Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Mr. Lin, long time no see."

A week before the Academy Awards, Lin Daoqiu invited Ma Shaoqiang, the boss of Oriental Daily, out for tea.

This year, in order to reform the Academy Awards, Lin Daoqiu chose the audience voting model for the first time, and the partner of cooperation was "Oriental Daily News".

In the second Academy Awards selection, judges account for 60%, and directors, screenwriters, and actors will be invited to serve as judges.

Industry insiders and audiences each accounted for 20% of the vote to determine the final award.

After all the nominees for the Academy Awards were announced, "Oriental Daily" cooperated with the Academy Awards and launched a film-related magazine.

After purchasing the magazine, viewers can cut out the ballot paper on the last page and mail it back to Oriental Daily.

As for whether someone will fake it, buy a large number of votes in magazines, and vote for a certain person or movie, this is entirely possible.

Fortunately, the audience's votes only account for 20% of the total. Unless there is a very close tie, it is generally difficult to determine the award.

Allowing the audience to participate in the Academy Awards can also be regarded as a kind of publicity for the Academy Awards, making citizens interested in the Academy Awards, thus increasing the status of the Academy Awards in the minds of the general public.

"The magazine sold 80,000 copies in one month, and received a total of 68,000 valid votes. These votes were sent to the Academy Awards preparatory committee."

Ma Shaoqiang did Lin Daoqiu a big favor this time, but the sales volume of each issue of this magazine was around 20,000 copies, which was a small help to "Oriental Daily".

"Without Mr. Ma's help, it would have been very difficult for the audience to participate in voting for the Academy Awards this time."

Lin Daoqiu's words were polite. It didn't matter if "Oriental Daily" didn't help. Lin Daoqiu could still think of other ways.

However, in comparison, he is still more accustomed to cooperating with acquaintances, and at least Ma Shaoqiang and himself are relatively compatible.

The last time Liao Bingxue and others caused trouble, they just wanted to use Oriental Daily to take the lead in making themselves look bad.

Ma Shaoqiang was a smart man. Although he was hindered by his elders, he still tipped him off, which was considered the most benevolent thing for Lin Daoqiu.

So after the Academy Awards last year, Lin Daoqiu asked Ma Shaoqiang for help, and the other party agreed immediately.

It's just one more magazine. It's not difficult for Ma Shaoqiang at all.

Moreover, he could also make Lin Daoqiu owe him a favor. How could Ma Shaoqiang not do such a good deed?

"Mr. Lin is too polite. It's just a little effort."

Ma Shaoqiang smiled and shook his hand.

Although Ma Shaoqiang showed that he didn't care, Lin Daoqiu had to acknowledge his feelings.

Fortunately, the previous "Legend of Sword and Fairy" also made "Oriental Daily" a lot of money, otherwise Ma Shaoqiang would not have done so much to help him.

We are all mutually beneficial. If we have any novels in the future, we can cooperate with them on "Oriental Daily", which is also a return of Ma Shaoqiang's favor.

"Mr. Lin, the serialization of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is about to end. I wonder if you have any next works?"

The novel "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has greatly increased the sales of "Oriental Daily".

Now "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is coming to an end. If the serialization ends, and there are no novels of the same level and influence, the sales volume of the newspaper will definitely drop.

However, there are only a few famous people in Xiangjiang, so it is impossible for Jin Yong to get his book serialized in Oriental Daily.

As for Ni Kuang, he is a very suitable candidate, but his "Wesley" series obviously cannot be compared with Lin Daoqiu's "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Looking left and right, the best way now is to ask Lin Daoqiu to write a novel. In that case, the sales volume of "Oriental Daily" can be maintained.

Lin Daoqiu had never even thought about this matter before.

Because even for "Legend of Sword and Fairy", he asked Huang Ying to serialize it and provided a plot outline himself.

If he were to publish a novel now, Lin Daoqiu would have to seriously think about what he should write.

"Boss Ma, to tell you the truth, I haven't thought about writing any novels until now. After all, I'm very busy working in the film industry and I can't spare the time to write novels."

Lin Daoqiu was not fooling Ma Shaoqiang, but he was indeed very busy.

And even if he had time, Lin Daoqiu would not use his time to write novels.

After all, he is not short of money now, and Lin Daoqiu doesn't like the money earned from novels. Instead of spending time writing novels, it would be better to make more movies.

In fact, before arriving, Ma Shaoqiang had already predicted that it would be difficult for him to get the novel from Lin Daoqiu this time.

However, he couldn't help but want to give it a try, but the result naturally disappointed him.

"Actually, I also know that Mr. Lin is very busy, so I will put the novel aside for now."

Since Lin Daoqiu couldn't write, Ma Shaoqiang had to find a way to stabilize the sales of "Oriental Daily".

All he can think of now is to get Ni Kuang's new book to be serialized in the Oriental Daily. Even if the sales volume cannot rise, at least it will not fall too much.

After all, Ni Kuang is considered a very famous author in Xiangjiang. Although not as good as Jin Gu, he is still a best-selling author.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know what Ma Shaoqiang was thinking at this time, but even if he knew, he wouldn't think too much.

After all, Oriental Daily asked Ni Kuang to publish books for the sake of the newspaper's sales. Although he was not interested in Ni Kuang, he would never say anything on this matter.

…………

The annual Academy Awards is about to be held. Compared with the previous one, everyone has begun to pay more attention to this Hong Kong Film Festival created by Lin Daoqiu.

But the power of the Academy Awards has not yet been revealed, so even though the attention is much higher than last year, everyone's attention is still focused on which celebrities will participate in the awards ceremony this year.

After all, last year's event was unprecedented. Almost everyone in Hong Kong had their own names, and almost all the stars who were active in the film industry came to participate.

If anyone is absent this year, it will be tantamount to not giving Lin Daoqiu face.

On the Baocheng Cinemas side, whether to participate in the Academy Awards this year has actually become a question.

"Lin Daoqiu will definitely instruct the judges to award all the awards to their people. If we join in the fun, we will just sit on the bench."

Shi Tian felt that attending the Academy Awards would be a sideline and it would be better not to go.

"It's impossible not to go. Mr. Pan has already told us that anyone who can go must go."

Although Shun Jianxun couldn't figure out why Pan Disheng supported the Academy Awards, it was his intention, and Shun Jianxun couldn't ask any more questions.

Except for Shi Tian, ​​the attitude of the others is quite casual. It doesn't matter if they join in the fun anyway, but they don't have any hope of winning the prize.