In December 1976, Ming Pao bought the Nam Hong Building on King's Road with a mortgage of more than $8 million and renamed it Ming Pao Building.

There is only one door at the entrance to the entrance of this dark green building, and only one person can enter and exit, two people can't squeeze in at the same time, the entrance is a five-foot square space, waiting for everyone to wait for the elevator, and the elevator is opposite to a four-foot-high counter, behind which sits the mailroom of the uncle.

When Lin Xi passed by the counter, the abel helped him to hold his reading glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Sir, you don't seem to be an employee of a newspaper!"

The other party stopped Lin Xi and looked at him with a cautious expression.

Lin Xi was about to open his mouth to explain, but he heard a gentle voice on the side, explaining for him: "Comber, this is my guest!" ”

Lin Xi turned his head to look, but saw Jin Yong walking over with a briefcase.

The old man said hello to Jin Yong, and then took out two letters from behind the counter and handed them out.

"Mr. Cha, this is today's letter."

Jin Yong took the two letters in his hand and looked at them, thinking that they were not very important, so he stuffed them directly into his briefcase.

After doing this, he officially looked at Lin Xi who was standing in front of him.

"You look a little like your father when you're younger, especially the eyebrows...... Your father probably didn't tell you, and he and I have known each other for decades. ”

Lin Xi insisted on Jin Yong's junior courtesy, and when he heard Jin Yong talk about the old things, he replied with a respectful face: "My father has always respected Mr. Cha very much, and today I know that I am coming, and he specially told me to know how to be polite when I see Mr. Cha, and I must not embarrass him." ”

"If he still feels ashamed of having a son like you, then where will he put the face of other fathers in the world?"

Jin Yong shook his head with a smile, and then raised his hand in the direction of the elevator.

"Okay, let's stop standing here and be polite to each other, let's go sit at my desk."

The old-fashioned Japanese elevator could only do six or seven people, and when he saw Kim Yong leading a young man in, the two newspaper employees standing inside hurriedly greeted him.

Jin Yong responded with a smile, and introduced to Lin Xi that this elevator is often overhauled because it is used for a long time, and every time you encounter this situation, if you don't want to climb the stairs, you can only use the freight elevator at the back door of the building, although the space is relatively large, but it is very dirty inside.

Lin Xi was listening very seriously on the surface, but he was a little puzzled in his heart.

Jin Yong and an outsider like him are talking about this, could it be that they are crying poor?

With such doubts, Lin Xi walked into Jin Yong's office.

This office is located on the seventh floor and is divided into two rooms, one is used as a study, which is where Jin Yong usually reads books, writes editorials and approvals, and the other is the reception room, which looks like it has just been renovated, and the four walls are painted with gold and red, a bit like the taste of the palace resplendent gold.

Jin Yong sat in a Louis XVIII-style classical carved gold armchair, and waited for Lin Xi to look around before inviting him to sit down on the sofa opposite.

"When you came to the destination, Mr. Dong Qiao probably already told me, I'm curious, why don't you go to Oriental Daily this time, haven't you been working together very happily before?"

"Oriental Daily thinks I'm in a little trouble now, so I want to take advantage of the fire, and I don't want to let them slaughter me, so I have to find Mr. Cha."

Lin Xi did not hide it, and briefly introduced the situation to Jin Yong.

After listening to this, a playful smile appeared on Jin Yong's face.

"Aren't you worried that I'll follow me to rob while it's hot?"

"Whenever my father mentions Mr. Cha, he says that you are a sincere gentleman, so I think you must be disdainful of this kind of practice of taking advantage of people's danger." Lin Xi quietly gave Jin Yong a high hat, and at the same time was paying attention to Jin Yong's expression.

"Since you say that I am a gentleman, then you should know that there is a saying called 'a gentleman cannot be bullied', not to mention that I am also a businessman, and the newspaper is my business, so I will not joke about business matters."

Jin Yong directly expressed his attitude, and wanted to see how Lin Xi answered.

"Then from a business point of view, my two novels were serialized in the "Oriental Daily" before, and the increase in newspaper sales brought by me is obvious to all, and the novels I brought this time will definitely not be worse than the first two, and my requirements are not too high, what is the price of Ni Yu's Wesley series serialized in "Ming Pao" before, what price do I want, this should not be excessive, right?"

Lin Xi's previously deliberately restrained character was undoubtedly revealed at this moment, he himself said that it was not too much, but in fact, such a condition was already very excessive.

Jin Yong just smiled after hearing this, and was noncommittal, but turned the topic to the troubles that Lin Xi had encountered recently.

"I've found out that your ability to cause trouble is comparable to your ability to write novels, this time it's compared to Bruce Lee, and next time I don't know who you'll compare again, I think your father should also have a headache for you to do this, right?"

"Mr. Cha wants to hear the truth?" Lin Xi asked deliberately.

"Of course." Kim Yong showed a very interested expression.

"To tell the truth, my father doesn't care about me now, and according to his words, he can't care if he doesn't want to." Lin Xi shrugged his shoulders and gave such an answer.

Jin Yong was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"I didn't expect Lin Shu to be so proud of a guy who actually ate lame at his own son's hands, it's really funny to think about!"

"Mr. Cha, we're done talking about gossip, shouldn't we talk about business?" Lin Xi didn't have time to accompany Jin Yong to do chores here, so he took this opportunity to bring the topic back again.

"You guy is really not worrying, aren't you worried about your current situation at all?" Jin Yong asked with an angry smile.

"What is there to worry about? As the so-called feng shui takes turns, Bruce Lee's set of outdated is just a matter of time, and as soon as the TV series is broadcast, everyone will know that I didn't say big things, and at that time, "Ming Pao" wants to serialize my novels, but it is not at this price now. ”

Lin Xi explained two sentences and brought the topic to this aspect.

Jin Yong had no choice but to poke Lin Xi directly and said: "If you are really patient and wait for the TV series to be broadcast, you don't have to come to meet me at this time to say this, since everyone needs each other, should you show more sincerity?" ”

When Lin Xi heard Jin Yong's tone, it didn't look like he was ready to refuse, but he was ready to be slaughtered by the other party.

"I don't know what kind of sincerity Mr. Cha needs?"

"Your "Chu Liuxiang" series isn't just like this now, right? My request is very simple, I can accept the price you offer, but you have to promise that all the stories in this series can only be serialized in Ming Pao, including works with cohesive content, for example, just like my "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

Lin Xi couldn't help frowning when he heard this request, Jin Yong's "appetite" is not small, and this opening is equivalent to including the entire "Chu Liuxiang" series, including the related Xiao Li Flying Knife series.

Out of caution, Lin Xi asked more: "If the relationship between "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is counted, is it considered to be counted?" ”

Jin Yong replied without hesitation: "This naturally doesn't count." ”

Lin Xi was relieved when he heard this, and he didn't bargain any more, and reached a verbal agreement with Jin Yong on the spot.