Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1628 Enemy Behavior
For actors, it is normal to work overtime to catch up with the show, especially in Xiangjiang, high-intensity filming to catch up with the play is simply commonplace.

In many cases, actors can only rest on the set for a few hours, and then get up to continue filming.

For the actors in Xiangjiang, these are common things, and the director doesn't need to explain too much to them.

However, the situation in foreign countries is obviously different from Xiangjiang. The status of actors here is higher than that of Xiangjiang, let alone the status of popular actors.

Although it has not been able to affect the creation of scripts and movies as in later generations, compared to the status of Xiangjiang stars, Hollywood stars are obviously better in terms of treatment and voice.

Pierce Brosnan, Maria Dabo and others all understood the current situation of the crew, so they didn't say much, but cooperated very much.

But even so, Lin Daoqiu still gave them enough rest time of eight hours a day, plus eating and bathing, etc., there are still [-] hours of filming time in a day.

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"MGM will release two new films for Christmas, "Rush Hour" and "007: The Living Daylights."

There is less than half a month left before the Christmas schedule. In Barry Diller's office, Jeffrey Katzenberg sat opposite Barry Diller with a worried face.

During the Christmas period this year, Paramount launched the movie "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" produced and distributed by them.

As a sci-fi movie aimed at the Christmas schedule, Barry Diller is very optimistic about the prospects of this "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future".

However, Lin Daoqiu directly took out two new films this time, and they wanted to confront their "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future", which made Barry Diller feel worried.

Compared with other people in Hollywood, only Lin Daoqiu scares him more.

Only one "Godzilla" broke the box office record of historical movies in North America to a level that no one can match.

Although "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" are not as lethal as "Godzilla" this time, Barry Diller will not think that there is any contempt, after all, these two plays were filmed by Lin Daoqiu .

"Lin Daoqiu wants to take advantage of this Christmas schedule to restore MGM to its former glory."

Barry Diller knew very well that Lin Daoqiu, uncharacteristically, released two movies at once in the Christmas schedule, probably to grab the box office champion of this Christmas schedule, and even the annual box office champion in North America in 86.
Prior to this, the annual box office champions in North America were won by the films "Top Gun" and "Crocodile Dundee" released by Paramount.

Originally, Barry Diller believed that this year's North American box office champion would definitely belong to Paramount.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu's sudden disruption made everything confusing. Even Barry Diller believed that Lin Daoqiu was likely to win the annual box office champion this year.

And it's not just that, according to the news he heard before, Lin Daoqiu is shooting a special effects movie in Neon.

This film is said to be a collaboration with Universal and Neon's Dongbao, and the investment scale alone is as high as [-] million US dollars.

This is 5000 million higher than the previous "Godzilla" investment budget of 5000 million US dollars.

Barry Diller couldn't imagine how terrifying Lin Daoqiu's [-] million-dollar movie would be, but he was certain that if the movie was released next year, it would very likely copy "Godzilla" Miracle before.

At that time, Lin Daoqiu's new film will sweep the entire Hollywood and even the whole world, and other Hollywood film companies can only serve as a backboard for Lin Daoqiu.

"Is there anything you can do?"

Barry Diller doesn't want to see such a situation. He hopes to suppress the rise of MGM, but the Paramount family alone cannot do it.

"Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" is an excellent movie in Barry Diller's opinion, but only if the movie does not encounter strong movies in the Christmas schedule.

Judging from the current situation, Barry Diller is very worried that Lin Daoqiu's two plays will have a crowding out effect on other movies, including their "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future".

At that time, the audience will all watch Lin Daoqiu's new film, and the box office of their film will be much less than previously expected.

"Joining forces with Fox, only in this way can the box office of "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" go up."

In Jeffrey Katzenberg's view, the only way now is to join forces with Alan Ryder Jr. Only in this way can Lin Daoqiu be suppressed.

"That guy is still having a half-fifty dream. I won't take the initiative to contact him."

Although Barry Diller also knew that this was the only way to change the current situation, he was still unwilling to take the initiative to show his favor to little Alan Ryder. He felt that the other party should come to him on his own initiative.

"Fox's top-grossing movie "Alien 2" this year has a global box office of only about 3000 million. Alan Ryder's current situation may not be much better."

Compared with Paramount, Fox's situation this year is not very good.

In Jeffrey Katzenberg's view, Alan Ryder Jr. is simply stupid. Judging from Fox's recent situation, joining forces with Paramount to fight against MGM and Universal is the most correct choice.

But that guy is still dreaming of Paramount bowing to them first, which makes Jeffrey Katzenberg not know how to comment on that guy Alan Ryder Jr.

"Fox used to be firmly in the third place in Hollywood, but with the momentum of MGM, they will fall to fourth in less than two years."

The rise of MGM is unstoppable, the only uncertainty is how fast MGM will climb.

Not to mention MGM and Universal teaming up, even with Lin Daoqiu's MGM, Barry Diller was already terrified.

Little Alan Ryder hasn't seen the current situation clearly, that guy is really stupid to the extreme.

"I heard recently that MGM is trying to contact new theaters to join. It is said that some theaters that cooperate with Fox have quietly connected with MGM."

Hearing what Jeffrey Katzenberg said, Barry Diller frowned suddenly.

"If we break the news to little Alan Ryder's..."

Before Jeffrey Katzenberg finished speaking, Barry Diller suddenly raised his hand and interrupted the other party's words.

"No...don't tell Alan Ryder Jr., if possible, try to get them to join MGM."

Jeffrey Katzenberg didn't understand why Barry Diller did what he did at first, but it didn't take long for him to figure it out.

(End of this chapter)