All joking aside, Li Hanxiang solved the house problem for them. Lin Chaoyang and his wife were naturally grateful. Zhang Cuiying said with a smile: "Don't say these words. "The Truman Show" made Lao Li earn money for most of his life.

, it’s only us who want to thank you.”

"Sister-in-law, that's very polite." Lin Chaoyang said modestly.

Li Hanxiang added: "It would be better if you could help me and that old man Zou Wenhuai get back all the overseas dividends."

When he said this, his face was full of resentment.

Boss Zou has always been crazy about delaying dividends. Even his hero Sammo Hung was once so strapped for funds that he went to cooperate with Xinyi City, not to mention Li Hanxiang.

New Kunlun Pictures accounts for 10% of the revenue of "The Truman Show", which theoretically should be equivalent to Lin's Pictures' revenue.

But so far, New Kunlun has only received box office revenue from Hong Kong, Bay Island and Southeast Asia. The buyout dividends for overseas copyrights have not yet been paid.

Lin Chaoyang laughed, "Aren't you old friends?"

"What an old friend? It's an old friend you're cheating on!"

After a few bad words about Zou Wenhuai to Lin Chaoyang, but seeing that he didn't respond, Li Hanxiang had no choice but to say: "Does your company have any plans to make a movie recently?"

"Yes, do you want to invest?"

Lin Chaoyang doesn't mind finding more partners. In Hong Kong, if Lin's Pictures wants to become big and strong, it's impossible to just make a few big-selling movies.

In the future, they will have to face competition from major film companies including Golden Harvest and New Art City, face the sponsors and theaters behind them, and face possible suppression from Wandao, so they must try their best to

Make friends.

How to make friends?

Money disperses and people gather.

If you can make money by following Lin's business, are you still afraid that theater chains won't cooperate? Are you still afraid that the Liberty Federation will block you?

Li Hanxiang said: "Of course it would be great if you can invest. I will invest 1 million."

Lin Chaoyang glanced at him sideways, that means, just 1 million, who do you look down on?

"You haven't made less money in the past two years, right?"

Li Hanxiang was a little embarrassed, "I made a lot of money, and all of it was real estate speculation. Otherwise, where do you think you came from to live in a mansion in the middle of the mountain?"

It can be said that property speculation has run through the lives of several generations of people in Hong Kong.

Since the beginning of last spring, Xiangjiang's real estate industry has ended its five-year downturn and resumed its growth momentum.

The number of newly completed residential units hit the highest level since 1981, reaching 29,875, while the vacancy rate was only 3.7%, almost all of which was absorbed.

As the enthusiasm for real estate speculation continues to heat up, the prices of residential buildings have been rising. Even office buildings, shops, and factory buildings are in short supply, and the sales prices and rents have exceeded those of residential buildings.

"Take it easy and don't use leverage." Lin Chaoyang warned.

"Don't worry."

While eating, Li Hanxiang talked about the movie project he wanted to invest in. The one Lin Chaoyang wanted him to invest in was Chen Kaige's "King of Children".

Making friends is all about making friends, but you can't give your friends all the meat while you can only drink soup.

Li Hanxiang has cooperated with the mainland a lot in the past two years, so he naturally knows Chen Kaige's name, but he has some doubts about whether this movie can make money.

"Kege's new film will still take the film festival route. "Yellow Earth" won several small awards in Europe, and he is somewhat famous.

I plan to let him participate in the Cannes Film Festival next year. As long as he is shortlisted, he should be able to make a small fortune. If he can win an award-..."

No need for Lin Chaoyang to say anything, Li Hanxiang has already thought of "Kid King" copying "The Truman Show"

Miracles created.

The pie painting is good, and there is no worry about collecting money. Li Hanxiang's 1 million Hong Kong dollars was just put into Lin Chaoyang's pocket. Li Hanxiang asked again, "Chaoyang, I heard that "The Truman Show" sold well at the overseas box office.

.”

The later Jim Carrey version of "The Truman Show" hit a global box office of US$130 million, which is inseparable from Paramount's strong distribution strength.

Xiangjiang can't compare with the United States, and Golden Harvest can't compare with Paramount. The overseas copyrights of movies are all bought out.

No matter how high the box office is, it has nothing to do with Lin Chaoyang.

However, after the film festival ended, "The Truman Show" was successively released in the United States, France, Britain, Italy and other countries, recording a box office of US$8.49 million in the United States.

This box office may not seem like much, but it is already the third highest box office hit for a Chinese-language film in the United States in the past few decades.

The top two are Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" and Luo Lie's "The Best Punch in the World".

Today's Chinese-language films are a niche within a niche in the American market. Even if they are somewhat popular, they are basically action films.

It is extremely difficult for "The Truman Show" to achieve a box office record of US$8.49 million as a feature film.

In addition, the movie also achieved good box office results when it was released in France, Britain, Italy and other countries. If the box office in Hong Kong, Bay Island, and Southeast Asia is included, the cumulative box office has exceeded 38 million US dollars.

Currently, the movie is still being released in various countries around the world, and there is still room for the cumulative box office to increase. Those film companies who bought the copyright at the film festival paid for it this time, and they all made a lot of money.

If the box office is good, overseas film companies will also make money." Lin Chaoyang said.

"You can't say that. They made money from this film. If they sell the film in the future, it will be easier for you to sell it, right?

"That's true."

After having lunch at Li Hanxiang's house, Zhang Cuiying took Lin Chaoyang and his wife to look at a house in Banshan.

Later generations will know about the mansions in Mid-Levels, which is inseparable from the contribution of TVB TV series. In most TVB family dramas, the main story takes place in the mansion area of ​​Mid-Levels.

Mid-Levels is located between the top of Victoria Peak and Central. It is called Mid-Levels because it is located on the northern slopes of the central and western parts of Hong Kong Island.

It is backed by mountains and faces the sea, with lush trees, beautiful environment and fresh air.

In the early years, only British people were qualified to build luxury homes here. Later, it gradually became the first choice for Hong Kong's upper class to buy property.

The "luxury" of Mid-Levels does not lie in the size and luxury of the house, but in that although it is located in a prime location in Hong Kong, it is quiet amidst the bustle and has scenery and tranquility that are beyond the reach of ordinary citizens.

While it is close to the business districts of Sheung Wan, Central and Admiralty, it also has mountain and sea view resources.

Almost every residential building built here has the most unique scenery in Hong Kong outside the window. It has been the dream of many successful people in Hong Kong for decades.

The property purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Li Hanxiang is located at Jiahui Garden, No. 3 Majestic Gap Road, Zhongpanshan. It was built in 1971 and consists of 10 residential buildings with 120 residential units.

Each residential unit has an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters, a practical rate of 91%, and a private club and platform swimming pool.

The house bought by Li Hanxiang and his wife is the largest of all house types at 3366 square meters, with four bedrooms.

The living room is connected to a large terrace with unparalleled mountain and sea views.

The down payment alone cost more than 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and the family's wealth was almost depleted.

Looking up into the distance, the scenery is picturesque.

Tao Yushu couldn't help but take a few more glances. Zhang Cuiying stood beside her and said, "The scenery is even more beautiful at night. The most expensive mansions in the mountains are these."

Tao Yushu smiled and nodded, it did make sense.

Now that you have a house, you have to move.

The couple was busy moving when Lin Chaoyang received a call from Tao Yumo from Japan.

She just arrived in Japan yesterday and went to sign a contract with Kawade Shobo today. As a result, Kawade Shobo suddenly had a new idea and said that she would publish it together with "The Truman Show". It turned out that the movie "The Truman Show" was recently released in Japan.

The box office reached 165 million yen in the first week of release, and the response was quite good.

If this figure is converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is nearly 8 million Hong Kong dollars, which is almost as much as the first-week box office in Hong Kong. Although it cannot be compared with those popular commercial films, it has also become the most popular imported foreign film in Japan in the past two months.

The cumulative box office is expected to exceed 700 million yen in the future.

The film's success proved that the content was recognized by Japanese audiences, so Kawade Shobo had the idea of ​​introducing the novel.

Publishing one book is also publishing, and publishing two books is also publishing. Lin Chaoyang readily agreed to this matter.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, there is something else!" Tao Yumo said quickly when he heard that Lin Chaoyang was about to hang up the phone.

"What else?"

"Ms. Kondo, she has an idea now."

"What do you think?"

"She wants to set up a literary research association named after you."

Lin Chaoyang's mind was a little confused. This thing...——-is it a rice circle?

The research association is definitely not a fandom, it focuses on "research". This kind of organization is not uncommon in modern times.

For example, in the 1920s of this century, Mr. Mao Dun initiated the establishment of the Literary Research Association, a progressive literary group pursuing new literature.

The main members include Zhou Zuoren, Zheng Zhenduo, Guo Shaoyu, Zhu Xizu, Qu Shiying, Jiang Baili, Sun Fuyuan, Geng Jizhi, Wang Tongzhao, Ye Shengtao and many other famous people.

Its purpose is: to study and introduce world literature, organize old Chinese literature, and create new literature.

It's just that Lin Chaoyang is a foreign writer who has only published a novel in Japan. Someone actually wants to establish a literary research association for him in Japan.

This feels a bit like the capitalists of later generations forcibly praising their ugly sons and daughters.

Of course, Lin Chaoyang's works and quality are definitely not "ugly", but the problem is that the one he published in Japan before was "Into the Guandong", and the later part of this novel dealt with the plot of the Japanese invasion of Northeast China.

This is when Japan's national self-confidence increased in the 1980s, and the literary world and the public were filled with Z-type people.
To be continued...