Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1669
Lin Daoqiu's worries were not unreasonable. The reason why Xiangjiang Films could be so prosperous in the previous life was largely due to the bosses of Baodao.

Those bosses went to Xiangjiang to open a film company, bought a lot of money from Xiangjiang and returned to Baodao to sell, so that the filmmakers in Xiangjiang made a lot of money.

And they also donated money to filmmakers in Hong Kong to make movies, so the money was naturally very generous.

Because of this, they have also increased their investment in Xiangjiang films, thus forming a cycle.

It's just that if this cycle is positive, it's okay, but there are many film companies in it that follow the trend.

Basically, they will follow as long as they can follow the trend of the subject matter, and even pay to invite the main characters in the follow-up movies.

Many stars have played movies with similar roles.

For example, after Brigitte Lin played the role of Dongfang Invincible, she appeared in several movies with the same type of roles one after another.

"Sword Laughter", "Legend of Fire Cloud", "Six-fingered Qin Demon", "Peerless Twins", and "The Deer and Ding Tale", these are all the scenes she filmed after she finished her role in Dongfang Invincible.

No wonder Tsui Hark asked Dongfang Bubai to kill all the people who pretended to be her when filming the third part of Xiaoao. Maybe she took the opportunity to express her dissatisfaction.

At that time, just over half a year after "Swordsman: The Undefeated East", Tsui Hark's third film "The Undefeated East" was released.

Originally, "Swordsman: Undefeated in the East" scored 3400 million after its release.

But when it came to the third "The Undefeated East", it only got a score of 100 million, which is a staggering reduction.

On the one hand, it is because of Xiangjiang's film market, and because of the success of Dongfang Invincible, so many people rushed to make martial arts films.

On the other hand, because Brigitte Lin has appeared in too many movies of the same type, everyone's expectations for this movie are not as high as the previous one.

Brigitte Lin probably didn't even think that one of the martial arts movies she made had a box office of only 100 million, which is simply shocking.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Lin Qingxia finally decided to take a break from marriage.

At this time, although a large number of people in Hong Kong Movies still rely on Baodao Market for food, there is one exception, and that is Lin Daoqiu.

The market that Lin Daoqiu relies on is not just the Baodao family, he is now looking at the global market.

Therefore, the movies Lin Daoqiu made in Xiangjiang did not need to act on the face of Baodao, and he would not lend out his artists.

This will not happen like the situation that Lin Qingxia encountered in her previous life. After all, if you want to invite her to film, you have to go through Lin Daoqiu first.

And not only that, even if it is a step back, even if Lin Daoqiu's consent was finally obtained, Brigitte Lin's salary is still a big problem.

If it wasn't for New Oriental or a studio under New Oriental looking for her to make a film, it can be said that Xiangjiang's film company would never be able to afford Brigitte Lin.

Although no one knows exactly how much Lin Qingxia's film salary is, but it is rumored that if there is not 1000 million, don't bother to ask Brigitte Lin to make a movie. Of course, the currency value refers to US dollars.

It's just that although Lin Daoqiu can control his own actors, he can't control the directors and screenwriters under him.

Compared with the remuneration of the actors, the money that these directors and screenwriters can get is not much. Except for those like New Art City, which can be divided [-]-[-] with New Oriental, everyone else basically takes one film and one film. money.

In order to make more money, they will also go out privately to pick up other film companies' scenes for filming. Naturally, there are many Baodao film businessmen.

It's just that these people dare not follow Lin Daoqiu's movies. If they want to find someone to follow suit, they can only find directors and screenwriters who have not cooperated with New Oriental.

And even if people are found, these people dare not use their real names, and almost without exception they use pseudonyms.

Although this kind of trick is of no use to Lin Daoqiu, if he really wants to investigate, he can find out no matter how deep the other party hides, but he has no intention of haggling with the other party.

As long as those people follow suit and don't copy directly, Lin Daoqiu will not do anything to them. This is already his bottom line.

But even so, some people like to challenge the unknown.

Liang Dingyu, the owner of the Dadi Film Company, followed Daliu to Xiangjiang a few years ago to open a Dadi Film Company. In the past few years, Xiangjiang's movies have been extremely popular, and he has naturally made a lot of money from it.

However, compared with Lin Daoqiu's money, Liang Dingyu's money is nothing more than sesame and mung beans, which is not worth mentioning at all.

But even so, Liang Dingyu has become one of the successful gold diggers in this wave of Xiangjiang movie boom.

It would be best if he could be satisfied with the status quo, but it is a pity that Liang Dingyu has begun to be dissatisfied with the tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars he earns every year.

In the past, he aimed to follow the trend of films produced by other film companies, and he was even able to invite all the main actors of the original version, which of course benefited from the banknotes in his hand and his contacts in Baodao.

Today, I don't know where Liang Dingyu's cramp is. After watching "The Royal Sister", he suddenly wanted to follow the trend of this drama.

For this reason, he specially found a director from Baodao, and the other person's name was Wu Yusen.

Before Wu Yusen was directly fired because he offended Golden Harvest, no one in Xiangjiang dared to ask him to make a movie, so Wu Yusen had to go to Baodao to seek a living.

At that time, Wu Yusen voted under Liang Dingyu's men. Over the years, he filmed a bunch of unnutritious comedies in Xiangjiang, and his small life was pretty good.

This time he was suddenly called to Xiangjiang by Liang Dingyu, and Wu Yusen flew directly from Baodao to Xiangjiang without thinking much.

But when he came to Liang Dingyu's office, as soon as he sat down, the other party directly told him something that made Wu Yusen almost crazy.

"I plan to explore the market of Neon and Hanguo. After serious consideration, I plan to invest 2000 million yuan to make a movie similar to "The Royal Sister"."

Liang Dingyu has already said it very euphemistically, he is very polite in not letting Wu Yusen directly follow the "Royal Senior Sister".

""Royal Senior Sister"? The boss is talking about the one that Mr. Lin made before?"

After hearing what Liang Dingyu said, Wu Yusen immediately opened his eyes wide with a shocked expression on his face.

Liang Dingyu nodded with a smile, that's exactly what he thought.

"You have always said that if you can make a big-budget movie, you will be satisfied in this life. I will give you this opportunity now. Do it well, and I will not treat you badly."

Liang Dingyu was still painting cakes for Wu Yusen, but he didn't notice that the expression on Wu Yusen's face had started to turn pale at this moment, as if he was quite frightened.

(End of this chapter)