Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 682: An Early Birth Game

Under Li Maowen's planning, the box office of "Police Story" did not fall but increased after its opening on the first day, and broke through the single-day box office of 300 million on the second day.

Many people don't just watch it once, and some even watch three or four shows a day.

"Police Story" is different from those films that Lin Daoqiu made before.

This drama is simple and crude, and clean and tidy, it is desperate, how exciting it is.

In Xiangjiang, only Jackie Chan dared to make these desperate moves.

Even if other people want to follow suit, they can only be similar in appearance but not in spirit.

But among these people, Wu Siyuan was definitely an exception, he even felt that he was going to make a lot of money this time.

"Police Story" was heading towards the box office of 3000 million yuan, but the leading actor Jackie Chan did not pursue the victory, but went to Hollywood to film.

"Unfortunately, "Dragon Ninja" has already started filming."

He couldn't help shaking his head, seeing that "Police Story" sold so well, he also wanted to follow suit.

But it's a pity that "Dragon Ninja" is being filmed, and Li Yuanba has already gone to Neon, and he won't be able to come back for a while.

Now I have to wait until the filming of "Dragon Ninja" is finished, and try to find a way to make a film to make money.

I just don't know how many movies related to "Police Story" have been released at that time.

There is a very strange feature in the Xiangjiang film circle, that is, when a movie becomes popular, everyone will follow suit and make it.

It doesn't matter whether it can be released or make money, anyway, it will be filmed first.

Although there are a small number of small-produced follow-up movies that can make money, most of the remaining movies either lose money or cannot even be released.

However, this does not prevent them from continuing to do so. Throughout the 90s and [-]s, film following trends was an unavoidable problem for Xiangjiang Films.

Even Lin Daoqiu couldn't get rid of this situation. As long as those screenwriters or directors can get investment, they can shoot whatever they want.

In late March, two weeks after "Police Story" was released, the box office has reached 600 million.

Although there was no way to break through the 4000 million mark in the end, it was already 600 million more than the 1000 million in the previous life.

Jackie Chan, who is far away in Hollywood, was also very happy when he heard the news.

But it's a pity that because he was rushing to shoot "Red Fan District", he couldn't come back to attend the celebration banquet.

And since the leading actor is not around, Lin Daoqiu doesn't really want to hold this celebration banquet.

Because Jackie Chan is not there, he will definitely be regarded as the protagonist at that time, but in fact, even if Jackie Chan is present, as long as Lin Daoqiu appears, he will definitely be the one who attracts the most attention.

Although there was no celebration banquet, Lin Daoqiu still took out 100 million as a bonus and distributed it to the staff of the crew.

As for the other actors, Lin Daoqiu naturally gave big red envelopes without exception.

Excluding all expenses of this movie, Xiangjiang's box office revenue alone brought Lin Daoqiu at least 500 million in revenue.

But this little money is nothing to Lin Daoqiu. After all, he won the box office of Hollywood and returned to Xiangjiang to make money from filming. It is difficult for Lin Daoqiu to arouse too much interest.

But the good news is that "Police Story" will be released in various parts of Asia after the screening in Xiangjiang.

If "Best Partner" is added, these two films alone can bring Lin Daoqiu at least 4000 million Hong Kong dollars in income.

Lin Daoqiu felt very surprised when he received the call from Qiu Degen, because apart from the acquisition of ATV at that time, they almost had no intersection.

Usually, Lin Daoqiu didn't even attend the board of directors of ATV, but he didn't expect Qiu Degen to invite him to have afternoon tea.

When Lin Daoqiu came to the teahouse according to the agreed time, Qiu Degen seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Lin, I hope I didn't disturb your work."

Qiu Degen looked flushed. Since the acquisition of ATV, he has tried every means to catch up with TVB.

But unfortunately, the strategy of throwing silver bullets is not very effective. At this time, TVB and ATV's ratings ratio is still [-]-[-].

In order to break through this dilemma, Qiu Degen thought of many ways.

I don't know if it was because of the influence of Lin Daoqiu's previous selection of the heroine of "School Police Attack", Qiu Degen also wanted to hold such a competition.

However, what he wants to do is not a selection event for a TV series, but a beauty pageant.

"Mr. Qiu holds a beauty contest?"

Not long after sitting down, Lin Daoqiu heard from Qiu Degen the reason for inviting him out.

According to Lin Daoqiu's knowledge, ATV's beauty pageant should be held in 1985, the second year that Qiu Degen took over ATV.

Now suddenly it is three years earlier, probably because of my own relationship, the original track of history has been quietly changed.

"Yes, TVB has them, and ATV has them, but only this beauty pageant, ATV is still blank. I don't want TVB to specialize in beauty, so I want to wrestle with them."

It seems that Qiu Degen is full of confidence, and he seems to know that he wants to hold a beauty pageant that will cause a sensation in Xiangjiang.

In fact, Qiu Degen's original intention is good, the purpose is to use the Miss Asia competition to attract more viewers.

In order to compete with TVB, Qiu Degen even prepared a huge bonus.

The champion can get prizes worth 50 yuan, including a duplex three-story garden house, and the prize money for the runner-up and third place is much higher than that of Miss Hong Kong.

Qiu Degen kept talking, Lin Daoqiu rarely interrupted, it seemed that he was listening carefully.

But in fact, what Lin Daoqiu thought in his heart was that if Miss Asia wanted to overwhelm Wireless, she would be inherently deficient.

Because Miss Asia can only participate in the "Miss Asia Pacific" competition held in Hong Kong.

But Miss Hong Kong can represent Hong Kong in international beauty pageants such as Miss Chinese International, Miss Universe and Miss World.

I'm afraid Qiu Degen also knows his family's disadvantages, so he can only spend a lot of money to attract more outstanding girls to sign up.

"If Mr. Qiu wants to do it, I naturally have no objection. If you need help, just ask."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think about stopping Qiu Degen from hosting the Miss Asia competition, anyway, he paid for the money, and he was also the major shareholder.

As long as the other party wants to do it, there is no need to ask your opinion at all.

I believe that Qiu Degen took the initiative to ask himself out to say these words, probably because he hoped that he could help out in the beauty pageant for Sister Asia.

"I don't know anything about beauty pageants. Mr. Lin just held a similar selection event. I want to invite Mr. Lin to take charge of this beauty pageant."

As soon as Qiu Degen finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu, who was drinking tea with his head down, raised his head all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)