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Chapter 320: TBS TV Station Wants to Get Free

SBS TV station, inside the conference room.

Park Jin-woo looked at Shimizu Kazuya, the representative of TBS TV station who came to discuss cooperation on "Cross-border Fan Club" with a somewhat excited expression, and he was also quite enthusiastic.

He had not thought before that he was just ordering his subordinates to follow Zhang Junfeng's previous proposal and send invitations to the TV stations in Japan to see which TV station would take action and be willing to cooperate with their SBS TV station to jointly hold a larger-scale cross-border fan meeting in Korea, Japan and even Longguo.

They never expected that the first one to respond and express willingness to come and discuss with them in detail would be TBS TV station. If the negotiations are successful, the value and influence of their special variety show will surely rise to a higher level in a short period of time!
（注：TBS电视台于1951年5月成立，并在1955年4月1日开始电视广播业务。TBS是东瀛五大民营无线电视台之一，在京6局之一。东京放送TBS也是东瀛第一家夺得收视率三冠王（1978）的民营放送事业者，其全年收视率连续19年保持第一（1963～1981）的记录至今无人能破。）
"Our president, Mr. Ryo Sasaki, is very interested in the cross-border fan meeting program proposed by SBS TV station and hopes to reach a cooperation with you. Of course, we also have some questions about the funding of this variety show and hope to reach a consensus with SBS TV station." Kazuya Shimizu explained in a calm tone.

Park Jin-woo, who was originally overjoyed, heard that the other party had doubts about the production funds of the program. But since the other party had arrived and the negotiations between the two sides had officially started, he could only patiently communicate with the other party.

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It turns out that since the full-scale outbreak of the Asian financial crisis last year, although the economic situation in Japan is much better than that in Goryeo where the country has gone bankrupt, the production costs of many TV stations' programs have been cut a lot.

If they follow the program plan given by the other party, then if the ratings fail to increase and they cannot get more support from advertisers and sponsors, their TV station will inevitably suffer losses, which they do not want to bear or see.

Hearing this plan of wanting benefits but not wanting to take responsibilities, Park Jin-woo started to complain in his heart. These bastards really have a good plan. They do this just to get SBS TV station to bear as much of the production costs as possible so that they can take advantage of it!

However, their plan played into Park Jin-woo's hands. According to his previous communication with Zhang Junfeng, the major shareholder, Zhang Junfeng was eager to contract all the production costs of the program and then take all the rights of the program into his own hands as much as possible.

The reason they considered doing so was mainly because they both had a hunch that the future popularity of this program would definitely exceed everyone's imagination. As long as they had the patents and all rights to the program, the subsequent profits would naturally belong to them, and there would be no disputes.

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Park Jin-woo pondered for a moment, and after brewing his words, he said with a somewhat embarrassed look, "TBS TV's concerns are indeed somewhat beyond our expectations. As for the issue of funding for the cross-border fan club variety show, we need to discuss it with the TV station's senior management before we can give a final result."

When Shimizu Kazuya heard that the other party did not refuse directly, he felt relieved. He had originally thought that the president of his own TV station was too demanding. After all, they had agreed to jointly host a cross-border fan meeting, but in the end, the other party had to bear all the production expenses. How could the other party agree? He sent a "sucker" like him to discuss cooperation. Could he be just to be a "scapegoat"?
... "President Park, in addition to the program "Cross-border Fan Club", our TBS TV President Sasaki Ryo also hopes to reach a strategic cooperation with SBS TV. The two sides can share their resources and support each other on more TV programs..." Seeing that the other party did not refuse his main purpose, Shimizu Kazuya shamelessly stated other requests.

"Good fellow! Could it be that this TBS TV station has been planning for cross-border cooperation for a long time? It's just that they took the initiative to invite them this time, and the other party took advantage of the situation and brought out a series of plans that had been planned long ago in order to gain benefits from it?"

The shrewd Park Jin-woo also reacted quickly. As long as the domestic TV stations' ready-made variety shows were exported overseas, it would definitely bring considerable profits to the TV stations, and they could even demand a certain share of the profits based on the popularity of the variety shows.

"It seems that these guys at TBS TV station not only want to get something for free, but also want to use them as cash cows to make gold coins!" After realizing the other party's "sinister intentions", Park Jin-woo's attitude quickly changed.

Although they did have the idea of ​​cooperating with the TV station in Japan, TBS TV had too many calculations. If they really agreed to the other party's proposal, the biggest beneficiary would not be SBS TV, but the other party! They couldn't do such a stupid thing as helping others!

"Mr. Shimizu, I've just told you that although I'm the president of SBS TV station, many important decisions require consultation with the entire top management of the company before they can be made." Park Jin-woo answered seriously, with no sign that his attitude had changed.

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After the other party left, Park Jin-woo said to his subordinates with a cold face, "TBS TV station has ulterior motives and is not the partner we need. Contact a few other TV stations in Japan to see if they have any news!"

After hearing Park Jin-woo's order, the subordinate was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly nodded in agreement. Although he didn't know why the negotiation seemed to be going well just now, why did it suddenly change? But since his own president said so, he just did it.

“By the way, regarding the male lead candidate for “Autumn in My Heart”, go ask them if anyone is willing to switch to SM Entertainment, and we’ll give the job to whoever agrees. As for the others, no matter how good their acting skills and looks are, just let them play supporting roles~!” Park Jin-woo thought about the candidate for the male lead of “Autumn in My Heart” who had not yet been decided, and after a little thought, he quickly gave an answer.

Since Zhang Junfeng, the big boss, has helped them solve the troubles from Daewoo Group, it is only natural for him to return the favor! Anyway, the looks and abilities of those male actors are almost the same, so it doesn't matter who you choose. In this case, just do it again. There is nothing wrong with using public power for personal gain!

(End of this chapter)