Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

When the movie screening ended, the audience burst into endless applause.

Yuan Heping and all the leading actors came on stage and bowed to thank everyone.

The people here today are all film-related workers, and their tastes are many times more sophisticated than the average audience.

Being recognized by these people proves that this film is indeed very well made, at least in terms of viewing quality.

As the core character of this play, Lin Daoqiu still did not come on stage. He was still sitting firmly in the audience. After all, he only had the name of one screenwriter.

However, given his temperament, he was not interested in showing his face in such a scene.

He felt that it was enough to leave these opportunities to the director and cast and crew, and there was no need for him to join in the fun.

After Brigitte Lin and others on the stage thanked each other, the premiere officially ended.

"How about we make a bet and guess how much box office this drama can win?"

Before leaving the stage, Zhong Fa suddenly became interested and wanted to take a gamble with Lin Zhengying.

After hearing what Zhong Fa said, Lin Zhengying began to think about it seriously.

There are a total of sixteen theaters in the Shaw Theater chain. Judging from the quality of this drama, there is absolutely no problem that it will be full on the first day.

But whether such attendance will continue in the future is a big question.

"It's absolutely no problem to exceed 10 million. I guess the final box office will be around 13 million."

Lam Ching-ying calculated based on the fourteen days of the release. After all, the attendance rate will be lower the later the show is released.

But when he finished speaking, Zhong Fa smiled and shook his head.

"What's wrong? Do you think you can't even reach 10 million?"

Lin Zhengying found it very strange. Zhong Fa had always supported Lin Daoqiu, and the quality of this drama was absolutely no problem. It was definitely over 10 million, so why was he shaking his head?

"It's not less than 10 million. I guess the final box office of this drama will exceed 20 million."

As soon as Zhong Fa said this, Lin Zhengying was stunned for a moment, and then this time he smiled and shook his head.

The last time "Master Qian" took in $18 million at the box office, it was because of the dual screening.

And this time "Mission: Impossible" will not be screened by Golden Harvest, so it is basically impossible to break the 20 million yuan.

"Since you don't believe it, let's make a bet and have a midnight snack."

Zhong Fa and Lin Zhengying bet just for fun, not because they really want to win big money.

"Okay, just bet."

Lin Zhengying agreed without much thought, not because he didn't think highly of Lin Daoqiu, but because the capacity of Shaw Brothers Cinemas was so large, it was simply impossible for the box office to rise to 20 million.

"What are you betting on? Why don't you tell me and let me give you some advice."

At this time, Lin Daoqiu and Brigitte Lin walked out together. As soon as he walked out, he heard Zhong Fa and Lin Zhengying making a bet.

"Mr. Lin, I made a bet with him. I guess the final box office of this drama will be over 20 million. Ah Ying can't say that."

Zhong Fa explained to Lin Daoqiu what bet they were making.

However, Lin Zhengying became anxious upon hearing this, because Zhong Fa's words sounded as if she had some dissatisfaction with Lin Daoqiu.

"Mr. Lin, please don't get me wrong. I guess there is a reason why it cannot exceed 20 million."

Lin Zhengying quickly explained to the other party that if he was misunderstood by Lin Daoqiu, then he would be really wronged.

"I know, you guessed that the reason why you can't break 20 million is because the capacity of the Shaw Brothers theater chain is so large. Even if it is full every day for the two weeks of the release, it won't reach 20 million, right?"

Lin Zhengying nodded quickly. That was indeed what he meant. Fortunately, Lin Daoqiu understood it right away, otherwise he would not have known how to explain it to the other party.

However, after Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he suddenly laughed twice, then turned to look at Brigitte Lin next to him.

"Do you think our drama can break 20 million in the end?"

Brigitte Lin did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would suddenly turn around and ask her, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that Lin Zhengying's guess was right.

After all, based on the capacity of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, this drama only has a maximum of over 10 million, which is not much more.

"I think Aying's guess has scientific basis."

As the protagonist of this drama, Lin Qingxia naturally hopes that the box office can be as large as possible, but the problem is that the capacity of the theater chain is only so large, and the upper limit is there, and it is impossible to break through.

"Then I can only stand by Zhong Fa. I guess this drama will definitely reach a box office of over 20 million in the end."

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the scene was shocked, but Zhong Fa seemed to be very proud because Lin Daoqiu was on his side.

Lin Daoqiu's words were heard by many people passing by, and among them Wu Siyuan and Tsui Hark happened to be among them.

Wu Siyuan did not go to say hello to Lin Daoqiu. He came to the theater today because he received an invitation from Run Run Shaw, not to support Lin Daoqiu.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu rejected his invitation before, which made Wu Siyuan very disliked by this young man.

"Twenty million box office? He can tell."

After getting in the car, Wu Siyuan showed a disdainful expression on his face. In his opinion, Lin Daoqiu's idea was too naive.

In terms of the capacity of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, a play can only cost over 10 million yuan without adding ticket price or seats.

Lin Daoqiu actually brazenly said that the film would eventually earn 20 million yuan, unless this time he could find a double-line screening of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

"Mr. Wu, I don't think what Mr. Lin just said was a joke. Since he is sure that he can break 20 million, he must have thought of a way."

Xu Ke thought differently from Wu Siyuan. In his opinion, since Lin Daoqiu was so sure, there must be some arrangement that they didn't know about.

Upon hearing this, Wu Siyuan turned his head and looked at Tsui Hark, but then he still shook his head.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. The Shaw Brothers theater chain is only that big, and the box office will be just over 14 million at most if it can support it."

Wu Siyuan still thinks it's impossible, because it obviously goes against common sense.

"Mr. Wu, don't forget, Shaw Brothers sometimes releases movies for an extra week. What if that's the case?"

After Tsui Hark reminded him, Wu Siyuan suddenly realized that there were quite a few such examples.

However, the Shaw Theater chain did this because there were no strong films, so it allowed those films with sluggish attendance to continue to be released.

If "Mission: Impossible" is indeed postponed for a week, Wu Siyuan is still not optimistic that the film will break 20 million.

Because the later the movie goes, the lower the attendance rate will be. Unless "Mission: Impossible" can get a million box office every day during the three weeks of its release, is this possible?

At least in Wu Siyuan's knowledge, there has never been a film released in Shaw Brothers that can do this.

Even Lin Daoqiu's original "Master Qian" saw a slow decline in attendance one week after its release.

Why was he so brazen and bold in saying that this drama could earn 20 million in box office? Wu Siyuan felt that Lin Daoqiu was simply delusional.