Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Found a coffee shop, Lin Daoqiu and Du Qifeng sat and talked.

No one knows that Johnnie To, sitting opposite Lin Daoqiu, will become a film master-level figure in the future.

Later, Johnnie To, Wei Jiahui and You Naihai collaborated to found Galaxy Image, which produced a number of excellent gunfight films and Du-style genre films.

For such an outstanding talent, now he can only stay at TVB and film TV series. Naturally, Lin Daoqiu will not miss such a good opportunity.

"Mr. Lin, I really want to make a movie."

Just now, I was asked by Lin Daoqiu at the entrance of the theater if he wanted to make a movie. Johnnie To was silent at that time.

When he came to the coffee shop, he thought for a while and finally gave the answer in his heart.

"It's certainly a good thing to make a movie, and with Director Du's ability, I think you have the ability to direct a movie independently."

What Lin Daoqiu said was a bit untrue. Johnnie To also practiced at TVB for a long time before he came out to make movies.

In this life, "Blue Waters, Cold Mountains and Gold" has not been filmed, and Lin Daoqiu has never thought about asking Johnnie To to film this film.

It's too early for him to make genre films or gunfight films now, because the vast majority of the audience has not yet reached such a high level.

And the current Johnnie To will definitely not be able to make movies such as "Gunfire", "Dark War", and "PTU".

In the early days, Johnnie To made all comedies like "Christmas Adventure", "Eight Star Announcement", and "Lucky Star Gongzhao".

However, Lin Daoqiu never thought about asking Johnnie To to rely on comedy films.

Since he is a genre film director who is good at shooting gunfight series and has a unique style, Lin Daoqiu plans to train him in this aspect.

"Mr. Lin is ridiculously complimentary. I know that my experience is still limited, so I may not be able to direct a movie alone."

Du Qifeng was very self-aware. If it had been anyone else, he would have agreed long ago after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said.

But judging from the meaning behind his words, he seemed a little reluctant to accept it.

"Making TV series and making movies are two different things. I happen to be involved in both of these aspects and I'm pretty good at it, so I can give you some advice."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's words, Du Qifeng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The other party has made movies and has become a world-renowned filmmaker, and the TV series he has made can force TVB to become a formidable enemy.

After all this, are you just doing a decent job? So what should others say?

"Please give me Mr. Lin's advice."

Being able to receive Lin Daoqiu's teachings is definitely a joyful thing for Johnnie To.

He wished that Lin Daoqiu could teach him more experience, because he couldn't buy this thing even if he had money.

"Resign from TVB immediately and join New Oriental. Doing more is worse than listening. If you don't have the confidence, you can start as an assistant director."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't teach Du Qifeng step by step. He didn't have the time or interest.

So throwing Johnnie to the set to watch and learn is the most correct choice.

Johnnie To seemed hesitant about Lin Daoqiu's suggestion.

He was indeed excited to be invited by Lin Daoqiu.

But on the other hand, Johnnie To felt that he suddenly switched to the film industry, and he didn't know if it was the right choice.

"Wang Jing is here at New Oriental, so you don't have to worry about no one protecting you."

Johnnie To's master is Wang Tianlin. Speaking of which, Wang Jing is his senior brother. He can more or less feel at ease with Johnnie To.

Sure enough, after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Du Qifeng remembered that Wang Jing was also in New Oriental.

"Mr. Lin, please let me think about it..."

…………

A few days later, Du Qifeng and his family came to Wang Tianlin's home to pay New Year's greetings.

Before dinner, Du Qifeng and Wang Tianlin mentioned this matter, and Wang Jing was also listening.

"Mr. Lin wants to invite me to join New Oriental to make movies. Master, do you think I can agree?"

Wang Tianlin did not expect that Du Qifeng would hook up with Lin Daoqiu.

Realizing that Wang Tianlin and Wang Jing were looking at him curiously, Du Qifeng quickly told him and Lin Daoqiu what happened in the theater.

"Since Mr. Lin has extended an invitation to you, what else can you refuse? Just agree to come to New Oriental and work hard with me."

Wang Jing felt that there was nothing to hesitate about. Lin Daoqiu took the initiative to invite him, so he should have agreed at that time.

Du Qifeng did not answer Wang Jing, but kept looking at Wang Tianlin.

"What does Mr. Lin plan to let you take pictures of?"

Wang Tianlin was very curious. He wanted to know what kind of drama Lin Daoqiu planned to let Johnnie To star in.

Hearing Wang Tianlin's question, Du Qifeng quickly shook his head.

"I knew I had little experience, so Mr. Lin asked me to start as an assistant director and learn by doing."

Wang Tianlin nodded while listening.

Wang Tianlin still knows very well how capable Du Qifeng's disciple is.

If he was asked to direct a movie alone now, the possibility of failure would be very high.

Unless there is a script provided by Lin Daoqiu and he serves as the producer of this drama, then Johnnie To will have the possibility of becoming an instant hit.

"Ah Jing has done well at New Oriental in the past two years. If you want to make a movie, go over and hang out with him."

Wang Tianlin knew very well that TVB received very little money and it was all based on a monthly salary. He would not starve to death if he could not make much money.

If you want to have good development, you have to break out of wireless and go out to make movies.

After all, the world of movies is so good now. The box office of "The Best Partner" exceeded 4.5 million on its first day. This was something that was simply unimaginable before.

Naturally, Wang Tianlin would not do anything to block people's way of making money. After all, since Du Qifeng asked this, it meant that he was already attracted.

"Thank you, master."

Just as Wang Tianlin guessed, Du Qifeng was indeed moved, but as a teacher, he still had to ask Wang Tianlin first before making a decision.

If the other party doesn't allow it, then Du Qifeng can only refuse Lin Daoqiu's invitation.

"Actually, according to me, you should have come here a long time ago. What's the future of filming a TV series? It's not like being a gold medal producer like Lao Dou."

After Wang Jing finished speaking, he couldn't help but curl his lips.

"You grew up eating wireless food. Stop saying such weird things in front of me."

Wang Tianlin looked at Wang Jing with an unhappy expression.

"Dad, you know that's not what I meant."

Wang Jing quickly apologized, luckily today was the Chinese New Year, otherwise if it had been a normal day, he would have been beaten long ago.

"When the time comes, we two brothers will work together to make a movie with a box office of 20 million yuan within this year."

"Why?"

Du Qifeng didn't understand why Wang Jing said this.

"Because as long as you get 20 million in box office, you can know a secret of Mr. Lin."

Du Qifeng looked at Wang Jing with a strange look on his face. He couldn't understand what the other party meant by this sentence.

"You don't understand, you will know when the time comes."

Humming a little tune, Wang Jing looked very happy. After all, it was the Chinese New Year.