Chapter 376 TVB's Ambition

Chapter 376 TVB's Ambition

Chapter 376 TVB's Ambition
After talking with Sanders, Yang Wendong made an appointment with Albert, the head of Standard Chartered Bank, in the afternoon.

"Hello, Mr. Yang." Albert said in fluent Cantonese. To do business in Hong Kong, knowing Cantonese is a must.

Yang Wendong shook hands and said, "Hello, Mr. Albert, please take a seat."

"Thank you." Albert said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, I wonder if you have any advice for us during this meeting?"

Yang Wendong said: "Mr. Albert, I need to borrow a US dollar loan from the bank, so I am considering Standard Chartered Bank. Maybe we can cooperate once."

Although HSBC is larger in scale, no matter what business you are in, you cannot put all your eggs in one cage. This is the case in the real estate industry. Changxing Real Estate cooperates with HSBC, Bank of East Asia, Hang Seng Bank and even other Chinese banks.

As for shipping, because it involves foreign exchange, traditional Chinese banks in Hong Kong do not have the ability to raise so many US dollars, so they can only cooperate with British banks. Last year, they found HSBC. This year or in the future, although they still need to cooperate with HSBC, he does not want to rely entirely on HSBC. Only cooperation between the two banks will be the best for him.

Albert's eyes lit up and he asked, "How do we cooperate?"

Standard Chartered Bank is now smaller than HSBC in Hong Kong and is even about to be overtaken by a Chinese bank, Hang Seng Bank. Standard Chartered is anxious internally, but it is difficult to do anything.

Because the fastest rising Chinese capital group in Hong Kong has long been won over by banks such as HSBC and Hang Seng. It was these banks that helped when Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was in a downturn in the early days. Now that the manufacturing industry is taking off, it is difficult for Standard Chartered to get a piece of the pie.

Among Hong Kong's manufacturing industry or Chinese financial groups, the fastest rising one is naturally the Changxing Group, but it is more difficult to cooperate with it.

"I'm planning to buy a batch of ships in Japan. Here's what I mean." Yang Wendong simply stated his needs, which was similar to what he said when he met Sanders in the morning.

Since we are preparing to cooperate with the bank, there is no need to hide many things. Before signing the memorandum of understanding, we just need to avoid involving core data confidentiality.

After listening to this, Albert sighed and said, "Mr. Yang is really ambitious. I admire him."

"How can we grow without ambition?" Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Mr. Albert, what do you think? Can we cooperate this time?"

Albert seemed a little hesitant and said, "Mr. Yang, to be honest, according to what you said before, the amount of this loan is close to 10 million US dollars, which is beyond the level I can authorize. It requires the consent of Standard Chartered Head Office.

Moreover, this risk is indeed too great, especially for your Changxing Shipping, which just placed an order for a $5000 million ocean-going vessel last year, and now another batch is coming. This..."

"I understand, but this is also an opportunity, isn't it?" Yang Wendong said with a faint smile: "I believe in the future of the shipping market, and if it succeeds, then when I apply for loans in the future, I will also consider cooperating with Standard Chartered."

When borrowing money from a bank, you may not necessarily be in a "begging" situation, because the business of a bank is to lend money to people. Which side is stronger depends on the specific circumstances.

For example, in the 90s, when Hong Kong's real estate was at its peak, the four major families dared to go against HSBC because they had a strong real estate market and had no shortage of banking cooperation.

However, the current shipping market is not that awesome, but we still have a certain say.

"Okay, I need to report this to the headquarters." Albert paused and said, "But I personally have great confidence in Mr. Yang. I hope we can reach a cooperation on this matter."

"I hope so too." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "If your headquarters feels that the risk is too great, you can also borrow part of it. I will negotiate with more banks to reach a joint loan."

In many industries, consortiums like to form groups, such as large real estate projects, large loans, or large infrastructure projects, etc. Only when more people participate can the risk be reduced.

Albert asked quickly: "Mr. Yang, who is the partner?"

"HSBC." Yang Wendong said with a faint smile.

If one party feels that the risk is too great, it can find two or even more companies to share the risk. This will also give itself more options in future international trade.

Historically, Standard Chartered was almost silent because of the suppression of HSBC in the 80s. So perhaps if it provides a little support, even if it cannot overtake HSBC, at least things will be better.

Of course, support does come at a price, but we’ll talk about that later. The current order alone is not enough.

"It's just as I expected." Albert smiled and said, "Okay, I'll sort out the information here and hope to reach a cooperation agreement with Mr. Yang as soon as possible."

"Okay." Yang Wendong nodded.

Albert added: "Mr. Yang, in addition to shipping, our Standard Chartered Bank is also willing to cooperate with Changxing Group in the fields of real estate and industry."

Yang Wendong said: "Okay, but we don't have any plans for other businesses in the short term, so let's consider this cooperation first."

This is not a lie. Hong Kong's real estate is about to reach its peak, and the country will be preparing to cash out non-core industries next year. At this time, there is basically no need for loans. As for several manufacturing industries, they are not short of money.

The only area that currently requires large-scale investment is shipping.

Albert nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

The other party's meaning is very clear. If this cooperation is successful, there may be other cooperation in the future. Otherwise, everyone understands.
In the evening, Yang Wendong returned home and had a sumptuous dinner. Then he took Bai Yushan and Su Yiyi to sit on the sofa and watch TV, while the three children played with building blocks beside them.

Now that Su Bai and his partner's bellies are showing, they are generally more careful. However, they don't lie in bed every day, and they still do some appropriate exercise.

Because there was only one TV station, they could watch whatever was available. When it was time for cartoons, the three children threw away their building blocks and started watching American Mickey Mouse.
Yang Baisu and the other two were chatting casually. Bai Yushan asked, "Brother Dong, will some of Changxing Culture's comics be turned into animations in the future?"

"Yes, just wait until my TV station starts broadcasting. Black Cat Sheriff has already been outsourced to the mainland to produce an animation." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Nezha Conquers the Dragon King has not been completed yet, so we will have to wait for the future. The same goes for the other comics. We need to wait until the comics are out before we can make them into animations."

Although it will take at least half a year before the TV station starts broadcasting, the relevant team has been established to prepare various plots after the TV station starts broadcasting. Most of them need to purchase overseas resources. There is no way. It is impossible to produce all the content by ourselves in the early stage. This is the case for any TV station in the world. After the broadcasting, we will gradually improve various contents and try to produce them by ourselves.

Since I have my own comics company, I will naturally make animated films or cartoons out of it, as it will keep the money within the family.

Su Yiyi asked, "What about the Calabash Brothers that we watched together before?"

"'Huluwa' will also be broadcast." Yang Wendong said: "In the future, unless it is a long-running drama like 'Black Cat Sheriff', it will be released as a movie first and then on TV, so as to maximize the benefits."

The profit from movies is definitely the largest and most direct profit; the profit from TV stations is much worse, especially short dramas, which are even more loss-making. Only long-term content can attract and retain a large number of audiences, which can help TV stations gain returns and influence from other aspects.

"Oh." Su Yiyi nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Bai Yushan said: "I think several comics produced by Changxing Culture are very good. I find them interesting. If they can be shown on TV, they will definitely make many children happy."

"This is also my goal." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "But it is not easy to achieve this goal. We need free radio channels, cheap TVs, and high-quality cultural content belonging to the Chinese. Only when we have these three things can we achieve this."

The development of the cultural industry is about making money on the one hand, and on the other hand it is about preserving one's own culture. If one day all the children in China like to watch Japanese cartoons, this will be a very powerful cultural invasion.

This was the case in history, especially when the 80s and 90s were young, there were basically few high-quality domestic cartoons, and the animation screens were basically occupied by Japanese animations. Of course, these small-time cartoons were indeed good-looking in that era.
My goal now is not to arrogantly defeat Japanese comics, but at least the Chinese cultural community must have its own things. Even if I, a time traveler, cheated and borrowed some comics from my previous life, as long as the background is China, it will be different.
Bai Yushan said with a smile: "Then the layout you have made over the past few years is almost complete, right? We are just waiting for the TVB station to start broadcasting."

"Yes, we only lack the east wind." Yang Wendong nodded: "The rest is basically the same."

Honor TVs are much cheaper than Japanese ones, and their quality is pretty good, so their sales volume is already number one in Hong Kong;
However, there is no wireless TV signal now, and people who want to buy a TV have to pay 30 yuan a month for cable TV. This price is too high for many families, so the TV market has not been fully activated. Only when the wireless TV station starts broadcasting in the middle of the year will it in turn stimulate TV sales.

Once we have a TV station with a large audience, it will become the largest media resource of the entire Changxing Group in Hong Kong.

Bai Yushan said with a smile: "I am really looking forward to it. This way, our future children will be able to grow up watching their own cartoons."

"It's not just cartoons, there are also many Chinese TV series." Yang Wendong continued, "For example, Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, these novels have been tried to be made into movies before, but the plots are too long and the movies can't be made at all.

In the future, I will also make all these classic martial arts novels into TV series, which is also what I am looking forward to. "

As a time traveler, his entertainment threshold is very high. He has basically not watched any TV series or movies in the past few years. Later, he will also invest in filming these martial arts novels, which may allow him to have more hobbies.

"Martial arts novels, I like to read them too." Su Yiyi followed up and said, "Especially the characters of Xiao Long Nu and Yang Guo."

"You women like to read about romance, and we men like to read about plot." Yang Wendong smiled and said, "Each has his own needs, but a truly good novel combines all of these."

Bai Yushan nodded and said, "Yes, especially the story of Jin Yong. After reading it, I have a better understanding of history. I had no interest in it before."

"In fact, this is also a way to change cognition." Yang Wendong said: "Many people don't actually read history, but if our TV series is well made and integrates wonderful stories into history, then many people will understand it."

In fact, many people in the past learned about history from Jin Yong's martial arts novels.

Many people may not believe it, but this is the fact; if it weren't for Jin Yong's martial arts novels, many people's knowledge of history would only be about the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and they would probably know nothing about the rest.

After the popularity of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, more people learned about the Jingkang Incident, the Jin Dynasty, Mongolia before the Yuan Dynasty, etc. Many people even had a very good impression of Genghis Khan.
"Well, this is not bad. It makes me read history books, which are so boring." Bai Yushan said with a smile.

"Haha~" Yang Wendong smiled faintly.

Su Yiyi asked again: "By the way, Brother Dong, what is the name of this TV station?"

"I plan to call it TVB, which is the abbreviation of 'Television Broadcasts Limited'," Yang Wendong replied.

He decided to just use the name from his previous life, which would be easier to remember.

"TVB, this name is much easier to remember than Rediffusion Television." Bai Yushan also praised: "Then, brother Dong, is the martial arts novel TV series you just mentioned already being filmed?"

Yang Wendong nodded and said, "It's being filmed. I've asked the Changxing Film team to temporarily help film the early stages of The Legend of the Condor Heroes. This way, when the TV station starts broadcasting, we'll have our own TV series to broadcast."

"Well, I'm looking forward to the day when TVB starts broadcasting." Su Yiyi said with a smile.

Yang Wendong said: "Yeah, me too."

It doesn’t really matter how much money TVB can make. It can never compare to the real estate and electronics industries. But being able to shoot a TV series that has taken Asia by storm must give him a sense of accomplishment.

After all, life is about pursuit. When you have enough money, you will pursue a sense of accomplishment. No matter which aspect you succeed in, it can stimulate a sense of satisfaction.

Many wealthy people like to do good deeds after they become rich. In addition to various external reasons, helping many people out of poverty or even saving lives, or being truly grateful to those who are helped, being praised by the public, etc., can also stimulate a sense of satisfaction.
Of course, no matter what the purpose is, as long as good things are done, then these benefits should be obtained.

Of course I will do charity, but I also hope that through TVB, there will be some classic works that can be passed down and loved by countless people. While I can make a profit, I can also satisfy my inner needs.

PS: Please give me a monthly ticket
I have had enteritis these days and have been on IV drip every day. Today is the only chapter I have written.

(End of this chapter)