Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 410 The first Spring Festival stall
After Yu Cheng took over the position of vice chairman, Lin Daoqiu simply left all the affairs of the preparatory committee to the other party.

But fortunately, Lin Daoqiu still found some people from New Oriental to be Yu Teng's assistants. Otherwise, this strong woman might give up on him on the first day of taking office.

After finishing the preparatory committee matters, the next thing Lin Daoqiu has to do is related to the selection of the Academy Awards.

Originally, this matter should not be difficult for Lin Daoqiu. After all, considering his reputation and status, it would definitely not be a problem to find someone to be a judge.

But the problem is that there is not even a film association or organization in Xiangjiang now, and the earliest film organization in Xiangjiang was the Xiangjiang Film Director founded in 1988 by Wu Yusen, Jiang David, Cen Jianxun, Chen Guanzhong and Teddy Robin. association.

Now Lin Daoqiu can't find a film-related organization to help with the selection work.

Although the Golden Statue Award in the previous life was also held under such circumstances, it stands to reason that as long as Lin Daoqiu does it, it will be fine.

But he didn't want the Golden Statue Awards to be held so casually in the next few years, so Lin Daoqiu decided that after the first Golden Statue Awards ended, the organization of those associations should also be put on the agenda.

As for the selection of the Academy Awards, Lin Daoqiu still decided to invite industry professionals, directors, actors, and screenwriters to do the job, and let them vote anonymously on the shortlisted films.

When selecting the shortlisted films, it can be said that the person who checks the gate is very important, but if you really want to say it, it is really not easy to find such a person in Xiangjiang.

Because before that, most of the people worked under Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers. If they said they would not be biased towards their own company's films, no one would believe them.

So when Lin Daoqiu selected the judges, he still found a group of professional film critics, and some seniors who could be regarded as highly respected were the selection committee members.

As for the chairman of the first Academy Awards, of course it must be Lin Daoqiu, but after that he can consider becoming an honorary chairman, and then let other people take turns as the chairman of the Academy Awards.

This method was not pioneered by Lin Daoqiu, because the later generations of the Academy Awards did so, so Lin Daoqiu was just following the example.

It didn't take long for the list of the judging committee of the Academy Awards to be announced in major newspapers, including many well-known directors, writers, film critics, screenwriters and actors.

As for the chairman of the jury of the first Golden Image Awards, Lin Daoqiu originally preferred Hu Jinquan, but unfortunately the Golden Horse Awards had already invited him first, so Lin Daoqiu had to give up after hearing the news.

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The Spring Festival is coming soon. This is Lin Daoqiu's first real Spring Festival stall, and it is also the first and most important schedule for the Hongkong Cinemas.

This Spring Festival stall is very important to Xiangjiang Cinemas, so New Oriental sent two films, "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" and "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing 2".

And Golden Harvest's main feature is Xu Guanwen's new film "Modern Bodyguard", which is another comedy film released by Xu Guanwen after two years of absence.

When Lin Daoqiu heard the news, he immediately realized that Xu Guanwen must be the champion of the Spring Festival.

Because neither "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" nor "Ghost Horse Zhi Duoxing 2" has the possibility of defeating "Modern Bodyguard".

As for Shaw's work, it is directed by Chu Yuan, starring Ti Lung, Er Dongsheng and Fu Sheng in the movie "Magic Sword and Heroes".

Although martial arts movies have begun to decline, but this collection of sincere works of Shaw Brothers stars can still earn a lot of box office during the Spring Festival. million at the box office.

However, Lin Daoqiu felt that this sincere work of Shaw Brothers would be at the bottom of the box office by then. After all, the opponent it had to face was too strong.

As for the arrangement of films for the Spring Festival, this was the first problem that Li Maowen encountered after he took office as the general manager of Xiangjiang Cinemas. If he did not manage this matter well this time, he would probably be besieged by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

So after arranging the film, Li Maowen sent the film he had prepared to Lin Daoqiu's desk.

After adjustments during this period of time, during the Spring Festival in 1981, a total of 56 theaters under the Xiangjiang Cinema Line could be used for screenings. It can be said that as long as they can sell well during the Spring Festival, it is not impossible for the box office to break through 4000 to [-] million. possible things.

When Lin Daoqiu took a look at Li Maowen's film schedule, he found that Li Maowen gave "Modern Bodyguard" the most screens and theaters.

As for Li Maowen's arrangement, Lin Daoqiu believed that Shaw Brothers would not say anything. After all, Xu Guanwen's strength and appeal lay here, and the others had nothing to be unconvinced about.

As for Wang Jing's "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Bastards" and Mai Jia's "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing", they are basically the same as Chu Yuan's "Magic Sword and Heroine" in terms of the number of films scheduled and the number of scenes.

This is Li Maowen's first time in charge of the New Year's schedule of Xiangjiang Cinemas, so he is still very worried. If he fails to do well this time, he may be made things difficult by Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers next time.

"I know you must be very nervous recently, but these things are difficult and easy to say, as long as this New Year's schedule passes smoothly, your work will be easy in the future."

Signing his own name on the new film schedule, which means that Lin Daoqiu also approved Li Maowen's film schedule for this new year's schedule.

When he saw Lin Daoqiu's signature, Li Maowen was somewhat relieved in his heart. He had been preparing for this filming plan for a long time, and it was a big encouragement for him to be able to pass it smoothly in one go.

"Since Mr. Lin trusts me so much in letting me be the general manager of Xiangjiang Cinemas, I naturally have to spend more time on it, otherwise it would be bad if I embarrass you."

After Li Maowen took the document that Lin Daoqiu handed back to him with both hands, he said respectfully.

"I still say the same thing, no matter whose movie it is, the number of shows should be adjusted according to the box office and attendance rate or the film should be lowered. If anyone wants to make trouble, you can let him come to me."

Lin Daoqiu knew that such a thing would happen sooner or later. If Li Maowen couldn't solve it by then, he would have to come forward in the end.

Although Li Maowen nodded, he didn't plan to come to Lin Daoqiu immediately when he encountered such a thing. If that was the case, what would be the use of him as the general manager.

So unless it was a last resort, Li Maowen didn't intend to alarm Lin Daoqiu first.

After Li Maowen left, Lin Daoqiu stood up and stretched his body, looking at the scenery outside the window, because the Spring Festival was approaching, Lin Daoqiu had to feel that this year passed really fast.

(End of this chapter)