Chapter 541 Strong
At present, MM's strategy is to set up joint venture production companies in Huaxia and Xiangjiang respectively, with the intervention of Huaxia funds, which belongs to Huaxia films from the perspective of Huaxia law, and is not subject to the restriction of 50 part of the annual blockbuster.
And they can use this to get land from the government, whether it is Xiangjiang or the mainland, the fastest growing and most lucrative is real estate, they can get a piece of this super cake in the name of building a film and television city and a super cinema.
MM's current plan is to invest in the culture of the film and television industry as a banner and acquire land on a large scale, which can make them invincible.
Shao Yifu also realized that since MM intervened, Chen Guofu and Wang Xuehong and others have become chicken, and cooperating with MM can give his old brothers a way back, like ATV, now that the game is over, a group of people who followed them back then, except for a few who were mixed up, the others were more down, just barely maintaining two meals, and he Shao Lao Liu must not let the old guys fall to this.
At that time, how majestic ATV was, it had been defeated by wireless, but in fact, ATV also had a glorious history, and its ratings and influence were on par with TVB, the largest station in Xiangjiang, at its peak. ATV has produced countless classic series that are still talked about by many viewers today. Although ATV is not as good as TVB in terms of star-making ability, the artist training classes opened by ATV and its predecessor Li have also cultivated well-known actors such as Wang Mingquan , Li Siqi , Liu Songren , Huang Qiusheng , Zhang Min and so on. There is also a "Miss Asia" represented by Ye Yuqing and created through the beauty pageant platform, and a generation of superstar Leslie Cheung also entered the entertainment industry through the Asian Song Contest held by Asia Television. Zhang Jiahui, Donnie Yen, Mi Xue, Wu Yongwei and other well-known actors have all made their careers in ATV.
ATV, which can be called the earliest TV station in Xiangjiang, has been rugged all the way since 48 years, after the glory of the Lin Boxin era in the 90s, it has now entered a semi-suspended state, the output of dramas is decreasing year by year, and the purchased dubbing dramas are flooding the screen, not only in the ratings market in Xiangjiang is in an absolute downturn, but also in Nanyue, which was once on an equal footing with TVB, the audience market is no longer beautiful, and has been overtaken by local TV stations in Nanyue.
ATV's decline, the general trend has gone, it's embarrassing, ATV's current state seems to be a bit self-entertaining, playing with itself, fortunately, ATV still has a small number of loyal fans in Xiangjiang who will never give up, and the ratings will not be completely zero.
"Wireless" and "ATV" between this smokeless ratings war has lasted for N years, in this digital game mixed with the smell of gunpowder, the glory of "ATV" has been swallowed up by the rich and superstar-like "wireless", but with the recession of the overall industry, TVB, which dominates Xiangjiang, has not necessarily had a good time, but compared to ATV's lingering breath, it is definitely a stable victory.
After Shao Yifu revealed his intention to sell TVB, strong man Chen Guoqiang and his allies Taiwan's Wang family showed strong interest and are currently the most active buyers.
Chen Guoqiang has 15 listed companies, is now the chairman of Jinxing Group, and has a close relationship with Li Chaoren, the richest man in Hong Kong. Wang Xuehong is currently the Chairman of HTC International, the Chairman of VIA Electronics, the Chairman of Jianda International, and the Chairman of Quanda International, and her husband is Chen Wenqi, General Manager of VIA Electronics.
But the insiders are not interested in the shell king Chen Guoqiang, who is good at speculation, and they are very determined to enter the media industry, and at the same time they have made acquisition offers to TVB and ATV, they are so desperate to own a TV station.
MM is a multinational company, one of the claws of Midi, and Ji Guoqiang and the Wang family behind it are not good at stubble, HTC and Pingguo are evenly divided in the United States, and now the two sides do not give in, and are preparing to stage a good show of dragon and tiger.
Shao Yifu said to Mark: "Actually, ATV is also a good choice. ”
Mark said: "From Columbia to Pixar, I have always been buying the best, and besides, if we buy ATV, it means that we are rivals, and I will take away the pension of your hundred-year-old man." ”
Shao Yifu laughed and said, "Full of confidence! Your opponents are here." ”
The future Li Ranran led a man about forty years old over, and he introduced the two parties, this person is Chen Guoqiang, who is known as the king of shells, and it is rumored that he is a close friend of Li Chaoren, and sure enough, it happened.
Chan Kwok-keung, who is adept at buying shell companies, injecting assets and finding buyers to sell at a higher price, is a popular figure in the Hong Kong stock market, and he seems to be low-key and modest, and he has said many things of admiration.
Mark got straight to the point and said: "I have a fancy for TVB, will you quit?"
Chen Guoqiang didn't expect Mark to be so aggressive, and he was unhappy, and said: "Our group also takes a fancy to TVB, which is the group's established strategy and will not change." ”
Mark said: "You are a speculative opportunist, you know how to run a TV station, go to the stock market to toss, right? This is what you are good at, you can ensure that your investment will not be wasted." ”
Chen Guoqiang said: "I don't know what I'm good at? ”
Mark said: "When it comes to investing in and operating the cultural industry, you are not my opponent, and if you oppose me, you will lose ugly." ”
Chen Guoqiang couldn't hold it back no matter how good he was, and he said abruptly: "Do we have any festivals? You look like you're targeting me." ”
Mark said: "You are in my way, get out of the way!" He angered Chen Guoqiang with his reprimanding tone, he made an apologetic gesture to Li Chaoren, and then said: "You make me feel more interesting, I have decided to play with you." ”
Li Chaohumane: "It's entertainment time, everyone only talks about Fengyue and doesn't talk about business." ”
"Play?" Mark took out a coin and said, "Guess the coin, a billion dollar bet, whoever loses donates a billion dollars to the disaster area." ”
Chen Guoqiang's face changed slightly, his personal assets are only about one billion US dollars, which is the foundation of his glory and wealth, he will not be so stupid, as soon as he stakes it, his momentum will be weaker when he retreats.
Mark said: "This is a wise choice, I can say N, and you are over at one time, the relationship between the two sides is not equal, why argue with me." ”
Chen Guoqiang took a deep breath and said, "I'm sorry, I'm out of company." "There should be a sentence to be handed over, the green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and this beam is settled.
Shao Yifu shook his head and sighed: "Young and vigorous, there is no need to erect a strong enemy." ”
Mark said: "Someone is willing to be a whetstone, what do I mind? Sheep and lions, what's so aggressive? I don't like this person, why should I hide my thoughts." ”
Li Chaoren felt awkward and embarrassed here, and said, "I'm going to say hello to my friends." ”
Shao Yifu waved his hand to let the two beauties around him go away, they were eager to swallow Mark alive, and Mark was not evil, there was no interest at all, and there was no point in staying, Mark was quite careful in this regard, Mark saw the two beauties leaving, so he supported Shao Yifu, the latter said: "Chen Guoqiang is very capable, a very powerful person, and there is a backstage, you have passed Meng Lang like this, one more friend, one more enemy." ”
Mark said: "TVB has dominated Hong Kong for almost ten years, but it is dull, the market has shrunk, and it needs an enemy." ”
Shao Yifu was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said: "What a cunning boy, do you think I will sell TVB to you?"
Mark said: "Lei Shidong refused to sell UPN at first, and finally begged to sell, we have no shortage of funds in our hands, if we don't buy TVB, we can buy ATV, as long as we have a wireless license, with MM's resources and strength, within three years, Xiangjiang will once again reproduce the scene of wireless and ATV dragon and tiger fighting, and the final winner will be MM, because we are younger, more powerful, and richer, and wireless will become today's ATV." ”
Shao Yifu said abruptly: "Are you threatening me?"
Mark said: "It's just a scenario of a possibility, Xiangjiang is prosperous again, Bi Jing's territory is the size, and we have the world market, can you imagine what the global box office of MM's highest-grossing movie "Spider-Man 3" last year was? 900 million US dollars, plus 820 million "Transformers", the two movies are almost the same as TVB, Time Warner and Disney are our opponents." ”
Shao Yifu sighed: "I really don't know how you gave birth to you, a demon, in order to keep your pension, I had to sell TVB to you, but only 26%, and the other 7% will be left to the family foundation." ”
"We want you to continue to serve as Chairman of the Board until the end of your term, but we will consolidate the management to make it more dynamic, we can integrate the resources we have, we can exchange what we have, make it more competitive, and we want to make your studio a film production hub in Asia and thus enter the mainland market," Mark said. ”
Shao Yifu said: "What a big appetite!"
Mark said: ""Iron Man and Transformers are both produced here, and I'm afraid that they won't be able to prosper? But I hope you can convince China Star to withdraw from the shares, I don't want to mix with these underworld bosses." ”
Shao Yifu said: "The Xiang brothers still have some strength. ”
Mark said: "They are nothing without Xiangjiang. ”
Shao Yifu said: "Okay! With "Iron Man" and "Transformers" here, why worry about big things not happening? I, Shao Lao Liu, started with movies and ended with this, this is the best thing. ”
This kind of super blockbuster, the investment is huge, it is too appalling, and it is very stimulating for the pull of the industry, of course, Mark is not making two blockbusters here, but putting part of the chamber drama and the long post-production and some special effects here, like Mark's "Iron Man", there are eight special effects companies to provide special effects support, he is ready to persuade Lucas to set up an industrial light and magic branch here, and do some non-core special effects here, one can reduce costs, and the other can improve the level of domestic special effects.