The ratings of Li's TV station were not very high, and there was a period of time before when it was pressed and beaten by Jiayi, and the income was far inferior to that of TVB, which made the parent company Li's Yingsheng very dissatisfied.

After Huang Xizhao came to power, he boldly used newcomers, such as Mak Dangxiong, Tu Yongxiong, Li Zhaoxiong and other beautiful three heroes, and filmed many high-quality TV episodes, which once made TVB embarrassed, and it was only after parrying left and right that it retained the throne of the first ratings. It can be said that it has made a big splash in the ratings.

However, the cost of high-quality TV dramas will inevitably increase, and before, because the TV series copyright can also be sold, and high-quality TV dramas can not only achieve high ratings in Hong Kong, but also exchange for high advertising costs, and can also sell at a good price when selling TV series copyrights, so although the cost of investment is very high, Li's TV station is still willing to pay.

But now that there is less income from takeaway TV copyrights, if the investment is as high as before, it is very likely that not only will it not make money at that time, but it may also make Li's TV station lose a lot of money. This made Huang Xizhao, who is the manager of the TV station, very worried.

Huang Xizhao is the first Chinese manager promoted by Li's TV station, and Li's TV station with a British background is a special case in itself, so he has been trembling since he ascended the throne, trying his best to do everything well, not wanting to disappoint the boss and employees, nor do he want to be laughed at by other foreign devils in the company.

He tried his best to promote young talents, he increased the investment cost of TV dramas, and filmed a series of fierce films, which made TVB disgraced. These are his outstanding achievements when he was the manager of Li's TV station. But now he is very likely to be because of Sir Shaw's move. Embark on the road of no return.

Huang Xizhao didn't dare to imagine if the filming of TV series was reduced. only uses the old dramas and variety shows before to support the scene, how long can Li's TV station last, and whether the advertisement is willing to buy it again.

Li's TV station has a lot of financial pressure, and the parent company Li's Yingsheng investment has repeatedly failed, and it has continued to withdraw funds from Li's TV station. Now Ruoli's TV station has lost its ability to make money and is in a difficult situation. Huang Xizhao believes that he is not far from being fired.

So the most important thing at present is to solve this matter, but Huang Xizhao has a headache for a long time and never thinks of a way, so he brought his most powerful Li's three males over, and everyone discussed how to solve this matter.

"Brother Zhao, are you looking for us?" After the three of them entered the door, Li Zhaoxiong asked with a smile.

Lee Siu-hung was born in an acting family, his father was a director of a left-wing film company, and Lee Zhaoxiong was also a screenwriter of a left-wing film company before. The two of them worked together with a tacit understanding and made many popular masterpieces.

It was only after the ten years of catastrophe in the mainland that leftist film companies ceased production one after another. Lee Siu-hung joined Leigh's TV station and excelled with his talent. It has been reused by manager Huang Xizhao.

"Zhaoxiong, use Xiong, be Xiong, the three of you are here, find your own place to sit." Huang Xizhao frowned, nodded with a wry smile.

"Brother Zhao, seeing your sad face, are you worried about the alliance of Jiayi TV?" Tu Yongxiong looked at Huang Xizhao's face, smiled and said.

"yes, you've heard about it too?" Huang Xizhao came to them just to discuss this matter, so naturally there was no need to hide it.

"Well," Li Zhaoxiong nodded, "Brother Zhao, this matter is very tricky." ”

"Yes, after the TV stations of Nanyang and Wanwan formed an alliance with Jiayi, our TV series will not be able to sell. This will cost us a lot of money. Huang Xizhao sighed and said, "Do the three of you have a better solution?" ”

"This ......" The three of them were all speechless for a while. To be honest, the road ahead has been sealed, and unless this alliance can be destroyed, there is no other way out. Or......

"Brother Zhao, I think since I can't go south, why don't you go north and give it a try?" Li Zhaoxiong suddenly spoke.

"Going north?! What do you mean......" Huang Xizhao frowned, not understanding Li Zhaoxiong's statement for a while, but after a moment his eyes widened, "You shouldn't have the idea to fight, right?!" How is this possible, there are only a few TV stations in the north now? How much money can I pay for our TV series? ”

"Brother Zhao, it is precisely because the TV station in the north has just been built that it is much behind us here, and therefore our TV series have a market." Li Zhaoxiong smiled and said, "Do you know that there are more than one billion people over there, such a large population, such a large market, are you afraid that no one will watch our TV series?" ”

"But will the TV stations in the north buy our TV series? They don't have the money to buy it. Besides, what are we doing with a bunch of yuan? Do you burn a fire? Huang Xizhao said with a frown.

"I haven't tried this, but my dad knows some friends in the literary and art circles over there, so maybe he can help get in touch." Li Zhaoxiong scratched his head and said, he himself was born in a leftist film company, so he thought of the mainland when he thought about it. However, he also knows that the mainland censorship is very strict, and the films of leftist film companies have to be censored non-stop, not to mention the TV dramas produced by British-backed TV stations.

"What Zhaoxiong said may not be unreasonable, but it is estimated that it is difficult for TV dramas to enter the mainland, and even if they can enter the estimate, it will take a lot of time and energy, and the problem cannot be solved in a short period of time. Mai Dangxiong, who had been silent since entering the door, said suddenly.

"Then what do you think we should do?" Huang Xizhao asked as if grasping a life-saving straw. He knew that Mai was an extremely conceited and extremely intelligent man, and unless he did not speak, he would be convincing when he opened his mouth.

"My solution is to form an alliance with wireless." Mai Danxiong said without being shocked, and when he said a word, the butcher bear next to him immediately jumped up from his seat. Huang Xizhao's mouth also opened into a duck egg shape, staring at Mai Dangxiong and unable to speak.

"Dangxiong, how did you do it. Such a bad idea?! Wireless is our competitor. How did you think of forming an alliance with him?! Besides, people may not be willing to form an alliance with us. Li Zhaoxiong shouted in surprise.

"yes. Dangxiong, how did you come up with this idea, tell us all. Huang Xizhao also recovered from the original shock, and then couldn't help but ask Mai Dangxiong.

"It's very simple, because Wireless needs us to balance Jiayi TV. Imagine if our TV station closes down due to poor management, who is the happiest and who is the saddest?! Mak Dangxiong smiled and said, "I think TVB would rather maintain a three-legged situation than fight against Jiayi TV alone, right?!" Not to mention if our TV station really goes out of business. Then Jiayi TV is very likely to obtain our Chinese and English TV licenses, so as to completely make up for their shortcomings, and there will be no more inch of cover doors. TVB definitely doesn't want this outcome. ”

"Uh......" After listening to Mak Dangxiong's explanation, the three of them were stunned. The original absurd proposal, after his explanation, made everyone feel reasonable, slight, and very likely to succeed.

"But in this way, if we really succeed in the alliance with TVB, we will shoot TV series together in the future. So how should this TV series be broadcast?! We broadcast at the same time as TVB, and it was still a month later. Two months, or half a year later?! Tu Yongxiong frowned and asked, "And how should the actors, directors, and behind-the-scenes personnel coordinate?!" Will we become vassals of TVB because of this? ”

Tu Yongxiong's words also made Li Zhaoxiong, who originally thought that there was a way out, and Huang Xizhao fell back into contemplation.

"Forgive me for being honest, in fact, with our current ratings, our status in the Hong Kong television industry, and the income of our two TV stations, we are actually far inferior to TVB." "Last year, TVB's advertising revenue was HK$65 million, ours was HK$12 million, and Jiayi was only HK$4 million. ”

According to our investigation, Xu Guanwu, the major shareholder of TVB, did not propose dividends at all, so the money still stayed in TVB. Such a large sum of money is enough for TVB to invest a lot of money in filming dramas. However, although our TV station has 12 million Hong Kong dollars in advertising expenses, half of it has to be siphoned off by the parent company, and the remaining less than 10 million is given back to the TV station, which is at least ten times worse than that of wireless. With such a big gap, what more can we ask for? ”

"This ......" Huang Xizhao couldn't help but be speechless after listening to Mak Dangxiong's truth. Indeed, Li's TV station is basically incomparable to TVB in terms of investment. Xu Guanwu, the major shareholder of TVB, is not short of money, and tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars are not enough for people to stuff their teeth, and this year everyone has invested 5 million US dollars in making a movie. Made, so much money, is more than all the film investments of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in a year combined.

In contrast, Li's parent company is desperate for money, and he can't leave a penny for his subsidiary, although Li's TV station has produced excellent works in recent years, and the TV station has been disgraced, and the Jiayi TV station has been abused inhuman, but the funds on the books are often stretched. If it weren't for the efforts of Mai Dangxiong, Li Zhaoxiong, Tu Yongxiong and others, I am afraid that Li's TV station would have been lying in the nest a long time ago.

One is that there is no money, and the money earned every year is fed back to the TV station, so that the strong will become stronger; One is to die for money, and most of the money earned every year will be withdrawn, so that the weak will become weaker. In this way, TVB naturally far surpasses Li's TV station, basically leaving it with no chance to turn over.

In fact, Huang Xizhao, Tu Yongxiong, and Li Zhaoxiong also knew about this, but they didn't dare to say it like Mak Dangxiong. Because it's one thing to think in their hearts, it's another thing to say it in person, which makes them feel faceless.

After Mai Dangxiong finished speaking, the three of them were silent for a while, and then they heard Mai Dangxiong say again, "Actually, now it's not a question of ratings, nor is it a question of how much money is made, it's a question of whether Tan Li's TV station can still persevere." To be honest, now that we have lost the takeaway rights market, our most important source of income has been cut, and I don't need to say it, everyone knows what the consequences are. It is very likely that in a few months or half a year, our TV station will run out of funds. And everyone knows what the current economic situation of the parent company is. Whether it can inject us with more money is something that everyone knows in their hearts. So at such an existential juncture, I think everything can be talked about later, as long as Li's TV station can continue to survive, even if it is a vassal of TVB, I think this is also bearable. ”

After listening to Mai Dangxiong's impassioned words, Huang Xizhao, Li Zhaoxiong, and Tu Yongxiong glanced at each other, and they all sighed. Although he did not open his mouth to support Mak Dangxiong's words, he already agreed with his statement in his heart. (To be continued......)