Li Jianhui was very busy in September, including the arrival of equipment in several major factories, the recruitment of production employees, and the relocation of office areas.
Just before the wedding of the eldest son of the Huo family, a huge shock occurred in the media industry in Hong Kong. Jiashi, one of the three major free TV stations, announced its closure.
This TV station, which was founded in 1975, did not expect that its existence would be so short-lived. In just three years, it had to choose to close due to economic reasons.
At the beginning of the year, there was a huge push to have a showdown with Wireless and launch a July offensive. However, this project turned out to be the last straw for Jiashi.
In the office of the president of Huihong Gaming Group, Li Jianhui read the newspaper and fell into deep thought. He had been undecided whether to take over the TV station.
As someone who came from time travel, Li Jianhui is very aware of the importance of a media to him. Controlling a TV station gives him a channel to express his voice.
However, the Hong Kong government's restrictions on Jiashi made him rather wait two years to seize Li's from the British consortium than take over the current Jiashi.
Chen Yulian looked at the hesitant Li Jianhui and said: "Jianhui, if you feel that the current Jiashi is not suitable for our development, then let it go for the time being.
Now that bankruptcy administrator Hoss has taken over Jiashi and is responsible for the liquidation of Jiashi, there may be a turnaround in the future, and the time limit on the time Jishi must broadcast educational programs will be removed, waiting for someone to take over Jishi."
Chen Yulian is relatively happy that Li Jianhui is preparing to enter the film and television media industry. Although she only stayed in the TVB artist training class for less than half a year, she once imagined that she could become a big star like Zhao Yazhi, Wang Mingquan, and Mi Jie.
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Although it is impossible for her to become an actress now, if Li Jianhui has a film and television media group, she can also become a star in the entertainment industry.
Thinking that the star she once looked up to and envied could become her subordinate, Chen Yulian felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
Li Jianhui is not a forward-thinking person. He is interested in Jiashi, but there is a prerequisite, that is, the special regulations for Jiashi must be cancelled, so that Jiashi can be the same as TVB and Li.
He said to Chen Yulian on the side: "Contact Huos and ask if he is free tonight. I will treat him to dinner at the Peninsula Hotel."
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At this time, Hoss stood in front of MacLehose with a look of helplessness. Just outside the Government House, more than 400 employees of Jiashi were protesting collectively, demanding that Jiashi resume broadcasting.
Nowadays, Jiashi is in a mess. The capable employees have already switched jobs to Wireless Reliance. The remaining employees are not said to be incompetent, but some people are just messing around.
In the past, there were outstanding artists such as Mi Jie, Zheng Yuling, Wei Qiuhua, Luo Lelin, Yang Panpan, etc., but Jiashi failed to make a profit. Now that they have all left, how can Jiashi be brought back to life by passersby like Jiashi?
The Bankruptcy Administration will not waste taxpayers' money, and they will never give in to these people's coercive petitions.
MacLehose was quite unhappy with what happened today. In the past few years of taking office in Hong Kong, such a situation had rarely occurred.
He said with some dissatisfaction to Hoss: "What's going on with your job? Why are hundreds of Jiashi employees gathered outside?"
Faced with MacLehose's questioning, Hoss also looked very unhappy. This time, hundreds of Jiashi employees gathered outside the Governor's Mansion. It was obvious that someone was working in tandem.
As the current manager of Jiashi, he actually had no knowledge of this. This was a serious mistake in his work.
"I think this incident was premeditated, and their purpose was to force us to restart the broadcast on Jiashi."
MacLehose didn't want to hear Hoss's explanation at all. He said aloud: "Now I don't care whether there is anyone directing or controlling, you can let the police department do this.
I just want to know when the Jiashi incident will be resolved, and is your Bankruptcy Management Bureau prepared to keep Jiashi in your hands?"
MacLehose has obviously lost patience with Jiashi. From the time Jishi stopped broadcasting last month, to the court officially announcing the liquidation on the 7th of this month and handing it over to the Bankruptcy Authority.
During this period, the issue of Jiashi has been making a lot of noise, which has greatly damaged Xiangjiang and his image.
In fact, Hoss is very clear about the root problem of Jiashi. Jiashi has suffered the current fate and no one has taken over the business. This is largely due to the restrictions imposed by the Heung Kong Television Advisory Committee on Jiashi.
One is that each shareholder cannot own more than 15% of the shares, and the other is that two hours of educational programs are broadcast during prime time from Monday to Friday, from 9:30 to 11:30 in the evening, and no advertisements are allowed in the program.
The second point is simply the Achilles heel of Jiashi. Due to the rapid economic development in Hong Kong, people's pace of life is very fast. The prime time of TV stations is usually from 8:30 to 11:30, which takes up two hours, making it very difficult for Jiashi.
Reversal of losses.
Many people have come to him these days, showing great interest in Jiashi, but they all mentioned restrictions and asked the TV Advisory Committee to treat the three channels equally and cancel special requirements for Jiashi.
It's just that Hoss can't make the decision at all on this matter. After all, he is only an official of the Bankruptcy Administration and has no control over the Television Advisory Committee.
He said with some complaints: "It's not that I don't want to get rid of Jiayi as soon as possible. The main reason is that the News Media Management Office and the Television Advisory Committee have too many restrictions on Jiayi, and there is simply no capital willing to take over.
If the Governor can get these two companies to completely cancel the special requirements for Jiashi, so that Jiashi can compete fairly with TVB, I guarantee that we will find the capital to take over Jiashi within a week."
Regarding the issue of lifting restrictions, MacLehose did not immediately agree. The various restrictions on Jiayi were originally approved by him.
The reason is very simple. With Wireless being controlled by Chinese investors and Lidian being controlled by British investors, he does not want another Chinese-owned TV station to emerge that can compete with these two.
We must know that a free TV station in this era has great influence on Hong Kong, and he must ensure that the public opinion in Hong Kong is under his control.
The original founder of Jiashi was He Zuozhi. Considering the influence of the He family and the fact that his drastic reforms required the support of all parties, we agreed to the establishment of Jiashi.
Even so, he also imposed various restrictions on it to prevent Jiashi from joining forces with Wireless to squeeze out Li's.
If these conditions are relaxed now, he can guarantee that the major Chinese families in Xiangjiang will take action. It would be better if this TV station is controlled by the right. If it is controlled by the left, it will be a big trouble for him.
After pondering for a long time, MacLehose finally opened his mouth and said to Hoss: "The special conditions can be cancelled, but you have chosen the trading partner for me and made special provisions. The transaction of Jiashi shares must be
Reviewed by the Television Advisory Committee.
GoodTV shareholders are not allowed to sell their shares without approval from the Television Advisory Committee."
Hoss was very happy in his heart. With MacLehose's approval, he would be able to get rid of this mess of Jiashi very soon.
As for MacLehose's request, it didn't matter to him. He knew which families MacLehose didn't want to get involved in the TV station, and he didn't want to deal with those people.