Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Finally, I hope everyone will keep their mouths shut and don't let the news leak out."

The last thing Lin Daoqiu wants to see is that the movie has just entered the preparation stage, and the list of actors and the type of the movie are already known outside.

Looking around, Lin Daoqiu's eyes were very calm, but under this calm eyes, there was a kind of authority that made people dare not look directly at him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, we will do it."

Since Lin Daoqiu had spoken, the people at the scene naturally did not dare to spread the words casually, and Yuan Heping, Wen Juan and Zheng Danrui naturally would not say anything.

As for Lin Guobin and others, this is their first time participating in a film directed by Lin Daoqiu. I believe they are not that bold and dare to go out and talk nonsense.

After Lin Guobin and the others left, only Lin Daoqiu, Wenjun and Zheng Danrui were left at the scene.

"Brother Qiu, since you plan to praise Miss Yang, why don't you follow Miss Lin's path and make the drama bigger?"

Wen Jun felt that since Lin Daoqiu wanted to personally praise Michelle Yeoh this time, he should make a big scene, preferably a big production like the last time "Mission: Impossible".

"Michelle Yeoh has only filmed one movie, and I don't know how it will turn out in the end. I plan to put this movie in Asia to test the waters first. If the effect is good this time, I will consider Hollywood in the future.

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Although Michelle Yeoh later became an internationally renowned martial arts superstar, "The Royal Sisters" is now her first starring film, and Lin Daoqiu is not sure what the final effect will be.

If it were to be released in Hollywood with such quality, the final effect would definitely not be much better.

Also based on the standard of female martial arts stars, Brigitte Lin's previous "Tomb Raider" had a global box office of $300 million and $400 million in prize money.

This is the result of Brigitte Lin's accumulation in Hollywood over the past few years. If Michelle Yeoh's new film was released, Lin Daoqiu felt that "The Royal Sisters" could only get over 100 million at the box office.

And to get such a box office, Lin Daoqiu's investment in this drama must exceed at least 20 million US dollars.

Although you will definitely make money in the end, the energy and time spent may be more. If you compare it carefully, you will find that the gain outweighs the loss.

So Lin Daoqiu decided to let Michelle Yeoh accumulate some fame and experience in Hong Kong first, and the matter in Hollywood will be settled later.

"In addition, starting from this year, you and Wang Jing will work harder on the film industry. Although the Xiangjiang theater chain was taken away by Uncle Liu, the theater chain is now concentrated in one, which is a good thing for film practitioners."

Although 70% of the theater chain in Xiangjiang is in the hands of Run Run Shaw, it is precisely because of this that the box office potential of Xiangjiang movies was suddenly raised to a new level.

At this time, it is indeed the hottest period in the Hong Kong film market. Although I don’t know what will happen in the future, it is indeed a great opportunity to make money.

"Sammo Hung and others have established an actors' association, and many actors have joined this association. I'm worried that Sammo Hung and others are doing this because they want to control the actor resources in Hong Kong."

Wenjun's worry is not unreasonable. After all, there has been a Free Federation before, which prohibits any cooperation between filmmakers in Hong Kong and the mainland.

Now that Sammo Hung has formed an actors' association, maybe he will stipulate that the actors and artists who join are not allowed to cooperate with New Oriental.

It seems that Wen Jun is very worried about this. After all, if such a situation occurs in the future, it will indeed be difficult for them to find celebrities to film.

But after Lin Daoqiu heard Wen Juan's words, he couldn't help but laugh.

"If they had such great ability, they would not end up in this situation."

In Lin Daoqiu's view, it will take at least a few years for the Actors Association to really develop.

But by then, his school had already been opened, so Lin Daoqiu was not worried at all about Sammo Hung and the others using the Actors Association to increase their influence in the Hong Kong film and television industry.

What's more, there are so many actors in Xiangjiang, and most of them are just thinking about filming. With the capacity of Golden Harvest and Dibao, it is almost impossible to attract all other stars except New Oriental and ATV to their banners.

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And the most important thing is that more than 90% of the movies produced in Xiangjiang in a year are bad movies or movies that do not make money. If Jiahe and Dibao like to play this way, I don't mind letting them lose more.

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"Brother Qiu, I think there are some things that we still need to be careful about."

Zheng Danrui felt that Lin Daoqiu was a little overconfident, and if Sammo Hung was allowed to continue like this, it would definitely not be a good thing for New Oriental.

Moreover, the incident at Xiangjiang Cinema happened not long ago, which caught Lin Daoqiu off guard.

If this were not the case, the person who controls the Hong Kong film industry now is Lin Daoqiu, and it will definitely not be Shaw Run Run and others.

"Then what do you want to do?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui very curiously. He wanted to know what these two guys had come up with.

"If they can do it, why can't we do it? If they do it, they will do it. If they do it, we will do it. We will do it, Brother Qiu, you will be the convener."

Judging from Lin Daoqiu's status in Hong Kong and internationally at this moment, there is absolutely no problem for him to be the convener.

If he were to be the convener, both Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui agreed that he could definitely knock down the momentum of Sammo Hung's Actors Guild.

Sammo Hung wants to hold on to the resources of the actors, so they will monopolize the resources of the director and screenwriter. Then we will see who is more ruthless.

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this. These two guys really like to make trouble for nothing.

But it has to be said that at this time, most of Xiangjiang's outstanding directors and screenwriters were under his own banner.

The original four famous directors of Shaw Brothers, Wen Jun, Wang Jing, Zheng Danrui, the new seven-person group of New Art City, and the previously established Screenwriters Association also have many screenwriters in it.

But at this time, in the film and television industry in Hong Kong, what everyone is most concerned about is the resources of stars, and they are not particularly interested in directors and screenwriters.

And especially in the profession of screenwriter, except for Lin Daoqiu, who is relatively successful, other screenwriters with some ability are trying their best to become directors, so that they can have a greater say and make more money.

"Okay, but let me make it clear first that the establishment of this Directors and Screenwriters Association is not to compete with Sammo Hung and others."

Although Lin Daoqiu said so, Wen Juan and Zheng Danrui didn't think so after hearing it.

Their thoughts at this time were very simple, that is, to knock down Sammo Hung's momentum.