My teacher is Bruce Lee, who dominated Hollywood.

Chapter 76 The Greatest Hero

Since Jin Yong stopped writing, producers have been flocking to him seeking copyrights.

After being rejected, some people became angry and embarrassed, some begged and pleaded, and some tried to bribe them with money, but this was the first time someone had applauded and cheered like this young man.

Even Ni Kuang, who loves to joke around, stopped smiling and looked at the young man with curiosity, wanting to see what surprises he could bring.

"Mr. Cha, most of the directors and screenwriters who adapted your novels before came from opera or martial arts backgrounds," Qin Han said with a confident smile.

"In their eyes, the focus of martial arts is on 'martial arts,' so they rack their brains to design moves and figure out how to make the fight exciting and entertaining."

"But they all forgot that the word 'martial' is followed by the word 'chivalrous'."

A few opening remarks made Jin Yong's expression change, and he became even more serious: "Then, Mr. Qin, what do you think is chivalry?"

"A knight-errant? That's the exhilarating act of 'killing one man in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles'! It's the unrestrained and carefree spirit of 'leaving without a trace after the deed is done, concealing one's merit and fame'!"

Qin Han's voice gradually lowered, his gaze becoming incredibly fervent: "These are all the spirit of chivalry! However, I believe that the core soul of martial arts lies in the eight words that Guo Jing spoke to Yang Guo atop Xiangyang City."

"The greatest heroes are those who serve their country and its people!"

These eight words touched Jin Yong's heart. He never expected that a young Chinese man from the United States would find this sentence and use it as the spiritual core of his martial arts world.

"Hahahaha! Good!" The nearly fifty-year-old newspaper tycoon slammed his hand on the table, stood up from his chair, and shook Qin Han's hand.

Many people watch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" for the power of the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms; and watch "The Return of the Condor Heroes" for the poignant love story between Yang Guo and Long Yu.

But Qin Han saw through the pure heart hidden behind these stories.

After calming himself down, Jin Yong sat back down in his chair, his gaze towards Qin Han now completely different.

"Mr. Qin, I don't understand. You're so young, and you've been working hard in the United States all your life. How can you have such a deep understanding of patriotism?"

Qin Han regained his usual composure: "Mr. Cha, the principles are all written in books, but the ideas must be understood by oneself."

"When watching my master's film 'Fist of Fury,' how many people had tears in their eyes when Chen Zhen kicked the plaque that read 'Sick Man of East Asia' to pieces?"

"And I myself just had a fight with the Japanese, didn't I? That's what you call combining theory with practice."

Jin Yong burst into hearty laughter: "What a wonderful combination of theory and practice! Mr. Qin, I, Cha Liangyong, am determined to be your friend!"

Lin Qingxia watched the two chatting and laughing. Although she didn't understand anything about national righteousness, she could feel that Qin Han seemed to have a kind of light about him, making people want to get closer.

However, despite the pleasant conversation, Jin Yong remained very conflicted: "Mr. Qin, I greatly admire your understanding of martial arts, but... I still cannot agree to the copyright issue."

This time, Qin Han wasn't in a hurry, but Ni Kuang was: "Old Cha, why are you doing this? Qin Sheng's words were so well said!"

"You don't understand." Jin Yong waved his hand at his old friend, "Precisely because Mr. Qin understands, I can't let him be caught in the middle."

He turned to Qin Han and said sincerely, "Actually, I realized the problem with adapting novels into movies a long time ago..."

"As a producer, you should know better that a movie is at most two hours long."

"And in one of my novels, the relationships between the characters are so complex that it's simply impossible to explain them all in two hours."

"Using movies to make martial arts films... sigh, it's a dead end."

This is the real reason why he blocked the film copyrights after watching those adaptations.

When you try to cram an entire Manchu Han Imperial Feast into a small lunchbox, all you end up with is a strangely-tasting compressed biscuit.

Cai Lan nodded silently to the side. As a senior executive of Shaw Brothers, he also knew that this was indeed an unsolvable problem.

However, Qin Han showed no sign of disappointment: "What if... I don't make movies?"

He pointed to the color television in the corner of the office that was playing the news: "Mr. Cha, Master's 'The Green Hornet' is being rebroadcast on TVB recently, right? How are the ratings?"

"It was incredibly popular!" Ni Kuang exclaimed excitedly as he mentioned this: "My little nephew would watch TV every night and wouldn't even eat dinner."

Qin Han laughed and said, "What if we put 'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' in this box too?"

Jin Yong realized what he meant: "You mean...it's going to be made into a TV series?"

"That's right." Qin Han began to describe his blueprint: "Movies have a two-hour limit, but TV series don't."

"We can film forty or even fifty episodes. That's enough time to present every detail from your book in its original form."

At that time, Hong Kong's television drama industry was still in its infancy, and people mainly watched dubbed American dramas on television.

Just like watching Chinese movies dubbed in English in the US, these "dubbed films" are of very poor quality. If it weren't for the recent popularity of Bruce Lee's movies, which also brought Green Hornet back into the spotlight, so many people wouldn't be watching these TV series.

Jin Yong's vision is becoming increasingly sharp. If he had a length of forty or fifty episodes to present the martial arts world he created, it would truly be different!

"That's one approach," he muttered to himself, but a new problem quickly arose: "But where do we find so many suitable actors?"

"Especially actresses." He glanced at Brigitte Lin beside him: "Girls with such talent as Miss Lin are hard to find."

"The female characters in my book are all very different. If I were to just cast a few ordinary girls to play them, it would definitely be a disaster."

Qin Han's smile deepened: "Mr. Cha, you're a newspaper tycoon, haven't you heard about TVB's recent activities?"

"You mean... the beauty pageant that Li Xiaohe is going to hold?" As a newspaper tycoon, such entertainment news was naturally already on Jin Yong's desk.

"What? TVB is going to hold a beauty pageant?" Cai Lan and Ni Kuang exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

In this era, beauty pageants are still a rather novel and bold concept.

Although similar events have occurred before, they were mostly "entertainment activities" organized by nightclubs.

If a television station like TVB were to host it, the nature of the event would be completely different.

In this way, the most beautiful, talented, and innocent girls in all of Hong Kong will participate in this competition.

Then, will we still be afraid of not being able to find Huang Rong? Not being able to find Xiaolongnu? Not being able to find Zhou Zhiruo?

This beauty pageant is practically a casting call tailor-made for her own novel!

Now, Jin Yong was genuinely tempted.

I pictured the scene in my mind: every night during prime time, all the citizens of Hong Kong would be glued to their televisions, watching the characters they had created come to life, enacting their loves, hates, and passions...

After a long silence, he looked up at Qin Han and said, "Mr. Qin, your idea is perfect, so perfect that I can't find any reason to refuse."

"but……"

But again!

Qin Han remained patient and listened quietly.

After all, this is Jin Yong! The most valuable IP in the Chinese literary world, truly unprecedented and unparalleled!

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that words don't prove anything. I haven't seen any of your works yet, and I'm still a little... uneasy about entrusting my life's work to you."

Alas, the pretentious literary youth syndrome of intellectuals is fully manifested at this moment!

Qin Han smiled wryly to himself, but his face remained impassive: "Mr. Cha's concerns are reasonable. My film, 'Dragon Fight,' is currently being filmed intensively at Golden Harvest."

"If all goes well, it will be released worldwide this summer."

"Then, I'll bring the contract and come to you to 'seek the true wisdom,' how about that?"