Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1283

Zhang Wanting filmed "Illegal Immigrants" in the hope that through this film, everyone will pay more attention to the group of immigrants.

At the beginning of the budget of this film, they thought that they could raise one million Hong Kong dollars, and they were already very satisfied.

But she didn't expect Yu Teng to take her to see Lin Daoqiu, and the other party directly gave her a budget of 100 million US dollars, which was far beyond her imagination.

Although at the beginning, Zhang Wanting was very excited because she got such a large budget.

But when she went back and thought about it carefully, she slowly felt that if she really used this budget to make the movie "Illegal Immigrant", she would definitely lose money by then.

After all, "Illegal Immigration" is a feature film, which is completely different from standard commercial films, and the audience willing to buy tickets for this type of film is also very limited.

Although she can completely ignore these things and spend 100 million US dollars to make a movie, and then treat it as her graduation work.

But Zhang Wanting obviously couldn't do such a thing. After all, what Lin Daoqiu gave was real money, and she had to give the other party an explanation.

Conscience is obviously not in line with Zhang Wanting's style of doing things and her principles of life.

"Mr. Lin, actually I came to you today because I want to explain something to you."

Lin Daoqiu didn't make a sound, and after inviting Zhang Wanting to sit down, he quietly listened to what the other party was saying.

"It's actually like this. Last time I came to you, I originally wanted a budget of 100 million Hong Kong dollars. At that time, you gave 100 million US dollars all at once. I was too excited and didn't have time to explain it to you. I'm really sorry."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu thought that Zhang Wanting came to him today to discuss casting.

But I didn't expect that the other party came to refund the money. This is a very interesting thing, at least it's the first time Lin Daoqiu has encountered a movie after so many years of filming.

"If 100 million Hong Kong dollars is converted into U.S. dollars, it is about 14 to [-]. This movie will be filmed and shot abroad. Do you think this money is enough?"

100 million Hong Kong dollars is required to make a movie in the United States, and even I am very reluctant.

"The initial idea of ​​this drama was that all the cast and crew would be performed by my classmates, and the production fee would only need to be spent on filming."

Zhang Wanting and his classmates had already thought of everything before this. In order to save money as much as possible, from the actors to the director to the cast and crew of the crew, all of them were performed by her classmates.

In this way, a large amount of expenses can be saved for filming. It can be said that in order to film this movie, they really saved as much as they could.

It sounds like Maggie Cheung's proposal is very moving, and a movie can be made with only 100 million Hong Kong dollars.

But for Lin Daoqiu, who has produced so many films, with such a budget, even with the best script, it is difficult to produce a high-quality film.

A movie is not just about a good plot, everything from costumes, props, modeling, to the actor's lines, actions, and body shape has a very important influence on the movie.

Although Lin Daoqiu can also guess that "Illegal Immigrant" will definitely be able to be filmed with the investment of 100 million for Zhang Wanting, but he does not want to see a movie with shortcomings.

"Your idea is very ideal, but the reality is cruel. Movies not only need enthusiasm, but also need to be meticulously crafted in all aspects. Spending money is inevitable. You will look back at this movie in ten years. I believe you will It must be a pity."

Zhang Wanting actually knew that Lin Daoqiu said this for her own good, but if she used the 100 million US dollars to shoot, her box office pressure would be too great.

"But if the production cost of this movie is as high as $100 million, I worry that it will definitely lose money by then."

Lin Daoqiu didn't expect Zhang Wanting to be worried about this matter, and she was indeed a young man who hadn't entered the industry yet.

If it was replaced by those old fritters, let alone 100 million US dollars, even 1000 million US dollars would not be enough for them.

"The issue of the box office is not something you need to worry about. What you need to do is to make this movie well and make the best film, so as to live up to the investors' trust in you."

I have to say that Zhang Wanting's luck is really good. In her previous life, it was Shaw Brothers who invested in her, but in this life, she met Lin Daoqiu.

If it were another investor, she might not get much help.

"Mr. Lin, do you think this is okay? If you don't cut the budget in half, I think $50 is enough."

Zhang Wanting still felt that the budget was too much, but she had already listened to what Lin Daoqiu said just now, so she adopted a compromise method, instead of 100 million, only 50 would be enough.

Lin Daoqiu was amused by Zhang Wanting's words. Before those people asked him for a budget, they all wanted to increase it, but Zhang Wanting cut it in half.

"I still say the same thing, don't think about the box office issue, just shoot the movie as you want, don't even think about the budget, the right way is to start the preparation work for the movie as early as possible."

Lin Daoqiu did not agree or reject Zhang Wanting's request, but asked the other party to start film preparations as soon as possible.

"Since this is the case, then I will start preparing for the movie as soon as possible."

Zhang Wanting felt Lin Daoqiu's trust in her, but what she couldn't understand was that the two had only met once, and she was just a novice who hadn't even made a movie.

Lin Daoqiu was so generous that she was willing to give her a production fee of 100 million US dollars to make a feature film. If it wasn't because Yu Teng brought her to meet Lin Daoqiu, Zhang Wanting didn't know how to explain the other party's approach.

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After a period of serialization, the plot of "An Embroidered Shoe" is coming to an end, and the audience rating of "Night Talk about the Ancients" has reached its peak at twelve o'clock.

The people on the commercial stage were naturally happy, and they even hoped that the story of "An Embroidered Shoe" could continue, although it would be best if it could be told for a year.

But it is a pity that the length of this novel is only so much, but no one in Shangtai except Yu Teng knows what the follow-up story of "Night Talks about the Ancients" will be about.

At the meeting of the board of directors, those directors and the senior management of the commercial platform directly asked Yu Cheng this question in person.

Yu Teng didn't give a very clear answer, it seemed that he planned to keep it secret to the end.

But I'm afraid that what everyone at the scene didn't expect was that even Yu Teng didn't know what story "Night Talks About the Ancients" would tell after "An Embroidered Shoes".

So she came directly to Lin Daoqiu's office this day, and was going to chat with him about what should be broadcast on the program "Talking about the Ancients at Night" after "An Embroidered Shoes". This is the top priority for the commercial station right now.

(End of this chapter)