Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 385 Langmeyer's Remorse
Not long after ATV announced the broadcast date of "Heroes Huo Yuanjia", TVB also responded immediately.

The much-anticipated "Shanghai Bund Sequel" was released, which made many viewers who like this drama very happy. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the broadcast of this drama.

If it weren't for the script of "Heroes Huo Yuanjia" written by Lin Daoqiu, I am afraid that no one would have paid attention to this TV series on ATV.

And a few days before the broadcast of "Heroes Huo Yuanjia", Lin Daoqiu had already boarded the flight to Los Angeles. As for who will win and who will lose in the end of the two dramas, Lin Daoqiu has already known in his mind.

Most of the credit for the success of "Shanghai Bund" was attributed to Chow Yun-fat and Zhao Yazhi.

But in "Shanghai Bund Sequel", neither of them will act, and the protagonist has also become Lu Liangwei. If he can still win "Heroes Fearless", then Lin Daoqiu doesn't know what to say.

After more than ten hours of long-distance flight, Lin Daoqiu got off the plane and went to the hotel to have a comfortable sleep. After getting up, he rushed to the post-production company.

The rough cut of "Home Alone" was completed two days ago, and the fine cut is now in progress.

Because Lin Daoqiu was going back to Xiangjiang to celebrate Brigitte Lin's birthday, he spent a lot of money to hire a Hollywood editor to help edit the film before he left.

As a result, when Lin Daoqiu came back and finished watching the rough cut of the film, he was immediately stunned, because it was completely different from the "Home Alone" he had seen before in terms of plot and rhythm.

So Lin Daoqiu quickly stopped the other party's editing work and asked him to cut the film according to his own ideas.

That guy was very upset when he heard what Lin Daoqiu said. He felt that he had spent so many days cutting out the film for you, but Lin Daoqiu didn't like it, which made him very unhappy. After all, he was also Hollywood Well-known editor.

In the end, the two couldn't agree on an agreement, and the other party just walked away.

There was no other way, Lin Daoqiu could only spend [-] US dollars to temporarily hire an editor, and then finish the rough cut version under his command, which took Lin Daoqiu another two days.

Then in the next ten days, Lin Daoqiu can only live in the post-production company, first cut the whole play from beginning to end, and then add the soundtrack and other work, and it will be the end of November after finishing all these .

You must know that there is only one month left before Christmas, but the problem is that "Home Alone" has not even decided on the schedule.

On this day, Lin Daoqiu came to Lang Mayer with the edited "Home Alone".

As soon as he entered the door, Langmeyer looked at Lin Daoqiu with a very surprised expression, because he thought that the other party hadn't come for so long, and he might have given up the idea of ​​letting "Home Alone" be released this year.

Otherwise, Lin Daoqiu should have terminated the contract with him before, and then went to find other film companies to cooperate with, and definitely would not delay until now.

"Lin, what do you want to see me today?"

Langmeyer looked at Lin Daoqiu suspiciously, as if he didn't understand what Lin Daoqiu wanted to talk about when he came to see him today.

"Home Alone has already been cut, and we'll talk about it after we've seen the movie."

Lin Daoqiu didn't plan to talk too much nonsense with Langmeyer today, even if he had something to say, it might be the right choice to talk after watching the movie.

When Langmeyer heard that Lin Daoqiu wanted him to watch a movie today, after thinking about it for a few seconds, Langmeyer readily nodded and agreed.

The place to watch the film is on the same floor as Langmeyer's office. The equipment in this screening room can be said to be the most advanced at present. If there are any movies, Langmeyer will let people take them here to show them.

When the staff was in charge of the preparations for the screening, Langmeyer started chatting with Lin Daoqiu.

"Lin, there is a sentence I want to remind you first, I hope you can listen to me carefully."

Lin Daoqiu said nothing, then nodded.

"Although I don't know why you insist on letting this movie be released on Christmas this year, but I think if there are only 300 yuan screens, the final box office of this movie will be several million at most. It’s going to be a loss.”

After all, the production cost of "Home Alone" is 500 million US dollars. If the box office is only a few million, Lin Daoqiu will have to pay at least 400 million.

"So I hope you'll change your mind after watching this movie."

Langmeyer originally wanted to persuade Lin Daoqiu not to insist on letting the movie be released this year, but he didn't expect that the other party still didn't change his mind, which made Langmeyer not very happy.

So he just kept his mouth shut, and planned to tell Lin Daoqiu that he could only add 500 yuan to the screen after watching the movie.

With this preconceived idea, Langmeyer began to appreciate Lin Daoqiu's "Home Alone".

Because he has seen it countless times in the past ten days, Lin Daoqiu has no reaction from the beginning to the end.

But Langmeyer on the side seemed to be crazy, and started yelling and laughing hahaha from time to time during the whole process of watching the film.

Especially when the little boy Kevin was fighting with those two stupid thieves, Langmeyer laughed so hard that tears almost flowed out. He never expected that the movie made by Lin Daoqiu would be so funny.

And when it came to the end of the film, when Kevin's mother rushed back, Langmeyer, who had been laughing all the time before, suddenly fell silent, and he felt as if his heart had been grabbed by something.

Originally, Langmeyer thought it was a comedy, but in the process of watching it, he realized that this is not just a movie that only knows how to be funny.

After the film is over, while reminiscing about the film, Langmeyer feels more warmth. The love of family and relatives is what this film wants to express.

"Sorry Lin, I take back what I said to you earlier, I was wrong, I was really wrong, this movie is definitely the best comedy I have ever seen."

When Langmeyer was talking, Lin Daoqiu felt that his eyes seemed to be flickering with tears.

Taking out his handkerchief and wiping his eyes, Lang Mayer looked at Lin Daoqiu and smiled, then stood up without saying a word.

"Langmeyer, should we talk about the schedule..."

Lin Daoqiu had just finished speaking, and Langmeyer had already walked to the door of the screening room. What Lin Daoqiu cared about now was how many screens the other party was willing to give to "Home Alone".

If Langmeyer can only give a few hundred yuan for the screen after talking so much, then Lin Daoqiu can only find someone else to cooperate with.

"Schedule problem? Of course such a good movie should be released at the best time. I'm going to figure out a way now. Please rest assured that I will let all the movie theaters that Universal cooperates with to show this movie."

After Langmeyer finished speaking, he left without looking back, leaving only Lin Daoqiu sitting on a chair with a surprised expression on his face.

Then, Lin Daoqiu burst out laughing suddenly in the screening room...

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