Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Under Li Maowen's planning, the box office of "Police Story" did not increase or decrease from its debut on the first day, and exceeded 3 million in a single day on the second day.

Many people don’t just watch it once, some even watch it three or four times a day.

"Police Story" is different from the films Lin Daoqiu made before.

This drama is simple, crude, and clean. It's just life-threatening, and it's as exciting as it gets.

In Xiangjiang, only Jackie Chan dares to make these life-threatening actions.

Even if other people want to follow suit, they can only be similar in appearance but not in spirit.

But among these people, Wu Siyuan is definitely an exception. He even feels that he will make a lot of money this time.

"Police Story" was about to make 30 million yuan at the box office, but the leading actor Jackie Chan did not pursue the victory, but went to Hollywood to film.

"What a pity, filming of "Dragon Ninja" has already started."

He couldn't help but shook his head. Seeing that "Police Story" was selling so well, he wanted to follow suit.

But it's a pity that "Dragon Ninja" is currently being filmed, and Li Yuanba has already gone to Neon, and he won't be able to come back for a while.

Now I have to wait for "Dragon Ninja" to be finished, and then think of ways to make another one to make money.

I just don’t know how many movies related to “Police Story” had been released at that time.

The Hong Kong film industry has a very strange characteristic, that is, when a movie becomes popular, everyone will follow suit and shoot it.

It doesn’t matter if it can be released or make money, we’ll have to film it first.

Although there are a small number of small-scale follow-up movies that can make money, most of the remaining movies either lose money or are not even released.

However, this does not prevent them from continuing to do so. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, following the trend of films was an unavoidable problem for Hong Kong films.

Even Lin Daoqiu can't eliminate this situation. As long as those screenwriters or directors can get investment, they can make whatever they want.

In late March, after two weeks of release, "Police Story" had already grossed 36 million at the box office.

Although it was not possible to break through the 40 million mark in the end, it was already a full 10 million more than the 26 million achieved in the previous life.

Jackie Chan, who was far away in Hollywood, was also very happy when he heard the news.

But unfortunately, because he had to rush to film "Red Zone", he couldn't come back to attend the celebration party.

And since the hero is not here, Lin Daoqiu doesn't really want to hold this celebration party.

Because Jackie Chan is not here, he will definitely be regarded as the protagonist when the time comes, but in fact, even if Jackie Chan is present, Lin Daoqiu will definitely be the one who attracts the most attention as long as he appears.

Although there was no celebration party, Lin Daoqiu still took out one million and gave it to the crew as bonuses.

As for other actors, Lin Daoqiu naturally sent big red envelopes without exception.

Excluding all expenses, the box office revenue of this drama alone brought Lin Daoqiu at least 15 million in income.

However, this amount of money is nothing to Lin Daoqiu. After all, after winning the Hollywood box office and returning to Hong Kong to make movies, it is difficult for Lin Daoqiu to arouse too much interest.

But the good news is that after "Police Story" ends in Hong Kong, it will be released across Asia.

If you include "The Best Partner", these two movies alone can bring Lin Daoqiu at least 40 million Hong Kong dollars in income.

Lin Daoqiu was surprised when he received a call from Qiu Degen, because apart from the acquisition of ATV at that time, they had almost nothing in common.

Usually Lin Daoqiu does not even attend the ATV board of directors, but he did not expect that Qiu Degen would ask him to have afternoon tea.

When Lin Daoqiu arrived at the teahouse at the agreed time, Qiu Degen seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Lin, I hope I didn't disturb your work."

Qiu Degen looked like he was glowing. Since acquiring ATV, he has tried every means to catch up with TVB.

But unfortunately, the silver bullet strategy was not very effective. At this time, the ratings ratio between TVB and ATV was still 73% higher.

In order to overcome this dilemma, Qiu Degen thought of many ways.

I don't know if it was because of the influence of Lin Daoqiu's previous selection of the heroine of "The Police", but Qiu Degen also wanted to hold such an event.

But what he wants to do is not a selection event for a TV series, but a beauty pageant.

"Mr. Qiu holds a beauty contest?"

Not long after sitting down, Lin Daoqiu heard from Qiu Degen's mouth the reason why he invited her out.

As far as Lin Daoqiu knows, ATV held the beauty pageant in the second year after Qiu Degen took over ATV, that is, 1985.

Now it is suddenly three years ahead of schedule. I am afraid that because of my relationship, the original trajectory of history has been quietly changed.

"Yes, TVB has it, and ATV has it, but for this beauty pageant, ATV is still blank. I don't want TVB to focus on beauty, so I want to give them a break."

It seems that Qiu Degen is full of confidence, and he seems to know that he wants to hold a beauty pageant that will cause a sensation in Hong Kong.

In fact, Qiu Degen's intention was good, and his purpose was to use the Miss Asia competition to attract more viewers.

In order to compete with TVB for players, Qiu Degen has even prepared generous bonuses.

The champion can receive bonus prizes worth half a million yuan, including a duplex three-story garden house, and the bonuses for the runner-up and third runner-up are also much higher than those for Miss Hong Kong.

Qiu Degen kept talking, and Lin Daoqiu rarely interrupted. It seemed that he was listening carefully.

But what Lin Daoqiu actually thinks is that if Miss Asia wants to surpass TVB, she is inherently deficient.

Because Asian sisters can only participate in the "Miss Asia Pacific" competition held in Hong Kong.

However, Miss Hong Kong can represent Hong Kong in international beauty pageants such as Miss Chinese International, Miss Universe and Miss World.

I'm afraid Qiu Degen also knows his own disadvantages, so he can only spend a lot of money to attract more outstanding girls to sign up.

"If Mr. Qiu wants to do it, I naturally have no objection. If you need help, just ask."

Lin Daoqiu didn't even think about stopping Qiu Degen from organizing Sister Ya's competition. Anyway, he provided the money and he was also the major shareholder.

As long as the other party wants to do something, there is no need to ask for your opinion.

I believe that Qiu Degen took the initiative to invite himself out to say these words, probably because he hoped that he could help in the Asian sister beauty pageant.

"I know nothing about beauty pageants. Mr. Lin has just held a similar selection event. I would like to ask Mr. Lin to be in charge of this beauty pageant."

As soon as Qiu Degen finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu, who was drinking tea, suddenly raised his head.