Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 897 The Trophy of the Academy Awards
"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, it's my first time working as a secretary, so I don't have much experience."

Sun Zhidong looked very depressed.

He felt that the way he just hit the roof of the car would definitely be disgusted by Lin Daoqiu.

After all, Fang Jinsheng, who had been by Lin Daoqiu's side all the time, seemed to be such a shrewd person. Compared with him, Fang Jinsheng was like cloud and mud.

"When Ah Sheng first became my secretary, it was not much different from what you are now. Take it easy, don't be nervous."

Sun Zhidong knew that Lin Daoqiu was comforting himself, so he nodded vigorously.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will do it with my heart."

Fortunately, Fang Jinsheng would be back soon, otherwise Sun Zhidong didn't know how to persevere.

Today, Maijia and Huang Baiming made an appointment with Lin Daoqiu for afternoon tea.

After arriving at the place, as soon as Lin Daoqiu entered, he saw Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Teddy Robin standing up to greet him.

"I kept the three of you waiting for a long time, and it's rare for me to take a break from my busy schedule. I have to thank the three of you."

Lin Daoqiu sat down with a smile, and after he sat down, Maijia and the three took their seats one by one.

Sammo Hung left New Oriental with Yuen Biao. It can be said that Maijia and the others are the most appealing directors in New Oriental.

"Mr. Lin, you are being polite. You have so many things in your hands, and we are really sorry to bother you."

A lot of things have happened recently, even if Mai Jia and the others don't look for him, Lin Daoqiu plans to invite them out for tea and chat.

The current situation in the Hong Kong film industry is a bit special. Pan Disheng has stepped in so horizontally, not to mention buying the Kowloon Cinemas, and even poaching Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

Although it seems that New Oriental did not have a big problem because of this, the departure of Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao did have a bad impact.

It is said that Dibao Cinemas has been recruiting recently, not only focusing on New Oriental, but even the people from Golden Harvest.

I don't know if Zou Wenhuai regretted his decision to sell Kowloon Cinemas to Pan Disheng.

"This year is a very important year for New Oriental. I hope New Art City can absorb more film talents and open more plays."

After Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao left, it directly affected New Oriental's supply situation.

It's not that there is no film source. After all, many of those independent film companies still choose to get their films to New Oriental for release, but the quality is uneven, and few of them can pass Li Wenmao's review.

So Lin Daoqiu can only hope that the high-yield New Art City can make more movies to ensure that New Oriental's film sources will not have too many problems.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured that we have made corresponding preparations before this, and we will definitely open a few more plays this year."

Now that we are talking about the opening of the play, Lin Daoqiu will inevitably talk about the recent plans of New Art City.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Lin, in fact, we plan to release a 'ghost movie' in the near future."

Huang Baiming's words made Lin Daoqiu feel very strange.

New Art City is best at comedy movies, why did they suddenly make ghost movies?
Could it be because they saw the huge sales of "Mr. Zombie" and planned to take advantage of the popularity?
But if they really had such an idea, they wouldn't delay shooting until now.

"Ghost movie? Is it a zombie movie?"

When Lin Daoqiu asked, the three shook their heads at the same time.

"Mr. Lin misunderstood. We didn't plan to compete with Uncle Jiu for the box office. What we were filming was an urban comedy, and our ghosts weren't the scary ones."

For Huang Baiming's explanation, Lin Daoqiu felt very strange, what kind of ghost movies are not scary.

After Huang Baiming said the title of the movie, Lin Daoqiu couldn't remember what the movie looked like for a while.

"This "Little Life Is Scared", we plan to ask Alan Tam to play the leading role and Cheng Wenya to play the female lead."

Huang Baiming was also worried that Lin Daoqiu didn't know Zheng Wenya, so he even introduced Zheng Wenya to Lin Daoqiu.

"Zheng Wenya was Miss Xiangjiang in 1979, and later transferred to Li's TV series. Now she intends to enter the film industry, so we approached her."

There is absolutely nothing to say about Zheng Wenya's figure and appearance, and she is only 23 years old now.

She had acted in several TV dramas in Li's before, so she had some experience in acting.

After the interview, both Mai Jia and Huang Baiming felt that Zheng Wenya's figure and appearance were worth mentioning, and she was definitely the best candidate to be the heroine of this drama.

"We plan to sign Miss Zheng and train her slowly."

With such a well-qualified female star, New Art City naturally does not intend to miss it.

If Maijia and the others didn't say anything, Lin Daoqiu couldn't think of Zheng Wenya for a while.

You must know that one of the Hong Kong sisters in 1979 is now Lin Daoqiu's confidante.

"It's up to you to decide on this matter, and I will fully support you."

What Huang Baiming and the others probably didn't expect was that when they mentioned Zheng Wenya, Lin Daoqiu thought of something else.

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On this day, Lin Daoqiu's office welcomed a woman with an expressionless face.

At this time, she was sitting opposite Lin Daoqiu, looking very unhappy.

What is surprising is that Lin Daoqiu has a smile on his face at this time, which is inversely proportional to the attitude of the other party.

"Mr. Lin, I thought you didn't plan to hold the Academy Award."

Yu Teng has been in charge of the preparations for the Golden Statue Awards, and she has been doing this preparation for more than a year.

Yu Cheng is very dissatisfied that the Academy Award has not been held until now.

"Miss Yu, don't worry, in August, the first Hong Kong Film Awards will be officially held."

Lin Daoqiu didn't dare to procrastinate any longer. After all, it was already 1983. If he procrastinated, he would have to wait until next year.

"I hope that Mr. Lin will keep his word. If there is no way to hold it by then, I will resign as the executive director of the preparatory committee for the Academy Awards."

Yu Teng definitely didn't joke with Lin Daoqiu, she didn't want to be fooled for another year.

"Miss Yu, don't worry, the Academy Awards will definitely not be postponed this time, I assure you."

Lin Daoqiu assured Yu Cheng with a face full of swearing.

Regarding Lin Daoqiu's guarantee, Yu Teng was not at all happy. She was even worried that the other party would be fooling herself again.

"Actually, I invited Miss Yu here today to discuss with you about the Golden Statue Trophy."

Lin Daoqiu had always left the matter of the Academy Award to Yu Teng before, and didn't ask about anything.

After hearing the name Zheng Wenya before, Lin Daoqiu suddenly remembered the trophy of the Golden Statue Award.

It is said that the trophy prototype of the Golden Statue Award was designed according to Zheng Wenya.

In the first 19 minutes of the film "Why Me", Zheng Wenya took a shower in the bathroom and reflected the shadow, holding the shower head high in her slender hands, and her graceful and graceful figure leaning back slightly.

The designer of the trophy at that time was inspired by this scene and made the trophy for the Academy Awards.

(End of this chapter)