Time passed by, and in a blink of an eye, it entered the twelfth lunar month. Just after the Laba Festival, on January 26, 1980, Li Guangyu was looking through the group's documents in the office, and Zhang Ziyu walked in.
"Li Sheng, I just received the news that Li's TV station has changed owners, and Li's Voice Group has transferred all its shares." Zhang Ziyu said.
In response to the suppression by Jiayi and TVB, Li Guangyu even moved out the parliamentary staff in England. Li Guangyu thought they would hold on, but he didn't expect that Li's TV station would be transferred in just one month.
Li Guangyu was speechless about Li's voice group. Last month, he represented a British-funded consortium to control a TV station for the British government so that the British government could have a certain influence in the Hong Kong media industry. In the blink of an eye, someone took over the business and he immediately
Having sold the TV station, it deserves to be called a capital group.
Li Guangyu asked: "Now that Li's TV station is like this, there is still someone willing to take over Li's TV station. Do you know who took over Li's TV station?"
Zhang Ziyu replied: "Li Sheng, according to the news from the other side, the person who took over Li's TV station this time was Mr. Qiu Degen, chairman of the Far East Group, who took over 61% of the shares of Li's Voice."
Li Guangyu did not expect that even with his influence, even if Li's was suppressed by the two major TV stations, TVB and Jiayi, Qiu Degen's acquisition of Li's would still not change, and it would be two years earlier than in the previous life.
At this time, in the conference room of Li's Building, Qiu Degen was presiding over a high-level meeting of Li's.
Qiu Degen said: "Mr. Huang Xizhao still serves as the general manager of the TV station. At the same time, our TV station was renamed Asia Television. Manager Huang arranged for personnel to design our new logo."
Huang Xizhao is very happy that the boss of the TV station has been changed to a Chinese. Qiu Degen has worked in the film industry before and is no stranger to the TV station industry. This is very beneficial to Asian TV stations.
Huang Xizhao said: "Sir Qiu, I will arrange to design our new logo after the meeting, and the name change of the TV station will be completed tomorrow."
Although Qiu Degen took over the TV station, looking at the talents of the current TV station, even if he has some ambitions and wants to build Asia TV to be able to compete with TVB and Jiayi, it is still difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.
Qiu Degen said: "Huang Sheng, you need to stabilize the talents of our TV station now, and at the same time dig out some useful talents as soon as possible. If our TV station wants to develop, the current situation will not work."
Huang Xizhao is also very aware of the situation in today's TV stations. If Jiayi and TVB didn't have their own general managers, he might have left the TV station. Except for himself and Xu Xiaoming, all the good talents in TV stations today have been poached by Jiayi and TVB.
, the TV station also has some less famous personnel left.
Huang Xizhao said: "Sir Qiu, our main problem today is the lack of funds for the TV station to operate. At the same time, we have to face the joint suppression of TVB and Jiayi, so our development is difficult."
Qiu Degen used to be very happy that Jiayi and TVB suppressed Li's TV station controlled by the British consortium, but now that he has taken control of the TV station, this matter is not so happy.
Qiu Degen said: "As for the funding issue of the TV station, I will discuss with Xu Shixun and several shareholders to inject 50 million Hong Kong dollars into the TV station for the development of the TV station."
Huang Xizhao was really driven crazy by development funds during this period. He wanted to make a better program but had to give up due to lack of funds. This time I heard that Qiu Degen would join other shareholders to inject 50 million Hong Kong dollars into the TV station, and his mood suddenly improved.
stand up.
Huang Xizhao said: "Thank you Mr. Qiu for your support. I will definitely lead the development of the TV station."
Qiu Degen continued: "As for the joint suppression by Jiayi and TVB, I will talk to Li Guangyu and Run Run Shaw. I think they will give me this face and will not specifically target our TV station. However, competition will still exist.
If we continue, I can prevent them from joining forces to suppress us. If we don't develop well on our own, it will be of no use."
Huang Xizhao was severely suppressed by TVB and Jiayi last year. In terms of TV dramas, Jiayi and TVB took turns suppressing Li at different times. In terms of talents, the top management of the two TV stations also sent out good treatment.
Commitment to the big screen, talent poaching for TV stations.
Huang Xizhao said: "Sir Qiu, as long as TVB and Jiayi don't take turns suppressing us, I am confident that we can develop the TV station."
Qiu Degen knew a lot about Huang Xizhao's ability, and still believed that he could lead the development of the TV station. The reason why Li's situation was so miserable this time was mainly because Li Guangyu's Jiayi Group refused to let go of Li's.
Run Run Shaw is also very willing to see Lai's bankruptcy. If the two families work together, it would be strange if Lai's is not over.
These two TV stations already have a lot of talents. Wireless TVB has always been known as the Whampoa Military Academy of Hong Kong artists, while Jiayi Group has the strong financial support of Li Guangyu and is also full of talents.
Looking back at Lydia, since it was controlled by a British consortium in the past, it was very difficult for actors to develop. Wireless has Shaw Brothers Pictures, and Jiayi also owns Jiayi Film Company. Their actors can develop in many ways, but there is no such thing for Lydia.
condition.
The most important thing that suppresses Li's is the mutual loan of artists between TVB and Li's. This is very enviable for Li's actors. This means that working in these two TV stations, their own development opportunities are better than Li's.
Much more.
Huang Xizhao said: "Qiu Sheng, there are not many well-known artists in our TV station now. I hope you can reach a certain agreement with Shao Sheng and Li Sheng so that our TV station can use some of their artists."
Huang Xizhao has no choice. Today, TV stations do not have pillars capable of taking on important responsibilities, so they can only temporarily borrow from two other TV stations. As for the pillars of the TV station, they can only be cultivated slowly in the future.
Qiu Degen said: "I will discuss this matter with them. You should not put all your hopes on others. You should also take the initiative to explore yourself. I think there will still be some people who lack opportunities, and our TV station now has many opportunities.
for them to develop.”
Qiu Degen didn't think that those two companies would generously lend their artists to him to help him develop the TV station to compete with them. It would be good if they could not jointly suppress him.
Qiu Degen is also very aware of the tricks Li Guangyu played last month. He did a good job on the surface and said that his artists are upright and can accept film contracts from any company.
But look, none of his artists have accepted film contracts from Li's and Golden Harvest. Could it be that those artists really don't even make any money? Qiu Degen doesn't believe this.
Qiu Degen said: "Huang Sheng, our Asian TV station has also learned from TVB and Jiayi, such as TVB's Miss Xiangjiang beauty pageant. We can definitely organize a Miss Asia beauty pageant."
Huang Xizhao naturally had no objection to this and said to Qiu Degen: "Sheng Qiu, we will immediately plan this plan and strive to beat TVB's Miss Hong Kong contest."
Qiu Degen said: "I hope everyone will cooperate with Manager Huang's work in the next period of time and lead our TV station out of the predicament."
Everyone present at the meeting replied: "Don't worry, Mr. Qiu, we will develop Asia Television well under the leadership of Huang Sheng."
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