Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 792
"Thank you Tang Sheng for your affirmation of Shaw Brothers movies." Shao Yifu laughed, "I wonder, does Tang Sheng know how to play an old-fashioned bargaining game in the business world in the early years - pocketing money?"

Tang Huan spread his hands, looked at the golden buttons on the sleeves of the snow-white shirt at his wrists, and asked with a smile, "But how can I cooperate with Uncle Six?"

"It's easy, just find a piece of cloth." Shao Yifu raised his hand and motioned to his little companion Cheng Songling who was sitting next to him.

Tang Huan couldn't help being amused, he didn't expect that Shao Yifu was really old-hearted, and he was reluctant to drive his little girlfriend away, so he played such tricks to deceive others.

Even though Cheng Songling is only in her early twenties, she is definitely well-behaved, otherwise she wouldn't have been taken by Shao Liushu, who claims to be "not dirty".After finding Bu, she gently backed away for a certain distance, and Shao Yifu had roughly agreed with Tang Huan on the specific additional conditions, and the final transaction amount was just about to be finalized.

The hands of the two on the coffee table were covered by a cloth, and outsiders naturally had no way of knowing what was going on below.

After about half a minute, Tang Huan asked with a half-smile, "Uncle Six, are you satisfied?"

Shao Yifu pulled out his hand with a smile, and while wiggling his fingers, he replied tactfully: "I'm really old, my joints are a little stiff and inflexible."

"Look at Sixth Uncle's piece of ginger, it's not as spicy as usual." Tang Huan shook his head slightly, got up and said, "Then Sixth Uncle should take a good rest, I'll just go out by myself."

Shao Yifu paused on his crutches, and quickly told Cheng Songling, "Songsong, send Tang Sheng off for me."

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When Tang Huan walked to the door, he happened to meet Fang Yihua who lived next to him.The other party asked in surprise, "Tang Sheng left so soon? I came here after hearing the news and wanted to talk to Tang Sheng about something."

Tang Huan smiled slightly, "I still have private matters to deal with, so I won't bother you too much. If Ms. Fang has something to talk about, you can come to my place as a guest."

Watching Tang Huan get into the car and leave, Fang Yihua asked casually, "What did Tang Sheng and Uncle Six talk about just now?"

Although Cheng Songling's career in music and acting has developed well, and the recently released TVB TV series "Shushan Heroes: The Romance of the Immortal Couple" was appointed by Shao Yifu as the first heroine, but she is not in front of Fang Yihua. Dare to take it big, and replied with a low eyebrow and pleasing to the eye: "It seems to be a business deal, I sit far away, and I don't understand it well."

Fang Yihua nodded slightly, and walked into the villa with her legs lifted——No matter how many female companions around Shao Yifu changed, she was the only one who relied on the most virtuous wife. Take care of your eyes and ears.

After meeting Shao Yifu, Fang Yihua made indirect remarks: "It seems that you and Tang Huan were in a good mood."

"Of course." Shao Yifu smiled complacently, "I packaged and sold the old films of Shaw Brothers films to Tang's richest man, earning 3 million Hong Kong dollars."

"He's really generous." Fang Yihua gasped, "I've heard about the digital restoration that DreamWorks is going to do. It's been a long time since I searched for old movies everywhere. I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Eat Shaw Brothers' film library."

"Tang Huanguang donated 1 million U.S. dollars to the disaster-stricken areas in East China in his own name--for him, this amount of money is equivalent to buying a toy and satisfying his hobbies." Shao Yifu seems to feel that the sale is cheap again, which seems a bit Unfinished business.

"That's true. 3 million Hong Kong dollars converted into U.S. dollars is about 2000 million." Fang Yihua, who also agreed, pondered: "However, Tang Huan rarely fails in business, so it must be beneficial to restore these old movies. Interesting. Perhaps, it would be more appropriate for us to do it ourselves.”

"You think too simply." Shao Yifu, who laughed out loud, pointed out carefully: "After Tang Huan bought Shaw Brothers' film library from me for 3 million Hong Kong dollars, he still had to spend on digital restoration. 2000 million Hong Kong dollars. Don’t forget, he was the first to create this technology. If it’s our turn, do you think the same 1 million Hong Kong dollars can handle digital restoration?”

Fang Yihua gasped again when he heard that, "In this way, Tang Huanguang will spend nearly 5 million Hong Kong dollars on the digital restoration of Shaw Brothers movies-even if he has the strength to satisfy his hobbies at will, it is too much. Be willful."

"For the richest man in Tang Dynasty, these digital versions have many uses." Shao Yifu patiently explained: "Don't forget, although he lost the competition for the first satellite TV license in Hong Kong, Tang Huan's goal is to Phoenix TV, the Chinese satellite TV with global coverage, is not affected and has already started operations."

"It turns out that in addition to museum collections and VCD publishing, Tang Huan also uses it as satellite TV program content." Fang Yihua suddenly realized.

"The trend of digital technology is becoming more and more obvious, and TVB must also keep up with this trend." Shao Yifu said: "Up to now, TVB's TV series have produced at least several thousand episodes. I have already reached an agreement with Tang Huan There are conditions attached. He will assist TVB in digital restoration on preferential terms. At the same time, when Tang Huan is doing digital restoration of Shaw Brothers movies, he may add materials such as interviews with the original production members. These trivial matters There are quite a lot of things to do, please remember to cooperate."

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The reason why Tang Huan seized the time to bid farewell to Shao Yifu was because the White Snake, Zhao Yazhi, should be home—obviously, this title came from the upcoming TV series "Legend of the New White Snake".

In fact, although the "Legend of the New White Snake" in the original time and space was highly rated, it was mainly evaluated from the perspective of the mainland.Just like many Xiangjiang artists, they may be well-known in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but they ignore the mainland market, and are also ignored by mainland audiences. As a result, it seems that there has never been such a star in the circle.

Mainland audiences were deeply impressed by "Legend of the White Snake", and it became a kind of sentimentality. The reason was that the production level of entertainment programs in the Mainland was really limited at that time, and the show was like the CCTV version of "Journey to the West", which did not involve any sensitive factors. It is suitable for repeated broadcasting over and over again to fill the large number of schedules after the 24-hour broadcast of programs by mainland TV stations.

It is true that the production level of "Legend of the New White Snake" has made ordinary audiences nod in praise, but as long as you pay attention, you will find that, on the whole, its quality has declined sharply from the beginning to the end—that is, the mainland audiences at that time demanded no Gao, only then was bombarded with a feeling of blunt fatigue.

The reason is that the production team was divided into chaos due to disagreements. The entire TV series rarely lasted more than 10 episodes before a new screenwriter was needed.

And the "New Huangmei Diao", which gave the whole TV series an artistic atmosphere of a musical, simply disappeared after the mid-term.

It can be said that "Legend of the New White Snake" is supported by the golden facade of no more than 10 previous episodes.

After understanding these shortcomings, when Tang Huan tailored "The Legend of the White Snake" for Zhao Yazhi, he could achieve perfection in the ideal state.

First, the lineup of The Legend of the White Snake remains basically unchanged, which is too childish for DreamWorks, which has huge resources.

The second point is that the content of the story is completed in one go, and the length is reduced from the original 50 episodes to 40 episodes. This is also the scale of the project that DreamWorks is best at scheduling resources.

The third point is that the well-known Huangmei tune has been carried out throughout, and the entertainment of the public must also pursue classic artistry.

The fourth point is to strive for excellence in shooting and framing. Such a profound historical heritage must not be ruined in an anticlimactic manner.

The fifth point is that the special effects must be at a level worthy of the popularity of the TV series for at least 20 years. For the special effects company vigorously developed by Tang's richest man as a separate industry, it is naturally a natural service ability.

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And so on, the "Legend of the White Snake" project, which took several years from careful preparation to the completion of filming, needs no further mention of its high standards. Now it is waiting for the premiere in the entire Greater China region to test its popularity .

According to the work plan, Zhao Yazhi had just completed the publicity in Baodao, Singapore, Funan and other places, and returned to Xiangjiang to take a break to cooperate with the local campaign.

Tang Huan, who had already checked with his mobile phone on the way, asked as soon as he entered the residence, "Miss, are you ready?"

Dressed in Bai Suzhen's attire, Zhao Yazhi came out gracefully, and replied softly: "Officer, you are back."

Tang Huan snapped his fingers and whistled frivolously, "What a witch, let's see how I suppress you."

After finishing speaking, the richest man picked up the other party and strode towards the bedroom with big strides, still muttering happily: "After Zhou Zhiruo, Su Rongrong, and Feng Chengcheng, it's finally the White Snake."

Zhao Yazhi punched the man hard, and said coquettishly, "Would it be absurd to bring Xu Xian and Xiaoqing together for you?"

It has to be said that even Guan Zhilin felt the challenge from Li Jiaxin. Women who belonged to the same era as Tang Huan, of course, had to consider how to keep their pets - throwing away the gap of youth and young age, this group was born in the early 1970s The goblins are so open-minded that it really makes them gnash their teeth.

Zhao Yazhi, who has long-term cosplay experience with Tang Huan, is even more familiar with cosplaying this time. From time to time, he will fly a look at the man in the mirror, which stimulates the other party's beast~ sex.

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The well-produced "Legend of the New White Snake", the world's first round of premieres, was launched simultaneously in five places including Baodao, Xiangjiang, Haojiang, Singapore, and Funan - among them, in Baodao, because of the degree of liberalization of the TV field The restriction that still needs to be waited was introduced by Taiwan TV; in Xiangjiang, although Phoenix Satellite TV did not compete for the first satellite TV license issued by the Hong Kong government, as compensation, it still got the "non-local TV program service license", just to To attract more viewers, it cooperated with Media Asia TV to broadcast; the situation in Haojiang is similar, the partner has become a TV station controlled by He Gambling King; as for Singapore and Funan, these restrictions do not exist, Phoenix Satellite TV already owns TV stations there A full set of network resources.

With the cooperation of such a huge strength, "Legend of the New White Snake" achieved a long-lost empty alley in the first three days of its broadcast, even Xiangjiang, which has increasingly diversified entertainment methods and extremely fierce competition, is no exception.

As far as the current TV station structure is concerned, the ratings of TVB and Media Asia TV plummeted to 2:8. Fang Yihua, who originally planned to discuss matters with Tang Huan alone, had to rush to a meeting to come up with countermeasures.

Even for those related consortiums that intend to enter the field of satellite TV and cable TV, it is tantamount to being hit head-on. They also have to hold an urgent meeting to discuss how a "newcomer" like himself can face the "newcomers" who have already gained a first-mover advantage. Seniors" extrusion.

At the same time, the opening song "Waiting for a Thousand Years" and the ending song "Crossing Love" of "Legend of the New White Snake" spread rapidly, creating a national trend. The store was sold out.

The entertainment pages of various newspapers were filled with discussions about "The Legend of the New White Snake".There is a kind of sigh among them - even though Zhao Yazhi doesn't have many acting roles, almost every one of her films is extraordinary.Such a lucky star is really enviable.

Naturally, the salaries of the three leading actors soared, and they suddenly became the champions of the "Hong Kong and Taiwan TV Actors Salary Rankings". Xiaoqing, who lives a comfortable life, keeps getting film appointments.

After "Legend of the White Snake" became a hit as expected, it didn't have to wait for the first round of the global broadcast to finish, and then began to radiate to North America, Australia and other Chinese-inhabited areas; as for mainland China, it also began to operate. Looking at a frenzy of ratings that swept from the trembling 80-year-old grandma to the toddler two-year-old child, it was about to arrive as expected.

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Just for immediate benefits, there are many more in "Legend of the White Snake"-DreamWorks is already evaluating whether to make a movie, while comics and video games have already been developed.Especially the latter, when the TV drama hits the market, it will be released at the same time.

This role-playing game does not make full use of the materials of "The Legend of the White Snake" at once. According to the plan, it will be a trilogy.

Tang Huan attaches great importance to this, because Chinese culture has extensive and profound mythological background, but it has not been able to form a powerful cultural product, and the richest man has gathered people to sort out materials in this field for almost ten years. The goal is to Create an epic system based on "Fengshen Yanyi" and "Shan Hai Jing" that surpasses the original epic system such as "World of Warcraft" that slapped itself in the face in three days and took the settings back. "Legend of the New White Snake" is just It's just the beginning of this grand plan.

(End of this chapter)