Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Mr. Lin, these two movies are the latest movies that New Art City plans to release."

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming found Lin Daoqiu with two scripts, one was called "Chasing Girls" and the other was the sequel to "Ghost Horses and Wisdom Stars".

Previously, "The Stars" had a box office of RMB 5.8 million, which was a small profit, so this time Mai Jia plans to continue filming a sequel, with Lin Zixiang as the protagonist.

"Chasing Girls" is an urban romantic comedy created by a group of them. It is a low-cost production.

This time, Maijia hopes that the production cost of "Ghost Horses and Stars" will be increased to 2 million, while "Chasing Girls" is just an urban romantic comedy, so the production cost is not high. They only asked for 800,000 yuan.

"I'll ask the accountant to transfer the money to your Xinyi City account later and take pictures with snacks."

Lin Daoqiu immediately agreed to their request after briefly reading the script. He seemed quite happy.

But in fact, this is also because Lin Daoqiu knows that these two movies will definitely not lose money, especially "Chasing Girls", which Mai Jia and the others do not attach much importance to, can be said to be very impressive at the box office.

It's just that they haven't realized this yet, and Lin Daoqiu has no intention of reminding them. After all, he built New Art City early to refresh Dongfang's reputation.

If he really wanted to make money, I'm afraid he wouldn't let Mai Jia and the others make these small-budget, small-production movies.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. We will definitely make these two movies with our heart."

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to be so easy to talk to. It only took less than ten minutes from the time they sat down to Lin Daoqiu's agreement. They were surprised that the negotiation was concluded so quickly.

After leaving Lin Daoqiu's office, Mai Jia and Huang Baiming seemed to be in a good mood. Originally, they were worried that Lin Daoqiu would not agree to film two dramas at once.

When they walked to the elevator, as soon as the elevator door opened, they saw Wang Jing and Wen Jun walking out.

Wen Juan and Wang Jing did not expect to meet Mai Jia and the others.

"You are also here to see Mr. Lin?"

Mai Jia asked with a smile. He passed both plays without any problems. It can be said that he was in a very good mood and always had a smile on his face.

"Yes, we have written a script and plan to come to Brother Qiu to discuss it."

Wen Jun nodded. He came to Lin Daoqiu this time because he, Zheng Danrui and Wang Jing jointly wrote a script, but the main person who wrote the script was Wang Jing.

"Mr. Lin is in a good mood today. You should go quickly. Let's go and get busy first."

Mai Jia and Wen Juan didn't have much friendship. The two briefly chatted for a few words and then went to do their own things.

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect that not long after sending Mai Jia and Huang Baiming away, Wen Juan came to the door with Wang Jing.

He remembered that Wong Jing originally planned to film "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants", but because Shaw Brothers issued a ban on New Oriental, he could not hire actors from Shaw Brothers.

And now that they have approached them again, could it be that Wang Jing has written a new script?

"Brother Qiu, this is a new play we wrote."

Wen Jun put a script on Lin Daoqiu's desk.

Lin Daoqiu looked down and found that the name of the movie was "The Demon Hunter", but he had never heard of or seen this movie.

In fact, this is an action film shot by the previous generation Wang Jing in 1982. The original protagonists were Ti Lung and Chen Huimin, and the cast were all members of Shaw Brothers.

However, this time, except for Chen Huimin, all the roles of Wang Jing were not played by Shaw Brothers, but were replaced by others.

When "The Demon Hunter" was released in 1982, it could be said that it was star-studded, with Ti Lung, Chen Huimin, Wang Yu, Wang Longwei, Luo Lie, all the famous martial arts stars of Shaw Brothers gathered together, but unfortunately the final box office was only 3.6 million.

"Chen Huimin plays the leading role, do you think the audience will accept it? Or to put it another way, will the audience like it?"

Chen Huimin is really good at fighting, but letting him play the leading role is probably not a good idea.

"Chen Huimin is very powerful. He was once a boxing champion in Southeast Asia. Everyone said that Chen Huimin's boxing is as good as Bruce Lee's legs. It will be no problem for him to play the leading role."

Wen Juan looked confident, and Wang Jing next to him quickly nodded.

They want a production fee of 1 million for this movie, which is actually not much for an action movie, but if it doesn't get 3 million at the box office, the movie won't make any money at all.

"Change the script, this drama won't work."

Lin Daoqiu thought about it for a while and decided to reject the script, because in his opinion, even if the drama was filmed, it would probably be a waste of time.

Why spend time making a movie that can't make money? If you have the time, it's better to spend time making movies that can make money.

Neither Wang Jing nor Wen Jun seemed to have expected that Lin Daoqiu's attitude would be so determined. They had high expectations for this drama.

"Brother Qiu, this drama will definitely work. Just trust me once."

Wen Jun became anxious. After he and Zheng Danrui opened their studio, they haven't made a single movie yet.

Especially when they first saw Mai Jia and Huang Baiming, they looked happy and knew that they must have received investment from Lin Daoqiu.

"I don't plan to believe you just once, I can believe you many times, but if the script you bring is only of this level, I will not invest. You will think of other scripts when you go back."

Lin Daoqiu was worried that his words would undermine Wenjun's confidence, so he added: "As long as the script is good enough, it will be a big production."

Originally, Wen Jun's heart had sunk to the bottom, but Lin Daoqiu's words suddenly filled him with hope.

Wang Jing thought about it and felt that Lin Daoqiu's decision seemed to be the right one, because he didn't have much confidence that this movie would be a big hit after filming. The reason why he was so anxious to write it was because he wanted to make a movie as soon as possible.

"In that case, let's go back first."

Wen Juan and Wang Jing stood up at the same time to leave, but Lin Daoqiu suddenly stopped Wen Juan.

"You stay here, I have something to talk to you about."

Wang Jing didn't know what Lin Daoqiu was going to say to Wen Juan, but the other party had already spoken, and Wang Jing could only leave Lin Daoqiu's office alone.

After Wang Jing left, Lin Daoqiu suddenly stood up.

Wen Juan and Zheng Danrui were the first people to follow him, and it can be said that Lin Daoqiu trusted them very much.

But it's a pity that these two guys have been spoiled by themselves, and now they don't do their job as screenwriters well at all.

Seeing this "The Lord" knows that most of the plots inside were written by Wang Jing, how to go on like this.

"How many of them are written by you and Arui?"

Lin Daoqiu frowned and asked.

"These are all three of us ..."

Before Wen Yan finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu's brows frowned deeper again.

"30 % ... 20 % ... less than 10 %."

The more Wen Yan said, the lower the head, the lower the play. Basically, all this play was written by Wang Jing. They only participated in a small part.

"From today, you and Arui went to participate in the production of" Mr. Zombie ", and I have other arrangements for Wang Jing."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help shaking his head. He didn't want Zheng Danrui and Wen Yan to continue laziness like this.

Wen Yan's decision on Lin Daoqiu did not dare to refute at all. He could only nod.