704、TVB
The rain was still falling, as if it had to be a pleasure.
Boom, a bolt of lightning, boom, a thunderbolt.
The torrential rain poured down, and the sky and the earth were chaotic......
For the city, this rainstorm is a baptism, you can find a little romantic taste, and for the countryside, it is the taste of a long drought and sweet rain.
Li He lay on the window, his mind was still not calm, as if he saw the house collapsing, the yellow and thin woman, the poor barefoot child stepping on the muddy road like a swamp, covered with rain, slowly moving forward.
If God's eyes swept over the wet land, it would surely glow with compassion.
"Mr. Lee. ”
There was a knock on the door, and Guo Dongyun's voice was heard at the same time.
"Come in, the door is not closed. ”
"Mr. Li, if you have such Yaxing, you will enjoy the rain. Guo Dongyun held a large pile of documents in his hand and put them on the table.
"It's nothing, just look, anyway, it's raining so hard and there's nowhere to go. Li He helplessly stalled his hands, in fact, even if it didn't rain, he didn't have any place to go.
Guo Dongyun suddenly asked, "Mr. Li, I'm actually very curious about one thing. ”
"What do you want to ask?"
Guo Dongyun said, "I've known you for so long, I don't know what your hobbies are?
"How could I not have hobbies, fishing, raising dogs, drinking, all of them are my hobbies. ”
Guo Dongyun shook his head, "That's not what I meant. ”
"For example?" Li He realized that Guo Dongyun meant something.
"For example, some people are..... Some people..."Guo Dongyun found that Li He was simply impeccable in terms of style.
Li He said with a smile, "Then you look away, the true character of a hero." ”
"Mr. Li, you are still so humorous. Guo Dongyun was amused by Li He's words, and then said, "Mr. Shao has already given a response, and they mean to refuse." ”
Li He frowned and said, "Then they are determined to sell 23% of TVB's shares to Murdoch?"
Guo Dongyun said, "If I were the Shaw Brothers and the Guo family, I would also choose to cooperate with Murdoch, after all, Murdoch's News Corp. has the information advantage of international media, and Oriental Pictures, which is full of horns, cannot be compared at all." Mr. Li, I don't think it's necessary to invest in TVB, which is not in line with the direction of our industrial layout. ”
Murdoch owns 109 daily, biweekly and 15 weekly newspapers around the world, which are found in every time zone around the world, with a combined circulation of about 60 million copies per week.
He also owns huge television networks such as Sky TV in the United Kingdom and Fox Television Network in the United States, and its membership has grown from 12 TV stations to 188, and has since been known as ABC, CBS, NBC and other old American TV giants.
The satellite TV market includes the United States, the United Kingdom, South America, Central Asia, India, China, and Southeast Asia.
In the previous stage, he used a sky-high price of 1.6 billion US dollars to buy out the broadcast rights of American football for 4 years, which shocked the world and was in the limelight.
In her opinion, TVB's preference for Murdoch is completely wise.
"What is Murdoch's company called?"
21st Century Fox. ”
Li He scratched his head, "What if it is acquired?"
Guo Dongyun shook his head, "Mr. Li, I think it's very difficult, just the funds need 50 billion US dollars, and at the same time, Murdoch owns the Fox Network and 35 TV stations, accounting for 40% of the total number of TV stations in the United States." Due to the U.S. federal constitution's restriction prohibiting foreigners from owning both U.S. television and newspapers. Murdoch himself had to become an American citizen in order to gain a foothold of the American market, and later transferred News Corp.'s headquarters from Australia to the United States. So even if you do buy Fox, you'll need to swear allegiance to the Star-Spangled Banner. ”
"Forget it. Li He waved his hand helplessly, compared with these real local tyrants who have accumulated and confidence, he only has an advantage in personal wealth, but in terms of team and group size advantages, he is not half a star. It is much more difficult for a person to transcend his or her social class than one might think. Then he asked, "How much does Murdoch pay to TVB?"
Guo Dongyun said, "1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars, this was actually decided in May, and the plan was signed in June, but due to our sudden insertion, Shaw Brothers and Guo have been hesitant. ”
Li He said with a smile, "Why does TVB sell its equity? It's just a lack of money, 50 or 60 million more than Murdoch, Shaw Brothers may not care, they will give priority to Murdoch, then 200 million more, I don't believe Shaw Brothers is not moved." ”
"Mr. Li, let me ask you more, why do you have to invest in TVB?" In Guo Dongyun's view, Li He's industry is complicated enough, and then the layout of film and television direction is completely redundant, profits and losses are between the two, and there may be a burden.
And it is also managed by Oriental Pictures, in essence, she still looks down on Horn Quan, Horn Quan may be good at eating and drinking, betting on horses, and chasing women, but in terms of TV and movies, it is simply no achievement, and Li He spends money on him, which is a waste.
"Being idle is also idle, and doing better is better than not doing well. Li and himself don't know why they have to invest in TVB, he is not very interested in TVB's film and TV drama industry, and what he is really interested in is its influence in Southeast Asia and even the world.
Needless to say, its Jade Channel and Astro Gorgeous Channel are must-see programs in the Chinese circles in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
He also has some ambition to control public opinion.
Li He's attitude was so firm, Guo Dongyun couldn't refute it anymore, but said, "Then I ask Shen Daoru to talk to Shaw Brothers, his relationship with Run Run Shaw is still good." ”
"You look at the arrangement, as soon as possible. Li Hesuan nodded in agreement.
The rain had stopped in the evening, and as soon as he had come downstairs, Lupo came up.
"What?"
"Brother, I'll take you to a place to see, see if you can do it. Lu Bo was lame on one foot, but he still tried to stand up straight in front of Li He.
"Then go check it out. Seeing his high spirits, Li He didn't want to discourage him. Fu Xia and Zhou Ping also wanted to follow behind them to join in the fun, Li He said, "The rain has just stopped, the road is slipping, let's rest here, it's really okay, you just play cards." ”
Li He's attitude was so serious and serious that Fu Xia had to make a compromise.
Yu Dehua, Shen Daoru, Wu Shuping and others were curious to follow and take a look, but Li He didn't stop him.
Zhang Bing wants to drive, Lu Bo said, "You don't need to drive, you can get there by walking a few steps." ”
A mighty group of people turned around Huaihai Road, but they were pulled to the door of a store.
Yu Dehua said to Lu Bo, "You want to send us something?"
"Mr. Yu, if you fancy something, I'll just send it. Lupo pointed to the front of the store and said, "Look at the words on it, this is called a supermarket, I also saw this thing last time I went to the United States, and the translation is called a supermarket." ”
"Hey, you can't carry the bag in. Before the group could step into the threshold, they were stopped by the security guards. The security guards put their batons behind their backs and looked like thieves.
"Hey, what's your attitude?" Fu Biaohu was about to go up to compete with the security guard, but the security guard was so frightened by this anger that he took several steps back.
"You take my bag and wait outside. The only one with the bag was Wu Shuping, and she could only smile bitterly and hand the bag to the secretary behind her.
"Alright, it's not interesting. Li He stopped Fu Biao, and it was too bad to deal with this kind of person.