Lin Xiaozhi thought that Ke Shouliang was exaggerating a little when introducing the four major state-owned distributors, after all, the Taiwanese were dissatisfied with the Kuomintang in more than one or two points, and the four major state-owned distributors were the party property of the Kuomintang, and it was normal for Ke Shouliang not to see them.

It's just that on the second day after coming to Taiwan, when he personally contacted the four major publishers, he finally understood that half of what Ke Shouliang told him before was not adulterated, and it was all really the truth.

“…… How about it, Mr. Lin, do you want to sign a contract with us now? ”

Although the middle-aged man in his forties in front of him had a smile on his face, Lin Xiaozhi couldn't feel the slightest kindness from him.

After reading Xinhua's contract with a smile on his face, Lin Xiaozhi put the contract on the table in front of him and said with a smile: "Manager Nian, thank you very much for coming to entertain us in person, but whether our movie should be released in Xinhua or not, we still need to go back to discuss." ”

"Mr. Lin, what else needs to be discussed? Aren't you the president of your new Asia? If it weren't for the sake of your Qiu Dong's face, it would be impossible to fight for this kind of convenience for you. If Mr. Lin has doubts about the strength of our Xinhua, then I advise Mr. Lin that there is no need for this. Mr. Lin might as well inquire about the top box office in Taiwan last year, "The Last Emperor", which was successfully released by our Xinhua. Do you know what the box office is, a box office of more than 110 million Taiwan dollars. ”

Lin Xiaozhi's eyelids twitched slightly, he knew how popular "The Last Emperor", a biographical film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, was at the box office in Taiwan last year. Xinhua didn't lie to him here, and did sell more than 110 million Taiwan dollars at the box office, which is about equivalent to more than 10,000 Taiwan dollars at last year's exchange rate.

"The Last Emperor" is a good movie, which Lin Xiaozhi does admit, but he is a little difficult to understand why this film with strong literary and artistic colors can sell so well in Taiwan, you must know that "The Last Emperor" was also released in Hong Kong, and nearly 5 million publicity funds were invested to barely achieve a box office of 19UU million Hong Kong dollars, but it is far from being as good as Taiwan.

Although he was surprised how Xinhua successfully released "The Last Emperor", but just after reading Xinhua's contract, Lin Xiaozhi had completely lost patience with cooperating with the four major state-owned publishers, and still used the excuse of going back to discuss with Qiu Degen, and in the impatient face of Xinhua, the manager with the surname of the year, he took Zhu Zhishan and Sima Jie and left Xinhua.

"Mr. Lin, this group of Taiwanese rotten bananas is too bullying......"

As soon as a few people left the Xinhua office on Zhengzhou Road in Datong District, Zhu Zhishan, the youngest of the several people, couldn't help the anger in his heart and scolded

In fact, not only did he have fire in his heart, but even Lin Xiaozhi and Sima Jie's faces were not very good-looking, and they couldn't maintain Fang Cai's smiling face in front of people.

"It seems that Ke Sheng is right, Taiwan's four major state-owned publishers are all the same dog" Sima Jie lit a cigarette, today they visited Central, Nuctech, Xinhua three state-owned publishers, except for the Tainan-based Bowei They have not yet visited, the other three state-owned distributors headquartered in Taipei City, Lin Xiaozhi, they all visited. He is the legal counsel of New Asia, Lin Xiaozhi has handled every contract, and Sima Jie has carefully checked it, and almost every one of them has hidden regulations similar to the overlord agreement.

And as Ke Shouliang said, the three major distributors they have contacted have avoided talking about Taiwan's tax of up to 30 authorities, and the film company also needs to take out 15 profits to pay the distributor's distribution fee. Once Lin Xiaozhi and the others asked about the buyout price, the three major publishers just kept telling them how much the share was, and only the strongest of the four state-owned distributors, Nuctech, offered Lin Xiaozhi and them a buyout price of 2 million Hong Kong dollars, which left a bad impression on New Asia and his party.

"Let's go, let's go get something to eat first" Looking at the time, it was already more than 4:40, and it was only a few minutes before 5 o'clock. They just ate a little bit at noon, and in the afternoon they were busy visiting the publisher, and the four of them who had been running a lot of miles were now hungry. Lin Xiaozhi also felt that his stomach was starting to bark, thought about it, and proposed to eat something first.

"Okay, I'm hungry"

Sima Jie readily supported his proposal, and Gao Sen nodded in agreement, and he rarely spoke after coming to Taipei because he was not good at Chinese and did not understand film distribution. Only Zhu Zhishan still remembered what they came to Taiwan for, although he was also very hungry, he still asked: "Mr. Lin, the three state-owned publishers are all so virtuous, do we want to visit Bowei in Tainan tomorrow?" ”

Lin Xiaozhi pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then shook his head and said, "No need, let's visit those private publishers tomorrow."

When it comes to eating, Sima Jie is more proficient than anyone else.

"If you want to talk about snacks in Taipei, I recommend you don't go to Liaoning Street, which is indeed the best snack night market in Taipei, but the traffic is too bad, and there will often be traffic jams and a walk for a while, and because the fame is too big, there are many tourists, and it is better to go to other places to join in the fun. For example, we are going to the Shilin Night Market now, although many of the delicious food stalls there are not available until after six o'clock. However, there are also a lot of permanent shops over there, so calculate the time, and when we arrive, there should be some to eat."

A group of four people got into the car to the Shilin Night Market, and the brother was a little surprised when he heard it, and glanced at Sima Jie who was sitting in the back through the rearview mirror, and praised: "Mr. shouldn't be Taiwanese, I didn't expect to know so much about the situation in our Taipei."

Lin Xiaozhi and the others thought he was being a showman, but when they heard that the brother who claimed to be a local expert also praised him, they were all surprised.

That Sima Jie didn't think so, he seemed a little tired after talking a lot, and saw that several people looked at him from time to time, lit a cigarette for himself and said: "It's not surprising, I was born in Taipei, and in the fifties and sixties Jiang's father and son arrested people everywhere, my family funded the mainland in the early years, so I had to flee to Hong Kong." After Prince Chiang ascended the throne, Taiwan was more relaxed, and I paid my parents to go back to Taiwan for a few months every year, which is half a Taipei native......"

As soon as he said this, everyone suddenly realized, no wonder they know so much about the snacks here.

What is it like for 20 million people to be crammed on a small island, today is Friday, Lin Xiaozhi and they enjoyed a Taiwanese-style worship five major traffic jams, originally thought that they could rush to Shilin Night Market at five o'clock, who expected that it took more than twenty minutes, and the hour hand pointed to half past five after their group arrived at the place.

"Lin Sheng, you guys be careful and pack your wallets or something."

I got out of the car and stood at the Shilin Night Market, which had begun to increase in numbers. Sima Jie only kept a few hundred Taiwan dollars in change in his coat pocket, and his wallet and everything were put into his inner pocket, "There are more pickpockets here, troublesome"

Yes, in a noisy place like this, many people patronize and eat, and if someone accidentally takes their wallets away, they may not be immediately noticed, and the danger is indeed much smaller than in other places. Lin Xiaozhi and the others listened to what they said, except for Gao Sen, who didn't say anything, including Lin Xiaozhi, they all learned from him to put his wallet and other things in his inner pocket, and he only had a few hundred Taiwan dollars on his body.

"The oysters fried here are much more authentic than those in Hong Kong"

Half an hour later, wiping off the sweat on his head, Lin Xiaozhi patted his belly, and when he dug into his pocket, he found that the more than 200 Taiwan dollars he had taken out before had been almost spent, and only a dozen Taiwan dollars were left, which was obviously not enough to pay. He was stunned for a moment, and then took out a 1,000-yuan Taiwan dollar from his inner pocket that had been exchanged in advance, and put his wallet back in his pocket. Just as he was about to pay, he suddenly felt as if someone had pulled his clothes, turned his face to look, and found that a little girl with slightly unkempt hair, some dirty things on his forehead and cheeks, and a piece of white on his face, so that people couldn't see his appearance clearly, stood behind him without knowing what he did, and saw him turn his face, with a pair of big watery eyes staring at the thousand Taiwan dollars in his hand.

"Uncle, I haven't eaten for a day, can you please give me something to eat?"

The little girl begged him pitifully, as if to prove herself, and she dug into the pocket of her clothes, which was empty.

uncle

Lin Xiaozhi smiled dumbly, but it was not too much for him to be called an uncle at the age of twenty-eight. He nodded, asked the boss to help get another oyster fried, and then asked curiously, "Little sister, what about your family?" ”

This should be a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old, Lin Xiaozhi looked at her carefully for a while. is not tall, only about 1.52, 53, from the perspective of dress, it should not be a child of a rich family. The flowers on her face made it impossible for others to see her appearance clearly for a while. However, Lin Xiaozhi felt that this should be a cute little girl, and that face made him look faintly familiar. It's just that suddenly, I can't think of where I've seen it.

"Uncle Xie Lu"

Seeing him invite herself to eat, the little girl seemed to be very happy and politely thanked him in Chinese, but did not answer his question.

"Guest, the oysters are fried"

The boss over there greeted him, Lin Xiaozhi thanked him, and immediately said to the little girl, "Come and eat something."

"Uncle Xie Lu, Uncle Xie" She seemed to be hungry, and as soon as she sat down, she immediately began to fry the oysters on the plate.

"Mr. Lin"

Zhu Zhishan patted his stomach and walked over from a stall not far away, "Eat so much"

"Where's Gao Sen?"

Lin Xiaozhi asked, "Why didn't you see Sima?" ”

"Sima is waiting over there to eat freshly made braised pork rice, Gao Sheng should go to the toilet...... Uh, Mr. Lin, this little girl is ......"

As soon as he saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl sitting next to Lin Xiaozhi, he was stunned for a moment, and only separated for a few minutes, and when he didn't want to come back, Lin Xiaozhi followed a little girl.

"I don't know if Lu Dao is lost" Lin Xiaozhi shrugged, "Go over there and buy her a cup of milk tea"

"Oh good"

Zhu Zhishan didn't think much about it when he heard this, so he walked over to buy a cup of milk tea and brought it over.

"Here, little sister, what about your family?"

"Uncle Xie Lu, can you invite me to eat again?" The little girl was not polite, seeing that they had bought a cup of milk tea for herself, her eyes were bent into crescents. However, she seemed to be really hungry, and after eating a serving, she still seemed to be satisfied.

"Of course"

It's just a few dozen Taiwan dollars, and Lin Xiaozhi doesn't care about this little money. asked the boss to make an oyster fried and sent it over, but he was now interested in this little girl, because he found that when Zhu Zhishan asked her family for the second time, the little girl looked stunned and a panicked look flashed on her face.

At the moment, while the oyster fried had not yet been delivered, Lin Xiaozhi took out a few pieces of tissue paper and handed them over, wanting her to wipe the dirt on her face. Then he asked for the third time: "Little sister, can you tell us about your contact information at home?" We'll help you contact the police uncle or send you home."

As soon as his words fell, he saw that the little girl's face changed suddenly, her small body trembled as if she had encountered something very terrible, her white teeth bit her lip, and she looked at him with big watery eyes, and said, "Uncle, I don't have any family, can you take me in?" ”

Lin Xiaozhi was stunned, and came to Shilin Night Market for a meal, and picked up a little girl.