In this November, accidents occurred frequently. On November 18, a big accident occurred at London Cross Railway Station, and a fire broke out in the ATV Building on the 23rd.
On the 28th, South African Airways Flight 295 crashed, killing all 159 people on board.
Following the news that followed, Li Guangyu repeatedly emphasized safety issues to senior executives of major groups this month, asking the security department to conduct a comprehensive investigation of hidden dangers in the group to prevent similar accidents from happening to Li's industries.
On the morning after the fire broke out in the ATV Building, Li Guangyu met with Qiu Degen at Xinyi Teahouse in Central.
Although the fire in the ATV Building was extinguished at 9pm last night through the efforts of the Xiangjiang Fire Department, the ATV Building is currently unable to carry out normal operations.
After sitting down, Li Guangyu said: "Uncle Qiu, if you have any questions, just tell me and I will try my best to help."
At this time, Li Guangyu knew without guessing that Qiu Degen was looking for him because of ATV's affairs. The ATV building is now unavailable, but ATV cannot be suspended forever. It must be restored as soon as possible. It is not easy for ATV to develop to this point.
, it will be ruined if it is stopped for a long time.
Nowadays, the three major TV stations in Hong Kong are all satellite TVs. In addition, several parties are willing to invest and have relatively high requirements for program quality, making the benefits of these TV stations very good.
Now the three TV stations are implementing staggered development. In addition to the comprehensive station, Jiayi also has a sports channel, a news channel, a Mandarin channel, and a children's channel.
In addition to comprehensive channels, ATV also has music channels and TV drama channels.
In addition to wireless integrated channels, wireless also has wireless movie channels and wireless variety channels.
The three major TV stations have initially constructed a program channel that covers the needs of various groups of people. Relying on the support of overseas market crowds, the advertising fees of these major TV stations have increased year by year, and several TV stations have achieved good profits.
Qiu Degen was not polite to Li Guangyu at this time. Over the years, the relationship between the two parties has become quite familiar. He, Far East Bank, is now also one of the shareholders of New Asia Investment Company, and he is also a member of the Xiangjiang Consortium.
He said aloud: "Guangyu, I came to you today to hope that ATV employees can work in Jiayi Building for the time being. I am going to demolish the ATV Building directly and build a new ATV Building in Tseung Kwan O. By then, all ATVs will be moved there.
Go aside."
Mount Wutai is too crowded, especially since several major TV stations have continued to expand their frequency over the years. It is not suitable for several major TV stations to continue to stay together.
Qiu Degen knew very well that TVB had long planned to move to Tseung Kwan O. This time something like this happened in the ATV Building, Qiu Degen simply went there one step ahead. The Film and Television School and the Music School in Tseung Kwan O will open next fall.
Once ATV goes there, it will be easier to find talents.
It is a pity that the Communication University of Hong Kong has been established in Tin Shui Wai. If it were also located in Tseung Kwan O, it would be more conducive to the development of ATV. Tseung Kwan O will definitely become the new film and television entertainment center in Hong Kong.
Jiayi Building has just been completed a few years ago, so there is no problem for ATV to work in it. Jiayi still has enough free space.
After Qiu Degen finished speaking, Li Guangyu immediately responded: "Uncle Qiu, there is no problem with this matter. I will say hello to Tang Zaichuan, Ye Jiexin and others. You can just ask the top management at ATV to contact them."
Qiu Degen smiled and said: "Guangyu, thank you for your help. This fire has hit our ATV quite hard. Many equipment have been damaged. In this regard, we still need to borrow Jiayi's equipment for a few days. ATV is purchasing various equipment needed in various places.
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The only thing that makes Qiu Degen feel lucky is that ATV's film library was not engulfed by the fire and that ATV's film library is still intact. Otherwise, ATV would really be emptied by the fire this time.
The main reason for this fire was the aging of the lines. ATV was formerly known as Lidian. This building has been in use for decades, and many facilities can no longer keep up with the development of ATV.
Qiu Degen is usually very busy, with many properties under his control. ATV is basically managed by Huang Xizhao. He rarely interferes in matters here, so he neglects some aspects.
After this incident, Qiu Degen became alert and specifically asked his Far East Bank, Far East International Hotel, and Xiangjiang Far East Holdings Group to conduct major inspections on the safety of their industries, especially the circuit safety of the industries.
"Uncle Qiu, our Jiayi still has spare equipment. I will inform Ye Jiexin that ATV personnel can use it directly after entering the Jiayi Building. ATV will not be greatly affected."
Li Guangyu still attaches great importance to ATV. He is also a shareholder of ATV. ATV is also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Affected by the stock market crash, coupled with yesterday's fire, ATV has been hit hard again, but ATV's current market value is still
Reached more than 1.8 billion Hong Kong dollars.
At present, Heungkong Far East Holdings Group holds the largest share of ATV, occupying 35% of the shares, Hong Kong Bank holds 15% of the shares, Hsinchu Commercial Bank holds 10% of the shares, Tianyu Investment Company also holds 10% of the shares, and the other 30% is circulated
share.
Li Guangyu didn't want ATV to go bankrupt. Let alone Qiu Degen, even if Qiu Degen didn't come in person, he would still find a way to help ATV survive this crisis.
The existence of three TV stations in Xiangjiang is ideal, so that they can compete without appearing too cluttered. Domination by one TV station is not conducive to the development of Xiangjiang's film and television entertainment. If there is no competitive pressure, there will be no motivation.
Now the three TV stations have their own strengths and audience groups. They compete with each other and cooperate with each other. Only in this way can Hong Kong's TV industry prosper for a long time.
Li Guangyu is not only one of the major shareholders of ATV, he also controls 15% of the shares of TVB, but it is not controlled by Tianyu Investment Company.
After discussing the ATV matter, Qiu Degen asked: "Guangyu, will you attend the opening ceremony of the National Games in Huadu tomorrow morning?"
This time Jiayi Sports Channel will broadcast the event live, and TVB and ATV will also have reporter teams to interview and report. At the same time, the presidents of TVB, ATV and Jiayi will attend.
Huo Yingdong and his son Huo Zhengting, who have always been fond of sports and have been actively working for mainland sports, will also attend.
He himself also received an invitation from Huo Yingdong. If it hadn't been for the fire at ATV, he would have gone to Huacheng by now.
Li Guangyu also received an invitation from high-level officials of Guangdong Province this time, and the donations under Li Guangyu during this National Games were not small. A number of groups donated more than 50 million yuan in total.
But this donation is not in vain. There will be billboards for his products in many venues of the National Games. This is a large-scale promotion of his products. Anyway, Li Guangyu feels that he has made a profit this time.
, you must know that mainland CCTV will also provide live coverage of some events.
Li Guangyu responded: "Uncle Qiu, I will take a special plane with Weiqing at four o'clock this afternoon. This National Games is in Huacheng. It is rare that it is so close to our Xiangjiang. Moreover, many of my industries are developing in Guangdong Province. This time it is just right.
Drop by and take a look.”
Seeing Li Guangyu's special plane passing by, Qiu Degen said: "Guangyu, since your special plane is going over, let's go with you, so that I don't have to charter a special plane."