Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 564

In early August, with the split of Xiangjiang Cinemas, Baojia Cinemas became the largest cinema in Xiangjiang.

Those filmmakers who lived a stable life before are now faced with the choice of choosing sides.

Although neither Lin Daoqiu nor Bao Shaogang said it clearly, everyone knew that they had to choose between New Oriental and Baojia Cinemas.

Many people have begun to miss the prosperity of Xiangjiang Cinemas, but if they want to go back, I am afraid that it will be impossible for a while.

And because the package fee has long been canceled, Baojia Cinemas has suddenly become the first choice for independent filmmakers.

Lin Daoqiu is indeed good at making movies, but in terms of the number of theaters, New Oriental has a dozen fewer than Baojia, so no one will make trouble with their own pockets.

"During this period, except for our own films, people from other film companies basically went to Bao Jia's side."

After Li Maowen returned to New Oriental as the general manager, he immediately faced this problem as soon as he took office.

If there are no movies to show in theaters, they can only extend the playing time of those old movies from two weeks to three weeks.

"Don't worry, I believe it will be fine in a while."

Compared to Li Maowen's anxiety, Lin Daoqiu was not nervous at all.

Although New Oriental does not produce many movies now, this is only temporary.

New Art City, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying and Zhong Fa, Wang Jing, Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui.

These people can be regarded as the foundation of New Oriental. After a year, these people can make at least a dozen movies, with an average of at least one movie per month.

With the joining of Shaw Brothers stars and crew, New Oriental can produce at least 20 films a year.

This is the result of Lin Daoqiu's consideration of controlling the quantity, otherwise he could have added a dozen more on this basis.

"Mr. Lin, I actually have a way to get us through this difficulty temporarily."

Li Maowen thought about it, and decided to speak out his thoughts.

"What do you think."

Lin Daoqiu was a little curious, what good solution could Li Maowen come up with to let New Oriental spend this time without film sources.

"Since we have already signed many Shaw Brothers stars, we can use them as a basis to restore the previous Shaw Brothers film production process."

Whether Li Maowen's idea is a good idea will not be said, but what is certain is that if this is done, it can indeed help New Oriental solve the problem of film sources.

Unfortunately, after Li Maowen finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"I'm not interested in what Uncle Six did before, unless I run a TV station. In that case, I will seriously consider it."

Like Shaw Brothers' movies before, it is difficult to have any high-quality products. Most of them are operations under the assembly line, which can basically be said to be the same.

If the New Oriental theater chain is occupied by these films in the future, it will probably end up as the original Shaw Brothers.

"Mr. Lin, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Li Maowen seemed to have guessed that Lin Daoqiu would say this, but instead he had something to say.

As if he wanted to compete with himself, Lin Daoqiu felt that something was wrong with Li Maowen today.

However, Lin Daoqiu is not the kind of person who acts recklessly. If what the other party says makes sense, he doesn't mind taking Li Maowen's suggestion.

After all, if you listen to both, you will be bright, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. If you can't even listen to what your subordinates say, then Lin Daoqiu's theater chain may not be able to operate for too long.

"Of course, I'm not the kind of boss who doesn't listen to other people's suggestions. As long as what you say makes sense, I will definitely listen to you."

Li Maowen has been by Lin Daoqiu's side for some time. He knows that his boss is not the kind of headstrong person, so he can still listen to other people's suggestions.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that Li Maowen would not insist on speaking, but would follow Lin Daoqiu's orders.

"The reason why Shaw Brothers declined at the beginning was because of the rigid system of large studios, which led to missing excellent filmmakers such as Bruce Lee and Xu Guanwen, but we are different from Uncle Liu, New Oriental has always been inclusive."

Li Maowen went on to say: "A theater chain needs to have sufficient sources of films. If they are all excellent films, that must be a good thing, but this is simply impossible. In a year, the ratio of bad films to good films , at least seven against three."

These are the experiences that Li Maowen has gained over the past few years.

A lot of movies are produced in Xiangjiang every year, but it is impossible for all of these movies to sell well. Most of the movies here are at a loss.

Throughout the year of 1980, among the more than 100 films released, apart from those of Shaw Brothers, it can be said that the number of films that can really make money is actually not many.

"Mr. Lin, if you use the idea of ​​running a film company to manage a movie theater, there will definitely be problems."

Lin Daoqiu had never thought about Li Maowen's words before. What he always thought about was that the movies produced by New Oriental must be able to sell money, and they must be good-looking movies.

But Li Maowen's words made Lin Daoqiu fall into deep thought immediately, because what the other party said made sense.

"Besides, since we have signed so many people here, if they don't start working often, those people's livelihood will also be problematic. The big shots have the way of big shots, but on the set, most of the people rely on starting work to get paid. "

Not only for the sake of the theaters, but also for the stars and staff, Li Maowen felt that he should and was obliged to tell Lin Daoqiu these words.

Li Maowen has already said what he wants to say, now it depends on how Lin Daoqiu chooses.

If he insists that New Oriental can only produce high-quality movies, then Li Maowen has nothing to say, and he will continue to work diligently according to Lin Daoqiu's instructions.

But if this is the case, the gap in the film sources of New Oriental Cinemas may last for a long time.

After Li Maowen left, Lin Daoqiu was still thinking about it, and he couldn't give his answer for a while.

Li Maowen's sentence, big people have big people's way of life, touched Lin Daoqiu a lot.

Like the extras on the set, the handymen, the lighting and the set, they all rely on the opening of the show to make a living.

Even if the movie sells well, it has nothing to do with them, but they continue to receive a salary.

But if there is no show, then they have no source of income.

Before, no one would have considered the life and death of these people at all. Almost all filmmakers only considered whether their films would be successful, and Lin Daoqiu was one of them.

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