Chapter 133 TV Series Ownership
The fact that Qiong Yao and Yang Ye teamed up to make a TV series was reported by the Hong Kong media and immediately caused quite a stir.
Three TV stations in Hong Kong didn’t even see the trailer, but they actually started looking for Baiyang Company to buy the drama.
Qiong Yao was not familiar with Hong Kong TV stations, so she let Yang Ye make the decision.
Yang Ye knows that Jiashi will not be able to survive next September, so naturally he will not sell to it.
After the collapse of Jiashi, Lishi and TVB competed for hegemony. In the three years from 1979 to 1981, Lishi and TVB fought back and forth.
LiTV launched a third-tier long-form series during prime time, completely destroying TVB's diversified program setup, and TVB was forced to start producing series in response.
During this period, LiTV has produced a large number of classic TV series.
"The Transformation of the Silkworm", "The Love of the Earth" and "Fearless" are all classics shot during this period.
Especially LiTV's 75-episode long-running TV series "The Love of the Earth" is one of the greatest TV series in Hong Kong history, leaving TVB unable to fight back.
TVB was broadcasting "Turn Around" starring the popular star Cheng Shaoqiu. As a result, the drama was cut in half before it was completed, and it had no ending.
1979's "The Transformation of the Silkworm" was also a god among gods. Xu Shaoqiang, who played the leading actor Yun Feiyang, became famous because of this TV series.
Due to the popularity of "Celestial Silkworm", TVB's Fang Yihua had to resort to a cunning trick and find someone to bribe Xu Shaoqiang, giving him a sum of money and letting him disappear for a period of time.
So Xu Shaoqiang took the money and hid.
How can we film this scene if the male lead is gone?
Fang Yihua thought his plot had succeeded, but he didn't expect that Xiao Sheng, the producer of "Celestial Silkworm", was a genius.
The male protagonist is gone, right?
Xiao Sheng set the plot as the male protagonist practicing the "Celestial Silkworm Magic" to great success, breaking out of his cocoon and transforming into a handsome boy named Gu Guanzhong.
This awesome setting is so amazing, and the replacement Gu Guanzhong is very handsome. The Hong Kong audience immediately accepted this setting, and the ratings were even more explosive.
Everyone in Fang Yihua is stupid, my money is wasted? How the hell can you play like this?
Since Lishi was so powerful in 1979, Yang Ye naturally wanted to give it some relief. At this time, it was necessary to support Wireless.
So Yang Ye Wu Nao sold the broadcasting rights of "Misty Rain" to TVB, even though TVB paid the lowest.
Yang Ye’s explanation to Qiong Yao is that TVB’s ratings are the highest among the three TV stations in Hong Kong. “In the Rain” is our first TV series, so it’s safer to put it on a good platform.
Build your reputation first, and then everything would be easy to talk about. Qiong Yao felt that it made sense, so she left it at that.
In fact, based on wireless search, they are reluctant to spend money to buy dramas.
But Yang Ye's reputation is too great, and the movies he made are all global hits.
This is the first time he is filming a TV series. Who knows what battles he will create?
To be on the safe side, Wireless joined the competition.
Unexpectedly, Yang Ye was so generous that they really got it, so he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Fang Yihua said to Run Run Shaw: "Yang Ye, this young boy, is quite good. He is a little crazy, but he does have the ability."
Run Run Shaw said: "Actually, he doesn't have any grudge against us. It's just that the price you offered was not high enough."
When he said this, his expression was desolate.
Fang Yihua saw that he had a different look on his face, held his hand and said, "Brother Six, what's wrong with you?"
Shao Yifu sighed: "Yang Ye and Jiahe fought to the death, right? We, Shao, didn’t show any sign of it, and even showed our kindness several times.”
Fang Yihua said, “Isn’t this good?”
Shao Yifu shook his head and said: "He is young and energetic, how can he look like a sensible person? He...doesn't take Shaw seriously!"
Fang Yihua was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, I think this makes sense. Shaw Brothers makes dozens of movies a year, but what about the box office? Not as good as Yang Ye.
In the past two years, the Hong Kong film market has relied entirely on the sales of romantic films.
Jin Yong and Gu Long’s martial arts films, which used to be successful, are now not selling well.
Great directors such as Zhang Che and Chu Yuan also failed.
Yang Ye invited Ti Lung to film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which became a global hit and Ti Lung even won the Golden Horse Award.
Shao Brothers couldn't help but gritted his teeth and gave Ti Lung a salary increase, and made two cologne blockbusters "The Passionate Swordsman" and "Chu Liuxiang".
As a result, "Chu Liuxiang" has a box office of more than 2 million, and "Sentimental Swordsman and Ruthless Sword" has a box office of more than 1 million.
It's not too low to say it's low, but it's too high to say... I'm really sorry for the salary increase.
For the movie, Yang Ye's opponent is too powerful.
Fang Yihua advised: "Brother Six, if it's hard to make a movie, why not turn your energy to TVB."
Shao Yifu hummed and was noncommittal.
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Yang Ye is not worried whether "In the Rain" will be acclimatized in Hong Kong!
The Qiong Yao drama is a ratings artifact, and it has received explosive ratings throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
In later generations, South Korea once restricted Chinese TV dramas because the ratings of Qiong Yao dramas were too high.
In the late 1990s, ATV was struggling to survive. It was constantly being suppressed by TVB and was no match at all.
However, ATV introduced three TV series, "Huanzhugege" and "Deep Love, Rainy Rain", and the direct ratings were crazy. Dogs did not watch the TV series in the same time period.
After the matter was settled, Yang Ye slowly worked on movies with his children while preparing for the preparatory activities of the new company. During this period, Yang Ye did a lot of things, such as asking her best friend Mao Mei to promise to give dance lessons to trainees in the future.
Thanks to Hu Jinquan's relationship, he invited his good brother Wu Dajiang and asked him to promise to give vocal lessons to the trainees in the future.
In short, money and connections can make you use whatever you can to achieve instant success.
At the end of December, "Baiyang Brokerage Company" was finally listed for business.
After the establishment of the new company, six beauties, Zhao Yazhi, Xu Feng, Lin Qingxia, Zheng Peipei, Miao Kexiu, and Chen Sisi.
The management contracts of the Seven Little Fortunes, including Yang Ye himself, were all transferred to Bai Yang Management Company.
Yang Ye even signed a contract with the company, which in the eyes of outsiders was like taking off his pants and farting.
However, Yang Ye still arranged an agent for himself in a serious manner, and this agent was Hu Yinmeng.
This is a legitimate way to bring some income to Hu Yinmeng. This girl has been with Yang Ye for so long, working hard to do all kinds of chores for him, even sleeping with him, and she still earns a salary of several thousand yuan. Woolen cloth.
Yang Ye just give her the money, this young lady doesn’t want it. She said: "Do you want to support me?"
So I simply let her be my agent. If I can get some extra money in the future, such as accepting an advertising endorsement like last time in Japan, Just give her a share.
Baiyang Agency divides artist agency contracts into multiple levels. For example, for Yang Ye and Chen Long, it is 19%, and the company only accounts for 10%.
Hong Jingbao and Lin Qingxia are two or eighty-five lucky, and the other unknown ones among the Seven Little Fortunes are all fifty-fifty. Zhao Yazhi, Xu Feng and others are at thirty-seven.
In addition, when they accept a film within Baiyang Film Company, they don’t have to give the agency a share, so they can take whatever they get.
Only when Baiyang Brokerage Company helps them receive business from outside, they need to share.
However, the company's artists cannot accept scenes outside without permission. This is considered a breach of contract.
Hong Kong's gangs are rampant, and filming here is not peaceful. These gangs can't even offend Golden Harvest.
After Chen Long became famous, he went to Hollywood for two years. The reason was that he was so forced by the society that he could only go out to escape.
When the later "Southern People Weekly" interviewed Chen Long, he once recalled this period:
I had a confrontation with the society. At that time, the society really pointed a gun at Liu Hua and the others were filming.
You were filming here on the set, and two young and Dangerous guys showed up, holding guns, and said, "Come over here and let us film."
If your salary is 100,000, they will give you 2,000. Bullying people like that!
The people signed up by my company are Maggie Cheung, Wang Zuxian, and Zhang Xueyou. What should I do if they are bullied? I can only get ahead.
When they bullied me before, I hid in the United States and was shot as soon as I got off the plane. I had to take a gun out every day.
As soon as I returned to Hong Kong for dinner, more than 20 people gathered around me, holding watermelon knives. I brought a gun myself and two guns in my clothes.
I said: "You are bullying others too much. I have avoided you again and again."
Later, I pointed three guns and six grenades at them...
Chen Long said that he brought three guns and six grenades to fight with the club. Naturally, he was suspected of bragging, but he also responded. During that time, Hong Kong was in great chaos.
But the Hong Kong associations did not dare to offend Yang Ye.
The first is that there is a walled city behind Yang Ye, and now his place is watched by people from the walled city.
When the people from Chengzhai came out to help Yang Ye see the scene, they almost had a conflict with the outside community.
Fortunately, Yang Ye is very good at solving problems. On the one hand, the people in the Walled City only care about Yang Ye's place and will never get involved in any place other than the shopping mall.
On the one hand, Yang Ye took some money to silence the society, so that both parties could live in peace.
The second is that Yang Ye's reputation is too high. He once swept the Japanese martial arts world and the American boxing world, and was named a national hero by many people. This is all a reputation earned. If you kill him, it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath.
The third is that Yang Ye’s force value is too high, and the image he displays to the outside world is that of a martial arts master. Are you looking for someone to kill him? Maybe he will kill you.
The video of Yang Ye being shot at NKH's Red and White Song Concert was released. Everyone found that this guy was so awesome that he couldn't be killed with a gun, so naturally they didn't dare to mess with him easily.
Under such circumstances, everyone wants to seek stability. If they join Yang Ye's agency, they can get shelter. Why not?
For a while, there were even many wild artists asking how they could join Baiyang Management Company.
At the opening ceremony, Yang Ye officially announced the six trainees of the new company.
They are Liu Furong, Zhang Xueyou, Aaron Kwok, Liming, Zhou Huimin and Cui Zhenchen.
Subsequently, the talent scouts recruited by Baiyang Agency will also recruit a group of people from the society.
Yang Ye himself also combined the experience of later generations to create a complete set of trainee courses.
And train a group of professional teachers to provide daily teaching to these trainees.
Trainers in Japan and South Korea usually start training when they are 8-15 years old. Liu Furong and Zhang Xueyou are already sixteen years old, which is actually a bit overage.
However, Yang Ye wants to become famous as a newcomer launched by "Baiyang Agency" as soon as possible. The two of them are of the same age.
They will debut after two years of training. When the time comes, allocate some resources to them and take off, which will be the best advertisement.
As for the three little girls in Taiwan, they are still too young now. Their parents would not be at ease if they left their families and came to live in Hong Kong.
The best way is to go to junior high school and then go to a boarding school in Hong Kong, and then study and practice at the same time. After graduating from middle school, you can make your debut.
(End of this chapter)