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As Huang Zuqi communicated with the dialect, he became more and more interested in high-level martial arts and oriental fantasy.

To the extent that I felt that the already revised "Broken Void" was still a bit immature and needed further revisions.

Xiao Zi, Dong Xiu Yu and others took into account the unprecedented nature of this type of high-level martial arts theme and the uncertainty of the true market potential. In addition, Huang Zuqi himself was unknown and martial arts novels had already declined in Hong Kong. Therefore, they decided not to publish "Broken Void" by the Hong Kong Joint Publishing Company.

Fang Yan obviously anticipated this, so he asked Pan Yaoming to sign a contract with Huang Zuqi privately in the name of a shareholder of his publishing company.

However, due to profit considerations, the manuscript fees and royalties were not high, and the first print run was only 1500 copies.

But Huang Zuqi is already very grateful. After all, there are not many companies in the publishing industry today that are willing to continue publishing martial arts novels.

As a thank you gift for his kindness, Fang Yan signed the priority publishing rights for Huang Zuqi's next three books without much effort, and also successfully obtained various authorizations such as the film and television adaptation rights of "Broken Void", making him "willingly" be exploited by himself.

"This Huang Zuqi is a potential stock. We must cultivate him carefully. He will definitely shine in the future."

Fangyan gave Pan Yaoming a serious warning.

"Are you looking for and accumulating talents for the high-level martial arts, oriental fantasy, and cultivation and immortal heroes you just mentioned?"

Pan Yaoming smiled knowingly.

Fang Yan said: "I guess so. Nowadays, no matter what industry or profession you are in, what you lack most is talent."

"In fact, I am also looking forward to seeing how these talented people you have recruited will write about what you call high-level martial arts, oriental fantasy, and immortal heroes."

Pan Yaoming said: "Especially the immortal heroes of cultivation. I have liked reading Huanzhu Louzhu's "The Legend of Swordsmen of Shu Mountain" since I was a child."

"Then you'll have to wait for a while. Xu Ke's previous Xianxia-themed works were mediocre, which seriously affected the enthusiasm of Hong Kong writers to create Xianxia-themed works." Fang Yan analyzed carefully, "Although Feng Shui metaphysics is popular in Hong Kong, it is at most some Maoshan Taoist techniques. It is very different from the Taoist knowledge system of inner and outer alchemy that needs to be integrated into Xianxia in cultivation. It may not be easy to write Xianxia novels."

"Since you know so much, why don't you negotiate a book and point out a clear path for fellow writers?"

Pan Yaoming gave him a meaningful look.

Fangyan thought for a moment. If he really started writing, the options would probably be "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Xuan-Yuan Sword", "Ancient Sword", "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality", etc. However, "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" needed to be refined and improved, and the parts with too many words needed to be condensed.

As for the emotional part, it can be combined with the animated version of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality".

With this thought in mind, he smiled and said, "Don't think about it for now. Wait until I finish the first five parts of Ghost Blows Out the Light."

"That's true. Currently, the Ghost Blows Out the Light series is the God of Wealth for our Sanlian Bookstore."

Pan Yaoming smiled and said, "Of course, I think your novel about cultivation and immortality will become another source of income for the bookstore once it is published."

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Just as the two were preparing to board a flight to Japan, Jin Yong invited Huang Zhan and Cai Lan to his office.

"I just talked to Yanzi on the phone two days ago. He said that we would discuss meeting for dinner after he returns from Japan."

Huang looked left and right.

"I think Mr. Fang has probably guessed that we are going to plead for Ni Xian at this dinner, so he deliberately avoided..."

Cai Lan deduced seriously.

Huang Zhan said: "Yanzi is not a petty person. He is not trying to avoid me on purpose, but he really has something to do."

Jin Yong nodded in agreement, "In fact, it would not be a bad idea for them to meet and reconcile later."

"How do you say this?"

Huang Zhan was puzzled. At the beginning, it was Jin Yong who was most eager to help Ni Gua to make peace. Unexpectedly, Jin Yong was the calmest person now.

"Didn't the stock market crash happen a few days ago? The Hong Kong stock market plummeted." Jin Yong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Ni Zhuo loves to speculate in stocks. This time, he suffered huge losses. He was so depressed that he fell ill and was hospitalized."

Huang Zhan and Cai Lan looked at each other in bewilderment. "Why didn't he tell us that he was sick so that we could go visit him?"

Jin Yong gave him an intriguing look.

Huang Zhan immediately understood. For someone like Ni Xun who valued face as his life, he would feel embarrassed even if "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was better than "Wei Sili". Now that he had failed in stock trading and was hospitalized due to illness, which were even more embarrassing things, he naturally didn't want more people to know about it, including his old friends.

"I've heard that the stock market is risky and that you need to be cautious when investing. Fortunately, I don't know how to trade stocks, so I don't touch them at all."

Cai Lan secretly rejoiced.

“There’s a saying that goes, if you don’t want to touch stocks, then you’re better than 99% of stock traders.”

Huang Zhan suppressed his gloating smile.

"Okay, let's not go off topic."

Jin Yong waved his hand and said, "So when Ni Xian is discharged from the hospital, I think Fang Sheng should also be back in Hong Kong."

Cai Lan asked curiously, "Did Mr. Fang tell you what he was doing in Japan?"

"That's not what they said, but it's easy to guess." Huang Zhan said, "Maybe it has something to do with the movie 'Love Letter'?"

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The next day, Japan Haneda Airport.

The plane landed smoothly, and Fang Yan and Pan Yaoming walked out of the airport carrying their luggage.

The driver of the special car arranged by Yuhikaku was waiting at the door early, holding up a sign that read "Welcome Fangyan Sang to Japan".

Also traveling with him were Yoko Suzuki and Yui Hashimoto. Since they were chosen by Fangyan as screenwriters for the movie "Love Letter", they have been staying in Japan. In addition to revising the script at the director's request, they also served as Fangyan's contacts, helping him deal with various matters in Japan.

Fangyan introduced Pan Yaoming to the two girls, and they exchanged a few pleasantries with each other.

"Teacher Fang, my father asked me to thank you very much!"

As soon as Suzuki Yoko sat in the car, she bowed respectfully.

Fangyan saw through the truth but didn't say anything. However, the more he did so, the more curious Pan Yaoming, who was unaware of the situation, became.

Yoko Suzuki did not hide it and said directly that it was thanks to Fangyan's reminder that she had repeatedly urged Shunjiro Suzuki to cash out part of his money from the stock and foreign exchange markets. Fortunately, Shunjiro Suzuki finally listened to the advice and avoided suffering heavy losses in this global stock market crash.

"That's good."

Fang Yan said: "In fact, don't be sad if you lose more. The decline of the Japanese stock market this time is completely unprovoked. The biggest impact of the US stock market crash is actually on Europe and the United States. I predict that if nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese stock market will recover next year, or even soar again."

"I will definitely tell my father what you said."

Suzuki Yoko said solemnly that although Suzuki Shunjiro still suffered considerable losses in the stock market, fortunately he had followed Fangyan's advice before and invested the money he earned from the foreign exchange market in the real estate market. The current soaring housing prices are almost enough to make up for the losses in the stock market crash.

Fangyan was very surprised. After asking, he found out that the housing prices in Tokyo had skyrocketed by 53%. A 55-square-meter house was sold for as high as 6200 million yen.

Pan Yaoming exclaimed, "This is too exaggerated. If I had known earlier, I would have bought a house in Japan!"

"I'm afraid it's too late now."

Yoko Suzuki couldn't help but laugh. Houses in Japan have reached the point where they cannot be bought even if you have money, and the lottery rate is as high as one in six thousand two.

Fangyan was shocked. Fortunately, he bought a lot of houses before the housing prices skyrocketed. He could wait until the housing bubble expanded a little before selling them. (End of this chapter)