If it were placed twenty years later, even if it could be introduced into Japan, it would probably be sprayed with blood, let alone any sales.

Lin Chaoyang asked Tao Yumo a few more questions in detail. He thought this was just a little fight between Naoko Kondo, but after listening for a while, he realized that something was wrong.

More than twenty professors and associate professors participated? There were also six writers and nine critics?

Lin Chaoyang was in a daze for a moment. Am I so famous in Japan?

"Ms. Kondo said that "Into the Kanto" is quite popular in the Japanese literary circle. Many critics believe that your work is much deeper than those Japanese Taiga novels and is completely incomparable."

The river novel was originally a form of French literature, also known as the river novel. It specifically refers to the long and continuous work with historical significance in multiple volumes.

Romain Rolland's "Johan Christophe", Jules Romain's "The Good Man", Roger

Martin Dugar's "The Teabos" all fall into this category.

A major feature of Dahe's novels is that they use human experience to reflect the historical environment, which is basically a reflection of real history.

However, after being spread to Japan, Taiga's novels suffered a genetic mutation and basically turned into romance novels.

Moreover, the Japanese think this thing is very high-end, and they praise both the work and the writers.

The most well-known Taiga novelist in Japan is Shiba Ryotaro. He was once the favorite writer of Japanese people and his status was extremely high.

From this, Japan also evolved its unique Taihe drama, which has been widely welcomed by the Japanese people since its emergence in the 1950s.

"Brother-in-law, why do I feel that you are more popular in Japan than at home?" Tao Yumo teased.

"It's all false. It's just supported by a small group of people. Go to the street and ask how many Japanese people know about me?"

Lin Chaoyang said very soberly.

He continued: "Okay. If Ms. Kondo is willing to hold a seminar, just do it. Don't get involved in this matter. Come back as soon as you finish the work."

"knew."

Tao Yumo's attitude was perfunctory. He finally went abroad, but how could he do it without having fun for two days?

"Ms. Kondo also asked you to help write an inscription for the Literary Research Society." She added.

Still have an inscription?

A picture suddenly appeared in Lin Chaoyang's mind. In a Japanese-style home ownership house, the words "Lin Chaoyang (Japan) Literary Research Association" were hung on the wall. A group of Japanese people in kimonos were sitting together on their knees with pious eyes.

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It seems quite exciting when I think about it.

"Okay, I understand, come back soon." He warned again.

"I know, I know, I'm not a child."

After ending the call, Lin Chaoyang felt that he had forgotten something, and he couldn't remember it after thinking about it for a long time.

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore.

After finally moving, the couple rested for a night, and the next day they went to the Art City Company on the top floor of Nathan Road, Mong Kok.

Unknowingly, "A Better Tomorrow" has been in theaters in Hong Kong for two weeks, with a box office of HK$13.56 million in the first week.

The box office in the second week was 10.29 million, and the cumulative box office was nearly 24 million Hong Kong dollars. The box office decline was also very healthy.

It will become another movie this year after "The Truman Show" with a local box office expected to exceed 30 million Hong Kong dollars. It is also the first movie in New Art City this year that is expected to exceed 30 million Hong Kong dollars in box office.

In today's Hong Kong film market, nearly 200 movies are released a year. The theaters are extremely crowded, and most movies rarely stay in theaters for a full month.

After two weeks of release, the box office potential cannot be said to be exhausted, but the ending has basically been locked.

At present, there is basically no suspense about the box office of "A Better Tomorrow" exceeding 30 million. The only uncertainty is whether it can surpass the box office record set by "The Truman Show".

If it can be surpassed, it will basically lock in the annual box office championship.

This is undoubtedly another major victory for Xinyi City.

Now that the movie has been released for half a month, it has achieved box office success and good reputation. Xinyi City held a celebration banquet at the company today.

When the couple arrived, the interior of Xinyi City Company had been decorated with a festive atmosphere and stars were gathering.

Not only the main forces of New Art City were present, but also the main members of the "A Better Tomorrow" crew and many producers, directors and movie stars who have cooperated with New Art City were also present.

"Lin Sheng! Mrs. Lin!"

Mai Jia is the one with the most shares in the company among the trio of entrepreneurs in New Art City, and also has the most say. When he saw Lin Chaoyang and his wife arriving, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

Not only was it his initiative, Lin Chaoyang and his wife became the focus of today's party as soon as they appeared.

There is no other reason, "A Better Tomorrow" is successful again!

This year, the only movies in Hong Kong that have a box office of over 30 million or are expected to do so are "The Truman Show" and "A Better Tomorrow," both of which have scripts written by Lin Chaoyang.

Throughout the works written by Lin Chaoyang since they were launched in Hong Kong, they have all been masterpieces that have achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success.

"Behind the Curtain", "Chess Master", "The Truman Show" and "A Better Tomorrow"

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You can say that the success of one movie is due to the director and actors. You can also say the same thing about the success of two movies.

But what about three, four, and five?

Who dares to say that Lin Chaoyang did not contribute a key force?

Even if someone dares to say this, the movie company bosses who have made money will slap him in the face.

You can do it, come on!

Therefore, even if the status of screenwriters in the Hong Kong film industry has not been high, people cannot ignore Lin Chaoyang's dazzling talent.

What is dazzling is not only talent, but also money!

The sky is big and the money is the biggest!

Lin Chaoyang and his wife were surrounded by everyone and chatted enthusiastically for a long time before they had a chance to breathe.

"Morning sun!"

"Brother Long!"

Lin Chaoyang shook fists with Di Long, hugged Yue Hua beside him, and joked: "How have you been feeling these past few days?"

Before Di Long could speak, he burst into laughter. There was an indescribable joy in that laughter.

Yue Hua chuckled and said, "Don't talk about him, I'm so soft on all the film appointments I'm getting now!"

Ti Long put Lin Chaoyang's shoulder firmly on his shoulder, "I haven't felt so popular in many years. Chaoyang, thank you."

His tone was full of sincerity, even Yue Hua on the side was the same,

The two have been in the film industry for twenty years and are used to seeing ups and downs, as well as red tops and white tops.

This time they were able to successfully become famous with "A Better Tomorrow", and they became extremely popular, which was inseparable from Lin Chaoyang's support.

"Stop talking about this."

Lin Chaoyang did not take any credit, but instead asked what books the two of them had access to now.

Ti Lung thought he wanted to invite them to make a movie while it was still hot, so he patted his chest and volunteered, and so did Yue Hua.

Lin Chaoyang smiled and waved his hand, "Forget it about you two, you are both old friends. If I want to treat you, I will also treat Ah Fa!"

What he said was a joke, of course, but it wasn't entirely a joke. Lam's new film "Fantasy" did hire Chow Yun-fat.

The three of them joked and sarcastic among themselves, and Lin Chaoyang started chatting with John Woo again.

"A Better Tomorrow" was a hit, and everyone on the crew became famous, including the director of course. Today, John Woo is particularly high-spirited.

While he was talking, Huang Baiming arranged for everyone to take photos.

There were so many people here today that we took photos in two batches.

One group is the bosses of New Art City and members of the "A Better Tomorrow" crew, and the other group is a group photo of everyone present.

No matter which time the photo was taken, Lin Chaoyang was moved to the C position in the middle, alongside John Woo.

After the group photo was over, Tsui Hark and Mai Jia invited Lin Chaoyang to the office.

While "A Better Tomorrow" is a hit in Hong Kong, it has also begun to compete in other places. It is currently showing well in the Bay Island and will be released in various countries in East Asia and Southeast Asia in the future.

The total investment in "A Better Tomorrow" is 8 million Hong Kong dollars. With the momentum this movie has shown, tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars should easily be pocketed, and the return on investment may exceed 1,000%.

Even among the many blockbuster films produced by New Art City since its establishment, it is still the best.

After arriving at the office, Tsui Hark directly said to Lin Chaoyang: "Lin Sheng, how about we film "A Better Tomorrow 2"?"

Businessmen are chasing profits. It is normal for a movie to become popular and want to make a second movie to build on the popularity.

Not to mention New Art City, after "A Better Tomorrow" became popular, even Golden Harvest took out the gunfight movie that John Woo had made the year before and failed to release.

I heard that it is going to be released soon, and even the name has to be copied from "A Better Tomorrow" and called "Heroes Without Tears"

But Lin Chaoyang understands that the story of "A Better Tomorrow" is actually very complete. One of the key characters, Xiao Ma, is also killed by the villain's gun at the end. If he wants to make a second part, it will be a complete continuation of the story.

Later, Tsui Hark and John Woo did create a "A Better Tomorrow 2". The quality can only be said to be passable, and it finally earned 22 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

On the basis that the previous film won the box office championship of the year with more than 30 million box office, the sequel with the original cast has achieved a box office of 22 million Hong Kong dollars, which has to be said to be a huge failure.
To be continued...