Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 271
"With all due respect, Mr. Lin, you are too reckless this time."

When Kars knew that Lin Daoqiu proposed the next play and wanted to split half with Warner, he immediately approached him.

"You think I shouldn't take half?"

Lin Daoqiu was pouring tea for Kars, and his movements suddenly stopped after hearing what Kars said.

Kars thought that Lin Daoqiu didn't know the rules of Hollywood, so he raised the price like this.

"Mr. Lin, I'm afraid you don't know that in Hollywood, those big production companies are the ones who decide everything. It is absolutely impossible for you to be on an equal footing with them."

Kars came to talk to him all this for Lin Daoqiu's sake. He didn't want Lin Daoqiu to lose his chance to rise in Hollywood because of this incident.

"Sometimes things are not absolute. I know you are doing it for my own good, but I will not change this decision."

Lin Daoqiu's attitude was so firm that Kars couldn't help shaking his head.

He felt that if Lin Daoqiu didn't change his mind, he might suffer a huge setback in the future.

In the end, Kars still couldn't persuade Lin Daoqiu to change his mind, so he could only leave the hotel with regret.

But when Lin Daoqiu had just packed the tea set, there was a knock on the door again.

At first Lin Daoqiu thought Kars had gone and returned, but when he opened the door he found a stranger.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Lin Daoqiu Lin?"

At this time, standing in front of Lin Daoqiu was a man in a suit and wearing glasses.

"Yes, what's the matter?" Lin Daoqiu nodded.

"My name is Lewand, and I'm from Fox Films. Our chairman, Alan Ryder, wants to see you."

The full name of Fox Film Company is Twentieth Century Fox Film Company, which is a well-known film company in Hollywood.

The most famous movies in recent years are undoubtedly the "Star Wars" series and the biopic "General Patton".

Alan Ryder suddenly sent someone to find Lin Daoqiu, probably because of the huge sales of "Mission Impossible".

"Sorry, I'm not interested."

Lin Daoqiu refused without thinking, which surprised Lewand.

They obviously received the news before that Lin Daoqiu and Ashley had already broken down when they were discussing cooperation, so Alan Ryder sent him to win Lin Daoqiu.

Unexpectedly, the other party refused this meeting without even thinking about it, which made Lewand don't know what to say for a while.

"But there is something you can tell Chairman Alan Ryder for me."

Lewand hadn't recovered from the shock, so he could only nod subconsciously.

"If he's willing to split half with me at the box office, maybe I'll have endless conversations with him."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Lewand shook his head directly. He didn't need Alan Ryder at all, because it was absolutely impossible for the other party to agree to him.

Perhaps it was because Lin Daoqiu's asking price was too high, and Lewand had no interest in continuing to chat with him.

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"What? He wants half of the share, what are you kidding?"

After Levan returned to the company, he reported Lin Daoqiu's words to little Alan Ryder verbatim.

After the other party listened, he shook his head first, and then sneered a few times.

"Is this guy crazy? No wonder the conversation with Ashley collapsed. If it was me, I wouldn't agree to his request."

After little Alan Ryder finished speaking, he couldn't help shaking his head a few times.

In his opinion, Lin Daoqiu's whimsy was a bit too much.

If he got this condition from any Hollywood film company, no one would agree to it.

But at this time, Landry, who was in charge of the publishing department, frowned slightly.

"Chairman, I think I can talk to him."

After Landry finished speaking, Alan Ryder Jr. turned his head and looked at Landry in surprise.

"As far as I know, the box office revenue of "Mission Impossible" plus the sales of video tapes and peripherals can bring Warner at least hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue."

Of course Alan Ryder knew this, if not, he would not have wanted to meet with Lin Daoqiu to talk about cooperation.

But when the other party opens their mouths, they will split half and half. This is absolutely unacceptable to Alan Ryder Jr.

"I guess Lin Daoqiu is just putting pressure on Warner. His final goal is definitely not to get half of the box office share."

"You keep talking."

What Landry said immediately aroused little Alan Ryder's interest.

"Star Wars was very profitable, but it took too long to make, and we needed something different."

Landry is right, Star Wars is indeed very profitable, the first film has earned more than [-] million US dollars in box office revenue worldwide.

But two years have passed since the first film was released, and Lucas even said that the second film has not yet been produced.

And there is another sentence that Landry didn't say, what if Star Wars suddenly doesn't make money?
In addition, this guy Lucas can burn too much money, especially the Industrial Light and Magic he drove, which led to all the money earned by Star Wars being invested in it.

Moreover, in Landry's view, Lucas's studio is a bottomless pit that swallows money, and there is not enough money to burn it.

In addition, now Lucas has also established his own film production company, but only handed over the distribution rights to Fox.

That leaves Fox with less money to make from Star Wars.

"Do you think Lin Daoqiu is a good choice?"

Landry's words shook Alan Ryder Jr., because if a film company only survives on one type of film, it can be said to be very dangerous.

"I have read Lin Daoqiu's materials before, and I found that all his movies have a characteristic."

"What characteristics?"

Alan Ryder hurriedly asked.

"The movies he made are all blockbusters, from Xiangjiang's kung fu comedy to Taiwan's literary films, and then this action movie, all of them are the best-selling movies, and..."

Landry shook his head with a smile and said, "I'm afraid you can't believe it. The two TV series he produced also got very exaggerated ratings."

If Landry is the chairman of Fox, he will definitely choose to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu, although he cannot give the other party half of the box office revenue.

But Landry believed that as long as he gave [-]%, Lin Daoqiu would definitely agree, unless he was really a lunatic.

After listening to Landry's words, Alan Ryder had to start thinking seriously.

"I'm not sure if Lin Daoqiu can make a movie as profitable as "Star Wars", but I'm sure he will definitely not be like Lucas, a lunatic who takes years to make a movie."

And Landry's words are what moved Alan Ryder the most.

After hesitating for 2 minutes, little Alan Ryder suddenly raised his head, and it seemed that his gaze became very firm all of a sudden.

"Call Lin Daoqiu and say I want to talk to him."

　It's so boring to stop the electricity for a day!Call and write quickly!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)