Chapter 167 The Hang Lung that cannot be underestimated
At the beginning of the new year, due to internal inflation in the UK, the finances of the parent company of Li's TV Station, Li's Voice, became increasingly tight. In addition, Li's TV station faced competition from Wireless and Jiayi, and its profits fell sharply in 1979. This made Li's Voice
Finally decided to sell Li's TV station.
As soon as this news came out, Li's employees were upset, and TVB Jiashi took the opportunity to recruit a large number of talents from Li's.
Especially Jiashi, with the backing of Jiayi Group and Xinjian Department, they directly poached several of Li's pillars, Michelle, and Yang Panpan to return to Jiayi. At the same time, they also poached Li Saifeng and Liu Songren, Li's little girl.
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The famous Li Sanxiong was acquired by Jia Shi, and screenwriter Xiao Ruoyuan was also recruited by Shi Shaoming himself.
TVB was not lenient either, and many of Li's generals were poached, including Xu Xiaoming, Liang Shuzhuang, Chen Jingyi, etc.
Nowadays, Li's is in the same situation that Jiashi once faced. All the generals who have the ability to change jobs have chosen to change jobs, leaving only a few kittens.
Li Jianhui asked Jiayi Group to pay close attention to the changes in Li's. He wanted to see whether the MacLehose government and the British side would support those companies to the end.
If you want to contain your own Xinjian system, how can you do it without a large media group? Now is the best opportunity for these parties to enter the media industry in Hong Kong.
After a large number of employees changed jobs, Li's market price dropped significantly, and it was possible to acquire this TV station without spending much money.
I don’t know if it’s because Li’s voice is really eager to take action, or if it’s because the MacLehose government has done some work inside.
Less than a week after news broke that Lai's TV station was for sale, Lai's Voice reached an agreement with Hang Lung Group to sell it for HK$100 million.
Many Xiangjiang citizens were happy about this. From this day on, the controlling shareholders of the three major TV stations were all Chinese, and the influence of British-owned enterprises in Xiangjiang was further weakened.
At the following press conference, Chen Zengxi announced that Lai's TV station was renamed Asia Television, also known as ATV. At the same time, he announced that Zhou Liang Shuyi would serve as the general manager of ATV and would invest 100 million Hong Kong dollars in ATV for the development of the TV station.
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Wheelock Building, Zhou Jiayi said unhappily: "Jianhui, the other party's name ATV is a bit too much. As a result, our Miss Asia program has some overlap with the other party's TV name. Those who are not sure think this program is ATV."
What about?"
Li Jianhui also didn't expect that his arrival did not change Li's fate. It still became ATV. Speaking of which, the program really belonged to ATV, but it was just because he had used it in advance for Jiayi after he arrived.
He could only reluctantly say: "ATV is ATV, and the Miss Asia program is the Miss Asia program. There is no connection between the two parties. As for the other party's choice of such a name, we have nothing to do. Can't we change the name of the program?"
Zhou Jiayi really has this idea. He feels that Miss Asia is actually not that good. The contestants are all Chinese anyway, so it can be changed to the Miss Chinese beauty pageant, or Miss China for short.
Li Jianhui obviously disagrees with Zhou Jiayi's opinion. Once Jiashi becomes a star, he will focus on the Southeast Asian market in the future. Changing this name will seriously affect Jishi's ratings and broadcast rates.
He said aloud: "There is no need to think about this matter. Hang Lung has developed many industries in recent years. Although its edge has been overshadowed by our Xinjian Department, its strength cannot be underestimated.
Moreover, the other party has a very good relationship with Japan's Iwasaki family and has conducted many cooperations with companies under the Mitsubishi Group.
The other party has initially established a comprehensive group with real estate as the core and finance, hotels, retail, petroleum gas, dry cleaning, and media as supplements. If we are not careful, we may fall down."
The current Xiangjiang is not dominated by the four major families in the previous life. Not to mention the recognized Chinese business leaders, Dong Haoyun, Cao Wenjin of Wanbang Group, Chen Zengxi of Hang Lung Group, and Li Guobao of the East Asia Li family are all higher in strength and reputation than those few. .
In particular, Hang Lung Group has always been one of the top five Chinese-funded companies, and with Hang Lung Bank as an auxiliary, Cheung Kong cannot yet compare with it. Even Sun Hung Kai Properties has been surpassed by Hang Lung in stock market value due to the Sha Tin fever.
Li Jianhui didn't mention it, but Zhou Jiayi didn't think much of Hang Lung Group. In the inherent impression of the public in Hong Kong, Hang Lung was very powerful and one of the top five Chinese-owned companies. That was about it.
Now when talking about Heung Kong Enterprises, the first thing everyone thinks of is the Xin Jian Group, but they did not realize that Hang Lung actually has the potential to develop into a consortium.
The other party has already spanned multiple industries and has a bank as its backbone. As long as there are no major mistakes in the future, its future strength cannot be underestimated.
"Jianhui, do you think we need to ask the Political Research Office to list Hang Lung as a key target of attention to prevent problems in the rear when we compete with other forces in the future?"
Li Jianhui knew that the butterfly effect would become more and more influential. Many memories from the past life could only be used as reference. Especially in Xiangjiang, many things were already very different from the previous life. He did not know whether Heng Lung would become a party because of him. overlord.
You must know that the current potential of this company is much greater than that of Cheung Kong, Henderson, and New World. If there had not been the subsequent Admiralty Incident, it would not be impossible for Hang Lung to become the top financial group in Hong Kong.
According to the latest ranking of the top ten Chinese-owned families in Hong Kong by some newspapers, the Li Jianhui family ranks first, the Bao Yugang family second, the Li Guobao family third, and the fourth is the Chen Zengxi family.
Although the wealth of Zhang Guangwen and Li Chunxue has increased rapidly, the Zhang family has not yet entered the top ten Chinese-owned families in Xiangjiang.
In order to avoid instability in the rear when competing with other consortiums in the future, he also felt that it was necessary to pay more attention to these forces.
Especially since the head of the Chen family studied in Japan before World War II and now has a relationship with the Mitsubishi Consortium, Li Jianhui had to take some precautions.
The Xin Jian Group, which is based on Xiangjiang, is basically in Greater China and its main market is Asia, which is also the main market of the Japanese consortium. In the future, for the competition for the market, there will inevitably be some disputes between the two sides. Li Jianhui does not want anyone behind him at that time. Pull him back.
In order to cause some trouble for Hang Lung, Li Jianhui thought of a classic case from his previous life, and he felt that he needed to make good use of it.
He told Zhou Jiayi: "Let Wu Junkun know about the situation of Jianing Group. If possible, try your best to urge the general manager of Jianing to find Henglong for cooperation. Be careful not to let Chen Songqing associate with us."
I have heard a lot about Jia Ning and Zhou Jiayi. This can be regarded as a newly rising business elite in Hong Kong, and the current development momentum is quite good.
It’s just that he doesn’t understand why Li Jianhui wants to promote the cooperation between Carin and Hang Lung. Doesn’t this give Hang Lung more support?
Regarding Zhou Jiayi's questions, Li Jianhui did not explain too much and just asked her to convey his thoughts to Wu Jiankun.