148. Huang & Lin Advertising Company

Wong & Lam Advertising Company is a Hong Kong advertising agency that has only been established for a long time, although the company is small, but its reputation in the industry is not small, because the two bosses of this advertising company are Hong Kong figures, and once became the object of criticism in Hong Kong media.

The chairman of Huang & Lin Advertising Company is called Huang Zhan, and the general manager is called Lin Yanni.

Huang Zhan, formerly known as Huang Zhan Sen, and James J.S. Wong, a famous Hong Kong writer and songwriter. Born in Guangzhou in 1941, he immigrated to Hong Kong with his parents in 1949. He studied at La Salle College and later at HKU, graduating from the Department of Chinese at HKU in 1963. Previous career in advertising, film, and composition. He has served as a host of Hong Kong TV and radio stations. For films, TV series, singers, actors, directors, literary creations, costume musicals, variety shows. Together with Jin Yong, Ni Kuang, and Cai Lan, he is known as the "Four Great Talents of Hong Kong", and together with Ni Kuang and Cai Lan, he is known as the "Three Famous Mouths of Hong Kong".

After graduating from university, Huang Zhan did not wait to enter the entertainment industry, he first went to Peisheng Middle School to teach for two years, during which he hosted TV programs as an amateur host, and also wrote columns for newspapers and magazines.

On April 15, 1967, Huang Zhan married the famous singer Hua Wa. Huang Zhan met Huawa when he was 13 years old, and the two can be described as childhood sweethearts. After marriage, Hua Wa devoted herself to her husband and children, and her singing career gradually stagnated, but Huang Zhan was soaring in the advertising industry.

In 1968, Huang Zhan was promoted to deputy manager of the advertising department, and in the same year, he was recommended by the company to the United Kingdom to receive business management training. While planning the advertisement, Huang Zhan worked tirelessly, and at this stage he composed three lyrics and songs for the film "Rose of Youth", which was first released in February 1968, and both the film and Huang Zhan's lyrics and songs were well received. During this period, Huang Zhan met Gu Jiahui, who later became his gold medal partner, and the two formed the "Hui Huang" group, Huang Zhan's words and Gu Jiahui's songs can be said to be perfect and complement each other.

In 1969, Huang Zhan made a name for himself in the hosting industry again, winning the Best TV Male Master of Ceremonies Award that year, and was also known as the "TV Prince", and he was in the limelight for a while. A year later, Huang Zhan joined Huamei Advertising Agency as a co-creative director, and his famous advertising slogan "Remy Horse opens, good things come naturally" is his work during this period, Huang Zhan has made remarkable achievements in the advertising industry, and became the first Hong Kong person to win the "Keogh Award", the highest honor in the American advertising industry.

In 1972, Huang Zhan changed jobs again and was hired as the general manager of Cathay Pacific Advertising Agency. In the same year, Huang Zhan became a council member of the Hong Kong Composers and Authors Association. If Huang Zhan wrote lyrics and composed music as a hobby in the past, since then, Huang Zhan has become a professional songwriter. A year later, Huang Zhan began to start his own business, and the industry he entered was not the most familiar advertising industry.

In February 1975, the American Disneyland Performing Troupe went to Hong Kong to perform in Chinese and English, and Huang Zhan, who was already famous in the industry at that time, was invited to write the Cantonese lyrics, while Lin Yanni, who was already a famous Hong Kong female writer at that time, was responsible for writing the lines and dialogue. After the success of the performance, many of the songs written by Huang Zhan became smash hits, and at that time, Ming Pao Weekly was proud to publish the lyrics exclusively.

On Christmas Eve on December 24 of the same year, the movie "Everyone's Music" directed by Huang Zhan and starring the Wen Na Band became the third runner-up of the top ten grossing films of the year.

Lin Yanni is known as a "talented girl". Born in Hong Kong in 1948, he began writing in 1974. After graduating from True Light High School in Hong Kong and holding a bachelor's degree in genetics from the University of Berkeley, he returned to Hong Kong and worked as a TV news director, weather report girl, TV presenter, and director of TV publicity department. Later, Lin Yanni moved to the advertising industry and served as the director and general manager of the world-renowned Shengshi International Advertising Agency.

On August 26, 1976, the movie "Jumping Ashes" premiered, and the theme song "Ask Me" written by Huang Zhan in the film quickly became popular, and Lin Yanni also praised "Ask Me" in her Ming Pao column. In the same year, Jiashi launched the fashion drama series "Star" adapted from Ida's novel, in which Marie Zhang starred and sang the theme song of the same name composed by Huang Zhan, which was later reinterpreted by Chen Lisi and Ye Dexian, making this song a classic. Huang Zhan, who had a bumper career, did not shy away from the relationship with Lin Yanni, and the two became more and more high-profile, which made his marriage with Hua Wa come to an end, Hua Wa, who was pregnant with her third child at the time, categorically filed for divorce from Huang Zhan, and Huang Zhan, who was crazy about Lin Yanni, also quickly agreed. After divorcing Huawa, although Huang Zhan can legitimately be with Lin Yanni, he has also been dubbed a "cheap man" by the Hong Kong media since then. But Huang Zhan, who is free and easy by nature, doesn't care about the evaluation of the outside world at all, as he expressed in the lyrics: "Doing happy things with a lover, whether it is a disaster or fate." This year, Huang Zhan began to establish Huang and Lin Advertising Company with Lin Yanni to return to the advertising industry, and Huang Zhan served as the chairman of the company.

'James, when are they coming,' Lin Yanni, who was sitting in the office, looked at her watch and said a little impatiently.

"Yanni, don't worry, the time we made an appointment is nine o'clock, there are still more than 20 minutes, it's still early" The first days between the couple were happy and sweet, Lin Yanni and Huang Zhan were the same, seeing Lin Yanni lose her temper, Huang Zhan was very patient with her, and her tone was also very gentle.

"James, the time hasn't come yet, do you really want to let others take a stake in our advertising agency, do you want to think about it again, think about it, regret it now" Lin Yanni said a little worriedly.

Today is the day when other companies take a stake in Huang and Lin Advertising Company and sign a contract between the two parties, so Huang Zhan and the two will sit in the office and wait, Lin Yanni is a little worried about this matter, the current shares of the advertising company Huang Zhan account for the majority, and the rest of the shares are hers, the company is very independent, and she is also very free to be the boss, she can do whatever she wants, and she can study the discipline she wants to study when she is free, Lin Yanni is afraid that someone will supervise the company after someone else joins, Slowly, the two of them lost their freedom, and the company's shares were diluted by others.

Huang Zhan's attitude towards this matter is exactly what Lin Yanni thinks, his mood is very optimistic, not worried about the upcoming signing at all, in order to let the beauty relax, Huang Zhan said comfortingly, "Yanni, don't worry, the other party only needs 40% of the shares of our company, and the shares of the two of us together are more than the other party, what is there to be afraid of, and the other party also said that he will not take care of the daily work of our company, such good conditions, such a good price, I don't think we will suffer, believe me, it's okay"

Hearing Huang Zhan say this, Lin Yanni thought about it, she is also a person who has been a manager of an advertising company, not a person who doesn't understand anything, a small company like Huang and Lin has just opened, it is indeed rare for the other party to come up with such a price, not to mention that the other party has put the conditions so lenient.

"James, what the hell do you say about that big pineapple media culture Co., Ltd., I don't seem to have heard of this company in the industry before, James, have you heard of it?" Lin Yanni was very curious about the investor company that was going to sign the contract today, but after thinking about it in her head, she just didn't think of where she had heard it.

'I haven't heard of it before, I didn't even know there was such a company, and when the people from this company came to me and said they wanted to invest, I was shocked.

Some time ago, an American named John suddenly found Huang Zhan and said that he wanted to invest in his advertising company, at first Huang Zhan thought that the other party was joking, his advertising company had only been open for more than half a year, and his reputation in the industry was still small, and there was no investment value.

Seeing that Huang Zhan was still puzzled, Lin Yanni's doubts were even heavier, and she said with a little suspicion, "James, the conditions offered by this company are so good, do you think we have met a liar?"

"It shouldn't be, what do we have to be cheated of, it's that people buy our shares, people pay, and the American I talked to, I don't look like a liar no matter how I think about it" Huang Zhan seemed to be more sure the more he thought about it, paused, shook his head, and finally said firmly, 'Yanni, the other party can't be a liar, you don't have to worry'

"yes, I'm still a little worried, I always feel a little unreliable, by the way, James, what does that big pineapple media and culture company do?"

The American named John told me that this company was a movie theater chain and a record company, and it seemed that it had not been established for a long time, so maybe it was not very famous.