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Volume 1 Chapter 606: Hong Kong Experience (Part 1)

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    On the first day when CCTV's second group of people who came to Hong Kong for study and exchange arrived in Hong Kong, they took a short rest in the hotel in the morning, and Zhang Shaolin decided to go out for a walk by himself shortly in the afternoon.  It¡¯s just that this is his first time coming to Hong Kong. I asked him before coming and heard that Hong Kong people mostly speak Cantonese. He, a northerner, can only speak Mandarin and the northern dialect. He really hasn¡¯t learned much about the southern Cantonese language.  He had no choice but to dig out from his luggage the thin-covered book that the leader had distributed to everyone before he arrived. It contained twenty or thirty mainland actors who had done well in Hong Kong in the past two years. He rummaged through it for a while.  Seeing that the name Zhou Yemang looked familiar, he thought for a while before he remembered who this person was. He quickly wrote down his phone number in Hong Kong, thinking that he might not be busy at this time, so he called from the hotel's landline.  "Thunder Monkey" As soon as the call was dialed, the call was connected quickly.  A man answered the phone on the opposite side. He opened his mouth and said a greeting that was a little hard to hear.  Zhang Shaolin was not sure whether the other party was Zhou Yemang, so he had to try to ask in Mandarin: "Is this Mr. Zhou Yemang's phone number?" The person on the phone was stunned for a moment, but he quickly responded and immediately changed to Mandarin to answer:  "I'm Zhou Yemang, a new comrade from the mainland. Hello, how can I help you?" Although he was speaking politely, Zhou Yemang on the other end of the phone gave off a very confident feeling.  Zhang Shaolin was a little surprised by this. When he was still at Shanxi TV Station a few years ago, he visited director Xie Jin on a business trip to Shanghai. It was his junior Zhou Yemang who he met at his home. The only impression he had on him was,  He is a rare handsome man' and nothing more.  He still vaguely remembered that when chatting with Xie Jin that day, he revealed that he was about to film "The Yang Family" with a handheld camera. Afterwards, Zhou Yemang recommended himself to him and called him several times for this purpose.  It's a pity that although he is a director, he only has the power to recommend people. Although he helped introduce him to the TV station, it is a pity that the TV station executives thought that Zhou Yemang was too handsome and lacked a bit of the heroism that a Yang family general should have, so he  Didn't take a fancy to him.  Zhang Shaolin still remembers how lonely he felt when he knew he was not selected. He didn¡¯t expect that a few years later, he would be so confident.  Curious, it was rare to see an acquaintance Zhang Shaolin, and he couldn't help but feel a little affectionate, and said: "Xiao Zhou, don't you remember me? I am Zhang Shaolin from Shanxi Terrace!" "Oh, it's Director Zhang!" Zhou Yemang was obviously still there  Remembering him, his voice became more enthusiastic, "Did Shanxi Station also get a place to exchange and study with Hong Kong Asia Television? Where are you now? If you can come out easily, let me, a half-landlord, treat you well." Hearing how polite he was,  Zhang Shaolin was a little happy and a little embarrassed.  When Zhou Yemang wanted to join "The Yang Family", although he helped write a recommendation note, after all, the TV station didn't like the person, so he couldn't help at all.  However, he is new to Hong Kong and is not familiar with the place. After tomorrow, there will be group activities or study tours, so there will be very little private rest time.  Hong Kong in the early 1990s was indescribably alluring to anyone in the mainland, which had just undergone reforms, even at his age.  At that moment, Zhang Shaolin asked: "I came here with CCTV this time. Xiao Zhou, are you free now? I just arrived in Hong Kong and am not familiar with the place. If it is convenient for you, can you help me walk around the city?  ? " "That's a coincidence. I happen to be out of business today. Okay, Director Zhang, where are you staying now? I just got my Hong Kong driver's license last month. I'll rent a car later and take a look around with you!"  After Shaolin told him the name of the hotel where he was staying, he thanked him again.  About an hour later, Zhou Yemang drove to the hotel where he was staying, and through the lobby service staff, dialed the intercom phone in his room and asked him to come down.  As soon as he stepped out of the elevator, he saw a man in a suit and leather shoes standing in the lobby. He thought he was a big boss in Hong Kong, so he didn't pay any more attention.  Unexpectedly, the man took the initiative to walk towards him. When the two of them got closer, he heard him say in his familiar Mandarin: "Director Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, but you are still so energetic!" I saw him again after so many years.  Zhou Yemang and Zhang Shaolin were also surprised.  He looked at Zhou Yemang, who looked like a boss, carefully for a while, and then asked in surprise: "Xiao Zhou, you have changed a lot now!" Zhou Yemang smiled, knowing what he was referring to.  Suits are now popular in the Mainland. A suit of good material can sell for thousands of yuan. Many people's annual salary is not enough to buy one.  However, suits are very popular in the Mainland. In the outside world, they are just a set of ordinary clothes suitable for formal occasions and meeting guests. The casual suit he is wearing is only a local brand and can be found in the Goldlion store in Causeway Bay.  It¡¯s just over a thousand Hong Kong dollars.  With his current income in Hong Kong, it is really nothing.    After leading him out of the hotel, Zhou Yemang reminded with a smile: "Hong Kong people are xenophobic. They speak Cantonese. We can't communicate in Mandarin here like in the mainland. Otherwise, most of the small vendors will be too lazy to talk to us!" Zhang Shaolin  But he didn't pay much attention to it. For example, when he was in Shanghai last year, when eating in a restaurant, an Anhui merchant's accent was a little stronger, and the old Shanghai woman in the restaurant looked down on him.  China¡¯s regional identity was not formed in a day or two. The area where this country lived more than 2,000 years ago was no more than the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. With the step-by-step expansion and annexation, the country finally had the territory it has today.  It contains the descendants of hundreds of annexed forces, countless languages, and countless slangs and dialects. Fortunately, there is a strong voice to guide everything, otherwise we don¡¯t know what kind of chaos it would be.  Zhou Yemang rented a Toyota Crown, which is most commonly seen in taxi shops in Hong Kong, but this car is rare in mainland China.  Zhang Shaolin got into the car and sat on the passenger seat, he couldn't help but marveled.  "Hong Kong, like most foreign countries, drives on the left!" Zhou Yemang smiled and put on his seat belt, "I wasn't used to it at first, but after seeing it more often, I didn't take it seriously!" The car drove slowly.  After starting, he didn't drive very fast. Zhang Shaolin was a little confused at first, but as he encountered a traffic jam after two intersections, he understood why!  "There is no way. Because Hong Kong has less land and more people, many streets are not as wide as our mainland cities. Traffic jams are common in prosperous areas, especially when commuting to and from get off work. They often last for an hour or two. I heard that the newly appointed Hong Kong governor We are proposing to widen the main roads in Hong Kong. I don¡¯t know if it can be completed before the handover!¡± After driving slowly for more than 20 minutes, the number of vehicles gradually decreased, and Zhou Yemang also drove faster. He was multitasking, driving at the same time. I introduced Zhang Shaolin to some nearby attractions and shops that he passed by, and he spoke vividly.  Seeing the blooming flowers in Hong Kong, Zhang Shaolin was a little confused, "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has just passed, so why can't we see any New Year atmosphere in Hong Kong?" "Hong Kong people are just like southern provinces, there is no New Year atmosphere.  You should know the great director Lin Xiaozhi and Director Zhang. I heard that he didn¡¯t return to Hong Kong at all during the Chinese New Year this year. He was still in Egypt with the crew to shoot a new movie. Some of the festivals celebrated here in Hong Kong are equally divided between Chinese and Western. You really need to pay close attention.  Hong Kong people have more Chinese and Western holidays!¡± Both of them know that this is probably because Hong Kong has been ceded by the British since the late Qing Dynasty and has been under British rule for more than a century.  However, Zhou Yemang's mention of Lin Xiaozhi made Zhang Shaolin interested.  Many film and television workers in the Mainland are familiar with this name. In past publicity, Lin Xiaozhi has been widely known as a rich man and a world-famous director. He is also a super rich man with a net worth of well over 10 billion.  , is a very legendary big man.  Speaking of which, the reason why Hong Kong has been closely connected with the mainland in recent years is that he is also behind it.  He not only owns a TV station, but also owns a number of newspapers and media. He has also single-handedly promoted exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong's film and television industry and the mainland. Last year alone, people like him and Zhou Yemang came from the mainland to study and exchange.  There were no fewer than three to four hundred people, and practitioners of the Republic who had been separated from the world for decades benefited a lot.  Zhang Shaolin is also one of the beneficiaries. He originally worked for Shanxi TV Station. The year before last, he filmed the popular domestic TV series "The Yang Family" on his handheld camera, and his reputation in the country gradually increased.  After the close cooperation between Hong Kong and mainland China began last year, CCTV soon launched a comprehensive cooperation with ATV. Not only did it receive an investment from Hong Kong for the follow-up filming of "Journey to the West", the two parties also signed multiple contracts with each other.  The introduction of film and television works.  In addition, the two parties have also established some deeper cooperation through the investment in "Journey to the West Continuation". For example, this time he was spotted by CCTV and was invited to prepare for the filming of "Water Margin" on his handheld device.  That's right, it's "Water Margin", one of the four famous classics!  Zhang Shaolin never expected that people here in Hong Kong would have seen his handheld production of "The Yang Family". In particular, the big boss Lin Xiaozhi personally named him, hoping that the mainland would invite him to be the director of the handheld "Water Margin"  The filming of "The Legend".  ATV currently cooperates with only two TV stations in the mainland. One is Shenzhen TV, which has recently experienced a surge in ratings in the south. However, its rise is based on the introduction of a large number of ATV's popular TV series and variety shows that imitate ATV, because it has not been available for a long time in the past.  Supported by Guangdong Province, its real strength and foundation need to be strengthened.  And ATV¡¯s other cooperative TV station in the mainland is none other than the powerful CCTV.  CCTV is very interested in ATV¡¯s proposal to co-produce four major classics.This is partly due to political considerations. The close cooperation between the two places before the return may not necessarily add a lot to the story.  On the other hand, although today's CCTV is ranked first in China in terms of influence and strength, it still lags behind ATV, which has been commercially operating for many years, in terms of content production, innovative concepts, and TV series production funds.  So, the two sides hit it off immediately.  ATV provides funding and production technical support, and will also send some artists and production staff to participate in the filming. CCTV has learned the new TV series production concepts it lacks most, and also used ATV's funds to train its own team.  As for him, CCTV just sent a notice to Shanxi TV Station and easily transferred his registration to CCTV.
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