Chapter Fifty-Six: A Million Flatbreads

With the assistance of Chen Baixing and the cooperation of Fang Yihua, Chen Yongren formed the production team of the "Millionaire" variety show on TVB, and handed over the already prepared planning plan, set drawings and backup music to the program director Liang Hanxing, and the host was Chen Baixing.

As the program "Millionaire" has attracted the attention of everyone in Hong Kong, the news about "Two Big Smoking Guns" has once again entered everyone's field of vision, and all kinds of public opinion have come to the uproar, and people from all walks of life have also reacted differently, with praise and scolding. Most of the admirers are bosses in the business world, advertising industry and major movies, and they see a new marketing idea from it; Most of the scolders were some media forces that Chen Yongren had offended in the past, and they claimed that Chen Yongren advocated money worship and sought benefits in an improper way, which can be described as treacherous and cunning. But the people walked into the cinema one after another in the hustle and bustle, and then took the movie tickets to the regional registration locations of "Millionaire" to register......

Until the morning of Monday, the program team hurriedly screened out the 70 contestants in the first phase of the preliminary selection for the second and third rounds of customs clearance, and finally decided the last 10 official contestants.

In the afternoon of the same day, in a program recording room of TVB, Liang Hanxing, the director of "Millionaire", began the intense program recording work; He clapped his hands to attract the attention of everyone at the scene, pointed to the seats outside the recording studio and said: "The 60 contestants who failed are all live audiences, you don't have to be discouraged, after the completion of this program, you will all get a beautiful gift, and you can continue to sign up for the next program, so ...... Everyone, cooperate with our work! ”。

Seeing this, Liang Hanxing turned to ask the 10 finalists who were selected: "The rules are still clear, right?" ”。

Everyone nodded together, Liang Hanxing looked at Chen Baixing again, the latter made an "OK" gesture, the former looked at Chen Yongren again, Chen Yongren nodded and said, "Let's start......."

Starting from the eighth day of the release of "Two Big Smoking Guns", people in the Hong Kong film industry were surprised to find that the box office of the former grew abnormally against the trend, with a single-day box office of 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the performance of the next two days was even more outrageous, and the total box office of the two days on the weekend reached 2.7 million Hong Kong dollars, which made everyone stunned.

Under the attention of the whole people, the first issue of "Millionaire" was broadcast on TVB as scheduled, and the beginning was the tidbits of the first three rounds of the recorded competition, and the judges of each group asked simple questions to the 70 lucky winners randomly selected in the first round, all of which were particularly simple questions related to "Two Smoking Guns", such as casually saying the name of a leading actor, who the film director is, and which production company is......

"These questions are too simple, aren't they?" , in a tea restaurant somewhere in Hong Kong, someone shouted loudly in front of the TV.

"You see clearly, this is the tidbits recorded in the preliminaries, how can one million Hong Kong dollars be so easy for you to get?".

After ten minutes of tidbits, with a burst of passionate music, the show officially began. After all, the situation is different now than it will be more than a decade later; The future of Millionaire stands out for its grandiose, modern, high-tech metallic set, which is refreshing to be paired with the music and well-placed lighting effects throughout the show. However, many of the current hardware facilities are subject to the restrictions of the times, so Chen Yongren did not make special requirements for the set, but continued to continue the rhythm of the whole show, the style of creating the atmosphere and increasing the interest of the competition questions, which the host of the program Chen Baixing has fully understood, and the rest is controlled by director Liang Hanxing.

Anyway, he just played with this gimmick, the purpose was just Zhang Manyu's contract in wireless, and by the way, it would stimulate the box office of the movie and increase face; In the future, the life and death of this program is none of his business, and he has no intention of developing the TV industry, even if TVB develops to 30 years later, the market value is only more than 20 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it only has a good influence in Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia, and has almost no influence in the most important mainland markets except for some filmed TV dramas, and it is impossible for the mainland to allow private TV stations to become popular, so he decisively gave up and concentrated on the film industry.

Back to the show, Chen Baixing and the top players among the ten people have begun to enter the state, Chen Baixing said enthusiastically to the participating players: "Congratulations on entering the final stage of the 'Two Big Smoking Guns' Special: Millionaire Variety Show', first introduce yourself to everyone briefly?" ”。

The contestant was polite, about thirty years old, and he said timidly to the camera: "My name is Jiang Weihui, and I am now a designer of the engineering department of Ruida Construction Company......."

Chen Baixing smiled and said, "Welcome Mr. Jiang to the final link of our competition, you must already know the rules, right?" ”。

Jiang Weihui nodded, and Chen Baixing continued into the camera: "I'll explain the details in detail; "Millionaire" has a total of 15 questions, from shallow to deep, all 15 questions are multiple-choice questions of four choices, and only by answering one question correctly can you move on to the next question, and the prize will increase for each correct answer...... There are two special safety lines in the middle...... When contestants encounter a difficult problem, they can use 3 tips to help answer the question. The 3 tips include 50:50, calling an old friend and asking the audience. Each of the above 3 tips can only be used once, but multiple can be used in a row for the same question. Entrants can withdraw from the game at any time and can win a prize for answering the correct questions at the end. After speaking, he looked at Jiang Weihui and said, "Can we start?" ”。

Jiang Weihui took a deep breath, nodded solemnly, the rhythm of the background music changed suddenly, Chen Baixing looked at the answer card in his hand and said: "Please listen to the first question, who is the director of the movie "Two Big Smoking Guns"? A, Chen Yongxin, B, Chen Yongyi, C, Chen Yongzhi, D, Chen Yongren; Please answer the question ......".

"The answer is D, Chen Yongren!".

"Congratulations on answering correctly, please listen to the next question, which of the following four actors did not participate in the movie "Two Smoking Guns"? A, Wu Zhenyu, B, Xu**, C, Wu Zixiong, D, Zou Xingchi......".

"I choose C, Wu Zixiong!".

……

"These questions are still very simple......."

"Nonsense, the earthquake and tsunami came at the beginning, who can withstand it? In that case, this show is not going to be done? ”。

The TV program continued, Chen Baixing said solemnly to Jiang Weihui: "Mr. Jiang, you have answered 11 questions correctly in a row, and you have come into contact with the second 'insurance line', if you quit now, we can guarantee that you leave here with a bonus of 80,000 Hong Kong dollars, if you continue to answer the question, you will have 150,000 Hong Kong dollars if you answer the next question correctly, but if you answer the next question incorrectly, you can only get a bonus of 60,000 Hong Kong dollars for the 10th question, do you choose to continue answering the questions?" ”。

Jiang Weihui struggled for a moment and said: "This time it was more sudden, I learned a limited amount of things, I was aware of the 7th question, I knew that the difficulty behind it would be higher and higher, in the 8th question I used '50:50' a trick, and the last question used 'live audience help', there is still the last tip available, I have been mentally prepared, bet on the next question, and choose to give up after answering, only hoping to get a bonus of 150,000 Hong Kong dollars, and I don't dare to think about it anymore!" ”。

Chen Baixing nodded appreciatively and said: "Mr. Jiang is very sensible, in fact, you can go back and watch the movie a few more times, our show is not limited to repeated registration in the first season of "Two Big Smoking Guns" in the first season of "Two Big Smoking Guns", even if you have been on stage!" ”。

Jiang Weihui's eyes lit up and said, "I will, ......."

Chen Baixing smiled: "Okay...... To move on to the next question, may I ask...... How many people died in the movie Two Smoking Guns? A, 12 people, B, 13 people, C15 people, D, 16 people, please select the answer ......".

Jiang Weihui's eyes widened and said, "I haven't counted ...... this."

Chen Baixing showed a mouthful of white teeth and said, "I haven't counted either!" ”。

Jiang Weihui sighed: "Let's call!" "Actually, he scolded his mother a little in his heart, and it is probably hopeless to ask people this question, right? Who has nothing to do to count how many people died in the movie! ”。

The drama staff dialed the number Jiang Weihui said, and after a while, they connected, and the audience heard a bitter voice say: "Brother Hui, needless to say, I'm also watching your show!" The answer is that I don't know either! ”。

Jiang Weihui said sluggishly: "Aren't you also in the film and television industry?" Don't usually pay attention to the dynamics of your peers? ”。

"I'm just the drama manager of a small crew, how can I have the ability to participate in other people's award-winning masterpieces at the World Film Festival?" The voice on the other end of the phone couldn't laugh or cry.

Jiang Weihui sighed: "I am equivalent to pressing 90,000 yuan on you, and now that a phone call is gone, you have to treat yourself to apologize!" ”。

"I'm ...... Brother Hui, you made 60,000 yuan all at once, and I didn't even open my mouth...... You've accused me first......."

Hanging up the phone, Chen Baixing had already taken a check of 60,000 Hong Kong dollars from the tray in his hand, and gave it to Jiang Weihui, who looked bitter, and comforted: "It's okay Mr. Jiang, take today's 60,000 yuan and go back to watch the movie a few more times, it's best to invite some relatives and friends to watch it together, and you can ask them for help next time you participate in the show......."

I don't know if Jiang Weihui heard the different flavor in Chen Baixing's words, and he was very grateful to the former and said: "Thank you Mr. Chen for reminding me, I will come back!" ”。

Chen Baixing said meaningfully: "There are three more episodes of this season's show, which means that there are still three million Hong Kong dollars beckoning to you!" ”。

Jiang Weihui said longingly: "When I go back, I will take people I know to watch a movie together, and I will continue to sign up for the next episode of the program ...... tomorrow."

Chen Baixing no longer paid attention to the former, he walked to the camera and said passionately: "Do you want to be a millionaire?" As long as you have a movie ticket for "Two Smoking Guns", you have a chance to fulfill this wish, do you want this wish to come true? Go to the cinema and watch "Two Smoking Guns", as long as you get a feel for this movie, a cash check for 1 million Hong Kong dollars will be placed in front of your eyes......".

The citizens of Hong Kong in front of the TV are even more crazy......

"I'm really going to give money! Cash check ......".

"It's a pity that the guy surnamed Jiang just now! I could have left with 80,000 yuan, but I lost 20,000 yuan because of greed! ”。

"But if you get one question right, there will be 150,000!"

"So what, it's still far from a million!".

"There is no limit to the number of times this show can be performed, and people can continue to sign up for the next issue, now that they have experience, isn't it more certain that the next episode will be on stage?".

"Cut...... It's not quite yet! I don't know if the check is real or fake! ”。

"Now the whole of Hong Kong is watching, and the media will definitely follow up and report it tomorrow!"

"Well, remember to buy a newspaper tomorrow!".

"What for?".

"See if it's true or not...... If it's fake, let's follow the newspaper to scold that Chen Yongren, if it's true, ......."

"Really?".

"Let's go see "Two Smoking Guns" tomorrow and be a millionaire ......."