"He Qing, this is Zeng Zhiwei, the general manager of Hong Kong Asia Pictures, I told you last time that I was going to make a movie with you, I really didn't lie to you!" Li Xuan said to He Qing with a smile.

When will it be the turn of the big boss behind the scenes to go out on the street to be a talent scout! In fact, Zeng Zhiwei felt that the newcomers who graduated from the ATV artist training class every year could not be praised, and he was eager to double the number of new films the company started every year.

But Zeng Zhiwei only complained a few words in his heart, but nodded to He Qing with a smile on his face and said: "Miss He, our Asia Film is one of the top film companies in Hong Kong, and more than a dozen films will start shooting in the second half of the year." Seeing you today, I think there are several characters that match your temperament very well!"

"Zeng Li, thank you for your kindness! I don't speak Cantonese, and I don't have enough acting experience, so I may not be able to live up to your favor!" He Qing politely refused, but she firmly believed that she would keep a distance from Li Xuan before she came.

He Qing's refusal made Zeng Zhiwei feel a little more favorable. Many small film companies in Hong Kong like to go to the streets to find new talents, but ATV Media has a comprehensive talent training system. Even if a good seedling is found outside, it will be sent to the ATV training class for a period of time.

Although the company shoots a lot of TV series and movies every year, in fact, the internal competition is very fierce, and it is not easy for newcomers to get ahead. In fact, not only ATV, but the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry can really become an instant hit, and the lucky ones who become high-profile stars are only a few after all, and most of them are struggling in obscurity.

If it weren't for the big boss sitting next to him, Zeng Zhiwei wouldn't have looked at He Qing a few more times. This is not to say that Zeng Zhiwei has no aesthetic vision, but because there will be information about various beautiful women on his desk from time to time. Even if they are a little inferior to Ho Qing. But each is also very eye-catching. Some girls are even willing to sell their bodies in order to fight for a role.

Zeng Zhiwei saw too much, and naturally became numb. Compared with his bright appearance, he now values the acting skills of actors more. Because only actors with good acting skills are worth putting a lot of effort into training. will bring great returns to the company.

"Miss He, you are too unconfident in yourself! There are not a few beautiful girls I have seen with these eyes. But my first impression of you is very special, giving a pure and soft beauty!

Don't be in a hurry to refuse, you can read the script first and then decide whether to go to Hong Kong to audition! In fact, I don't dare to guarantee that you will definitely be selected. In our company, the final decision on the individual characters of a film is usually in the hands of the director and producer!

And the contracts given to actors by our Asian Pictures are very generous, but for a newcomer like Miss He, who is not yet famous, the salary will naturally not be too high, and each play will be about 100,000 Hong Kong dollars!" Zeng Zhiwei said very skillfully.

He first praised He Qing for his beauty. After all, no girl would mind if someone said she was beautiful. Then he pointed out that he didn't want to ask him to act, but just to give her a chance, and it was not certain whether he could be selected.

People are rebellious, and if you are too diligent, it is easy for people to wonder if you have bad intentions. Zeng Zhiwei deliberately made a gesture that I didn't dare to pack tickets, but it made He Qing feel very sincere.

In the end, he seemingly inadvertently pointed out that if he went to Hong Kong to act in a movie, the salary would be 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan. He Qing now earns less than 100 yuan a month in the Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe. And she took over the filming of "Shaolin Lay Disciples" before. The crew gave a remuneration of 1,200 yuan. More than a thousand yuan is already a windfall for Li Xuan!

And Zeng Zhiwei is now opening his mouth for 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, still in a very dismissive tone. He Qing went to Hong Kong when he filmed "Shaolin Lay Disciple", so he naturally knew that Asia Pictures was a well-known film company in Hong Kong. What the general manager said was naturally true, and there was no need to deliberately deceive her.

And listen to what this Zeng Li means. The salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is still relatively low, and famous Hong Kong stars can get more. He Qing has also heard others say before that many Hong Kong stars make a movie and earn millions of Hong Kong dollars. She had always thought it was a rumor. But I didn't expect it to be true.

He Qing's heartbeat couldn't help but start to accelerate all of a sudden, she didn't expect to make millions of dollars by making a movie. Even 100,000 Hong Kong dollars is an unbelievably large amount of money for her.

Do you want to go to Hong Kong and give it a try, as this Zeng Li said?

Unconsciously. He Qing's attitude began to become unfirm. Anyway, this Zeng Li also said that whether she can be selected in the end or not needs her to impress the director and producer with her own strength, and it has nothing to do with Li Xuan.

In He Qing's opinion, this is similar to the last time Director Huashan went to the Kunqu Opera Troupe for casting. At that time, it was with her excellent performance that she stood out from the dozen or so girls in the troupe and got the first opportunity to act in a movie.

The salary of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars mentioned by Zeng Zhiwei is indeed a relatively low level among the leading actors in the movie, but the most critical modifier is "starring". Not just any newcomer can get the opportunity to star when they are together.

As many as 30 or 40 students graduate from ATV's acting training class every year, and most of them start from roles with a salary of thousands or even hundreds of yuan. Then slowly sharpen and accumulate experience, and then encounter a good opportunity, you will have the opportunity to play a supporting role. Those who picked the leading role at the beginning are all Xiaosheng and Hua Dan who are very optimistic about the company and are ready to focus on cultivating.

Many Hong Kong actors even don't even want to be paid in order to have a chance to be the leading actors. And these behind-the-scenes stories, He Qing, a mainland girl who has never had in-depth contact with the Hong Kong entertainment industry, is naturally impossible to understand clearly.

Zeng Zhiwei wanted to shoot his big boss's sycophants, so it was naturally impossible for He Qing to play tricks. He has already begun to quickly recall in his mind the next few movies that the company will shoot, thinking about which role is more suitable to recommend to which situation.

Zeng Zhiwei understands his current task very well, that is, to go to Hong Kong to film. Otherwise, the little girl stayed in the mainland, but the big boss Li Xuan stayed in Hong Kong, how could she have the opportunity to get close to this beautiful girl. Then go on the offensive!

Li Xuan was not too enthusiastic about He Qing, and occasionally chatted with her. Most of the time, I was talking about business with Zeng Zhiwei!

"Li Sheng, the board of directors of the company has just passed a resolution. Ready to go public before the end of the year!" Zeng Zhiwei also took advantage of this opportunity and began to report on the situation of ATV Media again, not caring at all about this outsider beside him.

Li Xuan's industry has never been listed on the Hong Kong stock market before, which is also the place where he is most criticized by Hong Kong public opinion. The future development prospects of most of the industries of the Oriental Group are immeasurable, and Li Xuan is naturally reluctant to let those high-quality companies spin in the small pond of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is not the important financial center in Asia a few decades later, in fact, the reason why Hong Kong can become a financial capital in the future is completely dependent on the support of China. For example, a large part of the market capitalization of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange comes from domestic companies. If this part of the market value is removed, Hong Kong is far from being comparable to other Asian competitors such as Tokyo and Singapore.

And the Hong Kong securities market in the early eighties. Although it has been developed for decades, it is far from mature. There are four stock exchanges in one city, and even New York has only two stock exchanges, the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Exchange.

Under pressure from the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Far East Exchange, the Gold and Silver Exchange, and the Kowloon Stock Exchange, all four exchanges, established the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as 1980 to carry out various mergers. But now four years later, progress has been very slow.

This time, ATV Media announced that it was preparing to go public, which immediately attracted the attention of the entire Hong Kong capital market. The chairmen of the four exchanges have begun to contact the top management of ATV Media and the Oriental Group. Among them, the strongest Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Far East Exchange are the most active.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is the oldest exchange in Hong Kong, with a history dating back to 1866. The majority of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange are British-owned. In the 60s, when Hong Kong's economy was booming, many Chinese-funded companies were eager to go public and raise funds, but they were repeatedly rejected by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which was controlled by Western brokers.

So Li Fuzhao was the leader and established the Far Eastern Stock Exchange in 1969. Like Li Jiacheng's Cheung Kong and a large number of well-known Chinese-funded enterprises in Hong Kong. All are listed on the Far Eastern Exchange. The Far East Exchange has now surpassed the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to become the largest among the four exchanges in Hong Kong in terms of trading volume, with a daily turnover of HK$100 million to HK$200 million.

Although the Hong Kong Stock Exchange has not given up on public relations. But if nothing else, ATV Media will choose to list on the Far East Exchange. HKEX is the oldest exchange in Hong Kong. But the exchange, whose main management is all British, is in a state of twilight, and has been immersed in self-absorption and has not come to its senses.

You must know that in recent years, the British power in Hong Kong has been declining rapidly. Chinese capital, on the other hand, is on the rise. More than 90% of the shareholders in the Hong Kong stock market are Chinese, but the Hong Kong Stock Exchange still retains hidden discrimination against Chinese capital, how can such an institution have a future? It is no wonder that the first person to become the chairman of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after the successful merger of the four exchanges in the future was Li Fuzhao of the Far Eastern Exchange.

ATV Media Group is not listed as a whole this time, but mainly Hong Kong Films, divesting high-quality assets within the group, and then listing after reorganization. With the support of ATV Group, Asia Pictures has developed smoothly in recent years, taking advantage of the prosperity of Hong Kong films throughout Southeast Asia, and its annual profits are very considerable.

In contrast, although ATV successfully pressed the other party under it in the fierce competition with TVB, it won the honor of Hong Kong's largest TV station. But ATV's profitability is actually very average, and with the substantial increase in ratings in Sui and Tang in recent years, advertising revenue has also soared.

But in order to maintain the standard of the program, ATV's various expenditures are also quite a lot. Therefore, if we talk about Asia TV alone, it can actually exceed the break-even point and achieve a small profit. Of course, when Li Xuan first acquired Asia Television, he never thought of relying on it to make a profit.

ATV is just a knife in Li Xuan's hand, attacking the enemy at any time according to his needs. For example, in recent years, Asia Satellite TV has criticized the Hong Kong government's way of governing, which has caused a lot of public opinion pressure on the authorities.

After the Sino-British negotiations began, Hong Kong became a card in the hands of the British government. Downing Street did not hesitate to put pressure on Beijing at the expense of the health of Hong Kong's economy. This naturally harmed Li Xuan's interests in a big way, and it was inconvenient for him to express his position directly at such a sensitive time. So Li Xuan just used the public opinion card of Asia Satellite TV to express his dissatisfaction.

ATV Media has been unswervingly implementing the separation of production and broadcasting in recent years, and now Asia Satellite TV has made a lot of slimming compared to a few years ago, and has spun off many independent companies. For example, the original TV drama production department of the TV station has become a new Asian TV drama production company, and the broadcast rights of the new TV series are transferred to Asia Satellite TV in the form of copyright sales.

The original artist department of the TV station has become an independent Asian agency. Today, Asia has become the largest entertainment agency in Hong Kong. In addition to the original ATV system's artists and behind-the-scenes personnel all transferred to the company's name, many outside artists have also signed their own brokerage contracts with Asian agencies.

Now that many new films in Hong Kong have been established, the first thing directors and producers think of is to work with Asian agencies. Moreover, the Asian agency also learned from a Hollywood agency called CAA, relying on its own strong resources, to provide some small film companies with the overall package service from script to director, to actors and behind-the-scenes personnel!

Although Asia TV is not profitable, the profitability of other companies such as Asian TV drama production companies, Asian brokerage companies, and Asian film companies is still very good. Therefore, Li Xuan decided to package and reorganize these high-quality companies in ATV Media Group, and then list them on the securities market.

The Sino-British negotiations are beginning to come to an end, and the turmoil caused by the crisis of the future has begun to calm down. Hong Kong's securities market, which had been hit hard by the Sino-British negotiations, is now at a low point.

But in reality, Hong Kong's economy is not as bad as the stock market is showing off, especially as the US emerges from the recession and Hong Kong's light industry exports begin to flourish again. Therefore, the bottoming out of the Hong Kong securities market is just around the corner, and ATV is just taking advantage of the next wave of rising bulls to go public!

This time, ATV Group is preparing to package the assets for listing, and the market value is estimated to be around 1 billion Hong Kong dollars. This amount of money is naturally not worth mentioning to Li Xuan's current net worth, but it is not for others in the ATV Group.

ATV Group has been carrying out equity incentives over the years, and if the company has not been listed, these stock options in everyone's hands are actually no different from waste paper. So even from the perspective of enhancing the company's internal cohesion, it is time for ATV Group to go public.

As the main body of the restructuring of the new company, Zeng Zhiwei also has his own ambitions, and he hopes to become the CEO of the newly listed company. The new company, which has just been named Asia Entertainment Holdings on the board of directors of ATV Group, will include a series of businesses such as production and distribution of TV dramas and films, artist management contracts, and record production.

After the listing, Asia Entertainment Holdings will not only become the first stock in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, but also likely to become the largest film and television entertainment company in Hong Kong. If Zeng Zhiwei can become the CEO of the new company, he can further enhance his status and truly become a hegemon ......in Hong Kong's entertainment industry!