Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 338 Centrifugal
"Brother, why don't we go talk to Mr. Lin..."

After several glasses of wine, Yuan Biao's eyes suddenly fixed on Lin Daoqiu.

As soon as Yuen Biao finished speaking, Sammo Hung was taken aback by his words.

He hurriedly looked around to make sure no one heard what Yuen Biao said before Sammo Hung heaved a sigh of relief.

"Are you crazy? If you say something like this in this place, it will be troublesome if someone overhears you."

How can I say that the two of them are also members of Golden Harvest, if it is known that they intend to quit New Oriental, it will be troublesome.

"So what if we hear that, no matter how hard we work, we can't compare to Aaron. Why can he go to Hollywood, but we can only work hard in Xiangjiang."

The more Yuen Biao talked, the more angry he got. Logically speaking, his grades were much better than Jackie Chan, but Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang just looked down on him and Sammo Hung, which made Yuen Biao very hard to convince.

Originally, Yuen Biao and Jackie Chan managed to let go of their rift when they were filming "Flying Dragon", but now that Zou Wenhuai did this, the rift between them suddenly widened a lot.

Sammo Hung really couldn't figure it out. It stands to reason that their grades are much better than Jackie Chan, and they should be the ones to go to Hollywood, but they didn't even have a chance.

The degree of Zou Wenhuai's eccentricity made Sammo Hung very dissatisfied, and recalling the matter of starting a company made Sammo Hung feel even more unhappy.

"Forget it, Mr. Zou's arrangement must have his reasons. We just do our own thing well and don't think too much about other things."

In the end, Sammo Hung endured it. After all, Golden Harvest was so kind to him. It wasn't Zou Wenhuai who gave him the chance to play the leading role. Maybe he is still playing tricks now.

Yuen Biao didn't expect Sammo Hung to endure this, he opened his mouth for a moment and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Yuen Biao sighed and lowered his head.

"I can't match the determination of the big brother, but this time I can't stand it anymore. If Mr. Zou doesn't give me a reasonable explanation, then it will be difficult for me to continue working in Golden Harvest."

Perhaps it was because of drinking a few glasses of wine, and because of the fact that this matter had been accumulated in Yuen Biao's heart for a long time, so it broke out all of a sudden tonight.

Sammo Hung was also very helpless about this, but even though he had reprimanded Yuen Biao just now, in fact, the idea of ​​switching to New Oriental had already begun to sprout in his heart.

.........

After leaving the venue, Lin Daoqiu and Kars found a bar.

Michael Daly couldn't wait to tell the director of "Blade Runner" the good news of the investment, so he went back to the hotel first.

"Five million dollars to make a movie? Are you crazy? Unless you want to make a literary film."

Not long after sitting down, Karls questioned what Lin Daoqiu said on stage before. With such a small production cost, nothing good can be produced in Hollywood.

"I never thought about making a literary film, but the production fee of 500 million is definitely enough, because the movie I want to shoot relies on the plot to win, so I don't need to spend too much money."

Kars looked at Lin Daoqiu suspiciously, he really couldn't understand what Lin Daoqiu was thinking.

Now that "Mission Impossible" is a big hit, he should take advantage of the victory to quickly shoot a few action films, and then establish himself as an action director in Hollywood. This is what Lin Daoqiu should do.

"To be honest, I don't like your movie very much. If possible, I hope you can withdraw your previous decision. If it's because of money, then you can cooperate with Warner. We can fund this movie."

Warner earned tens of millions of dollars last year on the "Mission Impossible" movie.

As long as Lin Daoqiu nods, Kars can definitely persuade the board of directors to give Lin Daoqiu a production budget of no less than 2000 million US dollars.

"Do you think I will be short of money? Let alone 2000 million, I can afford even 5000 million US dollars, so I never thought about joint ventures with others from the beginning to the end."

Shaking his head, Karls couldn't figure it out even more. Since he didn't lack money, why did Lin Daoqiu insist on making a movie made at a low cost? He was very confused.

"Okay, instead of wasting time persuading me, why don't you help me solve the trouble in front of me."

Kars knew that Lin Daoqiu did not ask him to come out to hear these things, but since this movie was going to be released in Hollywood, Lin Daoqiu would definitely find a Hollywood film company to cooperate with.

"Are you going to hand over the distribution rights of this film to Warner?"

Kars guessed that Lin Daoqiu asked him out to talk about this kind of thing.

"Do you think Warner will pay attention to my movie with a production cost of only 500 million? And my movie is going to premiere in the United States."

Previously, "Mission Impossible" was due to the good results in Asia, and with the relationship of Run Run Shaw, Karls was sure to be able to convince those people on the board of directors.

But now the relationship between Lin Daoqiu and Run Run Shaw has been messed up, so if he wants to cooperate with Warner this time, it means that he has lost two very important supports at once.

If "Mission Impossible" hadn't been a hit in Hollywood, Carls wouldn't have thought that Warner would be willing to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu.

"If you choose to cooperate with Warner, Ashley will give you a maximum of 300 yuan for the screen in the first week. Unless there is a miracle at the box office, your film can only get a box office of more than 1000 million at most."

Lin Daoqiu wasn't very surprised by this, if it wasn't because he is still a bit famous in Hollywood, he probably wouldn't be able to get the 300 yuan screen.

But in the final analysis, it is still related to the production cost. If this time Lin Daoqiu produces a movie that exceeds 2000 million US dollars, Warner will definitely come up with the highest specification.

"Since this is the case, it seems that I am afraid that I will miss Warner this time."

In fact, Lin Daoqiu didn't seriously think about cooperating with Warner at the beginning, but since Kars is here, of course he has to ask.

"Maybe you can consider going to Fox, maybe they will give you a lot of help."

Fox spent [-] million US dollars to buy the copyright of "Mission Impossible" before. It stands to reason that Lin Daoqiu should have a good relationship with them.

In Kars' view, Lin Daoqiu's best choice now is to find Fox to cooperate with, which may be his best choice now.

"Actually, I have approached them before, but unfortunately they are not interested in this film."

Kars wasn't too surprised after hearing it. After all, the investment in this movie is so small, it's hard for those Hollywood companies to show much enthusiasm for it.

Now that Warner and Fox are not the best choices, Lin Daoqiu hopes that Kars will help him figure out a way to see if there are other possibilities.

"If I want to ask you to be responsible for the overseas distribution of this film, the remuneration is 200 million US dollars or 5.00% of the box office proceeds. I wonder if you are interested."

In business talk business, it is impossible to ask Karl Sibai to help, so Lin Daoqiu must give corresponding remuneration.

But when Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Kars immediately showed a confused expression on his face.

He really couldn't understand that Lin Daoqiu was willing to pay 500 million for a film with only 200 million production costs, so he was insane?

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