"What did you say? Oriental TV Production Company is going to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!" Shao Yifu looked at Fang Yihua in surprise.◆◆,
Jin Yong has not cared about the copyright fee for adapting TV series for a long time, so for a long time he only allowed TVB to produce Jin Yong dramas. This is more because of the close personal relationship between the two old friends.
But Jin Yong suddenly sold the TV series rights to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to Kang Jianfei. Something very special must have happened, and Shao Yifu couldn't help but be surprised.
Fang Yihua said: "I just received the news that Dongshi has started casting, and the person who will play the role of Little Dragon Girl is last year's Dongjie champion Li Ruotong."
Shao Yifu frowned and said, "Mr. Cha is very disciplined in his work. Since he sold the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to Kang Jianfei, he must have his own reasons."
Fang Yihua said: "East TV's filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" seemed to be a temporary decision. Previously, they were preparing to remake "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and they started writing the script before suddenly switching to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
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Fang Yihua is really anxious. TVB used to beat Phoenix Channel's "Happy Tonight" in the past, but its ratings have dropped sharply in the past two years. It is very rare for a variety show to maintain its vitality for more than ten years.
Now TVB is neck-and-neck with Phoenix TV through TV dramas, and its magic weapons are rich family romance dramas and Jin Yong martial arts dramas. Now that the opponent wants to withdraw from Jin Yong dramas, what else can they do?
Shao Yifu's thoughts are not on the TV station. In fact, Fang Yihua has been running the wireless TV station these years. He is just taking some ideas in the general direction.
Now all Shao Yifu is thinking about is how to flex his muscles in the film industry. The first film of Shaw Brothers' comeback has already started filming. It is an urban romance film directed by Wang Jing and starring TVB's popular stars Ekin Cheng and Anita Yuen.
The film is scheduled to be released in October. The cost is only over 3 million, and Shao Yifu's goal is to have a box office of 5 million in Hong Kong. It mainly relies on box office profits in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
Once the test film reaches Shaw's expectations, Shaw Brothers will prepare to expand the scale of production and increase the company's annual production to 5 films.
"Jingle Bell……"
The phone on the desk suddenly rang. Shao Yifu waved his hand and picked up the phone. Fang Yihua left the office knowingly.
The call was from Jin Yong. He only said one sentence: "Yifu, I sold the TV series copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" to Kang Jianfei for 1 yuan."
"I understand." Shao Yifu replied.
Shao Yifu really understood that the copyright of a Jin Yong drama only sold for 1 yuan, which must be Jin Yong returning Kang Jianfei's favor.
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House inspection.
Lin Leyi said to Jin Yong who had just put down the phone: "Ah Hai came to visit just now, why did you ask me to tell you that you were out?"
As soon as Yu Pinghai was mentioned, Jin Yong's face showed a faint look of anger, and he ordered: "If he comes again in the future, you will stop him!"
"What's wrong?" Lin Leyi asked curiously. In the past two years, Yu Pinghai had been visiting his home frequently, and he almost recognized Jin Yong as his godfather.
"A hypocritical and shameless person, I still think he is a rare young talent in vain!" Jin Yong threw the document bag that Kang Jianfei gave him that day to his wife, "You can see for yourself."
Lin Leyi opened it and found that it was filled with information about Yu Pinghai. All his experiences from birth to entering the business world were recorded in detail on paper.
There is also a business card among these materials. It has the words "Holmes Detective Agency" printed on it. It seems that this is information collected by a private detective.
Lin Leyi read the first page of information and found nothing wrong, but when she turned to the second page, she immediately discovered that several lines of words had been highlighted with red pen.
The content highlighted by the red pen is:
"In December 1978, Yu Pinghai stole 200 Canadian dollars in items from a Canadian department store and was fined by the local court.
In August 1979, while studying in Canada, Yu Pinghai was sentenced to two years in prison minus one day for seven crimes including counterfeiting other people's checks, stealing credit cards, and possessing firearms without a license. He actually served four months in prison..."
Lin Leyi continued to turn back. Although there was no red pen mark, Yu Pinghai's case photo and serial number were attached at the end.
"I didn't expect that he was actually a criminal who had been in prison!" Lin Leyi said in disbelief.
"A traitor is as loyal as a traitor, I was almost deceived by him! Young people are bound to make mistakes, but he always boasts about his integrity and never mentions the mistakes he has made. This is sincerely lying to me!" Jin Yong was talking.
The veins on his forehead were pulsing, which showed how angry he was.
Jin Yong's anger is easy to understand. Because of Yu Pinghai's deliberate efforts to please him, the two of them have become like father and son in the past two years. Jin Yong was even prepared to sell his shares at a low price and transfer his life-long work "Ming Pao" to Yu Pinghai in batches.
And he spent several years paving the way for Yu Pinghai so that he could smoothly take over the entire Ming Pao Group.
The ideal successor who spent so much effort to find turned out to be a hypocrite with a criminal record of stealing, stealing credit cards, counterfeiting checks, and illegally possessing guns. Jin Yong felt that he had been a fool for two years!
Even Jin Yong could not imagine what he would do to Ming Pao once it was handed over to Yu Pinghai!
In another time and space, after Yu Pinghai completely took over "Ming Pao", he quickly broke his original promise to Jin Yong to run the newspaper, and later sold "Ming Pao". Jin Yong was very angry about this but had nothing to do.
, I can only regret that I don’t know people well.
"Ming Pao" is Jin Yong's life-long effort, and it is even more important than his 15 movies - he insisted on creating it just to increase the sales of "Ming Pao".
In fact, Jin Yong began to look for a successor ten years ago, and he was very cautious in choosing his successor. Kang Jianfei exposed Yu Pinghai's criminal background, which undoubtedly saved the "Ming Pao" group for Jin Yong. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
TV drama copyrights are nothing compared to the future of "Ming Pao".
This is really shocking news for Jin Yong.
The news that Dongshi Company is preparing to film "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has not yet appeared in the newspapers, but it has already spread within the Eastern Group. Many TV stars are running around trying to get a good role in it.
There were so many people using connections. In the end, the producer of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" Zhao Zhenqiang couldn't bear it anymore and simply announced to select actors through auditions. Theoretically, anyone can sign up. But it must be from Oriental Entertainment Agency
Priority will be given to actors who are qualified, and outsiders will only be used unless they find very suitable candidates.
Zhao Zhenqiang is the producer and director of Zhou Yunfa's version of "Shanghai Beach" and Tony Leung Chiu-wei's version of "The Two Prodigies". He has also directed martial arts films such as "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword" and "The Prodigal Son of Jiangcheng".
In another time and space, Zhao Zhenqiang was most popular in the 1980s. As long as the ratings of TVB TV series were suppressed by ATV, he would be recruited back to film movies to save the show.
However, Zhao Zhenqiang belongs to Gan Guoliang's family. After Gan Guoliang was squeezed out of TVB, Zhao Zhenqiang did not do very well and decided to switch to Oriental Television Production Company.
"No. 21, Li Ruotong!" At the audition site, the staff opened the door and shouted.
Li Ruotong put away her copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and smiled at the staff, then walked into the room. Although she had been confirmed to play the role of Little Dragon Girl, since it was an audition, she still had to go through the necessary cutscenes.
As soon as Li Ruotong entered, the actors waiting in line outside began to talk about it.
"I heard that the role of Xiao Longnu has been decided, and it's Li Ruotong."
"Who made the decision?"
"Who else can it be? Mr. Kang, I heard that Li Ruotong won the beauty pageant last year because Mr. Kang was behind it."
"Really? Isn't Li Ruotong also our 'proprietress'?"
"That's not certain."
"Oops, the role of Xiao Longnu can be decided without permission. Other roles may also be decided without permission. I probably won't have a chance to play Guo Fu."
"That's not necessarily true. After all, we are all artists of the company, and those outsiders who come to join in the fun have no chance at all."
"..."
Listening to the discussions around her, He Meidian couldn't help but feel even more uneasy. She had the urge to give up the audition. She was what those people called an "outsider", and she was a pink and tender newcomer who had only played a small role. Even she had played a small role a month ago.
I just came to Hong Kong from mainland China.
He Meidian is a gymnast. Four years ago, she won the balance beam championship at the National Junior Gymnastics Championships. At the beginning of this year, she just won the floor exercise championship at the North Korea International Invitational Championships.
He Meidian was injured during training some time ago. Although he recovered quickly, he could no longer support high-intensity training. It happened that the TVB went to the gymnastics team to select actors. He Meidian and another retired team member were spotted, and then they were taken to
Filming TV series in Hong Kong.
Ho Meitian plays a Kundan actor who needs to dance with a gun and a stick. She appears in a lot of scenes, but has very few lines. She basically just beats him around with a gun and a stick.
After filming that movie, the director felt that He Meitian had great acting talent, so he did not send her back to Guangdong immediately. Instead, he recommended He Meitian to TVB, hoping that the station could sign her.
Ho Meitian lives in a simple dormitory on the Clear Water Bay set, waiting for the TVB to decide. If she cannot sign a contract, she will have no choice but to return to Guangdong.
At this moment, He Meidian saw the audition advertisement for the cast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in "Tian Tian Daily". She used to like to watch Jin Yong and Qiong Yao after training in the gymnastics team. When she heard about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
When the cast of "The Couple" selected a cast member, they quietly came to sign up for the audition without telling the others.
"No. 51, He Meidian."
He Meidian felt that participating in the audition was just like going to the competition in the past, and the pressure was extremely huge. She took a deep breath to relax, and then opened the door and walked in.
There were three people in charge of the audition, namely producer Luo Minghao, director Zhao Zhenqiang, and screenwriter Wen Ruian.
"Are you not 16 years old yet?" Luo Minghao asked, looking at He Meidian's registration information.
He Meidian nodded and said, "I'll be 16 in a few months."
Luo Minghao said: "Minors cannot sign a contract on their own and need the consent of their guardian."
He Meidian nodded and said, "I know."
"Have you ever filmed a movie before?" Zhao Zhenqiang asked.
He Meidian said: "It was filmed on the wireless station."
Luo Minghao frowned and asked, "You don't have a contract with the wireless station, do you?"
He Meidian shook his head: "No."
Wen Ruian came over and whispered to Zhao Zhenqiang: "What do you think about letting her play Guo Xiang?"
Zhao Zhenqiang's eyes lit up and he smiled: "Not bad."
Luo Minghao heard the whispers between the two, took out a page of script and said to He Meidian: "You come to perform this part." (To be continued...) u
