Chapter 70: ATV Heroes

Asia Television Hong Kong.

Listening to a busy tone from the telephone receiver, Li Zhaohua was stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.

"Ah Hua, what did Mr. Zhang Shaoping say?"

"Ah Hua?"

Everyone who was waiting for good news was looking at Li Zhaohua with hopeful eyes, but at this time, they suddenly saw him in a trance, and he screamed twice in a row, but there was no response, and everyone's hearts suddenly pulled out the cold.

Tu Yongxiong, the financial director, stepped forward and snatched the earpiece, hung it on the landline with a bang, and reproached in his mouth: "Ah Hua, what did you do, Ah Lie shouldn't be silent when he calls you." ”

Li Zhaohua finally came back to his senses, and he smiled bitterly: "I haven't encountered this situation for a long time, and I can't adapt to it for a while, so I was distracted just now." ”

Li Zhuanghong, deputy general manager and director, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What did Zhang Shaoping say and refuse to accept your apology?" ”

He accepted the apology, but he refused about the release of the series.

Li Zhaohua explained, repeating Zhang Shaoping's words in a few words.

Li Zhaoxiong said indignantly: "This guy is too arrogant, right? We all apologized, what else did he want? ”

"It doesn't make sense, although this person is a young man, he is said to be quite good at being a man, and there are no bad comments." Zhang Shaoping's attitude made Tu Yongxiong very puzzled.

"The wind is good, it doesn't mean that he has no temper, I think he should think that our ATV's apology is not sincere enough, so he is angry with us now." Xu Xiaoming said thoughtfully.

"Sincerity? We're not even sincere enough to fire people? Does he still want us to come to the door and beg him in a low voice? Li Zhaoxiong's voice was loud and he said unhappily.

Xu Xiaoming said helplessly: "This is not a solution. Who told us that we are not in a good position now? ”

Xu Xiaoming's words broke through ATV's current predicament, and several people present were silent when they heard the words, and they had nothing to say.

ATV's predecessor was Leigh's TV station. Lai TV was not only the first television station in Hong Kong, but also the first television station in the Chinese region, dominating the whole of Hong Kong before the 70s. It wasn't until 1967 that TVB was born, which began to break its monopoly and surpassed the ratings of Li's TV station with the business mode of free viewing and color broadcasting, forcing Lidi to change to free-to-air broadcasting in 73.

In addition to the once short-lived Jiayi TV, Hong Kong TV has always been a two-way competition between wireless and ATV. The tug-of-war that has lasted for more than ten years has brought the audience a series of wonderful TV shows, which have feasted everyone's eyes.

But all this changed completely last year, when the parent company of Li's TV failed to invest in a laundry, so it contracted its business in East Asia and sold its stake to three Australian consortia. As the saying goes, once a son of heaven is a courtier, since the person who has changed the person, the change of interests and rights will naturally intensify, which will lead to administrative chaos, internal strife, and a large number of film and television talents leaving the country.

At that time, Li's TV station was able to shoot TV episodes that competed with TVB, relying on a large number of front-of-the-scenes staff who were familiar with the Hong Kong TV market, such as general manager Huang Yizhao. When all these elites were forced out, Li's TV station was also broken and almost hollowed out. Under the pressure of low ratings, low advertising and financial problems, the already anxious Australian consortium finally couldn't bear it anymore and resold Li's TV station to Qiu Degen of the Far Eastern Group.

After Qiu Degen took over, the first step was to change the name of Li's TV station to Asia TV, hoping to revive Li's previous majesty and dominate the Asian TV industry. The second step is to hire elite talent in television.

Qiu Degen's first thought was, of course, to invite Qianli's runaway talents back, but now it is no longer the same. After Xiao Sheng left Li, he turned around and threw himself into wireless, and soon gained a firm foothold in wireless, and he has been called wireless's "fat and thin TV strongman" with Wang Tianlin, and he is Shao Yifu's right-hand man; The two golden combinations of Mai Dangxiong and Xiao Ruoyuan have become upstarts in the film industry, and a "Pretty Girl" has a good box office reputation; As for Shi Lansheng, he entered the New Art City with his husband Xu Ke and became one of the Seven Monsters of the New Art City.

In this case, Qiu Degen had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and did not hesitate to poach Li Zhuanglie from the film industry as deputy general manager and director, and promoted Xu Xiaoming to be the program manager, Li Zhaohua as the director of marketing and development, Tu Yongxiong as the financial director, Li Zhaoxiong as the publicity director, and another artist department manager, He Minyi, to form a six-member group.

It's a pity that although Qiu Degen is ambitious and his six-member group is also working together, things are wrong, taking advantage of Li's civil strife to snatch a large number of talents. Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and ATV still has not seen any improvement, not only has its advertising revenue plummeted, but even the release of dramas has been blocked again and again.

In such a situation, these ATV elites really can't straighten their waists, and they can't be tough on publishers like Zhang Shaoping. In other words, two years ago, Li's TV series, which one is not a big sale, there is no worry that there will be no distributor at all.

"Ah Ming is right, since there is a request for others, the number of etiquette must be done enough! Isn't he going to be sincere? Ah Hua and I will go to the door later, so that he has nothing to say. ”

Li Zhuanglie is a very down-to-earth person, and he can definitely give up face for the sake of his inside.

"I'm afraid it's not a matter of sincerity, but people don't want to deal with us at all." He Minyi voiced her worries.

When Li Zhuanglie heard this, he stood up and smiled disapprerovingly: "Then we should go and probe his tone!" I don't believe that a businessman will turn away business. ”

At this time, it was already eight o'clock in the evening, but the six of them seemed to be tired, and they were still busy in high spirits.

Li Zhuanglie and Li Zhaohua had just entered the elevator, when they suddenly heard the sound of footsteps, Xu Xiaoming trotted after him, and shouted urgently: "Wait for me!" I'll go too! ”

Looking at Xu Xiaoming, who was chasing after him in a hurry, Li Zhuanglie felt strange and asked: "The two dramas "A River Spring Water Flows Eastward" and "Sister Guy Flying Hair Shop" will be broadcast the day after tomorrow, don't you need to coordinate with various departments?" ”

"Publicity, schedule coordination, etc., just leave it to Zhaoxiong and them, I want to accompany you, maybe I can help a little when the time comes." Xu Xiaoming replied.

The three of them came to the parking lot, and before getting into the car, Li Zhuanglie asked: "Ah Ming, can that Zhang Shaoping really release the series to the mainland?" ”

Xu Xiaoming could hear the strong suspicion in Li Zhuanglie's tone, he couldn't help but look at Li Zhuanglie suspiciously, and asked: "Haven't we analyzed it, Zhang Shaoping made his career in the mainland, and the political and business relationship with the north must be irreversible, otherwise, the magazine he made would not know so much about the film and television market in the north, and there is solid evidence." ”

Xu Xiaoming seems to be a caring person, and he can see many doorways and business opportunities from a few short messages in the magazine.

"After all, analysis is analysis, and most of the time it is inaccurate."

"Ah Lie, you're too worried! If Zhang Shaoping has no way in the mainland, what is the use of him releasing dramas? Will it be distributed to Taiwan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia? Li Zhaohua interjected.

Li Zhuanglie was stunned and said, "I'm too tight, but I'm suffering from gains and losses." ”

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In the apartment, Zhang Shaoping hung up Li Zhaohua's phone, turned around and forgot about it.

"Brother, look at the Superman I painted, does it look like it?" The little girl held the painting she had just completed, looked up at Zhang Shaoping with her little face, and looked at Zhang Shaoping proudly.

"Well, it's very similar, but it's not as good as your sister Min, little sister, you have to draw better, you know." Zhang Shaoping praised and sent the little girl away, when he heard the word "superman", he thought of anime, which is also a particularly profitable and enduring industry.

At this time, the animation industry has begun to flourish, for example, "Old Master" has been put on the screen, and the theatrical version, live-action version, and animated version have all been released, and it is still very popular with everyone. Another example is "Superman", "Astro Boy", and "Tinker Bell", which are also children's favorites, and they often don't even eat dinner.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shaoping couldn't sit still, walked back to the study, spread out the paper, and wrote the plan. He thought of games from cartoons and comics, which were an era of poor entertainment, and many classic games, which he had never even heard of now, such as the very popular Tetris, were still lying in the head of a Russian before they were born. If he developed it first, it would not be Tetris, it would be China.

The more Zhang Shaoping thought about it, the more excited he became, and the plan was written in a few pages, full of some animations, comics, or the general gameplay of the game. The east sentence and the west sentence are written very abstractly. Zhang Shaoping has only one idea, that is, he provides ideas and general outlines, and then asks someone to restore them when the time comes.

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