Jonas looked at the ATV headquarters building, his mind was full of question marks, and the Xiangjiang 'Asia Television', which has a certain reputation in the world, is so low-grade that the headquarters building is very unbelievable.

And in such a place, it has already made hundreds of millions of dollars from its company, ABC in the United States, and can actually make NBC in the United States also slaughter 28 million US dollars.

Jonas is a senior executive of ABC in the United States, and this time he came to Xiangjiang in the hope of obtaining the copyright adaptation of "Chinese Idol", and the company is even ready to be slaughtered, because they feel that they need their "American Idol" too much, which can make the TV station gain profits and fame, and can teach NBC a lesson, because they declared that "The Voice of America" is the first real talent show in the United States.

Walking into the ATV building, Jonas and his entourage felt that the people here were very busy, as if they had endless work to do.

Seeing that the Americans were puzzled, the receptionist explained: "Our company is moving its headquarters, so it has been a little different recently. ”

Jonas suddenly said, that is to say, Asia TV is very famous in Asia, and even in Europe and the United States, so the headquarters is really not enough.

"Then your headquarters must be beautiful and big, because you make a lot of money!"

The reception staff immediately said proudly: "Of course." Our headquarters covers an area of 1.2 million square feet, and the newly built building has an area of 800,000 square feet, which can accommodate thousands of people at the same time. We also have antique buildings and the Great Wall in our headquarters."

For a while, Jonas couldn't help but say, "Then we must inspect your new headquarters this time!" ”

The receptionist said, "Welcome, welcome"

This is a big customer who came to send money, "The Voice of the Chinese" sold 26 million US dollars, and "Chinese Idol" must not sell 30 million. Oh my God, you can make a year's profit from wireless by selling the rights once, and you can be proud of your company, the receptionist said psychologically.

in the conference room.

Zhou Liang Shuyi led Shi Nansheng (public relations director), Li Baoan (financial director) and others to receive Jonas and his party; In advance, they had already reported to Lin Zuhui by phone, and Lin Zuhui asked them to talk about the price of 3000~35 million US dollars, and also deliberately explained the factors that were very beneficial to their side in the negotiation, so Zhou Liang Shuyi was also full of confidence.

"Welcome Mr. Jonas to Xiangjiang, it is said that you have been in Xiangjiang for two days, and we are really not well entertained!" Zhou Liang Shuyi said politely. How polite you are now, how ruthless you will be later.

Jonas said with a smile: "We deliberately hope to understand why a city of 6 million people like Xiangjiang can have such a legendary TV station by visiting Xiangjiang." ”

Zhou Liang Shuyi said in her heart, it is not why Xiangjiang has such a legendary TV station, but that ATV has a legendary boss. As the boss's first assistant, Zhou Liang Shuyi knows how artistically talented the boss is.

"Then you should let us do our best to lead you to investigate. I don't know if you have gained anything in the past two days? ”

Jonas nodded and said, "Rewarded!" The entertainment industry in Hong Kong is so well developed that I met a group of girls who were performing outside, and I asked them if they were entertainers. As a result, they said that they were artists who had not debuted, called trainees, and their behavior was called a 'roadshow', which could not only train stage experience, but also bring joy to people. Interesting, really interesting! ”

Everyone laughed, and ATV's management smiled with satisfaction, in their opinion, Xiangjiang's entertainment industry had just begun.

Unfortunately, the next negotiations were not so happy, and the ABC of the United States believed that "Chinese Idol" and "The Voice of Chinese" were suspected of overlapping copyrights, so the budget was only $28 million at most.

For a time, both sides expressed their opinions.

Zhou Liang Shuyi said: "Mr. Jonas, the results of "Chinese Idol" are very good, much better than "The Voice of Chinese". We've chosen the true 'Super Idol', do you know what he represents? The champion of "Chinese Idol" has already gained the attention of a first-line star during the competition, and there are many fans behind him who are crazy about him" After speaking, he handed Jonas a copy of English materials, which was a comparison of the parameters of the two programs.

Jonas watched it seriously, and the more he watched, the more hot his heart became, the biggest reason why they bought the copyright of "Chinese Idol" was because NBC had recently set off a huge influence in the United States with "The Voice of America". So, they urgently need a super talent show to target NBC.

In the end, Jonas gritted his teeth and decided to take it for $32 million.

Zhou Liang Shuyi didn't dare to persecute too hard, not to mention that now that she had met the boss's expectations, she also agreed.

In fact, the reason why Lin Zuhui priced 30 million ~ 35 million US dollars is also based on the fact that in his previous life, the United States bought it for more than 70 million US dollars in 2000, so his price was very reasonable. Although Xiangjiang is not the UK, who said that ABC and NBC are competing now, not to mention that ABC's "Millionaire" is really cheap to buy, and this time I have to compensate a little.

Of course, "Millionaire" had to be sold cheaper back then, so as to open up the European and American markets and increase ATV's popularity.

Following.

The whole Hong Kong is boiling again, because ATV sold the copyright of "Chinese Idol" at a high price and made a lot of money.

It can be said that almost every Xiangjiang citizen is happy and proud of this news, after all, Europe and the United States have long been like 'superior', and the Chinese must have a feeling of inferiority. Through this kind of cultural export, the Chinese can find more pride.

The Chinese people's 'inferiority' is also historically sophisticated:

At that time (early 30s), the world economy was in the Great Depression, many British unemployed women, fell into the dust, and some came to the Oriental Paradise to make a living, at that time, although the 'foreign chicken' was expensive, but the rich Chinese were happy to do it, and opened up foreign meat, venting the grievances of being discriminated against by the British in the past; You must know that in the previous decades, Chinese and foreigners asked the British government in Hong Kong to ban Changchang, and the explanation of successive important officials of the Hong Kong government was that Xiangjiang was a free trade port, and sailors were reluctant to sail Xiangjiang and merchants were unwilling to go there if there was no entertainment. Until now, when it was London that was humiliated, I didn't expect it to be enacted soon.

Back then, after a Chinese became wealthy, they invited a foreigner to be a bodyguard, and even when they went to the toilet, the foreigner boy stood at the door, and when he walked there, he deliberately showed that there was a foreigner as a bodyguard (foreigners are more pragmatic and can make money); And the Chinese billionaire, it is said that when he was young, he often polished the shoes of foreigners, and he was discriminated against for a long time, which led to his later psychology.

Back then, when Li Chaoren and Bao Yu had just acquired the four major foreign companies, the people of Xiangjiang applauded one after another, and the media described it as 'greatly increasing the morale of the Chinese'.

All kinds of things show that after hundreds of years of backwardness, the Chinese people do have some psychological inferiority, so whenever there is something that can be related to national pride, everyone is always unusually unanimous.

Today's ATV TV is not only a listed and profitable company, but also the pride of the Chinese in Xiangjiang, because of the continuous output of culture here.

After signing the contract, Lin Zuhui personally led Jonas and his party to visit ATV's new headquarters - Tseung Kwan O 'ATV City', after all, he brought 32 million income to ATV.

ATV City was officially started in May 1990, after nearly 30 months of construction, the "ATV Building" was the first to be completed, and will be officially put into use this month (November), and the follow-up buildings are expected to be completed by the end of 1993.

The ATV building, with a total area of 800,000 square feet, is 28 storeys high and can accommodate more than 3,000 employees and artists of ATV and Asia TV. As for subsidiaries such as YG Entertainment, record labels, and film companies, they still choose to work outside the country.

Of course, ATV City will provide them with a lot of resources.

In addition to the ATV building, there will be three video buildings in the future, but all of them are five stories high;

In addition, the most important thing is the antique architecture, the early Republic of China architecture, the imitation of the Great Wall, etc.

During the visit, Jonas was puzzled: "Mr. Lin, Xiangjiang is only a city of 6 million people, do you have such a large investment, are you worried about the high cost?" ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Our satellite TV station currently has 40 million viewers, and our ATV's business includes: TV station, drama production, program production, film production, record production, agency company, advertising company, cinema chain, distribution company. We are a one-way business in the entertainment industry. ”

Jonaston was stunned, and had to sigh 'Xiangjiang is really free', in the United States, Hollywood has implemented the separation of production and theaters, but there is obviously no here. However, in this big place, the movie is not easy to separate.

If Lin Zuhui knows Jonas's thoughts, he will be ready to plagiarize Hollywood movies if he doesn't do it well, it doesn't matter if he doesn't shoot it well, don't you see that the online movies in his previous life are all five-cent special effects, as long as the subject matter is good, there will be a large audience.

During this period, Jonas asked again: "Mr. Lin, you ATV will not have another program in preparation, wait for us to come and buy the copyright next year!" After saying that, he couldn't help but laugh, indicating that he was joking.

Lin Zuhui also jokingly said: "If we can bring joy to everyone, of course it is worth us to come up with more innovative programs; For you, winning the love of the audience and the favor of advertisers is obviously a winner. If you get American Idol right, I'm sure the two shows you buy from us will bring in $1 billion in revenue for ABC. What do you think? ”

Jonas said happily: "Of course! "Millionaire" is really a very good program, which has been on the air for nearly two years and has been deeply loved by the American people. We are also very optimistic about "American Idol". ”

Lin Zuhui really wants to say that it is tailor-made for you. Once the American TV station buys the copyright, the European side will quickly come to negotiate, and the earliest "Millionaire" has been sold to 7 countries and regions.

During his visit to ATV City, Jonas couldn't help but change his impression of Asia Television, which is one of the best TV stations in Asia, because they also have Asia Satellite TV.

After sending off Jonas and his entourage, Lin Zuhui held a high-level meeting of ATV.

He first said: ""Got Talent" will not be broadcast next year, and will be broadcast again in 1994, but it needs to be prepared in advance to achieve the effect of excellence. ”

Zhou Liang Shuyi nodded and said, "Well, the current three international programs really need to be digested for a while, after all, we have three channels." ”

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Next year, it's time to prepare for the satellite TV network, our ability to produce dramas and programs is too strong, and the platform is really not enough." ”

To everyone's surprise, satellite television networks must have satellites in the first place, but there are currently no satellite receivers to rent.

Unless, the boss takes a fancy to Li Chaoren's satellite TV network, or wants to launch satellites himself?

Everyone didn't ask, after all, the boss didn't mean to continue.

This year, ATV's profit may be about 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it can be said that the money invested in ATV City has been earned.

ATV's biggest contribution is to support more than 4,000 people, whose salaries are much higher than those of outside companies on average. Therefore, Lin Zuhui's prestige is even more worthy of the nickname of 'Chinese Total D'. Although he is not in government, his influence is close to that of the Hong Kong government.

Then, Lin Zuhui listened to the relocation of the headquarters and told everyone to cherish the environment and equipment. The construction and equipment of ATV's headquarters were originally estimated to be 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, but it is estimated to be worth more than 100 million or 200 million.

You must know that the land of ATV's headquarters is very cheap, which is a preferential treatment, and of course, it is also a benefit that the Hong Kong government hopes that Lin Zuhui will list ATV.

Lin Zuhui invests in media and communication, and does not particularly value profits, so the treatment of employees is good and the company's hardware facilities are good; Next year, when the time comes, YG Entertainment will also go public through a backdoor listing.

So after the meeting, Lin Zuhui left ATV's 'God of Wealth' Li Baoan to explain the preparations for the backdoor listing.

(End of chapter)