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Chapter 155: Hot! (Subscribe)
Watching Qiu Degen's somewhat lonely figure leave, Wu Feng felt no ripples in his heart.

In fact, he has given this person enough face.

Thanks to his reminder, the Far East Group of the Qiu Degen family did not suffer much loss in the stock market crash.

Even Far Eastern Bank was successfully sold to a wealthy Chinese from Indonesia.

There will definitely not be a situation where I will be invited to have tea with the ICAC next year.

That was a huge blow to his reputation and even directly shook his status among the wealthy people in Hong Kong Island.

"Everyone, everything at ATV remains the same!"

Wu Feng clapped his hands, attracting the attention of ATV's top management, and said directly: "I will first send financial and personnel personnel to supervise it. I have no intention of making any major moves on other matters!"

"After all, under Mr. Qiu's leadership, ATV has turned losses into profits and is doing quite well in all aspects!"

"For the next six months, I will not interfere with the TV station's specific affairs. I will just watch your performance!"

These words immediately put the ATV executives, who were a little nervous, at ease.

As long as their jobs are not adjusted directly and they are given enough time to demonstrate their abilities, they are confident that they can let their new boss see their talents.

After the senior executives left, Wu Feng called the program production director.

"The pre-launch for 'Unlimited Fighting Tournament' is almost complete. Can we launch it immediately?"

"It's not a big problem. The TV station has already made full preparations. It's just the venue that's a problem!"

"Then let's do it at the original venue first, and then find a better place later!"

Perhaps because of his intervention, the ATV building fire that was supposed to happen this year did not happen.

At the same time, Asia Television, which was supposed to go public this year, did not go public!

Otherwise, if Wu Feng wants to buy ATV, he will probably have to spend another 700 to 800 million yuan!

As one of the only two television stations in Hong Kong Island, it has now turned a profit again, so its value is still quite high!

Of course, the ATV building was already very crowded at this time.

Although there are only two channels, there are all kinds of programs.

News, sports, variety shows and other programs already exist.

Every program has a corresponding filming crew and production team, and ATV has quite a few staff members.

We have to build a new one, or simply buy a headquarters building.

Wu Feng had already made up his mind, but there was no need to say it out loud at the moment.

After talking about the "Unlimited Fighting Tournament", he mentioned the various sports and entertainment competitions held on Fa Yuen Street and Tung Choi Street in Mong Kok, and asked ATV reporters to pay attention to them.

It doesn't need to be long, as long as it can be shown on TV.

The program director naturally agreed immediately!
In fact, he had a very good impression of Wu Feng!
Wu Feng suddenly became the boss of ATV, which caught the top management of ATV off guard.

You know, Qiu Degen did a great job. ATV made a profit for the first time under his leadership, which is a very rare thing. It made everyone in ATV full of hope for the future.

Wu Feng took over suddenly, but he had no intention of making a big move, so at least there would be no turmoil in ATV.

He is no outsider. He was able to bring his film company to the top of Hong Kong Island. Obviously, he has an extraordinary knowledge and understanding of the film and television industry.

At least, the program director believes that if Wu Feng were to produce a long TV series, it would definitely be quite exciting.

As far as he knew, the "Mong Kok News" and "Novel Monthly" under the new boss were two very good repositories of wonderful scripts.

Especially for exciting stories that have been tested by the market, there is no problem in directly adapting them into TV drama scripts. If they are filmed, the ratings will definitely not be low.

Under such circumstances, it is very kind of Wu Feng to give the greatest respect to everyone in ATV.

As for the suggestions put forward by Wu Feng, they are not worth mentioning to the TV station. Only a program director would be crazy to object. Wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Wu Feng really did what he said. Although he often visited ATV for a period of time afterwards, he did not interfere with the normal operation of the TV station.

Unfortunately, the truth will eventually come out!

Soon, TVB, ATV's competitor, learned that ATV had changed its owner.

Uncle Shao was very surprised and went straight to Fang Yihua to ask, "How much do you know about this young man named Wu Feng?"

"Don't know much!"

Fang Yihua replied sternly, "However, he is a powerful figure in the film industry. Fengrui Film and Television is the company he founded, and in just over a year, it has developed into a first-class film company!"

"It seems that this young man is an insider!"

Uncle Shao Liu said calmly, "I just don't know what he will do after taking over ATV."

"No big noise!"

Fang Yihua shook his head and said, "ATV remains the same. They clearly have no intention of making any major moves!"

"I didn't expect that this young man Wu Feng could be so patient!"

Uncle Shao chuckled and said, "This time, Wireless might have encountered a formidable opponent again!"

Fang Yihua said in disbelief: "How is that possible? Running a TV station and running a film company are completely different things!"

“It’s actually just a core!”

Uncle Shao said directly, "All programs need to be well-made, whether it's a movie or a TV series!" Fang Yihua didn't refute and asked directly, "Do you want to teach ATV a lesson?"

"Is this the way to teach?"

Uncle Shao Liu became interested: "You can't possibly target that young man Wu Feng on the show, right?"

"That's not it!"

Fang Yihua laughed and said, "Didn't they often poach famous artists from ATV?"

"Just be quiet!"

Uncle Shao rejected the idea, saying, "ATV doesn't have many talented artists anymore, and TVB is having trouble arranging their schedules. If any more ATV stars come, I'm afraid they'll rebel!"

In recent years, the famous wireless artist training class has not been opened.

Although TVB boasts a lot, it is just a city TV station with two channels.

The situation is similar to that of ATV. Even if the two channels broadcast programs 24 hours a day, the number of programs is still limited.

"So, we're not going to do anything?"

Fang Yihua was somewhat unwilling to give in, as she had a very strong desire to perform.

"Let's just wait and see for now, there will definitely be some movement!"

Uncle Shaw doesn't take it too seriously, as long as TVB can keep ATV at bay.

At the same time, all the wealthy Chinese in Hong Kong Island also knew the news.

The person who was most surprised was naturally Lin Baiyi, who had ideas about ATV.

Of course, his main purpose in wanting to buy ATV was not to run the TV station, and he was not very interested in the film and television industry.

The main purpose is to enhance the Lin family’s influence on public opinion!
In normal history, he joined forces with another wealthy man to obtain the management rights of ATV.

In order to increase the momentum, a lot of money was spent.

At least during the period when Mr. Lin was in charge of ATV, ATV was able to compete with TVB.

Unfortunately, relying on the big boss for financial support is obviously not a normal business state.

In 1998, seeing that nothing had changed since the return of Hong Kong, ATV was immediately sold.

Now that Wu Feng suddenly intercepted him, Lin Baiyi was not angry, but just felt a little regretful.

He naturally knew Wu Feng and had even investigated him specifically.

After all, Wu Feng had some unpleasantness with his youngest son before, and he knew about it.

Later, Wu Feng got involved with his eldest son and helped him become rich. How could he not pay special attention to him?
"Don't let A-Yue know, lest he have any bad thoughts again!"

He also specifically instructed his assistant, and the ATV matter was put behind him.

In fact, for Lin Baiyi, whether there is ATV or not is not particularly important.

Without ATV, we can buy a few first-class newspapers to replace them. There are still some newspapers like this in Hong Kong Island, so there is no shortage of targets.

As for the other wealthy people, they were purely curious. Wu Feng was still too unfamiliar to them.

After asking around, I found out that he was a small-time figure with assets of less than 10 billion. I immediately lost interest in further investigation. He was extremely realistic.

However, ATV's "Unlimited Fighting Tournament" quickly attracted the attention of the whole of Hong Kong, and its popularity quickly increased to become the hottest TV program.

There's no way around it. How could ordinary audiences ever see such an exciting and intense fighting match?

Punches, elbow strikes, knee strikes, whip kicks and other means, as long as they can defeat the opponent, are all used.

Especially when the players are evenly matched, the game is really exciting.

Even the wealthy will watch one or two games if they have time.

Crucially, telephone betting on the match was soon available.

This was a big deal. The betting calls suddenly became very lively, and the program also seemed to be sweeping the entire Hong Kong Island, becoming extremely popular for a while.

When ATV saw how popular the program was, it immediately started to capitalize on the popularity. The ratings of the related programs were not low at all, which put a lot of pressure on TVB's programs in the same time slot.

The publishing house under Wu Feng joined in the fun and quickly produced related posters according to Wu Feng's instructions. They sold hundreds of thousands of copies in a short period of time at a price of five yuan per copy.

There is no other reason. The individual posters of these powerful players all have their age, height, weight, and record written on them. The most important thing is the combat effectiveness mark.

For example, if the average combat effectiveness of Wu Feng's fighters is around 60, then the combat effectiveness of the elite fighters and close-combat minions is basically between 65 and 69.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s accurate or not, as long as it satisfies the audience’s excitement!
When the Dragon Ball comics were already popular in Asia, combat power was very popular in Hong Kong Island.

Ahem, this kind of poster is a disguised form of product promotion.

The newspaper takes two of the prizes, and the contestants with posters can also get two!
The more popular the contestant, the more posters are sold, and the higher the income from the posters alone.

There is no way. If "Unlimited Fighting Tournament" wants to continue to be popular, the players' income must keep up.

In the first phase, only contestants from Hong Kong Island will participate. In the second phase, contestants from the mainland will be invited to participate, and the selection range of contestants will be gradually expanded.

Apart from anything else, the players’ income must keep up with the exposure and popularity, otherwise such a competition will not last long.

(End of this chapter)