Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1631

"Chairman, Lin Daoqiu has left."

After Lin Daoqiu went downstairs, Chris Wolf's secretary returned to his office to report to him.

At this time, Chris Wolf was standing by the window, watching Lin Daoqiu get into the car, and then returned to his chair with a smile and sat down.

"This young man is so ignorant that he dares to teach me how to do things. It's a pity that he doesn't know who is the real king here in Hollywood."

Chris Wolff's friendship with Paramount and Fox is far deeper than Lin Daoqiu expected.

Don't look at Lin Daoqiu who has made a lot of money for the ACC theaters over the years, but Chris Wolff didn't take it seriously.

Even in Chris Wolfe's view, Lin Daoqiu would never have been so successful in Hollywood without the help of ACC theaters.

In turn, it should be Lin Daoqiu who came to thank him for his assistance, instead of making these unrealistic demands on him.

At this point Chris Wolf picked up the phone and dialed Barry Diller's number.

"That nasty little guy just came to me and wanted me to make MGM the highest priority, but I said no."

"He won't just give up like this. If things get serious, will there be any problems with your board of directors?"

Barry Diller is a little worried. Although Chris Wolfe has real power in the ACC, he is only elected and not the real boss of the ACC.

If the members of the board of directors knew about this at that time, in case they put pressure on Chris Wolf, Barry Diller worried that Chris Wolf would be unable to resist.

"Don't worry, I have blocked the news, there will be no problem."

Chris Wolff's answer is equivalent to telling Barry Diller that if the matter gets to the board of directors, he can't handle it.

"Lin Daoqiu is not someone who can be dealt with so easily, I advise you not to underestimate him."

Barry Diller and Chris Wolf have formed a very deep friendship over the years, and he doesn't want his old friend to stumble over this matter.

"Contempt? Barry, you think too highly of that little guy from Xiangjiang. I don't deny that his movies are good, but here in Hollywood, it's not his turn to have the final say."

Chris Wolff didn't look down on this young man from Xiangjiang at all. In his opinion, Lin Daoqiu's value to ACC theaters was to provide them with more high-quality movies to help them make money.

As for things like raising the priority, it's not his turn to dictate.

If I'm in a good mood, I might raise him to a higher level, but that will be a few years later, and Lin Daoqiu has to make more money for the ACC theaters in these years.

If the movie he made doesn't sell well by then, Chris Wolfe will kick MGM back without hesitation.

"Chris, I hope you can take this issue seriously. Lin Daoqiu is not fighting alone. He has the support of Langmeyer behind him."

Speaking of Langmeyer, Chris Wolf suddenly seemed to be disgusted. If it weren't for Universal standing behind Lin Daoqiu, it would be easy for him to deal with Lin Daoqiu any way he wanted.

"Don't worry, I can still control the ACC side. As long as I don't nod my head on the board side, they won't be able to cause any big disturbances."

Chris Wolf has full confidence in controlling ACC's board of directors. After all, he has been the chairman of ACC for more than ten years. He doesn't think anyone dares to challenge his authority on the board of directors.

As for Chris Wolf's self-confidence, Barry Diller can't say anything, he can only believe that his old friend can really do what he says.

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"As I expected before, Chris Woff didn't intend to adjust our priorities, he was just perfunctory us."

Richardson actually came too, but instead of going upstairs with Lin Daoqiu, he sat in the car and waited for him.

When Lin Daoqiu came back and briefly explained the matter to Richardson, the other party didn't seem to think there was any surprise, and even seemed to him to take it for granted.

"It's a good thing Chris Wolfe is not the boss of ACC, otherwise we might have to switch to another theater to cooperate."

Lin Daoqiu's impression of Chris Wolff has evolved from being ordinary at the beginning to being disgusting now. Although that guy seems to be very polite to him on the surface, Lin Daoqiu can feel that he actually looks down on him at all.

For a man like Chris Wolf, it is almost impossible to talk to him to solve the problem. The only way is to bypass him and think of other ways.

"The boss of ACC has great trust in Chris Wolff. He has been letting him take charge of ACC all these years. Even if we find the boss of ACC, I'm afraid we won't be able to convince him."

Richardson looks very pessimistic. In his opinion, unless Chris Wolff can be persuaded, there is no way to solve the priority of MGM in the ACC theater.

"Do you know what a fine tradition here in the United States is?"

For the question raised by Lin Daoqiu, Richardson really couldn't give an accurate answer for a while.

However, Lin Daoqiu didn't intend to be a secret, he directly said the answer.

"That means profit is paramount. If someone does something that harms the interests of the company, then this person will become the enemy of all...all people."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu wanted to say public enemy of the people, but he quickly changed the word.

Although Richardson didn't understand what Lin Daoqiu wanted to do, he already realized that the other party seemed to have thought of a solution to the problem.

"How much screen is ACC willing to give us this Christmas?"

For Richardson, who has been in charge of this matter, he naturally knows it well.

"ACC prepared a 2000 yuan screen for us, and then it will be adjusted according to the attendance rate."

"Chris Wolf is so generous?"

Lin Daoqiu originally thought that ACC would give Paramount's "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future" more, but now it seems that he has wrongly blamed Chris Wolf.

Richardson shook his head directly.

"It is "007" and "Rush Hour" that share the 2000 yuan screen, and the remaining ACC is all distributed to "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future."

"Fuck..."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help swearing, the number of screens assigned to his two blockbuster films was actually not as high as that of Paramount's one film, Chris Wolff really did a bit too much.

Richardson pretended not to hear Lin Daoqiu's swearing.

"Combining the number of screens supported by Universal, "007" and "Rush Hour" will be able to get 7000 yuan in screens during the Christmas period. In fact, this is already very good."

Richardson feels that it is already a very good thing to get 7000 yuan for the number of screens.

But in Lin Daoqiu's view, his minimum standard is to get 1 yuan in screens across North America. After all, he is releasing two blockbuster films together, so there is no reason for him to be less than "Star Trek 4: Saving the Future".

"It looks like this matter is really going to make a big fuss."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly started talking to himself.

(End of this chapter)