Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1272

Cheng Gang's qualifications in the film industry are much deeper than Cheng Xiaodong's. He has long been familiar with these things, and only asked this question for the sake of safety.

After all, it would be a lie to say that a beautiful woman like Zhong Chuhong is not attractive.

According to the process, for a young and rich man like Lin Daoqiu who has already achieved fame, Zhong Chuhong must not be the only woman beside him.

Even if Lin Daoqiu didn't have any thoughts about other women, but in the entertainment circle, if he really wanted to be spotless, it would take a lot of concentration.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know that Cheng Gang and Cheng Xiaodong were chatting about his gossip, if he knew, he would be very speechless.

And the reason why he invited Cheng Gang and Cheng Xiaodong to eat together was not only because they happened to meet each other, but also because he wanted to chat with Cheng Gang about the "An Embroidered Shoe" type of story.

After all, at this time, there are only a handful of directors in Xiangjiang who can make real supernatural films and horror films well, and Cheng Gang happens to be one of them.

Although he has been away from the film industry for a few years, he has not been completely idle in the past few years, and is still doing some behind-the-scenes work.

What Lin Daoqiu likes is Cheng Gang's serious and responsible attitude towards the film, not to mention his screenwriting ability and his temper.

At least being able to take a serious and responsible attitude towards movies is a prerequisite for a good director in Lin Daoqiu's view.

Although he has many shortcomings, if used well, it can definitely be regarded as a sharp sword for New Oriental.

And what Lin Daoqiu can provide him is something that others cannot give.

Relaxed shooting time, abundant production costs, and as long as Cheng Gang follows the script, Lin Daoqiu will basically not intervene.

So in Xiangjiang, only Run Run Shaw and Lin Daoqiu could accommodate Cheng Gang.

However, because Run Run Shaw has already controlled the Xiangjiang Cinemas, he can no longer participate in the production of movies, so if there are still people who are willing to find Cheng Gang to make movies, there should be no one except Lin Daoqiu.

After Cheng Gang and Cheng Xiaodong entered the room, Lin Daoqiu invited Cheng Gang to sit beside him, and poured him a cup of tea himself.

Lin Daoqiu took the initiative to pour tea for him, Cheng Gang didn't dare to neglect, his eyes almost never left his teacup.

"Mr. Lin is too polite, just let Xiaodong do the tea and water delivery, how can I thank you so much."

Lin Daoqiu put down the teapot after pouring the tea, and answered with a smile.

"Director Cheng is my senior, and it's only reasonable for me, as a junior, to pour tea for the elders."

Although Lin Daoqiu said this, Cheng Gang didn't dare to accept it with peace of mind, and he didn't think that Lin Daoqiu was so polite to him only because of his relatively advanced qualifications.

Lin Daoqiu and Cheng Gang were chatting casually, and Cheng Xiaodong suddenly changed the topic to the program "Night Talk about Ancient Times" that everyone was discussing recently.

When Cheng Xiaodong talked about "Night Talks about the Ancients", Zhong Chuhong subconsciously turned her head to look at Lin Daoqiu.

Because in the car just now, Lin Daoqiu had already told her that he asked Yu Teng to start the program "Night Talk about the Ancients", and he also wrote "An Embroidered Shoes", which is currently on the air.

But Cheng Xiaodong and Cheng Gang didn't notice Zhong Chuhong's abnormality, even if they saw it, they wouldn't feel anything wrong.

"The program "Talking about the Ancients at Night" is really popular recently. Several of my friends didn't like listening to ghost stories before, but now they turn on the radio on time at night to catch up with "An Embroidered Shoe"."

"This novel is really attractive, but it's a pity that I only started listening to it later. I don't know what the previous story is like, and I don't know when the commercial station will rebroadcast it."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think about rebroadcasting. One reason is that the best time for the program "Night Talking about the Ancients" is in the dead of night.

If you listen to ghost stories in broad daylight, the effect will definitely not be as good as late at night.

And in order to help "An Embroidered Shoe" exaggerate the horror atmosphere, only at night is the most suitable time.

"Could it be that Director Cheng is also chasing this novel?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Cheng Gang with some surprises. You must know that "Night Talks about the Ancients" was broadcast on time at twelve o'clock in the evening. Cheng Gang actually stayed up until twelve o'clock in order to catch up with the drama. This was really beyond Lin Daoqiu's expectation .

"I can't help it. My friend who had tea with me before strongly recommended that I must listen to it. As a result, I was fascinated as soon as I listened to it. Fortunately, I have nothing to do now, and it doesn't matter if I go to bed later."

Different from ordinary office workers, Cheng Gang has long been used to turning day and night upside down when he was filming. After all, in Shaw Brothers' studio, which can be called the city that never sleeps, filming is almost non-stop for 24 hours.

Since Cheng Gang has been at Shaw Brothers for so many years, he is already used to staying up late.

"However, it's strange to say that I originally wanted to ask my friends in Shangtai to see if I could contact the author for a meeting, but according to my friend, the author's identity is very mysterious, and only Ms. Yu knows about it in Shangtai. .”

Originally, Cheng Xiaodong wanted to help his father invite the author out for a chat, but in the end he couldn't get his wish.

Lin Daoqiu just smiled when he heard this. If Yu Cheng had a big mouth, he might have been exposed as the author of "An Embroidered Shoe" long ago.

The reason why Yu Teng was asked to help her was not only that she wanted to take over as the chief executive of Commercial Taiwan, but also because this person had a tight mouth and wouldn't talk nonsense.

"Could it be possible that Director Cheng is interested in this novel?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Cheng Gang in surprise and asked.

Cheng Gang didn't hide from Lin Daoqiu, he nodded directly.

"Almost [-]% of the movies Xiangjiang has made in recent years are comedies and martial arts. There are too few other types of movies. This "An Embroidered Shoe" is so popular now. If it can be remade into a movie, it may get a good one." achievements."

Although Cheng Gang didn't dare to guarantee it, he didn't initiate the pursuit of popularity, but it was a long-standing habit of Shaw Brothers.

Whenever something important happens in Hong Kong, Shaw Brothers will adapt it into a movie and put it on the big screen, from "Bruce Lee and Me" to "The Calling List" and "The Strange Case of Hong Kong" and so on.

Lin Daoqiu on the side nodded as he listened. He didn't reject such things as chasing popularity. After all, the popularity of "Night Talks about the Ancients" and "An Embroidered Shoes" were all planned by him.

And bringing "An Embroidered Shoe" to the big screen has long been in Lin Daoqiu's plan, otherwise he wouldn't have expended so much energy on these things.

(End of this chapter)