1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 340

The fourth day of Xiangjiang visit.

In the evening, Zhang Qi appeared in the hotel again, hugging Lin Weimin excitedly.

"It's done! For the people, it's done!"

Lin Weimin managed to break free from his embrace, "Shao Yifu agreed?"

"300 million! 300 million!"

Zhang Qi stretched out his fingers so excitedly that he almost shouted.

"Calm down! Calm down! It's just over 400 million Hong Kong dollars."

"Enough! Enough! With this money, the establishment of the foundation will be no problem!"

Lin Weimin couldn't help but said: "Look at your prospects, we are a foundation working hard for the national prefix, and we have raised such a few figures. Why are you so excited?"

Zhang Qi was ridiculed by Lin Weimin, but he didn't care at all.

Without Lin Weimin, there would be no such donations.

The foundation's fundraising work is inseparable from Lin Weimin's support from the beginning to the end, and he can be said to have made great contributions.

"When will you see Huo Guantai?" Lin Weimin asked.

"I'll call tomorrow and try to make an appointment as soon as possible."

Jin Yong has Yang Mengdai, and Shao Yifu has Jin Yong's belt.

For Huo Guantai's place, people from relevant departments have already helped to introduce him, so it's not good to bother him anymore, Zhang Qi can only make an appointment by himself, and it is estimated that he will not see anyone in a few days.

"Then I can't wait anymore." Lin Weimin said.

"When the time comes, you can wait for my good news in Yanjing!" After Zhang Qi finished speaking, he said to Lin Weimin, "By the way, Mr. Shao wants to see you."

"see me?"

Only then did Zhang Qi explain the specific situation today to Lin Weimin.

He and Jin Yong went to the golf course and met Shao Yifu. With Jin Yong's face, Shao Yifu happily agreed to donate 100 million Hong Kong dollars on the spot.

Zhang Qi was satisfied at first, but he thought of what Lin Weimin had said to him before, and felt that he could try to bargain, so he told Shao Yifu what Lin Weimin had said.

Unexpectedly, Shao Yifu immediately showed interest and promised Zhang Qi that if he could really promote the cooperation between TVB and CCTV, he would donate 300 million yuan.

Lin Weimin looked at Zhang Qi helplessly, "I dare you to sell me!"

"I'm following what you said. Good brother, we've reached this point, won't you not help?"

Zhang Qi's expression of "don't try to get rid of me, I'm a scoundrel" made Lin Weimin feel helpless.

"Help! I must help!"

"Good brother! I knew you would definitely help. I have inquired about it just now. You are free to travel tomorrow, and you just come to meet Shao Yifu with me."

Lin Weimin looked at Zhang Qi and gritted his teeth: "You are really my good brother!"

"Good brother!" Zhang Qi hugged Lin Weimin again.

Lin Weimin broke free again, "I'll accompany you to meet Shao Yifu, let me solve this problem first!"

Zhang Qi took the note from Lin Weimin, "What is this?"

"Buying things for others!"

Looking at the contents of the note, Zhang Qi felt his scalp tingle, "This, a bit much, right?"

"I'm just worried. I've helped you so much, you can't even help me with this little favor? My good brother!"

When Lin Weimin said this, there was a kind of pleasure of revenge.

When he came to Xiangjiang this time, he was not only a colleague from the editorial department, but also colleagues from other editorial offices did not let him go.

Everyone knew that Lin Weimin had foreign exchange in his hand, so he directly exchanged RMB to him at the market price, and even considered the postage for him.

For the first time, Lin Weimin knew that the strength of so many colleagues in the club should not be underestimated.

Lin Weimin originally planned to consign the goods, but his colleagues also paid for it anyway, so it was a little troublesome.

This time it's all right, with Zhang Qi here, the problem is solved.

Zhang Qi looked at the contents of the note again, summoned up his courage and said, "Okay, I will help you solve this matter."

In the morning of the next day, Lin Weimin and Zhang Qi came to the headquarters of TVB at No. 77, Broadcasting Road, Kowloon Tong. In addition to TVB, there were four other radio stations and TV stations, including Xiangjiang Radio, Commercial Radio, Asia TV and Jiayi TV. It is nicknamed "Wutai Mountain".

Lam Jieying, the first-generation actress of TVB, was known as "the most beautiful Mount Wutai" when she debuted, and this is Mount Wutai.

Mount Wutai has limited space, and the TVB headquarters can only be squeezed into a small hill next to Radio Hong Kong. The entire headquarters has only one administrative building, known as the TV City, but the scale is a bit shabby.

It also makes people a little unimaginable that a TV station living in such an office building has occupied the top spot in the Hong Kong TV industry for decades.

After Lin Weimin and Zhang Qi entered the administrative building and registered their names, they were ushered to the elevator by the front desk, and they pressed the elevator for their help, and sat on the top floor.

When I came to the office door and knocked on the door, it was a charming woman in her forties who pushed the door open.

Lin Weimin bought a few copies of Xiangjiang's gossip tabloids in the past two days, and recognized at a glance that this was Shao Yifu's second wife, Fang Yihua.

At this time, Fang Yihua was not married to Shao Yifu, but she was already an indispensable assistant by Shao Yifu's side.

"Come in, both of you!"

Shao Yifu's face is pale and thin, and he is nearly seventy years old, but he is in good spirits.

Seeing Lin Weimin's enthusiasm, he spoke Mandarin with a bit of Shanghai flavor.

"Mr. Lin, hello!"

"Mr. Shao is good!"

The two parties sat on the sofa, and Fang Yihua brought a few cups of coffee.

After exchanging pleasantries, Shao Yifu said: "Yesterday, Mr. Zhang told me that Mr. Lin could be in the middle of contacting CCTV for our wireless TV station to cooperate. I don't know how sure about this matter?"

Shao Yifu, or it should be after the 90s that TVB really paid attention to cooperation with China, but the process was extremely difficult.

At the beginning, we could only cooperate with domestic companies to sell copyrights. After 2000, the cooperation went further.

At that time, TVB began to use CCTV to infiltrate the mainland. China International Television Corporation, a subsidiary of CCTV, signed an agreement with Infinity TV. The latter bundled the 4th program of CCTV with the 5th program of TVB and Movie Station, and sent them overseas using the satellite it rented. , so that CCTV programs landed in the United States, Canada and other countries.Reciprocity, CCTV will provide channels for wireless TV broadcasting in the Mainland.

But it is a pity that due to the strict domestic requirements for the landing of overseas TV, wireless TV stations have never been able to touch the core business of TV stations such as content production and advertising management.

As for the co-production of TV series, it didn't start until 2003, and it was still a cooperation with CCTV.Originally, the cross-strait co-production of "The Legend of Double Dragon of the Tang Dynasty" was planned, but because of the epidemic that year, the plan was forced to be cancelled.

After procrastination and procrastination, it was not until 2006 that the co-production mode was reopened.

Yesterday, Zhang Qi told Shao Yifu what Lin Weimin had said, and Shao Yifu was immediately taken aback.

In recent years, the ZY film company in Xiangjiang has cooperated with mainland film studios in martial arts films, and the production has flourished. Several works in a row have been well-received and well-received, and Shao Yifu has seen it.

Now that the mainland is reforming and opening up, the atmosphere is gradually liberalized. If we can cooperate in filming and use the colorful real scenes and cheap labor in the mainland, it can save a lot of expenses for TVB.

In the evening, he and Fang Yihua made a careful calculation. In the past two years, TVB has produced more than 700 hours of TV dramas each year. Calculated according to the duration of domestic TV dramas, it is more than [-] episodes.

More than half of them are costume films. If these costume films can be moved to the mainland, it will not only wash away the shortcomings of TVB's "false setting", but also save a fortune, and the scale of this expenditure is likely to be in the tens of millions. of.

Hearing Shao Yifu's question, Lin Weimin said: "Don't dare to lie to Mr. Shao, at most I can only be sure."

Shao Yifu's expression didn't change when he heard this. He is a businessman and never trusts people who talk big. On the contrary, he is more willing to trust those who are cautious in their words and deeds.

"Then where does Mr. Lin's three-point certainty come from?"

Lin Weimin said: "Because the works have been adapted by CCTV one after another, I am familiar with the leaders of CCTV. Nowadays, the TV drama industry in our mainland is not mature enough, and the annual production of dramas is only more than [-] episodes. I asked before However, this figure will be half of your company's annual production.

Therefore, objectively speaking, domestic TV stations have the demand and necessity to cooperate with wireless TV stations.

However, TVB is located in Xiangjiang, and CCTV is a national-level TV station. If the two want to cooperate smoothly, they need to obtain the approval of the competent department above CCTV.

My personal suggestion can only go to the leadership of CCTV, so I say it is three-point sure! "

Shao Yifu has been in the mall for a long time, and he can tell what Lin Weimin said at a glance. The words are sincere and there is no half falsehood.

He nodded and said, "Mr. Lin is right. If that's the case, then leave this matter to Mr. Lin!"

Lin Weimin said with a smile: "Mr. Shao generously donated money for the China Literature Foundation. What I did is insignificant."

He didn't expect to answer Shao Yifu's question so easily, and was about to thank him, but he heard Shao Yifu say again: "I knew Mr. Lin was an outstanding writer in the Mainland, and he was already famous overseas at a young age. Before your "Lover" ” was published on the “Sing Tao Daily”, and my assistant, Ms. Fang, followed it from beginning to end.”

Shao Yifu was referring to Fang Yihua, and Lin Weimin looked at her, only to see Fang Yihua shy, and said: "Mr. Lin is so talented and admirable!"

Lin Weimin nodded to Fang Yihua, "Thank you for your appreciation."

Fang Yihua continued: "Mr. Lin, your "Farewell My Concubine" is very popular in Xiangjiang. I wonder if you are interested in adapting it into a TV series?"

Lin Weimin was slightly surprised. He laughed and said, "Miss Fang, the length of "Farewell My Concubine" is going to be adapted into a TV series. It's not easy to change."

Hearing the meaning of rejection in Lin Weimin's words, Fang Yihua smiled and continued: "Mr. Lin mentioned before that Unlimited cooperates with CCTV in the Mainland. If we can use Mr. Lin's works to facilitate this, it will be a good story!"

Fang Yihua came to Shao Yifu at the age of 18. After [-] years of ups and downs, she is now a powerful woman in Shaw Brothers Films and TVB. She is indeed a powerful woman.

This should be because he is afraid that he will not do his best to promote cooperation, so he deliberately adds criticism to himself.

Lin Weimin glanced at Fang Yihua, then at Shao Yifu, and said solemnly, "Okay! Since Mr. Shao and Ms. Fang trust me so much, I will definitely try my best to make this happen."

Shao Yifu smiled and said, "Okay, then thank you Mr. Lin!"

"By the way!" Lin Weimin suddenly looked at Yifu Shao with a serious expression: "Mr. Shao, my screenwriting fee is very expensive, and the budget needs to be increased."

Shao Yifu laughed and said, "Definitely add! Definitely add!"

(End of this chapter)