Chapter 462 Cooperation?
"Can you speak Mandarin?"
"Simpler things can be said..."
Shen Xudong nodded: "Then tell me about the mountain top of TVB, and I'll treat you to afternoon tea!"
"...Okay...are you Shen Xudong?"
Shen Xudong looked surprised: "Hey, do you know me?"
"A great talent from the Mainland, screenwriter and producer... Of course I know. I've also watched your movie "The Love of the Golden Bough"... Are you and Gillian dating?"
"Take a photo...I come to Hong Kong at most twice a year. Do you think I will date a Hong Kong actress?"
"...Then what's your relationship with her?"
"Friend, I came to Hong Kong to discuss business. Something happened to her not long ago. I want to comfort her... Don't make blind reports. I like women who are about 1.7 meters tall!"
"oh."
The paparazzi took note of it, and the two arrived at a milk tea shop. Shen Xudong casually ordered some pastries and milk tea, and then started chatting.
Mainly asked by Shen Xudong, he replied...
The top of the wireless station...
"Mountain Culture" refers to the small groups formed by each senior executive since the establishment of TVB. Each senior executive recruits the artists he strongly supports under his banner. The senior executives use their own power and resources to promote their own affiliates. Artists, during the heyday of "shantou culture", TVB's so-called "Emperor and Empress" were just the winning prize of a "fighting of wits" between senior executives.
Today's wireless TV stations are composed of the Chen Zhiyun faction, the Lok Yiling faction, and the Tsang Lizhen faction...
In fact, there is another Liang Jiashu, but he is already lonely - "The Legend of the Gods", "Quest for Qin", "Golden Years" and "Imperial Court No. 1" were all created by Liang Jiashu!
In his hands, Luo Jialiang and Louis Koo were awarded the title of Visual Emperor, among which Luo Jialiang was awarded three titles and Louis Koo was awarded two titles. He also awarded Xuan Xuan, Chen Huishan and so on...
Later, Liang Jiashu lost power...
Zeng Lizhen is a person who values strength. Her artists include Ouyang Zhenhua, Chen Hao, Li Yaoxiang, Zhong Jiaxin, Zhang Keyi, Gigi Lai, Yang Yi, Wu Dingxin, etc.
Lok Yiling belongs to Yan Kong, Miu Kiu Wai, Raymond Lam, Cheng Jiaying, Ng Zhuoxi, Bosco Bosco and Charmaine Sheh all belong to her faction.
Chen Zhiyun faction, Chen Zhiyun himself is an excellent host. He likes to praise some artists with "bold style", such as Deng Cuiwen, Chen Fala, Wang Xi and so on...
Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "There are so many factions, how about cooperation?"
"...who knows."
When the struggle at the top of the TVB mountain was the most intense, Yang Yi was miserable. She was the heroine in the first two films of "School Police Sniper", "School Police Ambition" and "School Police Update", but "School Police Sniper" is a work of the Liang School, and Zeng Lizhen He deliberately refused to free up Yang Yi's schedule, causing Yang Yi to lose a good opportunity.
The heroine of the third movie "School Police Sniper" was given to Jiang Ruolin...
Shen Xudong changed the subject: "Then why do you think Chen Zhiyun is looking for me?"
I didn't expect the paparazzi to answer, but who knew he actually knew: "... Maybe I want to find a mainland partner. I heard that TVB is planning to film a palace battle drama... You are not in "The Golden Bough" and "The Beauty's Scheming" of"
"How do you know so much?"
"We have channels..."
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In fact, in 2003, TVB was preparing to cooperate with the mainland to create "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". This can be seen from Li Qian's role as Song Yuzhi. The selection of actors for this drama is not limited to TVB's internal ones. The cooperation they chose This is CCTV!
Unfortunately, due to the SARS outbreak that year, CCTV withdrew from production. However, "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was actually TVB's first martial arts film shot entirely outside the studio. The entire drama was shot in Xinchang City, Yongkang City and Zhejiang Province. Filmed on location at Wuxi Film and Television City in Jiangsu.
"Datang"... The local ratings in Hong Kong are not very good. In 2004, the ratings champion was Huang Zihua's "Detective Feng Du", and "The Legend of Tang Dynasty" ranked ninth. At least it maintained its position in the top ten!
But this is not proportional to the effort.
Fortunately, "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" became very popular in Southeast Asia and the Mainland, so I filmed "The Legend of Two Dragons"...
"The Rain and the Clouds" was even worse. It was aired on New Year's Eve and the ratings were low. It was temporarily moved to the 10 o'clock slot. The outsourced drama "Beauty's Scheming" came to the rescue and saved the situation.
"Beauty's Scheming" was purchased by Chen Zhiyun, as well as "Golden Branch Desire" and "The Best in the World"...
In fact, TVB has long offered to buy "The Great Butler" including "Wulin Gaiden", but... the company wants TVB to arrange to broadcast it on Jade Channel, instead of broadcasting it on cable channels like "Legend of Sword and Fairy" …
Jade Channel is the wireless base, and the number of viewers of cable channels is very small.
Huang Bin and Chen Zhiyun chatted all morning. "The Ultimate Butler" will be broadcast on Jade Channel... As for "Wulin Gaiden", there is no agreement...
After all, dialect dramas are still sitcoms, and they do have regional influence!
It is understandable that Chen Zhiyun has such concerns.
But why did you switch to palace fighting?
After meeting, Chen Zhiyun explained: "We had the idea to shoot the theme of palace fighting last year... After all, the ratings of "The Golden Branch" were as high as 38 points..."
"Then why didn't you take pictures?"
"Le Yiling said she would make a police movie..."
"...The mainland dramas involved in the case are banned from being broadcast. TVB has a natural advantage in this regard...Didn't you sign a broadcast agreement with Dragon TV?"
Dragon TV has an "Introduced Theater" at 22:30 every night, which specializes in broadcasting Hong Kong dramas, Korean dramas and Taiwanese dramas. Almost all popular Hong Kong dramas are imported and broadcast...
Later, the TV stations didn’t bother to buy them—because there weren’t many good ones!
In 2015, a foreign restriction order was issued, targeting online broadcasts. TVB dramas need to go through the "review first before broadcasting" process. Only after all episodes have been broadcast and passed review can they be put on the website.
Chen Zhiyun: "We used to cooperate with mainland TV stations... but there were too many restrictions!"
"...So, you want to work with us on a palace battle theme?"
Chen Zhiyun glanced at Huang Bin, who explained in a low voice: "It's to assist in the filming..."
"Assist in filming?"
When Shen Xudong heard this word, his face instantly turned cold...
Damn it, I came here just to help?
Chen Zhiyun continued: "We will pay the labor costs..."
Shen Xudong couldn't help but ask: "...you know that "The Desire of the Golden Branch" and "The Beauty's Scheming" were all made by us, right?"
"I know, and the ratings are pretty high, so I arranged for Mei Xiaoqing to find a few screenwriters and make a few movies with similar themes..."
Chen Zhiyun talked about his plan...
Shen Xudong was very unhappy to hear that, the wireless station was too arrogant!
Of course, people have the right to be arrogant - in 1998, 18 satellite TV stations simultaneously broadcast Huang Rihua's version of "The Legend of the Dragon", Jordan Chan's version of "The Deer and the Cauldron", and Wu Qihua's version of "The Legend of the Dragon Slayer" during prime time, beating the mainland TV series of the same period...
But "The Love of the Golden Bough" and "Beauty's Scheming" have clearly crushed your homemade dramas in the ratings, so where do you get the confidence?
In fact, Shen Xudong felt something was wrong when he first came in - it didn't look like he was negotiating in good faith, otherwise Chen Zhiyun would not have come out without the actress. Shen Xudong came to the appointment because he wanted to meet Fala Chen.
Huang Bin noticed Shen Xudong's dissatisfaction and interjected: "...Most TV stations in the mainland can meet your request. There is no need to come to us..."
Chen Zhiyun was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you the best?"
Shen Xudong simply said: "... When you cooperate with us, we have to take the lead... in script, plot, and actor selection..."
"This is impossible!"
"...Then let's not talk about it."
Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Let's talk about something else... If I invite Raymond Lam, Charmaine Sheh or Fala Chen to go to the mainland to film a movie, how much will it cost?"