Chapter 631: Surround and Attack TVB

At first, Xia Yu still looked at the material written by Huang Xizhao with a casual attitude, but as he continued to read, Xia Yu's attitude quietly changed and became one of scrutiny.

In other words, Huang Xizhao's material made Xia Yu take it seriously!

'Sha Sha Sha...'

As the minutes passed, more and more information was absorbed by Xia Yu.

Huang Xizhao's proposal was written with two aspects of the future development of Global TV in mind.

The first plan was to acquire Macau TV.

It included detailed information about Macau TV, the specific methods of acquisition, the development direction after the acquisition, and the benefits to Global TV.

Xia Yu was certain after reading it that Huang Xizhao had really put his heart into the plan.

According to the materials, at this time, the ownership of TV Aomen was divided into three parts: the Aomen government owned 43%, the He family, one of the two Aomen families, owned 32%, and the last was the gambling king, Stanley Ho, who owned 25%.

In Aomen, there are two He families, which outsiders call the 'two Aomen families'. Outsiders may think that the gambling king, Stanley Ho, is more powerful, but in fact, it is not. The He family has more influence and power.

After all, Stanley Ho, the 'God of Gamblers', is a branch of the He family from Hong Kong. He came to Macau to start his own business and branch out, and his influence is mostly in the lower and middle classes of society. His prefix is 'God of Gamblers'.

As the saying goes, there is no such thing as calling the wrong name, only taking the wrong name. From the nickname 'God of Gamblers' we can see where Stanley Ho's influence lies.

The Ho family is different. Their reputation is reserved but profound, and ordinary people know even less about them. However, people of a higher class in Hong Kong and Macau know that if Macau were to elect a king, it would have to be the Ho family.

Even the two of Macau's three oldest families, the Chui and Ma families, are not as powerful as the Ho family, the leader of the three.

He Xian himself has always been a representative figure of the Chinese in Macau, and has always served as the president of the Macau Chinese Chamber of Commerce, which is a reflection of his business strength.

In later generations, after Macau's return, the first chief executive was from the He family. We must understand that during that critical period, in order to ensure stability after Macau's return, the position of chief executive could not be taken by just anyone. Only someone who could determine the outcome of a situation with one move and who had the ability to calm Macau down could ascend to the position.

That said, the reason why Huang Xizhao would think of buying TDM is that TDM has been losing money and has never made a profit. The Macau government is dissatisfied with the situation of TDM and would not reject its acquisition.

To understand this situation, we have to start with the special circumstances of Macau and the reason for the birth of TDM.

The population of Macau is equivalent to about one tenth of Hong Kong, and the land area is only equivalent to one thirtieth of Hong Kong.

It is easy to imagine that with such a small population base, it is barely possible to support a TV station.

And there is one more prerequisite: the residents of Aomen must watch Aomen TV's programmes.

But the reality is very cruel.

It is because from a very early stage, the people of Aomen have been watching Hong Kong's TV programmes, and the people of Aomen are used to it. The Hong Kong government and the people in charge of several Hong Kong TV stations also hope that this is the case.

However, as time passed, the Macau government felt that this was not working. One reason was that the government's reputation was at stake, and another was that there was not even one representative television station in the region to publicise the government's various policies.

So the Macau government decided to set up a television station.

However, the Macau government knew its limitations. This television station was a thankless task that would not bring any benefits, but it had to be done anyway.

So what was to be done? Of course, they had to find someone, and the government issued a licence to let someone with the ability to run it.

In this way, the Macau government found two Ho families. The Ho Sin family has great influence in the political arena and has a strong influence in the upper and middle classes.

The gambling king, Ho Wang Sun, is also very well-known in the lower and middle classes and is also very wealthy. He also has a demand for running a TV station.

The three parties soon negotiated and established Macau TV Station. The Macau government did not interfere with the operation and handed over the right to operate to the two Ho's.

However, neither Stanley Ho nor the Ho family had any experience in running a TV station. They wanted to ask the Hong Kong TV stations for help, but as rivals, none of them were willing to help.

After all, there were no TV stations in Macau, and the Macau market was theirs. Now that Macau TV Station had appeared, it was obviously competing with them for business. Moreover, as the Hong Kong communication network was connected to Macau, Hong Kong TV signals covered Macau, and Macau TV signals also completely covered Hong Kong.

This means that if one day Aomen TV really rises, they will not only have to be driven out of Aomen, they will also have to rush to Xiangjiang to compete with them for food.

Considering these circumstances, the Lee family, one of the four families in Xiangjiang who are in charge of wireless TV stations, joined forces with other TV stations and reached a private agreement to boycott them together.

Under these circumstances, it was naturally impossible for the Macau TV station to be established and improved, but the TV station could not delay its opening.

There was no other way. In order to fill the programmes and enable the TV station to start smoothly, the Macau TV station could only purchase TV dramas from the major TV stations in Hong Kong.

Due to the lack of various functions, to date, the total number of staff at the Macau TV station is less than 70 people, which is less than one-tenth of the number of staff at the Global TV station. Can you imagine this is the entire staff of a TV station?

The TV station's profit basically depends on purchasing and broadcasting TV dramas that have already been broadcast by others. The station itself also faces competition from several major Hong Kong TV stations, which has resulted in continuous losses for Macau TV.

Fortunately, both Shuang He are among the biggest bosses, and the annual losses of Macau TV are not a concern to them.

Furthermore, because helping the Macau government run the TV station has resulted in losses, the Macau government has long compensated both parties in terms of land or policies. Losses are nothing in the face of compensation.

From this, it can be seen that Macau TV is a tasteless dish for the Macau government, the He family, or the Ho family. The only reason it has managed to survive until now without going bankrupt is that it concerns the face of the Macau government, which does not allow Macau TV to go bankrupt.

Huang Xizhao analysed in his plan that as long as Macau TV does not go bankrupt, the Macau government is likely to not care who is running it, and if an acquisition application is submitted, there is a high possibility of a takeover.

Huang Xizhao also analysed Xia Yu's influence. With Xia Yu's prestige and strength, if an offer to buy the shares was made to Aomen Shuanghe, it is believed that Shuanghe would not refuse, which would ensure the acquisition of a controlling stake in Aomen TV.

After that, the Aomen government would be persuaded to allow Global TV to take over the operation and buy the shares, and the matter would be settled.

If TDM is a bit of a disappointment to its current three shareholders, it is a piece of extremely tempting fat meat for Global TV.

As long as TDM is taken over, then Global TV can completely divide up the personnel, which is equivalent to one set of personnel running two TV stations.

And as long as TDM and Global TV become one family, the purchasing cost of TV dramas will disappear, and TDM can immediately reverse its losses and achieve profitability.

Moreover, Global TV has more than enough programme resources to make OTV stand out.

Considering that OTV's signal covers both Macau and Hong Kong, once OTV is established, it will join forces with Global TV to encircle TVB. TVB will never be able to turn the tables, and will be driven into a corner. Both Hong Kong and Macau will be under Xia Yu's control.

I have to say, after reading the first plan, Xia Yu was tempted.

The first plan made Xia Yu look at Huang Xizhao in a different light, and the second plan did not disappoint him either.