After Gong Li and Hu Jinquan contacted, they fed back to Lin Youlun a not very good news, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was just produced a month ago, but the film has signed up for the Cannes Film Festival in France.

Gong Li was also told to fly to France immediately to join the crew and participate in the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in Cannes.

"You don't seem to be optimistic about Hu Jinquan's trip to Cannes." Gong Li went back to the room to pack her luggage, and Li Zhi walked over to Lin Youlun and sat down.

Lin Youlun nodded, he did have concerns about this. "I'm not worried about the quality of the film itself, it's just that "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" won two awards in Cannes the year before last, and it was only a year later, and the award was awarded to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Li Zhi was surprised: "You mean, Hu Jinquan will be killed by the 'unspoken rules' of Cannes?" ”

Lin Youlun shrugged, "I hope I'm thinking too much." ”

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Hu Jinquan and Zhou Runfa, Lin Qingxia, and Gong Li appeared in Cannes en masse, and the news was a sensation when it came back to Hong Kong, but within a few days, another incident squeezed the news of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at the Cannes Film Festival off the front page headlines.

After being found to have made false accounts last year, Yuyang International announced the suspension of trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Huang Yuyang himself faced up to 10 years in prison for several charges.

Huang Yuyang was sentenced to 4 years in prison on suspicion of falsifying accounts, and the sentence was later commuted to 2 years on appeal, but the media is not most concerned about the verdict, but which company will buy Yuyang International, which has dominated the Hong Kong comics industry for 10 years.

Lin Youlun's Ming Pao Group and Hu Xian's Sing Tao Newspaper Group both expressed their determination to acquire Yulang International last year. The industry has also been watching this acquisition battle between the two sides.

Yu Pinghai just appeared at the door of the courthouse. The media reporters who were waiting immediately surrounded him with microphones and cameras. The two bodyguards had done their best to stop the approaching reporters. But there are still many microphones that stretch directly in front of Yu Pinghai.

"Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me!" Yu Pinghai shouted hard, which suppressed the voices of the surrounding reporters asking questions.

"I personally regret the outcome of the court's decision, and prior to that, I had been entrusted by Ms. Hu Xian, Chairman of Sing Tao Newspaper Group, to reach an agreement with Mr. Huang Yuyang on the equity acquisition of Yulang International Limited, and Sing Tao Newspaper will make a formal announcement in the near future." When Yu Pinghai said this. There was a hint of triumph on his face that could not be concealed. Successfully defeating the "Ming Pao" group and winning the battle for Yulang International really gave him a sense of accomplishment.

Yu Pinghai's good mood in the face of the media, after getting in the car, was mixed by a sudden news.

"Ma Rongcheng set up his own world comic company, when did this happen?" Yu Pinghai grabbed the shoulder of the assistant who told him the news, his eyes widened, and it was very scary.

"The news came from the "Sing Tao" daily, and Ms. Hu asked you to see her immediately." The assistant replied cautiously.

Yu Pinghai suddenly felt a wave of fatigue starting from his heels and heading towards his little feet. and the two inner thighs climbed up, and he didn't speak for a while. The whole body was soaked in a sense of hopelessness.

Hu Xian had already reminded him that Lin Youlun might pull Ma Rongcheng to set up a stove, but before Yu Pinghai only thought about defeating Lin Youlun in the acquisition of Yulang International, and now he has succeeded, but the joy in his heart has disappeared.

Yulang International's three most valuable comics - "Dragon Tiger Gate", "Chinese Heroes" and "Fengyun" in serialization, the latter two are written by Ma Rongcheng, and the creative copyright of "Fengyun" is still owned by Ma Rongcheng independently.

After Yulang International was suspended by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last year, several popular writers left one after another. Liu Dingjian, who was born as a screenwriter, recruited Feng Zhiming, who became famous for his comic "Shaolin Soldiers" in the 80s, and Dick, who was good at drawing love comics, to form the comic company "Free Man". Now with the comic "Chinese Hero" to create 220,000 sales, and Ma Rongcheng, who is known as a "myth", also chose to leave, Yulang International is only an empty shell, although it has a lot of comic copyright resources, but in this acquisition war, Yu Pinghai actually lost.

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"In addition to continuing to publish "Fengyun", we are also fortunate to have obtained the adaptation rights of Jin Yong and Lin Youlun, two famous martial arts artists, and many martial arts novels that everyone likes will be listed in the form of comics, and I hope you can support it a lot!"

Ma Rongcheng on the TV screen specially showed the character posters he created for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Kunlun" and "Zhu Xian", and said in an interview with reporters that his right hand is recovering, and he can now use his left hand to complete the sketch, and he is full of confidence in the future of the world comic company.

"With Mr. Lin's financial support and the distribution channels of the Ming Pao Group, I and other comic authors under the company can concentrate on creation, and there will definitely be better works to meet you in the future."

Qiu Shuzhen held the remote control in her hand, held a pillow in her arms, and sat in front of the TV in a daze, when she had just changed the channel, she accidentally saw the news, because she heard Lin Youlun's name mentioned in it, so she forgot to continue to change the channel.

"I just saw you on the news!" Qiu Shuzhen picked up the microphone and dialed Lin Youlun's phone.

"What are they saying bad about me again?" On the other end of the phone, Lin Youlun's voice felt a little helpless.

Qiu Shuzhen said while eating snacks: "No, it's about the world's comic company, this company seems to have an investment in you." ”

"When did you start paying attention to these things?" Lin Youlun laughed on the phone.

"Where, people have always cared about you?" Qiu Shuzhen pursed her lips dissatisfiedly, "By the way, if you are free in two days, I want you to accompany me to Japan." ”

Lin Youlun sighed lightly on the phone and said in surprise: "How do you know that I am going to Japan in a while?" ”

"Really?" Qiu Shuzhen was immediately furious when she heard this, she didn't care that Lin Youlun was going to Japan for anything, all she cared about was that Lin Youlun could find time to accompany her.

Lin Youlun didn't say this to make Qiu Shuzhen happy, he planned to go to Japan for two purposes, one is to invite several famous directors in the Japanese film industry to be judges of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, and at the same time, to promote the Hong Kong International Film Festival to attract more Japanese films to participate in the exhibition; The second is for the introduction of Japanese comics by the world comic company, and this time his target is "Robot Cat" and "Dragon Ball".

In the 80s, the Hong Kong art scene had many classic comics such as "Dragon Tiger Gate" and "Chinese Heroes", but in the early to mid-90s, it was much more pale.

Lin Youlun didn't have a good way to stop the emergence of this trend, so he wanted to take the initiative to "lure the wolf into the house" when the creation of Hong Kong comics had not yet fallen into a low ebb, creating some sense of crisis for Hong Kong's local comics, so as to stimulate the creative enthusiasm of local comics.

At the same time, Lin Youlun is also preparing to recruit a group of comic authors from Japan, and he has many classic Japanese comics in his memory, some of which can be appropriately transformed into Hong Kong comics, but some are not suitable.

This part of the work, which is not suitable for adaptation into Hong Kong comics, can be completed by these Japanese manga authors, and then used as a stepping stone to counterattack the Japanese market.

The copyright of these comics will be a huge asset in the future.

"By the way, what are you going to Japan for a while?" Lin Youlun asked on the phone.

"As for me, it's not like you don't care about people." Qiu Shuzhen pouted, and her tone was very dissatisfied.

Lin Youlun realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly remedied: "Just kidding, I am seriously concerned about every single thing about you." ”

"Liar, then what do you say I'm going to Japan for?" Qiu Shuzhen refused to believe it.

Lin Youlun really didn't know how to answer, and suddenly remembered that Jiahe had called him two days ago, """Resident Evil" has been filmed, you are going to Japan to do publicity, right?" ”

As soon as Qiu Shuzhen heard this, her mood immediately improved, and without waiting for Lin Youlun to ask, she told him everything about this time: "Director Mu was worried that his past publicity would cause resistance from the Japanese audience and the media, so he only let me go alone, and then I thought of looking for you to accompany me." ”

If it weren't for Qiu Shuzhen to talk about it, Lin Youlun still didn't know about it, Mu Liaofu also asked Jiahe to protest because of this, he felt that he didn't deliberately scandalize the Japanese when he filmed "Black Sun 731", but just told a fact, and that movie and the new film "Resident Evil" are fundamentally different things.

Zou Wenhuai knew that it was difficult for him to persuade Mu Lifu with normal methods, so he made up an excuse that they had received the news that the Japanese black. The Taoist Association took the opportunity of this new film promotion to find trouble with Mu Liaofu, and in order to ensure Mu Liaofu's personal safety, they decided not to let him go to Japan for publicity.

It's good to say it, so Mou Lianfu was persuaded to stop. (To be continued......)