Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 266 Let Him Join the Screen

"David has always wanted to compete for the head of the production department. Even if there is no such thing as this time, he will find an opportunity to do something."

After leaving Warner, Carls asked Richardson out to talk about the old days, and they inevitably talked about the bet.

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect that he would get involved in the battle of Warner's top management.

"The president has always supported me, but David has the support of several other directors, so Mr. Lin doesn't need to be too concerned about this matter."

Richardson is very open, because it has been rumored recently that Ashley will step down as the president of Warner, and the new president will definitely take action against Ashley's old department.

After all, the production department is a vital department in the film company, and the new president will definitely find a way to take this department into his own hands.

"If this time "Mission Impossible" fails to get 600 million box office in the first week, what will happen?"

Lin Daoqiu seemed very interested in this.

Richardson smiled, then raised his glass and shrugged at Lin Daoqiu.

"Then I will resign as head of Warner Productions, and then this position should be replaced by David."

Lin Daoqiu just nodded after listening to it. In fact, he had already guessed the result.

"Okay, let's not talk about these spoilers, even if Warner fires me, I still have a lot of places to go, it's not a big deal."

Richardson seems quite open-minded, after all, Hollywood is not just a company with Warner.

If it weren't for Ashley's appreciation, Richardson might have already switched to another company. After all, there are many people who want to poach him over the years.

"I haven't lost yet, and I think Mr. Lin's movie has a great chance to win."

Kars spoke highly of Lin Daoqiu's play, if not, he wouldn't have come back to help promote it himself.

Richardson was surprised by what Kars said, because in his opinion, the result was already doomed, but he was embarrassed to say it out of fear of hurting Lin Daoqiu.

"Carls, are you serious?"

He knew Kars's abilities, and since the other party said that the show was promising, he must not be talking nonsense.

"You don't think it's luck for a film that won the box office championship in so many regions in Asia?"

Originally, Richardson didn't expect much from this play, but after hearing what Kars said, he suddenly stood up.

"Come on, let's go see the show."

I don't know why Richardson suddenly became interested, but since he wanted to see it, Lin Daoqiu and Kars had no choice but to accompany him to watch it.

So after the three of them left the bar, they came to Warner's screening room together.

"To be honest, I thought the same thing as David at the beginning."

Before the film was played, Richardson chatted with Lin Daoqiu.

At first, when he heard that the movie was about women, and the main characters were Chinese, he was very displeased with the movie.

These two factors are difficult to be popular in Hollywood, and the audience here only knows Bruce Lee.

As for other Xiangjiang or Chinese stars, I am afraid that there are no ones who can be named. It is no wonder that Richardson and the others maintain this view.

"The audience's tastes change with different movies. Unless the type of movie remains the same, they can like Bruce Lee and other Chinese stars."

Richardson did not deny Lin Daoqiu's statement.

However, judging from the films produced by various Hollywood companies in recent years, the selection of the material for this film has been problematic from the very beginning.

But this is a Xiangjiang movie, and Richardson can't ask Lin Daoqiu to make it according to Hollywood's taste, because he first needs to serve audiences in Asia.

"Maybe it's possible, but at least I haven't seen this sign until now. Maybe it's possible that Mr. Lin can give me a surprise."

At this time, the preparations for the screening had been completed, and images had already appeared on the small screen in front of Lin Daoqiu and the others.

Because it was going to be released in Hollywood, Lin Daoqiu had already asked someone to dub the English version instead of just subtitles.

The purpose of this is to make the movie more acceptable to North American audiences.

And this approach was obviously highly appreciated by Richardson and Carls, who were worried at first that the play would use the original sound.

Even though he has seen this movie before, when Kars watched it again, he still felt a surge of emotion.

He even feels that this movie has surpassed all action movies of this era.

At least compared to those stiff martial arts and bad fights, "Mission Impossible" does not know how many times better.

"Shouldn't this movie be the only one?"

Carls knew the show was a series, and it would be a shame to make only one.

"Of course I hope to continue filming, but you also know that in the current situation, it is difficult for me to make a decision."

After all, the first film has cost tens of millions of dollars, although the cost has been recovered in Asia, and it is certain that it can make a small profit.

But if that's the case, Lin Daoqiu doesn't intend to spend a lot of energy making such a movie.

When Lin Daoqiu and Kars were chatting, they didn't notice that Richardson next to him didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, but was very absorbed in watching the movie.

Although he looked expressionless, he was actually completely amazed by the movie.

He never expected that such an action movie would not be produced by Hollywood.

The speeding cars, fights, martial arts and explosion scenes in the movie far exceeded his imagination.

What's more important is that this drama didn't lose the most important thing because of these things, that is the plot.

Richardson is very sure that this play is definitely the most exciting movie he has seen in recent years.

When the movie screening ended, Richardson suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but compared with before, his eyes seemed to become more determined.

"Mr. Lin, I apologize to you for my slip of the tongue just now."

Richardson stood up suddenly, then walked to Lin Daoqiu and lowered his head slightly.

Both Lin Daoqiu and Kars looked at him blankly, wondering what happened to Richardson?
"I'm going to go to President Ashley now and tell him how good this movie is, and I'm going to propose to him to add a screen to this movie, add 3000 yuan, oh no... add [-] yuan, let this The movie was shown all over North America."

It can be seen that Richardson was very excited, as if he had dug up a big treasure.

(End of this chapter)