Chapter 238 Cooperation
Yang Chen could actually understand Lei Juekun's disbelief and doubts. After all, Xiangjiang's previous TV station had never had the experience of showing other people's TV series.
Even if it is screened, the rights to the TV series will be purchased directly.
This is similar to how Southeast Asian countries now buy out the TV series in Hong Kong.
Everyone buys the regional screening rights of this TV series, and then it is up to the TV station how and for how long they want to show it.
There has never been a case where a TV station shows a TV series shot by another film and television company and shares the profits equally with others.
To say that Boss Lei is only interested in movies is actually not necessarily true. After all, as stars’ salaries get higher and higher, the costs and risks of movies are also gradually rising.
And a good TV series is sometimes less profitable than a movie. Since Boss Lei wants to take root in the film and television industry, he is naturally also interested in TV series.
In the past, the reason why Boss Lei focused on his film career was because he did not have a TV station, and even if he filmed a TV series, there would be no place to show it.
Now that the opportunity is right in front of us, Boss Lei is definitely lying if he says he's not interested, but he just can't believe it.
"Uncle Lei, let me tell you the truth. In the future, ATV's cooperation model will not only be limited to Princess Jin. In the future, all companies that ATV can cooperate with will be able to cooperate with ATV in this regard.
It is not difficult to see from the current Shaw Brothers movies that sometimes if you remain complacent, you will gradually decline in the end. My purpose in doing this is to bring everyone together to compete, and everything will depend on their strength.
Only competition can eliminate most of the unqualified works, allowing good TV series to stand out..."
After listening to Yang Chen's heartfelt words, Boss Lei couldn't help but sigh, "Ah Chen, I have to say that although you are young, your magnanimity and vision are unmatched by ordinary people."
When Yang Chen heard this, he said humbly: "Uncle Lei, you are so grateful. I also want ATV to live longer. Sometimes if you fail to keep up with the times, you will easily be eliminated by the times."
"So, we have to keep up with the times."
Hearing Yang Chen's words, Lei Juekun was startled for a moment, and then he felt enlightened, "Uncle Lei, I was taught a lesson by your words. Uncle Lei is afraid that one day he will grow old and not be able to keep up with the times.
Eliminated."
After saying that, Boss Lei grinned and said: "Ah Chen, is there any way you can help Uncle Lei?"
"What does Uncle Lei mean?" Yang Chen glanced at Lei Juekun in confusion, wondering what medicine he was planning to sell in his gourd.
"I heard, Ah Chen, that you invested 100 million in the TV station when you first arrived at ATV. Such a big deal made Uncle Lei admire you.
I just don’t know if ATV is still accepting investment from outsiders. Your Uncle Lei is already quite old. If you have your kid to take care of it, you don’t have to worry about not being able to keep up with the times."
Seeing the bold Boss Lei suddenly making this move, Yang Chen couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
However, no matter how cunning the fox is, it is no match for the hunter's shotgun.
"Uncle Lei wants to invest in ATV, so there is no problem, but"
Halfway through the words, under Boss Lei's gaze, Yang Chen turned his gaze to Huang Xizhao aside, signaling him to speak.
And Huang Xizhao, who had been listening silently to the conversation between the two, naturally knew what Yang Chen was thinking about.
As a subordinate, he, as a subordinate, will naturally have to shoulder the responsibility for the things that are difficult for his boss to say or do.
Understanding that it was not easy for Yang Chen to directly reject Boss Lei in person, and did not want Boss Lei to invest in ATV, Huang Xizhao thought about it for a while.
Then he turned his attention to Boss Lei and said, "If Boss Lei wants to invest in ATV, you might as well get in touch with other shareholders of ATV. Maybe you will get unexpected gains."
"Oh? What do you mean by Manager Huang's words?" Boss Lei asked doubtfully.
This time, before Huang Xizhao could speak, Yang Chen rushed to explain: "It's like this, Uncle Lei, after I acquired Li's TV station and renamed it Asia TV.
He once stated at a staff meeting that he would inject HK$100 million into ATV every year for the next ten years to support ATV’s next development, so that ATV can truly go global and become a truly Asian TV station.”
"In addition, ATV will not distribute dividends to shareholders in the next ten years, and all profits earned will be used to support the development of ATV."
"Um" After hearing Yang Chen's words, Boss Lei's expression froze and he didn't know what to say.
Injecting an annual capital of 100 million means one billion in ten years. Even if he exchanges all the Kowloon buses for ATV shares, after ten years, he will only be able to hold about 10% of ATV's shares at most.
This is still under the most ideal situation. From now on, Yang Chen will never allow him to occupy so many shares.
In this way, he may be reduced to a dispensable small shareholder of ATV by hanging around.
Furthermore, ATV will not pay dividends to shareholders for the next ten years, which makes people even more speechless.
There was no dividend, and the shares had to be reduced with Yang Chen's capital injection. This made Boss Lei give up the idea of investing in ATV in an instant.
Now Yang Chen holds more than 60% of ATV's shares, and ATV's top executives, led by Huang Xizhao, have all joined the other party's banner.
Now the entire ATV is no different from Yang Chen's own back garden. Even if he takes a stake, he cannot dictate or influence the TV station like the shareholders of TVB.
Ten years. He is already fifty-five years old this year. By that time, it is unclear whether he will still have the energy to do this.
In current ATV, Yang Chen, who holds a majority stake in ATV, has absolute ownership of the TV station.
Whatever the other party wants to implement within the TV station, there is no need to consider the opinions of other shareholders, because even if all other ATV shareholders unite, they will not be enough to confront Yang Chen.
When he thought of this, Boss Lei shook his head and did not continue to mention the matter of investing in ATV.
The two exchanged contracts with each other. Yang Chen spent about 200 million to get the shares of Kowloon Bus 47, while Boss Lei got a joint contract between ATV and Princess Jin.
Both parties share resources. In the future, whether it is a director or a star artist, Princess Jin can use ATV to shoot movies.
With this contract, Boss Lei can finally take a breather from the blockade of Shaw Brothers Movies and Golden Harvest.
At the same time, he no longer has to rely too heavily on Mark Jia and the rest of the New Art City team.
Think about it, Lei Juekun is also a well-known tycoon. In order to resist the blockade of Shaw Brothers and Jiahe, he has to obey a few people in everything.
This kind of feeling of a weak master and a strong servant is quite uncomfortable. Now that ATV is giving blood to Princess Jin, those ATV directors and actors who want to develop in the film industry are not allowed to enter the bowl of his boss Lei.
During this period, movies and TV series were interconnected, and any director could switch roles between the two at will.
Compared with ATV directors who have rich experience, although Mark Jia and his team are capable, it is precisely because of their abilities that they appear to be proud of their talents.
For this reason, Boss Lei was very angry and had a headache. Now he can finally feel relieved.
Chapter completed!