Chapter 353 Can That Book Sell 780,000 Hong Kong Dollars?
Chapter 353 of Hong Kong Entertainment’s life simulator text volume, can it be sold for HK$780,000? November 20, Tuesday.
After Zhao Donghuai was sitting in the ATV office, Xiaoxian came over and said, "Ah Heng and Jia Ling are here. They have been waiting outside for more than half an hour."
Director Zhao was surprised and said, "Why are they back? Isn't it Thanksgiving the day after tomorrow? This is the second week since the movie was released. The show will continue to run. The more runs, the more money it will make."
Xiaoxian nodded and said, "Jia Ling and Ah Heng are back, but the two generations are still performing on the road."
"This one is really a big hit. It grossed 17.3 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend. When multiplied by three, it can easily exceed 50 million U.S. dollars. When multiplied by four, it's even more. Isn't this movie promising? It can break 100 million U.S. dollars in Europe, Canada and the United States combined?"
"Once it breaks through 100 million US dollars, the market will become even more prosperous."
Zhao Donghuai smiled and nodded, "Let them come in. It will be 1991 in about forty days, and a movie will earn US$670 million at the box office in North America. It is not really an explosion."
Based on the original trajectory, the box office in North America alone exceeded 70 million? You couldn't even crack the top 15 in the annual box office in 1990.
Even Edward Scissorhands, with a box office of US$56 million in North America, is only 20th on the annual ticket list.
After Liu Jialing and Ah Heng entered the door, they bowed and thanked them as soon as they came in. They were so excited that they couldn't stop. Xuanfa gave it a try for 20 million U.S. dollars. This is a big success. Everyone can see it at this stage.
Yes, the North American box office can easily exceed US$50 million, and it is even more likely to hit the US$600-700 level.
Plus Europa can really exceed 100 million!
Even if you calculate it based on US$100 million, even if you pay taxes and other messy things, if you cut off US$20 million, you still have US$80 million, which can be divided between Xu's Pictures and the theater chain.
this……
We can only further express our gratitude to Zhao Donghuai. If Zhao Donghuai had not been in charge, they would not have been able to release it on a large scale in theaters, let alone wait for the money back.
East Asia and Southeast Asia are also booming, and the road is smooth. Just four days in the mainland, it can easily exceed 150 million.
With this movie, Liu Jialing was suddenly promoted from a TVB flower to a first-class female superstar, similar to Julia Roberts after starring in the movie.
This is even stronger than Zhao Yazhi, who became famous again because Zhao Yazhi's movies have never been a hit in Europe and the United States.
Throughout the movie, before Liu Jialing died of cancer, she left a very classic sentence to the male protagonist, "If the worst thing in life is death, how can there be difficulties in life that we can't face?"
In this redemptive love movie, the last blank space is just the right amount of warmth and gentleness.
They did not come empty-handed. They brought a pair of antique porcelains, which were very valuable, but they were rejected by Zhao Donghuai.
Zhao Donghuai listened to the polite words for a while before interrupting with a smile, "Axing is still floating on the sea? You can call him to come back."
Carina Lau also couldn't help laughing, "It's time to come back. Yesterday, countless fans praised Jim Carrey crazily and criticized Ah Sing, saying that his acting skills were completely inferior and he was not worthy of playing the male lead at all. His version should be banned."
"This has completely angered countless star fans. Even many star fans who have not seen the movie at this stage know that the movie is not a comedy, but a tragedy. There are still a large number of star fans who go to the theater to watch the movie, just to make sense after watching the movie.
Conflict with Jim Carrey fans based on evidence."
"I heard that Jim Carrey had already bought a plane ticket and was anxious to come back and apologize to Star in person and publicly support Star's acting skills. However, Star refused over the phone and asked him to continue traveling in Europe and the United States for promotions."
"The two of them actually have a good relationship, and there is a sense of sympathy for each other."
On November 15th, when the movie was first released, Zhou Xingxing not only went fishing with Simon Yam to relieve his boredom, he also drove a yacht and took his sister out to sea on the same day. He brought sufficient supplies and went to an uninhabited outlying island for vacation and leisure.
In other words, there is a satellite phone that can be contacted, but ordinary mobile phones can't find the signal.
Of course, the following bodyguards and boat crew are also necessary.
In the meantime, people were also arranged to deliver a wave of supplies.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "His acting skills are not bad, but he is a bit ignored due to the halo of the King of Comedy."
Does Zhou Xingxing have acting skills? No?
This is really a topic that can easily lead to discussion and debate, just like asking whether Cheng Long has acting skills or whether Jet Li has acting skills...
As for him being like this, will it affect the filming? Don't make trouble, that filming has been completed. You know, it was early September, and Wang Jiawei went to Andy Lau to propose the proposal.
It was already November 20th, how could it be possible that the filming was not finished? The whole filming process meant that Zhang Guorong's schedule was difficult to arrange, so he made time to quickly shoot some of Ah Wing's scenes alone, and the rest had already been completed.
In this version, among the male stars, Zhou Xingxing has replaced Ah Wei, among the female stars, Xiao Yingying has replaced Wang Zuxian, and the rest are all from the original version.
It is said that after Ah Wing finished filming the first season at the end of August, he really started his concert tour from September to November.
As for Leung Ka-fai's role, it was during Ka-fai's spare time that he went to the crew to film.
It has only been 4 months since we officially started filming, and we are already in the late stages of filming. However, the special effects requirements for flood control in Dongpo are definitely much higher and more difficult than those for ordinary comedy or gangster films.
After chatting with Jialing for a while, Zhao Donghuai waved and watched the two of them go away amid various expressions of gratitude from the other party.
After Director Zhao sat down again, Qiu Shuzhen came over with a stack of scripts in her hands, "Boss, tsk tsk, this TV series has great ideas and ideas. Take a look, do you want to approve the project?"
Zhao Donghuai was a little surprised, but when he looked at the notebook,
After he hurriedly flipped through it, he put down the notebook with emotion, "What a talent. Let's just leave it on the shelf. Or we can ask the screenwriter to talk to Shao Daheng and see if TVB is short of scripts."
This is really the weird TV series that I remember, starring Zheng Yinjian, a club boss, a homosexual, who drugged Wu Dairong and became obsessed with it.
In later generations, it may be able to generate a huge amount of traffic.
After all, in the 2020s, everyone understood everything, but at the end of 1990, this thing was too far ahead of its time.
The club boss played by A Jian, wearing a small suit, gold-rimmed glasses, and slicked back hair, is really a boss. Especially when he is rejected by others, he always talks coolly.
He said, "You can consider the request I just made, but I want to tell you, no one has ever been able to refuse me."
There are basically no people who refuse him...either into boxes or land reclamation.
This is also a hard line to ask you to climb mountains and fish together.
When A-Zhen grabbed the script and was about to run away, Zhao Donghuai was stunned again and waved, "A-Zhen, wait a minute. I think it's a bit wrong to give this book to Shao Sheng. Contact Murdoch and watch his Fox
Will the TV network film it?"
Azhen, "???"
Director Zhao thought for a while, "That's not right. What do you think of a counter-attack? A female boss, dealing with a female undercover police officer?? This should have good ratings in North America??"
In 1990, you filmed a scene where a female undercover agent comes into contact with the boss of a dynamic group in society. It was a police drama. Isn't this necessarily a failure?
Azhen was stunned for a few seconds, "It seems okay?"
Zhao Donghuai couldn't help but sigh, "Forget it, just contact Lao Mo directly to sell the script."
Putting aside Tianruo Youqing's strange angles and outrageous orthopedics, this is a passable anti-crime TV series. The undercover agent's efforts were a bit too great, and his boss suspected him of betrayal and was arrested, but in the end he was mentally ill for several years.
, became a writer.
A bunch of people really can't accept this kind of plot!
Classes 2 and 3 probably won’t be able to accept it either.
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New Day, ATV TV Drama Production Center.
When screenwriter Xiao Chen checked in and walked towards the screenwriting department, more than one person greeted Xiao Chen on the street. Many of the greetings contained a strange flavor.
After entering the big office, as soon as Xiao Chen sat down, he saw an elder from the editing and directing team waving to him, "Xiao Chen, come here."
Xiao Chen stood up in a hurry and went to his office under the complicated gaze of a group of colleagues.
After he left, some colleagues immediately started a heated discussion, "I heard that his script was sent to the big boss for review?"
"Isn't that right? The script was too hardcore. We are screenwriters, but we were still shocked after reading it. Several leaders of the writing and directing team couldn't grasp it."
"Is this Xiao Chen stimulated by something? How could he write such a series of outrageous plots?"
"An anti-gangster police drama, in which the male protagonist spends ten years in jail, his wife runs away, one is beaten to death, and the other's anus is covered with bruises. He has been mentally ill for several years, and he becomes a gangster in Hong Kong and can only run around to save money? Is this special?
Isn’t it too exciting?”
"Didn't you see Director Huang's expression when he called Xiao Chen just now??"
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The person who greeted Xiao Chen just now is really a veteran, an old-timer. In 1979, he directed Zheng Shaoqiu's version of Chu Liuxiang, and Jean Qiu Guan, Wu Mengda and other seniors who have risen in the film and television industry.
Although Director Huang only served as Wang Tianlin's deputy and one of the assistant directors at that time, at that time Wang Jingdu was only one of the screenwriters.
Since then, Director Huang has certainly not lacked for other works. Xie Laosi's popular "The King of Kings", he is still Wang Tianlin's deputy and one of the assistant directors.
Therefore, everyone who knows knows that since Xiao Chen wrote the script, this guy went from being unknown to becoming famous in the ATV scriptwriting department and began to spread throughout the TV drama production center.
The other screenwriters discussed for a while, and then one person suddenly said to another, "Zai Zai, didn't Xiao Chen treat you to a drink the day before yesterday? Didn't your anus hurt when you woke up?"
Wuzai was furious, "Fuck, you're just a pain in the ass, don't slander people behind their backs like this, Xiao Chen's script was written to be too hard-core for being outside the industry, but in fact she is a normal girl who likes her."
"The main reason is that the screenwriting department is too complicated. Many drama kings and kings' dramas are basically stories produced by the big boss and a few proprietresses. It makes us seem to have no sense of existence, so we change the plot to twist the plot."
All of a sudden the other screenwriters...
That's right, you can't blame Xiao Chen for finding another way? Who said that from the beginning, too many scripts were written by Zhao Sheng, no matter what, who didn't know that Sister Hong was just in name?
Twilight, isn’t that also in name only?
They are the Gunners team!
If the outside world doesn't know, how can the Gunners themselves know?
The crowd was still talking in silence when they saw Director Huang's office. Xiao Chen walked out with a happy face and beaming with joy. As he walked, everyone was floating, as if he had won a lottery jackpot.
At this time, the writing team was also a little confused. They were so shocked that Wuzai stood up in a hurry, "Fuck, Brother Chen, did your script pass? No, can this one pass?"
Other screenwriters had similar reactions.
When the crowd surrounded Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen nodded excitedly, "Yes, it passed, but it was not produced by our ATV, but the senior management helped me contact Lao Mo. The TV network over there bought the book for 100,000 dollars.
buyout fee."
"They also asked me to go to the Fox TV Network as a guide. It costs 100,000 yuan, 780,000 Hong Kong dollars!"
Isn’t this just pie in the sky? No, is it like winning a lottery ticket?
Other sounds in the big office suddenly stopped. Everyone stared at Xiao Chen strangely and began to think thoughtfully.
Just that notebook can be sold for HK$780,000?? This...
Gui Lao bought it? Gui Lao’s money is so easy to make??
Isn't this the same story in Infernal Affairs, where Chen Yongren goes undercover at Ni's house, Ni Yongxiao likes Aren and is fascinated by Aren, the boss suspects Aren of betrayal, and finally shoots Ni Yongxiao to death, and Aren runs away to avoid mental illness for a few years, and then changes his job as a writer??
Can this be sold for HK$780,000?!
Do they not understand screenwriting or do they not understand North America??
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Thanksgiving Day.
Zhao Donghuai received the report that his development in North America was still going smoothly and he was in the process of conquering the city. Then he put down the phone and said with emotion, "Ah Heng and Jia Ling have made a lot of money this time."
"By the way, how is the progress of the two big movies invested by Ju Shao?"
Azhen thought for a while, "It seems that the crew, Director Wu and Director Lan were having a very unpleasant quarrel. Director Lan has clearly withdrawn, and Director Wu has taken over the power and has successfully started recruiting the entire crew."
"However, the construction of the Taiping Wheel Reservoir Studio is also coming to an end. The delay of one or two months there did not affect the filming of the film."
At this point, Azhen laughed out loud, "Ciling is a bit funny. Now there are many underground drainage experts in Zhejiang Province. They are connecting the underground drainage network in Binhu District, dredging, strengthening expansion, etc. When these are completed,
It will be more convenient to build an underground palace."
"After all, the Three Kingdoms Water Margin Film and Television City is also located in Binhu. In the past two months, Mr. Wu from the Bamboo Society has spent a huge amount of money to carry out municipal renovations in Binhu."
Zhao Donghuai couldn't help being a little stunned, "Are you still reforming?"
Of course he knew that when Lao Wu took money to build an underground palace in a scenic spot, the first step and the first difficulty was underground drainage. If you build the Loulan underground ancient city and the palace complex as a tourist attraction, it would be really troublesome if the drainage is not done properly.
It might be flooded in any rainy season, and the whole palace would be soaked in water? That would be inappropriate.
Let’s just say that next year, the entire urban area without a city will be immersed in one meter of water for more than two months, and that still refers to surface water!
Starting from July in this dimension, a group of big stars including Xiaoxian have successively donated one billion Hong Kong dollars in engineering vehicles and ships to dredge rivers and lakes, widen rivers, widen and speed up dam construction, etc.
It lasted four months and a lot of things have been done, including Taihu Lake.
But they have been strengthening the underground drainage in the Binhu District for more than two months, which is really a bit deceptive. After sighing, he said again, "Old Wu is an assassin from the movie!"
"But with the success stories of the Xu family, I think it won't be easy for Mr. Xu to jump out of this pit."
Next year, if the city is not flooded and soaked for two or three months, will the citizens of the city be grateful to Mr. Ju? No, they only know what it is about. Wang Zuxian, Cheng Long, Hong Yinbao and other superstars donated construction vehicles and boats, then
It is a billion-dollar modern machinery and equipment.
They will be grateful to the water conservancy team with the equipment to do the work.
It is the underground palace, which is also being built by Zhushe Lao Wu and Zhu Yanping. Aju is just an ordinary investor who has not publicized much to the outside world.
Now that things have developed, Wu Yusen's version is settled. He relied on his success in East and Southeast Asia to forcefully squeeze out Lan Naicai. Of course, the main reason for his success was that Lan Naicai didn't want to direct in the first place and cooperated with Lao Wu to act in a movie.
Wave play, exit and escape.
The way the script looks, there is no way it can resonate with mainland audiences.
The script of Ci Ling is quite reliable, but the digging hole for infrastructure construction is really too big.
At this moment, Zhang Min came over and said, "Boss, Yuan Kui and Li Lianjie are here. They seem to want to set up a subsidiary. Debao is invited to invest 51% of the shares, and Ajie will hold 49%. Are you here to discuss this matter?
of."
Zhao Donghuai was a little surprised, but he didn't feel any surprise. The original track Ajie became more and more popular. For example, after filming a few Once Upon a Time and The Invincible, he established his own film company.
Before that, he only got paid, and everything else had nothing to do with him. No matter how popular the movie was, box office and video revenue were none of his business.
Becoming a boss is when you start your own company.
In this dimension, it is the same. More and more companies are opening companies. Cheng Long, Hong Yanbao, Yuen Biao, Andy Lau, and Xingzi are all movie tycoons. Ajie wants to start a business, which is a real foundation.
However, after he left Xu Ke, he chose to cooperate with Debao Group. At this stage, Debao Group has a market value of more than 27 billion Hong Kong dollars. Zhao Donghuai is still the largest shareholder, holding 34% of the shares.
He couldn't start it without asking for permission.
A moment later, when he saw Yuan Kui and Ajie, they greeted each other politely and humbly, and then expressed their intention to come. They not only wanted to open a company and invite Debao to take over a large share, but also had written the first chapter.
.
.
If everything goes well, even if Yuan Kui directs, Ajie stars, and the screenwriter is Liu Zhenwei, Awei helps Wang Jiawei to write a new script, which will not be a big deal.
The two films starring Ajie and Fang Shiyu were written by Awei.
Just follow the process. The only variable is the name of the film company. The original name was Zhengdong, but here it was changed to Sanfeng Film and Television. There is nothing wrong with it. When Lin Zhengying started his own company, it was called Dongzheng Film, and the other one was called Dongzheng Film by Zhao Donghuai.
Characters, one is Lin Zhengying's Zheng.
Ajie must not be able to trick anyone here...
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Time passed by, and on November 26, Ajie was working hard for his own film and television company and recruiting people.
In a large villa in Deep Water Bay, Aju had just finished breakfast and was about to go out. He saw Akai walking out with a drunken look on his face, grabbing a newspaper and saying, "Boss, yes, the North American box office in the second week was US$23.7 million, Europa
$16.2 million.”
"It's over 50 million US dollars in North America, and it's close to 30 million US dollars in Europa. Damn it, Ah Heng has made a lot of money!"
"Not only will this movie earn him a huge amount of box office and video revenue, but his wife will also suddenly become an international superstar. Next time she takes on a movie, her salary will be $1 million, right??"
Ah Ju happily grabbed another fried dough stick and took a bite, "This is the second week that we got 311 million Hong Kong dollars? Adding in the 234 million from the first weekend, it equals 545 million!"
It's more than 500 million, just get it like this?
Even in mainland China, the box office revenue in the second week that just passed was 250 million yuan, and the total accumulation is equal to 400 million yuan. Zhou Xingxing has that kind of appeal.
Counting the box office in Haowan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and South Korea, the total box office of the entire love movie has exceeded 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars!
It has only been released for two weeks? What a huge achievement this is?
Ah Ju was so surprised that he felt breathless and ecstatic. Although he was not Ah Heng, wasn't he walking like Ah Heng?
Akai walked over and said, "Taiping Wheel has already started filming. When will it start? Don't just chase pretty girls all day long and ignore serious business."
"The Li family has half as much money as I do! With these two major production crews, I can be half a major investor, right?"
Aju's face darkened, and he glared at Akai with a disgusting expression, "What do you, a kid, know about movies? How am I chasing after girls? I'm just pursuing my career, go, go, have fun."
"I smelled of alcohol early in the morning, so I was too lazy to tell you, so I passed out."
He actually wants to pursue Meichen Amick through his status as a big investor. It is impossible to say that he is pursuing the purpose of getting married, but just for fun, isn't it?
Unfortunately, these days, more than two months later, he made several appointments with Mei Chen, but that person didn't bother to flirt with him at all. Instead, he was happily visiting the crews of various Zhao Films and ATV TV stations.
I am deeply studying the production process of Hong Kong movies and TV series, and I am also very interested in the way to make money by sharing the goods with all-stars.
As for who will play with her? Winona Ryder and Mai Chen Amick entered the Hong Kong industry with gifts to thank "Winona resigned from the acting role and gave her the opportunity to be a heroine".
Get to know Winona.
The two are about the same age, one is 20 years old and the other is 19 years old. They are both born and raised in North America. I heard that they have a lot of fun playing together and have a lot of things in common.
Anyway, Ju Shao was embarrassed, but he was too embarrassed to tell anyone about it. As for what Akai said before, it was even more ridiculous. He asked his father to invest 150 million yuan based on his ability. What does Akai have to do with him?
Brothers should also settle accounts openly.
Just like, does the total investment of Ah Heng and Jia Ling cost 200 million Hong Kong dollars? If we calculate it as 200 million, now the box office profits can be easily recovered.
It exceeded 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars in two weeks. Even if there is a mess like paying taxes and customs clearance, and deducting 300 million, then if you divide it with the theaters, there will still be more than 400 million in small sums...
In order to get the money smoothly, even if you give Zhao Donghuai another 200 million, will you get your money back?? From the third week of the release period starting today, to the next release, the remaining box office will be the net profit, and the video tape market will also be net profit.
profit.
Liu Jialing is famous and an international actress!
Isn’t this more satisfying than Changshi Group spending one, two or three years building a community to make a profit?
This excitement made Ah Ju's heart beat wildly and he couldn't stop at all. It's just that the short mule of Zhushe Lao Wu was a bit awkward. When will the underground palace be built?
The same surname is Wu. Do you think Wu Yusen is so fast?
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ATV office.
When Zhao Donghuai learned that Ah Heng and Jia Ling were here again, he was waiting outside, rubbing his temples and complaining, "These two came to thank me again? This has always been a verbal thank you, and you don't feel tired of talking?"
Xiaoxian said happily, "Didn't those two bring antiques last time? You didn't ask for it, and they said they were very grateful to you, but I don't know how to repay you. As long as you say so, they will definitely do it."
"But today is the day when the second week's data comes out, so it's time to come here again. 311 million Hong Kong dollars in Europe and the United States is a huge profit."
"But, they want to smoothly watch the money from various theaters return to their film and television companies? How can it be possible without your support?"
Zhao Donghuai thought for a while and was too lazy to continue complaining, "Tell them that if it's nothing serious, there's no need to see them and let them go back."
After a while, Wang Zuxian came back from outside and said, "It's really something. Those two want to follow the trend? Are you following the trend? I want to ask if the copyright is suitable, and if I can go to the special effects base to do special effects or something."
"By the way, you rejected the antiques they sent last time. This time they said they would like to donate another 200 million engineering equipment, vehicles and ships related to water control to help build the Taihu Lake embankment, build the Taipu River, dredge and widen the Wangyu River, and dig deeper.
"
Zhao Donghuai, "..."
He was a little speechless for a while. There are many things that follow the trend in the film and television industry, but following the trend? This is really a crooked talent.
Moreover, these two couples, and even Zhao Donghuai, who has been silently supporting flood control, have their finger on the pulse.
That's right, there are some things he does that are not obvious, but if you are a little smarter, it is not too difficult to detect the clues and secretly feel your pulse.
Let’s just say that Xu’s Pictures, which has always been unreliable and uninfluential in the film and television industry, why did it get Zhao Donghuai’s script? Just because Zhao Donghuai went to visit a few months ago, happened to meet him, and had a meal?
Isn't that nonsense?
Do they want to shoot in the film and television base built with the support of the Zhao family? Will they also promote the Oriental and Five Thousand Years Mu Guiying sub-brands? This reason must account for a certain proportion.
After all, Oriental and Five Thousand Years are the properties of Chen Hong and Li Jiaxin, and Xu's Pictures' flattery will always have the effect of being a pillow.
But after they finished filming Mu Guiying in charge, it became a hit, and drove Dongfang and Wu Qianqian to sell a sub-brand like crazy and make hundreds of millions of profits, so Zhao Donghuai rewarded them with one. Is it more reasonable and logical?
As a result, before Mu Guiying took charge of the film and filming started, and the Water Margin film and television base was still under construction and no work was done, they got the new movie, and the box office exploded.
Ah Heng may not have grasped this pulse yet, but Ah Heng and his father are not playboys, and Jia Ling is also quite clever.
After being speechless for a while, Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Let them film it. It's a commercial follow-up. Most people can't afford to make such blockbusters."
Wang Zuxian nodded and asked curiously, "Fan Zhongyan also treated water? Is he the same as Su Shi?"
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "This elder is famous in history, and he is not just a simple literary giant."
Fan Zhongyan, the Wen Zhenggong, once controlled floods in Suzhou. Since then, Suzhou civil servants have been imitating Fan Wenzheng in governing Suzhou in successive dynasties. Xiao Gui and Cao followed suit. For hundreds of years, Suzhou has been the center of Taihu Lake.
, one of the safest cities.
Most people don’t know this, but Jialing has lived in Suzhou for 16 years!
During the plum rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River, it rains continuously for a while every year. During the plum rainy season, there is a lot of water in the city, which happens every year.
Not to mention that Taihu Lake, which is next to Suzhou, is almost an above-ground lake. In 1987, the mainland approved the Taihu Lake Basin Comprehensive Management Plan and proposed a big plan to encircle the lake. However, the progress of the project so far is only step-by-step and far from complete.
It's still too early to be completed. The mainland is too big and there are too many things to be built.
The original trajectory of the embankment around the lake, known as the first arc in the world, was not completed until the end of 1996. It was one of the biggest contributors to the flood control along Taihu Lake.
Secondly, there is the Taipu River, which was originally planned to connect Taihu Lake and Huangpu River. It is also an artificial flood discharge and drainage river.
After the rainy season, it helps drain Taihu Lake and flows into the Huangpu River and then into the sea.
However, the first phase of construction started in 1958, and in the spring of 1960, the second phase plan was interrupted due to some reasons, and the artificial river has not been dredged to this day.
For drainage of Taihu Lake, aside from the Taipu River, there is the Wangyu River. It was built in 475 BC by Fan Li. It was used to connect Taihu Lake and the Yangtze River and to facilitate the drainage of Taihu Lake during the rainy season.
But after so many centuries, the silt blockage of Wangyu River has become very serious. It was in the 1987 water conservancy plan that everything began to be restored, and dredging was slowly carried out.
It was only when Qunxing came to donate water control engineering equipment, vehicles, and boats that the construction of man-made rivers and the dredging and widening of original river channels began to move forward at a rapid pace.
Flood control in Suzhou involves dredging Taihu Lake. Otherwise, the water that Suzhou could drain into Taihu Lake during the rainy season would flow back into the city due to the overhanging lake. This happened in 1991, 1998 and 1999.
When Fan Wenzheng governed Suzhou, he left a template. Countless descendants in the Southern Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties could easily control floods by copying the work.
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After a while, when she left the ATV headquarters and walked toward the nearest parking lot of the building, Jia Ling couldn't help but smile brightly, "I said, it should be possible this time. Zhao Sheng actually has a good temper."
"It was a bit stupid to send antiques last time, but daddy helped us figure it out."
Ah Heng couldn't help but sigh, "Okay, I know I made the wrong choice last time, and I can just do things this way in the future. But, can it really make money? I feel like movies like this about famous ancient ministers controlling water and fighting floods are not very interesting."
Jia Ling was speechless, "Logically speaking, with your background, you would find it uninteresting even if you watch it, right? Weren't you following the drama with gusto back then?"
Ah Heng was embarrassed, "This is different, how interesting is it? Wait, Master Bao has also treated water, right? These Northern Song Dynasty literati are a bit beyond my expectations."
Jia Ling was happy, "Mr. Bao has really controlled water, but he only managed the Huimin River. The Huimin River became a flood and intruded on the people's livelihood in Kaifeng. It was mainly due to the congestion of the river caused by the private construction of the rich and powerful. He demolished all the illegal buildings.
, it’s about fighting against the powerful and pacifying man-made disasters.”
"It's not that simple to be famous throughout the ages. Maybe 100 years from now, Mr. Zhao will only have a few words in the textbook, and we are not qualified to teach in the textbook."