Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2296 Telling the Past

Although He Guanchang wanted to know what went wrong between Sammo Hung and Daoqiu Lin, he would not take the initiative to raise the issue, but let Sammo Hung speak up by himself.

"Mr. He is too polite. The biggest contributor to the success of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern" is Mr. Lin. Without Mr. Lin, there would be no "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern"."

Lin Daoqiu is the author, screenwriter, producer, investor, and even served as the director of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" for a period of time.

Sammo Hung is really not saying good things about Lin Daoqiu, because the facts are just like what he said, without Lin Daoqiu, there would be no movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

"Even if this is the case, it can't erase your credit. Golden Harvest has always admired San Mao and A Biao very much. If there is a chance in the future, I hope that we can work together to make money as before."

At this time, Golden Harvest only has Jet Li as a popular star, and the other actors are basically supporting roles, and they even have to invite people from outside to film in many cases.

After the absence of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, Golden Harvest has been going downhill, and then Xu Guanwen's departure was a fatal blow to Golden Harvest.

Without the blessing of top stars, if a film company wants to develop, it must have very good works.

To create a good movie, you need a good director, screenwriter, and actors, but Jiahe doesn't have any of these.

It's no wonder that they couldn't hold on after they got there, and even Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang once planned to give up Jiahe and retire.

If Lin Daoqiu hadn't come forward to persuade them to come down, I am afraid that Xiangjiang would have already lost Jiahe Film Company at this time.

So Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are very clear that the most important thing for a film company is to have a star who can control the scene, and then there are excellent directors and screenwriters.

But the problem now is that Xiangjiang's best stars, directors, screenwriters, and even film-related talents are all controlled by New Oriental, and other film companies can only hold a candle to them.

"Actually, Ah Biao and I have always missed the days of working with Golden Harvest. We didn't expect the time to pass so quickly."

Although Sammo Hung didn't directly agree to He Guanchang, one could tell from what he said that he didn't have any objection to cooperating with Golden Harvest.

"I heard that Sanmao probably doesn't have anything to film recently, right? If that's the case, why don't you all work together on a few movies?"

Although He Guanchang said so, there will definitely be Jet Li in these movies. After all, Jet Li is now the candidate recommended by Golden Harvest.

"To be honest with Mr. He, A Biao and I really want to cooperate with Golden Harvest, and we already have a very clear direction."

Hearing what Sammo Hung said, He Guanchang thought that Sammo Hung had already prepared a script or theme and planned to cooperate with Golden Harvest.

If this is the case, then He Guanchang will not refuse, as long as the budget is not too exaggerated, he is very willing to cooperate with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

"No problem, we have cooperated many times before, and I still trust San Mao very much. As long as there are no major problems with the script, this matter can basically be settled."

He Guanchang is also very proud, but it's not because of loyalty or nostalgia.

After all, the champion of this year's Spring Festival is basically won by "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". As the two protagonists of this drama, I don't know how many people want to cooperate with Sammo Hung and the others. What else can I refuse? .

He Guanchang even thought, if Sammo Hung came to them this time to invest in the filming of the sequel of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", it would be a wonderful thing.

But after thinking about it, I know that this is absolutely impossible. After all, this movie is such a hit, it is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to hand it over to others to shoot. He will definitely pay for it by himself.

"Actually, I have met Mr. Lin before and talked about some topics about Hollywood. Mr. Lin is also very supportive of our development in Hollywood."

Originally, He Guanchang was still thinking about the sequel of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", but these words of Sammo Hung brought him back to reality.

Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao actually wanted to develop in Hollywood, which made He Guanchang not know what to say for a while.

No wonder Sammo Hung couldn't be happy when he got such a good result in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The relationship is because he wants to develop in Hollywood, so he and Lin Daoqiu are a little unhappy.

As for what Sammo Hung said just now, Lin Daoqiu is very supportive of them going to Hollywood to develop, that is [-]% nonsense.

If Lin Daoqiu really supports Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao to develop in Hollywood, then he will naturally make a movie for them, and let MGM be responsible for the investment of this movie by the way.

But now that Lin Daoqiu did not do this, and based on Sammo Hung's reaction just now, He Guanchang can basically be sure that Lin Daoqiu did not want Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao to go to Hollywood, but Sammo Hung insisted on going, so the two sides fell out.

Although he had guessed the whole thing in his heart, the expression on He Guanchang's face was still very calm, and he couldn't see any change in his expression at all.

"Sanmao, it has always been Golden Harvest's dream to spread Xiangjiang's films to the whole world. If Xiaolong hadn't died young, Golden Harvest would have gained a firm foothold in Hollywood by virtue of his strength."

The death of Bruce Lee was definitely a major blow to Golden Harvest, because they originally set their sights on Hollywood, but after Bruce Lee's unfortunate departure, all their opportunities disappeared in an instant.

If it weren't for the fact that they got the Xu Brothers, Golden Harvest would have been suppressed miserably by the Shaw Brothers in the mid-to-late 70s.

"Mr. He, A Biao and I have worked hard in Xiangjiang for so many years, and we have basically achieved all the results we can get. Over the years, many Hollywood film companies have invited us to make films, but I have refused. .”

Sammo Hung is not putting gold on his face, it's just that the film companies who invited him and Yuen Biao are all small film companies or independent filmmakers.

These people basically have no strength, just relying on fooling around to see if they can trick a few idiots into Hollywood to be squeezed by them.

Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao are naturally not fools, so those people will not fall for them.

It's just that by saying these words now, at least to some extent, he can raise his social status, and make others think that Sammo Hung did not go to Hollywood to develop but stayed in Xiangjiang because of Lin Daoqiu's friendship.

If you say this to others, Sammo Hung's words may still be useful, but unfortunately, in front of He Guanchang, his words did not have much effect.

Because He Guanchang knew all about the tricks in it, but Sammo Hung's words aroused his interest.

(End of this chapter)