Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 483 The work of fame
After returning home, Lin Daoqiu took a shower, then came to the study and sat down.

He Guanchang's proposal moved him very much, so Lin Daoqiu began to think about what kind of movie he should write for Jackie Chan.

Looking at Jackie Chan's movie journey in Hollywood, there is one movie that he can't avoid, and it also helped him the most, and that is "Red Fan District".

Before "Red Fan District", Jackie Chan's achievements in Hollywood can be said to be very poor.

"Killer's Trenches", "Cannonball Run", and "The Dragon Detective", none of these films helped Jackie Chan open up the Hollywood market, nor did they improve his popularity in Hollywood.

But a "Red Fan District" made Jackie Chan out of the previous predicament and made him famous in Hollywood all at once.

Jackie Chan was already 40 years old when he was filming the Red Fan District, but even at that age, in "Red Fan District", Jackie Chan's skills and action scenes have surpassed almost all action actors at that time.

You must know that he is only 27 years old now, and his agility and flexibility must be much better than that of 40-year-old Jackie Chan.

If the Hongfan District can be photographed now, Jackie Chan at his peak will definitely give himself more surprises.

Thinking of this, Lin Daoqiu immediately picked up a pen and began to write the plot of "Red Fan District" on the manuscript paper.

Xiangjiang Hongchao Chen Jiakui went to New York, USA to attend his uncle's wedding. Uncle Biao and Ka Kui's father had opened a supermarket in New York, but they were going to sell it cheap because they couldn't bear the harassment of gangsters.

Ka Kui, who doesn't know the truth, warmly welcomes the buyers and sells the supermarket to Yi Ling, who doesn't know the inside story.

When Yi Ling took over the supermarket and reopened it, she was harassed by Tony and his group of homeless people in the red zone of New York.

These people eat and drink freely in the store and bully the shop assistants. After Jia Kui found out about the injustice, he went to the shop to help Yi Ling beat the gangsters away.

Although he beat the gangsters away, because of this, he fell into the trap of Tony's group and was beaten all over his body.

The severely injured Chen Jiaju happened to be discovered by the neighbor disabled child Danny and took him home, and then asked his sister Nancy to bandage Jiaju's wound.

In fact, Nancy is the girl who pretended to call for help just now, and Jia Kui became good friends with Danny because of this. Later, Nancy gradually fell in love with this righteous Chen Jia Kui.

But in a chance fight between the mafia and gangsters, Danny's seat was hidden by Tony and his gang, so it became the target of the mafia and the police.

Later, Tony and his group who harassed Yiling repented after being taught by Ka Kui's fist and reason. Ka Kui cooperated with the New York police to go deep into the mafia's lair and rescue Dani and Nancy who were detained by the opponent.

It was three days after Lin Daoqiu finished writing the script of "Red Fan District", and the plot of "Red Fan District" written by him is not much different from the original one.

After finishing the script, Lin Daoqiu immediately called He Guanchang. He knew that the other party must have been waiting impatiently for the past few days.

Just as Lin Daoqiu guessed, He Guanchang has been waiting for Lin Daoqiu to call him these three days. It can be said that he has been restless these three days.

So when he received a call from Lin Daoqiu, He Guanchang immediately put down everything at hand and rushed to New Oriental to see Lin Daoqiu.

Unexpectedly, after only three days, Lin Daoqiu had already answered so quickly, and judging from the meaning of the other party's words, it seemed that even the script had been written.

After He Guanchang came to New Oriental, Fang Jinsheng immediately invited him into Lin Daoqiu's office.

"Mr. He came so fast, please sit down."

Less than half an hour after Lin Daoqiu made the phone call, He Guanchang had already appeared in front of him. It seemed that he was very concerned about this matter.

"How dare Mr. Lin call me negligent. As soon as I received the call, I immediately put aside everything at hand."

He Guanchang made no secret of his urgency for this movie. After all, it is more important for Jackie Chan to make a name for himself in Hollywood than for him to make ten blockbuster movies in Xiangjiang.

After all, Xiangjiang's market is more than ten times worse than that of North America, so it's no wonder that He Guanchang thinks so.

"The name of this play is "Red Fan District". It tells a series of stories that happened after an ordinary policeman went to New York to attend his uncle's wedding."

Lin Daoqiu briefly talked about the plot of "Red Fan District". He had already put the script on the table. After obtaining Lin Daoqiu's consent, He Guanchang picked up the script and watched it carefully.

While He Guanchang was reading the script, Lin Daoqiu didn't make a sound, but looked at him quietly.

To put it simply, "Red Fan District" tells a story of punishing evil and promoting good, as well as those thrilling action scenes, such as the shocking jump.

For He Guanchang, this script is still the same as before, and there is nothing that catches the eye.

But this is a script written by Lin Daoqiu, even if he can't understand it, it doesn't matter, as long as the box office can sell well and make Jackie Chan famous in Hollywood, it doesn't matter if he can't understand it.

"Thank you, Mr. Lin. With this "Red Fan District", I believe that Aaron will have a chance to break out in Hollywood."

He Guanchang thinks so. After all, judging by Lin Daoqiu's strength, in his opinion, the box office of "Red Fan District" can be at least 5000 to [-] million US dollars.

"I just don't know how much budget this movie needs?"

He Guanchang wanted to know how much Lin Daoqiu wanted Jiahe to spend to make this movie.

After all, this is a major Hollywood production, so naturally it cannot be treated on the scale of Xiangjiang movies.

"The initial estimate is about 1000 million US dollars, but I believe it should not exceed 2000 million US dollars in the end."

An action movie, without special effects, costs 2000 million dollars to shoot at this time, which is simply astronomical.

But Lin Daoqiu's remarks made He Guanchang nod repeatedly, because it was exactly what he thought.

If Lin Daoqiu said that the budget was reduced, I am afraid that He Guanchang would not agree, and he would even wonder whether Lin Daoqiu was not optimistic about this drama at all, and just wanted to treat them as a test product.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, Golden Harvest will fully support Aaron to make this "Red Fan District" well."

Last year, Golden Harvest invested 2000 million in the film "Cannonball Run".

And this year they are going to invest more than 1000 million US dollars to make this "Red Fan District".

It can be said that apart from Lin Daoqiu in Xiangjiang, only Golden Harvest dares to invest so much money in movies.

And Uncle Six, after "Blade Runner" hit the street, I believe that in a short period of time, he would never dare to spend money to invest in Hollywood movies.

"Mr. He has a word that I have to say first."

Although He Guanchang looked ambitious, Lin Daoqiu still had something to remind him first.

"Please tell me, Mr. Lin."

He Guanchang nodded quickly.

"I don't want the "Red Fan District" incident to affect the filming of "Police Story". If that happens, I'm afraid I will change everything I promised Golden Harvest."

If Jackie Chan was lazy about "Police Story" because he wanted to go to Hollywood to shoot "Red Fan District" as soon as possible, then Lin Daoqiu would not agree.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin, I know what to do, and I promise I will never let such a thing happen."

He Guanchang hurriedly made a promise in front of Lin Daoqiu, and not only that, he even planned to delay talking about "Red Fan District" for a while, and even waited for Jackie Chan to finish filming "Police Story" before talking to him.

(End of this chapter)