Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1372 The Spring Festival is Coming

The filming of "Extraordinary Men" has not yet started, and "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is still being filmed. There is still some time before the release and broadcast of these two dramas.

According to the practice of previous years, New Oriental will release one or two movies every year during the Spring Festival, and this year is no exception.

However, a little different from those blockbusters in previous years, this year New Oriental released an urban romantic comedy movie "The Working Emperor" during the Spring Festival.

Produced by Mai Jia, directed by Teddy Robin, and starring Xu Guanjie and Wang Zuxian, the film was already under intense shooting during Lin Daoqiu's filming in Bali.

Tsui Hark was the director of "The Working Emperor" in the previous life, and Chen Ganquan was in charge of the screenplay.

However, because Tsui Hark was busy filming "Swordsman" with Hu Jinquan, he couldn't spare time to direct this film.

In the end, Lin Daoqiu chose the combination of Mega and Teddy Robin.

The cast of this drama has not changed much, Xu Guanjie and Wang Zuxian partnered, and the original role of Tsui Hark was replaced by Mai Jia.

There are also people like Liang Yunrui, Guan Haishan, Wu Mengda, Shen Wei and others.

In a certain villa in Xiangjiang, "The Migrant Emperor" has entered the final stage.

Even if the time for post-production is added, it is not a big problem for this drama to catch up with the Spring Festival. After all, this drama has no special effects, so there is no need to spend too much time on it.

And the theme song of "The Migrant Emperor", as always, is still in charge of Xu Guanjie.

Lin Daoqiu didn't have too much expectation for this drama, after all, it is almost impossible to use this drama to win this year's Spring Festival.

On the other side, Di Bao used the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao to film an action comedy called "The Daredevil".

Lin Daoqiu has never even heard of this play, he can be sure that this play never existed in the previous life.

But what is certain is that the winner of this year's Spring Festival stalls is almost certainly "Dare to Fight".

In fact, Lin Daoqiu originally thought that Sammo Hung and the others planned to continue filming the Lucky Star series to earn box office during the Spring Festival, but he did not expect that the other party did not do so.

"Mr. Lin, this drama can be finished in two days."

Lin Daoqiu specially came to inspect the crew of "The Working Emperor" this day, and Maijia and Teddy Robin stood beside him.

The movie "The Migrant Emperor" can be said to be the movie that New Art City is best at. If they are quicker, they can finish filming in about two months.

This time it took a little longer, mainly due to the delay in script creation.

But at the beginning they were aiming at the Spring Festival file. At that time, there was still some time before the Spring Festival when the film was started, so Maijia and Teddy Robin planned to shoot slowly.

"The Migrant Emperor" is New Oriental's first film this year and New Art City's first film. I hope it can make a good start during the Spring Festival."

Lin Daoqiu's box office expectation for this movie is about 2000 million.

After all, apart from the remuneration, this movie actually didn't cost too much money. As long as it can get a box office of 2000 million, plus the income from selling ports, it can make a small profit more or less.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured that "The Working Emperor" was originally aimed at the Spring Festival, so some changes have been made in the plot. It is definitely a movie suitable for the whole family to watch."

Lin Daoqiu turned his head to look at Teddy Robin, and then said something with a smile.

"Di Bao's team this time is the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Teddy thinks it's okay to match them?"

Regarding Lin Daoqiu's question, Teddy Robin didn't know what to say for a while.

Although he hasn't watched the movie "Dare to Fight", the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao can be said to be the best lineup that Di Bao can come up with.

It is not difficult if you want to defeat them, but it needs to be done very seriously.

Like "The Working Emperor", Maijia and Teddy Robin just regarded it as an ordinary movie from the beginning, and they didn't want to win anyone.

So Teddy Robin didn't know how to answer Lin Daoqiu's question.

"Don't think too much, just let nature take its course. After all, what is different from before is that New Oriental no longer needs to rely on the Spring Festival to build its reputation."

If Lin Daoqiu really had any ambitions for the Spring Festival, he would definitely not use a movie like "The Migrant Emperor" to be released during the Spring Festival.

Teddy Robin was still worried that if Lin Daoqiu had any ideas about the Spring Festival, once "The Working Emperor" faced "The Iron Warriors", the box office would almost certainly not be too ideal.

But fortunately, Lin Daoqiu didn't have such thoughts, which made them a little relieved.

"However, if possible, I still hope that New Art City can release at least one high-quality movie every year during the Spring Festival."

Lin Daoqiu changed the subject. Although New Oriental no longer needs to rely on the Spring Festival to gain fame, it does not mean that he intends to withdraw from the popular Spring Festival.

New Arts City is full of talents, and it is hardly a difficult task for them to spend a year making a well-made movie.

"We will seriously consider Mr. Lin's opinion."

Although Maijia said so, he has decided to follow Lin Daoqiu's request.

While Lin Daoqiu and Mai Jia were chatting, Wang Zuxian had already done his makeup.

She didn't know that Lin Daoqiu would come over today, so when she saw Lin Daoqiu, Wang Zuxian's eyes widened directly, as if he was frightened.

"Lin... Mr. Lin, why are you here?"

Wang Zuxian didn't know the news of Lin Daoqiu's return. She originally thought that he was still filming in Bali.

""The Migrant Emperor" is coming to an end soon. It would be unreasonable for my boss to come and take a look. I heard from them that Xiaoxian has made great progress recently?"

Wang Zuxian shook his head quickly.

"It's all taught by Director Mai and Teddy. In fact, I still have a lot to learn."

This is the first time Joey Wong has made a comedy movie in New Arts City. It can be said that she has almost never made a movie with this theme before, so she doesn't have much experience.

Even in the early stage of filming, Wang Zuxian still has the temperament of a literary and artistic young woman, which is a bit different from the character image required by this film.

Later, Mai Jia and Teddy Robin helped her change step by step, and Wang Zuxian gradually got better.

"New Art City is best at comedy movies, and you will have many opportunities to cooperate with them in the future."

Lin Daoqiu's words sounded unintentional, but Mai Jia and Teddy Robin turned their heads to each other almost at the same time.

From their eyes, both of them understood each other's inner thoughts.

It seems that Wang Zuxian should be an actress that New Oriental will support in the future.

(End of this chapter)