Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 781 Which side are you on?

Lin Daoqiu didn't think too much about Brown's invitation. He nodded happily, then got up and walked over with Brown.

When they came to a few people who were talking, those people stopped immediately.

"This is Joel, the general manager of Huifeng Bank, Murphy from Dagu Group, and Manager Meng from ZD Bank."

The ones that Brown introduced to Lin Daoqiu were all executives of large groups in England.

Ordinary people want to meet them, it can be said that it is as difficult as climbing the sky.

However, once they can establish a good relationship with any of them, it will be very convenient to do business in Xiangjiang.

"Hi three, I'm Lin Daoqiu."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think too much about the three people Brown introduced to him. After all, this reception was held by Yihe, and most of the people who came to attend were either British capital or companies related to British capital.

"I have admired Mr. Lin's name for a long time. I have always wanted to meet you, but unfortunately I never had the chance."

"Mr. Lin is now a well-known film tycoon in the world. He is already a gold-lettered sign in Hollywood. He really brings glory to Hong Kong."

When Joel and Murphy were talking, Manager Meng basically seldom spoke, as if he preferred to be an audience.

"You guys are too polite. Mr. Lin is not as powerful as you said, it's just a fluke."

Lin Daoqiu shook his head and began to be humble.

"Mr. Lin is too modest. I have always been a loyal fan of your movie. If there is a new movie to be released in the future, please remember to let me know. I will support you as soon as possible."

Chattering around, the few of them complimented Lin Daoqiu for a while, and then slowly brought the topic over there.

"Oh, by the way, I don't know what Mr. Lin thinks about the recent situation."

At this time, Brown suddenly asked a very strange question without warning.

Lin Daoqiu turned to look at him, then just smiled.

"I'm just a filmmaker. Just do my job well. As for other things, someone will naturally handle them."

Just as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Brown and the others suddenly shook their heads, and the smiles that were on their faces before suddenly disappeared.

It seemed that they disagreed with Lin Daoqiu's statement.

"Mr. Lin, you are wrong to say that. Please imagine, if there is no good environment, even if you make a movie, no one will watch it, let alone the high box office it is now."

"Don't think the world is so good now, but it's because we are managing it. If there is a change of people at that time, Xiangjiang's economy will definitely be very bad."

Joel and Murphy looked very nervous, as if what Lin Daoqiu just said was a big mistake.

"Is that so? I didn't pay much attention to these before, so I don't know very well."

Lin Daoqiu spread his hands, it seemed that he really didn't pay attention to the current situation at all.

Frowning, Brown decided to make Lin Daoqiu realize how tense the situation is now.

"Mr. Lin, since you made your fortune in Xiangjiang, you must have developed deep feelings for this place. I believe you definitely don't want to see huge changes here."

There is nothing wrong with Brown's words, but Lin Daoqiu knew that he definitely meant more than that.

"Of course, if Xiangjiang can develop better, I am of course happy to see it happen."

Lin Daoqiu followed the other party's words, and it didn't sound like there was any special meaning.

However, Brown misunderstood Lin Daoqiu's meaning. He thought that the other party had listened to his advice.

"Mr. Lin, of course it's best for you to think like this. I hope you can stand up and speak out with us to let them understand that it is absolutely impossible to change Xiangjiang."

Brown thought that Lin Daoqiu would definitely nod next and agreed to be with them.

But what he didn't expect was that the smiling Lin Daoqiu shook his head and directly rejected his proposal.

"Mr. Brown, I'm sorry, but there is nothing I can do about it."

Brown originally thought that Lin Daoqiu would take their side for granted, but he didn't expect him to reject his invitation.

Brown, who frowned, even regarded Lin Daoqiu as their enemy.

"Why? Can Mr. Lin give me a reason? Don't you worry that if Xiangjiang changes, your business will be confiscated? You should have heard the policy there."

If one plan fails, another plan can be made. Brown intends to repeat the same trick and trick Lin Daoqiu into thinking that if Xiangjiang changes by then, all his business will be confiscated.

But it is a pity that Brown does not know that Lin Daoqiu is a person who has time-traveled, and he will not believe Brown's nonsense at all.

"Mr. Brown, in fact, it doesn't matter much to me whether or not this happened, because I have already planned to develop in Hollywood. Even if there are any changes in Xiangjiang, it will not affect me."

Originally, Brown thought that Lin Daoqiu's reason for rejecting him was very simple, that is, he supported that side.

But what he didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu actually said that he would leave Xiangjiang and go to Hollywood to develop, which made him not know what to say for a while.

Murphy and Joel next to him didn't know how to persuade Lin Daoqiu, they all turned to look at Brown.

"Actually, you should know that the film business here in Xiangjiang is not easy to do, especially when the Bao family reaches into the film business, my business has already been greatly affected."

In fact, Brown and others don't care about the film and television industry, because the income of this kind of thing is too low, and there is no need for investment.

But even though they didn't invest in the film industry, they had heard about Bao Shaogang buying Shaw Cinemas and forming a joint cinema chain with Golden Harvest.

"Mr. Lin, does it really have such a big influence? In the past few years, the box office of the movies you have made has been rising steadily? I heard that there are many people making movies to make money now."

Murphy felt that Lin Daoqiu was lying, because as far as he knew, many people were using their funds to make movies.

"Mr. Murphy, I'm in Hollywood. The box office of a film is at least 4000 million US dollars, and the highest in Hong Kong is less than [-] million. If it were you, would you stay in Hong Kong or go to Hollywood?"

Lin Daoqiu turned to look at Murphy, and asked him a question with a smile.

When asked by Lin Daoqiu, Murphy was immediately speechless.

4000 million U.S. dollars and [-] million Hong Kong dollars, even a fool knows how to choose.

"Well, I personally don't have much opinion on how the situation in Xiangjiang will develop, but I still hope for a good result. Excuse me, everyone."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he turned around and left. Brown and the others didn't say a word, they could only watch Lin Daoqiu leave like this.

Meanwhile, Manager Meng, who had been silent all this time, was shining with some kind of brilliance in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)