Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

After Hong Qide left, Lin Daoqiu turned to look at Liu Zhenwei next to him.

In fact, neither the Hong Kong Hundred Flowers Book nor the acquisition of the magazine were Lin Daoqiu’s initial goals.

At first, he wanted to select three heroines for "The Wind and Cloud", so he found Liu Zhenwei. Then he got involved with the Hong Kong Hundred Flowers Book and the acquisition of the magazine.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the preparations for "The Storm" will have to wait until after the Chinese New Year. You will be involved in the production of this drama, but I won't be able to tell you exactly what you will do until then."

Lin Daoqiu thought about it and decided to search first to see if there was anyone more suitable to be the director of "The Storm" than Tsui Hark.

As for Liu Zhenwei, he will probably be asked to serve as the assistant director in this drama.

"But you can't be idle this year. Since you proposed the Hong Kong Hundred Flowers Spectrum, you and Hong Qide will be responsible for this matter and initially formulate a shortlisting standard and candidates."

Lin Daoqiu directly left the matter of Xiangjiang Baihuapu to Liu Zhenwei.

He has long been accustomed to Lin Daoqiu's approach of letting go of the shopkeeper, so Liu Zhenwei is not surprised.

After all, this matter was caused by Hong Qide, and he could only be considered as being dragged into the water by a bad friend this time.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured. Editor Hong and I will handle this matter and try to come up with detailed rules as soon as possible."

For Liu Zhenwei, these things are not complicated. There are only a few famous female stars, and he can pick out a bunch of candidates with his eyes closed.

As for potential female stars, that requires a lot of thinking.

"The most popular female stars will ultimately be selected for ten people, and the number of people who can vote for the most promising newcomers can be set at fifty."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu said these words, Liu Zhenwei's eyes widened in shock.

It's okay to say that there are only ten most popular female stars, but there are fifty newbies with the most potential. Isn't this too big a range?

"Don't look at me in such surprise. If this matter was too simple, I wouldn't ask you to do it."

After hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Liu Zhenwei didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

It is really not an easy task to find fifty potential actresses for everyone to vote for.

Moreover, it has to be a female star in her teens to twenties. If she is too old, she cannot be said to have potential.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Lin, I will take care of this matter."

Since Lin Daoqiu's words have reached this point, Liu Zhenwei naturally can only do what he told him honestly.

On the other side, Hong Qide followed Lin Daoqiu's instructions and went directly back to his magazine to find his boss and tell him that Lin Daoqiu wanted to acquire the magazine.

"Qi Tak, the Chinese New Year is almost here, but the performance of the magazine has not been improving. I would really like to give you more bonuses, but you also know the situation of the magazine."

Hong Qide's boss was named Huang Youcai. He opened this tepid magazine. Although he didn't make much money, he still made some income.

When he saw Hong Qide coming over, he thought it was the Chinese New Year and Hong Qide wanted him to give some bonuses to his editors.

Huang Youcai wanted to pay him a bonus, but he couldn't come up with the money at all. After all, the magazine's performance was like this, and the usual expenditures had basically wiped out the income.

It's impossible for him to use all the remaining money and distribute it to his employees, otherwise wouldn't he be working in vain by opening this magazine?

"Boss, the truth is, I didn't come to you today because of the upcoming matters."

When Huang Youcai heard what Hong Qide said, the expression on his face immediately became serious.

"You...you're not planning to resign, are you?"

The performance of this magazine is not good, but with Hong Qide here, it can still achieve some performance.

If Hong Qide leaves at this time, it will not be easy to find another capable editor with a low salary like him.

"Qide, although our magazine is not big, I believe the future development prospects are still good. What do you think about me giving you an additional salary of five hundred yuan?"

Huang Youcai gritted his teeth and planned to give Hong Qide an extra five hundred yuan in salary.

But Hong Qide couldn't care less about the five hundred yuan, and let alone five hundred yuan, he didn't care now even if it was an extra five thousand yuan.

"Boss, I don't want to resign, but someone wants to buy our magazine."

"Someone wants to buy this magazine? What idiot would have such a stupid idea?"

Huang Youcai thought it was so interesting that there were such idiots in the world.

This magazine is just one of many small magazines in Hong Kong. These people who have money do not invest in more profitable projects, but want to acquire their own magazine. I really don’t know what they think.

"The person who wants to acquire our magazine is Mr. Lin Daoqiulin from New Oriental."

"You...what are you talking about? Is it Lin Daoqiu, the boss of New Oriental Cinemas? He...why would he want to buy our magazine?"

Naturally, Hong Qide would not tell Huang Youcai the reason for the incident.

"The price of two million...well, I sold it."

Huang Youcai didn't even think about it. As soon as Hong Qide told him the price, he immediately agreed to sell the magazine.

Although he didn't know what Huang Youcai was thinking, Hong Qide still managed the matter satisfactorily.

Soon, the magazine was renamed "Readers Weekly" and the boss was Lin Daoqiu.

"Fifty potential new stars have just been selected now. How should we explain to Mr. Lin then?"

Liu Zhenwei covered his head and was worried with Hong Qide, the editor-in-chief of "Readers Weekly".

The magazine bought it very smoothly and immediately changed its name to "Readers Weekly".

But the problem now is that Lin Daoqiu told them to find fifty potential new stars for readers to vote for, which is really too difficult for them.

"Choose. It's useless to say this now. Who made you swear in front of Mr. Lin at that time that you will definitely do this well?"

Hong Qide didn't even know what to say to Liu Zhenwei. How could he dare to promise to handle this job in front of Lin Daoqiu?

"How dare you blame me? If it weren't for you, how could I have taken on this unfortunate job? Moreover...I still have to find three heroines for "The Wind and Cloud". My head is getting big now."

As soon as he mentioned this, Liu Zhenwei couldn't help but cover his head.

Select potential new stars and find three heroines. These two things must be done as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if he delays for too long or fails to get it done in the end, he may leave an unfavorable impression on Lin Daoqiu. This is by no means the result Liu Zhenwei wants to see.