Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 41 Return to Yangcheng (Second update, please collect, read, and vote)
PS: The previous calculation of gold sales was wrong. 783 kilograms is 25258 ounces. The second-hand platform sells one ounce for $5000, which is only $1.26 million. The author directly multiplied 783 kilograms by 5000, so the outrageous figure of $39 billion came out.

"Which is more expensive, a movie script or a TV script?" Li Song asked.

"It depends on the person. In the past, the copyright of a novel by a famous Hong Kong writer was only 500,000. In your case, you can first write the general plot of two movie scripts. That way, when you negotiate with the film company, you can ask for a higher price. After all, you can make many movies with this."

"Or if you're willing, how about you write the outline and then find someone to write it for you?" Liu Jiale asked.

When Li Song heard this, he thought of something he had thought of before, so he asked, "Brother Le, what do you say about me starting a magazine? I have a lot of ideas here."

"That's possible..." Liu Jiale didn't know how to answer. If you publish your own magazine, wouldn't that be competing with the New Evening News?

"Brother Le, I'd like you to take care of this magazine. Editor-in-Chief Luo is old and probably won't be able to work for many more years. By then, the new editor-in-chief may not be as kind to the old one."

"This magazine focuses on novels. I've been learning English recently, and I think Western characters like knights and wizards can also be written into novels. I also want to read the Lord of the Rings novel." The Lord of the Rings that Li Song mentioned was published in 54.

"Uh!" Liu Jiale's mentality changed at this time, because Li Song asked him to manage a magazine, this...

"I can find this for you." Liu Jiale said when he heard Li Song wanted the Lord of the Rings.

"Okay, Brother Le, please think about it. I have a lot of ideas, and I have other things to do later. I will only give a general idea of ​​many things, and you still need to find someone to write the details." Li Song said.

"Okay, I'll think about it. There's no need to rush the movie script. The novel will be published next week. After a few single volumes are published and ATV's TV series is filmed and aired for a while, the movie script will be more valuable at this time. The company can also invest and share the box office..." Liu Jiale found that he had said too much and had unknowingly put himself in the perspective of the magazine director.

"Okay, I'll listen to Brother Le." Li Song nodded. The cultural industry also has a bright future.

"We have also reached a preliminary agreement on the publication of the physical book. The price of the book is HK$11 per copy, and the first print run will be 50 copies. That means your royalties before tax will be HK$60. In addition, we are also in talks with Wanwan and the publishing house in Nanyang." Liu Jiale spoke again.

"Thank you, Brother Le, and thank you, Uncle Xun and the others." Li Song was very happy. He took advantage of his free time from working in the industry to do something. Not only did he gain fame, but he also made money.

"We should be the ones thanking you, Asong. It's your novel that made our New Evening News the best-selling publication." Liu Jiale shook his head and said.

"Let's win together." Li Song said with a smile.

Liu Jiale then left, knowing that Li Song was busy finishing his manuscript.

In the afternoon, Li Song studied English again. Li Song asked about some Western novels. Alin didn't know much about these, but she also knew some about Western knights, witches, and tarot cards.

Li Song asked these questions in order to write outlines for some Western fantasy novels for the ghostwriters at the magazine in the future.

The next day during the day, Alin continued to teach Li Song Cantonese and English.

January 21, 1980, the fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, was the Great Cold.

Li Song got up early in the morning and rushed back to Yangcheng.

"Mr. Li!" Zhang Jianshe was in a meeting. When he heard that Li Song was coming, he quickly adjourned the meeting and went to greet Li Song in person.

"Mr. Zhang, nice to meet you again." Li Song was still dressed as before.

Zhang Jianshe looked at Li Song's canvas bag with a smile, not knowing what was inside. He quickly said, "Mr. Li, you came at the right time. The kitchen got a muntjac. It was spoiling food, so the villagers caught it and sold it for some money to supplement the family income."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

"Mr. Li, we can arrange a separate place for you, what do you think?" Zhang Jianshe said. "I'll follow your instructions. I have a lot to do this time." Li Song's main purpose in coming here was to ask the mainland to find a way to ship the blueprints back.

Applying for a patent also takes a lot of time. It needs to be registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization and then registered in the country where the patent is protected. The former is said to take 6-8 months, and additional information may also be required.

As for other countries, some may take several years.

But once you start registering, you can start doing it.

Of course, the professional agencies in Hong Kong cooperate with professional agencies abroad. The shareholders of these professional agencies have connections with these organizations or patent registration departments in the patent protection countries.

For example, the consultants hired by these agencies are retired senior officials from the patent registration department. In addition, there are also professional patent lawyers, who may be classmates with the person in charge of the review.

There are many public relations companies in the West. Each company covers different fields. As long as you find the right channel and give enough money, there is nothing that the public relations company cannot do.

So Li Song can send the drawings to the mainland.

Li Songxin's residence is just behind the Oriental Hotel. To the west of the Oriental Hotel is Liuhua Park, and to the east is Yuexiu Park.

This is a separate small building with a nice green environment and is very quiet.

However, the small building is a Soviet-style building, and it looks like it has just been renovated.

"Mr. Li!" Ma Shengli also hurried over. He was also in a meeting. The company's main meeting on Mondays was held at the meeting.

"Mr. Li." Liu Qing also greeted Li Song.

"Sorry to trouble you, it's not convenient for me to call in advance." Li Song nodded and greeted.

"Mr. Li, you're too polite. The two technologies you obtained last time have reached the world's advanced level after our appraisal."

"The higher authorities want to reward Mr. Li, but now we have to ask Mr. Li about the method of reward." Ma Shengli said after sitting down.

Li Song had no objection to this, but he still had to say that these technologies were free for military use, but there must be a reason for their civilian use.

Because some things will remain the same even if you don't take them, and they will be better if you take them yourself.

After all, it costs a huge amount to introduce these technologies from abroad, and some of them are simply inaccessible.

"It would be better to exchange the reward for something else, such as land for building a factory or gold or something." Li Song would certainly not refuse the reward, but giving money to himself was of no use, so it would be best to convert it into land for building a factory or something.

"This is also one of the reasons why I came this time, but my main purpose this time is to see the level of the mainland's machinery industry."

"This concerns our investment. This is a technical drawing of a motorcycle crankshaft quenching machine. If the mainland can fully understand the technology, we can prepare some scrapped second-hand machinery. Of course, it's not completely scrapped, but needs repair."

"If it can't be completed, we will have to repair it overseas before shipping it to the mainland, and the price difference can be several times higher."

"The cost of maintenance is one thing, but the more people know about it, the more they will have to pay." Li Song had already thought about what to say.

"Mr. Li, I will report this machine tool information immediately and ask the mechanical experts in Yangcheng to study it and give you an answer as soon as possible." Ma Shengli said immediately.

(End of this chapter)