Chapter 531 Wireless Artist Training Class and Hong Kong Beauty Pageant
In the original history, in order to fight against Shaw Brothers and make Jiahe bigger and stronger, Zou Wenhuai used a crooked idea.
He specifically persuaded Wang Yu to film the One-Armed Man series of movies.
At that time, the one-armed sword was the signature of Shaw Brothers.
Mr. Shao naturally does not allow this to happen.
In addition, Wang Yu burned a large number of contracts in order to get rid of Shaw Brothers' control, causing Mr. Shao to spend a lot of money to replenish the actors' contracts one by one.
Naturally, this grudge will not be let go.
So after learning that Wang Yu had defected to Zou Wenhuai, Mr. Shao directly used official means to restrict Wang Yu from filming in Hong Kong City.
Zou Wenhuai was not afraid at all.
He was determined to fight Mr. Shao to the end, and simply moved the filming location to Taiwan to avoid the influence of Hong Kong's policies.
In the end, the film was successfully released and lived up to Zou Wenhuai's expectations, earning 1.3 million at the box office. It was one of the rare masterpieces of the year.
Mr. Shao was so angry that he took Zou Wenhuai to court with a complaint.
For a time, rumors of the lawsuit between Shaw Brothers and Jiahe were aroused.
On one side is a little-known small company, and on the other side is Shaw Brothers, a big company with deep roots. Public opinion is almost one-sided and very unfriendly to Jiahe.
This lawsuit went back and forth for more than a year.
In the end, Jiahe lost the lawsuit and paid more than 8 million yuan, losing so much that he lost his pants.
You must know that the total box office of "One-Armed Sword vs. Blind Man" is only over one million.
After this battle, Jiahe almost went bankrupt.
Zou Wenhuai gritted his teeth and persevered.
He thought of Zheng Peipei who was far away in the United States.
So he sent someone to invite the former martial arts queen to come out.
Unexpectedly, by a strange combination of circumstances, Bruce Lee was invited back and successfully saved Jiahe's life.
But because of the butterfly effect he initiated, Bruce Lee does not exist in this world, and in the game between Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, Jiahe won a big victory and completely gained a firm foothold.
This makes Cao Weidong not sure about the future development direction.
But one thing is certain.
With his help, Jiahe is able to compete with Shaw Brothers.
Cao Weidong rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he put forward his opinion.
"Mr. Zou, I think we not only have to fight this lawsuit, but we have to fight it for a long time."
"Why?"
Zou Wenhuai was a little puzzled.
He also thought about simply settling with Shaw Brothers outside the hall and paying a sum of money.
Cao Weidong explained.
"On the one hand, given Mr. Shao's character, I'm afraid he won't reconcile easily."
"On the other hand, the Shaw family has a great cause and a profound foundation. If we want to achieve overtaking in a corner, we must find another shortcut."
"I happen to have a way to achieve this goal, but I need you to hold Shaw back so that I can have time to operate."
Zou Wenhuai said happily.
"Oh, let me tell you what the method is."
Cao Weidong smiled.
"I want to hold a training class and a competition."
Zou Wenhuai lacks interest.
"Didn't we already set up Jiahe Film Training Institute?"
Cao Weidong smiled.
"It was established for the refined division of labor in filmmaking and to cultivate filmmaking talents. The school I want to run this time is to directly train actors!"
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In 1965, Hong Kong City issued terrestrial television licenses, and six consortiums participated in the bidding. Mr. Shao successfully won the bid and established TVB in 1967.
TVB is the second TV station in Hong Kong City. The first TV station was Li's.
Lai's has monopolized Hong Kong TV dramas for ten years and implemented a membership system. In order to defeat Lai's, TVB, a rising star, made all TV programs free. It launched two blockbuster hits - "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" with ratings as high as 77% in Hong Kong.
Classic variety show "Happy Tonight".
TVB's offensive was fierce, but Li's background was not bad, and the battle was in a stalemate.
Due to the lack of rising stars in TVB, Mr. Shao founded a wireless artist training class known as the Star Whampoa Military Academy in 1971, and acquired and took over the launch of the Hong Kong Beauty Pageant in 1973!
The wireless artist training class is different from the general performing arts training classes. Not only does it not charge a penny for tuition, but it also provides transportation subsidies and food subsidies. The content of the classes is also related to performance.
Such as performances, lines, Chinese and Western dance, body simulation, makeup, clothing, hairstyle, etc.
Therefore, every time a class is held, thousands of people come to sign up.
In this way, Chow Yun-fat who worked as a salesman, Wu Weiguo who worked as a carpenter, Johnnie To who worked as a postman, and Louis Koo who served a sentence in prison all successfully became students either because of their good looks or their talents.
It is these actors who support half of TVB.
Having tasted the sweetness, Mr. Shao has set his sights on another way to become a star - the annual "Miss Hong Kong" election.
TVB started organizing the Miss Hong Kong contest in 1973.
Mr. Shao not only puts a gorgeous laurel crown on the beauties who participated in the election, but also recruited them to become TVB's contracted artists, giving them various acting opportunities such as starring in film and television dramas, singing, hosting, etc. p>
In the first Miss Hong Kong competition, Zhao Yazhi stood out and became the first Hong Kong sister launched by TVB to become popular in the film industry. She once became the highest paid female star.
Since then, TVB has held the Miss Hong Kong Pageant every year.
It is through this springboard that many Hong Kong sisters entered the entertainment industry and became familiar TV stars and even international movie stars.
At this point, TVB, which has a complete closed-loop ecosystem from actors to directors to producers, is like a rising star and has begun its era.
What Cao Weidong has to do is very simple, that is, cut off the tiger!
He wants to hold the Jiahe actor training class and the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant ahead of Mr. Shao!
Zou Wenhuai’s keen awareness of the opportunities.
Overjoyed, he rolled up his sleeves and said.
"I understand, Shao Laoliu is with me, you just have to go ahead and do it."
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The court opened as scheduled.
Mr. Shao and Zou Wenhuai faced off in court. The two sides exchanged words and exchanged words, and a fierce debate began in the court.
Mr. Shaw accused Zou Wenhuai of stealing the image of the one-armed sword to make a movie and infringing on Shaw's interests.
Zou Wenhuai argued that he was also one of the main creators of the one-armed sword and should enjoy the creative rights.
The judge felt a headache after hearing this.
Jiahe is very popular in the Hong Kong city, and one of the shareholders, Cao Weidong, has a good background, so it is difficult for him to pronounce the verdict for the time being.
So they adopted the drag-and-drop method and announced a temporary adjournment, waiting for both parties to provide evidence before the trial could begin.
The two sides did not stop after returning, using newspapers and periodicals as carriers to frame and attack each other.
Mr. Shao called Zou Wenhuai a traitor.
Zou Wenhuai satirized Mr. Shao for being stingy.
The two sides were quarreling fiercely.
Mr. Shao's entire attention was attracted by Zou Wenhuai, unaware that a crisis was quietly unfolding where he could not see.
August.
Just in the days of late summer and early autumn.
Jiahe Actor Training Class was officially established, recruiting students from the public to train them in various film acting abilities.
Then in November of the same year, Cao Weidong reached an agreement with the original Miss Hong Kong selection organization and formally acquired the right to run the Miss Hong Kong selection. He announced that in January of the following year, a new Miss Hong Kong selection contest would start, and generous rewards were set up. p>
For a time, the port city was in turmoil.
It was only then that Mr. Shao noticed Jiahe’s movements.
He covered his chest and felt an inexplicable throbbing.