Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The conditions offered by Lei Juekun can be said to be very generous. If it had been a year ago, Lin Daoqiu would have agreed without even thinking.

But it's a pity that now is not the same as before, so Lei Juekun's conditions are not attractive at all in Lin Daoqiu's eyes.

Once you choose Lei Juekun, it will be like going to war with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers.

Lin Daoqiu is not that stupid. He has no interest in setting up two such powerful opponents for himself for no reason.

"Mr. Zou and Uncle Liu have helped me a lot to achieve today's results. I really can't do it by letting me compete with them in the ring. I can only express my gratitude to Boss Lei for his kindness."

Lei Juekun was actually not surprised that the other party would reject him. After all, the new theater chain was still a road with no future yet.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu is cooperating with Shaw Brothers on a major production, and it is basically impossible for him to switch over at this time.

"Mr. Lin, there is no need to refuse so early. I know you have a lot of concerns. To show my sincerity, the conditions I set are valid for one year."

Lei Juekun was unwilling to give up on Lin Daoqiu just like that. He planned to use a year to prove to the other party that the new theater chain had a future.

Regarding Lei Juekun's statement, Lin Daoqiu just smiled. He neither refused nor agreed. It seemed that he had a chance.

Originally, this matter should have come to an end here.

But what Lin Daoqiu didn't expect was that when he and Lei Juekun left the teahouse together, the reporter from "Sing Tao Daily" who had been ambushing across the street for a long time immediately pressed the shutter button.

"Mr. Lin, I hope we can have the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

Lei Juekun stood at the door of the teahouse and stretched out his hand to Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu didn't think much, just shook hands with the other party politely, and then left.

"Boss, do you think this person is Lin Daoqiu?"

The reporter in the car suddenly received a mysterious phone call today.

The person on the phone revealed that Kowloon Bus's Lei Juekun would meet with Lin Daoqiu today to discuss important matters.

Not only that, the other party even told me clearly the place and time of the meeting.

How could they miss such explosive news, so the reporter immediately led his men to ambush outside the teahouse.

"It should be true. I have met both Lei Juekun and Chen Rongmei. Since the person who broke the news said so, there should be nothing wrong."

"Lei Juekun is organizing a new theater chain recently. If he can bring Lin Daoqiu over, maybe he will be able to do something great."

Both reporters were excited to get this exclusive news. Once the news was reported, they would receive a large bonus.

The very next day, "Sing Tao Daily" exclusively revealed something that shocked the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.

They put the headline on the front page "Lei Lin's secret meeting in Xiangjiang and the storm".

Originally, many people in the film industry were optimistic about Lei Juekun's new theater chain, and felt that he would most likely fail under the joint efforts of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

But I didn't expect that Lin Daoqiu and Lei Juekun would come together. This trend immediately caused a huge response in the circle.

Run Run Shaw immediately invited Lin Daoqiu to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea. He wanted to know what Lin Daoqiu was thinking.

If he really wants to switch to Lei Juekun, then Run Run Shaw will never continue to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu in this "Mission Impossible".

"Boss Lei did make an appointment with me yesterday and invited me to join the new theater chain, but I already refused at that time. I owe everything to Uncle Liu and Miss Fang for what I am today. It is impossible for me to do such a selfish thing."

Upon hearing this, Run Run Shaw's serious expression changed into a smile.

"Lei Juekun thought he could make a splash in Hong Kong by acquiring a few theaters. Unfortunately, he didn't understand movies, so it was difficult for him to achieve anything big."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's straightforward answer, Run Run Shaw naturally believed him. After all, no matter how he looked at the new theater chain, it was a dead end.

Putting aside the morning's "Sing Tao Daily", Run Run Shaw's previous worries had disappeared without a trace.

But at this time, Lin Daoqiu suddenly took the newspaper over because he had not read the news carefully until now.

After a brief glance, Lin Daoqiu suddenly frowned slightly, as if he had thought of something.

"Mr. Lin seems to have discovered something." Run Run Shao looked at Lin Daoqiu and asked with a smile.

"Boss Lei seems to be using me as bait."

When this news broke, the biggest profiteer was definitely not Lin Daoqiu.

And since I have never been on the news page once, I believe that those reporters must not know me, let alone take this photo by chance.

So the only answer is that someone broke the news to reporters, and that person was Lei Juekun, because he will be the biggest beneficiary.

"If Lei Juekun likes to do it this way, let him do it. Anyway, I want to see who dares to jump over and help him at this time."

After Shao Yifu calmed down, he immediately guessed Lei Juekun's intention.

He just wanted to take advantage of troubled waters and release this news so that those hesitant filmmakers would put aside their concerns and switch to new theaters.

"It seems that this time I have become an advertising star."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but laugh at himself.

"That's also because Mr. Lin has advertising value, haha..."

Run Run Shaw rarely laughed in front of Lin Daoqiu.

It didn't take long for the news of Lin Daoqiu and Run Run Shaw's meeting to reach Zou Wenhuai's ears.

"It is said that they had a very happy conversation at that time."

After Zou Wenhuai heard the news from He Guanchang, he nodded repeatedly.

In fact, like Run Run Shaw, he was worried that Lin Daoqiu would really switch to Lei Juekun.

If this is really the case, then Jiahe may have to face a big impact, but fortunately Lin Daoqiu did not do this.

"Lei Juekun is quite shrewd and knows how to use Lin Daoqiu's fame to defraud."

Zou Wenhuai also keeps a copy of "Sing Tao Daily" here.

"Let him do whatever he wants. Anyway, we just need to prepare a few strong movies to suppress his momentum."

At this time, the most powerful actors in Hong Kong films were Golden Harvest, the Hui Brothers, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao. Even Shaw Brothers couldn't resist these four aces.

Naturally, Zou Wenhuai would not let Lei Juekun get off to a good start. He would beat him to pieces and let him know that his decision to get into the film industry was wrong.

"I just don't know if Lei Juekun has any backup plans."

I don't know why, He Guanchang is still a little worried. If Lei Juekun wants to fight them based on this alone, it can be said that he has already lost.

"It doesn't matter what back-up he has, anyway, I will drive his new theater chain out of business within two years."