Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1654
"Mr. Lin was joking. I am very happy in New Oriental. Not only do I have filming every year, but I have already gotten along with everyone for so long. How could I be willing to change jobs?"

Xu Guanjie quickly shook his head and explained that he didn't want Lin Daoqiu to misunderstand that he had two intentions.

Although Xu Guanjie doesn't rely on movies for a living, he absolutely doesn't want to have any unhappiness with Lin Daoqiu on this matter.

Moreover, Xu Guanjie's purpose of coming to Lin Daoqiu today was actually for his elder brother Xu Guanwen.

Jiahe couldn't help Xu Guanwen anymore, and the only person in Xiangjiang who could help Xu Guanwen at this time, in Xu Guanjie's opinion, was Lin Daoqiu who could do it, and the others couldn't do it at all.

Xu Guanjie's explanation should be true in Lin Daoqiu's view. After all, we have cooperated for so many years. If he really wants to leave, there will definitely be rumors before.

Then what was it that caused Xu Guanjie to appear so disturbed in front of him?

"Mr. Lin, actually... Actually, I have one more thing I want to ask for your help today."

Xu Guanjie didn't want Lin Daoqiu to misunderstand him, so he still planned to tell the other party.

Lin Daoqiu nodded, he was very curious about what Xu Guanjie was worrying about.

"Mr. Lin, I actually want to ask you for a favor. To be precise, I hope you can help my elder brother Michael."

"michael? What happened to him?"

Xu Guanwen's English name is michael, and only those who are close to him or his good friends call him that.

Lin Daoqiu seldom pays attention to the affairs of Xiangjiang Films recently. Even if he pays attention, he only pays attention to his own company's movies. At most, he just listens to Di Bao's news.

As for Jiahe and his stars, Lin Daoqiu would hardly take the initiative to ask, and Fang Jinsheng would not inquire about this.

After all, Golden Harvest's situation at this time is very bad. After Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying and others left one after another, the status of this film company in Xiangjiang is also slowly declining.

After that, they lost their fixed port market, which hurt them even more.

Although Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang tried their best, they still found some external channels to distribute their films.

But apart from Jiahe Xu Guanwen, Jet Li has not yet risen, let alone other people.

However, even Xu Guanwen hasn't had a good time in the past few years. Thanks to the integration of Xiangjiang Cinemas, his last new film broke the box office of tens of millions.

But at this time, the box office of more than [-] million yuan is no longer a blockbuster movie.

Because of Lin Daoqiu's relationship, in 1987, the benchmark for Xiangjiang films' sales was raised to 2000 million, and the big sales needed to reach 3000 million.

Coupled with the increase in production costs, the previous era of hundreds of thousands of films has long passed.

Today's movies cost seventy-eight million yuan at every turn, and the better ones cost tens of millions.

This is nothing for those big companies, but for small and medium-sized film companies, as well as those independent producers, this undoubtedly increases the cost and risk of their film production.

"Brother has been trying new styles in the past few years, but so far, the effect can be said to be unsatisfactory. Although the box office of the last movie broke tens of millions, if the money from selling ports is not added, it will still be the same in the end. It's going to be a loss."

For Xu Guanwen, a sneer maker, Lin Daoqiu has always admired him. After all, Xu Guanwen is an important figure who established the style of Hong Kong comedy movies.

Although the box office of his movies is not so good now, but Lin Daoqiu can say that most of the comedy movies now are based on Xu Guanwen's previous tricks.

If you want to recognize your disciples and grandchildren, at least [-]% of the comedians in Xiangjiang have to call Xu Guanwen a master.

"You want me to invite him to New Oriental?"

Xu Guanjie nodded vigorously, he really thought so.

After hearing Xu Guanjie's words, Lin Daoqiu understood why Xu Guanjie was so absent-minded just now. It turned out that he had been worried that he would not help Xu Guanwen.

It's no wonder that Xu Guanwen has such an idea, after all, the few films Xu Guanwen was invited by Di Bao to shoot were aimed at New Oriental.

If Lin Daoqiu held grudges against Xu Guanwen because of this, then Xu Guanjie's trip today would be considered a waste of time.

"Mr. Xu Guanwen is a filmmaker I admire very much. In my opinion, it is not an exaggeration to call him the comedy master of Xiangjiang. If he is willing to join New Oriental, I certainly welcome him."

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Xu Guanjie was overjoyed immediately, if this is the case, then things will be easy to handle.

If Xu Guanwen can be recruited to New Oriental, it will have a leap forward for New Oriental's future comedy films.

In Lin Daoqiu's plan, Xinyicheng, Xu Guanwen, Zhou Xingchi, Wang Jing, they all have their own comedy styles, among which Xu Guanwen and Zhou Xingchi are obviously the best.

If New Oriental can integrate these people together, there will be no other people in Xiangjiang's comedy movies in the future.

But what Lin Daoqiu is worried about now is whether someone with Xu Guanwen's self-esteem will be willing to change jobs to New Oriental. This is the big question.

If necessary, he was willing to come forward to invite Xu Guanwen, which was considered a great deal of face to the other party.

"Thank you Mr. Lin. In fact, I have been persuading my elder brother to join New Oriental all these years, but he has been hesitant. It was not until the release of "Godzilla" that his attitude began to loosen."

Xu Guanwen didn't even think about joining New Oriental before, but until the release of "Godzilla", his attitude changed.

But even so, it is not so easy to get him to switch from Golden Harvest to New Oriental. It depends on whether Lin Daoqiu is sincere enough.

Money is only one aspect of the problem, the most important thing is whether Xu Guanwen can see that he can make good movies in New Oriental.

"During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times before he invited Zhuge Liang. Although I, Lin Daoqiu, am not Mr. Wolong, I am willing to follow the example of the sages. Come visit the thatched cottage three times. What do you think?"

What Lin Daoqiu said was just to show his attitude. If Xu Guanwen could be invited to join New Oriental, he would really like to do Sangu Maolu.

After all, the most expensive thing in this world is talent, and Xu Guanwen is definitely a dragon among men.

Thinking of this, Lin Daoqiu couldn't wait to meet Xu Guanwen.

After Xu Guanjie found out Lin Daoqiu's attitude, he was very happy. He immediately patted his chest and promised that he would immediately arrange a meeting between the two parties, and he would definitely handle this matter properly.

　Thank you, the monthly ticket of the heavenly sin!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)