Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 3199: Remake "The Gambler"?
Completely different from Tsui Hark, Liu Zhenwei attaches great importance to Lin Daoqiu. Even so late, he even called himself to ask about Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat. It can be seen that Lin Daoqiu is definitely not a sudden whim. Based on Liu Zhenwei's understanding of Lin Daoqiu , he should be planning to re-activate those two guys.

When I think about how I got the "The Gambler" written by Lin Daoqiu with great enthusiasm, but in the end, after filming, it didn't even have a chance to be released. I was directly rejected by Lin Daoqiu and gave "The Gambler" to Xu Zang. Now I'm filming "The Big Brother" with Wong Kar-wai. "Ghost House", if the final box office did not reach 500 million, the two of them might have to go to Treasure Island to develop. The more Liu Zhenwei thought about it, the more he couldn't sleep, so he simply called Wong Kar-wai.

Wong Kar-Wai, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up by a phone call. He walked to the living room in a daze to answer the phone. After picking it up and feeding him, he heard it was Liu Zhenwei calling. He thought something had happened to the movie.

"Nothing special, just that Mr. Lin called me just now."

"Oh……"

Wong Kar-wai didn't react because he was still confused, but he woke up immediately after a few seconds.

"Ah...Mr. Lin called you? What did he say? Did he have any dissatisfaction with "The Ghost Job"? Or did Manager Li say something bad about us in front of him? Did you Explain to Mr. Lin that we have tried our best? We are really screwed now."

Wong Kar-wai was so nervous that he thought Lin Daoqiu called Liu Zhenwei to reprimand him because the filming of "The Ghost Story" was not good.

"No, no, Mr. Lin called me to ask me about Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat."

Hearing Liu Zhenwei say this, Wong Kar-wai was relieved. Since he was not causing trouble for them, it was naturally the best. After all, "The Ghost Story" has not been released yet. If Lin Daoqiu has any feelings about "The Ghost Story" If there is any bad opinion, then I am afraid they will not have any preferential treatment in the subsequent film arrangement.

"Huh... Just don't scare me at this late night, okay? I thought Mr. Lin had some dissatisfaction with "The Ghost Job"."

"That's not what you're saying. You know in your heart whether Mr. Lin has any opinion about us. If "The Ghost Story" doesn't get 500 million at the box office this time, we will all be sent to the treasure island, so we should find a way Get out of this mess.”

Liu Zhenwei's worries are also Wong Kar-wai's worries, but how to make Lin Daoqiu change his view on them? In Wong Kar-wai's opinion, unless "The Ghost Man" can get a box office result of 500 million or more this time, in that case they will naturally be able to hide. It’s a disaster, but is there really hope?
"It's easy to say, but what do you think we should do? I don't have any solution now. If I had a solution, I wouldn't be so distressed."

"Didn't you hear just now? Mr. Lin called me and asked me about Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat."

"You mean to start with Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat? Have you forgotten about "The Gambler"? It's better to count on yourself than to count on them."

Wong Kar-wai was very dissatisfied with Liu Zhenwei's proposal. He felt that Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat were still waiting for a chance to make a comeback. It would be more realistic to rely on their words instead of relying on themselves. By the time they became prosperous, Liu Zhenwei and himself might have already cooled off, or they would have already cooled off. He has already been sent to Treasure Island.

Liu Zhenwei was extremely anxious. He felt that Wong Kar-wai didn't understand what he meant at all, and he felt that Wong Kar-wai looked down upon Stephen Chow and Ng Meng-tat too little. At least in Liu Zhenwei's opinion, these two guys had a relatively high status in Lin Daoqiu's mind. They are not serious, otherwise Lin Daoqiu would not mention them again and again, and even specially arrange for them to act in "The Ghost Mission", it must be to cultivate them.

Although the reason why "The Gambler" was not released has something to do with them, it is only because they did not film what Lin Daoqiu wanted. It does not mean that they themselves are hopeless, otherwise Lin Daoqiu would have been If you give them up, how can you give them so many opportunities? "If Mr. Lin really hates them, why do you give them opportunities again and again? Have you ever thought about this problem?"

Liu Zhenwei's words sounded reasonable to Wong Kar-wai, but he didn't think that relying on Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat to help him and Liu Zhenwei's current predicament was of any use, unless...

"Have you already thought of any good ideas? Tell me about it and listen to it?"

Wong Kar-wai, who was still in a daze before, has now completely sobered up. If Liu Zhenwei really thinks of some good way to change Lin Daoqiu's view of them this time, then Wong Kar-wai feels that he must try it. After all, they have one foot on the ground now. On the edge of a cliff, if you are not careful, you will fall and may not be able to stand up in your life.

"I want to... shoot "The Gambler" again."

"Ah...what did you say? Do you still want to film "The Gambler"?"

Wong Kar-wai thought that Liu Zhenwei had come up with some good idea, but when he heard that the other party wanted to find Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat to remake "The Gambler", he didn't know what to say for a moment. Wong Kar-wai thought that Liu Zhenwei was crazy. Already?If not, how could he have such an outrageous idea?
"If you think about it, the failure to film "The Gambler" not only affected Stephen Chow, but also Mr. Lin's opinion of me. If this matter cannot be resolved smoothly, there is a high possibility that I will not be able to stand out in this life, so The best way is to completely resolve this matter, so in my opinion, remaking "The Gambler" is the best way, no two."

"Boss, now it's not a question of whether you want to film "The Gambler", but that you have no chance to film it. Right now, the life or death of "The Ghost Story" is uncertain. Now you go to Mr. Lin and tell him that you want to film it again." Do you think he will agree to film "The Gambler"?"

"What if Mr. Lin agrees?"

"No, even so, I don't agree with you going to talk to Mr. Lin."

Wang Jiawei was immediately speechless by Liu Zhenwei's hypothesis. Although he did not think that Lin Daoqiu would agree to Liu Zhenwei's request, Lin Daoqiu was not easy to judge with common sense. No one could predict what he would think. How to do it, maybe he will really agree to Liu Zhenwei's request to remake "The Gambler". After all, the production cost of this movie is not high, and there is no need to hire any big-name actors. The cost of trial and error is very low.

It’s just that Wong Kar-wai is not optimistic about this, because he does not think that Liu Zhenwei at this time can make "The Gambler" that satisfies Lin Daoqiu. If they screw up again this time, then they will really not be able to turn around again this time. It's possible.

"Well, it's getting late, you go and have a rest."

"You should also go to bed early and don't think too much. As long as "The Ghost Story" can get more than 500 million at the box office this time, all our difficulties will be solved."

Hearing Wong Kar-wai's answer made Liu Zhenwei very depressed, but how could he change the things he had decided so easily? He was perfunctory with his words but he had already made a decision in his heart.

(End of this chapter)