Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Xiangjiang Film New Year Reception?"

Looking at the invitation on the table, Lin Daoqiu immediately showed a puzzled expression on his face, because he had no idea what this cocktail party was.

"This is a cocktail party held by filmmakers in Xiangjiang every year near the Spring Festival. Many famous people in the film industry will attend, including Uncle Liu and Mr. Zou."

Li Maowen knew from Lin Daoqiu's look that he didn't understand the reception, so he quickly explained it to him.

Lin Daoqiu heard that this was what happened, but it didn't seem to matter much whether he went or not.

When Lin Daoqiu raised his head and looked at Li Maowen, preparing to ask him to attend the reception on his behalf, Li Maowen could see Lin Daoqiu's thoughts at a glance, and he quickly shook his head.

"Mr. Lin, in addition to people from the film industry, film producers from all over the country will also be attending. I think it would be better for you to go and interact with them."

Speaking of doing business, it means dealing with people. If Lin Daoqiu can attend in person, he can directly communicate with those film producers, which will be of great benefit to the development of New Oriental.

After all, if you want to make money making movies in Hong Kong at this time, you still have to rely on selling the port.

"Okay, I understand, I will go there tonight."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu planned to ask Zhao Yazhi to have dinner together in the evening, but after being persuaded by Li Maowen, he had to give up this idea.

After Li Maowen left, Lin Daoqiu supported his chin with his hand, looking as if he was stumped by something.

In fact, Lin Daoqiu was worrying about whom to bring to the cocktail party tonight.

Brigitte Lin is celebrating the New Year in Treasure Island, while Zhao Yazhi is busy filming in Clear Water Bay and can't spare any time at all.

And even if she brought it up, I'm afraid Zhao Yazhi would not agree. After all, her divorce has not been settled yet, not to mention that Lin Daoqiu's relationship with Shaw has hit rock bottom.

At this time, if Zhao Yazhi, a TVB actress, attends the cocktail party with her, the situation may become very embarrassing when she meets Run Run Shaw.

So now the only people Lin Daoqiu can choose are Chen Yulian and Zhong Chuhong.

"Hey, Ah Hong, come with me to a cocktail party tonight. I'll pick you up at ATV later."

Lin Daoqiu made a phone call to ATV, and then asked Zhong Chuhong to come and answer the phone.

But what Lin Daoqiu didn't expect was that Zhong Chuhong directly rejected his invitation.

"Not today. I have a lot of things at home waiting for me to go back and deal with. I'm sorry."

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Zhong Chuhong has a lot of things waiting to be done at home. How can she have time to accompany Lin Daoqiu to attend any cocktail party.

"Why don't you just move out after the New Year? How about I find a place for you, so that it will be more convenient for you to commute to get off work in the future."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu wanted Zhong Chuhong to accompany him to the cocktail party at first, but the topic suddenly turned to asking Zhong Chuhong to move out and live here.

Zhong Chuhong on the other end of the phone heard what Lin Daoqiu said and was so frightened that she quickly covered the phone.

"I don't want it. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking."

Zhong Chuhong felt that the reason why Lin Daoqiu asked her to move out was just to make it easier for the two of them to date. This guy was always full of bad ideas.

"I just want you to have more time to rest, so that you won't have to run around all the time to get a good rest. I'm doing this for your own good."

Lin Daoqiu told lies as if they were true, and it sounded as if he was really thinking about Zhong Chuhong, without using any crooked brain.

Zhong Chuhong didn't believe that Lin Daoqiu didn't have any crooked ideas, but the other party's proposal made her very tempted.

If she could move to a place closer to the ATV, she would be able to sleep an extra hour in the future, and would not have to rush to get up every day.

"Let's wait until after the New Year to discuss this matter. I have to go back and ask my mother what she means. If she doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do."

It sounds like Zhong Chuhong doesn't have much confidence in convincing Zhong's mother to let her move out.

"Then do you need my help?"

Lin Daoqiu believed that he would be able to convince Mother Zhong as long as he took action.

"Don't get involved, otherwise my mother will definitely misunderstand it again."

Now Zhong Ma would mention Lin Daoqiu in front of Zhong Chuhong from time to time, and she would praise him from beginning to end about how rich and capable he was, which made Zhong Chuhong tired of hearing it.

If Lin Daoqiu suddenly ran in to intervene at this time, he would not know what to do.

"Misunderstanding? What is the misunderstanding? Aren't we just dating? Do you have someone else?"

Lin Daoqiu pretended not to understand what Zhong Chuhong meant.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have anyone else. I mean... well, that's it anyway. We'll talk about this after the New Year. I still have to go to class and I'll fail it first."

Zhong Chuhong didn't know how to explain to Lin Daoqiu, so she simply hung up the phone.

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The red banner reads "Hong Kong Film New Year Reception" in eight golden characters.

Because it was the Chinese New Year, the surroundings of the venue were decorated in a festive manner.

"Elder brother, you just let Aying and Afa go away like this?"

Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, who had changed into suits, also received the invitation. After all, they are also the bosses of the film company now, so they are naturally qualified to attend this reception.

"It's only a matter of time before the two of them get Mr. Lin's appreciation and go out to start a company. We are still brothers when we get together. There is no need to ruin their friendship over such a trivial matter."

Sammo Hung takes this matter very seriously. After all, he is a person who is respectfully called Big Brother, and he still has this kind of tolerance.

After listening to what Sammo Hung said, Yuan Biao felt that what he said was right.

"And if I don't let him go, Mr. Lin may have a problem with me. We will probably have to rely on Mr. Lin for food in the future. It's not a good thing to offend him at this time."

Perhaps this is what Sammo Hung is really worried about.

Although New Oriental and Shaw Brothers are now at loggerheads, Sammo Hung felt that Lin Daoqiu had a greater chance of winning, so he used Lin Zhengying's matter to sell Lin Daoqiu a good deal, which would benefit both others and himself.

Yuan Biao didn't think so much, but after hearing Sammo Hung's explanation, he realized that there were still these things in it.

"You are still young now. Read more and learn more in the future. Don't always think about problems in one way."

It can be said that Sammo Hung cared deeply for Yuen Biao, his younger brother, but unfortunately his popularity with the audience was not as good as that of Jackie Chan.

Although Yuen Biao has made several blockbuster movies, most of the credit goes to Lin Daoqiu.

Without Lin Daoqiu's script, the movies they filmed would only be able to earn a few million at the box office.

It can be said that Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are now almost suffering from Lin Daoqiu dependence. Without Lin Daoqiu's script, they would not dare to start a large-scale production.

Another reason why they attended the reception tonight was to get a script from Lin Daoqiu.