The Industrial Giant Reborn

Chapter 196 Miss Hong Kong audition

On May 1976, 5, under the attention of countless media, Chen Zhiwen and 30 other people were respectively awarded this year's Justice of the Peace Medal to commemorate their contributions to Hong Kong's economy, politics, and people's livelihood.

Repulse Bay, Chen's Villa:

"Wow, this is the medal of the Justice of the Peace? Is it gold?" My mother Wu Xiuling was the first to come over to see the medal after seeing Chen Zhiwen coming home.

"It should be gold-plated, and it doesn't feel that heavy." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Gold is a metal with a very high density. Gold of the same size is about 2.5 times that of iron. Normal people can tell if it is real gold by touching the weight. The bigger the easier it is to find abnormalities, unless it is replaced by tungsten with a similar density.

"The Hong Kong government is too stingy, such a large amount of gold is actually not much money." Wu Xiuling didn't really care about pure gold, mainly pure gold medals, which seemed to be more valuable in meaning.

"Don't even think about pure gold medals. In the British colonies, only some medals issued by the Queen may be pure gold. After the retirement of Governor MacLehose, I don't know if I can get one." Chen Tianfu walked over with a smile.

"In fact, this thing is more important to represent identity." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile. Justices of the Peace are somewhat similar to people's congress representatives of later generations. Things also have a certain protective effect.

"Yes, but actually, this medal is not that important to you." Chen Tianfu said with a smile.

Ordinary businessmen can naturally use their status as justices of the peace to develop their careers. Not to mention other things, this popularity alone can make it easier for partners to trust him, and banks have a better impression of him, but Chen Zhiwen, who has reached his current status in his career Generally speaking, the status of a justice of the peace can only be said to be better than nothing.

"Then unless we are like Bao Yugang and have friendships with governments all over the world." Chen Zhiwen said.

Among the many businessmen in Hong Kong, Bao Yugang is a special case. He hardly invests in Hong Kong, and invests a large amount of assets in the ocean. Even the global international headquarters is rented by Landmark.

It is rumored that in 1974, the Jardine Group once approached Bao Yugang, wanting to exchange the Kangle Building (currently the tallest building in Hong Kong) for a 20-ton oil tanker, but Bao Yugang refused, because the shipping price at that time At the peak, a ship can pay back its capital in two years, and the follow-up will be profits. At that time, land prices in Hong Kong were at a low point.

At that time, Bao Yugang owned eight such tankers, and there were many other cargo ships, each of which was equivalent to a skyscraper in Central.But later Bao Yugang also regretted this refusal.

And every supertanker is a very important order for a country. The shipbuilding industry is a high-tech field even in developed countries. Every order can attract the attention of the presidents of many small countries. Bao Yugang naturally borrowed a large number of Orders, met a large number of politicians from various countries, and also won a large number of various presidential medals and so on.

"That's more difficult, unless you also enter the shipping industry? It's not a problem to enter with your capital." Chen Tianfu continued.

"The timing is wrong, or you can think about it." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said, next, shipping will soon enter a recession, and it will not recover until the 90s. Otherwise, Chen Zhiwen really wants to enter this industry, and his influence is too strong , As long as you don’t lose money, you can earn blood and contacts, but the following shipping storm is too tragic. It is said that each giant ship loses tens of thousands of dollars a day, and no one can afford this loss.

"Okay, let's eat some fruit." Wu Xiuling prepared apples, grapes, and bananas and brought them up.

"These grapes are not bad." Chen Zhiwen praised after eating one.

"That's right, it's imported from France. How about a hundred Hong Kong dollars for this plate?" Wu Xiuling said with a smile.

"So expensive?" Chen Tianfu, who also likes food, was taken aback. One hundred Hong Kong dollars is enough for many ordinary people in Hong Kong to live for a month.

"Imported from France and transported by air, the price is naturally expensive." Chen Zhiwen said indifferently. After becoming a super rich, Chen Zhiwen already knew the life of the super rich, which is a life that doesn't care about consumption at all, even if it is hundreds of thousands of clothes, Buy as long as you like it.

Although Chen Tianfu has also been a rich man in Hong Kong for nearly 20 years, he may be used to the hard times in the past, and it is difficult to adapt for a while.

"All right." Chen Tianfu nodded and said.

"By the way, Ah Wen, the Miss Hong Kong election is about to start?" Wu Xiuling asked suddenly.

"Yes, it's coming soon. At the beginning of next month, TVB will start accepting applications. What's the matter? Mom, do you have friends who want to participate in Miss Hong Kong?" Chen Zhiwen asked with a smile.

"I want to say yes, are you going to give her a championship?" Wu Xiuling asked.

"This won't work, why don't I take a look at the photos first, if it's okay, I'll give you an encouragement award. This election for Miss Hong Kong is absolutely normal." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

This election of Miss Hong Kong is his first big move after taking over TVB, and he must maintain fairness no matter what.

"I'm lying to you. I don't have any friends. I think the Miss Hong Kong every year is not bad. You might as well marry one." Wu Xiuling said with a smile.

"One is not enough, I'll marry you ten, okay?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

"Then you were born late, if you were ten years ago." Chen Tianfu said.

"So you regret not marrying more?" Wu Xiuling glanced at her husband.

"Uh, I'm talking about Ah Wen, not me." Chen Tianfu shook his head hastily.

Miss Hong Kong's audition has begun.

Although Hong Kong is said to be economically developed, it is still a small city after all. It is very different from the beauty pageants in the mainland, the United States, and even Japan in later generations. The so-called audition is actually a filter before the finals. The previous appeal was not enough, and it took two or three months to find more people to improve the base and quality of the finals.

This year's Miss Hong Kong audition will be held at the Miramar Hotel on the Kowloon Peninsula. This hotel will become the target of Li Ka-shing and Lee Shau-kee's competition in ten years' time.

The reason why Chen Zhiwen didn't choose his own Hilton Hotel is also because Hong Kong's tourism industry has recovered a lot, and the entire Hilton Hotel is in a full state. Moreover, in terms of area, the Hilton Hotel in Central is not comparable to Kowloon. The Miramar Hotel Inside, there is a huge garden and fountain, which is very suitable for sea elections such as Miss Hong Kong.

"I'll go, there are so many candidates for this year's Miss Hong Kong." A reporter was carrying a huge video camera, accompanied by a few people. There was no other way. It took several people to handle this clumsy camera.

"A house in Taikoo City. If I'm a girl and I'm good looking, I'll definitely go to participate." Another person held a small camera in his hand and said while choosing the beauties passing by to take pictures.

Because of the press card, the beauties here did not refuse to take pictures. After all, they all came to participate in the Miss Hong Kong election, and the most important thing is to be exposed.

"Is it still a thousand-foot mansion? It hurts my heart just thinking about it."

"Then you should go to Thailand for an operation, hahahaha."

"Go away, hey, there are a group of beautiful girls over there, go and have a look."

"Beautiful girl, we are reporters from TVB, can you make a gesture and let us take more photos so that you can be on TV?" A man who can talk walked up to a group of pretty girls and said .

"Okay." When the beauties heard this, they immediately became interested. The place here has been contracted by the wireless TV station. There are guards outside the place where people come in. Only women who are tall enough can go in and out freely. Others are required. What's more, cameras, especially cameras, are very expensive, and ordinary newspaper media may not be able to easily get them out, and only big companies like TVB have this capability.

Under the professional request, after several beauties took some pictures, the reporter asked: "Miss Ye, why did you come to participate in the Miss Hong Kong election?"

"Because I want to be Miss Hong Kong." The beauty surnamed Ye said, blinking Kazilan's big eyes.

"." The reporter was speechless for a while, what did you answer?You might as well just look at the house in Taikoo Shing directly.

But being so stupid, it should be easy to deceive, so he said: "Miss Ye, I don't know when you will be free, let's make another appointment when we have time, and I will give you an exclusive interview, how about it?"

"No, let's talk about it after I become Miss Hong Kong." The woman surnamed Ye said, "I have nothing to do, I'll go first."

After speaking, he left without looking back.

"Hahahahaha, Brother Li, you still want to date someone like you?" A burst of laughter came from behind.

"Why did you suddenly become shrewd?" Brother Li was speechless for a while, turned around and saw the people behind him smirking, and suddenly realized that it must be that this group of people were acting too directly behind the scenes, making the beauty aware of her intentions.

"Brother Li, take a closer look. Those who come to participate in Miss Hong Kong's election are not for fame and fortune. They all want to rely on Miss Hong Kong's election to become a big star or even know rich people. People like us, don't Think about it, even if you are lucky, if you get one, you can only get her body, not her heart." A young man who seems to have a lot of experience came over and said.

Brother Li glanced at him contemptuously, and said, "You have a problem with your brain. The entertainment industry is all about playing. Who will marry you?"

The Miramar Hotel, in a presidential suite on the top floor:
Wang Shiqian and Wang Shiya, the twins, just walked out of the bathroom, wearing a scarf to reveal their perfect figure. Anyone who is sent to participate in the Miss Hong Kong election may be able to enter the top [-], but the attractiveness of a pair of twins will immediately grow exponentially .

Two 8 points, added together, are far more than 16 points.

"Brother Wen, this year's Miss Hong Kong election is much better than before. I just used it and checked it. The quality is not bad. I feel that half of the beauties in Hong Kong have been attracted here." Wang Shiqian sat reclined on the sofa, leaning on the Next to my sister, I picked up a glass of red wine on the coffee table and talked while drinking.

"Of course, what about a house in Taikoo City? If you don't know Brother Wen, I guess the two of us will also attend." Wang Shiya said with a smile.

"That's right, I didn't expect that there are so many beauties in Hong Kong. If this happens every day, then the quality of Miss Hong Kong this year will be very good." Wang Shiqian said.

Chen Zhiwen walked over, sat between the two girls, enjoyed the professional massage of the two girls, and said: "This is the result of the large-scale publicity of TVB and some newspapers before, there will be a little more today, and there will not be so many in the future." people."

"That's much better than before." Wang Shiya nodded and said, "A house in Taikoo City, if it was before, our sisters would also be moved."

Wang Shiqian was very busy and ignored her sister.

"You guys have several houses in Taikoo City, right?" Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.

When I first met this pair of sisters, I bought them a house in Taikoo Shing. Afterwards, the two followed me, not talking about getting rich, but they still had a lot of income. When I was happy on weekdays, Chen Zhiwen also Will teach them some of the most basic money-making routines: buying a house.

Regardless of Sanqi 21, it is to buy a house in a good location. If you are timid, you can pay the full amount and make a down payment if you are bold.

"I have 5 houses, and Qianqian has 4 houses, but they are all about the same size. The house she bought is bigger than mine." Wang Shiya said with a smile.

"Well, if you have money in the future, you can continue to buy, or buy office buildings on Hong Kong Island or the Kowloon Peninsula." Chen Zhiwen nodded in satisfaction.

"Then I would like to thank Chen Sheng for giving us such an opportunity." Wang Shiya said.

"Don't talk, come up." Chen Zhiwen hugged Wang Shiya and moved his hands.

After a while, the hotel began to be confused.

An hour later, Chen Zhiwen yawned, and after taking a sip of Red Bull, he was immediately full of energy.

"Brother Wen, do you think our sisters can be the judges of Miss Hong Kong?" Wang Shiqian peeled the oranges and said while feeding Chen Zhiwen.

"You guys? Miss Hong Kong's election is not just based on first impressions. A lot of it is based on comprehensive considerations, and the most important thing is to analyze this person's personality and whether he can persist in the entertainment industry. You can't do it, and I can't even do it." Chen Zhiwen shook his head and said.

TVB spends so much money to hold Miss Hong Kong election, not for charity, its most basic purpose is to select potential new stars from a large number of Hong Kong beauties, so that they are famous and capable, and will soon become One of the well-known actresses in Hong Kong.

In fact, so many high-quality Hong Kong sisters have become well-known actresses in later generations, which is one of the evidences. The election of Hong Kong sisters is neither based on beauty nor academic qualifications. These are necessary, but not absolute. The target of the TV station.

"We are not here to judge Miss Hong Kong." Wang Shiya said with a smile: "We don't understand the operation of Miss Hong Kong selection, but we understand Brother Wen and you, we know Brother Wen's needs. Miss Hong Kong is one aspect, but other than Miss Hong Kong , In fact, there are many beautiful girls."

"You guys are really obedient, that's fine, I'll arrange a seat for you, but you can't participate in the final referee of Miss Hong Kong Finals." Chen Zhiwen said with satisfaction.

"Okay, I will make Brother Wen satisfied." Wang Shiqian said with a smile.

Downstairs, the TVB staff were already overwhelmed by the beauties who came to sign up. Although they had guessed that there would be many, they never expected that there would be so many.

This is also why they underestimated the attractiveness of the house. The later generation Liu used the house as a gift. I don’t know how many Hong Kong first-line actresses or Hong Kong sisters who have been elected. Even the first-line actresses can’t resist the temptation. How can ordinary people bear it? Can you live?

Fortunately, today is just a registration, someone will fill in a profile, and then the reviewers will meet quickly to judge the potential of the person opposite.

Although in 1973, the election model of Miss Hong Kong became based on "coexistence of wisdom and beauty", but beauty is always indispensable. No matter how talented you are, it is useless to let the audience down.

It was evening soon, and after a day of hard work, TVB finally sorted out the total number of people who signed up today: 1865 people.

However, in today's first impression review, it is estimated that only 2% of the people have the opportunity to be actually notified that they can proceed to the next interview, and the remaining 8 floors are basically eliminated because of their appearance.

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