Chapter 140: Huang Xizhao
When Li Xuan saw Huang Xizhao enter the door, he immediately got up with a smile, took two steps forward and shook hands with him warmly: "Mr. Huang Xizhao, I take the liberty of inviting you to come, please take a seat! This is my girlfriend Zhong Chuhong, and this is Luo Zhiping, the financial director of Dongfang Electronics Company!"
Li Xuan introduced the other two who got up together to Huang Xizhao. Huang Xizhao smiled and shook hands with the two. Receiving Li Xuan's invitation, he was a little surprised, and his first reaction was whether Li's TV station recently reported on whether the news of this "little Li Sheng" was too outstanding, which caused the other party's dissatisfaction.
However, after Huang Xizhao asked the person in charge of the news program department, he did not find any problems in this regard. Since the kidnapping case, this "little Li Sheng" has become more and more low-key, rarely appearing in the flash of the media.
When Dongfang Electronics' previous Gameboy handheld game consoles and ABC computers were launched, they all placed a small number of advertisements on Li's TV station. Therefore, Dongfang Electronics is also an important customer of the TV station, and after the public relations department of Dongfang Electronics greeted them, Li's TV station deliberately reduced some of the less important follow-up reports related to this "Xiao Li Sheng". Therefore, Huang Xizhao couldn't guess the purpose of Li Xuan's appointment to meet him today.
"Huang Sheng, you may be a little confused about the purpose of my invitation to come over today!" Li Xuan said with a smile, "I don't know if you have heard that Li's voice company has recently failed to invest in the Australian laundry business, and there are financial problems!"
Huang Xizhao nodded, he had already received the exact news from the chairman of Li's TV station, and the other party had asked him to start reducing the operating expenses of the TV station.
"This morning, in the presence of lawyers on both sides. My representative has just reached an equity transfer agreement with the British Li's Voice, and I have acquired what they own for HK$125 million. All 61.2% of Leigh's TV station shares!"
Li Xuan looked at Huang Xizhao's shocked expression, and continued to chuckle and said, "At the same time, Standard Chartered Bank has 7.5% of the shares. It will also be transferred to my name in the next few days! This news will be officially announced tomorrow morning, and I will become the new largest shareholder of Li's TV station!"
Huang Xizhao finally understood the purpose of the other party's invitation to come today, the young man in front of him, this "Xiao Li Sheng" who had just become famous in Hong Kong and Kowloon, will be the new owner of Li's TV station in the future. It is said that once a son of heaven and a courtier, he doesn't know what his fate will be next, so he just rolls up and leaves?
Huang Xizhao's worries did not last long, and Li Xuan immediately reassured him: "I also communicated with Mr. Xu Shixun, another shareholder and director of the TV station, a few days ago, and the two of us have the same opinion.
all think that Li's TV station has been under your governance in recent years. The results have been fruitful, and the ratings are booming! So I'm asking you out today, just as an investor, I want to hear your views on the future development of Li's TV station!"
Huang Xizhao immediately calmed down, although the young man in front of him was smiling kindly, but he didn't dare to despise it in the slightest, he knew that this was the first exam question he faced. Whether the answer can satisfy the other party is directly related to whether he can sit firmly in the position of the TV station.
"I've been the director for a few years. The proudest thing is that all the colleagues in the station are very united, and everyone works together to make the performance of the TV station better! Of course, this does not mean that there is no internal competition. On the contrary, competition within the TV stations is becoming more and more intense. But these competitions are all healthy competitions, everyone competes in creativity and ability, and who can make a good show. Whoever will be on top!"
Huang Xizhao paused and continued: "I think the atmosphere of Li's TV station is very good now, and there is no need to change much. The most important thing is to increase investment. In the past, we fought with TVB, and we relied on the production of a number of excellent TV series.
But the cost of homemade dramas is very high. Every drama requires an investment of millions, and a well-crafted drama requires an investment of five or six million! As long as I can guarantee funds, I am absolutely confident that I can compete with TVB in the ratings!"
Ye Chengkang suddenly took over the words and said: "Huang Sheng, with the information we have collected from the two TV stations of Wireless and Li, you shoot 20-30 new TV series every year. If you calculate 25 new dramas and invest 2 million each, the total investment is 50 million.
In addition, an annual high-quality drama is planned in the first and second half of the year, with a total budget of 15 million. In addition, there is a reserve fund of 5 million and a budget of 10 million for purchased dramas, so the total annual budget of the future TV station in TV dramas is 80 million Hong Kong dollars!"
These numbers are naturally not created out of thin air, but are the result of systematic analysis by the financial department of Dongfang Electronics. TVB's total investment in filming this year is about HK $70 million. Judging from the growth rate in the past few years, TVB's filming investment will not exceed 80 million tomorrow.
Ye Chengkang gave a filming budget of 80 million, which is a lot higher than Li's TV station's investment of about 50 million this year, which is basically the same as the investment of competitor TVB.
Ye Chengkang continued: "So, Huang Sheng, you don't need to worry about insufficient capital at all. The company will soon hold a general meeting of shareholders to discuss the expansion of capital. The size of the fundraising will be between HK$150 million and HK$200 million. The new funds will be used to pay off part of the debts that are about to mature, and the rest will be used for the operation of the TV station!"
Li Xuan nodded happily when he saw Huang Xizhao, and suddenly asked: "Huang Sheng, at the beginning of the year, the Hong Kong Economic Development Advisory Council submitted a joint letter to the Hong Kong Governor, urging the Chinese and British governments to do their best to hold negotiations on the future of Hong Kong! At that time, public opinion in Hong Kong and Kowloon was very enthusiastic, and I don't know what you think about the future of Hong Kong!"
Huang Xizhao thought calmly, he felt that this question was more important than the previous one, and he seemed to have captured the purpose of this Xiao Li Sheng's acquisition of Li's TV station. As soon as the Sino-British negotiations begin, as the owner of one of the only two television stations in Hong Kong, he can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and accept the competition between the two sides.
"The focus of Hong Kong's problems is the imminent expiration of leases in the New Territories in 1997. Although the Chinese government has never recognized the legitimacy of a series of treaties signed between Britain and the Manchu government, its actual actions have in fact acquiesced in the rules of the world game set by Britain in its own hegemonic era.
The New Territories is leased land. In any case, it will definitely be returned to China after the expiration of 1997, and this is the consensus of the British government and opposition for decades. Hence the end of the forties. When Grantham took office as Governor of Hong Kong, he overturned his predecessor's 'Yang Muqi Plan'.
He once said clearly, 'The future of Hong Kong is a matter of politics. It is either a British colony or part of China's Guangdong Province'. After 150 years of British rule, especially in the 30 years after the war, the New Territories have long been an integral part of Hong Kong. As long as the Chinese government can resist British pressure and insist on not renewing the lease of the New Territories, it will be able to take back the whole of Hong Kong, including Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, at one time!" Huang Xizhao replied clearly.
Li Xuan couldn't help but be a little impressed by Huang Xizhao, and his analysis was completely correct. So Li Xuan continued to ask: "Then what do you think will happen to ** after recovering Hong Kong?"
Huang Xizhao frowned: "Xiao Li Sheng, I can't judge this for sure." One possibility is to maintain the status quo in Hong Kong, and the other is to overthrow the current system in Hong Kong and re-plan according to the mainland's system!"
"Then you think that's more likely!"
"If you don't want to cause chaos and collapse in the whole Hong Kong society. The first method should be adopted, which is to maintain the current system in Hong Kong first, and then slowly try to do it!" Huang Xizhao shook his head and said.
This is the limitation of people in this era, most Hong Kong people think that after the mainland government takes back Hong Kong, it will definitely implement the ** model. Even though the central government has repeatedly stressed that the principle of "one country, two systems and Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong" will remain unwavering for 100 years, the large-scale migration wave will still be unstoppable after the signing of the Hong Kong agreement between China and the UK.
The vast majority of those who are afraid of being "communist" by the mainland government are not living well abroad. As a result, there was another wave of backflow around Ninety-seven. However, this back and forth has disrupted the entire economic development pattern of Hong Kong. Hong Kong's missed best opportunity for industrial transformation and upgrading will never come back. As a result, Hong Kong's economy in later generations was completely supported by the blood transfusion of the mainland's policies, but various blood transfusions were exchanged for a series of farces such as "Occupy Central".
"In my opinion, the best way to govern Hong Kong in the future is 'one country, two systems, Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong'. As a Chinese with Yanhuang blood. Naturally, I do not approve of Hong Kong being colonized by the British, and the Chinese government should completely recover the sovereignty of Hong Kong!"
Li Xuan said with a smile: "But after it is recovered, how should it be governed? I believe that most Hong Kong citizens." They are not willing to implement the mainland's current system. Therefore, I think that with the method of 'one country, two systems', the mainland still implements the ** system. Hong Kong still has a liberal economic system, which is the ideal solution. As for why 'Hong Kong people govern Hong Kong'. It is certainly the Hong Kong people themselves who can understand the essence of Hong Kong's current system, not the mainland planners.
As one of the only two television stations in Hong Kong, Leigh's television station naturally has to raise its voice on behalf of the five million citizens in the future negotiations on the Sino-British issue! Moreover, in my opinion, it is not difficult for the mainland central government to take over the principle of 'one country, two systems, and Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong.' This is because the proper settlement of the Hong Kong issue can be used as a model for resolving the Taiwan issue in the future!"
Huang Xizhao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he repeatedly recited the eight words "one country, two systems, and Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong" in his heart.
The reason why Li Xuan bought Li's TV station was that he was able to have an important weight when the Chinese and British governments wrestled fiercely. Therefore, he doesn't care if Li's TV station makes money in the future, even if it loses tens of millions a year, it is completely acceptable.
Li Xuan still can't lean to the left on the surface, after all, his Aikang Computer Company is preparing to go public in London, and the UK will also be an important fulcrum for the Oriental Department to open up the European market in the future.
But he also can't stupidly lean to the right and be cannon fodder for the British. Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", did not resist the pressure of the "little man of the East", and finally obediently returned to Hong Kong. As a reborn person, if Li Xuan made a mistake of principle on such a major issue of right and wrong, then he could go directly to Victoria Harbor. (To be continued......)
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