Everyone was surprised when they heard this.
It turned out that just last night, Lu Yao made an appointment with some Shaanxi township party members in the Yanjing literary circle to have a dinner at a restaurant near the Taiji Factory to celebrate.
Originally there was one table, but then someone heard that Lu Yao kept coming to entertain guests, so one table became two tables, and two tables became three tables.
At the final checkout, all the 5,000 yuan bonus that was still warm in my hands was given to the hotel.
Listening to Lu Yao's explanation, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.
This is so delicious. A meal costs 5,000 yuan, and the delicacies of mountains and seas are as good as jade plates.
Compared with everyone else's differences, Lu Yao himself is very free and easy. He has always spent money lavishly and has no idea.
But everyone thought it was because he was confident. In 1988, he won the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award, but he received a bonus of 100,000 yuan.
In comparison, 5,000 yuan is really nothing.
Moreover, after they win the award, local literary associations and governments will receive bonuses, which will certainly not be less than the Mao Dun Literature Award.
When it comes to the bonus of the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award, everyone can't help but show a bit of envy.
Lu Yao was the only one at the scene to receive this bonus, and everyone was curious about how he felt about receiving the bonus.
"Feelings? Happy, excited! After the first part of "The Ordinary World" was released, the reputation was not good. I was very excited at that time.
Who would have thought that after winning the award, I would feel that my energy and emotions were released all of a sudden.
Speaking of which, I have to thank Chaoyang for this. If he hadn't promoted the establishment of the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award, I wouldn't have had the chance to win the award."
Lu Yao raised his glass to Lin Chaoyang with gratitude, and Lin Chaoyang also raised his glass with a smile.
"Speaking of which, this is my fourth time attending the salon."
Lu Yao is the person who has participated in the Xunweizhai Cultural Salon the most times today.
From the earliest "Thrilling Scene" which won the first National Outstanding Novella Award, to "Life" which won the second Outstanding Novella Award, and then to "The Ordinary World" which won the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award,
Mao Dun Literature Award.
He won four national literary awards and had four meals in the courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong.
"Speaking of which, this banquet in Chaoyang has witnessed my growth!"
Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard this.
Winning an award, especially a national award like the Mao Dun Literary Award, is undoubtedly the highlight of a writer's life.
So even though they said they were modest, everyone's pride was written on their faces.
The whole meal was filled with eating, drinking, laughing and chatting, heartily.
Everyone was chatting and chatting freely. The scene was casual and a little rustic, but it was also very cordial and heartwarming. It was a scene that could only appear in the courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong.
Late at night, the voices gradually became colder and the music ended and everyone dispersed.
The day after the salon ended, Lin Chaoyang saw off his colleagues and returned to Xiangjiang.
Tao Yushu left work early today, picked up her children, and had dinner together as a family.
"Did Yumo's passion burn for too long?"
Tao Yumo is working overtime at the company again today. I don't know what time he will be back.
During the meal, Lin Chaoyang talked about his sister-in-law's recent efforts to make progress.
Tao Yushu sighed and said, "I didn't expect that either! Her change is too big and too sudden."
"The change is big. But it's not too sudden. It's like the prodigal son turned back! She took classes for two years after graduation, and the rest of her time was carefree.
It may be that you have had enough fun and just feel a sense of accomplishment in your career.
It's just like playing a game, the threshold has become higher, and you need to constantly pursue higher achievement stimulation." Lin Chaoyang said seriously.
Upon hearing this, Tao Yushu's eyes fell on him, "Is this how the word 'the prodigal son turns back' is used? Besides, you are so idle, why didn't I see you 'turning back the prodigal son'?"
The complaints from his wife were invisible and fatal. Lin Chaoyang argued: "I'm not idle either. I'm either creating or conceiving and creating."
"Yes, you are doing creative work, which makes us exhausted. Mom told me that you expanded the business with Dad.'
"I just stimulated dad's career ambition. Besides, he is old and cannot be too idle. It is easy to cause problems."
"It's full of fallacies." Tao Yushu concluded and did not discuss the topic again.
Then she changed the topic and talked about her return to the mainland next week.
"If you didn't just come back, how can you go back?"
"Go to Shanghai to talk about investment."
"Investment? Is there anything else to talk about? Isn't everything settled?"
"It's not an investment in Pudong, it's something else -" Tao Yushu explained.
It turned out that when she went to Shanghai to sign an investment agreement later that year, the leaders in Shanghai talked about how the two sides should better develop deeper cooperation.
Tao Yushu mentioned some of her ideas and won the approval of the leaders in Shanghai.
With the leadership's recognition, policy concerns are naturally indispensable. Now Tao Yushu is planning to have Yulang Institution cooperate with Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House to launch a comic magazine.
China currently does not allow foreign investment to enter the journal field, but Shanghai has a high level of policy autonomy. As early as 1988, it cooperated with France's Huache Philippucci Publishing Group to publish the "World Fashion Garden ELLE" magazine.
Tao Yushu is now a guest in Shanghai, so it is not a problem to collaborate on a magazine.
In the past, I cooperated with Yulang Agency Huacheng Publishing House, but the limitations were still too great.
Since she took over the Yulang Institution, she has not directly chosen to make drastic changes, but has used a subtle and subtle approach to modify the development direction of the Yulang Institution.
In terms of content creation, she pursues a high-quality line. Except for some long-form works that have been serialized for more than five years, the long-form works that Yulang Agency projects each year are now significantly reduced than before.
On the contrary, high-quality short and medium-length works are constantly emerging. This approach has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that in the short term, there is not much profit from the works.
But in the long run, it has won the reputation of readers and stimulated the creative desire of cartoonists.
In terms of content and style, she has also made active adjustments and greatly reduced the pornographic elements of the comic works.
Such an adjustment will lead to the same problems as content quality, which is bearish in the short term but beneficial in the long term.
In the first two years after taking over Yulang Agency, the company moved forward cautiously with such continuous fine-tuning.
Until last year, in the past year, Yulang Institution's development in multiple business fields has achieved results that have impressed the market and stock investors.
First of all, Yulang Organization vigorously develops the comic peripheral business.
So far, 7 "Yulang ACG" peripheral stores have been opened in Hong Kong. In 1990, these peripheral stores contributed 116 million in revenue to the Yulang organization, with a profit margin as high as 24%.
In terms of pure profit margin, it is more profitable than the original comic publishing and sales industry.
To expand the game business, Yulang Institution’s measures are not radical.
Apart from strategically investing 10% of the shares in Sugar Games and awarding the game adaptation rights to its comic book "Legend of Sword and Fairy" to Sugar Games, there has been no action. Currently, the outside world does not pay much attention to this business.
In terms of overseas comics business, Yulang Agency’s comics still maintain a strong growth momentum in regions and countries such as Bay Island and Southeast Asia.
In the United States, the world's largest comics market, it has gradually achieved some results after several years of operation.
Last year, cartoonists from Yulang Agency tried to incorporate cult elements from Hong Kong films into comics and created "Zombie Taoist Priest".
The single volume has achieved sales of 200,000 copies in Hong Kong.
At the same time, "Zombie Taoist" was also a great success in the American market.
According to data, the sales volume of "Zombie Taoist Master" in the United States has reached 150,000 copies, and the sales volume of each issue is still growing.
This number is not considered to be a huge bestseller in the American comic industry, but it is a qualitative leap for the distribution of Yulang Agency's works in the United States.
Before "Zombie Taoist", the best-selling product of Yulang Agency in the American comic market was "Drunken Master", and the highest sales volume was 1
More than ten thousand volumes.
Most of the works are not even qualified to be published in separate volumes, and can only appear in the form of bound periodicals on the bookshelves of animation stores, with few people paying attention.
The success of "Zombie Taoist" undoubtedly opened up the market for the development of Yulang Agency in the United States.
In addition to the development of "Zombie Taoist" in foreign markets, Yulang Agency's mainland business development has also gained a lot.
Many works were introduced to the mainland for publication. Although it was through mainland publishing houses, Yulang Agency only shared a small part of the profits, but it could not withstand the scale of the mainland market.
The result of the strong development of various businesses is that the revenue of Yulang Institution surged by 50% last year, reaching a scale of HK$800 million.
Affected by the excellent financial performance, Yulang Institution's stock price continued to rise in March, and its market value has reached HK$3.5 billion.
Such results are enough to illustrate the success of Tao Yushu's various adjustments and strategies, and also give Tao Yushu greater confidence, allowing her to plan the company's future more ambitiously.
Yulang Organization now has a de facto monopoly on the comics industry in Xiangjiang. In addition to the scale of the industry being limited in this city, the supply of talent has also been greatly affected.
There are only so many people in Xiangjiang, and the development of Yulang Comics has exhausted the local comic talents.
In order for Yulang Organization to continue to maintain a steady stream of creative motivation and vitality, it must continue to tap talents.
Tao Yushu believes that although the mainland market is currently limited by economic development results and still lags behind developed countries and regions, this is precisely its biggest advantage - cheap human resources.
"In the future, I plan to outsource part of Yulang Institution's business to Shanghai, which has the advantage of Humei Factory, and the labor is cheap," Tao Yushu said.
"How many people are there in Humei Factory? How can there be enough for you?"
"It doesn't matter if there are not enough art factories in Shanghai. We can recruit and train them from other places. There are so many art academies and related units in the mainland, are you worried that there will be no talent?"
Lin Chaoyang called out to you, good guy, you have clearly mastered the tricks of the capitalists.
"Will you still invest in animated movies in the future?" Lin Chaoyang asked.
Tao Yushu said with a smile: "We both thought of going together. I do have this idea."
She talked enthusiastically about some future plans for Yulang Institution.
When she went to Shanghai this time, her first task was to co-organize a magazine, and her second task was to win over the Shanghai Art Factory, together with Lin's Pictures, and Yulang Agency to start a review of Yulang Agency's existing comic works.
Film development.
Then, through cooperation, we can talk about outsourcing.
"Dr. Tao builds a high house and has a far-sighted vision!" Lin Chaoyang joked and flattered him, earning a charming look from Tao Yushu.
In addition to Yulang Organization's desire to enter the mainland market more deeply, Tao Yushu also wants to take this opportunity to deepen Lam Films' investment in the mainland.
This investment is not a financial investment in Pudong in response to a call, but a real industrial investment.
"The "Red Cliff War" thing reminded me that renting a scene for just a few million is too expensive.
In the past, when we shot movies in Hong Kong, the location restrictions were extremely restrictive. Even if we cooperated with mainland studios, we often needed to do a lot of coordination work, and it was expensive.
When I go back this time, I plan to find a place to set up a large-scale shooting base. It just so happens that we at Lin's Pictures have never had a studio of our own.
No matter how the political climate changes in the future, the cooperation between the film and television industries of the three places across the Taiwan Strait will inevitably become closer.
If our shooting base is properly constructed, it can create a scale effect, which will be of great benefit to our future development.
I plan to invest part of the money from the IPO financing in this."
Tao Yushu thinks very carefully. Some of her ideas were inspired by Lin Chaoyang before, and some were gained from her constant thinking during the business process.
Speaking of Lin's Pictures, the company's investment in Pudong has been divested during this period and is now preparing to go public.
"If everything goes well, it will be launched in June."
Tao Yushu looked a little excited when he said this.
She now controls two listed companies, but both Yulang Institution and Mingpao Enterprise were acquired through acquisitions, but Lin's Pictures was run by her, so her feelings are naturally different.
The couple chatted until around nine o'clock in the evening, until Tao Yumo came back.
As soon as she entered the door, she crawled on the sofa, like a walking zombie that had been drained of her yang energy, still complaining about the hard work and hard work.
"If you don't want to do it, don't do it, no one will force you!" Tao Yushu said.
Hearing this, Tao Yumo stood up straight from the sofa, "Isn't this all I do for you?"
The highlight of Sugar Games in the first half of this year is the adaptation of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" authorized by Yulang Agency. This game was launched last year, and now the game production has reached a critical moment, and it is planned to be released in June.
"Can you figure out who is the major shareholder and how many shares do I have?"
"Your individual and company shareholdings are no less than mine."
Tao Yushu said impatiently: "Don't make these useless complaints. You are the boss, shouldn't you work harder? How can there be a free lunch in this world?"
Tao Yumo sighed and said: "That's right. I was fooled by you in the first place. What kind of investment do I need?"
"Come on, don't use a 'tail' in your words. Who are these 'we'?" Lin Chaoyang joked.
Tao Yumo snorted, "It's you! Fool me, exploit me!"
Tao Yushu shook his head and said to Lin Chaoyang: "I think this girl is crazy! Ignore her."
Lin Chaoyang deeply agreed and took his wife back to the room. Behind him, Tao Yumo sighed like a resentful woman.
Then the next morning, she went to the company alive and kicking.
When the boss pretends to have a "class flair", her style can be considered unique.
Two days later, Lin Chaoyang made a special trip to the Ming Pao Building. His main purpose of coming today was to witness the birth of another innovation in the Hong Kong newspaper industry.
The market value of Mingpao Enterprises fell a bit after the year, mainly due to the impact of market fluctuations. In addition, the financial report performance was relatively stable and did not surprise the market.
This is also normal. The market value of Mingpao Enterprises has been rising since its listing last year. Although there has been a decline during this period, the overall value is still rising.
The previous market value has exceeded the normal range, which more reflects the market's optimism about the future prospects of this company.
Now that the market has passed, the stock price is slowly returning to rationality.
When Tao Yushu works, he is always as motionless as a mountain and as moving as thunder.
After Ming Pao Enterprises merged and went public, she has not made any big moves.
The only action that can be called an action was that just after the New Year, Tao Yushu advocated the establishment of an online news department within Mingpao Enterprise.
The online news department has only one job, which is to publish the online news publication "Asia News Digest".
The news of the establishment of the online news department did not cause any waves in the stock market, and Ming Pao Enterprise did not deliberately publicize it. Even within Ming Pao Enterprise, not many people paid attention.
But on the day when the first issue of "Asia News Digest" was released, Jin Yong, Tao Yushu, and Lin Chaoyang gathered in the small office of the Internet News Department.
The latest 486 computer still has a big display screen, and the D0S system does not have a desktop, but only an operation interface.
As the young editor slides the mouse, the news content edited earlier in the morning is pulled down line by line and appears on the screen.
Jin Yong leaned forward, tilted his head, and looked at the traditional Chinese characters on the screen with great seriousness.
After watching for a while, he felt his eyes were a little tired, so he chose to retract his gaze and looked at Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu beside him.
I saw the couple staring at the screen seriously, discussing a sentence or two about the news content on the screen from time to time.
As the name suggests, "Asia News Digest" summarizes a brief introduction to important news in Asia in the recent period. It is divided into two versions: English version and Traditional Chinese. The update frequency is once a week.
The specific way to obtain it is that after the user subscribes, it will be sent via email every week.
"What do you think of this new news media, Mr. Cha?" Tao Yushu asked Jin Yong after paying attention to the content on the computer screen.
Jin Yong smiled and said, "It's very novel and easy to browse, but it's not very friendly to us elderly people."
Tao Yushu said: "Computers and the Internet are new things after all."
Jin Yong hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Mrs. Lin, do you think this media browsing method will become mainstream in the future?"
The creation of "Asia News Digest" was initiated and implemented by Tao Yushu from beginning to end. Jin Yong is still serving as the chairman of Mingpao Enterprises, but he would not have an issue with Tao Yushu on such a trivial matter.
Tao Yushu replied thoughtfully: "It is indeed convenient to spread news through the Internet, and there should be some market for it in the future. But whether it will become mainstream, I am not sure.
But I think Mingpao Enterprise is now a listed company and must ensure a sensitive market acumen. Now that there is this new media method, we must be the first to intervene."
Jin Yong nodded slightly after listening to her words. When he wanted to sell Ming Pao, there were as many as a dozen buyers who heard about it.
There were many wealthy people who offered him something that made his heart beat, but in the end he chose Tao Yushu.
The reason is that Jin Yong is not only looking for a good buyer, but also a reliable successor.
He hopes that Mingpao can complete the transition from paternalistic management to modern and institutionalized management in the hands of this person, and that Mingpao can develop better. After all, this is his half-life effort.
In the past year, Mingpao first experienced a major corporate merger and then successfully went public. Although its stock price has dropped recently, its overall performance has been very good.
When Jin Yong sold Mingpao, he received HK$300 million in cash proceeds. In addition, he also held a lot of stocks in Yulang Institution and Mingpao Enterprises. These stocks are now worth up to HK$1.2 billion.
You must know that he has been running Ming Pao for many years, and his maximum profit was 40 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars a year.
As a result, when the company was sold, it earned more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, which was more than he had earned in half his life.
In terms of commercial returns alone, selling Mingbao to Tao Yushu was definitely the most successful business operation in Jin Yong's life.
In addition to the success in business operations, Mingpao Enterprises' performance has been stable for the past six months since its listing, with no major moves.
Jin Yong has no objection to this. He has been running companies for half his life and deeply understands that for a company of the size of Mingpao Enterprise,
Stability is more important than anything else.
During this period, he also talked with Tao Yushu about his views on the company's future development path. Tao Yushu did not go into too much detail, but made it clear that Mingpao Enterprise would not be a local wealthy man in the future, and would definitely go out of Hong Kong if given the right opportunity.
Jin Yong didn't know when this opportunity would come, and he believed Tao Yushu didn't either.
But this is not important. What is important is that as a business leader, you have such determination and can make such a decision at critical moments.
At this point, Jin Yong has no doubts about the success of the previous merger of Ming Pao and Yulang Institutional Media Business.
Recently, Secretary Tao Yu advocated the establishment of an online publication such as "Asia News Digest". The cost of the dedicated network alone costs more than 70,000 Hong Kong dollars a year.
Including the labor costs of editors and reporters, as well as office supplies such as computers, printers, and fax machines, running such an unprofitable online publication would cost at least two to three hundred thousand a year.
Jin Yong didn't understand a new thing like the Internet. If he had been calculating carefully for half his life, he probably wouldn't be able to do it, but Tao Yushu did it.
Such a corporate leader is exactly what he expected.
"It costs a lot to run Asia News Digest, and there is no way to earn back the money for the time being.
However, after all, online publications are not a long-term solution, they are just a transitional thing. We will definitely establish our own news website in the future. This may be because of Jin Yong's ideas. Tao Yushu explained a few words.
Jin Yong smiled and waved his hand, "I don't understand these things about the Internet. Just let Mrs. Lin figure it out. I believe in your vision, Mrs. Lin."
Time flies to May. After half a year, the award ceremony of the Newstat International Literature Prize is about to be held on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in the United States.
As early as April, someone from the awards organizing committee came to confirm with Lin Chaoyang all matters concerning a visa to the United States and attendance at the award ceremony.
On the second Tuesday in May, Lin Chaoyang boarded a flight to the United States.
Oklahoma is located in the south-central part of the United States. The state's industries are mainly minerals and agriculture, and its per capita GDP is not low. However, due to industrial reasons, its presence in the United States is far less strong than that of New York, California and other places.
There is no direct flight from Xiangjiang to Oklahoma, so Lin Chaoyang had to choose to transfer in Los Angeles before finally arriving in Oklahoma.
The more than 30 hours of traveling and driving along the way was a big test for both physical and mental strength.
After finally arriving in Oklahoma City, the capital, Lin Chaoyang pushed his luggage out of the passageway and saw two middle-aged men holding a sign with the words "Lin Chaoyang" written in crooked Chinese characters.
Lin Chaoyang walked up to greet the two of them, and after getting to know each other, he found out that the brown-haired man among the two was Luann Walter, who was in charge of editing his works at Random House.
This time Lin Chaoyang came to the United States to receive the award, and Luan Walter made a special trip to Oklahoma City one day early.
Random House attaches great importance to Lin Chaoyang's acceptance of the award and has arranged several activities for him.
The other of the two is Davis Ontiano, the current editor-in-chief of "World Literature Today" sponsored by the University of Oklahoma and the director of the Neustat International Literary Prize Organizing Committee.
Luan Walter and Davis Ondiano exchanged a few words with Lin Chaoyang and expressed a warm welcome to his arrival, and then they left the airport.
The University of Oklahoma is located in Norman, at the southern end of Oklahoma City, 267 miles from the airport, along the way to Davis.
Ondiano was driving.
Mainly Luan Walter was chatting with Lin Chaoyang. Although it was the first time for the two to meet, they had already talked on the phone no less than ten times, and they didn't feel unfamiliar at all when they chatted.
Louanne Walter first opened the topic by talking about the sales of "The Death of Van Gogh" in the United States.
This novel was published in the United States in March of last year and was on the New York Times bestseller list in May. It stayed on the list for 83 weeks and was not removed from the list until January this year. The cumulative sales have exceeded 850,000 copies.
As a pure literary work of fiction created by a foreign writer, it is extremely exaggerated and extremely rare to achieve such an achievement.
Chapter completed!