Chapter 1231 Missing ATV
Li Rui walked to Guo Zhijun and whispered that he wanted to leave first.
Guo Zhijun said in surprise: "Why did you leave so early? The party is over later. I will have a few good friends to form another game, so you can join us too."
Li Rui said: "I'm sorry for having a job I have to do at the moment. When you arrive in Haizhou, I will definitely treat you well and apologize."
Guo Zhijun had no choice but to take him to say hello to Li Xiaochao, Li Yingjie, Zheng Zhihong and others.
After saying hello, Li Rui and Chen Qinglian hurriedly left.
On the other side, Lin Junxian chatted with a few friends and found that Li Rui was gone, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Li Rui going?"
Someone told him that Li Rui had left, and Lin Junxian cursed: "Fortunately he slipped fast, otherwise I would definitely give him some more colors!"
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Li Rui first sent Chen Qinglian back to the hotel to rest and came to the club on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel alone.
As soon as I entered, I saw several rich men sitting around a table like ordinary people, drinking and chatting leisurely.
When he saw Li Rui, Guo Guangchang stood up to greet him and introduced the people present to him one by one with a smile.
Lin Jianyue, Lu He, Cai Guangming and Guo Binghao are all famous wealthy people in Hong Kong Island and even the Southeast Ya area. They are not young anymore, but these old guys are very kind in their attitude towards Li Rui and do not act like relying on their seniority.
This aspect is the credit of the introducer Guo Guangchang. Of course, they will not underestimate those who can make Lao Guo care so much.
On the other hand, Li Rui is now very famous, not only famous in the mainland, but also heard a lot of news about Hong Kong. It is too late to seek cooperation with this newly-rise mainland rising star, so how could they underestimate this newly-rise mainlander?
Especially Lin Jianyue, holding Li Rui's hand, said: "I watch the variety shows that Rui Shao's company has done every week, and it's very good. It's a pity that I don't have time to watch tonight's show, so I will definitely make up for it tomorrow!"
Li Rui smiled and said, "I also like Huanya Film Company, a subsidiary of Mr. Lin. Many of the movies produced have accompanied me during my youth, especially "Infernal Affairs" I never get tired of watching."
"Hahaha, I'll take you to meet Andy and Weizai if you have the chance..." Lin Jianyue was also quite proud when she heard Li Rui praise her proud work.
Li Rui sighed again and said, "Actually, I like ATV more when Ling Zun was there. The "Silver Fox", "The King of Dramas" produced by me at that time, and "I Have a Date with Zombies" opened my eyes. It turns out that TV series can still be filmed like that, I miss it!"
In the late 1980s, Lin Jianyue's father Lin Xin purchased 30.83% of ATV's equity in the name of the family and became the chairman of the board. Later, he increased his equity by 67.5%, becoming the absolute controlling shareholder.
Under Lin Xin's management, ATV's operating conditions have been improving, and various exciting programs have emerged. They have turned losses into profits and the trend has been improving.
However, the financial crisis suddenly hit, and the Lin family suffered huge losses. They had to sell 51% of ATV's equity and withdrew from now on.
Locals in Hong Kong know that this incident has always been a pain in the hearts of the Lin family.
Especially Lin Jianyue, it was because he invested in the Central Fulihua Hotel that the company's debt was more than 10 billion yuan and the stock price plummeted, which led to the family having to sell ATV's equity to fill the hole.
Although Lin Jianyue's investment turned losses into profits later with the economic recovery, she could no longer get it back after losing ATV, and she was still worried about it until Lin Xin's death.
Lin Jianyue also felt a little moved when she heard Li Rui mention ATV: "That's all in the past..."
Several people sat down, chatted and drank.
The main thing we talked about was current affairs. I don’t know who mentioned the Cai family’s request to liquidate ATV a while ago.
Lin Jianyue said: "Old Cai, you are too ruthless. If you don't do it well, you can drive away the Wang surnamed. Why do you have to apply for liquidation directly?"
Cai Guangming said angrily: "Wang Jiasheng bullies people too much! I used to own 47.58% of ATV's stocks. I was obviously the largest shareholder, but my voting rights were not as good as him. He had the final say in everything, and I didn't listen to any opinions. Since this is the case, everyone will be defeated by the death!"
Li Rui has been watching ATV's movements recently and knows that Cai Guangming, as a major shareholder, has always been in a bad relationship with Wang Jiasheng, which is an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Lin Jianyue said: "When our Lin family sold ATV, it had actually improved a lot and could compete with TVB. Why did it slowly fall to this point?"
Cai Guangming said: "From your Lin family selling shares to today, in just thirteen years, the chairman of the board has changed four or five, and seven or eight CEO has changed. After the bosses from Hong Kong Island and the Mainland, they all came around and left. No one was willing to increase their investment. They all counted on building a dojo in the snail shell. What effect can this be achieved? I see, TVB next door looks at the chaos of ATV, and she always laughs in her dreams every day!"
He took a sip of wine and said, "If I continue to do this, I don't want to do it anymore. I might as well sell the shares, and I won't be upset!"
Li Rui looked at Lin Jianyue and said, "Mr. Lin, this is a good opportunity to get back ATV. Are you not interested?"
Lin Jianyue smiled and waved her hand and said, "I am not interested in ATV now. When my family invested in ATV for 14 years, I lost about 3 billion yuan. If I had used so much money to buy a house, my net worth would be more than that now."
Everyone laughed.
Lin Jianyue’s words were a bit hypocritical.
Lin Xin’s wish back then was to enter the entertainment industry through ATV and become the overlord of the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Although Lin Xin has passed away, the Lin family's wish has not stopped. Lin Jianyue first strengthened Huanya Film and opened Dongya Entertainment Company, and film and record records are moving forward in unison.
Just two years ago, Lin Jianyue wanted to acquire the famous gold medal entertainment record company in Hong Kong. If the acquisition was successful, nearly three-quarters of the popular artists in Hong Kong would be under Lin Jianyue. However, the price was not negotiated at that time, and this plan was still alive.
Even so, Lin Jianyue's position in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is still of great importance and there is a trend of continuing to grow and grow. He said that he is not interested in ATV, probably just because he doesn't see the prospect of making money, not really not interested.
After drinking a few glasses of wine, Li Rui and several bigwigs gradually deepened their communication and showed a strong willingness to cooperate.
Although the mainland is good, its freedom in finance and trade is still inferior to Hong Kong Island.
When Li Rui set up an office on Hong Kong Island, he wanted to gradually transfer some projects that were just a traitor in the mainland but were serious business in Hong Kong Island to Hong Kong Island, with Hong Kong Island as the core and radiate to the entire Yachao region.
However, there is a necessary prerequisite for this operation, that is, the overall environment of Hong Kong must be good and must be kept at the same pace as the mainland.
You must never pick up the bowl and eat, and just put it down and scold me!
Therefore, Li Rui is preparing for the future. He needs a position to promote public opinion and carry out continuous and comprehensive and powerful cultural penetration and value output on Hong Kong Island, so that they can realize how happy and lucky it is to have a strong motherland!
Chapter completed!