giants of the era

Chapter 247 Asian Television
Li Chengzhi heard that Li Zetian had come to Hong Kong, so he hurried back home that night.

In the evening, my father and I chatted for a long time in the study, basically talking about matters related to the Sino-British negotiations.As expected by Li Zetian, the Chinese side had the upper hand in the negotiations.

Li Chengzhi said with a smile: "The British government first proposed the exchange of sovereignty, that is, to recognize that the sovereignty of Hong Kong belongs to China, but the governance of Hong Kong belongs to the United Kingdom. However, Mr. Deng strongly opposed it. On September 9, Mr. Deng met with Heath, a senior British official, once again reiterated: "It is not feasible for the UK to exchange sovereignty for governance!!!"

The British side's pursuit of governing power is not feasible, so it retreats to the next best thing and wants Sino-British co-management.The Chinese side is also firmly opposed to this one.

The British did not go well in the negotiations, so they made some tricks. For example, the devaluation of the Hong Kong dollar this time was made by the British, which is equivalent to a threat, but this did not scare the Chinese side.The determination of China to take back Hong Kong is very great! ! ! "

"Hehe, Mrs. Thatcher has nothing to do with the tough Mr. Deng!" Li Zetian smiled and said, "Dad, you must have been very busy recently, go to rest early."

Li Chengzhi's dark circles were heavy and his face was pale, obviously he hadn't rested well.

"Well, then I'll go to sleep first, I'm really sleepy now!" After speaking, Li Chengzhi yawned, stood up from the chair, and left the study.

Li Zetian then came to the hall and watched TV with his mother, Zhou Qiqi and Dongfang Yuqin.

At this time, there were two main television stations in Hong Kong: TVB and Asia Television.

TVB was established by Hong Kong entertainment giant Run Run Shaw, almost dominating Hong Kong TV stations.Asian TV competes with it, and it is basically crushed, losing money every year.

The predecessor of Asia Television was "Lite Television", which was renamed Asia Television in 1982.

"Dongfang Yuqin, please contact Qiu Degen, chairman of ATV, and tell me that I will invite him to lunch at noon tomorrow."

"Okay." Dongfang Yuqin nodded, took out her Motorola mobile phone, and gave orders to the people in Hong Kong.

Zhou Qiqi said excitedly at this time: "Brother Zetian, do you want to buy a TV station, then can I become a star!"

"What kind of star should you be? This circle is too chaotic. You are a little girl, and you don't know what you will become after entering!" Li Zetian shook his head and refused.

"Oh, since Brother Zetian doesn't like it, then I don't deserve it! By the way, Brother Zetian, TVB is the biggest TV station in Hong Kong. Why don't you buy TVB?"

"Run Run Shaw will definitely not let the TV station fall into the hands of others. Of course he will not accept my acquisition request." Li Zetian explained with a smile. Bring the itinerary.

Li Zetian took the itinerary, looked at it for a while, and couldn't help sighing: "Well, it seems that there are so many things to do tomorrow!"

Everyone went to bed early that night.

The next day, Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin had breakfast and went out immediately.

At around 9 o'clock in the morning, the two came to Hutchison Whampoa Company. After a night of thinking, several shareholders expressed their intention to sell their shares.

After Li Zetian bought their shares, his shareholding exceeded 51%, reaching absolute control.

"Dongfang Yuqin, let everyone come to the conference room for a meeting."

"Yes!"

After a while, executives above the company manager level gathered in the conference room.

"As the saying goes, there are business opportunities hidden in a crisis. Not only Hutchison Whampoa was severely hit by the Hong Kong stock market crash, but also other real estate companies. Now is the best time for us to annex other companies! Such as Hong Kong Electric Company, China Land and other companies ..."

As soon as Li Zetian's voice fell, everyone in the conference room looked at each other, and couldn't help making noises. They were particularly surprised by Li Zetian's decision.

"How can Hutchison Whampoa have so much money to acquire the Hongkong Electric Group?"

"Yeah, even the acquisition of Chinese Land is very reluctant!"

"..."

At this time, Li Zetian slapped Dongfang Yuqin, Dongfang Yuqin nodded, and said to everyone: "Everyone, please be quiet, Mr. Li decided to spend 10 billion U.S. dollars to increase the capital of Hutchison Whampoa, and then there will be money to buy Another company!"

Li Zetian stood up at this moment and said: "The funds will arrive in the account soon, you should act immediately, first acquire China Land and Hong Kong Electric Company!"

"Yes!!!" Everyone responded in unison.

"That's it, the meeting is over!" Li Zetian finished and left the meeting room.

At 12 noon, Li Zetian had lunch with Qiu Degen at the Peninsula Hotel.

Qiu Degen started from scratch and is very powerful. He established the Far East Group, which involves many industries, such as banking, real estate, securities, tourism, food, flour, hotels, warehouses, theaters, and newspapers. He has invested in Indonesia, the United States, There are businesses he founded in Canada, and his career is thriving. In 1982, he bought 50% of the shares of this TV station, renamed it "Asian TV Station", reorganized the organization, and acted as the chairman of the board.Qiu Degen knew that in order to develop a TV station, he needed funds, talents, and a good script.He invited Li Zhuanglie and Xu Xiaoming from the film and television industry to serve as director and program manager respectively, responsible for the production of "ATV".

"Mr. Li, you asked me to meet, what do you want to talk about?" Qiu Degen asked.

Li Zetian smiled slightly, "Then I'll get straight to the point. To be honest, I want to take a stake in ATV and develop ATV with you."

Qiu Degen frowned immediately, Li Zetian was far richer and richer than he was, worried that he would be "eaten".

"Old Mr. Qiu, I know what concerns you have, but please rest assured that your worries are completely unnecessary. I invested in Asia Television just to promote the development of Hong Kong's film and television. Not to mention that Asia Television is still losing money, even if it can make money Now, do you think I will care about this income? So, you don’t have to worry, I will drive you away after I become a shareholder of ATV, because it is completely unnecessary.”

Li Zetian smiled secretly, thinking: "There is no need for me to drive you away, you will also leave ATV on your own initiative. In 1988, the case of 'Far Eastern Bank's fraudulent accounts' broke out, Qiu was investigated by the ICAC and stopped participating in ATV. management, and then sold all the shares and completely quit ATV!"

Qiu Degen thought about it carefully, and the joining of Li Zetian would not only bring abundant funds to ATV, but also a lot of cooperation resources, such as MTV Music Network, CNN News Network, Violet Records, Disney and so on.

"Mr. Li, how many shares do you plan to hold in ATV?"

"50%." Li Zetian laughed, "Of course, if you can continue to invest, Asia TV will be controlled by the two of us, each holding 50%!"

Qiu Degen heard this, lowered his head, fell silent for a while, came over for a while, and said, "Mr. Li, you are very welcome to invest in Asia Television. With your joining, Asia Television will definitely be able to compete with TVB!"

"Hehe, I hope so!"

After lunch, Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin accompanied Qiu Degen to ATV.At the same time, Qiu Degen called the other shareholders of ATV to the company.

When Li Zetian walked into the building of ATV, it immediately caused a sensation.

"Look over there, who is that? Chronos Li, the richest man in the world, oh my god, why did he come to our company?"

"Wow, really, my male god is here!" A nympho girl's eyes blurred immediately.

"..."

Qiu Degen joked: "Mr. Li, I didn't expect that you are so liked by our company's female employees!"

Li Zetian smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I'm handsome..."

(End of this chapter)