Chapter 385 Changing Fate
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The next day, all major newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong reported that TVB had infringed on ATV's copyright, and ATV formally sued TVB in court.
And last night, many viewers watched TVB's "Millionaire" and knew about its suspension, so they were very concerned about it.
Since TVB and ATV are the two major TV stations in Hong Kong, and now the two TV stations are going to court, and the customs and the International Intellectual Property Protection Center have both come forward to provide evidence for ATV, so this lawsuit has attracted the whole world as Zhou Hao expected. the attention of Hong Kong citizens.
In particular, ATV claimed 300 million Hong Kong dollars from TVB, which surprised the public even more.
Because the impact of this incident was too great, the court was brought to court soon.
Both TVB and ATV sent a team of lawyers, and Fong Yat Wah also represented TVB in court. As for ATV, Zhou Hao sent Li Jiashu as a representative.
Li Jiashu used to be one of TVB's gold medal producers, but now he represents ATV in court proceedings against TVB, and has become the focus of media and public attention.
Only Li Jiashu was secretly complaining, because he knew that this was Zhou Hao's method to completely tie himself to ATV.
Originally, Li Jiashu became the director of the drama production department of ATV. Unlike those artists, he did not sign a long-term contract with ATV, and he did not have so much pressure to resign.
But now, even if Li Jiashu plans to leave ATV, he will not be able to return to TVB. He has already been branded by ATV.
However, Li Jiashu is now more and more reluctant to leave ATV, because he can see that this time, ATV really has the hope of defeating TVB.
On the first day of the trial, because the evidence provided by ATV was sufficient, even though TVB's lawyers were all elites, they knew that TVB had little chance of winning the lawsuit.
Although it is not possible to really pay 300 million Hong Kong dollars to ATV, the loss of reputation is not comparable to a mere 300 million Hong Kong dollars.
Run Run Shaw was still in Queen Mary Hospital, Fang Yat Hua went to see him in the hospital immediately after leaving the court.
"How is it, how is this lawsuit going?" Run Run Shaw asked Fang Yihua as soon as he opened his mouth.
Fang Yat Hua knew that Run Run Shaw was weak and wanted to hide it from him, but Run Run Shaw was a shrewd man and he and she had been married for many years.
So before Fang Yat-hua could speak, Run Run Shaw already guessed that Wireless was at a disadvantage. He raised his hand, "You don't need to say it, alas, I also know that this time we have been tricked too much by ATV. Even if we don't need to pay as much as 300 million yuan, we are afraid that our reputation will be ruined."
He looked up at the ceiling, "The current plan is to minimize the impact of this matter on the company."
Fang Yihua said: "Can you discuss with ATV and ask them to settle with us out of court?"
Run Run Shaw waved his hand, "Impossible, they didn't sue us for money in the first place, and their goal was not the 300 million.
I think they are going to take this opportunity to severely damage our reputation, and they will never give up this opportunity. He sighed a long time, "We are going to lose this battle." "
"Then, what should we do?" Fang Yihua, who usually manages the huge wireless TV calmly, was a little helpless at this moment.
Because she went through the court today, ATV's evidence was too sufficient, and her side was completely at a disadvantage. Even the lawyers of the legal team told her that unless ATV took the initiative not to pursue this lawsuit, TVB would be Lost.
I heard Run Run Shaw say: "Qian Guowei brought over the plan, and the current method is to put all the responsibility on him, saying that we don't know that "Millionaire" is an ATV program." Affection."
Fang Yihua frowned when he heard this, "This is not good, Guowei has established a wide customer network for our company, and he has brought back many sponsors for us. If this is the case, we will lose a lot of sponsorship. "
"That's true." Run Run Shaw pondered, "Then put the blame on Xue Qiyi, anyway, he is also the producer of "Millionaire". It's time for them to repay the company."
Seems to have gotten used to this kind of behavior of Run Run Shaw, Fang Yat-hua was not surprised at all, and said little by little: "Okay, I know how to do it."
So, after the court hearing the next day, Fang Yat-hua asked TVB's legal team to put all the blame on Xue Qiyi and the directors and assistant directors, saying that TVB had no knowledge of the copyright issue of "Millionaire" and had been kept in the dark all along. inside.
Xue Qiyi and others didn't know that "Millionaire" was stolen from ATV by TVB, and now they are stunned and at a loss when they come to such a result rashly.
The public opinion outside is also in an uproar, because anyone with a discerning eye can see that Wireless is going to abandon the pawns to protect the handsome.
However, their practice of sacrificing their employees to keep the company has been severely criticized by public opinion and citizens.
However, Fang Yihua had to continue doing this, because only in this way could the impact on wireless be minimized.
Later, she even pushed Zheng Yuling out, trying to minimize wireless's responsibility.
This action also made Xue Qiyi and Zheng Yuling and other people who were put on the stage completely chilled towards TVB, and even many TVB artists and employees were deeply dissatisfied with TVB.
In particular, Cheng Yuling has worked for TVB for more than ten years, yet she was sacrificed so mercilessly by TVB.
Then, Li Jiashu invited
Express Zhou Hao's opinion, because if Wireless does this, it is really possible to transfer part of the responsibility to Xue
Qiyi and others.
From Li Jiashu, who had a deep understanding of TVB, Zhou Hao learned that Xue Qiyi was a rare talent. He also worked in ATV before, but he returned to TVB because he couldn't bear the difficulties of those high-level executives.
There are also those directors and assistant directors who are all capable and talented people.
Therefore, Zhou Hao instructed Li Jiashu that if Wireless put part of the responsibility on Xue Qiyi and others, then don't pursue Li Jiashu and others, and directly investigate Wireless' part of the responsibility, and must win the lawsuit.
At the same time, Zhou Hao also asked Li Jiashu to offer olive branches to Xue Qiyi, Zheng Yuling and others, and took advantage of their giving up on TVB to draw them to ATV.
Many people can see that Xue Qiyi and the others are not responsible for this incident, so when Li Jiashu expressed on behalf of ATV that Xue Qiyi and the others would not be held accountable, they won applause.
Especially Xue Qiyi and Zheng Yuling were also very grateful to ATV. When Li Jiashu asked them if they would like to switch to ATV, they almost agreed without thinking.
On the evening of the third day of the court session, ATV officially broadcast the "genuine" version of "Millionaire".
This turmoil has made all the citizens of Hong Kong full of curiosity about "Millionaire", which caused TVB and ATV to fight for copyright.
Therefore, almost without any publicity, when ATV broadcast "Millionaire" at 9:30 in the evening, the ratings had already exceeded 40 points, which was a good result that ATV had never achieved in these years.
And ATV has invested enough funds for this set of "Millionaire", so the hardware facilities are better than that of TVB's live broadcast, and ATV's host is originally scheduled to be Chen Qitai.
Asia TV did not broadcast it live, but recorded it in advance, so the quality is very good, because this time, unlike the wireless one, Zhou Hao and the others don't need to use live broadcast as a gimmick at all.
Chen Qitai is indeed the most suitable host for this set of "Millionaire". His calm and humorous style is very popular. In addition, "Millionaire" is both interesting and exciting. An opportunity to trade knowledge for wealth.
So when the first episode of "Millionaire" ended, the ratings were close to fifty.
Xian Zhiwei, Chen Shisan and others in the background hugged together excitedly, because not to mention ATV, even TVB has never achieved such a high rating.
On the one hand, it is naturally because of the excellent "Millionaire" produced by ATV, and on the other hand, thanks to the copyright turmoil between TVB and ATV, it has attracted the attention of the whole of Hong Kong.
"Boss, we succeeded! We succeeded!" Chen Shisan excitedly grabbed Zhou Hao's arms and kept shaking them.
This first battle was won by ATV, Zhou Hao was also very happy, but he
He didn't show too much excitement, just smiled at Su Lin who was beside him, and then smiled at Chen Shisan and the others: "Okay, to celebrate, you and all the staff of "Millionaire" will go to the Peninsula Hotel Have fun, I will bear all the expenses."
"Yeah! Long live the boss!" Chen Shisan and the others cheered again.
"By the way, Zhiwei." Zhou Hao suddenly said to Xian Zhiwei: "If you have time, you high-level executives can go to the hospital for a detailed physical examination. Health problems affect the operation of the company."
In fact, Zhou Hao knew that in his previous life, Xian Zhiwei, an important producer of ATV, died of nasopharyngeal cancer. He was only in his thirties when he died. It is a pity that he died young.
So Zhou Hao asked Xian Zhiwei to go for an examination in advance, based on the principle of traditional Chinese medicine to change Xian Zhiwei's fate and save his life.
In order not to arouse others' doubts, Zhou Hao simply asked all ATV executives to go to the hospital for a physical examination.
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