The second reason is that Yulang Agency continues to annex local cartoonists in Xiangjiang. For example, Shangguan Xiaobao, who was as famous as Huang Yulang in the past, was taken over by Huang Yulang when Yulang Agency was listed.

The third reason is that Yulang Agency has boldly introduced many Japanese comics in the past two years.

With the rise of Japanese comics in the 1970s, Xiangjiang Comics was once defeated by Japanese comics.

In the end, in order to save itself, Xiangjiang Comics followed the example of beauty and Japanese comic creation forms, introduced Japanese comic split-shot painting methods, European and American human body structure painting methods, and then integrated local martial arts novels to successfully restore the decline.

In particular, the emergence of Huang Yulang, a hunk from heaven, completely disrupted and reshaped the creation and production mechanism of Xiangjiang comics.

He subdivided the comic production process into details such as screenwriting, drafting, hooking, bodywork, filling in headers, and inlaying words, etc., forming an assembly line operation between each link.

As a result, Yulang Organization's comic production not only improved the quality, but also produced far faster than its counterparts working alone. In just a few years, it monopolized the comic industry in Xiangjiang.

In the competition with Japanese comics, Xiangjiang Comics gradually gained the upper hand by relying on its local advantages. However, Huang Yulang did not give up because of comics, but chose to continue to introduce Japanese comics.

To a certain extent, it has also expanded the audience group of readers of Xiangjiang comics.

In addition to the growth of local revenue, the biggest growth point of Yulang Agency's comic business is overseas. Since 1980, it has been seeking to go overseas. In five or six years, Yulang Agency's comics have swept Southeast Asia and exported to Japan and the United States.

, Australia and other countries.

"Putting aside his character flaws and acting style, Huang Yulang is indeed a genius in the field of comics.

In the past few months after taking over Yulang Agency, I found that the comics business of Yulang Agency is really solid.

Not only has it completed the unification of Xiangjiang Comics, but it has also expanded its overseas layout.

Unfortunately, apart from Southeast Asia, Xiangjiang Comics can only be considered an entry in other countries, and its influence is minimal."

Lin Chaoyang held Tao Yushu's shoulder. After listening to her, he said: "There is still a barrier between Eastern and Western cultures that is not easy to break through. We still have to fight it steadily."

"You're right, I think so too.

After all, the market in Xiangjiang is too small. The reason why the United States and Japan are major comics countries is because they have a population of over 100 million to support them.

Hong Kong has a population of just over five million. If it does not develop outward, it will end up trapped in a corner, waiting to die.

Now that the Southeast Asian market is doing well, I plan to let the people from Yulang Agency run the markets in China, Japan, and South Korea—"

Tao Yushu talked endlessly about the plans of Yulang Organization, and she was very excited in her words. Her character likes this kind of operation of opening up territories and forging ahead with determination.

In Japan and South Korea, the comics of Oklang Agency have already entered the market, but their influence is very small and they need to be developed slowly.

There are no comics in China today, only comic strips. Different from the concept of "animation is for children" in later generations, domestic comic strips experienced a period of vigorous development after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Many high-quality comic strips have been produced, many of which can be called works of art and have extremely high sales.

At that time, the monthly magazine "Huan Hua Bao", which published comics exclusively, had a monthly sales volume of 1.2 million copies, and its audience size was no less than that of literary readers.

In the 1980s, influenced by the friendship between China and Japan, the country began to introduce Japanese animations, comics, and many classic works such as "Astro Boy" and "Doraemon", which impacted the domestic comic book market to a certain extent.

Tao Yushu's idea is to cooperate with mainland publishing houses to introduce established Hong Kong comic works to the mainland. It is best to cooperate in establishing one or two comic publications.

"The business situation of Lao Li and his publishing house has not been ideal in the past two years. You can contact them."

The domestic publishing field has not yet opened up. The best way for the comics of Yulang Agency to enter the country is to find a cooperative publishing agency.

Huacheng Publishing House is located in Guangdong and has an open atmosphere. Its business situation has declined in the past two years, so it is a good partner.

Tao Yushu also thought this was a good idea. She asked, "Wasn't Lao Li's publishing house very good before? Your novel was published by them and the sales have been good!"

"It was pretty good before, but they couldn't keep the money they made!

In the past two years, the overall sales volume of the book industry has declined, and prices have risen a lot, so their lives are not as smooth as before."

Tao Yushu nodded, "That's good. I'll go talk to them when I pass by Guangzhou this time."

Lin Chaoyang reminded: "Those comics in Xiangjiang are going to be introduced to the mainland, and some of the content -"

Tao Yushu immediately understood what he was talking about. Hong Kong comics are famous for their pornography. The content of some works is nothing in Hong Kong, but it is extremely outrageous in the mainland.

When Tao Yushu was doing research on her comic works before, she found some contents that even a person in her early thirties felt embarrassed to read.

"I know, I will have a dedicated person responsible for adjusting these contents later."

After she said this, she couldn't help but think about it.

"China has a population of one billion. What a huge market this is. If the comics of Yulang Agency can enter, it will not be a problem to increase the market value ten times."

Affected by the stock market crash, the Hang Seng Index is still half-dead this year. After Yulang Agency was acquired by Lam Pictures,

It was a blessing in disguise that he escaped his tragic fate.

The stock price has risen steadily over the past six months, and its market value has exceeded HK$700 million.

This market value is still far from the peak of Yulang Institution, but it can still have such an upward trend amidst the wailing of the Hang Seng Index. Yulang Institution is already one of the lucky few.

Next month, Yulang Institution will announce the group's stock issuance plan. This move is to deal with the unfavorable factors of excessive concentration of Lam Films shares.

At the same time, approximately 20 million of the newly issued shares will enter the option pool to reward employees who have made outstanding contributions to the group.

For example, Ma Rongcheng, a fierce general who has made great contributions to the development of Yulang Institution, Tao Yushu plans to reward him with 3 million share options.

Based on the current stock price of Yulang Institution, these options are equivalent to Ma Rongcheng's income for three years. If the company's stock price continues to rise in the future, the value of these options will increase again.

After the issuance of new shares, Lam Films' shareholding ratio will be reduced from the original 82.7% to about 70.3%, getting rid of the shadow of delisting.

Lowering the shareholding ratio and using 20 million shares to reward employees is of course not for charity, but for the better development of Yulang Organization.

Options tie up core employees and enhance the company's cohesion and combat effectiveness.

The funds raised from the additional stock issuance are at least a conservative estimate of HK$80 million. These funds will become ammunition for the future development of Yulang Institution, and the control power is still in the hands of the major shareholder, the Lin Group.

Tao Yushu believes that after such good news is released, the stock price of Yulang Institution will inevitably reach a higher level.

When Lin's Pictures acquired Yulang Institution, it spent almost 420 million. Now, the value of the equity held by Lin's Pictures alone has reached 570 million, and the value may continue to increase in the future.

What's more, Lin's Pictures also controls Yulang Institution, a leading listed company that is close to a regional monopoly.

This acquisition is a huge profit!

That afternoon, Tao Yushu called Wu Tianming and communicated about Zhang Yimou's new movie.

He proposed that Lin's Pictures could make a co-production with West Film Studio to test the waters for Zhang Yimou's first commercial film journey.

Wu Tianming was naturally ecstatic when he heard the news.

"The King of Children" and "Red Sorghum" have successively won film awards abroad. Lin's Pictures, which directed these two films, has become famous in China, and studios are eager to cooperate with them.

The next afternoon after this call was made, Wu Tianming rushed to Yanjing after a long journey. He received the call yesterday afternoon, and then bought a plane ticket this morning and flew to Yanjing.

After the meeting, Wu Tianming enthusiastically took out several script outlines, which were all scripts written or currently being written by the screenwriters at West Film Studio. He said they were for Tao Yushu's reference.

"Director Wu, for the script, I want to use the story of a female writer in Xiangjiang, which tells the story of——————

The story Tao Yushu told Wu Tianming was Li Bihua's "Qin Terracotta Warriors".

Last night she asked Lin Chaoyang what kind of script Zhang Yimou should write for a commercial film, and Lin Chaoyang recommended this novel. Tao Yushu had full trust in Lin Chaoyang's vision.

After listening to Tao Yushu tell the story of "Qin Terracotta Warriors", Wu Tianming felt very novel.

He is a film director and has watched many more films than the average audience. He has also watched Hong Kong movies, but listening to the story of "Terracotta Warriors" still felt refreshing.

I thought to myself, no wonder the commercialization of Xiangjiang movies is so good, with so many fantastic ideas, it would be strange if it doesn't work well.

Looking at domestic film creations, the artistic quality is good, but the entertainment nature is much worse.

In recent years, although domestic film studios have been held back due to institutional constraints, many people of insight have realized the importance of film commercialization.

As the director of Xiying Film Studio, Wu Tianming still has this pattern and understanding.

"This story is good. It will be interesting to shoot. Mr. Lin is indeed an expert, so I will let your opinion be the main one." Wu Tianming thought for a moment and said happily.

Tao Yushu continued: "I plan to let Yimou go to Xiangjiang first to familiarize himself with some production processes and techniques of commercial films. During this time, he will perfect the script, and then find him a more mature team to shoot. What do you think?"

Wu Tianming smiled boldly, "Mr. Lin has thought so carefully. If I have anything else to say, I will listen to you."

After he finished speaking, he said to Zhang Yimou: "Yimou is lucky to meet an investor like you who thinks about him!"

Zhang Yimou showed an honest smile and agreed.

"Yimou is someone I like very much. If he has ideas, I will definitely support him with all my strength!"

Tao Yushu's words made Zhang Yimou feel warm in his heart, and he had the urge to die for his confidant.

Lin Chaoyang listened silently, feeling that his wife's ability to win people's hearts was getting stronger and stronger!

After discussing the new movie, "Red Sorghum" was officially released two days later, with a final box office of 40.62 million.

With today's statistical methods, this number is definitely far away from the true level.

But Hao Sui can get a share of the box office.

Although the account sharing ratio is only a pitiful 13%, it is still divided at least.

After paying taxes, the share of "Red Sorghum" was NT$4.22 million, which is only about NT$8.85 million converted into Hong Kong dollars.

It's a bit less, but mosquito legs are still meat no matter how small they are. After all, it's a good start.

The box office division required a settlement process, and Tao Yushu didn't have time to spend time in Yanjing. The day after "Red Sorghum" was released, he and Lin Chaoyang took a flight to Guangzhou.

The next day, Lin Chaoyang made an appointment with Li Shifei to the Taipingguan Western Restaurant. Li Shifei's home was just above the Western Restaurant, which was very convenient for him.

After the meeting, Lin Chaoyang first chatted with Li Shifei about what happened after the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award.
To be continued...