In his later years, Run Run Shaw and Fong Yi Wah.
Fong Yi Wah is a well-deserved strong woman in hong Kong's television industry.
【A kind of nostalgia】
On 22 November, Fong Yi Wah, a director of TVB Hong Kong Limited, died of illness at the age of 83. In the second half of her life, because she became Shaw's second wife, the two names were closely linked. In the glorious years of Shaw and TVB, there are more than a thousand famous people in Israel, but Fang Yihua has only one.
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Seeing the news of Fang Yihua's death, the first thing I remembered was a drama series of TVB's old rival ATV. In 2000, Hong Kong ATV, which struggled with TVB, filmed a 67-episode long drama, "Studio Tycoon".
At that time, although the RATINGS of ATV were always less than tvb, but the planning ability was extremely strong, but the city staged a rich grudge, AND often had innuendo episodes released simultaneously, while filming and broadcasting, let people watch the news to watch the episodes, two contrasts, enough gossip addiction.
Although "Studio Tycoon" is not synchronized with the gossip in the city, it can be called the most expensive and most attractive innuendo drama in the history of ATV. The male protagonist Tao Dayu is undoubtedly Shao Yifu, the prototype of the female protagonist Liu Jialing is Fang Yihua, the series tells the rise and fall of Shao, the story of Zhang Che, Chu Yuan, Bruce Lee, Dina and other people takes turns to appear, that the years are hooked, it is simply inexhaustible.
Fans of the second-hand Mandarin version of Hong Kong dramas who always have big road goods such as "Genesis", "In Search of Qin", and "I Have a Date with Zombies" in their mouths cannot understand the story and significance of this long drama. Especially the power struggle in the series, the innuendo is Zou Wenhuai's departure. This exodus not only created Jiahe, but also changed the entire film ecology of Hong Kong, and indirectly contributed to the rise of TVB later. But if you are not a true fan of Hong Kong drama, you will be indifferent to this.
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However, the love gossip of Run Run Shaw and Fang Yihua, since the beginning of the Internet era, is the gossip topic in the forum, the two have walked hand in hand for decades, in 1987, Run Run Shaw's wife Huang Meizhen died of illness in the United States. Ten years later, on May 6, 1997, Shaw and Fong yihua registered their marriage, at which point Shaw was 90 and Fong was 62.
But how can Fang Yihua be so simple? How can it be just the woman next to Run Run Shaw?
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Shaw was in full swing, and Fang Yihua gradually came to the foreground. But it was also because of her wrist that Zou Wenhuai fled. After the rise of Jiahe founded by Zou Wenhuai, Shaw's turned from prosperity to decline, and Shaw made a timely decision at the suggestion of Fang Yihua to buy tvb shares and open the TV kingdom. This legend is not only a shopping mall story, but also a scuffle in the field of entertainment power.
Born in Shanghai, the early red singer made his debut and recorded in Singapore in the early 1950s, and later appeared on stage in the Philippines, Taipei and the United States, producing records in Hong Kong, and was known for singing Western songs. But her later path was different from most of her peers, because Run Run Shaw saw her potential. This long relationship, in addition to love, there is also acquaintance. If shaw had not been able to understand Shaw, how could he persuade her to give up singing when she was in the middle of the day? How could she obey and run to Shaw to start as a small clerk? How could he take turns in the procurement, production and other departments until he became the "six aunts" (Mrs. Shao Yi called "six uncles")?
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Fang Yihua also has the wisdom of people, when Run Run Shaw used Li Hanxiang, who was only thirty years old, precisely because of Fang Yihua's strong recommendation. In that era of Mo Qing's provenance, although there were many similar good stories, this case was probably the most legendary.
In 2010, the 102-year-old Shaw stepped down as the executive chairman of TVB, and the 75-year-old Fang Yihua officially took over TVB, at this time, TVB has lost its former glory. TVB dramas are no longer popular, the monopoly TV kingdom directly collapses off a cliff, and profitability declines year by year. These problems have not been solved until now.
Moreover, Fang Yihua, who sits at the front desk, is like the role played by Liu Jialing in "Studio Tycoon", domineering, but it is too rigid. TVB's personnel disputes over the years and the departure of the team are easy to remind people of zou Wenhuai's departure in the past years. For the Hong Kong television industry, Fong Yihua is a well-deserved queen, both because of her qualifications and domineering.
In the glorious years of Shaw and TVB, there are more than a thousand famous people in Israel, but Fang Yihua has only one.
□ Ye Kefei (Cultural Critic)
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