Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1140 Running a School
The establishment of the New Xiangjiang Cinemas started to change the film industry in Xiangjiang.

Originally, because of Xiangjiang formed by New Oriental and Golden Harvest, and Baocheng Cinemas formed by Dibao and Chenggong, most of the film practitioners would be concentrated under these two cinemas.

Now the two theaters have merged into one, while the three film companies New Oriental, Golden Harvest, and Dibao have lost control of the theaters.

Except for some top actors, such as Brigitte Lin, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and Xu Guanwen, most of the other actors went to the market and became free agents.

Most of them are Shaw Brothers actors, and they are all released from New Oriental.

Among these free actors, there are stars such as Alan Tam, Chen You, Zhong Zhentao, Lin Zixiang, Feng Suifan, Wu Yaohan, etc. They are not affiliated to any film company.

Before that, they could only choose between Xiangjiang Cinemas and Baocheng Cinemas, but now the situation is different, because of the relationship between the "Xiangjiang Film Management Act", they feel that their choice must be more limited than before. More.

But at this time, Sammo Hung suddenly held a dinner party in his name again, and invited all these actors.

At this time, Golden Harvest and Di Bao reunited. In order to control more actor resources, Sammo Hung had to do something.

The scene was very lively. With Sammo Hung's face, all the people who came to this dinner party were familiar faces from the film industry.

"Everyone, thank you very much for coming today, thank you for your support."

Sammo Hung held a microphone on the stage and began to speak.

"Among the people who came to the scene today, most of them are actors who are engaged in the film industry, and I invited everyone here today because I want to have an idea and want to discuss it with you."

Under the stage, Alan Tam and others sat in the front row and watched Sammo Hung talking on the stage.

In fact, they didn't know why Sammo Hung invited them here today, but judging from what the other party said, I'm afraid this dinner party might not be easy.

"Allen, do you think Brother Sanmao wants us all to transfer to them?"

Chen You looked at Alan Tam worriedly. Before that, the films he participated in the most were on New Oriental. If Sammo Hung wanted to invite him to join Dibao and Golden Harvest, Chen You would be very embarrassed.

"I don't know either, just keep listening."

Alan Tam shook his head. He had just finished filming "Brothers and Tigers" with Jackie Chan, and he was very happy to cooperate with New Oriental, especially New Art City.

If Sammo Hung really wanted him to join the other side, Alan Tam would probably refuse, because he usually has nothing to do with Sammo Hung and the others, and attending this dinner today is all for Sammo Hung's face.

"There are so many film actors in Hong Kong, but there is no artist organization. I think this is a very inappropriate thing. I invite everyone here today. I actually want to take the lead and establish a Xiangjiang Actors Association."

Sammo Hung wants to set up the Actors Association?This is not a trivial matter, but I have never heard him mention it before, and there is no rumor about it.

And when Sammo Hung proposed to establish the Hong Kong Actors Association, the first reaction of many people at the scene was the notorious Liberty Association.

Could it be that Golden Harvest and Dibao want to come again and continue working with New Oriental?
"The establishment of this actors' association has many advantages. For example, when encountering difficulties, everyone can help each other, and we will allocate a certain amount of funds every year to help our members."

To get others to join, you have to offer something sweet. After discussing with Pan Disheng and Zou Wenhuai, Sammo Hung decided to donate 200 million to the association every year.

Some people felt that the Actors Association seemed to be pretty good after hearing it, but some people didn't think it was a big deal, and even thought that Sammo Hung did it for the simple purpose of dealing with New Oriental.

If they can hold most of Xiangjiang's actor resources in their hands, New Oriental will only be able to find their artists to film, which will be a big limitation for them.

After Sammo Hung finished speaking, he found that the applause was not warm. It seemed that everyone did not have much interest in the Actors Association.

"I know some people are worried that if they join the Actors Association, they will only be able to accept films from Jiahe and Dibao..."

Sammo Hung paused for a moment when he said this, and many people present couldn't help stretching their ears. After all, this is a matter of their future livelihood.

If they joined the Actors Association and could only accept films made by Jiahe and Di Bao in the future, then they might have to think more about it.

"But what I want to tell you is that the Actors Association will not impose any restrictions on you. The purpose of establishing this association is to help everyone and unite the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang, so you don't need to worry about this."

After Sammo Hung finished speaking, there was another round of applause at the scene. Compared with the last time, the applause this time became even more enthusiastic.

With the support of Golden Harvest and Di Bao, there is no problem at all in establishing this actor's association, and Sammo Hung, who took the lead, naturally became the president of this actor's association.

After all, in terms of Sammo Hung's reputation in Hong Kong film and television industry, there is really no one more suitable than him.

That night, many people joined the Actors Association, but some of them did not join. Among them were actors like Alan Tam and Chen You, who had worked with New Oriental a lot before.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know the news until the second day after the establishment of the Actors Association.

Lin Daoqiu felt that Sammo Hung wanted to set up the Actors Association because he wanted to expand their influence in the film and television industry.

It just so happened that the Xiangjiang film circle is a place that likes to talk about the morals of the rivers and lakes. If Sammo Hung really erected the image of the chairman, it is really very likely that a group of actors will be recruited to join Jiahe and Di Bao.

But since the other party likes to do this, Lin Daoqiu will naturally not be idle.

But Lin Daoqiu did not learn from Sammo Hung and put up some kind of dinner party, but chose another approach.

After calling Li Maowen to his office, Lin Daoqiu spoke directly to him as soon as the other party sat down.

"Sammo Hung set up an actors' association, you should know about it, right?"

Li Maowen nodded, actually he just found out about this matter just now, and he was thinking about the purpose of Sammo Hung doing this.

Lin Daoqiu took the above words and continued.

"Since the other party has made a move, New Oriental can't be idle, I plan to open a New Oriental acting academy..."

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