Chapter 67: The Beginning of Momentum
Hong Kong Li's TV changed hands, which is a great event in Hong Kong's media industry. In the evening of the same day, the news of Leigh's TV broadcast the news that Qiu Degen had acquired Leigh's TV, formed a new shareholders' meeting, and became the chairman of the board of directors of Leigh's TV.
On the news of Li's TV that night, Jiang Ran, as the second shareholder of Li's TV, was the focus of the news again. But it was unexpectedly highlighted in this news broadcast.
In this news report, it was also announced that the new decision of the board of directors of Leigh TV station will officially change its name to ATV on the 20th. When the time comes, the name of Rei will become history, and ATV will take its place, inheriting the tradition of Rei and continuing to challenge TVB.
The next day, the news of Li's TV change of ownership appeared in the major media in Hong Kong, and various newspapers also interpreted and commented on the news from different angles.
"After a year, Li's TV changed hands again, and we will wait and see whether Far Eastern Group can reverse the decline of Li's TV. ββMing Pao
"After many years, Qiu Degen switched to the film and television industry again, can he continue the glory of the year?" - "Ta Kung Pao"
"Li's TV is in an unstoppable decline, it changes hands twice a year, and it is deeply in debt of tens of millions, and it is really unwise for Far Eastern Group to become the owner this time!" - "Sing Tao Daily"
Qiu Degen's 100 million Hong Kong dollars into Li's TV, facing an annual debt of tens of millions, if there is no follow-up capital investment, the operation will face great difficulties. - Hong Kong Economic Journal
"The young billionaire, in the new year, has once again made efforts to become the second largest shareholder of Hong Kong Li's TV station and officially entered the TV industry. βOriental Daily News
"Li's voice is officially withdrawn from Li's TV, Li's will become history, and ATV will take its place, looking forward to its performance. ββ"Industrial and Commercial Daily"
"Far Eastern Group acquired 50.2% of the shares of Li, and officially became the owner of Li. Ranfeng Group followed closely behind, acquiring a 16.8% stake in Li, becoming the second largest shareholder of Li's TV. - "Daily Daily"
Among all the media, "Daily Daily" has a unique innate advantage, and in the report, it introduced in detail the detailed process of Li's TV change of ownership.
After the news of Li's change of ownership was reported by the media, it had a huge impact on the Hong Kong film and television industry. First of all, Ranfeng Group's status in the Hong Kong film industry has risen sharply, becoming the most influential film company outside the three major cinema chains.
Then, Jiang Ran's status in the film and television industry is now rising. It turned out that Jiang Ran was just the owner of an influential film company, a newly wealthy man in Hong Kong, and although others respected him, they would not necessarily be afraid of him.
Now that Jiang Ran has become a shareholder of Li's TV, its influence spans many fields such as television, movies and newspapers, and its status in the film and television industry is completely different from the original, and it can really be called a giant in the Hong Kong film and television industry.
The influence of Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Films in the Hong Kong film and television industry has increased greatly, making many people begin to think about how to befriend Jiang Ran in order to get the support of all aspects of Ranfeng Films.
However, there are two sides to everything, and when some people in Hong Kong are thinking about befriending Jiang Ran and Ran Feng, there are also a group of people thinking about how to suppress Jiang Ran and prevent him from continuing to grow.
TVB, Fang Yihua came to Run Run Shaw's office and said to Run Run Shaw: "This time Qiu Degen is in charge of Li's TV, do we need to make some arrangements?"
Run Run Shaw shook his head, his thin cheeks showed a confident chuckle, and said: "What is there to arrange, Qiu Degen has just joined Li, it will take at least half a year to straighten out Li, we are now in the lead in all aspects, as long as we do our own thing, and the rest of the tricks will be fine." β
Run Run Shaw picked up the newspaper in front of him, put it in front of Fang Yihua, clicked on Jiang Ran's photo with his hand, and said: "Compared to Qiu Degen, I am now worried about this kid, his development speed is too fast, and it can be seen from his shareholding in Li this time that his ambition is very big, and it is foreseeable that he will become one of our opponents in the future." β
Run Run Shaw said, remembering that although he was optimistic about Jiang Ran, he did not regard him as a threat in the short term, who knows, in a short period of time, Jiang Ran's strength and influence have been greatly improved again, and he already has the potential to influence the Hong Kong film landscape.
Fang Yihua looked at Jiang Ran's photo, frowned and said: "Even so, we don't have a very good way to deal with Jiang Ran, the production and distribution of Ran Feng has a very small impact on our Shaw Brothers, and now we can also use the resources of Li's TV, whether it is production or publicity, it is not inferior to us." β
"And, in terms of films, our main threat right now is the Golden Princess, who has come out of the ranks in this year's film market. β
Run Run Shaw also had a headache, thought about it, and finally said helplessly: "What you said makes sense, our current threat mainly comes from Princess Jin." As for Ran Feng, the only thing that restricts them now is the distribution channel, and if we don't use all our resources to go all out, there really isn't much we can do about them. Let's give the other two theaters a wake-up call, hoping that they can move Burning Feng and curb the development speed of Burning Feng a little. β
When Run Run Shaw was nagging the other two cinemas in Hong Kong, Lei Juekun of the Golden Princess was also discussing with Li Maowen about the treatment of Jiang Ran and his subordinate Ran Feng.
Lei Juekun looked at the TV report of Jiang Ran's shareholding in Li with some distraction, and suddenly scolded: "Damn! Ah Ran, a decrepit boy, is now becoming more and more ambitious, and his strength and influence have also swelled sharply, if he is not restricted, I am afraid it will become a big disaster for our Golden Princess." β
After Li Maowen heard Lei Juekun's words, he nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, Jiang Ran's development is too fast now, he is now entering the TV station, with the help of Li's TV resources, he already has a foundation in film production, and it will be logical to enter the film industry on a large scale in the next step." β
Li Maowen said this, and said with a wry smile: "We all underestimate him, I thought that with Ran Feng's human and technical resources, his film production capacity would not be many, even if it was not like three or four films a year as he himself said." If you look at it now, Ran Feng's filmmaking potential will not be inferior to the three major theaters. β
Lei Juekun squinted slightly, thought about it for a while and said: "Awen, you have to be aware of the cooperation with Ran Feng in the future, we have to start restricting Ran Feng from all aspects." Of course, we can't do things too desperately, so as to avoid completely pushing Jiang Ran to the other two companies and affecting our current good situation. β
After listening to Lei Juekun's words, Li Maowen nodded a little heavily, and said, "Mr. Lei, don't worry! I know what to do." β
Coincidentally, when Run Run Shaw and Lei Juekun were discussing Jiang Ran, Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest also discussed with He Guanchang about getting along with Ran Feng in the future.
"Wen Huai, now Jiang Ran's ambition has been revealed, and his development potential and influence can already affect our Jiahe to a certain extent, if you don't suppress him now, you won't have a chance in the future. β
He Guanchang also knew that Jiang Ran's development potential was huge, but although Ran Feng had a certain strength in the past, compared with Jiahe, it was the gap between children and adults. So although he was wary of Jiang Ran, he subconsciously despised it.
But now the situation is different, and the influence of a TV station on a film company is huge. Although Jiang Ran is only a minority shareholder of Li, he and Qiu Degen became Li's at the same time, if there is nothing greasy among them, I'm afraid no one will believe it.
It is precisely for this reason that He Guanchang suggested that Zou Wenhuai could suppress Jiang Ran now and nip the threat in the bud.
Zou Wenhuai didn't know Jiang Ran's threat, but he asked He Guanchang with a wry smile: "Ah Chang, I also know that what you said makes sense, but the threat we are facing now is Princess Jin, so there is still strength left to suppress Jiang Ran?"
"In addition, what Ran Feng lacks now is only a cinema distribution channel, and if you want to suppress it, only three cinemas will have an effect if they act together. But now that the competition between several of our theaters is so fierce, they will jointly suppress Jiang Ran? Hehe! Believe it or not, it's just that as soon as we make a move, the other two theaters will immediately extend an olive branch to Jiang Ran. β
"Another point, Jiang Ran is not short of money now, if he is really forced to be in a hurry, it is not impossible for him to pull up a theater line by himself. β
After listening to Zou Wenhuai's words, He Guanchang thought about it carefully, it was really like that, and asked a little depressedly: "Is it just to let Ran Feng develop?"
Zou Wenhuai was also a little undecided, and finally said: "Let's see if the other two will take action first, and then we will make plans." β