Chapter 209: You can't live without being crazy

'Long time no see, Tang Lin.'

Zhou Ming greeted him as soon as he entered the door. This person was the one who originally instructed Hoover to take Tang Ran away, and took Zhou Ming and Tang Ran to the Tang family ancestral hall on Quan'an Island, the fifth-in-line successor Tang Lin. He heard Zhou Ming's greeting, and it was only then that he suddenly snapped back to reality. He also smiled at Zhou Ming, but his smile always seemed a little forced to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming sat down next to Tang Lin, looked up and down at him a few times, and compared to the spirited Tang Lin he had first met, the Tang Lin he saw now looked like a nerd who had lost his hard drive. He felt like the whole person was exuding a sense of melancholy from the inside out.

Tang Lin waved his sleeve, took the bottle and poured a glass of wine for each of them. Tang Lin took the initiative to raise his glass and introduced to Zhou Ming, 'This is red wine red wine. Although it is not called Lafite, the vines he uses are at least 30 years old. The wine made from grapes picked from these old vines is particularly rich and full of the sweet aroma of Bordeaux.'

Zhou Ming didn't say much either. He clinked glasses with Tang Lin and took a sip. Tang Lin said to Zhou Ming while shaking his glass, 'I said I would buy you a drink. I never thought I would fulfil this promise today. I feel so ashamed.'

'Actually, it doesn't matter. After all, we all have our own things to do, and I can understand that,' Zhou Ming said casually.

Tang Lin smiled and clinked glasses with Zhou Ming again: 'But speaking of being busy, I heard that the situation at your company, Jieke, is quite good. Not only did you participate in the Forte Technology Exhibition, you even managed to attract the cooperation of the company Aipai, and in the end you even signed a large order of 5 million. This is truly remarkable!'

Zhou Ming waved his hands and said, 'Mr. Tang Lin is actually making fun of me. It is true that I signed a lot of orders because of the Forte Technology Exhibition, but later some people deliberately targeted Jieke behind my back. You can't be unaware of that, can you?'

Facing this question, Tang Lin replied with some embarrassment, 'It seems that this is indeed the case, but I believe that in front of Mr. Zhou Ming, it is not a big problem, is it?'

'How big a problem it is depends on how you face it. If there is nothing you can do, then it is a big problem, but if there are other ways, then it is not a problem.' Zhou Ming then asked, 'Mr. Tang Lin, I don't want to waste time. Although it has been a while since we last parted ways, I don't think our relationship is such that we can just sit here and chat. Do you agree?'

Tang Lin was stunned. He didn't expect Zhou Ming to be so direct, but he was only stunned for a moment, and then sighed, 'Yes, I will make a special appointment with you today, Mr. Zhou Ming, to discuss something very important.'

Tang Lin's expression became confused as he spoke, as if he really wanted to go to the toilet but had to hold it in. After a long while, Tang Lin asked, 'I want to ask if you are working on any projects right now? Do I have the opportunity to participate?'

After asking this question, Tang Lin felt immensely relieved, as if he had finally released the urine that had been building up in him for half a day.

Perhaps from some perspectives, it was a very cowardly thing for him to do, but for Tang Lin, compared to the past period of being suffocated, these were just trivial matters.

In the past, as Zhou Ming and Tang Ran took over Jieke Company, they made a splash here, and even the elders in the ancestral hall clan association kept nodding when they talked about it. nodding. On the other side, Tang Yu, Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er also met almost every day in the private restaurant of Shengna to discuss how to target Jieke Company and how to make things difficult for Zhou Ming and Tang Ran.

It can be said that they were having a great time playing the leading role and the villain, while he, the fifth-in-line successor, was completely ignored like an irrelevant passer-by.

If Tang Lin were just a passer-by, it would be fine, but the key is that Tang Lin considers himself the fifth-in-line successor to the Tang family, someone who is very likely to inherit the Tang family. In this big drama of fighting for the right of succession, he has become an entirely irrelevant outsider, which he can't accept in the least. Tang Lin feels that, for better or for worse, he always has to stir things up, otherwise he would be letting himself down as the fifth heir.

It is also for this reason that today Tang Lin invited Zhou Ming out to dinner.

Of course, Tang Lin did not choose Zhou Ming from the beginning. Tang Lin also struggled with which side to contact; but thinking about it, even if he helped the three siblings Tang Yu, Tang Yi, and Tang Wan'er, siblings, with Tang Yu's careful mind, he would not have benefited himself even if he helped the three siblings. In contrast, Tang Ran was the one he found and brought to Quan'an Island. More importantly, he is more reliable than the three siblings. Therefore, Tang Lin finally chose Zhou Ming.

At first, Zhou Ming was a little surprised to hear Tang Lin's explanation, but then he felt relieved. After all, in the battle for inheritance rights, mediocrity is even more shameful than failure. At least failure means having tried your best, whereas mediocrity is a complete loss of motivation.

It seems that Tang Lin also understands that saying very well: losing is not shameful, it is just a matter of ability; being afraid is shameful, because that is a matter of attitude.

Zhou Ming thought about this for a moment and said to Tang Lin, 'I have indeed been working on a very impressive project recently, but before I tell you about it, I want to ask you a question first: do you have connections with a film company? Because I want to make a movie, but I don't have the channels for promotion and distribution, so I need a large professional film company to cooperate and complete it. But I don't have these channels myself, so I want to ask you, do you have these channels?'

Faced with this question from Zhou Ming, Tang Lin was completely taken aback, because he remembered that Jieke Company should not just be an IT company? How could it suddenly want to make a movie? You have to understand that different fields are like different mountains. Even though California is the most developed place in the world for the film industry, if a complete outsider wants to make a film, they are just messing around. The problem is that no matter how you look at it, Zhou Ming always has a serious face.

Tang Lin hesitated for a moment before replying, 'Due to my father's connections, I dare not say how deeply involved I am in the film industry, but I can at least help you get in touch with many famous Hollywood film companies such as Disney, DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox.'

Zhou Ming laughed when he heard Tang Lin's answer: 'I never thought it would be such a stroke of luck. Tang Lin, you really have connections like this. Then please help contact Disney. I have an excellent animated film that needs to be promoted and distributed through their channels. Of course, the costs involved will be borne by Disney and Tang Lin.'

Tang Lin looked at Zhou Ming. At that time, he was dumbfounded. He completely didn't understand why he had to pay to contact Disney and help Zhou Ming pay for the publicity of his movie. Did he look that much like a sucker?

Originally Tang Lin was going to protest, but after hearing what Zhou Ming had to say, he had no more objections.

'I can guarantee that the film will be released within a month. As long as the film is released, I can guarantee that your name, Tang Lin, will also surprise the elders of the Tang family! And the costs of contacting Disney and promoting the film will be completely regarded as your investment, Tang Lin,' said Zhou Ming.

Tang Lin looked up at Zhou Ming and asked, 'From what you've said, it seems that you have a lot of confidence in this movie?'

Zhou Ming replied, 'Not bad, at least I can be sure that this movie will bring me enough profit.'

'Having confidence is a good thing, but I still want to ask a few more questions,' said Tang Lin. 'As far as I know, the production cycle of an animated film is relatively long. From conception to setting to drawing and production, it takes at least half a year, not to mention promotion and communication with the cinema line to arrange the schedule...'

Tang Lin finally asked Zhou Ming, 'Are you planning to release the film during the summer holiday season this year? But if that's the case, I don't know about the quality of the film, but just in terms of timing, don't you think it's a bit too long? Because the Down family can't wait that long, because the inheritance rights will definitely be determined before the movie is released.'

'Therefore So I never planned for the film to be released in the summer blockbuster season. I plan to release it within this month to compete for the Spring Festival box office.' Zhou Ming Seeing Tang Lin's puzzled expression, Zhou Ming explained again, 'What I mean is the Chinese Lunar New Year. Isn't that also when schools are on holiday? So releasing the animated film at this time will definitely get good box office results.'

After hearing Zhou Ming's words, Tang Lin was petrified. He looked at Zhou Ming in disbelief and said, 'Do you even know anything about movies? According to the standard Hollywood movie production process, it takes at least half a year to produce a commercial movie. You want to release a movie in a month, are you crazy? Unless you tell me you picked up a complete movie from somewhere!

'I wish I could find one like that, but unfortunately my animated movie is still in production and will probably take about a month.' Zhou Ming continued, 'So I plan to arrange the promotion and distribution of the film during the one month of production, and then once the film is produced and has been reviewed and rated by the film association, it can be sent directly to various cinemas for screening.'

Listening to Zhou Ming's words, Tang Lin suddenly had the illusion that he and he were not living on the same timeline.

'My My God, why can you say this so easily? This is a movie, not an animated short film, and it involves profits and the assessment of the Tang family succession rights. Why can you still think of it so casually?'

Tang Lin asked in incomprehension, 'You say that promoting and distributing the film while it's still being made sounds like it would save time, but have you considered that even if the film is still been made, what do we use to promote it, and what do we use to convince those Hollywood film distributors who only have their eyes on the money? Rely on faith in God?

' Even if we are lucky enough to convince the film distributors, what if something goes wrong during the censorship process? Will the censorship time need to be extended or will the film need to be re-edited? What should we do then?'

Tang Lin continued said, 'You need to know that in order to prevent monopolisation of the film industry, film distributors have long since been separated from the cinema circuit. In other words, they are not subordinate to each other in any way. In other words, once the cinema schedule is set, it cannot be changed. If there is a problem in the middle, it is a breach of contract, which not only requires compensation to the cinema, but more seriously, you will never get the cinema schedule again. Do you understand?'

'It is precisely for these reasons, from selecting the script to casting the actors to filming and production to submitting it for review, and finally to the promotional schedule, this process makes sense and was not just randomly conceived!' Tang Lin said loudly to Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming remained sat in his seat, smiling and looking at Tang Lin and said, 'Of course I know all that you said, so what I want to tell you is that none of this is a problem, I can solve it, okay? Or , if you want to compete for the right to inherit the Down family, it would be meaningless if you don't do something that makes people gasp, wouldn't it?'

Facing Zhou Ming in the face of these words, Tang Lin was silent. He grabbed his wine glass, drained it in one go, and then panted to Zhou Ming, 'You really are a madman.'

Zhou Ming laughed in response laughed, 'As the saying goes, you can't make a living being sane. Sometimes in life you just have to go crazy, it's just a matter of whether you dare or not.'

Tang Lin also laughed, and he concluded, "What's there to be afraid of? Let me play this game with you!"