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"Mr. Rong, I'm Zhang Minyi."

Zhang Minyi took the phone, exchanged a few polite words with Zhang Guorong, and then asked about the real purpose of the call.

The result was far beyond his expectations. Zhang Guorong actually brought excellent news to himself and Hong Kong Radio.

"Mr. Rong, are you serious? Mr. Fang wants to discuss a cooperation with our radio station?"

"Yes, I am also conveying it on your behalf."

"Then let me ask one more question. I wonder if Rong Shaoqing knows why Fang Sheng wants to cooperate with our radio station?"

There was a hint of anticipation in Zhang Minyi's tone.

Zhang Guorong told the truth, speaking in dialect, and was planning to hand over one of his novels to the Hong Kong Radio Station to be adapted into a radio drama.

Upon hearing this, everyone including Zhang Minyi was overjoyed. It was like a blessing in disguise. They were worrying about whose novel to adapt into a radio drama to compete with Hong Kong Commercial Radio's "Wesley" series, and now they got what they hoped for, which was dialect.

Zhang Minyi's breathing became a little faster:

"That's great. I wonder when Mr. Fang plans to come to the radio station so we can welcome him in the warmest way possible?"

"The day after tomorrow."

Zhang Guorong added that by that time, Fang Yan would bring Li Zhi with him to discuss another collaboration with Hong Kong Radio.

Zhang Minyi wanted to get to the bottom of it, but the answer she got was "It's hard to explain over the phone, we have to discuss it face to face."

Facing her indirect questioning, Zhang Guorong gently reminded her: "Sister Minyi, please stop asking too many questions."

Zhang Minyi saw that she could not get any more information from asking, so she gave up and expressed her gratitude:
"Please tell Mr. Fang that our Hong Kong Radio Broadcasting Department will certainly be waiting for Mr. Fang and Miss Li to come."

After hanging up the phone, his heart suddenly surged with excitement, and even his steps became much lighter, and he quickly walked back to the meeting room.

The tightly closed door was pushed open, and the heated discussion stopped abruptly. All pairs of eyes were cast straight at Zhang Minyi.

Lu Yongqiang was surprised to see the joy that could not be concealed between her brows:
"Director Zhang, how did your talk with Young Master Rong go? Is there any good news?"

"Good news! It is indeed great news!"

Zhang Minyi said excitedly that Fang Yan was going to cooperate with Hong Kong Radio and give her novel to them to be adapted into a radio drama.

"Fang Sheng!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar. The people who had been frowning just now were now shocked and their faces were filled with joy.

Apart from Jin Yong and others, probably only Fang Yan can rival Ni Xun and his representative work "Wei Sili"!
"Snapped!"

One of the people present could no longer suppress his excitement and slammed the table hard.

Yang Jixi laughed loudly. "To be honest with Director Zhang, we have just discussed it and concluded that the best solution is to ask Fang Sheng for help and find a way to get the adaptation rights of "Midnight Bell" from him. I am afraid that only this broadcast can compete with the "Wesley" series."

Lu Yongqiang nodded in agreement: "It's such a coincidence. We haven't even looked for Mr. Fang yet, but Mr. Fang took the initiative to find us first."

"Since it was Mr. Fang who took the initiative to find us, why did he ask Young Master Rong to pass on the message?"

"Yeah, I find it strange too. Why doesn't Mr. Fang contact the radio station directly? We have some friendship with Mr. Fang."

"And Director Zhang just said that Fang Sheng will bring Li Zhi with him this time. Li Zhi was the champion of the Miss Hong Kong pageant last year. She wants to discuss a cooperation with us in Hong Kong. What kind of cooperation is it that requires Fang Sheng to be the middleman? It's weird, really too weird!"

"You said Mr. Fang is going to cooperate with us on "The Ring", right?"

"........."

As soon as one difficult problem is solved, countless new ones immediately emerge.

Seeing that everyone was discussing the issue but still couldn't come up with a reliable answer, Zhang Minyi clapped her hands and drew everyone's attention back to herself. "Even if I give everyone another day, I'm afraid they won't be able to answer it, so let's not worry about it for now."

"The most important thing for us right now is to compete with the Wesley radio drama of Hong Kong Commercial Radio."

"And our best way out now is to reach a cooperation agreement with Mr. Fang. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Everyone agreed with it and no longer paid too much attention to the details.

Lu Yongqiang and Yang Jixi looked at each other and buried their doubts in their hearts. They really couldn't figure out why it was Zhang Guorong who conveyed this good news?

In fact, Fang Yan originally planned to contact Hong Kong Radio directly to discuss cooperation, but then he thought, it doesn’t matter whether he discusses one or two things, so he might as well take this opportunity to find another promotional channel and opportunity for Li Zhi’s new song and the upcoming mini album.

So, he contacted Lizhi first. While expressing his gratitude repeatedly, Lizhi told the good news to her agent.

Coincidentally, Zhang Guorong’s agent and Li Zhi’s agent are the same person, Chen Shufen.

As it happened, Zhang Minyi and Zhang Guorong were friends, so Zhang Guorong volunteered to convey Fangyan's message to Hong Kong Radio.

As soon as I finished the call, I returned to the recording studio and saw Fang Yan and Li Zhi separated by a soundproof glass, one listening to music and the other recording.

"The rain fell heavily all night, and the silent second hand gave me a gentle resonance in the dark..."

"Okay, let's go here first!"

At the producer's command, the sound engineer made some adjustments and ended the recording.

Zhang Guorong sat down and said, "Mr. Fang, we have already reached an agreement with Hong Kong Radio."

Fang Yan turned his eyes away from Li Zhi and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Mr. Fang, you don't have to be so polite. It's just a small favor."

Zhang Guorong smiled and said, "Besides, you are also doing a favor for me and Lizhi by cooperating with Hong Kong Radio."

Chen Shufen also echoed. Although she came forward and had the face of Zhang Guorong and Cinepoly, Hong Kong Commercial Radio's 903 channel would naturally not refuse to promote Li Zhi's new song, "Evening Breeze Blowing in My Heart". However, they did not take it seriously and did not even arrange an interview session for the new song.

Now with the help of dialects and the addition of a Hong Kong radio station, it is equivalent to having another channel to promote new songs.

"Thank...thank you, Teacher Fang."

Li Zhi walked out of the recording studio and looked at Fang Yan with affection in her eyes.

"You sang very well just now."

Fang Yan said: "Sure enough, my vision is correct. You do have a talent for singing. Don't waste it."

Li Zhi pursed her lips and said, "I don't have any talent. It's just that Teacher Fang writes good songs, so even someone like me can sing well."

"It's true that Fang Sheng writes good songs, and it's also true that you have a talent for singing." Zhang Guorong shook his head and consoled him, "From the moment I sang 'Second Hand' with you, I felt that you underestimated yourself."

The dialect was not surprising, but I never expected that Zhang Guorong would sing "Second Hand" with Li Zhi?
"Mr. Fang, all of this was my idea."

Chen Shufen explained that although Li Zhi was the Miss Hong Kong champion and had some fame, she was still an unknown in the music scene. Even though she had two good songs written specifically in dialect, she still lacked a gimmick in publicity and promotion. That's why she thought of singing "Second Hand" with her in the way of old and new.

It can not only cover up the problem of Li Zhi's lack of singing skills as a newcomer, but also use Zhang Guorong's fame to create momentum for Li Zhi and increase her popularity.

Even the focus of media publicity has been decided, which is to give Li Zhi the title of "Zhang Guorong's junior sister".

"That's a good idea. Guo Rong recommended you to be Li Zhi's agent. It turned out that he made the right choice."

Fangyan nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Lizhi on the left and Zhang Guorong on the right, "I am increasingly looking forward to your singing of 'Evening Breeze Blowing in My Heart', and 'Second Hand' sung with Guorong. I hope that when I listen to the radio drama of my novel on Hong Kong Radio, I can also hear these songs..."

…………

Two days later, Hong Kong Radio.

Zhang Minyi led Yang Jixi, Lu Yongqiang and others and waited in the lobby on the first floor early in the morning.

After a while, two cars appeared in sight, one in front and one behind. Fang Yan, Pan Yaoming, Li Zhi and Chen Shufen got out of the cars one by one.

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa."

The crowd lined the streets to welcome her with applause, and even at Zhang Minyi's eye signal, the staff handed over the flowers they had prepared.

"Mr. Fang, Ms. Li, your presence here really brings honor to our Hong Kong Radio Station."

Zhang Minyi smiled and introduced herself.

Next, it was the turn of the leaders of the broadcasting department of Xiangjiang Radio to shake hands and greet Fang Yan, Li Zhi and others one by one.

Lu Yongqiang's face was full of enthusiasm. "Mr. Fang, I'm Lu Yongqiang, the variety show editor of the broadcasting department."

Fangyan's eyes flickered and he looked at him a few more times. If he remembered correctly, this man was the chairman of Yuedong Original Power Culture Company, the company that produced the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series, and was also one of the main forces of Chinese animation at that time.

However, as "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" started off strong but ended badly, it gradually faded out of the audience's sight, and the entire company also went downhill.

The result is that they missed the golden period of the rise of Chinese animation, such as "The Return of the Great Sage", "Nezha: The Devil Child Conquers the Dragon King", "White Snake: Origin", etc.

After shaking hands with everyone present, Fang Yan, Li Zhi and others were invited to the reception room.

"I think Ms. Zhang has already known the purpose of our visit from the phone call?"

"I understand, I understand. Mr. Fang wants to discuss two cooperation projects with our radio station."

Zhang Minyi changed the subject, "However, Mr. Rong did not mention the details of Miss Li's second cooperation, and only said that he wanted to discuss it in person."

"Because this matter needs to be discussed in person by the two of them who represent CinemaBall."

As soon as Fang Yan spoke, Yang Jixi immediately understood and called the person in charge of the music column and invited Lizhi and Chen Shufen to the meeting room next door.

When Zhang Minyi saw the figure disappear at the door, she went straight to the point and talked about her first cooperation with Hong Kong Radio.

Lu Yongqiang and the others were obviously unable to hold back and asked anxiously, "Which novel is Mr. Fang planning to adapt into a radio drama?"

“This is a new work of mine that has not yet been published.”

Pan Yaoming understood what Fangyan meant after giving him a look, and took out two copies of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mysterious City" from his briefcase.

When they heard that it was a “new work”, Zhang Minyi, Lu Yongqiang and others’ eyes lit up. When they heard that it was a “new work that has not yet been published”, the gleam in their eyes flickered even brighter. They all couldn’t wait to see what Fangyan’s so-called new work was. Could it compete with “Wesley”?

“This is a fantasy adventure novel about Feng Shui and tomb raiding.”

Fang Yan smiled and said, "You can think of it as the Chinese version of Raiders of the Lost Ark."

The more this happened, the more people were itching to read it, and they began to circulate the manuscript of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" eagerly.

Zhang Minyi took a quick look and was immediately attracted by the opening chapter, and began to read greedily.

The conference room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and the only sound was the turning of pages of novels in everyone's hands.

The original first part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is about 25 words long, but Fangyan has polished it based on the original "The Lost Tomb", and the total number of words has exceeded 30 words. After all, the description of the original novel is relatively rough, the overall layout is not compact, and the rhythm is slow.

In particular, the explanation of the background and Feng Shui knowledge is a bit cumbersome, and these aspects greatly detract from the thrilling viewing experience of tomb-robbing novels.

"This is so well written, even better than Wesley."

One of them was so fascinated that he subconsciously said his own comments, and then he noticed that many eyes were cast on him.

Zhang Minyi is one of them, because this person spoke her true feelings. "Wei Sili" is not so much a science fiction novel as it is a fantasy adventure novel disguised as science fiction. Like "Ghost Blows Out the Light", it contains feng shui, religious mythology, folk customs, ghost legends, and weird spirits. But if we really talk about the level of excitement, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is obviously slightly better than "Wei Sili".

"This is just the first one, there will be seven more."

Seeing the reactions of the people at Hong Kong Radio, Fang Yan and Pan Yaoming smiled at each other.

"Seven?!"

Zhang Minyi couldn't help but lose her voice, and the others couldn't help but gasp.

Lu Yongqiang swallowed his saliva and said, "Mr. Fang, may I ask if these seven films will also be handed over to our Hong Kong Radio Station to adapt?"

Fang Yan said: "I do have such a plan now, but the final decision depends on your sincerity."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Fang, we will definitely show our utmost sincerity. I believe no one else will be more sincere than us!"

Zhang Minyi promised solemnly.

"If it's really like what you said, I'm not opposed to considering granting exclusive authorization to Radio Hong Kong."

Fangyan secretly stated that he had already started writing the second part of "Longling Mystery Cave".

Zhang Minyi was shocked, and immediately she and Lu Yongqiang offered a price that was actually higher than the highest standard stipulated by Hong Kong Radio. In addition to conditions such as royalties, they also promised Fangyan that they would let other channels of the radio station cooperate and would also invite newspapers and magazines to vigorously promote "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

They will also send professional screenwriters to modify "Ghost Blows Out the Light" into a Cantonese version suitable for broadcasting, and the radio station's top host will be responsible for the broadcast.

"Yanzi, you are right. Hong Kong Commercial Radio has already put Hong Kong Radio in a corner."

Pan Yaoming listened to the generous conditions one by one, suppressed his smile, and lowered his voice.

"Shhh."

Fang Yan made a gesture to keep quiet, and glanced outside the door, not knowing how Li Zhi and the others were talking. (End of this chapter)