Hong Kong Island Comic Master

Chapter 68 The Millionaire
Hong Kong Islanders have always been eager for money, and the entire social atmosphere is also very impetuous and luxurious.

Here, it seems that as long as you are rich, your character, knowledge, and even appearance are all advantages: being ugly is called unique, being fat is called wealth, and being short is concentrated.

On the contrary, as long as you have no money, it seems that there is no advantage in hanging around, which is disgusting.

Therefore, people do whatever it takes to make money, including gambling, cheating, and robbing, which constantly refreshes people's moral bottom line.

And it is in this environment that the launch of "Who is a Millionaire" tells everyone a new way to make a lot of money every day: using knowledge, you can really make money!
The book has its own golden house, which is no longer a slogan!
This program was originally a TV game show from the British ITV, "Millions", hosted by Chris Tarrant, which first aired in 1998.

Contestants need to correctly answer 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions with four choices. If they can answer all of them correctly, they will receive a huge prize, usually 100 million local currency.

This program was later introduced and broadcast by ATV in Hong Kong Island in 2001. It gained huge attention once it was launched.

Now Phoenix TV has produced and broadcast this program 20 years in advance, and the effect is not bad.

What's more, it's still the 70s. For most people, 100 million is definitely a life-changing windfall, and it only requires a registration fee of HKD 5!
Participants only need to be residents of Hong Kong Island who are over 16 years old, non-employees of Phoenix TV and its sponsors, and their families. All can register by calling, writing a letter, or going to the local TV station to register.

Contestants will receive a certain amount of bonus accumulation for each correct answer. If they answer 15 correct questions in a row, they will receive 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

When you encounter a problem, you can use 3 tips to help answer the question.

Including: "55 ten", that is, two wrong answers are removed.

"On-the-spot tips" for help from the audience.

"Call Friends" means calling relatives and friends for help, but only for 30 seconds.

There are a total of 10 challengers in each episode. If the episode has been screened for enough time and a participant is still competing, the participant will continue to compete in the next episode.

Host Lin Yanni graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and is also the former sister-in-law of Hong Kong international superstar Bruce Lee and the future wife of Hong Kong talent Huang Zhan, although they eventually divorced.

However, the future Hong Kong female writer is now just a TV director and weather report girl at Phoenix TV. Because this program needs an intellectual beauty, she was selected by Li Wannian to become the host of this program.

"If someone can answer 15 questions correctly, your TV station will suffer a huge loss, right?"

When Lin Yanni finished explaining the rules of the show, Huang Jiali was shocked.

That’s 100 million!Many people in Hong Kong today have never seen so much money in their lives.

"Hahaha, mom, don't worry, it's not that easy to get this money!"

Li Wannian smiled and comforted.

Sure enough, before he finished speaking, the first contestant quickly fell on the fourth question.

Since the first line of insurance was not reached, not even a penny was paid.

The so-called insurance line is that after the contestant passes the fifth and tenth levels, even if the answer is wrong, he can still get the bonus of the fifth or tenth level.

This allows contestants to safely compete for the million-dollar prize and eliminate their worries.

"Hahaha, this person is so stupid. He didn't even know that Ming Chengzu was Zhu Xi, so he chose Zhu Yuanzhang!"

Li Wanyue was laughing on the sofa, pointing at the TV series.

"???"

The whole family looked at Li Wanyue in stunned silence.Li Wanyue noticed that everyone was looking at her and asked doubtfully: "Is there any problem?"

"Mom, why don't you tell Xiaoyue not to go to school? The tuition will be in vain!"

"Li Wannian, what do you mean?"

After hearing this, Li Wanyue stared at Li Wannian with a bulging face.

"I'll think it over."

Huang Jiali held her forehead and actually made a rare joke.

"Huh?" Everyone in the family was caught off guard by Huang Jiali's sudden joke, but Li Wanyue reacted the fastest.

A pair of big eyes rolled around, and he suddenly said with a smile on his face: "Mommy, is it true?"

"It's fake, don't even think about it!"

"That's right, I'll buy her two more sets of review questions tomorrow. You need these more than the rest of us!"

Li Wanyue immediately blushed and said angrily: "Li Wannian, I will fight with you!"

There were some unintelligible words in succession, such as "with you or without me", "go to hell" and so on, which made the whole family burst into laughter: the living room at home was filled with an air of happiness.

A happy family like the Li family is by no means the only one on Hong Kong Island tonight.

But all Hong Kong families who watched tonight's variety show again experienced happiness they had never experienced before. This is a new version of the ship that you have never experienced before.

I didn’t expect that a knowledge-based program could be so interesting?
Since "Who is a Millionaire" is the first episode to be aired, neither the selection of the question bank nor the abilities of the contestants are consistent enough.

Therefore, in the first episode of "Who is a Millionaire", all 10 contestants appeared. Unfortunately, not to mention someone who could answer 15 questions correctly, there was not even one who answered 10 questions correctly.

The person who answered the most questions correctly only got 8 correct answers.

Relying on the rules of the insurance line, he can take away 1000 Hong Kong dollars, which is already a profit compared to the registration fee!

People on Hong Kong Island are keen on getting rich quickly, and entertainment activities with gambling properties such as lottery, horse racing, mahjong, etc. are very popular on Hong Kong Island.

And this program is equivalent to getting a chance to get rich with just a few bucks!

This is even more practical than buying lottery tickets. After all, lottery tickets are purely based on luck. If it is in the Mainland, it is likely to have an internal relationship with the gambling company. And with this program, as long as you really have a broad enough knowledge, you can become a human encyclopedia. , then you can really get 100 million!

Therefore, as soon as this program was launched, it immediately became a hit on Hong Kong Island!

The ratings of that day's program soared to 50%, eclipsing the other two TV stations.

On the second night, the ratings exceeded 60%, which was almost an empty house.

This kind of ratings almost reached the level that "Shanghai Beach" only had a year later.

The phone number of Phoenix TV station is almost overflowing with people coming to sign up. Every day, the first floor of the TV station is also crowded with people.

This scene is almost catching up with the Spring Festival Transport in the first decade of the 21st century!
In short, with just two programs, Phoenix TV has conquered the entire Hong Kong Island with one variety show.

(End of this chapter)