Chapter 173 Meeting Michael Jackson for the First Time

Ted Turner was very disappointed that no one cooperated with him to build CNN.

At this moment, he was hesitating in his heart whether to sell all his valuable things and invest in the construction of CNN?

This is a big gamble!

If you win, your worth will skyrocket; if you lose, you will lose nothing.

This is also a tough choice!

Ted Turner hesitated for a long time and still couldn't make a decision!

Ring ring ring! ! !

At this time, the phone rang.

Ted Turner was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the phone. He walked over to answer the phone, but what he didn't expect was an unexpected surprise.

"Mr. Ted Turner, hello, I am Chronos Li's secretary. Do you have time? Mr. Li wants to talk to you about CNN." Dongfang Yuqin said unhurriedly.

When Ted Turner heard this, he was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "I have time, I am available anytime!!!" He paused and asked, "When can we meet Mr. Li?"

"Mr. Li invites you to have lunch at his house tomorrow at noon!"

"Okay, please tell Mr. Li that I am honored that he can invite me to have lunch. I will definitely rush there in time!"

"Okay, Mr. Turner!"

At this time, the two ended the call.

Ted Turner almost jumped with excitement. Even though all the media was not optimistic about him, the most dazzling genius in the United States recognized him and asked to meet with him. This undoubtedly gave him great confidence, which was far better than What money brings to him!

"All the major TV networks are trying their best to ridicule me, waiting to see my failure! OK, I will prove to you whether I, Ted Turner, will succeed or fail!!!" De Turner shouted loudly to vent his dissatisfaction.

The whole world is turbid but I am alone clear; everyone is drunk but I am alone awake!

Ted Turner was lonely before, but at this moment, he felt that he had like-minded people. He was no longer fighting alone, and there was a genius fighting alongside him!

"Alice, book me a flight to Los Angeles immediately, the sooner the better!" Ted Turner immediately called the female secretary's phone number. He was extremely looking forward to the lunch at noon tomorrow!

"Okay, Mr. Turner."

So, that afternoon, Ted Turner flew from Atlanta, a city in the eastern United States, to Los Angeles in the western United States.

He bought a newspaper before boarding the plane, and it contained news about him: "The days of Ted Turner's sober voyage are over!"

After reading this report, he laughed disdainfully.

Immediately, he put the newspaper away, and when he succeeds, he will take it out to humiliate these media!

…

Noon the next day, Beverly Hills.

Ted Turner came to Li Zetian's home and received a warm welcome.

In the restaurant, Ted Turner smiled and said: "Mr. Li, it's a great honor for you to invite me to have lunch!"

Li Zetian smiled and said: "It's an honor for you to come and participate! Let's chat while eating!"

"Um."

Li Zetian then drank a glass of wine with him and said straight to the point: "I heard that Mr. Turner plans to establish CNN. Although the major media are not optimistic about it, I am very interested in this. However, I am afraid that establishing CNN will It’s not easy, Mr. Turner must have encountered a lot of difficulties, right?”

Ted Turner nodded, "Yes, it is very difficult! Because CNN cable news network needs to broadcast live news 24 hours a day, this requires the establishment of news offices in major cities in the United States and around the world, with a large number of A very large team of reporters and editors! In order for CNN to cover farther places, it must obtain the right to launch satellites, so it had to go to court with the Communications Commission to win the lawsuit! In addition, in order to interview the most important , the most attractive news must enter the White House, but currently only first-class mass media have the opportunity to join the White House press corps, and this privilege has been monopolized by the three major television networks for many years!"

Ted Turner was frank and raised all the difficulties.

Li Zetian smiled bitterly in his heart. He didn't expect that building CNN would be more difficult than he thought. However, it's good that Ted Turner dared to challenge authority and charge forward.

"I believe these difficulties will all be solved!" Li Zetian said, "Mr. Turner, I believe you should know very well what I mean by asking you to meet. However, I hope that I can hold an absolute controlling stake, that is to say, I must hold at least 51 % of the shares! But don’t worry, I will support your work!”

Upon hearing this, Ted Turner fell silent for a moment, thinking about this issue.

After a minute or two, he replied: "Mr. Li, if you can invest US$30 million, I promise to give you 51% of the shares!"

Although this price is a bit high, it is still within Li Zetian's acceptable range.

"Okay, I accept! But I have one condition!" He nodded and replied.

"What terms?" Ted Turner asked.

"If you want to sell your shares in the future, I have the right of first refusal!" Li Zetian said.

"That's no problem!"

So, after lunch, the two parties reached an agreement and signed the contract that day!

Ted Turner has a company called Turner Broadcasting Company, the parent company of CNN, which broadcasts movies, television, and sports events, including professional wrestling, baseball, basketball, and hockey. In order to ensure that his TV station could always broadcast live games, he successively purchased the Atlanta Braves baseball team, Atlanta Hawks (basketball team), Atlanta Flames (hockey team), etc.

This trick was later learned by Li Zetian and carried forward. But these are all things for later, so I won’t mention them for now.

Currently, Li Zetian has registered a broadcasting company called Chronos Broadcasting Company (Chronos) as the parent company of the television industry. The parent company of Chronos Broadcasting Corporation is Umbrella Corporation.

With Ted Turner here, CNN doesn’t have to worry about Li Zetian.

The top priority now is to establish the MTV music television network, and then create the program "The Voice"!

Time is running out, and Li Zetian doesn't know exactly when MTV was established in his previous life. It will probably be soon. In short, we must be first and occupy the market.

Li Zetian learned the experience of rapid development of TV stations from Ted Turner. First, he bought a bankrupt TV station, acquired TV channels, and then provided all-weather music programs to cable TV networks and satellite TV users through satellite.

At this stage, Li Zetian is busy developing games in the morning, building the MTV television network in the afternoon, and paying attention to the development of various companies under his name in the evening. He is busy all day long and only sleeps 6 hours a day. Even during meal time, I was working.

God rewards hard work!

Li Zetian acquired several bankrupt TV stations, and through integration, he quickly established the MTV TV network, but the coverage area in the United States was very small. The program team began to select excellent songs, and then invited record companies and singers to collaborate to produce MVs. For record companies and singers, being able to appear on TV for promotion is also a good thing, and few people refuse it. It's just a bit frustrating that record companies are not willing to spend a lot of money to produce well-made MVs. Basically, the singer sings a song in front of the camera and that's it. Well, even so, it is full of attractions for the audience, who can not only listen to music but also see their favorite singers.

The MTV television network adopted the method of broadcasting music videos and began to broadcast them across the country, gradually becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

However, Li Zetian was not very satisfied with this. He was used to watching the exciting MVs in his previous life, and now seeing the boring MVs feels like the same thing.

"It seems that we still have to wait for Jingqiu and Michael Jackson's MV to be completed and set off a global hit!!!" Li Zetian murmured, then looked at Dongfang Yuqin and asked, "Michael Jackson promised to come to Violet Records ?"

"Li Xueyu is communicating with him. I will call him now to inquire."

"Um."

Dongfang Yuqin called Li Xueyu at this time. After a while, she hung up the phone and said to Li Zetian: "Michael Jackson learned that Violet Records was founded by Mr. Li, so he was very interested. At two o'clock this afternoon Get ready to visit the record company."

"Well, let's go there in the afternoon."

"OK."

…

Michael Jackson came to Violet Records. The company was small, but the equipment inside was all top-notch, and the employees were all elites in the industry. Michael Jackson met with Li Xueyu and chatted for a while. He seemed a little shocked when he learned that the company had only signed one singer, and she was Li Zetian's wife.

“Chronos Li’s wife is also in this record company, it’s incredible!”

"So, you should know that Chronos Li will definitely spend huge sums of money to develop this record company. In addition to Mrs. Li, you will be the second signed singer of Violet Records. If you join..." Li Xueyu smiled He added, "You are the person Chronos·Li personally invited by name, which shows that he attaches great importance to you, and he also promised to write some songs for you!"

"He can write songs?!" Michael Jackson was surprised.

Li Xueyu smiled and said: "Yes, he is talented and a musical genius. In fact, like you, I didn't believe it at first, but after I listened to the song he wrote for Mrs. Li, I was completely convinced! Frankly speaking, I have never seen a man as stunning and talented as him, he is truly unique!”

Talk about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!

Li Zetian and Dongfang Yuqin arrived at Violet Records at this time. When they learned that Michael Jackson was in Li Xueyu's office, they rushed over.

Boom, boom, boom!

Li Zetian knocked on the door a few times as a courtesy, then pushed the door open and entered.

Michael Jackson is well-known, but he is still far from being a superstar. When he saw Li Zetian, he felt a little excited.

And the first impression he gave Li Zetian was, damn, Michael Jackson is so dark and young, and he is younger than me. I was born in 1956 and he was born in 1958. He wants to call me brother! ! !

Michael Jackson looks much better now than the white-skinned scary face in his previous life...

Li Zetian looked at him and asked, "Jackson, are you willing to come to Violet Records?"

Michael Jackson also has a business acumen. He knows that when the world's top richest man establishes a record company, he will definitely develop it vigorously, and he will receive more resources than other record companies.

"Mr. Li, I am very willing. This is my honor! But I still signed a contract with my previous record company..."

"Violet Records will pay all the fees for breaking the contract, so you don't have to worry!"

Li Zetian smiled inwardly and said, how much does it cost to break a contract? Michael Jackson is the cash cow, and his joining will definitely bring fame and fortune to Violet Records, because people will think that Violet Records made Michael Jackson a success, thus attracting countless singers to join Record company!

When Michael Jackson saw Li Zetian agreeing to pay the contract break fee without even thinking about it, he was deeply moved!