Huayu: Director started with art films

Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Although it is summer vacation now, many students have not gone back to school but stayed in school.

Living in a school dormitory is free, so many students from ordinary families stay in Shanghai to work during the summer vacation.

In the girls' dormitory.

Today is a holiday and the weather is good, so the female college students who had not left early in the morning got up, went into the public washroom and started washing clothes.

A female student finished washing her clothes and returned to the dormitory with a washbasin. She saw her roommate Li Bingbing busying herself at the desk.

"You're still studying so hard during the holidays..."

As soon as the female classmate finished speaking, she saw a piece of paper on the table with the words "Miss Asia Beauty Pageant Registration Form" clearly written on it!
She was surprised and asked, "Bingbing, are you going to sign up for Miss Asia?"

"Yes, Yanyan!"

Li Bingbing turned around and looked at her roommate with a smile: "Miss Asia is such a big competition, I must give it a try. Even if I can't be selected, at least it will be a good experience."

"Yes, you are so good-looking, you will definitely be able to sign up."

Cao Yanyan sighed: "I can't do that. I'm just average looking. I'll probably be rejected even though I just submitted the application form and haven't even participated yet."

The Miss Asia beauty pageant, as the name suggests, is first and foremost a beauty pageant!

Not to mention that they are all beautiful women, but at least they have to have distinctive looks that are pleasing to the eye, either the pretty girl type or the girl-next-door type.

Cao Yanyan is not ugly. Those who can be admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy usually have good looks unless they have outstanding abilities.

Although she is not ugly, compared with Li Bingbing, her appearance is just an ordinary one.

"You can give it a try." Li Bingbing said, "I heard that Li Yu is also planning to sign up."

"Li Yu is also participating?"

Cao Yanyan was surprised and asked, "Didn't she go back to her hometown?"

Li Yu is from Shaanxi. After the summer vacation, she went back to her hometown.

Li Bingbing said: "She came back yesterday. I heard she came back specifically to participate in the Miss Asia beauty pageant."

"Then it seems that there are quite a lot of people who sign up for our school?"

"Yes, Wang Qianhua and Jin Yuting from Class 92, and Ma Yili and Yang Ming from Class 94 are all going to sign up."

"So many!"

"Yes, I heard that Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama also have people applying. And regardless of the number of applicants from art schools, I heard that many dance troupes and theaters have people applying."

After hearing this, Cao Yanyan, who had originally wanted to sign up, immediately gave up the idea.

Not to mention how many beauties there are in these colleges and dance troupes, there are probably quite a few beauties among the people.

The scale of this beauty pageant is really huge.

the other side.

Yangcheng. (Guangzhou!)

As a city close to Hong Kong, the Miss Asia beauty pageant craze first spread here.

Yangcheng TV Station has obtained authorization from ATV and will hold an audition competition across the mainland.

Of course, when we say the mainland, it is actually mainly concentrated in Guangdong.

If someone from outside the city signs up for a beauty pageant, it is not impossible, but they have to pay for their own travel expenses.

Guangzhou is the mainland city most influenced by Hong Kong. Almost everyone can say something about the Miss Hong Kong and Miss Asia beauty pageants in Hong Kong.

After all, it is still the antenna era, and the Guangzhou area can watch programs broadcast by Hong Kong TV.

News about the beauty pageant can be seen everywhere in local newspapers in Guangzhou.

Many girls who love beauty have signed up for the competition. No matter whether they succeed or not, there is no loss for them.

But if she is selected successfully and goes to Hong Kong to participate in the selection, she may be able to star in Hong Kong movies and become a big star like other Hong Kong beauties! (First, the champions are selected in each country, and then they participate in the Miss Asia finals of ATV)
Countless young girls submitted their resumes!
In less than three days, Yangcheng TV received thousands of registration letters.

This does not include those from Guangzhou.

It is the summer vacation now, and there shouldn’t be too many female college students over the age of 18.

This year's Miss Asia beauty pageant is held in such a grand manner, with champions selected from all Asian countries. Which girl who wants to become famous would not participate in such a big beauty pageant?

Seeing that the number of applicants seriously exceeded the limit, Yangcheng TV Station hurriedly contacted Asia Television Station.

When Florence Hui learned that Yangcheng TV had received thousands of registration letters, she was also greatly surprised. It has only been a few days since the official announcement, and thousands of people have signed up?
And since it’s a letter delivery method, there may be more on the way!
Seeing that the beauty pageant was attracting a lot of attention in mainland China, Florence Hui made a prompt decision and sent a TV program crew to Guangzhou to prepare photography for the auditions. She also arranged for several contracted artists from the TV station to serve as judges.

According to the previous idea, Asia Television would only broadcast the auditions for local applicants in Hong Kong, while Taiwan would be handed over to China Television and the mainland would be handed over to Yangcheng Television.

I didn't expect mainland audiences to be so enthusiastic.

Naturally, Florence Hui didn't want to miss such a large number of exciting auditions.

But there were still too many applicants.

A week later, there were nearly 20,000 registration letters.

Considering that these people were going to come to Yangcheng to participate in the auditions, Yangcheng TV Station had to suspend registration through various media.

At the same time, it was stated that the Miss Asia beauty pageant will continue to be held next year, and the scale will be larger next year, and there will also be cooperation with various provincial TV stations.

After that, all the registration letters we received were rejected or sent back by the post office.

The sensation caused by the Miss Asia beauty pageant occurred not only in the mainland, but also in various Asian countries.

Countries with underdeveloped regions, such as Malaysia, India, and Thailand, are even more enthusiastic about beauty pageants.

Today, the island city of Hong Kong still has a huge influence in Asia, not only because of its geographical location as Asia's financial center, but also because of the support of the entertainment industry.

The title of Oriental Hollywood is no joke. Moreover, in recent years, the influence of the Four Heavenly Kings has gradually spread from the Chinese-speaking circle to Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asian countries.

Wherever the Four Heavenly Kings appear, there will always be fans chasing after them.

The late 90s were the years when the Four Heavenly Kings were at their peak.

After the millennium, the reputation of Hong Kong films and the Four Heavenly Kings was no longer effective.

On the one hand, the decline of Hong Kong films has led to Hong Kong stars being gradually replaced by European and American stars. On the other hand, the emergence of a new generation of singers has squeezed out the fame of these veteran singers.

After all, those who chase stars are always young people, and they like young idols, not a bunch of "kings" in their thirties and forties.

7 month 23 number.

Li Yishu suspended filming, handed the crew over to Han Sanping for coordination, took a day off, and went to Hong Kong.

He did not come to Hong Kong for the Miss Asia beauty pageant, as the TV station's program team would naturally be responsible for that matter. Li Yishu came to Hong Kong to acquire Ming Pao.

After two months of investigation, Liu has had a clearer understanding of Ming Pao and has already come up with an acquisition plan.

In order not to attract the attention of outsiders, the two met in the conference room of the Peninsula Hotel. Liu smiled and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Li, long time no see!"

"Mr. Liu, thank you very much this time."

Li Yishu smiled and said, "If it weren't for Mr. Liu's help, I don't think I would have been able to investigate so many inside stories."

Liu laughed and said, "Mr. Li is too polite. In fact, even without me, Mr. Li could have asked Mr. Yang or someone else to investigate."

Li Yishu said, "That being said, I still want to thank Mr. Liu for his help. If Art Entertainment Group plans to go public in the future, we will definitely look for Mr. Liu."

It is actually very simple for the Art and Entertainment Group to seek a listing, but if it wants to stabilize the group, it must attract many shareholders.

Currently, Art Entertainment Group is solely owned by Li Yishu, but it will conduct two rounds of financing next year to attract powerful shareholders and capital.

After that, in early 97, after the release of "Red Cliff of the Three Kingdoms", it was launched on the market at an appropriate time.

The purpose of choosing to go public in 97 was very simple. Li Yishu wanted to cash out some money before the listing, wait for the Asian financial crisis to come, and then buy shares of his own group at the bottom.

The profit is huge price difference, and the shares can be better hidden at the same time.

The two exchanged a few simple greetings and then sat down to chat.

Liu took out a document and handed it to Li Yishu: "Mr. Li, this is the information I found about Pinhai. I used to think that this guy had a business mind, but now I see that he is just a con man!"

Li Yishu looked at Liu in surprise, took the document and flipped through it, then looked up abruptly, "Boss Liu, are these true?"

"it is true!"

Liu nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Jin Yong, who had been smart all his life, would end up choosing an incompetent person to inherit Ming Pao!"

On May 1989, 5, at a tea party celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of Ming Pao, Jin Yong suddenly announced his resignation as president, retaining only the position of chairman of the board of directors of Ming Pao. He also stated that he planned to retire and fade out of the social world.

At that time, Ming Pao was a large newspaper group with a market value of about 10 billion and a profit of about 1 million Hong Kong dollars.

Jin Yong was about to retire, and his son did not get along with him, so the wealthy people who were interested in the newspaper industry all made moves.

At that time, more than 10 financial groups came to negotiate the acquisition of Jin Yong’s shares.

There have been acquisition experts Liang Botao and publishing magnate Cheng Jinghan's acquisition partners, British newspaper tycoon Maxwell, Hong Kong's chief tycoon Li Huanggua, Hong Kong's chief foreign company Jardine Matheson Group, Australian media tycoon and major shareholder of the South China Morning Post Murdoch, and the owner of Japan's Tokuma Shoten and his consultant Yu Pinhai.

But in the end, no consortium reached an agreement.

Jin Yong’s intention is not how much Ming Pao is sold for, but whether the future successors can carry forward the spirit of Ming Pao.

He himself had also looked for suitable candidates within the Ming Pao Group, but had been undecided.

At this time, a young man caught Jin Yong's attention. This person was Yu Pinhai, who has now become the new boss of Ming Pao.

According to the information Liu Cixin has investigated and some newspapers he has collected from previous years, Yu Pinhai is indeed the "best companion for the elderly."

Starting from 1989, he went to Jin Yong's house almost every day, spending a lot of time accompanying Jin Yong to watch plays and eat hairy crabs, and often talked about his ideal of running a newspaper.

Because he had a conflict with his son very early on, the father and son had not seen each other for many years, like enemies. Jin Yong was an old man, but he had never enjoyed the joy of father-son relationship.

Now, a man of about the same age as his son comes to accompany him every day to eat, drink and play. Naturally, Jin Yong has a very good impression of him.

So in December 1991, Yu Pinhai and Jin Yong conducted their first share transaction, which lasted until December 12 last year.

Over a three-year period, Jin Yong divided his shares in Ming Pao into five installments and gave them to Yu Pinhai, making him the new chairman of the board of directors of Ming Pao.

If it were just this, Yu Pinhai could only be said to have planned and managed things.

Jin Yong has written so many martial arts novels and runs a newspaper. He has met many people and things. If he is not happy, he will definitely not transfer his shares to Yu Pinhai.

But Yu Pinhai is not only the best companion for the elderly, he is also a criminal who has been in prison.

Liu spent a lot of time investigating Yu Pinhai's past experience. He found out that while studying in Canada, he had committed seven charges including theft, forgery of checks, illegal use of other people's credit cards, and possession of firearms, and was sentenced to prison.

If that were all, it could only be said that his personal morality was problematic. Even if Jin Yong regretted it after seeing the information, he could do nothing about it since he had already sold the shares to the other party.

But Yu Pinhai not only had personal moral problems, he also suffered losses in overseas investments.

Earlier this year, he used Ming Pao to get a loan to invest in the gambling business in Canada, concealing his shareholders and violating the loan agreement with the bank consortium.

It just hasn't been revealed yet.

Because Liu had connections with the bank, he learned that Yu Pinhai had a high-value loan agreement, so he sent someone to investigate the matter.

As a local boss, Liu soon found out that he opened a casino in Canada.

After reading the information, Li Yishu looked up and asked, "Mr. Liu, what is your plan?"

"First, I will disclose Yu Pinhai's past experience. Then I will report his illegal misappropriation of loans to the bank. The Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will definitely suspend the trading of Ming Pao. By then, even if Yu Pinhai does not sell his shares, the shareholders will try their best to drive him out of the Ming Pao Group."

The reason why Liu is known as a stock market sniper in Hong Kong is that he is no ordinary person. After collecting these information, he already has a complete plan.

Moreover, he had contacted many small shareholders of Ming Pao privately. As long as the affairs of Yu Pinhai were exposed, the small and medium shareholders would definitely unite and oppose the Ming Pao chairman from damaging their interests.

Hearing this, Li Yishu pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Boss Liu's method is very good, but it is not suitable for me."

"What does Mr. Li mean?" Liu looked at the other party in confusion.

"Before, I asked Mr. Liu to help me purchase Ming Pao because of his status, but now that I have this information, I have a solution."

Li Yishu raised the information in her hand and asked with a smile, "If we contact Mr. Jin Yong and give him this document to review, and I propose to acquire Ming Pao and expand it into a major newspaper in Asia, will Mr. Jin Yong publicly support me?"

Yu Pinhai is no longer a concern. He arbitrarily misappropriated the loan for other purposes, which seriously violated the regulations of the Hong Kong Banking Consortium.

In addition, the banking consortium and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will also impose restrictions on the suspension of trading of Ming Pao.

If he doesn't want to be stuck with his shares and face debt collection from the bank, selling shares is the only way out.

Therefore, Li Yishu's idea is to get in touch with Jin Yong. The meaning is also very obvious, which is to prevent the outside world from mocking Jin Yong.

If people knew that Yu Pinhai was such a person, the topic of Jin Yong being smart all his life but stupid for a moment would definitely be hyped up by the media.

There are two advantages to doing this.

Firstly, with Jin Yong's approval, Li Yishu can acquire Ming Pao openly and avoid buying Ming Pao from Liu in the future and facing criticism from British media for being a "thief".

The second is the copyright of the martial arts novels in Jin Yong’s hands.

Jin Yong Opera is not only popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, but will also be popular in mainland China in the future.

Taking this opportunity, Li Yishu tried to sign various peripheral copyrights for all of Jin Yong's martial arts novels, including film and television, stand-alone games, online games, animation, comics, etc.

In places claiming to have Chinese people, Jin Yong martial arts heroes are used.

This is no joke. Currently, the copyrights of Jin Yong's martial arts novels are mostly used for film and television adaptations.

When it comes to video games, few people pay attention to them or care too much about them.

If he could get all the copyrights of Jin Yong's martial arts novels now, Li Yishu feels that it would bring him at least nearly 10 billion yuan in value in the future. Even if it is not as good as Marvel and DC, it is definitely a super IP and the largest IP in the Chinese community, second only to the four great classics.

As for whether Jin Yong will agree to sell all copyrights?

Li Yishu feels that the possibility is still quite high. Even if he cannot get all the copyrights, he will definitely get several important film, television, animation, and game copyrights. (End of this chapter)