This made him feel awe-inspiring.
He stopped and frowned: "Ayang, smoke bomb?
I’m afraid not.
Xiao Lin Tian Wang has always acted unconventionally.
He does things that others find impossible and dare not think about without any burden.
He made Huang Yi a shareholder of Asia Daily, which seemed crazy, but it might also be... this was the way to tie Huang Yi to him tightly.
Profits can move people, but shares are a true life-or-death struggle."
Wang Yang's heart sank when he heard this.
He remembered more about Kobayashi Tenwang, those ideas that seemed absurd but eventually worked.
"Chasheng is right," he put out his cigarette, "this man can't be judged by common sense.
Maybe for him, exchanging 20% of the shares for a loyal pillar who can hold up half the sky, plus fighting back against us fiercely and raising the threshold, is a good deal?
More importantly,
Wang Yang emphasized his tone, "This move of his is equivalent to digging a deep hole for us.
He insisted that we wanted double the price. Now he has revealed his cards. If we don't accept the challenge and are not willing to give even 10% of the shares, wouldn't that be a slap in the face and make the threat a false one?
Where is the credibility of Ming Pao?"
The color drained from Louis Cha's face.
Reputation, face, market vision... these invisible pressures are far more important than real money.
He sat back in the main seat, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the table.
There was a fierce struggle in my heart.
As a successful journalist who started from scratch, founded Ming Pao and built it into a cultural benchmark, he has always been a pragmatic and even somewhat stingy businessman at heart.
He could spend a fortune on royalties, even if it exceeded expectations, as long as he could see returns, see the surge in circulation and advertising revenue that "A Step into the Past" brought to Ming Pao.
Paying money, even if it is a sky-high fee, is ultimately just a change in numbers in the ledger.
But shares are different!
That is the foundation of Ming Pao, the crystallization of Cha Liangyong's life's work and half-life's hard work, the symbol of his authority, and the basis of his will to control everything!
Hand over 10%?
To an outside writer who is talented but ultimately an "employee"?
The thought itself was like countless needles pricking his nerves.
"Absolutely not!" Louis Cha almost gritted his teeth and squeezed out these four words from the depths of his throat, speaking in a firm and resolute tone with unquestionable determination.
He looked at Wang Yang with a complicated expression, "Ayang, we can talk about the royalties and increase it!
I can allow Huang Yi to pay an unprecedented sky-high price, high enough to make him waver.
But the shares... not even a single cent of Ming Pao's shares is out of the question!
Not to mention 10% given to one author!
This sets a precedent. How will Ming Pao be managed in the future?
What if other famous artists follow suit?
Isn't this newspaper going to turn into a club?"
Wang Yang sighed silently in his heart.
He knew that this was Cha Sheng's real bottom line.
Using shares to lock in talent is almost unheard of in Hong Kong's cultural circle, which values personal connections and royalties.
This goes beyond business norms and touches the most sensitive nerves of those in control.
However, he also understood that the move by the Asia Times had put Ming Pao, and especially Louis Cha himself, in the spotlight.
Just when the editorial department of Ming Pao was in a gloomy mood, the entire Hong Kong newspaper industry was shocked by the fierce counterattack of Asia Daily.
The morning meetings of the bosses and editors-in-chief of each newspaper almost always revolve around this newspaper.
The owner of Sing Tao Daily stared at the newspaper and took a deep breath: "Xiao Lin Tianwang... this knife was fierce, accurate, and steady, and it hit Jin Yong right in the vital spot!
Using equity to counter cash power, this move... is simply vicious!
This time, Jin Yong shot himself in the foot and was choked to death by the "double" he shouted out.
Should he or shouldn’t he?”
In the office of Sing Pao next door, the editor-in-chief slapped his thigh and said, "Great! Using the rules of Ming Pao to repay the owner of Ming Pao!"
Didn’t Jin Yong claim that intellectuals are not materialistic?
Now, the Asia Daily is directly putting its most mercenary and valuable bargaining chip—shares—on the table, claiming this is Huang Yi's "treatment" here. Didn't your boss promise double the salary when you checked? Come on! Let's see if you, Ming Pao, are still going to play the "culture card"!
It's really killing people and destroying their hearts!"
In their hearts, they were amazed at Kobayashi Tenwang's unique tactics, but also felt a bit of gloating at seeing Jin Yong making fun of him, and more of a sense of awe - the methods of this young "Japanese devil" were becoming more and more incomprehensible, and more and more fearful.
It can be said that all the people in charge of Hong Kong's newspaper industry are holding their breath and craning their necks to wait for Jin Yong's response.
This will determine the direction of this poaching war, and will also indirectly reflect the composure and coping capabilities of Hong Kong's traditional bosses in the face of "spoilers" like Kobayashi Tenwang who do not play by the rules.
However, another disturbing trend was also surging almost at the same time.
Several British newspapers with strong backgrounds, such as the South China Morning Post and the Texan, suddenly changed their tone in their morning columns and commentary articles.
Just one day before the Asia Times made its move, they were disdainful of Kobayashi Tenmo and his Asia Times and Dragon Jump newspapers or did not mention them at all. But today they suddenly changed their tone and began to praise him in an almost flattering tone.
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