After drifting in the blue sky for more than two hours, Lin Xiaozhi closed his eyes and took a nap, and was woken up by Zhu Zhishan, who was sitting next to him, and told him that he had arrived at Zhongzheng International Airport. And here, from their destination this time Taipei, is only more than 40 kilometers away.

"Mr. Lin, I suggest that we find another hotel to stay in after arriving in Taipei by car."

It was not Zhu Zhishan who spoke, but a thirty-three-year-old man named Sima Jie. He was one of the legal advisers recruited by New Asia not long ago, and Lin Xiaozhi glanced at him and asked curiously, "For what?" It's not far from Taipei, we booked a room in a nearby hotel and then went to Taipei."

New Asia has nearly 100 employees until now. But there are only a few people who left a deep impression on Lin Xiaozhi, Zheng Fei, who is in charge of distribution, Sun Zheng, who knows how to hype and publicize, Zhu Zhishan, who is often called by him, and Sima Jie, who was temporarily appointed by him to lead the four newly recruited legal advisers, is this man.

If Sima Jie can make a deep impression on Lin Xiaozhi, it is the file he handed over that surprised him. At that time, the new Asia recruited legal counsel, and the resume he handed over clearly stated that he had used various legal loopholes in 8587 to help his clients evade taxes and several criminal penalties in three years. Because of his bad nature, although he shrewdly avoided legal responsibility, the Law Society of Hong Kong still held a special defense for him, and finally under the joint pressure of more than 140 barristers, he was dismissed from the status of a lawyer and was listed on the blacklist of the Commonwealth Bar Union. Later, he was beaten by a victim who had escaped punishment because of him, and was forced to recuperate at home for more than half a year.

What Sima Jie handed over was undoubtedly a resume. Anyone and any company will remember it after seeing it. Lin Xiaozhi was no exception, when he personally asked Sima Jie and learned that he was not only proficient in various company regulations, but also knew everything about civil law and criminal law, he immediately gave an annual salary of 400,000 yuan to sign Sima Jie. If New Asia wants to become strong, it must need an invincible legal team, and Lin Xiaozhi doesn't care what black case record he has, as long as he is talented.

Sima Jie heard his question and said directly: "The accommodation at the Taiwan airport is about 30% more expensive than that in downtown Taipei, and if you want to taste authentic Taiwanese food, you have to eat it in Taipei." The food here at the airport is mainly Western, Japanese and Southeast Asian food, and I am not used to eating it."

Lin Xiaozhi glanced at him, feeling that this product was to eat authentic Taiwanese snacks.

He smiled and shook his head, just about to pick up the luggage, only to find that the luggage that he had put on the ground before was gone, and when he turned around, he saw that it was in the hands of a tall and burly man behind him, opened his mouth, and said: "Gao said that the family is too noisy, I came to Taiwan to talk about business, and my father has to let me bring you."

This tall, burly man was one of his family's bodyguards, and his name was Gao Sen. He used to be one of the training instructors of the blue hat, and he has the strength of a sixth-dan black belt in taekwondo, oh no, it is said that he has just recently been promoted to seventh-dan. He once worked empty-handed in the pT training base alone and turned over five special police officers who joined forces. It was a capable person who was almost kidnapped by Lin Jiannian in his early years, and he was invited with a lot of money. The bodyguards of the Lin family are all blue-hat elites brought out by him. During this time, he has been teaching Lin Xiaozhi how to exercise. So, like those bodyguards at home, he called him 'Gao.'

Gao Sen smiled slightly, "Lin Shao, Lin Sheng is worried about you." Taiwan is not as good as Hong Kong, and if something goes wrong here, even if the Lin family has the ability to reach the sky in Hong Kong, it will not be easy to cross the line. ”

Lin Xiaozhi believes that a few years ago, a Hong Kong billionaire had a conflict with a local bigwig in Taiwan, and he should have been bribed by others and the relevant departments were corrupted and imprisoned for more than three months. Although the Hong Kong side has repeatedly protested, the Taiwan authorities just don't buy it. Lin Xiaozhi also accidentally saw this news in an old newspaper at home. Therefore, as soon as Gao Sen said this, he closed his mouth, just nodded, and quickly left the airport in a few days.

"Naturally, we are not going to stay at the airport" Lin Xiaozhi and a few people did not rush out of the pick-up hall, but walked around the hall, until they saw a man with a head of about 1.7 meters, short hair and sunglasses, holding up the pick-up sign of the Asian company, when he said to the group with a smile, and then quickly walked towards the person holding the sign.

"Dude, but Mr. Ke Shouliang?"

Lin Xiaozhi asked in his proficient northern Mandarin, and he was stunned when he saw the person holding the sign, but the person replied in Cantonese: "Yes, I'm Ke Shouliang." You must be Mr. Lin and his party from Xinya Film Company, right? Hello, I'm Ke Shouliang, yesterday my brother-in-law told me that you are coming to Taiwan, I hope I didn't come late."

That's right, this person is the brother-in-law of Song Nianhui, the manager of the investment department of Kowloon Bank, and he is also a top stuntman in Hong Kong and Taiwan, a top Chinese speed racer and filmmaker - Ke Shouliang.

The eyes that looked at him were almost on fire, but not because they were angry, but on the contrary, they were excited.

"How so, Mr. Ke. We would also like to thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to pick you up."

The one in front of him is the best speeding driver in the Chinese world, and almost all the most classic drag racing, car chases and thrilling scenes in Hong Kong in the eighties and nineties were all completed by him. Lin Xiaozhi knew this very well, but although he wanted to immediately bring Ke Shouliang, the top stuntman in Hong Kong and Taiwan, under his command, he still remembered that they were now at the airport, and it was not a convenient place to talk. He immediately introduced the group to Ke Shouliang, and after everyone was polite, Ke Shouliang proposed to leave the airport first.

"It's a coincidence, Ah Hui called me, hoping that when I came to the airport to pick up Lin Sheng, I just returned to Taiwan the day before, otherwise I really wouldn't have had a chance to meet Lin Sheng."

Ke Shouliang is a very talkative man, driving a medium-sized American Land Rover, he prefers this kind of high-horsepower car as a racing driver, but thanks to the Land Rover, otherwise he really can't fit so much of their luggage.

"It's quite a coincidence, when I chatted with Song Sheng before, he also mentioned to me more than once that Mr. Ke is also making movies, and when I inquired and heard that you are the best speed racer and stuntman in Asia, I was also shocked. It's a pity that our family background in Xinya can't afford to make a big-budget movie with a chase scene, otherwise, I would have contacted Mr. Ke early in the morning. ”

Lin Xiaozhi praised a few words in his words, Ke Shouliang listened happily, and said with a smile: "Lin Sheng is going to hold me to the sky, hehe, if you don't dislike it, it's the same as in the circle, just call me Xiaohei." What Mr. Ke, Mr. Ke's, my bones hurt when I called"

"Okay, how old are you to be me, I'll just shout Brother Hei, okay"

He took the initiative to propose, and Lin Xiaozhi naturally beat the snake with the stick, so he changed his name.

"Lin Sheng, are you coming to Taiwan this time to prepare for tourism, or are you going to talk about business? If it's a tourist, I should be in Taipei for the next two or three days. I, the landlord, must be on call, and I am sure to take everyone around to have fun and go around, and turn around all the places that can be played in Taipei."

"I'm here to talk about sound, Brother Xiao Hei knows that our New Asia's "Color is Empty", and I'm going to come to Taiwan to contact the publisher here."

This is not something that needs to be kept secret, so Lin Xiaozhi has no intention of keeping it secret at all, and directly told Ke Shouliang. But it was Ke Shouliang, after listening to his words, he was stunned for a while, and then shook his head with a smile and said: "This is really a coincidence, I didn't expect Lin Sheng, you are like me, this time I came to Taiwan for the release of the movie."

His fingers happily tapped on the steering wheel, and he said boldly: "Mr. Lin, you Xinya haven't decided on the publisher in Taiwan yet, right?" Would you like me to introduce you to one? ”

He doesn't regard himself as an outsider, and he doesn't know if Lu Dao is originally such a straightforward personality or if he has other plans.

Lin Xiaozhi pondered in his heart for a moment, and then asked: "Brother Xiaohei, we really don't know much about Taiwan, why don't you tell us?"

It was the first time he and Ke Shouliang had met, and it was expected that the other party would also see him for the first time, so what could he do. What's more, the other party is still Song Nianhui's brother-in-law, he doesn't believe it, Song Nianhui didn't introduce his situation to him when he notified Ke Shouliang to pick him up, compared to the other party, he didn't have two hearts, it should be really a kind recommendation.

A car approached, and the channel was a little offset. However, Ke Shouliang controlled the steering wheel with one hand, and after just a little flickering, he easily bypassed, which made several people in the car break out in a cold sweat, and at the same time, they couldn't help but give a thumbs up for his driving skills. It's just that he didn't care at all, leaving only half of his attention on driving, but carefully introduced his release in Taiwan to Lin Xiaozhi.

"If you want to say that the distribution in Taiwan has the best reputation and the most bold people, there is no doubt that it is Mr. Tsai's scholar company. There are many film companies in Hong Kong that know that Mr. Cai is the most righteous and the most bold, basically as long as the movie is not too bad, it can be distributed in Taiwan. Especially for films that have made achievements in Hong Kong, he has always given the best price regardless of the size and seniority of the film company. Lin Sheng, although I haven't watched your Xinya's "Color is Empty", I have heard that the box office sold very well, almost 30 million. Let me give you a suggestion, go directly to Mr. Tsai's scholar company for distribution, if you choose to buy out and still have the rights to publish the video tape in Taiwan, maybe you can sell it for about 5 million? ”

Is NT$5 million the best price?

Lin Xiaozhi sneered in his heart, with the current exchange rate of Taiwan dollar against Hong Kong dollars, 5 million Hong Kong dollars is only equivalent to more than 1.7 million Hong Kong dollars. In his mind, the passing price marked for "Color is Empty" is 3 million Hong Kong dollars, and it can be sold for 4005000 Hong Kong dollars, which is the price that satisfies him. You must know the story of Lu Daoyu, "Xinyicheng sold nearly 8 million Hong Kong dollars of Taiwanese films, counting the videotape publication, almost a small income of 10 million Hong Kong dollars in Taiwan alone. Xinya's signboard has not yet been played, so it is naturally impossible to sell the 'sky-high price' of Xinyicheng.

seemed to see Lin Xiaozhi's slightly frowning brows, Ke Shouliang knew what was wrong with Lu Dao after a little groaning, and said apologetically at the moment: "Lin Sheng, I'm talking about 5 million Hong Kong dollars, not Taiwan dollars."

5 million Hong Kong dollars, then the price is high.

Scholar company Lin Hsiao-zhi knows that it is one of the best private film companies in Taiwan, and it is also the largest private distribution company in Taiwan, and its boss Tsai Songlin is said to be the No. 1 bull in Taiwan's entertainment industry, not only black and white means are monstrous, but also financial resources are also abundant, it is said that last year, Taiwan's capital in the Hong Kong entertainment industry was as high as 100 million Taiwan dollars (about 100 million Hong Kong dollars), of which Cai Songlin's capital accounted for 4 billion, which is equivalent to half of the capital of the entire Taiwan investment in the Hong Kong entertainment industry

It's just that Lin Xiaozhi's impression of him is not very good, because there have always been rumors in the circle that more and more shoddy films in Hong Kong have been increasing year by year in recent years, and more than half of them have his money behind them.

earned his first pot of gold from the Hong Kong film industry, and now he relies on it to make a fortune. Lin Xiaozhi himself also knows that he doesn't know anything about finance, and he doesn't have any other specialties, before he was reborn, he was just a small person in the entertainment industry, and what he could rely on to make money was this movie.

Because of this, Lin Xiaozhi's first impression of scholars and Cai Songlin was not very good, and he did not expect that Ke Shouliang would strongly recommend scholar companies to him.

"Brother Xiaohei, I heard that here in Taiwan, aren't the four major state-owned publishers the best treatment? Why is it a little different from what you say? If you have doubts in your heart, ask it, this is Lin Xiaozhi's consistent principle, I would rather be made fun of than be a fool who pretends to understand.

As soon as he heard him mention the four major state-owned publishers, Ke Shouliang snorted heavily: "Lin Sheng, I advise you, don't choose any of the four major state-owned publishers." The four of them, just like the authorities, are brutal, arrogant and unreasonable, if it is a film made by an unfamous film company, they will cut the price hard, and even do not buy it out, only give a share, and make a lot of money."

This time, it made Lin Xiaozhi stupid. Isn't this movie the most profitable, how did it get to his mouth, but it is not profitable to share it in Taiwan

As soon as he asked, Ke Shouliang immediately explained to him: "The authorities in Taiwan have to tax films, do you know how much it is?" I'll tell you, the authorities will directly take 30% of the box office as a tax. The remaining 70 percent of the box office is what the distribution company and the film company can eat......"

He explained to Lin Xiaozhi in detail, and Lin Xiaozhi suddenly realized that he had a deeper understanding of Taiwan, a film market that is expensive as the Asian Tigers, has both talents and markets, and the audience still has money but has not been able to develop.

Taiwan is the only country that is not a third-generation country, but it has not formed a complete film industry chain, even Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. There is a strange rule in Taiwan, that is, the Taiwanese authorities can directly take 30% of the box office of movies as a tax. And in the remaining box office, only a few films by well-known Taiwanese directors can enjoy the treatment of '5545, that is, the distributor takes 55 theaters and 45 of the remaining box office, and the share of general film companies and theaters is fixed around 37.

Such high taxes and bizarre regulations are doomed to the tragedy of Taiwan's local films. A movie with an investment cost of NT$10 million must get more than NT$30 million at the box office to make money. Since the first film was filmed in Taiwan, except for the 40s, only a few money-making films have appeared in the 70s, and the rest have relied on subsidies from the authorities to protect their capital. It's no wonder that the Taiwanese box office is not small, but local films in RR only account for the total box office.

"The four major state-owned distributors are forced to share the films of small Hong Kong film companies, and the film producers can only eat 70 of the box office of a movie, and of the 70 box office, they have to share three or seven points with the film company, and they have only 30% of the film company, and the film company has to take out 15 of its own income as a distribution fee to the four major distributors. Lin Sheng, do the math, what kind of money can you make from a movie? ”

A strange smile appeared on Ke Shouliang's face, like a mockery, more like a sneer, "Except for American films, which are stipulated in the 'Taiwan-US Trade Agreement', which can be fixed at the box office after the release of the film, other local and Hong Kong film companies, if they want to make money for nothing, they will go to the four major state-owned distributors...

Lin Xiaozhi was just about to speak, but he said: "In fact, not only the four major state-owned publishers, but also other theater distributors in Taiwan. It's not bad, there are only a few private publishers and the big four publishers in Hong Kong. The water in Taiwan is very deep, so Lin Sheng, listen to my advice, if you really want to sell the film at a good price, go to Mr. Cai's scholar company. If Lin Sheng thinks that he can't find a way, I can introduce one to you, it just so happens that my boss has also come to Taiwan to sell films recently, and it is a coincidence

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Lin Xiaozhi didn't expect that he was still mixed up on the road, so he didn't realize that he looked at him a few more times. It's just that although he heard Ke Shouliang's good intentions, he came to Taiwan this time to open up Taiwan's distribution channels for New Asia, and it was impossible for him to sell the film directly to scholars and institutions without watching or touching it because of his words. This is a false hearing, and he has to see for himself before he can decide who to work with. I thanked him a few times at the moment, and only said that I would think about it seriously before making a decision.

Worthy of being a top driver, Ke Shouliang drives very fast and steadily. It took him less than half an hour to take a few people to downtown Taipei from the airport to downtown Taipei, where he parked his car in front of a hotel in Taipei.