Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 867 The Mystery of Production Cost
"Uncle Biao, Brother Rong, long time no see."

Lin Daoqiu came to Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong, and greeted each other with a smile.

"Mr. Lin, come and say hello to the audience in front of the TV."

"Hello, audience friends in front of the TV. I am Lin Daoqiu. Thank you very much for your support of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". I believe this drama will definitely not disappoint you."

It seems that Lin Daoqiu looks very confident.

But if you think about it carefully, Lin Daoqiu has never missed a record of film and television dramas until now.

Therefore, everyone's expectations for the drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" have been raised very high from the beginning because of Lin Daoqiu's relationship.

Even though Hu Jinquan was the director of this play, everyone felt that Lin Daoqiu was the one who wrote the script, so there would definitely be no problem.

"Mr. Lin, you are welcome to accept our interview today. Can you tell us and the audience in front of the TV, what are the highlights of the movie "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"

When Lin Daoqiu appeared on the stage, the conversation was naturally all about "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

As for his personal gossip, neither Dong Biao nor Liu Zhirong would take the initiative to mention it.

After all, in addition to being the boss of New Oriental, Lin Daoqiu is also the second largest shareholder of ATV.

Many people even privately speculated that it was only a matter of time before Lin Daoqiu took over ATV.

""Legend of Sword and Fairy" was a novel before it was made into a movie. I am very grateful to the audience who have always liked "Legend of Sword and Fairy". I can tell you a secret."

Lin Daoqiu smiled, and then continued: "The production level of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is produced at the top level in the world. When you read it, you will know whether I am lying or not."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's words reminded Dong Biao of his previous bet with Liu Zhirong.

"Mr. Lin, the outside world has been rumoring that the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is less than 500 million. I don't know if this is true."

Originally, this question was not included in the manuscript before the interview, but Dong Biao couldn't help but ask it.

And this is not only a question that he is concerned about, even many viewers in front of the TV want to know the real answer.

"Originally, the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" needs to be kept secret, but since Uncle Biao asked this question, I can tell you that the production of special effects alone cost nearly 4000 million Hong Kong dollars."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Dong Piao was taken aback, but even many viewers in front of the TV were shocked by the special effects cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"4000 million, my God, Mr. Lin is really generous."

Liu Zhirong looked at Lin Daoqiu in surprise, and couldn't help expressing such emotion.

"Arong, don't forget to go, invite me to have a good meal at the seafood restaurant tomorrow."

Dong Biao turned his head and looked at Liu Zhirong with a proud face, Liu Zhirong could only shake his head with a wry smile.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know about the bet between Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong.

The biggest mystery was finally solved. Lin Daoqiu also walked towards the theater after chatting a few words.

In addition to the leading actors of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", there are actually quite a few stars who came to join us today.

If there were only those few people, then the ceremony of walking the red carpet would be a bit too wasteful.

Followed by Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Lin Zhengying, Zhong Fa and others.

Then Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Teddy Robin followed closely behind.

There are also Ti Lung, Fu Sheng, Luo Lie, Chen Guantai and other artists who transferred from Shaw Brothers to New Oriental.

And besides movie actors, ATV also arranged many of its stars and entertainers to come and join in the show.

It can be said that just seeing these stars and entertainers tonight is already worth the ticket price.

At this time, it was less than 10 minutes before the premiere started.

While Lin Daoqiu was chatting with Hu Jinquan and Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui, suddenly he felt someone pat on his shoulder.

When Lin Daoqiu turned his head to look, he found a big beautiful woman looking at him with a smile.

"When did you come?"

When Lin Daoqiu saw the other party, the smile on his face became wider.

"" I came with Brother Hong and the others. "

Zhong Chuhong replied with a smile.

Lin Daoqiu turned his head and found that Sammo Hung and the others were walking towards him.

"Mr. Lin, we are all here to study today."

Sammo Hung asked Zhong Chuhong to come over to say hello to Lin Daoqiu first, and then they followed.

"San Mao is too polite. In fact, the real hero of this film is Director Hu. I just wrote the script."

Lin Daoqiu smiled and waved his hands, looking very humble.

Sammo Hung naturally wouldn't take what Lin Daoqiu said seriously.

If Hu Jinquan had filmed this film himself, not to mention that there would not be so many stars joining in today, I am afraid the box office would not be much better.

"Just now I heard from Uncle Biao that the production cost of the special effects of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is as high as 4000 million?"

When he came in just now, Dong Biao inadvertently mentioned this matter again.

For Sammo Hung, it is unimaginable that the special effects production cost of a fairy tale movie is as high as 4000 million.

If this drama wants to return to its original value in Xiangjiang, it can be said that the possibility is zero.

Therefore, if "Legend of Sword and Fairy" wants to really make money, it has to rely on selling ports.

However, this type of movie has great limitations when it is sold.

Baodao should be regarded as the largest market, and then part of Southeast Asia.

As for Neon and Bangguo, the box office should not be much better.

But it's all Sammo Hung's own guess. As for what will happen in the end, no one can say for sure.

"Does Sanmao think this drama can pay off?"

Lin Daoqiu smiled and asked Sammo Hung.

When asked by Lin Daoqiu, Sammo Hung didn't know what to say for a while.

"Mr. Lin, the 4000 million special effects production fee, plus the cost of this movie, the local box office of Xiangjiang plus the sales port, at least more than 1 million to break even..."

Sammo Hung did not speak, but Lin Zhengying beside him began to worry about Lin Daoqiu.

"Uncle Jiu thinks that this movie will definitely lose money, right?"

Lin Daoqiu turned to look at Lin Zhengying and asked with a smile.

Unlike Sammo Hung, Lin Zhengying didn't have so many concerns about Lin Daoqiu.

"I think losing money is definitely inevitable."

Lin Zhengying has always been so direct when speaking, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao have nothing to do with him.

"It may be that Mr. Lin has such a great reputation in the world, there may be surprises at the box office of Bangguo and Neon."

The relationship between Lin Daoqiu and Dongbao is so harmonious, Yuen Biao thinks that as long as Neon promotes it vigorously, it may get a good box office.

In this case, even if there is no way to make back the money, at least the drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will not lose so much.

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