Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 213 Take You to a Picnic

"Congratulations to Mr. Lin for the box office success."

Zou Wenhuai invited Lin Daoqiu to Jiahe Company on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

"Five Lucky Stars" has been released for 13 days so far, and the box office has exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

This record set a new record for the box office of Golden Harvest Cinemas.

Today Zou Wenhuai invited Lin Daoqiu over, the most important thing is to talk about buying out "Five Lucky Stars".

He has already prepared a check for 2000 million, and now it seems that buying this show will definitely not lose money.

Just the local box office in Xiangjiang plus the money from selling ports, the money will definitely be collected back, and it is still the kind that can make a lot of money.

"Mr. Zou, you are being polite. I am just making wedding dresses for others."

Lin Daoqiu shook his hand. In the previous series of the Five Lucky Stars, he filmed a total of seven films, and the box office was very good.

When this drama is in Jiahe's hands, it will definitely become the golden hen of the other party.

But for Lin Daoqiu, although the Five Lucky Stars series can sell a lot of money, it is really not easy to get these people together later, which only Golden Harvest can do.

And this time, although Lin Daoqiu only spent less than 200 million yuan in remuneration, the next film will not only be so little.

In Lin Daoqiu's view, it is conservatively estimated that the salary of the actors of the next five lucky stars will definitely exceed 500 million.

In this case, it is better to leave the film to Golden Harvest. Anyway, there are so many films that can be made, and it is not necessary to choose troublesome ones.

"Mr. Lin was joking. It's just for mutual benefit. The 2000 million check is ready."

Zou Wenhuai took out the check and handed it to Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu took a look at the check, but didn't have much thought.

Although I have made so much money, I haven't had time to experience the feeling of being a multi-millionaire, and I will soon invest this money in "Mission Impossible".

Can't help shaking his head, Lin Daoqiu put away the check.

After earning this money, Lin Daoqiu just felt relieved, not the excitement of getting rich overnight.

Then Zou Wenhuai took out the transfer agreement, and after Lin Daoqiu signed it, this Five Lucky Stars and the subsequent series were officially bought out by Golden Harvest.

After Lin Daoqiu checked the contract and confirmed that there was no problem, and then signed his name, the deal was officially announced.

After talking about the five lucky stars, Lin Daoqiu was planning to leave, but at this moment Zou Wenhuai suddenly winked at He Guanchang.

The other party understood immediately, and then nodded slightly.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. He has something to ask you."

"Mr. He has something to say, please, I don't know where I can help you."

Lin Daoqiu was about to get up and leave, but after hearing He Guanchang's words, he sat down again.

Originally, he thought that what He Guanchang was going to say had something to do with the five lucky stars.

Lin Daoqiu even guessed that the other party might ask him to write the script for the second episode.

If that's the case, he might consider doing the other party this favor, but the script probably won't be cheap.

"The "Mission Impossible" that Mr. Lin and Shaw Brothers collaborated with is going to enter Hollywood, right?"

If Lin Daoqiu said he wanted to make a movie with 800 million US dollars, he would not believe it if he killed He Guanchang.

If the goal is set within the scope of East Asia, both Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang agree that the production cost of 200 million US dollars is considered to be the peak.

But since Lin Daoqiu spent 800 million this time, he must be targeting the Hollywood market.

"Mr. He was joking. It's not enough to enter Hollywood. It's just a test of the water."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head, it seemed that he was very humble.

But to be honest, in fact, he himself is not very sure whether this "Mission Impossible" can get a good box office in Hollywood.

But there is one thing Lin Daoqiu is very sure of, that is, the production fee of 4000 million yuan for this drama can definitely be recovered in East Asia.

With Shaw Brothers' operational capabilities, it is definitely no problem to reap 1000 million US dollars.

"What He wants to ask is, why did Mr. Lin choose Brigitte Lin as the protagonist?"

In fact, what He Guanchang wants to ask is why Lin Daoqiu chose the heroine as the protagonist instead of choosing a man.

This is really a bit of the opposite approach, after all, now on the big screen, the protagonists are all men.

Lin Daoqiu spent such a large amount of money to test Hollywood with Brigitte Lin as the leading role. Neither Zou Wenhuai nor He Guanchang knew what he was thinking.

"It's just a change of taste. There are so many films in which men play the leading role. My film has a woman as the leading role. On the contrary, it can highlight the difference from other films."

Lin Daoqiu has no obligation to explain clearly to the other party. Anyway, when the movie is finished and it gets a good box office, they will naturally follow suit.

Since this is the case, why should I say it too clearly?Lin Daoqiu is not interested in doing such thankless things.

"What makes it different from other movies?"

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, both Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang felt that Lin Daoqiu's words seemed very reasonable.

After all, the current routine of movies is to fight and kill, and it is difficult to make a breakthrough in genre.

The only change is to change the protagonist from a male to a female, but whether this is a good way, they still don't know.

Since Lin Daoqiu is willing to be the pioneer, Zou Wenhuai and the others are naturally happy to see it succeed.

If Lin Daoqiu succeeds, Golden Harvest will also start planning to make films with female protagonists in the future.

But if Lin Daoqiu fails, that's okay, anyway, it's just for their reference.

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"Where are you taking me?"

Lin Qingxia returned to Xiangjiang after staying in Baodao for more than ten days to continue her training.

On this day, she planned to go to Yuan's class to exercise as usual, but Lin Daoqiu told her that she didn't have to go today.

"why?"

Brigitte Lin felt very puzzled, she had already lost more than ten days of work, and now she should step up training to get back the progress.

Why did Lin Daoqiu suddenly give her leave at this time?But I have already taken more than ten days of vacation, which is enough.

"I'll take you to a place today."

Lin Daoqiu's mysterious appearance made Brigitte Lin mistakenly think that Lin Daoqiu was going to take her on a date.

"It's better not to, if the reporter sees it, they will write scribbles in the newspaper again."

Although she also wanted to go out for a stroll with Lin Daoqiu, she still had some scruples.

"Don't worry, I'll take you to the countryside for a picnic and show you something by the way."

Lin Daoqiu knew what the other party was worried about, but he didn't care about it.

"Well... well, if you meet a reporter at that time, you have to come forward and solve it."

Brigitte Lin felt that after all, she had been in Xiangjiang for so long, and she had never gone out with Lin Daoqiu.

Anyway, if she meets a reporter at that time, she is ready to leave everything to Lin Daoqiu to deal with.

"Don't worry, if I meet reporters at that time, I will tell you to take my girlfriend out shopping, and they will definitely not say anything."

"What nonsense are you talking about..."

Brigitte Lin pretended to be angry, and raised her hand as if to hit her.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't dodge or evade, just looked at the other party with a puzzled expression.

"I don't care about you."

Brigitte Lin tilted her head, bypassed Lin Daoqiu, and got into the car parked at the door.

(End of this chapter)