Asia Television's total market capitalization is only 1.2 billion, and 28% of its shares are worth about 360 million, which is a drop in the ocean for Shen Dong.
However, just to be on the safe side, Shen Dong still dispatched a capable team to conduct an in-depth investigation of Asia Television.
Only after confirming that there were no problems did they sign the contract with Qiu Defeng.
As a result, Shen Dong's shareholding in Asia Television reached 53%, making him the new owner of Asia Television.
"Minhui, have you heard? Dong-ge has taken over Asia Television?"
In the film crew of "The Dragon and the Phoenix", Zhao Yazhi said to Zhou Minhui.
Because of Shen Dong's influence, the two women held a somewhat privileged position at Asia Television.
Other actors could only participate in films and television dramas invested by Asia Television, but the two women could take on any role outside of Asia Television, and their agents didn't dare to interfere with them.
"The Dragon and the Phoenix" is a film starring Cheng Lung, Hong Kong's most famous action actor, and requires four female leads.
Director Chen Guang extended an invitation to Zhao Yazhi and Zhou Minhui.
After reading the script, the two women thought it was pretty good and agreed to do it.
Filming has been going on for over half a month now, and it should wrap up in about another month.
Zhou Minhui said, "I just heard about it too. Brother Dong's businesses are really growing."
Zhao Yazhi glanced at her and said, "Yes. Brother Dong's businesses are growing more and more, and he's getting further and further away from us."
Zhou Minhui said softly, "You haven't given up on that idea yet?"
Zhao Yazhi said, "It was just a spontaneous remark. One step too late, and you're always too late. Perhaps this is what they mean by being destined to meet but not to be together."
Zhou Minhui laughed and said, "No matter what, we have a backer now. If anyone dares to disrespect us, we'll go to Brother Dong for support."
Zhao Yazhi said, "Do you think you're some kind of gangster? You still care about saving face?"
"What gangsters?"
Cheng Long walked over with two cups of milk tea.
The two women accepted the milk tea and thanked Cheng Long in unison.
Zhou Minhui said, "We were talking about Brother Dong taking over Asia Television."
Cheng Long said, "I've heard about this too. Yesterday afternoon, TVB held a four-hour meeting to discuss how to compete with ATV in the future."
Zhou Minhui asked, "So, have you figured out anything?"
Cheng Long shrugged and said, "What else can we research? At most, we can film some new TV dramas and adapt some new variety shows. Facing the behemoth that is Tengfei Group, let alone Old Master Shao, even Li Ka-shing probably couldn't withstand it. However, perhaps Mr. Shen won't pay too much attention to Asia Television. After all, he has too many businesses, and even the revenue of that taxi company is far higher than that of Asia Television."
Zhao Yazhi sighed and said, "Indeed. Any one of the companies under Tengfei Group can generate hundreds of millions or even billions in revenue. Asia Television may be very powerful in the entertainment industry, but it's really nothing to Brother Dong."
Seeing that Zhao Yazhi and Zhou Minhui didn't look too good, Cheng Long immediately thought of the rumors circulating in the industry.
He asked cautiously, "Minhui, Yazhi, what exactly is your relationship with Mr. Shen?"
Zhou Minhui's expression changed, and she asked, "Brother Long, what are they saying outside?"
Zhao Yazhi said, "I'd like to hear it too."
Cheng Long touched his nose and said, "Then you must promise me that you won't get angry or lose your temper."
The two women nodded simultaneously and said, "No problem."
Cheng Long said, "It's being said all over the industry that you are Mr. Shen's women and that you often accompany him."
Zhao Yazhi smiled wryly and said, "That's utter nonsense."
Zhou Minhui said, "It would be great if Brother Dong would accept us."
Cheng Long asked in surprise, "You two really aren't that kind of relationship?"
Zhou Minhui said, "We have a purely platonic sibling relationship. The newspapers all say that Brother Dong has four girlfriends and is a womanizer who likes to flirt and leave a trail of broken hearts. In reality, they don't know Brother Dong at all."
"Perhaps because he was an orphan at a young age, Dong Ge values family very much. He never goes to those so-called high-end clubs to find women, and he has no interest in us female celebrities at all."
"Brother Long, to be honest, Yazhi and I both like him very much, but he always keeps his distance from us."
"If we have to talk about the relationship, it's just that of siblings."
Cheng Long nodded and said, "You are all as beautiful as angels, yet Mr. Shen was able to remain unmoved. If I didn't know he had four girlfriends, I would have thought he didn't like women."
"However, no matter what, with Mr. Shen as your backer, neither the underworld nor the legitimate world will dare to do anything to you, and you won't lack resources. Just these two points alone have already surpassed almost all the stars in Hong Kong."
"If I ever need anything from you in the future, please don't pretend you don't know me."
Zhao Yazhi laughed and said, "Brother Long, you are already the most famous superstar in Hong Kong, what could possibly be difficult for you?"
Cheng Long sighed and said, "A superstar is just a celebrity who can speak up on set. He's no match for a tycoon like Mr. Shen. He can bring me down to the dust with just one word."
“You’ve probably heard about it, right? Last year, I was forced to make a movie at gunpoint by members of a triad. Let me tell you, that triad isn’t even a second-rate organization in Hong Kong, but I didn’t dare to refuse.”
"As the saying goes in movies, once you're in the game, you're not in control of your own destiny. I'm a typical example of that saying."
Zhou Minhui said, "I encountered this once before, but luckily Brother Dong saved me. Since then, no one from the gang has bothered me."
Cheng Long said, "I heard from a triad boss that because you have a close relationship with Mr. Shen, those shady film crews in Hong Kong don't dare to hire you to act in their movies. Hehe, I'm really envious."
Achoo!
At that moment, Shen Dong, who was sitting in the president's office of Asia Television, couldn't help but sneeze.
Putting down the list of artists from the TV station, Shen Dong stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his mind filled with images of famous variety shows from his past life.
TV drama scripts are too much work, and Shen Dong doesn't have time to work on them.
However, creating a proposal for a variety show is much easier.
All you need is a rough draft, a great director, and you can easily get it done.
In the afternoon, Shen Dong gathered all the core members together for a meeting and asked them to write a future development plan based on their respective positions.
If someone wants a promotion or to move to another position, they can write a self-recommendation letter, which should also include their career development plan for the new position.
Everyone knows that Shen Dong is going to make personnel changes, so everyone is taking it very seriously.
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