Hong Kong Storm: The King of Jobs

Chapter 662, Section 252: Everyone is in a hurry

(Thanks to the boy who loves reading historical novels for his support, and thank you for always supporting Ah Xian. Ah Xian sends you a heart!)
Miss Fang glanced at Young Master Ming, but remained silent, wanting to hear different opinions.

"Ms. Fang, I think now is a good opportunity to establish a sports channel."

"By acquiring the broadcasting rights for AKB48 and establishing a dedicated sports channel, we can gradually cultivate a sports audience. Perhaps this will lead to even more sales of our closed-circuit antennas."

"There are quite a few sports events in Hong Kong, and the company has already secured the broadcasting rights for the Hong Kong Football League. Boxing matches plus football can easily support a channel."

Zhao Shaojie reiterated his old idea of ​​establishing a sports channel.

Now or never!
Sports events are still in a state of chaos. Once the entire industry is standardized, prices will rise, and the cost of acquiring broadcasting rights will be too high.

Ms. Fang remained silent. Based on profit margins, she agreed to continue negotiations with AKB48, but based on profit margins, she preferred that the sports division maintain its original size. Currently, the arts and drama channel is losing money, and its ratings have plummeted.

It's obvious that young people have already abandoned traditional opera. Her idea is to merge and reorganize, and reduce the time allotted for art films and traditional operas, because older people can't stay up too long at night; they need to go to bed around 9 or 10 pm.

Why not have them relinquish their prime-time slots to the sports authorities? That would cut costs by more than half.

The arts and opera channel has a complete staff, so there is no need to recruit externally or lay off employees.

The Labour Department is keeping a close eye on TVB because of its high staff turnover. There are complaints every week, and the law firm is overwhelmed with cases. They are even considering renting an office near the Labour Department.

Let the lawyers in charge work near the Labour Department; that would save them time.

The Labour Department commissioner has called Brother Liu to warn him to be careful.

"Ms. Fang, have you read the proposal I gave you last week?"

"If you don't see it, that's okay! I brought it with me, we can see it in person."

Ming Shao opened the briefcase at his feet, took out the documents inside, threw them on Miss Fang's desk first, and then gave one to Zhao Shaojie: "John, you and Manxin can exchange them."

In reality, Zhang Manxin is just a host; it doesn't matter whether she watches or not. But Ming Shao said that on purpose to save Zhang Manxin's face.

[Feasibility Study Plan for Broadcasting NBA Basketball Games]

When Zhao Shaojie saw the name on the plan, he knew things were going to go wrong.

The NBA's marketing manager also approached me, offering to sign a contract with TVB at a rock-bottom price to allow TVB to broadcast NBA games.

However, Zhao Shaojie never found a suitable opportunity to talk to Ms. Fang about this matter.

It seems that the NBA's promotion manager approached Ming Shao and offered him a suitable price.

The NBA teams are all doing very well, especially the teams in New York, which have very high attendance rates.

An NBA promotions manager hinted that TVB could invest in promising teams or act as a partner by purchasing shares at rock-bottom prices.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shaojie glanced at Ming Shao and found that Ming Shao was also looking at him, seemingly waiting for his response.

“Hong Kong has a basketball foundation, so I think this business is worth doing. Football, basketball, and boxing—these three combined are enough to support a sports channel.”

Having already chosen sides, Zhao Shaojie had no reason to hesitate. He immediately and unequivocally supported Ming Shao and handed the plan to Zhang Manxin for her to review, essentially providing her with a shield to prevent her from getting involved in the controversy.

We all get along well, often chatting and eating together. If we can manage, we'll manage!
"Once we get the broadcasting rights and cultivate a consumer base, we can even organize a Hong Kong basketball league."

"If we could cultivate a basketball superstar, TVB would be absolutely ecstatic!"

Ming Shao saw the potential for the development of the NBA. In fact, he deliberately chose a game that wasn't a major focus and flew directly to New York to watch a very bad game at the Knicks' home court.

The commentators described the match as a wrestling match between two giants in a swamp, employing a defensive, "iron bucket" strategy.

Even though it was so bad, the theater was still packed. His friend who lived in New York told him that the people in the front row were season and annual pass holders, while the people in the back were those who bought individual tickets.

Season and annual pass holders make up one-tenth of the ticket purchases, which is an extremely exaggerated proportion.

In his friend's words, "This is New York, this is the Knicks' home arena. Even if you tied ten pigs up and ran around, you could still buy out all the tickets."

The main battleground for Hong Kong students studying abroad has now shifted from their ancestral homeland to the United States across the ocean. The proportion of Hong Kong students studying in the US is already quite high, and these wealthy young men and women are the main audience for NBA games.

However, Ming Shao still hasn't figured out whether he should learn from the Americans' paid model or continue with TVB's traditional free model.

Miss Fang knew that Young Master Ming was being personal, not about the issue. This good-for-nothing was well-mannered and polite to the cleaning lady, but he was always hostile towards her.

Actually, she was wronged. The person who was competing with Mrs. Shao was not her at all, but her previous sister. Now, this sister has made enough money and settled in Honolulu. She legally adopted a daughter and is living a happy family life.

Ms. Fang has read the report and found it feasible, even with room for profit, but it definitely won't be approved because the first quarter financial report is coming out soon, and the overall market situation is not good right now. Kowloon Club hopes that TVB can help boost its reputation.

Moreover, TVB's board of directors is about to be reorganized. If the Shao family wants to continue to control TVB, they will have to deliver a satisfactory result.

"The price is too high! The finance department is out of money right now, so we can only choose one option."

“It’s possible to establish a sports channel, but it will be at least three years from now. Also, the sports department will be merged into the arts and folk arts channel to become a new department. Shaojie, you will report to Azhen from now on. She will be in charge of the entire channel after the merger.”

Miss Fang knew that Young Master Ming would definitely be angry, but she had more important things to do right now and didn't have time to play with this fool.

"You've already made the decision, so why did you call me over here? Do you think I'm your sugar daddy?"

Ming Shao's anger surged to his head, and he stood up abruptly, shouting loudly. But he quickly realized he had lost his temper. He straightened his suit jacket, lowered his voice, and angrily said, "Dad called me back just to be a shield."

"If a mistress wants to take over, I can't stop her!"

"Fine! Since I can't stop him, then I won't. Go back and tell your lover that I'm not playing with him anymore, and I hope he stays in this position forever."

"Don't send it to me, I find it disgusting!"

(None of Uncle Shao's two sons and two daughters accepted the HK$60 billion inheritance from Uncle Shao and Miss Fang. Every year, the Hong Kong court would notify the Shao family's descendants to come and take over the inheritance, but none of them would take over, and they would pretend that the matter never happened.)
"Hem home shovel!"

After saying that, Ming Shao kicked over the briefcase at his feet and left angrily.

Zhao Shaojie was surprised that the usually easy-going Ming Shao was so angry. He tried to stop him, but failed. Ming Shao walked past him and left Miss Fang's office in anger.

Seeing that the two big shots had fallen out, Zhang Manxin buried her head in the plan and dared not utter a sound.

As for Miss Fang, she was also furious at Young Master Ming's insult, but she had no choice. Morally, she was the one at fault, and no matter how harsh Young Master Ming's words were, she had to endure them.

It must be said that Miss Fang's composure was truly remarkable. A few seconds later, she returned to normal, waved her hand, and gestured for Zhao Shaojie to sit down.

“Since Young Master Ming is unavailable, you will handle the negotiations with AKB48. The advertising department, project department, and finance department will all send people to negotiate the price as low as possible.”

“I have already seen the potential of sports events, but TVB doesn’t have the money to do these things right now. There are too many TV dramas being planned and variety shows being launched. There are just too many places where money is needed.”

"No money means no money. No matter how much support I offer, it won't magically appear."

"TV dramas and variety shows are the foundation of TVB's business, but the audience for sports events is still too small."

"TVB can't get a pay channel for you in a short time. TVB's brand can't support a pay channel."

"My difficulties, the company's difficulties."

"Ding ding ding" Today's events have turned into this mess, and everyone is responsible. Ms. Fang should leave and make things clear. TVB is a large company, and it costs money in every aspect.

Television stations are fundamentally about dramas and variety shows. Even TVB, after so many years, has been unable to support its current affairs news programs.

TVB's customer base is mostly people who want to kill time; these customers won't spend money to subscribe to paid programs.

Sports events, on the other hand, require the support of paying customers.

"Come in!"

The knocking interrupted Ms. Fang's words. Helpless, she let the person outside in.

“Miss Fang, Young Master Ming’s assistant is booking plane tickets. When Fourth Young Master heard that his boss was leaving, he was also arranging for his assistant to book plane tickets. They are all going back to Singapore.”

"Uncle Liu just called from his office, asking you to handle this matter properly!"

Secretary Fang rushed in, not caring about the secret report, and quickly relayed the order from Uncle Liu's office.

A cowardly turtle and a rotten sweet potato!
Old fox!
Miss Fang wasn't without temper either. She cursed inwardly, then stood up to appease the two young masters.

“Manxin, your hosting contract is about to expire. If you have any thoughts, you can tell me, and I will have Ah Feng talk to you.”

"Shaojie, you must keep an eye on AKB Company. Handsome Sheng has been making a lot of moves lately. This gangster is very shrewd. He has secretly acquired a lot of shares in Jiayi Television Company."

"What Lin Ershao can't do, he might be able to do. Many people in Shanghai are very optimistic about him now! They're keeping a close eye on him!"

After Ms. Fang finished speaking briefly, she hurriedly left the office. These two young masters could leave, but not now, because they were directors. Only after the reorganization could they return to Singapore.

If the paparazzi find out, she'll be blamed again for harming her legitimate son.

Zhao Shaojie watched Miss Fang disappear quickly and smiled helplessly. His uncle was right. TVB's rise was over. Now, all they could do was fight amongst themselves and squeeze out their own share of the profits from this lucrative business.

Sitting to the side, having watched the whole drama unfold, Zhang Manxin timidly placed the documents in her hand on the desk. She did not intend to renew her contract with TVB because Sister Xiren had already told her the accurate information: AKB Company would not sign a new broadcasting contract with TVB.

Her status at TVB is entirely due to AKB48 boxing matches, which allowed Liza Wang to play supporting roles for her. If she left AKB48, she would revert to being that ugly duckling desperately climbing the ladder.

Ms. Fang's other assistant was already standing at the front door, silently reminding the two people inside that they could leave now.

Zhao Shaojie remained silent, simply taking the plan written by Ming Shao into his hands. This report was very valuable, and many people would want to obtain it.

Operation codename: Consumer Finance!

"The target this time is the King of Waterways, Biaojin. An inside report says that the goods that Hei Ahu was robbed of were intended for King of Waterways, Biaojin."

"According to the rules, the Black Tiger case was led by the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) with the assistance of the Criminal Intelligence Bureau, and this anti-corruption operation is no exception."

Guo Guohao looked at all the employees present and spoke, then snapped his fingers, instructing his secretary to distribute the printed case analysis to everyone present.

"A-Zai will be in charge of this case!"

Guo Guohao opened his cigarette case, picked out a cigarette, and tossed it to A-Zai, who was sitting to his right: "Brother A-Zai, you've been making headlines lately. You've killed off a few bastards and sent them all to the ancestral hall."

"make persistent efforts!"

Ding Gou, who was sitting to the side, was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered. His current task was to find out who the traitors were and who the double agents were. A, who was sitting opposite him, was already an open secret.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has all the records, videos, and transaction details. The reason they haven't taken action against Brother A is because they want to play the long game and catch a big fish. Otherwise, he would be in jail in the ancestral hall playing basketball by now.

“Ding Gou, you’ll be in this group too. There aren’t many leads in the counterfeit money case right now, so we can put it on hold for now. Tao Hua Mei, Feng Xian, you’ll be in this group too. Feng Xian, you’re from the Criminal Intelligence Department, so you know your stuff. You’ll be in charge of monitoring Liang Zai Sheng.”

“Peach Blossom Girl, you’re in this group too. You and Ding Gou are going to go through all the scumbags that Handsome Sheng has seen recently.”

“Handsome Sheng is very smart, much smarter than the average gangster. He won’t personally get involved; his trick is to leave the idiots hanging on the wall and see which fool gets fooled.”

"Sister Goose from the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit and Fatty Lee from the Criminal Intelligence Bureau will cooperate with your operation."

Guo Guohao glanced at the Patek Philippe on his wrist, realized it was almost time, stood up and said, "Get rid of that good-for-nothing Liangzai Sheng for me. He always runs away, making me lose face."

"You know, this bastard has been acting like a high-class person lately, leading his girlfriend around everywhere. Every time you see him, it's bad luck."

"A gangster should live in the mud, climb out, and disgust everyone. That's why this loser is wrong!"

"I have important matters to attend to, so I won't be able to stay with everyone. Brother A, please support the following meeting."

"Afternoon tea is on me today!"

Guo Guohao took out his wallet, ordered two Red Snapper bills, placed them on the table, asked his secretary to order afternoon tea for everyone, and then went to play football with Shapison.

With their boss gone, everyone immediately relaxed and started ordering milk tea and snacks all at once.

After the secretary wrote everything down, she left with two red snapper bills.

"The officers weren't in their offices this afternoon. They all said they were busy. Is the Chief Secretary holding a security meeting?"

Bai Fengxian had always worked in the Criminal Intelligence Department, which was full of foreigners. Everyone was wary of each other, fearing that information might be leaked, so she was not very clear about the secrets that everyone knew.

"Sister Feng, it's Friday afternoon today. The officers have all gone to the club to play football. Since Shapison arrived, this has become a regular event. Heads of various departments, even the foreigners, have to go and flatter the future number one."

Peach Blossom Girl stubbed out her cigarette in the ashtray. She realized that her smoking addiction was getting worse and worse, and her complexion was becoming increasingly pale. She had to quit smoking and drinking and go work as an SAP at the Peninsula Hotel.

Upon hearing Peach Blossom Girl's explanation, Bai Fengxian suddenly realized what was going on and understood completely.

Seeing that everyone had rested, A continued to make arrangements. After taking care of all the details, he announced the end of the meeting. However, after the meeting ended, everyone did not leave. Instead, they drank milk tea and ate snacks in the meeting room before leaving in twos and threes.

Ding Gou stayed behind, while Tao Hua Mei had a case to discuss with the team leader, so she was also forced to stay.

"Peach Blossom Girl, don't say I didn't warn you. This operation is very complicated. I can't tell you the actual situation, but in the future, when reporting cases, intelligence, and arrangements, you must report in pairs. If you can bring a few more people, that would be even better."

Ding Gou owes Tao Hua Mei a huge favor, so he should be reminded to avoid getting caught up in this mess.

Peach Blossom Girl, no longer a novice, immediately realized what was going on, but she understood that some things couldn't be said.

Ding Gou dipped his finger in the half-finished milk tea and wrote a capital A on the black conference table. Then he wiped the liquid clean with his palm and beckoned Peach Blossom Girl to leave.

Even the team leader, Ding Gou, knows this, so there's no reason why Guo Sir wouldn't know. It seems this operation is quite complex!
Peach Blossom Girl silently walked out of the meeting room, preparing to take only her ears and eyes with her during this operation, leaving her mouth at home.

There was still no news from Handsome Sheng, and White Eagle was very anxious, but Immortal Brocade kept telling him not to rush and to be patient.

You're kidding me!

Shenxian Jin is a wealthy and powerful man. He can spend millions to play the game and keep it on the company's books. Even if he loses, he can pretend nothing happened.

He had given all his savings to Handsome Sheng. If this scoundrel tried to pull some tricks, would he have to go begging on the streets?

After waiting for a week, Bald Eagle finally couldn't wait any longer and called Handsome Sheng's backyard, wanting everyone to meet and clear things up.

If there's a way to make money, then we'll talk; if not, we'll part ways so I can get my deposit back.

(End of this chapter)