As time came to September, Jiayi TV came to an end in August after a grand offensive in July. On the morning of August 21, 1978, Jiayi announced that it would cease operations due to financial difficulties.
broadcast.
On September 7, Jiayi TV was facing liquidation. Hong Kong bankruptcy administrator Huo Si was appointed as the liquidator and temporarily took over Jiashi. In the afternoon, more than 300 Jiashi employees, led by He Juhua, petitioned the Hong Kong Government to investigate all matters related to Jiashi.
responsibility to protect the rights and interests of its employees.
The opportunity that Li Guangyu had been waiting for finally came. On the morning of September 8, he made an appointment with Hoss for tea at the Peninsula Hotel.
After chatting with Hoss for a while, he said to Hoss: "Mr. Hoss, you are currently the liquidator of Jiashi. It is not easy for Jiashi to change hands now, especially after the petition incident yesterday afternoon."
Huos was currently worried about the liquidation of Jia Shi. When he heard Li Guangyu ask this question, he immediately knew that Li Guangyu had thoughts about Jia Shi. So he said to Li Guangyu, "Li Sheng, could it be that you want to take over Jia Shi TV?"
Li Guangyu said: "Mr. Hoss, I am also one of the shareholders of Jiayi TV, and I don't want Jiayi to withdraw from the stage of Xiangjiang."
Huos said enthusiastically: "Li Sheng, you are really willing to take over Jiashi. Now you only need about 50 million to acquire it. Now we have the shares of all Jiashi shareholders in our custody, including yours, Li Sheng."
shares.”
Li Guangyu waited until this moment to take action not because of money issues. He said to Hoss: "Although I have the intention to take over Jiashi, due to some special regulations, Jiashi simply cannot compete with TVB and Li. I can't
You know it’s a trap but you still jump into it.”
After hearing what Li Guangyu said, Huos knew that he wanted to lift the requirement that Jiayi TV station must broadcast educational programs within a certain period of time. He said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, I also agree with some of Jiayi TV's regulations.
I can't make the decision to help you lift it. However, after the petition incident that happened yesterday afternoon, the Hong Kong Government must be under a lot of pressure now. Now you contact some people to help smooth the relationship, and you talk to Governor MacLehose. I will take it from there.
If you try harder, I believe it can relieve your troubles in this regard."
When Li Guangyu heard what Hoss said, he knew there was an opportunity, so he said to him: "Mr. Hoss, thank you very much. I will contact the Hong Kong Governor's Office as soon as possible to try to solve the Jiashi problem for you as soon as possible."
In the next few days, Li Guangyu visited He Zuozhi, Luo Decheng, and Li Ka-shing respectively, asking them to come forward to clear the relationship for the lifting of Jiashi's restrictions. Li Guangyu even personally visited the Governor of Hong Kong, MacLehose. It took a week to complete the negotiations.
The general conditions are that Li Guangyu paid 60 million to acquire Jiayi TV Station and spent 150 million to acquire Jiayi Building. And he must broadcast educational programs from 10:30 to 11:30 in the evening, but not in other time periods.
Make strict rules again.
On September 15, Li Guangyu officially acquired Jiayi TV. At 9:30 in the morning, Jiayi's senior executives were already waiting for Li Guangyu's arrival in the conference room. Zhou Liang Shuyi, Liu Tianci, Shi Shaoming, Lu Guozhan, Ye Jiexin, Lin Xuhua and others
The senior executives were all present either excitedly or apprehensively.
Li Guangyu walked slowly into the conference room and looked at the TV talent elites in office. These will be the foundation of the Li Family Film and Television Group.
Li Guangyu said in the meeting: "From today on, my Li family will control Jiayi TV, with me as the chairman of the board of directors, Ms. Zhou Liang Shuyi as the general manager, Bai Jiangting as the company's financial director, and Liu Tianci as the company's financial director."
Creative director, Shi Shaoming as program director, Ye Jiexin as production director..."
After announcing his appointment at the company, Li Guangyu said: "I will invest 200 million Hong Kong dollars in the company for the development of the TV station, and we have canceled the mandatory broadcast of educational programs from 2 to 6 p.m. and from 9 to 10:30 p.m.
limitations, now we really have wireless and Li
The confidence to compete on the same stage. As a media company, Jiayi TV, I hope you can adhere to the philosophy of my subsidiary Xiangyu Group and conduct news reports with a fair, objective and realistic attitude. At the same time, we treat everyone equally regardless of whether we treat the mainland or the island.
Report impartially.”
Li Guangyu slowly continued: "In the rest of this year, our Li Group will develop our film company, record company, and establish our own theater chain based on TV stations to form our film and television group.
Our employees at the station can also develop into movies, from small screens to big screens."
In a meeting lasting more than an hour, Li Guangyu elaborated on his plans for the film and television group and some arrangements for the future of the television station.
After the meeting, Li Guangyu came to Chow Leung Suk-yee's office. He said to Chow Leung Suk-yee: "I have two ideas about TV programs. The first is our educational program. We asked a history professor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong to open a hundred
forum program, and the second one is the Good Voice program.”
After Li Guangyu told Zhou Liang Shuyi about the methods of these two programs in later generations, Zhou Liang Shuyi told her from her many years of experience in the TV station industry that these two programs will definitely have a higher collection rate, especially the good voice project, which can not only provide
The station brings ratings and can also discover talents for future record companies.
Zhou Liang Shuyi immediately said to Li Guangyu: "These two ideas of the chairman are very suitable for the production of our TV station and will be our flagship products after the resumption of the station. I will negotiate with the station and arrange personnel to start these two projects as soon as possible."
Seeing that Zhou Liang Shuyi had adopted his opinion, Li Guangyu said to him: "Our Taiwan News Department can cooperate with Xiangyu Daily, a subsidiary of Xiangyu Group, to share news with each other."
Zhou Liang Shuyi was even more happy when she heard what Li Guangyu said. With the cooperation of Xiangyu Group, the quality of Jiayi TV's news programs can be greatly improved.
After Li Guangyu and Zhou Liang Shuyi talked about the TV station, they went to the office of Financial Director Bai Jiangting.
When Bai Jiangting saw Li Guangyu coming to the office, she immediately stood up and said, "Hello, Chairman, what can I do for you?"
Li Guangyu said: "Jiang Ting, the reason why I transferred you from Xiangyu Group is because Manager Zhou Liang Shuyi has a very strong working ability and has an extremely keen intuition about the development of the TV industry, but she also has a strong ability to spend money.
So I hope you can strictly review the finances of each project in the company."
"Please rest assured that I will strictly review the finances of each project in accordance with the company's requirements, and strictly supervise the company's financial expenditures on each project." Bai Jiangting said to Li Guangyu.
Li Guangyu felt much more relieved when he saw that Bai Jiangting was paying attention to this matter.
In the afternoon, I came to Xiangyu Group and told Li Xuemei about the cooperation between the two companies, and asked Li Xuemei to arrange the future cooperation between the two companies.