Hong Kong Variety Show: Let you eat melons, eat melons on your sister-in-law

Chapter 298 "298" Seeking External Assistance
In Hong Kong's current environment, film directors make money much faster than television directors.

So there's really nothing to say about this.

Moreover, Lin Yao's Guangyao Film and Television Company has indeed achieved remarkable results recently, producing many hit shows.

From the previous martial arts series to the later biographical films.

It can be said that he made a lot of money.

With Lao Li as a ready-made role model, it would be strange if these guys in the TV drama production department weren't tempted.

After all, Lao Li resigned from his position as director of the news gathering department and switched jobs to work for Lin Yao.

He's already considered a big shot in the film and television industry.

Not only did they start driving luxury cars, but their own home was also transformed into a small villa.

Lin Yao specifically asked Lao Li to invite his former colleagues to his home as guests.

Then, intentionally or unintentionally, they show off their salary and benefits.

When the time is right, we will extend an olive branch to them, and I believe it will be hard for anyone not to be tempted.

After Michelle finished her tantrum, she immediately took the project proposal to the station director's office, only to find that he wasn't the only one there.

The heads of departments such as the news department and the advertising department are all here.

"You guys got poached too?" The vice president of the news department looked at the others in surprise.

"Are you one too?" Michelle nodded and asked.

"Damn it, it must be that bastard Lin Yao! That was a really vicious move!" the vice president of the advertising department said through gritted teeth. "Now I can't even find the people I need to contact for client meetings!"

“What does he want to do? Destroy ATV?” Michelle said irritably.

A moment later, the office door opened, and several vice presidents went directly into the station manager's office.

At this point, the station director was also in a real bind, as he already knew about the affairs of the deputy general managers of these departments.

None of them expected that Lin Yao would be so ruthless, clearly intending to prevent them from starting work.

Upon receiving the news, Lin Baixin hurriedly arrived at ATV.

After hearing the reports from various departments, I was absolutely furious.

While he was busy poaching senior executives, Lin Yao directly emptied out the middle management positions, which paralyzed ATV on the spot.

Lin Baixin was initially pleased, but now it seems that Lin Yao's methods are even more formidable than he imagined.

After all, such a large-scale poaching of talent could not have been a spur-of-the-moment decision.

Lin Baixin gritted his teeth and said, "How long will it take to recruit new people?"

The station director said with a grim expression, "Too many people have been poached. Even if we recruit them as quickly as possible, it will still take time for the various departments to work together and for them to become familiar with their jobs. It will take at least a year!"

"One year!" Lin Baixin was stunned on the spot.

He didn't have a year to wait, after all, Lin Yao had already made his move.

If I can't produce results within six months, Lin Yao will definitely impeach me at the shareholders' meeting.

Everything we do will ultimately benefit Lin Yao.

"What ruthless tactics!" Lin Baixin said viciously, "Notify all shareholders that I'm calling a shareholders' meeting!"

"Understood, Chairman!" the station manager said quickly.

……

Meanwhile, Lin Yao is playing golf in Fanling.

Several of the bosses around me are also shareholders of ATV.

Lin Yao not only poached ATV's middle management, but also won over many shareholders.

After all, these shareholders hold about 20% of the shares.

It is also a force that cannot be ignored.

"Ah Yao, isn't this a bit too ruthless of you?" one shareholder said to Lin Yao with a smile. "If ATV can't start production, we shareholders will also suffer losses!"

This guy has a shrewd, exploitative look on his face, which means he knows that Lin Yao and Lin Baixin are locked in a fierce battle.

It would be a shame not to take advantage of such a great opportunity.

Lin Yao called them over to extort money from them. He said casually, "The losses are only temporary. Everyone knows the situation within ATV. There are so many factions that they can't work together as a team."

"Lin Baixin manages the company with a landlord's mentality, which exacerbates the atmosphere of factionalism within the company. Even if it can make money temporarily, it is a hidden danger for the company. I'm doing this all for the good of the company!"

These minority shareholders don't care about the company or anything like that; all they want to see are tangible benefits.

So he smiled and said, "Ah Yao, I know you're doing this for the company's good, but what about the losses we shareholders suffer?"

Lin Yao said calmly, "I will make up for the company's losses according to the standards when it was profitable before!"

Hearing Lin Yao's words, everyone was somewhat moved.

After all, this is not a small amount of money.

Lin Yao didn't care much; he'd already spent so much money, so he didn't care about these little things.

Just as the shareholders were about to agree, their mobile phones suddenly started ringing.

Lin Yao was no exception. Lin Baixin was already getting restless and planned to convene a shareholders' meeting.

Lin Yao chuckled and said, "He couldn't hold on that quickly? I thought he could last a little longer! What do you all think of my suggestion?"

“Ah Yao, since you’ve said that, it must be for the good of the company! We agree, and we’ll definitely support you at the meeting!” Several shareholders immediately said with smiles.

……

In the afternoon, all the shareholders rushed to ATV.

The meeting room was filled with shareholders including Lin Yao, as well as senior executives from ATV.

They were clearly targeting Lin Yao.

Lin Baixin didn't mince words with Lin Yao and immediately began to criticize him: "Yao, what you're doing is unethical! You're both shareholders of the company, how can you poach your own people!"

Lin Yao said with a surprised look, "Huh? So it's not possible? But why are you trying to win over ATV executives while I'm not in Hong Kong? What? Are you planning to isolate us shareholders?"

Hearing Lin Yao's innocent-looking words, the shareholders began to whisper among themselves.

After all, many people noticed Lin Baixin's little tricks.

They all wanted to wait for him and Lin Yao to decide their sides before taking sides, which is why they didn't say anything.

Now that Lin Yao has said it in public, it's tantamount to laying his cards on the table.

Lin Baixin, with his thick skin, said directly, "As the chairman, how can you say I'm trying to win him over?"

"I was just assigning them tasks, but you took those middle managers from ATV away from the company. That doesn't make sense, does it?"

"You should know that this violates the Competition Ordinance. Shouldn't you explain it?"

Lin Yao spread his hands and said, "Then go ahead and sue me. I guarantee that none of these middle managers who left ATV were bribed or deceived by me!"

"They can't stand the internal factional struggles at ATV, and they're dragging me into it? Why don't you just call the police and have the Commercial Crime Bureau investigate them one by one to see why they left?"

Since Lin Yao dared to do this, he must have made ample preparations.

If it comes to a lawsuit, Lin Yao can still drag it out for a year or two. By then, they'll both suffer losses and see who can't take it anymore.

Lin Baixin hadn't expected Lin Yao to be so assertive; clearly, he had made ample preparations.

I reckon that even if I send the Commercial Crime Investigation Department to investigate Lin Yao, they might not get any results.

As for going to court, he couldn't afford to delay any longer.

Clearly, Lin Yao wanted to force him to submit in this way.

This greatly annoyed Lin Baixin.

Lin Yao was naturally a very helpful teammate.

However, as an opponent, they are quite difficult to deal with.

However, Lin Baixin was not without options; he had a good relationship with Mr. Shao from TVB.

Even though Lin Yao poached so many people, they could still transfer some people from TVB.

Saying this today is just a deliberate attempt to sow discord between Lin Yao and others.

"Alright, alright, since we both say it's for the good of the company, let's see who can take the company's performance to the next level! If you can't, how about you sell your shares and leave ATV?" Lin Baixin said directly to Lin Yao.

Lin Yao was somewhat surprised: "Brother Xin seems very confident!"

"Stop talking nonsense, do you dare or not!" Lin Baixin said directly, "ATV either has me or you, it's either you or me!"

"Alright, since Brother Xin has said so, let's have some fun!" Lin Yao said with a smile, "From now on, I won't use any tricks on you. If you can increase the company's performance by ten percent within a year, I will sell my shares to you. If you can't do that, what will you say, Brother Xin?"

"Let's sign the contract directly!" Lin Baixin said with considerable confidence.

“Great!” Lin Yao immediately called Dong Weiguo over to help him draft the contract.

Lin Baixin did the same; the two of them stopped exchanging any more nonsense.

As for the minority shareholders and executives standing by, they simply became bystanders, watching the two men's high-stakes gamble with great curiosity.

Such high-stakes gambles are not unusual in Hong Kong, so they didn't seem particularly surprised.

They just didn't know what other tricks these two guys had up their sleeves.

However, the current confrontation is already exciting enough.

After both parties signed the contract, Lin Yao turned around and left immediately, seeing no need to argue with the other party any further.

Since he had already done what needed to be done, he planned to have someone investigate why Lin Baixin was so confident.

Lin Baixin chuckled smugly, then adjourned the meeting.

He said to his secretary, "Go to Deep Water Bay, to Mr. Shao's house!"

"Understood, boss!" The driver nodded and immediately started driving.

Lin Baixin took out his phone in the car and dialed Mr. Shao's number: "Mr. Shao, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you with this matter!"

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect you to be pushed to this point by a junior!" Mr. Shao said with a smile. "Should I use some other methods to put pressure on his Guangyao Film and Television Company?"

"That would be perfect, it would distract him and prevent the kid from causing me trouble!" Lin Baixin said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)