Chapter 184 Encountering the Show Crew

　　The meal was finished.

　　Just outside the beef brisket restaurant, they saw a crowd gathered in the distance, watching something.

　　Su Yehao wasn't planning to join the fun. He was about to send Lin Baojian to a hotel for temporary lodging when someone suddenly ran over, followed by a young man with a camera, both of them out of breath.

　　For a moment, Su Yehao was even narcissistic enough to think they were coming to interview him.

　　After taking a closer look, he realized that the shorter middle-aged man was none other than Chen Baixiang, a supporting actor of Stephen Chow's, wearing a red short-sleeved shirt with his name tag on his back.

　　Blinking, Su Yehao glanced at the camera and already had a guess. He asked, "Brother Baixiang, what are you doing?"

　　Chen Baixiang was annoyed when he heard this. He pointed at him, panting, and said:

　　"Wow, are you kidding me? We're filming the *Super Challenge* variety show you came up with. This morning, you had me hanging outside a building cleaning windows, and now I'm running around breathless. You don't even know what we're doing? Did I offend you, Young Master Hao? Can I change careers? This is more tiring than filming! I'm almost fifty years old, I almost had a stroke."

　　Rubbing his nose, Su Yehao said awkwardly:

　　"I've been busy lately, dealing with business in the United States. I didn't expect the filming to start so soon. Brother Baixiang, you don't look like you're over forty at all, people would believe you're thirty. Keep it up, I'm rooting for you."

　　Chen Baixiang shook hands with him, smiling, and began introducing Su Yehao to the camera, repeatedly assuring everyone that it was just a coincidence.

　　Of course, this introduction was for the audience to hear.

　　Just then, Xu Jiangjing, the Asian version of Thor, also ran over, covered in white paint and sweating profusely, not knowing what he had been through.

　　Seeing this, Chen Baixiang, afraid of being eliminated by the strong Xu Jiangjing, quickly ran away.

　　It was Xu Jiangjing's turn to stop and greet Su Yehao. He also complained, telling him that he had gone to chop pork in the morning, and his hands still smelled fishy, so he wouldn't shake hands.

　　The *Super Challenge* program was Su Yehao's idea, almost a complete copy of future concepts. They were currently playing the name-tearing game.

　　That's right.

　　ATV (Asia Television) had already been acquired by Su Yehao.

　　Some time ago, he had his assistant, Zhuang Wei, tell ATV's two major shareholders that if they didn't agree within three days, he would lower the price by 100 million Hong Kong dollars. Before the deadline, the two major shareholders chose to cash out and leave.

　　Gradually, other shareholders who were not optimistic about the company's prospects also decided to sell their ATV shares to him at a premium. In total, he spent 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, and now Su Yehao holds 84% of ATV's shares, adding a television station to his name.

　　He had discussed the plan to film a variety show with Xiao Nizi a long time ago, and Su Yehao happened to run into the first trial shoot today.

　　Wanting to experience it firsthand, he asked Linda Yun to send Lin Baojian to the hi~o(*￣▽￣*)ブ Garden Hotel to check in, while he stayed with the filming crew.

　　The filming team had more than ten people and had been busy for most of the day, preparing to film two episodes in a row.

　　Since it was the first time filming, they strived to make the content interesting, so they planned to film until tonight. Later, they would have them set up stalls in Temple Street to see who could earn the most and determine the final winner.

　　Su Yehao chatted with the director, who was in his thirties, and learned that Chen Baixiang was paid 50,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode, while Xu Jiangjing and Qian Jiale were paid 30,000 Hong Kong dollars.

　　With fifty-two weeks a year, if calculated at one episode per week, the annual income would only be one or two million Hong Kong dollars.

　　Since they were willing to accept it, it meant they were satisfied with the treatment.

　　Some supporting actors who often appeared in TV series and movies had a fixed salary of just over 10,000 Hong Kong dollars when they signed with the TV station, and they earned some extra money by participating in filming. The income was also not high.

　　It must be said that due to the small market and intense competition, the pay in Hong Kong was really low.

　　For example, Zhang Weijian, whom Su Yehao had wanted to find earlier, only received a total salary of 800,000 Hong Kong dollars for the entire 1996 version of *Journey to the West*. He was currently filming other TV series, and the schedule clashed, so he had to give up.

　　In addition to the three of them, the regular cast of the *Super Challenge* variety show also included a newly signed young idol from Tianyu Entertainment, belonging to the newly formed boy group "Heavenly Kings," plus a member of a girl group called "Empresses."

　　From this it could be seen.

　　Nangong Tian ultimately didn't win against Su Yehao, but she just deleted half of the "Nine-Legged Empresses" to make it sound more domineering.

　　Whether it was a boy group or a girl group, the selection scope was expanded to include both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. It must be said that the members had both looks and talent. It was reasonable to give the group a more domineering name.

　　With Su Yehao as the background, there was no need to worry about resources.

　　On the 19th of last month, TVB held the Anniversary Awards Ceremony. The Heavenly Kings and Empresses groups appeared on stage and showed their faces. Some of them, with good acting skills, began to try to develop in the film and television industry.

　　As for the two who were sent to participate in the variety show, they were both outgoing and had a strong sense of humor.

　　After staying at the filming site for a while, Su Yehao called Nangong Tian and learned that she was at the Tianyu Entertainment headquarters, so he asked her out for shopping...

　　It had been more than ten days since they separated in the Maldives.

　　After meeting Su Yehao, Xiao Nizi said with dissatisfaction: "You're so bad, you invite people to dinner without me. I thought I could go for a big meal, and I've been hungry since noon."

　　Su Yehao pointed to Qian Jiale, who was being held on the ground, and said with a smile: "They're going to set up stalls in Yau Ma Tei's Temple Street later, you can take care of their business. I didn't expect Tianyu Entertainment to be managed so well by you and Jiang Yu. I really underestimated you."

　　Hearing this sentence.

　　Xiao Nizi replied proudly:

　　"Of course, you're so good at doing business. I've been learning from you for a long time, so I must have learned some experience. The main thing is that you're amazing, and you spend money on investments without hesitation. Since you bought the TV station, there have been a lot of actors contacting us recently, wanting to switch to work here."

　　"Oh? Are there any celebrities I know?"

　　Touching his chin, Su Yehao continued, "Actually, I've thought about completely disbanding the batch of celebrities signed by ATV, but it's not easy for them to make a living, and it costs less to sign artists with TV stations in Hong Kong, but the disadvantage is that it restricts their freedom to film. If we only find protagonists from outside, they definitely won't be happy."

　　"Those famous people from ATV have all switched jobs now, right? If we terminate the contracts with them and produce through Tianyu Entertainment, it shouldn't be a problem. The TV station just needs to be responsible for broadcasting."

　　After speaking, Xiao Nizi lowered her voice and added:

　　"You know that Miss Meng Jiahui who is very beautiful, right? She was nominated for the Best New Performer award at last year's Hong Kong Film Awards. Her agent has contacted me, but not to sign with us. They want us to consider her if we have any roles. I feel she is suitable to play the female lead in the *Myth* movie."

　　Su Yehao had some impression of her. After considering it, he nodded:

　　"Let her try out for the role when the time comes. Anyway, I don't plan to only develop in this small area of Hong Kong. Rather than saving costs, it's more important to know how to increase revenue. There's no need to limit the selection to whether they're signed with us. Let's take you to dinner first, where's Jiang Yu?"

　　"She went with her mother to get her hair cut. It takes a long time every time she gets a blowout. I also want to get my hair cut short, what do you think?"

　　"Anything is fine. The key is that you're beautiful, even with an afro."

　　"..."