Chapter Ninety-Five: Planning the TV Station
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When Wang Zifan came, Huang Xizhao had just finished a meeting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
I haven't seen him for a few months, and Huang Xizhao has added a lot of gray hair on his head, and it seems that he has been anxious about the TV station recently.
Since Wang Zifan led Xiao Ruoyuan and Mai Dangxiong to switch to movies, Li's TV station ratings have deteriorated, and they have gradually been overtaken by wireless, and the wireless ace program "Happy Tonight" has come back to life, once again occupying the golden segment from 9 o'clock to 11 o'clock in the evening.
Huang Xizhao didn't complain when he met, and said with a smile on his face: ""Tragic War" and "Modern Bodyguard" are big sellers, which shows that your choice is correct!"
"DreamWorks can have today, thanks to your care!" Wang Zifan swept away the anger just now, modest with gratitude, in the process of starting a business, Huang Xizhao helped him the most, filming "Shanghi Beach" for wireless, he only earned 200,000, but filming "Huo Yuanjia", Huang Xizhao made him make a lot of more than 10 million, laying a good foundation for DreamWorks to rise.
Huang Xizhao was relieved: "Don't mention the past, by the way! You don't work in DreamWorks, how did you come to me?"
Wang Zifan said with a smile: "I heard that Li's ratings have ...... recently."
Huang Xizhao waved his hand and sighed: "Who is still in the mood to care about the ratings now, your prophecy has come true, last week, the parent company called me to the UK, and it has been decided to sell Li's TV station, the news leaked out of nowhere, and now the entire TV station is panicking, and everyone is worried about their jobs!"
Wang Zifan said tentatively: "How much are they going to sell?"
Huang Xizhao's eyes lit up: "Do you want to take over?"
Wang Zifan nodded slowly, of course, it is easier to buy a TV station than to start from scratch.
Huang Xizhao thought for a moment, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "DreamWorks is a Chinese-funded enterprise, and it is very difficult to take over!"
It's a dispute between Chinese and British again!
Wang Zifan couldn't hide his disappointment, and complained: "These ghosts are really bastards, doing business on Chinese territory, and we are not allowed to interfere!"
Huang Xizhao still shook his head, feeling that Wang Zifan had little hope of taking over Li's TV, on the one hand, it was a financial problem, the reason why he didn't mention it was because DreamWorks was not qualified to acquire, although Li's was not as good as wireless, but it was also a sparrow Although it was small, it had nearly 1,000 employees, plus a TV building located in the downtown area, the total assets were about 150 million, and DreamWorks, only two films were released, I am afraid that even one percent of the equity could not be bought!
On the other hand, there is an ideological issue, the British government in Hong Kong may agree to the Chinese-funded acquisition of Li, but on the parent company's side, the board of directors is all British, and they would rather sell the TV station to foreigners than to the Chinese, because Hong Kong has been ruled by the British for a long time, and the British feel superior, and some even regard the Chinese as inferior.
It's inconceivable, but that's the reality, and the lifeblood of Hong Kong's economy, or the industries that make money, are all controlled by foreign investment.
Thinking about it carefully, Li's TV station was indeed sold to an Australian consortium in the end, but this consortium lived up to Li's voice, and less than a year after holding Li's TV, he sold the TV station to Qiu Degen, who is the chairman of the Far Eastern Group and is Chinese from the inside out.
Huang Xizhao pondered for a moment and concluded: "If foreign capital is used as a cover, acquisition is not impossible!"
That's a good idea!
Wang Zifan smiled: "Uncle Huang still has a way!"
Huang Xizhao shook his head again and said: "If it weren't for a consortium that knew the roots, it would definitely not give in on the price!"
Wang Zifan said: "How much?"
Huang Xizhao said: "The parent company is sending someone to count the family background, and I estimate that the total assets of Li are about 150 million!"
150 million!
Wang Zifan felt the pressure, he couldn't get this money out now, and he would have to wait at least half a year, or even a year.
Huang Xizhao comforted: "The total market value is so much, but I heard that the parent company does not plan to sell all of them, and it will probably give out 60% and 70% of the equity?"
Wang Zifan said unexpectedly: "What do you mean?"
Huang Xizhao was not surprised to see that Wang Zifan didn't understand, and explained with a smile: "It is to obtain the right to jointly operate, for example, you can send someone to the board of directors, and when you are familiar with the TV station business, you can consider acquiring the remaining shares!"
"What if Leigh's call doesn't sell?"
"Then there is no choice but to maintain the status quo!"
"I see!"
Wang Zifan slowly dispelled the idea of acquiring Li, he was used to controlling everything, otherwise he would not have refused Lei Juekun to join the shares several times, and he was very unhappy for a while, and almost let Hong Jinbao take advantage of the loophole.
Huang Xizhao gradually came back to his senses and said in surprise: "Afan, are you planning to start a TV station now?"
Wang Zifan nodded, did not say the inside story of his break with Yi Yifu, and briefly introduced: "I think entertainment is not complete only to make movies, in addition to opening a TV station, I also have a record company in my plan, only by combining these resources together, can we complement each other and share resources!"
"This is very similar to the tycoon!" Huang Xizhao thought of Shaw, Shaw's Films, TVB, and Huaxing Records are now counted as Shaw's industries.
Wang Zifan laughed and said: "Almost, but my business is not limited to the entertainment industry, and will also involve real estate, hotels and other industries one after another, hehe is a little far away, Uncle Huang, you know my intentions, now I just want to start a TV station, do you have any ideas?"
Huang Xizhao said with a smile: "Yes!
Jiashi can be said to be a fleeting meteor, very beautiful, very bright, but unfortunately short-lived, this point has been deplored by many drama fans, and a TV station that could have been beautiful and wireless into a three-legged momentum has disappeared into the crowd! It is a pity that it is also because of its ephemeral beauty, and now it has become a link that many collectors and drama historians pay attention to finding, which may be unexpected at first, which can be comforted!
"Jiashi?" Wang Zifan repeated, puzzled: "Can Jiashi be reopened?"
Huang Xizhao smiled and said nothing, it is easy to open the stage, but the difficult thing is how to operate!
Were the dramas of Jiashi TV not popular back then?
No!
The dramas it produces are more popular than wireless and rei!
At that time, Hong Kong people did not have many forms of entertainment activities, and most of them stayed at home to watch TV at night.
The direct reason is that Hong Kong cannot tolerate three commercial television stations! Especially three television stations that use the production of TV dramas as their main means of making money at the same time!
Although Jiashi TV has promoted the development of Hong Kong's television industry, the fierce competition between the three TV stations and the strong overdraft of production resources, especially TV drama production resources, also indicate that the situation of the three heroes competing for each other cannot last.
Its collapse was both unexpected and reasonable.
In other words, the Hong Kong market is too small, at most it can accommodate two TV stations, Jiashi opens the station, then there will be competition, the three tigers will fight for each other, and then it will be either the collapse of wireless and Li, or the collapse of Jiashi, very cruel competition!
If Wang Zifan is allowed to re-raise the banner of Jiashi, Huang Xizhao does not dare to guarantee that it will be Jiashi who will have the last laugh!
Wang Zifan doesn't think so, what he lacks now is a TV station, as long as he pulls up this banner, what is a TV series, he can shoot a few wireless films casually, and Li can't raise his head, and if he wants to go out of business, it's also beautiful and wireless!
"If I can reopen Jiashi, I'm willing!"
"Afan, this is not in a hurry, you go back and think about it!" Huang Xizhao took the initiative to end this topic, once the war starts, there is no room to turn back, he can jump ship to Jiashi, and even pull a group of subordinates to jump ship, but can he win then, he has no confidence, because the TV station is very money-burning, and Wang Zifan has no consortium support behind him.
Wang Zifan's expression was different from when he came just now, his brows were frowned, his face was sinking like water, his eyes flashed with a cold and fierce light like a blade, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice also revealed a ruthlessness that had rarely appeared before: "Uncle Huang, I have already made up my mind about this matter, I have to do it, I will tell you today, not to discuss with you, but to ask you to contribute to me, the Dian clan is too deceitful, and if the goal is not achieved, I will never give up!"
Huang Xizhao also thought that the Wei clan had teamed up with Golden Harvest to suppress DreamWorks, which made Wang Zifan angry, and sighed: "Since you have made up your mind, I will help you explore the way, but you had better find a consortium or a prestigious family to come out and speak for you, otherwise the two of us will not be able to do this alone!"
Giants?
Consortium?
Wang Zifan frowned, and after thinking about it, there were only two answers.
"Is it okay for the Lei family?"
"No, it's too light!"
Huang Xizhao shook his head directly, of course he knew the relationship between Lei Juekun and Wang Zifan, but although the Lei family was a wealthy family, in Hong Kong's real high society, it didn't work to speak.
"What about the Ritchie family?"
"Ritchie?"
Huang Xizhao was really surprised, and asked rhetorically: "Are you talking about the late Li Xiaohe, the former chairman of wireless?"
Wang Zifan nodded, because of the 200,000 gambling contract incident that day, he and Li Xiaohe still had a little friendship, and now this friendship fell on Li Xiaohe's wife.
Huang Xizhao also understood what Wang Zifan meant, and frowned: "Will Mrs. Li help you?"
"I'm sure she will!" Wang Zifan's tone was firm, even if Mrs. Li didn't agree, he had to find a way to get her to agree!
The Li family! The Lei family! That's enough, Huang Xizhao couldn't help but smile, plus the connections he knew, it was not impossible to reopen Jiashi! He laughed because such a big event as reopening Jiashi actually fell on Wang Zifan's head, and if it was spread out, I don't know how many people's jaws would be shocked.
Wang Zifan asked, "What else do you need?"
Huang Xizhao reminded: "In terms of funds, you have to be mentally prepared, although it is not as good as the acquisition of Li, but after the opening, at least millions of expenses per month!"
Wang Zifan said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, don't worry, it's harder to spend money than to make money, as long as the TV station is established, I guarantee to make a profit!"
"I hope so!" Huang Xizhao saw that when he said this, he knew that it was useless to remind him of anything, thinking that Ah Fan was still young, even if he fell here, he could get up again, and he would not be able to defend himself if he tried.