Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Lin Daoqiu probably didn't expect that the matter of running his own school would make Run Run Shaw and the others on pins and needles.

At this time, he is making preliminary preparations for the movie "Royal Senior Sister".

This drama has two protagonists, Michelle Yeoh and Lee Saifeng, and the villains are led by Hui Yinghong and Lin Guobin.

Judging from the current list of actors, the most famous ones in "The Royal Sister" are Li Saifeng and Hui Yinghong.

But so far, they are not the kind of female stars who can take the leading role alone.

Not to mention Michelle Yeoh, she had only filmed one film, "The Owl and Dumbo" before this, and she had no reputation at all in the Hong Kong film industry.

In that movie at that time, everyone focused more on Sammo Hung and Lin Zixiang. As for Michelle Yeoh, she was more of a beautiful vase image.

If another director and screenwriter were to film this movie, I'm afraid the box office would only be around a few million when it is released.

But fortunately, the director and screenwriter of this drama, Lin Daoqiu, plan to appear in person, so this will still be of great help in attracting audiences.

Since it is Michelle Yeoh's first film, Lin Daoqiu plans to try his skills on a small scale and does not plan to spend a lot of money.

Although he has not determined an accurate budget, in Lin Daoqiu's mind, he has already prepared that the budget of this drama will not exceed 10 million, and the filming location will only be in Hong Kong.

If Lin Daoqiu hadn't been the director and screenwriter, I'm afraid no one would have believed that he was serious about this "Royal Senior Sister".

Although the leading role is not well-known, Lin Daoqiu never thought that the supporting role would be arranged casually.

Jackie Chan and Brigitte Lin are bound to make guest appearances, and they don't need to have too many scenes, but there must be fighting scenes, so that it can be used as a gimmick for publicity.

As for the villains, Lin Daoqiu borrowed some people from Jackie Chan's family class. They are all very experienced martial arts masters, such as Lin Guobin, Feng Ke'an, Lu Huiguang, etc.

The action director of this drama is naturally Yuan Jiaban.

At the end of April, the first preparatory meeting for "Royal Senior Sister" was officially held in the conference room of New Oriental.

Lin Daoqiu, Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui, Yuan Heping, Lin Guobin and others were all called over by Lin Daoqiu.

"I plan to make an action drama. The action director will be Ba Ye. I will be the director and screenwriter of this drama. Guobin and you will star in the villain of this drama."

Yuan Heping had known about this matter before, so when Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, there was no expression on his face.

As for Lin Guobin and the others, they would not have any objections. After all, they were just dragon and tiger martial arts masters in the family class at this time. They did not dare to violate anything Lin Daoqiu asked them to do.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured that we will do our best to make the best arrangements for you and Master Ba."

In front of Lin Daoqiu, people like Lin Guobin still looked a little nervous. After all, in front of them was an internationally renowned movie tycoon. Even Jackie Chan had to be respectful in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"I believe that with your strength, there will be no problem. I'm relieved about this."

For people like Lin Guobin, Lin Daoqiu knew that they were very good at kung fu, and making an action movie like "The Royal Sister" was an easy thing for them.

"Dong dong dong..."

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.

When the door opened, Chen Yiyan and Ke Shouliang walked in from the outside.

"Mr. Lin..."

As the top stuntmen in Hong Kong at this time, Chen Yiyan and Ke Shouliang are definitely the two strongest people here.

Since it is an action movie, dangerous action scenes are indispensable, and with Chen Yiyan and Ke Shouliang, Lin Daoqiu's ideas will be realized one by one.

"This time, in addition to the action scenes on the ground, there will also be some action scenes in the sky. I will do it only after ensuring a certain degree of safety."

Lin Daoqiu could no longer be satisfied simply by shooting car chases and explosion scenes on the ground. Starting from "The Royal Sister", Lin Daoqiu had already set his sights on the sky.

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Chen Yiyan and Ke Shouliang immediately became interested.

If it were just ordinary action scenes on the ground, they really wouldn't think it was anything strange. After all, in the past few years, Kamikaze Stunt Company was responsible for more than 80% of the stunt scenes in Xiangjiang.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we will ensure that it is carried out under the premise of safety, and there will never be any accidents."

After working with Lin Daoqiu for so many years, Chen Yiyan is very clear that Lin Daoqiu's safety requirements for filming such stunt scenes are the highest among all filmmakers he has ever seen.

If there was no way to ensure safety, Lin Daoqiu would never let them go into battle. This was something that made Chen Yiyan admire Lin Daoqiu very much.

"Don't talk so eloquently. You can tell me these things when you are waiting for filming. I hope to make money when filming, and I hope everyone will make money with me. I don't want any accidents to happen."

Lin Daoqiu was most worried about problems with stunts, because he had heard many such rumors in his previous life.

Especially for stuntmen, many of them were disabled or died due to careless accidents during filming. This is what Lin Daoqiu least wants and what he least wants to see.

If some scenes cannot be shot by then, Lin Daoqiu doesn't mind letting special effects technology help. After all, human lives are involved, so spending more money is not a big deal to him.

"Everyone, please prepare. We will be entering collective training in a week. I have a habit of shooting action scenes. I have to train for at least a month before shooting. You should be fine."

Everyone has heard this habit of Lin Daoqiu many times before, but it is only for the leading actors. Dragon and tiger martial arts masters like Lin Guobin are basically not needed.

"I know that you have to shoot almost every day, and you can say that you have become perfect at action scenes. But in order to cultivate a tacit understanding between you and the leading actors, you have to train with them for at least two weeks."

Rather than saying that this was Lin Daoqiu's request, it was better to say that it was something he had already decided.

Lin Guobin and the others all nodded after hearing what Lin Daoqiu said. After all, since Lin Daoqiu had spoken, they naturally did not dare to have any objections.

It's just practice, it's something they do every day, it's routine for them.

"The training camp this time is in charge of the Yuan family. Thank you for your hard work, Master Eight."

Lin Daoqiu turned his head to Yuan Heping.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will handle this matter."

Yuan Jia Ban has almost been designated as the place where Lin Daoqiu trains action actors, and Yuan Heping has become accustomed to it.