Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 229 Cancellation of Subsidy Fee

"Are my words funny?"

Brigitte Lin couldn't figure out how Lin Daoqiu could still laugh at this moment, when she obviously asked a very serious question.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to."

Lin Daoqiu quickly put on a serious face, but even so, his appearance still looks funny.

Those who didn't know thought that Lin Daoqiu did this on purpose to ease the atmosphere at the scene, but he really didn't think about it that way.

"If you don't want this opportunity, just pretend I didn't say it. I'm tired. You should go back and rest earlier."

Covering her head, she looked very tired. Brigitte Lin has been troubled by this matter for the past few days.

"Then go to bed early, good night."

Lin Daoqiu seemed to be unable to understand what the other party said. After he finished speaking, he stood up, turned around and walked towards the door.

Brigitte Lin did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would not want this opportunity, and she was dumbfounded, because it was completely different from what she had thought before.

"Is there nothing you want to say to me at the end?"

Brigitte Lin was a little reconciled, because the whole thing made her feel confused until now.

Lin Daoqiu seemed to admit it, but she didn't seem to, even she herself couldn't figure it out.

"Last? What last?"

Lin Daoqiu pretended not to understand Lin Qingxia's words, and stood looking at her blankly.

"You know what you do yourself."

Brigitte Lin embraced her hands and looked straight at the other party, as if she wanted to use this method to make Lin Daoqiu confess on her own initiative.

But Lin Daoqiu still had a blank expression, as if Brigitte Lin was talking about someone else's business and had nothing to do with him.

"But the problem is I didn't do anything."

At this time, if you admit it, it will be a dead end, and there is no other way but to deny it to the end.

"Okay, since you can't remember, let me remind you, do you still want to hide your relationship with Guo Youhua from me now?"

Lin Qingxia's question made Lin Daoqiu breathe a sigh of relief.

Because it doesn't sound like she has any evidence at all, she's just guessing.

"What's the relationship between me and Ah Hua? I haven't seen her for half a year?"

Lin Daoqiu asked with a puzzled face.

If this matter hadn't been used as a shield, he really couldn't resist Brigitte Lin's question.

"Lin Daoqiu, do you think I can't see it? Since Guo Youhua joined the crew, you seem to have changed on the set. You were not like this before."

In fact, Brigitte Lin was just guessing, she didn't have any evidence to prove that Lin Daoqiu and Guo Youhua got together, she just relied on her intuition.

And in many cases, intuition is simply impossible to use as evidence.

"Qingxia, don't even think about it. There have been so many explosive scenes recently, and it's the first time I've filmed such a scene. Do you think I can still laugh and laugh every day? I'm under a lot of pressure, okay?"

Lin Daoqiu shook his head, and after finishing speaking, he returned to the sofa and sat down.

"You know the serious consequences if these things go wrong, you don't care about me at all, you only think about those messy things."

Feeling overwhelmed by Lin Daoqiu's series of questions, Brigitte Lin thought at first that Lin Daoqiu's change was due to Guo Youhua's joining the group.

But hearing what the other party said, she suddenly felt that she seemed to have wronged Lin Daoqiu.

After all, during the recent period, there are often scenes of big explosions. It is no wonder that Lin Daoqiu seems to have suddenly changed himself. It turned out that it was all because of too much pressure.

Without asking indiscriminately, she thought that Lin Daoqiu became like that because of Guo Youhua, which made Brigitte Lin feel very ashamed.

"Yes... sorry, I didn't mean that."

Before, she still looked confident and confident, but now Brigitte Lin became nervous instead.

"Hey... Forget it, you should go to bed early, you have to film tomorrow, good night."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he got up and walked out. He tensed up, if he laughed, it would really be over.

But just as he walked to the door, Brigitte Lin had already jumped behind him and hugged him.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't be thinking about it. I promise I won't do this in the future. Forgive me, please?"

As she was talking, she was about to cry, and felt that it was already very wrong for her not to help Lin Daoqiu, and it was too ignorant to add pressure to him at this time.

"Qingxia, it's very important for two people to trust each other. There are always gossips in places like the entertainment industry. Once you believe those gossips, it's useless for me to explain them."

Brigitte Lin nodded vigorously, she didn't know what to say, she just wanted to lean on the other party like this.

Turning around and hugging the other party, Lin Daoqiu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. The boat almost capsized today, but fortunately he was alert enough.

And in order not to let such a thing happen again, from that day on, Lin Daoqiu became very serious on the set, as if it was written on his face that strangers should not enter.

Even Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui didn't know what happened, but this didn't affect the progress of the filming.

On the contrary, because of this, everyone put their minds on shooting.

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"Welcome all journalists to this press conference."

In mid-April, a press conference that shocked Hong Kong was held in a hotel in Kowloon.

Lei Juekun, Chen Rongmei, Feng Bingzhong and others officially announced on stage that they would set up a theater called Golden Princess in Xiangjiang.

"I hereby announce that from today onwards, the Golden Princess Cinemas will officially abolish the basic fee, and the films released by the Golden Princess will no longer have to pay the basic fee."

As soon as these words came out, all the reporters in Xiangjiang opened their eyes wide. They never expected that Lei Juekun would throw out this trump card.

In the evening papers of that day, all the major newspapers published the news immediately.

It can be said that compared with the establishment of the Golden Princess, the news that Lei Juekun broke the subsidy system is more attractive to filmmakers.

"This hit the street, is he crazy? He's digging his own grave."

Angrily, he slapped the table several times. Zou Wenhuai didn't expect Lei Juekun to play so well. His move was obviously aimed at himself.

Because the films of Shaw Brothers Cinemas are all self-produced and sold, basically no one will take the movies and release them, so the biggest beneficiary of the subsidy system is Golden Harvest Cinemas.

Now that Lei Juekun has made such a move, it is obvious that he is coming according to the standard of Jiahe, how can Zou Wenhuai not be furious.

"I didn't expect Lei Juekun to be so smart. He knew how to use the cancellation fee to fight us. Now it's really troublesome."

Before Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang didn't pay much attention to Lei Juekun, they both thought that if he ran a theater chain without knowing movies, he would be kicked out in a few years.

But as soon as this news appeared, they immediately felt as if they were facing an enemy. At least from now on, they dare not underestimate this Boss Lei.

　Thank you, the monthly pass for the windy and rainy wind!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
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