Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1701 General Manager Huang

Speaking of Huang Xizhao, the first Chinese general manager of Lido TV, his affection for this TV station can be said to be very deep.

But in fact, Huang Xizhao's first TV station job was not in Li's, but in TVB.

In 1967, the first free TV station in Xiangjiang, Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. started broadcasting (wireless TV station).

Huang Xizhao was hired as the executive manager of the newly established TV station. Speaking of which, he can also be regarded as one of the pioneers of TVB.

However, Huang Xizhao left TVB the following year and joined the Heung Kong Community Chest as the first director of fundraising campaigns.

Until December 74, Li TV announced the appointment of Huang Xizhao, who had media experience, as the general manager, and Huang Xizhao took office the following year.

Twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye, and most of the time, both Lidi and ATV are basically at a disadvantage.

It wasn't until Lin Daoqiu acquired ATV and changed its name to Dongshi that TVB's image as a giant in Hong Kong was slowly broken bit by bit.

Although Huang Xizhao is very optimistic about resigning from Dongshi to become the principal of Hongkong Academy for Performing Arts, he is inevitably a little sad.

"When I took over the position of general manager of Li, I hoped to produce more and better programs to give back to the audience of Xiangjiang. So far, I think I have done a good job."

In Huang Xizhao's office, only Lin Daoqiu and Huang Xizhao sat and talked.

Tonight, Lin Daoqiu will hold a farewell party for Huang Xizhao. Today he specially came to Dongshi to accompany Huang Xizhao on his last journey at Dongshi.

"Manager Huang is too modest. I think you have done a good enough job. You are the biggest contributor to being able to survive the situation that Yili was in back then."

Back then, Lin Daoqiu was invited by Huang Xizhao to shoot three films in Li's, so he understood the difficulties Li's was facing at that time.

Under such circumstances, Huang Xizhao can still insist on leading Li's upper and lower teams to fight against wireless. This alone is enough to make Lin Daoqiu and Huang Xizhao admire him.

"The most correct thing I have done these years is to invite Mr. Lin to Li's. This is the most proud thing I have done so far."

Judging from the results, it was definitely a very correct choice for Huang Xizhao to invite Lin Daoqiu to film in Li's drama. At that time, Huang Xizhao admired Lin Daoqiu very much.

However, the reason why he was willing to invite Lin Daoqiu to come to Li's to make three films regardless of the cost was more because Lin Daoqiu's "Master Qian" broke the box office record of Xiangjiang movies at that time.

If it weren't for this, no matter how much Huang Xizhao admired Lin Daoqiu, he would not have been able to come to invite him in person, let alone give him more than the production cost of Li's drama at that time.

"Manager Huang, don't praise me. In fact, when I accepted your invitation to film Li's drama, I didn't have any confidence in my heart. I even had the idea of ​​running away if the filming failed."

Lin Daoqiu was humble in front of Huang Xizhao. At that time, if he said that Lin Daoqiu had no confidence in the drama he made, it was just a joke.

It's a pity that Ip Man was facing off against "Chu Liuxiang" carefully crafted by Wireless, so he couldn't win.

But fortunately, he still won "Chu Liuxiang" once in the finale, which more or less saved a little bit of face.

"Mr. Lin, don't be humble in front of me. You were full of confidence at that time, and in my opinion, you seemed to know from the beginning that your drama would be a success."

Huang Xizhao felt the confidence emanating from Lin Daoqiu at that time.

However, Huang Xizhao at the time believed that the reason why Lin Daoqiu was so confident was firstly because a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and secondly because he did have solid achievements like "Master Qian".

If it was me, I'm afraid I would be as confident as Lin Daoqiu.

"Manager Huang, let me tell you first, no matter how much you praise me, I won't give you a raise."

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Huang Xizhao was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed hahaha.

"Sorry, I like to look back on the past when I get older, but I believe that under the leadership of Mr. Lin, Dongshi will achieve better and better results in the future. It is only a matter of time before it surpasses TVB."

Huang Xizhao's greatest wish was not fulfilled, and his desire to lead Dongshi beyond TVB still failed to come true in the end.

But the good thing is that Dongshi has a strong momentum now. In Huang Xizhao's view, it only takes three to five years. Even if Dongshi does not formally surpass TVB, it can at least maintain the trend of [-]-[-] points with the opponent.

It's a pity that he is no longer a member of Dongshi by then, and he feels very regretful that he couldn't do this by himself.

"Manager Huang has contributed a lot to East TV's success today. I know that you have always hoped that East TV can surpass TVB and become the largest TV station in Hong Kong. I believe this wish will be fulfilled in a short time."

What Lin Daoqiu said was categorical, but Lin Daoqiu actually had some things that he did not tell Huang Xizhao.

In fact, since he bought Dongshi to the present, he has never put his heart into managing it. Instead, he has handed everything over to Huang Xizhao and Zeng Lizhen.

If Lin Daoqiu made a move one day earlier, the good days of wireless would have ended one day earlier.

It's just that now Lin Daoqiu's thoughts are all on the side of the movie, and he doesn't have extra time and energy to take care of Dongshi's affairs.

The reason why he wanted Yu Teng to come to Dongshi this time was because Lin Daoqiu hoped that Yu Teng could strengthen Dongshi's base so that he could completely suppress the wireless in one go.

"Since Mr. Lin said so, I will wait and see. I believe you will not let me down."

Huang Xizhao still believed in Lin Daoqiu's promise. After all, he knew very well that Lin Daoqiu didn't put his mind on running the TV station.

If Lin Daoqiu really wanted to, it would be absolutely impossible for him and Zeng Lizhen to have a quarrel, which was more or less fueled by Lin Daoqiu.

Before leaving this seat, Huang Xizhao couldn't help but want to chat with Lin Daoqiu about Zeng Lizhen.

"Zeng Lizhen is a very good manager, but she is definitely not suitable to be in charge of Dongshi. This has nothing to do with the rift between me and her. I said this out of public interest."

Before leaving, Huang Xizhao did not forget to trip Zeng Lizhen. After all, the cooperation between the two of them during this period can be described as very bad.

However, Huang Xizhao's words were really out of public interest. He didn't want Lin Daoqiu to hand over Dongshi to Zeng Lizhen at that time. Such words would not be of any benefit to Dongshi.

"Manager Huang, don't worry, I will seriously consider this matter."

Lin Daoqiu did not agree, but Huang Xizhao did what he could.

As for how Lin Daoqiu will choose at that time, it depends on Lin Daoqiu's own opinion. It may be difficult for others to influence his thoughts.

(End of this chapter)