Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1829 Manuscript Fees
"Dong dong dong..."

"Please come in."

Hearing a knock on the door, Jin Yong immediately stopped what he was doing.

When the door opened, he looked up and found that the visitor was Ni Kuang, and at this time he was still holding a newspaper.

Ni Kuang wrote an article in Ming Pao's supplement to satirize Lin Daoqiu before, and after Jin Yong learned about it, he immediately asked him to stop such behavior.

Even if Ni Kuang can disgust Lin Daoqiu, what's the use, if the other party takes revenge, it will definitely not be a good thing for Ni Kuang.

But what Jin Yong didn't expect was that Ni Kuang came to him today because of something that gave Jin Yong a headache.

"Lin Daoqiu's manuscript fee has reached [-] words, and I think I should get the same manuscript fee as him."

Putting "Oriental Daily" on Jin Yong's table, Ni Kuang came to Jin Yong today to ask for a salary increase, and it was directly doubled.

"A thousand words and a thousand words?"

Hearing what Ni Kuang said, Jin Yong immediately frowned.

He has been running Ming Pao carefully and carefully. Although the remuneration for the authors below is not stingy, it is not very generous.

Now Ni Kuang suddenly came here to increase the manuscript fee, and it was raised to one thousand characters at once. This is simply a joke with Jin Yong.

"Now everyone knows that Lin Daoqiu's manuscript fee is [-] yuan, but mine is only [-] yuan. I can't swallow this breath."

Ni Kuang's manuscript fee has always been stable, and this manuscript fee has actually been maintained for several years.

A manuscript fee of [-] words per thousand characters is considered the maximum salary for a writer in this era of Xiangjiang, but Ni Kuang is not satisfied with this, he does not want to be overwhelmed by Lin Daoqiu.

So he came to Jin Yong in a hurry, hoping to increase his manuscript fee to one thousand characters, so that he could be on an equal footing with Lin Daoqiu and maintain his position in the Xiangjiang calligraphy circle.

But it's a pity that with Jin Yong's character, how could he be paid a thousand words and a thousand yuan for the manuscript.

"I can add up to six hundred thousand words for you, but it is absolutely impossible to add one thousand words to one thousand yuan."

Jin Yong thought about it and decided to increase the manuscript fee for Ni Kuang, but he didn't satisfy the other party's idea of ​​doubling, but gave him an extra one hundred yuan.

Don't underestimate the one hundred yuan. Many writers have written novels for a lifetime, but they can't get the manuscript fee of one hundred thousand words.

But for a successful writer like Ni Kuang, just adding one hundred manuscript fees is not enough to satisfy him and Lin Daoqiu to continue fighting.

"Why is it impossible? I am no worse than Lin Daoqiu. He is good at filming, but he is still far behind in writing novels. If my manuscript fee is not as good as his, what will everyone think of me?"

The more Ni Kuang talked, the more angry he became. The last thing he wanted was to be compared to Lin Daoqiu, which he absolutely could not bear.

Even though Lin Daoqiu is unrivaled in the film and TV industry, Ni Kuang asked himself that Lin Daoqiu is definitely not his opponent in the field of novels

But now "Oriental Daily" paid Lin Daoqiu thousands of words and thousands of yuan for the manuscript, and also wrote a special book, which made Ni Kuang almost mad.

"It's just a false name, why are you so fussy about it? It's unwise to argue with Lin Daoqiu. I can only give as much as six hundred thousand characters for the manuscript fee. If there is more, I can't help it."

It is already a very rare thing for Jin Yong to be able to add one hundred to Ni Kuang. It stands to reason that Ni Kuang should be content.

But Ni Kuang, who was stunned by Lin Daoqiu's manuscript fee, was not willing to accept it at all, he said angrily.

"Just take it as a help for me once, and after a while, transfer the manuscript fee back."

Ni Kuang was even ready to downgrade first and then downgrade, but Jin Yong still shook his head firmly and refused to agree to his proposal at all.

In the end Ni Kuang got angry but Jin Yong still insisted on his own opinion. In the end Ni Kuang saw no way to persuade Jin Yong, so he had no choice but to accept the other party's suggestion of adding a thousand words to six hundred.

What Lin Daoqiu didn't expect was that he thought that Ni Kuang would continue to write articles in newspapers to insinuate himself.

But what I didn't expect was that Ni Kuang suddenly left Xiangjiang to travel abroad at this time, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

Ni Kuang's idea was very simple. Since he couldn't compare to Lin Daoqiu in terms of manuscript fees, he simply didn't want to stay in Xiangjiang, otherwise he would be embarrassed if asked about this matter, so he simply went abroad to hide for a while.

Without Ni Kuang's disturbance, Lin Daoqiu's life returned to the peace of the past.

The serialization of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" set off a wave of suspense adventure novels in Xiangjiang. This is another novel that has aroused widespread discussion in Xiangjiang after the previous wave of "Tomb Raiders Notes".

And when everyone was talking about the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Lin Daoqiu called a group of people over in the New Oriental conference room.

Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Mai Jia, Wen Jun and Zheng Dansui and screenwriter Huang Bingyao.

"I believe everyone should have heard of the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" that is currently being serialized in "Oriental Daily."

Lin Daoqiu went straight to the point and explained the purpose of inviting him over.

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" can be said to be very popular in Xiangjiang. The sales volume of "Oriental Daily" alone has reached about 18, surpassing Ming Pao and other major newspapers to become the number one seller.

As the author of this novel, Lin Daoqiu intends to shoot this drama directly.

The reason why I chose "Ghost Blowing Lantern" instead of "Tomb Raider Notes" is because the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao is more suitable for "Ghost Blowing Lantern", and the era of "Ghost Blowing Lantern" is not controversial and does not need to be changed too much.

"I thought that if Mr. Lin wanted to shoot, he should shoot "Tomb Raider Notes" first, but I didn't expect to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" first."

Mai Jia also competed for the director of "Tomb Raider Notes" at the beginning, but Lin Daoqiu directly told him that he wanted to make it himself, so Mai Jia gave up his idea.

Then this time Lin Daoqiu was going to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and called him in. Could it be that he wanted him to direct this movie?
Thinking of this, Maijia's heart immediately became alive.

"The bald man will play one of the important roles in this drama, this time I have to work hard for you."

It wasn't long before Maijia's lively thoughts woke up, and they were immediately extinguished by Lin Daoqiu's words.

Daringly, Lin Daoqiu didn't want him to direct "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" this time, but let him play one of the roles. Mai Jia's heart suddenly became cold when he heard this.

"I decided to let A Biao play the male lead, Hu Ba, Sanmao the fat Wang Kaixuan, and the bald man with the bald head."

Lin Daoqiu replaced the role of Da Jinya with a bald head so that Mai Jia could participate in this play.

In addition to these main characters, people like Yang Xueli, Chen Xiazi, Lei Xianming, etc., Lin Daoqiu planned to sum up with them.

After all, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" must be a blockbuster with special effects, and it takes a lot of planning to make it well.

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