Chapter 706 "Journey to the West" episode is released!
Last night was the New Year's Eve party.
It was the busiest night at the Yang family's Repulse Bay Mid-level Villa.
At the banquet, Yang Ming drank a lot of red wine with the guests. After he finished the banquet, he went back to the master room upstairs and slept.
When I opened my eyes and woke up, the sunlight coming in from the window was a bit dazzling.
Looking up, he found Guan Jiahui beside him looking at him.
"what time is it?"
"Master Yang, it's 10:35 a.m. on the first day of the new year."
So late?
Yang Ming got up and washed up.
Come down from upstairs.
The guests have all left, and now the Repulse Bay Mid-Levels Villa has long since returned to peace.
Ah Zhu was still here in the villa, while Zhong Chuhong went back to Chungking Mansion to see his family during the holidays. Guan Jiahui was originally given annual leave, but Guan Jiahui stayed.
It's past breakfast time.
It's not lunch time yet.
Yang Ming was drinking morning tea in the garden.
Not long after, two maids brought morning tea.
Azhu brought today's newspaper.
This year's Xiangjiang Spring Festival Gala is more lively than in previous years. In addition to the fierce competition between Asia Television and TVB, before the end of Asia Television's Spring Festival Gala, Huang Xizhao also specially invited the domestic female director Yang Jie and the main actors of "Journey to the West" to the stage Meet the audience.
This TV series has a total of 25 episodes. The director is Yang Jie from China, and the main actors are also domestic actors. The most important thing is that this TV series was shot by Asia Television with a lot of money.
The funding from the beginning of filming was HK$100 million, and it was increased to the final HK$800 million before all 25 episodes of the "Journey to the West" TV series were filmed.
In this era, shooting a TV series for 800 million Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to spending more than one million US dollars on filming. It is a huge cost whether in Hong Kong, domestically, or even globally.
The most important thing is that this TV series, in addition to Yang Ming, attached great importance to it at the beginning, Asia Television and general manager Huang Xizhao also attached great importance to it, and female director Yang Jie also attached great importance to it.
Compared with history, Yang Ming was able to provide enough funds for filming. Unlike history, when Yangshi asked Yang Jie to shoot, the funds were seriously insufficient. Before and after, Yang Jie was forced to stop preparing funds. , and then started filming, so that it took her 6 years to film the first part of Journey to the West.
This time, Asia Television provided enough funds and made many good suggestions. However, all the filming was done by Yang Jie and domestic actors. Asia Television did not send anyone to give instructions. Instead, it sent two deputy directors and some filming technicians. Learn from Yang Jie.
Before this, many directors and actors in Xiangjiang looked down upon the current domestic directors and actors, thinking that compared with the movies and TV series in Xiangjiang, domestic production was far behind in this regard.
It could be anywhere from twenty to thirty years.
They don't have anything on the surface, but they look at it with a colored eye in their hearts.
The boss Sir Yang and the general manager of Asia Television paid so much attention to it that they could only follow and learn from it, only to find that it was not like that. In fact, in all aspects domestically, the filming of TV dramas in China is even more refined than that of Xiangjiang TV. It is not as good as Xiangjiang TV It feels so rough when photographed.
Whether it is the selection of actors, props, or the selected scenic spots for filming, they are basically very strict.
Although Yang Jie was not very famous before, after accepting this task, she was very careful and often studied the original work of Journey to the West over and over again. In addition, she would also inject her own ideas into it.
Only then, with sufficient funds, did it take two years to film the first part of Journey to the West, that is, the first half.
If Asia Television and Huang Xizhao hadn't been waiting so impatiently, Yang Jie might have had to wait until the second half of the film was finished filming before releasing it together.
This time, Asia Television held the 3rd Hong Kong Spring Festival Gala. Before the end of the Spring Festival Gala, they specially invited Yang Jie and actors with major roles, including Monkey King, Zhu Bajie, Tang Monk, Sha Seng, White Dragon Horse, Guanyin, Tathagata Buddha and other major actors. I was invited to the stage to talk about the process and experience of this shooting.
Among them, Yang Jie and Huang Xizhao announced that it will be officially broadcast for the first time on Hong Kong Asia Television's Hong Kong channel during prime time on Monday night, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
Yang Ming didn't watch much of the Asia Television Spring Festival Gala last night.
Today, Yang Ming is enjoying morning tea there, and A-Zhu and Guan Jiahui are sitting next to Yang Ming, chattering away.
"Master, I heard that "Journey to the West", which cost 800 million Hong Kong dollars to shoot, is very beautiful and will be broadcast tonight." Azhu said from the side.
This Journey to the West.
If it were shot according to the 82 version of Yang Ming's previous life, it would indeed be very beautiful to many people around the world, regardless of gender or age.
It is said to have been played on repeat more than 3000 times.
What is this concept.
Many TV series may not be replayed after one viewing, but the 1982 version of Journey to the West has been replayed 3000 times.
Whether it is domestic TV stations, or Dongyang, Nanyang, etc. purchasing the drama rights, one can imagine how popular this is.
Asia Television spent a lot of money this time, but Yang Ming still thinks it is worth it.
The copyright of this TV series can support Asia Television for a long time.
"Then you'll have a good look then."
Yang Ming learned from the newspapers about the Spring Festival Gala last night.
Domestic Sun TV also held it, and it should have been seen that Xiangjiang was very lively. In addition, there were TV stations in Singjiapo, Wanwan, or TV stations in cities with a large number of Chinese people who also held this Spring Festival Gala.
However, judging from the ratings of the two major TV stations in Hong Kong, Asia Television still has the advantage, with a ratings of nearly 65%, while TVB only has about 35%.
In fact, Shao Yifu, TVB's management, and even TVB's actors have worked very hard, but they are still far behind Asia Television.
Now that "Journey to the West" is about to be released, Yang Ming believes that after tonight, in terms of ratings for Hong Kong TV series, even TVB will not be able to catch up.
When Yang Ming finished his morning tea.
Return to the study upstairs.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year.
The Spring Festival atmosphere in Xiangjiang is still relatively strong.
. . .
At 18:00 in the evening.
Yang Ming knew that Mr. and Mrs. Yang Jirong, A-Zhu, Guan Jiahui and others were all going to watch "Journey to the West" which was broadcast tonight on Asia Television Hong Kong at 19:00, the prime drama time, so he specially accompanied them to have dinner early.
After dinner, it was not yet 19:00 in the evening.
At this time, among many families in Xiangjiang who own TV stations, men, women, old and young, they all gathered in front of the TV station in advance.
Some people think that this "Journey to the West" is not interesting, but it is just exaggerated propaganda by Asian TV stations.
Many people may not believe that Asia Television spent 800 million Hong Kong dollars to film this TV series.
19:00 in the evening.
If Yang Ming were sitting here, the familiar melody of "Journey to the West" "唔唔唔唔咻!" would sound and make people's blood boil instantly. They would definitely feel very familiar and shocked.
Yang Jirong and his wife, Ah Zhu, Guan Jiahui, Lin Dezhong, and even other servants in the family were instantly attracted.
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