The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 856

"Mr. Huang, I didn't expect that I would meet you one day!" Donald looked at Huang He in surprise, and then felt that the stories of the past few days were as unreal as a dream.

First, his good friend, Reed Hastings, the president and founder of Netflix, suddenly asked him for help, saying that he wanted him to help accompany a bid or something, which required authorization from the TV station.

Donald thought about it and agreed. First of all, he and Hastings have been good friends for many years, so this face should be given.Secondly, it was the Jiangnan Group who asked for help.

These days, the Jiangnan Group is still unknown among ordinary people in the United States.But in the business district of the United States, it is already well-known. After all, this is a Chinese company that has only risen for more than four years, but has already made a name for itself in the United States.

It is said that it is still very powerful, with assets exceeding tens of billions of dollars. Even the old friend Netflix has been acquired by the other party for most of the shares. This Jiangnan Group must be reliable.

So Donald agreed, and quickly granted the relevant authorization, and in return, Jiangnan Group gave a remuneration of [-] US dollars, which made Donald very satisfied, after all, [-] US dollars can solve his urgent needs.

Now it is getting more and more difficult for his TV station to operate. This TV station was founded by him and a few friends back then. At that time, their goal was also full of pride, to be the largest TV station in the United States.

However, after experiencing various realistic setbacks, this goal has become to stabilize the thousands of users of his own TV station in Los Gatos.But recently, this kind of stability has become more and more difficult, and there are fewer and fewer users. The reason is simple, that is, Donald's TV station really doesn't make people lose interest in watching it.

When Donald was at his best on the TV station, he also worked on news columns, some interview columns and variety show columns. When he was the richest, he even tried to invest in making an American TV series of his own.

However, their funds are limited, and the quality of what they produce is actually very bad. At the same time, the major TV stations in the United States have begun to connect into a network. Many small TV stations have been acquired by large TV stations, and they broadcast high-quality programs produced by large companies in a unified manner.

As a result, Donald's TV station was quickly over, and users plummeted.Those partners felt that it would be better to sell the shares of their TV station to the big TV station, and then exchange for the right to broadcast the big TV station's programs.

But Donald was unwilling, because those big TV stations bought the shares of their school TV stations almost at the price of cabbage, and he was also reluctant to give up his years of achievements.

As a result, those who withdrew their shares, and those who left, left Donald as the boss of the entire TV station, and the TV station also lost the ability to produce TV programs.Fortunately, the TV station still has the copyrights of some old TV series and old movies that it bought before.

So Donald broke his cans, and simply broadcast these TV series and movies exclusively. Unexpectedly, he retained a small group of users, and he has survived until now.

However, Donald's income is too small, he can barely maintain the equipment and operation of the TV station, but he has no funds to buy new TV series and movies, so he can only play those old things repeatedly. After a long time, many people will really get bored.

As a result, fewer and fewer people subscribed to the service, and Donald's television station became more and more stretched, and his personal debts exceeded $100 million.

So the 1 US dollars can actually solve Donald's urgent needs, at least it can support his TV station for an extra month.

Donald thought that this was the end of the matter, and he was just earning [-] dollars in extra money, but unexpectedly, that night, he received a call from Huaxia. The other party said very simply that today's cooperation is very pleasant. For better development in the future, he decided to buy the Los Gatos TV station, and then develop this TV station into the greatest TV station in the United States or something.

Regarding these remarks, Donald was a little surprised at first, and then he just took it as a fart, but the price of 3 million US dollars is really delicious.You can pay off your foreign debts, and you can leave 200 million US dollars for the rest of your life. Is there such a beautiful thing in the world?
Of course, in this way, the TV station that I have worked so hard for half my life will be gone, but the current Donald is no longer the ambitious Donald at the beginning, everyone will change, and now he just wants to spend the rest of his life in peace.

Then Donald met Huang He, and it was only three days after the two parties reached an agreement.

Donald originally thought that the other party would send a representative to sign the contract, but to his surprise, it was Huang He himself who came to sign the contract, which made Donald feel flattered, especially since Huang He directly gave 3 million US dollars to Donald first, This made Donald even more excited, so the two parties signed the contract very smoothly, and all the equity of the entire Los Gato TV station fell into the hands of Huang He.

3 million to buy a shaky TV station. This seems like a very cheap deal, but it is actually not a loss, because in the United States, it is very difficult to obtain a TV station license.

It was okay in the early days, but in the later period, it was basically impossible to get the permission of the TV station. Because Los Gato TV was ambitious to become the greatest TV station in the United States, almost all kinds of certificates were obtained.

This is also the most valuable part of Los Gato TV Station. These certificates can save Boss Huang a lot of unnecessary troubles. According to the words of the lawyer in charge of this acquisition, Boss Huang actually made a small profit from this transaction. He thought that it was just these The processing of documents will cost at least 500 million US dollars now.

However, in an era when the entire TV industry is monopolized by the five major TV networks, normal people basically would not want to open a brand new TV station, so even if the documents are complete, no one would want to buy such a TV station, otherwise Donald would have Just sold it.

Generally speaking, this is a very pleasant cooperation for both parties in the transaction.

After seeing that the money had arrived and the contract was signed, Donald heaved a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little empty in his heart.

"I don't know Mr. Huang, what are his plans after acquiring Los Gaitu? How do you want to manage him?" Donald couldn't help asking curiously, "In addition, I can recommend a few employees to you, although they are old. , but the technology and methods are very skilled, and can stabilize the operation of the TV station!"

"No, I will dismiss these employees. They can't keep up with this era!" Huang He said very simply, "In the future, I plan to buy a lot of new equipment for the TV station. I think these old employees will use these old equipment. Technology and experience must be started from scratch on new equipment.”

"At the same time, as their age increases, their memory and learning ability will decline. They can't learn these new devices well. I can only optimize them!"

This made Donald's expression turn very gray in an instant, and it was Huang He who added, "But I will give them 3+N severance pay based on their working hours, so that their lives will not be left unsettled!"

"Thank you, Mr. Huang!" Donald nodded, then got up and said, "In this case, I, the remnant of the old era, should leave too!"

"Wait a minute!" Huang He quickly stopped Donald, then pulled him back to the chair, and said with a smile, "Mr. Donald, after you know that I have been in your TV station for so many years, the one I admire the most What is it?"

"I don't know..." Donald shook his head very sincerely, he really didn't know.

"It's your business strategy for the last ten years or so!" Huang He said with a smile, "During the past ten years or so, your business strategy of only broadcasting TV dramas and variety shows without any TV commercials made me very admired. I think it's actually the greatest TV business strategy ever!"

"..." Donald said angrily when he heard this, "Mr. Huang, even if you don't like me, you don't have to mock me like this. As I said, I will leave and will not interfere with your management of the TV station!"

"Don't get me wrong, Mr. Donald, what I just said is my true feelings. Because when I was watching TV, what I hated most were news programs and endless advertisements. In my dream, an excellent TV station, The TV series should be playing non-stop.”

"And I can't play the routine of playing two episodes a day. Instead, I should play from morning to night, from the first episode to the last. Don't be interrupted by anything in the middle, so that I can watch the episode in one go. After watching all the TV series, this is the TV station I want to see the most!" Huang He said with a smile.

"But I have searched all over the world, but I can't find such a TV station. In the end, I only saw such a TV station here, so I really like your business model!"

Seeing Huang He's sincere expression, Donald felt that he probably wasn't lying, and this was the thing he hated watching TV the most when he was a child. Who doesn't like TV shows, don't insert commercials, let alone broadcast two episodes a day, and finish playing them all in one go , So cool!

This is actually Donald's dream, but in the actual business process Donald understands that these are unrealistic.

First of all, if the TV station does not have advertisements, the income will drop in the eyes, and it is impossible to recover the operating costs only by relying on the pure service fee income.

Secondly, if TV dramas and variety shows are broadcast in this way, then the demand for TV dramas is very scary. It may need about 20 brand new TV dramas every month to support the broadcasting resources of TV stations. The expenses of these TV stations are undoubtedly astronomical up.

Finally, there is a problem with such a setting that can be played all at once, because a viewer actually has a limited time to endure watching a TV series. Generally speaking, if it lasts for about an hour, people’s attention will drop, unless a TV series is a TV series. The classic among the classics can catch the audience's attention all the way, otherwise the audience will feel very tired, and then they will yell at the TV series as rubbish, and then switch to another program to get some fresh air.

But once the channel is changed, because of the continuous broadcast of TV series, a large number of intermediate episodes will be missed.

Then you find that you have watched 10 episodes, but the TV station has already broadcasted the 30th episode, so you have no interest in watching it at all, and you just gave up on this TV station.

So a TV station broadcasting TV series non-stop is just an unrealistic and beautiful fantasy.

(End of this chapter)