Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1214 A Big Drama

When Xiao Ruoyuan handed over the script, they found that Lin Daoqiu was not in a hurry to open the script, but looked at the cover of the script and wondered what he was thinking.

Mai Dangxiong and Xiao Ruoyuan thought Lin Daoqiu had any opinion on the title of the film.

However, compared to the name of this movie, the plot inside made Mai Dangxiong and Xiao Ruoyuan a little worried that Lin Daoqiu would be dissatisfied.

After all, Lin Daoqiu swam to Xiangjiang at the beginning, and the main plot of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" is also about a group of new immigrants who smuggled into Xiangjiang to commit crimes.

Lin Daoqiu's identity is actually the same as theirs, the difference is that Lin Daoqiu obtained his ID card legally.

And there are many famous scenes in this movie, especially the famous things of this guy, McDonald, all happened during the filming of "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers".

For example, Shen Wei, who won the [-]th Academy Award for "Best Supporting Actor" in his previous life, was tied up in a car, and Mai Dangxiong poured gasoline on the front of the car and set it on fire outside.

Shen Wei was completely terrified, and his panic was completely his real expression. As a result, after the filming of this scene, Shen Wei came out and chased after McDonald.

Even though he won the "Best Supporting Actor" with "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", Shen Wei did not dare to cooperate with McDonald.

In this life, Macdonald still wants to film "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers". Lin Daoqiu believes that with his character and filming methods, he will definitely try his best to film the most realistic scenes before he is willing to give up.

But in order not to make them suspicious, Lin Daoqiu pretended to open the script and simply read it.

The plot of this play is actually not that big of a deal with the "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" in Lin Daoqiu's memory.

I don't see much in the plot. If this script is put in the hands of an ordinary director, it should not be able to shoot anything very interesting.

But unlike those directors, this guy McDonald can always come up with some unexpected things when he shoots such shootout movies.

Although sometimes there will be a lot of troubles, but the final movie will at least not be reduced to an ordinary work.

After dawdling and reading for more than ten minutes, Lin Daoqiu put the script on the table, and he never asked Mai Dangxiong and Xiao Ruoyuan a word from the beginning to the end.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of this script?"

Mai Dangxiong was anxious to get an affirmative answer from Lin Daoqiu.

If Lin Daoqiu likes this script, then the production fee will definitely not be low.

But if Lin Daoqiu has any bad opinions on this script, I'm afraid they will have to revise it after they go back.

"To be honest, I don't see much from the script alone, but if this film is well filmed, I believe it will get a very good response and cause a lot of discussion in the society."

Lin Daoqiu didn't say that the script of this drama was bad, but judging from what he said, it seemed that he was not very interested in "The Banners of Hong Kong and Province".

After Mai Dangxiong heard Lin Daoqiu's words, his heart suddenly became half cold.

Originally, he wanted to get a large investment from Lin Daoqiu, and then make "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" into a very exciting movie.

But now Lin Daoqiu's answer made Mai Dangxiong realize that it is almost impossible for this drama to get a big investment.

If it's just a movie with several million investment, Mai Dangxiong doesn't need to come to Lin Daoqiu at all, he can handle it by himself.

Even if the production fee is increased to more than 1000 million, McDonald still has a way to solve it.

He came to see Lin Daoqiu this time, hoping to get an investment of more than 2000 million or even 3000 million Hong Kong dollars, so that he could complete all the plans in his heart.

"Mr. Lin, in fact, when we filmed "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers", we also hope to draw everyone's attention to this problem. It would be good if it can trigger discussions in the society, but I think the box office of this film will definitely not be bad."

Although Xiao Ruoyuan said so, in the last life, "The Banners of Hong Kong and Province" only got a box office of over [-] million.

In fact, this film does not need to spend a lot of money to shoot, but because of McDonald's persistence and vision, they mistakenly believe that as long as the film is well shot, it will definitely be a big hit at the box office.

"To be honest, apart from Hong Kong, other than Xiangjiang, movies like "The Banner of Hong Kong" are probably only sold well in Baodao, and other places are probably not so good."

Lin Daoqiu is not pouring cold water on McDonald. Movies like "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" are actually not pleasing, and the big scenes are actually not big.

It is definitely impossible to get a big box office in Asia, so in Lin Daoqiu's view, this drama does not have the potential to invest in it.

For Lin Daoqiu's words, Mai Dangxiong actually knew it well, but he still refused to give up just like this. After all, he had prepared for a long time for this "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers".

If you give up now and turn to other movies, wouldn't it be a waste of time and energy for McDonald.

Seeing Mai Dangxiong's disappointed expression, Lin Daoqiu couldn't bear it. He didn't object to Mai Dangxiong's filming of "Provincial and Hong Kong Banner Soldiers", but Lin Daoqiu would not invest a lot of money in this film.

But with a powerful director like Mai Dangxiong in his hands, Lin Daoqiu would not waste such a talent.

"After filming "The Royal Sister" this year, I have another movie to start next year, and the heroine is Brigitte Lin..."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Mai Dangxiong raised his head, but he didn't seem to understand why Lin Daoqiu said that.

However, Xiao Ruoyuan, who was beside Mai Dangxiong, understood the meaning of Lin Daoqiu's words.

"Mr. Lin's movie shouldn't be "Tomb Raider", right?"

"Tomb Raider" is an action movie with female protagonists that Lin Daoqiu helped Lin Qingxia tailor-made last year.

"Tomb Raider" should not be released this year, so Lin Daoqiu should choose to shoot the second film next year.

"It's another one. I can't tell you the specifics at the moment, but I can tell you that this movie will be an action movie with a big production and a big scene, surpassing all the action movies I've shot before."

If someone else said that, McDonald would not feel much emotion.

But the person who said this was Lin Daoqiu, and he immediately became interested.

"Mr. Lin, has the director of this play been decided yet?"

McDangxiong didn't dare to have too many expectations, he just asked tentatively, if he didn't have one, he would find a way to get it, but if he had already found it, then he could only go back to film "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers".

(End of this chapter)