The key to winning the VHS and Betamax videotape format battle is the comparison of the number of advocates of the two camps in the consumer market.

Sony, which won the competition for the technical standards of the videotape industry in the 1970s, clearly made a strategic mistake at this stage due to inertial thinking.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sony began to wake up, so he put down the shelf and tried to win the Austrian reinforcement with a greater compromise. But it's too late, and the current market landscape is now taking shape, and the participants are not allowed to change their minds – and whoever does that means that all the resources invested in the past will be lost.

As a traditional type of large enterprise, RCA's operating ideas are also problematic. It thinks that with the resources in its own hands, it can do "whoever is popular, who is popular" as before, as long as it finds a cheap and obedient money-making machine to maximize profits.

In this regard, Tang Huan couldn't help but feel some pity for this long-established company, "Isn't it good for you to stand in line according to the historical trajectory? If you have to take into account the factors of competition between NBC and CNN, you simply don't think you died fast enough!"

In addition to jointly issuing a document to Epson, which is responsible for technology and products, Hollywood companies that provide program content, and RadioShack, which operates a sales network in Europe and the United States, Tang Huan ignored this somewhat unexpected industry dynamics and continued to enjoy the joy of winning a daughter.

But then another incident happened that made Tang Huan unable to stay comfortably in Paris.

The Xiangjiang taxi strike, which began on January 12, turned into a riot on the evening of January 13. Several reporters from Media Asia Television were injured while reporting from the scene.

Tang Huangang assigned a special task to Media Asia TV to pay attention to the situation in Funan, and he relied on these journalists very much, and now he naturally wants to express it.

In this way, Tang Huan immediately rushed to Xiangjiang again. After the plane landed, they came to the hospital non-stop to offer condolences.

In addition to saying that some journalistic work is professional, serious, sacred, respectable and other words of encouragement, he also brought more practical condolences and condolences, plus red envelopes, after all, the Spring Festival of the Lunar New Year is coming soon.

And Xiangjiang started with such a mess this year, which is really a bit inexplicable. To know. This was the first time in more than 16 years since 1967 that the Heung Kong riot police fired tear gas.

As a result of the incident, 32 people, including four police officers, were injured and more than 170 people were arrested

As for the cause, on January 11, the Secretary for Transport, Alan James Scott-Shi Ke, proposed to the Hong Kong Legislative Council to approve a 17% increase in the fare of Hong Kong taxis, and an increase of 17% each in the taxi licence fee and the first registration tax. and invoking the Protection of Public Revenue Order to give immediate effect to the proposal upon approval.

At this stage, the number of taxis in Xiangjiang has exceeded 15,000, and the impact of this measure can be described as very large, but the taxi industry has no opportunity to oppose it, which immediately caused strong dissatisfaction in the taxi industry, and the attitude of the transport department is even tougher, saying that it is not afraid of the protest of taxi drivers.

So the day after the decree came into force. That is, on January 12, New Territories taxis took the lead in launching a strike.

I waited until the 13th. Urban taxis have also joined the boycott and blocked major roads in the city, including Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road in Admiralty, Gloucester Road in Wan Chai, and Nathan Road in Mong Kok.

The taxi industry invited Chung Shi-kit as a representative to meet with the Hong Kong Legislative Council, trying to negotiate with the Hong Kong government through this channel and ask the other party to retract his decision. However, the latter still maintains a tough stance and does not budge.

After news of the breakdown of the talks, more taxis joined the boycott and onlookers joined in, and the number grew. The result is after 8 p.m. The atmosphere took a turn for the worse, the situation began to be chaotic, and the protest action finally turned sour,

On the streets of Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, where taxis are full of parked taxis, some people have taken the opportunity to rush onto the roads, shouting and causing trouble, vandalizing buses, throwing rocks everywhere, setting fire to public garbage cans, or driving buses parked on the roads to rampage, knock down and burn buses and private cars.

Some troublemakers even took advantage of the fire to loot, vandalized nearby shops, and rushed into shops to loot, so that many gold jewellery shops, watch shops, and electrical shops along the road were looted.

The most exaggerated thing is that in the course of the fierce clashes between the troublemakers and the riot police, the riot police were forced to retreat to the Yau Ma Tei police station due to the large number of troublemakers.

After seeing the picture of a large number of troublemakers throwing stones at the police station, Tang Huan picked up the remote control, paused the playback of the videotape, and praised sincerely: "Our reporters from Media Asia TV are really fighting on the front line, and the situation at that time was too dangerous." ”

"The reason why we were able to get these live images was not only because of the professionalism of our reporters, but also because of Tang Sheng's investment in updating the equipment of the TV station, which made the portable cameras widely available. Chow smiled reservedly, "Due to the extraordinary value and significance of our live reporting, the Hong Kong government has specially commended the professionalism of Media Asia TV. ”

"This incident is a heavy one, and it will be over. Tang Huan waved his hand and asked, "Can Yinyue Channel officially start broadcasting as scheduled?"

"It's currently in the trial broadcast stage, and from a technical point of view, there is basically no problem with broadcasting 24 hours a day. Zhou Liang Shuyi replied excitedly, "Judging from the preliminary market research results, the young audience group likes this program format very much. It can be seen that we are stepping on the right market beat. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Liang Shuyi couldn't help laughing, "Recently, the dance machine has become too popular, and I have been a little fascinated by it, and before I know it, 'beat' has become a colloquial language." ”

"The dancing machine is definitely a healthy game. Tang Huan laughed loudly.

After RTHK and RTHK and RTHK internationally, Media Asia TV launched a new channel dedicated to playing MusicVideo, i.e. MV. Of course, the current program is carried out on videotape.

At present, the most successful operation mode of the Heung Kong music scene is the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" hosted by Heung Kong Radio since 1978. Its highest award is the Golden Needle Award, which is recognized by the industry as the highest honor in the Hong Kong music scene, and was awarded to Gu Jiahui for the first time.

In addition, with the help of resources such as Huaxing Records and Rookie Singing Contest, TVB will hold an event called "Top Ten Golden Melody Award Ceremony" on the 28th of this month, which can be regarded as forming a new force in the Xiangjiang music scene.

Compared with the first two, Media Asia TV has played bigger, and has launched a music TV channel - Yinyue Channel, and plans to settle it in Haojiang, Baodao, Pearl River Delta, Singapore and other regions this year.

As for the copyright of the music video, in addition to the support of the copyright library of the DreamWorks record division, preliminary agreements have been reached with Warner Records, Polygram and other companies, and other record companies are also negotiating.

During this trial broadcast, Yinyue Channel mainly played Leslie Cheung's new song "Monica", as well as several works of Girls' Generation. The style of singing and dancing is very popular. Zhou Liang Shuyi added.

"Really?" Hearing this, Tang Huan suddenly became interested, after all, the song "Monica" was found by him for Leslie Cheung.

"Contact Li Xiaotian from the DreamWorks Records department and ask what the situation is now?" Tang Huan instructed the assistant.

The phone was quickly connected, and Li Xiaotian said with a smile: "Rong Tsai happens to be next to him, I'll let him tell you in person." ”

Leslie Cheung's excited voice immediately came from the microphone, "Boss, my song is simply a big hit!" (To be continued.) )