When Lin Chaoyang returned to Yanjing, it was the hottest dog days of the year, and it was even more stuffy than in previous years.

When he was writing in the study, the cicadas on the trees were upset. Xiao Sun and Xiao Zhu were worried about what the boss was anxious about and thought what the boss thought. At night, they went out to catch cicadas.

Dongdong and Yan Yan were very excited to watch. This was the first time they had captured cicadas since they were young, although they watched the whole process.

Xiao Zhu was a good master of cicadas. He shone the flashlight on the tree, and the homemade sticker stick was accurately, which made the two children look novel. "It's a pity that there is a little less, can you fry it and eat it!" Xiao Zhu looked at the cicadas on the net and said with some regret.

Dongdong had heard of the way to eat cicadas, but never tried it. He asked curiously: "How to fry it?"

"Pick off your head, wings, and tail, throw it into the oil pan, add some salt and pepper after frying——"

Xiao Zhu said, revealing the aftertaste. The fried cicada was a rare delicious snack in his childhood.

Yan Yan showed a disgusting expression, "That's too cruel!"

Dongdong ignored her dislike and took Xiao Zhu to boil the oil in the pan, trying to taste the taste of fried cicadas.

More than twenty minutes later, facing a plate of black fried cicadas, Dongdong hesitated. This thing looked like it was really not a bit of appetite.

Xiao Zhu took the lead and threw it into her mouth, then showed an expression of tasting delicious food. Seeing this, Dongdong also stuffed one into her mouth.

The crunchy taste is more of a salt and pepper flavor.

He brows lightly, and he didn't feel as delicious as Xiao Zhu described.

"It doesn't taste much!"

Xiao Zhu ate two or three in a row before stopping and said, "You have never lacked oil and water since you were a child, so you definitely don't think it's delicious. Actually, I don't think it's so delicious now. But for me, this is the deliciousness of the world!"

Just then, Lin Chaoyang came out of the study and saw them blowing cicadas. He came over and tasted two of them with great interest, saying, "It tastes good!"

Dongdong remembered the story of "Pearl Jade White Jade Soup" that his old father told him when he was a child. It turned out that what they ate was not the taste, but the memories.

But in the end, the plate of fried cicadas was not eaten up, and no matter how beautiful the memories were, they could not be eaten.

In the summer of 1998, the years in Yanjing City were peaceful, but for many Chinese people, it may be unforgettable.

On TV, words such as "flood peak", "rescue rescue", "breaking the dam", "transferring the affected people" are repeatedly mentioned, and the scene of the flood is heartbreaking.

Whenever I see the people's soldiers who risk their lives to fight floods and disaster relief in the TV screen, Xiao Sun and Xiao Zhu are always particularly excited.

I hate that I have been out of the army for a few years and cannot share the country's worries and solve the problems of the people.

When they heard that another soldier died in a certain place, the two of them had their eyes even red.

In fact, it is not only them, but people across the country are paying attention to this flood that has not been encountered in a century.

On the evening of August 16, CCTV, China National Radio, China Radio International, and Phoenix TV jointly launched the live broadcast of the flood fighting and disaster relief fundraising performance "We All One" in the live broadcast.

The evening party took only 8 days to prepare, and more than a thousand actors from all over the country participated in the performance.

Tao Yushu also mobilized the influence of Lin's Film, and dozens of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars took to perform on stage.

The gala for more than three hours received a total of 900 million donations and donations from all walks of life, including 150 million yuan donations from Lin's Film, Mingpao Enterprise and Bubble Universe, a total of 150 million yuan.

Another unknown donor donated 50 million yuan to all the sacrificed soldiers to protect the future lives of the martyrs.

The difficult summer has finally passed, the flow of the Yangtze River waters began to fall, and the flood that affected the entire China finally came to an end, and the focus of the people has gradually shifted to other places.

In mid-September, the comic-revised film "Blade Warrior" created by Lin's Pictures and Marvel Entertainment was first released in North America.

The film was launched in November last year and was released in less than a year. Such high efficiency is entirely due to the behind-the-scenes team dominated by Li Rengang. Even the few special effects of the film were produced by the new visual effects studio in Hong Kong.

The investment and production of "Blade Warrior" focuses on short, flat and fast. According to Tao Yumo's idea, since it is trial and error, it is naturally necessary to minimize all costs, including time costs.

However, the short and fast production of "Blade Warrior" did not affect the quality of the movie itself.

Over the years, Lin's Pictures has continuously provided Hong Kong's film talents to Hollywood, Hong Kong's efficiency and Hollywood's technology have formed a perfect integration among Lin's Pictures' team.

"Blade Warrior" won $17,426,570 in the first weekend of its release. Four weeks after its release, the total box office in North America reached $75.62 million.

The film invested only $20 million, and it was already a big profit from the box office in North America alone.

According to Lin's Pictures' estimate, if the box office revenue, videotape revenue, TV broadcasting and other profits will be included in the future global release, the profit of "Blade Warrior" will exceed US$80 million, and this is not the most critical.

The most important thing is that the success of "Blade Warrior" finally made Hollywood face up to the comic characters under Marvel Entertainment.

As Variety Magazine said in its commentary:

"Blade is the most unlikely Marvel comic image to be successful at box office. The bloody scenes in the movie result in limited audiences, and the character Blade is relatively not that famous, but it still has a big success, which is incredible!

"Blade Warrior" made Hollywood realize for the first time that Marvel's comic series is unique."

The success of "Blade Warrior" allowed Hollywood to see the charm of Marvel comic-based movies and also revitalize the film-making path of Marvel Entertainment's filmmaking. Lin's Film Company initially bought Marvel Entertainment with a large sum of money. It is not difficult to guess their thoughts. Many Hollywood investors and producers have ridiculed them for being whimsical.

Because more than one person has tried their ideas, George Lucas and James Cameron - but these famous producers who once turned into gold failed without exception.

But no one expected that Lin's Pictures was really successful and with such high efficiency.

Marvel Entertainment, which was on the verge of bankruptcy a year ago, achieved a gorgeous turn.

Just in the third week of "Blade Warrior", Sony Pictures quickly signed a contract with Lin's Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, announcing that it would invest $120 million to jointly develop the "Spider-Man" movie.

Spider-Man is one of the popular comic characters under Marvel. His copyright was granted to many film companies in his early years. Tao Yumo previously contacted Sony Pictures to reclaim the copyright, but was rejected by the wealthy Sony.

Now that I saw that the comic-adapted movies were profitable, Sony Pictures immediately rushed over and came over.

The $120 million production funding is already a top investment in Hollywood, and it is also supported by Sony Pictures and Lin's Pictures. After the news came out, it immediately caused a huge response among Hollywood and American comic lovers.

The comic characters of Marvel Entertainment suddenly became Xiangrao. They came to ask, and the Hollywood companies negotiated were like crucian carp.

At this time, Tao Yumo turned against her low attitude when she wanted to take back the copyright, fully interpreting what it means to open her mouth.

Any second-tier comic character in Marvel is entitled to a million-dollar licensing fee. Not only that, Marvel also has to participate in the global box office share of the movie, with a proportion of no less than 5%, videotapes, and peripheral profit share of 50%.

Her big appetite directly scared away a group of Hollywood companies that came to seek cooperation, but Tao Yumo didn't care about this. 90% of these people who came to discuss cooperation wanted to come over and take advantage of it.

A person who truly cooperates sincerely will not be easily scared away by her conditions. He asks for a price everywhere and pays it back.

In addition to Sony Pictures, Fox, who holds the copyright of "X-Men", has also become warmer. You should know that Tao Yushu and Fox's boss Murdoch are mortal enemies.

When the old man was going to invest in Star TV, he was stolen by Tao Yushu. In anger, his news media poured cold water on Lin's films.

This time Fox came to ask for cooperation, Tao Yumo hesitated, thought for a while, and decided to call his sister.

"If they want to cooperate, just talk. Business is business, feelings are feelings, don't confuse them."

Tao Yumo used to think that she was more talented than her sister in business, and even her brother-in-law often said this, but what her sister said today made her look at her with admiration.

Look at their situation, their realm really has the style of a huge businessman!

"Okay, since you said that, I will promote cooperation normally."

After putting down the phone, Tao Yushu held the latest "Asia-Pacific Observer" sample magazine with a contemptuous smile on his lips.

Business is business, feelings are emotions, she said this, and she did the same.

The next day, the Asia-Pacific Observer was published, and an inconspicuous news appeared on the magazine page, which was about the British satellite TV company promoting the acquisition of Manchester United, the leader of the Premier League.

"Asia-Pacific Observer" focuses on the English market. Since its establishment, it has become Asia's leading business magazine. It has established a distribution system in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, the United Kingdom and other countries, with a strong influence.

After this news was published, it was quickly reprinted by the British "Guardian".

The Guardian, the Tax and the Daily Telegraph, are known as the three major British daily newspapers. They were founded by John Edward Taylor on May 5, 1821. They are called the Manchester Guardian because they are headquartered in Manchester. They were not changed to the Guardian until 1959.

The "Manchester" gene in their bones made them extremely sensitive to the news that the British satellite company acquired "Manchester United" and they noticed this news at once.

After some verification, I found that the report of "Asia-Pacific Observer" was actually true. The Guardian couldn't sit still.

British satellite TV is affiliated with News Corp. It is an important industry under Murdoch. As early as 6 years ago, when the Premier League just started, the British satellite TV company bought the TV broadcasting rights at a high price of 60 million yuan per year.

In 1996, British satellite TV signed a four-year broadcast agreement with it at a broadcast fee of 167.5 million pounds per year. It should be said that British satellite companies have played a positive role in promoting the Premier League.

But this has become a problem. Your News Corp. has not enough to control the team and the league?

As News Corp's old rival in the UK, the Guardian naturally does not want Murdoch to get what he wants and further expand his influence.

What's more, Manchester itself is where the Guardian started, with many Manchester United fans from bosses to employees in the newspaper.

As a fan, everyone does not want their favorite team to become a toy for a billionaire.

After some investigation, the report that the Guardian has produced is more detailed than the content of "Asia-Pacific Observer". They even found out the quotation for Manchester United by British satellite TV company of 625 million.

This number is more than three times higher than the club's actual total value of 140 million pounds. Such a large bid naturally attracted the covetousness of club shareholders.

Things were almost settled, but no one expected that the Guardian suddenly shot a cold arrow behind his back.

As soon as their news came out, the fan group was in an uproar.

Now that the Premier League has not yet entered the gold and dollar era, fans are very resistant to the behavior of big capitalists buying clubs.

Especially since Murdoch was born in Australia, he first mastered the most influential newspapers in the UK such as the Tax and the Sun. Now he wants to control the football league. What do he want to do?

I was the sect leader of your Tuo Ao back then, and it was simply against Tiangang!

Over the past decade, Beverly has maintained radical expansion, which is why it can rise rapidly in a short period of time.

But it is precisely because of the overly radical policies that Baifuqin ignored the risks of the financial market. Many of its businesses in the Yetai region are located in Indonesia and Thailand, and its turnover in these two markets accounts for 53% of the group's turnover.

In the Asian financial crisis in 1997, Thailand and Indonesia were the first to bet on the brink of the two countries, and Baifuqin, who bet heavily in these two countries, also suffered heavy losses.

Under the chain reaction of the financial crisis, Baifuqin's financial situation deteriorated rapidly, and it only lasted for less than half a year, making it easier for 98

Bankruptcy was declared in January 2019.
To be continued...