Hong Kong's new giants

Chapter 581 [Hanging Korean wave]

At the beginning of October, Lin Zuhui asked ATV Group, Wanhui Media Group, and LEIT Group to spend 10 billion Hong Kong dollars each to buy Microsoft's stock and use the company's funds as an appreciation investment.

The annual profit levels of these three groups are all around HK$20 billion, but Lin Zuhui has always been "cautious" about dividends, so the cash flow on the books of the three companies has reached about HK$30 billion.

Generally speaking, if the net profit was 20 billion Hong Kong dollars that year, Lin Zuhui would spend 5 million Hong Kong dollars as dividends, so everyone is happy.The remaining funds are used as cash flow reserves, or for new investments.

Let the three companies invest in U.S. stocks this time, hoping that after the financial crisis, the 20 billion can become 40 billion; by then, plus the cash flow on the accounts of the three companies, it is equivalent to each company can have more than 70 billion Hong Kong dollars for supply. drive.

Plan ahead, this is what Lin Zuhui likes to do.

Of course, the premise of this approach is that he knows the general trend of history.

ATV building.

In the conference room, Lin Zuhui held a high-level meeting of 'Hong Kong Culture'.

Hong Kong culture is related to Hong Kong's economic prospects, and Lin Zuhui has always been more concerned about it.

"How about the development of Hong Kong culture in South Korea, please report to me in detail!" During the period, Lin Zuhui suddenly asked.

After all, if nothing else, the Hallyu wave is about to begin.I just don't know, will Bangzi directly copy 'Hong Kong Culture'?

As the vice president in charge of external affairs, Shi Nansheng is very proficient in business. She reported seriously: "In terms of drama series, the three Korean TV stations buy a considerable number of episodes from our ATV every year. We have always adhered to your teachings back then and adopted low prices. Dumping, in the Korean market in general, Hong Kong dramas occupy a considerable share in South Korea."

That's right, South Korea is about to enter the ranks of "developed countries" because it was colonized by the United States and Japan. Obviously, their self-esteem is very strong. If they want to bring Hong Kong culture into South Korea and destroy Korean culture, then Low price dumping is a matter of course.

The average cost per episode is 5000 US dollars, and a 20-episode series is only 10 US dollars, which is 6-8% of the shooting cost. Why not do it.

Since the Hong Kong Stream culture already has a large audience base in South Korea, the three major TV stations are more willing to buy Hong Kong Stream dramas for profit.In addition, the Korean economy is very good at this time, so they did not realize the importance of the cultural industry.

Hong Kong TV dramas have killed Korean TV dramas in the cradle, this is Lin Zuhui's conclusion.

Then, Yu Xiaoming, president of YG Entertainment, also reported: "Hong Kong idols are very popular in South Korea. This year we held 16 concerts in South Korea, and the concerts were sold out. Album sales. However, recently South Korea has also started to produce girl groups. What are they called? BB, it looks like I want to learn Hong Kong culture."

Lin Zuhui nodded, and said: "Our Hong Kong culture has become more systematic, mature, and international, and we are not afraid of beginners and imitators. However, we must pay attention to it."

Yu Xiaoming said: "Well, this year we have strengthened the selection of Korean trainees, and through a lot of hard work, we have started more business in South Korea. Also, we have established a branch in South Korea, and we are going to release Korean records for our groups."

The best way to break into a country is to release local language records. In the previous life, when Korean groups went to Japan to develop, they had to release Japanese records, otherwise it would be difficult for others to understand them.

And once you have a fan base in Japan, everyone can not only accept you singing in Japanese, but also accept you singing songs in your own language.Therefore, if groups under YG Entertainment want to develop in Japan, learning Japanese is inevitable.

Hearing these good news, Lin Zuhui nodded in satisfaction. It was his deepest thought to kill the Hallyu in its cradle.At least until 1998, South Korea will not realize the importance of culture.

After the financial crisis, when President Kim came to power to formulate the cultural outline, Hong Kong culture will immediately enter the second stage: Hong Kong variety shows, second-generation groups, and second-generation Hong Kong dramas will gradually appear after the millennium, completely killing Korea's cultural industry.

Then, Lin Zuhui asked again: "How is the comedian artist training class progressing? Why hasn't there been a special program yet?"

In the previous life, there was such a wave of TV power in South Korea, and that was comedians.Many variety shows need the main MC, which is very important to the whole show.

In the previous life, buying other people's copyrights in the mainland was not good. The biggest reason is that those celebrities are too delicate-they can't afford it, so the entertainment is greatly reduced.

And comedians are the most 'inferior' entertainers, and acting ugly is their essential job.Of course, if you become a head MC, your status will be greatly improved, such as Liu Jae-shik from South Korea in his previous life.

Zhao Zhenqiang immediately said: "Next year's new year's day will be a small program, and there are some good seedlings in the training class for comedians."

Lin Zuhui nodded. Speaking of which, the idea of ​​this training class for comedians was proposed by him two years ago, and he also roughly mentioned the content of the training.

He himself has a certain understanding of the Hallyu in his previous life, so he did not hesitate to give some pointers.

Hong Kong-style idols, Hong Kong-style dramas, and Hong Kong-style variety shows will all work together to drive Hong Kong's tourism, beauty and cosmetics, and clothing industries, and a complete industrial chain will be formed.Of course, this is only a part of the cultural industry. Comics, games, software, etc. are all cultural industries.

South Korea, SM Entertainment.

Lee Soo Man is studying the information of 'Hong Kong idol group' in the office, and SM Entertainment is about to give birth to the first male idol group, and the new era of Korean entertainment is coming.

The only regret is that the new Korean entertainment era seems to be a shadow of 'Hong Kong Stream Entertainment', which makes Li Xiuman a little ashamed, saying that it is not wrong to copy Hong Kong Stream culture.

"President, all the preparations for the TOP group have been completed, and they can officially debut!" The deputy walked into the office and said.

Li Xiuman raised his head and said, "I don't know how the response will be? After all, the style is too similar to Xiangjiang's HOT group, and this group has a certain reputation in Korea."

This is the real problem.When others seize the opportunity, it is difficult to get rid of the 'imitator' element, how difficult it is to innovate!So generally speaking, the people behind can only follow the predecessors and innovate if they have the opportunity.

The deputy thought of something, and immediately said: "As far as I know, YG Entertainment has established a branch in South Korea, and I'm afraid it will focus on developing business in South Korea. Hong Kong's entertainment culture is too systematic, and it is indeed a powerful force." Power has a great influence on local entertainment forces.”

When Li Xiuman heard this, he thought about it. In recent years, the "Hong Kong culture" has suddenly exploded and conquered cities in Asia. Now in Korea, "Hong Kong culture" is everywhere, which has a great impact on the local culture.But now that South Korea's economy is developing, the people in the government have no intention of restricting the 'Hong Kong culture'.Not only that, several major TV stations have even helped the evildoers, introducing a large number of Hong Kong dramas.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current South Korea is like Japan in the late 80s. It looks like an upstart, buying, buying, and betting around the world.And everyone is very proud, because South Korea is about to enter the ranks of developed countries in the 'rich man's club'.

Li Xiuman said helplessly: "The strength of SM Entertainment is still too small. Only when it develops can it attract the attention of the Korean cultural circle and have its own right to speak. Let's arrange it. The TOP group will usher in a new era of Korean entertainment. We must completely defeat it." Hong Kong Culture'"

"Yes"

At this time, SM Entertainment had a registered capital of only 5000 million won (about 30 Hong Kong dollars), and it was considered a newcomer at the Hong Kong Cultural Festival.

But Li Xiuman's ambition is definitely not small, he hopes to develop SM Entertainment and then defeat the Hong Kong entertainment culture, which belongs to Korean entertainment culture anyway.

As everyone knows, Hallyu is doomed not to be able to succeed in this life, and will live under the shadow of Hong Kong Liu.In particular, Lin Zuhui formulated the suppression of Korean entertainment culture, which made the Hallyu not have much room for production.

Taking it one step further, Lin Zuhui has created many classic styles of songs, and there are still so many classic styles that can be produced there;

What makes Lin Zuhui more confident is that the Hong Kong Stream variety show and the second-generation group will gradually start to develop after the financial crisis. This is the most important key.

In ATV's office, Lin Zuhui met with Liu Changle from Phoenix Satellite TV in his previous life.

In the past two years, under Lin Zuhui's supervision and mediation, Asia Satellite TV did not make any major mistakes, so there was no "choosing sides" between Taiwan Island and the mainland.Of course, Asia Satellite TV is an external TV station after all, so the audience in the mainland is probably the three southeastern provinces (connected to the cable TV network, as well as hotels and hotels and some units across the country), and the audience is probably less than [-] million people.

At this time, the audience of the entire ATV Group has reached 3.5 million, and the development speed is quite fast.

"Lin Sheng took the liberty to disturb you!" Liu Changle said respectfully.

It has become a media saying that to do business and conduct affairs in Xiangjiang, you have to go through Lin Zuhui, a local snake; and if he wants to run 'satellite TV', he can't get around the great god Lin Zuhui, because Lin Zuhui has cards in his hand.

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "President X introduced it, so I won't bother you. If Liu Sheng has anything to say, just say it directly?"

It was introduced by the director of Xinshe Xiangjiang Branch. Lin Zuhui had to give some face. Of course, the premise is the attitude of dealing with it.

Liu Changle nodded and said, "That's it. I want to set up a satellite TV network, and I want to ask Lin Sheng's Asia Satellite TV for help!"

Lin Zuhui said with a smile: "Isn't this competing with me for business?"

Liu Chang was happy to see that Lin Zuhui's expression was relaxed and he was not angry. He was relieved immediately. This is a great god. If he really disagrees, even if the mainland officials want to become a "Phoenix Satellite TV", they have to send high-ranking officials at the capital level to persuade him. .

Yes, it is to persuade, but to give orders.Even after Nine Seven, that's the same, after all, Xiangjiang is the Z government of the special zone.

"The business is actually different. We found that Lin Sheng's Chinese channel attaches great importance to entertainment culture. I know this has something to do with Lin Sheng's "cultural revitalization of Hong Kong". To be honest, I really admire Mr. Lin's strategy of "cultural revitalization of Hong Kong". .”

Lin Zuhui smiled and said, "Thank you for your approval!"

Liu Changle quickly said: "I dare not. Actually, I plan to use Lin Sheng's satellite license this time to set up a Chinese satellite TV station. The content is very different from Lin Sheng's entertainment culture. We pay more attention to news and Chinese culture."

After listening, Lin Zuhui thought about it, but Liu Changle didn't dare to disturb him.

ATV's Chinese channel has entered the national cable TV system, not just in the Pearl River Delta region. This is a very rare achievement; in the previous life, it was canceled in 1994 due to certain incidents, but in this life, it did not happen that ATV's broadcast of "How Much China Was Established" did not happen. Year's ceremony, plus Lin Zuhui's TV station, so the mainland has been taken care of.

In fact, even if Lin Zuhui is in charge of ATV Group and Wanhui Media, many "Z-related incidents" have occurred, and sometimes he is under a lot of pressure; but fortunately, the senior management is with him, so these problems did not cause serious problems. influences.

Therefore, at present, Lin Zuhui's media group has not been blocked.On this point, he has to thank the management for not giving him a problem. Of course, there is also the factor that the ATV Group is concentrating on "Hong Kong culture" and has no time to deal with politics; even the news, the ATV Group does not pay much attention to it. Just broadcast according to the Hong Kong government's regulations, and there will be no extra time and energy.

The citizens of Xiangjiang like ATV because of its entertainment.In fact, even American TV stations don't like to broadcast news. If it weren't for the government's regulations, who would want to waste time.

To read the news, you have to read the newspaper.

"How to divide the shares?" Lin Zuhui said.

Liu Changle was overjoyed, Lin Zuhui said that, he agreed, he hesitated, and then said: "How about 45% of Asia Satellite TV?"

It was originally planned to be 38%, but he was worried that Lin Zuhui thought the shares were too small!
Lin Zuhui immediately said: "You don't need so much, just give me 39.9%."

Liu Changle blushed immediately, wondering if he had violated other people's taboo, people don't like '4'.

In fact, this is not the reason. After all, Lin Zuhui's shareholding companies are almost all more than 40%.

"Okay! The other major shareholder of Asia Satellite TV?"

News Corp. and ATV Group hold half of the shares in Asia Satellite TV. ATV Group is in charge of the Chinese channel and News Corp. is in charge of the English channel. The cooperation between the two parties is happy. Murdoch is a businessman. He only cares about economic value, not exporting to the West. That set.

Of course, Lin Zuhui was also on guard against him making troubles, so although Asia Satellite TV has one and a half shares, the licensed company holds 62% of the shares in ATV Group, and News Corporation only holds 38% of the shares.

Of course, licensed companies have no 'real value', in theory.

"I'll introduce News Corporation to you later, and they won't refuse."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Lin!"

Lin Zuhui couldn't help asking: "Phoenix Satellite TV's position is 'central'?"

Liu Changle nodded seriously, and said: "Well, this is what the capital wants me to do, and they also hope to have their own voice in Xiangjiang and overseas. Of course, Xiangjiang pays attention to freedom of the press, and the main equity is also in my hands Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we will control the intensity."

Lin Zuhui smiled and said: "It doesn't matter what we mean. Asia Satellite TV is an investor. Liu Sheng can do as he pleases. I fully support you. After all, there is no justice in the western media. Z customers, they It is only for your own benefit; but it is much more difficult for us businessmen, we have both ways, haha!"

Seeing Lin Zuhui being so generous and funny, Liu Changle sighed and said: "Lin Sheng's words are very philosophical."

What is the most important thing for a businessman?
Of course it is circulation, so if you 'choose a side' it is equivalent to giving up the business on one side, isn't this a loss!

Of course, only Yankees can do this kind of thing where people choose sides. Huaxia pays attention to the golden mean and unity.

(End of this chapter)