Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 435 Wang Jing's Worries

A few people did what they said. Teddy Robin was first sent to Baodao to invite Zhang Aijia, while the others began to discuss who should be the leading actor.

Since it's Dongfang's 007, the male lead must be played by a very handsome actor, but these people in New Art City don't seem to be handsome at all.

After discussing several candidates, they finally set their sights on Xu Guanjie from the Xu Brothers.

For Xu Guanjie, making movies is actually just his side job. His real main job is singing, and he is the well-deserved King of Songs in Hong Kong.

When he announced his withdrawal from the music scene in 92, the title of King of Singers fell to Jacky Cheung.

But he doesn't usually film much. Except for his brother Xu Guanwen's works, Xu Guanjie spends most of his energy on singing.

"Modern Bodyguard" had just been released, and Mai Jia and the others guessed that Xu Guanjie must be free, because Xu Guanwen's movie took a long time to shoot, so Xu Guanjie must have a lot of time besides singing.

But before going to invite Xu Guanjie, the current guy in New Art City has to settle the production fee first.

If Lin Daoqiu didn't nod at that time, it would be impossible for them to make any big-budget movies with their abilities.

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"What's the matter? You should be happy that "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" has achieved such a good box office result. Why do you look so sad?"

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui held a celebration party for Wang Jing. After all, this time New Oriental theaters are in the New Year's stalls, and the only movie with a box office of over [-] million is "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants". In their opinion, Wang Jing should be very happy That's right.

In fact, Wang Jing also wants to be happy, but he can't be happy at all now, because he always feels that Lin Daoqiu has opinions on him, otherwise he wouldn't have sighed after watching the film.

"I always feel that Mr. Lin has a problem with me."

Wang Jing pulled Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun aside, and expressed his inner thoughts, because this matter has been bothering him.

Even though he has already become a big director with a box office of tens of millions, Wang Jing still can't really be happy.

We must know that Lin Daoqiu is now the well-deserved leader of Xiangjiang Cinemas. If he cannot get his appreciation, then Wang Jing is worried that he may be pulled further and further away by others in the future.

"What are you thinking about? How could Brother Qiu have any objections to you? You just need to be honest and shoot your scenes. As for other things, don't think about them."

Although Wen Jun said this, he actually knew very well that the reason why Lin Daoqiu was dissatisfied with "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" was because they pretended to be tigers and dragged Sammo Hung and Mai Jia into guest roles in this drama.

And the reason why this movie was able to get a box office of over [-] million during the Spring Festival is largely because the popular stars showed their faces in it, and the audience was willing to buy tickets to watch it.

Regarding Wen Jun's statement, Wang Jing looked disgusted. The reason why he was so troubled this time was mainly due to Wen Jun.

Zheng Danrui is a good person, he usually doesn't make up his mind very much, basically most of the things are done by Wen Jun.

Before, Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui had been sent by Lin Daoqiu to ATV to shoot TV dramas. If there was something wrong with Wang Jing at this time, there would be no one in their studio to make movies.

So what Wen Jun said now can't make Wang Jing have other thoughts, he must be appeased first.

"Why don't we get a script and try to see Brother Qiu's meaning, anyway, it's useless for you to think like this."

Zheng Danrui suddenly proposed a method, using the script to test Lin Daoqiu is the most direct method.

Wen Jun and Wang Jing also felt that Zheng Danrui's method was good, so they nodded immediately.

At this time, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying and others were walking in from the outside. When Wang Jing and the others saw Sammo Hung and the others appearing, they immediately stepped forward to greet each other.

Sammo Hung and others also participated in this "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants". Although they didn't get much money, it was because of Lin Daoqiu's face that they spared some time for guest appearances, but they didn't expect that the box office of this drama would break through [-] yuan. Ten thousand.

"Congratulations to Director Wang, "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" broke the box office by tens of millions in one fell swoop, and it has a bright future in the future."

Sammo Hung stepped forward and patted Wang Jing's shoulder with a smile. The two had actually cooperated before, so they were already old acquaintances.

"Brother Hong, don't make fun of me. How did such a small achievement catch your eye? When your and A Biao's movie is released, I'm afraid the box office will go to at least 3000 to [-] million."

Wang Jing is not flattering Sammo Hung, but because since the three major theater lines formed one family, the box office performance of the film has been greatly improved.

For example, in the past, the movies of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao were conservatively estimated to be around several million. If it was a movie written by Lin Daoqiu for them, the box office would be even more than ten million.

If the previous films of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao were released now, the box office results they could get would be unimaginable.

Therefore, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao's current social status has also risen accordingly, but because they have already opened their own film companies, they only get a share when making films, and they basically only make films of their own companies.

If they are making a cameo appearance in a movie outside, most of them just pay a symbolic salary for the sake of face.

But now because the box office of Xiangjiang movies is getting higher and higher, as the most popular martial arts stars, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Lin Zhengying basically don't make guest appearances in other people's movies.

If it weren't for Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui this time, it would be absolutely impossible to invite them based on Wang Jing's face.

After chatting with Sammo Hung and the others for a while, Wang Jing and the others had just sent Sammo Hung and the others away, when they saw Mai Jia and Huang Baiming from Xinyi City walk in from outside.

People from Xinyi City also made guest appearances in this play, but their "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing" did not sell as well as "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants". The celebration banquet of "Ba"?Why are they so flattering?

"Congratulations, Director Wang."

Mai Jia and Huang Baiming stepped forward to congratulate Wang Jing, and it seemed that they came here specially to attend the celebration banquet.

But in fact, Maijia and Huang Baiming are not so boring, they will come here to congratulate Wang Jing and the others.

The reason why they came this time was because Lin Daoqiu was likely to show up at the celebration banquet.

And the purpose of their trip here is actually to meet Lin Daoqiu, first to test his opinion on the newly conceived movie in New Art City.

If Lin Daoqiu's response is good, then they can continue to do it, after all, it doesn't take long for them to write a script.

In the previous life, the creation of "Hitch the Wrong Car" took 48 hours, while "Best Partner" took 7 days, so now as long as Lin Daoqiu nods, they can start the pre-production of this drama immediately.

(End of this chapter)