"Son, aren't you looking for AMV to cooperate, why did you buy a TV station again? You are not a citizen of the United States, and the U.S. Congress agrees?" In the evening, Li Yixuan reported what happened today to his mother.

After Zhang Guifang heard it, she felt very novel, this is an American TV station, is it possible!

"Mom, I consulted with the company's lawyer, and there is no legal rule that you can't own a U.S. TV station if you are not a U.S. citizen, and you must know that Murdoch is not a U.S. citizen, otherwise he would not be able to buy FOX TV stations. ”

Now Zhang Guifang believed, "Even so, there will be relevant laws and policies." ”

Li Yixuan nodded and said: "Yes, but for pay TV stations, it has little impact on us." First of all, pay TV stations don't broadcast news programs, because even if they do, no one subscribes, and everyone is still used to watching news broadcast by free TV stations. Second, pay-TV stations generally rely on the following models to make profits, such as film companies buying the television broadcast rights of films, making their own TV drama programs or spending a lot of money to buy TV drama programs, producing their own variety entertainment programs, and producing interesting documentaries like the British BBC. These four types of programming are the main models for the survival and profitability of pay TV stations in the future, so we don't need to worry too much about hitting the political red line of the United States. ”

Li Yixuan remembered that in later generations, the domestic Sunshine Satellite TV did not release news, only showed documentaries, cartoons and did some high-end commercial talk shows, and he still had a good life. Unlike Phoenix TV, it has been banned several times.

Perhaps the other party was eager to recoup the funds, and under Wen Bingxi's matchmaking, Li Yixuan quickly signed an acquisition contract with the other party.

Although there is no legal stipulation that citizens outside the United States cannot open or acquire local television stations in the United States, they are still subject to the approval of the local legislature.

AMV is headquartered in San Francisco, and the $60 million deal is subject to review by the state legislature. A month later, the review came down and the deal was agreed.

Next, it entered the complicated handover procedure, Li Yixuan's FOMO lawyer settled in, Yongpuhua's accountant settled in, and the other party's lawyer and accountant worked together to audit accounts, inventory assets, etc., even if there is an old horse like Wen Bingxi, Li Yixuan is also busy in the dark. Many of them need him to sign for confirmation.

A month later, the white boss happily left AMV with Li Yixuan's $60 million, and Li Yixuan became the new owner of AMV.

Gathering all the employees together, Li Yixuan stood on the stage and announced, "Starting today, AMV TV will be renamed American Movie Classics, or AMC for short. He felt that since the TV station was attributed, it was better to change the name, and he didn't bother to think about any name, so he just used AMC.

"I am your new boss, Jester Li Yixuan, and Mr. Wen Bingxi will be the CEO of AMC, his words are my words, and I would like to invite Mr. Wen to speak to you. ”

There was no imaginary applause, Li Yixuan had expected it, in fact, he was on the platform for Wen Bingxi today, after all, there were a few thorns who always didn't deal with him, and Wen Bingxi needed to clean up the disharmony inside.

It stands to reason that a few thorns in the company who don't deal with Wen Bingxi are a good thing for Li Yixuan, and they can effectively prevent Wen Bingxi from falling out in the future. But after Li Yixuan learned about it, he completely gave up his plan to recruit them, they are all racists, especially hate yellow people, and this hatred has no reason. Don't want such a person, let Wen Bingxi clean it up.

Thirteen people left, and Li Yixuan paid more than $1 million in liquidated damages and compensation alone. Then they hired people to fill the vacancies they had left. Li Yixuan recruited 9 Chinese, 3 white and 1 Japanese.

After these arrangements were in place, Li Yixuan and Wen Bingxi came to the office to discuss the future development path of the newly established TV station.

This office belonged to the former boss, and now it is owned by Li Yixuan. All the furniture in it has been replaced, including the curtains, but the plants in the office have not been changed, I didn't expect my ex to know how to watch, these plants are not very expensive, but they are relatively rare, and it is a pity to throw them away.

Now Mr. Wen can talk about the future development plan of AMC. ”

"Since Xuan Shao has changed the name of AMV to American Movie Classics, the American classic movie cable TV station, he already has a plan for comparison. ”

"I'd like to hear your opinion. Li Yixuan replied.

"Playing the golden classic movies in American history, Xuan Shao coincided with my thoughts. However, the cost of a good movie is not low. ”

"How about we not release the new, but the old, how about playing the classic old movies of the 50s? The price of new good movies and other further lowers our mental expectations and then introduces them. Viewers only need to pay a certain fee, and they can watch all the programs of AMC cable TV station without paying another fee. Li Yixuan said that these are the strategies that Wen Bingxi implemented after becoming the CEO of AMC in 1984, and he just advanced it.

Don't underestimate these movies, it is by virtue of this strategy that AMC made a very large profit in the eighties and nineties.

Wen Bingxi looked at Li Yixuan like a monster, and the development plan proposed by the other party was what he had thought in his heart for many years. It's not surprising that he can come up with this kind of plan, because this is the experience he has summed up in the industry in the past ten years, but Li Yixuan is not a person in the TV industry, how could he think of this.

Wen Bingxi decided to test Li Yixuan, "What do you think about the production of the program, do you want to make something relatively large?"

Li Yixuan smiled mysteriously at him, "Test me, don't think I don't know, the United States does not classify TV dramas like movies, so in order to attract audiences, many TV stations are exploring the forbidden area little by little, and the scale will become larger and larger, I tell you, such days will not continue forever, sooner or later the US government will classify TV drama programs."

If we broadcast large-scale programs like other TV stations, once the rating system is implemented, it will be difficult for us to change the impression of AMC in the minds of the audience, so I would rather not make money than let the audience have a bad impression of us.

We don't compete with other TV stations, we maintain our own clear stream characteristics, so that when all parents mention AMC, they are very relieved in their hearts, and they don't have to worry about the programs we release will teach bad children. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yixuan stretched out three fingers, "Popular, knowledgeable and interesting, pleasing parents and children, is my future market positioning for AMC." In order to make a good impression on parents across the United States, I have only one requirement for you, as long as you don't lose money and don't make money. ”

Pap~Papa~Papa~ Wen Bingxi applauded, and he wanted to scream happily in his heart. He didn't expect that Li Yixuan's thoughts were highly consistent with his own.

He had a dispute with his former boss in this regard, and the other party always wanted to broadcast some large-scale programs, but Wen Bingxi was resolutely opposed, and once he did so, it would be difficult to change the audience's perception of the TV station in the future.

That is, because of the difference in philosophy, his previous boss wanted to replace him many times, but he couldn't find a replacement for a while, so Wen Bingxi has been doing it now.

Now that the boss has been replaced by Li Yixuan, he has been worried that Li Yixuan will be like his previous boss, in order to get more subscriptions, he also asked to produce some large-scale programs, if this is the case, the future cooperation between the two will be very unpleasant. Right now

Now hearing Li Yixuan say this, he is completely relieved. The two have the same development concept for the TV station, and the cooperation between the two will be very compatible in the future.

Wen Bingxi's confidence has never been so high.