Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The Spring Festival season has long ended, and the final box office results did not surprise Lin Daoqiu.

Dibao's "The Iron Man", after selling for 5 million on the first day, has been on a roll.

It took in 30 million at the box office in the first week, and successfully achieved 15 million in the second week.

With a box office of 45 million, it is definitely a successful movie during the Spring Festival. This is also the first time that Di Bao has won the first place in the Spring Festival.

As for the second place, it was won by New Oriental's "The Working Emperor", but compared with "The Iron Man", New Art City's "The Working Emperor" only reached a box office of 30 million.

The trend in the two weeks has been very stable, without any major fluctuations, and the decline has been slowly going downwards.

As for Jiahe's "Shaolin Boxer", this time it achieved a box office of 20 million, which was far beyond the expectations of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

You must know that the combination of Jet Li, Liu Jialiang and Liu Jiahui actually has no box office appeal in Hong Kong.

But it happened that such a kung fu movie with no top stars managed to hit the big time during the Spring Festival of 1986, which was a big surprise for Golden Harvest.

And because this drama made them believe that Jet Li is definitely a talent, it is not impossible to even become the second Jackie Chan in the future.

So this year Golden Harvest decided to create several movies tailored for Jet Li, and even planned to push him to Hollywood in the future, just like it promoted Jackie Chan.

At this moment, He Guanchang suddenly received news that Hollywood was going to remake "The Green Hornet" in which Bruce Lee starred in 1966.

As soon as he learned the news, He Guanchang hurried to Zou Wenhuai's office.

As soon as Zou Wenhuai entered the door, before he could speak, he heard He Guanchang say.

"I just received news that Universal plans to remake "The Green Hornet."

Hearing what the other party said, Zou Wenhuai was stunned for a moment, and then immediately opened his eyes.

"Is this news reliable?"

Zou Wenhuai never expected to encounter such a good thing.

However, neither he nor He Guanchang thought about competing for the male lead role. After all, in this movie adapted from a comic book, the male lead will definitely be played by a foreigner.

What they are fighting for is Kato, the second role in "The Green Hornet" and the hero's assistant.

Bruce Lee made his name with "The Green Hornet" back then. Now that Universal is planning to remake this movie, they will definitely lean towards Hong Kong's martial arts star to play Kato.

After all, the most famous place in the world for martial arts and action movies at this time was Xiangjiang, and the character Kato himself is Asian, so it was impossible to change it to a European and American star.

"Absolutely reliable. The person who provided this information is a good friend of mine in Hollywood. It is said that Universal's casting work will officially begin in one month."

Zou Wenhuai became more and more excited as he listened. He stood up from his chair and started pacing in the room.

If Jet Li can be helped to take on the role of Kato, he can almost replicate Bruce Lee's trajectory of becoming famous.

To other film companies, Kato in "The Green Hornet" might just be an ordinary movie.

But for Jiahe, this drama has really extraordinary meaning to them.

"In this case, you immediately leave for Hollywood to implement the news. If it is confirmed, do everything possible to help Ajie win the role of Kato."

Zou Wenhuai is already ready, and he will even invest money to cooperate with him to help Jet Li get the role of Kato.

On the other hand, Dee Bao's Shum Jianxun also received news that Universal plans to remake "The Green Hornet".

""The Green Hornet"? The TV series that Bruce Lee starred in back then will be remade into a movie?"

Pan Disheng remembered watching this play when he was a child, but he could not remember exactly what the plot was about.

Although he had no impression of this movie, Pan Disheng also realized that it was a shortcut to promote actors to Hollywood. Bruce Lee relied on this movie to become famous in Hollywood.

If he can get the same role that Bruce Lee played this time, he can be made into the second Bruce Lee.

"I think judging from Yuan Biao's skills and reputation, as long as we try our best, we still have great hope."

Shun Jianxun has great confidence in Yuan Biao. He feels that with Yuan Biao's skills and reputation, he can definitely win the role of Kato.

"But we haven't had any contact with Universal. Do you have any ideas?"

Pan Disheng is not familiar with the film industry. Apart from spending money, all the film business is done by Shum Jianxun and Sammo Hung.

Now we have to compete with Universal for the role of Kato. In addition to providing financial help, Pan Disheng has no way to provide additional assistance.

"I...I'm not familiar with Universal either."

Although Shun Jianxun has been in Dibao for several years, his main scope of work is still in Xiangjiang.

As for the Hollywood business, Dibao has not thought about expanding it so far.

You must know that before this, only Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest were involved in Hollywood movies. As for the person who really succeeded in Hollywood, it was neither Shaw Run Run nor Chow Wenhuai, but Lin Daoqiu.

"If I remember correctly, Lin Daoqiu has the best relationship with Universal. When I watch this drama, Universal will probably follow Lin Daoqiu's advice. If he sends people to compete, others will have no chance at all.

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Pan Disheng felt that with Lin Daoqiu's relationship with Universal, it was impossible for anyone else to compete with him.

But what Pan Disheng probably didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu had already known the news, but from the beginning to the end, he never thought about competing for the role of Kato.

The reason is actually very simple. Lin Daoqiu didn't like this drama at all. Even if it was played by Bruce Lee before, he couldn't get the slightest interest in competing.

If Lin Daoqiu really wants to compete for this role, it is indeed what Pan Disheng said, and there is no way that others will have the slightest chance.

"Mr. Pan is right. When I first heard the news, I was so excited that I forgot that Lin Daoqiu was involved."

Cen Jianxun shook his head. He had completely given up the idea of ​​recommending Yuan Biao to star. After all, with Lin Daoqiu here, it was impossible for people like them to have a chance.

"Let Sanmao polish the special effects movie this year. As long as this movie is filmed, we won't have to worry about Lin Daoqiu monopolizing special effects movies in Xiangjiang."