Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

It is actually normal for actors to work overtime to catch up on the show, especially in Hong Kong, where high-intensity filming and catching up on the show is commonplace.

Sometimes actors can only rest for a few hours on the set, and then get up and continue shooting.

For the actors in Xiangjiang, these are common things, and the director does not need to explain to them too much.

However, the situation abroad is obviously different from that in Xiangjiang. The status of actors here is higher than that in Xiangjiang, let alone the status of popular actors.

Although they are not as able to influence the creation of scripts and movies as they were in later generations, compared to the status of Hong Kong stars, Hollywood stars are obviously still superior in terms of treatment and voice.

Pierce Brosnan, Maria Dabo and others all understood the current situation of the crew, so they didn't say much and were very cooperative.

But even so, Lin Daoqiu still gave them eight hours of rest time every day, plus eating, bathing, etc., there were still fourteen hours left for filming at the end of the day.

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"MGM will release two new movies on Christmas Day, "Rush Hour" and "007: The Living Daylights."

There was less than half a month left before the Christmas period. In Barry Diller's office, Jeffrey Katzenberg sat across from Barry Diller with a worried look on his face.

During this Christmas period, Paramount will launch the movie "Star Trek 4: Save the Future" produced and distributed by them.

As a science fiction movie aimed at the Christmas schedule, Barry Diller is very optimistic about the prospects of "Star Trek 4: Salvation."

However, this time Lin Daoqiu directly produced two new films to compete with their "Star Trek 4: Rescue of the Future", which made Barry Diller have to worry.

Compared with other people in Hollywood, only Lin Daoqiu scares him more.

Just one "Godzilla" set the historical movie box office record in North America to a level that no one can match.

Although "Rush Hour" and "The Living Daylights" are not as lethal as "Godzilla" this time, Barry Diller will not think that this is any slight, after all, these two movies were filmed by Lin Daoqiu

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"Lin Daoqiu wants to take advantage of this Christmas period to restore MGM to its former glory."

Barry Diller knew very well that Lin Daoqiu went against the norm and released two movies at once during the Christmas period. He probably wanted to grab the box office championship during this Christmas period, and even the annual box office championship in North America in 1986.

Prior to this, the annual box office championships in North America were won by the movies "Top Gun" and "Crocodile Dundee" distributed by Paramount.

Originally, Barry Diller believed that this year's annual box office championship in North America would definitely belong to Paramount.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu's sudden disruption made everything confusing. Even Barry Diller believed that Lin Daoqiu was likely to win the annual box office championship this year.

And not only that, according to the news he had heard before, Lin Daoqiu was filming a special effects movie in Neon.

It is said that this drama is a collaboration with Universal and Neon's Toho, and the investment scale alone is as high as 200 million US dollars.

This is 50 million higher than the previous investment budget of 150 million US dollars for "Godzilla".

Barry Diller can't imagine how terrifying the movie made by Lin Daoqiu with 200 million US dollars is, but he is sure that if this movie is released next year, it will probably copy "Godzilla" by then.

of previous miracles.

By then, Lin Daoqiu's new film will sweep the entire Hollywood and even the world, and other Hollywood film companies can only act as backers for Lin Daoqiu.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Barry Diller did not want to see such a situation. He hoped to suppress the rise of MGM, but Paramount alone simply could not do it.

"Star Trek: The Future" is considered by Barry Diller to be an excellent movie, but only if it doesn't encounter strong films during the Christmas period.

Judging from the current situation, Barry Diller is very worried that Lin Daoqiu's two dramas will have a crowding out effect on other movies, including their "Star Trek 4: Salvation".

By then the audience will go to see Lin Daoqiu's new film, and the box office revenue their film will receive will be much less than previously expected.

"Joining forces with Fox is the only way to increase the box office of "Star Trek 4: Save the Future."

In Jeffrey Katzenberg's view, the only way now is to join forces with Alan Ryder Jr. Only in this way can Lin Daoqiu be suppressed.

"That guy is still dreaming about 50-50 dreams. I will not take the initiative to contact him."

Although Barry Diller also knew that this was the only way to change the current situation, he was still unwilling to take the initiative to show his kindness to little Alan Ryder. He felt that the other party should take the initiative to come to him.

"Fox's highest-grossing movie this year, "Alien 2," only had a global box office of around 130 million. Little Alan Ryder's current situation is probably not much better."

Compared to Paramount, Fox's situation this year is not good either.

In Jeffrey Katzenberg's view, Alan Ryder Jr. is simply stupid. Judging from Fox's current situation, teaming up with Paramount to fight against MGM and Universal is the most correct choice.

But that guy is still dreaming about Paramount bowing to them first, which makes Jeffrey Katzenberg not know how to comment on Alan Ryder Jr.

"Fox used to be firmly in the third place in Hollywood, but with MGM's momentum, they will fall to fourth place in less than two years."

MGM's rise is unstoppable. The only uncertainty is how fast MGM will climb.

Let alone MGM and Universal joining forces, even with Lin Daoqiu's MGM, Barry Diller was already frightened.

Little Alan Ryder has not yet seen the current situation clearly. That guy is really stupid to the extreme.

"I heard that MGM is currently trying to contact new theater chains to join. It is said that some theater chains that cooperate with Fox have quietly contacted MGM."

Hearing what Jeffrey Katzenberg said, Barry Diller's brow suddenly twitched.

"If we tell little Alan Ryder this news..."

Before Jeffrey Katzenberg finished speaking, Barry Diller suddenly raised his hand, interrupting the other person's words.

"No... don't tell Alan Ryder Jr., if possible, find a way to help them join MGM."

Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't understand why Barry Diller did this at first, but it didn't take long for him to figure it out.