Chapter 130 Gold Medal Editor
Seeing the uproar in the city, the parents were very worried. What worried them even more was why Liu Hongmin hadn't gotten married yet?
Liu Hongmin had made enough money over the years, and it was time for him to get married. Although they were not very satisfied with Lan Jieying's identity as a Hong Konger, as long as Liu Hongmin was happy, they would not object.
Faced with his parents' pressure to get married, Liu Hongmin felt like he was still in the 21st century. He had no choice but to flee to Hong Kong.
When Zou Shifang heard about this, he laughed at him harshly.
"I never thought that you would have this day. Did you laugh at us back then? Now it's your turn, right?"
Liu Hongmin shook his head speechlessly. "You know my current situation. We are together less and apart more than we are together. Aying doesn't want to live in Beijing. How can we get married?"
"Then let's break up!" Zou Shifang shrugged and said, "How long do you want to drag it out like this?"
Liu Hongmin was silent for a moment, "Let's wait and see!"
"This is not like you!" Zou Shifang said angrily, "You are not a child anymore, you can just break it off if you need to."
"That's enough!" Liu Hongmin was a little annoyed, "I'll go see how the film editing is going."
Zou Shifang had no choice but to accompany him to the editing room. Tomorrow Film Company had very few connections, and it was all up to Xu Xiaoming to support it. This time Xu Xiaoming was in a hurry to go to the mainland to film, so he didn't find a suitable editor, and finally found Mai Zishan, who had just been in the industry for a few years.
"Mai Zishan has edited films such as "Out of the Book", "Lao Jia Lao Nu Lao Shang Lao", and directed "No Poison, No Husband" himself. He is a very capable person."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows. Maizishan? The future gold medal editor?
"Then sign it. We don't have a decent editor anyway."
Zou Shifang nodded and said, "I'll ask the HR department to issue a contract later."
After entering the editing room, Mai Zishan was awakened, "Boss Zou? Is there something wrong?"
Zou Shifang introduced him: "This is Mr. Liu, the big boss of the company. Brother Xiaoming went to the mainland to film a movie, and the big boss came to inspect it in person."
"Mr. Liu?" Mai Zishan looked at Liu Hongmin in surprise, "Are you the author of "Lies"? "
"That's right." Zou Shifang teased, "Didn't you always say you wanted to meet the god who disturbed the devils? Now that you have met him, are you disappointed?"
Mai Zishan quickly said, "No! No! I just didn't expect him to be so young."
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "We will have many opportunities to meet in the future. Let's talk about the film first. How is the editing going?"
"It went very smoothly." Mai Zishan took the edited film and showed it only to Liu Hongmin.
Liu Hongmin waved his hand and said, "I don't understand this. You should cut out a rough version first and show it to me!"
"That's fine!" Mai Zishan said, "Give me another three days and I can cut out the hair."
"That'll be three days later."
Liu Hongmin looked at the equipment in the editing room and said, "Then you go ahead and get busy."
Zou Shifang patted Mai Zishan on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Mr. Liu plans to sign you. The company has nothing but a lot of money. Don't you want to be a director? As long as you have talent, the company will definitely support you." Mai Zishan suddenly became excited and said, "I will definitely work hard."
He is just over 30 years old and has only been in the industry for five or six years. He has edited some films over the years, but he doesn't see a future for himself. He thinks he has some talent, so how can he be content with mediocrity?
Although Mingtian Film Company was just established, it has a very good fortune. It has shot two movies, both of which made a lot of money. The boss of the company can make the Japanese restless with just one book, which is simply amazing! If he signs with this company, it may be a turning point in his career.
After leaving the editing room, Liu Hongmin had nothing to do, so he called Yang Guiren.
"Brother Ren, I'm in Xiangjiang. Let's have dinner together tonight."
Yang Guiren was pleasantly surprised. "You're finally here. I just happened to have something to talk to you about. Let's talk about it tonight."
In the evening, Liu Hongmin and Zou Shifang went to the appointment together. Zou Shifang is also a contracted author of Yang Guiren, and his martial arts novel "The Taoist Priest Huang He" has been published.
"The Taoist Priest Huang He" is based on Lü Dongbin and is set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Then the story of Lü Dongbin slaying demons and monsters is written in a martial arts style. When Ming Pao serialized it, Zou Shifang was paid 50 Hong Kong dollars per thousand words, which is enough to show that Zou Shifang's level is good.
"Brother Liu, you have become famous this time." Yang Guiren said excitedly: "You turned the Japanese upside down with just one book. It was so exciting for us to read it."
Liu Hongmin waved his hands, "It's all in the past, let's not talk about it! Let's not talk about it!"
Yang Guiren complimented him, then said with regret: "What a pity! Brother, you have been banned by the devils. You can no longer sell your novels there."
Zou Shifang nodded, "It's a bit of a pity. If the Japanese had discovered it ten days or half a month later, White Night Walk would have sold nearly five million copies."
"Who said it wasn't!" Yang Guiren said with emotion, "But there was also an unexpected surprise. When the people in the South heard that the enemy's defenses had been breached, their spirits were high. The sales of 'White Night Walk' have increased a lot, and it is expected to break the 200,000 mark."
"Two hundred thousand?" Zou Shifang couldn't help laughing. "It's really incomparable to the Japs'."
Yang Guiren spread his hands and said helplessly: "The Southern Dynasty is not keen on suspense novels, so "White Night Walk" is not selling very well. "Lies" is selling well, and it has sold one million copies. It's just a pity that in order to get back the share from the devils, we sold the copyright of the Southern Dynasty to Random House."
Liu Hongmin: "There is not much money in the Southern Dynasty. Random House can make money, but Sanlian may not."
"I don't feel sorry for Nanchao, I feel sorry for the Japanese." Yang Guiren gritted his teeth and said, "Just the book "White Night Walk" made more than one million US dollars! If it weren't for "Lies", the Japanese would have been a cash cow. How can I not feel sad that a cash cow is gone just like that?"
Liu Hongmin waved his hand, "Brother Ren, don't worry. If the money tree is gone, we can just plant another one."
Yang Guiren asked quickly: "Plant again? How to plant?"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "If the novel can't be accepted, then let's do comics. Comics are very popular over there, so we can definitely draw a detective comic, which will definitely sell well."
"Tell me in detail!" Yang Guiren came over quickly.
Liu Hongmin said: "We still need the help of Random House for this matter. With their protection, we can make money safely on the Japanese side."
Yang Guiren was somewhat reluctant, "That means I will earn half the money!"
"The money is what can be put into the pocket." Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a lamb. If we don't make a profit, how can we get money from the Japanese? And with the participation of Random House, the sales of comics can at least double. If you calculate it this way, we are not losing money."
(End of this chapter)
