhilin did nothing else but chat and watch TV.

The celebration banquet was held at seven o'clock in the evening, and Lin Baicheng and Guan Zhilin set off from the villa at half past six. When they arrived at the Hutchison Hotel, it was close to seven o'clock, neither early nor late.

Outside the Hutchison Hotel, a large number of reporters were waiting to take photos and interview the celebrities attending the banquet.

Some people were interviewed, and some were not. The Hutchison Hotel arranged security guards to maintain order, so order was not disordered.

After Lin Baicheng's car arrived, naturally some reporters wanted to interview him, but they were stopped by the bodyguards who got out of the car first. Lin Baicheng and Guan Zhilin did not accept interviews from reporters. They just waved in the direction of the reporters and accepted. Just take pictures.