Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"David has always wanted to compete for the head of the production department. Even if this incident hadn't happened, he would have looked for opportunities to cause trouble."

After leaving Warner Bros., Carls invited Richardson out to catch up, and they inevitably talked about a bet.

Lin Daoqiu did not expect that he would be involved in the struggle among Warner executives.

"The president has always supported me, but David has the support of several other directors, so Mr. Lin does not need to pay too much attention to this matter."

Richardson is quite open-minded, because there have been rumors recently that Ashley will step down as president of Warner, and the new president will definitely take action against Ashley's old department.

After all, the production department is a vital department in the film company, and the new president will definitely find a way to take this department into his own hands.

"What will happen if 'Mission Impossible' doesn't get $6 million in its first week this time?"

Lin Daoqiu seemed quite interested in this.

Richardson smiled, then picked up the wine glass and shrugged at Lin Daoqiu.

"Then I will resign as head of Warner's production department, and then this position should be replaced by David."

Lin Daoqiu just nodded after hearing this. In fact, he had already guessed the result.

"Okay, don't talk about these disappointing things. Even if Warner fires me, I still have many places to go. It's not a big deal."

Richardson seems quite tolerant, after all, there is not just one company in Hollywood, Warner.

If it weren't for Ashley's appreciation, Richardson might have already switched to another company. After all, there have been many people who wanted to poach him over the years.

"We haven't lost yet, and I think Mr. Lin's movie has a great chance of winning."

Karls has a high opinion of Lin Daoqiu's drama. If this were not the case, he would not personally come back to help promote it.

Richardson was surprised by what Carls said, because in his opinion, the outcome was already determined, but he was embarrassed to say it for fear of hurting Lin Daoqiu.

"Karls, are you serious?"

He knew Karls' ability. Since the other party said that this drama was promising, he must not have said it casually.

"You wouldn't think that a movie that can win the box office championship in so many regions in Asia is just luck, right?"

Originally, Richardson had no expectations for this play, but after hearing what Carls said, he suddenly stood up.

"Let's go watch this show."

I don’t know why Richardson suddenly became interested, but since he wanted to see it, Lin Daoqiu and Karls had no choice but to accompany him to see it.

So after the three people left the bar, they went to Warner's screening room together.

"To be honest, David and I had the same idea at the beginning."

Before playing the movie, Richardson and Lin Daoqiu chatted.

At first, when he heard that the movie focused on women and had a Chinese protagonist, he was very unhappy with the movie.

These two factors are difficult to welcome in Hollywood, and so far the audience here only knows Bruce Lee.

As for other Hong Kong or Chinese celebrities, I'm afraid there are none who can be named. It's no wonder that Richardson and others maintain this view.

"Audiences' tastes change with different movies. Unless the type of movie remains the same, they can like Bruce Lee and other Chinese stars."

Richardson did not deny Lin Daoqiu's statement.

However, judging from the movies produced by various Hollywood companies in recent years, there was a problem with the selection of this drama from the beginning.

But this is a Hong Kong movie, and Richardson cannot ask Lin Daoqiu to make it according to Hollywood tastes, because he first has to serve the Asian audience.

"Maybe it's possible, but at least I haven't seen any signs of it so far. Maybe Mr. Lin can give me a surprise."

At this time, preparations for the screening had been completed, and the picture appeared on the small screen in front of Lin Daoqiu and others.

Because it was going to be released in Hollywood, Lin Daoqiu had already had an English version dubbed instead of just subtitles.

The purpose of this is to make the film more acceptable to North American audiences.

This approach was obviously highly appreciated by Richardson and Carls, who were initially concerned that the play would use original music.

Even though he had watched this movie before, Karls still felt a surge of excitement when he watched it again.

He even felt that this movie had surpassed all action movies of this era.

At least compared to those stiff martial arts and lame rush battles, "Mission Impossible" is countless times better.

"This movie shouldn't be the only one shot, right?"

Karls knew that this play was a series, and it would be a shame if only one was made.

"Of course I hope to continue filming, but you also know that under the current circumstances, it is difficult for me to make a decision."

After all, the first part has cost tens of millions of dollars. Although the cost has been recovered in Asia, it is certain that it can still make a small profit.

But if that's all, Lin Daoqiu doesn't intend to spend a lot of energy making such a movie.

When Lin Daoqiu and Karls were chatting, they didn't notice that Richardson next to them didn't say a word from beginning to end, but was very focused on watching the movie.

Although he looked expressionless, he was actually completely amazed by this movie.

He never expected that such an action movie was not produced by Hollywood.

The racing, fighting, martial arts and explosion scenes in the movie far exceeded his imagination.

What's more important is that this drama didn't lose the most important thing because of these things, which is the plot.

Richardson is very sure that this movie is definitely the most exciting movie he has seen in recent years.

When the movie ended, Richardson suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but compared to before, his eyes seemed to become more determined.

"Mr. Lin, I apologize to you for my gaffe just now."

Richardson suddenly stood up, then walked to Lin Daoqiu and lowered his head slightly.

Lin Daoqiu and Karls both looked at him blankly, wondering what happened to Richardson?

"I'm going to go to President Ashley now and tell him how great this movie is, and I'm going to propose to him to add a screen to this movie, to increase the amount to two thousand, oh no... to increase it to three thousand, let's

The film is playing in theaters across North America."

It can be seen that Richardson was very excited, as if he had dug up a big treasure.