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Chapter 192 Pre-departure Arrangements
"It's only two days. Why can't you wait?"

"If we wait a little longer, they will be more eager to watch it, and maybe the ratings will be higher."

"If you really listen to them, we will be the ones who suffer in the end. Just follow the original plan."

"Right now it's mainly the Justice Bao crew. The dozen or so episodes that have been edited won't last long, so they have to hurry up."

"All the company's screenwriters and other resources are tilted towards that, and we strive to ensure that five episodes are broadcast a week without interruption."

"Let the actors be busy, even if they work twelve hours a day, and pay double the wages for the extra eight hours. If this drama becomes a big hit, they can make a lot of money by taking endorsements."

Huang Ze doesn’t think that the actors can’t hold on for twelve hours a day. In his previous life, Liu Dehua ran to several crews a day and rested for three or four hours a day, but he still managed to hold on, right?
You are not doing this for me to make money, you are doing this for your own future and for a better future for the company.

"In short, we should squeeze out the potential of Justice Bao and continue filming until the ratings drop. If we can film 200 to 300 episodes of this drama and broadcast it for more than half a year, then ATV will be able to stabilize its position."

"I will urge them to speed up the filming." Liang Shuyi was attracted by this bright future.

More than half a year!
If ATV can maintain its prime time schedule on par with TVB for most of the year, the next round of advertising revenue will surely increase significantly.

With more money, we can make better quality dramas, recruit more talents, and achieve higher ratings.

Besides, the advertising market is so small. If ATV has more advertising, TVB will have less. Also, think about Run Run Shaw's stingy personality.

Liang Shuyi just feels that there is a lot of potential in the future!

Facts have proved that Huang Ze's choice was correct.

In the past two days, many viewers have indeed been criticizing ATV for being irresponsible and deliberately keeping people in suspense, and even newspapers have been helping them.

But they were not complaining that the TV series was bad, but that there were not enough updates. This attracted more people to watch the first five episodes of "Judge Bao" rebroadcasted by ATV during the daytime out of curiosity.

When the last episode of the Chen Shimei case was released the following Monday, Chen Shimei, who had abandoned his wife and children, was beheaded by Bao Zheng with a shout of "Behead!", and "Justice Bao" reached its climax.

The audience share statistics later also fully proved this point.

Fifty-seven percent.

Wireless was even suppressed a bit.

When this data came out, Shaw Yi-fu could no longer sit still and said to Fang Yi-hua, "Change the drama that is currently being broadcast and put on a new one. If the new drama doesn't work, we will put on another one. We must suppress ATV's "Justice Bao"!"

He knows it very well, sometimes it's just about momentum.

If others thought that ATV had surpassed TVB, it would very likely cause a chain reaction and lead to the entire industry's collapse.

"Can the actors do anything?" Shao Yifu needed some quick solutions.

If you want to defeat your opponent, you don't necessarily have to rely on ratings.

Just like playing chess, victory or defeat is not only determined on the chessboard. Sometimes you can also defeat your opponent outside the chessboard, or even use the chessboard to defeat your opponent, such as by smashing him to death.

Back then, "Heavenly Silkworm Change" was very popular, but the lead actor Xu Shaoqiang was bribed and disappeared for a while, resulting in "Heavenly Silkworm Change" having to replace the actor and the ratings plummeted.

It would be great if the actors who play Bao Zheng or Zhan Zhao could also disappear for a while.

"The old tricks don't work." Fang Yihua looked bitter. "ATV arranged bodyguards for the two main actors and their families. It's both for protection and surveillance. There's also a high penalty for breach of contract."

"We may not be able to contact those two people."

"Then we can recruit other people from the Justice Bao crew. Anyone will do. The more influence we can get, the better."

"In addition, our TVB will also launch its own Justice Bao!" Shaw Yifu said firmly. "With the TVB's audience base, with the same subject matter, ATV will definitely lose in the end."

"Even if we can't make it back, we have to keep doing it and spend more time releasing Justice Bao."

"I want to make the audience vomit and quickly become disgusted with the black-faced Bao on TV, and completely ruin this drama for ATV. Then the audience will still be ours."

"Okay, let's do it!"...

When Uncle Shao was trying to find a way to resist "Judge Bao", Huang Ze was no longer interested in it.

Once the ratings came out, he could finally rest assured.

"Justice Bao" kept ATV stable for half a year, and he could go to Hollywood to make movies without any worries.

But when he thought about it, Huang Ze felt empty.

Somewhat uncomfortable.

After thinking about the several industries under his control, ATV is stable for the time being.

The record was not the focus. Mariah Carey's album was still in production and I was paying attention to it. Everything was going well.

As for the release and promotion, I will be in the US by then and will be able to help, so I don't need to worry too much.

Xinghai Films...

it's him!
Found the key to the problem.

Huang Ze slapped his head.

Since Warner Bros. was unwilling to give him the distribution rights for Pulp Fiction in Hong Kong, when it would be released in Hong Kong, how much the box office would be, etc. had nothing to do with him.

Besides, apart from some groundbreaking works, Western works did not gain much popularity in Hong Kong Island at that time.

"Days of Being Wild" is not a box office hit either.

Not to mention "A City of Sadness" which should be completed and released next year. Wanwan can make a lot of money, but people in Hong Kong cannot empathize with the characters in it.

The only movie that has a good chance of taking in over 30 million next year is The Grudge, but there’s one more thing to consider: this movie is fucking horrible.

It seems that in the previous life, the film censorship department did not allow the film to be promoted on the grounds that it was too horrific.

By then, it will be able to enter theaters with a three-level classification. The censorship is not strict at the moment, but what if?
If they are not allowed to promote their films, then Xinghai Films may not have any works on the Hong Kong box office charts next year.

There are two "Once Upon a Time in China" films in the top five this year, and last year there were "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" and "The Ring". What will happen if there is none next year?

Everyone might think that Xinghai is no longer viable.

As the time to make the most money in the Hong Kong film industry is approaching, I have to find a way to accumulate enough funds and influence.

Let everyone know that the movies produced by Xinghai are money-printing machines and can make a lot of money.

What is the whole box office hit?

Huang Ze tapped the table lightly with his fingers.

I definitely cannot shoot this work myself. I don’t have the time, or even the time to oversee it. It all depends on the director.

Then the director in the company is not trustworthy for the time being.

"It's you, Wang Rixiang." Huang Ze slapped the table.

This director is still very capable of making money and his funds are recovered quickly. He is definitely the type of director that investors like most.

He is also smart enough and there was no problem with his stance in his previous life, so there is no need to worry about getting into trouble by cooperating with him.

Huang Ze immediately found someone to contact the other party.

(End of this chapter)