Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1647

"Mr. Lin was joking, the schedule of "Swordsman" has really troubled me recently."

In front of Lin Daoqiu, Tsui Hark didn't intend to continue to pretend, anyway, the other party had already seen it, and it was meaningless to pretend.

Anyway, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise he would not be able to eat, nor would he be able to sleep soundly.

"What do you think?"

Lin Daoqiu was not in a hurry to make a decision, he wanted to know what Tsui Hark was thinking.

Is he going to let "Swordsman" be released after the Spring Festival, or is he planning to compete with "Goodbye for Seven Days" and "Rich Train" during the Spring Festival, or does he want to directly challenge the difficulty of hell?
No matter how Tsui Hark chooses in the end, Lin Daoqiu will support him. Anyway, the box office of "Swordsman" is really not very important to Lin Daoqiu.

When asked by Lin Daoqiu, Tsui Hark could only tell the truth.

"To be honest, before you came back, I planned to take advantage of the gap before the Spring Festival to let "Swordsman" be released, but I didn't expect to meet "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn."

Lin Daoqiu nodded while listening. It can be said that Tsui Hark's initial idea was correct. After all, the vacated schedule is not bad. Although it is not as good as the Spring Festival schedule, it is better because there is no competition, and it is also a good schedule.

But now in this schedule, two behemoths suddenly appeared to block the way, overturning Tsui Hark's previous plan.

"Skip this schedule and still have the Spring Festival file. As far as I know, this year's Spring Festival file only has two movies, "Best Partner" and "Rich Train". You can consider it."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Tsui Hark smile wryly.

For Lin Daoqiu, "Best Partner" and "Rich Train" may not be a big deal, but for himself, the pressure of these two dramas is by no means lower than that of "Rush Hour" and "Life of Dawn".

The protagonist of this "Best Partner" is the same as before, the iron triangle of Mai Jia's partner Zhang Aijia and Xu Guanjie.

It's just that this drama didn't appear in the previous life, but it's a new sequel created by Mai Jia and the others.

However, with the title of "Best Partner", I believe it will definitely attract a lot of audiences.

As for "The Rich and Noble Train", the situation is a bit different from the previous life. The original protagonist has not changed, and the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao remains the same.

It's just because of the relationship between Di Bao and New Oriental that this drama lacks many guest appearances by big stars.

But even so, relying on Sammo Hung's appeal, he still found many people to come to the show.

Moreover, the combination of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao alone is enough to attract a large number of audiences to watch, plus the Spring Festival, which is the best time, naturally does not worry about the box office.

Although "Swordsman" is one of Jin Yong's most well-known classic martial arts novels, ancient costume martial arts movies have become more and more lonely in Xiangjiang.

Even kung fu comedy movies have gradually withdrawn from everyone's attention, replaced by modern action movies.

It's all about sharp action, gun fights, and street car chases.

In the hands of Lin Daoqiu, he is no longer satisfied with this, and has already started to move the aircraft and cannons, even to the point of alien creatures.

At this time, if you are showing them the tricks of dancing with knives and guns, the audience will definitely not buy it, which is why the current situation of ancient costume martial arts is declining.

However, in Lin Daoqiu's view, although costumed martial arts can no longer become the mainstream of Chinese-language movies, as a branch of Chinese-language movies outside the mainstream, costumed martial arts films still have great significance.

After all, this is a literary genre unique to China. In the concept of martial arts, many things have been derived, not only in the genre of film and television dramas, but also in novels.

The spiritual world cannot be measured by money. Even if there is no way to carry forward martial arts movies again, Lin Daoqiu does not want martial arts to perish completely in his own hands.

"Looking at it like this, you don't have much interest in the Spring Festival stalls. If this is the case, let's discuss it after the New Year. What do you think?"

Of course Tsui Hark would not be so determined to take "Swordsman" head-on. Since Lin Daoqiu said so, Tsui Hark is naturally willing to accept it.

It's just that he came to Lin Daoqiu today, hoping to give "Swordsman" a good schedule, and by the way, get more theaters.

Moreover, Tsui Hark still has a big ambition in his heart. He hopes that Lin Daoqiu can bring "Swordsman" to Hollywood, even if it is only a few hundred yuan for the screen at the beginning, he also wants to earn US dollars.

"You want to take "Swordsman" to Hollywood for release?"

Regarding Tsui Hark's proposal, Lin Daoqiu's first reaction was surprise, because as we all know, martial arts is something that foreigners can't understand at all.

At the beginning, it might be something new to watch, but if you compare it with those blockbuster movies later, there will probably be very few viewers who can stay.

Even the martial arts movie that later won awards abroad is not a martial arts movie at all, it can only be said to be a martial arts movie for foreigners.

As for those ancient costume martial arts movies born in later generations, the word martial arts must be removed first. At best, they can only be ancient costume movies, and action movies are made in the form of ancient costumes.

"If you think about the development of Hollywood, you must first understand their tastes. Movies with this traditional Chinese style will not be popular there. After all, they don't have time to study our culture."

Lin Daoqiu didn't want to hurt Tsui Hark, but the other party also returned to Xiangjiang after studying film in the United States. Lin Daoqiu believed that he should be very clear about the style of American movies and what types of movies people there like to watch.

"I still want to give it a try, maybe there will be unexpected surprises."

Tsui Hark still insisted, hoping to bring "Swordsman" to Hollywood for release.

Lin Daoqiu thought about it, and finally decided to agree to Tsui Hark's request, but he was not optimistic about "Swordsman"'s trip to Hollywood.

In his opinion, if you want to develop well in Hollywood, you must make some sensory-stimulating movies, such as action, horror, comedy and other movies, which are the favorites of Americans.

Of course, if you have the ability, sci-fi movies are also a very good choice, but sci-fi movies need to consume a lot of money, which is not something ordinary people can afford.

In Hong Kong, maybe a good movie can be made with 2000 to 3000 million US dollars, but in Hollywood, if there is no one with [-] to [-] million US dollars, that is simply delusional.

After all, the film markets of Hong Kong and North America are completely different in size, not to mention that the U.S. dollar is against the Hong Kong dollar, which further widens the gap between the two parties.

(End of this chapter)