Shaw Brothers Pictures is a big company after all.
A new person in charge was quickly selected, and a TV series about the one-armed sword was filmed as quickly as possible.
Three months later, TVB's original TV series "The One-Armed Sword" with a total of 65 episodes appeared on the screen.
This feature-length TV series can be regarded as a sequel to the story of the One-Armed Sword movie.
The story tells the legendary experience of the one-armed swordsman after returning to China.
Due to the success of the previous movies, this TV series has been sought after by many viewers and has regained a lot of lost viewers.
However, before Mr. Shao could breathe a sigh of relief, "Lide's" counterattack came.
And it came so violently.
From 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock, the famous actor Zheng Shaoqiu's "The Book of Swords and Enmities" will be performed.
From 9 to 10 o'clock, "The Love of the Earth" directed by Xu Xiaoming and others.
As soon as these two popular dramas came out, TVB was completely confused, and the ratings dropped significantly.
Mr. Shao almost broke the table.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on?"
Because he sadly discovered that "Book, Sword and Enmity" is Jin Yong's first novel, directed by the former TVB head who was fired by him, and the starring role of this TV series is a young man named Zheng Shaoqiu. p>
In the TV series, Zheng Shaoqiu played the three roles of Chen Jialuo, Qianlong, and Fukang'an. His outstanding acting skills made everyone see his potential.
The script... was his favorite, and Cao Weidong signed it first.
The director... was a former TVB executive who was fired by him. He later defected to Cao Weidong and made a masterpiece.
Actor... In his impression, Zheng Shaoqiu was a popular niche player at TVB, but why did he end up filming at [Lee's]?
He felt invisible, three big slaps hitting him hard on the face.
The subordinates were too scared to speak.
It was not until Mr. Shao repeatedly scolded him that he told the truth.
It turns out that Zheng Shaoqiu is indeed a contracted actor of TVB.
Speaking of which, Zheng Shaoqiu is also a legend.
In the early years, Zheng Shaoqiu was spotted by the boss of Hong Kong Kin City Film Company, and he made his official acting debut when he was only 20 years old (at that time, he was 21 years old in Hong Kong).
In the 1970s, Zheng Shaoqiu was spotted by Mr. Cai Heping, the director of "Happy Tonight", and signed a contract with Wireless to host the music program "Strings from the Heart". Later, he moved to "Happy Tonight" and filmed many short dramas. p>
Because Zheng Shaoqiu is handsome, chivalrous, and has excellent acting skills, he has become a school of his own. Therefore, he has accumulated a lot of popularity and was TVB's chief niche at the time.
It was at this time that Mr. Shao really met Zheng Shaoqiu.
At that time, he also very seriously told his subordinates to take more care of this person.
However, due to the legal battle with Jiahe and TVB's strategic adjustment to expand the Macau and Taiwan markets, Mr. Shao gradually neglected the management of the group company.
During this period, TVB has grown wildly according to its past inertia.
As we all know.
The salary of TVB actors is pitifully low.
As Zheng Shaoqiu became more and more famous, the money he received every month was still the same, which gradually aroused Zheng Shaoqiu's dissatisfaction.
He once negotiated with the company's senior management, hoping to share the profits in proportion, but was ruthlessly rejected.
At this moment, Cao Weidong found Zheng Shaoqiu, dug him a lot of money into [Li's], and at the same time paid a high liquidated damages for him.
The company executives thought that this was just a small matter of an actor changing jobs, and they did not tell Mr. Shao, so by some combination of circumstances, the current scene happened.
Mr. Shao was so angry that he almost had a heart attack.
But he was the one who formulated the salary system. I was so angry that I had nowhere to vent my anger, and I almost vomited blood in anger.
After barely calming down, Mr. Shao sighed and asked someone to chat, planning to invite Cao Weidong for tea next week.
The subordinate said anxiously.
"Mr. Shao, you must not do this. We may not lose."
Mr. Shao sighed and said.
"[Li's] is indeed very powerful. I plan to have peace talks with Cao Weidong and hope that both parties can live in harmony."
"Of course, competition still exists, and you have to hurry up and prepare for the filming of new TV series."
The subordinates accepted the order with enthusiasm.
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The other side.
Cao Weidong is in Jiahe, discussing the next work arrangements with Zou Wenhuai.
As for Jiahe, the filming of the second phase of the Hong Kong Warriors Heroes Universe has basically been completed, and filming and early-stage publicity and distribution work are in progress.
In terms of newspapers, the comic adaptation of the Hong Kong martial arts hero is currently being serialized. Since everyone has been asked to write it, and the story is really interesting, it only took a very short time to become popular throughout the Hong Kong city, and to Macau, Taiwan and Southeast Asian markets.
Diffusion.
As for Li's radio station, after Huang Xizhao took office, with the support of Cao Weidong, he boldly implemented new strategies and hired new people, and the entire radio station was prosperous.
In addition, Cao Weidong relied on his ability to know history well, and he scouted and signed actors such as Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi, Yu Anan, Miao Qianren, Zheng Yuling, Ouyang Peishan, Huang Shuyi and other actors in advance, almost catching up with all the Huadans and niche actors of Wireless in the 1970s.
With so many high-quality actors, coupled with the excellent writing and directing skills of McDonald and others, and the adaptation rights of Mr. Jin's martial arts novels, we have almost captured nearly 70% of the market in Hong Kong City, steadily surpassing TVB.
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Zou Wenhuai smiled from ear to ear.
Because the situation is very good.
At this moment, Cao Weidong received a request from Mr. Shao.
Cao Weidong smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Shao can't hold it anymore and plans to negotiate with me."
Zou Wenhuai asked: "Weidong, what do you think of Mr. Shao's invitation?"
Cao Weidong said.
"I plan to go and have a look, and then we'll discuss the details after we meet."
The market has always been driven by competition.
If you want to keep Jiahejili's vitality and creativity forever, then it is very important to establish a respectable opponent.
Therefore, the collapse of Shaw Brothers is not in Cao Weidong's current interests.
Of course, he won't deliberately let things slip.
The day agreed upon by both parties to meet soon came.
Speaking of which, this is Mr. Shao’s second meeting with Cao Weidong.
When they first met, he was aloof and threatened to acquire the film and television copyrights of Cao Weidong's works.
At that time, Cao Weidong was still a well-known writer.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Cao Weidong has climbed to the same height as him.
Mr. Shao was very sad.
After a while, he calmed down and said, "Mr. Cao, we meet again."
Cao Weidong smiled and said: "Yeah, I don't know what Mr. Shao has come to see me for this time."
Mr. Shao said with a smile: "No hurry, let's drink tea first."
Cao Weidong glanced sideways and said with a smile: "I won't drink the tea anymore, let's just talk about the matter directly."
Mr. Shao had a look of anger on his face.
But the situation was stronger than the people, so he could only suppress his emotions and said: "Mr. Cao, I came to you this time because I want to negotiate peace with you."