Chapter 553: Chairman (Middle)
Yu Guang glanced at the crowd who were lightly provoked by his words, and the corners of Zheng Han's mouth hooked slightly.
Admittedly, even the richest businessmen in the world must admit that the power in the hands of politicians is one of the original sins that attracts them the most. This is also the reason why, since the birth of human business behavior, the collusion between officials and businessmen has only turned from light to dark, but has never disappeared.
Little Superman Li Zekai also received an invitation and personally came to the reception, since a few years ago he persuaded his superman dad Li Jiacheng to contact the two forces to form a consortium to win a pay TV license for him, but this ambitious want to create a Hong Kong "ABC" glory in Hong Kong, but the road is very bumpy.
Satellite TV not only has to face the suppression of ATV and TVB, the two major free-to-air TV stations, but also has been tacitly teamed up with Wu Guangzheng, one of the top ten super-rich people in Hong Kong, to make trouble behind the backs of Wharf TV, which finally made his satellite TV restricted by the Hong Kong government from broadcasting any Cantonese programs, and the director was in a disadvantageous position congenitally.
Although Li Zekai has a good father, satellite television also announced as early as the beginning of the year that Li Jiacheng will go north in June to receive the certificate of 'Hong Kong Affairs Consultant' issued by Beijing, and he will personally negotiate with the mainland to launch a signal satellite for his satellite television group that can cover the whole of Asia. But not to mention whether satellite TV, which seems to be more 'lofty', can compete with local TV stations in other Asian countries, just in his hometown of Hong Kong, as a newly established pay TV station, it was congenitally suppressed by ATV and TVB, the two free stations, and was not allowed to broadcast Cantonese programs, no matter how you look at it, it has not left him a way to live.
Although Hong Kong TV programs use commonly used Cantonese, English and Chinese, but in terms of local audience acceptance and viewers, Cantonese programs account for at least 80% or even more than 90%, although English is the second 'mother tongue' of Hong Kong people, many Hong Kong people can also speak fluent English, but English stations and English programs are more than a little worse than Cantonese, basically only about 15-20%. On the other hand, Chinese and Mandarin programs are the worst in Hong Kong in terms of acceptance and viewership, basically only maintaining between 7% and 10%.
Behind the infinite scenery of Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China, there is only "miserable". Although the other three major television stations have joined forces to suppress the Li family because they are afraid of the wealth, it is not difficult to see that although the Hong Kong government previously issued a TV license to Li Jiacheng under his 'public relations', it is still very jealous of the Li family, who has the highest wealth in Hong Kong, to control the right to speak in Hong Kong's public opinion, especially this Chinese tycoon, who has always moved the world with his 'old scheming' fame, has wavered on the key position of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, and has made it clear that he is waiting for the British to make conditions with the mainland to win him over.
The hidden things behind the scenes, the little superman Li Zekai may not understand, but now he is young and vigorous, although there are media compliments after returning to Hong Kong after studying abroad, it is mostly for the sake of his father Li Jiacheng's face, not to mention that his eldest brother Li Zeju began to take over the family business a few years ago, and he has achieved nothing under the two analogies, but he is more like a wealthy man who lives on the shadow of his family background, how can he stand it. The more satellite TV does not go well, the less he believes in evil and wants to make it bigger and stronger, telling everyone who is pointing at him behind his back to shut up.
And today's cocktail party made him see the opportunity coming.
With a warm smile on his face, Zheng Hanyi's seemingly calm eyes were like torches, and after talking about the planned future functions of the Radio and Television Association, he first secretly exchanged a look with Zeng Decheng, and after getting their hint to ensure that he got the status of the first chairman of the Radio and Television Association, Shao Yifu, the TVB boss who was very calm, stayed on his face for a while, and after developing his thoughts that he really couldn't see through the old fox's heart, He focused all his energy on Le Jin, the new president of ATV, and his boss Lin Xiaozhi.
Not only did he not believe that even Tsang Tak-shing and other politicians in the Hong Kong government who approved of the establishment of the two associations did not believe that Lin Xiaozhi, a man who had a soft spot for power and control of public opinion in the past few years, would give up a big piece of fat that they threw out.
Unfortunately, they are clearly going to be disappointed. After listening carefully to Zheng Hanyi's introduction to the Radio and Television Association, Le Jin, the new president of ATV, who had spoken several times before, actually closed his mouth and only cared about drinking there, and then looked at his big boss Lin Xiaozhi, and simply laughed and whispered with Huang Baiming next to him, just looking at Deng Guangrong next to the two of them, laughing and interjecting a few words from time to time, I knew that it was definitely not a topic related to the Radio and Television Association.
The people who have been following their movements at the moment are disappointed by this scene, because it is completely different from what was written in their script.
Fortunately, Zheng Han also has ink in his stomach, although he is faintly uneasy in his heart, and feels that the other party may have noticed something, but he can't wait for Lin Xiaozhi and his ATV to take the initiative to jump out, he has other means to make it bad, and just about to say that he doesn't want to say that he heard a young male voice suddenly come out: "I have a question I don't know if Director Zheng can solve the puzzle, about this radio and television association, I want to ask how to manage it internally?" ”
Zheng Hanyi was overjoyed in his heart, seeing that ATV's people didn't react, he was just about to throw out this bait, but he didn't expect someone to ask questions first. This is better, but it makes other people's suspicions fade a lot.
The heart said beautifully, but when he turned his face to look at the person who spoke, his brows were slightly invisible, and it was the little superman Li Zekai who opened his mouth to ask, the Broadcasting Authority, or the other person on the blacklist of the Film and Entertainment Department and the Hong Kong government.
As we all know, the British government in Hong Kong never regarded the 'colonial Chinese' as human beings before World War II, but after the two world wars, Britain weakened, the world situation changed dramatically, and the mainland was dyed red, and Hong Kong became a window for exchanges and confrontations between the two systems, and only then did the British government in Hong Kong finally change its attitude towards the Chinese. Before the mainland forcefully proposed the Hong Kong review talks, most Hong Kong businessmen, including Fok Ying-tung, had learned the government's differential attitude towards Chinese and British capital, and behind the several Chinese-funded acquisitions of British-funded enterprises that shocked the world's business circles in the seventies and eighties, there were more Chinese-funded acquisitions that were forcibly terminated by the intervention of the British government in Hong Kong.
Li Jiacheng, the richest man in China, a businessman who was praised as a 'superman' because of his business brains and means, created a business miracle from scratch in just a few decades, he not only created a brilliant business empire of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, but also left a wealth of more than 100 billion yuan to his family, and became the first wealthy family in China. However, for the British government in Hong Kong, which is at the window of return, this 'Li Chaoren' ambition of vacillating and still waiting for benefits makes people have to be jealous.
A few years ago, after he teamed up with two forces to take away a TV license, the British government in Hong Kong has been causing him a lot of trouble, not only not allowing satellite TV to use the infrastructure and network of free TV stations, but also constantly playing tricks in other aspects. So even with the infinite financial support of the Li family behind it, satellite TV has not been able to develop so far. Looking at the posture of this little superman, anyone can see that the real Superman behind him has not given up on satellite TV, which makes the British government of Hong Kong or the British government behind it, who has always been worried that he and other Hong Kong businessmen have completely defected to the mainland and affected the process of the two places, how can they rest assured.
However, although he understood the government's jealousy in his heart, Zheng Hanyi did not show it, and only looked at Li Zekai twice before answering: "Li Sheng's question has actually been answered half of it before, regarding the management of the Radio and Television Association, our Electric Power Administration and even the Film and Entertainment Department only retain the right to supervise and do not directly intervene in the management, and completely leave it to the industry to select the right person to build." Hong Kong's television industry is not as special as overseas countries and regions, so in principle, we will invite a person with high standing in the industry to serve as the chairman, and in addition to four directors and several officers. ”
Lin Xiaozhi shook the wine glass in his hand slightly, and suddenly felt that many eyes fell on him, and his face remained unchanged, and he sneered in his heart. Zheng Hanyi didn't know if it was particularly for the sake of emphasizing the general, not only did he accentuate his voice in the government's non-interference in management, but especially when he mentioned inviting a person who is highly respected in the industry to be the chairman, his nasal voice was even more 'impressive' to everyone.
What does it mean to be highly respected in the industry?
Hong Kong's major radio stations are naturally inferior to television stations in terms of influence, and they are not qualified to compete for the first chairman of the Radio and Television Association. The former is not allowed to broadcast Cantonese programs, and the latter is because Li Jiacheng forbade Cheung Kong and Hutchison to install cable TV in buildings under their names, so that Jiucang TV, which was originally planned to be broadcast in the second half of last year, has not yet been broadcast, and it is obvious that these two 'newcomers' are not qualified to compete for the first chairman of the Radio and Television Association.
And their ATV has been pressed by wireless, although there has been a catch-up momentum in recent years, but in two or three years, there have been three bosses. Le Jin, the new president of ATV, has only been in the industry for one or two years, and he is obviously not qualified to serve. Originally, some ATV veterans were also purged by him a few months ago, and they were almost wiped out. And his new boss is not even half the age of Shao Yifu, and his 'qualifications' in the TV industry are almost zero, so how can he be 'respected'.
The Broadcasting Association does not have a vice chairman at all, and the following is directly the four directors and officers. This radio and television association does have a lot of power for many people in the industry, but for people who have reached Lin Xiaozhi's status, except for the status of a chairman and some talk, everything else is simply vernacular. It is impossible for him Lin Xiaozhi to compete with others for any directors and directors, and if he doesn't get the most, he will let Le Jin go in and 'play'.
As soon as Zheng Han threw out this 'condition', the fool understood the attitude of the Hong Kong government, that is, he didn't want him Lin Xiaozhi and ATV's people to be the first chairman of the Radio and Television Association.