"Huang Rihua?! Is he okay?" Xiang Huasheng frowned when he saw Xia Tian recommending Huang Rihua.

He admitted that Huang Rihua was a popular TV star, and he was collectively known as the "Wireless Five Tiger Generals" with Liu Dehua, Tang Zhenye, Liang Chaowei and Miao Qiaowei, and was popular among many young people.

But making movies and TV series is different. Zhou Runfa is known as the "king of long dramas". He has achieved good ratings on TVB, but he has entered the film industry and left the infamous as a "box office poison". Xiang Huasheng is very worried that Huang Rihua will repeat Zhou Runfa's mistakes.

"Of course, his appearance is very likable, with a righteous face, and he is born as a hero. It is perfect to play the righteous and passionate lawyer in the play. Moreover, he is also very popular in Nanyang and Taiwan. It is definitely correct to ask him to play." Xia Tian nodded and said.

"Okay, since you have so much confidence in him, then that's it. Who do you think is more suitable for the heroine?" Xiang Huasheng asked.

"Let's find Ye Dexian." Xia Tian directly suggested that the original "Extra-law Love" was starring Ye Dexian.

"Can she do it?" Xiang Huasheng asked again.

"Oh, Brother Sheng, if you don't believe in my eyes, then you can find someone yourself." Xia Tian spread his hands and was a little annoyed by Xiang Huasheng.

"No, don't, listen to you, listen to you." Seeing this, Xiang Huasheng waved his hand quickly, "Then let's use Ye Dexian."

"Okay, other actors can just look for TVB's old actors." Xia Tian said again, "Our drama is a tragic film. Choosing big-name stars will easily make the audience lose their dramas. It is better to use these veteran actors with superb acting skills and even boldly use some new actors to perform. Just like "The Wrong Car" in New Art City, it is also performed by unknown old actors and young newcomers."

"It makes sense, it makes sense." Xiang Huasheng nodded, "Okay, I've recorded all these."

Xia Tian nodded, "Brother Sheng, Taiwan China Film Company, when will I recommend it for me?"

"It just so happens that I will go to Taiwan in two days. You can go with me. I'll recommend you to be friends and everything will be solved." Xiang Huasheng said.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare. When will I go? Call me, and then I'll say goodbye today." Xia Tian stood up and said.

"Okay, go and do your business. I'll call you later." Xiang Huasheng also knew that summer was busy and could not stay for a long time, so he nodded and said.

...

After leaving Yongsheng Film Company, Xia Tian first found a place to have a meal.

As I was eating, I heard the bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee. In an envious look, Xia Tian took out the machine and glanced at it. There was a string of English and numbers on it. Xia Tian quickly translated it out, "Magazine Tang Zhao."

In the 1980s, mobile phones were still rare, not only expensive but also inconvenient to carry. In the summer, I saw Hong Jingbao's elder brother. He was as big as a brick and consumed very high power. He needed to charge at any time, just like calling stations for marching and fighting.

Although he has not paid much attention to playing with mobile phones, feature phones, counterfeit phones, Apple phones, and Android phones in summer, he is too exaggerated to accept this kind of big brother.

But now he is a busy person and has many things he needs to deal with. If he has something but cannot contact him, it will be very troublesome. So he bought a BP machine in the summer and should not be around his waist all day.

In the mid-1980s, BP machines were still digital, and Hanxian had not yet been invented. Therefore, all the messages were a series of numbers and English, which at first glance looked like passwords, corresponding to different Chinese characters. The characters corresponding to each paging station were different, and you also needed to carry a password book with you for easy query.

Because summer is young and has a good brain, I memorize all the commonly used passwords. Just take a look and you can almost translate them.

Seeing Tang Congsheng looking for him, Xia Tian sipped a few bites, finished eating wonton noodles, and then drove back to the magazine.

"Old Tang, what are you asking for me?" Xia Tian asked in confusion.

"That's right, President, Yulang Comics wants to buy the comic adaptation rights of several of our novels." Tang Congshenghui reported.

"Oh?!" Xia Tian suddenly lit up.

Yulang Comics was created by the well-known Hong Kong cartoonist Huang Yulang. It has many very popular comics, such as "Dragon and Tiger Gate", "Drunk Fist", "Tatagata's Palm", "Chinese Heroes", etc. The sales volume in each issue is about 100,000, which can be called the NO.1 of the Hong Kong comics industry!

"They want to buy out the comic adaptation rights of "The Tomb Raiders' Chronicles", "Buddha is the Tao", "The Legend of Immortals in the Cultivation of Immortals", "The Bright Moon in the Qin Dynasty" and "The Ethereal Journey" for a price of one million." Tang Congsheng also reported.

Xia Tian frowned, "It's only one million yuan per book, it's too little."

"No, it's five books in total one million." Tang Congsheng waved his hand quickly.

"What?!" Xia Tian widened his eyes when he heard this.

No matter how he doesn't understand the value of the copyright of the novel, he also knows that one million yuan per five novels is already an extremely low price. In later generations, even if he pays 10 million yuan, he may not be able to buy the comic adaptation rights of these books.

The story of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" compiled by Huang Yulang himself is a mess, just fighting and fighting, and fighting non-stop. The sales volume of one issue is still more than 100,000 copies. After his novel is adapted, why should he have to sell tens of thousands of copies in one issue? Huang Yulang is only willing to buy out the adaptation rights for one million, and this is really smart enough.

"The five books are only one million, how about sending beggars? Tell them that each book is at least two million, otherwise there will be no talks." Xia Tian waved his hand and said.

"It's too expensive. I'm afraid there won't be any comic company willing to take over." Tang Congsheng was startled when he heard this.

One book is two million, five books are ten million, and the president is really a lion’s mouth!

"If no one is so, just do this, let's make a comic by ourselves." Xia Tian suddenly said with his eyes.

The most important thing in a comic is scripts and the other is painters.

Now there are scripts, five novels and five wonderful stories. As long as you adapt them slightly, it is a very good script.

As for people who can draw comics, millions of people in Hong Kong are not afraid of lacking talents.

"Let's make a comic by ourselves, okay?" Tang Congsheng asked in confusion.

"Why can't it work? What's the difficulty?" Xia Tian smiled and said, "We already have the story script, just recruit people who draw comics." The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible.

"Okay, then I'll try to recruit people." Tang Congsheng saw that Xia Tian was so confident, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was feasible, so he nodded and said.

...

After talking with Tang Congsheng, Xia Tian went to find Jin Yong again.

"Why, I heard you are going to adapt the novel into a comic?" Jin Yong asked Xia Tian with a smile.

"Yes. Comics are so popular now, so it's useless to make money if you don't make money." Xia Tian smiled.

Jin Yong waved his hand and did not agree with Xia Tian's words. "Hong Kong comics blindly exaggerate violence, cesium love, and teach children badly, causing very bad effects. I don't agree with you doing this."

Xia Tian nodded and knew that what Jin Yong said was true. For example, Huang Yulang's famous work "Dragon and Tiger Gate" was originally named "Little Hooligan". The story is about fighting and fighting all the way, exaggerating violence, "beating" the other party at any time, and promoting the theory of violence and violence, bringing a very bad demonstration to readers.

Because the readers of comic books were all young people at that time, many students would read the comics and beat the students, forcing them to pee, and even push them into the toilet, causing a very bad social impact.

Although Jin Yong wrote a martial arts novel, the focus was on the word "hero" and did not advocate "violence". In addition, the public morality of the media made him very dissatisfied with the bad phenomenon of Hong Kong comics. Therefore, Huang Yulang offered high prices several times to adapt his martial arts novels into comics, but Jin Yong never agreed.

Now that Xia Tian has to adapt his work into a comic for a little adaptation fee, Jin Yong really disagrees with this matter.

"Mr. Cha's reminder is right, so I don't plan to hand over the comics to others. I'm going to make a comic myself." Xia Tian smiled.

"I made a comic by myself?" Jin Yong was stunned.

"Yes, I set up a comic club myself, then recruit people and draw comics myself." Xia Tian nodded and said, "In this way, I am not afraid of those comic artists drawing randomly."

"Is it feasible to set up a comic club yourself?" Jin Yong said with some confusion.

"I think it's okay. Comics, one must have scripts, and two must have painters. We already have scripts, five novels and five wonderful stories, which can be used with a slight change. As for painters, there are so many people in Hong Kong, there is no need to worry about lack of talents." Xia Tian said with a smile.

"Well, it makes sense. If you think it is feasible, go and do it." After hearing this, Jin Yong nodded, "Are there any problems with capital?"

"No. I'll pay one million first to see the effect." Xia Tian smiled. His net worth is almost 100 million Hong Kong dollars now, and it's just a piece of cake to take out one million to try it out.

"Okay, if it is feasible, I will leave my martial arts novel to you in the future." Seeing Xia Tian bravely trying, Jin Yong also expressed his support.

To be honest, he also knows that young people read less novels and more comics. Like Ma Rongcheng's "Chinese Heroes", the sales volume of one issue is as high as 200,000 copies, which is more than twice the sales volume of "World of Martial Arts".

If you can adapt your martial arts novel into a comic, it will not only make money, but also attract young readers, which is naturally a good thing for Jin Yong.

"Then I will thank Mr. Cha first." Xia Tian smiled happily when he heard this.

Jin Yong's martial arts novels can be said to be well-known in Hong Kong, known to everyone, and are one of the most popular IPs. If they are adapted into a comic, they will definitely not have to worry about sales. Huang Yulang wanted to get involved in these works several times, but Jin Yong never agreed.

"I'll ask Mr. Cha to help me publish an advertisement, I'm going to recruit people!" Xia Tian said with a smile.
Chapter completed!