Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

   Chapter 202 Lei Boss

   Peninsula Hotel

   This is the first time Yang Chen has actively waited for someone, and the most terrible thing is that the object is still a man.

   Of course, the big guy he is waiting for next is definitely worth waiting for him here.

   As for the reason, of course, the opponent has something he really wants right now.

   Food, clothing, housing and transportation are closely related to people in any era and can never be separated from them.

   Now that Yang Chen has Carrefour and has a stake in Xue's industry, he already has a place to stand in terms of food and clothing.

   Next, in terms of housing and transportation, it is also an industry that he very much wants to enter. In terms of housing, he is not in a hurry now. The real estate in Xiangjiang is now booming, and it is not the time for him to make a big move.

   Therefore, the word 'line' naturally entered his field of vision.

   Next, Carrefour will establish first- and second-tier supermarket stores in various regions. Everyone knows that large-scale markets generally require a very large flow of people.

  If you want people to visit, you naturally need a good transportation and convenient transportation, so that people will enter the supermarket.

   Therefore, after Carrefour was stable, Yang Chen began to think of the idea of ​​taking a bus. To talk about the bus in Hong Kong, the most famous one is Kowloon Bus.

The predecessor of    Kowloon Bus, Kowloon Motors, was established in 1921.

  In the beginning, Kowloon Bus only operated two bus routes, Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po and Yau Ma Tei to Kowloon City.

   Until the end of the 1920s, Kowloon Bus was operated by the Sino-American Transportation Company to take over a long-distance bus route from Mong Kok to Yuen Long.

   In May 1932, the Hong Kong government reorganized Hong Kong's public transport services and granted two patent rights for bus services, Hong Kong Island and Kowloon and the New Territories.

  Kowloon to the New Territories, the patent right granted by the then government obtained by Kowloon Bus.

   On April 13, 1933, Kowloon Bus Company was officially established by Deng Zhaojian, Lei Ruide, Lei Liang, Tan Huantang and Lin Mingxun.

  In 1972, due to the official opening of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel, the Kowloon Bus, which has always only provided bus services to Kowloon and the New Territories, entered Hong Kong Island for the first time.

   So far, Kowloon Bus has officially covered all bus routes in Hong Kong, becoming the largest bus in Hong Kong.

  In the 1980s, with the increasing popularity of the Mass Transit Railway and the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Kowloon Bus was affected and the benefit gradually diminished.

   At this time, Kowloon Bus has not yet started to reorganize its routes to provide bus and railway docking services.

  In the case of a general rise in the general environment, the stock of Kowloon Bus showed a downward trend instead, which caused many investors to be dissatisfied with it, and then began to sell the stock of Kowloon Bus in their hands.

  Since Yang Chen put his mind on the Kowloon Bus, everyone must already know who he is waiting for next.

   Speaking of this tycoon, he has to mention his relationship with the entertainment industry, and there are countless rich people in Hong Kong.

   But what the people can remember, apart from the top ten richest people, there are very few others.

   And this rich second-generation Boss Lei, who was born in the Lei family, and who was born with a golden key, was definitely a figure that could be juxtaposed with Shao Daheng and Boss Zou in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1970s and 1980s.

   There has never been a shortage of rich and wealthy businessmen investing in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry. No matter what their respective goals are, their influence on Xiangjiang Film and Television is still very large.

  With the rapid economic development of Hong Kong, people's lives have gradually become richer, and the film and television industry of Hong Kong has also become another major emerging industry after the pillar industries of real estate, finance and shipping.

  In the case of increasingly fierce competition in traditional industries, many people began to develop towards other industries.

   Boss Lei Jue Kunlei, the representative of the Lei family, is the most typical one.

   Since the 1970s, after Kowloon Bus was listed, Lei Juekun has continued to increase investment in the film industry.

   By the early 1980s, the princess theater chain in the opponent's hands was already three-thirds of the world with the two major theater chains Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.

   Boss Lei, who is now focusing all his attention on the film business, is naturally declining in the face of the declining Kowloon Bus.

  In the 1980s, the box office of Heung Kong movies showed explosive growth. The box office of the movie was higher than a day. The box office of more than 5 million in the past was already very surprising, and now it is not difficult to make a box office of 10 million.

As a businessman, it is very important to make money in the business at hand. Although Kowloon Bus is the largest bus company in Hong Kong, its annual profit is not worth the box office of a few movies. .

   As a public service company, Kowloon Bus inevitably needs to undertake some social responsibilities.

  For example, the price of train tickets will increase. This is different from the real estate developers who want to increase the house price as high as they want. Even if you only increase the price by a dime, once the public does not accept it, the government will not approve it.

  Compared with the increase of bus ticket prices, which requires the approval of the government, it is much easier to increase the price of movie tickets.

   From the early days, the ticket price of a movie was a few cents. With the development of the economy, prices rose and all kinds of inflation came down.

  Xiangjiang movie ticket prices have risen to seven or eight yuan, and it is not a new thing for some cinemas with better environments to soar to more than ten yuan.

   In this way, one side is lighter and another is heavier, and everyone can see clearly.

  The mind is no longer the boss Lei on the Kowloon Bus, and he has long regarded the film business as his main business.

   After all, with only 20% of the Kowloon Bus shares in hand, Boss Lei has no way to decide all the affairs of Kowloon Bus.

   The decision of many things requires the convening of major shareholders to discuss before one thing can be passed.

   As a rich second generation who grew up with a golden key, I believe that no one wants to be bound by others. As a result, the Golden Princess Cinema, which holds the majority of the shares, naturally becomes the son of Boss Lei.

   As for Kowloon Bus, which was founded by my father, it has become a secondary concern.

   As the saying goes, you don't feel bad for a cub selling your land.

   Having never experienced the hard work of his parents to start a business, Boss Lei would naturally not manage a declining company with all his heart.

   At the Peninsula Hotel, after waiting for nearly half an hour, Yang Chen finally saw the person who made him wait for so long for the first time.

   "Sorry, sorry, there is a traffic jam on the road, it's late, nephew Yang, don't take offense."

   Hearing Boss Lei open his mouth, Yang Xian nephew, Yang Chen's mouth twitched, but in the end, he still held back.

  Yang Chen smiled and said, "Uncle Lei, sit down, I just arrived soon."

  Boss Lei was not polite. After sitting down, he took the menu from the waiter and ordered several dishes in a row, "Hurry up, I've been busy all morning, and I haven't had time to eat yet."

   "Okay, Mr. Lei" The waiter obviously knew Lei Juekun. After taking the menu, he nodded before turning around and leaving.

   After the waiter left, Yang Chen couldn't help but smile and said, "Uncle Lei, what have you been busy with recently, and you don't even have time to eat?"

   Boss Lei took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and grinned and said, "It's not as busy as you are, your kid has become more and more noisy during this time, and the whole Xiangjiang is a mess."

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   (end of this chapter)