Chapter 534 The launch of The Voice of Hong Kong
April 15, Hong Kong;
Yang Wendong took Li Xiaolong to a villa area in Tseung Kwan O and said to one of them: "Bruce, this is where you will live in the future. Someone will give you food in the first month, and then you can buy it according to your interests." That’s it.”
"Do I live here?" Li Xiaolong said in shock when he saw the villa in front of him,
Originally, he thought it would be good to live in an apartment, but he never expected that he could live in a villa in Hong Kong.
Yang Wendong smiled and said: "You also lived in this kind of house in the United States, and it will be the same when you come to Hong Kong."
Li Xiaolong said: "I did live in a single-family house in the United States, but it was just a suburb in the United States, and it is incomparable to the location in the center of Hong Kong's town."
Even though the U.S. economy is stronger than Hong Kong, housing prices in the suburbs are still not as good as those in Hong Kong towns; and he also lived in Hong Kong when he was a child, so he knows how valuable such a house is in Hong Kong.
Yang Wendong waved his hand and said: "Don't think too much. If you think the conditions are really good, then you have to work harder. As long as your film scores are good, you can easily buy this house in the future, or I can give it to you. .
The people who live here are also the senior executives of Hong Kong film or TVB, as well as some very powerful directors or actors. You can communicate with them when you have time. ”
During the real estate crisis in 1967, Changxing Real Estate not only hoarded a large number of commercial offices or shops, but also a lot of residential buildings;
It's just that Yang Wendong doesn't like normal small houses, so he chooses large apartments, 2,000-square-foot mansions and villas in Hong Kong Island, especially the latter. Many rich people or those with a little money will also consider immigrating. Then he Naturally, the property had to be sold, so it was taken over;
This villa area in Tseung Kwan O was acquired by Changxing Real Estate because it was an emergency sale of properties by a real estate company. There were 56 villas in total, and a total of 37 buildings were acquired by Changxing Real Estate;
Tseung Kwan O is also the headquarters of TVB and Chang Hsing Film Company, so the senior executives of these companies or people who can make money for the company are given residence as an encouragement.
It is normal for Li Xiaolong to get a room;
Anyway, it is just the right of residence, and the ownership is still in the hands of Changxing Real Estate. Yang Wendong is not prepared to sell these high-quality properties at high prices in the short term, so it is better to use them first if they are empty.
"Okay, thank you Yang Sheng." Li Xiaolong nodded and said: "If my first movie does well, then I will prepare to take over my wife and children."
Yang Wendong said: "No problem. If your child goes to school in the future, it is best to go to Hong Kong Island. The Hung Hom Tunnel will be opened to traffic next year, and it will be convenient then."
The Hung Hom Tunnel is expected to open to traffic around the middle of next year. Once it opens to traffic, it will be much more convenient to travel between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. Otherwise, even Yang Wendong would find it very troublesome, and the super rich would have to queue up to board the ship at the port;
Li Xiaolong didn't think much and said: "Okay."
"Let's go, I'll take you to meet people in the Hong Kong film and television industry." Yang Wendong smiled;
Afterwards, the group came to the TVB headquarters building, which is also the building of Changxing Film Company. Last year, Changxing Real Estate Company chose a large piece of land to build a joint headquarters for the two companies. The film and television city is also relatively close, which is convenient for everyone.
Under Yang Wendong's personal introduction, Li Xiaolong got to know many senior executives in Hong Kong's film and television industry.
Zou Wenhuai, Qi Ruifan and the top management of the film and television company are naturally very cautious about Li Xiaolong. After all, being introduced by the boss in this way, he must be very optimistic;
This is also the purpose of Yang Wendong's visit today, to make the entire company pay attention to Li Xiaolong, and then concentrate resources to make the first movie a hit, so as to cooperate with his plan.
After the core people came to the conference room, Yang Wendong said: "Zou Sheng, I invited Li Sheng to come to Hong Kong to make a movie this time. The first movie will be made in accordance with his requirements. If we cooperate well in terms of manpower and resources, as long as If it’s not excessive and unreasonable, I fully support it.”
"Understood, Yang Sheng," Zou Wenhuai said: "Just follow the producer mode."
"Yes." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
Hong Kong has also begun to gradually test the producer model of making movies, that is, the director is responsible for the movie project, then shoots it, and finally gets a commission from the entire movie profit;
This was also the development path of Hollywood in its early years, because companies in the cultural industry, following the traditional fixed-wage model, would only get worse and worse in quality, as evidenced by the Shaw Brothers movie next door. Even Hollywood would eventually have to let go of the traditional model and switch to production. Filmmaker;
It is because even from the perspective of a capitalist, if moderate profits are given to capable directors or producers, they can make better movies and ultimately make more profits; otherwise, how could the vampires in Hollywood give profits to Directors and stars;
Hong Kong has also started trying in the past two years. Competent people will submit their scripts themselves. After passing the review, they can negotiate the dividend ratio. It is usually very low at first, but as long as they can continue to produce results, the dividends will become more and more. High, this can also stimulate innovation;
From Yang Wendong's perspective, he is also happy to see this model. In this way, he has a monopoly on film output and channels. However, under this monopoly situation, the company can also have various innovations to promote the development of Hong Kong films. It is simply The perfect business model.
Zou Wenhuai said: "No problem, Li Sheng, if you need anything here, just tell me."
He had also heard about Li Xiaolong. After all, he was a Chinese actor in Hollywood, and he also made movies in Hong Kong when he was a child, but he didn't pay much attention;
Now that the boss is personally giving him a grand reception, he naturally pays more attention to it.
"Okay, that's it." Yang Wendong nodded, then looked at Li Xiaolong and said, "Xiaolong, I also hope to see your movie come out soon."
As time entered the 1970s, and with his investment over the years, Hong Kong movies and TV series were able to catch his eye, at least they didn't seem so boring.
This has also made his personal life a bit interesting, especially the TV series adapted from novels by Jin Yong, Gu Long and others, with some powerful actors, the level is still acceptable, except for stunts, fighting aspects are compared to those of Timely Mother. Xianxia romance movies are much better.
After the meeting, Zou Wenhuai took Li Xiaolong to Changxing Film Company to familiarize themselves with various personnel and resources; Yang Wendong chatted with Qi Ruifan: "Lao Qi, are you almost ready for "The Voice of Hong Kong"?"
Qi Ruifan said: "Yes, all kinds of publicity have started since the beginning of the year, but the organization of this event still needs to be tested internally first, so it took two or three months. We are also preparing to start large-scale publicity recently, and then it will be official It’s begun.”
"Okay, then I'm waiting to see your ratings." Yang Wendong nodded and said.
In addition to Li Xiaolong and Hong Kong movies, cultural overseas also includes TV series, variety shows and comics,
Relatively speaking, TV dramas are the most difficult because they involve the background of Hong Kong or the Chinese world. Unless the movie breaks through the overseas market first, the TV series may follow and reap some dividends;
In terms of comics, we mainly rely on cartoons. "Peppa Pig" and the future "Dragon Ball" are what Yang Wendong is currently counting on. After these two movies have achieved results, there will be other animations in the future;
Variety shows are also the core of going overseas, but they are not the programs themselves, but the creative copyrights. But if you want to sell the copyrights, you have to make achievements in Hong Kong first, and then slowly expand to other countries or regions around Asia.
Qi Ruifan said: "Don't worry, Yang Sheng, we will try our best to make this event a success, just like Miss Hong Kong."
Although a good variety show event costs more, as long as the ratings are sufficient, many advertisers are still happy to sponsor it;
Just like the Miss Hong Kong event, many Hong Kong real estate companies, stores and even automobile companies are seeking advertising positions in the Miss Hong Kong event. TVB also obtains ratings and advertising fees from the Miss Hong Kong election, plus potential high-quality actresses;
And this time "The Voice of Hong Kong" will also select many high-quality potential singers and even singers.
"Rewarding a thousand-foot mansion, Hong Kong Good Voice, officially held, don't look at the appearance, just listen to the sound"
On April 18, Oriental Daily, Hong Kong China Daily and Ming Pao, three newspapers with a total sales volume exceeding 100,000, jointly launched a homepage headline;
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The four characters "Thousand-foot mansion" were specially bolded and used in a very eye-catching bright red, which instantly attracted many people who came to the newsstand to buy newspapers.
"A thousand-foot mansion? Where is it?"
Outside a newsstand in Admiralty, a woman looked at the newspaper and asked the boss, because according to the rules, customers can only read the title and cannot flip through it. Otherwise, if the newspaper has so little content, it will be enough after just flipping through it. How can the newsstand sell it?
The newsstand owner smiled and said: "There are several places, including those on Hong Kong Island and even in Central. You can just buy a copy and see if it's OK. It only costs a few cents."
"Okay, let me get a copy of Oriental Daily." After taking the money from her wallet, the woman took the newspaper;
Then she came to the side and took a look. At this time, a man came up and asked: 'Aya, what's wrong? ’
"Aaron, look, TVB has launched a new program called The Voice." Aya handed the newspaper over and said: "The contestants go to the singing competition. The judges all turn their backs to the contestants, and then they only base their scores on the sound. Only then can we turn back.”
"Is there anything like this?" Aaron also became interested, looked at it for a while and said: "In that case, many people can sign up?"
Aya said: "Yes, many people can sing, but generally they don't have many channels. This is a good opportunity."
"Wherever you sign up, I can go. I've been singing in many bars for several years. Maybe I can get the top few, but they all have houses." Aaron was also a little moved.
There are house rewards for the top few, but depending on the order, the location and area will become worse and worse;
But for ordinary people, many families cannot afford a house in a poor location for half their life. Nowadays, it is possible to get a house by singing, which is really a good deal;
More importantly, this competition seems fair, because the judges are not allowed to look at the singers behind them, and the singers are not allowed to say anything other than singing. This avoids the possibility of internal cheating and judges judging based on their faces;
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Even the entire program will be shown on the TV station in the later stages of the competition, which further avoids the possibility of cheating.
Aya smiled and said: "Let's go, let's sign up."
On April 25th, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong's first "Good Voice" program primaries will be held here. More than 60 singers will perform here one after another, and then 5 people will be selected for the next round;
Of course, these 30 people did not just sign up, but went through basic screening. For example, when signing up, they had to sing a little casually and be able to sing well enough for the early judges to feel that they were okay, then they would be qualified to enter the preliminary round;
Only after the preliminary round will the real "blind evaluation" stage take place.
In the morning, several TVB cameras were ready, Hong Kong Commercial Radio's tape recorders were also in place, and reporters from Oriental Daily and Hong Kong China Daily also came to the scene. For such a high-quality program, it is natural that the media company should give priority to obtaining first-hand information.
After the judges came on stage one after another, the seats immediately turned back with their backs to the singing stage. Soon, the first contestant came on the stage. After the host communicated with him in a low voice, he started singing directly.
The first song is "The Fire of Love", which is relatively famous in Hong Kong. This is also a representative song that many people can hum casually
"The eyes are flowing, half shy, alluring and soft like willows~"
The elegant singing started, and many of the audience cheered quietly. Those who can get on stage basically have some skills. Although they are not as good as stars, they are generally not bad, and the audience's requirements for them are not Very high
After a song is sung, the ten judges in front of them will immediately score according to the sound, and then remove the highest score and the lowest score, and the remaining score is the singer's score;
In the next half day, 30 singers gradually came on stage and tested one after another, and finally the top three were selected, and these three will participate in the next round of finals
As for the game that day, after TVB completed the filming, it was immediately sent back to the TV station headquarters for editing, and then started broadcasting during prime time the next night;
Commoner singers compete for the championship and have the opportunity to obtain a thousand-foot mansion and become a singer. This itself interests many ordinary people. This may also be an opportunity for a few people to escape from the bottom;
In terms of radio stations, they are also preparing to conduct live broadcasts with TVB, but they can only hear the sound. In Hong Kong today, TVs cannot be said to be luxury goods, but many families do not have them. Radios are now very cheap, so basically This has been done and most families have it.
"Viewers, this is Hong Kong TVB."
In the expectation of many people, "The Voice of Hong Kong" officially started. On this day, it seemed that even the normally bustling market was a little cold.
At noon the next day, Qi Ruifan arrived at Changxing Building. After seeing the boss, he smiled and said: "Yang Sheng, the data we randomly checked this morning showed that about 77% of users watched the "The Voice of Hong Kong" program last night. ”
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