History of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 112 Chun Chun's Teachings to Bai Yue'e (6K)

He Dingxian deeply agreed with Zou Huaiwen's words: "It's really not worth it now, just treat it as a thousand dollars to buy a horse bone, and reward Cha Niangyong with a bite of food!"

Zou Huaiwen opened his mouth and sighed, "Boss He, you are so rich."

"Really generous!"

He Dingxian smiled and said: "You are responsible for asking the price. Remember that it cannot exceed 5000 yuan. By the way, you can also buy the copyright of Liang Yusheng's novel. Writers who will serialize novels in our newspaper in the future, remember to ask them to sign a priority clause in advance. The copyright of the novel must be Sell ​​it to our newspaper first, and if the contract is violated, the copyright will automatically belong to "Oriental Daily."

"If you trade in private and sell copyright, it is also a breach of contract."

"Unless our company expressly rejects it, we will give priority to selling it to the company..."

Zou Huaiwen understood in his heart, thoughtfully, and quickly agreed: "Yes, big boss!"

"As soon as I get back, I will fill in the clauses in the contract, and also fill in the copyright contracts of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" and "Book and Sword Enmity Record". Please rest assured, big boss."

He Dingxian nodded slightly: "Okay, every martial arts novel that will be published in the future, as well as more excellent submissions, remember to send it to the mission office in advance for me to read."

"I'm going to check it myself."

Zou Huaiwen also nodded: "No problem."

Zou Huaiwen has cultivated a certain sense of business in the newspaper industry for several years, coupled with the tempering of the editor-in-chief of "Oriental Daily", he is no longer an ordinary newspaper editor, and his business talent has been tapped out. In a few words, the big boss realized that "novel copyright" may be a thing that hides huge profits.

Although, in this era of lack of entertainment, movies are still a pastime for the rich, and the first Chinese TV station has not yet been established.

It is too early to talk about various copyright adaptations, not to mention animations, comics, etc., even movies and TV series.

However, in this era of lack of entertainment, it is possible to cultivate a huge group of novel readers. When movies and TV dramas enter thousands of Chinese households, the group that read novels back then will give great value to the copyright of novels.

Today's newspaper serial novels are like online novels in the 2G era, relying on the universality of text to quickly seize the entertainment market.

When the concept of "entertainment" has not yet appeared, firmly grasp the first batch of user groups. Whoever can create the first batch of works will be the future generation of writers. Whoever can seize the copyright of the first batch of works will be the The future entertainment giant.

He Dingxian's timing for grasping copyright is just right now. He has first-mover advantage, platform advantage, and era advantage. He not only uses the author to increase the sales of newspapers, but also keeps the author's circle in the fence. Even if he doesn't make movies in the future, he can sell the copyright alone. regal.

Of course, with a one-yuan movie store, a newspaper office, and the copyright of martial arts novels, it is only natural to set up a movie company in the future and enter the movie industry.

However, he intends to take it step by step. The first step is to set up theaters, and the second step is to make a film company, because in the film industry, theaters are the capital side and sit on the ground. If they can’t catch the theaters in Kowloon and the New Territories , It is impossible to compete with "Shaw Brothers" in the film industry.

Because "Shaw Brothers" is an asset-light film company with dual development of film and theater chains, and it is destined to be slashed by asset-heavy theater chains.

In fact, "Golden Harvest", "Shaw Brothers", and even all top film companies in later generations will either establish, acquire, or become shareholders and cooperate, in short, they will all enter the theater chain.

A film company without its own theater chain will never be able to compete with a film company that has a theater chain. Therefore, it is more important to start a theater chain than to start a film company. It is better to suck the blood of others than to be sucked by others.

Of course, opening a theater chain requires a large investment, and currently it costs millions of Hong Kong dollars to conquer Kowloon and the New Territories.

It took He Dingxian at least a year to raise money, and another two years to build the theaters one after another.

There is a big difference between the same yuan store in a formal theater line. It must have seats, curtains, boxes, etc...it cannot be the same as a simple one yuan movie store.

Coincidentally, in a few years, the income of Hong Kong residents has increased, and they will gradually start to enter the cinema. The Hong Kong film industry opened up wasteland in the 50s, rose in the 60s, became popular all over the world until the 80s, and continued until the 90s. After reaching the peak, the curtain ends.

Various types of movies, cultural movements, and celebrities emerged during this period.

Before leaving, He Dingxian said again: "By the way, if other newspapers have popular novels, they should talk to the author. The cheap ones can be sold for a few hundred yuan, and the expensive ones can't exceed 5000 yuan."

"Remember to ask for full copyright."

Zou Huaiwen was a little confused, took a sip of tea, and asked, "What is full copyright?"

"It means that all the copyright ownership derived from the work belongs to us. We pay and deliver the goods. In the future, except for the right of authorship, other interests in the work will have nothing to do with the author."

Although the concept of publishing rights was born among booksellers after novels appeared in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has already been written into legal provisions in modern times.

At present, both Chinese and Western laws have copyright protection clauses for literary works, but they are mainly concentrated in printed materials, that is, magazines or newspapers.

Nowadays, literati in Hong Kong Island can only earn two sums of money for writing a novel. One is the manuscript fee for the serialization period of the novel in newspapers, and the other is the copyright fee when it is published as a book.

Among them, the printed books are mostly based on sales volume, which is actually a kind of copyright lease, and the commercial behavior of buying copyright this time refers to "copyright buyout".

He didn't explain it to Zou Huaiwen very accurately in spoken language, but Zou Huaiwen understood very clearly that a one-time payment has nothing to do with it, it is a buyout.

At this time, Zou Huaiwen saw the big boss emphatically put forward the concept of "full copyright", and his head became confused: "Big boss, we will give you a sum of money to buy all the copyrights!"

"Could it be possible to disassemble the copyright and sell it?"

He Dingxian was taken aback when he heard the words, and then burst out laughing: "It makes sense!"

"It was supposed to buy the full copyright."

He suddenly understood why Zou Huaiwen could become a movie giant in the future!Zou Huaiwen wondered in his heart: "Could it be possible to disassemble the copyright and sell it? I have to go back and study it some other day."

In fact, it’s no wonder that Zou Huaiwen was puzzled. In the era when the copyright of novels had not experienced development, the well-known buyout behavior was to clear all copyrights!

Regardless of whether it is written by Liang Yusheng or Liang Yuyu, Jin Yong or Jin Yong, in short, once the contract is signed, it is a well-known buyout of all copyrights.

If you don't sell, you don't sell, have confidence!Talented!Be proud!

You sold it!
Just don't babble!

It seems that the commercial operation of subdividing the copyrights of literary works, selling them one by one, and cutting them one by one, will have to be pioneered by Boss He in the future.

Of course, Boss He is by no means a villain who oppresses employees to death. First, writers have the right to choose independently, not to buy or sell by force. It is a matter of choosing to take quick cash or to gamble on fate.

Although, in fact, it can be predicted that the vast majority of people will choose fast money, but fast money can satisfy food, relieve urgent needs, raise children, and even start a business and create a rich man again!
Who counts as a loss and who counts as a gain?
"When I was reading novels in the Mainland, I felt sorry for those online writers, tsk tsk, now I am still pitiful." After He Dingxian left the tea restaurant, he took the city ferry and rushed back to Kowloon, blowing the sea breeze on his chair, with a happy expression: "Written Good and decent? How about having cervical spondylosis? Why don’t you just honestly work for capitalists, whether you can sell it, and how much you can sell it, you decide!”

"I can only rely on the handsome readers to vote every day and give a reward for a living, poor thing! Fortunately, I am a capitalist!"

He Dingxian grinned: "Bring something with mainland characteristics to play with compatriots on Hong Kong Island in advance, and see what kind of gold, what kind of Yong, and whether you can dance in the future!"

"Huh? I just forgot to add another clause after the copyright priority clause, and the copyright deal is cut in half! I will call Zou later...forget it!"

"Newspapers are also facing competition from their peers. If the terms are too harsh, only the poor Internet worms in the previous life can stand it."

"Let's treat martial arts masters kindly, and leave them the last copper plate of the era."

The next morning, Zou Huaiwen approached Liang Yusheng and Jin Yong and bought the full copyright of "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" and "Book and Sword Enmity Record" for only 3000 yuan.

Jin Yong managed to get a huge sum of [-] Hong Kong dollars before even a single word appeared in the newspaper. The young Cha Niangyong still didn't understand that all the gifts given by fate had already been secretly priced .

"Brother Yong, didn't you say you would never write martial arts novels?" Liang Yusheng finished the new contract, walked out of the office with a thick envelope and said to his old acquaintance.

Zha Niangyong raised the envelope in her hand and smiled: "It's not what it used to be, martial arts novels are so popular, fools don't write them."

"Look, it's a lot of money, right? I knew there was a future in writing martial arts novels. It's really good money. Editor-in-Chief Zou is really generous..."

Liang Yusheng shook his head and smiled secretly: "The face changes so quickly, the stinky and shameless person really looks like a great writer, as expected of a family of literati."

the night before.

He Dingxian returned to his suite on Portland Street, turned on the light, and saw Bai Yue'e wearing a purple suspender tulle nightdress, trying on a pearl necklace in front of the bedroom mirror.

Bai Yue'e turned around, looking lonely and self-admired, in the dimly lit room, there was a kind of private beauty.Like a famous watch that belongs to you alone, it lies quietly on the cabinet every day, waiting for your favor.

She also came back to her senses at the sound of the door opening, walked quickly to the living room, watched He Dingxian change her shoes, then went into the kitchen and opened an aluminum pot in front of the stove: "Brother Xian, it's been a day at work, go back to the house, have a drink A bowl of sweet porridge first."

Bai Yue'e scooped out the brightly colored and appetizing eight-treasure porridge, and put it on the table in front of the sofa with a spoon.

He Dingxian turned on the TV, turned his head to look at the pearl necklace, calmly withdrew his gaze, picked up the bowl and started to drink porridge, and stared directly at the English column on the TV, with a frightening indifference.

Bai Yue'e sensed that the atmosphere was not right and felt aggrieved. She just opened her mouth and wanted to make a noise, but she didn't have the courage to see the sharp profile of the sofa.In the end, she stood up and walked around the table, bent down to deliberately let the wind pass through the neckline, and said flatteringly: "Brother Xian, does the new dress look good?"

Seeing that He Dingxian didn't answer, she stuck up and rubbed her head on his shoulder: "Do you like it?"

"I don't want to show you another one, lace? Silk stockings? Or a one-piece thin dress..." She breathed out the fragrance of orchids, and rubbed closer and closer.

"Snapped!"

He Dingxian placed the soup bowl heavily on the table, turned his head to look into her eyes, and stared straight at her. The distance between their eyes was less than two centimeters. Bai Yue'e was startled, her eyes showed fear, she wanted to back away but didn't dare , forced out a flattering smile but dared not speak.

He Dingxian said plainly: "If I didn't beat women, let alone my own women, I would have already kicked you into a corner and beat you first!"

"Frankly speaking, how much did you charge during this time?" His eyes were weak to a pearl necklace on Bai Yue'e's neck. The flattery on Bai Yue'e's face turned into pleading. elder brother……"

"Everyone knows that I am your concubine, and they will give me some gifts more or less."

"Which Inspector Hua's concubine doesn't accept gifts... If she doesn't accept gifts, others will think that I can't receive them, and that you will lose face."

He Dingxian stared at her and still did not speak.

Bai Yue'e still explained softly: "Besides, during this period of time, according to your instructions, I often invite Inspector Lei's wife Axia, Inspector Cai's wife Mei Sao, Inspector Zeng, and Master Chen's women to play mahjong. Sometimes I win or lose. Need some money to spend."

These old acquaintances at the inspector level in the Kowloon District must maintain their relationship well. The women of the few people play cards together to pass the time almost every day, and they are all good friends of the family.

Among them, only Lei Luo has no concubine and only one legal wife. The two of them are a couple in distress. It is difficult to say in the long run. The relationship between wives and concubines is relatively good. It is often the main wife who brings the concubine out to socialize. The rest of Inspector Zeng and Inspector Chen Li are actually a mess in the backyard, and the women at home are in a mess...

Detectives Hua are notoriously fond of playing, messy backyards are common, and those who can stay together with one wife are very rare, and there are not many who can deal with the backyard well.

If He Dingxian has a woman, of course he must let the woman take on some supporting roles. He can't sleep and eat all day long, can he?
The backyard socializing of the wives and concubines of the Chinese inspectors is actually for the friendship of the men just like the afternoon tea of ​​the ladies.

If He Dingxian didn't let Bai Yue'e go, maybe it would cause misunderstanding among the brothers, but what he wanted to talk about was not about this matter, and he would not confuse Bai Yue'e's circles.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep breath: "You mean, I gave you less money, which made you ashamed?"

"That's not what I meant." Bai Yue'e hastily explained.

He Dingxian sneered and turned against the general: "Then what do you mean?"

If a man is the pillar of the family and has confidence, don't reason with a woman word by word.

What women are best at is talking nonsense, distorting your main idea, and then finding a gap to fight back, and then immediately turning back on the customer, pre-empting the attack, showing you an awkward situation, and then acting coquettishly by taking advantage of your gender. Wait until you panic before defeating you, commonly known as "hypocritical".

This is actually a set of basic operations that use "sensibility" to suppress "rationality" and use "emotions" to get rid of "reason". temper".

If you feel unhappy, you can use power to suppress it, or fight poison with poison, and take the lead in seizing the high ground of sensibility when the other party is at a loss.

Snatch all the enemy's positions, so that the enemy has no position to defend!
At this moment, Bai Yue'e became at a loss, her expression was very disturbed, and she begged in a begging voice: "Brother Xian, listen to my explanation..."

"You explain."

He Dingxian spoke coldly.

"Let me explain... I... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reached out to take money..." Bai Yue'e was born in the Jianghu, and she could either hit or kneel, and she behaved in two ways.

When she was married to Lei Luo in history, she was able to shout and shout, domineering, and overwhelm Inspector Lei, because her family was powerful at that time, and she helped Lei Luo.

The method used is the "beating" by the superiors. In fact, it is a tigress who feels that Lei Luo owes her family. After Lei Luo is in power, it is not easy to abandon his wife, so naturally he raises a dozen concubines outside to play casually.

And now she is He Dingxian's concubine, and the family has to rely on He Dingxian to gain momentum. If she meets Inspector He and feels uncomfortable, she can only choose to "kneel".

He Dingxian blew smoke out of his mouth, held the cigarette with one hand, shook his head and sighed: "You still don't understand."

"what?"

Bai Yue'e knelt on the ground, completely panicking.

He Dingxian said: "It's okay for you to take money, even if I take it myself, who can not take money? As you said, if some money is not collected, others think there is a problem."

"But what money should be taken and what money should not be taken, you must know it!"

"You are indeed the daughter of a short mule. No matter how good you are, you still don't know how to be the detective's concubine. I'll teach you tonight!"

"tell me!"

"Where did the pearl necklace on the neck and the gold bracelet on the wrist come from?" At this time, He Dingxian's tone had become severe, and Bai Yue'e opened her mouth to defend, "I, my old man..."

"Shua!" He Dingxian reached out and pinched Bai Yue'e's face, and said with a bad look: "Your old man will send you off early!"

"Not now!"

Indeed, Baifanyu might send some valuable things to Bai Yue'e in order to decorate his daughter, or to express his gratitude to him for the territory.

However, those belongings and jewelry should have been delivered long ago, not almost a month after the site had been given away.

Bai Yue'e was so frightened that her eyebrows trembled, her face turned pale, and said anxiously: "You, you, you, you don't hit your own woman."

"First of all, I didn't hit you, and secondly, those who lied to me are not considered human!" He Dingxian said grimly, "Tell the truth!"

"I don't have such a good temper!"

Bai Yue'e didn't dare to hide any more, she hurriedly shouted: "It was given to me by Dongfu Society's mourning gatekeeper... Please help me to say something nice."

"That's all."

He Dingxian let go of his hand, which was not strong enough, and said indifferently: "I guessed it a long time ago."

In fact, he was just trying to scare Bai Yue'e.

Bai Yue'e didn't feel any pain either, but she was a little foolishly frightened, she hurriedly took off the necklace and said, "I'll return it right away."

"Need not."

"Since it's taken away, just wear it." He Dingxian glanced at her, and then moved his eyes to the TV again: "Just remember the lesson next time."

This kind of woman who comes from the rivers and lakes, if she doesn't teach her harshly once, she won't know what will happen next time.

He made a big fuss to some extent, but it was for the benefit of both parties, otherwise, if there was a big trouble, both of them would be bloody bad luck.

Bai Yue'e lowered her head and said, "I will never accept anything again."

He Dingxian sneered and said disdainfully: "Don't talk about things you can't do. Remember, you can accept gifts from friends to maintain relationships, but I can't accept gifts from outsiders who come to ask for things. You can't accept it!"

"Are you qualified to settle other people's troubles? If you are not qualified, don't take money! Your money is mine!" He didn't have to pay, but he had to pay the corresponding price, and all transactions had to be paid by someone.

"Understood, Brother Xian." Bai Yue'e was wearing a long suspender dress, kneeling on the ground, looking a little embarrassed, but her expression was pitiful. Sure enough, pretty girls are beautiful in everything.

"Go in and take a bath. I'll change into a black one-piece tulle later. There are some things I need to teach you." He Dingxian said without squinting or moving his head.

"Yeah." Bai Yue'e agreed softly, leaning on the sofa and getting up on the ground, her white thighs were blocked in front of the TV and she softened a bit, as if she had knelt for too long, and after recovering for a while, she walked into the bedroom at a leisurely pace Take a bath and feel better while taking a bath.

She is the daughter of a gangster, what a small scene just now!I just feel that Detective He is different from the outside rumors, and he is not so vicious or evil!
At least he didn't whip her with a horsewhip, and didn't pour hot oil on her. Generally speaking, the price of the bracelet and necklace is not bad for small things.

After taking a shower, Bai Yue'e changed into her clothes and laid down on the quilt with her legs raised and crossed, she propped her chin and guarded the bedroom door in a good mood.

How majestic you were outside just now, and how embarrassing you will be later, everyone has a familiar field, and if you enter my field, I will beat you hard!

Let you Wei!
When He Dingxian turned off the TV and got up to leave the sofa, he suddenly thought: "If you can't teach Bai Yue'e well this time, next time you might as well send Bai Yue'e to Ms. Chu, and ask Ms. Chu to teach her how to be a Chinese detective." Long woman! Ms. Chu's method of teaching women is probably not bad."

"Otherwise, being a concubine without the status of a concubine is so arrogant, really let her have a status as a concubine?" He somewhat disliked Bai Yue'e's lack of propriety, but after entering the door, he suddenly felt that Bai Yue'e was very There are not many people who can dance between square inches. With her eloquence just now, she should be given the status of a concubine!
The status of three wives and four concubines may not be exhausted, so why save money, the big head makes money but the small head spends money, the elder brother desperately enjoys the younger brother's happiness!Why think so much about reason and rules, can you still dump her?

At two o'clock in the morning, after regaining her confidence, Bai Yue'e hugged the pillow with both hands, and said softly next to the man, "Brother Xian, are you happy?"

"Happy." He Dingxian's tone was sleepy.

Bai Yue'e said: "The last time my old man asked when he could formally accept me as a concubine..."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm tired." He Dingxian entered into meditation like a sage Buddha, with no other distractions, only feeling that the emotions and desires are all vain, and the world is sober!
(End of this chapter)