Chapter 165: First Encounter with Michael Jackson
Ted Turner was so disappointed that no one was working with him to build CNN. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At this moment, he is hesitating in his heart, whether to sell all the valuable things and invest in the construction of CNN?
It's a big gamble!
If you win, your value will skyrocket, and if you lose, you will have nothing.
It's also a tough choice!
Ted Turner hesitated for a long time and still couldn't make a decision!
Bell bell bell !!
At this moment, the phone rang.
Ted Turner was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the phone, and he walked over to answer the phone, but it was a surprise.
"Hello Mr. Ted Turner, I'm Chronos Li's secretary. Do you have time? Mr. Li would like to talk to you about CNN. Dongfang Yuqin said without hurry.
Ted Turner was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "I have time at any time, I have !!time at any time," he paused, and asked, "When can Mr. Li meet?"
"Mr. Li invites you to come to his house for lunch tomorrow at noon!"
"Okay, please tell Mr. Li, I'm honored that he invited me to lunch, and I'll be sure to get there in time!"
"Okay, Mr. Turner!"
At this point, the two ended the call.
Ted Turner almost jumped with excitement, and when all the media were not optimistic about him, the brightest genius in the United States recognized him and asked him to meet, which undoubtedly gave him great confidence, which was far more powerful than money!
"All the major TV networks are doing their best to ridicule me, waiting to see if I fail! Okay, I'll show you whether my Ted Turner will succeed or fail!!" Ted Turner shouted out, venting his frustration.
The world is turbid and I am alone, everyone is drunk and I am sober!
Ted Turner was lonely before, but at this moment, he feels that he has a like-minded person, he is no longer fighting alone, and there is a genius fighting alongside him!
"Alice, book me a plane ticket to Los Angeles right now, the sooner the better!" Ted Turner immediately called the female secretary, who was looking forward to the lunch tomorrow at noon!
"Yes, Mr. Turner. β
So, that afternoon, Ted Turner flew from Atlanta, a city in the eastern United States, to Los Angeles in the western United States.
Before he got on the plane, he bought a newspaper with news about him: "The days of Ted Turner's sober voyage are over!"
After reading the report, he laughed disdainfully.
Immediately, he put the newspaper away, and when he succeeded in the future, he took it out to humiliate the media!
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The next day at noon, Beverly Hills.
Ted Turner came to Li Zetian's home and was warmly welcomed.
In the restaurant, Ted Turner smiled and said, "Mr. Li, it's a great honor for you to invite me to lunch!"
Li Zetian said with a smile: "It's also my honor for you to participate! Let's talk while eating!"
"Hmm. β
Li Zetian then toasted with him and said straight to the point: "I heard that Mr. Turner plans to establish CNN, although the major media are not optimistic, but I am very interested in this. However, it may not be easy to set up CNN, and Mr. Turner must have encountered a lot of difficulties, right?"
Ted Turner nodded, "Yes, it's difficult! Because CNN needs to broadcast live news 24 hours a day, it needs to set up news offices in major cities in the United States and around the world, and have a very large team of reporters and editors! In order for CNN to reach farther afield, it must obtain the right to launch satellites, so it has to resort to the Communications Commission to win the lawsuit! The most attractive news must enter the White House, but at present, only the first-class mass media have the opportunity to join the White House press corps, and this privilege has been monopolized by the three major television networks for many years!"
Ted Turner confessed and brought up all the difficulties.
Li Zetian smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect that establishing CNN would be more difficult than he imagined, but Ted Turner dared to challenge authority and charge into battle, which is good.
"I believe that these difficulties will be solved!" Li Zetian said, "Mr. Turner, you must know very well what I mean by asking you to meet." However, I wish I could have absolute control, that is, I would have at least 51% of the shares!
When Ted Turner heard this, he fell silent and pondered the question.
After a minute or two, he replied, "Mr. Li, if you can invest $30 million, I promise you 51% of the shares!"
Although this price is a bit high, it is still within Li Zetian's acceptable range.
"Yes, I accept it, but I have one more condition!" he replied with a nod.
"What conditions?" asked Ted Turner.
"If you want to sell your shares in the future, I have the right of first refusal!" Mr. Li said.
"That's fine!"
So, after lunch, the two sides reached an agreement, and the contract was signed on the same day!
Ted Turner owns a company called Turner Broadcasting, the parent company of CNN, which broadcasts movies and television and sporting events, including professional wrestling, baseball, basketball and hockey. In order to ensure that his television station can always broadcast live games, he has bought the Atlanta Braves baseball team, the Atlanta Hawks (basketball team), the Atlanta Flames (hockey) and so on.
This trick was then learned by Li Zetian and carried forward. But these are all afterthoughts, so let's not say it for the time being.
At present, Li Zetian has registered a broadcasting company called Chronos Broadcasting Company (Chronos = Chronos) as the parent company of the television industry. And the parent company of Chronos Broadcasting is Umbrella Company.
CNN has Ted Turner here, so Li Zetian doesn't have to worry about it.
The immediate priority is to build the MTV Music Television Network and then create The Voice show!
Time is pressing, and Li Zetian doesn't know exactly when MTV was established in his previous life, and it's probably soon. In short, we must be ahead of the curve and occupy the market.
Li Zetian learned from Ted Turner the experience of the rapid development of television stations, first buying a bankrupt television station, acquiring TV channels, and then providing round-the-clock music programming to cable networks and satellite TV subscribers via satellite.
At this stage, Li Zetian is busy developing games in the morning, building the MTV television network in the afternoon, and paying attention to the development of various companies under his name in the evening, and he is busy all day, sleeping only 6 hours a day. Even when it's time to eat, I'm working.
Hard work pays off!
Li Zetian bought several bankrupt TV stations, and through integration, he soon established the MTV television network, but the coverage area of the whole United States is very small. The program team began to select excellent songs, and then invited record companies and singers to collaborate to produce MVs. For record companies and singers, it is also a good thing to be able to appear on TV to do publicity, and few people refuse. It's just a little depressing, and the record company is reluctant to spend a lot of money on a well-made MV. Basically, the singer sings a song in front of the camera and it's over. Well, even so, it is full of attraction for the audience, who can both listen to the songs and see their favorite singers.
MTV Television began broadcasting music videos across the country and became a pop culture phenomenon.
However, Li Zetian is not very satisfied with this, he is used to watching the wonderful MVs in his previous life, and then seeing the boring MVs now, he feels the same taste as chewing wax.
"It seems that we still have to wait for Jingqiu and Michael Jackson's MV to be completed, and it will detonate the global !!" Li Zetian muttered, then looked at Dongfang Yuqin and asked, "Did Michael Jackson promise to come to Violet Records?"
"Li Xueyu is communicating with him, and I will call now to ask. β
"Hmm. β
Dongfang Yuqin dialed Li Xueyu's phone at this time, and after a while, she hung up the phone and said to Li Zetian: "Michael Jackson learned that Violet Records was founded by Mr. Li, so he is very interested, and he is going to visit the record company at about two o'clock this afternoon." β
"Well, let's go over in the afternoon. β
"Okay. β
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Michael Jackson came to Violet Records, the company is small, but the equipment inside is all top-notch, and the staff are all elite in the industry. Michael Jackson met with Li Xueyu, chatted for a while, and was a little shocked when he learned that the company had only signed one singer at present, and he was also Li Zetian's wife.
"Chronosγ»Li's wife is also at this record company, it's incredible!"
"So, you should know that Chronos-Li will definitely spend a lot of money to grow this record company. In addition to Mrs. Li, you will be the second singer to sign with Violet Records, if you join......" Li Xueyu added with a smile, "You are the person invited by Chronos Li by name, which shows that he values you very much, and he also promised to write you a few songs!"
"He can write songs?!" said Michael Jackson, surprised.
Li Xueyu smiled: "Yes, he is talented and a musical genius. In fact, at first, like you, I didn't believe it, but when I listened to the songs he wrote for Mrs. Li, I was completely convinced!
Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!
Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin came to Violet Records at this time, and when they learned that Michael Jackson was in Li Xueyu's office, they rushed over.
Knock knock!
Li Zetian knocked on the door a few times as a sign of politeness, and then pushed the door in.
Michael Jackson is not a small celebrity, but he is still far from being a superstar. When he saw Li Zetian, he was slightly excited.
And his first impression of Li Zetian was that Michael Jackson, who was so dark and young, was younger than me, I was 56 years old, he was 58 years old, and he wanted to call me brother!!
Michael Jackson looks much better now than the white-skinned horror face of his previous life......
Li Zetian looked at him and asked, "Jackson, would you like to come to Violet Records?"
Michael Jackson also has a business acumen, and he knows that the world's top billionaires will definitely develop vigorously when they set up record companies, and they will get more resources than in other record companies.
"Mr. Li, I'm very willing, it's my pleasure! It's just that I signed a contract with my previous record company......"
"The cost of breaking the contract is all paid by Violet Records, you don't have to worry!"
Li Zetian smiled in his heart, how much does it cost to break the contract, Michael Jackson is the cash cow, and his joining is bound to make Violet Records fame and fortune, because people will think that it is Violet Records that has made Michael Jackson, thus attracting countless singers to join the record company!
Michael Jackson was moved when he saw that Li Zetian agreed to pay the contract breaking fee without even thinking about it!