"Me? How do I understand movies?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand. You can learn. Otherwise, why do you think I specially arranged for you to go to New Kunlun?"

Lin Chaoyang suddenly said these words to Tao Yushu, and she couldn't react for a while.

She resigned due to pregnancy. Although she came to Xiangjiang, she still wanted to return to her old profession.

Lin Chaoyang knew what she was thinking and said with a smile: "There is no conflict between making movies and newspapers and publishing. They are both cultural industries. In the future, if newspapers, magazines, and film companies catch you, you may become a strong woman in the new era!"

Hearing this, Tao Yushu couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him, "The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes!"

After returning to his new home, Tao Yushu wandered around a little uncomfortable, but Tao Yumo was very excited.

"Sister, this house is much more comfortable than living in a courtyard. Is it really as expensive as Mrs. Li said?"

The sisters Tao Yushu and Zhang Cuiying chatted about houses when they went shopping. From Zhang Cuiying, they learned that the house price in Oriental Garden has reached 700 Hong Kong dollars per square foot, which translates into 6,300 Hong Kong dollars per square meter.

The market price of the house that Lin Chaoyang and his family live in is as high as over 600,000. This is the price after the housing prices in Xiangjiang plummeted two years ago.

At the beginning of this year, housing prices in Xiangjiang were on the rise. Zhang Cuiying said that if the guarantees were not enough, the prices would rise within a few months.

"You have to ask your brother-in-law about this, I don't know about it either."

Lin Chaoyang said: "Xiangjiang has a small land and a large population, and the economic development is overheated. It is inevitable that housing prices will be high."

"People in Xiangjiang are really rich!" Tao Yumo sighed.

Lin Chaoyang said helplessly: "For ordinary working-class people, three to four thousand Hong Kong dollars a month is enough. Buying a house is not that easy. Now that the statement has been issued and the situation has stabilized, housing prices in Hong Kong will definitely rise again.

It’s the common people who are suffering.”

Tao Yushu asked: "By the way, Chaoyang, what about the rent?"

Li Hanxiang and his wife helped Lin Chaoyang arrange a place to live, and all daily necessities were fully prepared. Money was not mentioned at all.

"Let's talk about it later. The love I inherited from Old Li this time will definitely be repaid in the future."

Tao Yushu nodded and understood what Lin Chaoyang meant. It was easy to repay the borrowed money, but it was not so easy to repay the favor debt.

Sleeping on the new bed at night, Tao Yushu tossed and turned.

The longest time she had been away from home in her life was to go to the countryside. Now she suddenly came to Xiangjiang. It was incredible to think about it.

Seeing her like this, Lin Chaoyang pulled her to comfort her for a few words, and then the couple talked about their next life in Xiangjiang.

Living in the city is not easy, and money is of course the first priority.

Last month, Huacheng Publishing House settled another royalty payment for "Crossing Guandong".

Within half a year of publication, the cumulative sales of "Crossing Guandong" have exceeded the 3.1 million mark. This royalty settlement once again brought Lin Chaoyang 380,000 yuan in royalties. This time the royalties also increased the couple's bank deposits to more than 1.65 million.

Yuan.

Unfortunately, the money cannot be taken out of the country.

Fortunately, "The Death of Van Gogh" was published in Hong Kong before. Although the royalties were compulsorily settled in foreign exchange, a 10% share was left to Lin Chaoyang. Now there is more than 40,000 Hong Kong dollars left, which is enough for Lin Chaoyang and his family to live in Hong Kong for several months.

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In another month, the royalties from the novels "The Death of Van Gogh", "Enter Guandong" and "The Chess Master" will be settled one after another.

By that time, their funds will be much abundant.

Tao Yushu listened to Lin Chaoyang's words, and his originally uneasy heart gradually calmed down.

In the next two days, Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu and his sisters to get familiar with the surrounding environment, and walked around Xiangjiang to adapt to the local customs and customs.

After that, Tao Yushu couldn't stay idle anymore and planned to go to Li Hanxiang's New Kunlun Pictures.

Although she came to Xiangjiang with a letter of appointment issued by New Kunlun Pictures, she did not actually need to work.

But Tao Yushu just couldn't sit still and took the bus to the New Kunlun Film Studio on Lockhart Road early that morning. Lin Chaoyang was worried about her and went with her specially.

New Kunlun Pictures is just a leather company. An office of less than 30 square meters is divided into three small rooms. The clerks and finance are in the same room, and there is also a reception room. The last room is the office of Li Hanxiang and his wife.

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Tao Yushu had nothing to do when he went there. He just had a casual chat with Zhang Cuiying and listened to her talk about things in the Hong Kong film industry.

Another day passed and it was the weekend. Lin Chaoyang took Tao Yushu to Li Hanxiang's house for a party.

This party was different from the last one. Last time it was a celebration banquet held by Li Hanxiang for "Curtain Behind the Curtain", but this time it was a welcome party specially prepared by Li Hanxiang for Lin Chaoyang. For this purpose, he specially called many friends in the film industry.

Hu Jinquan, Yue Hua, Cai Lam, Ti Long, Xu Guanwen...

When Lin Chaoyang and his wife first entered the house, Tao Yushu was dazzled just by Li Hanxiang introducing a circle of acquaintances and friends, but Lin Chaoyang smiled and chatted with these people one by one with his usual expression.

Mainly because most of these people are familiar faces to Lin Chaoyang, and future generations will have heard of their names even if they have not seen the works they participated in.

Today's gathering has more than ten people, all of whom can be said to be Li Hanxiang's most trusted friends, and these people are well-known in the Hong Kong film and television industry. Being able to bring them together shows Li Hanxiang's sincerity today.

Li Hanxiang, nicknamed Li Hei, has a bold personality and is informal when getting along with these friends. Today, most of these people are meeting Lin Chaoyang for the first time.

After introducing both parties, he talked about his relationship with everyone present.

Hu Jinquan is Li Hanxiang's sworn brother. Lin Chaoyang has watched "Dragon Gate Inn" (not "New Dragon Gate Inn") and "The Heroine" directed by him.

Yue Hua and Ti Lung both started acting in martial arts movies. Yue Hua's "The Drunken Man" is a classic, and Ti Lung has many more masterpieces.

Cai Lam is a writer and gourmet. He worked at Shaw Brothers in his early years and helped Li Hanxiang's crew.

Xu Guanwen started his career with "The Warlord" directed by Li Hanxiang...

After a detailed review of the past, the distance between everyone has become much closer.

Yue Hua is a fan of Lin Chaoyang's books. Although he became famous in Xiangjiang, he was actually born in Shanghai and raised in Guangzhou. He also loves reading in private.

Later, Li Hanxiang made Deng Youmei's novel "Smoke Pot" into a movie, which was the novel introduced to him by Yue Hua.

Lin Chaoyang has published three novels in Xiangjiang: "The Death of Van Gogh", "Enter Guandong" and "The Chess Master", and Yue Hua has bought and read them all.

Therefore, after meeting Lin Chaoyang, he was very attentive and chatted with Lin Chaoyang for a long time, which felt a bit like a fan meeting an idol.

After talking about his feelings about Lin Chaoyang's novels, Yue Hua became concerned about Lin Chaoyang's new work.

"I wonder if you have any plans for your new work? When will we, the readers, have a look at it?"

Lin Chaoyang replied with a smile: "I finished writing "Enter Guandong" at the end of the year before last and took a break for more than a year. Now I am writing the new work. If it is quick, it should be completed in a month or two. As for the publication, it will definitely have to be postponed for some time.

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Yue Hua immediately beamed when he heard this, "That's great."

Then out of curiosity about the mainland literary scene, Yue Hua inquired with Lin Chaoyang about some of his favorite writers, almost all of whom were acquaintances of Lin Chaoyang.

"We just met Deng Youmei a few days ago."

"I met Yao Xueyin twice. I remember it was during the Mao Dun Literature Award in 1982."

"Wu Zuxiang is a neighbor of my father-in-law's house. He taught me a lot in the early years. The old gentleman has stopped writing for many years... It is a pity."

"I have met Ba Jin, but I'm not familiar with him. His daughter Li Xiaolin has edited and reviewed my novels before."

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When Yue Hua took Lin Chaoyang to chat, the others were also chatting separately, but they all paid special attention to him.

The people here today are relatively established filmmakers. Most of them have backgrounds growing up in the Mainland. They usually gather together to chat, and mostly speak Mandarin. They are very welcoming to Lin Chaoyang, a Mainland writer.

Everyone also knows that Li Hanxiang organized such a party today because of Lin Chaoyang.

Many of the famous mainland literary figures that Lin Chaoyang and Yue Hua talked about were famous before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and many people present had heard of them.

Listening to Lin Chaoyang talking about the figures in the mainland literary world like a treasure trove, everyone was a little surprised that he had such a wide network of contacts at his age.

Yue Hua was so happy to see that he was hunting, and he pulled Lin Chaoyang to chat endlessly. Li Hanxiang took advantage of Lin Chaoyang's drinking time and interjected:

"Chaoyang is now not only famous in the mainland, but also famous in Xiangjiang and Wandao."

Lin Chaoyang quickly said something modest and then said: "I don't have a good reputation in Wandao!"

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

Last year, Lin Chaoyang went to Hong Kong to receive the award and caused a lot of news. Naturally, everyone understood the meaning of his words.

After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoyang heard that Hu Jinquan was concerned about the contract between Ti Lung and Shaw Brothers. Ti Lung looked sad when he talked about it.

Ti Lung entered the Shaw Brothers Southern Actor Training School in 1968. In less than a year, he became famous by starring in the film "Dead Spot" directed by Chang Cheh.

For more than ten years since then, Ti Lung has been a popular niche student of Shaw Brothers, with a prosperous career and popular in Southeast Asia.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. Ti Lung has a heroic face, and most of his movies are martial arts and action movies. Over the years, his acting career has gradually solidified.

After the early 1980s, his career began to decline.

This year, his contract with Shaw Brothers will expire. Ti Lung, who wants to return to the top, does not intend to renew his contract with Shaw Brothers, so he has no job during this period.

"Shaw Brothers' style has really not changed at all over the years!" Hu Jinquan sighed.

In his early years, he worked on the sets of major film companies in Hong Kong, and also worked as Li Hanxiang's assistant director. It was only in the 1960s that he made his own career.

In the mid-1970s, his directorial career was at its peak, and he successively produced many masterpieces in film history such as "Dragon Gate Inn", "The Heroine", "Spiritual Rain in the Sky" and "Legend of the Mountain".

In 1976, he was selected as one of the "Top Five Directors in the World" by the British "International Film Guide".
To be continued...