When Jin Yong saw that Wang Xiaohu suddenly asked about Huang Yulang, he was a little puzzled, and asked with a frown: "Xiaohu, you don't want to investigate Huang Yulang's infringement, right?" ”

"Infringement?" Wang Xiaohu was even more puzzled than Jin Yong, and said in his heart I just know that Huang Yulang created a comic called "Dragon and Tiger Gate", in which the positioning of the eighteen palms of the dragon is very accurate, and almost the offensive and defensive principles of the eighteen moves are explained with nose and eyes. 【】

"Could it be that the comics created by Huang Yulang constitute an infringement on the Concord Company?" Wang Xiaohu asked.

Jin Yong smiled bitterly and pulled Wang Xiaohu up to the second floor.

"What the hell are you talking about infringement?" Seeing Jin Yong so cautious, Wang Xiaohu couldn't help but ask again curiously.

Jin Yong sat down and said: "Maybe you have only paid attention to movies over the years, and you don't know much about the development of the novel and comic worlds. ”

Wang Xiaohu nodded undeniably, as Jin Yong said, after the death of Brother Xiaolong, he leaned all his energy on driving the development of Hong Kong films, and later he was busy gaining a foothold in Hollywood, and now he is tinkering with the cooperation with the mainland.

"When you weren't famous, Huang Yulang created a comic called "Little Rascal", which sold well, and the three main characters in it were Wang Xiaohu, Wang Xiaolong, and Shi Heilong, and their martial arts were also very complicated, but" Jin Yong said here with a wry smile.

"Uh, why is it "Little Rascal", isn't it "Dragon Tiger Gate"?"

Wang Xiaohu only knows that the comic strip involving these three main characters is called "Dragon Tiger Gate", and Donnie Yen also filmed a movie of the same name in later generations.

"That's the name that was changed after you became famous and established the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Union." Jin Yong sighed and said: "After the "Jingwumen" was a hit, Huang Yulang added nunchucks kung fu to Ishiguro, one of the Three Emperors of the Dragon and Tiger, in "Little Rascal", and received a great response. In the 70th and 73rd episodes, your photo was used as the cover, and the sales of those episodes of "Little Rascals" have reached the 60,000 mark, even if the price has been increased several times later. The movements of the nunchucks are basically copied according to your movements, so in a sense, your fame has stimulated the sales of "Little Rascals" even more. ”

"Is it because I have the same name as the characters in the comics and the nunchucks?" Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that there was such a fun thing in the world.

"Hehe, who's to say it's not. But that's just one of them, there's another thing. Jin Yong said with some caution: "After Jackie Chan's "Drunken Fist" became popular, Huang Yulang followed the trend to create a comic of the same name, and Li's TV station has acquired the copyright of the comic and plans to adapt it into two TV series. ”

"This matter doesn't have much influence on me, but TVB may feel a little pressure." Wang Xiaohu shrugged after hearing this, what a big deal, if it wasn't for Jin Yong saying it today, he really wouldn't know that Huang Yulang had so many clever connections with him, and it seems that it shouldn't be a problem to discuss cooperation in the future.

In a sense, adapting comics into movies is the easiest way, according to Wang Xiaohu's statistics, there are no longer a few works adapted from comics into movies, Huang Yulang's "Dragon and Tiger Gate", Ma Rongcheng's "Fengyun", "Chinese Heroes" are the three most successful works, of course, this success is just a taste, all through computer special effects to attract the audience's attention, in terms of plot is very thin.

Jin Yong continued: "Huang Yulang is a wizard in the Hong Kong publishing industry, he is committed to making major reforms in the production of comics, he has set up printing, color separation, character planting, staple binding and other departments necessary for the publishing industry, purchased new printing presses and color separation machines, greatly improved the printing quality of comic books, and made a great contribution to promoting the maturity of Hong Kong comics, so I am worried that you will sue him for infringement." ”

Wang Xiaohu shook his head with a smile and said, "How is it possible, you just said that he has made so many contributions to Hong Kong comics, I will not do such a boring thing." ”

Jin Yong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Then what are you looking for Huang Yulang for?" ”

"Actually, there is nothing to do, it's just one more way to find inspiration for Big Eye, if Big Eye can read to complete the martial arts action design of "Shooting the Condor", it is naturally the best, if it can't be completed, I can help do it for me, but I still hope that he can read and complete." Wang Xiaohu said: "I still agree with the interpretation of the eighteen palms of the dragon in "Dragon and Tiger Gate". ”

"You're a bit of a contradiction!" Jin Yong's right index finger pointed at Wang Xiaohu and said with a smile: "You said before that you didn't pay attention to the comic industry, how did you know that Huang Yulang's "Dragon and Tiger Gate" has eighteen dragon-descending palms?" ”

"Xingzi they, I occasionally heard them mention that they should have bought this comic in the first place." Wang Xiaohu lied: "Speaking of infringement, Lao Dou, you don't sue Huang Yulang for infringing on your eighteen dragon palms, if I do this, won't I be taught a lesson by you?" ”

"Haha." Jin Yong was seen through by Wang Xiaohu, and laughed a little unnaturally.

Wang Xiaohu didn't dwell on this topic, but made a good suggestion to Jin Yong: "Did Lao Dou try to cooperate with Huang Yulang." ”

"Do you mean syndication?" Jin Yong asked.

Wang Xiaohu shook his hand and said: "This seems too superficial, expand the scope of novel adaptation, don't be limited to movies and TV series, for example, you can sell the copyright to Huang Yulang and let him adapt "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "Dragon Babu"

"Oh, this is a good note! How could I not have thought of it! ”

Without waiting for Wang Xiaohu to finish speaking, Jin Yong patted his thigh and said: "Xiaohu, you have found a good suggestion for me to expand my business, this attention is fantastic, and it can completely drive a trend of adapting martial arts novels in the Hong Kong comic industry." ”

"Hehehe, that's what I said!"

Wang Xiaohu smiled happily, what can he do for Jin Yong, it can be regarded as making up for his old man's hard waiting in the past nine years

As of June 20, only the whole of Asia did not arrange the release of "Shaolin Temple", so Zong Yougui called Wang Xiaohu many times to inquire about the release.

Wang Xiaohu said on the phone: "Soon, soon, I will personally bring a copy of the Chinese version to the Japanese version in the near future." ”

"Really? That's amazing! I will gather all the fans of this book to wait for you! Zong Yougui was overjoyed on the other end of the phone, which made Zhao Yazhi, who helped translate, a little helpless.

"It seems that your box office appeal in Yuben is still the same as it was back then." After hanging up the phone, Zhao Yazhi said with a chuckle.

Wang Xiaohu shook his fist and said, "This time I will make the whole of Tokyo crazy again!" ”

"What are you going to do to worry about it?"

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "It's nothing, go and collect some accounts, there are officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture from the mainland, and I won't make big trouble, at least there is absolutely no problem with my safety." ”

Zhao Yazhi was relieved when she heard this, she was one of the witnesses of the Tokyo riots, and she knew that her husband had pit six million US dollars from the Yamaguchi-gumi side, so that the development of the Concord Company would not be constrained by funds, if her husband went to Yuben alone, she would have to stop anything, and now there are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture together, subjectively speaking, it is not a matter of personal grudges, but involves the diplomacy of the two countries.

At the end of June, Wang Xiaohu took the crew of "Huo Yuanjia" to the mainland, and at the same time, there were Liu Jialiang and Liu Jiahui brothers in the past, they mainly determined the scope of filming for "North and South Shaolin", and submitted the written script to the Ministry of Culture for review, after all, these are the necessary procedures taken by Concord Company and the two films in the mainland, Liu Jialiang does not want to cause Wang Xiaohu's unhappiness because of breaking the rules.

Sitting in the green train of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Wang Xiaohu asked Liu Jialiang: "Before coming, did the sixth uncle mention to you the disadvantages of co-productions?" ”

Liu Jialiang snorted and said: "I said, Boss Shao said that if it is blocked, the film can be sent to Taiwan for release through other framing, and he said that you know this deeply, let me learn more from you." ”

"Ugh!" Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and was angry, when Shen Zhong sent "Myth" to Taiwan for release through the Bamboo Union Gang, Run Run Shaw was the first to know the news, and his assurance to Liu Jialiang was a hint in a sense.

implied that if Liu Jialiang wanted to take the road of co-production, he must look forward to Wang Xiaohu, and indirectly gave Wang Xiaohu the right to control Liu Jialiang.

Liu Jialiang took out the script, handed it to Wang Xiaohu and said, "Ah Hu, how about reading the script for me?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and nodded, opened the script and took a casual cursory look, to be honest, this script is really ordinary, "North and South Shaolin" mainly tells the story of Zhiming, a warrior monk in Northern Shaolin, and Zhao Wei and Sima Yan, lay disciples of Southern Shaolin, who came to assassinate on the birthday of Prince Hesso to avenge their father.

If Liu Jialiang no longer plays new tricks in terms of action, such a plot alone will not be able to support the box office, which also reflects the lax surname that Hong Kong filmmakers joke about in the script, the Southern Shaolin monks and the Northern Shaolin lay disciples jointly assassinated the prince, please, at least there must be a historical clue or folklore like "Shaolin Temple", otherwise how can mainland audiences have pride.

However, if it is to make a lot of money through "Shaolin Temple", this movie should be fine, so Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "The script is okay." ”

(To be continued)