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Chapter 462 Cooperation?

"Can you speak Mandarin?"

"Simply speaking..."

Shen Xudong nodded: "Then tell me about the mountain top of TVB, and I will treat you to afternoon tea!"

"...OK... Are you Shen Xudong?"

Shen Xudong was surprised: "Yo, you know me?"

"Great mainland talent, screenwriter, producer...Of course I know, I've seen your "Golden Branch Desire"...Are you dating Gillian?"

"Fuck me... I come to Hong Kong at most twice a year, do you think I will date a Hong Kong actress?"

"...Then what is your relationship with her?"

"My friend, I came to Hong Kong to discuss business. It just so happened that something happened to her a while ago. I want to comfort her... Don't report blindly. I like women who are about 1 meters tall!"

"Oh."

The paparazzi wrote it down, and the two went to a milk tea shop. Shen Xudong ordered some cakes and milk tea at random, and then chatted.

Mainly Shen Xudong asked, and he replied...

The mountain top of the wireless station...

"Shantou culture" refers to the small group formed by each senior executive since the establishment of TVB. In the heyday of the "mountain culture", TVB's so-called Shidishihou was just a victory for the "fighting skills" among high-level executives.

Today's wireless TV stations are Chen Zhiyun's group, Le Yiling's group, Zeng Lizhen's group...

In fact, there is still a Liang Jiashu, but he is already lonely—"Feng Shen Bang", "Looking for the Qin", "Golden Years", and "No. [-] Imperial Court" are all created by Liang Jiashu!

In his hands, Luo Jialiang and Gu Tianle were awarded the title of Shidi, of which Luo Jialiang received three titles, Gu Tianle received two titles, 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 and so on.

Le Yiling belongs to Yan Kong, Miu Qiaowei, Raymond Lam, Kevin Cheng, Ng Cheuk Hei, Bosco Wong, and Charmaine Sheh all belong to her faction.

Chen Zhiyun faction, Chen Zhiyun himself is an excellent host, he likes to praise some "bold style" artists, such as Deng Cuiwen, Chen Fala, Wang Xi and so on...

Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "There are so many factions, what about cooperation?"

"...who knows."

When the struggle on TVB's mountain was the most intense, Yang Yi was miserable. She was the heroine in the first two "School Police Sniper" and "School Police Ambition", but "School Police Sniper" is a work of Liang Pai. Zeng Lizhen He deliberately refused to spare Yang Yi's schedule, which caused Yang Yi to lose a good opportunity.

The heroine of the third "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 going to make a palace drama... You are not "Golden Branch Desire" and "Beauty's Scheming" of"

"How do you know so much?"

"We have channels..."

……

In fact, in 03, TVB planned to cooperate with the mainland to create "The Legend of Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty". This can be seen from Li Qian's role as Song Yuzhi. The choice of actors for this drama is not limited to TVB. The cooperation they choose The party is CCTV!

It is a pity that when SARS broke out that year, CCTV withdrew from the production, but "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is actually TVB's first martial arts film shot entirely outside the studio. On-site shooting in Wuxi Film and Television City, Jiangsu.

"The Tang Dynasty"... Hong Kong's local ratings are not good. In 2004, the top ratings was Huang Zihua's "Dongdu Detective".
But that's not out of proportion to the effort.

Fortunately, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" became popular in Southeast Asia and the mainland, so I filmed "Overturning the Rain and Overturning the Clouds"...

"Overturned Rain and Clouds" was even worse. It was broadcast on New Year's Eve, and the ratings were low. It was temporarily transferred to 10 o'clock. The outsourced drama "Beauty's Scheming" came to the rescue and saved the situation.

"Beauty's Scheming" was purchased by Chen Zhiyun, and "Golden Branch Desire" and "No. [-] in the World" also bought...

In fact, TVB has already proposed to buy "The Best Family" including "Wulin Biography", but... the company wants TVB to arrange it to be broadcast on Jade Channel instead of broadcasting on cable channels like "Legend of Sword and Fairy" …

Jade Channel is the wireless base camp, and the number of viewers on cable channels is very small.

Huang Bin chatted with Chen Zhiyun all morning, "The Best Family" will be broadcast on Jade Channel... As for "Wulin Biography", there is no agreement...

After all, dialect dramas, or sitcoms, do have regional influences!

It is understandable for Chen Zhiyun to have such concerns.

But why did you switch to Gongdou?

When we met, Chen Zhiyun explained: "We had the idea to shoot the theme of Gongdou last year... After all, the ratings of "Golden Branch Desire" are as high as 38 points..."

"Then why didn't you shoot?"

"Le Yiling said, make a police film..."

"...The mainland dramas involved in the case are banned from broadcasting. TVB has a natural advantage in this regard...Didn't you sign a broadcasting agreement with Dragon TV?"

Dragon TV has an "introduced theater" every night at 22:30, which specializes in broadcasting Hong Kong dramas, Korean dramas and Taiwanese dramas. Almost all popular Hong Kong dramas are imported and broadcast...

Later, TV stations didn’t bother to buy them—because there weren’t many good ones!
In 15, the extra-restriction order was issued, which was aimed at webcasting. TVB dramas need to go through the procedure of "first review and then broadcast".

Chen Zhiyun: "We used to cooperate with mainland TV stations... but there are too many restrictions!"

"...So, you want to work with us on the theme of Gongdou?"

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 turned cold instantly...

Damn, I ran over, but it was just to help?

Chen Zhiyun continued: "We will pay the labor cost..."

Shen Xudong couldn't help but ask back: "...you know that "Golden Branch Desire" and "Beauty's Scheming" are all made by us?"

"I know, and the ratings are quite high, so I arranged for Mei Xiaoqing to find a few screenwriters and make a few films with similar themes..."

Chen Zhiyun talked about his plan...

Shen Xudong didn't like it very much, the wireless station is too arrogant!

Of course, people have the qualifications to be arrogant - in 98, 18 satellite TVs simultaneously broadcast Huang Rihua's version of "The Eight Parts of the Dragon", Chen Xiaochun's version of "The Deer and Ding Tale", Wu Qihua's version of "Yi Tian Tu Long Ji", and beat the mainland TV dramas of the same period...

But "Golden Branch Desire" and "Beauty's Scheming" have already crushed your self-produced dramas in ratings, so how can you be confident?
In fact, when Shen Xudong first came in, he felt something was wrong—it didn't look like he was negotiating in good faith, otherwise Chen Zhiyun would not come out without an actress. Shen Xudong came to the appointment because he wanted to meet Chen Fala.

Huang Bin saw Shen Xudong's dissatisfaction, and interjected: "...Your request, most TV stations in the mainland can meet it, there is no need to find us..."

Chen Zhiyun was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you the best?"

Shen Xudong simply said: "...cooperate with us, and we have to give the leading right to us...Script, plot, 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 Lin Feng, Charmaine Sheh or Chen Fala to film in the mainland, how much will I pay?"

(End of this chapter)