Reborn in 1970, I thrived in Hong Kong.

Li Huai-ren and others had lunch at Li Ya-wen's house before leaving. During the meal, Li Ya-wen had a private conversation with Brigitte Lin, Teresa Teng, and Zhao Ya-zhi in the study on the second floor for more than two hours.

What the four talked about is unknown to outsiders. However, when Brigitte Lin, Teresa Teng, and Angie Chiu came out of the study, they were already chatting and laughing, appearing to be very close sisters.

Seeing this, Li Huai-ren felt somewhat at ease.

He tried to get information from the three women, but they all refused. When he asked his eldest sister, Li Yawen, she only said that she would personally go to the Lin family to propose marriage after she gave birth and finished her postpartum confinement, and told him to go about his business.

Li Huai-ren was taken aback. His older sister had just gotten pregnant. By the time she gave birth and finished her postpartum period, wouldn't it be next year?

Hong Kong is set to abolish polygamy on October 7th this year, and this matter has caused quite a stir. The older sister couldn't possibly be unaware of this. What is she up to?

However, Li Huai-ren didn't pay much attention to the idea of ​​Hong Kong abolishing polygamy.

Preparation is key to success; lack of preparation leads to failure. He always had to be prepared. In his bedroom safe, there was a thick stack of blank marriage certificates that Zhu Youzi had arranged for him, requiring only the filling in of his identity information.

Since the three women now seem to be like sisters, and his Yang-restoring skill is not yet fully mastered, according to Zhang Quanyi's prediction, it will be completed at the earliest in the second half of next year. During this period, he can only look but not eat, so why is he in such a hurry?

Li Huai-ren then focused his energy on building the prototype of his own industrial and commercial empire.

In his past life, Li Huai-ren often chatted with his father, and his father always lamented about one thing:

Those who focus on manufacturing are better off building platforms!

My father listed them one by one, from ancient times to the present, from China to abroad:

From ancient markets to modern banks and stock exchanges, from supermarkets to online shopping platforms and short video apps, which of these isn't a platform?

His father also told him an old saying he had added:

Nothing tastes better than dumplings, nothing sleeps better than your sister-in-law, nothing is more unscrupulous than a shady businessman, and nothing is more profitable than a platform.

Li Huai-ren wholeheartedly agreed.

These days, it's the perfect time to seize the opportunity before Jewish capital withdraws its focus from Israel and quickly expand its territory and build platforms in Europe and America. Don't miss this chance!

Therefore, Li Huai-ren's strategic goal was very clear. After his rebirth, he had more funds and immediately established one of the core elements of his industrial and commercial empire, namely, the sales terminal and monetization platform for the products of his various companies—Phoenix Plaza!

At this time, the twenty-four Phoenix Plazas that Li Huai-ren mentioned to Li Chao-ren and others when they had morning tea on the first day of the Lunar New Year were already under construction.

From late April to early May, Li Huai-ren held several meetings with the senior executives of Phoenix Plaza, and made a new strategic deployment:

Phoenix Plaza has established branches in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and other European and American countries, accelerating its expansion in these regions.

Of course, Phoenix Plaza is only called Phoenix Plaza in Asia. In Europe and America, it has registered multiple shopping malls and cinemas with different names offshore, which are ostensibly unrelated to the Phoenix Plaza in Hong Kong.

Phoenix Square in Europe and America not only needs to be broken down into smaller parts, but also needs to be completely transformed to deal with any potential acts of harassment that may occur in Europe and America, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Such shady tactics could not possibly escape the notice of certain individuals in Europe and America, but his aim was simply to prevent these countries from acting like thugs too quickly, allowing him to wait until Hong Kong's return to China.

After Hong Kong's return to China, at least it has China standing behind it. European and American countries will definitely have more reservations or more room for negotiation if they want to act like hooligans and try to sell things for free.

On May 5, 1971, Li Huai-ren dispatched elite personnel from Phoenix Square to Europe and America to purchase land and build shopping malls.

Because he obtained HK$590 million in cash from the basement of Lei Luo's house during the Lantern Festival, Li Huai-ren revised the number of shopping malls planned to be built in Europe and the United States. The first batch totaled 300, with the United States having the most, accounting for 200 of them.

On May 8, 1971, Phoenix Plaza Middle East Branch was established in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with plans to build the first batch of twenty Phoenix Plazas in the Middle East.

At the same time, the number of Phoenix Plaza projects planned to be built in Southeast Asian countries, Japan, and South Korea has doubled.

As the company expanded rapidly, there were naturally more opportunities for promotion and transfer. Some people were promoted one level, while others were promoted three or even several levels.

Among them, a beautiful young woman named Wu Guofang, who was raising two daughters alone, was promoted five levels directly due to her outstanding work performance after a large number of managers were sent overseas.

She had only recently been promoted to manager of the Phoenix Supermarket at Phoenix Plaza in Central when she was promoted to deputy general manager of Phoenix Supermarket's Hong Kong headquarters, responsible for training new employees and providing logistical support.

After completing the deployment of Phoenix Plaza's land acquisition strategy around the world, Li Huai-ren immediately discussed the expansion of Phoenix Media Company with Liu Yi-zhuang.

Unlike shopping malls and supermarkets, the media is highly sensitive to the control of public opinion in every country in the world.

After much deliberation, Li Huai-ren decided to focus on building Phoenix Media Company around a satellite television station whose signal could cover the entire globe.

However, for television signals to cover the entire globe, at least three satellites are needed. By deploying these three satellites equally (120 degrees of longitude apart) over the equator, their signal coverage areas can be connected, essentially achieving global communication except for the North and South Poles.

While theoretically three satellites would be enough, current technology presents two fatal limitations that prevent television users from watching programs from all over the world with a single remote control.

Firstly, it is limited by the transponder capabilities and power of the satellite.

Secondly, due to limitations in home receiver conditions, ordinary TV antennas in users' homes cannot directly receive satellite signals.

It must be relayed through a ground satellite receiving station (usually the National Television Center) or by using a special satellite dish, namely the "dish" antenna that was ubiquitous in rural areas in the late 1990s and early 21st century.

The "dish" antenna for receiving satellite TV signals is easy to solve; Phoenix Electric Company can manufacture it.

The key issue is that the current cost of a satellite is about $1500 million to $2000 million, and the cost of a single launch is about $1200 million to $1500 million, plus insurance costs, etc., which Li Huai-ren cannot afford, so he has to put the project on hold for the time being.

However, starting a satellite TV station is still too expensive for us, but Phoenix Media can acquire print media all over the world.

With Phoenix News Agency, whose reporter network is growing larger and larger, Li Huai-ren doesn't need to spend huge sums to acquire major newspapers in Europe and America. He can acquire a large number of local newspapers in Europe and America and develop them slowly, or secretly control some medium and large newspapers in various countries. Isn't that better?

On May 12, 1971, Liu Yizhuang led a team of fifty people, including senior executives of Phoenix Media Company, lawyers, and accountants.

They split into several groups and headed to Southeast Asia and Europe and the United States to begin their acquisition spree, with their primary targets being local newspapers, radio stations and well-known magazines in those countries.