Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1426 The Good Days Are Over
As night fell and the lights came on, the reception organized by the Overseas Distribution Department of the Electric Power Management Bureau was held in the banquet hall of a five-star hotel.

In addition to New Oriental, Golden Harvest, and Dibao, the three most famous film companies in Xiangjiang, as the director of the overseas distribution department, Li Maowen also invited many heads of small and medium-sized film companies to attend.

Representatives from the other side, including Hanguo and Neon, as well as filmmakers from Southeast Asian countries, and even filmmakers from Hollywood and other major film markets in the world, also appeared on the scene.

As the host of this time, Li Maowen came to the banquet hall early to prepare for the reception of guests.

"Mr. Zou, Mr. He, good evening, both of you."

As representatives of Golden Harvest, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang arrived at the scene early. After all, this gathering was related to the future of Golden Harvest, so they naturally couldn't wait for it.

They obviously didn't have a good impression of Li Maowen, but Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang would not be so stupid as to express their dissatisfaction in front of each other.

How can I say that Li Maowen is still the director of the overseas publishing department, even if we don't have a good relationship with him, it's better not to ruin the relationship.

"Good evening, Director Li. Thank you for inviting us to this party. In the future, Golden Harvest still needs to rely on Director Li's help in many areas. Please give me your advice."

Regarding what Zou Wenhuai said, Li Maowen kept a smile on his face.

Li Maowen didn't know whether Jiahe would have a future, but he could be sure that Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang would probably encounter a lot of trouble if they were here tonight.

"You two are too polite. The purpose of setting up the Overseas Distribution Department at the time was to serve the colleagues of Xiangjiang Films. To help Golden Harvest is to help Xiangjiang Films. This is my duty, and Li is naturally duty bound."

Li Maowen's words are very pleasant, but neither Zou Wenhuai nor He Guanchang will believe what the other party said. They have already determined that Li Maowen is Lin Daoqiu's pawn in the Electricity Management Bureau.

It is almost impossible to expect him to stand on Golden Harvest's position, or to help Golden Harvest solve the current predicament.

So just listen to what Li Maowen said, and don't take it seriously. If anyone takes it seriously, he must be a fool.

"Director Li is indeed a professional. He knows what our industry needs. I believe that the party tonight will be a success."

After a brief chat with Li Maowen at the door, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang entered the banquet hall.

After them, representatives of Dibao also came to the scene.

Pan Disheng led Cen Jianxun and Hong Jinbao out of the elevator.

"Mr. Pan, long time no see."

Li Maowen basically doesn't show up very often, and has been working in the office provided to him by the Electric Power Management Bureau, so basically he doesn't necessarily see each other for a year.

But even so, Pan Disheng's attitude towards Li Maowen is still very enthusiastic, after all, the other party is the director of the overseas distribution department of the Electric Power Management Bureau.

Just like what Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang thought just now, even if you don't make a good relationship with the other party, you can't mess it up. This is the consensus of everyone.

"Director Li, we really haven't seen each other for a long time. After three days, we should treat each other with admiration. Director Li is becoming more and more powerful."

Pan Disheng praised Li Maowen a little, but Li Maowen didn't take the other party's words to heart at all.

But for Dibao, one thing Li Maowen has to admit is that Pan Disheng, an investor with no experience before, can develop Dibao into what it is now, which is really impressive.

Even Golden Harvest, an established film company, was about to collapse, but in front of Lin Daoqiu, Di Bao could still survive in the cracks, which had to be admired.

It's just that such a good time is coming to an end, and after Golden Harvest falls, Di Bao will have to face the impact from New Oriental alone.

In the absence of theaters, even if the sixth uncle favors them, there may be no way to save Dibao from the decline.

"Mr. Pan is joking. I am just a small employee in the Electric Power Management Bureau. I am not considered a high-ranking person at all. I only serve Xiangjiang Films."

Li Maowen smiled and shook his hand.

"Director Li is too polite. The box office of Xiangjiang movies has repeatedly hit new highs, and the sales performance is getting better and better. A large part of the credit for this must be attributed to you."

Pan Disheng was not good and kept praising each other, so Cen Jianxun stood up at this time and followed Pan Disheng to praise each other.

"I don't have any credit for it. The current achievements are all due to everyone's hard work. I just help matchmaking and let film producers from other places understand the outstanding aspects of Xiangjiang films. It is not a credit at all."

"Director Li is too polite, Mr. Pan, we must toast to Director Li later, and thank him for his hard work for Xiangjiang Films during this time."

Li Maowen just smiled slightly at this, he didn't think Pan Disheng and the others would be in a good mood to drink with him later.

But Li Maowen didn't say anything. After all, Pan Disheng and the others couldn't maintain their good mood for too long, and he didn't want to be this villain either.

Ten minutes after Pan Disheng and the others entered, Lin Daoqiu brought Fang Jinsheng to the scene.

Although it seemed that Lin Daoqiu was the only representative of New Oriental tonight, in fact, New Art City, Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui, Wang Jing's film company, and Lin Zhengying had all received invitations.

"Mr. Lin, they are all here."

Unlike his attitude towards Zou Wenhuai and Pan Disheng, Li Maowen looked more serious in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"Let them be happy for a while, anyway, it's still early, let's go in."

Because they were all related to each other, Lin Daoqiu and Li Maowen didn't have too much politeness, and they went straight into the banquet hall without finishing their two sentences.

When Lin Daoqiu and the others came in, the scene looked like a very lively scene.

There were at least a hundred guests present today. Apart from out-of-town filmmakers, most of them were bosses of local film companies, star directors and screenwriters in the film industry, and so on.

The difference from the previous life is that because of Lin Daoqiu's time travel, Xiangjiang's film market is more popular than in the same period of the previous life, and its influence is even more incomparable in the same period.

After all, a single "Godzilla" has swept all the film markets in the world, and with the output of these years, the influence of Xiangjiang movies in Asia can already keep pace with Hollywood.

In Xiangjiang movies, the most influential person is naturally Lin Daoqiu.

This point, whether it is Dibao from Golden Harvest or even those who hate Lin Daoqiu the most, have to admit that he is the real representative of Xiangjiang movies.

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