From Lin Chaoyang's point of view, the Bay Island in his eyes is indeed a small broken island, not a bald eagle, and they are not yet capable of long-arm jurisdiction.
But for most Xiangjiang filmmakers, Wan Dao, the largest ticket bank and financial backer, cannot be offended, which is why reporters were so shocked by his remarks.
Lin Chaoyang doesn't have the scruples they have. He is neither from Xiangjiang nor a movie maker.
In addition, he originally had a disdain for the Bay Island regime and their stuff, so he didn't feel anything wrong when he said those words in front of reporters.
But reporters, including the filmmakers in Hong Kong, don’t see it this way. Who is Lin Chaoyang?
Mainland writers!
Even if his words are just personal remarks, they are still full of news. This time, there will be real headlines tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang was woken up by a knock on the door. The award ceremony ended at 10:30 last night, and it was already late at night after going to bed after a lot of trouble.
He opened the door and saw that it was Li Hanxiang.
"Why are you here?" Lin Chaoyang asked, yawning.
"Come to give you a 'trophy'. Take a look at the 'bomb' you threw last night." Li Hanxiang slapped a stack of newspapers on the coffee table.
Since the 1970s, Xiangjiang has become one of the regions with the fastest economic development in the world. People have great demand for news. Xiangjiang's news industry has experienced a big explosion. Xiangjiang has also become the second largest economy in Asia after Japan.
Newspaper society.
Finance, society and people's livelihood, entertainment and gossip... As long as the people have needs, Xiangjiang's businessmen will spare no effort to satisfy them.
A small city, Xiangjiang, now has 60 Chinese daily newspapers, more than 30 weekly magazines and 5 English newspapers. The highly developed newspaper industry has made Xiangjiang one of the regions with the fastest news dissemination in the world.
What Lin Chaoyang said in front of reporters last night has already been published in the newspapers this morning.
And more than one newspaper reported it, not only the entertainment and gossip-oriented newspapers such as Ming Pao Weekly and Oriental Daily, but also serious daily newspapers such as Sing Tao Daily, Overseas Chinese Daily and The Sun.
Lin Chaoyang counted no less than seven or eight newspapers.
Lin Chaoyang was a bit dumbfounded when he saw the end, "The lower limit of media like you in Xiangjiang is really low!"
"Entertainment Weekly's consistent style is to attract attention no matter how you do it. None of this is important. What's important is that there are too many newspapers reporting on what you said. You are now famous, and the limelight of the Academy Awards has been stolen by you.
Most of it."
"It's not that exaggerated!"
Lin Chaoyang shook his head helplessly, but he didn't take it seriously. He was not a political figure anyway.
After chatting with Li Hanxiang for a while, Lin Chaoyang asked: "You came here so early, didn't you just want me to read the newspaper?"
"There are several interviews this morning, do you want to participate?
In addition, Dong Qiao from Ming Pao contacted me early in the morning and asked for your contact information, and I gave it to him."
The last time Dong Qiao wrote a letter stating that the newspaper publishing house wanted to publish "Crossing the Guandong", Lin Chaoyang offered a high price of 20% royalties, and then there was no movement.
This time Lin Chaoyang came to Hong Kong without informing Dong Qiao in advance. He asked Li Hanxiang for his contact information. He must have watched the Academy Awards ceremony last night and knew that he was in Hong Kong. He probably still wanted to talk about "Enter Guandong"
thing.
As soon as the two of them finished talking, the phone in Lin Chaoyang's room rang. When he picked it up, it turned out to be Dong Qiao.
After talking to Dong Qiao on the phone for a few words, Lin Chaoyang hung up the phone, and then said to Li Hanxiang: "I won't go for the interview. Dong Qiao invited me to Ming Pao Building to have a chat."
Li Hanxiang nodded and said: "Okay, then go and do your work. If you need anything, please contact me. Remember to tell me in advance before leaving to give you a farewell."
After the two of them finished talking, Li Hanxiang left, and Lin Chaoyang also washed up and tidied up, and came to the Ming Pao Building on King's Road in North Point.
This place was originally called Nankang Building. "Ming Pao" moved here in 1966. Later, in 1976, Jin Yong bought the entire building and renamed it Ming Pao Building.
After getting off the taxi, trams jingled to and fro on the street. The surrounding environment was a bit desolate. At best, it was urban construction at the level of a small town.
Lin Chaoyang raised his head and took a look at the appearance of the Mingpao Building. The ten-story office building could not be called majestic. The dark green exterior wall was mottled in color and looked a bit old. It was unremarkable no matter how you looked at it.
The main entrance of the Ming Pao Building is very narrow, and can only accommodate one person. After entering, there is a two-meter-square space that cannot even be called a lobby. There is an elevator inside, and there is a four-foot-high counter opposite, with a steward sitting behind it.
Abe who sends and receives.
Lin Chaoyang stepped forward and introduced himself to his home. Uncle pointed to the elevator, which meant that Lin Chaoyang could just go upstairs by himself.
Looking at the loose management, it is hard to believe that this is the office location of one of the media giants in the Hong Kong newspaper industry.
The old-fashioned elevator was cramped and creaked up to the sixth floor. Lin Chaoyang asked and knocked on the door of Dong Qiao's office.
Dong Qiao was a little surprised when he saw Lin Chaoyang's face, "Mr. Lin, long time no see! Why did you come up by yourself?"
"The old man at the door asked me to come up, so I came up." Lin Chaoyang said casually.
Dong Qiao shook his head helplessly, "This Uncle Cheng!"
Then he said to Lin Chaoyang: "Sorry, I should go downstairs to greet you."
"This is not the first time we have met."
Dong Qiao poured a cup of coffee for Lin Chaoyang and said jokingly: "You have become the headline of our Hong Kong newspaper this morning."
"I didn't expect it. I just said a few truths casually. I don't know why your Xiangjiang newspaper is so excited."
Lin Chaoyang almost said directly that your Xiangjiang newspaper has never seen the light of day.
"The newspapers in Xiangjiang focus on entertainment. Except for a few serious media outlets that deal with financial and current affairs news, most newspapers and magazines have to attract readers' attention as their first priority."
Dong Qiao's summary was spot on. He chatted with Lin Chaoyang a few more about the details of last night. After satisfying his inner desire for gossip, he took Lin Chaoyang to see his boss Jin Yong.
Jin Yong's office is on the seventh floor of the Ming Pao Building. It is divided into two rooms, an office and a study. The walls are painted with brilliant red and gold colors, and the chairs are also carved gold armchairs.
This is not the first meeting between Lin Chaoyang and Jin Yong. The two met last year when a delegation of mainland writers visited. At that time, Jin Yong also gave Lin Chaoyang a set of autographed books.
Lin Chaoyang first expressed his gratitude to Jin Yong for the book donation last time, and Jin Yong also congratulated Lin Chaoyang on winning the award.
"It is rare to write a script for a historical blockbuster like "Behind the Curtain", but it is even more rare to be able to film it and do it so well.
The environment in Hong Kong is cramped, and the scenes in my martial arts movies and TV series were so fake that I didn’t even bother to watch them."
Jin Yong is from Zhejiang. Speaking Cantonese in Xiangjiang has a Jiangsu and Zhejiang flavor, while speaking Mandarin still has a Jiangsu and Zhejiang flavor.
Listening to his complaints, Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "The location aspect is indeed a shortcoming of the film and television industry in Xiangjiang. However, the film and television industry here is more developed than in the mainland. The two are shorter in feet and longer in inches. To sum up, it is
The best, which is why there will be co-production movies in the past two years."
Jin Yong nodded slightly, "Mr. Lin's words are insightful, as they should be."
Over the past year or so, as the negotiations between the Chinese and British governments have gradually become clearer, the return of Hong Kong to China is almost a certainty.
The atmosphere of the city of Hong Kong is also undergoing subtle changes. The connection with the mainland that was almost severed by the British in Hong Kong since 1967 is becoming closer and closer.
"I heard from Dong Qiao that Mr. Lin has a novel about Go, which was recently made into a movie. It will be released in Hong Kong?"
"That's right. The movie is a co-production and should be released in Hong Kong in a few months."
Jin Yong smiled and said, "I'll have to go take a look then."
Jin Yong’s hobby is Go, but his level is average.
Regardless of his identity as a businessman and writer, Jin Yong is a very good person to communicate with. He has a calm personality and speaks slowly. It seems that every word needs to be carefully considered before he can speak it, so these words are naturally appropriate and comfortable.
of.
However, Lin Chaoyang's impression of him is limited to this. People like Jin Yong can always be polite and considerate, but it is difficult for others to have any influence on him.
After chatting with Jin Yong for a while, Lin Chaoyang took the initiative to say goodbye, and neither of them mentioned the publication of "Crossing Guandong" throughout the process.
After returning to Dong Qiao's office, the two of them chatted about "Crossing Guandong".
The only issue that the two sides struggled with was the royalty rate. Lin Chaoyang insisted on a 20% royalty rate and Dong Qiao agreed to his request after a discussion with him.
"I agree to this condition. If I go to the boss's office tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll get a cold face." Dong Qiao said with a wry smile.
"If you say bad things about your boss behind your back, I'll sue you," Lin Chaoyang joked.
Ming Pao's manuscript fees and royalties have always been notoriously low in Xiangjiang. Famous artists have to pay three cuts when they come, but Lin Chaoyang is no longer Wu Xiameng in Xiangjiang.
"The Death of Van Gogh" was published by Ming Pao Publishing House for more than a year. If the previous edition by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press is included, the novel has accumulated sales of more than 40,000 copies in more than two years.
This is definitely a best-seller in the serious literary market in Xiangjiang. It should be said that Lin Chaoyang has gained a certain degree of popularity among today's elite readership group in Xiangjiang, and also has a group of fans of his own.
Another important reason that prompted Dong Qiao to agree to Lin Chaoyang's conditions was the reports on Lin Chaoyang in major newspapers in Hong Kong this morning.
Dong Qiao didn't care how shocking Lin Chaoyang's remarks were. He only knew that with the urination of the Hong Kong media, they wouldn't give up until those few words about Lin Chaoyang became hot news for several days.
Li Hanxiang said that Lin Chaoyang stole most of the limelight of the Academy Awards. Although this is an exaggeration, it is not unreasonable.
After this wave of news, it doesn’t matter whether Lin Chaoyang’s reputation in Hong Kong is good or bad, but his reputation has definitely been established.
There is a saying in the entertainment industry in later generations that black and red are also red. To put it bluntly, it is still eyeball economy.
It is precisely because of such fame that Dong Qiao is willing to make concessions on the issue of royalties.
With previous accumulation and recent news buzz, Dong Qiao has begun to look forward to the future release and launch of "Crossing Guandong".
Chapter completed!