Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 520 Media Asia MV Channel Launches
In the VHS and Betamax videotape format war, the key to victory lies in the comparison of the number of supporters of the two camps in the consumer market.

Sony, which won the technical standard competition for the video tape industry in the 1970s, obviously made strategic mistakes at this stage due to inertial thinking.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sony began to wake up, so he put down his airs and tried to win Olympic aid with a greater compromise attitude.But it was already too late, the current market situation has gradually formed, and participants are not allowed to change their careers-if anyone does this, it means that the previous resource investment will be wasted.

As a traditional type of large enterprise, RCA's operational thinking also has problems.It thinks that with the resources in its hands, it can achieve "whoever praises, whoever is popular" as before, as long as it finds a cheap and obedient money-making machine to maximize its benefits.

In this regard, Tang Huan couldn't help but pity this old company with a long history, "Wouldn't it be better for you to take sides according to the historical trajectory? If you have to take into account the competition between NBC and Cable News Network, you simply feel that you are not dying fast enough. !”

In addition to submitting a joint document to Epson responsible for technology and products, the Hollywood company that provided program content, and RadioShack, which operates European and American sales networks, Tang Huan ignored this somewhat unexpected industry dynamic and continued to enjoy the joy of getting a daughter. .

But what happened next made it impossible for Tang Huan to stay in Paris comfortably.

The Hong Kong taxi strike that started on January 1 turned into a riot on the evening of the 12th.Several reporters from Media Asia TV were unfortunately injured while reporting on the scene.

Tang Huangang assigned Media Asia Television the special task of following the battle in Funan, and he relied heavily on these journalists, so he naturally had to show something now.

In this way, Tang Huan immediately rushed to Xiangjiang again. After the plane landed, he came to the hospital non-stop to express condolences.

In addition to encouraging words such as saying that journalism is professional, serious, sacred and respectable, he also brought more practical condolences and gifts, plus red envelopes. After all, the Lunar New Year is coming soon. .

It is really strange that Xiangjiang started this year in such a mess.You know, this is the first time in more than 1967 years since 16 that Hong Kong riot police fired tear gas.

The entire incident injured 4 people, including 32 police officers, and more than 170 people were arrested
As for the cause, on January 1, Alan James Scott, Secretary of Transportation, Shi Ke, proposed to the Hong Kong Legislative Council to approve a 11% increase in taxi fares in Hong Kong, and at the same time increase the taxi license fee and the first registration tax by 17%. And cite the "Guarantee of Public Taxation Order", so that the proposal will take effect immediately after approval.

At this stage, the number of taxis in Xiangjiang has exceeded 15000. The impact of this move can be said to be great, but the taxi industry has no chance to oppose it, which immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction in the taxi industry, and the attitude of the Department of Transport is even more serious. Tough, expressing that they are not afraid of protests from taxi drivers.

So on the second day after the decree came into effect, that is, on January 1, taxis in the New Territories took the lead in launching a strike action.

On the 13th, urban taxis also joined the strike and blocked urban roads including Connaught Road Central in Central, Harcourt Road in Admiralty, Gloucester Road in Wan Chai, and Nathan Road in Mong Kok. .

The taxi industry invited Zhong Shijie as a representative to meet with the Hong Kong Legislative Council, trying to use this channel to carry out negotiations with the Hong Kong government and asking the other party to withdraw the order. However, the latter still maintained a tough stance and refused to give in.

After the news of the collapse of the negotiations, more taxis joined the ranks of the strike, and the number of onlookers also participated, and the number continued to increase.As a result, after 8:[-] p.m., the atmosphere took a turn for the worse and the situation became chaotic. The protest action finally turned sour.
On the streets of Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei, where taxis were parked, some people took the opportunity to rush onto the road, yelling, vandalizing buses, throwing stones everywhere, setting fire to public garbage cans, or driving buses parked on the road to rampage, push down and burn them. Buses and private cars.

Some troublemakers even took advantage of the fire to loot, vandalized nearby shops, and rushed into the shops to loot, so that many gold jewelry shops, watch shops, and electrical appliances shops along the road were looted.

The most exaggerated thing is that during the violent conflict between the rioters and the riot police, and the scene got out of control, due to the large number of rioters, the riot police were once forced to retreat to the Yau Ma Tei Police Station.

After seeing the scene of a large number of rioters throwing stones at the police station, Tang Huan picked up the remote control, paused the playback of the video tape, and sincerely praised: "Our Media Asia TV reporters are really fighting on the front line. The situation was too dangerous.”

"The reason why we can get these live images is not only because our reporters are professional enough, but also thanks to Tang Sheng's investment in TV station equipment upgrades, which has enabled the widespread use of portable cameras." Zhou Liang Shuyi smiled reservedly, "Due to the extraordinary value and significance of our live reports, the Hong Kong government has specially commended Media Asia Television for its professionalism."

"This incident is quite serious, let's just let it pass." Tang Huan waved his hand and asked, "Can Yinyue TV officially start broadcasting as scheduled?"

"It is currently in the trial broadcast stage. From a technical point of view, there is basically no problem with the 24-hour broadcast." Selina Chow replied excitedly, "From the preliminary market survey results, the young audience group likes this program very much. .It can be seen that we are stepping on the right market rhythm."

Speaking of this, Selina Chow couldn't help laughing, "Dancing machines have become so popular recently, and I've been obsessed with playing them. Before I knew it, 'beat' has become a spoken word."

"Dancing machine is definitely a healthy game." Tang Huan laughed loudly.

Yinyue Channel is a brand-new channel launched by Media Asia TV after Hong Kong and International Channels to play Music Video or MV.Of course, the current program carrier is a video tape.

At this stage, the most successful operation mode of the Hong Kong music scene is the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" held since 1978 and hosted by Hong Kong Radio Station.Its highest award is the Golden Needle Award, which is recognized by the industry as the highest honor award in the Hong Kong music scene. It was awarded to Gu Jiahui for the first time.

In addition, TVB will hold an event called "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony" on the 28th of this month with the help of Huaxing Records, Rookie Singing Contest and other resources, which can be regarded as forming a new force in the Hong Kong music scene.

Compared with the former two, Media Asia TV has played a bigger role. It has specially launched a music TV channel - Yinyue Channel, and plans to settle it in Haojiang, Baodao, Pearl River Delta, Singapore and other regions this year.

As for the copyright of the music video, in addition to being supported by the copyright library of DreamWorks Records, it has also reached preliminary agreements with companies such as Warner Records and Polygram, and other record companies are also negotiating.

"During this trial period, Yinyue Channel mainly played Leslie Cheung's new song "Monica" and several works by Girls' Generation. The style of singing and dancing is very popular." Zhou Liang Shuyi added.

"Really?" Hearing this, Tang Huan immediately became interested. After all, he was the one who found the song "Monica" for Leslie Cheung.

"Contact Li Xiaotian from DreamWorks Records Department and ask what's going on now?" Tang Huan instructed his assistant.

The call was quickly connected, and Li Xiaotian said with a smile: "Rongzi happens to be nearby. I'll ask him to tell you personally."

Leslie Cheung's excited voice came from the microphone, "Boss, my song is so popular!"

(End of this chapter)