Winning the new financial era

Chapter 618
The Chen Bingyao family has been operating in Malaysia for nearly a hundred years, and they still have some energy in the local area.

Under his recommendation, Zhang Yida met Rohana Rojan, CEO of Malaysia Astro Group.

As the richest man in Asia and the owner of the world's largest unicorn company, Zhang Yida is quite well-known. On behalf of the upcoming Rocket TV, it was very easy to finalize the cooperation with Astro Group.

Astro Group is Malaysia's leading platform in digital media fields such as TV, OTT, and radio, serving 570 million households in Malaysia, which accounts for about 76% of the total number of households in Malaysia.

Astro has many channels. The Cantonese channel Huahua Channel co-founded with TVB, and Huanxi Channel, which only speaks Hokkien, have seven or eight Guanghua channels. Every year, the TV station also holds a Miss Chinese beauty pageant.

In the early years, Chinese in Malaysia all watched TVB. In recent years, they have also begun to watch domestic TV dramas such as "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" and "Da Jiang Da He".

Of course, Malaysia itself will also shoot TV series starring Chinese or Malays.

In addition to Chinese TV programs and variety shows, TV stations also broadcast Chinese news, and there are Chinese schools in Malaysia.

In terms of the sense of identity with Chinese culture, Malaysia ranks first among overseas countries.

Under the preliminary cooperation agreement, the series and variety shows produced by Astro will be launched on the Rocket TV App.

At the same time, the Rocket Video brand channel will also be added to Astro's TV channel.

The first stop selected by Rocket TV to go overseas is Malaysia, and a video playback app will be launched.

In order to start this first shot, Rocket TV also decided to cooperate with Astro to shoot a TV series - "Nanqiao Mechanic".

During the Anti-Japanese War, the national government retreated to the southwestern rear, and built the famous "Burma Road" in history in order to transport international aid, military supplies, industrial production raw materials and daily necessities of the people in the rear. Kunming directly leads to Yangon Port, Myanmar The main artery of life.

Mr. Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, after learning that the motherland needs a large number of car drivers and repairmen, issued the "Announcement No. [-] of the South Chinese Association", calling on young drivers and technicians among the overseas Chinese to return to China to participate in the war of resistance and fight with the country.

In 1985, the Yunnan Provincial Government built a 9-meter-high "Nanqiao Mechanics Anti-Japanese Monument" in Xishan, Kunming for the Nanqiao Mechanics, with marble veneer.

In order to commemorate those overseas Chinese who resolutely returned to China to serve the motherland's war of resistance.

The inscription on the monument reads: "There were more than 3000 Nanqiao mechanics who returned to China to serve in those years. More than 1000 died for the country due to war, car accidents and diseases, and another 1000 returned to the country of residence after the war. The more than 1000 people who came down stayed behind. There are less than a hundred survivors... ".

According to statistics, almost half of the supplies and equipment of the Chinese army during the Anti-Japanese War were transported in through the Burma Road, and the vehicles transporting these supplies were driven by Nanqiao mechanics and other drivers.

Overseas Chinese in Nanyang made great efforts in the Anti-Japanese War, whether it was donating money or materials, or sending their children back to China to join the war.

The filming of this TV series, in addition to refreshing the minds of ordinary people in China who are used to watching anti-Japanese dramas, also has a part of the target population targeted at Southeast Asian Chinese.

After returning to China, Zhang Yida approached Kang Honglei, the director of "My Leader, My Team", and hoped that he would direct the TV series.

After Kang Honglei read the script, he hesitated to speak.

Zhang Yida smiled and asked: "Director Kang, if you have anything to say, just say it!
If you think the budget is not enough, we can add it.What I want is the effect that the plane covers the sky and the bombs fall like dumplings.

Of course, trucks can't run out of "Fast and Furious" effects.

If you really want to shoot like that, what is the difference from the kind of TV series that shoot devils to death with bows and arrows.

On the premise of respecting history, restore that period of history to a high degree. "

Kang Honglei nodded, "Mr. Zhang, I know what you said.

The key point is that this play involves the Guo party, so the higher-ups have to give up filming, right?

Let me tell you the truth, "My Leader, My Regiment" has set a lot of restrictions. "

Zhang Yida took a deep breath. This thing really needs to pay attention to the scale, and it can't beautify the fruit party.

Otherwise, if it is filmed, it will be taken off the shelves for you or it will not be screened.

"This is no problem, I will submit the script to the relevant department first, and we will shoot after the review is passed.

With such a large investment, I definitely still hope that the TV series can be released. At worst, I have to make a fuss, right? "

Kang Honglei was entangled in his heart, he was considered a person who suffered a lot.

If it wasn't for the good script and story, not the kind of bad street stuff, and it might be popular in Southeast Asia, he really didn't want to take this kind of filming task.

I spent a lot of energy and couldn't show it in the end. That was really thankless.

Kang Honglei gritted his teeth, "Okay, shoot as soon as you want, but you have to worry about the communication with the higher-ups, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Yida nodded, "That's no problem, but I still need to explain to you more about the shooting of the content."

Kang Honglei has some headaches. What he hates most is that the boss tells him what to do and limits the scope.

The coal boss just said that Internet capital is the most difficult to serve with a female No. [-] and No. [-] female.

Various big data audience portraits, target group analysis... I have heard many complaints from other directors over the years.

Zhang Yida smiled, almost knowing why Kang Honglei was frowning.

Explained: "Don't worry, I only mention this once, and I will never interfere with the specific shooting."

That's fine, let's hear your opinion.

Kang Honglei straightened his body, with an attitude of listening attentively.

Zhang Yida said: "The Chinese in Southeast Asia are a special group. At that time, they served the motherland, and they must be different from those born and raised in our own country.

What I mean is that it is different from the domestic anti-Japanese dramas, and it has to be filmed with a different flavor.

From the dialogue, demeanor, clothing and even ideas of the characters, it must be in line with the background, age and crowd at that time.

It is said that many people on the road at that time could recognize the Nanqiao mechanics at a glance and were deeply impressed by them.

Because they are always more particular, especially their hair is always meticulous, cultured, and all of them are dignified, and one-third of them are recruited by the locals in Yunnan Province as sons-in-law.

Starting from the hometowns in Southeast Asia by boat, and then facing the bad road conditions during the transportation, there were plane bombings in the sky, and finally the Burma Road was completely blocked, the Nanqiao mechanics were disbanded, and they started a family and started a business locally...

There is no need for superheroes, just a transportation job, and it is impossible to have the kind of individual war god who kills and kills.

What is described is a group, not just one or two protagonists.

Because each of them has a different life, some died in wars or car accidents, some returned to Southeast Asia, and some started a family in Yunnan Province. "

Kang Honglei's eyes lit up when he heard it, this is not tailor-made for me.

For other directors, who dares to shoot like this, if they don't give the protagonist something to do, they will definitely hit the street.

"Okay, no problem, Mr. Zhang, I understand what you mean. This is the multi-line narrative method and group portrait role creation of American dramas."

Zhang Yida nodded, that's what he meant.

"Oh, and I plan to learn from HBO's approach to the series. The plot should be tighter and the climaxes will come one after another. It's best to keep short episodes of 10-20 episodes."

Kang Honglei frowned, "It's so short, it's not easy to tell the story well, it's a test of your skills, and there's no precedent to follow."

Zhang Yida said with a smile: "In the future, it is inevitable that online dramas will become high-quality and short dramas.

There is no precedent, so we will be the first to eat crabs. "

(End of this chapter)