I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

"As for those old employees who are disobedient, you should fire them and fire them. Don't be afraid of causing turmoil. They are already in stagnant water. It is better to break the reorganization...

In the office, Li Zhe told Zhou Ziyu what to do after joining ATV.

He had just held a meeting not long ago to help her recruit a group of people from companies such as Quku Entertainment and Qudong Video to go to ATV with her.

Hong Kong Islanders are quite exclusive. If Zhou Ziyu went alone, he would never be able to control ATV. He must have his own manpower and a basic base.

Use foreign factions to suppress local factions.

Just like when Liu Bei entered Yizhou in history, he also used the Jingzhou faction to suppress the Yizhou native faction.

Zhou Ziyu nodded and remembered everything Li Zhe said in his heart.

She is very aware of her shortcomings. She has no management experience at all and can only learn while doing it.

Li Zhe paused and then said: "There is also the current executive director Ye Jiabao. If he is willing to express his support for you and take the overall situation into consideration, then you can keep him temporarily."

The head of ATV, Wang Zheng, and the major shareholder, Chua, are constantly fighting among themselves. ATV now relies entirely on the encouragement of executive director Yip Jiabao. This man is still very affectionate for ATV. In order to promote ATV, he even participated in community activities and appealed to the residents of Hong Kong Island for support. ATV.

Keeping Ye Jiabao will help appease the hearts of the old employees and allow Zhou Ziyu to take control of ATV faster, but the prerequisite is that the other party is willing to be honest and obedient and willing to take the overall situation into consideration.

In fact, the process of acquiring ATV was not easy. It took more than half a year, and even longer if you include the preliminary preparations.

After Wang Zheng took over in 2010, ATV's equity became controlled by two major shareholders, one is Huang Bingjun, who holds 52.4% of the shares, and the other is Antenna, which holds 47.6% of the shares. The company is owned by former ATV chairman Cha Maosheng and Taidao Wangwang. Co-owned by Cai Yanmin, chairman of the group.

Since Wang Zheng and Cai Yanmin are not permanent residents of Hong Kong Island, the law does not allow them to become shareholders of Hong Kong Island Television.

Therefore, Wang Zheng holds shares in ATV through his distant relative Huang Bingjun, while Cai Yanmin holds shares in ATV indirectly through a joint venture with Cha Maosheng.

In fact, Li Zhe is the same. He established a joint venture with Zhou Ziyu and his eldest son Zhou Xuyao ​​to indirectly hold shares in ATV.

Zhou Ziyu has become a Hong Kong citizen, but she is not a permanent resident yet, just a resident.

According to regulations, only Chinese citizens born on Hong Kong Island before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Island Special Administrative Region can obtain permanent residency.

Residents must live in Hong Kong Island continuously for more than seven years to obtain permanent residency.

But Xiao Xuyao ​​is a permanent resident.

His mother (Zhou Ziyu) is a Hong Kong citizen and he was born on Hong Kong Island.

Although he is still less than two years old, this does not prevent him from becoming a shareholder of a company.

Zhou Ziyu exercises shareholder rights on his behalf as a legal agent.

This is simply taking advantage of a loophole.

Cai Yanmin, who owns a media organization in Taiwan, originally hoped to become a major shareholder of ATV who could speak out through cooperation with Cha Maosheng and create a media empire spanning Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But Wang Zheng came out of nowhere and bought shares from the other three ATV shareholders, becoming the controlling shareholder in one fell swoop, shattering Cai Yanmin's "ATV dream." Since then, the relationship between Wang Zheng, Cha Maosheng and Cai Yanmin has become openly tense.

Wang Zheng and Cai Yanmin fought endlessly, which completely plunged the already declining ATV into a quagmire.

The loss was HK$340 million in 2012, which further expanded to HK$378 million in 2013. Even employees’ wages could not be paid, and they could only be in arrears for a long time.

In order to acquire ATV, as early as the year before last (2011), Li Zhe began to spend money to anonymously buy Hong Kong media, hyping up the fight between Wang Zheng and Cai Yanmin, and intensifying conflicts.

In 2011, Cai Yanmin sued ATV in the name of Antenna Company, claiming that Wang Zheng controlled ATV and harmed its interests.

After two years of entanglement, the Hong Kong Island Court ruled in favor of Cai Yanmin in early 2013. In order to protect his interests, the court required Huang Bingjun to sell 10.75% of ATV's shares to an independent third party.

In March of this year, Zhou Ziyu contacted Huang Bingjun in a private capacity and expressed his intention to buy the 10.75% stake. However, he currently had insufficient funds on hand and hoped to use his 1.5% Quwan Technology shares as collateral for a six-month deferment.

She plays the role of a brainless lover who, for the sake of face and vanity as a Hong Kong TV station shareholder, dares to use her child's shares as collateral without telling Li Zhe.

This 1.5% share is in Xiao Xuyao's name, and Zhou Ziyu only holds it as a guardian.

Funwan Technology is a mainland gaming company giant with a market value of hundreds of billions. A 1.5% stake is much more valuable than a 10.75% stake in ATV.

Wang Zheng and Huang Bingjun would naturally not be stupid enough to refuse such a good thing when they came to them. If Zhou Ziyu still didn't pay the money after half a year, the 1.5% shares of Quwan Technology would be theirs.

In fact, Wang Zheng has already decided to quit. He has been in charge of ATV for three years, but has been constrained and has done nothing. He also owes a debt of 700 million Hong Kong dollars. He has long lost the high-spiritedness he had when he first took over ATV.

In this way, Zhou Ziyu (temporarily) got 10.75% of ATV shares without spending a penny.

In the following months, Li Zhe intensified his efforts to hype up the ATV crisis, and even encouraged ATV employees to cause trouble and demand wages. He also held a small-scale demonstration to demand wages. The entire Hong Kong Island knew that ATV was about to go bankrupt and cease broadcasting.

During this turbulent time, Li Zhe came to Hong Kong in a low-key manner and visited Cha Maosheng, the former chairman of ATV. He expressed his intention to take over ATV and hoped that the other party could help buy out Cai Yanmin's share of ATV.

Cha Maosheng is a descendant of the Cha family on Hong Kong Island. He is a billionaire. He is very prestigious in the business community on Hong Kong Island. He also has considerable connections in the mainland. He spent 1 billion to join ATV and served as the chairman of the TV station for many years.

He still has feelings for ATV and does not want it to go bankrupt.

So with the help of Cha Maosheng, Li Zhe and Cai Yanmin finally reached an agreement after more than a month of negotiation and won 47.6% of ATV shares from him and Cha Maosheng at a price of HK$480 million.

This price is also the market price, but ATV’s shares simply have a price but no market.

If you want to take over ATV, after purchasing the shares, you will need to invest heavily in updating equipment and creating new programs. The market estimates that the total investment may be several billions of Hong Kong dollars.

The huge capital investment has scared away all the wealthy people who are interested in ATV shares. Even the richest man, Li, is unwilling to take over.

Cai Yanmin is still unwilling to give up, but he can't do it if he doesn't sell his shares.

After Huang Bingjun sells 10.75% of his shares, his shareholding will drop to 41.65%, losing his controlling rights, and Wang Zheng will no longer have the right to control ATV.

If Li Zhe doesn't take over, ATV will be in a situation where no one makes the decision, and it can only wait to be liquidated.

By then, the shares in Cai Yanmin's hands will become useless paper.

A qualified businessman will not give up his interests for the sake of morale.

After taking 58.35% of ATV's shares, Li Zhe finally approached Wang Zheng and Huang Bingjun.

With the persuasion of the upper management, Huang Bingjun acquired 41.65% of ATV shares at a price of HK$460 million slightly higher than the market price, and took over ATV's debt of HK$700 million.

There is no need to offend Wang Zheng, as the other party's background in the mainland is not simple.

Cai Yanmin, who originally owned a media organization in Taiwan, wanted to join ATV in cooperation with Cha Maosheng to create a media empire spanning Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, Wang Zheng, who suddenly came out of nowhere, took over ATV first.

Wang Zheng even acquired 10.75% of ATV shares from Cha Maosheng. The implications of this are worth considering.

Finally, after more than half a year and a cost of more than 1.75 billion Hong Kong dollars (approximately 1.38 billion yuan), Li Zhe successfully acquired ATV.

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Before Zhou Ziyu left for Hong Kong to join ATV, her socialite best friends in Shanghai specially held a farewell party for her.

The party was very lively. Most of the famous ladies from the Zhejiang and Shanghai areas came, and even the appointed family successors like Princess Zong also came.

"Come, let's all have a drink together. I wish Tzuyu success in joining ATV and creating greater glories!"

Zhu Qianlin, the daughter of Qingyuan Group in Ouzhou, glanced at Zhou Ziyu, who was wearing a black evening dress that showed her elegance, and raised her wine glass with a smile.

When the ladies present heard this, they all raised their glasses and looked at Zhou Ziyu with envy and jealousy in their eyes.

Not only in Hong Kong, the reputation of Li Zhe's daughter Bo Yixiao has also spread completely in the upper class circles in the Mainland.

This is a TV station that cost more than one billion to acquire, and the follow-up investment will be at least another ten or two billion. Li Zhe is actually willing to hand over his lover, Zhou Ziyu, to take charge and let her practice?

Where can I find such a generous and good man?

Although all the celebrities present here have rich families, it is family money, not something they can spend casually. .

Most of them have no inheritance rights, or their succession is far away, and all they have at their disposal is the monthly living expenses.

Rich people generally will not let their children take over until the day they die.

Therefore, Zhu Qianlin and others are particularly envious of Zhou Ziyu, who can take charge of a large TV station at a young age.

It’s not like they can only rely on their families.

How do you say that, having a father and a mother is not as good as having one yourself!

Although ATV is now in decline, it still has a foundation. It used to be one of the two most influential old TV stations in Hong Kong and Macao, and it can also radiate to Guangdong, Guangxi and Southeast Asia.

Don't talk about letting ATV regain its former glory. As long as ATV can get out of the quagmire and maintain it like TVB, Zhou Ziyu, the leader, can have a pivotal position, and his status is no less than that of a top rich man worth tens of billions.

Even if it had been left to the last century, before Hong Kong Island was returned to the motherland, she might have been able to become a dame.

Just like Sir Shao.

To popularize some cold knowledge, there will only be 315 billionaires in China until 2022.

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Zhou Ziyu took a sip of the red wine in the glass, maintaining a polite smile on her face.

It was impossible to say that she didn't feel any sense of pride in her head and heart, but she was still more stressed.

Li Zhe trusted her so much that he entrusted her with a TV station with investment of several billion (Hong Kong dollars). She would never let him down.