Chapter 256: The Fires of the New Boss' Appearance

America, Silicon Valley, Cupertino, ea headquarters.

As the world's largest video game entertainment company, Hawkins not only enjoys all kinds of scenery on the surface, but also undertakes heavy official duties in reality.

Although the overall economic situation in the United States is not good, this Christmas is still the harvest season for EA.

So, Hawkins is even busier.

The materials Tang Huan remembered about the Little Overlord n-in-1 game in his previous life had long been classified and sorted out, forming the development roadmap of EA, which was developed by the project teams in the United States and Japan, and the various projects produced under the incentive mechanism This kind of whimsy has also been included in the company's creative think tank.

Now, almost every month, EA has a video game corresponding to a different genre that is developed and packaged for the market.

Of course, the whole industry is crazy, with every player trying to launch their own hardware and software products for fear of losing a piece of the pie.

Under the chaos, collisions and conflicts of various copyrights are inevitable.

The duty of EA and Zheru's legal department is to ensure that no one can steal their crown jewels.

Hawkins sat down with lawyer Owen Rappaport, who has experience in the microcomputer and video game industries, to discuss the legal aspects of the video game adaptation of the James Bond film, while he was finishing up various Christmas marketing plans In addition, although EA and United Artists have their own hilltops, they belong to the same entertainment group, so it is relatively simple to coordinate.

In the original time and space. Owen Rappaport was loyal to Apple, but after Jobs was driven away, Skley did not realize the importance of the graphical user interface. Completely ignoring Owen Rappaport's suggestion and easily authorizing it to Microsoft resulted in this trouble.

But now, Owen Rappaport's allegiance has changed, and it has been reused more.

At this time, a subordinate reported that a lawyer who claimed to represent Universal Pictures came to visit.

"Bring him." Hawkins put down the phone. He muttered in surprise, "I don't know why. The interaction mechanism between us and United Artists hasn't been fully established yet. Why are Universal Pictures' lawyers here to join in the fun?"

"A lawyer from Universal Pictures?" With professional sensitivity, Owen Rappaport sat up straight, "I'm afraid the person who came here was not kind."

Hawkins smiled slightly.

Although he is cautious by nature, the self-confidence brought about by a company with annual sales of more than one billion US dollars makes it easy for him to have capital.

United Artists was acquired by EA leveraged buyout, Hollywood is nothing more than that, how much stronger can Universal be?

"It's better to be careful," Owen Rappaport began to tidy up the information on the table, so as not to reveal commercial secrets.

Soon, the Universal Pictures lawyer and his assistant. When he came to the office, he calmly handed over the documents to Hawkins, who was staring at him. He said word by word: "I am here to negotiate with EA on behalf of Universal Pictures. The video game "Donkey Kong" that you are selling on the market has infringed on the copyright of our movie. Please stop the infringement immediately and act with sincerity. compensation."

"It's really a bad person." Hawkins snorted coldly, picked up the document and glanced at it. Unable to hold back, he swears angrily, "*!"

"Let me see." Seeing Hawkins' face so dark. Owen Rappaport took the file calmly.

...

Compared to Hawkins, who was young and proud, Chambers, who was mature and prudent, had a higher position and authority. When Tang Huan was not in Silicon Valley, he had to take charge of the important affairs of Philosophical America and EA, so he was naturally busier.

With the more powerful second-generation Fangyuan computer as a platform, the database ebase and its related database management system can be said to be like ducks in water.

With the full cooperation of Zheru, Seagate, who worked overtime on research and development, has already produced the hard disk expansion card on the second-generation Fangyuan computer platform.

Compared with the floppy disk counted in kb, the extra 5mb of external storage capacity is self-evident for database applications.

Alan Shugart, who watched the demo with Chambers, couldn't help showing a relaxed smile on his face when he saw that he had passed the second round of tests.

"The first batch of second-generation Fangyuan computers equipped with hard drives will be sent to Pan America. Financial institutions have very strict requirements on data security. Our products must be of good quality." Chambers and Alan? When Shugart shook hands and congratulated each other, he did not forget to tell each other something.

"That's natural. Everyone needs a good start." Alan Shugart nodded with a smile.

Compared with Seagate's smooth progress, Chambers couldn't help but secretly cursed 3's slowness.

He was about to make Alan Shugart settle down, and then contact Robert Metcalfe, but his subordinates brought an arrogant lawyer in a suit and leather shoes, claiming to represent IBM to discuss patent matters.

Although it was not mentioned publicly, the two parties are actually future personal computer competitors. A lawyer appeared out of nowhere, and Chambers had a premonition that his old club, which he worked for in the past, might be playing bullying again. trick up.

Sure enough, after returning to his office and reading the documents handed over by the lawyer, Chambers immediately understood that IBM was eyeing the ISA bus and some important chip patents.

Chambers did not get angry, and said calmly, "We need to study this issue," and then politely sent the lawyer with a gloomy face away.

"Let Owen Rappaport come to my office." Chambers picked up the phone and ordered, while flipping through the documents again.

"Owen was talking to Hawkins at EA." The other party replied respectfully.

As a result, when Chambers contacted Hawkins instead, he was surprised to find that the other party had just received a lawyer who also had a strong background and represented Universal Pictures in Hollywood.

"Come over here right away. Let's discuss it together." Chambers put down the phone, frowned, and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the predicted battle for PC standards is about to begin. But Universal Pictures is making such a drama , what's going on?"

...

Don't look at how attentive Guan Zhilin was when she served Tang Huan for dinner and bath yesterday, but she became a real little lazy cat the next morning.

Tang Huan prepared breakfast, ate it himself, and even got into the car that Lu Xiaohu came to pick him up, but the girl still refused to get up.

Picking up a random newspaper from a stack of new newspapers, Tang Huan found that the TV station that was still reporting on Li suddenly changed its owner. And the matter of changing its name to Media Asia Television.

Many of them said with emotion, one day this month. Li TV celebrated its 7th birthday. At that time, all employees attended the commemorative reception for the celebration of Taiwan, and Huang Xi, the executive director and general manager, waited for the ceremony of opening champagne and cutting the cake.

It was a big ninety-pound cake, which meant long and long.

Didn't realize how long it took. Then the situation changed.

Compared with these sour words, "Sing Tao Daily" reported that it was all dry stuff. First of all, I started the article with a point. My boss Hu Xian and the vice president of DreamWorks Hu Yinmeng are old friends, so what I get is definitely true. accurate inside information.

It is reported that this acquisition is a very thorough transfer of capital. Tang Huan alone holds 80% of the shares, and the remaining 20% ​​are owned by Xiangjiang's Bao family and Zheng family. And the Wang family of Baodao are in charge of each, and the corresponding director positions are assigned.

The specific financial resources of Media Asia TV owners cannot be assessed yet, but it is true that all of them have considerable backgrounds. The Formosa Plastics Group of the Wang family may even surpass the two small shareholders of Xiangjiang in terms of financial resources.

All in all, Tang Huan, the new boss of Media Asia TV, has all hands and eyes, and doesn't know what big move will happen next, and how another Hong Kong TV station, tvb, will react.

In order to gain sales, it can really sensationalize. For internal information, you have already reported the relevant information to Xiangjiang officials, okay?

Tang Huan opened this page speechlessly, intending to read the financial news, but found that Carrian Group is still the darling of the media. From the profit of the Golden Gate Building, to the launch of the new real estate project in San Jose, California, the touted It's not easy.

Liar, Du Nima is a liar, there is something tricky here, Tang Huan doesn't believe that Huo Duoli, a subsidiary of HSBC, is in charge of providing transaction review, and he didn't find the slightest abnormality.

Soon, the car arrived at the office building of Zheru Xiangjiang Company, and Tang Huan saw Huang Zhan who was full of smiles.

"I'm in a good mood." Tang Huan joked, feeling amused in his heart. The other party was accompanied by a talented woman, and he was indeed full of enthusiasm for work.

"I would also like to thank Mr. Tang for taking care of the business. I'm here to present Media Asia TV's latest advertising plan." Huang Zhan made a bow in an old-fashioned way.

Tang Huan's current focus in Xiangjiang is to get Media Asia TV on the expected track as soon as possible.

Therefore, all important matters related to Media Asia TV were sent to his office for review, and Zhou Mi and Hu Yinmeng were also waiting there.

Zheru's company logo is an abstract flying bird pattern composed of Arabic numerals 0 and 1. I don't know whose idea it was. Media Asia TV inherited it and carried it forward.

Tang Huan rubbed the center of his brows, and muttered to himself, the inertia of historical development is really great, and you can always connect certain things inadvertently.

However, these things are trivial matters for his boss. After skimming through them, as long as they are not intrusive, he doesn't bother to open his mouth to comment. The wisdom of his subordinates still needs to be respected.

"Let's go to the headquarters of the TV station and have a look." Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Huan got up and said.

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No. 81, Kowloon Broadcasting Road, Media Asia TV Building, the employees are busy checking where the TV logo of Li has not been replaced, while quietly discussing the future of the TV station.

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"Have you read the recent newspapers? Our new boss is not ordinary rich and well-connected. Life will be easier now."

"I heard that he is originally from mainland China, so I'm afraid he's messing around."

"You really can't think about it. How many celebrities in Xiangjiang are not from the mainland? And they made their fortunes in the United States and then invested in Xiangjiang."

"Who said the above things well."

"Stop worrying about things there. Be more practical. According to gossip, the Chinese New Year is not far away, and the new boss intends to increase our red envelopes."

"Really? That's really great. The old man in the family is sick recently, and money is a little tight."

"Stop talking, General Manager Huang is here."

...

Huang Xizhao inspected the preparation work, nodded with satisfaction, and returned to his office.

Not long ago, the parent company Li Yingsheng suddenly announced that Li's TV had been sold, which really shocked Huang Xizhao.

earlier. There have been rumors of this kind, but the British officials in Xiangjiang seem to be reluctant to see the reality that all TV stations are controlled by Chinese. Coupled with the vagueness of the parent company's reply, he didn't take it too seriously.

You must know that when the Chinese-funded group that favored Baodao established Jiayi TV, its business scope was restricted. At the same time, they spent money and were extravagant. As a result, the glory was only a flash in the pan, and the bankruptcy also happened overnight.

The employees who were at a loss went to petition to no avail. In the end, He Zuozhi, the chairman of the commercial radio station who had withdrawn his shares, stood up and generously paid these people's severance pay with his own money.

This is the power of the British, killing people invisible.

In a short period of time, Tang Huan's background in the mainland was spread so miraculously that he was obviously kicked out of the game.

With such a change, the parent company, Li Yingsheng, naturally became more cautious. He would definitely not consider selling Li's TV in the near future.

Unexpectedly, despite the pressure, Tang Huan quickly put Li's TV into his pocket.

look. In Xiangjiang, a special colony, the influence of the British is indeed not as good as before.

And Tang Huan, the new boss, also acted very quickly. Zhou Mi, the agent, came directly to the door, had a heart-to-heart chat, and promised that the salary would remain the same, which made him feel at ease a lot.

but. The ensuing measures of taking over the finance, separating the artist management department, etc., still inevitably caused panic.

Very miraculously yes. The old enemy tvb didn't take advantage of the fire to poach corners at this time, but some ambitious people inside the TV station decided to jump out of this circle and make movies that were becoming more and more profitable.

It's better to be young, I'm already fifty-four years old, and I don't want to go to new fields to fight for anything, and I'm content to be able to retire smoothly in this position.

As for the newly appointed executive deputy general manager, Zhou Liang Shuyi, whether she will fight for power or profit is not so important anymore. The TV station has no artists directly under it, so what else can they grab?

Maybe Selina Chow has other instructions from her new boss, so let's just watch her perform.

Huang Xizhao was calculating the benefits and losses of the current TV station situation, when Mai Dangxiong, Xiao Ruoyuan and others who had resigned walked in.

"Huang Sheng, we are no longer from the TV station, why do you want us to come back?" Mai Dangxiong asked a little puzzled.

"Although I haven't met that Boss Tang, looking at what he has done, he is very generous. He insisted on having you present to affirm your contribution to the TV station, and there is also a bonus. Why not take it for nothing." Huang Xizhao explained with a smile.

"There is such a generous person, I have already resigned in advance." Mai Dangxiong muttered to himself.

"Perhaps, people bought horse bones for thousands of dollars." Xiao Ruoyuan said in a deep voice, "I'm not boasting, we have indeed contributed a lot to the TV station, especially last year and this year, TVB has suffered a lot from us. If we are no longer in the TV station If a minister of meritorious service can be rewarded by the boss for his meritorious service, and they part ways amicably, how much motivation will it have for the people in office?"

"The rich have the capital to use all kinds of schemes." Mai Dangxiong shook his head with emotion.

At this time, the secretary came to report, "The boss and other directors are coming soon."

...

This time and space, Tang Huan walked into the headquarters of Li TV for the first time. Looking at the surrounding environment, it was obvious that it had been carefully arranged.

He is accompanied by Wu Guangzheng, Zheng Jiachun, Wang Xueling, Zhou Mi, and Hu Yinmeng. These people are naturally directors, and there is also an important person-Zhong Jinghui, who served as the vice president of Li TV in the 1970s manager.

Huang Xizhao greeted him early. Zhou Mi made an introduction in the middle.

Looking at Wu Guangzheng, Zheng Jiachun, and Wang Xueling in front of him, Huang Xizhao secretly exclaimed, "The new boss really has a wide network."

After exchanging pleasantries, the staff meeting began. Some of Media Asia TV's latest changes were announced. Most of the news had already been spread through gossip, and everyone was not too surprised.

The theme of Tang Huan's talk was praise. For example, this year's various targeted program broadcast offensives have achieved remarkable results. In September, TVB's "Turn Around" was forced to cut in half, and this month's just started the third-line approach The broadcast, that is, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., launched three sets of new dramas of different types - "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Family of Four", and "Little Wish", which were also very effective.

Hearing the boss's overall affirmation on the stage, everyone in the audience couldn't help showing weird expressions, and muttered to themselves, at that time "Grace of the Earth" did kill "Turn in Half", but tvb quickly took it from DreamWorks. Come to "The King of Thousand Kings" and make a big reversal counterattack.

How should this account be calculated?

However, DreamWorks TV series are really good. The level of everyone's production is obviously not at the same level. Even "Shanghai Beach" was bought and rebroadcasted, and it still had a high ratings.

Those colleagues who have been adjusted to DreamWorks should have a better life in the future.

Unknowingly, these employees left over from Li's TV have been convinced by the strength of DreamWorks, and they don't have much worry about "a layman may mess up the command" for this acquisition. (to be continued) ()