Rebirth 1984: Starting with the development of Hanka

On the second day after acquiring ATV, Zhao Ye came to ATV to inspect the company. In addition to Zhou Anping, there was also a strong woman in the film and television industry - Zhou Liang Shuyi.

As for the people left behind from Qiu Degen's era, Zhao Ye has no intention of resigning them.

ATV actually has a lot of talents, but it can never retain them.

If TVB is regarded as a star-making factory for front-stage performances, then ATV is undoubtedly the Whampoa Military Academy for behind-the-scenes production.

In the 1980s and 1990s, ATV's executives were very good. They launched classic TV series and variety shows one after another, and were able to compete with TVB.

When Qiu Degen served as chairman and general manager of ATV, he liked to do things himself. But Zhao Ye didn't have so much time, so he invited Zhou Liangshuyi to serve as the general manager of ATV.

In her previous life, when Shu-Yi Chow was in charge of ATV, she used her friendship card to poach many gold medal producers from TVB, including Wei Jiahui and Zhao Zhenqiang. TVB's production department was thrown into chaos.

This makes ATV's ratings directly catch up with TVB.

ATV’s TV dramas such as "Celestial Being", "Love from the Earth", "The Great Hero Fearless", "Fist of Fury", "I Have a Date with a Zombie", "War of the Century", "Across the World" all attracted Zhao. Ye was impressed.

However, every time TVB cannot compete with ATV in terms of ratings, it will resort to its trump card - Jin Yong dramas.

ATV's ratings cannot compete with TVB's. This non-war crime is due to the influence of Jin Yong's novels.

However, it is different when Wujiang Group takes over ATV.

Wujiang Group has strong financial resources and can support ATV to produce more sophisticated programs.

With the company here, it is expected that no artist or behind-the-scenes production staff will leave ATV easily.

Soon, Zhao Ye and others arrived at ATV.

Zhou Anping introduced ATV executives, directors, well-known screenwriters, and popular artists to Zhao Ye.

Zhao Ye smiled and shook hands with them one by one, showing an affable look to stabilize people's hearts.

Finally, Zhao Ye announced that everything else would remain unchanged for the time being, hiring Zhou Liangshuyi as the general manager of ATV, and then arranging a new finance.

At the same time, 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars were invested in ATV to update filming equipment, expand filming locations, produce costumes and props, train employees, poach people, etc...

"In addition, I will contact the satellite launch company to launch several satellites for ATV and build ATV into a satellite TV station with global coverage!"

When Zhao Ye invested HK$2.5 million in ATV, everyone was already very excited.

I never expected that he would also launch communication satellites for ATV!

How much does this cost!

Satellite TV will definitely add a lot of TV channels, so people don’t have to worry about competition because everyone will have programs to watch.

Moreover, because TV programs cover the whole world, their influence is huge.

Both ATV executives and artists are extremely excited at this moment.

Especially for artists, the greater their fame, the more valuable they are, and the higher their income will be from advertising endorsements or commercial performances.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, the thicker the thigh, the more powerful it will be.

Now, ATV artists are unwilling to leave even if TVB tries to poach them.

Seeing that everyone was overjoyed, Zhao Ye couldn't help but smile. It seemed that launching a communication satellite was the right thing to do. This alone was very exciting, and it could also attract other Hong Kong artists to join ATV.

After a while, he continued: "In addition, I will also set up a news agency, establish a global news information collection network, and form a multi-lingual, multi-media, multi-channel, multi-level, multi-functional news release system, integrating news agency feeds Business, newspaper business, television business, economic information business, etc. are integrated into one, and are provided to all kinds of users around the world 24 hours a day in 8 languages: Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese and Japanese. Text, pictures, charts, audio, video and other news and information products!”

"The news agency will provide ATV with the latest and hottest news in the future!"

"ATV should also take advantage of the news agency to make its news programs the number one in Hong Kong."

"Establish "Morning News", "Midday News", "Evening News", "Late Night News", etc..."

Zhou Liang Shuyi, Xu Xiaoming and others were stunned when they heard this.

Another big deal!

Is this the difference between having super thighs and not having super thighs?

"besides……"

Zhao Ye thought for a while and then said, "I also plan to build a film and television base in Hengdian, Mainland China. In the future, ATV dramas can be filmed in the Mainland Film and Television Base."

There is not enough space in Hong Kong for ATV to build its own film and television base. If you insist on buying it, of course you can buy it, but the land is prohibitively expensive.

Currently, ATV shoots dramas and sometimes rents Shaw Brothers' Clearwater Bay studio.

This is a little embarrassing, as if I feel like I am being dependent on someone else.

When Wujiang Group takes over ATV, it will not look good if it rents other people’s studios.

Moreover, you will definitely not lose money by investing in Hengdian Film and Television City.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ye took out a piece of information and handed it to Zhou Liang Shuyi, and then explained: "Here are some of my ideas for variety shows, and ATV is responsible for perfecting them and producing them. There are five programs in total. : "Millionaire", "Tucao Conference", "Ace Vs Ace", "Celebrity Detective", "The Voice of China"."

These five programs are all variety shows that Zhao Ye believes are popular nowadays.

It will definitely increase ATV’s ratings.

As for TV dramas, Zhao Ye doesn't have time to write them, and besides, he doesn't know how to write them.

For these variety shows, he only described the content and main selling points of the programs in detail, and the details still needed further improvement by the production team.

"Boss, I have to meet with the representatives of CITIC Group next. Time is tight..." Liu Yinyin walked to Zhao Ye and reminded in a low voice.

Zhao Ye nodded when he heard this, and then said to everyone: "Okay, that's it for now. I still have things to do. Whether ATV can develop depends on you."

Zhou Liang Shuyi said with a smile: "Don't worry, boss, we will definitely live up to your high expectations!"

Zhao Ye nodded, stood up and walked outside.

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"Boss, CITIC Group is a state-owned enterprise with an extremely powerful background. This time, CITIC Group plans to establish an 'Asian Satellite Company' with General Electric Company (GE) of the United States. Our Wujiang Group will join temporarily. The representative of CITIC Group said that we must first talk to you Let’s meet and then discuss whether to let Wujiang Group invest in the ‘Asia Satellite Company’.” Liu Yinyin introduced in the car.

Zhao Ye nodded and closed his eyes in deep thought.

The previous Asia Satellite Corporation was also established this year and subsequently developed into the leading satellite communications service provider in Asia.

Wujiang Group happened to acquire ATV and needed to launch satellites. Therefore, Zhao Ye considered investing in Asia Satellite Company. On the one hand, he could save the cost of launching satellites, and on the other hand, he could enjoy the benefits brought by investing in Asia Satellite Company.

Of course, Zhao Ye still longs for the stars and the sea.

Elon Musk can create SpaceX, and Zhao Ye can also create a similar company. However, the country has not yet opened up private spaceflight to the outside world. In addition, the technology is not yet mature enough, so Zhao Ye plans to settle for the second best and sneak into Asia Satellite Company first. Arrange your own staff to become familiar with the satellite communications industry.