Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

On this day, seven people from New Art City gathered at Mai Jia's home to discuss the script.

There is a place here that they call the "Struggle Room." It can be said that most of the movies in Xinyi City are discussed in this small room.

The sequel to "Ghostbusters" earned 8 million at the box office, which was a big blow to them, because the movie they guest-starred in "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" earned 12 million, while the movie they shot only earned 8 million. It seems like

It's a bit unreasonable.

"'Thousands of Kings and Thousands of Tyrants' has so many stars and gambling skills. It will definitely be very popular during the Chinese New Year. On the other hand, our movie, although it is a comedy, how can it win when it hits "Modern Bodyguard"."

The biggest reason why the box office of "Ghostbusters 2" was not as good as they expected was because it bumped into "Modern Bodyguard", not to mention "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" which took a share of their box office.

Without "Modern Bodyguard", the box office of "Ghostbusters 2" would definitely have exceeded 10 million, but it is too late to discuss this now.

"Did you smell something?"

Huang Baiming suddenly sniffed around and seemed to smell something strange.

Others followed his example and sniffed everywhere, but the strange thing was that they couldn't smell anything.

"No, I can't smell anything except your stink."

"Okay, stop pretending to be mysterious. What do you have to say?"

Mai Jia curled his lips. He knew that Huang Baiming must have meant something in what he said.

"Actually, do you feel that there is something missing in our movie?"

When everyone heard this question, they all tilted their heads and thought about it seriously, but they thought for a while but couldn't come up with a result.

"Okay, you can't think of that in your head. I think there seems to be a lack of handsome men and beauties in our movies."

Several other people had puzzled expressions upon hearing this, but then they looked around and realized that what Huang Baiming said seemed to be right.

After all, the comedies that New Arts City has always produced have always used Shi Tian and Mai Jia as the protagonists. Although they are not handsome, they are full of comedy effects.

Except for "Ghost, Horse, Wisdom and Stars", which cast Lin Zixiang as the protagonist, the other movies are basically a combination of Shi Tian and Mai Jia.

Huang Baiming suddenly raised this topic. Could it be that he wanted to add some other elements to New Art City?

"Then what are you going to do?"

Shi Tian was the first to ask Huang Baiming, and everyone else's eyes were also fixed on Huang Baiming.

"Isn't this simple? Just find handsome men and beautiful women to film your next movie."

"cut……"

After Huang Baiming said this, the other five people rolled their eyes at him almost at the same time.

"Actually, I'm not kidding. During the Chinese New Year, I watched a few foreign movies, especially the 007 movie. I had an idea at that time. If we can make an Oriental 007, it will definitely hit the box office.

It can be a big seller.”

After hearing what Huang Baiming said, everyone showed thoughtful expressions on their faces. Some people felt that he seemed to take it for granted, but others felt that Huang Baiming's statement seemed very interesting.

In the past, it would have been difficult for them to make a big-budget movie, but the situation now is completely different from before.

Due to the merger of the three theater chains, it is not a problem for New Art City to find any actor from Xiangjiang, whether they are from Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest, to star in their movies.

And because their boss is Lin Daoqiu, Lin Daoqiu has always been very generous when discussing production fees. If New Art City wants to make a big production, Lin Daoqiu should agree, right?

"The most important thing for Mr. Lin is the script. If he can come up with a good script, I believe he will definitely nod."

Tsui Hark, who knew Lin Daoqiu somewhat, suddenly spoke.

"By the way, didn't you go to help Mr. Lin shoot the movie "The Mummy" some time ago? What do you think of the special effects in it? Can Mr. Lin let us use it too?"

Mai Jia felt that since New Art City was going to make a big-budget movie, special effects technology must be used. He knew that Tsui Hark had gone to help Lin Daoqiu before, so he should know a lot about the situation there.

But after Mai Jia asked this question, Tsui Hark suddenly showed a wry smile on his face.

"What's wrong? Is the special effects technology in "The Mummy" terrible?"

"No way. I heard that Mr. Lin spent a lot of money on it. Is it possible that there are no results yet?"

Judging from the expression on Tsui Hark's face, I thought that Magic Studio's technology was not very good. If that were the case, they would not consider working with Magic Studio.

But I'm afraid they are overthinking it, because if they want to ask Magic Studio for help, the minimum production fee will probably be around 20 million.

If it was just a movie with an investment of several million Hong Kong dollars, it would be impossible for Lin Daoqiu to ask Magic Studio to help Xinyi City, because it would be overkill.

You must know that Magic Studio is currently working on special effects for Lin Daoqiu's "The Mummy" and "Godzilla", so how can it have time to help New Art City?

"Don't think too much. Magic Studio is not something we can afford for the movies we are making now. Unless you plan to make a 50 million movie, then Mr. Lin may ask Magic Studio to help us."

Although Tsui Hark didn't know how much the production costs of "The Mummy" and "Godzilla" were, he was sure it was an astronomical sum.

Judging from the scale of the movies currently produced by New Art City, he doesn't think Magic Studio can be used, and the money spent on special effects is not something they can afford.

After everyone listened to Tsui Hark's words, they were not only shocked, but also immediately gave up those unrealistic ideas.

"My dear, 50 million yuan for production? If our new play can get 10 million yuan, I will be very satisfied."

After hearing what Tsui Hark said, Mai Jia couldn't help but shook his head. Even if the production fee was only 10 million, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to get his money back in the end.

At this time, Teddy Robin suddenly changed the topic back to the handsome men and beauties mentioned by Huang Baiming at the beginning.

"By the way, you just said you were looking for a beautiful woman. I happen to know a beautiful woman, and she is also a big beauty."

After Teddy Robin said this, everyone turned their heads to him.

Because Huang Baiming brought up the topic just now, but even he himself had never thought about finding someone. He didn't expect that Teddy Robin would find someone so soon.

"Zhang Sylvia, you should all know each other. I heard that she recently intends to return to Hong Kong to develop her career. How about we invite her over?"

Others don't know much about Sylvia Chang, but they have all heard of her name and know that she is a great beauty.

"If that's the case, then invite her out to have a chat. If she is willing to join Xinyi City, of course that would be good."

Mai Jia was the first to vote in favor. He also felt that the New Art City was full of men. Shi Nansheng was usually in charge of administrative matters and basically did not participate in script discussions. If Zhang Sylvia could come over, it might be a good choice.

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Now that Mai Jiadu said this, several other people nodded, and then the matter was settled.