The problems of people and money have been solved, and the filming of "God of Gamblers" is finally on track. Wang Jing had previously shouted the rhetoric of "shooting a movie in 7 days", which shows the speed of his filming. However, the fast speed of the film will naturally affect the quality of the movie, and the logical problems can also be guaranteed by Lin Youlun's script, but the problem of superficial actors' performances cannot be avoided. Lin Youlun also knew about this problem, but he did not persuade Wang Jing to refine it, because the expression of deep connotation is not his forte for Wang Jing, who is accustomed to creating superficial comedy films. Most of the people who like Wang Jing's movies are grassroots, and audiences who walk into the cinema for entertainment and pastime will not care about these.

Lin Youlun expects that the filming time of this film in Wang Jing's hands will definitely not exceed a month, but in fact, Wang Jing only took 23 days to complete it all, Yongsheng was very satisfied after watching the sample, and waited for the release of the schedule agreed with the theater.

During this period, the novel "Iron and Blooded" was serialized in "Ming Pao", and the TV series also broadcast the finale. The 200,000-word novel is simply not enjoyable, and the original 8-episode TV series has been expanded to 12 episodes and is still not enough to watch, and readers and viewers have called newspapers and TV stations to ask if there is a sequel to the story.

Neither Ming Pao nor TVB gave a clear answer, but a single edition of "Iron and Blooded" appeared on the counters of major bookstores in Hong Kong, and sold more than 200,000 copies quietly.

After the fact, many people realized that the single book of "Iron Blood" put a sequel to the story at the beginning of the afterword, and the afterword stated that "Iron Blood" is actually just a prequel to this story.

This novel called "Kunlun", the story content inherits "Iron and Blooded Tianjiao", careful readers have found that the protagonist of the novel has become the son of Liang Wenjing and Xiao Yuling from the beginning of a few thousand words, and the relationship between the two novels is like Jin Yong's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and the storyline is echoed before and after.

As soon as the news broke, readers who had read the newspaper serials and were reluctant to buy the book immediately ran to the bookstore, only to find that the book had already been sold out on the shelves. At the strong demand of readers, the publisher had to negotiate with Lin Youlun to print 200,000 additional copies on the basis of the original 300,000 copies to meet the needs of readers.

In Hong Kong alone, the single book of "Iron Blood" brought nearly 3 million Hong Kong dollars in royalty income to Lin Youlun, and the Taiwanese booksellers who had just arrived bought the publishing rights of 300,000 copies at a price of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, and publishers in Singapore, Malaysia and other places bought 500,000 copies one after another.

At this time, Lin Youlun has completed the "Kunlun" with more than 110 million words, the 50-episode TV script has been sold to TVB, the novel is still serialized in "Ming Pao", and the script adaptation fee and manuscript fee are added together, and there is an income of nearly 8 million Hong Kong dollars.

Two scripts and one novel, in less than a year, Lin Youlun has a net worth of nearly 40 million Hong Kong dollars. The speed of making money that others envy is still too slow in Lin Youlun's opinion, and the money is still not enough for what he wants to do next.

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"You have to think clearly, this comment is out, that kid can't even think of being famous!" Shen Baoxin took an unpublished sample newspaper and walked into Jin Yong's office.

Jin Yong didn't rush to explain, but just beckoned Shen Baoxin to sit down first, "I was about to talk to you about this, now it's okay, you will send it to the door yourself." ”

Jin Yong took out the manuscript of "Kunlun" that he had finished reading from the bookcase, turned a few pages, and held it in his hand but was reluctant to put it down. This book is set in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, with millions of words, involving astronomy and geography, organ mathematics, troop arrangement and many other aspects, the plot is ups and downs, magnificent, and hundreds of characters appear, all of whom are full of charm and vividness. What's even more commendable is that there are many in-depth thoughts on history and chivalry in the novel, and the tone is based on vicissitudes, taking into account chivalry and tenderness. …,

Jin Yong felt that "Kunlun" was a rare martial arts masterpiece, so he wrote a book review for it, and the article was full of praise and praise, and said that after himself, he should lead the trend of new martial arts development with this book.

In the eyes of others, Jin Yong's book review is just to promote future generations, but Shen Baoxin and Jin Yong have been friends for many years, and they can guess the thoughts of old friends. In his opinion, Jin Yong's appreciation of Lin Youlun is not limited to novels, he should want to use this article as an opportunity to persuade Lin Youlun to join "Ming Pao", and may even give up the position of editor-in-chief to that young man in the future, so that he can completely put aside the affairs of "Ming Pao" and concentrate on participating in the drafting of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

Shen Baoxin shook his head and said: "That kid is too deeply involved in the entertainment industry, and he may not be willing to come to "Ming Pao" to do things. ”

But I heard that he would rather stay in the video hall as a conductor than accept the solicitation of Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest, presumably fame and fortune are not very attractive to him. If he doesn't seek fame and fortune, "Ming Pao" is a good choice for him. "For so many years, Jin Yong, the author who has lowered his remuneration, has only met Lin Youlun, so he looks at him differently.

"He is less than twenty years old, and you say that he is indifferent to fame and fortune, but I don't believe it." Shen Baoxin's evaluation of Lin Youlun is diametrically opposed to Jin Yong, "This kid should have big ambitions and ambitions, so he refuses to accept other people's solicitations." ”

"If he's such a person, you should support it." Jin Yong has seen through the world over the years, and he knows very well what Shen Baoxin thinks. Among the few newspapers in Hong Kong, where "yellow journalism" and the "three vulgarities" are prevalent, only Ming Pao under his auspices has taken a balanced and down-to-earth line and taken an objective and faithful attitude as the principle of running a newspaper. Shen Baoxin has been actively planning to integrate and list "Ming Pao" over the years, and there have gradually been some differences with Jin Yong on the concept of newspaper development, "I know that you have not said it all these years, but in my heart I still feel that I am too conservative in the management of "Ming Pao", and if you change it to an ambitious and ambitious person, the future development of "Ming Pao" should be more worthy of your expectations." ”

"You're not going to give the newspaper to a stinky kid?" Shen Baoxin still feels that Lin Youlun is not the most suitable candidate.

Jin Yong smiled when he heard this, "It is said that it is better to bully the pulsatilla than to bully the poor young man, and besides, people are not poor at all now." If he hadn't dried up, wouldn't most of us have lived in vain? ”

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