Reborn Hong Kong Wild Age

Chapter 49 Cool Devil

On November 11th, TVB was full of joy and laughter.

Today is TVB's 18th Taiwan Celebration Day. Shao Liushu held a lighting ceremony accompanied by Miss Hong Kong in the middle of last month, announcing the official start of Taiwan Celebration Moon.

The reason why Taiwan Day is chosen on this day is also because Shao Liushu's birthday is on this day, and everyone wants to celebrate the birthday of this entertainment tycoon born in the Qing Dynasty.

This year is also the first time that TVB will move its location to Qingshuiwan TV City Fashion Street.

Gu Xiayang was naturally invited to attend this Taiwan celebration day. Seeing Shao Liushu watching the performance surrounded by Miss Hong Kong, he felt a little alone.

Shen Dianxia, ​​Wang Mingquan, He Shouxin and others will host this year's "Dragon and Phoenix Blessings to Taiqing", so tonight Shen Dianxia specially asked for leave from the production of "Rich and Rich" to come back to be the master of ceremonies.

All Taiwanese artistes will be divided into male and female groups, each electing a captain to compete for the overall championship of the night.

The popularity of the programs of the men's and women's groups in each segment is used as a competition, and the group with the most popular programs in total will win the overall championship of the night.

The Taiwan Celebration program includes performances such as singing, dancing and funny dramas. This time, the lead singer of the top ten TV theme songs in 18 took turns to sing on stage.

Luo Wen, Zhen Ni; Ye Zhentang, Ye Liyi, Zhang Guorong, Anita Mui and many other singers even sang solo, chorus, and performed.

"Iron Heart", "When Will We See You Again", "Shanghai Beach", "Xiao Li Flying Knife", "Thousands of Waters and Thousand Mountains Are Always Love"... The popular songs make people look back on TV and lament the good-looking TVB TV series There are so many!

For example, Liang Chaowei also performed eating glass. Gu Xiayang watched it dumbfounded, and lamented that the artists of this period were really versatile.

Liu Dehua has broken boulders on his chest, Li Ming has played steel bars around his throat, twirled wheat chasing to sing, and Diao Weiya performed Cantonese opera... All the famous and popular entertainers performed various acrobatics and performed difficult moves, all of which won applause from the audience.

"It's no wonder that any veteran Hong Kong artist who has such a strong professional ability is forced to come out later!"

Whether it's TVB TVB's artists or staff, they are all very good at playing. Gu Xiayang took this opportunity to see if there is anyone he likes.

After the show was over, Mrs. Li Xiaohe came to the stage to cut the celebration cake and toast. The scene was joyous.

In the end, the stage celebration drama scored 60 ratings points, making ATV unable to hold its head up.

Just a few days after Gu Xiayang participated in Taiwan Day, "Cool! "Weekly officially launched the "cool card".

As soon as it was launched, card machines were installed in stationery stores outside major campuses, as well as in cooperative convenience stores. The first phase of sales sold 102 million cards, and the second phase directly increased to 236 million cards. The elementary school students' purses are dry.

Almost all the students in all primary and middle schools have started to collect "cool cards". The students all play, you can't help it, and they will meet to draw cards together after class.

"I lost it, and I can't get luminous cards, flash cards and autograph cards at all! I have to write a letter to complain, those shopkeepers are too foolish."

Liu Tian, ​​who was in the fourth grade of elementary school, was furious. He smoked more than 100 yuan, but couldn't get it.

In fact, many shopkeepers will sell these cards separately, and the price can exceed 1 Hong Kong dollar.

"Brother Tian, ​​you are so stupid! The dessert shop near our school also has a card machine, so I ran to ask the boss if he could open the machine and take out the card and sell it to me."

"and then?"

"He just started to install the card machine, and he didn't understand it yet, so I asked him to pour out all the cards in the machine and let me choose a luminous card to buy. It doesn't matter if it's more expensive. Hehe, I also bought one." Prize card'!"

Liu Tian widened his eyes and said enviously, "Pujie, are you so lucky?"

Because "cool! Every issue of the weekly magazine will have a "prize card", which can be exchanged for prizes, such as limited oversized posters, card books, etc.Because there is only one piece in the first issue, it is hard to find, so it is a product that students snap up.

For students with a sharp mind, let the boss keep the card, so that they can exchange for posters of their favorite idols.

In addition, Gu Xiayang also asked the magazine to launch a puzzle card. This card is double-sided, one side is a single picture, and the other side is a part of a photo. It takes four pieces to put together to collect a large picture.

Just this set of four puzzle cards has already been sold for thousands of dollars by many students.

Like a photo card, Gu Xiayang also arranged to launch a set of cards later, and each student frantically drew cards for their idols.

Gu Xiayang had been reluctant to buy a card machine before, for the sake of copyright, and now wireless tvb, ATV, Golden Harvest, New Art City and other film companies have given him the artist's portrait rights to make cards, which has completely led a new trend.

The most interesting thing is that Zhang Guorong is now on the rise in the music scene. Many primary and middle school students have begun to appear Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong faction. The two are often compared. Their fans do not get along in private. They will damage each other's idols. The idol's card will be torn off immediately!

The appearance of "cool card" has stunned the whole of Hong Kong. One yuan a card seems cheap, but the primary and middle school students can't stand it!

Wireless tvb, ATV, Golden Harvest, New Art City and other major companies have always shared copyrights to many companies to make posters and the like. The price is low. Who would want to be played by Gu Xiayang?

After deducting the cost of card making and the share of various distributors, "cool! "Weekly could make a few million dollars a month by selling cards.

At the same time, taking advantage of the trend of card sales, "cool! "The weekly magazine comes with an exclusive card, which also allowed the sales of the first issue of the publication to exceed 25 copies.

Even if the major weekly magazines follow suit and sell cards, there is a "cool! The campus share occupied by "magazine, sales will not plunge, not to mention that Gu Xiayang's follow-up various special cards will emerge in endlessly.

Although the card trend will pass sooner or later, it also makes everyone discover the keen business vision of this rich man.

If "A Rumor of Love" became a hit and the media's hot reviews were Liu Dehua and Zhou Huimin, then this time Gu Xiayang really became the darling of major newspapers.

At the same time, Tianxiayi's filming of "Richness Overwhelming" also took advantage of this trend to promote it.

In addition, Debao also announced at the same time that it will invest in another film of Tianxia Yi Film Production Company, "A Match Made in Heaven" starring Andy Lau and Chi-lin Kwan. The investment in the entire film exceeds 1000 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Daily Daily" reported: "The legend of the new era is rising, Gu Xiayang's "cool!" weekly magazine earns millions of dollars a month, and will cooperate with Debao to invest tens of millions to shoot new works."

"Ming Pao" reported: "From a magazine to a film company, the 22-year-old multi-millionaire still drives a car worth tens of thousands and rents a house in Taikoo Shing. According to insiders, he lives a frugal life, has no bad habits, and concentrates on starting a business. "

"Oriental Daily" reported: "It is reported that some teachers and parents jointly complained to the Education Department recently that the "cool!" magazine has seriously affected the studies of young people. Among them, it is said that teachers have a bad atmosphere and that the sale of "cool!" cards has led to elementary school students cheating money."

"Daily Express" reported: "Magazines, music, movies, Hong Kong talent Gu Xiayang is well-deserved. It is rumored that he has a child from a hidden marriage, and the mother of the child is a senior from the Chinese University!"

As a financial newspaper, "Esports Daily" reported from another perspective: "Gu Xiayang has a keen sense of business and focuses on the primary and middle school students' market. From the campus weekly magazine to the "cool card" that has become popular in Hong Kong recently, they are all very smart. It can be seen from this , Hong Kong is full of business opportunities, and the market is booming!"

"Cheng Pao" reported: ""cool card" has become the vane of entertainment, and countless entertainers want to become card characters. Gu Xiayang has become the king of children, the big devil who specializes in collecting children's wallets—cool devil!"

All the media in Hong Kong exploded wherever they were hot. Gu Xiayang, a handsome, young, rich, and successful shopping mall rookie, became their darling.

In addition to commercial success, all kinds of private life gossip is also one after another.

Some people said that he had a hidden marriage with his senior sister and had a child, some said that he was still renting a house, and the deduction was deadly, and some said that his relationship with Zhou Huimin was rapidly warming up.

Many viewers who watched "A Rumor of Love" did not pay attention to the boss of the production company at first, but now they reported that the boss was so young.

All kinds of reports let the citizens of Hong Kong know that there is a 22-year-old rich man who graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a monthly income of several million. He is a great talent and a prodigal son.

In particular, Gu Xiayang is pretty enough. Of course, there are privileges for being pretty. A beautiful rich man with a successful career, how could he be unpopular!
However, many teachers and parents do not welcome him, especially the teacher, Gu Xiayang's "cool! The "weekly" has a column dedicated to discussing teachers, which makes them a thorn in the side. I don't know how many calls to the Education Department and the Publishing Department, but it still doesn't help.

In this regard, many schools choose to ban publications on campus, prohibiting students from bringing "cool! "Weekly" came to school.

But you have Zhang Liangji, I have a wall ladder.The students carried them in various ways, even hid them in their pants, and brought them into the school through various means. They confiscated one copy and bought another, which was completely unstoppable.

The name of 'cool devil' is well deserved, it is really devilish to death.

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"Hua Zai, I heard that your salary has skyrocketed this time, what expectations do you have for your new film?"

"I heard that for this drama, you have special training every week, and you even invited the instructors of the Flying Tigers to guide you. Was it hard?"

"Miss Guan, you came to Tianxiayi from Golden Harvest. There are rumors that Mr. Gu came to your door and begged Mr. He to let you go because of your movie contract. Do you know? Are you dating?"

"This time the heroine is not Zhou Huimin, is it because of you that Mr. Gu broke up with her?"

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At the opening ceremony of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", countless reporters came, asking questions one after another around a group of leading actors and others.

Compared with the previous opening ceremony of "If there is love in the sky", this time it is much more lively.

Because apart from Gu Xiayang and others, Debao's big boss Pan Disheng brought Yang Ziqiong and a group of artists under the company to stand for the show.

The scene was naturally very lively, the entertainment reporters were like sharks bloodthirsty, chasing them relentlessly.

But Gu Xiayang naturally didn't want to pay attention to the reporters. They are not entertainers and don't need such exposure. Even if you chase the car and shoot the window, as long as they don't want to speak, they won't pay attention.

Under normal circumstances, as the bosses, they would not even attend the opening ceremony, but the adaptation of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" joined forces with Debao to invest more than [-] million yuan, and he and Pan Disheng both came to stand on the stage.

After the opening ceremony, Gu Xiayang, Pan Disheng and others withdrew, and met at the Oriental Mandarin Hotel for tea.

"Ah Yang, congratulations, "If There Is Love" currently has a box office of 1700 million in the greater Taipei area, knocking "The Dragon Detective" out of the top ten."

Gu Xiayang smiled and said: "We are happy together, after all, Brother Sheng helped to release it."

In fact, Hong Kong movies do not account for a high proportion of Taiwan's box office market. The current No. 1 is "First Blood Sequel", with a box office of nearly 7000 million Taiwan dollars in the greater Taipei area.

Currently, the No. 1 to No. 7 box office rankings in Greater Taipei are all foreign-language films, and the No. 8 is Golden Harvest's "Fu Xing Gao Zhao", which is less than 2000 million. The original No. 9 is Cheng Long's Hollywood co-production hit the street. The movie "Weylong Detective" is now squeezed out of the 10th place by "If There Is Love".

Pan Disheng laughed and said, "Golden Harvest's main Christmas show is Cheng Long's "Police Story". During the Spring Festival, Sanmao's "Rich Train" must be the show. Do you have confidence?"

Gu Xiayang was also aware of Jiahe's situation, and asked, "Where is New Art City?"

(End of this chapter)