"Ten things in life are unsatisfactory. Think about it, some men are stabbed by sticks, but you are cut by scissors. It can be regarded as a spiritual practice."
In the ward, Chu Huan and Fang Jianhui stood beside Zhong Zhichen's bed. Chu Huan looked at Zhong Zhichen who had just been pushed out of the ward with a strange expression.
Suppressing laughter is really hard work.
Fang Jianhui also had the same expression as Chu Huan, "Brother Huan is right, Senior Brother Zhong, it is better to be cut with scissors than to be stabbed with a stick. This is also your life experience. If it is drawn into your comics in the future, it may become a big hit."
Woolen cloth!"
Zhong Zhichen lay on the hospital bed, raised his head with difficulty, and then uttered the word "Get out!" with all his strength.
"Ha ha!"
After walking out of the hospital, Chu Huan and Fang Jianhui finally couldn't help but start laughing.
Now, according to the doctor, Zhong Zhichen will definitely need to be hospitalized for a while. If the recovery period is included, it will take almost two months.
Chu Huan didn't care much about this situation. Although the comic book club had already opened at that time, there was still enough time.
Then Chu Huan returned to school.
night!
Lin Qingxia was curled up on the sofa alone. On the coffee table in front of the sofa, there was the script of "Happy Ghost".
In fact, Lin Qingxia has already received the script of "Happy Ghost" and knows the lines in it by heart.
But after all, this is her first movie starring in it, so Lin Qingxia will still take it out and take a look from time to time.
Lin Qingxia's heart felt warm when she saw the scripts displayed in a larger font than others.
In fact, Lin Qingxia had a slight dyslexia. In another time and space, Lin Qingxia, who had just entered the film industry, even had to have someone read the script to her.
When Liu Pingkui gave Lin Qingxia the script, Lin Qingxia was still a little worried, but when she saw the fonts on the script and a staff member who was specifically responsible for reading the script to her, her worries turned into doubts.
"Brother Huan ordered it!" Liu Pingkui said to Lin Qingxia.
It is precisely because of this that Lin Qingxia treasures her script very much, but today when she saw Chu Huan, whom she had not seen for a month, in the black and white video, Chu Huan faced her as if she were an ordinary person, Lin Qingxia
Qingxia's heart began to be filled with mixed emotions and she began to think wildly.
I also felt inexplicably irritable.
She lost interest in reading scripts that she had to do every day.
At this moment, Lin Qingxia heard a knock on the door.
Lin Qingxia stood up and came to the door with a suspicious expression, "Who is it?"
"Me!" Chu Huan's voice came from the other side of the door.
Lin Qingxia immediately opened the door excitedly.
Then I saw Chu Huan standing at the door carrying two bags of food.
"Brother Huan, why are you here?" Lin Qingxia asked happily.
Chu Huan picked up the bag in his hand and said with a smile, "I suddenly wanted to eat a side dish. We haven't seen each other for a long time, so I came over to see if you had eaten and whether you would like to eat Xiangjiang's specialties."
Side stove!”
"I haven't eaten yet!" Lin Qingxia blurted out subconsciously.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "That's just right."
While talking, Chu Huan walked into Lin Qingxia's room, put the ingredients on the table, and came to the kitchen naturally, "I remember that when I was renovating your place, I specially asked someone to buy a pot for the side stove.
Here it is, found!"
Steaming steam rises.
Chu Huan put some fat beef, shrimp balls, seafood, vegetables and other ingredients into the pot.
"How's it going? Are you familiar with the script of the new movie?"
Lin Qingxia helped Chu Huan open the Coke and said sweetly, "I've memorized it all."
At this time, the unhappiness in her heart had already disappeared.
Chu Huan said with a smile, "Don't worry when making a movie, just act like you are!"
"Yes!" Lin Qingxia nodded heavily, "I won't let you down, Brother Huan."
While chatting, Chu Huan did not explain to Lin Qingxia why he did what he did in the company this morning. He just chatted with Lin Qingxia about the new movie and then about Xiangjiang.
A meal on the stove is considered over.
"Thank you, Brother Huan!"
Lin Qingxia said seriously when sending Chu Huan out.
"Why are you so polite to me?" Chu Huan rubbed Lin Qingxia's head affectionately, which made Lin Qingxia a little shy.
"If there is anything you don't get used to in the future, please call me anytime." Chu Huan finished speaking and prepared to leave.
Now is not the time to take action.
Lin Qingxia asked tentatively, "Can I usually call you, Brother Huan? For example, if I want to eat a side oven?"
"of course!"
After Chu Huan left, Lin Qingxia happily jumped onto the sofa and carefully picked up the script of "Happy Ghost" again.
When the time came to October, Kamikura Yasuo came to Xiangjiang. Chu Huan personally went to the airport to pick him up and met the painter Tomioka Masaru who came to Xiangjiang with Kamikura Yasuo.
Chu Huan first took them to the apartment he had rented for them, right next to the Fantasy Comics Magazine.
The comics club has also been registered in Xiangjiang and is officially named Fantasy Comics Magazine!
"How is Auntie's condition?" Chu Huan asked with concern.
Yasuo Kamikura bowed quickly and said, "Thank you, President, for your concern. He has been discharged from the hospital. He is now being taken care of by my sister. His health is getting better day by day!"
"That's good!" Chu Huan said with a smile, "This is where you live, and the studio is nearby. You clean up, and I will take you there!"
Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka had no objections. They simply packed their luggage and followed Chu Huan to Fantasy Comics Magazine!
The magazine is located in an office building in Central. Although it is just a start-up, Chu Huan rented out the entire floor. This also shows that Chu Huan attaches great importance to fantasy comics.
In fact, in Chu Huan's vision, fantasy comics will burst out with more energy than black and white images in the future.
Of course, there may even be a dream linkage between the two companies in the future!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I have renovated the place."
When Chu Huan took the two of them to visit the Fantasy Comics Magazine, he introduced, "This is the area where you work. In my vision, every working team in the magazine has its own working area to form an independent creative work area."
space, and there is also an independent office for each team leader.
There is a leisure area with various leisure and entertainment facilities for our company's painters to relax after work.
In addition, it is different from the clerk area of your creative team, where they will be responsible for the company's operations and a series of other things.
I have already recruited some personnel to serve you. At the same time, a group of painters from Xiangjiang will join the staff one after another. Of course, these painters must pass your assessment.
In the future, these artists will work with your original artists to create comics that are fantasy comics!"
Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka followed Chu Huan and visited the place where they would work for a long time in the future. Both of them had uncontrollable smiles on their faces.
When they arrived from Japan to Xiangjiang, the two of them were actually very nervous. They didn't know what would greet them, but now it seemed that, at least in terms of the working environment, it was incomparable to them before.
"President, don't worry, I will definitely manage Fantasy well. In addition, I have started recruiting Japanese painters in Japan. I believe that after I take photos of the situation here and bring them back, many people will come over."
of!"
Yasuo Kamikura preached happily.
Chu Huan nodded and said, "That's good. I've set the stage for you. The rest of the specific operations are up to you."
"President, please rest assured!" Kamikura Yasuo and Tomioka Masaru bowed again, and then Tomioka Masaru couldn't help but asked, "President, I heard Mr. Kamikura say that you have a very passionate person in your hands."
I can’t wait to hear your story now!”
Chu Huan waved his hands at this time and said, "There is no rush in this matter. Wait a minute. What you have to do now is two other things. The first thing is to prepare all the painters. The second thing,
Just read novels!”
Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka were slightly startled, "Reading?"
Chu Huan said, "That's right, read a book!"
"Although you have already read some martial arts novels, what I want you to do now is to systematically read all these martial arts novels. Only if you are familiar with the stories inside, can you draw better comics in the future!"
While talking, Chu Huan took Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka to the library of Fantasy Comics Magazine.
It is said to be a library, but it is actually a reading room connected by two conference rooms. There are more than a dozen bookshelves here, on which are placed the Japanese and Mandarin versions of Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels as well as those currently on the market in Xiangjiang.
All single volumes of comics published and Japanese comics.
What Chu Huan wants to do is not only adapt Jin Yong's novel, but also Gu Long's novel.
Chu Huan had already secured the copyright for Gu Long. He bought some top-quality XOs in Xiangjiang and sent them to Taiwan, and then he obtained the comic adaptation rights.
And this time, Chu Huan got the rights to adapt Gu Longquan's novel, instead of just buying the rights to a few novels suitable for film and television adaptation like last time.
As for the comic adaptation rights of Jin Yong's novel, Chu Huan sent people to still talk to Jin Yong, but looking at the current trend of negotiations, Chu Huan still has to go find Jin Yong in person.
"Anyway, I'm not in a hurry for you to start drawing comics right away. I've always believed that real success can only be achieved after making the most complete preparations!"
Chu Huan finally gave a speech to the two of them.
When Kamikura Yasuo and Tomioka Masaru heard what Chu Huan said, what could they say? Apart from their admiration for Chu Huan, they could not think of anything else.
In fact, Chu Huan also wanted to review their ideas first. There is a big difference in the style of painting between Hong Kong comics and Japanese comics.
This requires Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka to slowly integrate.
In addition, Chu Huan also needs to see Tomioka Masaru's ability. After all, the story he is going to come up with is a very classic comic work.
Chu Huan would rather it came out later than let Masaru Tomioka ruin it.
After handing the fantasy comics to Kamikura Yasuo and Tomioka Sheng, Chu Huan left.
Yasuo Kamikura and Masaru Tomioka also started a busy life.
Masaru Tomioka dove into the fantasy manga library and began to read novels seriously, while Yasuo Kamikura flew between Japan and Hong Kong.
But what satisfied Chu Huan was that every time Kamikura Yasuo came back, he would bring several Japanese painters, and painters from Xiangjiang were also recruited in an orderly manner.
As for Chu Huan, it was during this time that he made an appointment with Jin Yong.
Today, Jin Yong has become famous. Just last month, after finishing the serialization of "The Deer and the Cauldron", Jin Yong officially announced in Ming Pao that he would no longer write new novels from now on.
This caused a huge sensation in Xiangjiang.
There are many opinions about the reason why Jin Yong sealed his pen.
Some people say that Jin Yong no longer writes martial arts novels because he has already written all the martial arts novels in his mind. If he writes more, he will inevitably repeat his previous routines.
Some people say that Jin Yong's "The Deer and the Cauldron" is already the pinnacle of martial arts novels, and even Jin Yong cannot surpass it, so Jin Yong chose to retreat bravely.
Some people say that Jin Yong is dissatisfied with the novels he wrote before and plans to revise them again.
But in Chu Huan's view, Jin Yong actually made enough money.
When Jin Yong wrote martial arts novels, it was not his own interest at all. It was first for survival, and later it was to save the poorly managed "Ming Pao".
Now, although "Ming Pao" is not the newspaper with the highest daily sales in Hong Kong, it still has great influence.
Jin Yong no longer needs to worry about writing novels.
As for what follows, Jin Yong will revise his previous novels countless times, which is nothing more than Jin Yong being praised by everyone and becoming a highly respected martial arts master.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Looking back at it at this time, Jin Yong may have felt that what he had written before was not worthy of his status, so Jin Yong began to publish revised versions continuously.
But what about the result!
It’s not like Chu Huan has never read Jin Yong’s revised version of the novel, so it’s okay not to mention it!
After gathering his thoughts, Chu Huan walked into the Ming Pao Industrial Building.
Jin Yong's secretary was already waiting here. After seeing Chu Huan, he took Chu Huan to Jin Yong's office.
There are various books on the mahogany bookshelf, and then there is Jin Yong's desk. This is Jin Yong's office.
Full of literati atmosphere.
But the most attractive thing is the picture hanging on the wall written by Jin Yong himself. See through, let go, and be at ease. The heart of others, the heart of gain and loss, the heart of reputation and praise, the heart of favor and disgrace are all like passing clouds. Let go of them gently.
also.
"Mr. Chu's arrival is a welcome one from afar!"
Jin Yong stood up to greet Chu Huan personally.
Since he is a newspaper maker, Jin Yong naturally knows Chu Huan better than ordinary Xiangjiang citizens.
Now Chu Huan's status is worthy of Jin Yong's rise.
"You're welcome, Master Jin. I don't go to the Three Treasures Palace for anything!" Chu Huan said with a smile and cupped his fists.
Seeing Chu Huan giving him a fist salute, Jin Yong was stunned for a moment and then laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Chu is too polite. I heard that Mr. Chu, Gu Long and Shangguan Chen jointly founded a martial arts magazine in Taiwan to provide Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts magazines."
I admire you very much for your continued life!"
After exchanging pleasantries, the two sat down at each other.
"Mr. Cha, you must already know my purpose of coming. If Mr. Cha is still dissatisfied with the conditions proposed by our company, just bring it up. I will try my best to meet Mr. Cha's requirements!"
Chu Huan preached straight to the point.
Jin Yong smiled and said, "The conditions offered by Mr. Chu are already very good, and there is nothing dissatisfied about them."
If you are not dissatisfied and you still don't agree, do you want me to come to you in person to show your status? Chu Huan smiled and said, "Because I have been busy with my studies, it is my fault that I was not able to visit Mr. Cha in person."
Jin Yong said, "Mr. Chu has overthought it. The reason why I haven't agreed to Mr. Chu's conditions is actually because I have some questions in my mind and I want to ask Mr. Chu face to face."
Chu Huan nodded slightly and said, "If you have any questions about Mr. Cha, just ask."
Jin Yong asked, "Mr. Chu really believes that comics are the way out for martial arts novels in the future? I talked to Guan Chen on the phone before, and he highly praised the plan proposed by Mr. Chu."
Chu Huan thought for a while and said, "I'm actually not sure whether comics are the way out for martial arts novels in the future. I just want to see if this path can work. If it works, it will be good. If it doesn't, it will be good."
If so, it’s just a loss of some money, no big deal!”
Jin Yong's eyes lit up and he sighed, "Mr. Chu's ambition is far beyond my reach!"
Everyone carries the sedan chair!
Chu Huan said, "Mr. Cha is overly praised. I just like reading martial arts novels, and naturally I don't want martial arts novels to decline like this!"
Jin Yong nodded and continued, "Mr. Chu's fantasy comics have been frequently advertised in major newspapers recently, and they even invited some Japanese painters. I'm just a little worried about whether those Japanese painters can draw them."
Where is the essence of martial arts?"
Chu Huan understood that this should be what Jin Yong was most worried about.
As I have just said, Jin Yong has already become famous at this time. People who are successful all have one shortcoming, that is, they cherish their own feathers.
Even Chu Huan is no exception. In order to quickly accumulate original capital, Chu Huan also used sniping, real and fake acquisitions and other means on the Hong Kong stock market.
But now that Chu Huan has gained status in Xiangjiang, Chu Huan no longer uses such methods.
It's actually for my own feathers.
The reason why Jin Yong never agreed to buy the copyright for himself was actually because of this. He was worried that those Japanese painters would not understand the meaning of his novels and would draw randomly, which would ruin his reputation.
This is why when TVB later filmed the TV series adapted from Jin Yong's novel, Jin Yong had a great say.
When Xu was filming "The Swordsman", he made some magical changes. Although the movie was called a classic by fans, it made Jin Yong very popular!
From then on, Mr. Xu could no longer adapt Jin Yong’s novels. It was not until Jin Yong’s death that Mr. Xu got the rights to adapt Jin Yong’s novels again and prepared to film the trilogy of “The Legend of the Withered Heroes”!
"Mr. Cha, please rest assured. Just two days ago, the Japanese painters I hired have arrived in Xiangjiang. However, I did not ask them to start working immediately. Instead, I stayed in the company to look at Mr. Cha's masterpiece while in the process of adapting it.
There are also painters from Xiangjiang accompanying him, so for Mr. Cha’s masterpiece, our company will definitely refer to the original work carefully!”
After Chu Huan figured out the real reason, he preached.
As for whether it is a faithful reference, that is a matter of opinion, but in any case, we need to buy the copyright of Jin Yong's novel first.
Everything else is false.
Naturally, Jin Yong would not know Chu Huan's true inner thoughts. After hearing what Chu Huan said, Jin Yong was indeed tempted.
Nowadays, the comic industry is doing great, and more young people no longer like reading novels, but like reading comics.
Jin Yong also hopes that his novels can be seen by more people, and their influence will naturally be greater.
However, being tempted, Jin Yong continued to make his request, that is, he hoped that he could be responsible for the review of the comic adaptation of his novel!
However, Chu Huan immediately expressed his opposition to this point.
He doesn’t want Jin Yong to become the second Stan Lee!
If the comics are faithfully adapted from Jin Yong's novel, what's the point? Even comics like Tezuka Osamu have to move closer to CR. Naturally, Chu Huan can't give up, but he will definitely not go too far.
, but there must be some slightly out-of-the-ordinary images on the screen.
Chu Huan didn't want to let Jin Yong dictate what happened.
So Chu Huan started to play Tai Chi with Jin Yong.
"Mr. Cha, the creation of comics is different from novels. To be honest, even I don't know much about comics. The fantasy comics are also fully handled by Yasuo Kamikura."
Jin Yong understood that Chu Huan didn't want him to get too involved, but the influence brought by adapting the novel into a comic was what Jin Yong wanted most.
After all, Jin Yong has already seen the dividends of novel adaptation in film adaptation.
In 1958, Xiangjiang Emei Film Company had already adapted Jin Yong's novel "The Legend of the Heroes of the Heroes" and made two Cantonese films of the same name.
This also opened the way for Jin Yong's novels to be adapted into films.
It is precisely because of this that Jin Yong's novels have greater influence.
Nowadays, the comic industry is obviously on the rise. Just like the original movie, Jin Yong naturally does not want to give up.
Fortunately, Chu Huan found Jin Yong before the trend of adapting TV series from Jin Yong's novels started. Otherwise, Jin Yong really might not think highly of today's comics.
Before 1976, Jin Yong's novels were only adapted into movies. In 1976, Jiayi TV launched two TV series adapted from Jin Yong's novels, "The Legend of the Withered Heroes" and "The Legend of the Withered Heroes." It caused a huge sensation in Hong Kong and even the entire Southeast Asia.
Later, TVB also saw the huge influence brought by the TV series adaptation of Jin Yong's novel. Shao Yifu relied on his long-term relationship with Jin Yong and later firmly grasped the copyright of Jin Yong's novel and TV series.
It was only after this that many films were made.
It can be said that at that time, Jin Yong did not care about the copyright of comics at all.
After some weighing, Jin Yong finally agreed to Chu Huan's request and sold the comic copyright of his novel to Chu Huan for a copyright fee of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars per novel.
Gu Long only charged Chu Huan 2,000 Hong Kong dollars for each novel.
After the two parties finalized the details and set a time to go to the lawyer's office tomorrow, Chu Huan stood up and left.
At this point, all copyright issues have been resolved by Chu Huan.
The next step is to wait for Kamikura Yasuo and the Japanese painters to finish reading Jin Yong's novel, so that the fantasy comic can be officially started.
"Daddy, what exactly is Chu Huan thinking?"
In Jiahu Building, Chu Ran came to Chu Tianxiao's office with a newspaper, his eyes full of confusion.
"Having just made some achievements in the film industry, why did he go to comic books again and invest so much money?"
Chu Tianxiao was actually a little confused. Ever since Chu Huan came out to cause trouble when Jiahu Textile was listed, Chu Huan basically didn't do anything to Jiahu Textile.
Instead, he first invested in a movie company, spent money to buy theaters and set up his own theater chain company, and now he started to mess with comic companies?
Shouldn't Chu Huan adopt a film company that is fully developed physically and mentally at this time, so that he can officially compete with him in the future?
"Chen Xiao, is the news you got there true?"
In fact, before Chu Ran came in, Chu Tianxiao had already called Chen Xiao to his office in order to know the authenticity of the whole matter.
Chen Xiao hurriedly said, "I have asked clearly. It is indeed the same as what the newspaper said. Chu Huan's comic company invested nearly two million Hong Kong dollars.
In addition to the three million from the new director competition that Black and White Video is preparing to hold, this is an expenditure of five million!"
The matter of the Hong Kong Emerging Director Competition was only being discussed internally at Black and White Video and had not been published in the newspaper, but Chen Xiao already knew about it.
It can be seen that Cai Huiling and Rachel have made a fortune from Chen Xiao again.
"Do movie companies make money like this?"
Chu Ran couldn't help but ask, "So far, the black and white video has only released two movies, and the combined box office in Xiangjiang is only more than 5 million. As for Shanhai Cinema, he also has to pay back bank interest."
Bar?"
Chen Xiao said, "I think Chu Huan must have invested extra money!"
Chu Tianxiao thought for a moment and realized that this was the only possibility.
"Haha, he is really anxious. Isn't a movie company not enough to satisfy his appetite? Or does he want to get back Jiahu Textile earlier?"
"Dream!" Chu Ran said disdainfully when he heard what Chu Tianxiao said.
Chu Tianxiao smiled and said, "Since he is anxious, let's add fuel to his fire."
After finishing speaking, Chu Tianxiao said to Chu Ran, "When November comes, inform the company's shareholders and issue an announcement at the same time, saying that the company has invested all its funds in new projects this year, and there will be no dividends this year."
No, without the company's dividends, I would like to see where he gets the money to recycle."
Chu Ran immediately flattered him and said, "Daddy, you are so good. You can think of such a clever way. Now that Chu Huan is throwing money around and borrowing so much money from the bank, he will definitely need a lot of cash to replenish his blood."
"That's not all!" Chu Tianxiao said to Chen Xiao again, "You should go back and make a plan to issue new shares now. This plan must be made before Chu Ran notifies shareholders. I want Chu Huan to keep it."