The most urgent task is that Mr. Huo should immediately mobilize the Huo family's deep roots and directly contact the relevant decision-makers on the mainland!
They were informed of the pros and cons of "affecting the overall stability" and "damaging the confidence of Hong Kong investors" and urged to suspend or even cut off the supply of cheap building materials to the land.
Once this move is made, the cost advantage of the land will be wiped out, and the "housing" empire carefully built by Xiaolin Sheng may collapse in an instant. This is the best strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao"!
There are also some analyses with tricky angles, such as the analysis of the feasibility of the "Dragon Plaza" model by a columnist from the Economic Herald who focuses on business models, or voices questioning the nature of real estate developers who believe that this is just a gimmick used by Kobayashi to raise stock prices.
For a time, the Hong Kong newspaper industry was in a real uproar. The current affairs, financial, and social sections of every newspaper were dominated by the "Home Ownership Scheme" war that concerned people's livelihood and stance. People were talking about it on the streets and the voices were noisy.
The general manager’s office is on the top floor of the Ming Pao Building.
Editor-in-chief Wang Yang carefully handed a draft of the editorial that had just been completed to Louis Cha, who was sitting behind the mahogany table, for review.
The room is filled with the fragrance of fine tea, while outside the window you can see the bustling traffic of Central.
"Mr. Cha, this is the final version of tomorrow's editorial page, which also expresses the position on the dispute over Hutchison Whampoa Building Materials. Please take a look and see if the views and wording need to be modified a bit..." Wang Yang asked.
Jin Yong took the manuscript, held his breath, and read it slowly and carefully.
The core point of this article is very clear. It strongly praises the innovative attempt of the Swire Properties Group to effectively reduce costs and benefit the middle and lower classes by introducing mainland building materials.
It is also similar to the water source cooperation model of the Dongshen Water Supply Project, calling for abandoning meaningless debates based on political positions of either this or that on housing issues that are purely related to people's livelihood and welfare.
The article clearly supports Kobayashi's pragmatic choice and calls on the public to be grateful to the mainland for providing such high-quality and low-cost building materials.
After reading the full article, Jin Yong's eyes lit up with approval, and he nodded in praise, "Excellent! This editorial is well-written! Its stance is clear and to the point. Ming Pao should uphold this impartiality and insight in this matter and firmly support Hongkong Land Group and Mr. Kobayashi."
Hearing this, Wang Yang's face relaxed a little, and then he gave a perfect compliment: "Mr. Cha, to be honest, the current situation is also thanks to your last article "The Greatest Hero", which was so powerful and every word had a great impact.
With this brilliant stroke of your pen, Kobayashi Tenmoku has been elevated to the altar of "serving the country and the people." Even if he had hesitated to retreat, he is now in a difficult position and must bite the bullet and pursue this path of benefiting the people through the "Home Ownership Housing" initiative.
It can be said that this single article of yours has promoted immense practical benefits, and its merits are immeasurable! If it weren't for your powerful article, this "Home Ownership Scheme" program would probably still be just a paper!"
Wang Yang seemed to be flattering Jin Yong, but in fact, he did point out the invisible pressure and conspiracy behind Jin Yong's brilliant writing.
Through such a magnificent article, a moral monument was erected for Kobayashi Tenmo, but it also indirectly tied his hands and feet, forcing him to fulfill his promise through action.
Jin Yong smiled, put down the manuscript, waved his hand, and said calmly, "Ayang, you can just say this here, but don't let it spread.
When I put pen to paper that day, I was only moved by Xiao Linsheng's courage. Thinking of Xiao Linsheng's previous deeds, my heart was overwhelmed and I wrote freely about my feelings. How could I think about these constraints and restrictions?
I simply felt that he was worthy of the title of 'the greatest hero', and I couldn't help but express my feelings.
But then again, before Kobayashi acquired Hong Kong Land, he was a prominent figure, constantly in the headlines. So why is it that after the Home Ownership Scheme was finalized with such fanfare, news about him has quieted down?
In today's public opinion storm, Hong Kong Land is the main player, but he has become the "behind-the-scenes driving force"? I haven't heard any gossip about him in a long time, and I'm a little uncomfortable with it.
What Jin Yong meant by this was that Kobayashi Tenwang has been deliberately restraining his edge recently, and instead these changes are hidden behind the scenes.
Upon hearing this, Wang Yang immediately pulled out a few newspapers from the corner of the table, pointed at a few inconspicuous "tofu blocks" of reports in the corner of the financial section, and said:
"It's not that there's no news, it's just lacking the shocking news of the past. Look, the sporadic reports that have appeared in the newspapers these past few days are all pretty much the same.
Xiaolinsheng is now very pragmatic. Apart from a few necessary public appearances at the Hong Kong Land board meeting, he is almost completely underwater. He is busy every day, so busy that he never gets around to the real thing.
Upon hearing this, Jin Yong glanced at the contents on these tofu blocks. They were nothing more than regular financial short reports such as "Mr. Xiao Lin appeared at a meeting yesterday" and "Mr. Xiao Lin listened to a report from a certain company". There was nothing special or eye-catching about them.
Jin Yong nodded, expressing his understanding. "That's right. What a behemoth the Hong Kong Land Group is! A century of British capital, its branches and leaves are intertwined and intertwined."
Despite his young age and immense reputation and skill, he had just taken on new power, and the real work was to straighten things out after the first three steps. Sorting out personnel, familiarizing himself with the business, balancing various parties...each of these tasks was enough to make him extremely anxious.
I imagine he's trapped on the top floor of that building in Central right now, holding meetings, issuing instructions, and meeting with various managers day and night, striving to gain control of that vast network of relationships, right?
As the helmsman of Ming Pao, Jin Yong is well aware of the difficulty of running a complex business, especially since Kobayashi is still so young. Once he puts himself in the situation, he feels that the heavy pressure of the "Jardine Matheson Group" alone is enough to swallow up all a person's leisure time.
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