After returning to Hutchison Whampoa, Chen Zhiwen called Zhou Jiayang and said: "Two things are arranged for you to do. First, TVB needs to invest in building a cinema in Tseung Kwan O, but the Hong Kong government has not approved it, so we ourselves Buying land for construction, commercial land, as long as the location is not too far away is fine. Second, I want to increase overseas distribution channels for TVB, what do you think?"
"Buying land in Tseung Kwan O is not a problem. Even if there is no large area of land, it is okay to acquire those old houses and compensate the locals. I just don't know how much land Chen Sheng is going to buy?" Zhou Jiayang asked after thinking for a moment. .
"Let's try to get 1 million square feet first. The area is larger and it is more convenient to build it in one go." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said.
The current Shaw Brothers Cinema covers an area of just over 500,000 square feet. Since I want to build it, I naturally want to build it bigger, and because the new one will definitely be updated and more in line with the current aesthetic, so that I can be adequately prepared for the 1980s. The explosion of Hong Kong movies and TV series.
You know, as a loyal fan of TVB TV sets, what makes Chen Zhiwen complain the most is the simple shooting style of TVB TV series. A piece of clothing has been worn by Jinlun Dharma King, Xuan Ming and Xiang Shaolong. Although It has become normal for cinemas to reuse the same items, but TVB went too far. This may have a lot to do with Shao Yifu's picking, but the limitations of the hardware itself are also one of them.
"One million square feet. If you choose a place with a more remote land, two to three million Hong Kong dollars will be enough." Zhou Jiayang thought for a while and said, now Hong Kong land prices have begun to pick up. The average house price in Hong Kong Island exceeds 300, and the Kowloon Peninsula is around 200. A place like Tseung Kwan O naturally only has about 100 square feet, but this is about commercial housing. Building a movie theater does not necessarily need to be in a place with a lot of people or good commercial facilities. Tseung Kwan O is so big, just find a place with fewer people, 1 million square feet. , in fact, it’s not that big, just 300 meters in radius.
"I guess there will be more to the movie theater construction than that." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, "Although this matter is not urgent, we still need to find the land early and buy it."
The matter of the movie theater is indeed not urgent. It will be fine in two or three years. After all, the explosion of Hong Kong TV series will have to wait for at least five years. However, the land is more urgent. Not to mention two or three years later, in another half a year, Hong Kong will The trend of real estate speculation will once again blow, with countless scalpers rushing to hoard the qualifications to purchase houses, and various real estate pre-sale offices will start queuing up late at night.
At that time, it will be a bit difficult to obtain a large area of land.
"Okay, I'll go to Tseung Kwan O tomorrow to have a look," Zhou Jiayang nodded and agreed.
Chen Zhiwen asked: "What do you think about increasing TVB's overseas distribution channels?"
"This is a bit difficult. The easiest way is to find overseas and local people to cooperate. We produce content and they have connections and make money together. However, TVB's content can only have a market in places like Chinatown." Zhou Jiayang frowned said.
"In fact, the overseas Chinatown market is also huge. There are estimated to be tens of millions of Chinese in Europe and the United States alone, several times that of Hong Kong. If this market can be developed well, it will be very beneficial to the development of TVB." Chen Zhiwen said.
Zhou Jiayang nodded and said: "That's what I say, but Chinatowns are too scattered. They can be found all over the world, and they can be found in every big city."
"That's why it's more troublesome. Even if Hong Kong movies are sold outside Fu, they can only find countries in Southeast Asia. There is no way to go to Europe and the United States, because the people are too scattered and there is no way to gather them when watching movies." Chen Zhiwen shook his head. Said, if European and American Chinese can contribute to the Hong Kong box office, then even if the Hollywood movies invade in the 1990s, Hong Kong movies may not decline. As long as they can still make money, there will be no shortage of talent, and maybe they can survive until the 21st century. .
Relatively speaking, Hong Kong TV series have lasted longer because of the mainland market. TVB also produced many classic TV series in the 2000s, which were very popular in the mainland, such as "The Story of Qin", "Love Through Time", and "The Evil of the Golden Branch" , "Sister Tuoqiu", "Legacy", etc., they also have a strong team of actors, but they are still declining after 10 years. But unlike Hong Kong movies, Hong Kong TV series declined because of poor treatment of actors. These After their contracts expired, all of them came to the mainland to work.
"If we just sell music, we can actually find a way to open up channels in Chinese supermarkets in Europe and the United States. The Chinese supermarkets in Chinatown basically cover all local Chinese." Zhou Jiayang thought for a while and said.
"Chinese supermarket? This is a good idea." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. The living habits of the Chinese group are very different from those of Westerners. A large number of unaccustomed people have brought business opportunities. Many Chinese people have vision and courage, so naturally Supermarkets were opened to import goods needed by the Chinese from Asia and sell them in Europe and the United States. Their customers were also Chinese. This is suitable for TVB to sell music.
Zhou Jiayang said: "But there are still many Chinese supermarkets, and we still need to find a local Chinese to be in charge of the channels."
"Okay, let's try it. Let's start with the United States. Find a few people from the sales team in the United States and let them take charge of this matter." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said. In fact, it is not a big deal in itself. Arranging people to go Just do it.
"Okay, the teams of Midea and Red Bull in the United States are well-connected with the locals, so they should be able to find such people." Zhou Jiayang said, although TVB's annual net profit is less than a medium-sized property owned by Hutchison Whampoa, he can I know that my boss attaches great importance to TVB. Its media characteristics far exceed its profit characteristics.
"Is the Galaxy Headquarters Building ready to start construction?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.
"Yes, I sent the building drawings designed by Master Bei Jinming for us to another third-party construction agency to verify its safety. I have received a positive reply that this building is safe. The initial estimated construction cost is 130 million Hong Kong dollar, with a total of 49 floors, 43 floors above and 6 underground floors, with a total construction area of 888,000 square feet, is expected to be completed by the end of next year." Zhou Jiayang replied.
"Okay, although the speed is a bit slow, we finally have our own headquarters building." Chen Zhiwen said with a smile.
The design of an office building itself takes several months. Coupled with a master-level figure like Bei Jinming, other businesses must also be busy. Therefore, it was not until last month that Bei Jinming sent someone Drawings of the Galaxy Headquarters Building.
Naturally, no one within Galaxy understood this kind of drawing, so it was sent to a third-party company in Europe for review to ensure safety and energy conservation.
By this month, we received a positive answer, which means that construction of the Galaxy Headquarters Building can begin.
"Yes, people in Midea have become crowded again recently. Lei Shengli asked me to buy a small office building in Hutchison. With a little decoration, it can accommodate hundreds of people." Zhou Jiayang said with a smile.
"Yeah, Midea is developing too fast." Chen Zhiwen said with a frown. If it develops too fast, it has its own troubles. It's not that there is no place to rent, but that it needs to rent a large office building for a short period of time. This is not good. Look, as he knew, ByteDance in later generations would change offices every few months from 2013 to 2015, because ByteDance’s development speed far exceeded Zhang Yiming’s prediction every time.
Zhou Jiayang thought for a while and said: "It is indeed difficult to wait for another year and a half. How about we find a larger office building and let Midea move there?"
The landowner in Hong Kong is Land. Although Hutchison Whampoa is also one of the four major foreign banks, it has not paid much attention to self-owned commercial office buildings before. In Central, only one Hutchison Building is used by itself.
"Actually, it doesn't have to be in Central. Anyway, we have a shuttle bus. Even if we move to Kowloon, it will be the same." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said, now Midea no longer needs to stay in Central to reflect its value.
"Okay, I understand." Zhou Jiayang nodded and said.
(End of chapter)
