Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 954 The Future Kung Fu Emperor

After setting the schedules of "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government Behind the Curtain", Li Hanxiang became a lot more relaxed.

He even chatted with Lin Daoqiu and Li Maowen about mainland movies.

At this time, Li Maowen suddenly remembered something.

"The three leftist theaters, Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian, are planning to merge into one theater. They sent an invitation to invite Mr. Lin to attend, but you were filming in Thailand at the time."

Lin Daoqiu had a little impression of this matter. He remembered that the name of the new cinema chain should be called Yindu, but as for when it was merged, Lin Daoqiu didn't know.

"Mr. Lin, I think it's better for you not to attend Yindu's invitation, and let Manager Li go instead of you."

Li Hanxiang suddenly became cautious. It stands to reason that he should support Lin Daoqiu to attend this reception.

Seeing Lin Daoqiu looking at him in surprise, Li Hanxiang quickly explained.

"Mr. Lin is now the boss of Xiangjiang Cinemas, and Baodao is still a big overseas ticket warehouse for Xiangjiang Cinemas. The guys from Chenggong Cinemas hope that there will be problems with Xiangjiang Cinemas so they can replace them."

Although Li Hanxiang has been filming in the mainland for a long time, he still knows a lot about the big things that happened in Xiangjiang.

Those guys from Chenggong Cinemas are the film businessmen of Formosa. If there is a problem with Xiangjiang Cinemas, wouldn’t it just fulfill the wishes of those from Chenggong Cinemas?

That's why Li Hanxiang didn't want Lin Daoqiu to attend this reception. After all, when it comes to such sensitive matters, it's better to be careful and try not to fall into the shoes of others.

Li Hanxiang's worries were not unreasonable, and Li Maowen also felt that what the other party said was very reasonable.

"Mr. Lin, I think this matter should be decided like this."

Li Maowen also didn't want this trivial incident to affect Xiangjiang Cinemas and Lin Daoqiu.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, I have my own arrangements."

Lin Daoqiu smiled. From his words, one could feel that he seemed to be planning to attend the reception.

Li Maowen knew something was wrong as soon as he heard it, and he wanted to persuade him, but Lin Daoqiu had already shook his head slightly at him.

Looking at Lin Daoqiu's appearance, he knew that he had made up his mind to go, and there was no way he could persuade him.

Li Maowen secretly regretted that he shouldn't have brought up this matter, and it would be better to deal with it quietly at that time, and he wouldn't need to worry about it now.

After Li Maowen and Li Hanxiang both left, Lin Daoqiu's mind was haunted by a figure.

If he hadn't met Li Hanxiang today, and Li Maowen had brought up Yindu, Lin Daoqiu really couldn't think of this person's name.

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In the small screening hall of New Oriental Company, Lin Daoqiu sat here alone, watching a movie that someone had found before.

Strangely, there was no one else in the screening hall, not even Fang Jinsheng, only Lin Daoqiu was sitting in it.

And what was surprising was that he even hummed along with the song in the movie.

"Plowing the fields, grazing, and beating wolves... shoulder the wind and rain... shoulders..."

This "Shepherd's Song" sung by Zheng Xulan aroused many memories of Lin Daoqiu.

In January 1982, a film "Shaolin Temple" screened in Zuoye theaters even earned a box office record of 1 million in Xiangjiang.

This movie, produced by Xiangjiang Leftist Film Company and Zhongyuan Film Production Company, can be said to have swept across the country as soon as it was released.

The most concerned actor is naturally the young actor Jet Li who plays Jue Yuan.

Looking at Jet Li in the screen, Lin Daoqiu couldn't help feeling that compared with later generations, Jet Li at this time was only in his early 20s, and he was still a complete freshman.

After "Shaolin Temple" brought him success, this all-round martial arts champion was approached by Xiangjiang's film studio and offered him a salary of 300 million yuan.

If "Shaolin Temple" only won a box office of 600 million in Hong Kong, I am afraid that no one would offer him such a salary.

Leaving aside the domestic box office, the overseas market is the big head of "Shaolin Temple".

This drama was only in Neon, and at that time it won a proud result of 40 billion yen at the box office.

Moreover, "Shaolin Temple" has also achieved good box office results in other places overseas.

It is precisely because of this that Xiangjiang's film dealer found Jet Li with such a large check.

For Jet Li, the man known as the Kung Fu Emperor in later generations, it is still the beginning of his emergence in the film industry.

If Jet Li can join New Oriental, it will definitely be a great boost to New Arts City.

"Mr. Lin, I have already found out."

At this time Fang Jinsheng walked in from the outside.

Lin Daoqiu asked him to inquire about Jet Li before.

"Jet Li was filming a movie called "Shaolin Boy" before. It was created by the original crew of "Shaolin Temple". It is said that it is going to be released before the Spring Festival."

"Where is he now?"

What Lin Daoqiu wanted to know was whether Jet Li was in the Mainland or in Xiangjiang now.

"It is said that before the movie is released, he will come to cooperate with the publicity."

Lin Daoqiu nodded while listening, it seems that it is not easy to meet Jet Li, and he will have to wait until next year.

But Lin Daoqiu was definitely not willing to wait for such a long time. He suddenly remembered the reception held by Yindu Organization.

Lin Daoqiu must attend this reception, even if Jet Li's matter is not discussed, he will show up.

It's just that Lin Daoqiu can also chat with them about Jet Li when he goes to this reception this time.

Because Lin Daoqiu is very clear about the unit behind the Yindu organization, as long as there is a word there, Jet Li's martial arts team will never dare not let people go.

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As the chairman of Yindu Organization, Liao Yiyuan has been worrying about one thing recently.

Invitation letters were widely issued for the reception of the merger of Great Wall, Phoenix, and Xinlian.

Both Baocheng Cinemas and Xiangjiang Cinemas sent people to deliver invitations, but Pan Disheng from Dibao had already told them that they couldn’t come because of something, while Chenggong Cinemas just didn’t accept the invitation.

As for Xiangjiang Cinemas, He Guanchang and Zou Wenhuai from Golden Harvest also said that they didn't have time and couldn't come to this reception.

And Lin Daoqiu of New Oriental was the person Liao Yiyuan paid the most attention to, but when sending the invitation letter, Li Maowen, the general manager of New Oriental, said that Lin Daoqiu was filming in Thailand, and he couldn't come to attend.

Lin Daoqiu's identity is a bit special. As we all know, he swam to Xiangjiang from the mainland, but by himself, he became the most famous movie tycoon in the Chinese circle, and his fame in Hollywood can be said to be the highest among the Chinese. Nothing beats it.

Liao Yiyuan really wanted to have a good chat with him, but Lin Daoqiu didn't give him this chance at all, which made him very helpless.

(End of this chapter)