Chapter 497 Sales Myth
Listening to Tao Yushu's question, Lin Chaoyang pondered for a moment.
In his impression, Huang Yulang is not a good man. In addition to being lawless in the company,
He also once hired H Se to break the tendons of his former apprentice Ma Rongcheng's hands and feet.
Facing Lin's Pictures, which seemed to be much more powerful than him, Huang Yulang basically did not dare to use any despicable means.
This is not Lin Chaoyang's speculation, but a fact.
Later generations of Huang Yulang encountered many plots by Hu Xian of Sing Tao Newspaper, SPACEMAN Zheng Jinghan (owner of the Chinese version of "Playboy"), old friend Qian Guozhong, fellow countryman Lin Jianyue (the second son of Lixin Garments) and others, but he never dared
What kind of tricks are you using?
Because he can do this kind of thing, and others can do it, and they can do it more cruelly than him, Huang Yulang naturally does not dare to do it.
But in everything, do not worry about victory, but worry about defeat first, so you have to take precautions.
*You can test him, buy his shares at a premium of 10%, and then invest 5 million to help him start a business again. We will hold 51% of the shares in the new company, and see if he agrees."
Tao Yushu thought about the condition given by Lin Chaoyang.
After selling the shares of Yulang Institution, Huang Yulang did not lose everything. He is still a multi-millionaire.
Lin Chaoyang said that he would invest 5 million to help Huang Yulang start his own business again. Of course, it was not because Huang Yulang had no money.
This not only shows goodwill to Huang Yulang, but also draws a red line for him to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry.
If he accepts Lin Chaoyang's kindness, everyone will naturally be in peace. Huang Yulang can avoid jail and continue to start a business in the comics industry, and it will also be within the control of the couple.
If you don't accept it, it means the hostility is too strong and you cannot be merciful to your enemies.
Treat him to a guest, behead him, accept him as a dog, you have to choose one.
"Do you think it would be too overbearing for us to do this?"
"In the shopping mall, there are intrigues, swords and swords. Kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself. If possible, Yi would like to settle the feud with Huang Yulang. Do you think it is possible?"
Tao Yushu shook his head secretly, realizing that he was still a woman.
"I see!"
She straightened her clothes in the mirror and went out.
The sun was shining brightly today, and it was warm and welcoming. Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart when he thought about joining a listed company.
"Sister Jade!"
Maggie Cheung, who was waiting downstairs, rushed up to Tao Yushu as soon as she saw him, her expression excited and excited.
The reason why she appeared downstairs in Jiahui Garden today was because she was summoned by Tao Yushu.
Lin's Pictures acquired Yulang Agency and wanted to reorganize the board of directors. Tao Yushu needed a few trustworthy people.
But in the family, there were only three adults: she, Tao Yumo, and Lin Chaoyang. Tao Yushu also included Liang Botao, who was in charge of the acquisition case, and there was still one person missing.
Then she thought of Maggie Cheung.
Tao Yushu's eyes glanced at Maggie Cheung who was holding her arm. You look so cute and naive, you should be trustworthy, right?
After Tao Yushu went out to the shopping mall to fight in high spirits, Lin Chaoyang was the only one left at home.
Everyone who goes to work has left, and those who go to school have also left.
He moved the deck chair to the balcony, made himself a cup of tea, lay down on the deck chair, and bathed in the sun.
He looks like a handsome man who has spent his time peacefully!
Unfortunately, before he could enjoy it for a while, the phone rang at home. When he picked up the phone, it turned out that it was Dong Qiao who had asked him to meet and said that he wanted to settle the royalties from "The Great Era" to him.
It has just been three months since "The Great Era" was published. The reason why Dong Qiao is so efficient is that the sales of the novel are so good.
During the 1987 stock market crash, Xiangjiang's securities industry and stock investors suffered heavy losses, but it created the "Great Era".
In 3 months, 92 days, and 1.02 million copies, "The Great Era" created a myth.
Dong Qiao believes that no matter before or after, it is unlikely that such phenomenal works will appear again in the field of serious literature in Xiangjiang.
Such exaggerated sales also brought Lin Chaoyang 13.26 million Hong Kong dollars in royalties, which is also the largest royalties Lin Chaoyang has received since writing a book.
Of course, this amount of money cannot be compared with the 100 million earned in the stock market, but after all, it caught up with the stock market crash.
The three-month royalties from a novel amount to HK$13.26 million, which is an astronomical figure in any country's book market.
You must know that "Ming Pao" currently sells more than 100,000 copies a day, and its annual profit is only HK$60 million.
From this we can see the value of Lin Chaoyang’s royalty settlement.
In order to acquire Yulang Institution, Lin Chaoyang contributed all his small treasury. This royalties can be regarded as solving his urgent need.
Dong Qiao made an appointment with Lin Chaoyang to meet at Lan Fong Yuen in Central. After marveling at the amazing sales and royalties achieved by "The Big Era", he told Lin Chaoyang one more thing.
"Are you familiar with Lin Haiyin?"
"Lin Haiyin?"
Hearing this name, Lin Chaoyang was stunned for a moment.
"I don't know her, but I have met her husband Xia Chengying.
We had met once when he visited the mainland with a delegation from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and he was the one who advocated the introduction of "The Death of Van Gogh" to Hong Kong. At that time, he was still teaching at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Dong Qiao nodded, "Lin Haiyin opened a publishing house in Wan Dao and asked someone to find me, hoping to introduce your novels to Wan Dao."
Although Lin Chaoyang and Xia Chengying knew each other, it was only a one-time relationship. The two had no contact since then.
Naturally, there is no way to contact each other.
It is not surprising that Lin Haiyin wanted to introduce his works to Wandao and asked Dong Qiao to be the intermediary.
"Can my works be published in Bay Island?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
"Since she made the request, I think it shouldn't be a big problem. The reporting ban on Bay Island has been lifted."
Dong Qiao's tone was uncertain and somewhat ambiguous.
In the past 38 years of Wandao JY, a number of "press ban" laws have been issued, which not only restricted press freedom and freedom of speech, but also greatly restricted the freedom of the press.
Even though it is now JY, the news, publishing, cultural and other industries in the Bay Island have been relaxed to a certain extent, but there are still extremely high barriers to the import of mainland cultural products.
Lin Haiyin became famous in the Chinese literary circle for "Old Things in the South of the City". Starting in 1967, she founded "Pure Literature Monthly", and in the second issue she created a column "Modern Chinese Writers and Works" to introduce China's new literature and art in the 1920s and 1930s.
writers of the period.
In the Bay Island at that time, publishing the works of mainland writers required taking great risks.
Due to pressure from the authorities, "Pure Literature Monthly" had to announce its suspension after five years of operation. Lin Haiyin turned to run a pure literature publishing house established at the same time as "Pure Literature Monthly".
"If you don't have any objections about the introduction of the work, I will reply to her. She said that she also wants to visit you to show her sincerity."
Novels are published everywhere. Lin Haiyin wants to introduce his works to Bay Island, and Lin Chaoyang will certainly not object.
There is often a scene like this in some online novels, where the protagonist goes to a luxury store to make a purchase, only to be looked down upon by the clerk.
Then he bought everything in the store to show his strength and humiliate the store clerk.
Whenever Lin Chaoyang sees this place, he always has a question mark in his head. People look down on you, but you still spend money to contribute sales and performance to others?
Is this called taking revenge? I’m afraid it’s not about honoring your father!
Even though the Liberty Federation has been imposing restrictions and bans on Lin Films in the past, Lin Chaoyang will insist on letting Lin Films' films be released in Bay Island through certain channels.
If you don't make money from him, wouldn't that be just what he wants?
Therefore, Lin Haiyin wanted to introduce Lin Chaoyang's works, and Lin Chaoyang was eager to do so.
Later generations of frogs would earn money from the mainland while still being good at taking advantage of them. He also wanted to experience this feeling.
Dong Qiao left with Lin Chaoyang's affirmative reply. Lin Chaoyang had nothing to do and went to the Prince's Building, intending to see if Tao Yushu had returned to the company so that they could go home together.
As her career grew bigger and bigger, Tao Yushu worked more and more overtime. Only with Lin Chaoyang by her side could she restrain herself.
After entering the building, as soon as he came down the stairs, Lin Chaoyang saw that the company was busy and chaotic.
He caught a familiar face and asked, "A-Zhen, what are you doing?"
When Wu Meizhen saw Lin Chaoyang, she looked respectful and said, "Sheng Lin, Mrs. Lin went to Yulang Institution for a meeting in the morning. When she came back at noon, she said she wanted to move. We are packing things."
"move place?"
"Yes, we will move to Yulang Building." After Wu Meizhen answered, she added, "Mrs. Lin is in the office."
"good.
Lin Chaoyang pushed the door open and entered. Unexpectedly, there were two guests in Tao Yushu's office.
When Wang Jing saw Lin Chaoyang, he quickly stood up and said hello, "Lin Sheng!"
Lin Chaoyang smiled and nodded, his eyes falling on the doll beside Wang Jing.
"This is my friend Miss Qiu Shuzhen."
"This is Lin Sheng."
Qiu Shuzhen nervously said hello to Lin Chaoyang. Lin Chaoyang responded and looked at Wang Jing with a meaningful look.
Wang Jing looked slightly embarrassed, found an excuse, said hello to Lin Chaoyang and his wife, and left with Qiu Shuzhen.
"What's going on?" Lin Chaoyang gestured towards the door where Wang Jing disappeared.
Tao Yushu shook her head, "Ah Jing wants to open a movie called Chasing Girls 2, with that Miss Qiu as the heroine."
The situation was not surprising. Lin Chaoyang asked: "Can he be busy?"
"I'm too busy, so Ah Jing wants to let someone else shoot the movie, and he will be the producer."
Lin Chaoyang joked: "He is really a two-hander, both hands are hard!"
"God of Gamblers" has been in theaters for 11 days, and the box office has already exceeded the 20 million mark. It seems that it is likely to become a strong contender for the Hong Kong movie box office championship this year.
If overseas box office revenue is included, it should not be a problem for Wang Jing to earn five to six million from this film.
The project of "The God of Gamblers" is still decided by Metropolis Pictures. The external publicity is that it is called the sequel of "The God of Gamblers". As long as the quality is maintained, it will definitely be another blockbuster film, and Wong Jing can still make a lot of money.
If Wang Jing tinkered with "Girls 2", it would be as popular as the previous one and would most likely make money, but obviously it couldn't be compared to "The Gambler", so he came up with such an idea.
"He said he would write the script, and I plan to let Ah Wei, who has just arrived, try to direct it. The investment in this film is not big, so I can let him practice his skills first."
The Ah Wei Tao Yushu is talking about is Liu Zhenwei, the original director of "The Gambler", and the original director of "Fantasy 2" was Wang Jing.
Influenced by Lin Chaoyang and his wife, their experiences were actually interchanged.
Lau Chun-wei was originally with Deng Guangrong's Yingzhijie company, and made his debut film "The Ghost Story". The investment was only 1 million Hong Kong dollars, but Yingzhijie earned 11 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
Previously, Deng Guangrong originally wanted to let Liu Zhenwei make another movie "School of Ghosts", but unfortunately he saw the favorable conditions of Lin's Pictures for attracting talented people, so he decisively ditched his old employer and went to Lin's Pictures.
Lin Chaoyang didn't pay much attention to the new film, and asked Tao Yushu about going to Yulang Institution to hold a shareholders' meeting today.
Tao Yushu said that everything went smoothly. Lin's Pictures held more than 50% of the equity, removed the chairman of the board of directors, and reorganized the board of directors without any difficulty.
"Huang Yulang is not willing, but he has nothing to do. As long as I pursue the things he did, I can't hide them.
He is a smart man, and he knew that if he broke out with us, he would have no choice but to go to jail, so he agreed to sell his shares to us.
As for supporting his entrepreneurship, he acted ambiguously, and it seemed that he didn’t want to be manipulated by us all the time.”
"There is no reason for him to disagree with this matter." Lin Chaoyang's attitude was firm.
Huang Yulang had flaws in his character and conduct, but he did have a unique talent in comics. Later, due to the stock market crash and a series of subsequent changes, he lost control of the Yulang Organization and was imprisoned.
In the 1990s, he made a comeback after being released from prison. Together with his disciple Qi Wenjie and several other cartoonists, he founded the Jade Dynasty, which set off another wave of Hong Kong cartoon craze.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After all, he was the kind of character who could only share adversity but not wealth. A few years later, he parted ways with several partners again.
Knowing Huang Yulang's character, Lin Chaoyang naturally cannot let him pose a threat to the Yulang organization.
In later generations, Huang Yulang had no choice but to go to jail. Now that Tao Yushu gave him a chance, Lin Chaoyang did not think that Huang Yulang would fight them to the end. To put it bluntly, the pressure was not enough.
"I understand that Huang Yulang still doesn't want to give up, so I gave him two days to think about it.
If he still doesn't cooperate, you don't have to give him another chance.
When he is in prison, the shares in his hands will be like waste paper, and I believe he will understand this."
When facing Lin Chaoyang, Tao Yushu is as gentle as water, but in terms of external performance, she deserves the title of "Iron Lady" given to her by the people of Hong Kong.
"Hu Xian also showed up today."
After listening to Tao Yushu's words, Lin Chaoyang became interested, "She came forward in person?"
"Yeah, you're surprised too, right?"
It stands to reason that after Hu Xian intervened in the failed acquisition of Yulang Institution, he lost face to some extent. For an occasion like the shareholders' meeting, it would be enough to find an agent.
But she came forward in person, it must not be to watch Tao Yushu show off his power in Yulang Building.
"What did she say?"
"What else can I say, I want the equity of "Tian Tian Daily"! The asking price is 150 million, and the shares in her hands can be sold to us at the previous purchase price."
"She is really evil!"
After Yulang Institution went public, Huang Yulang made various investments. One of the wisest investments he made was to buy the Yulang Building and the other was to buy 70% of the equity of "Tiantian Daily".
Needless to say, Yulang Building, real estate has been skyrocketing in the past two years. Even if it is affected by the stock market crash, the general direction is still upward, and profits are guaranteed.
"Tian Tian Daily", the second largest daily newspaper in Hong Kong, although its market share has declined in the past two years, it is still a rare and high-quality asset in the newspaper industry.
Especially for newspaper industry bosses like Hu Xian, there are even more bonuses.
"I don't plan to sell Tiantian Daily. You also said before that if Lin Corporation wants to become a cultural media group in the future, its business cannot be limited to movies.
Film, television, animation, news-----these cultural-related industries should be the direction of Lin's development.
"Tian Tian Daily" just provides us with an opportunity to enter the Hong Kong newspaper industry.
The shares held by Hu Xian have no meaning to us. The 150 million offer is not bad, but it is nothing compared to the value of Tiantian Daily."
Tao Yushu's analysis was rational and sober. Lin Chaoyang praised: "A good wife is wise!"
She glanced at her husband with a smile on her face and said, "What's so wise? A takeover war cost nearly 400 million, and I don't even know how I'm going to pay back the 200 million I owe."
Lin Chaoyang said easily: "Which big company hasn't received a loan yet? Don't worry, Yulang Organization's ability to make money is not weak, and it almost monopolizes the comic industry in Hong Kong. It will be a matter of time before the money is recovered."
Tao Yushu sighed and said, "You put it lightly, but I don't understand comics. For such a big company, just managing it is a headache."
"You don't need to know anything to be a boss, you just need to be able to employ people. There are so many people in Yulang Agency."
"How dare I use it!"
"The company has just been acquired, so it's normal that you don't dare to use it. It doesn't matter, just take your time. We are both kind and powerful. These people are just part-time workers. There is no reason why they can only work for Huang Yulang and not you."
Tao Yushu's brows relaxed slightly, "That's the truth."
In the next period of time, Tao Yushu's work focus will inevitably shift like Yulang's. In addition to clearing up Huang Yulang's influence on the company, he must also clarify the company's future development.
After all, after acquiring such a large listed company, it must be managed well.
Seeing that it was almost time, Lin Chaoyang urged Tao Yushu to get off work quickly.
When the couple walked out of the office, several employees were still busy with moving. People kept saying hello to Lin Chaoyang and his wife as they passed by.
Lin's Pictures acquired Yulang Agency and gradually gained the foundation of a large company. The employees' spirit and morale have improved a lot in the past two days, and they are even more in awe of Lin Chaoyang and his wife.
Walking out of the company, Lin Chaoyang said: "The company has moved to Yulang Building. It will be more convenient for you to commute to get off work in the future. This company is worth acquiring."
Earlier when the couple lived in Ho Man Tin, they would enter the company immediately after leaving the community.
Jiahui Garden is located in the middle of the island. You need to go through the Red Cross Harbor Tunnel to get to and from get off work, which is not so convenient.
Yuk Lang Building is the former News Building, which was formerly the property of Wu Xian's family. It is located on King's Road, Hong Kong Island.
After Lin's Pictures moved this time, it became more convenient for Tao Yushu to commute to get off work.
Her husband's words made Tao Yushu smile. He connected the acquisition of listed companies with commuting to and from get off work, which is what only an optimist like Lin Chaoyang could think of.
If others heard it, they would have to ridicule and ridicule Lin Chaoyang's tone.
The next day, news of the official change of ownership of Yulang Agency was reported in the newspapers. The acquisition war lasted for only half a month and ended with the complete victory of Lin's Pictures, which was beyond everyone's expectation.
It is extremely rare in the Hong Kong market to complete the acquisition and control of a listed company with such high efficiency.
This also made many people look at themselves differently from the CEO of Lam Pictures and Tao Yushu, and it also further confirmed her title of "Hong Kong Dai Zhuoer".
In reporting on the Yulang Institutional Acquisition, the media mostly cited Hong Kong Economic Journal, South China Morning Post and Commercial Daily.
Mainly financial newspapers, the reporting content is also good at professionalism.
However, after these reports were published, some readers discovered that there seemed to be something strange mixed into them.
"Maggie Cheung? The new director of Yulang Organization?"
Among many media, two media reported on the new board members of Yulang Organization. The other four members are nothing special. If you look closely, they are all related personnel of Lin's Pictures.
Only the name "Maggie Cheung" is particularly eye-catching. Is this "Maggie Cheung" the Maggie Cheung they know?
This is the question in the hearts of everyone who sees this news.
Readers did not have to wait too long to ask their questions, because the media found the results for them the next day, proving:
This Maggie Cheung is that Maggie Cheung!
After the news was confirmed, there was little reaction from the financial and securities circles, but the reaction from ordinary citizens, including movie fans, was huge.
Everyone's reaction was not shock, but curiosity.
Over the years, they have seen news about female stars marrying into wealthy families. For example, Miss Xiangjiang Zhu Lingling married into the Huo family a few years ago.
But this is the first time that citizens have encountered a female celebrity breaking into the business world and becoming a director of a listed company.
As the news reports spread, Maggie Cheung appeared on the headlines of Hong Kong entertainment newspapers for two consecutive days. She suddenly gained some limelight, and even the crew became the focus of everyone's attention.
However, there are many people who are famous. She, a female star, suddenly became the director of a listed company like Yulang Agency. No matter how you look at it, there is something strange about it.
Within a few days, a rumor spread in the Hong Kong film industry that Maggie Cheung was Lin Chaoyang's second wife.
Xiangjiang has been a British colony since the last century, but the treaty signed between Britain and the former Qing Dynasty stipulated that the Chinese in Xiangjiang law are still managed and restricted in accordance with the "Qing Code".
This also led to the fact that in this part of China, the Qing Dynasty had been dead for a century, but there were still two places where the "Qing Laws and Regulations" applied, namely Xiangjiang and Haojiang.
Since the "Laws of the Qing Dynasty" apply, there is naturally a legal right to take concubines.
Therefore, in the past few decades, it is not uncommon for wealthy people in Hong Kong to have two or three wives.
This provision was not completely abolished until 1971 when Xiangjiang promulgated the "Regulations on Amending the Marriage System".
At this time, it has only been more than ten years since the "Revised Conditions for the Marriage System" was promulgated.
The old concept that has been followed for hundreds of years still exists in the concept of Hong Kong people, so everyone is not angry about the rich man having two more confidante.
This incident has become a topic that many people talk about after dinner.
Xiangjiang's gossip tabloids have always had no limits. As soon as a rumor comes out, they will immediately follow it.
Many street tabloids such as "New Night News", "Tonight News", "Red and Green Daily", "Rattlesnake", etc. used their spirit to the fullest, and even fabricated the twists and turns of Lin Chaoyang and Maggie Cheung's emotional experience, which looked very real.
Look.
It didn't take two days for the rumor to appear as if it were true, and it dominated the headlines of entertainment news.
The spread of these rumors made Tao Yushu very angry, but in a highly developed entertainment society like Xiangjiang, even the top wealthy people have to be entertained from time to time.
There are only two methods the rich can use to deal with these unlimited entertainment tabloids.
The formal method is to file a complaint, but most tabloids dare to spread rumors so unscrupulously because they are stinky shit. They know very well the mentality of rich people who value respectability.
There are not many rich people who are really willing to go to court. Even if they lose the lawsuit, the worst they can do is pay some money and apologize. If they lose too much, they will go bankrupt and go back to their old business.
The unofficial method is to find someone to teach these tabloids a lesson, but in fact these tabloids are just looking for people to choose from, and they usually won't mess with big bosses who have backgrounds.
These tabloids dared to spread rumors that Maggie Cheung was Lin Chaoyang's second wife, so they naturally realized that Lin Chaoyang had no background in Hong Kong.
Tao Yushu really wanted to use his connections to teach those tabloids a lesson. He didn't need to have a deep relationship, even just saying hello to Yongsheng.
Over the past year or so, Yongsheng has experienced a lot of benefits from cooperating with Lin's Pictures, so she has no problem letting the Xiang brothers do this little favor.
But it was easy to ask Yongsheng to help, but Tao Yushu was worried that doing so would bring negative consequences to her husband and her company.
In the past, the cooperation between Lin and Yongsheng was limited to the business level. If it started like this, the nature would change. Thinking about it, Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel bored.
Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing after hearing her thoughts. Tao Yushu asked angrily: "Why are you laughing? People say you are related to Maggie, are you quite happy?"
When Lin Chaoyang heard this, he immediately shouted that he was wronged, "I was laughing at you for holding a knife in your hand and being afraid of gangsters!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Those tabloids dare to spread rumors so unscrupulously because they think we can't do anything to them.
We really can't do anything to them.
But you forgot, they have newspapers, and we also have newspapers!"
Tao Yushu was stunned when he heard this. Lin's Pictures is now the controlling shareholder of Yulang Institution. It has taken over 23.5% of Huang Yulang's shares a few days ago, and holds a total of 74.1% of Yulang Institution's equity.
Has absolute control over the Yulang organization.
Today, Yulang Organization owns 70% of the equity of "Tiantian Daily" and all the equity of two entertainment magazines, "Fresh Weekly" and "Youth", and has already taken the form of News Group.
"But - we can't be like those tabloids who spread rumors without any limits and slander others, right?"
Lin Chaoyang said with firm eyes: "Who said we were going to spread rumors? Everything we reported is true."
In Tao Yushu's doubtful eyes, Lin Chaoyang smiled meaningfully, "But it is our right to retaliate and not to retaliate."
Chapter completed!