Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Lin Daoqiu will show off his power in Hollywood again this time."

"Home Alone" has won the box office championship for three consecutive weeks. Although the box office began to decline after that, the final result of 300 million box office should be unbeatable.

This made Jiahe head Zou Wenhuai, who regarded Lin Daoqiu as a competitor, feel very helpless.

Lin Daoqiu's profit from one movie exceeds the revenue of Golden Harvest Cinemas in decades. Unfortunately, they still want to compete with each other. Now it seems like a fantasy.

Moreover, in order to suppress Lin Daoqiu, the cooperation with Shaw Brothers in the past few months has caused Golden Harvest to lose part of its audience, and some people even directly transferred to New Oriental to watch movies.

If things continue like this, I'm afraid Golden Harvest will fall to third place in the Xiangjiang cinema chain before long, and Shaw Brothers will reap the benefits.

"How about we talk to Lin Daoqiu? If the fight continues like this, we have no chance of winning."

If there was no "Home Alone", perhaps Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang would have planned to hold on for a while and then make a decision based on the situation.

But now Lin Daoqiu's momentum cannot be stopped at all. If they don't find a way to change their strategy in time, they may be the ones who are killed in the end.

"Do you think he would agree?"

Zou Wenhuai didn't think that Lin Daoqiu would be willing to bow his head when he had all the advantages. If it were him, he probably wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

If Jiahe can be beaten to death, New Oriental will naturally be the well-deserved overlord of Xiangjiang Cinemas.

As for the Shaw Brothers, without the help of Jiahe, their demise would be a matter of time.

"How will you know if you don't try it?"

Although He Guanchang said so, he did not think that Lin Daoqiu would agree to their request.

But the problem now is that if you don't do it, you won't even have a 10% chance. At the very least, you have to figure out what Lin Daoqiu is thinking now.

Whether he intends to bring Jiahe to death or whether there is a possibility of cooperation can only be known after meeting Lin Daoqiu.

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When he received a call from Zou Wenhuai, Lin Daoqiu was in the office processing the documents he had accumulated previously.

Lin Daoqiu was slightly surprised by the call from Zou Wenhuai asking him to have afternoon tea.

It stands to reason that the relationship between New Oriental and Jiahe is so bad now, and Zou Wenhuai suddenly called him to invite him for tea, which really made him confused about what the other party wanted to do.

However, Lin Daoqiu finally happily accepted Zou Wenhuai's invitation. After all, he was also a veteran in the film industry, so Lin Daoqiu still had to give him some face.

After putting down the phone, Lin Daoqiu called Fang Jinsheng into the office.

He wanted to know if something happened to Jiahe recently, otherwise how could Zou Wenhuai suddenly call and invite him out for tea.

"How is Jiahe doing lately?"

Fang Jinsheng did not expect Lin Daoqiu to suddenly ask such a question, but he still had some understanding of Jiahe's situation. After all, the other party was a competitor of New Oriental. It would be nonsense if he knew nothing about Jiahe's current situation.

"Since forming a joint theater chain with Shaw Brothers, Golden Harvest's situation seems not to be optimistic. The attendance rate sometimes drops to 30 to 40%, and most of them are Shaw Brothers films."

The reason why Golden Harvest's attendance rate is sometimes so low is entirely because of Shaw Brothers, because they took out those outdated martial arts films and did double screenings, which resulted in such a low attendance rate.

There are not many viewers who like to watch old-style martial arts movies. Under the double-screening, the original small number of customers will naturally be diluted. It is not surprising that the attendance rate is low.

"Oh...that's it."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help laughing after listening to Fang Jinsheng's words. If we look at what the other party said, then Zou Wenhuai might have something to ask for when he asked him to have tea this time.

But as for whether to agree to the other party, it depends on Lin Daoqiu's mood, and what kind of sincerity Zou Wenhuai is willing to show.

It was very rare that Zou Wenhuai arrived at the appointed teahouse ten minutes early. He asked for a private room, then sat inside and drank tea while waiting for Lin Daoqiu's arrival.

The time had just arrived, and Lin Daoqiu seemed to have appeared at the right time. As soon as Zou Wenhuai saw Lin Daoqiu, he immediately stood up and smiled and stepped forward to greet him.

"Congratulations to Mr. Lin, "Home Alone" has shown its prowess in Hollywood. This time you have made a name for us in Hong Kong again."

Zou Wenhuai seems to be very polite. If you don't know better, you would think that Jiahe and New Oriental have a good relationship, but in fact, the two families are still in a state of hostility.

As for Zou Wenhuai's enthusiasm, Lin Daoqiu accepted it politely. After all, what the other party said was true, and he had nothing to refute.

"Mr. Zou, you're welcome. I'm just lucky."

Zou Wenhuai knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was just being polite. If it happened once, it could be said to be good luck, but if it happened so many times in a row, it could not be explained by just good luck.

Looking at Lin Daoqiu, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. The young man who swam in the water had now transformed into a movie tycoon on an equal footing with him.

And now even if Jiahe and Shaw Brothers team up, they can't stop his rise, which makes him sigh. It's like the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and the new generation beats the old ones.

After the two sides sat down, Zou Wenhuai secretly thought about how to propose a truce with Lin Daoqiu. Of course, it would be best to put aside the past grudges and continue to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, but this hope is very slim.

Now Lin Daoqiu's script has a box office of 300 million US dollars, and with his current status, how could he possibly cooperate with them?

Now that he needs people, money, and money, he doesn't need help from others at all.

"Mr. Lin, your first movie was released in Jiahe three years ago. Speaking of which, we are already old acquaintances."

Zou Wenhuai suddenly mentioned the movie "Master Qian". It seemed that he was planning to use his old feelings to influence Lin Daoqiu.

However, for Lin Daoqiu, the benefits he had given to Jiahe were enough, and there was no need for him to continue to give benefits to the other party, because it was simply unnecessary.

Although the previous conflict with Jiahe was because he poached Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, the cause of this incident was all because Zou Wenhuai paid too much attention to Jackie Chan, so Yuan Biao ran away in anger, which had nothing to do with him at all.

"Yeah, it all seems like it happened yesterday."

Lin Daoqiu looked as if Zou Wenhuai's words had brought back memories.

Seeing this, Zou Wenhuai quickly struck while the iron was hot.

"Actually, Mr. Lin and Jiahe worked very happily together before. Although there was a little friction in the process, I think it's nothing serious. It was just a minor misunderstanding in the first place. We just need to talk things out."

It was obviously Zou Wenhuai who took the initiative to issue a ban on New Oriental, and because of this, he joined forces with Shaw Brothers to deal with Lin Daoqiu.

But now it sounded as if it was all Lin Daoqiu's fault. He didn't know what to say and could only laugh twice.