Dreams of the Fragrant River

In the tea restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel, Shao Yifu sat in the old seat where he had been drinking tea for decades, drinking afternoon tea with a calm demeanor, and he could not see the influence of public opinion at all. [;Starting]

Qiu Degen laughed and said: "Sixth brother, this time you can be given to the first army by that descendant."

Shao Yifu smiled while drinking tea: "General is not really, but it is a little troublesome."

Qiu Degen and Shao Yifu met in the late 1950s. At that time, Shao Yifu was a tycoon in the Nanyang film industry, but returning to Hong Kong to start a business still belongs to the poor and the renaissance, while Qiu Degen is just a self-made small businessman.

The two initially had a pure business partnership. Later, Lu Yuntao entered the Hong Kong film industry, and Qiu Degen became Lu Yuntao's general. For the next ten years, Qiu Degen and Shao Yifu were hostile.

It was not until after Lu Yuntao's death in the plane crash that Qiu Degen let go of his own theaters, and sold all the largest theaters to Shao Yifu, and the two became personal friends.

Qiu Degen looked at Victoria Bay in the distance and smiled, "We haven't had tea together for more than two years."

Shao Yifu said: "Brother Qiu, you have been doing well in the past few years, where do you have time to drink tea?"

The two chatted about trivial matters, and after the retelling was over, Shao Yifu said, "I heard that Kang Jianfei is planning to shoot in Songcheng?"

Songcheng is a new historical and cultural amusement park invested by Qiu Degen. It is full of ancient buildings imitating the Song Dynasty. It started construction three years ago and has been completed one after another until now.

"I don't know much about this. Songcheng is the third child of my family." Qiu Degen asked with a smile, "Why, the sixth brother wants me not to take over the business of Phoenix TV?"

Whether it's TVB or Phoenix TV, to put it bluntly, they don't have their own studio. TVB usually shoots at the Clear Water Bay studio, but that studio is owned by Shaw Brothers, and TVB needs to pay rent for filming on the Shaw Brothers studio—although the rent is very cheap.

As for Phoenix TV, it only has its own studio in the TV station building, so in the past, LiTV's costume scenes were far inferior to TVB's costume dramas.

Now Kang Jianfei wants to shoot, and it is too expensive to go to the mainland or Taiwan to shoot. It is thankless to choose the location and set the scene by yourself. The ideal is to set the scene in Qiu Degen's "Song City". There are all kinds of antique buildings there, you only need to pay a rent, even the effort of setting the scene is saved, and the real scene effect will be much better than the TVB scene setting.

Shao Yifu said in a very kind tone: "I'm not that domineering. How can I stop Brother Qiu from letting you do business. However, the production of Phoenix TV is well-made. I think the rent is a little higher, and they will accept it."

Qiu Degen had some contempt for Shao Yifu's little thing in his heart, but he actually spoke out about such a trivial matter, which flatly lowered each other's identities. He built Songcheng originally to make money. As the only antique building complex in Hong Kong. In the future, many costume dramas are bound to be filmed in Songcheng. And Kang Jianfei's DreamWorks and Phoenix TV. are potential big customers. To know that it cost him more than 60 million before and after the construction of Songcheng, and he still doesn't know when he will be able to pay back.

Sometimes friendship is friendship. Business is business, not just a word from a friend, it can be done with a pat on the chest.

However, the friendship between the two of them for many years was still there, and Qiu Degen still said: "That's fine, I'll tell the third one."

After the afternoon tea, Shao Yifu walked out of the Peninsula Hotel, ignoring the reporters who were squatting and interviewing, and went directly to the TV station.

When passing by Fang Yihua's office, Shao Yifu heard his concubine losing his temper again. He couldn't help frowning and walked in. After sending everyone else away, he said, "The people below should be scolded for doing something wrong, but it's better not to let this nameless fire happen."

Fang Yihua threw a form on the table and said, "This is the ratings of the first two days. The ratings are about to fall below 20! Since Kang Jianfei's poor boy held a press conference, many people are now scolding TVB. , even the ratings of variety shows are dropping."

"So serious?" Shao Yifu was a little surprised. Generally speaking, no matter how bad the TV station is, it will not affect the ratings. Audiences can scold at most two when they watch the news, which channel or which channel should they watch TV at night.

Fang Yihua picked up a pile of newspapers on the leather chair and said, "Look, how are these newspapers written? They say that we are competing unfairly, and that TVB is bullying the market. The most annoying thing is that the police just came here. Ask me and say that they suspect that I have something to do with the case where Mo Shaocong was threatened!"

"If getting angry can't solve the problem, think about how to make the show well." Shao Yifu patted Fang Yihua's arm and said.

Fang Yihua suppressed the fire in his heart and said, "I'm going to let it end early, and then start the Jin Yong martial arts drama."

Shao Yifu nodded and said, "It's also a way."

Jin Yong dramas have always been a good medicine for TV stations, but the copyright fees of Jin Yong dramas are too expensive, and TV stations generally prefer to adapt Gulong dramas with cheap copyright fees. For example, Xiao Sheng, who jumped from LiTV to TVB at the beginning of this year, is known for his kung fu dramas of Jin Yong, but during his two years at LiTV, he suggested several times to shoot Jin Yong dramas, but the TV station rejected them because of the filming of Jin Yong. Drama is too expensive.

When a Jin Yong martial arts drama is filmed, the copyright fee for Jin Yong almost accounts for half of the production cost. If you are not careful, you will overspend and lose money.

(Note: Because most actors are paid fixed salaries, the labor costs for filming TV series are generally included in the TV station’s administrative budget. That is to say, the average production cost of each episode is 15,000 yuan for the Phoenix TV series. Including the remuneration of producers, directors, screenwriters, actors, etc.)

Shao Yifu went back to his office, took out a cigar and lit it. In fact, he rarely smoked, but recently he was mad at Kang Jianfei, and the frequency of smoking began to increase again.

As soon as Kang Jianfei's remarks at the press conference came out, it was an earth-shattering shock in the Hong Kong business community. Many people were eagerly waiting to see the show, wanting to see how Kang Jianfei, a newborn calf, would fight against the big tiger, Shao Yifu.

Although Kang Jianfei and the major media did not mention Shao Yifu's name by name, the innuendo description was very clear, and even Shao Yifu became a talking point and a joke in the rich circle.

Some newspapers are concerned about Shao Yifu's reputation, and just talk about things around the corner; some newspapers, for the sake of sales, are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and even publish Kang Jianfei's words word for word.

In the newspaper, Kang Jianfei was likened to Don Quixote rushing to the windmill, a hero and victim of complete tragic. In particular, the "Hong Kong Dream" he mentioned in his speech also resonated with many people, because there are now more than 5 million people in Hong Kong. 80% of them immigrated in the past 30 years, and they have experienced the Hong Kong dream together.

And new immigrants who have only arrived in Hong Kong in the last 10 years regard Kang Jianfei as an entrepreneurial idol and stand with Kang Jianfei unequivocally. Because they, like Kang Jianfei, are suffering from all kinds of discrimination and oppression, they also hope to have a successful career like Kang Jianfei.

As for that store, no one bought it as Kang Jianfei called for it, because after the continuous breaking news, many readers who like to read gossip became its loyal audience, and the sales volume since then has been stable at more than 10,000 copies. It can be said. Also the winner of this event. Although its editor-in-chief was beaten. But the newspaper's owner made a lot of money.

The woman Zheng Shuying was not so lucky, she would be recognized and spat when she went out, so she hid in Malaysia as a last resort.

Shao Yifu is naturally not to be provoked, so he will not make small moves like Fang Yihua. All he had to do was grab Kang Jianfei's neck. Looking for Qiu Degen for afternoon tea today is only one of them. He will also invite the head of the Hong Kong Electricity Inspection Office to come out for dinner tomorrow.

After working in Hong Kong for decades, Shao Yifu still knows a lot of people. Make an appointment to have dinner, and then do a little bit of management. Although you can't let the electrical inspection office directly shoot DreamWorks movies, you can make a few more cards and cut a few more knives at critical times, making Oriental DreamWorks like a fairy.

At this time, the scale of electrical inspection in Hong Kong was very large, but it was much stricter than in the mid-1980s. It doesn't matter if Mimi shows her ass, but all films involving mainland politics or smearing mainland images will be shot. For example, a movie that will have a great impact a few years later will definitely not pass the inspection of the electrical inspection office now.

This is because the Hong Kong-British authorities avoided friction with the mainland, but after the Sino-British negotiation on the Hong Kong issue broke down, the British no longer had so much scruples. Even if it is the plot of the movie, the mainland is blackened to death. In Hong Kong, it is also well-received. At that time, the electronic inspection office will hardly have much real role, and any film can pass.

But now, the electrical inspection office can find various reasons to block Kang Jianfei's film, and it will not give people an excuse.

Of course, Shao Yifu's hand didn't last long. Otherwise, he would have used this trick to deal with Zou Wenhuai long ago. Where would there be the rise of Jiahe? At most, it would cause trouble for Oriental DreamWorks temporarily, and make Kang Jianfei lose a sum of money.

After Shao Yifu was provoked by Kang Jianfei, he also wanted to play black in his anger. But now that the conflict between the two sides has been made public, if something goes wrong on Kang Jianfei's side, no matter if Shao Yifu did it or not, he must be the first person to be suspected.

What made Shao Yifu scruples the most was what Kang Jianfei said - Kang Jianfei is still young~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are countless opportunities to make a comeback, and he Shao Yifu is in his 80s, and he doesn't have that much energy to talk to young people. Fight hard. It really made Kang Jianfei anxious, and a fire burned TVB's film library, and that was the result of a bamboo basket.

Shao Yifu said that his reputation was high, but Kang Jianfei was not a small role that could be dismissed casually, not that he could hold back.

Hong Kong is not a place where anyone can cover the sky with one hand. At the beginning, Da Heng was suppressed by the British Hong Kong government. The Hong Kong government directly used administrative means to cut off water and electricity in Huo Daheng's building, but others are now living more and more moisturizing. The mainland government didn't help much here. At that time, there was a lot of uproar in the mainland, and there was no time to take care of Huo Daheng, a red capitalist. Huo Daheng took it all by himself.

Shao Yifu's secretary knocked on the door and came in and handed over an invitation: "Chairman, Kang Jianfei asked someone to deliver it!"

Shao Yifu opened it and saw that it was Kang Jianfei's 21st birthday party invitation.

In the past two years, Kang Jianfei had never invited Shao Yifu on his birthday, but he suddenly sent an invitation. Shao Yifu copied it directly and threw it into the trash can.