Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2175 Challenge "Godzilla"

Since it is necessary to make a blockbuster film, it is natural to have a good script and themes. With Toho's influence in Neon, Matsui Naogami naturally cannot lack good themes.

This time, Lin Daoqiu's "Onmyoji" is a film adapted from the novel of Dream Pillow Tapir, so Matsui Naogami thought that he could also find some novels to adapt into a movie.

Thinking of Matsui Naogami, he couldn't sit still anymore, he immediately asked people to find those novels that were popular in Neon China, and then selected a few themes that could be used for shooting according to the genres.

"Superhero series?"

Hearing that Naogami Matsui was going to remake the works of the superhero series, his subordinates immediately thought of a special work called "Kamen Rider".

The author of "Kamen Rider" is Shotaro Ishimori. In 1971, with the support of Toei, Shotaro Ishimori started the original work and manga of "Kamen Rider".

It can be said that "Kamen Rider" is one of Toei's most competitive things. Matsui Naogami is the president of Toho. He should not go to Toei to cooperate in the filming of "Kamen Rider", right?

And Toei is already cooperating with Lin Daoqiu now, and there will definitely not be "Kamen Rider" handed over to them to make a live-action movie.

"Whoever wants to shoot "Kamen Rider", I want to shoot "Ultraman"."

Matsui Naogami couldn't help but shook his head, he didn't know what those subordinates were thinking.

How can I think about Toei's stuff? If I want to shoot it, it must be Dongbao's stuff.

"Ultraman" is a Tokusei series produced by Tsuburaya Co., Ltd., headed by "Ultra Q" in 1966. Since "Ultraman" just broadcast in the same year, it has established a "giant hero and monster battle" mode.

Lin Daoqiu's first big-budget movie "Godzilla" was the collaboration with Gao Yuanya of Tsuburaya Co., Ltd., and as the president of Dongbao, it is simply a pity that Gao Yuanya was in charge of the filming of this movie. Easy stuff.

He didn't know what Isao Matsuoka thought before, and he didn't know how to grasp such a good opportunity. If it was him, he would start filming "Ultraman" in the second year after Lin Daoqiu finished filming "Godzilla" series of videos.

However, Naogami Matsui is also very aware of Dongbao's ability. It is obviously impossible for Dongbao to spend more than 2 million US dollars to make a movie like Lin Daoqiu.

So his budget for "Ultraman" this time is only 2000 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to about 25 billion yen, which is far from the 100 billion of "Onmyoji".

But Naogami Matsui only intends to make a film to try it out. If calculated according to the unit price, the difference between the production cost of "Ultraman" and "Onmyoji" is only [-] million yen, which sounds pretty good.

And when Yuangu Gao learned that Matsui Naoami was going to put "Ultraman" on the screen of the movie instead of just using special photography, he was very happy, and he raised his hands and feet to express support.

Lin Daoqiu's filming of "Godzilla" already represented that there is a world of difference between the income of special photography and real movies, and they cannot be confused at all.

As long as Dongbao is willing to seriously invest in himself, Yuangu Gao believes that he can also make a movie that sells well all over the world.

But as for defeating Lin Daoqiu's "Godzilla", Yuan Gugao didn't even think about it, because he also knew that it was absolutely impossible.

After all, although the box office performance of Lin Daoqiu's "Godzilla" has been broken by "1992" at this time, it does not mean that others can easily surpass it.

The performance of "Godzilla" is an insurmountable mountain no matter who it is placed in front of, so if the box office performance of "Ultraman" wants to surpass "Godzilla" at that time, it can almost be said that it is absolutely impossible. possible things.

If you want to achieve this possibility, there is only one way, which is to find Lin Daoqiu to invest in the filming. If that is the case, Yuan Gugao thinks it is still possible.

"Please rest assured President Matsui, I will never let you down."

Matsui Naogami invites Gao Yuangu out for a drink. After a few drinks, Gao Yuangu swears to Matsui Naogami that he will definitely make "Ultraman" a good one.

"I have absolute trust in Mr. Tsuburaya. This time I plan to give you 2000 million US dollars for the filming of "Ultraman". I hope to at least reach the level of "Godzilla."

Gao Yuangu, who was still very confident at the beginning, immediately showed a shocked expression on his face after hearing what Matsui Naogami said, because he never thought that Matsui Naogami would make such a nonsense request?

With a production fee of 2000 million, I have to make "Ultraman" the same level as Lin Daoqiu's "Godzilla". Does this guy have a problem with his brain after drinking too much? Otherwise, how could he say such a thing? ?

"President Matsui, I really can't agree to your request, because it's absolutely impossible. It's not just me, I believe that no one in this world can do it.”

Originally, Naogami Matsui was looking forward to Gao Yuangu's agreement immediately, and then he could announce the good news to the media.

But what Matsui Naoami didn't expect was that Yuangu Gao refused, and the rejection was so thorough that there was no room for negotiation at all.

He looked at the other party with a puzzled look and asked.

"Several years have passed. Could it be that there are still technical limitations? If so, Mr. Tsuburaya, don't worry. I will take care of the special effects. You don't have to worry."

Matsui Naogami thought that Gao Yuangu couldn't shoot it because he couldn't reach the level of Magic Studio in terms of special effects technology. If this is the case, then the matter can be solved easily.

Foreign special effects teams are already in place, and they have already started working in the special effects studio to which Dongbao belongs. Although technically, there is no way to reach the level of Magic Studio at this time, it can still be at the same level as the original Magic Studio.

But Yuan Gugao still shook his head, he was not worried about technical problems.

""Godzilla" invested more than 2 million or 1000 million U.S. dollars in budget, which is irreparable in terms of special effects alone, and Mr. Lin's investment in those models alone has already reached more than [-] million U.S. dollars. "

Originally, Naogami Matsui was thinking of investing 2000 million US dollars so that Tsuburaya would make "Ultraman" with an effect similar to "Godzilla".

But now after hearing what Yuan Gugao said, he immediately realized how nonsense the thought he had before was.

People spent more than 1000 million US dollars on the model alone, not including other places. To spend only 2000 million to produce the same effect as "Godzilla" is simply a dream.

(End of this chapter)