Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1646 Doomed Decline

Putting other things aside, Lin Daoqiu planned to take a vacation for himself and spend a few days with Brigitte Lin.

As for what will happen in the future, let's wait until the time to talk about it. Lin Daoqiu has been busy for nearly half a year, and he really hasn't relaxed much.

But it's a pity that although Lin Daoqiu wanted to give himself a vacation, it was inevitable that something would come to him.

After all, Lin Daoqiu has been away from Xiangjiang for almost half a year. Although most of the matters can be handled by his subordinates, there are still a large number of documents that need to be signed by him.

What's more, in addition to New Oriental's official business, there are many under-the-table matters waiting for Lin Daoqiu to decide, such as the drama "Swordsman".

After preliminary preparations, the filming of "Swordsman" was completed in only four months. Tsui Hark chose Xiangjiang as the filming location.

The male lead is Xu Guanjie, Dongfang Bubai is Lin Qingxia, Ye Tong plays the junior sister Ye Lingshan, Jacky Cheung, Yuan Jieying, Liu Zhaoming, Wu Ma, Lin Zhengying, Yuan Hua, and Liu Xun all participate in the performance of this drama.

After all, Hu Jinquan and Tsui Hark's face, it is absolutely no problem to invite these people to play a guest role.

But now Tsui Hark has encountered a trouble, and that is the release time of "Swordsman".

Originally, the schedule before the Spring Festival was not too bad, and there were no blockbuster movies. It is the best time to let "Swordsman" be released at this time.

Because if it is put on the Spring Festival, not only will there be a sequel to "Best Partner", but also Dibao's big production "Rich Train" will be waiting there.

Although Tsui Hark is very confident in "Swordsman", if he fights with those blockbusters, it will be in an era when ancient costume martial arts are no longer the glory of the past.

In addition to being able to jump around in TV dramas, almost no one in the movie side is willing to make this kind of movie about martial arts in ancient costumes.

Therefore, there is only one way for Tsui Hark, either release it immediately, or wait until after the Chinese New Year.

Originally, the schedule ahead of the Spring Festival schedule was pretty good, but the problem now is that the sudden arrival of "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" caught Tsui Hark by surprise.

"Let's wait until after the Spring Festival. Whether it's "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn", or "Best Partner" and "Rich Train", our drama is not sure that we can win them."

Shi Nansheng considered the issue from Tsui Hark's standpoint from beginning to end. Although she was very sure of Tsui Hark's talent, in the current situation, the best way is to take a step back.

Tsui Hark is very depressed, but he can't do anything about the current situation. Even if he has something for himself, if he really chooses to use "Swordsman" to touch no matter which two movies it is, Tsui Hark thinks he has nothing to do with it. Odds.

"Mr. Lin came back yesterday, why don't you talk to him about it?"

Seeing Tsui Hark's lonely expression, Shi Nansheng couldn't bear it, so she suggested that Tsui Hark go to Lin Daoqiu to discuss it and see what the other party said?
Tsui Hark thought for a while, and finally nodded. This time I went to see Lin Daoqiu, even if he couldn't find a solution, he could still find a way to ask Lin Daoqiu to help, so that "Swordsman" can get more shares when it is released. some theaters.

The next day, Tsui Hark first called Fang Jinsheng and asked if Lin Daoqiu was in the office.

After getting an affirmative answer, Tsui Hark set off for New Oriental.

"Tsui Hark is so anxious to come to see me? Is something wrong?"

Lin Daoqiu was dealing with a mountain of documents, Fang Jinsheng walked in from the outside and told him that Tsui Hark was coming to see him.

The filming of "Swordsman" has been finished, and the post-production is almost finished. Tsui Hark probably came to you to discuss the schedule of "Swordsman". "

Lin Daoqiu did not expect that "Swordsman" would be finished so quickly. He thought it would take at least the end of March. It seems that Tsui Hark's work efficiency is quite high.

It's just that "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn" are about to be released, and there are two blockbusters "Best Partner" and "Rich Train" blocking the way during the Spring Festival.

The best way is to wait for the release after the Spring Festival is over. This is the best solution that Lin Daoqiu thought of.

"Tsui Hark shouldn't be so stupid as to take out "Swordsman" head-on, if that's the case, then I really have to look up to him."

Although Lin Daoqiu doesn't think it's a good thing to take "Swordsman" head-on, but Lin Daoqiu doesn't mind if Tsui Hark insists.

Because the box office performance of "Swordsman" was not very good in the previous life, the first film only sold 600 million.

It wasn't until the sequel "Swordsman II: Undefeated in the East" that it sold 400 million copies.

It's just that the difference from the previous life is that the first "Swordsman" originally did not have Brigitte Lin to participate in it, but now Tsui Hark has recruited it in advance. This can be said to be the biggest variable.

What kind of effect this variable will produce, even Lin Daoqiu can't predict it.

"The boss was joking, no matter what, Old Xu would never be so stubborn, and he would not take "Swordsman" head-to-head. I guess he came to you this time because he wanted to get a better schedule. "

From Fang Jinsheng's point of view, with Tsui Hark's vision and understanding of the film market, it is impossible for him to be really stupid enough to act out of his will.

Lin Daoqiu felt that what Fang Jinsheng said was right, and this was also the problem before him.

The decline of costume martial arts movies is a foregone conclusion. It can be said that they are almost wiped out by everyone on the movie side, but they can still persist for a while on the TV series.

Even Lin Daoqiu couldn't pull up the costume martial arts movies. This is a preordained thing, and it cannot be changed by manpower.

Half an hour later, Tsui Hark came to New Oriental Company.

After entering Lin Daoqiu's office, Tsui Hark looked relaxed.

"Seeing how refreshed you are, you shouldn't be bothered by the "Swordsman" incident."

Originally, Tsui Hark just cheered up and didn't want Lin Daoqiu to see his depressed expression.

As a result, after being asked by Lin Daoqiu, Tsui Hark immediately showed a very embarrassed expression on his face, which was obviously caught by Lin Daoqiu's words.

"Uh...looks like I said something I shouldn't have said."

Lin Daoqiu did not expect Tsui Hark to be really worried about the schedule of "Swordsman".

Could it be that he really planned to take out "Swordsman" to go head-to-head with those movies.

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Daoqiu's mouth couldn't help but start to rise slightly.

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