After returning to the company by car, Xu Guanwu received a cross-ocean call from Huang Xizhao, telling him that the application for the establishment of a television station had passed preliminary approval, and it was estimated that the first Chinese cable television station in Canada would be built within two months.

Hearing the news, Xu Guanwu felt very happy. Although even if the Canadian TVB branch is established, it is purely a money-burning product. Because the total number of Chinese in Vancouver, Canada is only 200,000, even if every household is willing to subscribe to TVB, it is only a few tens of thousands, and it is impossible to make up for the expenses.

However, Xu Guanwu's opening of the TV station is first and foremost its influence, and the second is to discuss the question of whether to make money or not. Don't you see that Phoenix Satellite TV has been losing money for so many years, and there is still a consortium willing to invest money? !

The reason why Murdoch's News Corp. first acquired satellite TV from the little superman Li Zekai was actually because of his strong influence covering more than 50 countries and regions and a viewing population of up to 50 million.

In the media industry, the size of the audience determines the volume of a person's speech. If Murdoch can gain the right to enter the mainland media field, it is estimated that he will be spitting in front of his peers, and no one will dare to express his opinion anymore. That's why in "007: Tomorrow's Empire", Carver blatantly instigated a war in order to obtain the broadcasting rights in the mainland for 50 years.

For a media tycoon, the more people he watches, the more people he can influence, the more power he has, and the more benefits he reaps. In 007: Tomorrow's Empire, Carver makes a few words while chatting with people at a party to illustrate how he uses his influence to his advantage.

"There are a lot of rumors that are actually not true. People say I reported on BSE because of British beef king Angus. Sir Braque lost £10,000 to me in a hand. The most have but they don't admit it. And there is another rumor that is even more ridiculous. Say the French government paid me 100 million pounds. I want to continue reporting on this news for the rest of the year......"

This is the case in this world, whoever has the right to speak can get benefits, and whoever has the highest volume will get the greatest benefits. Xu Guanwu entrusted Huang Xizhao to open a branch in Canada, in order to expand his influence, and it was also the first step for him to reach abroad.

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During the company's busy work, several films were approved, including Gui Zhihong's "Evil Fight", Zhang Guoming's "Marginal Man" and Wang Jing's "Flower Heart".

Gui Zhihong has produced the movie "Evil" before, and it is really worthy of the name of evil. The screening caused a sensation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong people actually don't like horror movies very much, because Hong Kong people are optimists, and they firmly believe that they will get rich sooner or later if they work hard. So even if it's a ghost movie, you have to be happy.

And this "Evil" is really a bit evil, although there are people pretending to be mysterious from beginning to end in the film, and there are no real ghosts, but under the director's arrangement, it is always ghostly and chilling. And the ending flip is really amazing.

This "Evil" can also be regarded as the crystallization of Gui Zhihong's lifelong skills, and it really makes people's backs numb after watching it. Because of the excellent word-of-mouth and extensive publicity, the movie "Evil" achieved a super high box office after the worst, which also gave Gui Zhihong the idea of continuing filming.

However, the original name of the script "Evil Fighting Evil" was actually "Yin Marriage". is a comedy ghost film mixed with funny elements. After Xu Guanwu read the script, he remembered that he seemed to have seen this movie in his previous life. is starring comedian Yi Lei, telling the story of a decrepit person and his ghost wife, which is mixed with a lot of vulgar jokes, and it also achieved a good box office at the time, so it later made a sequel "Evil and Evil".

Yi Lei was a famous Hong Kong comedian in the 70s, and his funny style focused on facial expressions, borrowing exaggerated body movements to be funny, which was also very popular with young people at the time. He also starred with Zhong Chuhong in the bizarre sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar Blunt Fetus", which is a blockbuster film that is said to have invested more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars. Ire's ability to play the leading role in it shows that he was really popular at the time.

However, it is a pity that "Interstellar Blunt Tire" was ruined by Shaw Brothers' ambitions, although the film announced an investment of more than 10 million, most of the special effects shots are copied from "Star Wars", and the storyline is also extremely spoofed, in short, it is the sci-fi version of "One-Armed Boxer vs. Truman's Nine Sons".

Hong Kong fans have already watched excellent sci-fi films such as "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" before, but now Shaw Brothers is coming out to fool the audience, how can the audience buy it?! It's like "Blood Lion" produced by a mainland game company in the 90s, everyone has been nourished by the European and American masterpiece "Command and Conquer", and if you use that piece of stuff to swindle, aren't you just waiting to be scolded? After enjoying bird's nest, shark fin, abalone and sea cucumber, who can eat this kind of dish that can't even compare to food stalls?

The box office frustration of "Interstellar Blunt Tire" caused director Zhang Guoming to resign, and the new wave directors who had previously made high-quality films such as "Finger Soldiers" and "Marginal People" could only return to Hong Kong University to teach sadly. And Zhong Chuhong, another leading actor in the film, suddenly became a well-known sexy actress in Hong Kong with her sexy performance in it, and she has since become popular.

And the actor Ireh has been declining for three years, and then he can only play a small supporting role when he appears again. But in the early '70s, he made a record of making more than 20 films a year.

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Zhang Guoming's "Marginal Man" is a work that portrays characters like informants, which set a precedent for later gangster undercover movies such as "Dragon and Tiger" and "Infernal Affairs".

Informants are people who walk between the ends of light and darkness, and their identity is black and white, standing in hell and looking up to heaven. The inner struggle, entanglement, hesitation, and pain, and their experience is full of danger and uncertainty, like living with a bomb.

Such an identity role, logically speaking, should be very suitable for adaptation into a movie, because it is full of dramatic tension, sharp contradictions, three-dimensional characters, and changeable plots. But it's strange that Hong Kong movies have never paid attention to this kind of people.

This is probably because the Hong Kong police were so corrupt before, that they were simply complicit with the Black X Society. You want to say that the police are undercover and plan to uproot the Black X Society. The people of Hong Kong simply cannot be trusted. On the contrary, you have to say that there are people from the Black X Society in the police. The people were 100 percent in favor.

The foundation of the Hong Kong police is so dark. Even if you try your best to wash white, no one will watch it if your reputation is so bad, so naturally Hong Kong police and bandit themes will not develop. It was not until the establishment of the ICAC Independent Commission Against Corruption in 74 years to vigorously crack down on corruption within the Hong Kong Police Force that the image of the Hong Kong Police Force gradually improved.

But even in these two films, the image of the Hong Kong police is not very positive. In "Jumping Ashes", the Hong Kong police shield drug lords to protect their drug and X drug trade from being harmed. The person who committed the crime in "Pointing the Soldiers" is a young man who applied for the Hong Kong police examination. And the person who lost control of his emotions and beat the criminal to death was also a young policeman who had just graduated from the police academy.

In the early Hong Kong police films, the image of the Hong Kong police is like this, which can basically be described as incompetent, and the positive image is really insufficient. It wasn't until Li Xiuxian filmed the police film "Public Servant" in 84 that he really established the image of a public servant of the Hong Kong police. Li Xiuxian portrayed a good policeman with flesh and blood in the film, he also lived the life of an ordinary person, and also had the troubles of ordinary people, and he was also remorseful because of the mistake of killing, and he would also kill his relatives and bravely arrest the criminal.

It is precisely because the image of the police created by Lee Xiu-hyun in the film is too real. Therefore, the Hong Kong police finally got the affirmation of the public. Therefore, it is said that Lee Xiuxian enjoys super popularity in the Hong Kong police force, and his car does not have to be afraid of having his license plate copied when he stops at the intersection.

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Wang Jing's "Flower Heart" still takes the comedy route of urban pickle girls. This is a very popular theme at present, and Wang Jing also has some experience in this aspect, so Xu Guanwu directly signed and agreed after reading the script.

Wang Jing joined Xu two years ago, originally focusing on writing scripts, but later he was not satisfied with only writing scripts, so he also set foot in the field of directing. The first work "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes" did well at the box office. But he did not continue to develop in the film industry, but turned around and joined TVB.

The reason is that he found that his foundation was too thin, and he encountered many problems during the filming of "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes". Fortunately, his father helped to support the scene. Wang Jing is a filmmaker who has requirements for himself, and naturally he doesn't want to take his father with him when he makes films in the future, so he returned to TVB to hone his skills by filming TV series. And under him, he really made a lot of good-looking TV series, such as "Jinghua Smoke and Clouds" starring Wang Mingquan , Xie Xian and others, Zhou Runfa, Liao Jianren, Huang Xingxiu's "People in the Net" and so on.

Speaking of "People in the Net", the original heroine was Zheng Yuling, she was the head of Jiayi before, and after the collapse of Jiayi TV, she jumped to TVB. Zheng Yuling is not a stunning beauty, but she always exudes a capable temperament, especially in terms of acting skills, so she is also highly praised after entering TVB.

First, her boyfriend Gan Guoliang tailor-made "The Bride of the Port" for her, but unfortunately this TV series was of high quality but was not seen, and was criticized for its lack of audience popularity. But TVB producer Li Tiansheng doesn't believe in evil, and chooses her as the supporting actress in the new drama "People in the Net", and works as a couple with Liao Jianren and Zhou Yunfa. However, Liao Jianren resigned after acting for eight episodes, and Zheng Yuling's original female number two quickly took the position, and she monopolized all the scenes, and finally combined with Zhou Yanfa and the two.

The scene of the two kissing in the play was also a famous passion scene in the history of Hong Kong television, which aroused a wave of enthusiasm in Hong Kong, which was still conservative at that time. This can be seen from the nostalgic movie "Golden Rooster". Zheng Yuling also became an instant hit because of this "People in the Net", and became a couple in everyone's minds with Zhou Runfa, two years earlier than Xu Wenqiang and Feng Chengcheng.

It's just that in this life, because Jiayi is still alive and well, Zheng Yuling is still an actor of Jiayi, and with her personality of being willing to fight, she is also famous among the Huadan on Jiayi TV. Although it may not be as well-known as in the previous life, compared with other artists on Jiayi TV, it can be regarded as a little famous.

did not play Zheng Yuling, but Wang Jing directly chose Huang Xingxiu, who is known as Xiugu, to play Zheng Yuling's previous role. Huang Xingxiu was originally born in Xinghui Art School in 76 years, and in the early days of his career, he was just filming literary dramas and did not receive much attention. Later, because Jiayi TV filmed "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it set off a wave of shooting martial arts TV series in Hong Kong, so Huang Xingxiu found the right time to change the way of acting. Originally, she didn't know kung fu with fists and feet, but in order to look good when filming martial arts films, she specially worshipped Master Liu Jialiang, a master of Hongquan, as a teacher, and learned from him the equipment routines of the southern school of fists and feet.

Because she is young and willing to fight, she learns kung fu very well, and she can play well soon, so she has starred in many TV series. It was still rare at the end of the 70s, so Huang Xingxiu, who could play kung fu, naturally attracted attention, and took advantage of the situation to make a name for himself. (To be continued......)