The prince said, "Shengji Restaurant."

At around nine o'clock in the evening, the restaurant was still bustling with people. Guests were changing glasses, laughing and chatting, and it was very lively.

Tao Yushu walked out of the hotel, glanced at the various neon signs on the street, and landed on a Mercedes-Benz parked in front of the hotel. He opened the door and got in. "Sister, are you okay?" Tao Yumo asked with concern.

"It's okay. I just drank two glasses of wine. I'm happy today and I can't help but drink when people come to propose a toast."

When Tao Yushu spoke, her eyes were on the street outside the car window. She felt an indescribable sense of relaxation and comfort. She had not experienced this feeling for a long time. "You can have a good sleep this time!" Tao Yushu drove the car.

Che, suddenly said something.

A smile appeared on Tao Yushu's face, "It's far from the time to sit back and relax, we just passed the stage of survival." Tao Yushu invited the company's employees to dinner tonight to tell everyone good news.

Just this afternoon, Tao Yushu just signed a contract with Shaw Brothers. Lin's Pictures took over 10 of Shaw Brothers' theaters!

From now on, Lin also has his own theater chain.

For a film company, theater chains are not necessary. But for Lin, theater chains are necessary.

To the mainland, Bay Island is just a small island, but to Lin, it is a behemoth. Faced with its blockade, Lin must concentrate all his energy on dealing with it. 10 theaters are not many, and in terms of scale, they can only

Ranked sixth in Hong Kong.

But if you add the Shuangnan Line, which is also a member of the Z faction, the theater resources that Lin can mobilize are very impressive, almost as much as Jiahe’s Jia Le and Xinyi City’s Princess Jin. With these theater resources, Lin

Our basic position in Xiangjiang is now stable, and we can say that we are in an invincible position.

Of course, if the Hong Kong and Kowloon Free Association is determined to get rid of the Lin family, they will definitely be in trouble. Back home, Lin Chaoyang asked about today's treat, and Tao Yushu talked happily.

The Lin family has its own theater chain. Tao Yushu is happy as the boss, and his subordinates are also happy.

It's hard to find a generous boss like Tao Yushu these days. Of course they hope that Lin's company can develop in a long-term and healthy way. Theater chains have now almost become the standard for major film companies in Hong Kong, such as Jiahe and Jiale, New Art City and

Princess Jin, Debao/Baohe and Debao..

With the cinema chain, not only can we get rid of the negative impact of the ban on Bay Island, but it also proves the development prospects of Lin's Pictures and proves that they are not following the wrong boss.

"Thanks to the successive successes of "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Wealth and Power", otherwise Shaw Brothers would never have agreed to us so easily." Tao Yushu said happily.

She had long realized the importance of controlling theater chains, but Lin's previous capital was too small to support their establishment of theater chains.

After the banning order of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Free Association came out, Tao Yushu realized that whether she could control Lin's own theater chain was related to Lin's life and death and was imminent. However, she still did not act rashly, but waited for "Autumn Fairy Tale"

After two consecutive hits with "Rich and Rich", he approached Shaw Brothers.

She knew very clearly that if she went to Shaw Brothers in a hurry and sought medical treatment when the ban was first issued, even if she could win over Shaw Brothers theater chain, she would probably have to pay a high price.

Although there is a slight premium now, at least it is still within a reasonable range. The most important thing is that she also tied the skinny Shao to Lin's chariot.

In Tao Yushu's eyes, Shaw Brothers don't even need to do anything. They just need to be a mascot quietly. What she is doing now is to profoundly practice the words of the great man:

Make a few enemies and make a lot of friends. "What are you going to do next?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Tao Yushu pondered and said: "After we have the theater chain, let's work steadily. This year the company's production volume will exceed 10, and there may be more next year. There are too many things to do. I heard Adu say that Xinyi City's

The internal fighting is getting more and more intense, we can dig more of their people."

Lin Chaoyang couldn't help laughing, Tao Yushu was addicted to poaching.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, the relationship between Lin and New Art City has basically broken down. The other party still owes them millions of overseas shares of "A Better Tomorrow" and has not been paid. While the internal fighting in New Art City continues, I can dig it out.

dig.

"I also heard..."

Tao Yushu's eyes flashed and he said, "Princess Jin may have to separate her family."

The nominal boss of Princess Jin is Lei Jiekun of the Lei family, but its parent company is the Kowloon Construction Group, and its shareholder base comes from the shareholders of the Kowloon Bus Company and their descendants, including Guo, Wu, Yu, and Lei.

family.

In 1980, Lei Juekun based on his several Lisheng, Roxy Kaisheng, and Huasheng Cinemas, and then rented or contracted with more than ten theaters to establish the Golden Princess Cinema Line, which specializes in showing Chinese films.

Later, in order to better develop the theater chain, he began to get involved in the field of film production and supported the New Art City. Since then, Princess Jin has developed smoothly and formed an integrated industrial chain of production, distribution, and theater chains. In the past few years, he has earned

The bowl is full.

Under this "good situation", Golden Princess's shareholders Feng Bingzhong and Chen Rongmei are gradually no longer satisfied with being small shareholders who can only pay dividends. Recently, at Wandao JY, they have seen that overseas funds hidden in the film market are gradually becoming abundant, and they have

The thoughts of an independent school. "Feng Bingzhong and Chen Rongmei were secretly contacting Miss Fang before, just to win over Shaw Brothers' theater resources.

They own 10 theaters, and if they get another Shaw Brothers theater chain, they will have 20 theaters, and they will immediately become the fourth largest theater chain in Hong Kong.

And I guess their ambition is not just about the theater chain, but to use the theater chain to get involved in film production and distribution, copying Princess Jin's path." Lin Chaoyang nodded slightly after listening to her analysis.

"Money is exciting. Although movies are not a big business, if the market size of Golden Princess and Xinyi City is reached, the local and other cities will have a revenue of at least 500 million a year, which is equivalent to the size of a listed company above the scale.

.

Even if it is a wealthy family, it is normal for them to be tempted. If they really become independent, both Princess Jin and Xinyi City will be greatly damaged!" Lin Chaoyang's tone was meaningful, in fact, he knew very well that Princess Jin's separation

Home is one of the important reasons why Xinyi City fell apart

Tao Yushu said happily: "Yes, this is a good thing for us. I want to get in touch with both of them."

Lin Chaoyang joked: "Shaw Brothers' theater chain has been cut off by us. Aren't you afraid of being resented by them? Are you actively looking for them?" Tao Yushu said: "Shaw Brothers has become Lin Brothers, so we can also cooperate."

"They may not be willing to cooperate with Lin."

"They are afraid of cooperating with us. They are just concerned about the ban on the Bay Island. Why don't they just use Lin's name?"

Tao Yushu had previously asked Tao Yumo to register several leather goods companies, including a joint venture with Shaw Brothers, which on the surface had nothing to do with Lin. Lin Chaoyang gave a thumbs up and imitated Master Tang, "High! Really.

That's right! Comrade Yushu has a plan!"

Tao Yushu smiled at the corner of his mouth and gave him a charming look.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang finally finished writing the novel in his hand, and immediately contacted Dong Qiao from Ming Pao Publishing House and Li Shifei from Huacheng Publishing House.

Li Shifei was in Guangzhou, and he had always had Lin Chaoyang's manuscripts collected by human beings. He had to go from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, and then cross the border to Xiangjiang, which required Lin Chaoyang to wait for two days. After Dong Qiao learned that Lin Chaoyang had finished writing his new book

, he didn’t even make an appointment to meet, but ran to his house immediately.

What makes him so positive is of course that the sales of the novel are ridiculously good.

In the past few years, Ming Pao Publishing House has successively introduced several novels by Lin Chaoyang, such as "The Death of Van Gogh", "The Master of Chess", "Enter Guandong", "The Truman Show", and "Parasite". Even among them, "The Death of Van Gogh" has the lowest sales volume.

Chess Master has sold more than 70,000 copies since its publication, and the sales of the remaining works have exceeded the 100,000-copy mark.

And with the passage of time, these works did not gradually become unpopular like other works. The long tail effect was unexpectedly good. Take "The Death of Van Gogh" as an example. When it was published,

The sales volume was less than 20,000 copies, but now the total sales volume has exceeded 120,000 copies.

In addition to the quality of the novel itself, the biggest reason for this change is that Lin Chaoyang's reputation in Hong Kong is growing day by day, which has made many readers interested in his old works.

Calculated in detail, the sales volume of Lin Chaoyang's works is already extremely high among the many books published by Ming Pao Publishing House. Not to mention compared with pure literary works, even compared with many popular literature books, the sales volume is not at all.

Inferior.

After all, Xiangjiang is such a big market.

Therefore, when a new work was published by a writer who could make money for the publishing house, Dong Qiao's attitude was of course positive. The day after he took the manuscript away, Li Shifei arrived in Xiangjiang.

After getting the manuscript, Li Shifei found a hotel to stay, so that he could do a preliminary review of the novel, and then communicated with Lin Chaoyang in person. Two days later, Li Shifei found Lin Chaoyang, and frowned after entering the door.

"You've been here for a long time, why haven't you said anything yet?"

Li Shifei sat on the sofa in silence after entering the door. Lin Chaoyang waited for him for a long time, but he didn't speak. Finally, Lin Chaoyang couldn't help but ask. Li Shifei hesitated, and after a while he said: "Chaoyang

, I can’t watch your movie “The Great Era”!”

"Not good" is a euphemism. He has been an editor for more than thirty years and has his own judgment on literary works. What he actually means is "not good".

After hearing this, Lin Chaoyang's expression was not surprising. After a while, Li Shifei asked him: "Chaoyang, don't you think... your novel is a little too popular?" "It's a little too popular.

.”

Lin Chaoyang's generous response caught Li Shifei off guard. Sometimes it is inevitable to fall into misunderstandings when creating.

After reading Lin Chaoyang's new book, Li Shifei recognized the excitement of the characters and story.

But in his opinion, the brilliance of such characters and stories is largely due to the abandonment of narrative and structural considerations. Such novels are easy to read, but not literary enough.

He originally thought that Lin Chaoyang was not aware of this problem, but after hearing Lin Chaoyang's answer, he realized that Lin Chaoyang might have done it on purpose.

Li Shifei looked at Lin Chaoyang in confusion, "Chaoyang, with your current fame and status, you can actually write this novel more elegantly and delicately." "Old Li, we have been in a relationship for so many years.

Don't say such polite words, you want to be more 'advanced', right?"

Li Shifei answered Lin Chaoyang silently, with confusion in his eyes. He wanted to know the reason why Lin Chaoyang wrote this. "Actually, it is very simple for me to write this way. My book is based on the stock market, which is not available in China yet.

.

Many people don’t understand what stocks are. If I don’t write in a more simple way, do you think readers will have the patience to read on?”

Li Shifei still had some difficulty letting go, "Readers can also adapt to the works. Are Joyce and Faulkner's works just as easy to read? Are they not as popular now?" Lin Chaoyang shook his head, "Old Li, I don't know.

Do you agree with this concept of mine?

In my opinion, the popularity of serious literature or pure literature in our country over the years is not a normal phenomenon, it is just the result of the outbreak of repression in the past years."

"Your idea makes sense, but..."

Lin Chaoyang did not give Li Shifei a chance to speak, and continued: "So in my opinion, we cannot always hope that readers will be willing to read those difficult and obscure contents. You can express your joy, but you must not be conceited.
To be continued...