Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Elder brother, how about we go with Mr. Lin..."

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Yuan Biao's eyes suddenly stared straight at Lin Daoqiu.

As soon as Yuen Biao finished speaking, Sammo Hung was shocked by his words.

Sammo Hung quickly looked around to make sure that no one heard Yuan Biao's words, and then Sammo Hung breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you crazy? If you say something like this in this place, you will be in trouble if someone hears you."

After all, they are both from Jiahe, so it would be troublesome if someone knew that they intended to switch jobs to New Oriental.

"So what if I hear that? No matter how hard we work, we can't compare to Aaron. Why can he go to Hollywood, while we can only work hard in Hong Kong?"

The more Yuen Biao talked, the angrier he became. Logically speaking, his results were much better than Jackie Chan, but Chow Wenhuai and He Guanchang just looked down on him and Sammo Hung, which made Yuan Biao hard to convince.

Originally, Yuen Biao and Jackie Chan finally let go of their differences when they were filming "The Flying Dragon", but now that Zou Wenhuai has done this, the rift between them has widened a lot.

Sammo Hung really couldn't figure it out. Logically speaking, their results were much better than Jackie Chan's, so they should be the ones to go to Hollywood, but they didn't even get a chance.

The extent of Zou Wenhuai's partiality made Sammo Hung very dissatisfied, and recalling the incident of starting a company made Sammo Hung feel even more unhappy.

"Forget it, Mr. Zou must have his reasons for this arrangement. Let's just do our own thing well and don't think too much about other things."

In the end, Sammo Hung endured it. After all, Jiahe was very kind to him. If it weren't for Chow Wenhuai who gave him the opportunity to play the leading role, he might still be playing a minor role now.

Yuan Biao didn't expect that Sammo Hung could even endure this. He opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a moment.

After a while, Yuan Biao sighed and lowered his head.

"I can't compare to Senior Brother's determination, but this time I can't bear it anymore. If Mr. Zou doesn't give me a reasonable explanation, it will be difficult for me to continue working in Jiahe."

Perhaps it was because of a few glasses of wine and the fact that this matter had been brewing in Yuan Biao's mind for a long time that it suddenly broke out tonight.

Sammo Hung was also very helpless about this, but although he had just reprimanded Yuan Biao, in fact, he had already begun to have the idea of ​​​​hopping to New Oriental.

………

After leaving the venue, Lin Daoqiu and Karls found a bar.

MacDaily couldn't wait to tell the director of "Blade Runner" the good news about the investment, so he went back to the hotel first.

"Five million dollars to make a movie? Are you crazy? Unless you want to make a literary film."

Not long after sitting down, Karls began to question what Lin Daoqiu said on stage before. It was impossible to produce anything good in Hollywood with such a small production cost.

"I never thought about making a literary film, but the production fee of five million is definitely enough, because the film I want to film relies on the plot to win, so it doesn't need to spend too much money."

Karls looked at Lin Daoqiu with suspicion. He really couldn't understand what Lin Daoqiu was thinking.

Since "Mission: Impossible" is a hit, he should take advantage of the victory and make a few action movies as soon as possible, and then establish his status as an action director in Hollywood. This is what Lin Daoqiu should do.

"To be honest, I don't think much of your movie. If possible, I hope you can take back your previous decision. If it's because of money, then you can definitely cooperate with Warner. We can finance this movie."

Warner Bros. made tens of millions of dollars from "Mission: Impossible" last year.

As long as Lin Daoqiu nods, Carls can definitely convince the board of directors to allocate no less than 20 million US dollars in production funds to Lin Daoqiu.

"Do you think I will be short of money? Let alone 20 million, I can get it even if it is 50 million US dollars, so I have never thought about joint ventures with others from the beginning to the end."

Shaking his head, this made Karls even more puzzled. Why did Lin Daoqiu insist on making a small-budget movie since he was not short of money? He was confused.

"Okay, instead of wasting time trying to persuade me, why not help me solve the trouble in front of me."

Karls knew that Lin Daoqiu came to him not to hear this, but since this movie was going to be released in Hollywood, Lin Daoqiu would definitely find a Hollywood film company to cooperate.

"Are you planning to hand over the distribution rights to this film to Warner Bros.?"

Karls guessed that Lin Daoqiu wanted to talk about this matter when he invited him out.

"Do you think Warner Bros. will take my movie seriously, with a production cost of only 5 million? And my movie is going to premiere in the United States."

Previously, "Mission Impossible" had achieved good results in Asia, and with Shaw's relationship, Carls was confident that he could convince those on the board of directors.

But now the relationship between Lin Daoqiu and Run Run Shaw has been messed up, so if he wants to cooperate with Warner this time, he will suddenly lose two very important helpers.

If "Mission: Impossible" hadn't been a hit in Hollywood, Carles didn't think Warner Bros. would be willing to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu.

"If you choose to cooperate with Warner, Ashley will give you a maximum of 300 screens in the first week. Unless a miracle happens at the box office, your film will only be able to get a box office of more than 10 million at most."

Lin Daoqiu was not very surprised by this. If it weren't for him being somewhat famous in Hollywood, he might not have been able to get these 300 screens.

But in the final analysis, it still depends on the production cost. If Lin Daoqiu produces a movie worth more than 20 million US dollars this time, Warner will definitely come up with the highest specifications.

"In this case, it seems that I may not have a chance with Warner this time."

In fact, Lin Daoqiu didn't seriously think about cooperating with Warner at first, but since Karls was here, of course he had to ask.

"Perhaps you can consider going to Fox. Maybe they will be able to help you a lot."

Fox spent 100 million US dollars to buy the rights to "Mission: Impossible". Logically speaking, Lin Daoqiu and them should have a good relationship.

In Karls' view, Lin Daoqiu's best option now is to seek cooperation with Fox. This may be his best choice now.

"Actually, I have approached them before, but unfortunately they are not interested in this film."

Karls was not too surprised after hearing this. After all, the investment in this drama was so small that it was difficult for Hollywood companies to treat it with much enthusiasm.

Since neither Warner nor Fox is the best choice now, Lin Daoqiu hopes that Carls will help him think of a way to see if there are other possibilities.

"If I want to ask you to be responsible for the overseas distribution of this film, the remuneration is two million US dollars or 5% of the box office revenue. I wonder if you are interested."

In business, it was impossible to ask Kalsbai to help, so Lin Daoqiu had to give corresponding remuneration.

But when Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Karls' face immediately showed a confused expression.

He really couldn't understand that Lin Daoqiu was willing to pay two million for a movie with only five million to produce it. Is Lin Daoqiu crazy?