Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"My name is Ah Sheng. Although I look like an ordinary person, my life is actually anything but ordinary, because I am very unlucky. You will know just how unlucky I am."

As soon as Fu Sheng finished speaking, he was suddenly hit by an egg dropped from upstairs.

The beginning of this kind of movie would have been considered bad in later generations, without anything new.

But if you change it to 1981, it will make people feel bright.

The post-production of "The Bad Luck Gambler" has been completed. In New Oriental's small screening room, Lin Daoqiu became the first audience of this drama.

In addition to Lin Daoqiu, Wang Jing and Fu Sheng were also present. After all, one of them is the director and the other is the starring role in this drama, and they each have different ideas in their hearts.

Originally, when Wong Jing first started filming "The King of Bad Luck", he wanted to break his previous box office record and break through the 20 million box office.

But now that Xiangjiang Cinemas has been disbanded, this drama can only be released at New Oriental Cinemas.

Although the New Oriental Cinema Line has a total of 22 theaters, the occupancy rate of each theater reaches more than 90% unless within fourteen days.

Only in this way can this drama hope to exceed the box office of 20 million.

"The Bad Luck Gambler" is Lin Daoqiu's copy of the plot of "The Gambler 2002" produced by Wang Jing in his previous life.

After removing some things that would not appear in this era, Wang Jing himself reprocessed the script a second time.

It seems that in some places, there is still a big gap between Wang Jing and the previous one.

At least you can't see much of it in there, that kind of shitty and nonsensical comedy style.

It can be said that Wang Jing shot this drama very seriously, which is a bit different from the Wang Jing in Lin Daoqiu's memory.

But the good thing is that there are still many highlights in this drama, such as the heroine played by Zhong Chuhong and the bad woman played by Guan Zhilin.

To be able to bring these two beauties from Hong Kong together in one drama would be unimaginable to future generations.

Lin Daoqiu believes that even if the box office of this drama is not great, it will definitely be discussed by people when the time comes.

Because this is Guan Zhilin's first movie in this life, and she also collaborated with Zhong Chuhong.

Even if this movie sucks, I believe it will become a classic in the hearts of some fans just because of this.

The length of "The Bad Luck Gambler" is controlled at 96 minutes, which can be said to be one and a half hours, which should be a very reasonable time.

In this drama, Lin Daoqiu did not write any exaggerated gambling skills. In the end, the hero's magic weapon to win relied on his luck.

As for those gambling experts, they all lost to his luck in the end.

Lin Daoqiu wrote this in order not to affect future films such as "God of Gamblers" that rely on gambling techniques.

When Fu Sheng defeated the big boss and finally brought the beauty home, the movie came to an end.

"Yes, although some parts are not very good, but overall, this drama is not too different from what I imagined."

Lin Daoqiu didn't have many thoughts about Wang Jing's "The King of Bad Luck".

Because the original version of this movie, "The Gambler 2002", was called a bad movie in the previous life.

The reason why Lin Daoqiu wants to make this movie is just to see what kind of reaction this kind of bad movie will get at this time.

"The schedule has been arranged for you. It will be in mid-August. It will be released in New Oriental at that time. Wenqi and I have already told Melvin to help promote the film more by then."

When Wang Jing and Fu Sheng heard what Lin Daoqiu said, they both showed happy smiles on their faces.

The August schedule is pretty good, although it's not as good as those big holidays, but students are still on summer vacation.

If it is promoted properly, it should attract a lot of people to come and watch.

But as for the final box office, Wang Jing doesn't dare to predict it now.

Even Lin Daoqiu himself couldn't predict how much box office this drama would earn.

And just a few days later, the promotion of "The Bad Luck Gambler" has quietly begun.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu thought that nothing would happen to him when "The King of Luck" was released this time.

But what he didn't expect was that Baoji Cinema suddenly released news that the movie "Brothers of Wolf and Tiger" starring Shi Tian and Eric Tsang would be released on the same day as "The King of Lucky Gamblers".

Although the title of "Brothers of Wolf and Tiger" sounds domineering, it is actually a comedy.

This time Eric Tsang is not only the leading actor, but also takes on the role of director.

Lin Daoqiu was even sure that this film was produced to snipe "The King of Gamblers".

And the person who made this decision, you don't have to think twice to know that it must be Bao Shaogang.

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"Master Bao, the time is a bit too tight. I'm worried that I won't be able to finish the post-production by then."

Zeng Zhiwei and Shi Tian's "Brothers and Tigers" have not yet finished filming, and have not even completed post-production.

As a result, I was suddenly told that the film will be released on the same day as "The King of Bad Luck" next month.

"Director Zeng, I have prepared sufficient production fees for you. I believe you will be able to successfully complete my requirements."

Bao Shaogang didn't care at all about Zeng Zhiwei's worries.

Although there are not many people who can be named in this drama.

But he believes that if Baojia Cinemas competes with New Oriental, even if the quality of the movies is a little lower, they can still beat each other at the box office.

"but……"

Eric Tsang is still very worried. He has finally become a director and has a sufficient budget.

Under such circumstances, he also wanted to shoot the movie better so that the effect would be better when it comes out.

But it's a pity that Bao Shaogang didn't give him this chance at all.

If you include the post-production time, it will take at least one and a half months for Eric Tsang to finish filming the next scenes.

But now there is less than a month left, which is almost pushing Zeng Zhiwei to the edge of the cliff.

"Nothing but, Director Zeng, don't you want to beat Lin Daoqiu once? This is a good opportunity. As long as you win this time, you will be the great director who defeats Lin Daoqiu."

If we say that before, when Xiangjiang Cinemas still existed, almost no one would dare to think of defeating Lin Daoqiu.

But now, Xiangjiang Cinema Chain has been disbanded, and Baojia Cinema Chain is rising.

At this time, if he could defeat Lin Daoqiu, it would be an opportunity for him to become famous.

"Can I?"

But after thinking about it, Zeng Zhiwei still felt that he was unlikely to be Lin Daoqiu's opponent.

Even though Baojia Cinema has released his "Brothers of Wolf and Tiger" in full theaters, Eric Tsang still feels that it is too difficult to beat Lin Daoqiu.

"Of course you have no problem, because you have me behind you to support you. Just go ahead and do it. I have asked the publicity department to fully support you. You must win this time."