Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 285 Investing in Wang Jing
"Think for yourself, don't count on me."

Lin Daoqiu didn't intend to help Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun think of the script.

He didn't want these two guys to develop such a bad habit. After all, once they became dependent on him, how would they write scripts in the future.

If you think about helping them when you encounter difficulties, then these two people will become more and more useless.

Originally, Zheng Danrui wanted Lin Daoqiu to come up with an idea, let them make a good movie, and make their studio famous.

But now this idea has been completely shattered, so Zheng Danrui nodded, planning to go back and continue thinking about the script with Wen Jun.

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Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui rented a place not far from Princess Jin's company as an office.

When Zheng Danrui opened the door of the office and walked in, Wen Jun immediately raised his head and looked at him expectantly.

"What did Brother Qiu say?"

They had discussed it before, and this time Zheng Danrui went to Lin Daoqiu to ask him to give them an idea.

But just as Wen Jun finished asking, Zheng Danrui shook his head.

"Brother Qiu said let us think for ourselves, don't count on him."

In fact, Zheng Danrui also knew that Lin Daoqiu was doing it for their own good. After all, if they depended on him for everything, then what did they set up this film studio for?

Wen Jun obviously didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to say this, but he thought it was normal after thinking about it carefully.

"Then what should we do now? Should we still shoot the urban romance drama we wrote before?"

Before Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui worked together to write a script of urban love, but no matter how they looked at it, they were not satisfied.

After all, this is the opening work of their studio, and if they still make urban romance dramas, they won't get much box office.

Now these two guys are no longer satisfied with just making a small amount of money. You have to know that they are backed by the big tree of Lin Daoqiu, and it is nothing to make some movies with a box office of 200 million.

So their brains turned to big productions, but the problem now is that they can't come up with a good script to convince Lin Daoqiu.

At this moment, Wen Jun suddenly remembered something.

"I heard that Wang Jing is looking for someone to invest in his movie recently."

"Wang Jing? He's from Shaw Brothers."

The reason why Zheng Danrui thinks so is because Wang Tianlin is an important minister under Run Run Shaw.

Moreover, Wang Jing began to help TVB and Shaw Brothers write scripts as soon as he entered the industry, so it is normal to classify him as a Shaw Brothers person.

"He helped Sammo Hung write "Lin Shirong" before. This is Golden Harvest's movie. Wang Jing is not afraid that we have anything to worry about."

Wen Jun seems to have a lot of confidence in Wang Jing. Although "Lin Shirong" is still in theaters, the box office has already exceeded 150 million.

I believe that after the screening is over, the box office of this movie will definitely exceed 300 million.

Naturally, there is no need to doubt Wang Jing's ability, after all, he is not a rookie anymore.

"Since he is so capable, why don't Zou Wenhuai and the others invest in him?"

Zheng Danrui couldn't figure it out, since Wang Jing wrote such a good script, it shouldn't be difficult for him to find someone to invest in.

"It's very simple. It is said that all actors from the Shaw Brothers Brothers are invited to act in his script. Golden Harvest will definitely not be able to agree to this request."

Hearing Wen Jun's explanation, Zheng Danrui immediately opened his eyes wide, as if he heard something incredible.

"Are you crazy? Now that the relationship between Brother Qiu and Shao Brothers is so bad, it's fine for us to find Wang Jing, and now we have to find an actor from Shao Brothers to act. Isn't this adding trouble to Brother Qiu? I object."

Zheng Danrui rejected Wen Jun's idea without even thinking about it. In his opinion, now that Lin Daoqiu is having a quarrel with Shao Brothers, they are playing against Lin Daoqiu.

Therefore, the matter of inviting Wang Jing has been vetoed by Zheng Danrui. He really doesn't understand what Wen Jun is thinking.

"Don't be in a hurry. Brother Qiu didn't say anything. Why are you refusing in such a hurry? We can show Brother Qiu the script first, and then let him decide."

Wen Jun had no choice, because he really couldn't think of any better way, so he could only give it a go.

Zheng Danrui looked at Wen Jun with a embarrassed expression, even he was actually the same as Wen Jun.

"Brother Qiu is not such a stingy person. If the script is good, wouldn't we be helping Brother Qiu by filming it?"

Not understanding the meaning of Wen Jun's words, Zheng Danrui looked at him for a long time but couldn't say a word.

"If Wang Jing really can't find anyone to invest in, he will definitely ask Uncle Six for help. If this movie is made and sold well, wouldn't the Shaw Brothers make money."

All of what Wen Jun said was based on the fact that Wang Jing's drama would be a hit.

But now Zheng Danrui hasn't even read the script, so he doesn't know what Wang Jing's play will look like.

After being persuaded by Wen Jun, Zheng Danrui didn't know what to do, so he finally nodded and agreed to try Wen Jun's method.

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"You want to invest in my movie?"

After Wang Jing was asked out by Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui, he heard a shocking news from them.

If you want to say that the most enviable filmmakers are these two guys in front of you.

Because they have been by each other's side since Lin Daoqiu was not prosperous, now that Lin Daoqiu is prosperous, these chickens and dogs will naturally ascend to the sky.

Wang Jing had heard before that Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui had resigned from Li's office and set up their own film studio, but he didn't expect them to find him.

"Yes, I heard that you are looking for someone to invest in your new movie, Ah Jing, so I asked you out for tea and chat."

After listening to Wen Jun's words, Wang Jing suddenly looked at him with a strange expression.

He wasn't worried that Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun didn't have money to invest, nor was he worried that there would be no place to release the movie after it was finished.

But the prerequisite for his filming is to find Xie Xian and Wang Yu as the protagonists, and even the villain Wang Jing has already decided to be Chen Guantai, and these people are all Shaw Brothers actors.

If it weren't for this, Wang Jing could go to Golden Harvest to invest in his movie, and it wouldn't be impossible to find someone to invest in until now.

And the reason why he didn't go to Run Run Shaw immediately was because he couldn't agree on the share with the other party.

At the beginning, Xu Guanwen was poached to Golden Harvest because he wanted to split with Run Run Shaw and was rejected.

Although Wang Jing's ambitions are not as high as Xu Guanwen's, he feels that he needs to get at least [-]% of the box office revenue.

"You two should know that the protagonists I'm looking for in this play are all Shaw Brothers actors."

Wang Jing looked at Zheng Danrui and Wen Jun on the opposite side, and expressed her concerns.

"Of course it's no problem. Ah Jing is the screenwriter of this play. Of course we trust your vision."

Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have no scruples at all, which made Wang Jing very curious. Could it be that the rumors he had heard before were all false?
(End of this chapter)