The Hong Kong publication of "Crossing Guandong" was successfully reached, and the negotiation process was much easier than Lin Chaoyang imagined. After signing the contract, Dong Qiao said that he would treat Lin Chaoyang to dinner.

After taking him out of the Ming Pao building, there are several restaurants such as "Dunhuang", "Xinyi", and "Dongchao" within ten minutes' walk, which are frequent gathering places for Ming Pao employees.

Dong Qiao invited Lin Chaoyang to dinner, and during the period he met several Mingpao employees who came out for lunch.

The two sides said hello, and some of them felt familiar when they saw Lin Chaoyang.

TVB's live broadcast of the Academy Awards last night, and this morning's newspapers were bombarded with Lin Chaoyang's face on them. In Hong Kong, a city with a population of only a few million, it's really hard to become a familiar celebrity.

It's not a difficult thing.

Watching several Mingpao employees gathering together for a meal, their eyes would cast their gaze on Lin Chaoyang from time to time, and the topics they discussed must be inseparable from him.

Dong Qiao smiled and said: "Your words are really powerful. It took just one night to have such a big impact."

Hong Kong is adjacent to the mainland, and its connection with the mainland was originally very close. However, due to the political environment in the mainland and the suppression by the British Hong Kong government in the past few years, this connection has become fragile.

On the contrary, the Bay Island area has exerted an increasingly strong influence on Hong Kong due to its continuous economic development in recent years.

Especially in the film and television industry, because it is completely open to Hong Kong movies, which is several times that of the local market in Hong Kong, and has good consumption power, it has received great attention from Hong Kong.

So now, Xiangjiang has gradually begun to act based on the faces of the Bay Island government and the market to some extent.

Therefore, when Lin Chaoyang's words were published in the newspapers, many people considered them to be simply treasonous, and naturally the topic was highly discussed.

After chatting and joking with Dong Qiao for a while, Lin Chaoyang returned to the hotel. He thought that he had finished all his business in Xiangjiang. He planned to leave early tomorrow morning, but he didn't expect a phone call to suddenly hit his room.

It turned out that Comrade Zhang from the Xiangjiang Branch of Xinhua News Agency invited him to meet, and the two parties made an appointment downstairs in the hotel.

The two met when Lin Chaoyang visited Xiangjiang last year. After greeting each other for a while, Comrade Zhang said: "Comrade Chaoyang, what you said to the reporters yesterday was not appropriate!"

Lin Chaoyang was puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"It is not conducive to unity. Now we are repairing the relationship with the Bay Islands. You are making such a fuss in Hong Kong, and it seems that we have great hostility towards the Bay Islands."

"I do feel a little hostile towards them."

Listening to Lin Chaoyang's words, Comrade Zhang fell into silence. After a while, he said: "Comrade Chaoyang, you have to take the overall situation into consideration!"

Lin Chaoyang gave him a strange look, "As a writer, I express my personal opinions. How does this undermine the overall situation? If I can destroy the overall situation, it doesn't count as a big deal."

Comrade Zhang saw some resistance in him and his tone became tactful.

"Comrade Chaoyang, you are different from ordinary writers. You are the future leader of our domestic literary circle, and to a certain extent, you represent the attitude of our literary circle..."

If Comrade Zhang kept asking him in a condescending tone, Lin Chaoyang would definitely fight back because of his temper. But the other party suddenly softened and complimented him a few times. Lin Chaoyang could not act too tough.

"Okay, then I will try to be more restrained in the future." Lin Chaoyang said.

Comrade Zhang added: "How about I ask Ta Kung Pao to arrange an exclusive interview with you tomorrow to clarify the situation?"

Lin Chaoyang immediately understood what he meant and refused: "There is nothing to clarify."

Seeing that Lin Chaoyang's attitude had become tougher again, Comrade Zhang tried hard to persuade him again, but there was nothing he could do as Lin Chaoyang refused to make progress.

After Comrade Zhang left, several newspapers and magazines learned about Lin Chaoyang's residence and contact information through unknown channels, and enthusiastically invited him to be interviewed.

Lin Chaoyang knew that all these media outlets had evil intentions, so he refused the interview invitation without even thinking about it.

Comrade Zhang came to visit him. He was a minister-level leader after all, and he would be on standby in other places. He was not too disrespectful. He just promised to talk less, and he immediately accepted an interview again.

However, he could only restrain himself to this extent. He would never be able to do what Comrade Zhang did and ask him to report the matter to clarify the matter.

Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang thought that he would have nothing to do in Xiangjiang, so he called Li Hanxiang to say goodbye.

Unexpectedly, Li Hanxiang asked him to stay for one more day, saying that he would be invited to a party in the evening, and the party would be at Li Hanxiang's home.

In the evening, he came to Li Hanxiang's house as scheduled. The theme of the evening was still to celebrate the victory of "Behind the Curtain" at the Academy Awards. Many people from the Hong Kong film industry came.

For example, the cold-faced comedian Xu Guanwen and his younger brother Xu Guanwu. Xu Guanwen's famous work was starring in "The Warlord" directed by Li Hanxiang, and Li Hanxiang was considered his talent.

For example, Ti Lung is currently going through a trough period. He was also the leading actor in Li Hanxiang's two movies. Since he stopped playing the male lead in Gu Long's martial arts movie, his development momentum has not been as good as before.

…

As soon as Lin Chaoyang arrived, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The Chinese tunic suit on his body has become his label, but everyone's attention to him is not because of the Chinese tunic suit, but because of the fermentation of the news.

Wherever Xiangjiang is, the whole city will know about it within a few hours.

Lin Chaoyang said these two words in an interview yesterday, which became the headlines of major newspapers this morning. Not only that, even the island of Wandao heard about it.

Li Hanxiang made an appointment with Lin Chaoyang specifically to talk about this matter. He spent some time in the Bay Island in the 1960s and was considered a influential figure in the Bay Island film industry at that time.

Unfortunately, the film company failed and he had to return to Hong Kong to work for Shaw Brothers. Therefore, Li Hanxiang has relatively deep connections in the Bay Island film industry.

"I heard that the Bay Island Cultural Bureau is studying your matter."

"Study about me? What is my business?"

"Don't act stupid, what else can happen? Of course it's what you said last night."

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but sneered when he heard this, "What can they do? Block me?"

"Given the incompatibility between Wandao and the mainland, it makes no difference whether he is banned or not. Do you know how Shen Congwen is treated in Wandao?"

Lin Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, "FD scholar?"

Li Hanxiang nodded, "Correct answer."

Lin Chaoyang laughed loudly, "Your arsenic is my honey. Okay, if they are really willing to wear this hat for me, I can't ask for more. The more FD, the more glorious!"

Lin Chaoyang's laughter was full of heroism, which made people around him look at him with admiration.

In the small city of Xiangjiang, because it is deeply influenced by the mainland and the Bay Island, it can't help but split into three positions: left, middle and right.

Everyone's positions are different, but most of them are not inseparable. There are several right-wingers among those present today.

They looked at Lin Chaoyang's unscrupulous look and felt helpless in their hearts. The news Li Hanxiang just said was more of an intimidation.

Lin Chaoyang is a mainland writer, and even though the Bay Island side hates him madly, there is nothing they can do about it.

"The people in Wandao and Xiaojiazi are very angry. Their reaction is probably because the Academy Awards have such great influence.

If you really take any action, it will only bring humiliation to yourself, after all, you are in the mainland."

Lin Chaoyang nodded and acknowledged Li Hanxiang's words.

The two talked for a while, and Li Hanxiang went to greet other people. Lin Chaoyang sat in the living room for a while and planned to leave later.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoqing got involved. She came to the Academy Awards this time to get a nomination, but she only got one nomination, which left her feeling a bit disappointed.

Lin Chaoyang won the award, and her interview aroused heated discussion. Such honors and media attention were something she could only dream of.

"If I can win a Best Actress Award, I might be able to come to Hong Kong to act. I heard that their actors here can earn hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong dollars per film."

Lin Chaoyang listened to Liu Xiaoqing's words and said with a smile: "That must be a well-known movie star."

"I don't expect hundreds of thousands, just one-tenth of it will be fine. Filming in the Mainland can only get wages and subsidies. The gap with filming in Hong Kong is huge.

To tell you the truth, when "Behind the Curtain" was released last year, Director Li gave me a red envelope of one thousand Hong Kong dollars, which was the largest remuneration I ever received."

Liu Xiaoqing's words reveal his strong dissatisfaction with the current situation and his envy of the Hong Kong film industry. This can be said to be utilitarian, but it is also human nature.

After chatting for a while, Liu Xiaoqing went back to socialize with those in the Hong Kong film industry.

Lin Chaoyang showed no interest in the party, so he said hello to Li Hanxiang and left.

As a result, as soon as he walked downstairs to Li Hanxiang's house, he was unexpectedly surrounded by a group of people. He was relieved when he saw all these people holding cameras.

I thought I had encountered a gangster!

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin, it is rumored that the Bay Island authorities are very dissatisfied with your remarks yesterday. What is your comment on this?"

"Mr. Lin, some newspapers commented on your previous remarks that may have a negative impact on cross-strait relations. Have you considered this issue?"

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Lin Chaoyang really didn't expect that even if the news spread quickly in just one day, how did the reporters know this face and be able to recognize him immediately after he came out of Li Hanxiang's house?

He was surrounded by reporters who kept asking questions. They seemed to refuse to let him go unless he answered the questions. It was difficult to move forward.

Seeing that these reporters were sticking on like dog-skin plaster and wouldn't let go, Lin Chaoyang pointed his hand forward with a look of surprise on his face: "Brigitte Lin!"

The reporters immediately turned their heads like hyenas after seeing their prey. Some of them even started running before they saw anyone. The first one was followed by the second one. Everyone was afraid of being one step slower than the other.

As a result, I ran out for more than ten steps. Everyone looked left and right, but where was Brigitte Lin?

Looking back, I saw the figure in the Chinese tunic suit running away at the speed of a 100-meter race.

At this moment, the reporters still didn't understand that they were being screwed by Lin Chaoyang. While they were angry, the smart reporters had already raised their cameras, pointed at Lin Chaoyang's back and quickly pressed the shutter.

Tomorrow's headlines will be: "Why do you run so late at night? Mainland writers chase after Taiwanese actresses."

Early the next morning, Lin Chaoyang was preparing to return to the mainland. Li Hanxiang came to see him off, still smelling of alcohol.

"Behind the Curtain" received both box office awards and awards. Li Hanxiang couldn't wait to have a three-day banquet. Yesterday's party lasted until the early morning. He slept for more than five hours before getting up to see Lin Chaoyang off. This was considered a sign of respect for Lin Chaoyang.

As soon as he saw Lin Chaoyang, he laughed and threw a newspaper to Lin Chaoyang.

"Chaoyang, amazing! It has been on the headlines of major entertainment newspapers in Hong Kong for two consecutive days!"

Lin Chaoyang looked puzzled. When he saw the news headlines in the newspaper and the photo of himself running wildly on the street, he regretted it.
To be continued...