Hong Kong Comic Master

"Azhi, do you still have the first two issues of "Second Dimension Magazine" here?"

"Director Xu, why haven't I seen you coming in the morning lately?"

Early in the morning, Tsui Hark, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes and his already thin figure becoming even more lifeless, appeared at Jiayi... Oh no, it was now a newsstand opposite Phoenix TV Station.

"I've been busy filming a TV series recently, so I didn't come to the TV station!"

Since Tsui Hark and Li Wannian decided on all the leading roles, the crew quickly started filming and entered filming mode.

Due to the tight schedule and heavy task, Tsui Hark had to come up with the unique filming mode of Hong Kong Island and work frantically to produce the first two episodes in just one week.

Thanks to Li Wannian's detailed shot-by-shot script, Tsui Hark was able to have a targeted shot during filming, but after all, the two male leads were newcomers and had too little experience.

Therefore, a lot of time was consumed in the early stage. The filming of the two episodes took a full 5 days, and then I spent another day editing. It was not until yesterday afternoon that the work was finished and it was broadcast in the evening.

Tsui Hark was unsure about the performance of this drama. After all, there were too few areas for him to perform in this drama. If possible, Tsui Hark would not even admit that it was his work.

"Oh, it's the TV series last night! It was well shot!" Azhi, the owner of the newsstand, praised.

"Did you watch it?"

"My wife insisted on watching it, but I couldn't resist, so I watched it with her."

"How does it feel?"

"I prefer martial arts scenes!" Azhi told the truth, and handed the magazine to Tsui Hark, "I keep these two issues of the magazine for you, and there is a new magazine released today, you want to read it ”

Tsui Hark took it and took a look and found that it was the "Second Dimension Girls Weekly" that Li Wannian had told him.

"Unexpectedly, this magazine has already come out! I want this one!"

Just when Tsui Hark was about to pay Azhi, Azhi said again: "Director Xu, do you want these newspapers?"

Tsui Hark rarely buys newspapers on weekdays. He didn't know why Ah Zhi said this at first, but when he casually scanned it, he saw that there was a comment on "Hong Kong Island Love Story" in the entertainment section of the newspaper.

It's obvious that this Azhi knows how to do what he wants, and he deserves to make money!

"Bring it to me together!"

After paying Azhi, Tsui Hark took a few newspapers and walked towards the TV station.

"The melody of love flows under the steel and concrete"

"The "Hong Kong Love Story" broadcast on Phoenix TV last night, as Phoenix TV's revised annual drama, is a gift for the Chinese Valentine's Day and tells a touching story..." - "Sing Tao Daily".

"Chi Lixiang - the love of moths flying into the flame"

"I have never seen such a passionate and cheerful girl. Her everlasting smile is her best protective color..." - "Overseas Chinese Daily".

Although these newspapers praised "Hong Kong Island Love Story" like a flower, Tsui Hark knew that these newspapers were all original shareholders of Phoenix TV.

Although they sold their shares in the TV station, they still have a close relationship with the TV station, so it is easy to ask them to help and say a few good words.

But Tsui Hark was able to read between the lines. While they were praising it, they did not mention the ratings. Obviously, the ratings of this drama were not very satisfactory!

Sure enough, after coming to the TV station and asking around for a while, Tsui Hark found out the specific situation of the TV station's overall ratings yesterday.

No one expected that the program with the highest ratings would be "Animation City" with 38%, and later "Little Dragon Club". As for the TV series that the TV station attaches most importance to, "Hong Kong Island Love Story" only had a ratings of 26%.

Don't think that the ratings are very high. You have to know that there are only three free TV stations in the entire Hong Kong Island. Generally, the ratings of classic dramas can even exceed 50%.

If calculated based on the ratings of the three ratings, it must exceed at least 33% to be considered qualified, and only these two programs can achieve this.

For a time, rumors started flying within the TV station, and the conflicts that had accumulated before, including dissatisfaction with layoffs, involvement in program production, and department adjustments, all broke out at this time.

Listening to these rumors, Tsui Hark frowned and remained silent, obediently returned to his work station.

After all, in the eyes of these people who have lost power, they have climbed to a high branch. They can't wait to see how badly they fall!

Arriving at the workstation, Tsui Hark first took out the "Second Dimension Girls Weekly", and what caught his eye was the cover of "Hong Kong Island Love Story".

After opening the magazine, Tsui Hark discovered that there were only three comics in the magazine, namely Long Live Original Stories, "Hong Kong Island Love Story" written by Ho Zhiwen, "Dream of Red Mansions" by Guan Shanmei, and "13 O'clock II" by Li Huizhen.

Ms. Guan Shanmei is 56 years old this year. She is not actually a cartoonist, but a painter living in Hong Kong who is famous overseas for her figure paintings.

When Second Dimension Magazine invited this great master to be serialized in the magazine this time, it was not based on financial persuasion, but because of the promotion of Chinese culture.

In this way, this great god was invited out of the mountain.

As for the other Li Huizhen, she is not the pretty one, but the founder of Hong Kong girl comics.

In the 1960s, her comic "13 O'Clock" could equal the popularity of "Old Master" in the world.

13 o'clock is a word used in Shanghai dialect to describe someone who is brainless and cute in their actions. In this comic, Li Huizhen has her mother's nickname for her since childhood as the main character's name.

The heroine 13 o'clock was born with a silver spoon in her mouth. She had endless beautiful clothes to wear and endless fashionable parties to attend. It can be said that she really hit the G-spot of the factory workers in Hong Kong at that time, and their longing for a dream life.

Moreover, this comic has appeared in more than a thousand sets of fashion, so that fashion stores at that time would directly give the comics as reference books to customers, which can be said to have led the development of fashion in Hong Kong.

Now she has turned to the two-dimensional magazine with "13 o'clock II", which really made this two-dimensional girl magazine a hit.

This girl magazine is the same as the boy magazine, which is a weekly magazine, but the boy magazine is released every Monday, while the girl magazine is released every Wednesday.

The reason why this first issue was chosen to be released on Thursday is mainly to cooperate with the promotion of the TV series. From the next issue onwards, it will be released every Wednesday.

Not long after, Xu Ke finished reading "Two-dimensional Girl Weekly". To be honest, this magazine is not Xu Ke's cup of tea.

Although Xu Ke admitted that the quality of this magazine is very high, it is really difficult for a man who is almost 30 years old to read girls' comics!

In comparison, Xu Ke is more looking forward to another new magazine "Second Dimension Youth Weekly" which will be released tomorrow. What will it look like?