Everyone was surprised when they heard this.

It turned out that just last night, Lu Yao made an appointment with some Shaanxi township party members in the Yanjing literary circle to have a dinner at a restaurant near the Taiji Factory to celebrate.

Originally there was one table, but then someone heard that Lu Yao kept coming to entertain guests, so one table became two tables, and two tables became three tables.

At the final checkout, all the 5,000 yuan bonus that was still warm in my hands was given to the hotel.

Listening to Lu Yao's explanation, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.

This is so delicious. A meal costs 5,000 yuan, and the delicacies of mountains and seas are as good as jade plates.

Compared with everyone else's differences, Lu Yao himself is very free and easy. He has always spent money lavishly and has no idea.

But everyone thought it was because he was confident. In 1988, he won the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award, but he received a bonus of 100,000 yuan.

In comparison, 5,000 yuan is really nothing.

Moreover, after they win the award, local literary associations and governments will receive bonuses, which will certainly not be less than the Mao Dun Literature Award.

When it comes to the bonus of the Zhuang Chongwen Literature Award, everyone can't help but show a bit of envy.

Lu Yao was the only one at the scene to receive this bonus, and everyone was curious about how he felt about receiving the bonus.

"Feelings? Happy, excited! After the first part of "The Ordinary World" was released, the reputation was not good. I was very excited at that time.

Who would have thought that after winning the award, I would feel that my energy and emotions were released all of a sudden.

Speaking of which, I have to thank Chaoyang for this. If he hadn't promoted the establishment of the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award, I wouldn't have had the chance to win the award."

Lu Yao raised his glass to Lin Chaoyang with gratitude, and Lin Chaoyang also raised his glass with a smile.

"Speaking of which, this is my fourth time attending the salon."

Lu Yao is the person who has participated in the Xunweizhai Cultural Salon the most times today.

From the earliest "Thrilling Scene" which won the first National Outstanding Novella Award, to "Life" which won the second Outstanding Novella Award, and then to "The Ordinary World" which won the Zhuang Chongwen Literary Award,

Mao Dun Literature Award.

He won four national literary awards and had four meals in the courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

"Speaking of which, this banquet in Chaoyang has witnessed my growth!"

Everyone couldn't help but smile when they heard this.

Winning an award, especially a national award like the Mao Dun Literary Award, is undoubtedly the highlight of a writer's life.

So even though they said they were modest, everyone's pride was written on their faces.

The whole meal was filled with eating, drinking, laughing and chatting, heartily.

Everyone was chatting and chatting freely. The scene was casual and a little rustic, but it was also very cordial and heartwarming. It was a scene that could only appear in the courtyard of Xiaoliubukou Hutong.

Late at night, the voices gradually became colder and the music ended and everyone dispersed.

The day after the salon ended, Lin Chaoyang saw off his colleagues and returned to Xiangjiang.

Tao Yushu left work early today, picked up her children, and had dinner together as a family.

"Did Yumo's passion burn for too long?"

Tao Yumo is working overtime at the company again today. I don't know what time he will be back.

During the meal, Lin Chaoyang talked about his sister-in-law's recent efforts to make progress.

Tao Yushu sighed and said, "I didn't expect that either! Her change is too big and too sudden."

"The change is big. But it's not too sudden. It's like the prodigal son turned back! She took classes for two years after graduation, and the rest of her time was carefree.

It may be that you have had enough fun and just feel a sense of accomplishment in your career.

It's just like playing a game, the threshold has become higher, and you need to constantly pursue higher achievement stimulation." Lin Chaoyang said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Tao Yushu's eyes fell on him, "Is this how the word 'the prodigal son turns back' is used? Besides, you are so idle, why didn't I see you 'turning back the prodigal son'?"

The complaints from his wife were invisible and fatal. Lin Chaoyang argued: "I'm not idle either. I'm either creating or conceiving and creating."

"Yes, you are doing creative work, which makes us exhausted. Mom told me that you expanded the business with Dad.'

"I just stimulated dad's career ambition. Besides, he is old and cannot be too idle. It is easy to cause problems."

"It's full of fallacies." Tao Yushu concluded and did not discuss the topic again.

Then she changed the topic and talked about her return to the mainland next week.

"If you didn't just come back, how can you go back?"

"Go to Shanghai to talk about investment."

"Investment? Is there anything else to talk about? Isn't everything settled?"

"It's not an investment in Pudong, it's something else -" Tao Yushu explained.

It turned out that when she went to Shanghai to sign an investment agreement later that year, the leaders in Shanghai talked about how the two sides should better develop deeper cooperation.

Tao Yushu mentioned some of her ideas and won the approval of the leaders in Shanghai.

With the leadership's recognition, policy concerns are naturally indispensable. Now Tao Yushu is planning to have Yulang Institution cooperate with Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House to launch a comic magazine.

China currently does not allow foreign investment to enter the journal field, but Shanghai has a high level of policy autonomy. As early as 1988, it cooperated with France's Huache Philippucci Publishing Group to publish the "World Fashion Garden ELLE" magazine.

Tao Yushu is now a guest in Shanghai, so it is not a problem to collaborate on a magazine.

In the past, I cooperated with Yulang Agency Huacheng Publishing House, but the limitations were still too great.

Since she took over the Yulang Institution, she has not directly chosen to make drastic changes, but has used a subtle and subtle approach to modify the development direction of the Yulang Institution.

In terms of content creation, she pursues a high-quality line. Except for some long-form works that have been serialized for more than five years, the long-form works that Yulang Agency projects each year are now significantly reduced than before.

On the contrary, high-quality short and medium-length works are constantly emerging. This approach has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that in the short term, there is not much profit from the works.

But in the long run, it has won the reputation of readers and stimulated the creative desire of cartoonists.

In terms of content and style, she has also made active adjustments and greatly reduced the pornographic elements of the comic works.

Such an adjustment will lead to the same problems as content quality, which is bearish in the short term but beneficial in the long term.

In the first two years after taking over Yulang Agency, the company moved forward cautiously with such continuous fine-tuning.

Until last year, in the past year, Yulang Institution's development in multiple business fields has achieved results that have impressed the market and stock investors.

First of all, Yulang Organization vigorously develops the comic peripheral business.

So far, 7 "Yulang ACG" peripheral stores have been opened in Hong Kong. In 1990, these peripheral stores contributed 116 million in revenue to the Yulang organization, with a profit margin as high as 24%.

In terms of pure profit margin, it is more profitable than the original comic publishing and sales industry.

To expand the game business, Yulang Institution’s measures are not radical.

Apart from strategically investing 10% of the shares in Sugar Games and awarding the game adaptation rights to its comic book "Legend of Sword and Fairy" to Sugar Games, there has been no action. Currently, the outside world does not pay much attention to this business.

In terms of overseas comics business, Yulang Agency’s comics still maintain a strong growth momentum in regions and countries such as Bay Island and Southeast Asia.

In the United States, the world's largest comics market, it has gradually achieved some results after several years of operation.

Last year, cartoonists from Yulang Agency tried to incorporate cult elements from Hong Kong films into comics and created "Zombie Taoist Priest".

The single volume has achieved sales of 200,000 copies in Hong Kong.

At the same time, "Zombie Taoist" was also a great success in the American market.

According to data, the sales volume of "Zombie Taoist Master" in the United States has reached 150,000 copies, and the sales volume of each issue is still growing.

This number is not considered to be a huge bestseller in the American comic industry, but it is a qualitative leap for the distribution of Yulang Agency's works in the United States.

Before "Zombie Taoist", the best-selling product of Yulang Agency in the American comic market was "Drunken Master", and the highest sales volume was 1

More than ten thousand volumes.

Most of the works are not even qualified to be published in separate volumes, and can only appear in the form of bound periodicals on the bookshelves of animation stores, with few people paying attention.

The success of "Zombie Taoist" undoubtedly opened up the market for the development of Yulang Agency in the United States.

In addition to the development of "Zombie Taoist" in foreign markets, Yulang Agency's mainland business development has also gained a lot.

Many works were introduced to the mainland for publication. Although it was through mainland publishing houses, Yulang Agency only shared a small part of the profits, but it could not withstand the scale of the mainland market.

The result of the strong development of various businesses is that the revenue of Yulang Institution surged by 50% last year, reaching a scale of HK$800 million.

Affected by the excellent financial performance, Yulang Institution's stock price continued to rise in March, and its market value has reached HK$3.5 billion.

Such results are enough to illustrate the success of Tao Yushu's various adjustments and strategies, and also give Tao Yushu greater confidence, allowing her to plan the company's future more ambitiously.

Yulang Organization now has a de facto monopoly on the comics industry in Xiangjiang. In addition to the scale of the industry being limited in this city, the supply of talent has also been greatly affected.

There are only so many people in Xiangjiang, and the development of Yulang Comics has exhausted the local comic talents.

In order for Yulang Organization to continue to maintain a steady stream of creative motivation and vitality, it must continue to tap talents.

Tao Yushu believes that although the mainland market is currently limited by economic development results and still lags behind developed countries and regions, this is precisely its biggest advantage - cheap human resources.

"In the future, I plan to outsource part of Yulang Institution's business to Shanghai, which has the advantage of Humei Factory, and the labor is cheap," Tao Yushu said.

"How many people are there in Humei Factory? How can there be enough for you?"
To be continued...