"Hehe, Shaojie, you kid is not honest. Quietly, with the publication of "Datang" and the authorization of comic adaptation, I exchanged 5% of the equity of Yulang Agency, this business is really cost-effective! Hu Bo smiled heartily.

When Zhang Shaojie heard this, he said carefully: "Brother Hu, it's you!" Here's how it goes, you listen to me."

Zhang Shaojie began to crackle and pour out like beans.

Yesterday, because of seeing a big celebrity like Huang Yulang, Zhang Shaojian couldn't help but be a little shocked.

Then, Huang Yulang's persuasiveness was also very amazing, so he vaguely agreed to sell the physical book publishing authorization and comic adaptation authorization to Huang Yulang.

Of course, Huang Yulang's price is indeed relatively high

"Where is this relatively high, it is simply sky-high!" Hu Bo said with a smile, "I know the current development momentum of the Yulang Institution. Five years ago, Yulang's annual sales were only 3 million yuan, as long as it relied on Huang Yulang's own cartoons. And now, in just 5 years, the company has reached 30 million annual sales. The growth rate of 10 times in 5 years makes the high-speed growth rate indeed very rare! ”

Zhang Shaojie asked tentatively whether this reckless transaction had caused trouble for Hu Bo.

"Huh, trouble? Nothing to do! Hu Bo said.

"That old man's reaction," Zhang Shaojie said tentatively again.

"Do you still know that you're worried about Old Man Jin's reaction?" Hu Boqi said.

Zhang Shaojie was worried, he was so bold and privately contacted Huang Yulang, for Old Man Jin, it was simply rebellious, would he be banned?

He knows that the heads of the older generation of entertainment and cultural industries like the paternalistic system of reading talents. For example, Run Run Shaw, the most authoritative artist in the Hong Kong film and television industry, no matter how big his TVB artist, if he does something rebellious, Run Run Shaw will be banned and refrigerated without discussion!

"After Jin Daxia knew that you were working with Huang Yulang, he began to realize that you are not a new author who has no way! And he knows that you have a good personal relationship with me, so Jin Daxia attaches more importance to me! Hu Bo smiled confidently, "Of course, Old Man Jin is also jealous of my aunt!" ”

Hu Bo was born in a wealthy newspaper family, which is an open secret in Jin Yong's eyes.

In fact, Hu Xian, the female head of the Sing Tao Group, invited Hu Bo to take up important positions in the Sing Tao Group many times.

However, Hu Bo refused to return to the family business because he was more comfortable working at the newspaper "Martial Arts and History", and the publishing of martial arts novels by Sing Tao Company was not its forte.

If Ming Pao really squeezed out Hu Bo, then returning to the Sing Tao Group is obviously his most likely choice. And with the relationship between Hu Bo and Zhang Shaojie, when the time comes, Zhang Shaojie will really jump to Sing Tao Newspaper.

After Hu Bo's explanation, Zhang Shaojie breathed a sigh of relief.

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Regarding the cooperation between Zhang Shaojie and Huang Yulang, this is how it passed.

Although, gossip news circulated in some newspapers, saying: "Zhang Shaojie, a popular writer under "Ming Pao", cooperated with Huang Yulang privately, and Jin Yong was furious! ”

This gossip news aroused the readers of "Martial Arts and History".

Many readers are worried about whether the serialization of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" will die because of this. There are also many die-hard fans of Zhang Shaojie who care about Zhang Shaojie's personal future.

According to unreliable gossip news, a wealthy lady wrote to "Ming Pao": "Zhang Shaojie's "Tang Dynasty" is a novel that my old man likes to read, even if you are Jin Yong, if you dare to ban Zhang Shaojie, just wait for us to join other newspapers to block "Ming Pao"!" After Jin Yong received the threat, he hurriedly dialed a phone number to explain

Gossip and news are flying around the market, and citizens have something to talk about in their leisure time.

However, in fact, as a party, this matter has already passed the motions.

The Ming Pao Group neither banned and refrigerated Zhang Shaojie, nor did it give Hu Bo small shoes to wear.

In fact, although Jin Yong is known for being "stingy" in newspapers and periodicals of the same level. However, as a cultural celebrity, at least he cares more about shame than ordinary businessmen.

Like TVB TV, the behavior of blocking and refrigerating artists at every turn, "Ming Pao" generally does not do it.

In fact, Ming Pao's most famous novelists, Yi Shu, Ni Kuang and others, also publish physical books in cooperation with companies other than Ming Pao.

Zhang Shaojie's copyright cooperation with Huang Yulang did not pass with "Ming Pao". However, this is already the norm in the industry.

Therefore, Jin Yong can't be guilty of "punishing" the most popular martial arts novel author for this!

In fact, by the 80s, Jin Yong was already very rich economically. At this time, Jin Yong also transcended the pursuit of wealth by ordinary businessmen!

Jin Yong's pursuit in his later years is more to leave a name in history, or to get more recognition!

Jin Yong's dream in his early years was to go to New China to seek a career as a diplomat. Because, when Jin Yong was young, he studied diplomacy at a school run by the Kuomintang, and was expelled for offending powerful classmates in the school. Later, Jin Yong worked as a translator and editor in newspapers such as Ta Kung Pao.

When Ta Kung Pao opened a branch in Hong Kong, Jin Yong once held a high position as deputy editor-in-chief. However, after the founding of New China, Jin Yong's former friend served as an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, Jin Yong was very excited after hearing the news and went to Yanjing alone, hoping to seek an official position. However, the reality is cruel, even if Jin Yong's friend runs, and even Jin Yong met Premier Zhou in Yanjing. However, in the end, Premier Zhou regretfully told Jin Yong that because he was born in a landlord family and used to be in the country. The Kuomintang had studied at the Diplomatic School, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic could not employ him.

Frustrated, Jin Yong returned to Hong Kong.

This experience undoubtedly shows that Jin Yong's biggest ideal in life is to be an official. For various reasons, he did not become a diplomat of the republic, so he returned to Hong Kong to work hard again and became a newspaper owner.

After becoming the boss of "Ming Pao", Jin Yong opened up columns such as "Looking North to China" and constantly wrote social commentaries. In fact, it is also hoped that in this way, it will attract the attention of the high-level political axes in the mainland.

Jin Yong achieved the goal of being noticed by the high-level political axe in the mainland through a roundabout way.

Over the years, Ming Pao has not only served as a window for Hong Kong people to understand the political trends in the Mainland. It has also become an important reference publication for mainland politics to understand the dynamics of public opinion in Hong Kong.

By '82, negotiations between China and Britain on the Hong Kong issue had begun to intensify. Jin Yong went to the mainland many times and was received by Chief Deng, [***] and others. Even when Hong Kong drafted the Basic Law, Jin Yong was also one of the leaders of the drafting group for the Hong Kong Basic Law.

In Jin Yong's life, there are two major pursuits - the first is fame, and the second is profit! In the final analysis, the traditional literati education made him pay more attention to fame!

Jin Yong knows that a person's reputation is not only determined by the public's and the official's perception of him. What is more important is the literati's view of themselves.

No matter what Zhang Shaojie says, he can be regarded as a writer. In this era, writers are also literati with a pen.

For the sake of "fame", Jin Yong is generally unwilling to make enemies with anyone who holds a pen!

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