"It doesn't matter if there are not enough art factories in Shanghai. We can recruit and train them from other places. There are so many art academies and related units in the mainland, are you worried that there will be no talent?"

Lin Chaoyang called out to you, good guy, you have clearly mastered the tricks of the capitalists.

"Will you still invest in animated movies in the future?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Tao Yushu said with a smile: "We both thought of going together. I do have this idea."

She talked enthusiastically about some future plans for Yulang Institution.

When she went to Shanghai this time, her first task was to co-organize a magazine, and her second task was to win over the Shanghai Art Factory, together with Lin's Pictures, and Yulang Agency to start a review of Yulang Agency's existing comic works.

Film development.

Then, through cooperation, we can talk about outsourcing.

"Dr. Tao builds a high house and has a far-sighted vision!" Lin Chaoyang joked and flattered him, earning a charming look from Tao Yushu.

In addition to Yulang Organization's desire to enter the mainland market more deeply, Tao Yushu also wants to take this opportunity to deepen Lam Films' investment in the mainland.

This investment is not a financial investment in Pudong in response to a call, but a real industrial investment.

"The "Red Cliff War" thing reminded me that renting a scene for just a few million is too expensive.

In the past, when we shot movies in Hong Kong, the location restrictions were extremely restrictive. Even if we cooperated with mainland studios, we often needed to do a lot of coordination work, and it was expensive.

When I go back this time, I plan to find a place to set up a large-scale shooting base. It just so happens that we at Lin's Pictures have never had a studio of our own.

No matter how the political climate changes in the future, the cooperation between the film and television industries of the three places across the Taiwan Strait will inevitably become closer.

If our shooting base is properly constructed, it can create a scale effect, which will be of great benefit to our future development.

I plan to invest part of the money from the IPO financing in this."

Tao Yushu thinks very carefully. Some of her ideas were inspired by Lin Chaoyang before, and some were gained from her constant thinking during the business process.

Speaking of Lin's Pictures, the company's investment in Pudong has been divested during this period and is now preparing to go public.

"If everything goes well, it will be launched in June."

Tao Yushu looked a little excited when he said this.

She now controls two listed companies, but both Yulang Institution and Mingpao Enterprise were acquired through acquisitions, but Lin's Pictures was run by her, so her feelings are naturally different.

The couple chatted until around nine o'clock in the evening, until Tao Yumo came back.

As soon as she entered the door, she crawled on the sofa, like a walking zombie that had been drained of her yang energy, still complaining about the hard work and hard work.

"If you don't want to do it, don't do it, no one will force you!" Tao Yushu said.

Hearing this, Tao Yumo stood up straight from the sofa, "Isn't this all I do for you?"

The highlight of Sugar Games in the first half of this year is the adaptation of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" authorized by Yulang Agency. This game was launched last year, and now the game production has reached a critical moment, and it is planned to be released in June.

"Can you figure out who is the major shareholder and how many shares do I have?"

"Your individual and company shareholdings are no less than mine."

Tao Yushu said impatiently: "Don't make these useless complaints. You are the boss, shouldn't you work harder? How can there be a free lunch in this world?"

Tao Yumo sighed and said: "That's right. I was fooled by you in the first place. What kind of investment do I need?"

"Come on, don't use a 'tail' in your words. Who are these 'we'?" Lin Chaoyang joked.

Tao Yumo snorted, "It's you! Fool me, exploit me!"

Tao Yushu shook his head and said to Lin Chaoyang: "I think this girl is crazy! Ignore her."

Lin Chaoyang deeply agreed and took his wife back to the room. Behind him, Tao Yumo sighed like a resentful woman.

Then the next morning, she went to the company alive and kicking.

When the boss pretends to have a "class flair", her style can be considered unique.

Two days later, Lin Chaoyang made a special trip to the Ming Pao Building. His main purpose of coming today was to witness the birth of another innovation in the Hong Kong newspaper industry.

The market value of Mingpao Enterprises fell a bit after the year, mainly due to the impact of market fluctuations. In addition, the financial report performance was relatively stable and did not surprise the market.

This is also normal. The market value of Mingpao Enterprises has been rising since its listing last year. Although there has been a decline during this period, the overall value is still rising.

The previous market value has exceeded the normal range, which more reflects the market's optimism about the future prospects of this company.

Now that the market has passed, the stock price is slowly returning to rationality.

When Tao Yushu works, he is always as motionless as a mountain and as moving as thunder.

After Ming Pao Enterprises merged and went public, she has not made any big moves.

The only action that can be called an action was that just after the New Year, Tao Yushu advocated the establishment of an online news department within Mingpao Enterprise.

The online news department has only one job, which is to publish the online news publication "Asia News Digest".

The news of the establishment of the online news department did not cause any waves in the stock market, and Ming Pao Enterprise did not deliberately publicize it. Even within Ming Pao Enterprise, not many people paid attention.

But on the day when the first issue of "Asia News Digest" was released, Jin Yong, Tao Yushu, and Lin Chaoyang gathered in the small office of the Internet News Department.

The latest 486 computer still has a big display screen, and the D0S system does not have a desktop, but only an operation interface.

As the young editor slides the mouse, the news content edited earlier in the morning is pulled down line by line and appears on the screen.

Jin Yong leaned forward, tilted his head, and looked at the traditional Chinese characters on the screen with great seriousness.

After watching for a while, he felt his eyes were a little tired, so he chose to retract his gaze and looked at Lin Chaoyang and Tao Yushu beside him.

I saw the couple staring at the screen seriously, discussing a sentence or two about the news content on the screen from time to time.

As the name suggests, "Asia News Digest" summarizes a brief introduction to important news in Asia in the recent period. It is divided into two versions: English version and Traditional Chinese. The update frequency is once a week.

The specific way to obtain it is that after the user subscribes, it will be sent via email every week.

"What do you think of this new news media, Mr. Cha?" Tao Yushu asked Jin Yong after paying attention to the content on the computer screen.

Jin Yong smiled and said, "It's very novel and easy to browse, but it's not very friendly to us elderly people."

Tao Yushu said: "Computers and the Internet are new things after all."

Jin Yong hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Mrs. Lin, do you think this media browsing method will become mainstream in the future?"

The creation of "Asia News Digest" was initiated and implemented by Tao Yushu from beginning to end. Jin Yong is still serving as the chairman of Mingpao Enterprises, but he would not have an issue with Tao Yushu on such a trivial matter.

Tao Yushu replied thoughtfully: "It is indeed convenient to spread news through the Internet, and there should be some market for it in the future. But whether it will become mainstream, I am not sure.

But I think Mingpao Enterprise is now a listed company and must ensure a sensitive market acumen. Now that there is this new media method, we must be the first to intervene."

Jin Yong nodded slightly after listening to her words. When he wanted to sell Ming Pao, there were as many as a dozen buyers who heard about it.

There were many wealthy people who offered him something that made his heart beat, but in the end he chose Tao Yushu.

The reason is that Jin Yong is not only looking for a good buyer, but also a reliable successor.

He hopes that Mingpao can complete the transition from paternalistic management to modern and institutionalized management in the hands of this person, and that Mingpao can develop better. After all, this is his half-life effort.

In the past year, Mingpao first experienced a major corporate merger and then successfully went public. Although its stock price has dropped recently, its overall performance has been very good.

When Jin Yong sold Mingpao, he received HK$300 million in cash proceeds. In addition, he also held a lot of stocks in Yulang Institution and Mingpao Enterprises. These stocks are now worth up to HK$1.2 billion.

You must know that he has been running Ming Pao for many years, and his maximum profit was 40 to 50 million Hong Kong dollars a year.

As a result, when the company was sold, it earned more than one billion Hong Kong dollars, which was more than he had earned in half his life.

In terms of commercial returns alone, selling Mingbao to Tao Yushu was definitely the most successful business operation in Jin Yong's life.

In addition to the success in business operations, Mingpao Enterprises' performance has been stable for the past six months since its listing, with no major moves.

Jin Yong has no objection to this. He has been running companies for half his life and deeply understands that for a company of the size of Mingpao Enterprise,

Stability is more important than anything else.

During this period, he also talked with Tao Yushu about his views on the company's future development path. Tao Yushu did not go into too much detail, but made it clear that Mingpao Enterprise would not be a local wealthy man in the future, and would definitely go out of Hong Kong if given the right opportunity.

Jin Yong didn't know when this opportunity would come, and he believed Tao Yushu didn't either.

But this is not important. What is important is that as a business leader, you have such determination and can make such a decision at critical moments.

At this point, Jin Yong has no doubts about the success of the previous merger of Ming Pao and Yulang Institutional Media Business.

Recently, Secretary Tao Yu advocated the establishment of an online publication such as "Asia News Digest". The cost of the dedicated network alone costs more than 70,000 Hong Kong dollars a year.

Including the labor costs of editors and reporters, as well as office supplies such as computers, printers, and fax machines, running such an unprofitable online publication would cost at least two to three hundred thousand a year.

Jin Yong didn't understand a new thing like the Internet. If he had been calculating carefully for half his life, he probably wouldn't be able to do it, but Tao Yushu did it.

Such a corporate leader is exactly what he expected.

"It costs a lot to run Asia News Digest, and there is no way to earn back the money for the time being.

However, after all, online publications are not a long-term solution, they are just a transitional thing. We will definitely establish our own news website in the future. This may be because of Jin Yong's ideas. Tao Yushu explained a few words.

Jin Yong smiled and waved his hand, "I don't understand these things about the Internet. Just let Mrs. Lin figure it out. I believe in your vision, Mrs. Lin."

Time flies to May. After half a year, the award ceremony of the Newstat International Literature Prize is about to be held on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in the United States.

As early as April, someone from the awards organizing committee came to confirm with Lin Chaoyang all matters concerning a visa to the United States and attendance at the award ceremony.

On the second Tuesday in May, Lin Chaoyang boarded a flight to the United States.
To be continued...