Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 175
"Mr. Lin really knows how to joke..."

Although Fang Yihua said this, she didn't think Lin Daoqiu was joking.

"Master Qian" is now selling like crazy at the overseas box office. Just in Taiwan, Golden Harvest earned 1000 million Hong Kong dollars, not counting the box office in Southeast Asia, Korea and Japan.

Seeing Golden Harvest making so much money, if Fang Yihua said that he was not jealous, it must be a lie.

If Lin Daoqiu had filmed a kung fu comedy this time, Fang Yathua might have made a big concession in terms of overseas box office share.

After all, if she didn't sign, it would only be so cheap to the group of second- and fifth-year-olds in Jiahe.

And this method of pushing Lin Daoqiu out is tantamount to strengthening the opponent in disguise.

But this is an urban romantic comedy, Fang Yihua is not sure whether this drama can break the box office of 300 million.

You must know that the prerequisite for selling a port is to get a good box office in Xiangjiang first, so that when it is released in other places, you can get better resources.

"It doesn't matter if Miss Fang is unwilling, anyway, Jiahe will definitely not refuse."

Lin Daoqiu was too lazy to continue discussing this matter with Fang Yihua, if she didn't agree, he would go to Jiahe.

Hearing the word Jiahe, Fang Yihua's expression suddenly became ugly.

"Mr. Lin seems very confident, but based on what I know, this "Goodbye Wang Lao Wu" should not perform too well at the box office."

After all, Fang Yat-hua has also stayed in the Shaw Brothers studio for so many years. Although she hasn't watched "Farewell Wang Lao Wu", the most popular movies now are kung fu movies.

For other types of movies, it can be said that it is very difficult to get a good box office, and the Xu Brothers can only do it.

Even Lin Daoqiu's famous "Master Qian" is also a kung fu movie. It is hard to say whether the audience will buy it when he suddenly switches to making this kind of urban comedy.

"Maybe it was in the past, but this time it's different, because I invited Zhong Zhentao to play the leading role, and the members of Winner also made guest appearances in the play."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Fang Yathua baffled, Wenna is indeed a very popular band in Hong Kong, but it is just a dream to rely on them to get a high box office.

As far as she knew, it was not that Zhong Zhentao and Wen Na had never made movies, but their results were very average.

Not long ago, they filmed "Chasing, Running, Jumping", and the final box office only broke one million, and it was taken down after only seven days of release.

When Zhong Zhentao and Wen Na tried to persuade themselves to increase the share to half, Lin Daoqiu was just talking nonsense.

He might as well emphasize that the play was written by him, that would be more convincing.

"I'm afraid Mr. Lin doesn't know that Winner previously released a film called "Chasing, Running, Jumping", but the box office was very mediocre. It was dropped within seven days of its release, and the box office only broke one million."

Lin Daoqiu didn't know about this. At that time, he was already filming in Baodao, so he didn't have time to pay attention to Xiangjiang's box office.

"Really? I really don't know about it."

Lin Daoqiu looked a little surprised, but quickly recovered his calm, as if he didn't take it seriously at all.

Judging from Lin Daoqiu's expression, he really didn't know about it.

Fang Yihua had no choice but to suppress his anger, and did not burst out on the spot.

"Since Mr. Lin knows it now, can we seriously talk about the overseas share now?"

"Miss Fang, [-]% of overseas share is my bottom line, and I will not change this."

Originally, Fang Yihua thought that after Lin Daoqiu knew about Wen Na's situation, he would not persevere.

But what she never expected was that Lin Daoqiu didn't change his previous thinking, and still insisted on a half split.

"Mr. Lin, don't you think your request is rude and excessive?"

Fang Yihua raised her voice unconsciously, it seemed that she was already on the verge of anger.

"Miss Fang, don't be angry. Since I dare to make such a request, there is a basis for it."

Lin Daoqiu looked calm and composed, and Fang Yihua's emotional changes did not affect him.

"Then tell me, if you can convince me, it's not impossible to get half a share."

Fang Yihua wanted to hear, what reason did Lin Daoqiu have to make himself raise the box office to [-]%.

"I'm still not sure about the specific situation. Why don't we talk about overseas agency rights after the movie is released."

In fact, Lin Daoqiu was already very sure that this matter would happen soon, but he couldn't show that he was sure, otherwise it would definitely arouse others' suspicion.

Fang Yihua felt that Lin Daoqiu was pretending to be a ghost, but on the other hand, she felt that the other party seemed to be hiding some secret weapon and did not reveal it.

To be on the safe side, Fang Yihua promised to discuss overseas agency rights after the film was released, but she had one request.

"Before we talk about Beng, Mr. Lin is not allowed to discuss the agency rights with Jiahe."

Fang Yihua is not like the last "Young Master Qian", he was teased by the other party and he didn't know it.

"Miss Fang has already spoken, so of course it's no problem."

Lin Daoqiu nodded happily and agreed.

.........

"The Winner Five Tigers Announce Disbandment"

Winner Band, popular among thousands of boys and girls, is the most famous band in Xiangjiang.

Among them, the lead singers A Lun and A B are even more sought after by fans.

Because Allen and Ah B are the lead singers, and among the five, two are the most handsome, so they each have a lot of support from fans.

Even because of this, the AB faction and the Allen faction were divided.

Their fans all think that their idols are the most handsome and have the best singing skills, so they often argue constantly.

Even because of this, there were news of discord between the two in the newspapers.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Winner suddenly announced its disbandment. This news shocked Xiangjiang for a while.

Besides the fans, the person who was most shocked was Fang Yat Hua.

"Did Lin Daoqiu know for a long time that Winner will announce its disbandment in the near future?"

She recalled Lin Daoqiu's expression when he was talking to her. Even if he was not fully sure, he must be an insider.

No wonder he dared to propose to himself that the overseas box office should be divided in half. It turned out to be because of this reason.

This is Winner's last film before disbanding. As long as the filming is not too bad, the box office will definitely not be too bad.

Thinking of this, Fang Yihua couldn't help but want to call Lin Daoqiu to settle the matter of overseas agency.

But her hand stretched out to the side of the phone several times and retracted again, and it seemed that she couldn't make up her mind right away.

Anyway, Lin Daoqiu had already promised himself that he would not go to Jiahe before they broke up.

So I still have enough time to make a decision after the box office comes out.

However, Fang Yihua still had to sigh with emotion, was Lin Daoqiu lucky, or did he know that Winner was going to disband, so he made such a movie?

And the answer to this question may only be known to Lin Daoqiu himself.

(End of this chapter)