The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 204 Digging Chuyuan
Although Zhao Yazhi is only the host in name, but because the program was full of various deficiencies during its initial creation period, not only the program producer had to be responsible for corrections, but even the two hosts had to participate in making suggestions.Come up with ideas for this show, find ways to increase the ratings.

After all, this episode of "Big Heart and Careful" was broadcast on Saturday, and it took over the class of General Changsheng's "Happy Tonight".

Zhao Yazhi originally promised Xu Guanwu that she would only work one day a week and would never disturb the couple's life.But in fact, because of the initial creation of the program, in order to enrich the content of the program and create a completely different entertainment method from "Happy Tonight", the members of the program team have regular meetings every day, which is not at all easier than when filming.

"As for the content of the program, just leave it to the producer and director. You only get the host's money, why do you have to participate in so many things?" Xu Guanwu frowned and said to his wife Zhao Yazhi.

Woke up early for breakfast, only drank a bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge, and ate a few mouthfuls of deep-fried dough sticks, Zhao Yazhi hurriedly put on her bag and went out, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but sour.

"I made an appointment with everyone for a meeting. Besides, the first episode of the program is not doing well. The entire program group has been criticized, and even I have been scolded as a vase. Of course I will also be in a bad mood. I have to find a way to correct it. Ah." Seeing that her husband was angry, Zhao Yazhi quickly put down her backpack and walked closer, leaning on Xu Guanwu's arm and said.

When Xu Guanwu was acted like a spoiled child by his wife, his anger immediately turned into invisible, and he couldn't help but smile, "Don't let someone as smart as your husband come here to ask for advice. A group of people gathered together to think about it for so many days, and also wanted to There is no clue. I really can’t find the gate of the temple with a pig’s head.”

"Ah Wu, are you going to help us? That's great!" Zhao Yazhi hugged and kissed happily when her husband said this.

"Isn't it just an idea? I have a lot of them here, so I'm going to embarrass you." Xu Guanwu curled his lips in disdain, and casually told Zhao Yazhi the program format of "Lucky 52" and "Happy Dictionary".

The ratings of these two quiz programs in the mainland are very high.The host Li Yong was also elected as the most expensive variety show host by virtue of this program.

The reason why Xu Guanwu didn't talk about programs like "Where's Dad?" and "Super Girl" is that one is a reality show variety show, and the subject matter is too advanced now. , The audience's appreciation level has also improved to a certain level, and it also depends on the wide application of Internet technology, so that the audience can actually participate in the production of the program, the reality show can really become popular.

In addition, talent shows such as "Super Girl", even in a small place like Hong Kong, still need a huge program team to complete the early stage layout.And the subsequent selection process also requires the audience's full participation.With the current communication standards, it simply cannot support the entire program.

What's more, "Super Girl" is an imitation of the British "Super Idol". The creative copyright of that program is worth tens of millions of dollars. Xu Guanwu will buy his own TV station in the future, so he will not give such valuable ideas to TVB for nothing.

Compared with those reality shows, "Lucky 52" and "Happy Dictionary" are a bit behind, but compared with "Happy Tonight" variety show, they have made significant progress.

The obvious difference is that "Lucky 52" and "Happy Dictionary" are the interaction between the host and the audience, not like "Happy Tonight", where all the performers are TVB artists, and there is zero interaction with the audience throughout the performance, or There is very little interaction.

Interacting with the audience and allowing the audience to participate in the program is a form of program that only appeared in the middle of the development of variety shows.In this kind of variety show, the audience is no longer just sitting in the audience to watch, but can participate in it, become the protagonist of the variety show, and enjoy the thrill of being highly anticipated.

After listening to her husband talk about the content of these two programs, Zhao Yazhi's eyes suddenly brightened, "Ah Wu, these two programs sound very good, I think the producer will like it very much."

"That's right, I don't know who came up with it." Xu Guanwu said proudly, "But try to let him choose the program "Happy Dictionary"."

"Why?" Zhao Yazhi asked suspiciously.

""Happy Dictionary" can highlight the hostess. Since you insist on doing this variety show, you must be the most important person. Otherwise, what's the fun standing next to others and being a log?" Xu Guanwu said.

"It's just a job. It doesn't matter if you stand out or not? You just have too much focus on fame and fortune." Zhao Yazhi waved her hand and left with her bag on her back.

Being treated as a donkey's liver and lungs by others, Xu Guanwu shook his head depressedly, and dealt with the bowl of preserved egg and lean meat porridge in front of him ruthlessly.

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Gui Zhihong's breach of contract case was quickly accepted by the court after it was submitted to the court.

The lawyer representing the giant star manager company requested the court to sentence Gui Zhihong to compensate the company for the losses caused by directing films for other companies without permission.

Gui Zhihong argued that he was not the director of "Hong Kong Mystery: Murder", but that the real director was a friend of his, and that he only came in and out of the film crew to visit friends, and he didn't charge Golden Harvest a penny for the whole process.

Both sides present their own evidence, and you come and go in court, and the dispute is irresistible.

Xu Guanwu didn't pay much attention to this matter, he was busy poaching the corner of Shaw Brothers, thinking about poaching the director Chu Yuan.

Ever since the superstar manager company innovated the cooperation mechanism and launched cooperation with major film companies, the company's business has been extremely busy, and the queue for many cooperation projects has been queued until next year.

On the one hand, there are too many people who want to cooperate, and on the other hand, the company is short of manpower, especially the film directors are very few, there are only a few people.There are not enough manpower to make films for our own company, so how can we lend them to others?

As a businessman, Xu Guanwu naturally couldn't let money go without making money. Apart from the blind way of rejecting the project, the only way to do it was to expand the company as soon as possible.

The Shaw Brothers, which has accumulated the most talents, has undoubtedly become one of Xu Guanwu's poaching targets.

The director Chu Yuan first came into Xu Guanwu's field of vision. To be honest, Xu Guanwu planned to poach him last year.

But it is a pity that in 73, the film "72 Tenants" directed by Chu Yuan sold 530 million yuan at the box office, setting Shaw's highest box office record in the 70s, and even kung fu superstar Bruce Lee was surpassed by him.

So Chu Yuan suddenly became Shaw's treasure. Although the two films he made after that were not very popular, he was still held tightly by Shao Yifu and did not allow others to poach the roles.

However, Chu Yuan’s subsequent performance was unsatisfactory. The romance film "Dancing Clothes", the life comedy "Hong Kong 73", the film adapted from the popular series "The Resentment of the Rich Men", and "New Laughing Marriage" suffered disastrous box office failures one after another, and "72 Tenants" was never repeated. box office miracle.

Many people think that Chu Yuan has exhausted his talents, and that "72 Tenants" is just a flash in the pan.

Shao Yifu tried his best to resist the crowd, and arranged for Chu Yuan to direct the new film "The Remnant Dream of a Small Building", which turned out to be even worse at the box office. Shao Yifu was disappointed, and he did not open a film for Chu Yuan for half a year.

Although the Shaw Brothers are the same as the Xu Brothers, all employees are paid. Although Chu Yuan has no filming, he has a contract and a fixed salary every month, so life is naturally not a problem.

But the key is to be idle at home, one's talents can't be used, and there is no filming and only a salary. Although it is not a problem to support oneself, but the wife and children have to spend money, and Chu Yuan's finances are a bit stretched.

In order to restore Boss Shao's confidence in him, Chu Yuan stayed at home every day to write scripts.After making so many types of movies, he found that there are only two kinds of movies that will never go out of style, one is comedy, from Chaplin, the Keaton brothers to Liang Xingbo, the new Ma Shizeng to the Xu brothers , comedy films will always have an audience; the other is action films, because action is an international language that anyone can understand.

So Chu Yuan began to stay at home every day to revise scripts, starting with Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Book and Sword Enmity Record", and showed Shao Yifu to read one after a few days.But every time I took it excitedly, I brought it back disappointed.It doesn't mean that too much investment is needed, but the story is too common, which almost made Chu Yuan lose confidence.

In fact, Shao Yifu also has troubles that he can't tell. If the company's performance is good in normal times, it will pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.But the current situation is that the Xu Brothers are rising rapidly, and the ghostly comedy and humorous kung fu have broken box office records one after another, making a lot of money.

However, because Shaw Brothers films adhere to the big studio system, young directors will never be able to compete with old directors in terms of seniority.The thinking of old directors is relatively conservative, and the films they make are still in the style of the 60s, which cannot meet the needs of the modern young generation at all.The box office was in a mess, and the performance dropped sharply.

Besides, director Chu Yuan directed five films in succession, none of which had a box office of more than 50 Hong Kong dollars, and did not even make back the cost, causing the company to suffer heavy losses.So even though Shao Yifu appreciates his directing talent, he has to give up due to the current situation.

Just like a big director like Hu Jinquan, because the box office didn't sell well and caused Golden Harvest to lose money, he would still be dispatched to Taiwan.This is the reality of the Hong Kong film industry. Directors who can make money have the confidence to speak, while directors who cannot make money do not even have the right to speak.

Chu Yuan met Shao Yifu more than a dozen times in a row, and each time he returned disappointed. The last few times, he couldn't even get in the door.Seeing the disdainful eyes of the secretary sitting at the door looking at him, Chu Yuan felt ashamed, knowing that he had no remaining value, and probably would be kicked out soon.

Although Shaw Brothers has signed a contract with both actors and directors, agreeing how many films the company will open each year and how much commission each film will receive, but if it is found that your performance is not good enough, the contract will be unilaterally torn off at any time .These directors and actors can only stare blankly, there is nothing they can do.

When Chu Yuan returned home dejectedly, seeing his wife sitting in front of the house washing clothes, he couldn't help but feel his nose sore.

Chu Yuan's wife, Nan Hong, was a big star in Cantonese movies before, and she was extremely popular, but now she has to manage the housework like a housewife, which made Chu Yuan feel very sad.If he was still a big director and had filming in his hands, someone would have already rushed to do these jobs, so there was no need for his wife to do it herself.

Of course, this is not to say that Chu Yuan only likes other people's work, but those people are too diligent and can't stop him at all.

"You're back?! What did Boss Shao say?" Nan Hong glanced at Chu Yuan, stood up, wiped her soapy hands on her apron, and went into the room to help her husband pour a cup of hot tea.

Chu Yuan threw the script on the table, sighed, and lowered his head, not daring to look at his wife.

"Failed again?! Why this time?" Nan Hong frowned and asked.

Chu Yuan shook his head.

"Is that passed?" Nan Hong asked suspiciously.

"No, I didn't even see Boss Shao's face, and I was blocked by the secretary at the door." Chu Yuan said dejectedly, now thinking of the secretary's contemptuous eyes, he still felt sick.

"Why is this happening? Why don't you go to the Shanghai restaurant and wait for him. Boss Shao often eats there on Sundays." Nanhong suggested.

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