It only took Qiu Degen a few years to develop a non-mainstream TV station, and it was so difficult to catch up with TVB, the leader in the Hong Kong TV industry, that he had no choice but to suppress it. This can be regarded as an outstanding ability.
Unfortunately, he was implicated in the Far East Bank fraud case and was investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, so he had to give up control of ATV.
Qiu Degen really wanted to do ATV well, so he weighed it carefully and decided to send someone to Qiao Hongwei, hoping to persuade Erection to take over ATV in the future.
To build a successful TV station, funds, connections and abilities are all indispensable. Qiu Degen believes that with the funds and connections for the future, as well as his own team at ATV, he can accelerate the development of ATV and take it to the next level.
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However, although the ideal is full, the reality is skinny.
Although people from the Far East Group came to the door on their own initiative and offered quite good transfer conditions, which seemed to be full of sincerity, Qiao Hongwei was not interested.
As Sun Dahai's chief steward and soon to be the general manager of the Future Group, Qiao Hongwei certainly knew that in Sun Dahai's development plan for the group, there was no intention to control the TV station at all.
There are still eight years left before the return of Hong Kong. If Sun Dahai's future construction department wants to take over ATV, I am afraid that the Hong Kong government and the country will have to wonder: What on earth are you going to do?
The mainland mark on Sun Dahai and the Future System is too obvious. The possibility of his taking over ATV to be approved by the Hong Kong government is probably even lower than the possibility of the Huo family being approved.
Moreover, once the establishment of the future begins to operate, it will inevitably have a series of consequences, and will cause relevant people to speculate about the political leanings of the establishment of the future.
Setting up the future to take over ATV is not only troublesome now, but also how to deal with ATV's shares and management rights after Hong Kong's return is also a headache.
Sun Dahai, who has lived in two generations, knows how strong the government's control over the news media will be.
In a few years, if individuals, private companies or foreign companies want to do media in China, if it is ordinary professional media, it is easy to say, such as sports, music, cars, and emotions, these problems will not be big.
But if it touches on ideology or the national economy and people's livelihood, it is difficult to get approval and support from the government.
This is just talking about ordinary professional media.
If the government cannot maintain real-time supervision and management of these media, it will undoubtedly be a foolish dream for these media to develop and grow to a certain scale.
The degree of this kind of supervision is not necessarily consistent with the management and development of the company itself. In this case, Sun Dahai would be foolish to provoke these troubles.
There is a lot of business to be done in this era. In the eyes of the reborn, it can be said that there is gold everywhere.
Now that he knows this, why does Sun Dahai have to squeeze into this industry? What is he trying to do?
Qiao Hongwei knew Sun Dahai's thoughts very well, so when faced with the goodwill shown by the Far East Group, he could only treat it carelessly.
Originally, Sun Dahai had no involvement in the entertainment industry. It was only from Simon Yam that he got acquainted with Fa Ge, Hong Gu, Leslie Cheung and others, so Sun Dahai became involved in it.
He never wanted to develop this business on a large scale. It didn't matter if he invested some capital, as long as everyone could relax and live happily.
Therefore, Youlian now rents even its star gas station and the company's headquarters office building from Jiahua, in order to reduce the proportion of fixed assets in the capital structure of Youlian Brokerage Company and enable the company to move forward lightly.
In this case, the Far East Group's good intentions in setting up the future can only be thanked. After Qiao Hongwei solicited Sun Dahai's opinion on the phone, he declined the Far East Group's proposal to transfer ATV as a whole.
The top business district in Xiangjiang is actually not that big. Far East Group is facing a lot of troubles. Their every move is secretly watched by countless people.
Not long after the Far East Group sent someone to contact Qiao Hongwei privately, the second son of the Huo family called Sun Dahai who was far away in the capital. He came to act as a lobbyist for Uncle Shao Liu.
"Dahai, I heard that you want to acquire ATV?"
The Huo family brothers and Sun Dahai have a very good relationship, and they have been friends for many years. Therefore, the Huo family brother got straight to the point on the phone and asked questions directly.
"No, why should I buy ATV if I have nothing to do? Uncle Huo, who did you listen to?"
Sun Dahai had received a call from Qiao Hongwei two days ago and knew that Qiu Degen's Far East Group was in trouble.
However, this has nothing to do with him. ATV is just a wishful thinking of the Far East Group and wants to transfer it to Erection Future, and he has not agreed!
"It's fine if we don't have one. I believe you understand in your heart that our mainland background is too strong and it's not suitable for us to be a TV station in Xiangjiang."
"Yes, I know. But Uncle Huo, they only had private contact with me and did not enter the substantive negotiation stage. How come you even know about it?"
"Do you still think that Building the Future is what it was like when it was first established? To be honest with you, even our Huo Group now has dedicated personnel to pay attention to and study your development trends.
However, the ATV matter is not in line with our business scope, so it was not us who discovered it, but Ms. Fang Yihuafang from TVB who took the initiative to contact me.
She hopes that I will help you two connect, strengthen business ties, and form a strategic partnership in the media field."
There is no need for a heavy hammer to play the drum! Sun Dahai understood what the second eldest son of the Huo family said as soon as he heard it.
The question of whether to acquire ATV in the future has nothing to do with the Huo family. The second son of the Huo family would not call him specifically for this matter. No matter how good the relationship between the two families is, it cannot be wasted like this!
Since it was Fang Yihua who came forward, TVB couldn't sit still anymore. They invited the Huo family out, hoping that the Huo family could lead the way and have a direct dialogue with Erection Future.
"Then let's talk. You can make arrangements. I will arrange for Qiao Hongwei to contact you shortly.
Uncle Huo, TVB is the leader in the industry, so you won’t throw yourself into chaos just because of ATV, right?” Sun Dahai said nonchalantly.
Indeed, Sun Dahai doesn't care much about the existence of wireless.
The headquarters of Building Future is located in Xiangjiang, but there are not many businesses specifically located in Xiangjiang, and there is really not much business contact with wireless.
In other words, Youlian and No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant need to advertise and promote on the wireless from time to time, which costs up to 18 million Hong Kong dollars a year.
However, Youlian and No. 9 Hot Pot Restaurant are also doing the same business on ATV, which is not much different from the business on TVB. Although the overall ratings of ATV are lower than TVB, it is just because the overall cost is lower.
Therefore, now that Fang Yihua suddenly proposed the idea of strategic cooperation to EMC Future through the second son of the Huo family, the real reason can only be ATV.