Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1871 B-Class Blockbuster

After resting in the hotel for one night, Lin Daoqiu called Yu Yunkang to MGM the next day.

There is also a director who came with Yu Yunkang.

"Hi, Mr. Lin, nice to meet you, I'm Oliver Stone."

Last year, an unknown "Platoon" suddenly became a very topical movie in Hollywood, and beat many big-budget movies in one fell swoop and won a box office record of more than [-] million US dollars.

This can be said to be very rare in Hollywood, and it is also a very unusual thing.

As the producer and director of the play, Oliver Stone suddenly became the object of attention in Hollywood.

A year later, Lin Daoqiu invited Oliver Stone to MGM, and he planned to let Oliver Stone and Yu Yunkang film this "Human Purge Project" together.

"This is director Yu Yunkang. He is a very famous director of horror films in Hong Kong. This is Oliver Stone, the Hollywood miracle star of last year."

Called a miracle star by Lin Daoqiu, Oliver Stone smiled at first, but it seemed that he was quite helpless.

From the end of the filming of "Platoon" to the end of its release, he can be said to have experienced the cruelty and reality of Hollywood.

Before that, no Hollywood company was willing to invest in him to make this movie. After that, he managed to make this movie, but no big company in Hollywood was willing to help him distribute it.

In the end, after "Field Platoon" became famous in one fell swoop, those big bosses who were unwilling to even look at him before, immediately became extremely enthusiastic about him as if they were juggling.

The bosses who had rejected him before came to him automatically this time.

It gives Oliver Stone a good taste of how realistic people really are in Hollywood.

"Mr. Lin is too polite. I am still far behind you, but I am very happy to have the opportunity to cooperate with you this time."

Lin Daoqiu was able to find Oliver Stone this time, not only because of his famous name, but also because Lin Daoqiu wrote the script of "Human Purge Project" this time.

After reading the script, Oliver Stone felt that this subject matter was very suitable for him, and this time he also had a director who is good at horror films to cooperate with him, which can make up for some of his shortcomings.

""Human Purge" should be considered a B-level movie in Hollywood, but in my opinion, as long as the filming of this movie is good, it will definitely not lose to those A-level movies or big productions."

Oliver Stone nodded as he listened, just hearing the name of this movie made people feel a little uneasy. This is indeed not the name that an A-level movie should have.

And Lin Daoqiu's budget for the "Human Purge Project" this time is as high as 2000 million US dollars.

Although it is not as good as those A-level movies or big productions, but 2000 million to make a movie that is recognized as a B-level movie, in Oliver Stone's view, Lin Daoqiu is already very generous.

If Oliver Stone hadn't been attracted by the script of "Human Purge Project" this time, he might not have accepted Lin Daoqiu's invitation to film this movie.

"The outline of the script is written by me, but the details and the plot need to be controlled by the two of you. Since this is a movie that is considered a B-movie, there will be a lot of room for you to play. Don't worry about it." concern."

What Lin Daoqiu was worried about was that if one of the two of Yu Yunkang and Oliver Stone's idea was to make a normal movie, then the effect of this movie might not be as good as Lin Daoqiu expected.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will discuss it with Director Yu. I think this time my cooperation with him will be very smooth."

Oliver Stone didn't know if he said this in a polite way or from the bottom of his heart.

But to be serious, the reason why he has such confidence in this drama is probably more from the script written by Lin Daoqiu.

Richardson came after Yu Yunkang and Oliver Stone left.

"Oliver Stone is a very good director. Isn't it a bit of a waste to hire him to make a B-level movie?"

In Richardson's view, Oliver Stone is now a popular fried chicken in Hollywood, and he should be looking for "Platoon" or a movie of the same type.

But Lin Daoqiu asked him to shoot a B-level movie, which made Richardson very puzzled.

"If I told him to invest in a sequel to Platoon, do you think Oliver Stone would agree?"

"Uh……"

After being told by Lin Daoqiu, Richardson was speechless.

There are not a few people who have invested in Oliver Stone, and Richardson has tried to contact the other party, but unfortunately Oliver Stone declined his request.

This time Lin Daoqiu was able to invite the other party because of the script written by Lin Daoqiu himself. If it was changed to say that he wanted to invest in the other party, Oliver Stone might not necessarily accept it.

"We are not the only company in Hollywood, so others have many choices. Before that, we must build up our own brand awareness. As for the method, it is actually very simple, that is, to make more blockbuster movies."

Richardson nodded while listening, he knew that Lin Daoqiu was right, but it was not easy to do, after all, there was only one Lin Daoqiu.

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There was still an hour before the time agreed upon with Lin Daoqiu, but Eddie Murphy had arrived at the coffee shop where they met, fully dressed.

Eddie Murphy knew very well that this meeting was of great significance to him, so he came here an hour early, just because he didn't want to be late and wanted to leave a good impression on Lin Daoqiu.

While waiting for Lin Daoqiu's arrival, Eddie Murphy was always thinking about what to say to Lin Daoqiu when the other party arrived later.

Although he claims to be a comedian, Eddie Murphy is not the type who can eloquently talk to people he doesn't know well.

While Eddie Murphy was sitting there quietly thinking, after an unknown amount of time, he felt a light pat on his shoulder.

When Eddie Murphy came to his senses, Lin Daoqiu had come to him at some point.

"It's been a long time."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Eddie Murphy and smiled.

"Yes... I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I was distracted just now."

Eddie Murphy saw that it was Lin Daoqiu, and he quickly stood up from his chair.

Originally, he planned to greet the other party, but he didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to be here in a daze, which is really embarrassing.

"It's okay, it looks like you've been here for a long time, why don't we change the quilt and coffee and continue talking."

Lin Daoqiu saw that Eddie Murphy had run out of coffee, so he probably had been here for a long time, so he asked the waiter to serve two more cups of hot coffee.

(End of this chapter)