Historically, in the early 90s, Huang Yulang was imprisoned. That disaster was not only a tragedy for Huang Yulang himself, but also a serious regression in the development of Hong Kong's comic industry!

After Huang Yulang was imprisoned, most of the shares of Yulang International were acquired by the "Sing Tao Newspaper" Group, a subsidiary of newspaper giant Hu Xian.

After being released from prison, Huang Yulang borrowed hundreds of millions of yuan in an attempt to regain control of "Yulang International", but was completely defeated by the capital giant Hu Xian in the equity battle.

However, Hu Xian did not gain any benefits in this acquisition. Because of the loss of the support of Huang Yulang, Ma Rongcheng and many other cartoonists, the comic business existed in name only. Hu Xian then hired many IT people to join the company, and reorganized the "Yulang International" company into a "cultural communication" focusing on software business!

Facts have proved that the cultural communication company, which has lost many of Hong Kong's leading painters, is a chicken company, and after many years, the company's scale has not only grown every day, but its performance has continued to shrink and it has become a garbage company.

After failing to compete for a controlling stake in the "Yulang International" company, Huang Yulang had to take advantage of the soaring stock price to sell his shares to repay the loan, and made a lot of money as a result.

Later, Huang Yulang founded the "Jade Dynasty", calling on the old department to return to his command, cultivating new people, and adapting Jin Yong and Huang Yi's martial arts works into martial arts.

In addition, with heavyweight comics such as "Divine Soldier Xuanqi" and "Legend of the Son of Heaven", the Jade Dynasty was once again a great success.

In fact, without the hostile takeover of Sing Tao Newspapers, Huang Yulang would not have been in prison. If Huang Yulang had not been imprisoned, according to the pattern of the "Yulang International" company in the late 80s, the development of Hong Kong's comic industry might not have regressed as drastically as in his previous life!

Zhang Shaojie took a deep breath, calmed himself, and said, "Senior Huang Yulang, your name, I have admired it for a long time!" For a long time, in my mind, there are two most admirable literati, one is Jin Yong, and the other is you! The two of you, unlike everyone else! It is not purely by making money to make a fortune, but with a pen to prove that literati can also rely on the pen to support a huge enterprise! ”

Huang Yulang said modestly: "I have won the prize!" Huang is just average! worked hard to win over hundreds of cartoonists, and only made a few million yuan a year, which is like you, a blockbuster at a young age. Presumably, the remuneration you receive in Ming Pao is enough to compare with the profit of Yulang Publishing Company for a year! ”

"Hehe, just eating in the "Ming Pao" company, how can there be a million annual income!" Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

"Not even a million, Ming Pao is too stingy. In my opinion, your work is worth at least 10 million! Huang Yulang pretended to be surprised.

The two modestly elevated each other.

Soon after, the two were smiling, and they both felt that they hated to see each other too late.

"I'm visiting Shaojie today, not for anything else, but for your "Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"!" Huang Yulang also stopped going around the bend and explained his intention.

Zhang Shaojie groaned and said, "However, I have already signed a long-term agreement with Ming Pao?" ”

Huang Yulang's face remained unchanged, and he asked confidently, "Is this so?" Does your contract include the right to publish a physical book or adapt a manga? ”

Zhang Shaojie took out the contract, looked at it, and said: "This is not true, but the contract mentions that "Ming Pao" has the right to give priority to the publication of physical books and the priority of adaptation! ”

Huang Yulang smiled: "That's good, priority, right?" In order to show my sincerity, I am willing to share 20% of the publishing royalties - plus 5% of the company's equity in Yulang International in exchange for the publishing rights of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", by the way, and the right to adapt comics! ”

Zhang Shaojie secretly said in his heart, Huang Yulang's move can really be described as a bloody investment!

After Huang Yulang's comeback in the 90s, during the Jade Dynasty era, Huang Yi's "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" and other comics adapted from Huang Yi's martial arts works have indeed become one of the pillars supporting the performance of the Jade Dynasty!

At this time, although "Datang" appeared more than 10 years in advance, Huang Yulang's vision at this time was as sharp as Huang Yulang's future Huang Yulang, and he immediately saw the value of "Datang" comic adaptation!

Of course, it is indeed a good choice to let Huang Yulang's company adapt the comic version of "The Tang Dynasty". Because, only Huang Yulang knows the martial arts comics of Chinese culture best.

In addition, at this time, Huang Yulang actually boldly took out 5% of the equity of Yulang International Publishing Company as an additional condition. Zhang Shaojie knows that although the current scale of Yulang International Company is only tens of millions, its development is very rapid.

After a few years, "Yulang International" can be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, then 5% of the equity can even increase to hundreds of millions of yuan in assets!

Therefore, Zhang Shaojie did not hesitate anymore and said with a smile: "Brother Huang, happy cooperation!" ”

Huang Yulang was overjoyed and said, "Hehe, happy cooperation!" In the future, we will not only be a cooperative relationship between publishers and authors, but more importantly, we will all be shareholders of Yulang International! ”

――――――――

Everything is in place, and the final negotiation between the company and Ming Pao Newspaper.

After negotiating with Zhang Shaojie about the physical publication and comic adaptation of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", Huang Yulang took the lawyer of Yulang International Company to Ming Pao Industrial Building.

Although, Jin Yong's "Ming Pao" developed more than ten years earlier than Yulang Publishing Company, so the scale is far larger than Yulang Publishing.

However, so far, "Ming Pao" has only been able to stabilize its circulation at 150,000 copies, and has not been able to achieve breakthrough development. The remuneration paid by Ming Pao Newspaper to all authors in a year is only more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

And Huang Yulang became famous in the 70s, 20 years later than Jin Yong, but he has many popular serialized comics in his hands, and his sales even exceed that of "Ming Pao".

And the cartoonists under Yulang International, some of the top painters can earn millions of Hong Kong dollars a year, which is more profitable than those writers of "Ming Pao".

Therefore, Huang Yulang couldn't help but be arrogant, thinking that sooner or later his achievements would surpass Jin Yong in an all-round way!

As soon as the negotiations began, Huang Yulang declared: "I have already negotiated with Zhang Shaojie about the rights and interests of the physical publication and comic adaptation of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty"!" The conditions I gave were 20% of the publishing royalties, plus 5% of the shares of the Yulang company! If you can't get better terms than I am, it will soon become a fait accompli! ”

Jin Yong was a little annoyed when he heard this, and a punch from "Peng" hit the coffee table, and said, "Huang Yulang, hello!" We have always entered the water and not violated the river water, but I didn't expect that today you would deceive people too much, and come to dig up my people! ”

Huang Yulang said curiously: "Your people? Zhang Shaojie serialized novels in your magazine, and he didn't sell himself to Ming Pao! The contract of "Datang" clearly states that the serialization authorization in the newspaper is not included, but does not include the right to publish the book and adapt the comics! By the way, you still have priority! If you can come up with a higher price than me, exercise your right of first refusal. Then the physical publication and comic adaptation of "Datang" are still yours! ”