Hong Kong Movies: You Hongxingzi, what the hell is the charity king?

Chapter 407 "406" "A Bite of China" and "Super Trainee"

Xiaofu and Axing beside them: “…………”

Hey!

What a foul, sour smell!
"Weiye, how is your work now? Are you used to standing guard in the hospital?"

Guan Zu asked Wang Weiye while eating the clay pot rice.

Wang Weiye sat up straight, picking up his rice with chopsticks in a very polite manner, and answered seriously:

"Reply Mr. Guan, it's OK."

"What about colleagues?" asked Guan Zu.

Wang Weiye thought of the two police officers before and frowned slightly, but still said: "Fortunately, most of my colleagues are pretty good."

Wang Weiye has a taciturn personality and will definitely not easily say anything if there is anything.

Guan Zu did not ask any more questions, but changed the subject: "Wei Ye, I came to you today because I actually have something to ask you..."

Wang Weiye respectfully said, "Mr. Guan, you go ahead."

Guan Zu: "It's like this. My Five Star Group now has a Central Plaza project and is going to cooperate with another group. I plan to set up an internal monitoring department. I would like to ask you to come and help me as an internal monitoring commissioner, mainly responsible for investigating possible corruption and shoddy work in this project."

Wang Weiye was slightly stunned. He didn't expect Guan Zu to suddenly make such an invitation. He said subconsciously: "Mr. Guan, I... I am a policeman. I am used to working in the police force."

Guan Zu looked at Wang Weiye and said seriously, "I know you are a good policeman. Your ideal is to help people in need and punish crimes. In fact, it is the same for you to come here as an internal ombudsman, and you can even play a greater role. This Central Plaza project is very important, and it is also related to the investment of more than 100 million citizens... If there is corruption, cutting corners, etc., it will harm the interests of many people. I need a just and serious person like you to help me keep the bottom line."

Wang Weiye fell into deep thought. He understood that what Guan Zu said made sense, and he was also very grateful for Guan Zu's trust and recognition of him.

However, leaving the police force to work in the corporate sector was a big change for him.

Guan Zu didn't urge him and continued eating.

After 2 minutes, Wang Weiye finally raised his head and said with a firm look in his eyes: "Mr. Guan, I...I am willing to try."

To be honest, he wasn't having a happy time at the police station either.

The boss doesn’t like it, and the colleagues don’t like it.

But if you change the environment and ask Mr. Guan to take care of you, it might be a good choice.

"it is good!"

Guan Zu showed a gratified smile on his face: "Don't worry, I will give you enough support so that you can do this job well."

Wang Weiye was very grateful, but he was a bit taciturn by nature, so he just managed to say, "Mr. Guan, thank you for trusting me so much... I won't let you down."

Guan Zu smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's eat first, and then we'll go back to the company and discuss the specific work arrangements in detail."

"Also, you need to go to the police station to complete the resignation procedures..."

"Yes, Mr. Guan!"

"Call me boss from now on!"

"Yes, boss!"

At this point, Wang Weiye was recruited into his team.

His role will be very important. In the early stage, he will be asked to keep an eye on the Central Plaza project. After the completion of Central Plaza one year later, he will be transferred back to the Five Star Group to set up a "supervision department."

Every company will suffer from big company disease after a long time. For example, JD.com, Xunji, and Lily always engage in various strange and self-destructive behaviors.

The anti-corruption and supervision departments will be very important at this time.

However, human relationships will always be involved in the end, and the supervisory department will eventually become corrupt.

People like Wang Weiye who are stubborn and serious about their principles are very important.

……

……

a new day,
ATV.

Guan Zu has a meeting with the variety show department.

"There are three topics for today's meeting."

"First topic,"

"Today, the mainland sent us a recording of the program 'A Bite of China'... Everyone, please watch it and give us your opinions, and arrange when it will be broadcast on ATV."

Guan Zu finished speaking.

Then the lights in the conference room were turned off, the TV was turned on, and the video started playing.

In the planning of "A Bite of China", Guan Zu made some suggestions, first of all, promoting cultural inheritance and dissemination, so the original "A Bite of China" Season 1 is still used:
Ingredients (gifts from nature), staple foods (stories of staple foods), transformation (inspiration for transformation), storage (the taste of time), cooking (secrets of the kitchen), blending (the blending of the five flavors), ecology (our fields)...

No one in China has ever done this, so Guan Zu's solution was finally adopted.

What is being broadcast now is "Episode 1: Gifts from Nature".

The screen lights up, and the first thing that comes into view is a piece of bright red pork with clear textures. The camera slowly zooms in...

It magically transformed into a landscape painting like "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", with undulating peaks and ridges, revealing the unique poetry and romance of Chinese civilization...

This was Guan Zu’s suggestion: it looks like pork, but in fact it is a vast landscape, which is in line with the ink painting elements of Chinese civilization.

Then, the scene changed and came to the icy and snowy land of Northeast China.

Fishermen in Chagan Lake are busy on the ice. Holding ice hooks, they try their best to break through the thick ice. As the ice hole is opened, lake water gushes out and fishing nets are quickly cast down. Soon, fat bighead carps jump in the nets.

Although the image quality is not high-definition under slow motion, the jumping of fish and the crystal clear images of water droplets in the sun are still very amazing.

The narration sounded at the right time: "In this ice field at the northernmost tip of China, nature presents treasures in its own unique way. The fish in Chagan Lake have gone through the cold winter, and their meat is firm and full of the pure taste of ice and snow..."

This picture, this sound...

Guan Zu thought it was just average.

But the leaders of the variety show department were fascinated by it and thought it was very good.

Then, the camera of "A Bite of China" switched to the deep mountain rain forest in Yunnan, where an experienced herbalist shuttled through. He accurately identified various rare fungi. With his fingers gently pushing aside the rotten leaves, a boletus mushroom broke out of the soil with bright colors...

At the seaside, the morning light is just breaking, and fishermen are going out to sea in the sea breeze to fish... Baskets of fresh shrimps, crabs, and shellfish are being salvaged onto the boats. Crystal clear shrimps are jumping in the baskets, crabs are waving their big claws, and splashing water drops are floating between the blue sea and the blue sky...

Then, the picture focuses on the grasslands inland. On the vast green grass, herds of cattle and sheep are grazing leisurely... The roasted whole lamb is sizzling on the campfire, and the aroma is overflowing, making people salivate...

The camera follows all the way, from mountains to deep seas, from forests to grasslands, to appreciate the unique process of food collection, fishing and harvesting in each place... During this time, some cultural stories of the Chinese nation are told, which are relatively less in the original version, but more in this version.

Guan Zu looked at it and although it was not as good as the original version, it had already implemented a concept very well: introducing the mountains and rivers of the country, adding historical and cultural stories, and calling up the cultural heritage in the blood. As for the prosperity of Shanghai, the heaviness of Beijing, and the modern civilization of high-rise buildings... they will be shown quietly in the later seasons, so that the Hong Kong audience will change their view: the mainland is not purely poor!
Finished reading soon.

Guan Zu: "How is it? Everyone, please tell me what you think..."

"Wow, boss, this show is very innovative. At least I have never seen such profound, grand, and down-to-earth content."

"Yes, the pork at the beginning is very impressive..."

"The delicacies are sourced from all over the country, including fish from the icy lakes of Northeast China, mushrooms from the mountains of Yunnan, fresh food from the seaside, and cattle and sheep from the grasslands. This is not just about eating, but taking the citizens on a tour of the country's beautiful mountains and rivers, and experiencing the local customs and cultures of various places..."

"Also, this slow-motion capture is so good, how was it done?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen this on the show before."

"I've never seen this show in Hong Kong. I don't know if it will be popular... We can give it a try!"

Guan Zu looked at everyone's excited expressions and had an idea in his mind.

It seems that this "First Episode" is fine.

Guan Zu ordered: "Okay, then do the dubbing... Use the Cantonese version for the first broadcast, and the Mandarin version for the rebroadcast..."

Variety show director: “No problem!”

Guan Zu knocked on the table: "Okay, next is the second topic."

"You all saw that Justice Bao was a huge hit, overwhelming TVB. And in terms of news, ATV has already completely defeated TVB."

All the variety show executives stood in awe.

The boss is awesome!
"so……"

Guan Zu: "Now it's just your variety show department left... Where's the "Super Trainee" I want? When can it start airing?"

All the pressure is now on your variety show.

In fact, the variety show is not that bad.

Just last month in December,

The "Annual Top Ranking God Battle" of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" lasted for a month and almost sucked up all the traffic from TVB variety shows.

"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" has always been ATV's trump card variety show. Although it cannot reach its peak of 80%, the average viewership rate can at least be guaranteed to be above 50%, suppressing TVB.

The so-called "Annual Top Ranking God Battle" is the ultimate version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". The top 100 contestants from the previous "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" are ranked, and then they will take part in the ultimate challenge, 1vs1pk, and continue to advance. The final champion can get a grand prize of 1000 million, the runner-up 300 million, the third place 100 million, and there are no rewards for others.

Well, the name "Heavenly Ranking Divine War" was given by Guan Zu.

This annual PK and the 1000 million grand prize greatly stimulated ATV's ratings.

Last month in December, the "Heavenly Ranking God Battle" was broadcast for 12 weeks, every Saturday and Sunday from 4:19 to 00:21, a total of 59 days, and the ratings exceeded 8% every time, especially the final final battle, Huang Guantao vs. Lu Jiayao, the ratings exceeded 70%.

The final champion is Lu Jiayao.

He is a loyal supporter of Guan Zu.

After the annual "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" competition came to an end, the ratings continued to fall, and part of the viewership was taken away by TVB.

"Boss, the selection process for Super Trainee has been going on for half a month, and the list has been basically finalized! According to your requirements, most of them are handsome men and beautiful women."

Although I don't want to admit it, handsome men and beautiful women are indeed more likely to be favored.

The variety show director handed the list to Guan Zu.

Guan Zu glanced at it:
Some of them are familiar faces.

Wallace Chung: Born on November 1974, 11. (Originally debuted in 30)
Miriam Yeung: Born on February 1974, 2. (Originally debuted in 3)
Charlie Young: Born on May 1974, 5. (Originally debuted in 23)
"It will officially begin airing this Friday and Saturday. We will first air the trainee selection (family, background, daily life) clips, and then the trainees' daily life in the villa..."

Guan Zu: "How is the decoration of the trainees' housing?"

Variety Director: "According to the boss's request, the housing was chosen in Tai O Village on Lantau Island, close to the beach."

"The houses have been renovated and beautiful potted plants have been transplanted..."

"The decoration is also very modern, exquisite and high-end, and various advertising products are inserted, such as milk, clothes, and electrical appliances... We have received more than 2000 million advertising sponsorships... The whole villa is full of advertisements."

When it comes to attracting advertising fees, the variety show director is in a good mood.

The variety show executives once again looked at Guan Zu with admiration.

The boss is awesome!
Making money is easy!

It’s not like the time of Leung Suk-yee, when making money was harder than eating shit.

Guan Zu: "Okay! Today is Wednesday, which means it will be aired the day after tomorrow, so promote it well..."

Variety show director: “Yes!”

Guan Zu: "Also, January 1th is the opening day of the Five Star Supermarket Harbour City branch. Before the opening, we will arrange for the trainees to record a program to promote the opening."

This is called linkage!!

Of course, it is not limited to this, there are also linkages such as "Justice Bao", "The Magistrate 2", and "Heaven and Earth Pride".

As later generations said, it is - integration, ecological closed loop!
Over the next two days,

On TV, ATV made full use of its own channel resources and began to broadcast carefully produced program trailers in a rolling manner.

"The program "Super Trainee" designed by Mr. Guan, the screenwriter of the famous hit dramas "Justice Bao" and "No. 2 Royal Court ", is coming..."

"Young contestants selected from thousands of households across Hong Kong..."

"Participate in a half-month voice, stage, and performance training, and be taught by movie and TV stars..."

"One month of actual performances of ATV's popular dramas, including but not limited to "Justice Bao", "The Emperor's Court 2", "Forensic Heroes" and the unaired "Heaven and Earth Pride"..."

"The final champion and runner-up will have a tailor-made TV script and play an important role in a movie under the Five Star Film and Television Group..."

In newspapers and magazines, ATV's publicity team was also busy. They contacted major newspapers and magazines, bought prominent pages, and published large promotional posters and exciting program introductions.

The public buses also became mobile propaganda bases, with program posters spray-painted on the bodies of the buses, showing the trainees full of energy.

At this time,
TVB's hastily produced Ti Lung version of "Justice Bao" is finally going to be aired.

The publicity was vigorous.

It also put forward the slogan: TVB productions must be of high quality!
Inside the TVB building, the publicity department was busy like a spinning top. The poster design team stayed up all night to carefully design each promotional poster.

Major newsstands also became the main battlefield for publicity, competing with "Super Trainee" for space.

(End of this chapter)