Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

If there weren't many people around, Lin Daoqiu would never be so polite to them.

Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai immediately tensed up their skin. Although they didn't know what they would face next, they could imagine that nothing good would happen.

"If I hadn't discovered it earlier, wouldn't I have been succeeded by you? Do you think that by then this matter will have become an established fact, and I will not be able to pursue you? Do you?"

Liu Zhenwei quickly shook his head. Even if he had the courage, he would never dare to have such an idea.

"Mr. Lin is not like that. We just want to film "Meng Gui Qian Guan" as soon as possible. We hope to get a good result to prove ourselves by then. We have no other ideas, I can swear."

After finishing speaking, Liu Zhenwei raised three fingers in front of Lin Daoqiu, as if he was going to swear an oath in front of Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu looked at Liu Zhenwei and frowned.

"Put your hands down, I'm not interested in watching you perform here."

Looking at Lin Daoqiu's look, you can tell that he is very angry now. Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai have been too scared to move.

They thought that there must be bad guys this time. Not only would "Meng Gui Guan" not be able to be filmed, they might not even have the opportunity to develop in Hong Kong in the future.

Seeing Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai trembling with fear, Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but want to laugh.

However, in order to teach these two guys a lesson so that they will not dare to use their name to cheat outside next time, Lin Daoqiu must continue to act.

"Listening to your explanation just now, it seems that you really want to prove that the script you wrote is not bad, is that right?"

Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-Wai nodded quickly, they indeed thought so.

Then Lin Daoqiu smiled slightly and said.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll give you a chance. Isn't the budget for "Menggui Mission" not enough? Then I'll give you another one million."

When Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei heard that Lin Daoqiu suddenly gave them an additional budget, they were surprised and raised their heads.

Originally, they thought that they were going to be guillotined this time, but what they didn't expect was that there was a sudden turn of events.

Is it possible that Lin Daoqiu plans to cut corners and spare them this time? If this is the case, then Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai will almost die laughing.

"But I can tell you in advance that my money is not easy to get. Since the budget of this movie is three million, the box office in Hong Kong will be at least fifteen million..."

Lin Daoqiu paused for a moment, and then continued: "If you can't even get 15 million in box office by then, then you can change your career in advance."

Compared with the 60 million box office pressure that was placed on Wen Jun and Wang Jing at the beginning, it can be said that Lin Daoqiu's pressure on Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai this time is much smaller.

But for them, from the beginning, they never thought that the movie "Meng Gui Qian Guan" would be able to get more than 10 million yuan at the box office.

In their view, it is already a very good thing that this drama can get a box office result of 7 to 8 million.

But now Lin Daoqiu suddenly doubled his box office requirements, which was an insurmountable gap for them.

"Mr. Lin, this..."

Liu Zhenwei looked at Lin Daoqiu with embarrassment. He felt that the request made by the other party was too high.

"If you think fifteen million is too low, I can increase it to twenty million. What do you think?"

Liu Zhenwei quickly shook his head. He didn't even think that "Meng Gui Qian Guan" could get 15 million at the box office. If Lin Daoqiu added 5 million more, it would be like killing him.

"Mr. Lin, we will work hard, please rest assured."

At this moment, Wong Kar-wai suddenly agreed, causing Liu Zhenwei next to him to look at him with a shocked expression.

Wong Kar-wai had no way to explain to Liu Zhenwei now, so he decided to agree to Lin Daoqiu's request first and wait until he got back to talk about anything else.

Seeing Wong Kar-Wai's serious expression, Liu Zhenwei couldn't say anything else, and he didn't have the right to refuse now, unless he planned to only be an assistant director for the rest of his life.

"Okay, if that's the case, then we've made it a deal. The budget for "Menggui Mission" has been increased to three million Hong Kong dollars. I hope you will work harder. I'm waiting for you to bring me good news."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, the two people nodded quickly, and then they left the coffee shop.

After leaving the coffee shop and getting into the taxi, Liu Zhenwei grabbed Wang Jiawei by the collar and asked angrily.

"Are you crazy? "Meng Gui Qian Guan" is going to get 15 million at the box office. Do you think this is possible?"

Wong Kar-wai didn't look angry when Liu Zhenwei grabbed him by the collar like this, but he had a very calm expression on his face.

Patting Liu Zhenwei's hand, Wong Kar-wai explained to him.

"Do you think that under the circumstances just now, if we don't agree to Mr. Lin's promise, we will gain something good?"

When Wong Kar-Wai asked this question, Liu Zhenwei was immediately speechless.

Because of the situation just now, if they didn't agree to Lin Daoqiu, I'm afraid the situation they would face would be even more miserable.

So Liu Zhenwei slowly let go of his hand, but he still looked very depressed.

For Liu Zhenwei, a box office of 15 million is simply an impossible task.

If the script of this drama was written by Lin Daoqiu, Liu Zhenwei would be confident of winning it even if it was worth 20 million, not to mention 15 million.

But the problem now is that the drama "Meng Gui Guan" was written by him and Wong Kar-wai. After watching it, Lin Daoqiu rated it as a complete bad movie.

Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for something like this to achieve a box office of 15 million.

"There is still a chance if you try, but if you don't try, you won't even have a chance. Mr. Lin is giving us a chance. If we can seize it, I won't have to be a small screenwriter in the future, and you won't have to be a deputy all the time.

Directed."

"Of course, if we are not sure by then, we will definitely not be able to stay here in Xiangjiang. In the end, we will have no choice but to develop in Treasure Island."

Wong Kar-Wai has already thought of his escape route. If "Meng Gui Qian Guan" does not receive 15 million by then, then he is ready to develop in Treasure Island.

"Going to Treasure Island to film? I'm not familiar with this place. I don't even know anyone. I must stay in Xiangjiang and will never go to Treasure Island."

When he heard that Wong Kar-wai wanted to go to Treasure Island to develop, Liu Zhenwei's first reaction was to refuse.

Even though Baodao used to be the most important place for commercial sales in Hong Kong, the only way to develop is to stay in Xiangjiang. Going to Baodao means leaving the mainstream film market. This is something Liu Zhenwei will never allow and will never agree to.

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