Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1191 The Idea of ​​the Academy Awards

Just as the third Academy Award was about to open, Lin Daoqiu suddenly received a call from Fang Yihua to invite him to drink tea.

Although he didn't know what the other party was for, Lin Daoqiu still went to the appointment happily.

Since winning the Xiangjiang Cinemas, Fang Yihua can be said to be in good spirits on happy occasions, her face is flushed, needless to say, everyone knows that she is in a good mood recently.

There is only one thing that makes her not very happy, and that is the broadcasting rights of the Academy Awards.

When Lin Daoqiu owned Xiangjiang Cinemas before, TVB never thought of taking the broadcasting rights of the Academy Awards from ATV.

However, seeing that the Academy Awards are getting better and better, and even gradually becoming the main film awards in Asia, Fang Yat Hua can't sit still.

Shaw Brothers has now integrated the Xiangjiang Cinemas and has become the largest cinema controller in the Xiangjiang area.

As an influential film awards ceremony in Hong Kong and even in Asia, the broadcasting rights were actually in the hands of ATV, which made Fang Yathua very unwilling.

So she made an appointment with Lin Daoqiu, and she planned to talk to him about the broadcasting rights of the Academy Awards in the next few years.

"Miss Fang, I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

Lin Daoqiu was a few minutes late, but Fang Yihua didn't mind it at all.

"Mr. Lin is busy with everything these days. I am very grateful for taking the time to have afternoon tea with me. Please take a seat."

In Fang Yihua's eyes, Lin Daoqiu has changed from a young boy to a difficult opponent.

In terms of his attitude towards him, Fang Yihua has gradually put him in an equal position compared to before.

"Miss Fang is too polite. Xiangjiang does not know how many people want to invite Ms. Fang to drink tea but cannot find the way. I can say that I got a big deal today."

Lin Daoqiu said with a smile after sitting down.

After all, Shaw Brothers now controls Xiangjiang Cinemas, and can arrange the movie schedule as they like.

Now almost all the film companies in Xiangjiang have to try their best to flatter Fang Yathua and Sixth Uncle, hoping to get a good schedule.

But among these people, Lin Daoqiu was not on the list.

Since the establishment of the New Xiangjiang Cinemas, the box office of movies has indeed increased compared to before, but because there are no blockbuster movies released, the highest box office is only barely over [-] million.

However, some films with small production costs have achieved good results. Although the box office of several million may not seem like much, compared with the funds they invested, it is obviously a big profit.

"Mr. Lin, you're welcome. You and I are old friends. I invite you here today because I want to discuss something with you."

Fang Yihua could probably guess what kind of reaction Lin Daoqiu would have when he brought up the topic of broadcasting rights for the Academy Awards, but she was bound to win this matter.

"Miss Fang, please tell me."

Lin Daoqiu took a sip of coffee and waited for Fang Yihua.

Fang Yihua first smiled, then thought for a few seconds before opening his mouth.

"The Golden Image Awards and this year have already been held for the third time. I think this award is very good. I believe that the Golden Image Awards will have a good chance to become a very influential Chinese film award in the future."

These words of Fang Yihua were automatically filtered out by Lin Daoqiu, just listen to things like wearing a high hat, what Lin Daoqiu wanted to hear was her next words.

Finding that Lin Daoqiu didn't respond, Fang Yihua had no choice but to continue talking.

"Since the Academy Awards is an award-giving feast with great potential, I think it should be provided with the best configuration, such as broadcasting technology."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu was still guessing what Fang Yihua wanted to say, but right after she said this, Lin Daoqiu had already guessed what Fang Yihua wanted.

"Does Miss Fang mean that she plans to support the broadcasting technology for the Academy Awards? If so, then on behalf of the Academy Awards, I would like to thank you."

Fang Yihua obviously didn't think so, she knew that Lin Daoqiu must understand what she meant, but she was just pretending not to understand.

"TVB has the most viewers in Xiangjiang, the top broadcasting technology and production team in Asia, and the host team is the best in Xiangjiang. I believe Mr. Lin should be aware of all these."

Fang Yat-wah is not bragging. Compared with TVB, ATV is indeed slightly inferior in many aspects.

Although Qiu Degen is trying to find a way to reverse this trend, but unfortunately his investment is still so far behind compared to wireless.

"From Ms. Fang's words, could it be that TVB wants to win the broadcasting rights of the Academy Awards from ATV?"

Lin Daoqiu raised his head and looked at Fang Yihua, his eyes were full of doubts.

From the very beginning, Lin Daoqiu never thought of handing over the broadcasting rights of the Golden Statue Awards to TVB, although the broadcasting rights of the Golden Statue Awards seemed insignificant at the beginning.

If Lin Daoqiu hadn't hosted it, TVB and ATV would probably have looked down upon such an ordinary awards ceremony.

In the previous life, the organizers of the first Golden Image Awards were "Film Biweekly" and Xiangjiang Radio Station, and TVB and ATV did not participate at all.

Now that the Golden Image Award has entered the formal stage, TVB actually wanted to pick peaches, Fang Yat Hua really thought of himself as a soft persimmon.

"Mr. Lin, I also wanted to serve Xiangjiang Films, so I invited you here to discuss this matter. As long as you are willing to hand over the broadcasting rights of the Golden Statue Awards to TVB, we will do our best to assist you in getting the awards. Like an award."

What Fang Yathua fancyed was the future status of the Academy Awards in Asia and even the Chinese community around the world. If such a grand film event cannot be held in his hands, TVB will be at a disadvantage.

"Miss Fang, you have already said before that the Academy Awards has been held for the third time, and ATV has always been responsible for the broadcasting rights before. I don't think there is anything wrong with it, so I can't agree to your request."

Lin Daoqiu never thought about handing over the broadcasting rights to TVB. Fang Yihua probably came up with the idea of ​​the Golden Statue Award because of the smooth relationship. Lin Daoqiu didn't even know what to say about her.

"Mr. Lin, in the Xiangjiang film industry, helping each other is the way to survive. You don't need to rush to reject my proposal. You can go back and think about it before answering me. I am sincerely here to talk to you about this matter."

Before Fang Yihua came here, he had already guessed that the communication with Lin Daoqiu this time would not be smooth, and it was within Fang Yihua's expectation that Lin Daoqiu would answer like this.

"Miss Fang, if you want to take over the broadcasting rights of the Academy Awards just because of your words, then I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first. There's a lot of work to do."

Lin Daoqiu stood up, then took out a thousand yuan bill and put it on the table.

"By the way, I invite you for this meal."

After speaking, he turned and left, leaving only Fang Yihua with a gloomy face.

(End of this chapter)