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Chapter 222 The Spring Festival is Coming

When Yifu Shaw was admitted to St. Teresa's Hospital in Kowloon City due to illness, there was news that he intended to transfer the TVB shares held by the 'Shaw Brothers'.

According to the news that came out at the time, Shaw Brothers held a 26% stake in Hong Kong Television Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (TVB), and was the largest shareholder of TVB.

That is to say, the acquisition of Shaw Brothers' shares will lead to TVB ownership!

After the news came out, the world's top private equity funds, including Yang Guoqiang, the chairman of the mainland tycoon Country Garden Group, the Blackstone Fund led by the former financial secretary Liang Jinsong, Blackstone and Carlyle, all approached TVB to participate in the bidding for this part of the shares.

For this is TVB, the TV series such as "Huo Yuanjia" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" produced by TVB in the past have caused a grand occasion for thousands of people. TVB!

Since its opening in 1967 at No. 77, Broadcasting Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, TVB is the first wireless TV station in Hong Kong. Therefore, it is generally called "Xiangjiang Wireless TV Station" or "Wireless", and it is also the world's largest Chinese-language commercial TV station.

TVB's business covers the world, including TV broadcasting, pay TV, program production and distribution, animation agency, satellite TV, magazine publishing and related businesses.

It has two channels, one is the Chinese channel Jade, which broadcasts in Cantonese, and the other is the English channel Pearl.In addition to being once dominated by rival ATV in the early 80s, he has always been the leader of Xiangjiang TV.

At the same time, TVB also has a high ratings in eastern Guangdong. Residents in the Pearl River Delta region near Xiangjiang benefit from the favorable location. Many families in the Pearl River Delta watch Xiangjiang TV. The viewership ratings of Hong Kong's TV dramas are still overwhelming, among which TVB Jade has the highest ratings.

In addition, Nanyang has always been an important overseas market for Xiangjiang’s entertainment industry, especially the Chinese and overseas Chinese markets in Malaysia, Vietnam and other places. All entertainment programs of Xiangjiang have become their important spiritual food, while Singapore has opened Chinese dialect programs since the late 90s. After that, TVB's copyright business became one of the important local entertainment programs.

It is no exaggeration to say that TVB will own a super media empire covering the global Chinese community!
The most important thing is: in the mainland, there are policy and regulation restrictions on obtaining a controlling stake in a TV station, 'it is only possible in Xiangjiang'!
For Li Hao, this is the biggest temptation.

Although according to the evaluation, it is difficult for TVB to avoid the end of decline.

But Li Hao is still interested.

The decline of TVB, on the one hand, is the mutual cause and effect of 'shortage of funds + small market + loss of internal fighting' and 'poor content + sharp drop in salary + talents leaving the nest', forming a vicious circle.On the other hand, this is also an inevitable trend caused by the rise of the mainland and the transformation of the comparative advantages of Xiangjiang and the mainland.

The local market in Hong Kong is in decline, and artists are "looking north to China" and going north to the mainland to find gold.

It can be said that this is why there is no force that wants to acquire TVB, so from the perspective of capital, it is not a good business
But for Li Hao, these are not problems.

First of all, once he enters TVB, there will be huge "political benefits" in it. TVB has a very special position in the hearts of Chinese people around the world. The invisible prestige and influence will increase greatly.

At the same time, from the perspective of copyright resources, the huge film library accumulated by TVB in the past 50 years still has a high IP value today!
Not only can these IPs be redeveloped, but also these film libraries can be filled into the video network of Haotian Media.

Furthermore, other people or forces will feel that TVB is declining, its profits are declining, and it does not have investment value, but for Li Hao, these are not problems.

After all, Haotian Media itself produces TV series and movies, and can also purchase overseas copyrights of TV series and movies from the mainland, and then broadcast them on TVB!

As for TVB's actors, they can go to the mainland to participate in filming, why must they be limited to a small Hong Kong?
Li Hao is sure that he can bring TVB back to life.

But all of this is not in a hurry. Negotiations are still going on, and the negotiating team is still in Xiangjiang and Baodao.

Now his energy is mainly focused on "The Wandering Earth".

February 1th, New Year's Eve!

The whole country has officially entered the Spring Festival time.

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Kunlun Xu" was released for more than a month, and the anger broke through 40 billion, and now it has reached 42.5 billion. At the same time, as early as half a month after the movie was released, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Kunlun Xu" got the key extension.

At this time, the overseas box office has also been set. Other regions in Asia have won 4.98 million yuan, and Europe and the United States have won 7900 million US dollars at the box office!
"Kunlun Xu" became the fourth Chinese film to break 40 billion at the box office.

The first three are "Shuimen Bridge of Changjin Lake", "Changjin Lake", and "The Martian"!
This is the advantage of the Lunar New Year stalls. There are both Christmas reminders and a three-day small holiday on New Year’s Day. More importantly, this time period is very friendly to the student community!

The most likely to have enough explosive power is during the Lunar New Year!
And "Kunlun Xu" has also become the biggest winner of the entire Lunar New Year file!

Yesterday, the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Kunlun Xu" held a grand celebration banquet.

To be honest, the box office of "Kunlun Xu" broke 40 billion, and the opponents definitely contributed. If they hadn't aroused the anger of movie fans, "Kunlun Xu" would be difficult to reach 40 billion based on the number of films.

And today, the focus of all the media, apart from the news about the celebration banquet of "Kunlun Xu", is "The Wandering Earth"!
Throughout January, Wang Baoqiang's self-directed and self-acted "Havoc in Tianzhu" did not achieve the expected box office. Relying on Wang Baoqiang + Huang Bo + Liu Yan + Yue Yunpeng, it barely got 4 million box office.

And you know, this movie has a guaranteed release of 10 billion.

Others are like "Passengers in Space", which has been released for half a month, and the box office has not yet reached 20 million. "A Star Wars Story: Rogue One" is also a Hollywood blockbuster, but it barely reached 2 million at the box office after [-] days of release!
As for the films that are also in the Spring Festival, there are only four films that will be released at the same time: "Feng Shen Dao: Nezha Nao Hai", "Bear Infested. Fantasy Space", "The Teacher Is Crazy", "Frightened", and "Forgetful Village".

It can be said that "The Wandering Earth" is invincible during the Spring Festival!
Not a single one can beat!
This is also caused by the early or delayed release of various important films. After all, no one wants to be cannon fodder for "The Wandering Earth".

Even "Kung Fu Yoga" directed by Tang Jili and starring Cheng Long was moved to November, avoiding "The Wandering Earth" in advance!
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