Chapter 783: CNN starts broadcasting

June 1st is International Children's Day.

Of course Xia Yu didn't celebrate this holiday, but the various companies under him did.

Jiuding Animation Co., Ltd. in particular, whose customer base is mostly children, held a very grand promotional event for various toy and comic products. A large-scale comic book exhibition and cosplay parade were also held, and every Comic House store in Asia became a sea of joy.

In addition, the Jiuding Charity Foundation managed by Li Qian is oriented towards children, and it is dedicated to showing love through a series of activities on this day.

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Early in the morning, Xia Yu, after playing Tai Chi and having breakfast at home in Seattle, did not immediately set off for the office. Instead, unusually, he sat in the living room and turned on the TV.

The villa where Xia Yu now lives was just bought by him as a place to stay in Seattle.

He already has a company in Seattle, which means he will come more frequently in the future. He doesn't lack the money to stay in a hotel, but the key is that it is very inconvenient to stay in a hotel, so he simply bought a villa.

This model will become very common in the future. As long as a place will be visited frequently, Xia Yu will buy a property.

Perhaps in the future, Xia Yu's properties may be spread all over the world, as many as hundreds of sets.

With the speed of Xia Yu's business expansion, this is very possible.

By pressing the remote control, Xia Yu switches channels one by one. When switching to a channel, he sees the red CNN logo in the upper left corner, so he immediately stops pressing the buttons and watches with interest.

'Now we are going to broadcast an international news report. Yesterday, the Canadian province of Quebec held an independence parade...'

A beautiful news anchor with a pleasant voice and a smile on her face read out the international news report at a leisurely pace, while the words kept repeating on the bottom of the screen.

Xia Yu watched for more than ten minutes.

The smile on his face never faded, as if he was very satisfied with the programme.

'Ted Turner really is a media genius, and he has done a good job,'

Xia Yu commented with a smile.

'But thanks to my capital and the Jiuding News Agency, without these two things in my previous life, it would have taken at least a few years to achieve this quality.'

Xia Yu shook his head and sighed.

In his previous life, Ted Turner sold everything he owned to establish the CNN news network. When there was a shortage of staff, he recruited media students from universities at low wages. After enduring this for several years, the professional news anchors he recruited could not stand the pressure and resigned.

After all, CNN broadcasts news 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even if it is divided into three shifts, the pressure is too great. Who can watch boring news every day?

It is just for training and experience, and relatively simple students are easy to fool.

However, in this life, with Xia Yu's help, Ted Turner is unruffled. He directly and generously builds his team, and strives for excellence in all kinds of basic things, wanting to gain the audience's favour from the very beginning and increase their loyalty.

After thinking for a while, Xia Yu picked up the phone on the table and dialed the phone number of the president's office of Turner Broadcasting.

After the call was connected, the unique and loud voice of Ted Turner came through the receiver, and one could tell that he was in a good mood.

'Ted, it's me, Xia Yu.'

'...'

'I'm watching our program, it's really great, the quality is particularly high, you really are a media genius...'

'Do you have any suggestions for the next step? Let me think, there is actually one.'

'Since CNN is all about news, our news team must be able to get inside the highest levels of government in every country to get the breaking news first.'

'Forget about other countries for now, but we must get into the White House. Right now, the right to report news from the White House is monopolised by the three major TV networks, which have jointly boycotted all their competitors from entering. This is absolutely unacceptable. If CNN is to become a real media giant and be on an equal footing with the three major TV networks, we must be able to attend major White House meetings. However, the three major TV networks will definitely not turn a blind eye to this, and will definitely push the administration to prevent it.'

'If that really happens, you will need to take legal action again to defend our company's rights. If you need my help, let me know as soon as possible...'

'Okay, that's it, bye!'

After chatting for more than ten minutes, Xia Yu hung up the phone. He looked at the TV screen again, which was broadcasting a domestic news story.

Xia Yu shook his head with a smile, pressed the red button to turn off the TV, got up, picked up his jacket and prepared to leave.

There was no need to watch the programme any longer, as the most important things had been covered in the ten minutes or so that had passed.

With the crazy Ted Turner at the helm and no financial constraints, CNN was destined for success.

Once it had broken through the barriers of the Big Three and become the fourth network to attend White House meetings, CNN's news gathering capabilities in the US would be on a par with those of the Big Three.

Ted Turner was never afraid of going head-to-head with the Big Three, and Xia Yu was even less afraid.

Getting in the car, Xia Yu didn't go to the office, but instead took his assistant straight to Starbucks Coffee No. 1.

Because the contract would be signed here today.

Under Xia Yu's financial pressure, the owner of Starbucks Coffee, Shawk Anthony, simply couldn't resist. The staff of Polaris Capital negotiated with him for more than ten days and finally reached a deal.

When it came to signing the contract, the owner of Starbucks seemed to want to review his own industry one last time, so he set the signing location at Starbucks Coffee No. 1.

Xia Yu had been to this store before, so of course he had no objections.

It wasn't long before Xia Yu's car pulled up in front of Starbucks Coffee No. 1. After parking the car, Xia Yu led the way into the store.

As soon as the door was opened, Xia Yu was greeted by the store manager, Walker Sam.

Seeing Xia Yu after a long time, Walker Sam, who had been looking worried, gathered his thoughts and said with a smile, 'Mr Xia, welcome. What would you like today?'

Xia Yu shook his head and said, 'Manager Walker, I'll order later. I saw that you were in a bad mood just now, have you encountered any problems?'

It seems that he and Xia Yu get along well. Faced with Xia Yu, a loyal listener, Walker Sam thought for a while and sighed, saying, 'Yes, I heard that our boss is going to sell the company. I remember starting the business with him together, but now we have to part ways, and I feel very lost.'

'And I don't know what kind of person the new boss is. What if he replaces me or fires me? My family needs my stable salary. It's hard to find a job in today's society with so much pressure on employment. What should I do?

Seeing Walker Sam's worried expression, Xia Yu smiled, and in the midst of Walker Sam's surprised gaze, Xia Yu smiled and reassured him, 'Walker, don't worry, with your abilities, I don't think the new boss will ever fire you.'

Walker Sam thought Xia Yu was just trying to reassure himself, and his mood improved a lot. After gathering his thoughts, he apologetically said, 'Mr. Xia, thank you for your reassurance, I'm sorry if I caused you any trouble just now.'

'It didn't cause me any trouble, so you don't have to worry about it,' Xia Yu laughed, shaking his head.

Just then, his assistant whispered in his ear, "Chairman, he's already here, over there.'

Xia Yu looked in the direction his assistant was pointing, and sure enough, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties walking towards them with a subordinate.

Walker Sam was also attracted by Xia Yu's actions. When he saw the person approaching, he immediately stood up straight and whispered to Xia Yu, "Mr. Xia, our boss is here, so let's stop talking for now.'

Xia Yu nodded with a smile and then waited quietly for the person to come in.

Xia Yu's assistant immediately introduced Xia Yu to the person: 'Mr. Schoeck, good morning. This is Xia Yu, our company chairman, whom I mentioned to you before.'

'Hello, Mr. Schoeck!'

Xia Yu smiled and said hello, extending his hand.

Anthony Schoeck immediately shook Xia Yu's hand and apologised, saying, 'Mr. Xia, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. There was traffic earlier, I'm really sorry.'

Xia Yu laughed indifferently and said, 'I understand. Shall we go inside and talk now?'

'Of course, but before that, shall we have a drink first?'

'Yes, Walker, please bring me a latte,'

Xia Yu said with a smile, addressing the stunned Walker Sam.

'Walker, bring me a black coffee,' Xia Yu said, addressing the stunned Walker Sam. Seeing Walker Sam's expression, Shoke Anthony's brows furrowed slightly, but he did not blame him, and just raised his voice a little to wake Walker Sam up.

'Oh, yes, it'll be ready in a moment, please wait!'

Walker Sam immediately woke up, took a deep breath, looked at Xia Yu with a complicated expression, and turned around to start making the coffee.

'Mr. Shao Ke, please!'

'Mr. Xia, please!'