Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 574 Setting the scene?Real scene?
"Mr. Lin..."

When Chu Yuan and Wang Jing saw Lin Daoqiu, they immediately stood up from their chairs.

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect that they would come to block him so early.

Although he didn't know what Wang Jing and Chu Yuan wanted to do with him, Lin Daoqiu guessed that this should be Wang Jing's idea.

After all, Chu Yuan didn't know him very well, so he probably wouldn't take the initiative to drag Wang Jing to find him.

"Good morning, both of you, let's go in and talk about something."

After entering the room, Lin Daoqiu asked Fang Jinsheng to pour them three cups of coffee.

"You two came to see me so early, what's the matter?"

After Lin Daoqiu sat down, he asked the other party why he came.

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's question, Chu Yuan immediately turned his head to Wang Jing subconsciously, because it was his idea to find Lin Daoqiu today.

"Mr. Lin, New Oriental has recently signed a lot of Shaw Brothers actors and staff members. I think we should hurry up and prepare for the show to get them moving as soon as possible."

Wang Jing turned to look at Chu Yuan, then turned around and said to Lin Daoqiu: "Director Chu Yuan stayed in Shaw Brothers for a long time before, and the staff and actors have all worked with him. If the new film is entrusted to him to shoot, then It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.”

In fact, even if Wang Jing didn't say anything, Lin Daoqiu knew about it.

After all, Chu Yuan has been in Shao's for so many years, and he can be said to be very familiar with Shao's procedures.

"Director Chu, even if you don't come to see me today, I'm going to talk to you about starting a new movie."

Since Lin Daoqiu had already invited Chu Yuan to join New Oriental, he would naturally not leave him idle, and it would be a matter of time before he was allowed to play.

When Chu Yuan heard this, a happy expression immediately appeared on his face. As long as he could continue filming, it would be the happiest thing for him.

"I don't know what requirements Mr. Lin has for the new play."

Chu Yuan hurriedly sat down. After all, facing his new owner, if he couldn't satisfy the other party after the first film was filmed, it might affect Lin Daoqiu's opinion of him in the future.

So Chu Yuan's current thinking is actually very simple, that is to understand Lin Daoqiu's thinking, and then shoot the trick according to his thinking.

"Now that everyone has transferred to New Oriental, we can't continue to use Shaw Brothers' style in filming in the future."

Lin Daoqiu does not hope that most of the movies shown in his cinema will have a strong Shaw Brothers style.

If that was the case, people who didn’t know would think they went to Shaw Cinemas instead of New Oriental Cinemas.

Although Shaw Brothers' indoor scene building technology is excellent, the first few times I watched it, I still felt very novel.

But once such scenes are seen too much, it will feel fake.

In fact, directors like Chu Yuan and the others had no choice. After all, there were too few places where Xiangjiang could film.

If you don't set up a scene, you have to shoot a real scene, but in this case, the cost of shooting a movie is not cheap.

With Sixth Uncle's character, it is naturally impossible for him to let Chu Yuan and the others go to shoot the real scene, because it would cost too much money.

"I know that Shaw Brothers' scenery setting skills are very good, but in the future when you are filming, you should try to focus on real scenes, unless you really can't find a place, then you will consider setting the scene on the set."

After all, it was because of insufficient production costs that Chu Yuan and the others used most of the movies they made indoors.

Even Shaw Brothers' set-setting technology was brought to TVB by Uncle Six to make TV dramas.

But for Lin Daoqiu, he doesn't want to see a movie produced by New Oriental, made in the style of Shaw Brothers before.

"Shooting real scenes is indeed better than indoor scenery, but the cost is much more expensive..."

If possible, Chu Yuan would also like to shoot real scenes, but the problem is that it is too expensive to shoot real scenes.

"Master, don't worry. Since it is a movie produced by New Oriental, the quality must be the best. As for the production cost, you don't need to worry so much."

Wang Jing has personal experience of Lin Daoqiu's generosity.

He knew very well that as long as the script was good enough, Lin Daoqiu would never be stingy with the production fee.

In this regard, Lin Daoqiu and Fang Yihua can be said to be two extreme examples.

"Mr. Lin, don't worry, if the production cost is enough, I will definitely be able to shoot the real scene well."

Suppressing the excitement in my heart, if Lin Daoqiu is really like what Wang Jing said, then I might be able to shoot real scenes often in the future.

If it was changed to a year ago, Chu Yuan would not even dare to think about such a good thing. I am afraid that it would only appear in his mind when he was dreaming.

"By the way, since Director Chu is your master, I will entrust you with the responsibility for the script of the new play."

Lin Daoqiu directly threw the script of Chu Yuan's new play on Wang Jing's head.

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's words, Wang Jing said directly, and then opened his mouth with a surprised expression on his face.

Originally, he brought Chu Yuan to find Lin Daoqiu today because he wanted to get a script from the other party.

But he didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to throw this matter on his head, which made Wang Jing not know what to say.

"What? Since Director Chu is your master, don't you plan to help him? Besides, the filming of "Unlucky Gambler" has already been finished, so you should be the screenwriter for Director Chu's new play."

Wang Jing looked dumbfounded, but Lin Daoqiu said so, and he didn't dare to refute the other party.

"If that's the case, then I'll give it a try."

Wang Jing said it reluctantly, but he actually had a lot of written scripts in his hand, but those previous scripts couldn't catch Lin Daoqiu's eyes.

But Wang Jing believes that Chu Yuan should be able to appreciate the scripts he wrote before, after all, he is not Lin Daoqiu.

As long as the time comes to pick out one of them and modify it yourself, everything will be fine.

"I'm going to see the script of a new play within a week."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Wang Jing stand up from the chair in fright.

Writing a script that satisfies Lin Daoqiu in a week is simply a joke.

"Don't look at me like that, I'm sure you can do it."

Lin Daoqiu suddenly changed the topic: "If you can't do it, then you will be in trouble."

Wang Jing felt that Lin Daoqiu's words were threatening herself.

Although he didn't know what kind of trouble he would encounter at that time, Wang Jing knew very well that with Lin Daoqiu's ability, he could definitely beat himself to death.

"Mr. Lin, isn't one week too short?"

Seeing Wang Jing's expression, Chu Yuan thought he couldn't do it, so he wanted to intercede with Lin Daoqiu for him and give him more time.

"Director Chu, don't worry. With Wang Jing's ability, let alone writing a script in a week, it is not impossible for him to shoot a movie in seven days."

Lin Daoqiu's words sounded like he was complimenting Wang Jing.

But in fact, Wang Jing has really done it, filming a movie in seven days, and that movie has become a classic.

(The protagonists of that play are Ekin Cheng and Jordan Chan.)
(End of this chapter)