Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Mr. Lin also wants to make a zombie movie? No way?"

Sammo Hung, who was preparing for "Ghostbusters", was completely confused when he heard that Lin Daoqiu was also going to make a zombie movie.

You must know that basically no one dares to shoot this subject. Sammo Hung just had this idea and Lin Daoqiu followed up. What does this mean?

Sammo Hung asked himself that his relationship with Lin Daoqiu was quite good, and he was very sure that he had not provoked each other recently. Why did Lin Daoqiu suddenly make such a move?

"Elder brother, why don't I go find Mr. Lin and ask."

Yuan Biao also felt confused. He couldn't understand why Lin Daoqiu suddenly wanted to make the same type of movie.

"Forget it, whatever movie Mr. Lin wants to make is all his idea, we just have to do our own thing."

Sammo Hung did not think that Lin Daoqiu was here to deal with him, otherwise he would not have found Lin Zhengying as the protagonist.

Maybe this time it was just a coincidence, and according to Lin Zhengying, the script has been written, so it is unlikely that Lin Daoqiu made a hasty decision.

Moreover, Lin Daoqiu suddenly announced that he would make a zombie movie, and Sammo Hung was actually quite happy.

Because no one was optimistic about this subject before, in fact, Jiahe also had a lot of worries.

But things are different now. Since Lin Daoqiu is willing to follow up, it means that he is optimistic about the theme of zombie movies, and he may be able to get greater support from Jiahe because of this.

And Sammo Hung's premonition was indeed very effective. Not long after he heard the news that Lin Daoqiu was going to make a zombie movie, Zou Wenhuai called him to Golden Harvest.

In fact, Zou Wenhuai was not optimistic about zombie movies at first. He felt that the previous failure of Run Run Shaw's "Seven Golden Corpses" meant that Hong Kong was not interested in zombie movies. But he did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would also make a zombie movie now.

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It can be said that it was Lin Daoqiu's move that made Zou Wenhuai suddenly become very interested in this subject that he was originally not interested in.

This time he called Sammo Hung over because he wanted to increase investment and strive to make this zombie movie a success. After all, there is no reason why a subject that even Lin Daoqiu is optimistic about should not be popular.

"Mr. Zou, are you looking for me?"

Sammo Hung took Yuan Biao to Zou Wenhuai's office. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang greeting them with smiles on their faces.

"Sit down, sit down, I heard that Sanmao has been preparing for a new movie these days. Thank you for your hard work."

Zou Wenhuai asked someone to pour a cup of coffee for Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, but he actually glanced at He Guanchang next to him.

"The reason I invited you here today is because Mr. Zou wants to hear the details of your play. He is actually very interested in this play."

After He Guanchang finished speaking, Zou Wenhuai smiled and nodded.

Sammo Hung didn't know whether Zou Wenhuai was really interested in this drama before, but now he is 100% sure that the other party must have called him here because of Lin Daoqiu's relationship.

Otherwise, it would have taken some time for Zou Wenhuai to call him over. It was obvious that he didn't pay enough attention to it before.

However, Sammo Hung would not be stupid enough to point out these things. It would be good if everyone knew some things well.

The original budget for this movie was two million. Because it was produced by Baohe, Sammo Hung now gets a share of the box office instead of a salary, so the production cost can be kept down.

But even so, Sammo Hung still didn't have the confidence to make a movie that had never been made before with two million.

After telling Zou Wenhuai about "Ghost Fighting" in detail, Sammo Hung decided to take this opportunity to mention the increase in production fees to Zou Wenhuai.

"The theme of this drama is very novel. If it can be filmed, the box office will definitely be very good, so I hope you can increase the production fee. After all, we have no precedent for this drama to refer to, and we have to study many things by ourselves.

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In fact, there is a film that Sammo Hung can refer to, and that is "Seven Golden Corpses" filmed by Shaw Brothers.

However, I believe that the box office performance of "Seven Golden Corpses" made Sammo Hung immediately turn around and leave after seeing it.

If we refer to that movie, I'm afraid "Ghost Fighter" will definitely be a mess by then.

Moreover, if he mentioned in front of Zou Wenhuai that he was referring to the movie "Seven Golden Corpses", Zou Wenhuai would turn around and dare to halve the production fee for him.

"You, you, just like to create new things. Let's increase the production fee to five million, but you have to promise me that you will make this movie well."

After hearing what Zou Wenhuai said, Sammo Hung was stunned on the spot. He never expected that the other party would actually add three million to his production fee.

Before coming, Sammo Hung originally planned to hope that Zou Wenhuai would give him an additional one million, but he did not expect that the other party would be so bold and directly add three million to him.

This is definitely a big surprise for Sammo Hung.

"Thank you Mr. Zou."

After Yuan Biao finished speaking, he found that Sammo Hung had not yet reacted, so he quickly poked the opponent's waist with his elbow, which made Sammo Hung react immediately.

"Thank you, Mr. Zou. I will make sure to film this movie well and you will never be disappointed."

Sammo Hung did not expect that Zou Wenhuai would suddenly increase the production fee to such a high level.

If this drama is produced with a production fee of 5 million, unless the box office of Xiangjiang exceeds 15 million by then, only then will they be able to make money, otherwise they can only hope to sell out

Come and make money.

Although there is a trace of worry in his heart, for Sammo Hung, the more production costs, the better. He is not worried about whether the film will be a hit or not.

Because his idea is actually very simple, as long as the movie is filmed well, I believe that as long as the movie is good, the movie will definitely be able to sell money.

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"Xu Guanying has agreed to star in our film, and he will come to the company tomorrow to sign the contract."

The role of Wen Cai played by Xu Guanying was decided early on, and there would be no trouble in hiring him to act.

After all, Xu Guanwen's movies have been in production for several years. If you just rely on starring in Xu Guanwen's movies, it is absolutely impossible to get rich.

Therefore, Xu Guanying usually comes out to take some movies to make some money, so it is not difficult to hire him.

Moreover, when he was invited to film "Mr. Zombie" this time, Lin Daoqiu offered a salary of 200,000 yuan, which made Xu Guanying even more reluctant to refuse.

As for Lin Zhengying's junior brother, he is still played by Chen Youlai.

Now only the original role of Qian Xiaohao has not been finalized.

Lin Daoqiu originally preferred Chen Xunqi.

At first, Chen Xunqi was very happy when he received Lin Daoqiu's invitation.

But the final problem came from his beard, because Chen Xunqi refused to remove his iconic beard, so the two sides were stuck here.