The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 398
The ratings of Li's TV station were not very high. There was a period of time before when it was suppressed by Jiayi, and its income was far lower than that of TVB. This made Li's Yingsheng, the parent company, very dissatisfied.

After Huang Xizhao came to power, he boldly recruited newcomers, such as Mai Dangxiong, Tu Yongxiong, Li Zhaoxiong and other beautiful three heroes. throne.It can be said that it made a big splash in the ratings.

However, the cost of high-quality TV dramas will inevitably increase. In the past, it was also possible to sell the copyright of TV dramas. High-quality TV dramas can not only achieve high ratings in Hong Kong, but also hit TVB in exchange for high advertising costs. It can also be sold for a good price when selling TV drama copyrights, so although the investment cost is high, Li's TV station is still willing to pay.

But now that there is less income from takeaway TV rights, if the investment is as high as before, it is very likely that not only will it not make money, but Li's TV station may lose a lot of money.This made Huang Xizhao, who is the manager of the TV station, very worried.

Huang Xizhao is the first Chinese manager promoted by Li's TV station. Li's TV station with a British background is a special case, so after he ascended to the throne, he has been trembling and doing everything well, not wanting to let The boss disappointed the employees, and he didn't want to be laughed at by other foreign devils in the company.

He tried his best to promote young talents against all opinions, he increased the investment cost of TV series, and produced a series of fierce films, which made TVB TV station disgraced. These are all his outstanding achievements when he was Li's TV station manager.But now he is very likely to be on the path of eternal doom because of Sir Shao Yifu's move.

Huang Xizhao can't imagine how long Li's TV station can last if the filming of TV series is reduced and only old dramas and variety shows are used to support the scene, and whether the advertisements are still willing to pay for it.

Li's TV station is already under great financial pressure. The parent company Li's Yingsheng investment has repeatedly failed, and it keeps withdrawing funds from Li's TV station. As a result, Li's TV station has managed to improve, and will eventually be sucked dry by the parent company. .Now if Li's TV station loses its ability to make money and falls into business difficulties, Huang Xizhao believes that he will not be far away from being fired.

So the most important thing at the moment is to solve this matter, but Huang Xizhao has had a headache for a long time and still can't think of a way, so he called Li Sanxiong, the most powerful under his command, and everyone discussed how to solve this matter.

"Brother Zhao, are you looking for us?" Li Zhaoxiong asked with a smile after the three entered the door.

Li Zhaoxiong was born into a family of performers. His father was a director of a left-wing film company, and Li Zhaoxiong was also a screenwriter for a left-wing film company before.The father and son cooperated tacitly with one editor and one director, and produced many well-known masterpieces.

It was only after ten years of catastrophe in the Mainland that the leftist film companies ceased production one after another, and Li Zhaoxiong joined Lai's TV station. With his outstanding talent, he was reused by the manager Huang Xizhao.

"Zhaoxiong, Yongxiong, Dangxiong, the three of you are here, find your own seats." Huang Xizhao frowned, nodded with a wry smile.

"Brother Zhao, you look sad, are you worried about the alliance of Jiayi TV station?" Tu Yongxiong looked at Huang Xizhao's face and said with a smile.

"Yeah, you've all heard about this too?" Huang Xizhao came to them to discuss this matter, so naturally there was no need to hide it.

"Well," Li Zhaoxiong nodded, "Brother Zhao, this matter is very tricky."

"That's right, after Nanyang and Wanwan's TV stations form an alliance with Jiayi, our TV dramas will not be sold. This will bring us serious losses." Huang Xizhao sighed, "Is there any comparison between the three of you?" solution?"

"This..." The three of them were speechless for a while.To be honest, the road ahead has been blocked. Unless this alliance can be destroyed, there is no other way out.or……

"Brother Zhao, I think since you can't go south, why don't you try going north?" Li Zhaoxiong said suddenly.

"Going north?! You mean..." Huang Xizhao frowned, not understanding what Li Zhaoxiong said for a while, but he opened his eyes wide after a while, "You didn't come up with this idea, did you?! How is this possible, North How many TV stations are there in total now? How much money can we pay to buy our TV series?"

"Brother Zhao, it is precisely because the TV station in the north has just been built that it lags far behind ours, and that's why our TV series are sold." Li Zhaoxiong smiled and said, "You have to know that there are more than one TV stations over there." With a population of billions, such a large population, such a large market, are we afraid that no one will watch our TV series?"

"But will the TV stations in the north buy our TV series? They don't have the money to buy them. Besides, what are we doing with a bunch of RMB? Burning fire?" Huang Xizhao said with a frown.

"I haven't tried this, but my dad knows some friends in the literary and art circles over there, maybe I can help you get in touch." Li Zhaoxiong scratched his head and said, he himself came from a leftist film company, so when he thought about it, he thought of the mainland .However, he also knows that the censorship in the mainland is very strict, and the films of leftist film companies are constantly censored, not to mention the TV series produced by British-funded TV stations.

"What Zhaoxiong said may not be unreasonable. It's just that it is difficult for TV dramas to enter the mainland. Even if they can enter, it will take a lot of time and energy. The problem cannot be solved in a short time. It is far away and cannot quench thirst." Mai Dangxiong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said.

"Then what do you think we should do, Dangxiong?" Huang Xizhao asked as if grasping at straws.He knew that Mai Dangxiong was a very conceited and very smart person, unless he didn't speak, once he spoke, he would be convincing.

"My solution is to form an alliance with Wireless." McDonald said in an unastonishing manner, and after saying a word, Tu Yongxiong next to him immediately jumped up from his seat.Huang Xizhao's mouth also opened into a duck egg shape, staring at Mai Dangxiong, unable to speak for a long time.

"Dangxiong, how did you come up with such a bad idea?! Wireless is our competitor, why would you think of forming an alliance with him?! Besides, they may not be willing to form an alliance with us." Li Zhaoxiong was surprised shouted.

"Yes, Dangxiong, how did you come up with this idea, tell us all." Huang Xizhao also recovered from the original shock, and then couldn't help asking Mai Dangxiong.

"It's very simple, because TVB needs us to check and balance Jiayi TV Station. Just imagine if our TV station closes down due to poor management, who will be the happiest and who will be the saddest?!" McDonald smiled and said, "I think TVB would rather Maintaining a three-legged situation, I don’t want to face Jiayi TV alone?! What’s more, if our TV station really goes bankrupt, then Jiayi TV is very likely to obtain our Chinese and English TV licenses, so as to fully make up for its own shortcomings. , Since then, there has been no one-inch door. The wireless TV station must not want to have this result."

"Uh..." After listening to Mai Dangxiong's explanation, the three of them were stunned.The original absurd proposal, after his explanation, made everyone feel that it was reasonable and reasonable, and it was very likely to succeed.

"But in this way, if we really succeed in forming an alliance with TVB and film a TV series together in the future, how should this TV series be broadcast?! We broadcast it at the same time as TVB TV, or it will be a month, two months, or half a year after the mistake Will it be broadcast later?!" Tu Yongxiong frowned and asked, "And how should actors, directors, and behind-the-scenes personnel coordinate?! Will our Lidi become a vassal of TVB because of this?"

Tu Yongxiong's words also caused Li Zhaoxiong and Huang Xizhao, who thought they had a way out, to fall into contemplation again.

"Forgive me to be honest, in fact, based on our current ratings, our status in the Hong Kong TV industry, and the income of our two TV stations, we have actually lost far behind TVB TV." McDangxiong said He breathed out, "Last year TVB's advertising revenue was 500 million Hong Kong dollars, ours was 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and Jiayi's was only 400 million Hong Kong dollars."

"While TVB's income is all fed back to the TV station, according to our investigation, Xu Guanwu, the major shareholder of TVB TV, did not propose dividends at all, so the money is still kept in TVB. Such a large sum of money is enough for TVB TV to invest a large amount of money. The money was used to film episodes. But like our TV station, although there are 1000 or 1000 million Hong Kong dollars in advertising expenses, half of it will be taken away by the parent company, and the remaining less than [-] million will be given back to the TV station. Compared with TVB At least ten times the difference. With such a big gap, what more can we ask for?"

"This..." After hearing the truth from Mai Dangxiong, Huang Xizhao couldn't help being speechless.It is true that Li TV is basically no match for TVB in terms of investment.Xu Guanwu, the major shareholder of TVB TV, has shown that he is not short of money. A mere tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is not enough to fill his teeth. This year, his investment in making a movie is 500 million US dollars.Made, this much money is more than the total film investment of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in a year.

In contrast, Li's parent company desperately wants money, wishing not to leave a penny to the subsidiary. Although Li's TV station has produced excellent works in recent years, the TVB TV station has been humiliated, and Jiayi TV station has been abused. They are inhuman, but the funds on the books are often stretched.If it weren't for Mai Dangxiong, Li Zhaoxiong, Tu Yongxiong and others' hard work, I'm afraid Li's TV station would have collapsed long ago.

One is that they don’t want money, and the money they make every year is fed back to the TV station to make the strong stronger;As a result of this, the wireless TV station naturally far surpassed Li's TV station, basically leaving it with no chance of turning around.

Regarding this point, in fact, Huang Xizhao, Tu Yongxiong, and Li Zhaoxiong all knew about it, but they didn't dare to say it out loud like Mai Dangxiong.Because it's one thing to think in your heart, but another to say it yourself, which makes them feel ashamed.

After Mai Dangxiong finished speaking, the three of them were silent for a while, and then they heard Mai Dangxiong say again, "Actually, it's not about ratings, nor about how much money it makes, it's about whether Li's TV station can continue. The problem of going on. To be honest, now that we have lost the food delivery copyright market, our most important source of income has been cut off. Needless to say, everyone knows the consequences. It is very likely that in a few months or half a year, Our TV station is about to run out of funds. And everyone knows the current economic situation of the parent company. Everyone knows whether it can inject funds into us. So at such a critical moment of life and death, I I think everything can be discussed later, as long as Li's TV station can continue to survive, even if it is a vassal of TVB, I think this is acceptable."

After listening to Mai Dangxiong's last impassioned words, Huang Xizhao, Li Zhaoxiong, and Tu Yongxiong looked at each other and sighed.Although he didn't open his mouth to support Mai Dangxiong's words, he already agreed with him in his heart.

(End of this chapter)