62. The giants of wireless

Wang Tianlin is a veteran of TVB, a famous director in Hong Kong, a native of ZJ Shaoxing, born in S City. He has successively done printing, recording, field notes, assistant director, etc. In 1950, he officially became a director, and now decades have passed, and countless films have been made from him.

You must know that in a TV station, the threshold for working in TV drama production is very low, and there is almost no need for any professional surname, starting from scene reporters, field affairs, program assistants, and junior screenwriters, and these positions have the opportunity to be upgraded to the top coordinator of TV dramas - producer. But each type of wireless work is strictly subdivided, director, screenwriter, director, all part of the primary, intermediate, senior, it is impossible to climb to the sky in one step, each promotion takes an average of 3 to 5 years of accumulation, if there is a personnel change, there is just a vacancy, you may have the opportunity to take a shortcut, shorten the time required. It takes an average of about 20 years to go from the ordinary bottom to the producer, and the time to grow from an ordinary producer to a gold medal producer varies from person to person.

The producer has a lot of power, and he is the supreme leader of a crew or program group, which is equivalent to the director in the movie. Most of the work that TVB producers are responsible for is the general direction of the series, such as determining the story outline, selecting actors, planning the actual work situation, etc., so the quality of the drama directly depends on the control of the producer. As a top producer and veteran of wireless, Wang Tianlin certainly has his own company.

Wang Jing took Chen Yihua and the two walked to Wang Tianlin's office, along the way Chen Yihua saw several familiar faces in his previous life, wireless deserves the title of star factory, there are so many faces of stars in 76 years, in fact, the wireless training class was opened as early as 1971, once a year, a semester for a year. Half a year after the restructuring. The organisers are Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and Shaw Brothers Productions (run by TVB since 1979).

In 1967, the strategically minded Shaw shifted his focus to the then fledgling television industry, and the Hong Kong Television and Broadcasting Corporation (TVB), a media giant that was about to influence generations of Chinese, came into being. A few years later, the wireless artist training class, which is in line with the star system concept of "Shaw Brothers", was established. Perhaps Sir Shao himself could not have imagined that this star training base, which was originally produced for his own use, would later support Hong Kong, or half of the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration for Chen Yihua to see a lot of stars in later generations, all wireless classes are born from playing tricks, according to the rules of TVB, the average actor has to run for two or three years before he is expected to play a supporting role, and to get the opportunity to play the leading role, it often takes five or six years. It's a long process for young actors. Many people can't stand it and change careers, and most of those who stick to it will have a good future.

The famous Fa Ge in later generations, Chen Yihua has not seen him on TV, I remember that he should have entered the wireless training class in 74 years and Wu Mengda together, but I haven't seen it yet, it is estimated that he is still playing tricks.

'Dad, this is a friend I just met, Chen Shao' entered Wang Tianlin's office, and Wang Jing introduced Chen Yihua to him.

In front of Wang Tianlin, of course Chen Yihua didn't dare to hold it up, and as soon as Wang Jing finished introducing him, he immediately began to introduce himself; 'Uncle Lin, hello, my name is Chen Yihua, I am honored to meet you old, I admire you very much, I like your works very much, I am your loyal audience'

"Hehe, the young man is so polite, I'm ashamed to be ashamed" Wang Tianlin looked at the temperament of Chen Yihua and the two, an old and cunning person like him, of course, has a unique vision, at a glance, he knows that Chen Yihua and Zhao Kun are two people, Chen Yihua is the boss, Zhao Kun is the person under his hands, seeing Chen Yihua's unique temperament, Wang Tianlin is not too choked.

In fact, many people in later generations know Wang Jing, but many people may not have heard of the name of his father Wang Tianlin, this Wang Tianlin is actually not just a big director, he has also made cameos in many movies, everyone is not familiar with his name, but when they see him, they probably know who it is.

Wang Tianlin plays a bigwig or parent in many movies, and in the movie (underworld) directed by Leung Jiahui, Ren Dahua, and Louis Koo, Wang Tianlin is a high-ranking boss in it, which has a profound impact on future audiences. Chen Yihua feels that as a director, Wang Jing and his father are both successful, but both father and son have a star face effect, which makes Chen Yihua feel even more rare.

Chen Yihua and the two were polite to each other, and Wang Tianlin turned to the topic; "Is there something wrong with Chen Sheng's coming to wireless?"

"Well, Uncle Lin, I have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, this time I came to wireless is indeed for a business, I have several companies under my hands, one of the products is about to be listed, so I got an advertising video, I want to play it on your station, but unfortunately I have never been to your company, and I don't know who did it, fortunately I met Wang Jing, and by the way, I came to visit your old 'Chen Yihua did not hesitate, and directly said the business of coming to wireless.

"Oh, that's right, it's good for our company, and our company has to thank you for giving us a chance to make money," it seems that Wang Jing's skills are all learned from his father, and he can secretly praise people when he speaks.

Wang Tianlin hesitated after speaking, and then said; "Chen Sheng, although I work in wireless, I don't care about such things as advertising broadcasts, but I can introduce it to you, I believe that person will be very happy to see a young talent like you, and there will be no less discounts for you when the time comes."

"Who is the person Uncle Lin wants to introduce to me?" Chen Yihua was a little curious.

'The boss of Shaw Brothers, Run Run Shaw' Wang Tianlin said while looking at Chen Yihua's face.

"Oh, it turned out to be Uncle Shao Liu, who doesn't know his name in Hong Kong, I have admired the name for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to meet, I am too happy to meet such a legendary figure, here I want to thank Uncle Lin first" Chen Yihua did not expect Wang Tianlin to introduce him to the big boss of wireless.

Later, after listening to Wang Tianlin's introduction, I learned that it is Run Run Shaw's little wife Fang Yihua who is now in charge of advertising and investment, but Run Run Shaw likes some young talents very much, so he can introduce Chen Yihua to him.

'Sixth brother, this is the young talent I just met today, named Chen Yihua' It seems that Wang Tianlin has a very good relationship with Run Run Shaw, and when he arrived at his company, the two got along very casually and spoke very closely.

"Hello Uncle Six, it's okay to call me Ah Hua" Chen Yihua is even more unlikely to pretend to be big in front of Run Run Shaw, be arrogant when you should be arrogant, low-key when you should be low-key, and you can be arrogant in front of Wang Jing, because you have this capital, and you have the best attitude towards people like him.

Who is Run Run Shaw, not to mention people's capital, just in terms of age, Chen Yihua should respect people, respect for the elderly is a Chinese should have a character, no matter whether people are rich or not, the junior respects the elders is a person's basic etiquette, Wang Tianlin's worth is definitely not as good as Chen Yihua's, but Chen Yihua still respects his words and tone.

Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Limited, a well-known tycoon in Hong Kong and the big boss of Shaw Brothers, was established in Hong Kong in 1958 with Shaw as its president, and in the same year bought land in Clear Water Bay, Kowloon to build Shaw Brothers Cinemas.

Now Shaw has not quit the film industry, and Shaw Brothers Films and Golden Harvest Films are the two giants of Hong Kong.

In fact, the Shaw family can be said to be a legendary family in Hong Kong, and Run Run Shaw's father has 5 sons and 3 daughters. In 1907, Run Run Shaw was born, and he was the sixth oldest among his brothers and sisters, so the Hong Kong film and television industry respectfully called him "Sixth Uncle" and "Sixth Boss". When Run Run Shaw grew up, the Shaw family was already in the middle of the road, with only an old house in S City and a S City theater called "Laughing Stage".

None of the many brothers of the Shao family inherited their father's business, and almost all of them entered the entertainment industry. Among the five brothers, the eldest brother, Shao Zuiweng, founded Tianyi Film Company in 1924 and began to break into the Chinese film industry at that time. In 1926, Run Run Shaw, who had just graduated from secondary school, was invited by his third brother Shaw Renmei to go south to Singapore to help develop the Nanyang Film Market. After that, the Shaw Brothers took a dilapidated silent projector and the "Tianyi" film to tour the unaccompanied Nanyang countryside and set up amusement parks and cinemas.

In 1930, the Shaw Brothers established the "Shaw Brothers Company" in Singapore, and Run Run Shaw and his third brother Shaw Renmei established the Shaw Brothers and purchased a number of cinemas.

By the eve of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Shaw Brothers had more than 110 cinemas and 9 amusement parks in Singapore, Malaysia, Java, Vietnam, Borneo and other Southeast Asian countries, and established a complete film distribution network. At that time, "Tianyi" was in S City, and the Shaw Brothers were in Nanyang, they echoed the north and south, divided labor and cooperated, and jointly built the film kingdom of the Shaw family. In 1938, Tianyi Pictures officially changed its name to "Nanyang Film Company", and then the Second World War spread to Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Nanyang fell one after another, and the film career of the Shaw brothers was greatly hit.

If it weren't for the war, the Shaw Brothers Group might have been a tycoon among the tycoons, and the development would definitely be better than now, in fact, the Shaw Brothers were later divided into two companies, one was the Shaw Brothers father and son, and the other was the Shaw Brothers Company.

Shaw Brothers and Sons are the family business of Shaw Brothers, and Shaw Brothers' family company, Shaw Brothers and Sons, own a number of cinemas and real estate properties in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

The Shaw Brothers' industry is dominated by Run Run Shaw's shares, and the core industry is the Clear Water Bay land bought from the "father and son company" for 320,000 yuan, the Shaw Brothers Cinema, and the shares of TVB, as well as the Shaw Brothers Film Company and Hong Kong cinemas.

Although Shaw Brothers is now in charge of TVB, he is not the largest individual shareholder of Television Broadcasts Hong Kong, and it was not until 1980 that Shaw became the largest shareholder of TVB and became the chairman of the board of directors of TVB. At the same time, Shaw Brothers' film business continued to shrink, reducing films, and Shaw Brothers fully entered the television industry, and by 1985 it had sold all its theater chains. In 1987, the Shaw Brothers film was discontinued.

Therefore, the Shaw family is also a famous family in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and the name of the sixth uncle of Run Run Run Shaw is very famous in the Hong Kong business community, and he was awarded the CBE title by the Queen of England in 1974 a few years ago. By the next year, in 1977, he was knighted by the Queen of England.