Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 52 Box Office Miracle (Please recommend a ticket)
Miao Kexiu seemed to be joking, but what she didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu nodded in agreement without even thinking about it.

"Miss Miao, don't worry, even if this movie is lucky enough not to hit the market, I will ask you to be the heroine of my movie in the future."

"No, no, no...Mr. Lin, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously."

Miao Kexiu was taken aback, because she could tell that Lin Daoqiu was serious, not just joking and talking casually like she did just now.

If Lin Daoqiu took the initiative to invite her to act in a movie, Miao Kexiu would naturally not refuse.

But she didn't want to use this method to get a heroine from Lin Daoqiu. It sounded like she was a person who couldn't afford it and liked to care about every detail.

"But I'm not joking. I did think about asking Ms. Miao to act in a movie before, so there's no need to make such a fuss."

Lin Daoqiu really thought about asking Miao Kexiu to act in a movie, but she was only one of his many candidates for the heroine.

If there is a movie suitable for Miao Kexiu in the future, he will naturally invite the other party, but now he just agreed to follow Miao Kexiu's words.

"Then congratulations to Ms. Miao, maybe you will be the second heroine with a box office of tens of millions." Xiao Ruoyuan on the side added in a timely manner.

Miao Kexiu had an embarrassing expression on her face. She didn't know what to say. If she knew it earlier, she wouldn't make up that sentence. Now she doesn't know how to explain to Lin Daoqiu that she didn't mean it.

But fortunately, Lin Daoqiu did not continue this topic, but turned to the TV series to be filmed now.

"Miss Miao will play the heroine this time as a lady, so this time you don't need to shoot a fight scene, you just need to focus on the literary performance."

Originally, Miao Kexiu thought that Lin Daoqiu came to her because of her ability to film fight scenes, but he didn't expect that the other party asked him to play a lady of the family.

But she felt that since Lin Daoqiu found her, there must be his reasons, so she didn't think much about it.

When walking out, Miao Kexiu suddenly remembered that she still didn't know the name of this play.

When she asked Lin Daoqiu about it, the other party replied: "This play is called "Ip Man."

Others may not know who Ip Man is, but Miao Kexiu knows very well that Ip Man is Bruce Lee's master.

"Does this drama have anything to do with Brother Xiaolong?" Miao Kexiu thought that Lin Daoqiu, like everyone else, wanted to catch Bruce Lee's popularity.

But Lin Daoqiu shook his head with a smile and said: "This drama has nothing to do with Brother Xiaolong, and there will be nothing about him."

What Lin Daoqiu wanted to shoot was when Ip Man was middle-aged, and Bruce Lee was not born at that time, so there would be no pictures about him.

Miao Kexiu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. Since Bruce Lee passed away, many people always liked to join in Bruce Lee's popularity, and even made some inexplicable movies, and they also liked to cast her as the heroine.

It would be a good thing for Miao Kexiu if she could act in fewer movies like this.

"So that's how it is. I don't know who the leading actor in this drama is?" Miao Kexiu still doesn't know who the leading actor is, and she can't think of who is suitable to play Ye Wen.

"Actually, Ms. Miao should know this person. He has collaborated with you in several movies before."

Hearing that the leading actor is someone who has collaborated with her in several films, Miao Kexiu thinks this is quite good, at least in terms of tacit understanding, it is much better than those who have not collaborated before.

But before Miao Kexiu had time to be happy, Lin Daoqiu's next sentence directly knocked her down on the spot.

"His name is Lin Zhengying. He was a martial arts instructor next to Brother Xiaolong before. Ms. Miao should have met him."

"Huh... Ah? Lin Zhengying? Ah Ying?" Miao Kexiu hummed before she could react at first, but when she did, she was so surprised that she opened her mouth and couldn't utter a word.

Lin Zhengying's leading role is not a joke, Miao Kexiu remembers that he seems to have never been the leading role in a drama, and he has always been in charge of martial arts guidance before.

What Lin Zhengying let Miao Kexiu know recently is that he became the director of "Master Qian" and transformed himself into a big director with a box office of tens of millions.

Although Miao Kexiu couldn't accept him as the leading actor, she felt that this was a very surprising choice.

"Don't worry, Ms. Miao, I believe he can interpret the role of Ip Man well."

Seeing the shocked expression on Miao Kexiu's face, Lin Daoqiu didn't think there was anything strange, because before, Mai Dangxiong also performed such a scene in front of him.

She is just an actor, so Miao Kexiu naturally wouldn't make irresponsible remarks to the leading actor, and after being shocked at the beginning, Miao Kexiu gradually calmed down.

Ip Man is a great master of Wing Chun, so there will definitely be a lot of martial arts scenes in this film. Lin Daoqiu asked Lin Zhengying to play Ip Man, probably because he liked his skills.

After all, Lin Zhengying was appreciated by Bruce Lee at the beginning because the martial arts moves he designed were very popular with Bruce Lee, which proves that he is still very capable.

It's a pity that Bruce Lee died young, and there was no way for Lin Zhengying to become famous. Speaking of which, the other party and himself seemed to have such a sympathetic taste.

"Since it's the person selected by Supervisor Lin, of course I don't worry, I have no problem here." Miao Kexiu was quite straightforward, and agreed without even asking about the salary.

But in fact, there is basically a standard for the price of actors at this time. Although it is said that Lin Daoqiu chose her as the heroine, this is a TV drama, and the salary will naturally be paid according to the previous negotiation when signing the contract.

In addition to hosting variety shows in Li's, Miao Kexiu is also an artist of Li's, as long as she has a suitable role, she will also appear in it.

After finishing the matter of the male and female protagonists, Lin Daoqiu asked Xiao Ruoyuan to be responsible for the preparatory work of the filming, and he needed to spend some time writing the script.

But he didn't tell Xiao Ruoyuan that he didn't even write the script. If the other party knew about it, he might cause a lot of trouble in Li's, maybe Mai Dangxiong would jump out again.

A few days later, the double screening of "Master Qian" was finally released.

This movie, which broke the box office of 880 million for the first time, finally won the box office of [-] million, ranking first in the box office of Xiangjiang history.

However, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers seemed to be keeping a low profile on purpose, and they didn't make a big deal of it, even though "Master Qian" set a new record for their highest box office in Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers' theaters.

But people who know the inside story think this is normal. After all, this drama has nothing to do with Jiahe and Shaw Brothers, although the leading actors are all their people.

However, compared to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest's keeping a low profile, Feilong did not intend to keep a low profile. The day after the film was released, he had already received the box office share from Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

It was impossible for this money to be in his hands so soon, but Fei Long had already agreed with the other party that he was willing to reduce the 5.00% share in exchange for receiving the box office share immediately.

Fang Yathua and He Guanchang agreed without even thinking about it. After all, 5.00% is almost equivalent to 50, so it's no wonder they disagreed.

If you do the calculations, if a movie deducts all expenses, if it wants to get a net income of 50 yuan, it must win at least 120 million box office.

Last year, movies with a box office of 120 million were ranked in the top 50, which shows how difficult it is to earn [-] yuan.

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