In mid-June, TVB announced a personnel change, and the company's board of directors agreed to add a non-executive director after discussion, and it was Chen Wenjie, a former assistant to Lin Youlun, who held this position.

Although the non-executive directors are only responsible for supervising the board of directors and do not hold positions in the company's management, this move is widely interpreted by the outside world as a signal for Lin Youlun to adjust the power structure of wireless at the top of the company.

At the same time, Lin Zhiling, who succeeded Ajie as Lin Youlun's new assistant, also officially entered the public eye.

Perhaps because they have learned too much about Lin Youlun's romantic deeds over the years, the public is not very surprised that such a beautiful female assistant appeared next to Lin Youlun.

The media quickly made it clear that Lin Zhiling's background was clear - born in a wealthy family in Taiwan, she began studying in Canada in high school, and was a student at the University of Toronto before becoming Lin Youlun's assistant, and had already earned an art degree and was minoring in economics.

With her tall figure, sweet smile, and a prestigious school degree, Lin Zhiling has become a hot topic in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and some people even joked that if she runs for Miss Hong Kong, she will definitely win the championship, because she really interprets the slogan of "beauty and wisdom coexist" in Miss Hong Kong.

Lin Zhiling was very modest in the face of the media, and said that she had no plans to develop in the entertainment industry, and the discussion came to an end, but the scandal rumors between her and Lin Youlun intensified.

Lin Zhiling did not respond directly to this, but she quickly smashed the rumors with practical actions.

As Lin Zhiling and Wang Guxian went shopping together, saw off Zhou Yimin at the airport, and hugged Lin Youlun's daughter Honghong and Zhong Chuhong to go to the mall together, photos were published in the newspaper one after another, and all the original sworn claims that Lin Zhiling and Lin Youlun had an ambiguous relationship. The ignorant people are no longer silent.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see it. If there is really a problem between Lin Youlun and Lin Zhiling. The relationship between Lin Zhiling and the women around Lin Youlun is definitely not as harmonious as it is now.

The discussion on this matter has finally come to an end. Everyone's attention is also attracted by the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival.

One of the most notable changes at this year's festival is the significant increase in the number of Hollywood films coming to the festival, but Asian cinema is still the mainstream, with the most talked-about film being the Hong Kong-Hollywood co-production of the special effects blockbuster "Pirates of Malacca".

The film, which took nearly two years and invested more than $80 million, has completed all post-production at this time, and will be released simultaneously in most parts of the world after being exhibited at the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

Putting aside the handsome American Brad Pitt and the British beauty Kate Beckinsale, the most talked about in "Pirates of Malacca" is undoubtedly Liang Jiahui, who plays the protagonist of the film.

Previously, when the film was promoted in the United States, a set of makeup posters were released. Liang Jiahui's bizarre appearance and exaggerated body movements were ridiculed by the American media as a clown in the circus.

The crew of "Pirates of Malacca" did not respond to such comments, but as the director of the film, Luc Besson actually felt that Leung Jiahui's acting style was too forward-looking, and the audience might not necessarily like it.

The French director's point of view actually represents the biggest concern of a large part of the population about this film, but Lin Youlun insisted that Liang Jiahui perform in this style, and others can only accept it if they have any opinions.

Of course, when it came to convincing Luc Besson at the beginning, Lin Youlun still struggled a lot.

One of the biggest reasons why French directors were persuaded was that no second pirate film in Hollywood had been a box office success since "Red Pirates" in the '60s.

Pirates have always represented evil in Western literature. This notion is deeply ingrained in influencing a large part of the audience.

It is difficult to break through the audience's preconceived impressions of a well-behaved performance, and if you want to succeed, you can only go off the rails.

Luc Besson was finally convinced. But his inclusion did not change the American media's perception of the film "Pirates of Malacca".

Lin Youlun's filming of "Pirates of Malacca" was not favored by the American media from the beginning, and even because the director was French, many media vividly compared this movie to the Battle of Waterloo for Lin Youlun to enter Hollywood.

Even in Hong Kong, there are many people who are not optimistic about this movie.

Of course, no one will openly laugh at the film, and all the doubts before the opening of the film festival basically revolve around whether the film can recover its cost.

Films with an investment of more than $30 million are unlikely to fully recoup their costs in Asia, and in North America, the main battlefield of the box office, the prospects of the film are also not optimistic.

This view was quite marketable in Hong Kong newspapers, but the relevant newspapers soon regretted it.

"Pirates of Malacca" only had a total of 6 test screenings at the film festival, except for the film festival judges, there were not many movie tickets allocated to the media in the first place, and the organizers made a special "blacklist" when issuing movie tickets, and all media that had slandered "Pirates of Malacca" were banned from taking tickets.

The official reason given by the authorities was that since these media outlets considered "Pirates of Malacca" to be a bad movie, there was no need to participate in the test screening of the film, and these media should spare their limited time to focus on those films that they thought were worth paying attention to.

This reason seems high-sounding, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a kind of revenge for the irresponsible statements of these media outlets, and the intention is obvious, and it is not disguised.

Because this is a notice issued in the name of the Organizing Committee of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the media who were deprived of watching the test screening of "Pirates of Malacca" have caught the handle, and they have begun to unite and call on Hong Kong people to boycott the holding of the international film festival.

Some media have appealed directly to the Hong Kong authorities through newspapers, hoping that the government will reconsider whether Lam Youlun is qualified to host the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

In recent years, the British authorities in Hong Kong have also been dissatisfied with some of Lin Youlun's practices of getting close to the mainland, and they have taken this opportunity to send people to Lin Youlun, nominally negotiating, but the real intention is to use the hosting rights of the Hong Kong International Film Festival as a threat to knock Lin Youlun on the ground.

The man in charge of negotiating with Lam was Edward, the secretary of the Governor of Hong Kong, Patten, a big-nosed Englishman with a face as arrogant as his nose.

"Mr. Lam, I think you are very aware of the nature of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, which is a public event authorized by the government and with special funding to promote the development of the Hong Kong film industry, but some of your current practices have undoubtedly made the fairness of this event have been questioned, Mr. Governor is very concerned about this matter, and I am here this time in the hope that Mr. Lin can give me a reasonable explanation."

In the eyes of the British authorities in Hong Kong, Lin Youlun is, after all, a businessman whose interests are paramount, and he should make some regressions on this issue, and Edward is Patten's secretary, so his attitude is naturally not much better.

"Explain?" Lin Youlun, who was sitting behind the desk, sneered, "Hasn't Mr. Edward read the newspaper recently?" The organizing committee of the film festival has already explained the reason for this incident, so does it need to be repeated a second time? ”

Edward saw that Lin Youlun refused to give in, and his attitude became more and more tough.

"Mr. Lam, your so-called explanation is the trigger for the escalation of the incident, and you don't seem to have realized the situation, if you stick to your current attitude, the Hong Kong government will ask the Legislative Council to consider taking back the hosting rights of the Hong Kong International Film Festival from you."

Lin Youlun leaned forward, put his hands on the desk, and looked at Edward's eyes full of play.

"Mr. Edward, you should be the one who didn't figure out the situation, right? The Hong Kong International Film Festival does have a special government grant, but it is only 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, which is not enough to even cover the normal expenses of the festival for a day, and take back my hosting rights. ”

"Mr. Lin, I don't think it's ridiculous, although the government doesn't allocate much money to the festival, but you don't personally invest much money in the festival, and the operation of the festival is all sponsored by commercial partners."

Edward's voice was deliberately raised, and it actually meant to warn Lin Youlun.

"And what about the venue? The Avenue of Stars, including some of the surrounding supporting facilities, is a private property under my name, so the Hong Kong government is also ready to take it back together? Of course, if Governor Chris Chris insists on buying it, I will not refuse, but you must be prepared with a price that satisfies me, otherwise everything will not be negotiated. ”

"The film festival does not necessarily have to be held exclusively at the Avenue of Stars, and without the advantage of the main venue of the film festival, I believe that the value of that piece of land will drop a lot immediately!" Edward was still stubborn, but he was already starting to feel something bad in his heart.

"It turns out that the Hong Kong International Film Festival is already so influential, but why don't I, as the organizer, feel this way?" After Lin Youlun couldn't help but laugh at Edward's ignorance, he then threw out a killer idea: "It's okay if the film festival doesn't use the Avenue of Stars as the main venue, but there must be a place to screen the participating films, right?" Could it be that the Hong Kong government is also planning to invest in the construction of a few new cinemas? ”

Edward Huo stood up from his seat, glared at Lin Youlun and said, "Mr. Lin, are you threatening the Governor's Mansion with the theater chain?" ”

"Now I can see how I really doubt how Edward was chosen by Governor Patten to be his secretary, are you relatives?"

Lin Youlun's words were just to entertain Edward, but he didn't expect to say the truth of the matter crookedly. Edward did get his current position because he had some kinship with Patten, but there were not many people who knew about it, so Edward's first reaction was that Lin Youlun had investigated him.

While being enraged, Edward suddenly realized that he seemed to have messed up what Patten had told him. (To be continued......)