Other people's stocks are rising, but the stock you bought is going back down, right? Maggie Cheung looked at Lin Chaoyang angrily and aggrieved, with indescribable grief and anger. Until now, Tao Yushu still doesn't understand.

Maggie Cheung must have learned about Lin Chaoyang's stock buying information through Tao Yumo, and thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so she bought it. Unexpectedly, the stock price fell back just after she bought it.

500,000 turned into 450,000, and I lost 10% in just a few days. I guess I couldn't bear it any longer, so I came here today to get some news. I didn't expect that Lin Chaoyang had already run away.

After she figured out the cause and effect, she felt the urge to laugh out loud for some reason.

But Maggie Cheung looked depressed and looked at her pitifully. She was really embarrassed and could only suppress her smile. She took Maggie Cheung's hand and comforted her and said:

"Okay, okay. Investment is risky, and you have to admit your losses. Learn your lesson, and don't buy stocks in the future." Maggie Cheung's face was gloomy, as if she was unwilling to end her investment career.

“With more than half a million, you can buy a 400-foot property.

According to the current increase in housing prices, it will not be a problem to earn more than 100,000 yuan in two years."

Maggie Cheung is very dissatisfied with the number "hundreds of thousands". Real estate speculation is not as fast as making money from stocks! "If I had money now, I would buy a house."

Tao Yumo felt that Maggie Cheung was just a well-fed man who didn’t know how hungry a man was when he was hungry. He had money but didn’t buy a house. But she wanted to buy but had no money.

When Tao Yushu bought an office in the Prince's Building in order to start a company, she watched the property price in the Prince's Building rise from 950 yuan per square foot to 1,500 yuan per square foot now. Stocks are profitable, but the risks are too great. How can real estate speculation be stable?

Seeing Maggie Cheung's expression of uncertainty, Tao Yushu knew that the other party definitely didn't give up.

She also understood that this thing was just like gambling. She wanted to get back her money, so how could she give up so easily? Tao Yushu glanced at her sister complainingly, and she had nothing to do with it.

Tao Yumo saw her sister looking over with a sly look on her face, thinking that I had good intentions too.

Tao Yushu sighed and asked Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, do you think Cathay City still has potential?" During the conversation, Maggie Cheung's eyes were suddenly filled with desire, and she stared at Lin Chaoyang closely.

“The parent company of Cathay City is Century City, which performed well last year and has performed well so far this year.

Last month, Standard Chartered Asia also specially introduced Cathay City's future investment intentions, and also spoke highly of their management. It is also a good choice for long-term holding."

When Lin Chaoyang analyzed the stock price of Cathay City, his expression was calm, which made people unconsciously feel convinced. After listening to his analysis, Maggie Cheung felt a little settled in her heart, "Then I won't sell it yet."

"Okay, let's eat!"

Having solved Maggie Cheung's investment problem, Tao Yushu arranged for everyone to have dinner.

Fast forward to September, "A Lang's Story" directed by Johnnie To was officially released.

This is the first time that Lam Films has screened its own film since it took over Shaw Brothers Cinemas. The publicity was huge and it even launched a joint screening with Double South Line and Golden Princess.

Shuangnan Line is a Z-type theater chain, consisting of several large theaters such as Yindu Theater and Guodu Theater. They also roped in several small theaters that are not managed by other theater lines to form a chain of 10 theaters.

Wire.

Princess Jin is the financial backer behind New Art City, and Lin's Pictures is now blocked by the Liberty Federation. Logically speaking, they should avoid Lin's Pictures as much as possible. However, Tao Yushu has talked to Feng Bingzhong a few days ago.

After getting in touch, Feng Bingzhong was plotting to be independent from Princess Jin, and Tao Yushu came to visit him on his own initiative. He was overjoyed before it was too late. He was one of Princess Jin's talkers, so it was not a problem for Princess Jin to appear in "Alang's Story".

And when doing business, you can’t be too rigid.

In the past two years, in order to compete with Golden Harvest, New Art City had joint screenings with Shuangnan Line more than once.

It's just a movie. If the Wandao side finds any clues and screams at the various film companies in Hong Kong, they themselves will be exhausted. What's more, New Art City has been operating in Wandao for many years, and this is nothing at all.

question.

A total of 38 theaters in Lin's, Princess Jin, and Shuangnan lines were jointly screened. "Alang's Story" became an instant hit and caused a huge response in the news media.

You must know that the Freedom Association's banning order has been issued for three months, and actors were also named during this period.

As a result, the release of Lam Pictures' new film not only did not suffer any impact, but actually felt more powerful.

Such a paradoxical situation has naturally become the focus of many media in Hong Kong, and it has also prompted "A Lang's Story" to become the focus of these media as soon as it was released. In the first week of its release, the box office of "A Lang's Story" easily exceeded 10 million, becoming the best-selling movie of the year.

The darkest dark horse in the Hong Kong film industry.

"A Lang's Story" tells the story of A Lang, played by Chow Yun-fat, who turns back to his prodigal son and starts a new life, even risking his life. It does not have the monsters and fierce actions of today's Hong Kong movies. It is an art film about the love between father and son.

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But no one expected that such an art film could achieve such amazing box office figures in its first week of release.

Not to mention comparing it with art films, even ordinary commercial films with big casts can only be beaten in front of "The Story of A Lang". "Oriental Condor", released in July, invested 35 million, with a star-studded cast, but it was nothing more than a harvest.

It only had a box office of 21 million.

Looking at the box office trend of "A Lang's Story", many filmmakers can tell at a glance that this is definitely another 30 million-level box office bomb. The argument that "Chow Yun-fat can't succeed again" has once again emerged in the media, and in the film industry

Anyone who cares can see clearly.

The most fundamental reason for the success of "Alang's Story" is mostly attributed to the "manipulator" of Lin's Pictures.

Under the banning order, Lin's Pictures not only showed no signs of decline, but the box office of each of its movies was higher than the previous one, and it also had its own theater chain, making it more prosperous as time went by.

Anyone who sees this situation will inevitably sigh in admiration.

And during this period of time, everyone has heard more or less about some of the actions of Lin's Pictures. Everyone can see clearly that Lin's Pictures is far from breaking out.

The success of "Alang's Story" allowed the outside world to see the strength of Lin's Pictures, and also stabilized the confidence within the company. Tao Yushu, the boss, also felt a lot more relaxed. In the middle of the year, she received news that Shi Fangyu

He resigned as director of the Film Bureau, and the new director was Teng Jinxian, the former director of Emei Film Studio.

Tao Yushu specifically contacted Shi Fangyu to greet him and learn about the current situation of the film bureau.

Then Shi Fangyu mentioned that China Film Group would take the lead in holding a Chinese film exhibition recently, and he helped Tao Yushu and Teng Jinxian get a place to participate in the exhibition. Tao Yushu thanked him and decided to go and see it in person.

According to Shi Fangyu, the scale of this Chinese film exhibition is not small. In addition to the participation of many film producers from socialist countries that have good relations with China, there are also film producers from many developed countries such as the United States, Canada, and Japan.

Film producers participate.

It is the largest film exhibition held in China in decades. Of course, Tao Yushu will not miss such a good opportunity.

That day, while packing her luggage, she explained the company's affairs to Tao Yumo. Lin Chaoyang walked out with a strange expression after making a phone call. "What's wrong?" Tao Yushu asked.

"It's nothing, I was shortlisted for an award." Lin Chaoyang said.

His tone was so calm that Tao Yushu almost ignored it. After reacting, she stopped what she was doing. "Shortlisted? What award? From that magazine?"

No wonder Tao Yushu would ask this. This time does not coincide with the awarding time of any important domestic literary awards. On the contrary, in the past two years, literary awards organized by major domestic magazines have become popular, and they appear from time to time.

Come one.

The People's Literature Award, the Contemporary Literature Award, the October Literature Award... all come out one after another. "It's not a domestic magazine, it's a French one."

"French?"

Tao Yushu's tone involuntarily increased by two levels. Not only her, but also Tao Yumo's eyes widened. "Well. Gallimard Publishing House said that "The Truman Show" was shortlisted for the Renaudot Literary Award."

After all, Tao Yushu studied Chinese and worked as an editor for several years. She thought about it in her mind, and then her face showed ecstasy. "Is it the Lenaudeau Prize for Literature that was announced on the same day as the Goncourt Prize?"

Lin Chaoyang nodded.

Tao Yushu grabbed his hand and said, "Really?"

Lin Chaoyang held her hand with his backhand and said softly: "Just shortlisted, not necessarily winning." "I know, of course I know."

Although she tried her best to suppress the excitement in her heart, Tao Yushu couldn't help but feel a hot, uncontrollable joy, and her heart was surging. While she was happy, she thought of a key question.

"The Renaudeau Literary Prize is usually awarded to French writers, right? Is there any precedent for awarding it to foreign writers?"

"I asked Clermont Meteye, and he said there was no precedent for this. The reason why I was shortlisted this time was partly because their publishing house had done public relations, and partly because "The Truman Show" appealed to the judges very well.

appetite.

Renaudeau's style has always valued the innovation and artistry of his works, and "The Truman Show" is outstanding in this regard, which is the most critical reason for being shortlisted."

The Renaudeau Literary Prize was founded in 1925 by 10 journalists including Charonsol and Piccard in memory of Ofraste Renaudeau, the founder of France's first newspaper. Every year, it coincides with France's first literary award.

The Erwin Literature Prize is awarded on the same day and always favors works and writers with unique styles.

Because it aims to make up for the regrets and shortcomings of the Goncourt Literary Prize in awarding, it has been highly praised by the French literary circle and even the European literary circle for many years. Its influence in France is second only to the Goncourt Literary Prize.

After Tao Yushu listened to Lin Chaoyang's answer, he suddenly laughed for some reason. The laughter was full of joy, which made Lin Chaoyang confused. "Sister, what are you laughing at?" Tao Yumo asked.

Tao Yushu then stopped laughing, "I'm laughing, of course your brother-in-law won the award." "Winning the award? Didn't you mean shortlisted?" Tao Yumo looked puzzled.

"It's true that he's been shortlisted now. But he's a foreign writer, so why would he have his works shortlisted? You don't think that the jury made an exception just to let your brother-in-law be shortlisted, right?"

Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yumo suddenly realized.

Yes, just to be shortlisted, why would the Renaudeau Literature Prize jury go to such trouble to make an exception? "So it's a certainty that my brother-in-law will win the prize?" Tao Yumo asked excitedly.

Tao Yushu calmed down at this time, "I can't say it's certain, but I think it's a high probability. At least the heavyweights in the jury like your brother-in-law's novels very much. Otherwise, how could he be a foreign writer?

Works shortlisted.”

"That makes sense! The U.S. publishing contract for "The Truman Show" was just signed a while ago, and this time it's going to win the French award. Brother-in-law, this time you're going international!"

Tao Yumo's face was filled with a bright smile, and she was even happier than she had won the award. "What's international or not, it's early." Lin Chaoyang said with a smile.

They didn't know much about the Renaudeau Literary Award. They only knew that the award was awarded in early November, which was still more than a month away. Everyone was happy for a while and then got down to business.

Tao Yushu boarded the plane back to the mainland with great joy, and went home first after landing. Then she contacted Yu Yuxi and learned that the filming of "Red Sorghum" went smoothly, and she felt even more comfortable.

Then she went to Yan Film Factory and found Chen Kaige.

After winning the award at the West Berlin Film Festival, Chen Kaige enjoyed flowers and applause for a few days, and then was taken to Xiangjiang by Tao Yushu to visit and study for nearly a month. Tao Yushu could tell that he was not interested in the commercial films of Xiangjiang Film.

I didn’t force him to be interested. He didn’t need to learn the style, but he could also learn the techniques.

After returning to the mainland, Chen Kaige has been studying the script of his next movie.
To be continued...