Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 249 Three Protagonists
On the first day of the release of "Killer's Trenches", Shaw suddenly announced that "Mission Impossible" will continue to be screened for a week because of the overwhelming response from the audience.

Run Run Shaw This is a bit like using "Mission Impossible" to go to "Killer's Trenches".

However, one is a new movie that has just been released, and it is still a big production in cooperation with Hollywood, and the other is a movie that has been released for two weeks.

It stands to reason that there is basically no suspense that "Killer's Trenches" won "Mission Impossible".

On the first day of the screening, the audience who went to watch "The Killer" was significantly more than that of "Mission Impossible".

He Guanchang, who was still a little worried, suddenly eased a lot after hearing the news.

Maybe it's just that I think too much, this movie doesn't look that bad, maybe those filmmakers don't understand Hollywood movies, but as long as the audience likes it, it's fine.

After the first day of screenings, "Killer's Trenches" got a box office score of one million, while "Mission Impossible" only had 80.

But for a movie that has been released for two weeks, it is already a remarkable thing to get 80.

However, He Guanchang's good mood didn't last long, because from the second day on, the box office of "Killer's Trenches" showed an astonishing downward trend, only getting 60 yuan.

And not only is the box office reduced, but also a wave of bad reviews.

Many viewers felt disappointed after watching it, claiming that they didn't understand what the movie was about.

Jackie Chan's past witty humor and acrobatic kung fu are almost gone, replaced by dull rhythms and inexplicable plots.

On the contrary, the contrarian growth in "Mission Impossible" suddenly jumped from 80 to millions.

Even Run Run Shaw did not expect such an accident to happen.

Originally, he didn't think that "Mission Impossible" could win against "Killer's Trenches", he just didn't want to compete with other movies.

But what I didn't expect was that "Killer's Trenches" was so bad that it couldn't even beat "Mission Impossible" which was released for two weeks.

At this time, Princess Jin on the other side is also showing a comedy starring Mai Jia and Shi Tian.

Although the box office is not very high, "Killer's Trenches" is already doomed to fail under the pinch between the two strong players.

In the end, Golden Harvest was full of confidence and Warner's joint venture film "The Killer", only got 330 million box office in Xiangjiang.

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And on the day "Mission Impossible" was drawn, the accumulated box office of the show in three weeks had exceeded 2000 million.

Unlike "Master Qian", this time "Mission Impossible" does not have the blessing of a double screening.

Lin Daoqiu has to admire Lin Daoqiu for achieving such a result in Shaw Cinemas alone.

Because he was the last person to break Xiangjiang's box office record, and now he is the one who made the first film to break the box office of 2000 million.

All of a sudden, Lin Daoqiu's name began to appear on the pages of major newspapers.

Many media wanted to interview Lin Daoqiu, but unfortunately, Lin Daoqiu's family didn't agree, because he didn't like being in newspapers or being noticed.

In a few days, Lin Daoqiu and Brigitte Lin will leave Xiangjiang to promote "Mission Impossible" to RB and Hollywood.

So during this free time, he wrote the movie "Flying Dragon".

This movie is an action movie released in 1988 starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

In addition to the martial arts of the three, the most attractive thing in it is a boxing champion named Benny Quedez.

As a villain, he knew that he was a ruthless character at a glance, but the opponent was not in Xiangjiang, so it was basically impossible to invite him.

Besides Binny, Billy Zhou is only 21 years old, and he is still in Canada.

However, Billy Zhou's role is easy to replace. Sammo Hung and the others have so many martial artists, so there are naturally many who can fight.

But these are not the most critical issues, because the most important thing is that the protagonist of this play was originally Jackie Chan.

If Lin Daoqiu wanted the three brothers to act in this play, Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung would probably be reluctant.

However, Lin Daoqiu still wrote the script of this play. Anyway, how they choose it is their business, and he just wrote the script.

And Lin Daoqiu didn't have time to supervise the production of this drama, because he and Brigitte Lin would go abroad for publicity soon, and they would have to stay outside for at least one to two months.

Maybe after I come back, the filming of "Flying Dragon Warrior" has already been finished.

The chemical factory under the name of Fahrenheit Enterprises uses chemical raw materials to manufacture drugs.

The waste discarded by the factory polluted the nearby fishery, and the manager of the fishery applied to the court for an injunction to prohibit the factory from continuing to produce.

The company hired a lawyer, A Biao, to handle the case. As a result, A Biao asked two of his good friends to help him without knowing the truth.

Afterwards, a series of things happened. Finally, after discovering the secret of the factory, the three worked together to defeat the bad guys and bring them to justice.

"The script is here, you can read it for yourself."

Lin Daoqiu asked Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao out, and briefly dictated the plot.

The lawyer who was originally played by Jackie Chan became Yuen Biao, and Sammo Hung still played the role of the fat man.

As for the remaining character Lin Daoqiu, Jackie Chan is planning to play it, but I don't know what they think.

"The budget of this movie is about 500 million. Do you have any questions?"

Sammo Hung was flipping through the script, but from the plot dictated by Lin Daoqiu, it seemed that this drama was indeed very simple.

And Lin Daoqiu also said that the budget of this drama is between 500 million.

Now a movie with a budget of 500 million in Xiangjiang is considered a blockbuster, so they have nothing to choose.

After all, they only planned to gain a foothold in Xiangjiang and earn money from selling ports.

As for Hollywood, this is not something Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung should consider now.

"Mr. Lin, from the script, it seems that there are three protagonists in this play?"

After watching it for a while, Sammo Hung discovered that besides him and Yuen Biao, there was another main character in this play.

"That's right. If there were only two people, the drama would be too dry, so I added an extra character."

Although Lin Daoqiu did not explicitly say who should be cast in this role, Sammo Hung has somewhat realized that Lin Daoqiu hopes to bring Jackie Chan into the role.

"The casting of this drama is up to you to decide. I will go abroad to do publicity, and I will not come back for at least two months. This is a 300 million check and a contract."

Pushing the check and the contract in front of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, Lin Daoqiu planned to be the shopkeeper this time.

If Sammo Hung wanted to understand, he would naturally invite Jackie Chan to act.

When this movie was released in 1988, it took 300 million at the box office, and the main selling point was the three brothers.

If he is not willing, then Lin Daoqiu has no objection, he has already handed over the decision to Hong Jinbao, and it depends on how the other party chooses.

(End of this chapter)