Chapter 146 1978 Argentina World Cup!

Yang Ming and Huang Xizhao chatted and found that Huang Xizhao was still very capable.

Then why did Rediffusion Television continue to lose money during Huang Xizhao's tenure as Rediffusion Television?

This is actually related to Rediffusion Television's major shareholder, Rediffusion Television.

As a major shareholder, Rediffusion Television interfered too much, especially those white executives, who had no idea what kind of programs local Chinese in Hong Kong wanted to watch.

Historically, it was not just Rediffusion Television that was like this.

Including British capital in Hong Kong, after the 1970s, especially in the 1980s, it was gradually surpassed by Chinese capital, and even acquisitions had a lot to do with it.

British capital began to slowly fail to adapt to the Hong Kong market, but Taikoo, which began to localize, and Jardine Matheson, which survived by cutting off its arms, finally survived.

Yang Ming and Huang Xizhao finished chatting.

Come down from the study on the third floor.

Yang Ming, Yang Jirong, Li Yufang, and Huang Xizhao had dinner together.

After dinner.

Huang Xizhao drove away from here and returned to his residence.

"Young Master Yang, Mr. Huang is gone."

Ah Zhu came over and said.

Yang Ming looked out the window.

If Huang Xizhao hadn't come over and mentioned to him about buying the exclusive broadcast rights for the 1978 Argentina World Cup in Hong Kong, Yang Ming wouldn't have thought about the World Cup.

Even if Yang Ming remembered, under normal circumstances, Yang Ming certainly wouldn't know what the results of this World Cup would be.

It's different now.

He can see what will happen tomorrow in the newspaper in advance.

For the results of the World Cup.

This means that Yang Ming can make money like horse racing and stocks.

The current World Cup betting is not as huge as the future, with hundreds of billions or even trillions of funds.

However, after a World Cup, it should be very likely that he can make a few hundred million dollars in the global betting market.

Compared with Yang Ming's current earnings in the stock market and arcade games, a few hundred million dollars doesn't seem to be much, but it's not too little.

"Master, it's raining outside again."

It rained for a long time last night and this morning.

It stopped for a few hours in the afternoon, and now it started to drizzle again.

Yang Ming didn't stay outside any longer.

He went upstairs first.

After he took a comfortable warm bath, he changed his clothes with the help of Ah Zhu and Zhong Chuhong and returned to the study.

Yang Ming wrote down on his computer document that he would enter the World Cup in Argentina next month.

. . .

The following time.

Yang Ming basically went to get off work and got off work normally.

In addition to the increasing sales of Empire Game Company's first game "Space Invaders".

In May, global sales once again exceeded 50,000 units.

In total, the revenue brought by "Space Invaders" has reached nearly 1 billion US dollars.

It is also a very terrifying thing that this arcade game brings in 1 billion US dollars in revenue.

This completely boosted the arcade market in Japan and the United States, allowing the global arcade market to enter the golden market.

Game companies such as Japan Ether East, Namco, Nintendo, and Sony have begun to increase their research and development in arcade hardware and software.

This also promoted the establishment of more game console companies.

Like Koei and SNK.

In addition to more and more Japanese companies entering the arcade game industry.

Companies in the United States, mainly Atari, began to increase their investment in arcade games.

Some game companies also became agents of Empire Games, selling and maintaining Empire Games' first game "Space Invaders".

Yang Ming knew that "Space Invaders" ignited the global arcade market and brought the arcade market into its golden age.

However, what is really more popular than "Space Invaders" is "Pac-Man".

Historically, this game was developed by Namco two years later. Now Empire Games has secretly developed it in advance. Under normal circumstances, it will definitely be launched normally in the second half of the year.

Empire Games will basically monopolize the global arcade market with these two games.

When Yang Ming came out of Empire Games.

Go upstairs.

Now the time has come to May 31, 1978.

Tomorrow, the first round of the 1978 Argentina World Cup group stage will kick off at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Some time ago, after meeting Yang Ming, Huang Xizhao personally flew to the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland to meet with the relevant person in charge, and talked with the relevant person in charge for a long time, and won the exclusive broadcast rights of the World Cup in Hong Kong.

Before this, Hong Kong's exclusive rights were not purchased, and TVB did not pay attention to it.

Now, Asia Television is willing to spend money to buy it, and FIFA is naturally very happy.

Asia Television only spent 300,000 US dollars to buy it.

However, for a city like Hong Kong, spending 300,000 US dollars to get the exclusive rights in 1978 is not cheap.

Huang Xizhao signed the relevant contract with FIFA, and Huang Xizhao immediately sent staff and reporters to Argentina to broadcast the upcoming World Cup live.

During this period, Hong Kong's media newspapers also reported on the news that the World Cup is about to start.

In addition, Asia Television spent money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights and let Hong Kong audiences watch it for free, which attracted many Chinese who like the World Cup, as well as those white people, to pay close attention.

Unknowingly, the ratings of Asia Television began to rise.

When Asia Television won the exclusive broadcast rights of the World Cup, TVB Chairman Li Xiaohao, General Manager Run Run Shaw and others saw the news and they reacted.

Not only did they miss an exclusive broadcast rights, but they were also stepped on by Asia Television without knowing it.

Recently, they thought that Asia Television had been conducting the preliminary selection of the Miss Asia program, and their focus was also on Miss Hong Kong and prime-time dramas.

It must be said that after Mr. Yang of the Empire Group acquired and controlled Asia Television, Li Xiaohao, Run Run Shaw and others felt the pressure all of a sudden.

They knew that in addition to Mr. Yang of the Empire Group being very rich, Yang Ming also supported Huang Xizhao very much.

Huang Xizhao began to show his talent and ability without being bound by the original Rediffusion call, which really scared Li Xiaohao, Run Run Shaw and other TVB shareholders and management.

Since they missed the broadcast rights at the cost of the World Cup, they can only focus on other aspects.

For the sake of ratings, they will not miss any opportunity.

When Yang Ming left the Empire Group and took a car back to the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa.

After dinner with Yang Jirong and his wife.

Yang Ming found that Hong Kong in June was really getting hot.

It was the beginning of the hot summer season.

The highest temperature during the day was as high as 36 or 37 degrees Celsius, and at night, the temperature in Hong Kong was still 30 degrees Celsius.

There was always air conditioning in the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa.

Even if the air conditioning was on from day to night, 24 hours a day, the electricity consumed was nothing for Yang Ming.

It was too stuffy outside.

Yang Ming did not stay outside.

When Yang Ming went upstairs to take a bath in the bathroom, Ah Zhu and Zhong Chuhong were standing outside.

"Are you hot?"

"Master, it's not hot now with the air conditioning on."

"Zhong Chuhong, how about you?"

"Young Master Yang, I don't feel hot either."

Before this, Zhong Chuhong had only enjoyed air conditioning when she worked part-time in a jewelry store.

Like her family, her parents couldn't afford air conditioning at all, and even electric fans were rarely turned on, and they basically used cattail leaves to solve the problem.

Arriving at the Repulse Bay Hillside Villa, she felt like it was spring with the air conditioner on.

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