Tao Yushu returned to Yanjing for more than half a month to rest. The scale of several of his subordinate companies was getting bigger and bigger, but her daily operations were less and less needed to intervene.

Even at the end of March, one of Lin's films' highlights this year, "The Matrix", was released in North America.

Since entering the North American market for many years, Lin's Pictures has always been cautious in investing in films, starting with small-cost action movies, horror movies and science fiction movies at the beginning, and has developed steadily all the way.

"The Matrix" has an investment of up to $70 million, making it one of the few films Lin's Pictures has invested more than $50 million in recent years.

The movie was released in North America on March 31. It quickly became a science fiction group in American science fiction with its novel science fiction setting, cyberpunk-style visual effects and sharp action scenes. The action fans caused heated discussion and won a box office of US$47 million in five days of release.

As the influence of the film continues to ferment, more content about this movie has become the focus of hot discussion among the media and audiences.

The science fiction, philosophy, religion, science, semiotics and history involved in the movie have been discussed by everyone, forming a strong discussion craze.

The box office of movies has also risen all the way, becoming the biggest dark horse in the North American film industry since the beginning of 1999.

After April, "The Matrix" was released in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries, all of which achieved remarkable box office performance.

In May, Lin Chaoyang finally finished the third volume of the new book. During the period, Cheng Yongxin of "Harvest" did run between Yanjing and Shanghai several times, appearing at home every month.

After running thousands of kilometers, Lin Chaoyang was deeply moved by the sincerity of the manuscript.

After May Day, Cheng Yongxin came to Xiaoliubukou Hutong again. Finally, he couldn't help but ask about the publication of Lin Chaoyang's novel.

Lin Chaoyang said earlier that he would consider the issue of publishing when he had to wait for half of his novel to be created. Now, according to what he said, the conditions for publishing are also met.

"This matter-" Lin Chaoyang's tone was a little hesitant, "Although the third volume has been written, I still have to modify it..."

Mainly, Lin Chaoyang's estimate of the situation was a bit too optimistic. The three volumes of the new book took nearly a year and a half and had already created a total of 1.2 million words, which is a huge consumption for the creators.

After writing this volume, Lin Chaoyang planned to take a few months to relax his energy.

In this way, the entire book will inevitably be delayed by a few months before it is completed. Lin Chaoyang does not want to delay it when publishing. In order to ensure the consistency of publication, the publication time can only be pushed back.

Cheng Yongxin left Xiaoliubukou Hutong with regret, but he strengthened his belief in his heart and would knock down Lin Chaoyang's new work no matter what.

It is impossible to serialize a brilliant masterpiece with a number of words that are likely to exceed 2 million words in the conventional way in "Harvest".

Otherwise, there would be no need to accept the manuscripts for a year, and the backlog of manuscripts may not be published in a few years.

But even if the economic and social benefits of publishing this work in the form of special accounts or supplements will probably be record-breaking.

Thinking about the grand occasion that Lin Chaoyang's works were once published in major magazines, Cheng Yongxin's thoughts became increasingly firm.

After Cheng Yongxin left, Lin Chaoyang temporarily stopped his creation as he said.

But it is not a complete rest. He still has to read a lot every day to enrich the inspiration and thinking that has been exhausted due to long-term creation.

A few days later, George called from the United States and brought some good news to Lin Chaoyang.

The first is that "Father" just ended its six-year-long performance season a few days ago, with a total box office of an astonishing $22.45 million, setting a box office record for Broadway drama performances since the 1990s.

According to the contract between Lin Chaoyang and the Netherlands Company, he himself also received a royalty income and profit sharing of US$1.517,500.

Of course, this money is not much for Lin Chaoyang, but it is worth mentioning that this is just the box office revenue of a Broadway performance season.

If nothing unexpected happens in the future, "Father" will continue to perform on Broadway until the box office revenue drops to unprofitable.

In addition, the Netherlands has decided to introduce "Father" to the West End of London, and the drama will continue to generate income for Lin Chaoyang in the future.

Another good news is that just yesterday, the American Drama Tony Awards issued an announcement to announce the 53rd Tony Awards shortlist.

Among them, "Father" was nominated for three awards: Best Actor in the Drama, Best Supporting Actress in the Drama, and Best Scene Design.

According to George, there has been no such thing as "Father" on Broadway in the past decade, and it is almost certain that "Father" won the award.

The success of the drama "Father" in the United States made Lin Chaoyang feel happy. As the People's Art Theater version of "Father" was performed again, he went to watch another show.

The day after watching the performance, Kitamura Miyu, who was in Kawa's study, called and said that Asoko Yamakawa passed away yesterday.

Lin Chaoyang felt a little strange. The last time he saw Shanchuan Chaozi was in 1995.

That time, Yamakawa Asoko and Kitamura Miyu went to Xiangjiang to visit him in order to publish a collection of essays for him. Four years passed in a flash.

"Lin Chaoyang's Collection of Works" has been published in Japan for almost three years, and its cumulative sales have exceeded 200,000 sets.

The sales volume of collections has always been inferior to that of ordinary single-line books. Most of them are supported by loyal readers. It is difficult to achieve sales of 200,000 sets.

Shanchuan Chaozi is nearly eighty years old, but in Lin Chaoyang's impression, she has always been very healthy and looks mentally winged.

He asked about the specific details of Kitamura Miyuki's death, but unexpectedly it was caused by bone cancer. It took only two months from knowing the condition to the death.

After sighing, Lin Chaoyang wrote a memorial article at the request of Miyu Kitamura, which will be published in the publication of "Literature and Art" magazine in Hechu Study next month.

In mid-May, Lin Chaoyang was invited by Xie Jin to Hengdian.

Xie Jin has been preparing for more than a year in the new film "Rabe Diary" to be officially launched on May 15, following "The Battle of Red Cliffs"

After "The Opium War", he directed another historical blockbuster, and there are also a large number of war scenes in the film.

After the release of "Opium War", there were media rumors from the outside world that Xie Jin was about to give up films, which forced Xie Jin to come forward to refute the rumors, stating that he would never give up films.

The rumors from the outside actually confirm the public's thoughts about Xie Jin to a certain extent. An old director over the age of 70 is already very fragile in both physical and mental health and should no longer worry or be exhausted.

Even if a movie with the theme of "Rabe's Diary" is directed by a middle-aged director of a young and powerful middle-aged director, he may have to lose his skin, let alone for him, an old man in his seventies.

Lin Chaoyang arrived in Hengdian the night before the start of the phone. When he saw Xie Jin, he could clearly feel that Xie Jin was in a bad complexion, and his face seemed to be covered with a layer of gray.

"Your face is too bad."

"It's okay, I'm used to working hard. When will I not look like this dirty face when I shoot a new film?"

Xie Jin has indeed not been in good health recently, but he doesn't care much. At his age, he has already seen many things.

He wanted to keep filming like this until one day he fell on the set.

Xie Jin pulled Lin Chaoyang to talk about some new films. He even planned his work after "Rabe Diary". This film tells the legendary experience of Dong Zhujun, the founder of Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel.

Dong Zhujun was originally a poor coachman's daughter, but unfortunately became a brothel woman.

After the Revolution of 1911, she joined the GMD people and traveled to Japan. Later, she became the wife of the Sichuan Governor. She ran away from home because of her pursuit of progress and founded the Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant in Shanghai.

I have covered up many GM comrades and become my close friend. Her life has gone through hardships and magnificent.

Xie Jin had long planned to bring Dong Zhujun's experience to the screen. The two met and talked about this before the old man passed away two years ago.

Lin Chaoyang knew that he could not persuade Xie Jin, so he could only persuade him to take it easy.

The next day, at the start of "Rabe Diary", hundreds of media outlets came from all over the country, and the scene was very lively.

The opening performance of "Rabbe Diary" has such a great influence, on the one hand, because of the success of "Red Cliff" and "Opium War", both the literary and art circles and the media are full of confidence in Xie Jin's attempt.

On the other hand, the Nanjing Massacre has always been an indelible scar in modern Chinese history. Now, Xie Jin, a heavyweight director, dares to present this history on the big screen.

In addition to domestic journalists, many foreign journalists attended the press conference.

Two years ago, "Rabe's Diary" re-appeared in New York, which once caused a lot of international response. Now Xie Jin wants to bring John Rabe's story to the screen, which naturally attracts the attention of international media.

Lin Chaoyang looked around and found no Japanese reporters. In recent years, Japan's right-wing forces have risen sharply, which is normal.

"In my early years, I also planned to film several movies that reflected World War II and Nanjing bloody incidents, including "The Nanjing Massacre" and "The Chinese Justice of Tojo Hideki", but for various reasons, I failed to do it.

Now, this "Rabe Diary" is about to fulfill my wish."

At the press conference, Xie Jin's speech was very sincere, which moved the reporters present.

When the reporter asked about his feelings about directing a blockbuster with an investment of over 100 million yuan again, Xie Jin pulled Lin Chaoyang to the camera.

"When talking about this, I have to thank Chaoyang. I don't have other abilities, so I love making movies, and I can only make movies.

Everyone has seen the environment in the domestic film industry in recent years, and many studios and peers are having a hard time.

But I can still look at my personality. From "The Battle of Red Cliff" to "The Opium War" and then to "The Diary of Rabe", all this is inseparable from Chaoyang's unreserved support for me.

We met from "The Wrangler" to the age of twenty years. At first, Chaoyang was a screenwriter for me, and later when I filmed "Furong Town", he was a consultant for me, and now he has become my investor.

We are friends, confidants, and our career partners——”

In front of the reporters, Xie Jin became more and more excited as he spoke. In his mouth, he and Lin Chaoyang were like Boyaziqi.

Lin Chaoyang was so excited by the feelings sold by Comrade Xie that Lin Chaoyang had goose bumps all over his body, but the reporters at the scene were very moved.

Xie Jin's speech was a little exaggerated in his emotions, but it did not prevent the reporters from approving his words.

Speaking of which, Shep became famous very early. In the 1960s, he became a first-class director in China with a series of films such as "The Red Detachment of Women", "Stage Sisters", and "Spring Seedling".

After the reform and opening up, he made great achievements and filmed "The Wrangler", "The Wreath Under the Mountain" and "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain"

A series of popular and popular movies such as "Furong Town" have also become highly respected in the film industry.

But the fifth generation of directors rose rapidly after that. In those years, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige's name resounded throughout the film industry, greatly hiding the glory of older directors such as Xie Jin and others.

Just when everyone thought Xie Jin would retreat to the second line like many old directors of his generation, he made a classic historical blockbuster like "The Battle of Red Cliff".

Later, "The Opium War" presented a tribute to the country, causing a sensation across the country.

Two blockbusters have allowed Xie Jin to reach the peak of his art again, and his reputation in the film industry is no less than that of the fifth generation of directors who are in full swing.

According to Xie Jin, all this cannot be separated from Lin Chaoyang's help. The two of them are simply golden partners in the film industry!

Before Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping broke up in later generations, their cooperation was also well-known in the domestic film industry.

Xie Jin and Lin Chaoyang have worked together for longer, and have achieved more brilliant results and are of higher value, which naturally has a greater impact on the reporters.

After Xie Jin made a statement, the reporters' emotions were completely mobilized, and the microphone and camera were aimed at Lin Chaoyang. It would be unreasonable if he didn't make a passionate statement.
To be continued...