On October 30, 1951, this day was a memorable day for Li Hualong, two years and one month after the founding of Ming Pao, and the sales volume exceeded 50,000 copies.

As early as a year ago, Li Hualong stopped injecting development funds into the newspaper.

At the beginning, Li Hualong's Hualong Real Estate Company and Huayi Brothers Film Group placed advertisements in Ming Pao, and would pay advertising fees according to market prices, but as the newspaper's profitability began to increase, advertising fees were no longer paid.

After the newspaper made a profit, Li Hualong never withdrew funds from the newspaper for other purposes, after all, the profit is limited, and he cannot guarantee that he will make a profit every month.

The newspaper sold more than 50,000 copies, which is something to celebrate, and Li Hualong, the boss, not only invited all the employees of the newspaper to dinner, but also gave each employee an additional bonus of 200 Hong Kong dollars.

Because he was in a good mood, Li Hualong drank a few more glasses, and when he returned home, his parents were a little unhappy when they saw him drunk.

"Third Young Master, do you want tea?" The maid asked.

"Please ask Mama Wu to help me make a cup of American ginseng tea, I feel a little angry." Li Hualong said.

After the servant left, Li Yisong said in a deep voice: "Why did you drink so much wine today?" ”

"Happy today!" Li Hualong said with a smile and sat on the sofa in the living room with a big grin, "Today's newspaper sales have exceeded the 50,000 mark. ”

"Ming Pao has sold more than 50,000 copies?" Li Yisong had a smile on his face, "I remember that two months ago, the newspaper sold 40,000 copies, and it was not easy to add 10,000 copies in such a short time!" ”

"It's not easy." Li Hualong smiled, "Big brother is back, right?" ”

"He's been back a long time ago, having dinner at home, and now teaching the children upstairs to read." Li Song said, "Hualong, have you met with Meng Meng these days?" ”

"Four or five days ago, I didn't stay in Clear Water Bay for one night, did you forget?"

"I haven't forgotten. Don't let the work get too tiring. Li Song reminded.

"No, the movie she acted in this time, she didn't have many scenes."

"There aren't many scenes, so why is she so busy?" Li Yisong asked puzzled.

"She's studying, and she'll be a filmmaker in the future."

"What does a filmmaker do?" Li Song asked curiously.

"This ......" Li Hualong smiled brightly, "one or two sentences are not clear, to put it simply, the director may spend more money in order to make a good movie, and the producer is responsible for the artistic quality of the film, the production progress, the flow of funds, etc." ”

"Usually film investors are producers, right?" Li Yisong smiled.

"That's right!" Li Hualong nodded and said, "There is another name for producer, which is producer. I am the producer of "Once Upon a Time: Iron Fighting Centipede", and I also hired an executive producer, I don't often stay in the crew, and I learn from the executive producer when I have free time. ”

"Third Young Master, please drink tea." The maid places a cup of tea on the coffee table.

"Mother Wu, I'm sorry for you."

"No hassle. Third Young Master, what else do you have to order? ”

"It's gone." Li Hualong picked up the teacup, opened the lid, blew a few breaths, and took a sip of tea, "Grandma, do you want to go out shopping, I can accompany you." ”

"I'm an old woman shopping for something." Li Song smiled, "It's you, take more time to accompany Mengmeng." ”

"Don't talk about him." Li Yisong laughed, "If he can only eat, drink and have fun, you won't be worried about death." Hehe, he's ambitious now, even if he's a little busy, it's good. Young people can't just play, now they have a family and have to start a business. ”

"Abba, I'm a successful career now, right?" Li Hualong said with a smile.

"Don't be complacent!" Li Yisong deliberately straightened his face, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and stood up, "Don't talk, go upstairs and sleep." Hualong, you go to bed early, too. ”

"I'll drink this cup of tea and go to bed."

Li Yisong walked a few steps, turned his head to look at Li Hualong and asked, ""Snow Mountain Flying Fox" was serialized in "Ming Pao", is it almost finished?" ”

"It's almost over, the serialization will be over in a few days."

"Have you written a new novel?"

"I've written it, and I've saved a lot of manuscripts."

"What novel?" An interested expression appeared on Li Yisong's face.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has written more than 300,000 words."

"Tomorrow morning, you show me the manuscript."

"The manuscript in front of me is not in my hand, put it in the newspaper office, and it will be in a few days."

"Kuài."

"Got it. Good night, Abba! ”

"Good night!"

"I went to sleep too. You go to bed early. Li Song also stood up and followed her husband back to the bedroom.

Two days later, on November 1, the novel "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain", which was about to be serialized in Ming Pao, was published by Ming Pao Publishing House, with 30,000 copies printed in the first edition.

On the same day, Li Hualong's third martial arts novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" began to be serialized in "Ming Pao", and for the first seven days, the total number of words every day was more than 5,000 words.

After the serialization of "Flying Fox on the Snow", in the short term, it did not affect the sales of "Ming Pao", and most fans of "Flying Fox in Snow Mountain" liked "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". After a period of time, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was serialized in "Ming Pao", and the number of fans increased, which promoted the sales of the newspaper to a certain extent.

One day in mid-November, Yang Meng did not film, Li Hualong did not go to work, and the two went to the mall together.

That night, the two returned to Li's house for dinner.

After dinner, Li Huawen asked, "Third brother, I think running a hotel is quite profitable, are you interested?" ”

"Yes!" Li Hualong smiled and said, "Big brother, do you want to invest in running a hotel?" ”

"I have such thoughts." Li Huawen said and looked at Li Yisong, "Abba, are you interested?" ”

"If you want me to invest, I'll invest a little." Li Yisong asked, "How much are you going to invest?" ”

"10 million, an investment of 10 million can build a big hotel." Li Huawen smiled slightly, looked at Li Hualong, and continued, "Third brother, we each have 30% of the shares, and Abba has 40% of the shares, what do you think?" ”

"If Abba doesn't object, then invest according to this stake ratio." Li Hualong said.

"I agree. Give me a month or two and I will be able to come up with HK$4 million. Li Yisong smiled.

"It takes a year or two to build a hotel, and there is no rush for money." Li Huawen paused and asked, "What do you say is the name of the hotel?" ”

"Big brother, didn't you mention yì to invest in hotels?" Li Hualong asked rhetorically, "You haven't thought of a name yet?" ”

"No, you're a great talent, it's up to you to think of the name of the hotel."

"Okay, hehe, let me think about it." Li Hualong pondered for a moment, "We can't think of opening only one hotel, we will open many, many hotels in the future, not only in Hong Kong, but also around the world, and the name of the hotel should be easy for customers to remember...... Holiday Inn, English name is holidayinn, big brother, what do you think? ”

"Holidayinn, Holiday Inn, that's a good name, I like it!" Li Huawen smiled, "You still have the ability, then it's decided." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to make a decision, I don't know if there is a hotel with the same name abroad, if not, in addition to registering a trademark in Hong Kong, we also have to go to the United Kingdom and other countries to register, which is conducive to our overseas development of the hotel industry in the future."

Li Hualong didn't know when Holidayinn was founded, but he felt that the company was not yet incorporated, and he liked the name and logo of the hotel so much that he couldn't think of a better name, so he used it.

After more than a week, Li Hualong learned that Holidayinn had not yet been registered in the United States and the United Kingdom.

After knowing that Holidayinn had not yet been registered by others, Li Hualong immediately established a joint venture with his father and eldest brother to establish Holiday Inn Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong, and entrusted companies that provide trademark registration services in the United States and the United Kingdom to register the trademark "Holidayinn" in these two countries.

In addition to registering "holidayinn", Li Hualong has also registered the English trademarks of Four Seasons Hotel and Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong, United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, and plans to open the first Four Seasons Hotel and the first Shangri-La Hotel Hong Kong in Hong Kong within six years.

At the beginning of December, Wang Tianlin's "Huang Feihong's Iron Fighting Centipede" was completed.

The movie invested by his own company has been completed, and Li Hualong will inevitably invite all the members of the crew to a big meal.

After filming the movie, Yang Meng gave himself a few days off.

One morning, Yang Meng opened his worried eyes and found that Li Hualong was not sleeping in bed, he got up and saw Li Hualong at his desk, admiring calligraphy and painting.

"Hualong, why did you get up so early?" Yang Meng asked.

"Just got up." Li Hualong turned around and looked at Yang Meng with a smile, "It's still early, you are sleeping for a while." ”

"I've slept enough these days." Yang Meng lifted the quilt and said while dressing, "What are you looking at?" ”

"I'm looking at a national treasure." Li Hualong smiled proudly.

"What national treasure?" Yang Meng said curiously.

"A famous painting of the Tang Dynasty."

"Whose famous paintings of the Tang Dynasty belong to?" Yang Meng climbed out of bed, walked behind Li Hualong, and after seeing the painting on the desk, he was surprised, "Five cows, this is a priceless famous painting." ”

"You know this painting?"

"I've heard of it." Yang Meng was surprised, "In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition sacked the Forbidden City, and the "Five Bulls" was scattered overseas, and it has not been heard from since......."

"Quite knowledgeable!" Li Hualong said with a smile.

"What kind of knowledge is this, I'm also hearsay." Yang Meng smiled modestly, "How can this painting be in your hands?" ”

"I just bought it the other day."

"Surely it didn't cost less, right?"

"At the beginning, the seller offered 120,000 yuan, and after some bargaining, 80,000 Hong Kong dollars was sold."

"HK$80,000...... Not expensive, but not cheap either. ”

"You're right, it's not expensive, it's not cheap. It's hard to buy a favorite with money, and 80,000 Hong Kong dollars to buy this painting, I think it's worth it, and it's comfortable to spend. Li Hualong said happily.

Li Hualong has already found a few experts to see it, this painting is genuine, he remembers that this painting was later acquired by the Palace Museum, as for how it flowed back into the Palace Museum, he is not clear, since he has the opportunity to encounter this painting, he is naturally reluctant to give up the opportunity to acquire.

At the beginning, when Li Hualong heard that someone wanted to sell the famous work "Five Ox Pictures" by the Tang Dynasty painter Han Yun, he was very excited, and thought to himself that if the seller insisted on the price of 120,000 Hong Kong dollars, he would also buy it.

Li Hualong knows very well that in another 60 years, it will not be too much for a national treasure-level famous painting like "Five Bulls" to be sent to the auction house and sold for 1.2 billion yuan.

"This painting is genuine, right?"

"It should be genuine, and several connoisseurs have seen it. Did you like the painting? ”

"I like it!" Yang Meng smiled, "I said I liked it, you gave it to me?" ”

"Mine, not yours. However, none of us are the real owners of this painting, so we can only keep this painting for the time being, and in the future, I will donate this painting to the country. ”

"The CCP government?" Yang Meng asked.

Before, Li Hualong and Yang Meng said that even if Jiang Guangtou has a Mi country as a backer, the counterattack-attack-Da-Lu will definitely not succeed.

"Hmm!" Li Hualong nodded with a smile, "Within thirty years, I will not donate this painting." Hehe, we have a long time to appreciate this national treasure-level famous painting. ”

"Buy this picture, does Abba know?"

"I didn't tell him, I was afraid that when he saw this painting, he would snatch it from me." Li Hualong joked.

"How do you act like a child." Yang Meng quipped.

"That's what I said, and I haven't found a chance to talk to Abba. In a few days...... No, just this morning at breakfast, I told Abba about buying this painting, a good thing, and the whole family can enjoy it together. ”

"Seriously, I don't think this painting is pretty, you see, it's covered in dirt, scarred, there are so many cavities of different sizes, there are hundreds."

"How can I say it......" Li Hualong smiled and pondered for a moment, and continued, "After all, it is a painting of the Tang Dynasty, and it is almost 1,200 years old from now, and it is rare to be able to preserve it until now." Hehe, seriously, I think the gongbi paintings of many painters in modern times are better than this painting. ”

"Gongbi painting? In contrast, I prefer landscape painting. ”

"If you're interested, in a few days, you can accompany me to visit the antique shop."

"Okay, it just so happens that I've been free recently, and you can also take the time to go shopping with me." Yang Meng smiled, "Okay, don't bother you to enjoy the famous paintings, I'll go wash up." ”

Li Hualong nodded with a smile, and his gaze returned to the national treasure-level painting.