Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 390 Summoning?

"Lin Daoqiu will show his prowess in Hollywood again this time."

"Home Alone" won the box office championship for three consecutive weeks. Although the box office began to decline after that, the last [-] million box office results should not be lost.

And this made Zou Wenhuai, the head of Golden Harvest who regarded Lin Daoqiu as a competitor, feel very helpless.

The profit of Lin Daoqiu's one movie exceeds the income of Golden Harvest Cinemas for decades, but they still want to compete with each other, and now it seems like a dream.

Moreover, in order to suppress Lin Daoqiu, after several months of cooperation with Shaw Brothers, part of Golden Harvest's audience was lost, and some people even went directly to New Oriental to watch the movie.

If it continues like this, it may not be long before Golden Harvest will fall to the third place in Xiangjiang Cinemas, and Shaw Brothers will reap the benefits instead.

"How about we talk to Lin Daoqiu, if we continue to fight like this, we have no chance of winning at all."

If there is no "Home Alone", maybe Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang plan to hold on for a while, and then make a decision based on the situation.

But now Lin Daoqiu's momentum can't be stopped at all. If they don't find a way to change their strategy in time, they may be the ones who will be killed in the end.

"Do you think he'll agree?"

Zou Wenhuai didn't think that Lin Daoqiu would be willing to bow his head when he had all the advantages. If it was him, I'm afraid he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity.

If Golden Harvest can be crushed to death, then New Oriental will naturally be the well-deserved overlord of Xiangjiang Cinemas.

As for the Shaw Brothers, without Golden Harvest's help, they will be wiped out sooner or later.

"How do you know if you don't try it?"

Although He Guanchang said so, he didn't think Lin Daoqiu would agree to their request.

But the problem now is that if you don't do it, you won't even have a [-]% chance. At least you have to figure out what Lin Daoqiu is thinking now.

Whether he intends to punish Jiahe to death, or whether there is a possibility of cooperation, all this can only be known after meeting Lin Daoqiu.

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When he received a call from Zou Wenhuai, Lin Daoqiu was processing the documents he had accumulated in his office.

Lin Daoqiu was a little surprised by the phone call from Zou Wenhuai asking him to have afternoon tea.

It stands to reason that the relationship between New Oriental and Golden Harvest is so bad now, and Zou Wenhuai suddenly called to invite him to drink tea, which really made him wonder what the other party wanted to do.

However, Lin Daoqiu finally accepted Zou Wenhuai's invitation with pleasure. After all, the other party is also an old-timer in the film industry, so Lin Daoqiu still has to give him some face.

After putting down the phone, Lin Daoqiu called Fang Jinsheng into the office.

He wanted to know if something happened to Jiahe recently, otherwise, how could Zou Wenhuai suddenly call and ask him out for tea.

"How is Jiahe doing recently?"

Fang Jinsheng didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to ask such a question suddenly, but he still had some understanding of Jiahe's situation. After all, the other party was New Oriental's competitor, and it would be too nonsense if he didn't know anything about Jiahe's recent situation.

"Since forming a joint theater chain with Shaw Brothers, the situation of Golden Harvest seems to be not optimistic. The attendance rate sometimes drops to [-]-[-]%, and most of them are Shaw Brothers films."

The reason why Golden Harvest's attendance rate is sometimes so low is entirely because of Shaw Brothers' relationship, because they took out those outdated martial arts films for dual screenings, which led to such a low attendance rate.

Originally, there were not many audiences who liked to watch old-style martial arts movies. Under the double-screening, the originally small number of customers will naturally be diluted, and it is not surprising that the attendance rate is low.

"Oh, I see."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help laughing after listening to Fang Jinsheng's words. If we look at the situation that the other party said, then Zou Wenhuai's invitation to drink tea with him this time may be because of something.

But as for whether to agree to the other party, it depends on Lin Daoqiu's mood, and what kind of sincerity Zou Wenhuai is willing to show.

It was very rare that Zou Wenhuai arrived at the appointed tea house 10 minutes earlier. He asked for a box, and sat in it while tasting tea while waiting for Lin Daoqiu's arrival.

The time just arrived, and Lin Daoqiu seemed to appear at the right time. As soon as Zou Wenhuai saw Lin Daoqiu, he immediately got up and greeted him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin, "Home Alone" has shown its power in Hollywood, and this time you've done us a favor again."

Zou Wenhuai seems to be very polite. If you don't know, you may think that the relationship between Golden Harvest and New Oriental is good, but in fact, the two are still in a state of hostility.

As for the enthusiasm shown by Zou Wenhuai, Lin Daoqiu politely accepted it. After all, what the other party said was the truth, and he had nothing to refute.

"Mr. Zou is being polite, I'm just lucky."

Zou Wenhuai knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was just being polite. If it happened once, it could be said to be good luck, but if it happened so many times in a row, it couldn't just be explained by good luck.

Looking at Lin Daoqiu, Zou Wenhuai couldn't help feeling secretly in his heart that the young man who swam in the past has now turned into a movie tycoon on his equal.

And now even if Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers teamed up, they couldn't stop his rise, which made him feel that the waves behind the Yangtze River push forward the waves before, and the new generation is better than the old.

After the two parties were seated, Zou Wenhuai secretly estimated in his heart how to bring up the truce with Lin Daoqiu. Of course, it would be best to put aside the past and continue to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, but this hope is very slim.

Now Lin Daoqiu's scripts have sold [-] million US dollars at the box office, and with his current status, how could he cooperate with them.

Now that he wants people and money, he doesn't need help from others at all.

"Mr. Lin, your first movie was screened in Golden Harvest three years ago. Speaking of which, we are already old acquaintances."

Zou Wenhuai suddenly mentioned the movie "Master Qian". It seems that he intends to influence Lin Daoqiu with his old love.

But for Lin Daoqiu, the benefits he has given Jiahe are already enough, there is no need for him to continue to give up benefits to the other party, because there is no need at all.

Although the fuse with Golden Harvest was because he dug Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, the reason for this incident was all because Zou Wenhuai valued Jackie Chan too much, so Yuen Biao left in anger, which had nothing to do with him.

"Yeah, it sounds like everything happened yesterday."

Lin Daoqiu looked as if he was recalled by Zou Wenhuai's words.

Seeing this, Zou Wenhuai hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

"Actually, Mr. Lin and Golden Harvest had a very pleasant cooperation before. Although there was a little friction in the middle, I don't think it hurts. It was just a small misunderstanding. We just need to talk about it."

Obviously it was Zou Wenhuai who took the initiative to issue a ban on New Oriental, and because of this, he went to join hands with Shao Brothers to deal with Lin Daoqiu.

But now it sounds like it's all Lin Daoqiu's fault, so he doesn't know what to say, so he can only laugh twice there.

(End of this chapter)