Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Baojia vs. New Oriental"

"The Spring Festival Stage of 'Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu'"

In early February, New Oriental and Baojia Cinemas began preheating for the Spring Festival.

New Oriental's "The Best Partner", "Lucky Star Shines", "I Love Tuberose", and Bojia Cinema's "Teppanyaki".

Major newspapers, magazines and television are vigorously promoting these four movies.

Especially "The Best Partner" and "Teppanyaki", both of which will be released on New Year's Eve.

But whether in terms of quantity or quality, these three dramas from New Oriental seem to be impeccable.

On the other hand, at the Baojia Cinemas, except for Xu Guanwen's "Teppanyaki", there are only a few decent works.

As for Golden Harvest, without Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen, there are no strong films to be released.

Although they were at a disadvantage, Baojia Cinemas did not relax at all in terms of publicity.

Bao Shaogang, who had not been seen for a long time, finally made a rare appearance in the conference room of Baojia Cinema for this Spring Festival event.

""Teppanyaki" must beat New Oriental this time. This time I have prepared half a million yuan in promotional expenses."

For Bao Shaogang, although he has not been to Baojia Cinemas for a long time, he still attaches great importance to the 1983 Spring Festival schedule.

With a movie costing half a million yuan to promote, it can be said that Bao Shaogang didn't even consider whether he was making money this time.

What he wants is actually very simple, that is to beat New Oriental at the box office and humiliate Lin Daoqiu.

"All theaters under the Baoji Cinema Chain will screen "Teppanyaki" at the same time on New Year's Eve."

Naturally, Bao Shaogang would not object to Shi Wenyan's arrangement.

But this drama is competing against New Oriental's "Best Partner".

Bao Shaogang has heard about it. The cast of that drama is top-notch, and the production cost is astonishingly high.

On the other hand, for "Teppanyaki", excluding the actors' remuneration, the entire film only cost three million to shoot.

In such a comparison, it seems to pale in comparison. This is what makes Bao Shaogang feel most uneasy.

"Mr. Xu, I hope you can tell me honestly, what are the chances of "Teppanyaki" winning over "Best Partner"?"

When Bao Shaogang spoke, his eyes were fixed on Xu Guanwen, as if he wanted to get a positive answer from the other party's mouth.

But it was a pity that Xu Guanwen's answer made him stunned on the spot.

"Master Bao, if you want me to make a prediction, the chance of "Best Partner" beating "Teppanyaki" is 90%, and conversely, the chance of "Teppanyaki" beating "Best Partner" is 10%."

Bao Shaogang almost vomited blood after hearing this. He never expected that he would hear such an answer from Xu Guanwen.

You must know that before this, he had full confidence in "Teppanyaki".

After all, Xu Guanwen's previous record was too dazzling. Except for Lin Daoqiu, no one could compare with him.

But now the words "one to nine" came out of his mouth, which was really hard for Bao Shaogang to accept.

"Master Bao, actually no one knows what the final result will be now. Mr. Xu was just joking."

Eric Tsang hurriedly came out to smooth things over. He didn't want to make Bao Shaogang angry because of Xu Guanwen's words.

You must know that they also expect Bao Shaogang to invest more in them in the future.

If he loses confidence now, it would be better for them to change careers as soon as possible.

I don't know if Bao Shaogang listened to Eric Tsang's words, but now that "Teppanyaki" has been filmed, it's too late for him to regret it.

"I know there have been a lot of rumors outside recently, but I hope you don't believe those rumors. The Baojia Cinemas will always exist, and I will invest in more movies."

Although he said so, Bao Shaogang didn't think so in his heart.

But in order to prevent the people within the Baojia Cinemas from being upset, he still had to say these things during the scene.

Anyway, it's just a few words of lip service, and it doesn't cost a dime. It's a great deal for Bao Shaogang.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Bao, we will continue to work hard and produce more blockbuster movies."

Shi Tian and Zeng Zhiwei quickly expressed their loyalty to Bao Shaogang. It seemed that they had heard what Bao Shaogang just said.

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"Qiuguan, you will be like this later..."

The filming location of "New Shushan Swordsman" is located in a very secret place.

In order to make this film a success, Tsui Hark can be said to have put all his energy into it from the very beginning.

But unfortunately, although he had ample funds, he was unable to hire the actors he wanted to hire.

Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Brigitte Lin, these three failed to appear in this edition.

This is a huge regret for Tsui Hark.

But even so, the filming progress of "New Shushan Swordsman" is still very smooth, and the film will be completed in one month.

Although it can't make it in time for the Spring Festival, for Tsui Hark, this is not a big problem.

After all, this special effects movie, which cost 50 million to create, will be released soon.

As the date approached, Tsui Hark became more and more nervous.

"Would you like to take a rest first? Your condition is not very good these days."

Shi Nansheng has been following Tsui Hark. She found that Tsui Hark's recent state seemed a bit too tense, which was not good news.

"It doesn't matter, I can finish the filming in a month. I will have a lot of rest time then. Then we will travel abroad for a few months and then come back."

Although he said so, it was simply torture for Tsui Hark to take a break from filming and film-related matters for several months.

Shi Nansheng obviously didn't take what Tsui Hark said to heart, because she knew this man too well.

"By the way, I heard that Mr. Lin's "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has finished filming in the mainland, and the team has returned to Xiangjiang."

Tsui Hark, who was preparing for the next scene, suddenly turned his head back after hearing Shi Nansheng's words.

His eyes were wide open and he looked very surprised.

"If possible, I would also like to go to the mainland for filming, but the risk is too great. Only Mr. Lin has the courage."

Tsui Hark doesn't want to do this, but if a little guy like him really drags a large team of people to the mainland for filming.

When the time comes, he won't have to worry about Baodao's box office. They will definitely block him completely.

"Do you think that if Mr. Bao loses two games in a row this time, will the Baojia Cinema Chain still exist?"

Shi Nansheng's words made Xu Hark frown.

"Xu Guanwen may lose, but my probability of winning is definitely higher than him."