309【Continental Study Group】
A somewhat worn van was parked in front of the Phoenix TV building. A middle-aged man in a suit got out of the car, and then several people in Zhongshan suits came out one after another.
The Sino-British negotiations have been hot in Hong Kong these days. Several people in Zhongshan suits immediately attracted countless attentions as soon as they got off the car.
In many complex eyes, these people wearing Zhongshan suits acted very seriously and disciplined. Under the guidance of the suit in front of them, they walked into the Phoenix Platform Building slowly.
Huang Xizhao had already brought people to welcome him. The two sides met at the entrance of the TV station. Huang Xizhao held the hand of the man in a suit and said, "Welcome to Phoenix Station for inspection."
The man in the suit is an official of the Hong Kong branch of Xinhua News Agency, but the Zhongshan suits behind him are all from CCTV.
These days, Phoenix Taiwan has paid attention to Beijing/Beijing around the clock and has made many positive reports on the mainland. This behavior has made officials from the Hong Kong Branch of Xinhua News Agency and the Hong Kong and Macau Office very happy, believing that this is a breakthrough in their united front propaganda work in Hong Kong.
After the specific situation was reported, these people from Central Station were going to visit China and Europe, but the leaders issued instructions to temporarily change their plans and come to Hong Kong.
The mainland's television career was still very backward at this time. CCTV sent people to Europe for a visit more than two years ago, and only filmed the first TV series "Eighteen Years of the Enemy Camp" in the mainland last year.
The man in the suit introduced the old man in Zhongshan suit to Huang Xizhao: "Mr. Huang, this is the secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Station and the deputy director of the Central Station." Then he pointed at Huang Xizhao and said, "Master Jiang, this is Mr. Huang Xizhao, the general manager of Phoenix TV."
Jiang Dongming, who had two pens on his chest, took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said, "Hello, General Manager Huang, I'm going to trouble you this time."
"No trouble, promote learning from each other." Huang Xizhao said, "Like many older generation Hong Kong people, Huang Xizhao spoke very standard Mandarin.
There were six men and one woman in the Central Station inspection team that came with Jiang Dongming, of which four were over 50 years old. The only woman was quite young and beautiful. If she was in Beijing, she would probably not wear Zhongshan outfits, and she was dressed very formally because she came out for inspection.
Huang Xizhao took seven people to visit the TV station, and talked to Jiang Dongming about the system of Phoenix Station, etc., and then suggested: "Would you like to go and see the film library first? Our Phoenix Station has filmed many classic TV series."
Huang Xizhao had the idea of selling TV series to CCTV, but Jiang Dongming did not respond and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang, why don't you go to see how your TV shows are done on TV first, so that we can also open our eyes."
"It just so happened that our station has just opened a new program. Please come with me, everyone." Huang Xizhao smiled and took the people from CCTV to a studio.
The group was walking in the aisle when someone suddenly shouted behind his back: "Give it a minute, let it a minute..."
I saw a thin young man coming over with a wooden rack. Everyone avoided him and then followed him into the studio curiously.
"Axing, bring it here!" the assistant director waved to the young man.
"Here you come!" Zhou Xingchi immediately ran over with a wooden rack.
A CCTV inspector asked: "What are you doing with wooden racks when recording programs?"
Huang Xizhao was not very clear, and replied: "Maybe it is a prop."
Immediately afterwards, a fat man walked out of the dressing room. It was Zheng Zeshi who had just joined Phoenix Station.
Zheng Zeshi used to be with Zhang Che, and only joined Chang Che's Chang Bow Film Company, and later he has been free. Last year, he starred in ten movies at Shaw Brothers, but he basically played some small roles. As Zhang Che's status in Shaw Brothers declined this year, Zheng Zeshi took on fewer roles and was recruited by Phoenix Station.
The program to be recorded is called "Happy 60 Minutes". Kang Jianfei finally "persuaded" everyone to extend the original half-hour program content to one hour.
After Zheng Zeshi came out, he met with Zhou Xingchi to discuss it. Soon another beautiful woman came into the studio, which made several gay men on CCTV lit up.
In order to establish the title of "Happy 60 Points", Phoenix Station not only specially signed Zheng Zeshi, but also invited him a beautiful female partner, Bruce Lee's sister-in-law, Miss Hong Kong champion Zhang Marie.
Mary Zhang had just given birth to a child last year and is now taking care of her husband and children at home. Huang Xizhao came to the door several times before finally asking her out.
Mary Zhang was a mixed-race beauty. The mixed-race child at that time was a shame for a single mother, so she was abandoned by her family when she was young. Mary Zhang was always wandering on the streets and begging for food until she was nine years old. Through her own efforts, she studied for a bachelor's degree in business administration in Hong Kong, where the university admission rate was extremely low. Later, Mary Zhang became an assistant director, host and actor. She was a woman with both beauty and outstanding ability. She even won the title of "Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Hong Kong" in a few years. She was the only Hong Kong lady who has won this honor.
In the selection of the host of "Happy 60 Points", Kang Jianfei discussed with the people in the program team for a long time before he decided to use Zhang Marie, who has outstanding temperament and good looks, to partner with the silly and stupid Zheng Zeshi. Both of them didn't have to say anything when they appeared, but the strong contrast in appearance would bring the audience a comedy feeling.
"Hello Sister Mary!" Seeing that Mary Zhang came, Zhou Xingchi cleverly went up and got close to him. This kid was the assistant host appointed by Kang Jianfei, and there was also an assistant host named Mao Shunyun, who Zhang Guorong was pursuing.
Several hosts have had contact with each other in private and have also discussed this episode of the show. Zhang Mari knew that Zhou Xingchi was a fan of her brother-in-law Bruce Lee, so she nodded at him and said, "Hello Xingzai."
Within two minutes, Mao Shunyun also came in. The four hosts began to discuss some details of the program at the end, and the audience also entered one after another.
Jiang Dongming pointed to the audience who was sitting and asked, "Are these viewers invited by the TV station outside?"
Huang Xizhao smiled and said, "The cost of asking for help is too high. Look at the one sitting on the far left of the first row. The one is actually the cleaner who swept the floor in the station. The young man next to her is Wu Ruiqing, who is the cousin of our TV boss. He is now learning to be a screenwriter in the station. The one on the right of Wu Ruiqing is a student from the TV training class. He is learning behind the scenes production, and he can come to the scene to see how to make the program..."
Huang Xizhao pointed out that more than a dozen people in the audience were employees of the TV station, and he knew the situation very well.
Everyone has their own strengths. Huang Xizhao is not as good as Zhong Jinghui in external relations, and is not as good as McDonald Bear in production, but he is very sure of personnel. Like McDonald Bear, Xiao Ruoyuan and others, they were all discovered by Huang Xizhao.
Before Huang Xizhao finished speaking, the director of the program came over and said, "Mr. Huang, please step back a little, your position is just about to enter the camera."
"Sorry." Huang Xizhao said hello to the people from CCTV back.
However, the people from CCTV looked at the director strangely. They had asked clearly before. In addition to the boss Kang Jianfei, Phoenix Station, Huang Xizhao has the highest position, so how can he apologize to his subordinates?
In fact, this is not a system issue, but because the director of the program is an old man in the station, and he is more advanced in the TV station than Huang Xizhao.
Under the command of the director, the lights in the studio suddenly dimmed, and colorful lights rolled out, and dry ice fog on the stage floated out with the music.
In the powerful disco music, two rows of beauties with white thighs and handsome guys in hippie outfits walked onto the stage and began to dance dynamic dances.
Jiang Dongming, deputy director of CCTV, is over 60 years old. Seeing some tempting actions made by the dancers, he can only sigh in his heart that the corruption of capitalism. The TV station actually blatantly recorded a erotic dance, which is simply morally corrupt. Even if CCTV beats it to death, it cannot do this.
Disco and mechanical dance have not been introduced to mainland China yet. In addition to Jiang Dongming and a few older people, several young members of the CCTV team who were under 40 years old were very fond of the dancers' fashionable dress and dynamic music.
"I would like to invite hosts, Zheng Zeshi, Zhang Mari, Zhou Xingchi, Mao Shunyun!"
The disco dance stopped, and the male and female dancers who were dancing just now stood in two rows, posing in various cool styles, and welcomed the host to appear like guards.
The music started again, and two balls of dry ice mist sprayed out from the backstage exit. Four hosts in fashionable and bold clothes walked onto the stage one after another.
But it was not just about getting out. Zheng Zeshi danced clumsyly as soon as he came out. His fat body was like a stupid bear rubbing against the bark of a tree, which made the audience burst into laughter.
Mary Zhang and Mao Shunjun sang songs by Xu Xiaofeng and Anita Mui. The music planning for this program is Zhang Guorong's master Li Xiaotian.
Zhou Xingchi came out playing nunchaku. As he was playing, the nunchaku suddenly hit his head. Zhou Xingchi showed an exaggerated expression on his face and threw the nunchaku aside angrily. He squatted and punched a few times. Suddenly, like a child, he was singing around Zhang Mari and Mao Shunyun, who were singing, started to turn somersaults - the kind of little one rolling on the ground.
After the opening show, the four hosts said in unison: "Happy 60 points, laugh at you for the rest of your life!"
Several young people from CCTV saw their eyes lit up and discussed in a low voice:
"The lighting and clothing are great, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money."
"The stage atmosphere is also very good, especially the way the host appears, it is like a big shot."
"It's a pity that we can't do such a program yet, otherwise we must learn it well."
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Several members of the inspection team were still whispering. Deputy Director Jiang Dongming felt it was meaningless and asked Huang Xizhao: "Mr. Huang, our CCTV wants to build a TV series production center. Can you go to the place where Phoenix TV series is produced?"
"Of course, please come with me!" Huang Xizhao smiled. Before leaving, he turned around and looked at the stage.
To be honest, Kang Jianfei was very disgusted with "Happy 60 Points" when he disagreed with the public. What he hated the most before was that the TV shareholders were pointing fingers at the production of the program.
However, judging from the recording situation just now, the "Happy 60 Points" made Huang Xizhao's eyes lit up just after the opening, which was definitely more high-end, elegant and upscale than TVB's "Happy Tonight".
Chapter completed!