Reverse Rebirth 1990

Chapter 878 892【JP】Next
Hong Kong TV viewers are very realistic.

Unlike those Hong Kong film critics, they are full of exploration and perception towards movies and TV. What they value is the present and their own interests.

In their view, TVB spends so much money, distributing prizes, holding a lottery, and letting the "old and decrepit" "zombie Taoist" Lin Zhengying be the platform for the new drama, so how can they lose? to ATV.

These realistic people account for the majority. If Hong Kong has a population of 700 million, then more than half, that is, more than 300 million people think that TVB will still beat ATV this time—because they are used to it.

For them, ATV is just a condiment in the big meal of TVB—how can the condiment be the main meal?
But with the continuous broadcast of the two dramas of ATV and TVB, most of these people were surprised, astonished, and dumbfounded in the end.

As those film critics expected, with the unfolding of the plots of the two dramas, in terms of the content of the stories, the judges will be judged.

"I Have a Date with a Zombie" relies on the wonderful storyline and fascinating storylines, and its ratings are rising steadily, and it will soon be on par with TVB's "Zombie Taoist".

At the same time, when Liu Dehua and Zhou Xingchi cameo-starred in the drama series, the whole of Hong Kong exploded --- the ratings of ATV's drama exploded!
How much did the ratings reach?

The highest ratings that night reached an astonishing 62 points!
What is this concept?
There are 700 million people in Hong Kong, and one point counts 5000 people—that is to say, more than 400 million people watched this show that night!

In the history of Hong Kong TV, the drama with the highest ratings was TVB's "Chu Liuxiang" starring Zheng Shaoqiu, which can be described as empty-handed - but even so, based on the current ratings, it is only 55 points.

It can be said that now ATV has created the highest ratings record in Hong Kong history with the drama "I Have a Date with a Zombie", a one-episode success.

Of course, Liu Dehua and Zhou Xingchi have "indispensible contributions" here. After all, without their guest appearances, it would be impossible to attract so many viewers to watch this drama.

To be precise, the reason why 400 million Hong Kong viewers will watch this drama tonight is to see the superstar demeanor of Hua Tsai and Xingye on TV.

This is a feeling, this is a nostalgia.

Just like the phrase "I owe Master Xing a ticket" in the previous life.

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ATV's "I Have a Date with a Zombie" relied on the explosion of the ratings of the two superstars Andy Lau and Xingye, and directly realized the "curve overtaking". superior.

Especially during the Chinese New Year, ATV executives held a "Victory Carnival" for the first time to congratulate ATV on a bumper harvest --- advertising revenue exceeded [-] million.

Of course, for this reason, the company has also prepared big red envelopes for the New Year for all employees and artists. As for how much bread is in the red envelopes, it depends on everyone's position level and fortune.

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As the behind-the-scenes giant of ATV's "turning the salty fish back" and "turning the tide", Song Zhichao was not very idle when he was young.

Because Song Zhichao knows that ATV has "been weak for a long time", and it cannot be completely turned around with just one play.

For this reason, Song Zhichao racked his brains and filtered out those Hong Kong TV dramas that might explode in ratings in his previous life, and selected dramas such as "Golden Branch Desire", "Men and Daughter", "Genesis", "Great Heart Storm" and so on. .

Then, all ATV's screenwriting talents were assembled, and according to the outline of the story listed by Song Zhichao, they devoted themselves to creating these series.

It can be said that among the dramas selected by Song Zhichao, "Golden Branch Desire" belongs to the future popular ancient costume "Gongdou drama"; My favorite "commercial war drama" of wealthy families; as for "Storm of Hearts of Greed", it is an invincible "teacher's drama".

Song Zhichao is desperate for ATV to get better and better, and for ATV to continue to thrive.

For those ATV screenwriters gathered by Song Zhichao, they have heard that the story of the current ATV hit series "I Have a Date with a Zombie" comes from Song Zhichao's script idea-but from the bottom of their hearts, they feel that It was Song Zhichao who hit the big luck, and he came up with the story unintentionally.

After all, there is a specialization in art, and Song Zhichao is not a serious screenwriter or playwright.

Therefore, when Song Zhichao threw the outline of the script he had conceived to them to make them fuller, they despised and despised Song Zhichao, a "layman".

Don't think that money is great, even talent can be bought.

These screenwriters also have arrogant personalities.

But after they read the outline of the story, that proud personality was immediately thrown to the ground.

To put it simply, the "talent" they considered themselves was "slapped" in the face by the script outline thrown by Song Zhichao -- Nima, the writing is so good, so wonderful!
How could one person come up with such an incredible story?

Not one, but four or five in one go!
That's it!

At this moment, in the minds of everyone, that trace of contempt for Song Zhichao, that trace of contempt, turned into a torrent of admiration, endless.

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In this way, with the passage of time, ATV was brought back to life with the secret support of Song Zhichao.

At the same time, some people are full of jealousy.

In their view, Song Zhichao shouldn't be so lucky, and ATV shouldn't turn around like this.

It's all so incredible.

According to the route they set, a "freak" like Song Zhichao who always performed miracles must die!
Hong Kong cannot accommodate too many geniuses, let alone a mainland boy!
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In 1986, Hong Kong filmed a commercial war TV series called "The Barefoot Gentleman".

The starring roles in this play are singer Lu Fang and Zhou Haimei, the first-line actress at the time.The general plot of the story is "the poor boy embraces the beautiful woman", from a poor boy who can't even wear shoes, can't afford to eat in order to pull a rickshaw, and can only pour water from the tap, to a business tycoon, and then to become a well-known man in Hong Kong. "Justice of the Peace".

Many mainlanders use the term "justice of the peace" from this drama, and know that this "official position" is very powerful.

In fact, justices of the peace in Hong Kong really have great power among the people in Hong Kong.

Justices of the Peace are most familiar with patrolling prisons, receiving and following up on complaints from prisoners.There is a classic scene in Hong Kong prison movies where a Justice of the Peace visits the prison, and the prison management staff will gather the prisoners and say, "The Justice of the Peace is patrolling the warehouse (prison), do you have any complaints?"

In addition, in the very early days of Hong Kong, mainly in the 60s and [-]s, justices of the peace even had the power to interrogate and handle cases.

For example, the Hong Kong biographical film "Four Families" starring veteran Hong Kong stars Zheng Zeshi and Lu Liangwei. In prison, they cannot be released on bail; at the same time, they can easily get people from prison, in the name of having "justices of peace as bail".

Generally speaking, the people who can become justices of the peace in Hong Kong are very wealthy and well-connected. Coupled with these legal powers, they can almost cover the sky in that special era in Hong Kong.

Even now that Hong Kong has entered a new era, justices of the peace are no longer as powerful as they were in the 60s and [-]s, but they still have an awe-inspiring status; therefore, many times, government agencies such as Hong Kong prisons and the Education Department are very afraid These justices of the peace --- every time a justice of the peace visits, they will all be dispatched, which is as imposing as the "eight case governor" in the play.

In reality, the system of justices of the peace in Hong Kong has lasted for more than 100 years, but there are not many Chinese who have won this title, and there are only 38 people in total.

That is to say, in the past 160 years, only 38 Chinese have won the honor of "JP".

Therefore, every time the honor of "JP" comes out, the competition will be extremely fierce.

As the helm of the Hong Kong Song Group and the leader of the Hong Kong Film Group, Song Zhichao, who has just finished handling the ATV business, never expected that at the end of the year, he would suddenly be nominated by the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong Charity Federation as "Taiping The Gentleman's Candidate - and the 'Only' Candidate!

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