Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2275

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

In fact, neither the Xiangjiang Baihuapu nor the acquisition of the magazine was Lin Daoqiu's goal at the beginning.

At the beginning, he wanted to choose three heroines for "Feng Yun", so he recruited Liu Zhenwei, and then he got involved in the matter of Xiangjiang Baihuapu and the acquisition of the magazine.

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the preparations for "Feng Yun" will not be carried out until after the Chinese New Year. You will participate in the production of this film by then, but I will tell you the specifics of what you will do when the time comes."

Lin Daoqiu thought about it, and decided to look for someone better than Tsui Hark to be the director of "Feng Yun".

As for Liu Zhenwei, it is estimated that he will still be the assistant director in this drama.

"However, you can't be idle this year. Since you proposed the matter of Xiangjiang Baihuapu, you and Hong Qide are responsible for this matter, and initially draw up the criteria and candidates for shortlisting."

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

He has long been used to Lin Daoqiu's way of throwing away the shopkeeper, so Liu Zhenwei is not surprised.

After all, this incident was caused by Hong Qide, so this time he can only be regarded as being dragged into the water by a bad friend.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will settle this matter with Editor-in-Chief Hong, 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, it will take a lot of thinking.

"Ten people will be selected for the most popular female star, and the number of the most promising newcomers can be set at 50."

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 the number of newcomers with the most potential has suddenly reached 50. Isn't this range too big?
"Don't look at me so surprised, if this matter is too simple, I won't ask you to do it."

Liu Zhenwei didn't know whether to be happy or sad after hearing Lin Daoqiu's words.

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

Moreover, it must be a female star between the ages of teens and twenties. If she is too old, she will not have potential.

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

Now that Lin Daoqiu had said so much, Liu Zhenwei could only honestly do what he told him to do.

On the other side, according to Lin Daoqiu's instructions, Hong Qide went directly back to his magazine to find the boss, and told him that Lin Daoqiu was going to buy the magazine.

"Qide, it's almost the Chinese New Year, but the magazine's performance has not improved. I really want to give you more bonuses, but you also know the magazine's situation."

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

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

Huang Youcai wanted to give bonuses to Xiang, but he had no money at all. After all, the performance of this magazine was like this, and the usual expenses basically wiped out the income.

It is impossible for him to take out all the remaining money and distribute it to the employees below, otherwise, wouldn't it be like doing a white job for him to open this magazine.

"Boss, it's actually like this. I didn't come to you today for the upcoming matter."

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

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

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

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

"Qide, although our magazine is not big, I believe that the future development prospect is still good. How about I give you an extra salary of 500 yuan?"

Huang Youcai gritted his teeth and planned to give Hong Qide an extra salary of 500 yuan.

But Hong Qide didn't care about the 500 yuan, let alone five hundred, even if it was an extra five thousand, he didn't care now.

"Boss, I'm not going to resign, but someone is going to buy our magazine."

"Someone's going to buy this magazine? What idiot would have such a stupid idea?"

Huang Youcai found it very interesting that there are such idiots in this world.

This magazine is just one of many small magazines in Xiangjiang. These people have money and don’t invest in more profitable projects. They actually want to buy this magazine of their own. I really don’t know what they think.

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

"You...what are you talking about? That's 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 of the matter.

"The price of 200 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 managed to complete the matter satisfactorily.

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

"Fifty potential new stars, so few people are selected now, how should I explain to Mr. Lin by then."

Liu Zhenwei covered his head, worrying with Hong Qide, the editor-in-chief of "Reader Weekly".

The magazine was bought very smoothly, and it was renamed "Readers Weekly" immediately.

But the problem now is that, as Lin Daoqiu told him, finding fifty potential new stars for readers to vote for is a bit too embarrassing for them.

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

Hong Qide didn't know what to say about Liu Zhenwei, how could he dare to promise to handle this job well in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"How dare you blame me. If it wasn't for you, how could I have taken on this unlucky job, and... I still have to help "Feng Yun" find three heroines. My head is getting bigger now."

As soon as he said this, Liu Zhenwei couldn't help covering his head.

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

Otherwise, if it is delayed for too long or if it is not completed in the end, I am afraid that I will leave an impression on Lin Daoqiu that the work is not good. This is definitely not the result Liu Zhenwei hopes to see.

(End of this chapter)