Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The speaker was unintentional, but Yuan Biao and others next to him were very sensitive to Luo Wei's words.

When Luo Wei came to Lin Daoqiu, he naturally didn't want to chat with him. I'm afraid what they wanted to talk about was about movies.

And Luo Wei's only subordinate is Jackie Chan. Taken together, Luo Wei wants Lin Daoqiu to help Jackie Chan in filming.

Yuan Biao, who was full of confidence in himself, suddenly felt very uneasy when he heard that Luo Wei took the initiative to invite Lin Daoqiu.

Originally Yuan Biao didn't pay attention to other opponents. If he really wanted to call them opponents, he thought they were the Xu brothers who had won several annual box office championships before.

Apart from them, I really can't find anyone in Xiangjiang who can compete with me.

But now if Lin Daoqiu turns to support Jackie Chan, who knows whether he will make a movie as popular as "Master Qian".

"Without the help of big brother and us, I don't think he can make any waves."

The person next to Yuan Biao muttered in a low voice that he felt that without the help of Sammo Hung and the Hung family, it would be impossible for Lin Daoqiu to make a blockbuster movie.

Lin Zhengying turned around and glared at the other party: "Drink your wine and don't talk too much."

The other party was scolded by Lin Zhengying, and then he stopped talking, but looking at him, he didn't seem to think what he said was wrong.

Seeing Lin Daoqiu and Luo Wei leaving together, Yuan Biao squinted his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking.

"Come on, everyone, pick up the cups and have a drink." Jackie Chan did not follow him, but chose to stay and drink with Yuan Biao and the others.

He also heard the muttering, but he didn't say anything. He simply pretended not to hear it and pretended that nothing happened, and continued to happily drink with Yuan Biao and others.

After leaving the hall, Luo Wei found a deserted place, took out a cigarette and handed it to Lin Daoqiu, and then took the initiative to light it for him.

"In the past few years, the film landscape in Hong Kong has stabilized. Only the two giants, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, are left vying for hegemony. Everyone else has been reduced to a small fish and a shrimp. It is really sad."

If someone else had said such a thing, people might think it was a bit exaggerating, but Luo Wei was different. He still had some confidence in saying this.

At that time, he was the director of "Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury". Although he had some unpleasant encounters with Bruce Lee during the period, he even had Bruce Lee draw a knife on him, which eventually led to the "Luo Wei calls the police" incident.

But it has to be said that his qualifications and achievements in the film industry are still much better than ordinary people.

First it was Bruce Lee, and then Jackie Chan. Ordinary people would be very lucky to meet one, but Luo Wei's luck was obviously even better. The most famous Double Dragons in Hong Kong are related to him.

"Mr. Luo, why are you looking for me?" Lin Daoqiu was obviously not interested in listening to Luo Wei's story. He couldn't leave the scene for too long at today's celebration banquet.

Luo Wei originally wanted to go around Lin Daoqiu a few times and then slowly find his weaknesses, but he didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to be so impatient and let himself go straight to the topic at the beginning.

Although he felt a little unhappy in his heart, Luo Wei still had to endure it. After all, the other party was someone that even Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers couldn't hire. If he wanted him to film for Jackie Chan, he had to show great sincerity.

"When I first met Aaron, I thought he was a great talent, agile, and good at playing. At that time, I felt that he was the perfect candidate to succeed Bruce Lee."

Luo Wei shook his head as he spoke: "But I don't know what's going on. Aaron seems to be unpopular with the audience. Even if I try my best to tailor several movies for him, they can't sell well."

For Jackie Chan, Luo Wei can be said to have tried his best. He even took Jackie Chan to ask Gu Long for help, hoping that the other party would write a script for Jackie Chan.

In the end, he was humiliated by Gu Long and was ridiculed for being ugly. Jackie Chan ran to the toilet and vomited and cried, but he still had to go back and continue drinking with Gu Long.

Although he was humiliated, Gu Long still agreed to let Jackie Chan film "Flowers of Swords, Misty and Rain in Jiangnan", and he also became the screenwriter himself, and the director was Luo Wei.

However, the final box office only took in 290,000 yuan, which can be said to be a complete mess. From this film, we can also see that Jackie Chan is indeed not suitable for playing roles in costumes.

"Later, I became discouraged and thought that this might be Aaron's fate. But Wu Siyuan suddenly came to me and borrowed Aaron from me for two movies. I didn't expect that "Snake Shape" would be a box office hit when it was released.

Only then did I realize that it was a problem with the script."

Originally, Luo Wei thought that Jackie Chan had never been able to become famous because of his appearance, so he was signed by Wu Siyuan for 50,000 yuan per movie.

At first, Luo Wei thought he was getting a bargain. After all, Jackie Chan's previous films were almost always losing money, but "Snake" immediately made Luo Wei change his mind.

But he didn't think it was because his filming was bad, but he felt that Jackie Chan couldn't become famous without a good script before. So this time he approached Lin Daoqiu, hoping that he would create a film tailored for Jackie Chan.

"I asked someone to get the script for a new drama that Yuan Biao is currently filming. This script was written by the two screenwriters before "Master Qian."

Luo Wei's words surprised Lin Daoqiu. He didn't expect that the other party had such ability to get the script of Yuan Biao's new play.

"After I read it, I found that the script was very mediocre, and it would be difficult to sell it when it was filmed. Even with the strong support of Sammo Hung and the Hung Family Ban, it would only be better than "Snake" but certainly not as good as "Money".

The side of "Master"."

"So Mr. Luo wants me to help Jackie Chan film a movie?" Lin Daoqiu saw that the other party was talking so much that he simply helped Luo Wei tell him his purpose.

Luo Wei smiled and nodded. He said so much just because he wanted Lin Daoqiu to film for Jackie Chan, otherwise he wouldn't have brought Jackie Chan here to attend this celebration banquet that had nothing to do with them.

But it was a pity that Lin Daoqiu didn't even think about it and just shook his head and refused.

"Mr. Luo, I'm sorry. I'm currently helping Li film a TV series and I don't have any extra energy to film other films. I can only accept your kindness."

Luo Wei was originally so confident that he even planned to give Lin Daoqiu 10% of the box office revenue as a reward, but he was rejected before he could even say this.

For a moment, Luo Wei stood there and stared at Lin Daoqiu blankly, as if he didn't believe that the other party refused so simply.

But Lin Daoqiu had his own ideas. After all, there was no benefit at all from working with Luo Wei. He was too stingy. At this time, Jackie Chan was still getting a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan a month. It was no wonder that he later jumped to Jiahe.

Although this is only one of the reasons, the combination of Luo Wei and Jackie Chan was actually doomed from the beginning. If Wu Siyuan had not come to borrow Jackie Chan, I am afraid that in a few years, he would really go abroad to work as a chef.