1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 182 Summer: Give him a good beating!
On January 1, 1996, CCTV was upgraded to a "deputy-level" public institution.

The evening news program "Lianbo" also changed from a pre-recorded format to a live broadcast—the hosts would be penalized for even a single mispronounced word.
Today, CCTV6, also known as Princess Six, officially launched as the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television's movie satellite channel.

……

In Hong Kong that summer, I met a new friend – Kara Hui.

Hong Jie is five years older than Xia Tian and can also be considered a former action star.

At that time, I was discussing a project with Yuan Heping of the Yuan Family Team that summer, and I wanted to invite them to help my Tianxia Entertainment film a martial arts TV series.

At that time, we were short of a female role, so they recommended Kara Hui.

After meeting her in the summer, I felt that Sister Hong was indeed very suitable. She has both acting skills and action skills; she's absolutely perfect.

Besides Sister Hong, he also helped his younger brother Chang Wei, whom he met on the set of "The Ultimate Bodyguard".

For the male lead of this TV series, Xia Tian chose Wu Jing, a fan she had known for many years in Yanjing!
I met him when I was in martial arts school, in the summer when I went to select actors for the Spring Festival Gala.

It's been many years.

In the latter half of last year, after much hesitation, Wu Jing called Xia Tian.

I'd like to ask Brother Tian for some advice...

In 94, he won the national martial arts competition's elite tournament championships in spear and sparring. He can be said to have followed in Li Lianjie's footsteps.

His coach wanted to take the opportunity to recommend him to make movies in Hong Kong.

At that time, many people in Hong Kong were looking for a martial arts champion like Li Lianjie, hoping to find a replacement.

But how could it be that easy?
Although Xia Tian looked down on Li, he admitted that he could never find anyone who could replace him in the film and television industry—unless Xia Tian himself took the position!

After Li, many martial arts champions emerged, and quite a few of them entered the entertainment industry.

Like Zhao Changjun, who played Yuan Shikai in "The Sword and the City", how well did his drunken sword dance?
At the movie theater, Xia Tian couldn't help but applaud!
There was Zhao Wenzhuo, and later Zhang Jin, and many, many more.

Zhao Wenzhuo still has some luck in this area; Xu Laoguai took a liking to him and was willing to promote him.

In addition, Anita Mui, her girlfriend, helped a lot, and she was good at fighting, good-looking, and a good actress.

Wu Jing wasn't bad-looking, but he was too childish, with a baby face. It wasn't until middle age that he found the right path to becoming a top soldier.

In the original timeline, there was no summer; he had plunged into the film industry more than half a year earlier.

As a result, the first two films ended in dismal failure, with box office revenue of less than a million each, completely flopping and never making a comeback!

In the original timeline, his first film, "Kung Fu Kid," boasted a decent cast, including Christy Chung, Cheng Ho-nam, Billy Chow, Sibelle Hu, Ji Chunhua, and Yu Hai...

They weren't big stars, but they were still high-quality supporting actors.

The box office only reached a little over HK$700,000?!
It's probably not even enough to cover the salaries of the male and female leads; the investors are losing money hand over fist!

Who would hire him to make movies now?

Especially if we were to make a martial arts film now, it would be like the Kuomintang surrendering in 49!
Summer can't just watch those guys who keep calling him "Brother Tian" go down the same old path from the original timeline, can it?
You should just watch TV series!
Hong Kong martial arts films are over, but mainland martial arts TV dramas are just beginning to emerge!

Accumulate huge popularity through TV dramas, and then when the domestic film market improves in a few years, elevate your status to enter the film industry. What a great path!
Wu Jing originally sought Xia Tian's advice to see if Brother Tian would take a liking to him.

Wu Jing: Didn't Brother Tian'er also start Tianxia Entertainment? Let's see if he'll take a liking to me and give me a hand!
It would be great to film movies in Hong Kong, but if I could work with Brother Tian, ​​I could go to Hong Kong and the mainland in the future!

Look at Wu Jing, with his baby face, he's actually quite thoughtful~
Summer gave him a definite answer: "The company has been established for so long, but we haven't done any projects. Everyone thought I was gone. Coincidentally, there's a kung fu TV series, and they've chosen you as the male lead. Go back and find someone to practice Tai Chi with."

"Tai Chi! Brother Tian'er~" Wu Jing was so excited that his blood rushed to his head. He held the phone in one hand and supported himself on the table with the other, even standing on tiptoe! "I'll find someone to learn it right away! Um, um... which school of Tai Chi is it?" he asked excitedly.

Xia Tian laughed: "What do you mean by 'which school'? Just go with whichever looks good. We're filming a TV series, not practicing martial arts. We'll see what the martial arts director thinks. Just practice a few of them; it's always good to have more skills!"

That's right, the TV series that will be filmed this summer is called "Tai Chi Master"!
Summer plans to bring together a large portion of mainland actors and a small portion of Hong Kong actors, along with all the actors they know who don't have much work, to make an appearance.

Even playing a supporting role in my own TV series would be better than acting in movies in Hong Kong now.

The number of film crews starting work here has noticeably decreased.

For these second- or third-tier supporting actors, the impact is extremely noticeable!

He brought along characters like Cheng Kui-an (the "Big Fool"), Liu Xun (the "Thousand-Faced Buddha"), and Chang Wei.

Summer provided the story outline and found four screenwriters in Hong Kong to adapt it into a forty-episode TV series!
I've got all the main and subplots, main storylines and subplots, character arcs, supporting character development, and villainous charisma all covered!
Brother Tian'er is rich, don't let him down~
This project is spearheaded by Yanjing Tianxia Entertainment, with investment from Hong Kong's Sunshine Film & Television. It's a high-profile co-production between the two regions—they're all essentially one family.
……

Summer is here preparing for the film crew's production, and I'm meeting up with all these old friends.

His friends who had no work and whom he had called upon all thanked him.

—This once again confirms Tian'er's statement about being generous!
The supporting actors in this 40-episode TV series earned more than the actors who made seven or eight movies!

—You don't actually earn much money if you don't play the lead role. Supporting roles require you to travel back and forth between many film crews to make money.

With things mostly settled here, Milan called Xia Tian and said that the newspaper had reported a very tragic case—the Nanjing University rubble-breaking case!

The case remained unsolved until the end...

Just as Xia Tian was planning to return to Yanjing, Ah Ying's mental and physical condition were stable, and she was taken home by her mother to be cared for.

At this moment, Mei Gu called Xia Tian, ​​"Xia Tian, ​​please help me..."

When Xia Tian heard this, she noticed that Mei Gu was crying on the phone!

That year, she was severely reprimanded for refusing to sing for the triad, but she didn't utter a single tear.

It turned out that they had relationship problems!
At the time, Anita Mui didn't want her friends to know, but Ah Wing, with his keen senses and keen observation, noticed something was wrong and, after pressing her for answers, learned that she was having relationship problems.

Then Ah Rong asked Aunt Mei to call Summer.

Because Zhao Wenzhuo seems to be particularly respectful to Xia Tian, ​​he can help with this matter!
Summer is so cold, it's like gasping for breath—but we still couldn't escape it!
When they were dating, I deliberately avoided them, afraid that they wouldn't end up together.

Even an upright official finds it hard to resolve matters of the heart; I can't help!

Unexpectedly, the incident happened while I was in Hong Kong, and they found me!
We have no choice but to help...

To be honest, these two have a very good relationship. They've basically acknowledged it publicly, and they're just short of officially announcing it.

At the end of last year, Anita Mui revealed that she was in a sweet and inseparable relationship!

They were fine a few days ago, why are they arguing now?

When asked in the summer, it turned out that Zhao Wenzhuo was having a cold war!
They were fine a few days ago, but these days they've suddenly become cold and distant, refusing to talk to each other.

She waited for her boyfriend's call every day, but it never came, and she didn't even know why.

Xia Tian comforted her, "Okay, I understand. I'll ask around for you. Don't worry, if I want to beat him up, no one can stop me!"

Damn it, they're siding with their own people, not with what's right.

If we really break up, I'll give him a good beating in the summer!
(End of this chapter)