Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 233

Fortunately, Zou Wenhuai was not too stubborn. The day after Shaw Brothers announced, Golden Harvest immediately followed up and announced the cancellation of the basic fee.

Since then, this system of subsidy, which is regarded as the biggest stumbling block by filmmakers, has officially become history from this day.

A film critic even wrote a newspaper article celebrating the day.

"The subsidy system of the Xiangjiang Theater is an invisible shackle for all independent filmmakers. This lock can be opened today, but it is thanks to a person who has nothing to do with the film before. If it is not He took the lead in breaking this system, and I can't even imagine how long this backward and corrupt system will exist."

If Lei Juekun hadn't come out to disrupt the situation, perhaps this system of endowments would continue to exist for a long time.

But now everyone can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Those movies that were kept in the warehouse to feed mosquitoes can finally be shown to people.

In the middle of May, everyone on Shaw Brothers' Clear Water Bay set was holding their breaths, waiting for that moment to come.

When Brigitte Lin pulled the trigger and killed the mastermind behind the scenes, this "Mission Impossible" was officially announced to be completed.

Although the filming time was only three months, this film can be said to be the hardest film Lin Daoqiu has ever filmed.

But fortunately, there were no major problems from the beginning to the end, and all the scenes were filmed smoothly, which made him finally heave a sigh of relief.

On this day, Run Run Shaw also rarely visited the Clear Water Bay set.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin, you have worked hard these past few months."

Run Run Shaw stepped forward and shook hands with Lin Daoqiu.

"Uncle Liu is being polite, these are what I should do."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head. In fact, it was Brigitte Lin and Guo Youhua who felt the hardest.

Walking between the two women has already consumed a lot of Lin Daoqiu's energy.

But these two women don't know what's wrong, since they looked at each other that day, they are rarely seen chatting together.

Even most of the time, the two of them try to avoid each other, making Lin Daoqiu wonder what happened.

But I believe that Run Run Shaw should have no interest in his relationship, so Lin Daoqiu changed the topic to movies.

"The post-production of this drama will take about a month."

After hearing this, Run Run Shaw nodded repeatedly. After all, a full 4000 million was invested in this drama, so there is nothing wrong with it taking a long time for post-production.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will ask the people in charge of Shaw's post-production to fully cooperate with you."

It can be said that Run Run Shaw attaches great importance to this drama, after all Shaw Brothers has been overwhelmed by Golden Harvest at the box office for so long.

This time, he can use Lin Daoqiu's hand to fight a beautiful battle, so he is naturally willing to provide Lin Daoqiu with all convenient assistance.

After greeting Run Run Shaw, Brigitte Lin also came out from the dressing room after taking off her makeup.

"What are your plans after the filming is over?"

Brigitte Lin hadn't thought about these questions. After Lin Daoqiu asked, she seemed to have started to seriously think about this question.

You must know that Brigitte Lin had to shoot at least seven or eight films a year. It can be said that she was too busy to touch the ground almost every day.

But in the entire half a year now, she has only filmed "Mission Impossible".

I'm afraid this is the most comfortable period of time she has spent since filming.

"Since you raised this question, I believe you should already have an answer. I want to hear what you have to say."

Lin Qingxia smiled slyly, and she simply threw the question back on Lin Daoqiu.

Apparently he didn't expect Lin Qingxia to come back and return the carbine. After hearing this, Lin Daoqiu was stunned for a moment.

Lin Daoqiu thought for a while before giving his own thoughts.

"In the past, you had to stay on the set almost every day to shoot movies. In one year, you have filmed as many as seven or eight movies, and they were all heroines in romance movies. I think this kind of work model should be changed."

It is the market in Taiwan that created this peculiar film culture.

In the era when literary films were in power, movie stars were almost all limited to one role.

Two forests and two Qins are exactly the characteristics of this three-hall (living room, dining room, dance hall) film culture.

The man is tall and handsome, and the woman is pure and beautiful. As long as they stand there, there will be a love-hate love triangle.

"Don't make those love movies in the future, you can try some other types of movies."

In fact, after arriving in Xiangjiang, Brigitte Lin was also thinking about her future development during this time.

She has indeed made enough of the three-chamber love movies in Baodao.

As an actor, once you no longer have enthusiasm for acting and just treat it as a daily job, you may not be able to play the role well.

"For example, you asked me to film the movie "Mission Impossible" just to allow me to make a smooth transition?"

Lin Daoqiu nodded, because he really thought so, so there was no need to hide it from the other party.

"Do you mean that I will change my career to become a martial arts actor in the future? It's too hard."

Thinking of having to fight with others in the future, Brigitte Lin felt that her future would be dark.

"Don't worry, I didn't say that I want you to be a martial arts star. Xiangjiang has many types of movies besides action movies. You can try them all, and you don't have to be limited to one type."

Lin Daoqiu naturally didn't want Brigitte Lin to be crowned a martial arts star from now on.

Even if "Mission Impossible" can be a big success by then, Lin Daoqiu will not always arrange action movies for her.

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Brigitte Lin was relieved. After all, she didn't want to become a kung fu star in the future. That sounds so weird.

"The post-production of this drama will take a month, so you can go back to Baodao to accompany your uncle and aunt, because we will be busy after that."

Brigitte Lin originally planned to go back to Baodao to rest for a while after filming, but from Lin Daoqiu's words, it seems that he will start filming the next movie soon?
"I don't have any plans to start a movie yet. What I mean is that we will go to Hollywood and Southeast Asia to promote, and you, as the heroine, can't be absent."

Before the filming started, Lin Qingxia already knew that this film was going to Hollywood, so she didn't think too much about it.

Originally, Run Run Shaw proposed to help Lin Daoqiu and the others hold a wrap-up banquet at night, but Lin Daoqiu refused.

It's not because the show has already exceeded the budget by 500 million, but because Lin Daoqiu wants to keep a low profile for the time being.

So his reason for rejecting Run Run Shaw was very simple, and he hoped to do it when the movie was released and won a good box office.

Seeing Lin Daoqiu's persistence, Run Run Shaw decided to give up.

Not even going to rest for a day, Lin Daoqiu went directly to Shaw Brothers' post-production company the next day and began to devote himself to the post-production work.

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