Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Of course "Merry Christmas" has a happy ending. After all, this is the eve of Christmas and New Year's Day, and Maijia is not stupid enough to arrange a scolding ending.

Even if the movie is poorly made, the ending must be arranged well. The previous "Delinquents" by Eric Tsang is a very typical example.

There are a lot of jokes, the acting is top-notch, and the actors have great appeal.

And the special thing about this drama is that three major singers from Hong Kong co-starred.

Leslie Cheung, Chen Baiqiang, Xu Xiaofeng, just name it, they are definitely famous figures in the music industry.

However, Leslie Cheung did not sing in the film this time. The opening and ending songs were "This is True Love" and "A Thousand Queues for You" sung by Xu Xiaofeng, while Chen Baiqiang sang "Waiting".

Even leaving aside the movies, for fans of Tsui Siu Feng and Chen Baixiang, just spending money to listen to their singing is already an extremely enjoyable thing.

On the other hand, "The Owl and the Dumbo" is also doing very well, with almost full attendance on the first day.

Except for a few small theaters, the lowest attendance rate is 90%.

When the first-day box office numbers of the two dramas were released, "The Owl and Dumbo" had a box office of 3.2 million, ahead of "Merry Christmas"'s 3 million.

This time Pan Di's voice finally overwhelmed Lin Daoqiu's side from the beginning.

But this time, the reason why "The Owl and Dumbo" won over "Merry Christmas" was not only the quality of the drama, but also some off-site factors.

Thanks to discounted ticket prices and complimentary popcorn and Coke, "The Owl and Dumbo" surpassed "Merry Christmas" at the box office on its first day.

Judging from past experience, if the box office opening of 3 million does not collapse, at least one of the two movies will exceed 30 million by the time it is released.

While the box office war between "Merry Christmas" and "The Owl and Dumbo" was still going on, Lin Daoqiu suddenly called Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen into his office.

The reason why he wanted to call them over was entirely because of what Zhong Chuhong said before in the theater.

Lin Daoqiu naturally heard her wish to star in a play with Xu Xiaofeng, and he certainly couldn't pretend he didn't hear it.

"What is Miss Xu Xiaofeng's attitude towards acting in movies?"

After Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen sat down, Lin Daoqiu asked about the matter directly.

When Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen heard this, they looked at each other first, and then Mai Jia was responsible for answering Lin Daoqiu's questions.

"Ms. Xu is quite interested in filming. When we were filming "Merry Christmas," we had a conversation about this topic. She said that if she had enough time and it was an interesting movie, we could extend an invitation to her."

In fact, Xu Xiaofeng's salary for taking on the role of "Merry Christmas" was not high, and Mai Jia only offered her 500,000.

But even so, this price is considered very high among ordinary actresses.

The reason why Mai Jia's price is so high is entirely because she is Xu Xiaofeng. If it were other actresses, if it were not for Brigitte Lin and Zhong Chuhong, the price would probably be around 300,000, or even lower.

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"Now that the first-day box office of "Merry Christmas" has been released, I think this drama will probably break the 30 million mark in the end."

Lin Daoqiu's speculation is actually not unreasonable. Although the box office on the first day was only 3 million, which is not very good, as long as the box office of "Merry Christmas" does not fall below 2 million, it will finally get 30 million.

It's definitely no problem.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu remembered that the drama "Merry Christmas" should have sold very well in the previous life, otherwise Xu Xiaofeng would not continue to cooperate with Mai Jia in the future.

"Mr. Lin, actually we see it this way too. To be honest, I am really surprised to get such results this time."

For Mai Jia, a comedy like "Merry Christmas" can earn 30 million yuan at the box office. Before this, he never thought of such a possibility.

He originally predicted that the box office would be between 10 million and 20 million, but he never dared to think about the 30 million box office result.

"Since the movie "Merry Christmas" has achieved a good box office, I think we should continue our efforts and ask Ms. Xu to make a movie."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen were stunned for two seconds.

Although the success of the drama "Merry Christmas" has a certain relationship with Xu Xiaofeng, in fact, to be honest, the relationship with her is not particularly big.

Lin Daoqiu actually said that he would keep up his efforts and ask her to act in another play. What did he mean?

Looking at Gao Zhisen next to him, Mai Jia had a completely blank expression on his face.

"Mr. Lin, I think your suggestion is really right. I'm about to talk to my boss about this."

Compared to Mai Jia, Gao Zhisen obviously reacted faster. He smiled and nodded, as if Lin Daoqiu had spoken out what was in his heart.

When Mai Jia saw Gao Zhisen's appearance, he thought he really had this plan.

"If this is the case, then write the script as soon as possible. I think I will make a comedy film, and let Zhong Chuhong play the heroine."

Lin Daoqiu didn't even think twice and decided on the heroine of this movie that didn't even have a script.

Although Mai Jia was a little slow at the beginning, when he heard that Lin Daoqiu had chosen Zhong Chuhong as the heroine of this drama, if he couldn't figure it out, then Mai Jia would have bought a piece of tofu and hit the wall.

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"With Miss Zhong as the heroine of this drama, I believe it will sell well at the box office. Don't worry, Mr. Lin. I will go back and hurry up and write the script."

Gao Zhisen replied hurriedly.

Next to her, Maijia was also nodding her head.

"I hope this matter can be done as quickly as possible. Thank you both for your hard work."

Lin Daoqiu seems to be eager to see the script.

After Mai Jia and Gao Zhisen left New Oriental Company and got into the car, Mai Jia turned to look at Gao Zhisen without saying anything.

"Ah Sen, you did so well today. I didn't react at the time and almost made Mr. Lin unhappy."

Mai Jia felt a little scared when she thought about it. She didn't realize what Lin Daoqiu was talking about at the time.

Fortunately, Gao Zhisen responded quickly, otherwise his actions would definitely have caused Lin Daoqiu's displeasure.

"Teacher, please stop thanking me. I'm already happy if you don't blame me for making my own decisions."

In that situation, Gao Zhisen had no choice. He had to agree to whatever Lin Daoqiu said.

"Don't worry. How can I blame you? I will leave this drama to you. You must write a work that satisfies Mr. Lin. I believe you can do it."

Mai Jia patted Gao Zhisen on the shoulder.

Hearing what Mai Jia said, Gao Zhisen could only smile bitterly. It seemed that he had to stay up late again during this period.