Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1781 May
"Brother Qiu, they're here too..."

While Lin Daoqiu was chatting with Yuan Hua, Sammo Hung brought Yuan Biao and other members of the Hong family to the scene.

Lin Daoqiu remembered that he didn't invite them before, but why did Hong Jinbao and the others come today?
"How did they come?"

Wen Jun also seemed a little surprised when he saw Sammo Hung, because he didn't think it was suitable for him to appear at New Oriental's celebration banquet at this time.

Speaking of this time, "The Return of the Great Sage" and Sammo Hung's filming "Mad Man" confronted each other.

In the end, the box office of "Mad Man" was only 700 million, which was much lower than the 600 million of "The Return of the Great Sage".

Although both films are special effects movies, compared to the special effects of "Mad Man" and "The Return of the Great Sage", they are not at the same level.

Sammo Hung also secretly watched "The Return of the Great Sage", and after watching it, he also had to feel that the gap between them and Lin Daoqiu was too big for people to accept.

At the beginning, Sammo Hung felt that even though there was a gap between them and Lin Daoqiu in special effects technology, the special effects studio jointly established by Di Bao and Golden Harvest cost so much money and took a lot of time.

So this time it stands to reason that even if there is a gap, it should not be too big.

But after he finished watching "The Return of the Great Sage", he realized how outrageous his thoughts were.

But Sammo Hung may have forgotten that the production cost of "Mad Man" is only about 1000 million US dollars, but if "The Return of the Great Sage" is calculated as a single film, it is also 5000 million US dollars, which is much more than "Mad Man" five times.

In the case of a gap in special effects technology, and the production cost of the investment is also five times lower than that of the other party, if the effect of "Mad Man" can still be comparable to that of "The Return of the Great Sage", then Lin Daoqiu will really vomit blood .

"Mr. Lin..."

Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao came to Lin Daoqiu and greeted him respectfully.

Although he was surprised by Sammo Hung's arrival, Lin Daoqiu had no intention of driving them out on the spot.

"Ah Hua is our senior brother. This is his first time as a leading actor and he has achieved such a good result. We should come here to congratulate him due to reason and reason."

Sammo Hung made it very clear that the reason why he came to the celebration banquet of "The Return of the Great Sage" this time was to celebrate Yuan Hua.

But the fact is really what Sammo Hung said, and Lin Daoqiu doesn't intend to delve into this point.

"Whoever comes is a guest, please sit down, both of you."

Lin Daoqiu made a gesture of invitation, and soon someone moved chairs for them.

Regarding the presence of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, some people at the scene have already started talking about it.

"Brother Hong seems to be a smart guy. It is impossible for the United Cinemas to beat our New Oriental. If he still wants to continue making movies in Xiangjiang, he can only beg Mr. Lin to let them return to New Oriental."

"What? Sammo Hung wants to return to New Oriental? Is this possible? At the beginning, he defected to New Oriental together with Cen Jianxun and Yuen Biao, and ran to Dibao to fight against us. Why would this kind of person ask him to come back?"

Regarding the sudden appearance of Sammo Hung and others, some people think that he came here specially to beg Lin Daoqiu for mercy, and hoped to return to New Oriental.

After all, the "Mad Man" that Dibao spent a huge amount of money on has already collapsed, and the situation of selling ports with the United Cinemas is very worrying.

Under such circumstances, it can be said that the difficulty of recovering the cost of this film is not ordinary, and it is even more difficult to make money.

So they think that Sammo Hung has seen the situation clearly and knows that he cannot go against the sky.

"Brother Hong, your filming of "Mad Man" was actually pretty good this time, but you also know very well that your company's special effects technology has reached its peak and it is difficult to improve."

Naturally, Wen Jun would not miss this good opportunity to sarcasm the other party, after all, the box office of "Mad Man" was almost twice as fast as that of "The Return of the Great Sage".

You must know that "Mad Man" was released in twice as many theaters as New Oriental, and under such circumstances, they can still lose twice as much at the box office, so how can they reason.

Facing Wen Jun's sarcasm, Sammo Hung just smiled, he did not intend to refute or argue with the other party.

What Wen Jun likes to say is his freedom, Sammo Hung won't take care of it, and he doesn't bother to take care of it.

However, the other party has a saying that Sammo Hung agrees with very much, that is, their "Mad Man" this time is indeed very good, but it is a pity that the box office performance is not satisfactory.

"Magic Studio recently set up a company in Hollywood, which has made rapid progress in the research of special effects technology. Next year's new film "1992" will be more shocking than "Godzilla."

If someone else said that, Sammo Hung would not take it seriously.

But these words were spoken by Lin Daoqiu himself, which made Hong Jinbao feel a chill in his heart.

Lin Daoqiu has almost no one who can defeat him now. If the magic studio's technology improves to a higher level, then their hard life may continue in the future.

"Sanmao, what are you going to do if I get stuck in the port sales channel of the United Cinemas?"

I didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to ask such a question suddenly, but this is nothing special, after all, Lin Daoqiu had already started poaching the partners of the joint theater chain before.

Now that the Taiwan market has been lost, apart from the Singaporean film studio who was kicked out by Li Maowen, the remaining people are actually unstable.

If the situation mentioned by Lin Daoqiu really happens at that time, then after the disbandment of the United Cinemas, Sammo Hung really doesn't know what to do.

"The things Mr. Lin said are still too far away, and they may not necessarily happen. If it really happens by then, let's talk about it."

Naturally, Sammo Hung will not make any mistakes in this. Although what Lin Daoqiu said is very likely to be realized, it will take at least a few years.

In the past few years, Sammo Hung still wanted to wait and see what happened, and if he really couldn't do it in the end, he would start thinking about his retreat.

"Look behind."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly pointed behind Sammo Hung.

Sammo Hung didn't understand what Lin Daoqiu meant, but he still looked along where Lin Daoqiu pointed.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but this look gave Hong Jinbao a big jump.

Because the representatives of film studios in the four regions of Matefi and India were sitting not far from him.

"You should see them sitting here and understand that they've made the right choice."

Originally, Sammo Hung had heard from Pan Disheng that the channel for the United Cinemas to sell ports was very stable, but now it seems that their retreat may have been completely blocked by Lin Daoqiu.

Under such circumstances, the United Cinemas may not be able to support it for too long.

Originally, Sammo Hung hoped that the United Cinemas would be able to support it for a few years, but now most of the sales channels have been cut off, which is definitely a fatal blow to Xiangjiang Film Company.

"The United Cinemas only have Singapore, Neon, and Han Country to sell films, but I can tell you..."

Lin Daoqiu paused for a moment, then smiled at him and said, "After one year, all the outlets of United Cinemas will be blocked."

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