‘We can choose two distinctive novels to adapt, such as several new writers you discovered when you were an editor.

And we can discover new directors from the Mainland. His son, Lao Chen, has won many awards in the past two years.

And his photographer, his name is Zhang Yimou, right?

The number of photography awards he has won is no less than that of Lao Chen and his son, both of whom have potential."

Hearing Lin Chaoyang think so clearly, Tao Yushu nodded and said, "Then follow your idea."

After the couple discussed it, the next morning, they took Hu Qiming to Jiahe to talk to Zou Wenhuai about introducing "The Truman Show" to the mainland.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, there have generally been only two ways to introduce foreign films into the country.

One is film exchange, which is non-commercial distribution.

The other is a buyout issuance, and the buyout price is usually US$20,000.

This method is the same as how "The Truman Show" is distributed overseas today, except that most of the movies that can be bought for $20,000 are old movies.

Zou Wenhuai was very happy to learn that China Film Group wanted to introduce "The Truman Show". It is true that the domestic economy is backward, but after all, it is a big country with a population of one billion.

The box office size of the movie market is several times that of the Xiangjiang market. If it can really open up to Jiahe, he is confident that he can make a lot of money.

But after he understood the situation with Hu Qiming, he couldn't help but be disappointed again. It turned out that he wanted to buy out the copyright.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. After talking to Hu Qiming, Zou Wenhuai fell into hesitation.

"Zou Sheng, we have a long way to go. It is always a good thing that "The Truman Show" can be introduced to the mainland.

Our mainland is now reforming and opening up, and the film industry will reform sooner or later. It would not be a bad thing for a film and television company like Golden Harvest to secure a position by cooperating with China Film Group as soon as possible."

Tao Yushu persuaded Zou Wenhuai. She knew very well what Zou Wenhuai was hesitating about. It was just worried about where the Freedom Club would go.

But now, after all, we are just selling movies. No matter how overbearing freedom is, we can’t block other people’s ways of making money, right?

She also deliberately mentioned "reform". She understood that for businessmen like Zou Wenhuai, position is not important, what is important is interests.

There is a "hook" on him, and he will always think of having both sides.

Tao Yushu's idea was not bad. After hesitating for a moment, Zou Wenhuai finally said: "Okay. Cooperating with China Film Company is also a new opportunity for us at Jiahe."

The introduction was settled and the atmosphere between the two parties was harmonious.

Lin Chaoyang planned to leave with Hu Qiming, but was stopped by Zou Wenhuai.

"Lin Sheng, there must be a lot of film companies approaching you recently, right?"

"Yes, it is indeed a bit much."

"Is there anyone who doesn't follow the rules?"

Lin Chaoyang immediately understood what Zou Wenhuai meant. The so-called "irregular" naturally refers to H Sehui.

The situation in Xiangjiang Film has been very good in recent years. Now some H Se Clubs have begun to enter the film industry. However, this trend is not serious yet. Most of them are the bosses of film companies who have some relationship with H Se Clubs, rather than H Se Clubs directly.

I will eventually start a company.

Because the current film market in Hong Kong is still not hot enough and lacks hot money.

The real proliferation of Hong Kong film companies was after 1987, when martial law was lifted on Bay Island and a large amount of hot money poured into the Hong Kong film market.

Just save two stars, find a director, produce a movie in half a month, and earn millions of Hong Kong dollars easily. It is no different from robbing money. How can those crazy Hese people resist this kind of thing? lure.

So after 1988, the Xiangjiang Film Market gave birth to a number of film companies run by H Se, such as Junsheng, Jianghu Ren, Fuyi, Changhong, Longying - the most famous of which is undoubtedly China Star .

"I haven't encountered him before." The thought flashed through his mind, and Lin Chaoyang replied to Zou Wenhuai.

Zou Wenhuai nodded and said, "That's good. If you have any trouble, you can call me."

"Thank you Zou Sheng!"

After leaving Jiahe, Lin Chaoyang was still thinking about what he had just talked with Zou Wenhuai. Zou Wenhuai reminded him that the H Se meeting was indeed a problem.

It won’t be a big deal in the past two years. In another two years, the environment in the Hong Kong film industry will take a turn for the worse.

He didn't want Tao Yushu to put himself in danger.

When Tao Yushu saw him coming out of Jiahe, he was thoughtful and asked, "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Hu Qiming came to Hong Kong on this trip, firstly to introduce "The Truman Show" to the mainland, and secondly to try to cooperate with Lin Chaoyang on behalf of Yan Film Studio.

Now that the introduction of "The Truman Show" has been confirmed, the cooperation with Lin Chaoyang has not yet finalized the regulations.

"Chaoyang, do you have any specific ideas about co-production?"

On the way back to the hotel, Hu Qiming asked Lin Chaoyang.

"I plan to win over Yindu, and then..."

Lin Chaoyang's rhetoric was similar to Tao Yushu's, except that he added "Yindu" to his thoughts

The so-called "Yindu" refers to the new film company established in 1983 by the merger of three Z-style film companies, Great Wall, Phoenix and Xinlian.

Since the 1960s and 1970s, due to the continuous suppression by the British in Hong Kong and the Bay Island, the Z-style movies in Hong Kong have long withered. The three Z-style film companies that once had great glory, Great Wall, Phoenix and Xinlian, have also been unable to withstand their decline and have no choice but to stick together for warmth.

After Xiangjiang's return was confirmed, the situation of Yindu Organization was much better than in previous years, and cooperating with them was an added layer of security.

Hu Qiming did not have any objection to Lin Chaoyang's suggestion of "drawing in Yindu". On the contrary, he was very happy that Yindu was the bridgehead of the domestic propaganda position in Hong Kong and was one of his own.

"This is better. But Lao Chen's son is currently filming "The Grand Parade". I'm afraid we have to wait a while to find him to make a movie."

"This matter is not urgent. We will wait until Yushu and I return to Yanjing. We can go and talk to Yindu in the next two days.

"Okay. I'll communicate with them first, and we'll decide on the specific matters after you return to Yanjing."

After the two discussed it, Hu Qiming got off the car and returned to the hotel.

Tao Yushu asked Lin Chaoyang: "How many days will it take for us to return to Yanjing? What about "A Better Tomorrow" over there?"

"Let Yu Mo keep an eye on it. There are still too few people we can use. We need to recruit some people."

The "manpower" that Lin Chaoyang refers to is naturally people who can be trusted by the couple and are capable, not the clerks and accountants of the Prince Building Company.

"Indeed. I've also been thinking about this issue recently. You can't always waste your time and energy on these mundane things. It's been almost a year since you finished writing "The Truman Show", and you don't even have time to write a new novel."

Lin Chaoyang:?

Wife, you changed the topic too abruptly!

However, Tao Yushu's words are not unreasonable. Lin Chaoyang is indeed wasting a lot of energy on things other than writing.

"This time when you return to Yanjing, you should go into seclusion and think carefully about what you should write. A writer's creative energy is strongest only in these few years."

Tao Yushu had already planned out Lin Chaoyang's living arrangements after returning to Beijing, and summed it up in one word: Guan Xiaoheiwu.

After returning home, Lin Chaoyang received a letter from China, written by Li Tuo.

The news that "The Truman Show" was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival has spread back to China for several days, and Li Tuo's letter mainly contained a wave of rainbow farts.

By the way, I would like to gloat that the critics and readers who criticized "The Truman Show" last year must be deeply regretful now.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang was invited by Ming Pao Publishing House to attend a reader meeting organized by them in Central.

After the novel "The Truman Show" was published in Xiangjiang in September last year, it sold nearly 60,000 copies in half a year, which is a good performance.

But Xiangjiang is a small city with a limited population, and the audience for literary works is also limited.

In fact, the real explosive period for novel sales is the first three months after its release. After that, sales have been declining for the next three months.

In April, sales were only over 3,200 copies, a 40% decrease from March.

According to normal trends, the sales of "The Truman Show" are likely to continue to decline for several months, and then maintain sales after hitting rock bottom.

But no one thought that "The Truman Show" would win three awards at the Cannes Film Festival.

It directly aroused the enthusiasm of the citizens of Hong Kong Island.

Not only has the movie become an annual hit, but the sales of the original novel "The Truman Show" have also skyrocketed.

Before the movie won the award, the daily cumulative sales of "The Truman Show" in bookstores across Hong Kong had dropped to less than a hundred copies. After the film won the award, the sales directly exceeded 200 copies, then 500 copies, and then 1,000 copies ---

In the last two days of the first week of the movie's release, the single-day sales of the novel "The Truman Show" have reached an exaggerated record of 3,000 copies per day. Such a result has not been achieved even when the novel was first released.

Faced with this situation, Ming Pao Publishing House was naturally overjoyed and hurriedly sent an invitation to Lin Chaoyang to increase the sales of the novel.

On the morning of the meeting, hundreds of enthusiastic readers came to the scene.

Among these enthusiastic readers, college students and white-collar workers account for a large proportion. They have always been the most active group and the group with the most spending power.

After meeting Lin Chaoyang, these people became extremely excited, just like fans feeling when they meet their idol.

This atmosphere shocked Liu Yi and Shu Xiangcheng, who were invited as guests. Liu Yizeng joked: "I don't think this is like a writer meeting readers, but more like a celebrity meeting fans."

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Although Shu Xiangcheng's words were a joke, there is some truth in them, because quite a few of the readers who came to the meeting today were deeply moved after watching the movie.

I went to buy another novel and fell in love with the writer Lin Chaoyang.

Compared with literary works, movies and television have more convenient communication attributes. Once the adaptation is successful, the bonus to the original work will be extremely huge.

At this point, it has been verified countless times in the adaptation of Jin Yong's works.
To be continued...