Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 333

It can be said that it is very rare for Shaw Brothers, the three leaders of Jiahe and New Oriental to appear at a party at the same time.

Many people hope that there will be some good show in the future, but unfortunately, with the identities of Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai, the chance of such a thing happening is almost zero.

Both parties sat obediently in their seats and never even met their eyes, so there was no possibility of conflict at all.

And at this time, a director of the inspection department was invited to the stage to be in charge of the speech at the reception.

It was originally planned to invite one of Run Run Shaw or Zou Wenhuai to be the guest speaker, but after much deliberation, the organizer decided to find someone else to do this.

Because no matter whether it is to invite Run Run Shaw or Zou Wenhuai, it seems that it is not very appropriate. Maybe I will do bad things with good intentions and accidentally offend one of them. It is better not to invite anyone.

The director stepped off the stage after saying a few words appropriate to the occasion. Anyway, no matter what he said, everyone would applaud.

"Now Xiangjiang's film production level is at the top level in Asia, but it's ridiculous that such a big market doesn't even have its own film festival, and it doesn't even have its own official organization for filmmakers. It's just a mess."

Chen Bosheng shook his head while talking. As one of the founders of the "Film Biweekly" launched last year, Chen Bosheng hoped that while the rapid development of Xiangjiang Films, it would also gradually increase the popularity of Xiangjiang Films.

Otherwise, no matter how good the film is, it will be useless if it sells well. Without the blessing of these soft powers, it will not be a long-term solution after all.

Moreover, the movies that are currently selling blockbusters are all kung fu comedies and martial arts movies. In Chen Baisheng's opinion, these movies have no connotation at all, and they belong to movies that are forgotten after seeing them.

The "Film Biweekly" he founded most admires art films, and his favorites are the works made by those new wave directors, but unfortunately these films are neither popular nor popular.

"Then what can we do, we can't create an award ourselves."

As the editor-in-chief of "Movie Biweekly", Shu Qi's other position at this time is as an assistant director and screenwriter at Golden Harvest Film Company.

He has heard these words of Chen Bosheng more than once, but with their current strength, it is simply a dream to hold a film festival.

"why not?"

Chen Bosheng suddenly turned his head to look at Shu Qi, and then showed a puzzled expression, as if what the other party just asked was stupid.

It's not that Shu Qi doesn't want to hold Xiangjiang's own film festival, but "Film Biweekly" has only been published for exactly a year, and the influence of this weekly magazine is still very small, so the possibility of hosting a film festival is basically zero.

"Let's not talk about whether we have such influence, where do you go to find investment if you want to hold a film festival? Do you think that awards are free of money? Who is willing to spend this money to organize these unrealistic things for you."

Shu Qi's first consideration is not whether it can be held, but the issue of money. You must know that running a film festival requires more than just people, it also requires a lot of money as support.

With the current power of "Film Biweekly", it is impossible to hold a film festival anyway, so Chen Baisheng now says that these are of no use at all.

"We really can't do it, but if one of those three is willing to help, this matter can be very promising."

What Chen Bosheng was referring to was naturally Zou Wenhuai, Run Run Shaw and Lin Daoqiu.

As the big boss of the three cinema chains, he is many times stronger than them in terms of financial resources and influence.

If one of these three people is willing to take the lead in organizing this film festival, all the troubles will be solved.

But as soon as Chen Baisheng finished speaking, Shu Qi couldn't help laughing out loud, and didn't know what the other party said that made him feel very funny.

"Lin Daoqiu, I don't know, but Mr. Zou, I've made insinuations before. He's not interested in such things, let alone Sixth Uncle. It's even more difficult for you to ask him to spend money to do this kind of thing. "

Two of the three were eliminated at once, and it seemed that the chances were slim, but Chen Baisheng was not surprised at all, at least there was only one Lin Daoqiu left.

At this time, Chen Bosheng suddenly stood up without warning, startling Shu Qi beside him.

"Aren't you going to see Mr. Lin now?"

Shu Qi looked at Chen Baisheng in shock, he didn't expect the other party to be so impulsive today.

"This is the Chinese New Year Reception. Is it okay for me to offer a glass to Mr. Lin to wish him a happy New Year? Don't be dazed. Hurry up and pick up the glass and go with me. I'm afraid I won't even have a chance to talk if I go late."

Under Chen Bosheng's urging, Shu Qi had no choice but to reluctantly pick up the wine glass, and then walked towards Lin Daoqiu with him.

At this time, Lin Daoqiu was chatting with several movie dealers in Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi were very acquainted, and they also stood aside and pretended to chat, hoping to wait for these people to leave.

After waiting for 10 minutes, those people got up and left. Aiming at this opportunity, Chen Baisheng hurriedly pulled Shu Qi and walked over.

"Mr. Lin, I wish you a happy Chinese New Year."

Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi almost rushed in front of Lin Daoqiu, the wine in the cup was almost spilled.

Lin Daoqiu had never met Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi, so he tilted his head and looked at these two reckless guys, with a puzzled look in his eyes, as if he was asking who are you?
"My name is Chen Baisheng, and I am the editor-in-chief of "Film Biweekly". This is Shu Qi, the editor-in-chief of "Movie Biweekly."

Chen Bosheng introduced the identities of himself and Shu Qi to Lin Daoqiu. After he finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu's eyes widened slightly. He didn't expect these two guys to find him.

Calculating the time, now the Academy Awards will not appear until the next year, and Chen Baisheng came here more than a year earlier. It seems that he made preparations for this matter quite early.

"I have admired you two for a long time, please sit down."

Lin Daoqiu pretended not to know why they came to him.

After Chen Baisheng and Shu Qi sat down, they looked at each other first, and finally decided that Chen Baisheng would speak and Shu Qi would supplement.

"I don't know what Mr. Lin thinks about the future of Xiangjiang Films?"

As soon as he sat down, Chen Bosheng threw a very serious topic to Lin Daoqiu, obviously they were at the Chinese New Year Reception.

"The future of Xiangjiang Films? Very good, everyone is making money now, and the film world will only get better and better in the future. I am full of confidence in this."

After listening to Lin Daoqiu's words, Chen Bosheng suddenly showed a disdainful smile. It seemed that he seemed a little disapproving of what Lin Daoqiu said.

"If Mr. Lin thinks this way, then I can only say that you are a little too optimistic. Xiangjiang Film is actually in a very dangerous situation now."

(End of this chapter)