"Mainland? That's okay. Shenhai City is also very close to Hong Kong. It's not a problem to go back and forth every day. It's very convenient." Liang Shuyi said.
"It's okay to invest in Shenhai City, but I guess it won't be invested by TVB, but by Hutchison Whampoa." Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "The land in Hong Kong is expensive and the area of the film and television city built is small. It doesn't matter if you take pictures of the interior. But it is difficult to make the exterior scenes grand, so since we are planning to invest in the mainland, we should build a large-scale one. The palace and city walls should be built to be more majestic. It is best to imitate the Forbidden City, so that the visual impact will be better. Our goal can be Not just for the city of Hong Kong, but also for the Chinese people in half of the world, the sense of reality must be strong!"
At this moment, Chen Zhiwen recalled the ancient Hong Kong dramas he watched in his previous life. Those involving the palace were basically shot repeatedly in those locations. Those involving war and siege, the city walls were also very small. Even the siege was not possible due to cost constraints. There were only a few hundred people, and there was no shocking sight like tens of thousands of people attacking the city.
Although this has a certain relationship with Run Run Shaw's "picking" in history, the hardware facilities are indeed insufficient. If a large-scale film and television city is built in the mainland, not only will the hardware be available, but even when a large number of people are really needed, they can also be nearby The scene of attracting people and attacking a city with ten thousand people can be easily reproduced, and the labor costs in the mainland are relatively much lower. Sometimes even giving braised pork for lunch can attract people for free.
This can also reduce costs for TVB. Before the explosion of computer technology, such war films and TV shows could only be performed by real people, and this time may take another twenty or thirty years.
"This is the best. We at TVB can film the program with peace of mind." Liang Shuyi said.
"However, He Huang is not as professional as you. I will inform Zhou Jiayang later. You may need to communicate with Shenhai City first to see how much the cost will be!" Chen Zhiwen thought for a while and said: "Although this is an investment by Hutchison Whampoa, it will be managed by you in the future and will be regarded as TVB's assets."
Hutchison Whampoa and TVB have been completely privatized over the past few years. They are both their own companies, and it is easier to mobilize funds or transfer assets. Hutchison Whampoa will be a company that invests heavily in assets in the future, but the operation of the studio , professionals are still needed to be responsible. Moreover, these two companies do not rule out the possibility of going public in the future. Now it will be more convenient to clearly distinguish the assets.
"Thank you Chen Sheng!" Liang Shuyi was overjoyed. Although it is the company's asset, if it is managed by her, many things will be much more convenient, and with more funds, her subsequent work will also be smoother. Which professional manager, Who doesn’t like having their company well-funded? You can invest whatever you want!
"That's it. When there is progress on these matters later, you can come and report to me specifically. From today on, you can directly contact my secretary-general's office. If you need to see me, just make an appointment in advance." Chen Zhiwen said.
At present, the scale of the entire group is large enough. Except for a few core industries, the leaders of other branches cannot meet him casually. They basically communicate with him through higher-level companies or the headquarters office.
In the past, TVB was only positioned as a TV station in Hong Kong and had a limited role in Chen Zhiwen's global business. But now that it has sufficient funds and resources, it needs to build its own media platform. TVB is the first step, and its importance has naturally increased. .
"Okay, I will report to you again when there is further news!" Liang Shuyi said happily. This time the boss summoned her, which basically showed that in the future, TVB will definitely show off its great development, which is very important to her. It's also an opportunity to show off your abilities.
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Based on Hong Kong, we can make good TV content, and then transmit signals through satellites to gain access to other additional markets. Although it may be in a gray area, it is indeed the only way to expand. In addition, by concentrating resources to make good content, TVB has a high probability of gaining access to other markets. A development that is very different from the previous life.
However, although he has money, he will not use it arbitrarily. When satellite TV has no shadow, it is naturally impossible for him to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to launch an independent satellite into space. This is completely inconsistent with the needs of Costco in the United States. Similarly, because there is a lot of signal data, having its own satellite can create higher benefits and is more cost-effective economically.
And if TVB can really expand in the field of satellite TV in the future, then it will naturally not mind installing a dedicated TV signal satellite in Asia.
This will also happen in a few years. There is no need to consider it now. Anxin will build the most basic business first, and wait until the satellite TV business is successful. In the original history, Li Jiacheng’s second son also founded a satellite TV station. It was rented at the beginning, and it was considered a very successful operation, but obviously the Li family has real estate genes. After the success of the TV station, it was sold to the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch for US$800 million, plus the Hong Kong technology that he cheated City, Hong Kong as a whole had a rare opportunity to make some achievements in the global media market and the Internet market, but it was all wasted by the Li family.
However, it is also possible that they are members of the Li family and are not sure of doing anything other than real estate and infrastructure. After all, a normal company has its own areas of expertise. If you skip this area, it will be difficult to succeed even if you have strong capital. Even Chen Zhiwen, That is to say, relying on the golden finger of memory, we have entered the four fields of real estate, retail, electronic technology and functional drinks. For other investments, we either follow the industry giants to have some soup first, such as Anta OEM for Nike and Galaxy Trading acquired a large number of retail giants. orders, or investing in related companies to make profits.
But there is another way, which is to directly acquire a company that has a promising future but is in difficulty at a certain period of time. For example, Hutchison Whampoa used to acquire it at a low price and took advantage of the bull market in the Hong Kong real estate market and other opportunities to become a company. It is a giant company whose scale is no less than that of Land, but because it has not been listed on the market, outsiders are not sure.
The second large-scale acquisition is naturally AMC Automobile. However, the development of the automobile industry is too slow, especially relying on the mainland market. It may take more than ten or twenty years to show its strong potential, but in the future, it will be suitable. When the time comes, Chen Zhiwen will also acquire other brands in other markets to form an automobile group that can combine technology and market after-sales, but this is a matter for the future.
The third large-scale acquisition was RCA's television business. Relatively speaking, this investment was not very large, and it was merged into Midea after the acquisition.
The fourth one is Disney, which is about to be acquired. This company is currently in trouble for various reasons, with a market value of just over one billion US dollars. According to the original historical development, after the advent of the computer animation era, coupled with the operation of a high-quality management team , Disney could come back to life within a few years and become the largest cultural company in the United States.
In this regard, Chen Zhiwen will naturally not let go of this opportunity, especially with his memory golden finger and his own abundant funds, Disney will only become more powerful.
On April 1, 1983, Chen Zhiwen received news from the United States that the White House and the Department of Commerce had verbally agreed to the acquisition, but it must require the approval of Disney's board of directors and shareholders' meeting. In other words, the acquisition can only be made in good faith, not maliciously. Sniping, this is in line with Chen Zhiwen's intention. He has no interest in planning a large-scale hostile takeover in Europe and the United States.
Although some people make a lot of money by relying on hostile acquisitions, such as Liu, who will rise in a few years, most wealthy people still rely on their actual ability to operate step by step. Most acquisitions in the world are also Merged in good faith.
After Disney agrees, the information will be formally submitted to the Department of Commerce again, and then there will be negotiations between the US government, US labor unions, and other departments and the acquirer. There are many things in this, and we also experienced it when we acquired AMC. But the levels are completely different. A medium-sized company like AMC is not worthy of the attention of the White House or even some big media. But Disney is completely different in terms of dimensions.
On the same day, Morgan Stanley Investment Bank officially announced that it would initiate an acquisition of Disney on behalf of a large overseas investment fund. The stock trading price was US$17.5 per share, and the total offer price was US$1.47 billion, which is higher than Disney's market value of US$1.21 billion. It is 21.5% higher. In terms of sincerity, it is enough. Most corporate mergers and acquisitions will raise the price appropriately. The first increase of 20% is considered to be above the average level.
When the news came out, the media and public opinion in the entire United States exploded in an instant.
Although Disney has been declining more and more in the past decade, at least half of the people in the United States watched Disney cartoons when they were children. Even if they don't like it now, who doesn't know it? This is arguably one of the most important cultural representations of Americans.
This kind of company, even if it is acquired by an American company, is enough to become an important hot news, but now it is acquired by an overseas fund. The United States has become the world's most powerful country since World War II, and they basically acquire other people. Enterprises, and the reverse is not true, but acquiring Disney? That's completely different.
After some in-depth investigations by some American media, they soon discovered that the person behind the acquisition was actually Chen Zhiwen from Hong Kong.
Most of the media in the United States still know this name to some extent. Last year, he was ranked as the richest Chinese in the world. In the whole of Asia, he is also a real estate tycoon second only to Japan. At the same time, he also has many investments and industries in the United States. The most famous It is Costco, one of the emerging retail giants in the United States.
But no matter what, many people can't stand it when an Asian acquires Disney. Over the years, Japanese brands have hoisted up many industries in the United States. Now it is actually the turn of a Chinese to acquire the most powerful cultural company in the United States?
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