224【Board of Directors】
When Kang Jianfei stepped into the door of Lishi again, his identity had become the fourth largest shareholder of the TV station, although few people knew about this identity.
Chen Shuli followed behind Kang Jianfei, and when the two walked out of the elevator and went to the conference room, she still didn't fully believe that Kang Jianfei had become a shareholder of Lishi.
"Mr. Kang, please follow me!" Zhong Jinghui smiled and led Kang Jianfei and the others to the conference room.
Zhong Jinghui is in his 40s, as old as Huang Xizhao's seniority in Lishi, and he became the deputy general manager of Lishi 10 years ago. He was later the founding director of the School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the founding president of the Hong Kong Drama Society, and even a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Kang Jianfei pushed the door in, there were already two foreigners sitting in the conference room, Zhong Jinghui introduced: "Mr. Kang, this is Director Ke Zhengli, and this is Director Dollsmer. ”
Kang Jianfei has seen the information of several directors of the board of directors of Lishi, Ke Zhengli is a director appointed by Jardine Matheson, while Jamsmore is from Standard Chartered & Co.
After shaking hands with the two ghost guys, it didn't take long for the directors appointed by the three Australian consortiums to be present.
The three new Australian shareholders of Lishi are Davidson, Henry Jones and CRA Limited. Davidson is a Melbourne-based newspaper group; Henry Jones is an Australian food company that will be acquired by Coca-Cola in the future; As for the CRA, it is the well-known Australian Rio Tinto Mining.
Among the major shareholders of Lishi, Davidson Newspaper has a 23.2% stake, Henry Jones has a 19.4% stake, CRA Group has an 18.6% stake, Oriental DreamWorks has a 16.5% stake, Jardine Matheson has an 11.3% stake, and Standard Chartered has an 11% stake.
The first purpose of the temporary board meeting today is to let Kang Jianfei join the board of directors, and the second is to discuss the operation of the TV station.
When several shareholders arrived. Zhong Jinghui exited the conference room and walked directly to Huang Xizhao's general manager's office.
Zhong Jinghui and Huang Xizhao are old friends, and the two also competed in the TV station a few years ago, but it ended with Zhong Jinghui's failure.
The current Li's TV station has reached a delicate balance, most of the middle and high-level employees in the station belong to the Huang Xizhao series, and a small number belong to the Zhong Jinghui series.
After the three bastards Australian shareholders took control of the TV station, not only did they hinder Huang Xizhao everywhere, but even Zhong Jinghui was in danger of being knocked out. It is precisely because of this that Zhong Jinghui and Huang Xizhao, two old friends and rivals, will reunite and work together to confront the new shareholders.
The reason why Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui, the two diehards, were not fired directly. In addition to the fear of causing chaos on the TV station by the new shareholders, there is another very simple reason: under the Hong Kong Television Broadcasting Ordinance. If any television broadcaster wants to appoint senior management, it must apply to the Broadcasting Authority and obtain approval.
Not only is the application for appointment complicated, but the person to be appointed must hold a Hong Kong identity card.
In other words, Australian executives sent by the new shareholders. At most, they can be the head of a certain department of the TV station, and before they get the Hong Kong ID card, they are not qualified to be the general manager and deputy general manager of Lishi.
Even if Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui are dismissed, the three Australian shareholders will not be able to find a suitable candidate to manage the TV station for the time being.
So the current situation is that the two general managers of Leigh's TV station and the newly appointed department head are tearing each other down. A lot of the work of the TV station is not being carried out.
After entering Huang Xizhao's office, Zhong Jinghui sat down and said, "Old Huang." There were three Australian directors joining forces, and Mr. Kang seemed to be of no avail. ”
Huang Xizhao sneered: "Lishi is developing step by step in the hands of you and me, and those new shareholders want to mess around, unless they drive me out of the TV station." ”
Zhong Jinghui said with emotion: "Yes, the TV series production system. It was Lishi and the wireless station for many years to form the most cost-effective and reliable system to ensure the quality of TV dramas. Now it is necessary to abolish the system of supervision and responsibility. What kind of director responsibility system, isn't this self-defeating? ”
The formation of the Hong Kong TV drama producer responsibility system is completely formed by step-by-step practice.
Due to the small audience base in Hong Kong, the production of Hong Kong TV dramas needs to be rushed to save money to ensure ratings, so there are often several executive directors filming a TV series at the same time. Each executive director has a different style, a different schedule, and a different spending habits, so there must be one person who controls the shooting schedule, style, and budget of each executive director, and that person is the producer.
There are three new Australian shareholders, one is a newspaper, one is a food company, and one is a mining group. They invited a few Jīng Ying from the Australian television industry to Lishi, and they insisted on carrying out reforms in the same way as Australia, regardless of the special situation in Hong Kong.
As soon as this reform began, it was resisted by most of the TV station's employees from top to bottom, and the new shareholders thought that Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui were the two people who were doing the trouble, and they didn't want to think about their own mistakes.
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In the conference room, Kang Jianfei's face sank, and Chen Shuli leaned into his ear to translate the conversations of the other directors.
Kang Jianfei's heart is now on fire, except for him, the other directors are either British or Australian. From the very beginning of the board of directors, he actually spoke English, and he didn't care about whether Kang Jianfei could understand it, and sometimes he spoke so fast that Chen Shuli couldn't translate it.
Alas, if you are uneducated, you have to be bullied!
What is hateful is that the two directors of Jardine Matheson and Standard Chartered can obviously speak Cantonese, but they have always spoken English.
More than ten minutes later, when several other directors applauded and welcomed him to the board of directors, Kang Jianfei didn't bother to listen anymore, and said to his secretary Chen Shuli: "You can record everything these ghosts say." ”
Chen Shuli nodded and said, "It's good." ”
Kang Jianfei suddenly stood up and smiled at a few ghost guys: "Sāo Rui, I'll go out for a while." ”
Jamesmo, from Standard Chartered, smiled and said in Cantonese, "Please." ”
Kang Jianfei was too lazy to hold a board meeting with them anymore, and those ghosts made it clear that they wanted to give him a leg up and join forces to rectify him. Especially the people of Jardine Matheson and Standard Chartered, they were behind the last petition group, and after Kang Jian released their pigeons, it is estimated that they have been hated.
Kang Jianfei directly broke into Huang Xizhao's office, and smiled at Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui: "Both, how about going out for a cup of coffee?" ”
"Okay." Zhong Jinghui said with a smile.
The three of them went downstairs side by side, causing many employees who didn't know the situation to talk about it, and privately speculated whether the TV station was going to have a big cooperation with DreamWorks.
Coming to the café and sitting down, Huang Xizhao asked with a smile: "Why didn't Mr. Kang continue to hold the board meeting?" ”
Kang Jianfei said angrily: "They all speak bird language, and I don't understand it, what are you doing staying there?" ”
Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui thought that Kang Jianfei was angry, but they didn't expect that because they couldn't understand English, they couldn't help snickering. Hong Kong is a British colony, and although most civilians do not speak English, the meetings of large corporations, especially those of British-owned companies, are largely in English.
Seeing that both of them were holding back a smile, Kang Jianfei was not ashamed at all and asked, "What is the situation with those Australian shareholders?" They have invested more than 100 million yuan in total, how dare they mess around, and they are not afraid that all the investments will be wasted? ”
Huang Xizhao said helplessly: "Those three shareholders are not in the TV business, and a few Australian executives provoked them, so they didn't listen to my and Ah Hui's explanations at all." ”
Kang Jianfei asked again: "What about the other old shareholders?" Messing around with them? ”
Zhong Jinghui said: "Of course it can't be, if it weren't for the strong opposition of the old shareholders, Lao Huang and I would have been fired a long time ago." ”
Huang Xizhao said: "It is estimated that there is already a quarrel in the conference room now, and the two shareholders of Standard Chartered and Jardine Matheson are the old shareholders at the beginning of the establishment of the station, and they also want to run the TV station well." ”
Zhong Jinghui said: "Jardine is also one of the shareholders of Jiashi, since the collapse of Jiashi, Jardine has not had much interest in TV stations. In particular, Jardine Matheson has been engaged in a takeover war recently, and if Mr. Kang wants to buy his shares in Lishi, now is a good time. ”
Kang Jianfei shrugged and said, "Those bastards don't have contact with me at all. ”
Huang Xizhao analyzed: "Businessmen are profit-seeking, and Jardine and Standard Chartered are definitely taking the opportunity to raise the price, waiting for you to quote a higher price." ”
Kang Jianfei did not continue to discuss this matter, but asked: "What is the biggest difficulty in Taili now?" ”
Huang Xizhao said: "People's hearts are uncertain. ”
In fact, it was Huang Xizhao who wanted to rely on a large number of employees to pressure the new shareholders to withdraw their intention to reform. But by now, Huang Xizhao has lost control of the situation.
The human heart is a very delicate thing, but it can determine many things.
The current situation of Li's TV station is that people are superfluous, and there is no way to come up with an excellent TV program with creativity. As a result, last year's ratings frequently suppressed the wireless station's Lishi, and now the ratings have fallen below the red line.
Of course, the new Australian shareholders are not all negative impacts, such as the introduction of scientific management concepts and technical equipment, which also has some positive impact on Lishi.
Just a few days ago, at the insistence of Australian executives, Lishi introduced the application of microwave technology for the first time. The provincial and Hong Kong cup football matches held by the state. This was a breakthrough in the history of Hong Kong television, and soon after TVB also introduced this technology, and since then it has been often used in Hong Kong television's live news broadcasts.
Kang Jianfei adjusted the coffee and said to Huang Xizhao and Zhong Jinghui: "I hope the two of you can appease those backbone talents and don't let them run to TVB." At most, I will be able to take control of Lishi next year, and when the time comes, I will respect the opinions of both of you to the greatest extent possible in the affairs of the TV station. ”