On the first day of arrival in Hong Kong with the second batch of CCTV personnel who went to Hong Kong for study and exchange, they took a short rest in the hotel in the morning, and soon after the afternoon, Zhang Shaolin decided to go out for a walk by himself.

It's just that it's the first time he's been to Hong Kong, and I've inquired with him before I came, and I've heard that Hong Kong people speak Cantonese a lot, and he's a northern man with Mandarin and a northern dialect, and he hasn't really learned much about the southern Cantonese language.

I had to dig out a thin book from the luggage that the leader had sent each person before coming, which was densely written down twenty or thirty mainland actors who had mixed well in Hong Kong in the past two years, and he rummaged through it for a while and saw that the name Zhou Yemang was a little familiar, and after thinking for a while, he remembered who this person was, and quickly wrote down his phone number in Hong Kong, thinking that he should not be busy with this kung fu, so he called the hotel landline.

"Thunder Monkey ......"

The call just dialed and it was quickly connected. On the other side of the street was a man answering the phone, and one mouth was a greeting that made people listen to it a little hard.

Zhang Shaolin couldn't be sure if the other party was Zhou Yemang, so he tried to ask in Mandarin: "May I ask if this is Mr. Zhou Yemang's phone?" ”

The phone was stunned, but he quickly reacted, and immediately replied in Mandarin: "I'm Zhou Yemang, a new comrade from the mainland." Hello, is there anything I can help me with? ”

Although it was polite, Zhou Yemang on the other side of the phone gave people a very confident feeling. Zhang Shaolin was a little surprised by this, a few years ago when he was still on Shanxi TV, he visited director Xie Jinda when he went to Shanghai on a business trip, and it was his junior Zhou Yemang who he met at home, and the only impression left on him was that he was 'a rare beautiful man', and there was nothing more.

He vaguely remembered that when chatting with Xie Jin that day, he revealed that he was about to take charge of the filming of "Yang Jiajiang", and afterwards Zhou Yemang also recommended himself to him, and called him several times for this. It's a pity that although he is a director, he only has the right to recommend people, although he also helped introduce him to the TV station, but unfortunately the top management of the TV station thought that Zhou Yemang was too handsome, and he lacked a little bit of the heroism that the Yang family should have, so they didn't fancy him.

Zhang Shaolin still remembers that he knew that he was not selected at that time, and he didn't want to be so confident for a few years.

Curiosity is curiosity, and it is rare to see an acquaintance Zhang Shaolin couldn't help but bring a little affection, and said: "Xiao Zhou, don't you remember me." I'm Zhang Shaolin from Shanxi Terrace! ”

"Oh, it's Director Zhang!" Zhou Yemang obviously remembered him, and his voice became eager, "Shanxi TV has also been given a place to exchange and study with Hong Kong Asia Television?" Where are you now, if it is convenient to come out, let me, the half of the landlord, entertain me. ”

Hearing him so polite, Zhang Shaolin was a little happy and a little embarrassed. At the beginning, Zhou Yemang wanted to join "Yang Jiajiang", although he helped write a recommendation note, but after all, there was no one in the TV station, so he didn't help at all. However, he is new to Hong Kong and is not familiar with the place, and after tomorrow, he will either have group activities or visit and study, and there will be very little private rest time. Hong Kong in the early 90s had an indescribable allure for anyone on the mainland who had just undergone reforms, even at his age.

At that moment, Zhang Shaolin asked: "I came with CCTV this time, Xiao Zhou, are you free now, I just arrived in Hong Kong and I am not familiar with life, if it is convenient for you, can you help me take me around the city?" ”

"That's a coincidence, I just didn't have a chance today. Okay, where are you staying now, I just got my Hong Kong driver's license last month, I'll rent a car and accompany you to see everywhere! ”

After Zhang Shaolin said the name of the hotel where he was staying, he thanked him again. About an hour later, Zhou Yemang drove to his hotel, and through the lobby service staff, dialed the internal phone in his room and asked him to go down.

As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw a man in a suit and leather shoes standing in the hall, and he thought it was a big boss here in Hong Kong, so he didn't pay much attention. Who knew that the man took the initiative to walk towards him, and the two got closer before they heard him say in the Mandarin he was familiar with: "Director Zhang, you are still so energetic after a long time of not seeing!" ”

Seeing Zhou Yemang again after many years, Zhang Shaolin was also taken aback. He carefully looked at Zhou Yemang, who looked like the boss, for a while, and then asked in surprise: "Xiao Zhou, your current changes are quite big!" ”

Zhou Yemang smiled, knowing what he was referring to. Now is the time when suits are popular in the mainland, and a suit of good materials can be sold for thousands of yuan, and many people's annual salary is not enough to buy a set. However, the suit has been hyped up in the mainland, and in the outside world, it is just an ordinary set of clothes suitable for formal and guest occasions, like the casual suit on his body is only a local brand, and it is only over 1,000 Hong Kong dollars in the Goldlion store in Causeway Bay. With his current income in Hong Kong, it's really nothing.

After leading him out of the hotel, Zhou Yemang reminded with a smile: "Hong Kong people are xenophobic, they speak Cantonese, and they can't communicate in Mandarin here like in the mainland, otherwise most of those small traders will not bother to take care of us!" ”

Zhang Shaolin didn't pay much attention to it, like he was in Shanghai last year, when he ate in a restaurant, an Anhui vendor had a stronger accent, and the old Shanghai woman in the restaurant looked down on him.

China's regional view was not formed in a day or two, the area where the country lived more than 2,000 years ago was only the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and with the gradual expansion and annexation of foreign countries, it finally had today's national territory. Inside, it is a fusion of hundreds of descendants of the forces that have been annexed, countless scripts, countless slang dialects, and fortunately there is a powerful voice to guide everything, otherwise I don't know what the chaos will be.

Zhou Yemang rented a Toyota Crown, which is the most common in Hong Kong rental houses, but this car is rare in the mainland. Zhang Shaolin got into the car and sat in the passenger seat, and couldn't help but be amazed.

"Hong Kong, like most foreign countries, practices left-wing exercise!" Zhou Yemang smiled and fastened his seat belt, "I wasn't used to it at first, but then I didn't care about it when I saw it too much!" ”

After the car started slowly, he didn't drive fast, Zhang Shaolin was a little puzzled at first, but with the traffic jam after the two intersections, he understood why he was here!

"There is no way, because Hong Kong has less land and more people, many streets are not as wide as our mainland cities, and there are often traffic jams in prosperous areas, especially when commuting to work, it is often blocked for an hour or two. I heard that the newly appointed Governor of Hong Kong is proposing to widen the main roads in Hong Kong, but I wonder if it can be completed before the handover! ”

After driving slowly for more than 20 minutes, the number of vehicles gradually decreased, and Zhou Yemang also drove faster, he was concentrating on two things, and while driving, he introduced Zhang Shaolin to some nearby attractions and shops, and said it vividly.

Seeing Hong Kong full of flowers, Zhang Shaolin was a little puzzled, "If you want to say that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has just passed, why can't you see the atmosphere of the New Year here in Hong Kong?" ”

"Hong Kong people, like the southern provinces, don't have a New Year's atmosphere. The great director Lin Xiaozhi and Director Zhang should know, I heard that he did not return to Hong Kong at all during the Chinese New Year this year, and he is still filming a new movie in Egypt with the crew. Some of the daily festivals here in Hong Kong are also half Chinese and Western, so we really have to divide them carefully, and Hong Kong people's holidays are more Chinese and Western holidays! ”

Both of them knew that this was probably because Hong Kong had been occupied by the British since the end of the Qing Dynasty and had been under British rule for more than a century. However, Zhou Yemang's mention of Lin Xiaozhi made Zhang Shaolin interested. In the past publicity, Lin Xiaozhi has been widely known for his wealthy identity and a world-famous director, and he is also a super-rich man with a net worth of far more than 10 billion, and he is a very legendary person.

Speaking of which, the reason why Hong Kong has been able to maintain close ties with the mainland in recent years is that I heard that he is also fueling the troubles. He not only owns a television station under his name, but also owns a number of newspaper media, and has also single-handedly promoted exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong's film and television industry and the mainland.

Zhang Shaolin is also one of the beneficiaries, he originally worked for Shanxi TV Station, and the year before last, because of the handheld filming of the popular TV series in China - "Yang Jiajiang", his fame in China gradually climbed.

After the close cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland began last year, CCTV soon launched a comprehensive cooperation with ATV, not only got an investment from Hong Kong for the follow-up filming of "Journey to the West", but also signed a number of film and television works between the two sides. In addition, the two sides have also established some more in-depth cooperation through the investment in the sequel to "Journey to the West", for example, this time he was favored by CCTV and invited to prepare for him to take charge of the filming of "Water Margin".

That's right, it's "Water Margin", one of the four famous novels!

Zhang Shaolin never thought that people in Hong Kong would have seen him shoot "Yang Jiajiang", especially the big boss Lin Xiaozhi personally named him, hoping that the mainland would invite him to be the director and take charge of the filming of "Water Margin".

ATV now cooperates with only two TV stations in the mainland, one is Shenzhen TV, which has recently skyrocketed in the ratings in the southern region, but its rise is based on the introduction of a large number of ATV's hit TV series and variety shows imitating ATV, because it has not been supported by Guangdong Province for a long time in the past, and its real strength and heritage need to be strengthened.

However, ATV's other cooperative TV station in the mainland is none other than the powerful CCTV station.

CCTV is very interested in the four famous novels proposed by ATV, on the one hand, out of political considerations, and the close cooperation between the two places before the return to the motherland has no intention of adding a lot of words. On the other hand, although today's CCTV has lost first-class in China in terms of influence and strength, there are many gaps in terms of content production, innovative concepts, or production funds for TV dramas, compared with ATV, which has been in commercial operation for many years.

So, the two sides hit it off.

ATV provided funds and production technical support, and will also send some artists and production staff to participate in the shooting, while CCTV learned the new TV series production concept that it lacked the most, and also used ATV's funds to train its own team.

As for him, CCTV just sent a notice to Shanxi TV, and easily transferred his compilation to CCTV.