Chapter 265 Unexpected Encounter

Before the official announcement that Lin Youlun would take over the Ming Pao enterprise, Jin Yong held a banquet at the Deep Water Bay Country Club to entertain the senior staff of Ming Pao.

From Lin Youlun to "Ming Pao" as deputy editor-in-chief, everyone knows that there will be such a day, but when Jin Yong personally announced the news that he was about to retire, everyone present was still a little difficult to adapt, or reluctant.

Jin Yong has always hoped to make Ming Pao the best Chinese newspaper in the world, and has long served as a paternalistic role in both the editorial board and the administrative committee.

"Everyone present is no stranger to Mr. Lin, so let's say a few words from him!" Jin Yong gave the microphone at the front desk to Lin Youlun, and everyone in the audience came to their senses, and soon there was applause.

Lin Youlun pressed his hand and stopped the applause from the audience.

"It's a shame to say that in the past few years after entering "Ming Pao", in fact, I am just familiar with everyone, and I can only understand the entire operation of "Ming Pao", and I am far from being familiar with it, so I will rely on the support of everyone present in the future."

On the day of the reorganization of Ming Pao, Lin Youlun publicly stated that the acquisition of Ming Pao was a long-term commercial investment that did not involve politics or the editorial policy of Ming Pao, and promised not to dismiss the old staff of Ming Pao. Now this speech can be regarded as a promise to the top management of the newspaper in an informal setting.

With this assurance, everyone present was relieved, and Lin Youlun took the opportunity to announce several company reforms, especially the announcement of the resumption of the listing plan of Ming Pao, and promised to distribute shares to employees after the listing, while emphasizing that "the policy of the newspaper will not change after the listing, the social base of the newspaper will be expanded, the relationship will be closer, and the employees can be small shareholders and will have a greater sense of belonging." ”

First to appease people, and then to promise benefits, Lin Youlun's move basically eliminated the internal turmoil caused by the reorganization of "Ming Pao".

The change of ownership of "Ming Pao" this time can be said to have attracted much attention from all sides. In the Jin Yong era, Ming Pao, as one of the most influential newspapers in Hong Kong, was likened to Hong Kong's "Times", and its prediction and analysis of China's current situation was unmatched by other newspapers. Whether in the mainland, Taiwan, or overseas, whether in political or cultural circles, "Ming Pao" has maintained a great influence, and in particular, its editorials are very much valued by high-level politicians and cultural figures in the mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

Lin Youlun took over the helm of "Ming Pao", Jin Yong "retired without resting" and continued to serve as the honorary chairman of "Ming Pao", "Ming Pao" entered the "post-Jin Yong era", everyone knew that this transition period would not be too long, at least two or three years, at most five or six years, Jin Yong would definitely completely withdraw from "Ming Pao", so from this moment on, the person who really played a decisive role in "Ming Pao" was no longer Jin Yong but Lin Youlun.

Lam's political stance is more neutral than Kim's, which is in line with Ming Pao's historical political leanings, and the influence of Ming Pao in the cultural world may have diminished with Kim's departure, but given Lam's influence in Hong Kong society as a whole, the newspaper's readership will expand after he takes over Ming Pao.

Ming Pao has been competing with Hu Xian's Sing Tao Rì Newspaper and Ma Jia Brothers' Oriental Newspaper for the Hong Kong readership market for years, and in the "post-Jin Yong era", Ming Pao is likely to develop into a newspaper that can maintain enough influence among the cultural elite while making ordinary citizens feel relatable, which is a real concern for its competitors.

Just when several other major newspapers in Hong Kong began to nervously respond to the changes in Ming Pao, Lin Youlun quietly left Hong Kong and went to Taiwan alone to meet Gu Long, who was recuperating at home.

Since the last time he was drunk, Gu Long finally listened to the persuasion of relatives and friends around him, began to quit drinking, and his physical condition gradually improved.

Gu Long replaced the wine with tea, and saluted Lin Youlun and said: "If it weren't for Mr. Lin's kind words and hard advice, I'm afraid I would already be a dead man now." Not to mention that if I put my new work in "Ming Pao" and serialize it, even if I want to be an editor in "Ming Pao", I will not refuse. ”

Gu Long just wanted to express a heart, of course Lin Youlun couldn't really pull Gu Long to "Ming Pao" as an editor, and the two drank a cup of weak tea and didn't mention it again.

While chatting was in the middle of a conversation, Gu Long's wife Yu Xiuling pushed the door and walked in.

"Yaohua, just now the Huang family brothers called and said that they would come over to discuss things with you in the evening."

Yu Xiuling is Gu Long's second wife, in the year when Gu Long had liver disease, if there was no Yu Xiuling's care, it would be a really miserable thing. Gu Long was in a coma several times during this period, and he was incontinent in the hospital, and he didn't know how many times he went in and out of the hospital. Yu Xiuling has always accompanied him and taken care of his daily life, never complaining of hardship, nor asking for Gu Long's return.

Gu Long has such a good wife, which makes his friends envious every time.

Gu Long took Yu Xiuling's hand and pulled her to sit down beside him, Lin Youlun was present, Yu Xiuling was a little uncomfortable at first, but Lin Youlun looked like usual, which made Yu Xiuling's heart settle a little.

Gu Long patted Yu Xiuling on the shoulder, "You call them to come over quickly, it just so happens that Mr. Lin is also here today, I will call Ma Fangji over again, everyone will be lively together." ”

Yu Xiuling left as she said, and Gu Long explained to Lin Youlun: "The Huang brothers are friends I have met recently, and this time I must have pestered me to talk about the adaptation of martial arts novels." ”

The names Huang Hua and Huang Ze Lin Youlun sounded a little unfamiliar, at first he heard Gu Long say that the novel was adapted, and he thought that the Huang brothers were peers in TV or movies, and when Gu Long explained carefully, Lin Youlun suddenly woke up, isn't this Huang brother the founder of Taiwan's Thunderbolt puppet show?

The Huang brothers actually wanted to adapt Gu Long's martial arts novel into a puppet show, but this idea made Lin Youlun feel a little interesting, and he looked forward to this meeting a little more.

Before it was dark, Ma Fangji and the Huang brothers came, they brought wine and food to the door, it seemed that they were going to have a long talk, Yu Xiuling took them to the small garden on the balcony, which was exquisitely furnished, and a table next to it was a good place to talk.

Ma Fangxi knew that Lin Youlun was here, but the Huang brothers saw Lin Youlun for the first time, seeing Gu Long chatting with a strange young man there, they were still wondering who this person was, and when Gu Long introduced Lin Youlun's identity, the Huang brothers were all bright.

Brother Huang Hua wore a plaid shirt, Fang Fang's face was covered with unshaven white stubble, he was tall and stood upright. The younger brother Huang Ze is dressed in a suit and leather shoes, always smiling kindly, always shining glasses with pleasant luster, and occasionally revealing sharp eyes.

The two brothers stepped forward together and shook hands with Lin Youlun in turn.

The Huang family's puppet show inheritance is already the third generation of the Huang brothers, and the two brothers who grew up in the puppet show family since they were children have been exposed to all kinds of puppet shows since they were children. Ah Gong is the founder of the famous Wuzhou School puppet opera, and Huang Haidai, a national treasure-level veteran artist on the same level as Li Tianlu; 's father is Huang Junxiong, the godfather of TV puppet theater that caused a sensation and shocked all religions. Born in such a family, Huang Hua and Huang Ze did not have many other choices, although they also wanted to be handsome and run an orchestra when they were young, but after all, they still chose to inherit their ancestral business.

Huang Haidai is the pioneer of the puppet show sword fairy genre, and Huang Junxiong further innovated on the basis of his father's reform of puppet play, increased the size of the puppet, emphasized the spirit of the eyes, replaced the traditional gongs and drums with pop music as the soundtrack, and moved the puppet show to TV to perform, which caused a sensation after the broadcast on Taiwan TV, creating a number of unprecedented ratings records, performing 538 episodes in a row, and the highest rating was 97.

Huang Chun-hsiung's TV puppet show was staged for four years during the noon period, and although it was extremely popular with the audience, Taiwan's newspapers and public opinion put great pressure on it, believing that the absurdity of the plot would affect the behavior of young people, and even affect the lunch break, resulting in "obstructing the normal work and rest of peasants and workers." Taiwan's Information Bureau immediately issued a ban on performing only 5-minute martial arts scenes within 30 minutes, so that Huang Chun-hsiung's TV puppet show gradually became unable to continue, and later it could only be changed to a videotape.

Huang Junxiong, who retired from the TV screen, is still touring song halls and theaters all over Taiwan, and several sons are also working under his command, the eldest son Huang Hua has transferred to the background to specialize in directing and script writing, while Huang Ze is good at the most important verbal narration of puppet plays, and can be accompanied by the narration of all the puppets by one person. While studying, the two brothers did not stick to the traditional puppet show that was declining and waited for the wild stage opera to perform from time to time, but actively planned innovative puppet shows.

Just this year, the Taiwan Information Bureau lifted the ban on TV puppet shows, and the Huang family plans to return to TV, but compared with the 70s when media and entertainment were poor, now TV and film shooting and production skills have made great progress, and it is difficult for puppet shows to compete with them, and the audiences cultivated in the most popular era of puppet shows are all middle-aged at this time, and they are no longer the main force of TV audiences, and the Huang brothers want to revive the glory of puppet shows. Therefore, he set his sights on Gu Long's martial arts novels, which have a wide audience base, and wanted to adapt Gu Long's martial arts novels to start the first shot of puppet theater returning to the screen.

didn't want to see Lin Youlun in Gu Long's house, and the Huang brothers suddenly had a new idea in their hearts.

(At that time, I didn't know that the puppet was a thunderbolt puppet show, but I felt that the puppets were paired with computer stunts, and the fights were very emotional, although I often couldn't understand the plot o () 〈)) o But I still watched it with relish, I don't know if there is a good thing about it? (To be continued.)