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It capitalized on people's desire for money while also skirting the edge of educational programming, and even MacLehose couldn't help but applaud Taishan TV.

A few short programs aired in the evening; the real competition is about to begin!

Hong Kong people usually spend their days busy with work, so how many of them actually turn on the television during the day?

Even if "Animal World" gets an average rating of 20% and "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" gets an average rating of 36%, what difference does it make?

The peak time to turn on the TV and watch programs is only after the family has enjoyed a delicious dinner and is comfortably nestled on the sofa!

It is also the prime time for various TV stations to compete for viewership.

Advertising revenue during prime time is incomparable to that during the day; this time slot will be the biggest source of advertising revenue for television stations.

Do TVB and RTV not know how terrible the closed loop of media is?

Having obtained the exact premiere date from Taishan TV, TVB and RTV joined forces to nip Taishan TV in the bud!

Chapter 639, Showing a Movie on TV! (Please add to your favorites, give flowers, and leave a review!)

TVB is bringing out "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber," adapted from Jin Yong's martial arts novel. This version, starring Zheng Shaoqiu, is also supported by a group of leading actresses, making it a hit even before its broadcast.

RTV was equally unwilling to be outdone, and brought out the "Seven Weapons Series," adapted from Jiu Long's martial arts novel.

Both of these TV series were prepared and produced in advance for Taishan TV, with the aim of dealing a heavy blow to Taishan TV while its broadcast was unstable.

However, from obtaining the television license to launching the program, Taishan TV never announced any plans to film a drama series, as if it had deliberately given up the highly competitive prime time slot.

After the evening news, prime time begins!

Everyone who wanted to see a joke about Mount Tai gathered around the TV, but the program playing on the screen left countless people completely dumbfounded!

The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber?

Taishan TV was broadcasting the same show as TVB, "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"!

Upon closer inspection, however, there are differences.

TVB is broadcasting the TV series "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" starring Cheng Siu-chau.

Taishan TV broadcast the movie "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" starring Derek Yee.

Then everyone remembered that when Shao Laoliu sold the Shaw Brothers cinema chain to Xiaoshan, he also sold the Shaw Brothers film company and the films that had been released to Taishan Film Industry.

The movie version of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber did quite well at the box office back then; many people wanted to see it but couldn't afford an expensive movie ticket.

As it was the first broadcast on Taishan TV, and the first time a movie was shown that the traditional TV drama format was broken, and it was the same series that TVB was broadcasting, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, viewers couldn't help but stay and watch it on Taishan TV.

Everyone knows that movie plots are much more tightly paced than TV series, the cost of making a movie is several times higher than that of a single TV episode, and the quality of the big screen is incomparable to that of a small screen. Therefore, it's obvious how to choose...

Upon seeing this, Shao Renling, watching on television, trembled with rage. He never dreamed that Xiao Shan would use Shaw Brothers' films against them.

At that time, Xiao Shan wanted to take away all the films that Shaw Brothers had shown, but Shao Renling just kept raising the price on his own, forgetting about the copyrights of the films that had already been shown.

He was smug and proud of having sold 300 million, but little did he know that Xiaoshan was waiting for him here.

Each episode of a TV series averages 45 minutes, and each movie averages 90 minutes. Airing one movie is just enough to keep up with the airing of two episodes of a TV series on TVB and RTV.

Add some ads, and it almost perfectly matches the viewership during prime time.

Moreover, as the former boss of Shaw Brothers, how could Shao Renling not know how many films Shaw Brothers had stored?

Furthermore, Taishan Film Industry already releases films, and some films that choose to be released on Taishan United Cinema Circuit now have an additional source of revenue from film and television broadcasting, in addition to overseas distribution.

It can be said that Taishan TV will have a continuous stream of films to release, without having to spend its own money to produce TV dramas.

They could compete with TVB and RTV without any investment.

No wonder Xiao Shan remained calm and composed even when the Governor's Office pressured Taishan TV to start broadcasting; it seems he had already prepared a countermeasure.

Shao Renling admitted that his plan had failed.

When TVB and RTV were preparing to crush Taishan TV, the latter took a different approach and showed no intention of competing with them.

Of course, this is also why Xiaoshan's thinking is different from that of people in this era.

Having resolved the issue of eight hours of educational programming and secured decent ratings during prime time, Shao Renling knew that Taishan Television had established a firm foothold.

To try to defeat it now is nothing short of wishful thinking.

Shao Renling felt both gratified and heartbroken about this, seriously questioning whether he was getting old and falling behind the times!

Taishan TV Station.

Upon learning that the prime-time ratings had reached 30%, everyone congratulated Xiaoshan.

This viewership rating has reached the peak of CTV's history.

Moreover, this is only the first broadcast, and the ratings will likely continue to rise.

Furthermore, with the help of the Taishan Daily, and without having to produce expensive television series, the cost savings for Taishan TV are absolutely unimaginable.

In response to everyone's congratulations, Xiao Shan smiled and said, "Everyone has worked hard these past few days, thank you all! Tomorrow, go to the finance department, and everyone will receive a big red envelope!"

Everyone was naturally delighted to hear that there were red envelopes to receive.

Regardless of how delighted the people below were, Zhou Liangshu could sense Xiao Shan's dissatisfaction.

Taishan TV is currently just trying to survive in the cracks; it is far from qualified to become the leading player in the digital media field.

It is evident from Xiaoshan's various actions that no one has made any preparations to close the media loop in Taishan, and the several media companies are still operating independently.

Zhou Liangshu knew that Xiaoshan was not satisfied with Taishan TV, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Even if Taishan TV produces hit dramas, and even if Taishan TV's news is excellent and truthful, there will still be eight hours of flaws every day, constantly giving TVB and ATV a chance to breathe, making it impossible to completely defeat them.

Chapter 640, The Terrifying Flow of Water in the Mount Tai Game! (Please collect, give flowers, and leave reviews!)

“Boss!” Zhou Liangshu hesitated for a moment, then looked at Xiao Shan and said, “We…”

Xiao Shan interrupted Zhou Liangshu and instructed her, "Manager Zhou, start recruiting now, on a large scale! We need more than three times the current number of employees, and more than three times the number of senior management and managers! I will invest 5000 million yuan to let you film a TV series, so you all need to be on your toes!"

The deal with the Governor of Australia has been reached, and the mainland is ready to launch the satellite.

Taishan Daily already had reporters in Macau, and they were very familiar with the news about Macau.

Once the satellite radio station is completed, Xiaoshan will immediately establish the Macau TV station.

However, while preparations are easy, execution is relatively difficult.

No matter what industry you're in, the most basic tasks all require people to complete.

“Boss…you…” A terrible thought suddenly popped into Zhou Liangshu’s mind.

Such a large move by Xiaoshan could not possibly be an acquisition of TVB or ATV.

The only explanation is that Xiaoshan is going to establish another television station.

Setting up a TV station is easy; all you need to do is throw money at it.

The question is, can the Governor's Office still issue television licenses?

In particular, it was awarded to Taishan Group.

Xiao Shan, preparing to go home to rest, stood up and replied, "That's not something you need to worry about. Just do as I tell you to recruit people!"

The actions of Macau and the mainland cannot be kept secret. I need to settle everything before MacLehose realizes what's happening!

At the same time, Taishan Games' Pac-Man arcade game became a hit throughout Hong Kong!

Compared to the simple creation of Mount Tai Blocks and its market penetration through marketing, Pac-Man wins hearts with its exquisite graphics and high playability.

However, this time Taishan Games did not sell the machine together with the arcade machine, but instead sold the arcade casing and motherboard separately.

In this way, there is no need to prepare a bulky casing and install a display screen; you only need to etch the motherboard and import the game program.

This is mainly aimed at customers in the US and Japan, who only need to purchase the internal gaming motherboard and install it.

The Taishan Block has already made a name for itself in Taishan, so there's no need to engrave the logo on the bulky machine. Selling game motherboards in this way is more time-saving and labor-saving, and the speed of making money is incomparable to selling complete arcade machines.

Each motherboard imported from the US costs $300. After installing Pac-Man and Tarzan game programs, they are resold for $700 each, with so many orders that they have no trouble selling them.

Producing 10,000 gaming motherboards a day, with a profit of $400 per motherboard, results in a daily profit of $4 million.

The revenue from Taishan Games naturally did not escape the notice of HSBC's Sir Michael Sandberg.

Such a massive flow of money even made Shen Bi somewhat uneasy!

Taishan Games' profits are so terrifying that it's impossible to give Taishan Games a normal valuation.

If valued based on company assets, a small company with fewer than 100 employees, an office building, and five factories would be valued at a maximum of 20 million Hong Kong dollars.

However, Taishan Games can earn 2000 million every day!

Moreover, Mount Tai Blocks and Pac-Man show no signs of decline, with orders booked full every day.

If it weren't for capacity constraints, profits would be even higher.

Based on this profit estimate, a profit of 30 billion can be made in just six months!

But can the valuation really reach 30 billion Hong Kong dollars?

Shen Bi didn't know!

However, Sir Michael Sandberg knew that if the Taishan Group continued to develop in this way, it might affect HSBC's position in Hong Kong.

Therefore, he had to plan ahead!

Taishan Games Company.

A programming teacher hired by Xiaoshan is giving a lesson to the children.

These are all high school graduates who have mastered a foreign language, so learning programming in this era is not difficult for them.

Moreover, Xiao Shan spared no effort in nurturing them.

They studied day and night, and achieved results in just one month.

Basic programming languages ​​are no longer a challenge for them.

Kurai Jiro said directly to Xiao Shan, who had come to inspect the area, "Boss, the first batch of students is almost ready to graduate. They can complete some simple programming tasks, such as those involving Mount Tai Blocks!"

Upon hearing what Kurai Jiro said, Xiao Shan's face showed no joy; in fact, it was quite solemn.

Programming similar to the Taishan Blocks game could be easily completed by any student in later generations using only their feet.

Nowadays, completing a course in a month seems like a remarkable achievement.

After a moment's thought, Xiao Shan looked at Cang Jing Jiro and said, "Mr. Cang Jing, you have connections at Sony, right? Help me poach technical personnel from Sony with high salaries. No matter what the salary is at Sony, you'll get double the pay slip at Taishan!"

“Okay, I’ll make the arrangements!” Kurai Jiro replied with a deep bow.

Xiao Shan looked at him and said half-jokingly, "In Hong Kong, a 15-degree bow is enough. A 90-degree bow is too much for a living person to bear. Since you're in Hong Kong, try to do as local customs as possible."

"Yes!" Kurai Jiro bowed again at a 90-degree angle, leaving Xiao Shan speechless.

Chapter 641, Laying the Foundation for Taishan Technology Company! (Please Subscribe!)

Xiao Shan couldn't say anything more about Kurai Jiro's rigidity.

After arranging things for Kurai Jiro, Xiao Shan then approached Ximen Jun and handed him a document: "Take a look at this document first."

This information is about Walkmans.

After glancing at the information, Ximen Jun said to Xiao Shan, "Boss, this Walkman doesn't seem to have any connection to our arcade games, does it?"

“There’s nowhere to contact!” Xiao Shan nodded and said to Ximen Jun, “I’m asking you to transfer a group of R&D personnel from Taishan Games to the newly established Taishan Technology, to work with these graduated programmers to develop and overcome the technology of portable music players!”

From the very beginning of its efforts to cultivate programming students, Xiaoshan never intended for them to continue developing games.

Xiaoshan's main goal is to accumulate talent and move towards deeper technological fields.

The Walkman is the first hurdle that Taishan Technology needs to overcome.

The technology required for a Walkman is not complicated, but it requires a high level of comprehensive skills.

Since the birth of language, music has flowed in people's blood, and almost all cultures have a pursuit of music.

From the phonograph invented in the last century to the magnetic tape recorder, no technological breakthrough has ever been achieved in terms of space.

After hearing Xiao Shan's arrangements, Ximen Jun nodded and said, "Okay, boss, I'll go arrange it right away!"

Xiao Shan instructed, "Tell them that the key to a Walkman is its small size; the smaller and more exquisite, the better! Of course, this is also the most difficult part..."