Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 454 Courage
People fight for breath, Buddha receives a stick of incense, and rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, let alone Wen Jun and the others.

In Wen Jun's view, with the relationship between himself and Lin Daoqiu, apart from Sammo Hung and the others, if New Oriental wants to make big productions, they must come first no matter what. Why is New Art City robbing them now? First.

If the box office of "Chasing Girls" is not so good, that's all. If so, they can still hold the mood of watching a movie, and go to see New Art City to smash this big production.

But now the success of "Chasing Girls" made both Wang Jing and Wen Jun feel a huge crisis.

Since "Chasing Girls" has already achieved such a good box office result, the box office of New Art City's next major production will only be higher, let alone Xu Guanjie's support in it.

If New Arts City's new film breaks 3000 or even [-] million yuan next year, what role will Wen Jun and Wang Jing have in New Oriental in the future?Didn't their status suddenly fall to the bottom?

In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Wen Jun decided to muster up the courage to find Lin Daoqiu.

He said that Lin Daoqiu added an additional production fee to the movie "Flower Heart", only in this way can they hope to compete with "Best Partner".

It can be said that Wen Jun's idea is very good. After all, the gimmicks of big productions can easily attract audiences to watch in theaters.

But it's a pity that the cast of "Flower Heart" is not top-notch, and the combination of Fu Sheng and Xie Xian can only be regarded as above-average.

Moreover, the heroine Zhong Chuhong is just a newcomer at this time, which does not help this drama much.

Even if Wen Jun can persuade Lin Daoqiu to give them an additional budget, they may not know how to spend the money when they get it, unless Wang Jing changes the script or invites more powerful stars to come over, but this violates the Lin Daoqiu had already negotiated with Wang Jing before.

But now Wen Jun can't control so much anymore. His current thinking is very simple, that is, he must not let New Art City's box office surpass them.

What he thinks now is to get the money first, and what to do next, so he will talk about it later.

Early the next morning, Wen Jun, who had timed it right, brought Zheng Danrui to Lin Daoqiu's office.

Lin Daoqiu was a little surprised that these two people suddenly came to the door today.

"What's the matter? You two went to work dishonestly. What's the matter with running to me so early in the morning?"

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't know what Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui wanted him for, he found that Wen Jun's appearance today seemed different from before, and he seemed to be on fire.

This time Wen Jun did not look at Zheng Danrui first when answering Lin Daoqiu as before.

"Brother Qiu, actually I came here today to ask for your help."

Wen Jun is very different from usual today, it looks like he has become another person.

"Okay, I don't know what I can help you with, just tell me and listen."

Lin Daoqiu put his arms around his chest, then leaned on the chair and looked at Wen Jun.

"Actually, we are here today to hope that brother Qiu can give an additional production fee to "Flower Heart"."

Wen Jun watched Lin Daoqiu finish the sentence with a serious face. Looking at his appearance, he knew that he was definitely not joking. It could be seen from his serious expression.

Even Zheng Danrui next to him seemed to be infected by Wen Jun, so he nodded with a serious face.

"Additional production fee? The movie "Flower Heart"?"

I didn't expect that these two guys came to find me today to increase the production fee for "Flower Heart"?This was a little out of his expectation.

Lin Daoqiu couldn't figure it out, the production cost of the movie "Flower Heart" should have been enough.

After all, it didn't cost much to invite Fu Sheng and Xie Xian, and since the show didn't need any airplanes or cannons, it didn't cost much at all.

Why did they suddenly come here today to ask for an additional budget?Is something wrong?
"It's okay if you want me to increase the budget, but you have to give me a good reason."

Lin Daoqiu didn't directly reject Wen Jun's request. He wanted to hear why these two guys came to ask him for an additional budget. If their request was reasonable, then Lin Daoqiu would naturally not be stingy with the money.

"The box office of "A Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants" broke 100 million before, but Wang Jing's new play only had a budget of [-] million. The box office of Xinyi City didn't break [-] million before, but this time they got a big production, which is not good for us. fair."

Wen Jun expressed the grievance in his heart in one breath, it seemed that this matter made him very concerned, and he was also very dissatisfied.

After Lin Daoqiu heard Wen Jun finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment, and then he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

These guys actually wanted to increase the budget because of this, which made Lin Daoqiu didn't know what to say about them.

If you compare "Flower Heart" and "Best Partner", the box office is indeed far behind.

So Lin Daoqiu naturally didn't think about turning "Flower Heart" into any big-budget movie.

But the box office hasn't come out yet, only Lin Daoqiu knows who will win and who will lose, and it is impossible for him to tell Wen Jun and the others that "Flower Heart" is definitely not as good as "Best Partner".

""Best Partner" has those guys from Xinyicheng and Xu Guanjie, and "The Young Master" has only Fu Sheng and Xie Xian. The two dramas are about different things. You want to increase the budget. With the current The script doesn't work."

Lin Daoqiu didn't directly reject Wen Jun's request, but the premise is that they can write a better script, so Lin Daoqiu will naturally not be stingy to invest money in them.

When Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui immediately understood the meaning of his words.

"Brother Qiu, if the script we modified satisfies you, then can "Flower Heart" get the same budget as "Best Partner"?"

If this is the case, then Wen Jun and Wang Jing will definitely try their best to write a better script than "Flower Heart".

"Of course, but I have to remind you first, if the script you write cannot satisfy me by then, then I'm afraid you will have to spend some time to revise it slowly."

Lin Daoqiu did not lower the standard for Wen Jun and the others because of their relationship with him.

If it was someone else, Wen Jun might still be very confident, but when he thought that the person who was going to review the script was Lin Daoqiu, his heart sank suddenly.

And not to mention him, even Wang Jing would lose sleep for several days when he heard that Lin Daoqiu was going to review the script.

"Brother Qiu asked us to go back and think about it, and we will give you an answer as soon as possible."

It seems that Wen Jun's courage has been exhausted, and he has no way to make a decision right now.

If it was when he first entered the door, Wen Jun would have agreed to Lin Daoqiu's request without even thinking about it.

But now he has to go back and discuss with Wang Jing. After all, Wang Jing is the main person who wrote the script, so he has to listen to his opinion.

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