Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1753 The monkey is coming

"Boss, the day Lixin and Dibao Jiahe established their joint theater chain was chosen on the day our theater chain reopened?"

Lin Daoqiu, who was sitting in the office processing documents, heard the news from Fang Jinsheng.

"United Theaters? That's not a good name."

Lin Daoqiu originally thought that they would give the United Cinemas a name, but in the end they simply used the name United Cinemas. It can only be said that these people are really lazy.

Fang Jinsheng didn't expect that what Lin Daoqiu cared about was the name of their theater, and Lin Daoqiu didn't seem to think that this joint theater chain would pose any threat to New Oriental.

"Originally, this United Theater Chain was aimed at us. It is normal to choose this date for its establishment. There is no need to pay attention to them."

The intentions of these people have been known from the very beginning.

Liu Luanxiong and Lin Jianyue tried every means to form this joint theater chain, just to deal with themselves. If this is the case, Lin Daoqiu will naturally not back down.

Lin Daoqiu started to get serious only when he met his opponent. After all, there are not many things that can make him serious now.

"The first movie launched by the joint theater chain this time is the special effects action movie "Mad Man" starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao."

"They plan to use "Mad Man" to fight "The Return of the Great Sage"? Did I hear correctly?"

Lin Daoqiu did not expect Pan Disheng and the others to be so courageous. When they learned that the production of "The Return of the Great Sage" was about to be completed, they even sent "Mad Man" to the stage at this time.

If I remember correctly, this movie is the movie with the highest investment since Dibao was founded, and all the special effects technology of this movie is done by the special effects studio established by Dibao and Jiahe.

These guys are now so whimsical that they want to compete with themselves in special effects movies, which really makes Lin Daoqiu don't know what to say.

"Boss, although the quality of "Mad Man" is definitely not as good as "The Return of the Great Sage", but their number of theaters is double that of ours. I think it is precisely because of this that they dare to compete with it."

At this time, New Oriental Cinemas had a total of 36 theaters, while United Cinemas had 78 theaters, twice as many as Lin Daoqiu's theaters.

Under such circumstances, if "Mad Man" is used to match "The Return of the Great Sage", if the situation is the same in the theater, it will definitely lose.

But they want to surpass "The Return of the Great Sage" at the box office by virtue of the number of theaters, which is not impossible.

"Since they want to give it a try so much, then we will give them a chance and invite Manager Li to come over."

After Fang Jinsheng went to invite Li Maowen to Lin Daoqiu's office, as soon as the other party sat down, Lin Daoqiu gave orders directly.

"The advertisement for "The Return of the Great Sage" should be launched in advance, and by the way, it will also help "Mad Man" become famous."

It is Li Maowen's duty to advertise "The Return of the Great Sage", but Lin Daoqiu suddenly proposed to help "Mad Man" become famous, what does this mean?
Seeing Li Maowen's puzzled expression, Lin Daoqiu could only explain with a smile.

"Making "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Mad Man" into two films that match each other, this will naturally arouse the audience's high interest. It will be interesting if the quality of "Mad Man" is not satisfactory when the movie is released. .”

Lin Daoqiu just wants to promote "Mad Man", the higher the promotion, the better, so that the higher the drama climbs, the worse it will fall.

Li Maowen nodded while listening, he already understood what Lin Daoqiu meant.

So the next day, the trailer and silhouette of "The Return of the Great Sage" appeared on the entertainment pages of the major newspapers in Hong Kong.

This drama has attracted everyone's attention since the beginning of filming, and it is said that this drama is the opening drama of New Oriental's studio, which has a different meaning to New Oriental, and the number of stars participating in it is also very large.

"Have you heard? In "The Return of the Great Sage", it is said that almost all the stars that New Oriental can use were used in it. It is really exciting."

"It is said that Dibao will also release a "Mad Man", which is said to be an action film with special effects starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. I am afraid that the two films will match up by then."

"Dibao and New Oriental's special effects movie, tsk tsk, I think it will be very difficult to win."

In the eyes of ordinary people, "The Return of the Great Sage" produced by New Oriental and "Mad Man" produced by Dibao are definitely not on the same level in terms of quality.

At least that's what everyone thought when the news first came out.

However, with the introduction of gossip magazines and some newspapers, everyone began to know more about "Mad Man".

It is said that this movie cost hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars to create, and the special effects studio established by Dibao and Golden Harvest is responsible for the special effects of this movie, even surpassing the level of Magic Studio.

Of course, no one can track down who made these words, but the quality of "Mad Man" began to become higher and higher in the rumors.

Naturally, these rumors inevitably reached the ears of Pan Disheng and others.

In Pan Disheng's office, looking at the newspapers introducing "Mad Man" on the table, Pan Disheng felt that his head was a bit big.

"Lin Daoqiu is really ruthless enough to insist on elevating "Mad Man" to the same level as "The Return of the Great Sage". After the audience enters the theater and watches it, if they find that it is not as good as they expected, it will be troublesome."

Cen Jianxun saw Lin Daoqiu's intentions at a glance, but the opponent's move was a conspiracy, so it was impossible to guard against.

You can't stand up and say that the production level of "Mad Man" is far inferior to "The Return of the Great Sage". I hope everyone will not have too much expectation for "Mad Man".

I believe that no one in Dibao can say such words, so they can only acquiesce in this matter.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, when "Mad Man" was released, it was already ready to head-to-head with "The Return of the Great Sage". I don't believe that 78 theaters can't beat 36 theaters."

Pan Disheng is quite confident about this. It was Liu Luanxiong's idea to take out "Mad Man" and "The Return of the Great Sage" in the first place.

Persuaded, Pan Disheng finally decided to follow the other party's plan.

"Speaking of which, movies with the theme of Journey to the West have never been popular before. Everyone has read the novels, but it is not easy to make a good one."

Cen Jianxun's thoughts are actually very normal. After all, Journey to the West has never been a big hit before, so they don't think this theme will be too attractive to everyone.

If it is made into a TV series, the ratings may be good, but if it is a movie, then Lin Daoqiu's undefeated record may come to an end this time.

(End of this chapter)