Chapter 341 Thank you, Mr. Lin
TVB, Wutaishan, Broadcast Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Fang Yihua accompanied Lin Weimin out to the elevator.
They had just had a very pleasant chat in Run Run Shaw's office. Lin Weimin agreed to arrange for TVB and CCTV to co-produce a TV series, but the subject of the TV series was not "Farewell My Concubine".
Lin Weimin is well aware that the content of Farewell My Concubine is too little. If the two TV stations want to cooperate on a TV series, it must be a big deal. The first element is that the content is rich enough, or to put it bluntly, it means that the duration is long enough and the number of episodes is large enough. Another point is that the subject matter must be appealing to audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Lin Weimin told these two points to Shao Yifu and won his praise.
Before, he just thought Lin Weimin was a talented and well-connected writer, but now it seems that he is also an excellent TV person.
The two finally agreed that after the co-production matters were finalized, Lin Weimin would write the script, but the subject matter had not yet been determined.
Before leaving, Shao Yifu suggested that Lin Weimin take a look around the TVB. He had to go back to Yanjing to promote cooperation between the two companies, so he couldn't be completely ignorant of the TVB.
As Shao Yi-fu's assistant, Fang Yihua naturally took over this task.
77 Broadcast Avenue, where the administrative building is located, is the headquarters of TVB. Not far away are three production plants of TVB.
They are the Radio Division at 30 Broadcast Drive, the Television Division at 1A Broadcast Drive and the Education and General Programmes Division at 79 Broadcast Drive.
The Education and Comprehensive Programs Division is located at No. 79, which is closest to No. 77 where the administrative building is located. Lin Weimin and Fang Yihua walked there and chatted along the way.
She was surprised to find that Lin Weimin, a writer from the mainland, was not as old-fashioned as she had imagined. Instead, he had an admirable open-mindedness and broad-mindedness. His ideas were so trendy and broad that she, who had worked in a TV station for decades, couldn't help but feel ashamed.
Facing Fang Yihua's compliment, Lin Weimin calmly said, "I just like to read some miscellaneous books."
No. 79 was originally the headquarters of ATV, which was a major threat to TVB in the 1970s.
ATV is the third free commercial TV station in Hong Kong, which was launched in 1975. When it first started, it was very popular and aggressive, and invested heavily in the production of TV series.
During those years, ATV and TVB competed with each other, producing excellent products one after another.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Jiayi TV's reckless investment eventually resulted in heavy losses, and the company fell into operational difficulties.
At the same time, because the licensing conditions of Jiayi Television at the time required that part of Jiayi's broadcast time be used to broadcast educational programs, Jiayi's license qualifications were in jeopardy.
To make matters worse, Jiayi Television had to cease broadcasting in 1979.
As a result, as soon as the Jiayi Building was completed, it became the property of TVB and became an unlimited production branch.
Because it is a production branch for educational and variety shows, most of the programs being recorded are also in these two areas. Lin Weimin hardly saw any of the TV drama stars that he was most familiar with before he traveled through time.
Lin Weimin saw an acquaintance, Liza Wang, in the recording studio of the variety show "Happy Tonight". Liza Wang was filming the segment drama "The Lotus Lantern" of "Happy Tonight".
In the 1985 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Liza Wang was invited to perform, and Lin Weimin had met her several times.
It was a rare opportunity to meet someone he knew at TVB, so Lin Weimin, accompanied by Fang Yihua, greeted Liza Wang.
Fang Yihua was a little surprised and asked, "Ah Wang, how did you know Mr. Lin?"
"Miss Fang, do you remember that I was invited to attend a party in the Mainland last year?"
"Of course I remember."
It's rare for TVB artists to go to the mainland for activities, so how could she not remember it?
"I participated in the Spring Festival Gala of CCTV in mainland China. Mr. Lin was a behind-the-scenes staff member of the gala and was particularly trusted by Director Huang."
After Liza Wang finished her explanation, Fang Yihua looked at Lin Weimin deeply.
Just now in the office, Lin Weimin didn't mention this matter. This guy is really low-key.
The two chatted with Wang Mingquan for a while, and the director waited cautiously on the side. Miss Fang was second only to the first person in the TV station, and if it was serious, she could be above the 10,000th person. He didn't dare to say anything if she delayed the filming progress.
After the chat, Lin Weimin and Fang Yihua left the studio. He said happily, "It's a pleasure to meet someone I know in Hong Kong."
Fang Yihua smiled and said, "When Mr. Lin comes to Hong Kong and our TVB station again, we will all be acquaintances."
A mature woman knows how to play with her mouth and tongue. Teacher Lin said it was very comfortable.
The two of them casually visited and soon walked into a recording studio. As soon as they entered the door, they heard shouting and cursing. It must be a director scolding a staff member who made a mistake.
A staff member saw Fang Yihua leading people in and hurried to the director to remind him.
The director shouted to the staff, "Let's do it again. All departments, get ready."
After saying that, he quickly ran to Fang Yihua and bowed, "Miss Fang, how come you have time to come here?"
Theirs is a children's drama, which is the least popular program among the younger ones within the TVB station. Not to mention Fang Yihua, who has the final say, even the top executives of the TV station rarely look at them.
"I'll bring this Mr. Lin here. Please introduce Mr. Lin to the work you are doing here."
Fang Yihua was very friendly when she spoke to Lin Weimin, just like a spring breeze. It was a little better at "Happy Tonight" just now, after all, she was the leader of the variety show in the station, and she even chatted with the director for a few words.
But when he got here, his face was cold and he didn't say a word.
Lin Weimin guessed that if he hadn't been there, she might not even bother to say a word to the director.
“Ms. Fang, Mr. Lin, we are currently filming a comedy specifically for children, called Black and White Zombies.
In the play, there are two zombie protagonists. The black zombie and the white zombie are the last survivors of the zombie clan. They usually laugh and play, and enjoy playing tricks on each other, but they become like brothers at the critical moment.
Later, they became good friends with Beautiful, the president of the Antiquities Protection Research Association, and met Dr. Tan and his sister Tan Ximei from the Science Association, who were determined to capture zombies..."
When the director introduced them, Fang Yihua glanced at Lin Weimin and saw that he was looking into the studio without paying any attention to what the director said. She waved her hand to interrupt the director: "Okay, okay, go back to work!"
The director felt embarrassed and apologized to Fang Yihua, then returned to his post to direct the filming again.
After the director returned to work, the filming of "Black and White Zombies" resumed.
Beautiful wants to bring her mother to see the black and white zombies. The villain Big Brother uses super glue to make fun of the black zombie and sticks his right hand to the wall. No matter how hard the white zombie tries, he can't pull it off. The white zombie tries to pull him off with all his strength, but ends up sticking his butt to the stool and can't get up.
When Beautiful's mother and daughter arrived and the mother shook hands with them, they were in a panic. The black zombie finally broke free from the wall, but when he was serving the food, his hands got stuck to the plate again. He exerted force and the plate broke in two, with one half flying straight to Beautiful's mother's face along with the plate and the food.
This scene was quite funny, but the director stood up angrily and yelled at the actor who played the black zombie: "Xingzai, you idiot! Who told you to add more scenes?"
"Sorry! Sorry, Director, I think this might be a better approach!"
"You're filming the movie the way it's written? Do you think you're the director or the screenwriter? You're just changing the script. Do you think we're dead?"
The director cursed angrily, and the black zombie who was cursed kept apologizing. It was obviously not the first time this happened.
Lin Weimin was watching with great interest. Fang Yihua waited for a while and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Mr. Lin's taste is very similar to that of the children."
Lin Weimin then retracted his gaze and looked at her. Fang Yihua continued, "This unit drama is made for children. Although the production is relatively crude, it has been very popular after it was broadcast. This year is already the third year."
Lin Weimin nodded, "It's really interesting. For a TV series, exquisite scenery and props are important, but the core is the conflict and the performance of the actors. I think your young man who was scolded did a pretty good job!"
Fang Yihua smiled and said, "After visiting so many places, it's rare that Mr. Lin actually praised our staff."
As she spoke, she shouted to the director, "Director, call that actor over here!"
The director, who was cursing, felt like a crowing rooster who was suddenly held down by the neck.
He looked in the direction of Fang Yihua's finger, and the person she was looking for turned out to be Xingzai, who was being scolded by him.
"Miss Fang, I'm sorry, young people are ignorant and I didn't teach them well!"
Fang Yihua glared and said, "Stop talking nonsense and come here."
The director didn't dare to say anything else and pulled the trembling Xingzai over.
"Ms. Fang! Mr. Lin!" the director called out.
With a childish face, Xingzai knew that the director was introducing him to Miss Fang. Of course he knew her, she was the big boss's woman.
As for Mr. Lin in front of me, he seemed to be about the same age as me, but he could stand in front of Miss Fang...
"Pujiezai, call for help!" Seeing that Xingzai didn't respond for a long time, the director couldn't help but kick him.
Xingzai then called out in a daze, "Hello, Miss Fang! Hello, Mr. Lin!"
Fang Yihua was not interested in low-level TV station employees like Xingzai and didn't even respond.
Lin Weimin, on the other hand, smiled and said, "Your name is Ah Xing, right? Did you come up with that scene just now?"
As soon as Xingzai was called over by the director, he knew that something serious was going to happen.
If he changed the play in front of Miss Fang, he would definitely not get any good results. He thought to himself that he must not drag others down no matter what, otherwise he would not be able to survive in the station in the future.
He nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Lin, I changed the play without permission. It has nothing to do with others."
The expression on Xingzai's face probably means: A hero should take responsibility for his actions. If you want to kill anyone, kill me alone.
Lin Weimin shook his head and smiled, "Don't get me wrong. I'm a screenwriter. I asked you to come here because I thought your remake of the play was very interesting."
Ai?
Xingzai looked at Lin Weimin in surprise. He didn't expect that he was not scolded but called over to praise him.
He was about to laugh, but when he caught sight of Fang Yihua standing beside him, he immediately frowned and tried to look calm.
"Thank you, Mr. Lin. Actually, this was all inspired by the director and producer. Ji Zai also gave an idea. Oh, Ji Zai is Bai Wuchang."
Lin Weimin smiled and nodded, then turned to Fang Yihua and said, "Miss Fang, your wireless station is really full of talented people!"
It was not until Lin Weimin spoke that a smile finally showed on Fang Yihua's cold face.
"It's your honor to receive Mr. Lin's praise!"
The director quickly pressed Xingzai and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lin!"
"Thank you, Mr. Lin!" Xingzai also said.
Lin Weimin patted Xingzai on the shoulder and said, "You acted well. You can become a good actor in the future."
After that, Lin Weimin said to Fang Yihua: "Miss Fang, we have seen enough. Let's go."
"good."
The two men turned and left.
"Thank you, Mr. Lin! Thank you!"
Sing Zai looked at Lin Weimin's back and shouted something. This was the first time he had received such great recognition from others since he joined the TVB.
"You fool! He was just being polite, but you took it seriously!" the director said sarcastically.
Xingzi looked serious, "How could that be? Mr. Lin is very serious!"
The director couldn't help but hit back, "What's the point of being serious? It's obvious that Mr. Lin is not from the station, so it's useless to praise you. The next time you meet, Miss Fang may not even remember your name."
Xingzai felt a little disappointed when he heard that. He couldn't help but look at the door where no one was. He couldn't help but recall the encouragement from Mr. Lin in his mind.
Mr. Lin must be an important person since he can have Miss Fang accompany him personally.
But he was very kind to me and had no airs at all. The most important thing was that he called me A Xing instead of Xing Zai like everyone else in the station did.
This title made Xingzai feel respected like never before.
Thank you, Mr. Lin!
(End of this chapter)
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