The big dragon on the left of the black chess piece was slaughtered, and Jin Yong, who had no hope of winning, had to abandon his son and admit defeat.

Shen Baoxin put a white piece twisted in his hand back into the chess box, he knew that Jin Yong had something in his heart, and he was lucky to win this game of chess.

"How did you feel about this trip to the mainland?"

"It's changed a lot, and it's a lot of emotion."

At the beginning of the year, Jin Yong visited the mainland again at the invitation of Beijing, and when he saw that the mainland's economic and people's livelihood conditions had improved by a large margin, the attitude of Ming Pao, which was edited by him, toward the mainland began to change from antagonism to friendship.

As the second largest shareholder of Ming Pao, Shen Baoxin is very concerned about this matter.

Jin Yong sighed softly, "Hong Kong's return to the mainland is a foregone conclusion, and Beijing wants me to participate in the drafting of the Hong Kong Basic Law." ”

Shen Baoxin was quite surprised, "Are you going to enter politics?" ”

As a generation of grandmasters in the field of martial arts novels, Jin Yong can be said to be well-known in China and loved by the majority of readers, but as a generation of newspaper people, he is little known, in fact, in Jin Yong's eyes, "Ming Pao" is his life's career and reputation.

"I came to Hong Kong in 1948 penniless, and since then I have started a family here and lived a free life for decades. Hong Kong has given me so much. I am loved and respected in Hong Kong society, and I am always grateful to have a better material life, but I only feel that I have received more than others and that I have not received enough in return. This time I will feel comforted by the opportunity to do something important for Hong Kong and then retire. ”

Seeing that his old friend had made up his mind, Shen Baoxin couldn't help but wonder, after Jin Yong, who should take over as the editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao"?

Although it is still more than a year before the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee is formally established, it is not an easy task for Ming Pao to find a qualified successor in such a short period of time.

"Not long ago, the newspaper received a draft of a novel, and Lao Dong praised it after reading it, and strongly recommended it to me, saying that this article has my residual style, and it has its own pattern, and the writing and plot are innovative, and it has the atmosphere of opening a sect. During my visit to the mainland, I carefully read this novel and felt that what Lao Dong said was true, and after me, Hong Kong martial arts novels should belong to this person. ”

The old Dong in Jin Yong's mouth is Dong Qianshan, deputy editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", and he is also a famous writer, whose writing is concise and powerful, and his writing organization ability is high.

Shen Baoxin asked curiously: "How is it better than Ni Yu?" ”

During the serialization of "Dragon Babu", Jin Yong was invited to London to attend a conference sponsored by the International Press Association, and was preparing to make a long-distance trip to Europe, and the novel could not be stopped for a long time, so Jin Yong asked Ni Yu to write for him, which shows that Jin Yong still trusts Ni Yu's writing.

"This son was born 20 years early, and Ni Yu will be inferior to him." Jin Yong said it very skillfully, but the implication was that the level of that person was no worse than Ni Yu.

"What's that man's name?"

"Wait for me to see." Jin Yong went into the study and found the manuscript, "It's called...... Lin Youlun. ”

Shen Baoxin was stunned for a moment, "Is it really Lin Youlun?" ”

Jin Yong saw that Shen Baoxin's expression was different, and he couldn't help but be a little curious, "What, do you know this person?" ”

"I heard that TVB bought a martial arts script written by him at a high price of 100,000 episodes, can't it be the adaptation of this novel in your hand?"

Shen Baoxin explained the truth of the matter in detail, and Jin Yong stroked his palm and smiled after hearing it, "To come up with this idea, this kid is really a wonderful person!" ”

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"So Mr. Cha agreed?"

Lin Youlun and Dong Qianshan, deputy editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", met at a teahouse, but this time they were really just drinking tea.

"The novel can be serialized simultaneously with the TV series, in fact, we take advantage of it, if the newspaper can take this opportunity to expand sales, we are too late to be happy, how can we refuse?" Although Dong Qianshan has been the deputy editor-in-chief of "Ming Pao", he has always maintained the demeanor of a scholar, with a straight back, a pair of smiling eyes behind gold-rimmed glasses, and his hair neatly combed. A snow-white shirt, jet-black leather shoes, and a straight light gray tunic. …,

Dealing with such an honest literati, Lin Youlun doesn't need to beat around the bush when he speaks.

"I wonder how much Ming Pao is going to pay me?"

Dong Qianshan didn't expect Lin Youlun to ask about this matter so directly, "Ming Pao" is not as wealthy as Jiahe and Wireless, and 5 yuan per word is already a high remuneration.

"Iron and Blooded" has a total of more than 200,000 words, and "Ming Pao" is about to take out nearly one million Hong Kong dollars at once, Dong Qianshan is not sure whether this price can satisfy Lin Youlun, so he does not dare to open his mouth rashly, so he has to drink tea from time to time to hide his inner uneasiness.

"The pay is too high."

Lin Youlun shook his head, and Dong Qianshan poked there in amazement like half a piece of wood.

"Mr. Lin isn't joking with me, is he?"

"Dong Lao doesn't have to doubt it, I'm telling the truth, if it's just for money, I don't need to work so hard to write a novel at all." In order to dispel Dong Qianshan's doubts, Lin Youlun went on to explain: "My favorite martial arts novel is Mr. Jin Yong's "Shooting the Condor" trilogy. ”

Dong Qianshan seems to have suddenly grasped something, Jin Yong's "Condor Trilogy" carries the history of the three dynasties of the Song, Ming and Yuan dynasties, listening to the meaning of Lin Youlun's words, could it be that he also wants to create another history of the martial arts world?

"Dong Lao should also see that the story of "Iron and Blooded" is very short, because this is just a prequel, and the story behind it is about a million words, can "Ming Pao" continue to pay me such a high salary when the time comes?" Lin Youlun said this very directly, he didn't believe that "Ming Pao" could come up with another 5 million remuneration.

The matter of remuneration did make Dong Qianshan difficult, but the literati temperament made him want to know what kind of wonderful story Lu Dao Lin Youlun hid behind "Iron and Blood".

The later stories will feature the sons of Liang Wenjing and Xiao Yuling, and the stories behind many of the characters in "Iron and Blood" will be revealed one by one. In this story, I will try to write about some of the less important studies in ancient China, such as mathematics, business, music, and all other miscellaneous studies that are not considered orthodox, and I think that the modernity of these studies is stronger and more interesting than that of Confucius and Mencius. ”

Lin Youlun's idea made Dong Qianshan's eyes shine, this is a field that even Jin Yong has not tried, and he has a strong hunch that if Lin Youlun really writes according to this idea, it is likely to open up a new way for martial arts novels that are beginning to be overstretched in writing style and creativity.

At this time, Dong Qianshan felt that it was not too much for Jin Yong to set a salary of 5 yuan for Lin Youlun. Even if "Ming Pao" takes out another 5 million, if it can drive the new development of the entire martial arts novel, this transaction will not be a loss!

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