Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1933 Looking for a script

After the one-hour press conference ended, Richardson came to Lin Daoqiu's office.

Langmeyer mentioned to him the topic of a blockbuster special effects movie a year that he had talked with Lin Daoqiu before.

As for this idea, Richardson obviously maintains a more cautious attitude.

"The risk is too great. A blockbuster film with special effects will cost at least 5000 million yuan in production costs. I think it is better to maintain a production cycle of more than two or three years."

Richardson is obviously more conservative than both Lin Daoqiu and Langmeyer. As the president of a film company, he has to consider not just one type of film.

"After the production capacity of Magic Studio is pulled up, the proportion of MGM's production of special effects films will increase significantly, and blockbuster films will only account for a small part."

In addition to big productions, special effects are also used in general movies now, but the special effects to that level can only be said to be a joke.

Unlike other film companies, MGM has the backing of Magic Studios, so they don't have to worry about holding back on special effects.

"Mr. Lin is right. Big productions are good, but the investment is too high. Once the income is not as expected, it will affect the production of the next blockbuster. So I think it's better to be cautious."

Lin Daoqiu is the one who makes the decision, and Richardson has to follow the decision given by Lin Daoqiu.

If possible, he certainly hopes that the proportion of large-scale productions will not be too high, and the focus will be on low-to-medium productions, so that even if the losses are not too large, the stable development of a company can be maintained.

Moreover, Richardson has never seen a company that focuses on big productions, because that is basically like gambling, which does not conform to the financial physique that a company should have.

The press conference of "1992" can be said to be very successful. In the next month, the most and hottest movie topic in Hollywood is probably only "1992".

However, Lin Daoqiu was not satisfied with this. After the press conference, the promotional campaign of "1992" had just begun.

With the traditional media channels newspapers and magazines plus TV and radio programs, Lin Daoqiu's promotion fee for "1992" was as high as 500 million US dollars, which can be said to be very exaggerated.

Originally, the money should be shared among the four families, but Lin Daoqiu didn't want to bargain with them because of this matter, so he simply paid for it himself.

Langmeyer is fine, but Alan Ryder Jr. and Ashley are brought in to talk about the money, and they probably think they are making a big deal out of a molehill.

Lin Daoqiu certainly does not reject Langmeyer's proposal of one blockbuster film a year, but the problem is that there are too few scripts.

If Lin Daoqiu is the only one who writes the script, it will be a high-intensity workload for him to support the operation of the two companies.

So Lin Daoqiu had to change this situation. He had to train and recruit some screenwriters for MGM and New Oriental.

If the big companies in Hollywood are looking for screenwriters, except for their internal screenwriters, most of them are looking for someone who has already achieved results to cooperate with.

If these people are excluded, there are only students who graduated from professional film and television colleges, or some screenwriters from Yeluzi.

One of the biggest sources of scripts for film and television dramas is undoubtedly novels, whether it is in Hong Kong and Hollywood or other major film markets.

Adapting classics and best-selling novels has always been the safest way for the film and television industry.

Therefore, from the past to the present, there are countless film and television dramas that have been adapted from novels.

Some of the works here have achieved excellent results, but there are also many works that did not make a splash.

In addition to these mainstream channels, there is another way to obtain scripts, which is that various film companies receive scripts submitted from all over the world every day.

Only a small part of those who wrote these scripts received professional study, and most of the rest were just a whim, or they felt that they were talented, so they wrote a script and sent it to a film company.

They hope that their script can be adopted and then made into a film and television drama, and finally they can rely on the fire of this drama to change their lives.

However, the chances that this kind of script sent to the film company will basically be successful can be said to be very small.

Although each company will have someone dedicated to collating and reviewing the scripts that are sent in, you can't expect the quality of these reviewers to be high.

No kidding, even if the script of "Titanic" is sent to those companies, it is impossible for them to take it seriously.

Although there is a feeling of panning for gold in shit, Lin Daoqiu still feels that this channel for contribution needs to be taken seriously.

"Collect and organize the scripts submitted to the company this month, and then send them to my office."

Lin Daoqiu planned to spend a day reviewing these scripts carefully to see if it was possible to find a star of tomorrow.

After receiving Lin Daoqiu's request, 167 scripts were sent to his office in less than half an hour.

It was the screenwriting department that was in charge of reviewing these scripts, and it was Danny Lawson, the director of the screenwriting department, who sent the scripts to Lin Daoqiu's office. This was the first time he had entered Lin Daoqiu's office.

"Have you read all these scripts?"

Lin Daoqiu picked up a script and asked while flipping through it.

Danny Lawson looked a little embarrassed about Lin Daoqiu's question.

It is true that the screenwriting department is responsible for reviewing these scripts, but Danny Lawson will not take the initiative to ask these things, and has always sent some rookies to review.

After all, if one of the thousands of submitted scripts can be used, it is already very remarkable. Danny Lawson has so many things to do every day, so how can he have the time and energy to review these things.

This is already common sense in the industry, and no film company would care about such things.

"I haven't had time to see it yet."

Danny Lawson still couldn't figure out Lin Daoqiu's temperament, but he knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was definitely the best screenwriter in the world. If he wanted to fool him in terms of the script, he would undoubtedly be touching a tiger's ass.

"Although the chances of these scripts being able to produce good products are very small, I think they should be taken seriously."

"You are right, I will pay attention to these submissions from now on."

Lin Daoqiu read scripts very quickly, and he finished reading a script in less than a few minutes, and then put it aside.

After reading the five scripts, it was exactly as he had expected. These scripts were illogical and couldn't even do the basic transition. No wonder Danny Lawson didn't want to waste time reviewing them.

"I think it's better to arrange it like this. From now on, people from the screenwriting department will take turns to review it every day. If one person watches these things for a long time, he may see psychological problems."

"Okay, I will arrange it as soon as I get back."

Danny Lawson almost laughed out loud as soon as Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, and he felt the same way.

　Thanks, call me the monthly ticket of Mr. Lazy!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)