Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 404 You Burn Slower
Before, Lin Daoqiu gave Mel and John a big Christmas vacation, and asked them to go back to spend time with their families and take a rest by the way.

Although this will slow down the filming progress of "The Mummy", Lin Daoqiu doesn't seem to be in a hurry.

Because he plans to release this movie on Christmas at the end of the year, so there are still eleven months left, which is quite ample.

However, it was precisely because Lin Daoqiu gave them a long vacation that after Mel and John came back, they worked harder than before.

"The filming of this movie is almost finished, why don't I have any action scenes yet? Did you play tricks on me before?"

On this day, Lin Daoqiu came to visit Brigitte Lin's class, and was suddenly called into a corner for questioning.

It turned out that when Lin Qingxia returned to Xiangjiang from Baodao, Lin Daoqiu asked her to train for a month. At the beginning, Lin Qingxia thought it was because this drama had her own fight scene, so Lin Daoqiu let her do it.

But now that the filming is almost finished, she hasn't even filmed an action scene, and she feels that she was fooled by Lin Daoqiu.

"How did I trick you? You didn't look at your belly at the time. If you didn't know, you would have thought you were pregnant."

After hearing Lin Qingxia's words, Lin Daoqiu immediately showed an exaggerated expression, and even gestured with his hands.

"It was then, and now who knows if I'll have it in my belly."

After Brigitte Lin finished speaking, she gave Lin Daoqiu a hard look.

Brigitte Lin didn't take Lin Daoqiu's nonsense before, because nothing happened to them at that time.

But it's different now. During this period of time, she and Lin Daoqiu have almost stuck together, and this guy doesn't use any protective measures. God knows when he will suddenly be recruited.

She doesn't mind marrying Lin Daoqiu with a son, but the problem now is that Lin Daoqiu doesn't seem to have any plans to marry her, which makes Brigitte Lin very distressed.

If the time comes and she is really unfortunate enough to be recruited, she must give birth to the child no matter what.

Lin Daoqiu was originally joking with Brigitte Lin, but seeing the other party's serious expression, he really thought that something was wrong with Brigitte Lin.

"That is not true, is it?"

Lin Daoqiu only started to get nervous now, if Brigitte Lin really had it now, he didn't know what to do.

Lin Daoqiu is only in his early twenties now, if he is asked to get married now, he really has no way of nodding.

"You know you're afraid. Now that you know what you were afraid of doing, asking you to take some measures is like killing you. I can't control so much when something happens."

After Lin Qingxia finished speaking, she turned and left angrily, leaving only Lin Daoqiu with a speechless face.

I don't know if the other party has eaten gunpowder today. I have been acting so well recently. This can also make her angry. Could it be that she is not feeling well today, which is why her temper is so weird?
But Lin Daoqiu was just guessing, and he didn't dare to ask Brigitte Lin if her relatives had come. After all, she was angry now, so he had better not provoke her, so as not to be scolded sometimes.

As soon as Lin Daoqiu came out, he met Dykstra.

"Hey, Mr. Lin, I was going to find you, but I didn't expect to meet you here. Since it's such a coincidence, why don't you come to my office and have a chat."

When Lin Daoqiu saw Dykstra's appearance, his heart suddenly trembled, because usually Dykstra was basically busy researching special effects technology, and never took the initiative to chat with him.

It seems that this guy has been burning money a bit fast recently, probably because the funds are about to be burned, so he took the initiative to invite himself.

"Okay, then let's go to your office and chat."

If it was a few months ago, Lin Daoqiu might still be very distressed about how to explain the issue of funds to the other party.

But the situation is completely different now, because Lin Daoqiu's pockets can be said to be very plump now.

"Home Alone" just earned 1 million box office in North America, and this time Lin Daoqiu got 2000 million box office revenue from Universal.

After deducting the 700 million that was given to Kars, Lin Daoqiu still has more than 1 million US dollars, not to mention that "Home Alone" has at least tens of millions of peripheral income in the follow-up, so Lin Daoqiu still has the confidence to speak now .

When Lin Daoqiu followed Dykstra to his office, he sincerely made Lin Daoqiu a cup of coffee himself.

Looking at this posture, Lin Daoqiu was sure that the other party must be offering courtesy for nothing, either adultery or robbery.

In fact, Dykstra can't help it. He has been burning money a bit fast recently, but there are reasons for this.

Originally, his funds were used to research special effects technology, but Lin Daoqiu suddenly arranged two movies for him, "Godzilla" and "The Mummy".

As a result, the funds that should have been used to study special effects were invested in the production of these two films.

And compared to "The Mummy", the speed at which "Godzilla" burned money surprised Dykstra himself.

If he hadn't asked Lin Daoqiu repeatedly for instructions, he would never have imagined that the other party would agree to spend so much money to create a monster movie.

"Mr. Lin, the remaining funds of the magic studio are less than 1000 million US dollars. If we continue with our current work progress, the studio's funds will dry up in March."

Dykstra didn't mean that 1000 million can burn for two months. He actually used a very conservative estimate when he said this.

Because even he himself doesn't know how much the magic studio will cost tomorrow, so he will come to Lin Daoqiu to ask for money in advance.

And Dykstra actually said it a bit guilty, because when he was filming Star Wars, he thought he was burning money at a very fast rate.

But it wasn't until after opening this magic studio that Dykstra realized that the money they spent back then was nothing compared to what they are now.

"At the beginning, I promised to provide a certain amount of funding to the magic studio every year, and this year is of course no exception. But John, can you spend money a little slower, you know, we haven't even produced a single work."

In fact, until now Lin Daoqiu didn't know how the magic studio's special effects were going. At least he had to wait until the production of "The Mummy" was finished before he could have a general impression.

When Dykstra heard Lin Daoqiu say this, he smiled embarrassedly, and wondered if he had listened to Lin Daoqiu's words.

However, Lin Daoqiu didn't expect Dykstra to slow down the speed of burning money. When he left, he left another 3000 million US dollars for Magic Studio.

When hearing Lin Daoqiu's decision, Dykstra smiled very happily, because it means that he has money to continue doing research.

"Mr. Lin, please rest assured that after the production of "The Mummy" is completed, I guarantee that the special effects in this movie will definitely make you dumbfounded."

Before Lin Daoqiu went out, Dykstra still left Lin Daoqiu with a reassurance, which somewhat comforted Lin Daoqiu.

(End of this chapter)