After a round of difficult negotiations, Jiang Zhiqiang finally won the overseas distribution rights of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" except for Asia on the condition of 37 split accounts.

"Mr. Lin, stay!" When he came to the door of the office, Jiang Zhiqiang insisted on refusing to let Lin Youlun send it again, "I should come to visit Mr. Lin often in the future, and there will be a period later!" ”

"Always welcome." Lin Youlun nodded and asked Kang Junjie to send Jiang Zhiqiang downstairs on his behalf.

Seeing the two figures disappear around the corner of the corridor, Lin Youlun turned around and returned to the office, sitting on the big chair, recalling the negotiation process with Jiang Zhiqiang just now.

Jiang Zhiqiang, like Mai Danxiong, has outstanding operational ability in film distribution.

Mai Danxiong has a wide range of connections in Europe, and Jiang Zhiqiang is very well-connected in North America, both of them are rare talents, but compared to Mai Danxiong, the possibility of Jiang Zhiqiang being recruited is very low, which has to be said to be a pity.

Of course, in terms of mainstream big-budget films, Jiang Zhiqiang's distribution channels in North America do not help Lin Youlun much, in addition to cooperating with the American United Arts Theater Line represented by Thomas, Lin Youlun also maintains cooperative relationships with several other theater companies in the United States, only "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a film that was not favored by American distributors at the beginning, Jiang Zhiqiang's role will be highlighted.

As long as more high-quality film resources are in hand, even if it is a cooperative approach, Jiang Zhiqiang can also use it for himself, so Lin Youlun is not very worried about this.

A phone rang interrupted Lin Youlun's musings.

On the desk are two telephones, one for the internal line and the other for the external line. The one that rings is an internal machine.

"Mr. Lin. Ms. Fang Yihua from wireless called. Is it convenient for you to talk to her on the phone right now? ”

"Take it in."

Lin Youlun put down the microphone, and when the external line machine rang, he immediately picked it up.

"Miss Fang, is there something wrong?"

"Mr. Lin, do you have time to have afternoon tea together?"

"Wait a minute, I'll check the schedule for the afternoon."

Lin Youlun held the microphone with one hand, grabbed the microphone of the internal line machine with the other, and dialed a number to go out.

"Applejack. Is there anything important in the afternoon? ”

The assistant reported the schedule for the afternoon, and Lin Youlun asked him to cancel the two activities in the middle, freeing up two hours of time, and after doing this, he officially replied to Fang Yihua on the phone.

"Okay, we'll see you in the afternoon."

Agreeing on a time and place to meet, Fang Yihua then ended the call.

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Seeing that Zeng Lizhen and Liang Jiashu also came together, Lin Youlun knew that this time Fang Yihua was looking for himself not just to meet and drink tea.

Sure enough, as soon as he sat down, Fang Yihua said: "Mr. Lin, this year's "The Voice" mentor will compete at this stage of the competition. Is it possible to bring it up to August? ”

Because of the fierce situation of "Tan Zhang competing for hegemony" in the mentor seat, this year's "The Voice" has attracted more attention than the previous one. In the mentor selection stage in May, Tan Yonglin and Zhang Yurong had a special show, with ratings of more than 50%, and TVB achieved a total of 60 million Hong Kong dollars in advertising revenue in these 4 games, and according to the original schedule, the third stage of mentor battle will be held in September, and the last stage of the annual ceremony will be held in November.

Wireless proposed to advance the third phase of the program, but this is not something that Lin Youlun can decide with one sentence, which also involves the schedule of the four mentors, and more importantly, Lin Youlun needs a suitable reason!

Fang Yihua gave Liang Jiashu a look and asked him to explain this to Lin Youlun.

"Lin Zhengying is helping ATV shoot a zombie drama, I wonder if Mr. Lu Daolin has heard about it?" Liang Jiashu tried to ask.

Lin Youlun raised his eyebrows and motioned for Liang Jiashu to continue.

"Mr. Lin has been busy with the international film festival during this time, and it is normal to know that this is also normal, two months ago, Lin Baixin moved Lin Zhengying with a million salaries and asked him to help him open a zombie drama, and now we have received the news that this drama will be released in August this year."

The intention of the wireless side has been very clear, and he wants to use "The Voice" to snipe ATV's zombie drama.

Seeing that Lin Youlun didn't speak, Fang Yihua asked: "I don't know how much Mr. Lu Daolin knows about Lin Zhengying?" ”

"I've heard of his name for a long time, but I've never had contact with him, and I only know that he is Hong Jinbao's person...... On the opening day of the film festival, I met him once in the cinema, and I felt that he was a little afraid to see me, so he just took a picture and left in a hurry. Lin Youlun recalled.

Fang Yihua nodded, "That's right, Lin Zhengying has left Baohe Company, and now she is helping ATV filming, and she will definitely be weak when she sees Mr. Lin." ”

"I remember that Lin Zhengying also had a zombie film released some time ago, and the box office received more than 10 million, but I heard that the investment was too high, and it still lost money in the end. Now that Hong Kong people are tired of watching such zombie movies, is Miss Fang still worried that ATV will rely on this TV series to turn the tables? ”

When Lin Youlun said this, the expression on his face was very interesting.

"The Shaw Brothers have suffered losses in this area before, so they should always eat a trench and grow wise, and it is better to prevent accidents." Fong was referring to the 1974 Shaw Brothers co-production of "Seven Golden Corpses," which failed badly at the box office, and no one in Hong Kong dared to touch zombie films for the next decade. At that time, Shaw Brothers also felt that there was no market for zombie films, but who would have thought that first Liu Guanwei's "Mr. Zombie" broke the strange circle of this theme that was not popular, and then "Legend of the Night" was born, setting off a year-long zombie film boom.

Although zombie movies are in decline now, no one is sure that the zombie theme will not be resurrected on TV, which is why the wireless side poses as if it is facing a great enemy.

"Although the zombie theme can no longer please the audience on the screen, in the past few years, it has also cultivated a large number of zombie film audiences, these people may be attracted by ATV's zombie drama, and ATV has no shortage of screenwriter talents, I heard that they have put a lot of effort into the content of this TV series." Zeng Lizhen made some additions to Fang Yihua's words, and she analyzed it from the real situation.

"What's the name of that zombie show?" Lin Youlun knew that there must be an undercover agent on ATV's side, so he asked this very directly.

"I heard it's called "Zombie Dao Chief". Zeng Lizhen did not hide anything, and told Lin Youlun all the information about this TV series from Wireless Zhidao.

When he heard the name, Lin Youlun's expression changed slightly, "Zombie Taoist" is Lin Zhengying's masterpiece, if it is this TV series, wireless is indeed a little troublesome this time, even if the third phase of "The Voice" is advanced, it may not be able to snipe ATV's action.

No matter how high the ratings of "The Voice" are, it is impossible to broadcast it every day, so in the ratings war, TV series are king.

Lin Youlun expressed his worries, and Fang Yihua nodded solemnly. It's not that she hasn't considered this situation, it's just that ATV's sword has gone off the rails this time, and the wireless side can't come up with a targeted TV series to shake the other party for a while.

said that the TV series "Zhu Xian" was good, because Li Jiaxin wanted to participate in the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", so he had to postpone it again; Martial arts dramas are now in decline, and they can gather a group of audiences, but it is difficult to have outstanding ratings; The family drama has always been standing, but it has no special advantages over zombie dramas.

Lin Youlun shrugged his shoulders at the end, "I will let them coordinate as much as possible in the arrangement of the "Voice" event, but it is best not to put too much hope on wireless in this regard, otherwise it will be more passive at that time." ”

This meeting did not achieve the expected results, and when she left the restaurant, Fang Yihua's face sank like water, and Liang Jiashu and Zeng Lizhen followed behind her, and they were not at ease.

A passing reporter took this scene, including the photo of Lin Youlun walking out of the restaurant later, and it was published in the next day's newspaper.

"Fang, Lin Mi Meeting, TVB is about to change hands? Various sensational headlines appeared in the newspapers and immediately aroused widespread concern in Hong Kong society.

Fang Yihua quickly responded, saying that the two sides were just "drinking tea and chatting", but this explanation was obviously a little weak.

The matter involved Lin Youlun and wireless, and Lin Baixin also attached great importance to it, and specially held a high-level meeting of ATV to discuss countermeasures.

"It is unlikely that Lin Youlun will become the owner of wireless in the short term, Fang Yihua should discuss something with him, and looking at the appearance of Fang Yihua when he came out in the photo, eighty percent of them were not negotiated."

Xu Xiaoming was the first to speak, and many people agreed with him, but some people raised objections.

"I haven't heard of any big moves from wireless in the near future?"

This statement was also supported by many people, and then all kinds of speculation popped up.

"Could it be that you're talking about The Voice?"

"Does this need to be discussed? Can you still expect the two of them to have a falling out, and then "The Voice" will be temporarily transferred to our side? ”

"Maybe they're talking about the film thing."

"Shaw Brothers is almost out of production, what else is there to talk about?"

……

This group of people argued and argued, and Lin Baixin's ears were tired of listening.

"Don't make any noise!"

Lin Baixin slapped the table, and the conference room instantly fell silent.

"Alright, that's all for today, adjournment!"

Everyone else left, only Xu Xiaoming, Li Zhuanglie and Xiao Wei stayed very tacitly.

Lin Baixin's eyes fell on Li Zhuanglie, who had been silent at the previous meeting, "Zhuang Lie, I see that you seem to have something to say just now?" ”

"Uncle Lin, I've been thinking just now, could it be that the matter of us looking for Lin Zhengying to shoot a zombie drama has been detected by the wireless side?"

Lin Baixin's pupils suddenly constricted, which was what he was most worried about. (To be continued......)