In the eyes of attention, "The Voice of Asia" finally officially started ten days ago, the new competition rules, the super dazzling stage design, the top star mentors, coupled with the continuous publicity and public opinion bombardment before the broadcast, made the premiere of "The Voice of Asia" create a high rating of 25 points, which not only exceeded the 24 o'clock when the wireless "Super Girl" premiered, but also approached the highest rating in the history of ATV, which made the whole station rejoice, and there was a feeling of raising eyebrows, I heard that when Qiu Degen learned the ratings, he was so happy that he had already quit drinking for many years, and he made an exception and poured himself half a glass of whisky to celebrate.

At the same time, the broadcast of "Super Girl" was seriously affected by "The Voice of Asia", and the ratings were only 36 points, a plummeting 10 points from 46 points last week.

In the second issue, "The Voice of Asia" made persistent efforts, and the ratings reached a new high, reaching 29 points, exceeding the highest ratings in ATV's history, in stark contrast, the ratings of "Super Girl" fell by 2 percentage points again, leaving only 34 points.

Such a situation can be described as a very good situation, and ATV director Li Zhuanglie even released a statement, saying that in two more episodes at most, the ratings of "The Voice of Asia" will surpass "Super Girl". In this regard, the wireless side naturally can't lose momentum, and anyone will say big things when they fight back, and they will talk about it when it really exceeds it.

It can be said that the most concerned thing in Hong Kong is the ratings war between TVB and ATV, and even "Truant Dragon" has to stand aside.

Gu Chen just walked into Qiu Degen's office under the leadership of the secretary, and saw the latter answer to him with a smile, "I said Ah Chen, you are a little incompetent as the executive chairman, you haven't come to ATV for several days, if your office is not cleaned every day, I think it will be covered with dust." ”

"Old Qiu, this is laughing at me, I am a layman, how can I be like Old Qiu, your children are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and they can help you share your career."

When it comes to his children, Qiu Degen is basically satisfied, but compared with Gu Chen...... It's not better than I don't know how to do it, and the gap comes out as soon as I compare it, and I can't help but shake my head and say: "It's good, but it's more than enough, and it's not enough to be aggressive, if it's compared with you, it's even worse." ”

The two sat down on the sofa, Gu Chen smiled, and said: "Old Qiu, your requirements can't be too high, how many rich families have appeared in Hong Kong since the opening of the port, but when the older generation passes away, how many can maintain the family business, which one is not gradually declining." ”

"Alas, it's even more difficult to start a business and keep a business, don't talk about this, you know the ratings of the second episode of "The Voice of Asia", right?" Speaking of "The Voice of Asia", the emotion on Qiu Degen's face suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by an old face that was smiling quickly.

"Now there are reports about "The Voice of Asia" and "Super Girl" in newspapers all over Hong Kong every day, how can I not know how to do it, looking at your appearance Qiu Lao, you should be in a good mood these days, I heard that you made an exception a few days ago and drank half a glass of whiskey?"

"Since I took over ATV, although I have also filmed several good TV series, whether it is in terms of ratings or influence, ATV and wireless are still far behind, in general, ATV only guarantees that it can make a slight surplus every day after not losing money, only this "The Voice of Asia" let me really see the opportunity to surpass wireless, if I can really get my wish, then my wish will be gone."

It was not until the early 80s, after becoming a wealthy man in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia that he once again set his sights on the film industry, and then joined the then Lee TV station, which is now ATV. And now that he has entered the industry, it is natural that he wants to surpass the giant TVB in this industry and succeed like his other ventures. Later, the reason why he sold ATV's shares to Lin Baixin was mostly because he saw that there was no hope of surpassing wireless in this life, so he chose to leave the market gloomily.

"Actually, Mr. Qiu, you started from scratch, and the fact that you have created such a large family business in the past few decades is far beyond the reach of people, so why bother with some things from the past. And there is a specialization in the art industry, Uncle Shao Liu was born to engage in movies, and he has also been engaged in movies all his life, if he is allowed to engage in finance and real estate, he will definitely not be as good as you. ”

"Ha Lu haha...... Qiu Degen smiled heartily, pointed at Gu Chen and said: "I didn't expect the famous Chen Shao to know how to pat on the back, haha haha......"

Gu Chen showed an innocent expression on his face: "What kind of sycophancy is this, I'm just telling the truth, at most it's a compliment." ”

"Hehehe, even if it's a compliment, I feel comfortable listening to this, alas...... It's good to be young, and I feel a lot younger when I stay with you young people. Say, what's going on today, you wouldn't be so kind to come to talk to an old man like me. ”

Gu Chen took out a document and put it on the coffee table, and said: "This is the idea of a TV series I just wrote, please find a few people to write the script, ATV can't really surpass wireless and rely on an entertainment program alone, after all, only one episode is broadcast every week, and the prime time from Monday to Friday is still the world of wireless, and excellent TV series are the best weapons to compete for the best TV audience." ”

"Originally, "Huanzhu Gege" was the best choice, but "Huanzhu Gege" was filmed far away in the mainland, plus post-production, I am afraid that if it wants to officially start broadcasting, I am afraid it will have to wait until next year. This TV series is different, it can be filmed in Hong Kong, and it can be filmed while broadcasting. ”

Hearing that Gu Chen came up with the idea of a TV series, Qiu Degen's eyes lit up, Gu Chen's ability to write movie scripts is well-known, and he is not much worse than writing a TV script, so he quickly picked up the file, and the first thing that caught his eye was the name of the TV series - I have a date with a zombie.

That's right, Gu Chen's TV series is one of the few classic TV series of ATV in his previous life - I had a date with a zombie, this is also a TV series he liked very much in his previous life, he came up with the idea of the first season this time, and the outline and concept of each episode have been written, and the creator only needs to expand it on this basis, and the speed will definitely be much faster than creating from scratch.

The only thing that bothers him now is the candidate for the hero and heroine, the hero and heroine of this TV series in his previous life were Yin Tianzhao and Wan Qiwen respectively, but now these two have not debuted yet, it is obvious that he can only change people, but who should be replaced, the actor has a ready-made actor, ATV signed actor He Jiajin will not be worse than Yin Tianzhao in terms of image and temperament, and even surpassed.

However, among ATV's current actresses, there is no one who can compare to Wan Qiwen in terms of image, and he doesn't want to be indiscriminate.

Qiu Degen didn't finish reading the document, only read a few pages before closing the document, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his sour eyes, and then said: "I will arrange for someone to write the script as soon as possible for this document, are there any special requirements for actors?" I mean, if you can, try to use ATV actors in this TV series, if it's like the last time in "Huanzhu Gege", none of the main actors are ATV, it's not good after all, and the people below react to me, and I can't explain it. ”

Gu Chen could understand Qiu Degen's difficulties, nodded and said: "I understand this, this TV series will try to use ATV's existing actors, except for the heroine." Seeing Qiu Degen's puzzled face, he continued: "Maybe my requirements are too harsh, ATV's current actresses, including last year's Asian sister champion Li Yanshan, are not suitable for the role of Ma Xiaoling, to put it bluntly, they are not beautiful enough." ”

"Although it seems a bit vulgar to choose an actress with beauty as the first criterion, people are inherently vulgar animals, beautiful actresses can bring the audience a beautiful first visual sense, and they can add a lot of impression points to a TV series or a movie with preconceived ideas, even if their acting skills may not be very good, there will still be a lot of audiences who like them."

"On the contrary, it's hard for me to imagine how successful a TV series starring an actress who doesn't get the audience's favor can be."

"In terms of the reserve of actors, wireless is obviously better than ATV......" Speaking of this, he suddenly paused, and an actress suddenly appeared in his mind, and this actress is very suitable for playing Ma Xiaoling in terms of both actor and temperament. On the surface, he was just a little stunned, and then continued: "It's much better than ATV, no matter what the role, you can quickly find a suitable actor, so I suggest that ATV should increase the enrollment of artist training classes." ”

Gu Chen has promised that most of the actors will be selected directly from ATV's existing actors, and Qiu Degen is no longer entangled in the selection of the heroine, but sighed: "In fact, after I took over ATV, I thought about improving the enrollment of the artist training class, but unfortunately it had little effect, everyone's first choice is wireless, and most of the people who come to apply for the ATV training class are eliminated by wireless, and I am helpless about this." ”

"The fundamental reason for this situation is that in everyone's impression, 'ATV is not as good as wireless', and 'going to wireless is more promising than coming to ATV', as long as ATV can get rid of these negative images, there will naturally be a large number of potential actors willing to come to ATV for development."

Qiu Degen nodded, folded the handkerchief and put it back in his pocket, and then said: "To be honest, I have never been as confident as I am in the future of ATV now, and I have been thinking about it in the past few days, I have really stopped doing it in the past few years, and it is not as effective as you taking out a planning book casually." Influenced by "The Voice of Asia", the ratings of ATV's other time slots have also increased slightly for more than a week, which shows that ATV's influence and popularity in the hearts of the audience have increased, which is undoubtedly a very good phenomenon, as long as ATV can continue to launch good programs and TV series, it is not a dream to surpass wireless. ”

This is the second time that Qiu Degen has spoken of transcending wireless, and his expression is even a little high-spirited, and it is clear that the success of "The Voice of Asia" has reawakened his dream when he took over ATV.

The two chatted again, Qiu Degen asked the secretary to call ATV director Li Zhuanglie, Gu Chen explained the key points of script creation of "I Have a Date with a Zombie" to Li Zhuanglie in person, and then the three discussed the issue of actors, Gu Chen's hand-picked actor He Jiajin just happened to have a schedule, no problem; The female number two Wang Zhenzhen/Yamamoto Xue (played by the same person) is played by last year's Asian sister champion Li Yanshan.

Male No. 2 Yamamoto Kazuo Li Zhuanglie proposed to be played by Pan Zhiwen, at first Gu Chen didn't react to who this Pan Zhiwen was, but after Li Zhuanglie's reminder, he learned that this Pan Zhiwen was the one who played Duan Zhengchun in Huang Rihua's version of "Dragon Babu" in his previous life.

However, he was rejected by Gu Chen, in his impression, Pan Zhiwen should be more suitable for that kind of upright role, but Kazuo Yamamoto is the villain in the play, who is deep and scheming. Later, Gu Chen thought of someone: "Liu Songren is not filming on ATV now?" ”

If he remembers correctly, this Liu Songren has changed owners between wireless and ATV several times in his decades-long acting career, and he doesn't know if Liu Songren is not ATV during this period.

Li Zhuanglie was stunned and said: "It's really a coincidence, Liu Songren just signed a contract with the company a few days ago, but he signed a contract with the company, and the several dramas to be filmed have already been planned, and I have to discuss with him if I want to play this role." ”

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By the time Gu Chen left ATV, it was almost dark, and as soon as he got in the car, assistant Ouyang Lan said, "Your mother called just now and asked if you want to go home for dinner?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly sweated, calculated carefully, he hadn't stepped into the house for almost a week, and the idea of going to He Chaoqiong was immediately extinguished, and after telling the driver to go home, he asked Ouyang Lan, "Did my mother say anything else?" ”

If there is anyone in Hong Kong who knows Gu Chen's private life best, it must be Ouyang Lan, it is difficult to follow Gu Chen every day without understanding.

I saw Ouyang Lan said angrily: "Are you worried that I will tell your mother about your ** rhymes, I am not so gossipy." ”

Gu Chen showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, didn't say anything more, and the carriage suddenly fell into silence, and half an hour later, the car drove into Gu Chen's mansion in the middle of the mountain......