Chapter 122: Run Run Shaw
When Henry came to Hong Kong this time, countless pairs of eyes were watching his every move Chinese mainland......!
The main purpose of Henry's visit to Hong Kong this time was to control the Warwick Company, and by the way, he took advantage of the turbulent period in the years before Hong Kong's return to the motherland. The reason why Henry reminded Guan Zhilin that he had a very important document in his bedroom was to use her mouth to leak the acquisition of TVB and Shaw Brothers Film Company, so as to distract everyone and let Cisco control Warwick behind the scenes without attracting attention......
Bright plank road, dark Chen Cang!
In addition, Henry knows very well that Run Run Shaw is a very persistent person, and regards TVB as his life, and he will never be able to sell TVB! It is very difficult for him to buy TVB from him! However, there is also a television station in Hong Kong, Asia Television, and Henry's target is actually this TV station......
Asia Television is not expensive, Lin Baixin only spent 200 million Hong Kong dollars to buy all the shares of Asia Television from Qiu Degen. In fact, ATV was the first free-to-air television station in Hong Kong, many years before TVB. As early as April 1957, the Hong Kong government granted permission to operate cable television and was granted a license, becoming the first television station in Hong Kong and the Far East, opening a page in the history of Hong Kong television broadcasting!!
Then it came to Qiu Degen's hands, which was renamed Asia Television Co., Ltd.
TVB was established on November 19, 1967, but TVB came from behind, and Li's TV was almost unbearable, causing Li's TV company to change hands several times......
It's not that I'm too incompetent, it's that the enemy is too powerful......
Leigh's TV is also tragic enough to meet such a legendary figure as Run Run Shaw!
Run Run Shaw was good at shooting, and in his early years, when Run Run Shaw was about 19 years old, he followed his brother to Southeast Asia to explore the market. At that time, the conditions were very poor, and every day the projection equipment and film copies were dragged by board trucks, and the films were shown in turn from village to village! In this way, the Shaw Brothers Brothers' films became famous. At that time, their film company was called Tianyi Film Company, which was founded in Hengbangqiao, Hongkou, Shanghai, and later owned more than 100 movie theaters in Southeast Asia and other places. Who knows, World War II broke out suddenly, and all the hard work came to naught!
After the end of World War II, the other Shaw brothers became disheartened and basically gave up their film careers. But Run Run Shaw did not admit defeat and came to Hong Kong alone to found the Shaw Brothers Film Company, which has since opened a new era of Hong Kong films and influenced generations of people......
Run Run Shaw has been to the United States and seen Hollywood Studios. So, after he returned to Hong Kong, he was ambitious and vowed to build the largest cinema in Hong Kong and even Asia. Later, he established Shaw Studios in Repulse Bay. The establishment of Shaw Brothers Cinemas has laid a solid fortress for the huge Shaw Brothers film empire, and countless excellent movies were born from Shaw Brothers Cinemas!!
Shaw also discovered in the United States that television had replaced film as the more influential video medium in the United States! So, in 1967, Run Run Shaw, who had a deep strategic vision, set his sights on TV stations and founded TVB. After 1990, the Shaw Brothers Group even began to shrink the film industry and vigorously develop TVB......
The biggest problem in the early days of TVB was that there were not enough actors.
At that time, there were no more institutions than now, and there would be various institutions to train actors. It can be said that there were very few actors at that time. And TVB shoots TV series, and it needs a lot of actors.
What to do?
Run Run Shaw set up a wireless training class......
As a result, the people who came out of the wireless training class actually supported half of Hong Kong, and even the entire Chinese entertainment industry......
The wireless training class can be said to be the "Whampoa Military Academy of Hong Kong stars", which has cultivated a large number of Chinese superstars such as Chow Yun-fat, Stephen Chow, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, etc!!
How can people be embarrassed by such awesome coaxing? ATV can only hide in the toilet and cry......
Not only that, the election of "Miss Hong Kong" has been around for a long time, but it is sparse and ordinary, and it has little influence. But in Shaw's hands, it sparkled like a layer of gold. With the help of the gimmick of Miss Hong Kong, Run Run Shaw vigorously developed its potential value, not only giving the Miss Hong Kong champion a certain gorgeous crown, but also signing a contract with her, acting in TV movies, releasing records, and so on, making her a big star! As a result, "Miss Hong Kong" became popular, and there were countless people competing for the registration!!
Asian TV Handan toddler made a "Miss Asia", but it was Dong Shi who followed his example and became a laughing stock!
From "Miss Hong Kong", there are many top beauties like Li Jiaxin, and "Miss Asia" is full of ugly girls, which Nima is embarrassed to do......
The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach!
This is the true portrayal of ATV......
If Henry buys ATV, the first formidable enemy he faces is TVB. In order to weaken TVB, it is natural to use some means.
Grass will scare snakes!!
Guan Zhilin leaked the contents of the document, which was more authentic and convincing, and everyone really thought that Henry would buy TVB. Faced with a high salary of 50% higher, TVB will definitely mess with itself. Putting Shaw in trouble was something Henry was more than happy to do!!
After Guan Zhilin was rejected by Henry, he was resentful. The contents of the document were leaked the next day!
Soon, Hong Kong newspapers, television and other media reported on the incident.
"The world's richest man, Henry Williams, wants to spend a huge amount of money to buy Hong Kong's TVB TVB TVB !!!!!"
At this moment, inside TVB, people's hearts are floating.
"My God, billionaires want to buy TVB, and we're going to change owners?!!!"
"The big boss is rich, if TVB is acquired, our treatment will definitely improve!"
"Hehe, of course. Haven't you heard that if Henry Williams doesn't make a takeover, he'll poach us with 50% more salary!!"
"Damn, I'm really rich, I want to be dug up by him now......"
"Hehe, I'm ...... too"
Run Run Shaw soon held a press conference to make a statement: "TVB refuses to acquire !!"
As soon as the statement was released, not to mention how the outside world was hotly discussed, TVB was already in chaos...... Many people began to contact each other, and everyone went to !!
The front page of the undisciplined "Sun" wrote: "The most anticipated thing this year, the TVB group jumped ship!!"
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