Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 382 The Director Using a Pseudonym
It's not that Lin Daoqiu wants to find someone to take the blame, but because this matter was originally Fang Jinsheng's fault.

It's normal for Li Maowen not to be able to contact him, but Fang Jinsheng has his own contact information, he just needs to make a phone call, but this kid didn't take it seriously.

You must know that Lin Zhengying is now the cash cow of New Oriental, and he alone has helped New Oriental earn tens of millions.

Although most of the credit is due to his own relationship in the eyes of others, Lin Daoqiu is very clear that without Lin Zhengying, it would be difficult for "Mr. Zombie" to sell well even if it is shot.

The reason why Fang Jinsheng didn't contact him immediately was probably because he felt that it was okay to make Lin Zhengying wait for a few days. Anyway, he could decide everything when he was not in Xiangjiang.

At this moment, Lin Daoqiu suddenly had the idea of ​​changing his assistant. If Fang Jinsheng hadn't been working hard by his side, he might have been dismissed by Lin Daoqiu now.

"Only this time, don't take this as an example, remember what I said."

Lin Daoqiu didn't want this kind of thing to happen again, so he had to let Fang Jinsheng remember the lesson of this time.

Standing in front of Lin Daoqiu, Fang Jinsheng was already sweating profusely from fright. He never thought that his own laziness would cause such dissatisfaction to Lin Daoqiu.

But it also made him realize that if something like this happened next time, Lin Daoqiu would definitely kick him out of New Oriental without hesitation.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I promise there will never be a next time."

Fang Jinsheng swore in front of Lin Daoqiu that it seemed that he had been severely warned this time, and he would not dare to make such a mistake again in the future.

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Because of the huge sales of "Mr. Zombie", Lin Zhengying is in a very good mood recently. Even Zhong Fa, who came out to start a company with him, feels that he usually walks like a tiger.

When they came to the door of Lin Daoqiu's office, Fang Jinsheng, who had just been taught a lesson by Lin Daoqiu, saw Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa, and immediately stepped forward to greet them respectfully.

"Uncle Nine, Brother Fa, Mr. Lin is already waiting for the two of you inside, please come in quickly."

Both Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa felt that something was wrong with Fang Jinsheng today, he had never shown such respect in front of them before.

And not only them, even in front of Mai Jia and Sammo Hung, Fang Jinsheng's attitude towards them can be said to be very ordinary.

But everyone felt that this was actually quite normal. After all, Fang Jinsheng was someone close to Lin Daoqiu, and sometimes he represented Lin Daoqiu, so it was understandable that he was a bit airy.

"Thank you Assistant Fang."

Lin Zhengying replied to Fang Jinsheng with a smile.

But what he and Zhong Fa didn't expect was that when Fang Jinsheng heard what Lin Zhengying said, he quickly shook his hands.

"Uncle Jiu is too polite. This is just my duty. If I did something wrong before, please forgive me. I will apologize to you here first."

Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa couldn't figure out what was wrong with Fang Jinsheng's reaction.

Lin Zhengying remembered that when he came to New Oriental a few days ago, he met Fang Jinsheng at that time, but his attitude at that time was completely different from today. Did this guy take the wrong medicine today?
Although they didn't know what was going on, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa only politely chatted with each other for a few words, and then entered the office.

After the door was closed, Fang Jinsheng heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed that this incident was a big lesson for him.

"Uncle Jiu, Ah Fa, please sit down."

As soon as Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa entered, Lin Daoqiu stood up with a smile, planning to pour them a glass of water.

"You're welcome, Mr. Lin, let's do it ourselves."

Zhong Fa quickly stopped Lin Daoqiu's movement, how dare he ask Lin Daoqiu to pour water for them.

"You are New Oriental's cash cow, of course I want to treat you better." Lin Daoqiu joked with a smile.

Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa didn't think that the success of "Mr. Zombie" was due to their relationship, so these two guys shook their heads and said they didn't dare to do it.

"I heard that you came to New Oriental to find me a few days ago. Are you planning to open a new play?"

Lin Daoqiu hasn't written the script for the sequel to "Mr. Zombie", so naturally they didn't come to talk about it. It seems that Lin Zhengying and the others should have their own movie they want to make.

Lin Daoqiu's guess was indeed correct, but he absolutely couldn't guess who the screenwriter and director of this play were.

"A friend wrote a script. Ah Fa and I both thought it was very good after reading it, so we wanted to make this play."

Lin Daoqiu heard that this was not much different from his guess, so he just nodded without saying anything.

"Did you bring the script?"

Although I don't know what Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa are going to make this time, if it's not a bad movie, Lin Daoqiu will let them do it.

Lin Zhengying nodded immediately after listening, and then put the script on Lin Daoqiu's desk.

Although he hasn't read the story inside yet, Lin Daoqiu glanced at the name on the script, and the corners of his mouth suddenly raised unconsciously.

The name of this play is "Money's Mischief". At first glance, it seems nothing special, but Lin Daoqiu immediately remembered that the director and screenwriter of this play is the famous Wu Yusen.

Lin Daoqiu guessed that Golden Harvest was not optimistic about "Money's Mischief", so Wu Yusen approached Lin Zhengying, hoping that he could help make this movie.

Picking up the script and flipping through it briefly, Lin Daoqiu found that the plot of the story was not much different from that of "Money's Mischief" in his previous life, and even the director and screenwriter's name was Wu Shangfei.

Now Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are jointly suppressing New Oriental, so Wu Yusen naturally does not want to be found secretly helping New Oriental to make films.

I am afraid that this movie will have to go to Baodao to shoot. If it is filmed in Xiangjiang, it will definitely be discovered.

"This movie looks good, I think it can be made."

"Money Mischief" won a box office of 1980 million in 400, and even ranked No.3 in the annual box office.

And it doesn't take a lot of money to make this movie, I believe 100 million can be done.

"By the way, the director of this movie, Wu Shangfei, why haven't I heard his name before?"

Lin Daoqiu pretended to look at Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa suspiciously, making them a little embarrassed.

Because they have been asked by Wu Yusen before that they must not tell others that this drama is related to themselves, so they can only keep Lin Daoqiu a secret temporarily.

"He is a newcomer and not well-known, so you don't even know him."

Lin Zhengying is not good at lying, so the deception can only be left to Zhong Fa.

After Lin Daoqiu listened to it, he just oh, and then handed the script back to Lin Zhengying.

"I don't know how much the production cost of this movie will be?"

"Director Wu said that a budget of 70 yuan is enough for this film."

It seems that Wu Yusen is not greedy at all. I am afraid that he is afraid that if he asks for too much, he may not agree. After all, he is a 'newcomer'.

"How about this, I'll increase it to 100 million for you, I believe that there should be no shortage of money for this drama by then."

Without giving Lin Zhengying and the others a chance to refuse, Lin Daoqiu directly called the finance department and asked them to transfer 100 million to Lin Zhengying's company account.

Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa looked at each other. Although they both felt it was strange, they could only accept it. After all, this movie had to be filmed in Treasure Island, and it would be good to have more production costs.

　Thank you, ants, for the monthly pass!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
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