Super entertainment red envelope

Chapter 675 A big stingy guy!

TVB is located in Tseung Kwan O TV City, and Tseung Kwan O also has many Xiangjiang stars.

But the Xiangjiang stars who can live here are all big stars, at least those who can make money like crazy in the mainland.

And the familiar actors in ordinary TVB dramas, and even played the male lead in a few movies, are still living in a rented house, which is still tens of kilometers away.

The biggest difference between Xiangjiang and the mainland is the origin of the artists. It is not because they have star dreams, but because they are really struggling in life and can't get rid of the pot, so they come to become actors and sign with brokerage companies.

From the 70s to now, there are still many actors in TVB dramas. It is because the parents owe gambling debts, or the number of younger brothers and sisters is too large to live without money, or the elders have suffered in the stock market. Forced to come out as an artist.

Those who come to become actors with the dream of being a star are only a small part, and those who have lived a good life since they were young, and those who are daughters of princesses and rich young masters are even a minority of the minority.

It seems that most people in Xiangjiang have been indoctrinated with the concept of business since birth. Girls want to be the queen of the fashion circle, while boys dream of becoming the richest man.

[-]% of the artists will engage in side jobs, once the side jobs are successful, they will immediately leave their status as actors.

Therefore, female stars will dream of marrying into a wealthy family, while male stars will dream of starting a company to invest and make a lot of money after becoming popular, or becoming a rich family on the list and changing their lives.

This is completely different from the mainland. Many rich second generations in the mainland would rather be stars than take over the family business. The contestants in various drafts are the children of rich people. If you have no money, you must have opportunities or talents higher than ordinary people. Can only be shady.

Perhaps this is why many actors in Xiangjiang have good acting skills, at least not embarrassing, especially in TVB dramas, young actors can also play the leading role, but many young actors in the mainland are embarrassing when they appear on the stage.

Maybe it's because of the different experiences since I was a child, and the reasons for becoming an actor are different.

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Breaking away from the siege of fans and the media, and really entering Xiangjiang to experience this small society, you will find many awkward things.

Xiangjiang people have always thought highly of themselves and are very proud. They even think that many local stars are low-level actors, let alone stars from the mainland. Even today, many people still think that the mainland is a local turtle, and they don’t believe in the prosperity of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. It has far surpassed Xiangjiang by more than a dozen grades.

In the eyes of the older generation of Xiangjiang people, only those stars who stood up and sang a song to save countless Xiangjiang people when they were young and Hong Kong society was in a downturn, and made a movie to save the economy of Xiangjiang, are the ones who can be admired. , and the entertainers who appear on TV now are just actors or singers.

As soon as he entered the mainland of TVB headquarters, Li Zhifan saw many familiar faces from Hong Kong dramas.

Unlike the stars seen in various film and television cities in the mainland, they are here now, like ordinary employees, either standing in the corner smoking, talking on the phone in a quiet place aside, or sitting on the bench holding hot dogs and coffee. Eating like no one else on the chair.

In Hong Kong TV dramas, they used to be superheroes with strong martial arts, or urban elites with outstanding abilities, and they were also the epitome of society with short parents.

Many male and female protagonists, whether they are Hong Kong sisters or Shidi, are actually just like that.

The contract is harsh, the monthly income is fixed at [-] to [-] Hong Kong dollars, but the working hours are extremely irregular, coupled with the pursuit of outside fans and the media, there is no private life at all.

But after these people became famous and went north to film in mainland China, it completely changed. Even if the former TVB heads Huadan and Xiaosheng played a small supporting role in the mainland crew, they were treated with extremely high standards and even comparable to the treatment of the protagonist.

Not to mention those who can play the leading role, those are all characters who have already mastered the sky in the mainland.

There was an actress who won three TVB TV queens in a row before. She would rather play female three female four, small villains, and guest appearances in sitcoms in the Mainland, rather than come back to play the leading actress because of salary issues.

There was once a TVB student who said that he would rather take two commercials a month in the mainland and feel comfortable, even if there is no filming, he would not go back to TVB to take on the film, and he would even fall out with his old club and go to court. Because of this incident, he became popular in the mainland, and now he has become a frequent guest in the red anti-war dramas in the mainland.

From a social point of view, Xiangjiang is a typical representative of capitalism. The harshness and oppression of TVB and various entertainment companies on its artists is completely in line with capitalism. An artist goes from obscurity to popularity, every minute and every second They will all be used reasonably, and even before they decide to terminate the contract, they will be responsible for the task of bringing the old to the new, so as to play a role in cultivating the next batch of squeezed and exploited objects.

For capitalism like TVB, Li Zhifan naturally does not like it. After all, he grew up under socialism with Chinese characteristics and accepted the core values ​​of socialism. He is completely different from capitalists like TVB. values.

But I can’t say I hate it. After all, I am not a Hong Kong star. TVB has purchased the Cantonese broadcast copyright of "Nirvana in Fire", so it is regarded as a customer. At best, I can only gloat from the perspective of a bystander.

Li Zhifan came this time not only as a mainland star, but more as a businessman in the mainland entertainment industry who came into contact with the behemoth TVB.

After lunch, he took a rest at the hotel, and then Li Zhifan was taken to the building of TVB Variety Show Studio.

He was greeted by Yuan Yuping, Production Director of TVB Variety Department.

It is said that TVB is a woman's world. From the actual managers to managers at all levels, most of them are women, while men just occupy the title. Most of them have main businesses in finance, real estate, electronic technology and other fields outside. From this point of view, TVB is more like the harem of Xiangjiang shopping malls.

Yuan Yuping has a lot of experience in TVB. She worked as a screenwriter for variety shows in TVB in her early years. She once switched to ATV, and then moved to the mainland TV circle. She worked in Mango TV, Shenzhen Satellite TV and other TV stations for six or seven years. Variety shows can be in charge of the position.

"Mr. Li!"

Yuan Yuping didn't show off her old qualifications, perhaps because she has been working in the Mainland for six or seven years, her attitude towards Li Zhifan is very gentle, and she can even be said to be very enthusiastic, "Welcome, welcome, I am very happy to invite you here, and I am willing to take responsibility for me. This is really my greatest luck this year."

"Hello, Ms. Yuan! I have admired your name for a long time, and finally I am willing to see you when I enter!"

Li Zhifan smiled and said, "Mr. Wu Yibo, the deputy director of Mango Channel in the Mainland, once mentioned you to me, saying that the producer of Xiangjiang variety show he admires the most is Ms. Yuan!"

"Oh? Mr. Wu Yibo?"

Yuan Yuping was taken aback for a moment, then smiled wryly, "When I went to Mango Channel to develop, he was my immediate boss, and I thank him for taking care of me. I didn't expect him to be the deputy director now. If I see you again, please help Convey my condolences, I hope he is safe and happy, and everything goes well!"

"Okay! I must convey it!" Li Zhifan smiled.

The first program recorded was called "Asian Filmmakers", which has been on the air since the 90s. Dare to call such a name is enough to explain the glory of the Hong Kong entertainment circle, which is known as the existence of Asian Hollywood.

But now the Hong Kong entertainment circle is declining as a whole, and this show is not very well-known outside of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

But there are countless big stars who have been guests on this show, not only from Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also many first-line and super-first-line actors and directors from the mainland have been here.

Some people say that "Asian Filmmakers" may not be the most powerful program, but it is a must-see program for all filmmakers, and mainland filmmakers will definitely be on this program in order to gain the Hong Kong film market.

"Li Sheng, this is the host and director of our show, Sister Meng!"

Yuan Yuping took Li Zhifan into the production room and introduced the host to him.

But in fact, there is no need to introduce this sister Meng. Li Zhifan knows that her stage name is Meng Lan, and she is a golden supporting actress in Xiangjiang. And once the best actress, so it is also known as the ghost queen of Xiangjiang.

Now that she is over [-] years old, Menglan is still active in the film industry, but she has been involved in major online movies in the mainland, and has not acted in a mainland movie for more than ten years.

Perhaps because of the limited image, she has already fixed her image as the queen of ghost films, and now she is more focused on the image of "ghost mother-in-law" after she gets old. Horror films in the mainland are restricted in release, and there are many bad films. Naturally, Menglan I can't get any good films that can recreate the influence.

"Hello, Miss Meng!"

Li Zhifan smiled and said, "When I was young, I liked to watch your comedies, but then you went to act in horror movies, and I became afraid of you. I finally saw you today, and I recalled the feeling when I was a child, haha!"

"It seems that I cast a shadow on you!"

Meng Lan spoke Cantonese, relaxed and comfortable, "Welcome Director Li to record this episode. If this recording can regain your childhood fears and give you the idea to make a horror movie, welcome to find me!"

"OK!"

Li Zhifan couldn't laugh or cry, making fun of him like this, and promoting himself, only the older generation of artists dare to do this.

"Okay, okay! If you have an idea, I will learn from you as soon as possible!"

"Let's start when we're ready!" Meng Lan said, "You go and put on some makeup first, this suit is pretty good, that's it!"

Li Zhifan asked suspiciously: "Uh, don't you need to check the script or something?"

"I can understand your Cantonese, so you don't need it?"

"This……"

Li Zhifan couldn't understand, what does good Cantonese have to do with being good at Taiwan scripts?
"Our talk show is all about authenticity. If the content of the interview is prepared in advance, what is the difference from an endorsement?"

Meng Lan said, "I have interviewed thousands of artists, and I have never used scripts, but don't worry, we also have post-editing. If you don't understand something, I will ask the director to translate it for you in Mandarin."

"Uh! That's not necessary!"

Li Zhifan waved his hands with a smile, "Well, all right!"

He finally understood. From Menglan's point of view, there was only one problem with the script, and that was the language barrier with the interviewees, otherwise she would not have said that about the script.

Besides, styling and grooming, apart from painting a light makeup is a routine process, there is nothing like changing clothes and hairdos.

Except for the recording studio and lounge, there are no other vacant rooms in the entire program group.

The area of ​​the lounge is about the same as that of Li Zhifan's toilet, and there is no place to prepare clothes for guests or hosts.

Taking advantage of the fact that only Li Zhifan and Liu Zexin were in the lounge, he couldn't help asking, "Is TVB so poor? They don't even have a few clothes."

It's not that Li Zhifan has to change clothes, but he is used to recording programs on mainland TV stations, and there is a fixed process. Because there are clothing sponsors, he will let the guests wear the sponsor's clothes.

Generally, only the celebrities themselves will put on this suit without changing their clothes, because the celebrities themselves also have clothing endorsements, and they must maintain the attitude of spokespersons on the show.

This is the first time I saw the program team say that there is no need to change clothes, and I found that there is really nothing in the lounge.

"Didn't you know about TVB deductions before?"

Liu Zexin took it for granted, "Four years ago, when TVB celebrated its 50th anniversary, due to insufficient travel expenses, it actually canceled the participation arrangements for several veteran actors. Last year, when it was celebrated, even the choreography was omitted, just like elementary school students. It’s like having a New Year’s Day party. I heard that this year’s Taiwan celebrations are more simple. There are also TVB TV dramas in recent years. There are only a few who come and go.”

"So picky?"

Li Zhifan was overwhelmed with surprise, "Such a big platform won't go bankrupt, will it?"

"This is not good!"

Liu Zexin smiled and said, "Forget it, what does it matter to you?"

"No, our "Langya Bang" is broadcast on Jade Channel, and I have participated in the recording of several of their programs, so it won't end in failure, right?"

"The money is settled, so what are you worried about! Don't worry, the boss is very rich, but every time it is sent to the station, there is not much. In the past, there were actors who sued TVB for unpaid wages. Since changing the big boss In the end, the salary was paid very punctually, although it is not much for the actors, it is much better than before."

"That's not right..."

Li Zhifan recalled the Yuan Yuping just now. She was dressed in jewels, dressed in famous brands, and her handbag was limited edition. She didn't look like a poor person.

Is all the money paid to these female executives?
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in the recording studio.

When Li Zhifan entered, besides Menglan, there were several other guests who were familiar to him.

They sat opposite Roland, in order: Zeng Yuanjiang, Liu Chang, Sun Meining, Ruan Lanlan.

These four are regulars in TVB dramas, and they are also common in various Xiangjiang movies. They are also hosts or producers of TVB's variety show department, and they are all from their own family anyway.

Li Zhifan didn't expect them to be there, so he went up to shake hands and say hello one by one.

With a big belly, Zeng Yuanjiang laughed loudly and gave Li Zhifan a bear hug: "Wow, Director Li! Welcome!"

Liu Chang was the oldest among them, his smile was not that exaggerated, and he simply said: "Welcome!"

Sun Meining and Ruan Lanlan are both female guests, so they are more reserved, and both of them are young hostesses who want to marry into a wealthy family, so their behavior has always been restrained.

(End of this chapter)