In fact, even Wang Xiaohu himself didn't know that the butterfly effect after his rebirth not only exploded in the Hong Kong film industry, but also deeply affected the development of the Hong Kong television industry. [Full text reading]

So when he wanted to ask Run Run Shaw to talk about the TV series plan to be filmed in the next three years, he was told that Li Xiaohe, one of the three veterans of TVB, died of a heart attack, and Run Run Shaw and others were planning funerals and had no time to separate.

Although he is no longer a shareholder of TVB, Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi still went to Li Xiaohe's memorial service, Run Run Shaw presided over the memorial service and delivered a eulogy, and after Li Xiaohe was buried, Run Run Shaw and Wang Xiaohu sat calmly in the tea house to discuss business.

"Xiaohu, I'm going to transfer my life's main force to TVB." Run Run Shaw said with a heavy face: "The Lily Hysan family has already talked to me in the past few days, and their family will gradually fade out and still occupy a seat on the board of directors. ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded, which shows that Run Run Shaw has let go of the film industry and focuses on the TV station business, he can't say anything, and he can't say anything, only nodding silently.

After a long time, he spoke, "What are your plans for the future?" ”

"In the past, when Xiaohe was here, I didn't have to worry very much about the affairs of the TV station, but now I have to take it seriously." Shaw said: "I plan to bring out all the students who have graduated from the artist training course and let them practice in a few dramas. ”

"That's a good thing!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "After all, there are many young people in the training class who are very motivated, and you always have to give them a chance to get ahead." What episodes are you going to shoot? ”

"Gu Long's "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is ready to start, and I plan to let Taili focus on this one in the near future."

Run Run Shaw's words made Wang Xiaohu stunned for a moment, and then he said with relief: "Qiuguan and Sister Quan's partnership is very appealing, Lao Dou, your TV station is about to develop." By the way, has Su Rongrong's person been chosen? ”

"Actually, preparations for this drama began last year, Tianlin means to let Ah Zhi play Su Rongrong, after all, she hasn't acted in it for many years, but I feel that this will make Ah Zhi feel wronged, plus you and the mainland are busy filming "Myth". Run Run Shaw smacked his lips and said, "So we let Pan Yingzi go into battle." ”

"Oh." Wang Xiaohu is very satisfied with such an answer, since he has missed it, it doesn't matter.

Earlier, he was still entangled in this matter, and he was entangled because his delay made his wife miss the opportunity of a classic character, but now that he missed the schedule, he is much more comfortable in his heart. "Anyway, if I don't say it, no one in the world knows, does it?"

"You said earlier that you were going to talk to me about a few episodes, and to be honest, I'm looking forward to it." Run Run Shaw raised his head and said, "I just took over TVB in full, and I still need your help." ”

A generation of movie tycoons has almost lived in the shadow of Wang Xiaohu over the years, making movies is not as energetic as being a TV station, and the dramas filmed have never been able to surpass the ratings set by "Jingwumen".

"I'll give it my all." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "I want a few people by name, you have to pull them over unconditionally, and you can't have scheduling problems like "Jingwumen". ”

Originally, Run Run Shaw thought that Wang Xiaohu would bury a shadow in his heart because of the matter of TVB shares, but he didn't expect Wang Xiaohu to agree so happily, and promised at the moment: "You said the name, if I can't provide it properly, you can ask me for compensation." ”

"Ouyang Peishan, Lu Liangwei, Tang Zhenye, Jing Daiyin, Lin Jianming, Huang Xin"

Wang Xiaohu said a string of names like a few treasures, which gave Run Run Shaw a big headache, and he hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, I'll ask the secretary to write it down and check their schedule." ”

After the secretary counted the list of these personnel and sent them, Run Run Shaw's face suddenly turned green when he saw it, why, because among the actors Wang Xiaohu said, Ouyang Peishan, Jing Daiyin, and Tang Zhenye were all filming "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", and they were full of promises just now

"Xiaohu, schedule, schedule conflict! Can you delay a bit. Run Run Shaw said embarrassed.

"Okay, anyway, I'll work on the script first, and when the actors on your side are okay, I'm going to open a business." Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but smile, and Run Run Shaw's embarrassed appearance made him feel funny.

Suddenly, he remembered something again, waved his hand and said, "Who is that, Tang Zhenye still doesn't want it, I don't like him." ”

"Why?" Shaw asked puzzled: "A very beautiful young man, very self-motivated." ”

Wang Xiaohu snorted: "Anyway, I just don't like him very much, don't ask so much, the others have not changed." ”

Run Run Shaw sighed and asked, "Xiaohu, what is the name of the episode you want to film?" ”

"Shanghai Tang." Wang Xiaohu said without thinking, and his ears seemed to sound in an instant The classic music of "Running Waves, Waves", as well as the classic images of Xu Wenqiang, Ding Li, and Feng Chengcheng.

"Oh, by the way, first lend me your TVB gold medal screenwriter Gu Zhaofeng to use it for a few days." Wang Xiaohu almost forgot the original creator of "Shanghai Tang", and finally caught up with a good time without plagiarism, it is better to let Gu Zhaofeng, the gold medal screenwriter, be in charge of the script, at least he can be much easier.

When many people watch "Shanghai Tang", they remember the actors in the play. But the editor of the story was ignored, and not many people knew about Gu Zhaofeng, the original author. Even Wang Xiaohu himself knew about this person from a novel he occasionally saw in his previous life, and he also knew that Gu Zhaofeng was Wei Jiahui's apprentice.

"Hah!"

Wang Xiaohu's brainless words made Run Run Shaw not react, and said with a smile on his tea: "It is true that he is a screenwriter of a TV station, but he is not a gold medal screenwriter, you must know that no one in Hong Kong except you Wang Xiaohu dares to use the title of a gold medal screenwriter." ”

Wang Xiaohu scratched his head with a dry smile and said, "Lao Dou, you also like to make fun of me." ”

Run Run Shaw did not dwell on this issue, but said to Wang Xiaohu with a strange expression: "I know Gu Zhaofeng, maybe even you know, after the release of "The Righteous Hero", he became interested in the theme of Shanghai Tang. ”

Wang Xiaohu suddenly became interested, and reluctantly suppressed his surprise and asked, "Why didn't Lao Dou adapt his novel into a TV series?" ”

"Taili is now mainly promoting costume dramas, no one can shoot this kind of Republic of China-style TV series well, and only you are interested in the theme of the Republic of China." Run Run Shaw smiled and said, "That's fine, the cooperation between the two of you who are interested in Shanghai should be able to collide with each other." ”

Wang Xiaohu also smiled, his white teeth exposed, and urged Run Run Shaw to say, "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and call Gu Zhaofeng for afternoon tea." ”

"You, you're more fatal than anyone else." Run Run Shaw sighed helplessly, stood up and left: "There are a bunch of messy things in the station to deal with, you wait for Gu Zhaofeng here, I will ask the driver to send him over." ”

"Okay!" Wang Xiaohu didn't send him either, drank tea by himself, and suddenly grinned, the 80s was the most blowout era of Hong Kong drama production, young people, crazy creation and transcendent ideas, only then did they have this eternal "wave rush".

Wang Xiaohu also felt very lucky in his heart while sighing, and when he was thinking nonsense, the door of the room was pushed open, and he saw a middle-aged man with long hair walking in.

The person who came was polite, and as soon as he walked in, he said politely: "Brother Hu, do you have something to do with me?" ”

No need to ask, this person is Gu Zhaofeng that Wang Xiaohu is looking for.

After patting the seat next to him, Wang Xiaohu said, "Come, do it here, there are some things I want to talk to you about." ”

Gu Zhaofeng sat down obediently, although he now has a considerable level of TVB, and he is one of the instructors of the TV screenwriting training class, but the person in front of him is the most powerful temple-level figure in the Hong Kong screenwriting industry, and he is still very excited and nervous.

"Brother Tiger," Gu Zhaofeng said with some tate, "What is the matter?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled slightly, avoided the hot eyes of the recall, lifted the teapot with his right hand and poured him a bowl of tea, and then said: "I heard that you wrote a novel called Shanghai Tang Romance in Taiwan?" ”

"Yes, there is." Gu Zhaofeng was first surprised, and then said embarrassedly: "Actually, after Brother Tiger's "Righteous Hero" was released, I was very interested in the vendetta of the gang in Shanghai, and later I wanted to go to Brother Tiger's screenwriting training class to study, but the stage didn't let go, so I wrote it blindly, if this made Brother Tiger unhappy, I, I won't write it." ”

Wang Xiaohu couldn't smile bitterly when he heard this, Gu Zhaofeng, an emotional person, regarded himself as a Xingshi today, no wonder he was so nervous when he came in.

"I'm upset about something." Wang Xiaohu patted Gu Zhaofeng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I came to you today, mainly to talk about how to adapt your novel into a TV series." ”

"Huh?" Gu Zhaofeng was taken aback, and it took a while before he came back to his senses, and asked excitedly, "Brother Hu, you didn't lie to me, did you?" ”

"How could I lie to you." Wang Xiaohu laughed, raised the cup with tea and took a sip and said, "Come, tell me about the general plot of the novel." ”

In fact, "Shanghai Tang" is a legendary novel written according to the special social background at that time, in addition to the almost similar social background, it also reflects the tycoons in Shanghai at that time, among which Xu Wenqiang is Du Yuesheng and Feng Jingyao is the prototype of Huang Jinrong.

However, it is clear that the plot of Gu Zhaofeng's novel is very messy, far less smooth and attractive than the plot in Wang Xiaohu's memory, but Wang Xiaohu still caught the magic of the original "Shanghai Tang" from Gu Zhaofeng's three-hour narration.

"Maybe the screenwriters of TVB back then picked out these classic scripts with dramatic surnames."

Wang Xiaohu thought secretly in his heart, and after Gu Zhaofeng finished speaking, he motioned to the other party to drink tea to moisten his throat first.

"Oh." Gu Zhaofeng nodded chaotically, the excitement in his heart was already difficult to add, and the hand holding the teacup began to tremble.

After he drank the tea, he looked at Wang Xiaohu with a look of hope, and his heart was fluttering and fluttering, and he was very worried.

After all, these things are all cranky things that he has been thinking about for several years, and after all, they are not mature scripts, and they can't be put on the stage.

"In this way" Wang Xiaohu thought for a while and said: "I also listened to the novel you just wrote in detail, and on the whole I still have a lot of ideas, but it's too messy, I roughly summarized it, we don't want those complicated things, just pick out the process of fighting for their future and love by two people with different cultural backgrounds, Xu Wenqiang and Ding Li, Peking college students."

Wang Xiaohu recalled the general plot of "Shanghai Tang", and combined with the plot of Gu Zhaofeng's novel, he began to sort out clearer ideas, after all, this TV series is very old, and some plots are very vague to him, he just gave Gu Zhaofeng a general idea and general outline, so that he and the screenwriter team of Concord could recreate the classic of "Shanghai Tang".

Gu Zhaofeng listened word for word, the admiration in his heart could no longer be expressed in words, if he had to use words to describe his admiration for Wang Xiaohu at this time, there was only one word: strong!

After Gu Zhaofeng waited for Wang Xiaohu to finish speaking, he respectfully poured tea for Wang Xiaohu, offered it with both hands and said, "Brother Hu, I have gained too much from you today, thank you for teaching me alone." ”

"Huh. Don't be so polite. Wang Xiaohu took the tea and drank it, and said to Gu Zhaofeng: "If any of your friends are interested in the adaptation of this novel, you can bring them in, I plan to shoot this drama this year." ”

"That's great!" Gu Zhaofeng's hands trembled with excitement, and the tea was spilled, he didn't care about it, and danced with his hands: "I discussed this novel with five or six friends in Taili, but everyone couldn't find investment, and if Brother Tiger invested, they would be very happy." ”

Looking at the elated Gu Zhaofeng, Wang Xiaohu was also happy for him in his heart, and after paying for the tea, he asked Gu Zhaofeng to go back and prepare, and take his friends to the Concord Company tomorrow to report, about the procedures for secondment, don't let Gu Zhaofeng worry.

After returning home, Wang Xiaohu hummed the tune of "Shanghai Tang", and happily pushed open the door of the bedroom, seeing that his wife was teaching his son to speak English.

"Prince, how many words have you learned today?"

When Wang Jiaen saw his father coming back, he rushed over at a trot, hugged Wang Xiaohu's thigh and said, "Daddy, you finally came back to save me, I was about to be driven crazy by Mommy." ”

"Huh?" Wang Xiaohu coughed twice: "Why did Mommy force you?" ”

"She made me memorize a lot of foreign languages, I don't like it." Wang Jiaen said aggrievedly.

"Children always have to learn foreign languages, so that they can study abroad in the future." Zhao Yazhi sighed.

Wang Xiaohu said helplessly: "Son, I feel that what my mother said is very correct, you now not only have to learn foreign languages, but also learn Chinese with your father." ”

Wang Jiaen looked at this and that pitifully, and finally lowered his head aggrievedly.

"Okay, don't pretend to be pitiful here, Daddy is giving you a holiday now, go downstairs to play."

"Long live Daddy!" When Wang Jiaen heard this, he jumped up and ran out happily.

Zhao Yazhi said depressedly: "You, this will spoil him." ”

"It's okay, a child's childhood should be carefree." Wang Xiaohu hugged his wife and said, "By the way, Ah Zhi, I'll find you a good script, it's very challenging."

(To be continued)