Chapter 91 The Unknown Inside Story
Normal people who want to find the Governor must make an appointment with the Governor's Mansion. Only after the appointment is approved can they meet with Mailihao, and most people do not have this opportunity.
With Su City's current status, there is no need to go through these procedures. You can just make a private phone call to the Governor's Office.
So, Su Cheng called Mailihao's office in Yang Chaoye's office. When the other party heard that Su Cheng wanted to see him for something, he asked him to go directly to the Governor's Mansion.
Su Cheng looked at the time on his watch. It was four-thirty in the afternoon, which was still early.
After saying goodbye to Yang Chaoye, Su Cheng asked the driver to drive directly to the Governor's Mansion.
Arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Su Cheng arrived at the Governor's Office with ease, and no staff stopped him on the way.
Obviously, they have received the notice from Mailihao, and there are not many people in Xiangjiang who don't know Su Cheng.
"Mr. Su, we just met yesterday, what else do you want to see me for today?" Mailihao asked curiously.
"Mr. Governor, do you know the situation of Jiayi TV?" Su Cheng asked.
"Of course, I am the Governor of Xiangjiang after all, so I understand the situation of Jiayi TV." Mailihao said with a smile.
In order to save Jiashi, Jiashi general manager Zhou Liang Shuyi launched the "July Offensive" for Jiashi on July 1, 1978, and carried out large-scale publicity activities in Hong Kong, including multiple consecutive days Full-page advertisements were placed in many newspapers and audio tapes were distributed at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier to promote the new program.
"July Offensive" includes many major dramas: "Celebrity Love" starring Cheng Yuling and Michelle, "The Golden Sword Lover" directed by Tsui Hark and starring Yu Anan, plus "Mystery Theater", "Vanguard", and the adult talk show "Hello Night Return", which was the first in Hong Kong TV media at that time.
Unfortunately, after the launch of "July Offensive", the results and ratings growth were not as expected.
At the same time, because of spending a lot of money, Jiashi's working capital was quickly exhausted. Now Jiashi can no longer survive for long.
"I want to take over Jiashi!" Su Cheng said with a smile.
"If you want to take over Jiashi, you can go directly to their shareholders to buy shares. If someone else wants to run the TV station, I may object, but I have no objection to Mr. Su." Mailihao said with a smile.
"Mr. Governor, I believe you also know the reason why Jiashi cannot make a profit. You approved the establishment of Jiashi at the beginning, but because it can only operate one Chinese channel, and it has to use part of its time for broadcasting Educational programs, this also makes it more difficult for Jiashi to make a profit, so I hope to get the support of Mr. Governor and add TV channels after I take over Jiashi." Su Cheng said very directly.
If more TV channels can be added, broadcasting educational programs will not be a problem at all. Just use any channel to broadcast them.
TVB and Li TV are like this. They put educational programs on channels with low ratings, so as to avoid wasting resources on TVs with high ratings.
Jiayi TV is different. It only has one Chinese channel. In other words, this educational program inevitably takes up a lot of time, and it is still a full 6 and a half hours.
The Hong Kong government stipulates that JIS must be used for television teaching purposes from 14:00 to 18:00 and 21:00 to 23:30 every day. Some of these times are even during prime time.
The family is trying to kill some time by watching TV together, but you are showing an educational program, so who wants to watch it? Six and a half important hours are missing in a day, and no matter how much Jiashi saves it, there is nothing it can do to save it.
"Mr. Su, you will make it difficult for me to do this. The condition when we issued the license to Jiayi TV was that Jiayi must use part of its time to broadcast educational programs. I hope Jiayi TV has developed into an educational TV station, which is also their responsibility. If I change it easily, what is the use of the original conditions?" Mailihao said helplessly.
"Mr. Governor, if you can't even help with this, I doubt whether my decision to invest heavily in Xiangjiang is the right choice!" Su Cheng said with some anger.
It's not a threat, but it's not a threat. You can get twice the result with half the effort by taking advantage of the situation.
With a large investment of his level, where would he not be a guest? If you go to Singapore to invest, maybe the government will send someone to serve you specifically. If you want policies, just ask for them.
And he also knows that whether it can be done or not is actually a matter of Mai Lihao's words, and the people below have no objection at all.
"Mr. Su, please don't worry. I can discuss with the Television Advisory Committee whether this matter needs to be changed." MacLeahout also knew that if he refused, it would be a bit unkind. Invest in Xiangjiang, and you won't be able to do even this little thing in a blink of an eye.
And he also knows that the background of the Su family is completely innocent. Su's father has been in Xiangjiang for many years and is just a real businessman. As for Su City, there is no problem. Not only does he own huge assets in Xiangjiang, but even last month He even went to the UK to invest.
If Su City controls a TV station, there should be no problem.
"Then I hope to hear the good news from Mr. Governor as soon as possible. By the way, Mr. Governor, I heard that the government is now investigating Jiashi?" Su Cheng's face returned to normal. He knew that since Mailihao Saying this, then this matter should be considered settled.
“When Jiashi was founded, He Zuozhi of Xiangjiang Commercial Radio was the major shareholder and general manager. This is what we hope to see. We also stated before issuing the license that we cannot change the controlling shareholder at will. But what did they do?
In less than two years, they sold their shares. He Zuozhi was originally the majority shareholder of Jiashi, but now he became Lin Xiufeng without our consent. The majority shareholder is still injecting capital, so at the end of last year we sent the Television Advisory Committee to investigate. It was obvious that they violated the regulations without authorization."
Mailihao told the superficial reason, but as for the real reason, he naturally would not say it himself. .
In fact, Su City has received some more detailed information from Xiao Ai. The reason why the Governor's Office opposed the Lin family's gradual increase in capital and ultimately control of Jiashi was because the Lin family was suspected of being Chinese-owned. As a result, Naturally, the Governor's Office does not allow them to control a TV station.
And Lin Xiufeng of the Lin family is the son of Lin Bingyan, one of the founders of Hengsheng Bank.
Why Hengsheng Bank was eventually taken over by Huifeng Bank for its own use? Obviously, there is a big secret behind it!
You must know that TV stations can control the direction of public opinion. Now is a critical period in Hong Kong. How could the colonial government let a potentially wealthy family control the TV station!
In this regard, Su Cheng understood that everyone had his own country. As the governor of Xiangjiang, Mailihao naturally regarded the interests of Britain as his own responsibility.
Now Su Cheng is at least on the surface a neutral businessman with no sign of capital, which is why Mailihao is polite to him.
"Mr. Governor, then I will wait for your good news. I hope it won't keep me waiting for a long time. I urgently need a TV station to advertise the products of my two groups. I will come here today. I won’t bother you, Mr. Governor,” Su Cheng said with a smile.
"Okay, Mr. Su, please walk slowly. I will give you a reply within two days at most." Mailihao stood up and said.
(End of this chapter)