Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 953
"Mr. Lin came to visit "Happy Ghost"?"

After Huang Baiming returned to Xinyi City, he told Mai Jia about Lin Daoqiu's visit to the class.

After Mai Jia and Teddy Robin heard the news, their faces were full of doubts.

"What's the matter? Mr. Lin went to visit the set of "Happy Ghost". Is there any problem?"

Zhang Aijia on the side didn't understand why Maijia and Teddy Robin had such a reaction when they heard the news.

"Nothing, just curious."

Maijia didn't tell Zhang Aijia the truth, but both he and Teddy Robin understood each other's eyes.

Maijia and Teddy Robin had met the three heroines in "Happy Ghost" before, and they didn't think that the three girls could catch Lin Daoqiu's eyes.

"Mr. Lin has agreed to add 200 million yuan to the special effects budget of "Happy Ghost" and ask Magic Studio to take care of us."

Huang Baiming looks very happy today, you must know that the original "Happy Ghost" did not reserve a budget for special effects.

But now he not only has the money to do special effects, but also can get the care of Magic Studio, which Huang Baiming never thought about before.

In fact, if Lin Daoqiu had been in Xiangjiang when the "Happy Ghost" project was established, he would not have so much emotion now.

"Is the movie "Happy Ghost" really a joke?"

Mai Jia felt very strange, he had already seen the script of "Happy Ghost", which is a movie adapted from the stage play "Zhu Xiucai".

For this drama, Mai Jia must have no heart, otherwise Huang Baiming would not be the only one running up and down.

If Lin Daoqiu hadn't come, Huang Baiming actually didn't have much confidence in this drama.

The reason why he wanted to adapt the stage play "Zhu Xiucai" into Happy Ghost was mainly because he thought the play was interesting, but Huang Baiming had no idea whether it would be a hit or not.

Otherwise, he would not have just fought for a budget of 200 million at that time, instead of sticking to his point of view, asking for more from Li Maowen.

In fact, with Huang Baiming's position in New Oriental, as long as he and Li Maowen have a serious communication, the budget of 400 million is absolutely acceptable.

It's just that Huang Baiming didn't have enough confidence in "Happy Ghost" at the time, thinking that it could be shot for 200 million yuan, as long as he didn't lose money.

"Mr. Lin gave me the feeling that he is really optimistic about this drama."

Huang Baiming came to this conclusion after carefully thinking about Lin Daoqiu's reaction when he was on the set.

Mai Jia and Teddy Robin, who were not interested in this drama at first, immediately aroused their interest in "Happy Ghost" after hearing what Huang Baiming said.

"I remember this movie. You seem to be planning to release it on Christmas. Have you talked to Mr. Lin about this?"

When asked by Mai Jia, Huang Baiming immediately replied.

"Mr. Lin has changed the schedule of "Happy Ghost" to after the students are on vacation."

Regarding Lin Daoqiu's decision, both Mai Jia and Teddy Robin felt very strange.

Because the period from Christmas to New Year's Day is considered to be two very important festivals, if Lin Daoqiu really likes the movie "Happy Ghost", it should be set at that time.

How could "Happy Ghost" be moved to the time before the Chinese New Year? You must know that everyone was busy with the Chinese New Year at that time, so there was no time to go to the cinema to watch movies.

Only during the Chinese New Year, they have extra time to go out for entertainment.

"Since this is the case, then you should do your best to make "Happy Ghost" well, and don't disappoint Mr. Lin's expectations."

Mai Jia felt that Lin Daoqiu's decision might not be too optimistic about the movie "Happy Ghost", otherwise he probably wouldn't have changed "Happy Ghost" to that time.

Huang Baiming also forgot to tell them that what Lin Daoqiu told him before was to lock down the audience.

What Mai Jia said made Huang Baiming feel that he didn't have any interest in this drama.

"Since "Happy Ghost" has changed its schedule, let "Xiao Sheng Afraid" be released on the Christmas schedule."

For the two dramas "Happy Ghost" and "Little Life is Scary", Maijia definitely values ​​"Little Life is Scary".

The quality of Alan Tam, Zheng Wenya, Mai Jia, Jiang David, and Wang Qing is far above "Happy Ghost".

Comparing the cast of "Happy Ghost", only Huang Baiming is the most famous, but he is not a full-time actor yet.

Huang Baiming didn't think too much about Mai Jia's arrangement, after all, Lin Daoqiu had already changed the schedule, so he would have no objection to how Mai Jia arranged "Little People Are Afraid".

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"Mr. Lin, long time no see."

A rare visitor came to Lin Daoqiu's office today.

The other party was still accompanied by Li Maowen and walked in from the outside.

As soon as he saw Li Hanxiang coming to the door, Lin Daoqiu could more or less guess the purpose of his trip.

"The filming of "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government" has been completed, and the post-production has also been completed. I am here this time and hope that Mr. Lin can arrange a good schedule for me."

Li Hanxiang was not polite to Lin Daoqiu either. After all, he had worked so hard in the mainland for so long and finally finished filming both films. If Lin Daoqiu wanted a better schedule, it would be absolutely fine.

"It's just that Director Li dared to ask me for a schedule like this. If it were someone else, he would never say it so confidently."

Lin Daoqiu smiled, it seemed that he didn't mind what Li Hanxiang said.

"The end of the year is coming soon, and the best time now is from Christmas to New Year's Day. I checked before I came here, and only New Oriental's "Little Fear" is ready to be released during that period."

Li Maowen is usually responsible for arranging the schedule, so he knows this matter best.

"What does Director Li think?"

Now that Lin Daoqiu is back in charge of Xiangjiang Cinemas, the number of theaters has more than doubled.

Lin Daoqiu remembered that "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government Behind the Curtain" won a very good box office in Xiangjiang.

I don't know what kind of brilliant performance these two dramas can produce this time.

"If both Mr. Lin and Manager Li think it's fine, I'm naturally fine."

Li Hanxiang has been making movies for so many years, so he naturally knows the difference between a good schedule and a bad schedule. Around Christmas and New Year's Day, the box office that these two festivals can provide is definitely more than what can be provided on weekdays.

It is because Lin Daoqiu invested in these two plays, so Li Hanxiang dared to come to the door and say so.

If he had found investment to film these two films, Li Hanxiang would not even have dared to think about getting such a good schedule.

Of course, Li Hanxiang also fantasized that these two films could be released during the Spring Festival, but this idea disappeared as soon as Li Maowen opened his mouth.

(End of this chapter)