Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Witnessed by Richardson, Lin Daoqiu agreed to the conditions proposed by Landry and sold "Mission: Impossible" to Fox for US$100 million.

"Congratulations to your company for purchasing such an excellent work."

"I also congratulate Mr. Lin for making a lot of money."

This transaction can be regarded as getting what Lin Daoqiu and Landry need.

Fox could use Mission: Impossible to open up the action genre, where they are lacking.

After Lin Daoqiu gets this money, he can consider building his film and television empire in Hong Kong. Now it seems that both parties are very satisfied with what they have got.

After sending Landry and Richardson away, Lin Daoqiu, who had been calm before, started shouting in the room.

"I finally got over it, wow..."

The reason why Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai were tolerant of Lin Daoqiu in the past was because he could help the other party bring huge profits.

But if one day Lin Daoqiu's movies stop making money, these people won't even want to look at him.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu never thought about making a living by making movies all the time. If he did, his personal time would be completely taken up.

Therefore, for Lin Daoqiu, the top priority is to own a movie theater chain of his own in Hong Kong, because only in this way can he have the supreme right to speak.

From now on, he doesn't need to worry about schedule issues. He can release his movies however he wants, and he doesn't need to look at other people's faces.

At this time, the door of the room suddenly opened, and Brigitte Lin, who had just finished her promotion, returned to the hotel.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Lin Daoqiu standing on the sofa, raising his hands in front of the window and not knowing what he was doing.

"What’s wrong with you?"

Lin Qingxia looked at Lin Daoqiu with a confused look. After closing the door, she walked into the room and was about to say something.

But then Lin Daoqiu suddenly ran to her with excitement and hugged her whole body.

"You're crazy, put me down quickly, stop spinning...ah..."

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Compared with "Mission Impossible", the box office of "The Trench" in North America is simply a mess.

This movie, a collaboration between Golden Harvest and Warner Bros., only earned US$8.5 million in revenue, which was a huge blow to both Chow Wenhuai and Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan, who originally wanted to enter Hollywood with this movie, now has no choice but to establish a foothold in Hong Kong.

Yuan Biao finally followed Lin Daoqiu's suggestion and invited Jackie Chan over to let the three brothers star in the movie together.

On this day, when Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and others were rushing to film "The Flying Dragon" at the Ax Mountain Road Studio in Jiahe, Zhong Fa suddenly walked in with a newspaper and a shocked look on his face.

"Come and see, Mr. Lin is doing something extraordinary this time."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's name, the attention of the three leading actors present was immediately attracted.

"Lin Daoqiu's new film has exceeded 100 million in North American box office"

Ordinary filmmakers will not pay attention to the North American box office market at all. If it hadn't been reported in newspapers, I believe most people would not know about it.

"Mr. Lin's new film has a box office of over 100 million?"

Both Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao's eyes widened. Although they knew that Lin Daoqiu was very good at making movies, this was Hollywood.

Jackie Chan's previous "The Killer" only took in 8.5 million at the box office. Comparing these two films, they are simply hugely different.

It seemed that Jackie Chan felt a little embarrassed. After hearing this, Jackie Chan could only silently turn around and leave the scene.

Sammo Hung and Yuan Biao looked at each other, and both of them could only shake their heads with a wry smile.

"It seems that Mr. Lin will probably stay in Hollywood and make movies in the future."

I don’t know who suddenly said this, which shocked Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and others.

But if you think about it carefully, it should be like this. You know, a movie over there can be sold for 100 million US dollars, which is almost 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

The best-grossing movie made in Hong Kong only costs 20 million Hong Kong dollars, which is a full 25 times difference.

If it were them, I'm afraid they would choose to stay in Hollywood instead of returning to a small place like Xiangjiang.

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"Do you think Lin Daoqiu will really choose to stay in Hollywood and not come back?"

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang have been paying attention to the box office performance of "Mission: Impossible", and they immediately received the news when the movie just exceeded 100 million.

"I think it's possible. After all, Xiangjiang is too small. With his ability, staying in Hollywood is the best choice."

Both Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang agreed that Lin Daoqiu should stay in Hollywood and not come back.

When they thought of this, both of them couldn't help but shook their heads, because Lin Daoqiu's departure was a big loss to them.

Originally, they hoped to collaborate with Lin Daoqiu in several blockbusters in the future, but now it seems that is impossible.

Such rumors began to spread slowly in the Hong Kong film industry, and almost everyone agreed that Lin Daoqiu would not come back.

While those people were envious, they also felt sorry that Hong Kong had lost such an outstanding film talent.

But just when everyone thought that Lin Daoqiu would definitely stay in Hollywood and never come back, little did they know that Lin Daoqiu had already returned to his home.

As soon as Zheng Danrui and Wen Juan heard that Lin Daoqiu was back, they rushed over happily.

"Brother Qiu is showing off his power this time. I think there will be another movie tycoon in Hong Kong in the future."

"Who says it isn't? This is something that even Mr. Zou and Uncle Six couldn't do after so many years of hard work."

Lin Daoqiu would not even pay attention to the flattery of these two guys, but I am afraid he will hear such words many times in the future.

As soon as Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui saw Lin Daoqiu's appearance, they knew that their flattery was not in the right place.

"Has anything interesting happened recently?"

Lin Daoqiu simply changed the topic to something else. He didn't want to listen to these two guys flattering him all the time.

"It is said that Yuen Biao's new film "The Flying Dragon" also invited Jackie Chan to be in it."

I didn't expect Yuan Biao to be so open-minded, but it's right to think about it. After all, "The Killer's Trench" has been thrown into such a situation, it should make him less depressed a lot.

Although he doesn't know what the effect of this drama will be if Yuan Biao stars in it, Lin Daoqiu is certain that there is no need to worry about the action scenes in this drama.

At this moment, the phone on the table suddenly rang. Lin Daoqiu walked over and picked up the phone, only to find that it was Fang Yihua.

"Mr. Lin, if you don't mind, I would like to treat you to tea tomorrow. I wonder if you have time."

Fang Yihua knew that Lin Daoqiu had returned to Xiangjiang, so she made a special call to ask Lin Daoqiu to meet.

Before that, both she and Run Run Shaw knew that Lin Daoqiu had sold the copyright of "Mission Impossible" to Fox Company.

Lin Daoqiu's approach made them very angry, because in their opinion, they had a share in this drama, and Lin Daoqiu's approach was very inappropriate.

Even Fang Yihua felt that it was only reasonable for Lin Daoqiu to give half of the money from selling the copyright to Shaw Brothers.