222 [Jiashi was established]
With the addition of the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Master of the Yuan Family Class, Wang's actor team has grown one step further.
Wang Zijun bought tickets for several people, personally put them on the plane, and at the same time called Bai Muyang to tell him that he must reuse these people. Of course, this reuse should not be too deliberate.
After that, Wang Zijun hid back in the hotel and began to write the script of Cheng Long's famous work "Drunken Fist", planning to pick up Cheng Long first. Now although the three daughters of the Wang family, Lin Qingxia, Zhao Yazhi, and Lin Fengjiao, are famous, they can only be regarded as hovering between first- and second-tier stars because they have only acted in one or two movies. In addition, Qin Xianglin made two literary films, one of which is a Qiong Yao drama, and his handsome appearance has also won many audiences. Ke Shouliang's fame has risen very steadily, but because he has never been the protagonist, he is at most a second-tier supporting role.
It can be said that the entire Wang family is holding on to Wang Zijun alone.
Wang Zijun is now thinking about writing a few better scripts and cultivating a few big stars, Cheng Long is undoubtedly a good choice.
The publicity for "If You Don't Sell Anything" in Hong Kong began last week, just two months after Wong Zijun and Teresa Teng and Teddy Robin sang at the Hong Kong City Hall, and then released the trio's only band record, and the sensation is still not over.
Last year's "Bloody Lonely City", due to too many group scenes, although many Hong Kong people watched the movie and watched it lively, but not many people really remembered Wang Zijun, and most Hong Kong people's first impression of Wang Zijun was still a singer at that time. It wasn't until "Shanghai Tang" became popular in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia that Wang Zijun was really well-known as an actor, and he could barely be regarded as a first-line film and television star.
is now Wang Zijun's second movie, and his fame and reputation have accumulated a lot, and there is no need to open up the wasteland, so the publicity work should be much better.
The movie posters on the street were not posted for two days, and the movie trailers on TV spread the word of mouth, and even people who had never watched movies knew that Wang Zijun's new film was about to be released in Hong Kong.
At the same time, Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" also began to promote it vigorously. Its gimmicks are even international cooperation, Hollywood stars, famous directors and the like, which has aroused great interest among fans, who want to see what this blockbuster that costs more than $800,000 is like.
And the film critics who watched the midnight show of "Enter the Dragon" that night also gave praise one after another, praising "Enter the Dragon" without hesitation, according to them, this movie can directly compete for the Oscar.
However, the main battlefield of the promotion of "Enter the Dragon" is not in Hong Kong at all, but in the United States.
Wang Zijun knows how terrifying the American box office of "Enter the Dragon" is.
Next, people were surprised to find from the report that Wang Zijun and Bruce Lee's new films were actually released on the same day, and they didn't know which one to watch first.
Just two days before the release of the film, the news about the additional issuance of Hong Kong TV licenses was finally revealed. A total of two TV licences were issued for the operation of TVB commercial television stations in Hong Kong. One of them was awarded to Leigh's TV, which plans to stop broadcasting in November this year and change from cable TV to TVB; The other went to an up-and-coming television station.
Before that, the reporters didn't know anything about the name, the person in charge, the shareholders, the framework, and so on.
On the same day, Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong Commercial Radio, Sing Tao Daily, Overseas Chinese Daily, Industrial and Commercial Daily and Wong's (Hong Kong) Film Company jointly held a press conference to announce the establishment of Jiayi TV Station.
Except for a few media outlets under the control of shareholders, other newspapers and magazines were shocked after receiving the invitation letters, and they had a premonition that another strong baby was about to be born in Hong Kong's media circles.
On the morning of the same day, many media outlets from Hong Kong and Taiwan sent reporters one after another, preparing to dig up first-hand information. The reporters in Taiwan are more interested in Wang Zijun, a stinky Ah Fei of a gang, who started from scratch in two years and created a huge company, and now he can actually open a TV station in Hong Kong, which is simply the pride of Taiwanese.
At about nine o'clock in the morning, Wang Zijun and several other shareholders came one after another, and after everything was ready, several people walked to the rostrum.
He Shili flipped through the information in his hand and said to Wang Zijun: "Mr. Wang is worthy of the name of a genius, and the design of the platform logo is impressive. ”
"It's just a small skill of carving insects, you old men are the real heroes, otherwise I don't know if I can get 5% of the shares." Wang Zijun said with a smile, thinking that I just copied and drew a few strokes casually.
Cen Weixiu said: "You little ghost is a slippery head, and you don't care about anything if you are a hands-off shopkeeper." ”
Wang Zijun smiled and didn't speak, in fact, several old men didn't participate in all the negotiations, more often they let their negotiators fight each other, and the parties were not there at all. Anyway, they relied on one word - grinding, grinding until Jardine Matheson and commercial radio had to agree.
After more than half a year of stubborn fighting, the shares of several companies have been determined a few days ago. Among them, Jardine Matheson accounted for 27%, commercial radio accounted for 18%, overseas Chinese newspaper accounted for 18%, Sing Tao newspaper accounted for 14%, industrial and commercial newspaper accounted for 14%, and Wang's Film Company accounted for 9%.
And the so-called Wong's (Hong Kong) Film Company is an empty shell at this time. And the same is true of Jiayi TV, except for the name, there is not even a single employee at the moment, from preparation to broadcast, it will take at least a year and a half to start.
"Who's that guy?" Wang Zijun pointed to a ghost guy who came over and asked.
Cen Weixiu said: "Henry. Kaisark, Managing Director of Jardine Matheson. I didn't expect him to come in person today. ”
"Hi Mr. Cen, we're meeting again." Henry. Kaisarc greeted from afar.
"Hello, Mr. Caesar." Cen Weixiu replied with a smile, and it seemed that the relationship between the two was not very harmonious.
"Ah, you are king, and my son loves your breakdancing, will it be an honor to invite you to my family party?" Henry. Kaisark seemed to suddenly see Wang Zijun and said in surprise.
"It's an honor." Wang Zijun smiled, but he didn't have a good impression of this person in his heart, and the tone of the other party's speech was too fake.
Henry. Kaisark was a member of a branch of the family of Jardine's doctors, the founder of Jardine's Co., Ltd., and the people of this branch now held most of the power of the long-established group.
In 1840, with a petition signed by hundreds of British businessmen, he successfully persuaded the British Parliament to wage war against China, and formulated a detailed war plan, strategic map, war tactics, support and political needs, and even the supply of troops and warships. This plan became known as Project Jardine, and the First Opium War began.
It can be said that this Jardine Matheson Co. grew up by sucking the blood of the Chinese people. And the descendants of the Jardine family are still enjoying the life of a superior person on the soil of China at this moment. In the Hong Kong stock market crash that broke out this year, Jardine Matheson was also one of the driving forces behind the scenes, once again sucking up the blood and sweat of countless Hong Kong stockholders.
Wang Zijun quietly and Henry. Caesar talked as if they were old friends. When the time came, he walked behind Cen Weixiu and the others in a very low-key manner, occasionally waving to the reporters below.
Several shareholders walked all the way, and the photojournalist below frantically pressed the shutter, and for a moment the magnesium lights flashed in the room and people couldn't open their eyes.
Henry. As the largest shareholder representative, Kaisark first announced the establishment and purpose of Jiayi TV, and said that it had obtained a TV license.
Then he showed some signing documents, TV licenses, and the enlarged TV station logo, and then entered the stage of reporters' questions.
"Mr. Henry, I am Yu Hui, a reporter from Ming Pao, what is the current scale of Jiayi TV and when is it going to be broadcast?"
"It is currently under construction, and the specific start time is still uncertain."
"Excuse me, does Jiayi TV have a Chinese channel?"
Cen Weixiu said: "There is a Chinese station, and there is only one Chinese station. The purpose of Jiayi TV is to promote and spread culture, especially traditional Confucian culture. ”
"Excuse me, is there any special significance to the hexagonal logo of this TV station?"
He Shili said: "The emblem of Jiashi is a circular hexagonal shape composed of six lines at an angle of 120 degrees, representing the "six arts" of Chinese Confucianism - etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and mathematics; At the same time, it also represents the six major shareholders of Jiayi TV. This emblem was designed by Director Wang Zijun and won our unanimous approval. ”
"Wang Zijun is Taiwanese, why did he let him enter the TV station in Hong Kong?" Suddenly, a reporter raised his hand.
Everyone's eyes converged on Wang Zijun, and Wang Zijun smiled and asked, "May I ask this reporter's surname?" ”
"My surname is Lu." The reporter replied.
"Which media is Reporter Lu from?" Wang Zijun continued to ask.
"Wen Wei Po." The reporter surnamed Lu said.
Wang Zijun suddenly realized that it was a leftist newspaper, so it was no wonder that he wanted to make things difficult for him.
Wang Zijun's series of pro-Kuomintang behaviors in the past two years have been regarded as a loyal rightist, and even a few people with ill intentions have scolded Wang Zijun as a lackey of the Kuomintang. "Wen Wei Po" has the task of guiding public opinion in Hong Kong, and it has always been biased towards the mainland, and Wang Zijun, a lackey of the Kuomintang, has entered the Hong Kong television industry, so the public opinion orientation of Jiayi TV will naturally speak for the Kuomintang in the future.
What's even more terrifying is that in addition to Wang Zijun, there are three shareholders, which are also pro-Kuomintang, and these people are working together to run a TV station, so how can they get it? That's why you have to come out and make some trouble.
Wang Zijun tapped his fingers on the table and asked, "You ask me why a Taiwanese can go to Hong Kong to run a TV station." Then I would like to ask reporter Lu, is Hong Kong China's territory? ”
The reporter surnamed Lu replied: "Hong Kong is a leased land, and it will be returned to the People's Republic of China when it expires, so it is naturally the territory of the People's Republic of China. ”
This person deliberately emphasized the People's Republic of China, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many people at the scene. A few years before the Cultural Revolution from the mainland reached Hong Kong, the underground people in the dark mobilized the pro-communist people to play the Cultural Revolution in Hong Kong, which eventually turned into a riot, killing and injuring many people, causing land prices to plummet and social turmoil. At this time, Hong Kong people's impression of the mainland was the worst.
A wall-riding faction like Jin Yong, who was pro-Communist for a while, pro-country for a while, and centered for a while, has also been pushed to the Kuomintang side by the Cultural Revolution in the past two years.
This prejudice of Hong Kong people against the mainland was not visible in many films until the 80s, and it was not slowly eliminated until the 90s.
Wang Zijun smiled: "Then let me ask again, is Taiwan China's land?" ”
The reporter surnamed Lu was a little stunned, and felt that it was not good to answer, so he had to nod and say, "Yes." ”
"It's all China's land, whether it's Taiwanese or Hong Kongers, it's all Chinese." Wang Zijun slammed the table and asked loudly, "Why can't the Chinese run a TV station on Chinese soil?" ”
"Good!" The Chinese reporters at the scene applauded in unison, and then quickly recorded in the shorthand book, Director Wang Zijun's skillful cross-examination on the spot, which is a news selling point.
The reporter surnamed Lu was sweating profusely, and opened his mouth several times to refute, but he didn't know how to speak. He originally wanted to use the difference between Taiwanese and Hong Kong people to arouse the hostility of Hong Kong locals towards Wang Zijun, but he didn't expect to be easily resolved by Wang Zijun.
"Reporter Lu, do you have anything else to ask?" Wang Zijun asked.
"No, no." The reporter surnamed Lu wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat down.
A Taiwanese reporter looked at the man and stood up happily and said, "Mr. Wang, we know that you have to film, release records, and manage a company in Taiwan. Will you personally participate in the formation of Jiayi TV? ”
Wang Zijun said with a smile: "How can you have so much energy, we hold this press conference today, and another purpose is to hope that all the talents who are interested in the TV career can come to work on Jiayi TV." Hehe, you're all veterans since you came. ”
Another Taiwanese reporter said: "Zijun, "If the Wine Sells Nothing" will be released in Hong Kong in two days, are you sure to defeat Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon"? ”
"Ahem," Wang Zijun said in a sweat, "Today is a press conference about the TV station, please don't ask questions that are not related to the topic." In addition, Mr. He Zuozhi is the general manager of the TV station, and you can ask him about the specific affairs of the TV station. ”
He Zuozhi is He Dong's illegitimate son and the founder of Commercial Radio, and He Shili, another shareholder of Jiayi TV Station, is He Dong's third son-in-law, the two are still brothers, but He Shili loves China so much that he personally participated in the Anti-Japanese War, and the other often interacts with ghosts, and the concept is very different, and the relationship between the two is not very harmonious.
As for how the commercial radio station was said by Cen Weixiu and others to be a group of foreigners, Wang Zijun didn't understand it very well, and it is estimated that He Zuozhi's relationship with some British-funded groups is unclear.
He Zuozhi has experience in preparing and developing commercial radio stations, and he also has a large number of radio and television networks, so after several shareholders discussed, they also agreed with him to prepare for the establishment of a television station. No matter how contradictory the shareholders are, it is unanimously pursued to grow the TV station and make a profit in the end.
Of course, except for Wang Zijun, the guy who stood aside and waited to see a good show.
(To be continued)