Entering March, the ratings of Leigh's TV are amazing. Especially at 8 o'clock in the evening, when the TV series "Chen Zhen" was played, the ratings were rising, and during the highest period, it even got a rating of 48%. Completely overwhelmed all the programs of TVB in the same period.

On March 1, Li's TV officially changed its name to "Asia Television" with a big win in ratings, and Zhang Shaojie put forward the slogan: "Based in Hong Kong, sweeping Asia, and laying out the world!" ”

After this slogan was shouted, the entire Hong Kong media circles were shocked.

Everyone felt that the Hong Kong television media that had changed its name to "Asia Television" had greater ambition and enterprising spirit than before.

Sure enough, starting on March 2, the day after Leigh's TV was renamed Asia Television.

Asia Television began to announce the news of the preparation for the establishment of "Super Girl".

The "First Longteng Cup Super Female Rookie Singer Competition" officially started the registration process from March 2. Any girl of Chinese origin and between the ages of 10~25 can sign up for the competition.

Contestants can either apply for an application letter through ATV's registration phone, or purchase the registration letter provided by Ming Pao Weekly. Fill in the registration letter and send it to the jury to get the qualification to participate in the "Super Girl" audition.

The "Super Girl" competition is divided into two stages - the audition and the finals in different regions.

In the "audition" stage, free registration, based on the elimination system, selected outstanding players from each major region to scream the finals.

ATV has set up 5 audition zones in Hong Kong.

In the audition area, the participating singers showed their talents to the judges. The judges will score and evaluate each contestant, and 50 singers will be selected in each competition area to enter the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, 5 players are divided into groups, and there are 10 groups in each region. After that, each group is contested between each group, with one player eliminated in each group, and the top 10 players in each group are selected to automatically advance to one of the top 20. The remaining 30 players continue to compete, and another 10 winners are selected. In the end, the top 20 players were selected from each region.

The third stage of the "audition" is the promotion round. In the qualifying round, 20 into 10, 10 into 7, 7 into 5, and 5 into 3 in each division. Finally, the champion, runner-up and third place of the division will be determined. The top three players in each division, a total of 15 players, will enter the finals stage.

The "Finals" is the first part of the entire Super Girl Competition, which brings together players from all regions for PK matches and repechage matches. In the end, the ranking will be determined according to the votes of the audience and the votes of the judges.

The champions, runners-up and runners-up of the finals will not only receive cash prizes of up to HK$100,000, as well as clothing, jewelry, and cosmetics worth tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, but will also be signed by Asia Television's "Lile Music" record company, guaranteeing that the winner will release a record every year for the next three years.

If the player chooses to sign a 5-year brokerage contract with Longteng Entertainment Agency. Then, they will also get Zhang Shaojie to write the lyrics and compose music for them personally.

Because, Zhang Shaojie in the music industry, although there are not many opportunities to show his talents, he has successively formed a sensation with two songs, "Demon Girl" and "Cangyang Gyatso Love Song". It has been proved that Zhang Shaojie has the strength to be a celebrity, even in the music industry that he is not good at! Therefore, Zhang Shaojie personally wrote the lyrics and composed music for the contracted singers, which obviously has a certain attraction.

The registration deadline for the entire "Super Girl" contest is April 1, 1982. Because, on April 2nd, the whole competition will be officially launched.

Although, there are already various small-scale music competitions in Hong Kong, and there are also some music competition winners every year. It can be favored by record labels.

However, there has never been a giant like Asia Television that advertised - "Audition Singer"!

After the launch of "Super Girl", it immediately caused a sensation in Hong Kong.

A large number of young and talented women have begun to consult the registration method of "Super Girl".

Ming Pao Weekly originally had a circulation of just over 200,000 copies, but after the start of registration for the "Super Girl" contest, the circulation increased to more than 250,000 copies. Many readers seem to be looking for information about the "Super Girl" contest, and tearing off the entry form attached to "Ming Pao Weekly" to register for the competition.

—————————— early 1982, Zhang Shaojie acquired Li's TV and renamed it Asia Television. Perhaps the biggest headline in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, stimulated by this big news, keywords such as Asia Television and Zhang Shaojie have become the focus of attention. Many other news are not very eye-catching.

However, in Zhang Shaojie's eyes, there are still many blockbuster dramas in the entertainment industry at the beginning of 82. For example, since the beginning of the year, the movie box office market has shown a trend of dragon and tiger fighting.

The "Central Plains Film Company", a subsidiary of Yindu Organization, invested in the filming of "Shaolin Temple", chose to be released during the Spring Festival, although there are no exaggerated movie special effects, and there is no excessive advertising, but it is better than having a solid foundation in martial arts. With an infectious plot, this old-school martial arts movie has also attracted the attention of the audience. "Shaolin Temple", which was released for two months, grossed HK$16.1 million at the box office in Hong Kong.

And "Young Master Long", which was invested by Golden Harvest Company and directed and acted by Jackie Chan, was also released during the Spring Festival at the beginning of the year, and won a box office of 17.93 million Hong Kong dollars.

What's even more fierce is the "Best Partner" of Xinyicheng Company, although the first "Bald Detective" in the "Best Partner" series did not involve Xu Guanjie. However, Xinyicheng claimed that Xu Guanjie, the sequel to "Best Partner", was the starring role. As a result, as soon as the film was released, it achieved a sky-high box office of 26 million Hong Kong dollars.

These three compete for hegemony, and the box office data has reached - 16 million, 17 million, and 26 million. I have to say that the current Hong Kong film market has made great progress compared with a few years ago.

In 1979, Hong Kong did not even have a movie with a box office of more than 10 million. However, since "Modern Bodyguard" in 80 years and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" in 81 years, the step-by-step blockbuster has regarded the 10 million mark as an idle!

In fact, Jackie Chan's "Young Master Dragon" is just that, continuing Jackie Chan's consistent style. There were no surprises or disappointments.

Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" is the real amazing myth - not only did it achieve a box office of more than 16 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong, but in Chinese mainland, this film achieved a terrible 100 million yuan box office!

At this time, in many areas of the mainland, the box office of the movie is 1 cent a piece, and the box office is 100 million, and it takes 1 billion viewers to enter the cinema! This kind of terrifying mythical moviegoers is probably unprecedented in the history of Chinese films!

Of course, the movie version of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" received a box office of more than 50 million yuan in the mainland market, Zhang Shaojie was able to share about 15 million Hong Kong dollars in dividends, and Baolong Film Company could also get more than 5 million.

And the crew members invested by the Central Plains Film Company to create the mythical box office "Shaolin Temple", such as Jet Li, are only paid one dollar a day, and they only earn a few hundred yuan in total. Those who have made great contributions do not get the remuneration they deserve, and perhaps this is where the biggest flaw of the planned economy lies.

However, the reform and opening up is also the gradual transformation of the economy into a market economy, and after the 90s, directors and actors in the mainland will also enjoy star-level remuneration.

Zhang Shaojie came to Baolong Film Company to watch the completed "Six-Fingered Piano Demon" and the "A Chinese Ghost Story" that is being prepared.

Ni Kuang's classic script of "Six-Fingered Piano Demon" has achieved good results in many remakes in history. Especially the Lin Qingxia version, which is impressive.

At this time, "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon" directed by Tsui Hark was performed by Lin Qingxia as in history, but the cost was greater than in history, and the team was better. Therefore, the effect of the shoot is also more ornamental.

Zhang Shaojie nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "The three fierce movies at the beginning of the year have passed!" During the year, although there is still a possibility of encountering some strong opponents, the risk is not great. The cost of "Six Fingers Piano Demon" is 7 million, if you get 14 million in Hong Kong, you can protect the capital, and the overseas box office dividends are pure earnings, I don't know how confident everyone is? ”

Tsui Hark smiled and said, "It's not a question of confidence, it's a matter of the market." How much the box office can have, the decision lies with the audience! ”

"Hehe, the director's reputation and the actor's box office appeal are also very important. Tsui Hark and Lin Qingxia, two heavyweights, have a very small probability of hitting the street! Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

"Not necessarily, the drama dominated by female actors is sometimes applauded or not" Tsui Hark was a little worried.

In the world film industry, the mainstream view is that the box office appeal of female superstars is not stable. If the main box office appeal of a certain drama comes from a superstar with a female surname, it is likely to cause a state of applause.

"Hehe, it's up to people to make things happen!" Although Zhang Shaojie knows that the box office appeal of female superstars is indeed not as stable as that of male superstars.

However, there are no absolute things in the world, such as the movie version of "Resident Evil" in history, which is basically dominated by female surnames, isn't it also higher than the box office of the other?

"Shaojie, the film biweekly held a film awards, and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was nominated, among which your nomination for the Best Screenplay Award was naturally indispensable. I don't know, are you going to participate in this award? Gu Long suddenly found an invitation and asked.

Zhang Shaojie was stunned and said: "Film Biweekly, Academy Awards? ”

Gu Long said with a smile: ""Film Fortnightly" is a new publication established in 79, and its circulation is not as large as that of "Ming Pao Weekly", and it can only sell tens of thousands of copies. However, they have a certain niche reputation in the film industry. The first Academy Awards were to evaluate those movies released in 1981, and "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is naturally indispensable! ”

Zhang Shaojie was silent.

Historically, it was "Modern Bodyguard" that participated in the first Hong Kong Film Awards and won a number of awards. However, by mistake, Zhang Shaojie wrote "Modern Bodyguard" in 80 years in advance, which made the film miss the first Academy Awards.

However, "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" was nominated for the Academy Awards. I don't know, can I get some awards like "Modern Bodyguard"?

"Go, of course. If you can get some trophies, it's not bad! Zhang Shaojie smiled.

(To be continued)