Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Mr. Lin..."

When Chu Yuan and Wang Jing saw Lin Daoqiu, they immediately stood up from their chairs.

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect that they would come to block him so early.

Although he didn't know what Wang Jing and Chu Yuan wanted to do with him, Lin Daoqiu guessed that this was Wang Jing's idea.

After all, Chu Yuan is not very familiar with him, so he shouldn't take the initiative to drag Wang Jing to find him.

"Good morning both of you. If you need anything, please go in and talk."

After entering the house, Lin Daoqiu asked Fang Jinsheng to pour them three cups of coffee.

"You two came to me so early, what's the matter?"

After Lin Daoqiu sat down, he directly asked about the other party's purpose.

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's question, Chu Yuan immediately turned to Wang Jing subconsciously, because it was his idea to come to Lin Daoqiu today.

"Mr. Lin, New Oriental has recently signed a lot of actors and staff from Shaw Brothers. I think we should hurry up and prepare for the start of the show so that they can get started as soon as possible."

Wang Jing turned to look at Chu Yuan, then turned back to Lin Daoqiu and said: "Director Chu Yuan has stayed at Shaw Brothers for a long time, and the staff and actors have all worked with him. If the new movie is handed over to him, then

It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.”

In fact, even if Wang Jing didn't say anything, Lin Daoqiu knew this.

After all, Chu Yuan has stayed at Shaw Brothers for so many years, and he can be said to be familiar with Shaw Brothers' procedures.

"Director Chu, actually even if you don't come to me today, I'm still going to talk to you about opening a new play."

Since Lin Daoqiu has invited Chu Yuan to join New Oriental, he will naturally not leave him idle. It is only a matter of time before he starts playing.

When Chu Yuan heard this, he immediately showed a happy expression on his face. As long as he could continue filming, it would be the happiest thing for him.

"I don't know what Mr. Lin's requirements are for the new play."

Chu Yuan quickly sat upright. After all, facing his new owner, if he couldn't satisfy him after the first movie was filmed, it might affect Lin Daoqiu's view of him in the future.

So Chu Yuan's current idea is actually very simple, that is, to understand Lin Daoqiu's thoughts and then film the scene according to his thoughts.

"Now that everyone has moved to New Oriental, we can't continue to use the same style of Shaw Brothers in future filming."

Lin Daoqiu does not hope that by then, most of the movies shown in his cinema will have a strong Shaw Brothers style.

If that were the case, people who didn't know would think they were going to Shaw Brothers Cinemas, not New Oriental Cinemas.

Although Shaw Brothers' interior setting techniques are superb, the first few times you watch it, you will still find it very novel.

But once you see this kind of scene too much, it will feel fake.

In fact, directors like Chu Yuan and others have no choice. After all, there are too few places in Xiangjiang where filming can be done.

If you don’t have a set, you have to shoot real scenes, but in this case, it’s not cheap to shoot a movie.

With Uncle Liu's character, it was naturally impossible for him to let Chu Yuan and the others shoot live scenes because it would be too expensive.

"I know that Shaw Brothers' scenery-building skills are very good, but in the future when you are filming, you should try to focus on real-life scenes. Unless you really can't find a place, then you will consider setting up scenes on the set."

To put it bluntly, in the past it was due to insufficient production costs, so most of the movies Chu Yuan and the others made used indoor scenes.

Even Shaw Brothers' scenery-building techniques were brought to TVB by Uncle Six to use them in the production of TV series.

But for Lin Daoqiu, he didn't want to see the movie produced by New Oriental being made in the style of the previous Shaw Brothers.

"It is indeed better to shoot real scenes than indoor scenes, but the cost is much more expensive..."

If possible, Chu Yuan would also like to shoot real scenes, but the problem is that shooting real scenes is too expensive.

"Master, don't worry. Since it is a movie produced by New Oriental, the quality must be the best. As for the production cost, you don't need to worry so much."

Wang Jing had personal experience of Lin Daoqiu's generosity.

As long as the script is good enough, Lin Daoqiu will never skimp on the production fee.

At this point, Lin Daoqiu and Fang Yihua can be said to be two extreme examples.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, if the production fee is enough, I will be able to shoot the real scenes well."

Suppressing his inner excitement, if Lin Daoqiu is really like Wang Jing said, then he might be able to take pictures of real scenes more often in the future.

If it were a year ago, Chu Yuan wouldn't even dare to think about such a good thing. I'm afraid it would only appear in his mind when he was dreaming.

"By the way, since he is your master, you will be responsible for the script of the new play."

Lin Daoqiu directly threw the script of Chu Yuan's new play onto Wang Jing's head.

Hearing Lin Daoqiu say this, Wang Jing said directly, then opened his mouth with a surprised expression on his face.

Originally, he brought Chu Yuan to Lin Daoqiu today because he wanted to get a script from the other party.

But he didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to throw this matter on his head, which made Wang Jing not know what to say.

"Ah what? Since Director Chu is your master, don't you plan to help him? And "The Bad Luck Gambler" has been filmed, so you will be the screenwriter of Director Chu's new drama."

Wang Jing looked dumbfounded, but Lin Daoqiu said so, and he didn't dare to refute him.

"If that's the case, then I'll give it a try."

Wang Jing said it very reluctantly, but he actually had a lot of scripts written in his hands, but they had never caught the eye of Lin Daoqiu before.

But Wang Jing believes that Chu Yuan should be able to read the scripts he wrote before.

When the time comes, pick out one of them and modify it yourself, then everything will be fine.

"I want to see the script of the new play within a week."

Lin Daoqiu's words frightened Wang Jing and he stood up from his chair.

Writing a script that satisfies Lin Daoqiu in one week is simply a joke.

"Don't look at me like this, I believe you can do it."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly changed the topic: "If you can't do it, you will be in trouble by then."

Wang Jing felt that Lin Daoqiu's words were simply threatening him.

Although he didn't know what kind of trouble he would encounter when the time came, Wang Jing knew very well that with Lin Daoqiu's ability, he could definitely get himself into trouble.

"Mr. Lin, isn't one week too short?"

When Chu Yuan saw Wang Jing's expression, he thought he couldn't do it, so he wanted to help him beg Lin Daoqiu to give him more time.

"Don't worry, Director Chu. With Wang Jing's ability, let alone writing a script in a week, it is not impossible for him to finish filming a movie in seven days."

Lin Daoqiu's words sounded like he was complimenting Wang Jing.

But in fact, Wong Jing has actually done it, shooting a movie in seven days, and that movie has become a classic.