Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 304 Rebel General Wang Jing?

Two weeks after its release, the film that was released during the Christmas period is finally out.

As a result, it was no surprise that "Flying Dragon" won the first place with a box office of 300 million.

In the end, New Oriental Cinemas' flagship "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing" only got 580 million box office and ranked second.

As for Shaw Brothers' romantic film "Ecstasy Jade", it only got a box office of 160 million, which can be said to be very mediocre.

You must know that when "Mission Impossible" was released before, it broke Xiangjiang's box office record, reaching a box office of more than 2000 million.

As a result, this time Shaw Brothers' main movie during the Christmas period was only a mere 160 million. This time Shaw Brothers can be said to have lost all face.

Because of this, Run Run Shaw lost his temper at the Shaw Brothers' regular meeting. He ordered Chu Yuan, Zhang Che, and Li Hanxiang to find a way to reverse this downward trend.

But in fact, Run Run Shaw himself is very clear that the previous golden age of martial arts movies has passed, and I am afraid that action movies will dominate in the future, and even kung fu comedies may not be popular.

I didn't see Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Jackie Chan, and I didn't continue to make kung fu comedies, but started to try the modern action movies proposed by Lin Daoqiu.

"Since Lin Daoqiu made "Mission Impossible", let alone martial arts movies, now even Sammo Hung and the others have started to switch to making action movies. I am worried that this will continue..."

Fang Yihua's worry is not unreasonable, even though Shaw Brothers' martial arts movies can still earn several million at the box office, but compared with Lin Daoqiu's movies, they are simply not good.

Moreover, the audience's tastes will change. If this continues, the business of Shaw Cinemas will be greatly affected. Previously, customers would be attracted to Golden Harvest and New Oriental.

"If Lin Daoqiu can make it, why can't we make it? I've been making movies all my life, so what kind of movie can't be made."

Run Run Shaw seemed furious, but even though he said so, looking at the directors in his hands, none of them could handle it.

"That's what I said, but I've done some research. If you want to make an action movie, you need at least 500 million RMB for a movie excluding the actors' remuneration."

As soon as this was mentioned, Fang Yihua thought of that bastard Lin Daoqiu again. If it wasn't for the speeding car explosions and high-tech scenes he made, why would it cost so much money to make a movie?
Run Run Shaw, who was originally furious, had to calm down when he heard this.

500 million yuan to make a movie seems a bit too expensive. If it hits the street at that time, I'm afraid I won't even be able to recover the cost.

"Shooting, let Zhang Che make an action movie. As for the script, I remember that Wang Tianlin's son is called Wang or something. He seems to have an idea. Let him be the screenwriter of this movie."

When Fang Yat Hua heard Run Run Shaw mentioning Wang Jing, it seemed that the expression on her face became a little embarrassed.

"Did something happen?"

Having been with Fang Yat-hua for so many years, Run Run Shaw could tell from the other's expression that there must be something wrong with Wang Tianlin's son.

"Wong Jing has joined the film studio founded by Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui."

Who are Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui? They are Lin Daoqiu's confidantes. Wang Jing's casting in their studio is tantamount to helping Lin Daoqiu.

Wang Tianlin was an old courtier under him, his son didn't help him and went to help Lin Daoqiu, this really made Run Run Shaw very angry.

"Does Tianlin know about this?"

Run Run Shaw was already holding back his anger. What he hated most in his life was being betrayed by others.

When Zou Wenhuai left, he brought a group of production talents with him, and later he poached Wang Yu to film "The Blind Man vs. One-Armed Swordsman", because this matter caused the two sides to go to court for more than ten years.

It can be said that this is the most unconcernable thing in Run Run Shaw's life. If even Wang Tianlin has this kind of thought now, Run Run Shaw will be even more angry.

"I haven't had time to ask him, but Tianlin is an old man under your command, so he shouldn't have any other thoughts, so don't worry."

Fang Yathua was worried that Run Run Shaw would get angry, so she quickly comforted him.

"You go to Tianlin and tell Wang Jing to return to Shaw Brothers. As long as he is willing to come back, I can pretend that this has never happened, and I can support him to make the movie he wants to make."

Fang Yihua nodded quickly. In fact, they didn't realize how talented Wang Jing was, they just wanted to win.

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During the recent period, Wang Jing is in a very good mood. The script of "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" has been changed several times, and the filming can start in about a week.

When he went upstairs, he couldn't help humming a ditty, looking very proud.

But when Wang Jing pushed the door open, he suddenly found Wang Tianlin sitting on a chair and looking at him.

It stands to reason that Wang Tianlin should be filming in Qingshui Bay at this time, why did he come back so early today.

"Old Dou, it's so early to finish work today?"

Wang Jing didn't know what happened yet, so he didn't think about anything else.

But as soon as he closed the door, he heard Wang Tianlin's angry voice.

"You bastard, you even decided to join Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun's film studio without telling me. If Miss Fang hadn't come to me today, I wouldn't have known about it."

Wang Jing didn't expect her matter to attract Fang Yihua's attention, and it sounded like she even made a special trip to find Wang Tianlin for this matter.

"Old man, the conscience of heaven and earth, and you didn't ask me, Wen Jun and the others are willing to pay me to make a film, so I will go. I didn't see you say this when I helped Jiahe film the film before."

Before Wang Jing helped Golden Harvest write scripts, everyone turned a blind eye. After all, the box office of the movies produced by the scripts he wrote can only be said to be mediocre.

And most of them are co-operated by Wang Jing and others. Who knows how much credit he has in it, so it's normal not to pay special attention to him.

"You bad boy, do you know that Uncle Six is ​​very upset about you helping Lin Daoqiu? He told you to go back to Shaw Brothers right away. He can let the past go and support you in making movies."

Wang Jing originally thought that this matter was only on Fang Yathua's side, but he didn't expect that Uncle Liu was alarmed, and now he became nervous.

"Baby, you know how to be afraid now."

Knowing the son is more like the father, Wang Tianlin knew that Wang Jing had been frightened when he saw the change of expression on Wang Jing's face.

Wang Jing walked up to Wang Tianlin and sat down, but strangely, the nervous look on his face suddenly disappeared.

"It's not that I'm afraid. Anyway, with your boss in front of you, you are the first to hang up. And today is different. There is not much Sixth Uncle can do."

Wang Jing is not a fool, on the contrary, he is actually very smart. At first, he was just surprised that his incident had alarmed Run Run Shaw.

But after calming down, he had already figured out all the problems.

"Shanzi, I advise you to hurry back and help Sixth Uncle film, otherwise I won't be able to keep you."

"Old Dou, now a table of fresh seafood is placed in front of me, let me go back and eat porridge now? Let's save it."

Wang Jing didn't plan to return to Shaw Brothers, and he had already made up his mind to hug Lin Daoqiu's thigh tightly.

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