Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 359 Shattering the Box Office Myth
After the meeting, everyone left. Wang Jing originally planned to go back, but was stopped by Fang Jinsheng.

"Stop, Mr. Wang, the boss invites you to the office."

Wang Jing's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He originally thought that Lin Daoqiu planned to keep freezing himself.

It seems a bit too much to say that it is frozen, but in fact, he is not satisfied with the script he wrote recently, so he has been staying at home, or taking a nap in the studio.

Wang Jing secretly prayed in his heart, hoping that Lin Daoqiu would allow him to direct a movie, otherwise he would not know what to do if this continues.

Watching Fang Jinsheng knock on the door of Lin Daoqiu's office, Wang Jing walked in cautiously.

"Please sit down."

Lin Daoqiu found that Wang Jing seemed a little different from before, and his eyes seemed to lose some brilliance, which was not a good sign.

"I don't know what Mr. Lin wants from me?"

After sitting down, Wang Jing couldn't help but ask, his current life is unbearable even for himself.

Although it's good to be idle every day, and there is still 5000 yuan in salary every month, but these are not what Wang Jing wants.

"During this time, I heard Ah Jun and the others said that you are writing scripts every day, right?"

Wang Jing nodded honestly after listening, but to be honest, he was not satisfied with the scripts he wrote, so he didn't show them to Lin Daoqiu.

In fact, Wang Jing's problem is easy to solve, as long as you give him Xie Xian, nothing will happen, and Lin Daoqiu did the same.

"In a few days, an actor will join New Oriental, his name is Xie Xian, you should know him."

After Wang Jing heard what Lin Daoqiu said, he raised his head in shock, his eyes full of surprise.

You must know that Xie Xian can be said to be the actor he dreamed of, and now that the other party can join New Oriental is simply great news for Wang Jing.

"In order to invite Xie Xian here, I spent a full 200 ​​million to poach him from Shaw Brothers."

Whether the money is worth it or not doesn’t need too much explanation, because as long as you make a TV series about the King of Thousand Kings, it’s already worth the ticket price.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin, I...I will definitely work hard to film and earn back the money you spent."

Wang Jing was so excited, his brain seemed to come alive with Xie Xian.

You must know that the "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" written by Wang Jing was tailor-made for Xie Xian, but it was rejected by Lin Daoqiu.

Now that Lin Daoqiu recruited Xie Xian, Wang Jing knew that his film "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" could finally start shooting as he wished.

"After going out later, I will go to the accountant to get the money. Your "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" must be filmed well. This is your first film directed. Use dim sum."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Wang Jing immediately left his office with gratitude.

It seems that this little fat man has become another person after getting Xie Xian, and his radiant appearance is completely different from when he first entered the door.

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In June, the first film to be screened in the double-screening was "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" directed by Sammo Hung, who had already left Golden Harvest.

I don't know if it was to disgust Lin Daoqiu, Jiahe specially chose this movie as the first movie of the double-screening.

In the previous life, "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" won a box office of 560 million.

And this movie also pioneered the genre of fantasy action movies. Although the core is still a kung fu comedy, it still received a good response once it was released, and won 150 million box office on the first day.

On the other hand, New Oriental didn't seem to have much reaction to this. It seems that Lin Daoqiu didn't pay attention to the double-screening at all.

In fact, recently, Lin Daoqiu has been busy acquiring new theaters, and has no time to deal with the affairs of Jiahe and Shaw Brothers.

Now New Oriental only has [-] theaters in its hands, which is the smallest among the three theaters in terms of scale, so this time Lin Daoqiu spent [-] million to buy several theaters.

Lin Daoqiu has been running on this matter for the past few days, and now he has already settled on three positions, all of which are considered good, but the asking price is too high, and the most expensive one directly called out a price of 3000 million, so we still have to continue the negotiation.

Lin Daoqiu has already calculated that for [-] million, he must buy at least five theaters, so that he can overtake and become the number one in the total number of theaters.

The time came to mid-June, and the production of "Mr. Zombie" was officially completed. At this time, Lin Daoqiu also successfully bought six theaters at a price of 2000 million and merged them into New Oriental, bringing the total number of theaters to nineteen.

At this time, Ghost Fighting Ghost has also been released. In the end, this movie got a box office score of 1000 to 600 million, which is more than [-] million more than the previous life. It can be said that the power of the double-screening was displayed at once. .

If this movie was only released in Golden Harvest, the final box office would probably only be 600 to [-] million.

And the box office of more than [-] million can also be used to bluff people when it is sold. I believe this movie will at least bring tens of millions of income to Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

Although he has earned so much money, Sammo Hung can't expect to get a dime from Golden Harvest. Even if they have signed the contract, Golden Harvest can use various reasons to withhold the money from him.

So Sammo Hung naturally wouldn't go to Golden Harvest to ask for the bill, because he knew very well that even if he went, he would be ridiculed and ridiculed, and he could only leave in despair.

Under such circumstances, large posters of "Mr. Zombie" were put on outside the theaters of New Oriental.

The leading actor in this movie is Lin Zhengying. Many people remember him as Ip Man before, but they didn't expect him to be the leading actor in the movie.

Before the release of "Mr. Zombie", Lin Daoqiu still spent 50 yuan as a promotional fee, which made a lot of noise.

In addition, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest did not have any strong films in the same period, so this time "Mr. Zombie" does not even have a rival.

And before "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" is available, everyone has great expectations for this "Mr. Zombie" produced by Hong Jiaban.

Even this time, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao played a cameo role in "Mr. Zombie". Although they didn't have many roles, their fighting scenes were very exciting.

But the most dazzling part of this play is the name of the screenwriter.

After waiting for almost a year, everyone finally ushered in Lin Daoqiu's first film written by him this year.

Many of Lin Daoqiu's loyal fans have long been impatient to see what this supernatural film written by Lin Daoqiu is like.

In such an atmosphere, "Mr. Zombie" was officially screened in New Oriental theaters.

Even Jiahe and Shaw Brothers are keeping their eyes open to see if Lin Daoqiu can get a good box office this time.

If "Mr. Zombie" hits the market, or the box office is not as good as "Ghost Fighting Ghost", then Lin Daoqiu's box office myth will be completely shattered by them.

(End of this chapter)