Volume 1 Chapter 375 - New Work Starts (I)
The interview with Lin Xiaozhi released by "Cheng Pao" is not bad, whether it is a dead duck with a hard mouth, or whether he is really satisfied with some of the results achieved between the north and the mainland, his tough attitude has already been put on display. There is a great tendency to 'want to fight with words, let's enjoy it.'
At this time, some people thought of him Lin Xiaozhi not only holds the first stock listed in the Hong Kong film industry - Media Asia Group, but also the owner of the second largest local circulation newspaper "Cheng Pao".
Seeing his attitude, the media, which had originally mustered up all the energy to kill hundreds of rounds, was deflated first, and had the intention to continue reporting, but was worried that in the end it would only increase his popularity.
For the Taiwanese who are getting more and more bastard, Lin Xiaozhi really doesn't want to buy it. The Taiwan market was originally the largest and most important foreign port in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong films would not be able to live without it, but with the coming to power of Li Huihui, the Taiwan market has gradually become a chicken rib. In the sixties and seventies, Taiwan was still larger than Hong Kong, but after the eighties, it was gradually overtaken by Hong Kong. Originally, Taiwan's local movies were not good, and this dish was eaten by Hong Kong films, and everyone was full of oil. However, in recent years, the Taiwan authorities have introduced more and more American blockbusters, and Taiwan's four major state-run cinema chains would rather arrange the release of American blockbusters in two months, three months, or even four months, rather than arrange schedules for Hong Kong films, which has led to the fact that in recent years, the box office share of American films in Taiwan has nearly doubled from less than Pan Xuan earlier, and now they are about to be able to compete with Hong Kong films in Taiwan.
Taiwan's box office market as a whole is just over $100 million, not to mention that there are hundreds of film companies vying for the right to release films in Hong Kong alone, and we have to be wary of competition from American and Japanese films. This small market is not chicken ribs, but for Lin Xiaozhi, it is chicken ribs, so as early as when he made plans to go north, he was ready to temporarily give up the Taiwan market. And he does have this confidence, during the period of going north, "Red Alert", which was released in Japan and South Korea, has achieved amazing good results in both places. In Japan, it was officially brought after the release of the diva. The astonishing box office of 100 million yen won a good start for Media Asia. Since landing in South Korea in early March, "Red Alert" in Seoul alone won more than 4.3 billion won (about 00,000 Hong Kong dollars) in the first week, I heard that it caused a lot of sensation in South Korea, Liu Dehua just returned to Hong Kong and was dragged to South Korea by his agent, it is said that it is because of this movie that he has become the most popular male star in Hong Kong in South Korea.
At the same time, Red Alert also confirmed its North American release. Miramax Company as a well-known old independent film company in the United States, although the store is not big, but the channel is really good after decades of running-in, Media Asia acquired Miramax Company only half a month, it has contacted the theater resources, relying on the good box office influence in Europe, "Red Alert" will be released in North American theaters on April l, April Fool's Day, although the premiere is only 28L theaters, but it is a solid first step.
The comprehensive foothold in other cities has made Lin Xiaozhi full of confidence and is not afraid of Taiwan's chicken rib market, and there is no pressure on him to abandon it temporarily.
Compared with the tepid popularity of "Sing Pao" after it opened its mouth, the news that "Hong Kong Economic Journal" shook out really shocked Hong Kong three times.
Who doesn't know which Hong Kong ATV is? One of the only two free-to-air TV stations in the country, last year, it relied on the old overlord HR to poach the old hegemon, and hit H hard, thus recasting itself as a new hegemon that is expected to compete for the leading position in Hong Kong's TV industry. Although its new boss Lin Jianming is not well-known in Hong Kong, he can't bear that his father is too famous. The big Lin Baixin, one of the top ten Chinese billionaires in Hong Kong, the clothing king and the cutting-edge real estate tycoon, is the feat of this super-rich man with assets of more than 10 billion yuan who has successfully created the glory of ATV today
In recent years, although the Hong Kong government has opened two new TV licenses, it has also approved Li Jiacheng and Wu Guangzheng, two of the top ten Chinese billionaires in Hong Kong, to set up 'satellite TV,with' Wharf TV,,But the former now not only does not have the qualifications to broadcast and produce Cantonese programs,The TV licenses that these two later entered are 'paid cable TV,Compared with ATV and H, it is completely different from the charging model,It is destined to be in terms of ratings and influence,It is simply not better than two free stations。 If you want to talk about the Hong Kong TV industry, you naturally have to look at the faces of the two families.
Because of this, when the most professional financial newspaper in Hong Kong's financial circles, Hong Kong Economic Journal, shook out that ATV might change hands, and the party to the acquisition was Lin Xiaozhi himself, the entire Hong Kong community was shaken.
ATV's board of directors said that it was inconvenient to disclose it for the time being, and refused to answer the interview, and his attitude proved that there might be such a thing: "As soon as I saw that there was big news, the "Oriental Daily", which was still waving the banner of pro-Taiwan and constantly bombarding Lin Xiaozhi to increase newspaper sales, immediately changed its attitude and immediately launched a large-scale information network to inquire about the authenticity of this revelation.
"Sing Tao Daily": "ATV's change of ownership may be a gimmick, and the executive director of ATV said in an interview that he didn't know
'We have not yet received a notice from the Board of Directors, and if there is one, we will notify the outside world as soon as possible,......
"Hong Kong Commercial Daily": "Since becoming a shareholder of ATV, Lin Baixin has invested more than one billion Hong Kong dollars in ATV. With last year's poaching storm, ATV is in a thriving stage at this time, even if Lin Xiaozhi is Lin Baixin's nephew, there is no reason to give up, this matter may be misinformation......"
The industry originally expected that Lin Xiaozhi's industry "Cheng Pao" would shake out some news in advance, but who would have expected that this time it would indeed be as dumb as if it had taken a dumb drug. Lin Xiaozhi, who participated in the extraordinary board meeting of Media Asia at the end, was finally blocked by many concerned media, and in the face of hundreds of long guns and short cannons in front of him, he shrugged his shoulders very casually, "I have nothing to say about this matter."
The ambiguous attitude of not expressing a position but not opposing it has made the major media and newspapers in Hong Kong feel like cats scratching their hearts. Because everyone knows too well that Lin Xiaozhi, who owns a large film group, has the nickname of 'Hong Kong Murdoch' in Hong Kong, and his own rise is slightly different from Murdoch's, Murdoch started in the newspaper industry and then acquired TV companies and film companies horizontally. On the other hand, Lin Xiaozhi made his fortune from movies, but he bought the newspaper group in reverse, and now if ATV is taken under his name, it is not another yellow version of Murdoch's rise route.
His wealth is fascinating, and his short-lived path to riches is legendary......
In the face of such a person who seems to be a topic that is never bad, not only many media in Hong Kong are frantically chasing his news, but even countless people in Hong Kong are always interested in his legendary stories.
In the midst of the buzzing and noisy, the major media in Hong Kong took turns to fight, the financial circles were curious about where he got the steady stream of funds, and the industry was full of people who launched relations and inquired. However, both parties involved, whether ATV or Lin Xiaozhi, have a tacit understanding and do not reply positively, although some high-level people on both sides have been blocked by the media many times, and they have also made some similar words that do not deny or admit it.
At this time, everyone ignored that the former whistleblower "Hong Kong Economic Journal" suddenly fell silent after taking the lead in poking out this news.
It wasn't until four or five days later, when everyone had already ignored its existence, that the "Hong Kong Economic Journal" finally opened its mouth again, and in the new issue of the newspaper, it wrote such an article, "The list of ATV's board of directors has been changed, and the list of Lin Xiaozhi and others has been added, and the acquisition of ATV may have entered the most advanced stage"
As soon as the newspaper was published, it was another sensation in Hong Kong