Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1773 Struggle for victory
"In the past, I hardly put forward any requirements for you, but this year's situation is a bit different from before, so I invite you here today to talk to you about your future goals."

Lin Daoqiu invited all the directors and screenwriters to the company for a meeting. It can be said that this is the first meeting that is very important to the company after the establishment of New Oriental Pictures.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu in the past rarely made too clear requests.

In the past, under normal circumstances, they got as much box office as they could get. He didn't stipulate or require them to get any kind of results.

But this year, after the establishment of New Oriental Pictures, Lin Daoqiu's thinking has changed a little bit compared to before.

In order to kick United Cinemas out of the game as soon as possible, Lin Daoqiu hopes that everyone can cheer up this year and overwhelm each other in terms of box office revenue.

"New Oriental's film goal this year is to strive for victory."

"All in all, it's just a sentence, we will fight with them on the same stage as for any movie on the theater, and beat them to the ground."

Everyone at the scene agreed with Lin Daoqiu's clear goal.

Only by suppressing the United Cinemas at the box office and reducing their income in Xiangjiang, this will also affect their performance in selling ports.

In the case of reduced income, if they continue to increase investment and budget to make blockbuster films, if they do not get enough income, they will definitely lose money.

"Mr. Lin, you can rest assured that if all of us add up and work hard to shoot, the schedule of New Oriental Cinemas will definitely be filled."

Mai Jia seemed to be full of confidence, because New Art City alone could produce at least ten movies a year if it was running at full capacity.

Adding Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui, Wang Jing, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa, as well as the screenwriters and directors present, and finally Lin Daoqiu's blockbuster filmed in Hollywood.

In terms of quantity, it can completely fill the schedule of New Oriental Cinemas, and there will be absolutely no problem.

If it weren't for Lin Daoqiu's extremely high requirements for the quality of movies in the past, New Oriental's movie production would not have been unable to increase.

Just when everyone thought that Mai Jia's words would mean that Lin Daoqiu would slightly relax the requirements for movie quality from now on, Lin Daoqiu suddenly shook his head.

"I hope everyone can work hard, but on the quality of the movie, my opinion is still the same as before, and there is no room for compromise."

Everyone present thought that Lin Daoqiu would definitely relax his quality requirements in order to deal with the United Cinemas this time.

But he didn't expect that at this time, he would still stick to the previous principles, and there was no room for compromise at all, which made them both helpless and very moved.

After all, most of the people who make movies want to make more money, especially the bosses of those movie companies.

They even hope that their directors and screenwriters can make a movie every week.

But the consequence of this is that the production capacity of the film has increased, but the quality has dropped sharply, and finally fell into a dead end.

"I also hope to make money, but I hope to bring high-quality movies to the audience while making money. This is my original intention of making movies, and I have always done this."

The people next to him nodded their heads one after another. After all, they had known Lin Daoqiu for such a long time, and everyone knew what kind of person he was.

What other people said may be just talking about the scene, but what Lin Daoqiu said was the truth and there was no falsehood.

"Okay, I didn't invite you here today to listen to my feelings. Let's talk about New Oriental Pictures' filming strategy in the future."

In Lin Daoqiu's view, New Art City is a movie that focuses on modern urban genres, such as comedies, romances, and dramas.

The three guys, Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui and Wang Jing, can make some different types of movies, but they are almost closer to New Arts City in terms of style.

As for Lin Zhengying, after the end of "Mr. Zombie", he has never made a movie with the same influence as "Mr. Zombie".

After all, after the release of "Mr. Zombie", the Zombie series has become so bad that it has followed suit a lot.

Although there are now occasional zombie movies, it is impossible to achieve the same success as "Mr. Zombie".

Therefore, Lin Daoqiu, the sequel to "Mr. Zombie", does not plan to continue filming. He plans to have a good chat with Lin Zhengying about this matter.

As for Lin Daoqiu's leading martial arts star Jackie Chan, it is already difficult for him to make one movie a year in Xiangjiang.

Since the success of "Rush Hour" in Hollywood, Jackie Chan is now focused on staying in Hollywood to develop.

As for Xiangjiang, he has neither the energy nor the interest to stay here. After all, the resources provided by Lin Daoqiu will definitely make him a big star in Hollywood.

So Lin Daoqiu didn't expect Jackie Chan to fulfill his original promise. Since he wanted to stay in Hollywood and develop, Lin Daoqiu naturally wouldn't stop him, but agreed to his request.

The remaining Brigitte Lin is going to film the sequel of "Tomb Raider" this year. Unless there is a very good script, Lin Daoqiu is unlikely to let her take over the role in Xiangjiang.

In addition to these people, Lin Daoqiu also intends to discover those excellent directors and screenwriters who are still unknown at this time.

Liu Zhenwei is one of them. He is currently working as a screenwriter at Dongshi. Lin Daoqiu plans to transfer him to New Oriental to make a movie.

As for the golden combination of Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda, Lin Daoqiu planned to make a play for them.

Stephen Chow was 25 years old at this time, and it was time for him to flex his muscles in the film industry.

For Lin Daoqiu, as long as Zhou Xingchi enters the film, with the effect he produces, the blessing of New Oriental Pictures in Xiangjiang will be greatly improved.

From Xingzi to Xingye, Zhou Xingchi spent three years in his last life.

Before taking over the filming of "The Saint of Gamblers", Stephen Chow starred in the movie "Curry Pepper", which had the highest box office, came to 500 million.

However, compared with "The Holy Gambler", the box office of his previous films is really not that good.

After all, after the release of "The Holy Gambler", the box office directly broke through 4000 million, which made Zhou Xingchi's name go from Xingzi, to Ah Xing, and finally to Xingye.

It can be said that the movie "The Saint of Gamblers" established Zhou Xingchi's status in Xiangjiang comedy movies, so this movie is naturally one of Lin Daoqiu's first considerations.

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