Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2171 Is this also called a film and television base?
"Dongbao has invested heavily in the research and development of special effects technology this time, and has foreign teams to help. It seems that Matsui Naojo has made a lot of determination this time to let Dongbao keep up with the trend of international movies."

Maekawa Kiyoshi envied Dongbao for being able to spend such a large amount of money in special effects technology all at once.

But Shochiku can only watch, let alone 2000 million US dollars, even if it is [-] million US dollars, they are reluctant to take it out.

It is not without reason that Shochiku and Toei have been ranked under Dongbao for a long time in Nihong, and they will be like this for a long time in the future.

"The research and development of special effects technology is indeed a very necessary thing, but the problem is that Dongbao does not have the soil."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think it was a good decision for Naogami Matsui to invest [-] million U.S. dollars in the research and development of special effects technology, because the films produced in the neon market basically cannot be sold elsewhere, and can only be supplied locally.

And the box office of local movies will gradually be dominated by cartoons, and the special effects technology of live-action movies cannot bring them a large amount of income.

However, things like special effects technology are the trend of future movies, so even if Dongbao doesn't make big-budget movies, he can't live without this kind of technology.

Even if Naogami Matsui is willing to spend a lot of money to make a blockbuster movie, as long as he spends one, it will be enough for him, so Lin Daoqiu is not worried at all about what effect Dongbao's investment will have on them.

"You mean, Dongbao's money is going to be wasted?"

Maekawa Kiyoshi asked with a puzzled look on his face.

In his opinion, as long as special effects technology is available, it will have a certain say in the future film market. After all, everyone has seen the success of "Godzilla" and "1992".

As for Dongbao, who has participated in two special effects blockbusters, it is naturally impossible not to have such a vision, but Matsui Naoki did what Matsuoka Isao did not do before.

"How many blockbuster movies do you think Dongbao can afford to lose? You don't really think you can make money just by making blockbuster movies, do you?"

Lin Daoqiu looked at Qian Chuanqing and asked.

Qian Chuanqing nodded again and again. Currently, Neon's domestic blockbuster film is worth 45 billion Dunhuang's production cost, but the box office results and investment are almost the same.

If Dongbao wants to spend about tens of billions to make a blockbuster movie, it will be very difficult to get back the cost only by relying on the neon market.

If the time comes, even Dongbao may not be able to bear such a loss, so Lin Daoqiu is not optimistic about Matsui Naogami's investment move.

In Lin Daoqiu's view, Dongbao's most effective way is to cooperate with Hollywood to invest in their blockbuster films. In this way, even if there is a loss, it will not lose too much, and the film will target a wide range of countries.

But if it is a movie produced by Dongbao itself, I am afraid it can only be limited to the Neon country. This is a problem with the vision and the Neon film itself, and it is difficult for outsiders to understand.

For Qingze Qianchuan, only following Lin Daoqiu can he have meat, and he is not interested in participating in special effects technology at all. After all, it costs money and it is a lot of money.

There is a big difference between Shochiku and Dongbao. The other party can come up with [-] million US dollars at once, but Shochiku can't afford such a big deal. Small business is their way out.

Toei and Shochiku have the same idea, so there will not be too many differences of opinion when the two of them are united.

Because Lin Daoqiu was going to shoot "Onmyoji", the atmosphere in Taiqin Yinghua Village suddenly became very different from before.

The place where you could go casually before is now prohibited for ordinary people to enter and exit at will, and there are security guards at the door. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is almost at the three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry.

But everyone can understand, after all, Lin Daoqiu's "Onmyoji" is being prepared here, and there are many secrets in it that I don't want outsiders to know.

A large number of reporters have already been stationed outside the Taiqin Film Village, and it seems that they have already made preparations to stay here.

After all, soon after "Onmyoji" starts filming, there will be many celebrities coming in and out here, and any photo taken at that time can be used as news material.

At first, Lin Daoqiu thought that Taiqin Yinghua Village should occupy a large area, after all, it is a base specially used for film and television shooting.

But what Lin Daoqiu didn't expect was that Taiqin Film Village only covers an area of ​​36000 square feet, while Shaw's studio in Clear Water Bay occupies an area of ​​more than 60 square feet, which is [-] times larger than Taiqin Film Village. This is also called a film and television base?

But this can't be blamed on Toei, after all, they managed to set up this film and television base with great difficulty, and they originally only planned to use it for filming period dramas, and never thought that it would undertake blockbuster films in the future.

Later generations of Neon once made a film "Rurouni Kenshin", and the filming locations were placed in places of interest in various places in Neon, almost all over the country of Neon.

Therefore, if Lin Daoqiu wants to make "Onmyoji" well, it is impossible to just stay in Taiqin Film Village to shoot, and get to go to various places in Neon.

But here in Taiqin Yinghua Village, Lin Daoqiu still had to build some more scenes for shooting, so he asked people to circle the place to prevent others from entering at will.

These things can roughly be built in two months, but if they want to build them like the real ones, or to preserve the quality for hundreds of years, then it is obviously embarrassing Lin Daoqiu.

He originally planned to dismantle these scenes after filming, so he could build these things in two months.

"Originally, I planned to finish filming "Onmyoji" here in Taiqin Yinghua Village, but now it seems that this is almost impossible."

Lin Daoqiu felt that his previous prediction was a bit too optimistic when he took Tomio Kuriyama and Shinji Somi to inspect the construction site on the set.

If he was cooperating with Dongbao, he wouldn't need to worry about these things, and someone would have already done them for him.

He only needs to tell the other party what he thinks, and Dongbao will naturally send someone to implement all Lin Daoqiu's requirements.

It's just that this time we switched to cooperating with Shochiku and Toei, and the difficulties we faced were many times greater than before. In the part of neon's resources alone, there is a world of difference between the two sides.

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's words, Tomio Kuriyama and Shinji Somi didn't know what to say, because they didn't think that a blockbuster film like "Onmyoji" could be shot in Taiqin Film Village from the very beginning.

"How are the preparations for the costumes going?"

Lin Daoqiu assigned Xiangmi Shener to be responsible for the costumes of "Onmyoji". He has been discussing with those designers how to perfectly present Lin Daoqiu's intentions these days.

"I've been discussing with the designer for the past few days. Their opinion is that if you want to make these costumes according to your intention, and if you have to prepare several sets for all the main characters, the budget will probably cost a lot..."

Before Xiangmi Shener finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu raised his hand to interrupt what he was going to say next.

"My request is very simple. Get what I want in the best quality and quantity. Money is not an issue. Remember what I said."

"Yes, Mr. Lin..."

(End of this chapter)