Chapter 0673 Xiangjiang Tennis Open

It is precisely for this reason, in line with the principle of "it should be yours or yours", Tang Huan also began to let DreamWorks prepare for the filming of "The Legend of the New White Lady", and even easily did it like in the original version, the three female protagonists remained unchanged.

It's just that as a high-quality TV series, this project also needs to be meticulously crafted in various details including music, costumes, and framing.

Of course, just participating in a few TV series, Zhao Yazhi may not have reached the level of "worrying about children's trivial matters in her busy schedule" that Deng Lijun is grateful for, she has other responsibilities and took over as the president of Huiyan Yaji this year.

Founded in 1982 and officially registered and named on 26 April 1983, the main purpose of this organisation is to make its own contribution to charity and public welfare causes.

Its founding president, that is, the first president, is Huo Zhu Lingling, who successfully opened the precedent for Hong Kong sisters to marry into a wealthy family. After serving as president for three years, she decided to retire.

As for the reason, in addition to all kinds of inconveniences in the eyes of the wealthy, this position is not as easy as imagined.

While the economy of Hong Kong is booming, it is also accompanied by a large number of social issues, such as single-parent families, youth education and other issues, which have led to the emergence of various groups. Even the attention to the mental health of artists caused by the suicide of Weng Meiling this year led to the establishment of the first Christian group in Xiangjiang dedicated to serving artists, the Artists' House.

It is not difficult to imagine how to maintain one's own characteristics in this wave of philanthropy is a great test for leaders.

Moreover, in the actual operation process of Huiyan Yaji, a large number of trivial issues are also involved, and it is necessary to hire lawyers, accountants and other professionals as consultants.

As a wealthy young grandmother. Huo Zhu Lingling can stand up and exert her appeal and influence when necessary, but it is not suitable to dwell on these mundane affairs all day long.

Therefore, after putting Huiyan Yaji on the official track, Huo Zhu Lingling began to look for her successor, that is, the candidate for the second president.

Obvious. In recent years, the winners of Miss Hong Kong are not good, first, they are not qualified enough, and they cannot raise enough resources to support the operation of Huiyan Yaji; The second is that these newcomers are also busy developing their own acting careers.

In this case, with the relationship between Huo Dagongzi and Tang Huan, Huo Zhu Lingling took a fancy to Zhao Yazhi.

This senior was the fourth place in the first Miss Xiangjiang contest held by TVB - at that time, there were no awards such as Miss Photogenic and Miss Goodwill, otherwise it might not be empty-handed, so this qualification is enough.

In addition, although he has been somewhat alienated from the entertainment industry in recent years, Zhao Yazhi's acting career is definitely a success. The influence should not be underestimated, and it is not worrying that it will not be necessary to do charity. Resources including donations.

Zhao Yazhi returned to Xiangjiang from the United States to work this year, mainly because she was worried that she would become a housewife and lose the charm that Tang Huan relied on to be favored. After Huo Zhu Lingling came to the door, she found that this job was quite suitable. Even if he takes over the play, he is picky, and it is impossible to be squeezed every day like those newcomers, and he just spends his excess energy on this.

Because Huo Zhu Lingling used her own influence and resources to create Huiyan Yaji. has made great contributions, so in the process of handover of duties. She was named the permanent honorary president by everyone, and Zhao Yazhi successfully took office and became the second president of Huiyan Yaji.

Tang Huan was a little worried about this, "Next year or the year after, DreamWorks will have a big-production feature-length TV series, and Ah Zhi will need to play the leading role." I'm afraid I won't be able to adjust the schedule at that time. ”

"I've been the president for two terms, and then I'm ready to give up my position to a newcomer. After all, doing charity requires a kind of flowing vitality. "Zhao Yazhi, who has seen it very thoroughly, after analyzing it. Yanran smiled, "Don't tell me, I can't wait for the filming of that TV series, it's too insincere." ”

Tang Huan, who was squeezed by his own woman again, laughed loudly, "Of course you have to wait, if you don't take place, the project will definitely not start." ”

After chatting for a while, seeing that the time was not early, Deng Lijun began to tease people, "Don't stay here, let's leave quickly." ”

Tang Huan raised his finger and pointed, "Such a big villa, even if there are two more daughters, there will be a room for me to rest." ”

"I'm sorry, Qingfang wants to live with me, you better take a step higher." Deng Lijun replied with a smile.

Tang Huan shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and turned his gaze to Zhao Yazhi, "Let's go together." ”

"I also want to see if the clothes and toys prepared for Dandan and Qingqing are suitable, you can go by yourself first." Zhao Yazhi hurriedly waved his hand and excused himself.

"Don't look sad, you're lonely on the road for dozens of minutes, and then you'll be accompanied by a lot of little sisters." Lin Qing handed the suit to Tang Huan in a tricky way.

"You don't always want to play on the subject." Tang Huan coughed lightly, put on his suit, and said solemnly: "How can I have so much spare time, and I still have a lot of business in my hands, for example, the first Xiangjiang Tennis Open is about to open, so I'm busy." ”

"Who are you coaxing?" Lin Qingbian said unforgivingly: "Don't think I don't know, the first Xiangjiang Open Tennis Tournament invited many big-name players to play, especially the Steffi Graf, who has just successfully sat on the women's tennis world No. 1 rankings, isn't it your carefully cultivated little sister?" ”

"More than that." Zhao Yazhi also began to join in the fun, "I don't know who is so bad, I invited a large number of female artists of the right age, wore tennis skirts, and helped advertise the Xiangjiang Tennis Open on TV, which attracted many people not to care about the TV series, but to chase this advertisement repeatedly." ”

"Who has so much energy to mobilize Guan Zhilin, Zhong Chuhong, and Zhang Manyu together?" Lin Qingbian muttered, "It's obvious!" ”

"The smell of vinegar is getting bigger and bigger." Tang Huan shook his head with a smile, "If you continue to nag, it may really mean that you are not confident and are willing to bow down." ”

"Who is not confident and willing to bow down?" As soon as he heard this meaningful sentence, Lin Qingbian immediately began to demonstrate like an angry cat. Even Deng Lijun and Zhao Yazhi were very dissatisfied.

"Babbling is also a kind of lack of confidence." Tang Huan laughed and dropped this sentence, pushed the door and walked out of the villa.

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In order to help the first Xiangjiang Tennis Open open up local popularity and attract as many viewers as possible, Tang Huan did deliberately play the card of showbiz star. There is no need to mention male artists, because the limelight has been stolen by extremely beautiful female artists in tennis skirts.

Especially the new Xiangjiang Academy Award actress Zhong Chuhong is even more in the limelight. The image of a wheat-skinned complexion sunburned by the sun and a bright smile while wielding a tennis racket immediately fascinated countless people, even Zheng Wenya, who was once an athlete and the holder of the Xiangjiang women's high jump record, was also compared.

You must know that in the 1979 Miss Xiangjiang election, Zheng Wenya was the champion, but Zhong Chuhong failed to enter the top three. Only ranked fourth.

But in terms of the current achievements in the entertainment industry, Zhong Chuhong obviously surpassed Zheng Wenya and can be regarded as a game.

This fact also just shows that Sister Hong Kong may not be suitable for the entertainment industry, and the loser may turn over in this industry and win her place.

In 1979, another loser in the Miss Hong Kong contest, Chen Xiuzhu, also confirmed this fact, and she relied on the hit of "Lu Xiaofeng's Phoenix Dance for Nine Days". It started to go viral this year.

Due to the sudden suicide of Weng Meiling, one of the leading actors, and the death of Gu Long, the author of the original book. "Lu Xiaofeng's Phoenix Dance for Nine Days" is undoubtedly covered with a layer of haze.

At this time, Xiao Sheng's profound skills were reflected, first modified some plots, and then asked Jing Daiyin to replace them and make up some scenes, and then made the crisis "Lu Xiaofeng's Phoenix Dance for Nine Days" and the TV series "Silkworm Transformation" of Li's TV were broadcast and filmed at the same time. As a result, the male lead actor Xu Shaoqiang suddenly disappeared halfway, but the plot still came back, and the replacement Gu Guanzhong naturally took over the baton, it is still a complete classic TV series, and due to the successive deaths of Weng Meiling and Gu Long, it became a commemorative work, and it was an unprecedented success once it was released. It can be regarded as helping DreamWorks and Media Asia TV to regain the brilliance that "Guanyin" starring Zhao Yazhi unexpectedly earned for TVB.

The deceased is gone, Tang Huan doesn't have much time to pity Gu Long, an old friend, "Lu Xiaofeng's Phoenix Dance for Nine Days" more or less played a role in paying tribute to this hero, but gave him an unexpected satisfactory explanation.

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Although it is an emerging event and has no qualifications to speak of, with Tang Huan's sponsorship, the Xiangjiang Open Tennis Tournament has still been valued by many players.

There is no other reason, even if the status of the sports world is a little unsatisfactory, but it can't stand the solid prize money and preferential subsidies during the participation period, and professional sports are not aimed at this goal.

As a result, the world's top tennis players such as Ivan Lendl and women's players such as Martina Navratilova and Stefi Graf have come to Hong Kong to participate in the tournament.

In addition, as is customary, the organizers of the Hong Kong Open will award a small number of wild cards to those who have potential, and if Zhang Depei is a little older, he will definitely be favored, but now he can only cheapen other Asian players.

In addition to the sincerity of the measures to attract the participants, the specifications of the Heung Kong Open also reflect the energy of the patron Tang Huan in the international sports world. Although it was the first edition, the Heung Kong Open successfully won the right to host the tournament for the men's professional tennis federation - ATP and the World Women's Professional Tennis Association - WTA.

The Xiangjiang Open is not a top-level tournament like a Grand Slam in terms of level, but it is also a weighty Gold Tour, where the champion can get 500 points, and the rest of the results are lowered.

The ATP and WTA world tour professional tournaments, which regularly move between various continents and states every year, now coincide with the time of the Asian region, and the autumn of Xiangjiang provides good weather conditions for the Xiangjiang Tennis Open.

The venue for the event was chosen at the Hung Hom Stadium, which is not the only sports venue in Hong Kong, but compared to other places, it is modern enough to withstand various large-scale events, including concerts, and the space is large enough.

The number of entries at the Hong Kong Open is 64, which is directly less than half of a Grand Slam tournament such as the French Open, but the number of seeded players is the same, at 16.

Tang Huan deliberately took a group photo with the seeded players determined by the organizing committee, and many Xiangjiang media, such as Media Asia TV and TVB, also introduced these seeded players, creating gimmicks and attracting attention.

Generally speaking, at this stage, Hong Kong's achievements in the field of sports are lackluster, and it needs to be supplemented by fresh blood such as tennis.

Originally, the Hong Kong Football League was a very popular sport. But with the professionalization, some businessmen began to flock to the city in order to enhance their prestige, and the typical representatives of them were the two brothers, Huang Chuangbao and Huang Chuangshan, the Bulova football team and the Seiko Sports Club.

In 1983, the former invited the Liverpool football team, the current champion of the English First Division, to visit Hong Kong at a high price of 28,000 pounds, attracting more than 27,000 spectators and ticket revenue of HK$1.45 million.

The latter also spent a lot of money, just promoted to the First Division in 1972, with an annual salary of 40,000 Hong Kong dollars, from the old powerhouse Nanhua poached Hu Guoxiong, who helped Nanhua in the 1971-1972 season to win three historic championships, but the monthly salary was only 1,600 Hong Kong dollars.

That is, since the 1970s, the Huang family who came to Xiangjiang from Thailand to develop, and the two football teams under their command almost monopolized the football scene in Xiangjiang. The two brothers, Huang Chuangbao and Huang Chuangshan, each led an army, and the battle between red and blue was often inseparable, and every ball game was a grand event that attracted the attention of the whole city. Seiko alone has dominated the league for seven consecutive years from 1979 to this year.

Under this kind of example, the atmosphere of Xiangjiang football naturally began to rush for quick success, and an obvious manifestation was the unrestrained introduction of a large number of foreign aid, which resulted in an increase in results, but also destroyed the original ecology and rules of local football in Hong Kong.

Take the Asian Champions Cup, which was resumed after its suspension in 1971 and began to be held this year, Seiko represented Xiangjiang in the second round, but had to withdraw from the competition due to the harsh conditions of the tournament - it is not difficult to imagine that a team with almost all foreign aid can still represent Xiangjiang.

However, as the Huang family's business turned from prosperity to decline, investment in the team naturally began to decrease, coupled with the increasing number of ways to entertain the public, the overall football market weakened, and well-known political factors, Huang Chuangbao simply announced his withdrawal from the league in 1984 and disbanded the Bulova team.

Boss Huo, who has a strong influence in Xiangjiang football, once invited Tang Huan to invest in Xiangjiang football. However, Mr. The richest man dislikes the shallow water and does not want to mix, but follows his own routine, first the Xiangjiang International Marathon, and then the Xiangjiang Tennis Open.

? (To be continued.) )