Chapter 220 Asia Television
Gu Zhenfu took Yang Ye’s script to meet the Second Young Master, and within a week it became clear.
The Second Young Master has a high reputation in the cultural and publicity circles, and he has presided over the production of many patriotic films.
Liu Jiachang became friends with the second son because of the success of his movie "Plum Blossom", and he became a prominent figure in Taiwan's literary and art circles!
When it comes to making movies, Yang Ye is a hundred times better than Liu Jiachang, but he used to make kung fu movies, so the second son didn’t take it to heart.
The second young master doesn’t love money, and he doesn’t really like movies. He does them just to gain prestige!
Because his goal is... to become the Sandaime!
Now Yang Ye, a kung fu master, wants to make an anti-Japanese blockbuster and promises to star in it himself and distribute it globally.
Think about it, if the anti-Japanese blockbusters produced in Taiwan were released on a large scale in the United States, wouldn’t their reputation skyrocket?
Not to mention that this theme can unite the indigenous people!
So the second young master held a banquet in honor of Yang Ye and discussed the matter in person.
Yang Ye is an internationally renowned film master, and this guy is very respectable.
With the support of this guy, you can really get everything you need. For example, the aircraft, cannons, and guns used during filming can all be real, which not only saves the cost of making props, but also increases the quality of the movie.
When Taiwan was filming "The Legend of Jianqiao Heroes" three years ago, a lot of biplanes were made, which could be used directly after being modified.
There are also actors and actresses, Taiwanese stars can be chosen at will, and they are available at any time without paying a penny.
In the end, Yang Ye estimated...this movie could be made for tens of millions of NT dollars.
With the support of a large amount of manpower and material resources, Yang Ye became the hands-off shopkeeper.
He appointed himself as the chief director, and Ding Shanxi became his deputy, taking charge of the preliminary preparations.
For several main actors, Yang Ye has already selected them. There are named Japanese in the movie. Yang Ye plans to communicate with Kadokawa Haruki and use all Japanese actors under Kadokawa Pictures.
Especially a very important role in the movie, Genji Kojima, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, who is now famous in Japan, was named by Yang Ye.
Yang Ye has good partners in the Hollywood, Japanese and French film circles. In the entire Asian film industry, his energy and influence are second to none, not even compared to Akira Kurosawa.
Because the unique genre of kung fu films can make his films popular across races, Kurosawa's historical films and sword and halberd films cannot.
The strong box office appeal has made those partners closely unite around him.
Everything in this world is nothing more than fame and fortune. If Yang Ye can bring benefits to these people, then everything is easy to say.
Yang Ye formed an art and photography team, and Zhang Shuping was one of them.
Before leaving Taiwan, Yang Ye held a meeting with these people and said: "You have a very heavy task this time. You need to go to the Taroko Grand Canyon according to the description of the script to find a suitable shooting location. Set up the shooting scene and produce Clothes, design and styling."
Zhang Shuping was a little nervous, but very excited, and promised Yang Ye: "I will try my best!"
Yang Ye pointed at another young man and said. : "His name is Guo Mingzheng, he is a Seediq young man, and he will be your guide in the mountainous area this time!"
After explaining the preliminary preparations, Yang Ye temporarily left Taipei.
It is now June, and "Terminator" has begun intensive pre-publicity.
On the other hand, Li's voice finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to seek to sell its business in Asia and fully retreat to the UK.
As soon as Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, he got the news from Huang Xizhao!
“Contact Olson for me right away and tell him that I want to acquire all his business in Asia!”
A week later, Yang Ye smoothly met Olson, the president of Li’s Voice Meet.
Yang Ye didn't want to talk nonsense, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and said straight to the point: "President Olson, I want to take over all the business of Li's Voice in Asia, including Li's TV Station in Hong Kong, as well as Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The voice of beauty radio station ”
Olson smiled and said: "Mr. Yang, you have a big appetite!"
Yang Ye said: "I will give you a satisfactory price, a fixed price of 300 million Hong Kong dollars. What do you think?"
Olson said: "Mr. Yang, you are very generous, but 300 million Hong Kong dollars is not enough!"
"I think the price I paid is very fair. No one else can afford this price except me. I won’t take all your business in one go.”
“That’s true, but if I take it apart and sell it slowly, I can definitely sell it at this price.”
"The cost of time is also money, right? If you just sell it to me in one go, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?"
"Mr. Yang, your ambition is very high. You want to be an entertainment tycoon in Asia. I'm right. "
"You're right!"
"As you said, time is money. If I sell these businesses separately, you will still find a way to do it. When they are acquired, you will need to spend more money and more time, right? "
This... is really what happened.
"Then, make a price!"
Olson stretched out a finger: "One hundred million US dollars!"
Yang Ye frowned and said: "Mr. Olson, are you here? Are you kidding? Although I can get the money, you can’t take advantage of me!”
Since 1978, the Hong Kong dollar has started to depreciate. It’s understandable that this guy doesn’t want the Hong Kong dollar, but he wants the US dollar. The asking price of $100 million is too outrageous.
According to the current exchange rate, this is probably worth 550 million Hong Kong dollars, which is almost double.
Olson said: "No, no, listen to me. I admit that the price of 100 million US dollars is high, but what I want to sell to you is not only the business in Asia, but also the business in the Caribbean. We are in Barbados There are also four radio stations in Commonwealth countries such as Jamaica and Canada." Yang Ye was speechless: "Although my geography is not very good, I probably know that the combined population of that place is probably not as large as that of Hong Kong. Barbados is very poor. I can give you two million dollars for those stupid radio stations, and you will laugh to death! And what is the use of my coming?"
Or Sen spread his hands and said: "Anyway, if you want to buy it, just package it and sell it to you, otherwise I won't sell it!"
Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "For $80 million, if you don't sell it, forget it. Otherwise, I would rather buy it piecemeal than be so cowardly as you!”
“Okay, deal!”
Yang Ye shook hands with this guy and felt extremely sick.
Jamaica? He knew the people there were fast.
Barbados? The motherland of my great Shandong diva? But Rehana isn’t born yet!
A business of 300 million yuan has been completed with more than 400 million yuan, and it is just a pile of rags, damn it!
However, just buy it. Small countries are better than small ones. These four radio stations are local monopolies. Although they don’t make much money, mosquito legs are also meat!
Moreover, Hong Kong films can be sold through the promotion of radio stations. Mosquito legs are also meat!
Yang Ye could only comfort himself in this way.
The main reason is that he can't afford to wait. If it drags on any longer, the Australian consortium that originally acquired Lishi will come to compete.
Moreover, LiTV's "The Love of the Earth" series will be launched soon. It was the peak moment of Hong Kong TV dramas and the most prosperous time of LiTV.
The two factors together will inevitably push up the acquisition price.
Also, Yang Ye has always hoped to get a complete Lishi. Not the Lishi that was turned into a piece of shit by the Australian consortium later.
Now Lishi is strong and at its peak.
Yang Ye took over at this time, and then gave Jin Yong IP, Lishi was even more powerful, and Jubi was able to press Wireless to the ground and rub it.
......
Yang Ye has already prepared the money to acquire Lishi. Although it is a bit higher than expected, it is not easy for Yang Ye to temporarily mobilize 100 million Hong Kong dollars in funds. It’s not a difficult task, Donglai Plaza alone has tens of millions in cash flow.
In July 1980, Yang Ye and Hu Yinmeng strutted into the Lishi Building!
Huang Xizhao leads the production staff of the "Beautiful Three Heroes" including McDonald's, Li Zhaoxiong, and Tu Yongxiong, as well as "screenwriting masters" Xiao Ruoyuan, Xu Xiaoming, and Huang Tailai.
Pan Zhiwen, Gu Guanzhong, Bai Biao, Dong Biao, Huang Yuanshen, Liang Xiaolong, Leslie Cheung and other male stars.
Actresses such as Yu Anan, Bao Qijing, Wei Qiuhua, Chen Xiuwen, Ma Miner, Mo Shunyun and other actresses.
The whole Taiwan mobilized to express a warm welcome to Yang Ye’s arrival!
Yang Ye once said: "Those who don't let others make money must have something wrong with their heads!"
This sentence is widely circulated in the industry. The performance of Yang Ye's film company is much better than that of other companies. Staff treatment is also very good.
Now that he has taken charge of Lishi, it is simply a blessing for Lishi. The entire Lishi team is celebrating the New Year.
After a burst of warm applause, Yang Ye delivered his inaugural speech. He smiled and said: "Everyone knows me, so there is no need to introduce myself!"
This is not a humorous statement, But everyone just felt very friendly, so they burst into laughter and applauded warmly!
"LiTV was originally a TV station set up in Hong Kong by the British company Rediffusion. Now that it has returned to the hands of the Chinese, the new station has a new atmosphere, so the name of the station has to be changed. My dream is to become the leading TV station in Asia. So I decided to change the name of the station to...Asia Television!"
"Okay!"
Let's call it Asia Television. Very fierce!
It sounded very promising upon hearing it, and everyone clapped excitedly!
“There will be no major personnel changes in the company within one year. Performance will be adjusted after one year. I hope everyone will work hard and perform well!”
Generally speaking, when a company changes to a new boss, the leadership team must be replaced by one of their own confidants, so many people in Lishi are a little uneasy, but Yang Ye actually announced that the status quo will remain unchanged, which immediately made everyone feel relieved and there was another burst of enthusiasm. of applause.
It’s not that Yang Ye doesn’t want to change, but the current ATV is the strongest moment in history, with so many talents and strong generals, there is no need to adjust at all.
“However, all the actors from the TV station will be transferred to Baiyang Agency. After the transfer, the agent system will be implemented like the actors of Baiyang Agency, and the agent will be responsible for assisting in taking care of your work. So that you can devote yourself wholeheartedly to your acting career."
The actors have no objection to this. There is not much difference between signing with a TV station and signing with Baiyang Agency.
Having your own agent means you can get jobs outside of the TV station.
Otherwise, what's the point of having an agent?
Another round of applause!
For Huang Xizhao, this adjustment means that it will not be so easy for him to control these actors in the future, and it will weaken his power.
But this was something Yang Ye had already discussed with Huang Xizhao. Compared with 5% of the shares, this loss is acceptable.
“I also brought you a big gift today. As everyone knows, I own all the copyrights of Jin Yong’s novels. Now I announce that ATV will start filming a Jin Yong TV series in a planned series. The first one is... "The Eight Parts of the Dragon"
"Bah, bang, bang, bang!"
The applause was even more enthusiastic this time. Starting from 1976, LiTV's ratings were first suppressed by Jiashi's Jin Yong drama, and later by TVB's Jin Yong drama.
And now, it’s finally my turn!
Every ATV employee feels proud and confident in the future of ATV!
“One week later, the crew of "Dragon" will conduct auditions for actors throughout the company. If you want to play any role, you can sign up in advance. Everyone will have a chance!"
This is awesome, all the actors of Lishi are gearing up and eager to try it!
(End of this chapter)