Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

If there had not been a drama called "Five Lucky Stars", Run Run Shaw would not have directly intervened in the casting of this drama.

Even if he had any opinions, he would discuss it with Lin Daoqiu first and then make a decision.

But because Lin Daoqiu helped Golden Harvest film "The Five Lucky Stars", Run Run Shaw was very unhappy, so he decided to take over the casting rights.

"Uncle Six, this drama will eventually be directed to Hollywood audiences. If all the supporting actors are from Shaw Brothers, I'm afraid it will only be available in Southeast Asia."

Hollywood has always been very xenophobic. If you want to gain a foothold there, it is absolutely impossible to succeed if you cast foreigners in the entire movie.

Movies like kung fu movies can attract a certain audience in a short period of time.

But they all watch it with a sense of curiosity and do not regard this type of movie as mainstream.

If "Mission: Impossible" were all Chinese-American actors, you can imagine how difficult it would be to break into the mainstream Hollywood market.

"What does Mr. Lin mean?"

Run Run Shaw has been cooperating with Hollywood for so long, and he also knows that Lin Daoqiu did not lie.

How xenophobic Hollywood is, and Run Run Shaw is probably one of them who knows it best.

If this were not the case, it would have been impossible for a movie like "The Best Punch in the World" to make waves in Hollywood after so many years.

After that, Shaw Brothers also made a lot of action movies, but none of them could do as well as the box office in Hollywood like "The Greatest Punch".

"Let's do this, let David Jiang play the explosives expert and Jing Li the makeup expert."

This is Lin Daoqiu's bottom line, and he plans to find people from Hollywood for the remaining roles.

Unless this film is not aimed at Hollywood, Lin Daoqiu would not object to using all Shaw Brothers people as supporting actors.

"Jing Li had a few movies to film when she arrived and couldn't spare the time, so she asked Guo Youhua to play this role."

Fang Yihua, who had been silent all this time, suddenly changed the role of Jing Li to Guo Youhua.

Lin Daoqiu suddenly felt dizzy when he heard Fang Yihua's arrangement.

"Ahua and Qingxia have also acted in "A Dream of Red Mansions" before, so you don't have to worry about their tacit understanding."

Fang Yihua looked at Lin Daoqiu with a half-smile, although she was not sure what the relationship between him and Brigitte Lin was.

But she had to stuff Guo Youhua into this "Mission Impossible" no matter what.

"Let's just settle on David Jiang and Guo Youhua. I believe Mr. Lin won't have any objections, right?"

If Lin Daoqiu still objects, then Run Run Shaw may not just be dissatisfied.

After looking at Run Run Shaw and Fang Yihua, Lin Daoqiu felt that he had no possibility of objecting, so he could only nod his head and agree.

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"Master Ba, someone is looking for you."

Yuan Heping was currently serving as the martial arts director for Jackie Chan's new drama.

Hearing that someone was looking for him, Yuan Heping looked back and found that it was a young man he had never seen before.

"Hello, Mr. Ba, my name is Lin Daoqiu."

Lin Daoqiu first extended his hand to Yuan Heping.

Yuan Heping did not expect that the person in front of him was the famous Lin Daoqiu, so he quickly stretched out his hand.

"It turns out it's the famous Mr. Lin. I've admired his name for a long time, but I don't dare to be called Eighth Master. Just call me by my name."

Yuan Heping learned opera and martial arts from his father Yuan Xiaotian and Yu Zhanyuan from the Yuan family class since he was a child.

This has laid a very solid foundation for him since he was a child, and he is talented and intelligent, with unique insights into martial arts routines and national martial arts.

Compared with Liu Jialiang, another famous martial arts instructor at this time who used hard bridges and hard horses, Yuan Heping did not stick to a certain form. He was good at using it flexibly.

He can choreograph martial arts actions that suit the character's characteristics according to the director's requirements, so it's not unreasonable for Lin Daoqiu to find him.

"You're welcome, Mr. Ba. You are a senior I admire very much. It's natural to call you Mr. Ba."

Yuan Heping was naturally very happy to be praised in front of Lin Daoqiu like this.

"Mr. Lin is too polite, don't you dare take it seriously..." Yuan Heping waved his hands repeatedly.

After the greetings, Lin Daoqiu directly explained the purpose of his visit to the other party.

"I came to see Mr. Ba today to ask Mr. Ba to be the martial arts instructor for my new play."

Yuan Heping did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would find him.

He remembered that Lin Daoqiu and Hong Jiaban were very close before. In several movies, people from Hong Jiaban were asked to be responsible for martial arts instruction. How could he suddenly come to him?

But Yuan Heping would not ask in this case. Since Lin Daoqiu was willing to cooperate with him, he certainly would not refuse.

"Mr. Lin came to me personally, how could I refuse? I just don't know when the filming of this drama will start?"

Because now Yuan Heping is still giving martial arts instruction to Jackie Chan, and he can’t get away for a while.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ba, the filming of this drama won't start in two months, but most of the scenes will have to be shot in Paris."

It is also common to go abroad for filming, so Yuan Heping nodded and agreed without much thought.

"That's no problem. Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I will keep the schedule."

Yuan Heping originally thought he would have to wait two months before starting preparations.

But Lin Daoqiu suddenly shook his head.

"This movie is an action movie focusing on women, but the heroine Brigitte Lin has mostly done literary dramas before, and I had to trouble Master Ba to train her to be a beater before filming started."

"Mr. Lin is talking about Miss Brigitte Lin from Baodao?"

After hearing Lin Daoqiu's request, Yuan Heping's eyes immediately opened wide, and a shocked expression appeared on his face.

Because in his impression, Lin Qingxia is a weak girl, and the words "beating girls" have nothing to do with her.

Lin Daoqiu asked him to train Brigitte Lin into a beater within two months, which was not easy at all.

"Yes, this drama is mainly about her, and fighting is an important part of it, so Master Ba will have some snacks this time."

Previously, Brigitte Lin was training with Chen Yiyan and the others, but Lin Daoqiu did not let them teach Brigitte Lin any tricks.

Just let her exercise her physical fitness every day, stretch Lajin, and practice kicking.

Lin Daoqiu still thinks that Yuan Heping should be the one who really wants to train Brigitte Lin.

Yuan Heping did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would make such a request, which immediately put him in trouble.

"As for Master Ba's salary, I plan to give you half a million Hong Kong dollars for this movie."

Just when Yuan Heping was still thinking about how to train Brigitte Lin, Lin Daoqiu's words shocked him completely.

You must know that in Hong Kong at this time, an ordinary movie cost only 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, and a better one only cost between 500,000 yuan.

As for the actors' remuneration, since the box office split between the Xu brothers and Golden Harvest was half and half, they didn't get any remuneration.

Therefore, the person who gets the highest salary now is Yuan Biao. According to reporters, Jiahe offered Yuan Biao a salary of one million for his new drama.

As a martial arts director, basically being able to get between five and one hundred thousand for a movie is pretty good.

Unexpectedly, Lin Daoqiu suddenly increased the amount five times for himself. This made Yuan Heping's mind go blank for a moment, and he was unable to react for a while.