Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1200 The Era of Special Effects Movies

In fact, the short film made by Lin Daoqiu didn't have any theme. After the last two dragons fought, they turned into a golden rain.

And the sky, which was originally covered with dark clouds, returned to the sunny appearance.

But even so, the opening short film of the Academy Awards is still a feast for the eyes.

Yu Teng in the audience was very curious at the beginning, what kind of short film with 2000 million special effects will be shot.

If you use this money to make a movie, it can already be regarded as a top-level production in Xiangjiang.

But Lin Daoqiu's short film is only less than 5 minutes long, and it feels like it's over without much watching.

"2000 million is spent like this?"

Yu Teng couldn't believe it. The special effects film that cost 2000 million yuan to create ended like this. Lin Daoqiu was simply burning money, right? .

And if the 2000 million yuan is converted into banknotes and burned, it is estimated that it will be much longer than the playing time of this movie.

But when Yu Cheng was still in shock, there was already warm applause at the scene.

Completely different from Yu Teng's idea, Tsui Hark's evaluation of this short film is very high.

"Compared with previous years, Magic Studio's technology has been improving. The future is really promising."

What Tsui Hark thinks is that in the future, he must also direct a film with excellent special effects like "Godzilla".

After all, with the magic studio, they don't need to go abroad to find a special effects team, and all the things can be done in Xiangjiang, which can be said to be extremely convenient.

"That's right, but a film with special effects costs at least tens of millions of dollars to shoot. If it is not released in Hollywood, it is not known how much it will be lost if it is done in Asia alone."

Huang Baiming is not as enthusiastic about special effects movies as Tsui Hark, but he is also very clear that "Happy Ghost" can get such a good box office before because of the use of some simple special effects.

If "Happy Ghost" lacks special effects, I am afraid that the box office of the third part will definitely drop a lot.

"Tens of millions of dollars? I don't have such big ambitions. If you can give me [-] million Hong Kong dollars to make special effects movies, I am already very satisfied."

As far as Xiangjiang Film is concerned, if you look at the Asian region, the production fee of [-] million Hong Kong dollars can get a good box office, and it will definitely be no problem to pay back, and even make a small profit.

So for these people in New Art City, they haven't thought of going to Hollywood to make a big splash, and now they can gain a firm foothold in Asia, which is a very good thing.

At the same time, on the other side, Di Bao did not miss the award ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Awards this time, but Pan Disheng naturally did not show up, and the team leaders were Sammo Hung and Cen Jianxun.

So they knew very well that Lin Daoqiu was in control of the Academy Awards, and if they could not participate, they would support it with both hands.

However, in order to borrow Jackie Chan from Lin Daoqiu back then, the two had a gentleman's agreement that Di Bao would not set up obstacles for the Hong Kong Film Awards, and would also fully support it.

I don't know if Pan Disheng felt that he was still making money after all this.

"Compared with previous years, the Golden Statue Awards really have more gimmicks. This special effects short film may not look so short, but I think the production cost will definitely not be low."

Although Cen Jianxun didn't like Lin Daoqiu very much, he still praised the ability of Magic Studio.

After all, Magic Studio is one of the top three special effects companies in the world at this time. If the relationship between Pan Disheng and Lin Daoqiu is not so bad, Cen Jianxun is naturally willing to cooperate with Magic Studio.

"Mr. Lin's move is probably telling everyone that the future is the era of special effects movies."

If there is no "Godzilla", Sammo Hung will still stubbornly believe that those special effects movies are not as good as real kung fu.

But when "Godzilla" was born, the top martial arts star in Hong Kong suddenly felt a sense of sadness.

In the past, they worked hard to shoot the scenes, but these special effects techniques can be easily achieved.

If it continues like this, there will be no one who will learn Kung Fu in the future. I am afraid that Kung Fu movies will soon become tomorrow's yellow flowers by then.

"Special effects movies do have their unique features, but there is not only one type of movie. There are many different types of movies that constitute a sound movie market. Brother Hong doesn't need to worry about this."

Zhang Jianting is very open-minded. After all, he has always shot literary films and does not use special effects at all, so he is not as worried as Sammo Hung.

Sammo Hung turned his head to look at Zhang Jianting, but he didn't say anything.

Although what Zhang Jianting said is correct, there is no way to apply it to Sammo Hung.

Whether kung fu movies can survive, Sammo Hung is not worried at all. What he is worried about is that kung fu movies will not be able to become the top-grossing movie in Hong Kong like they are now.

If that day really came, Sammo Hung didn't even know what he should do.

The special effects technology brought by Lin Daoqiu undoubtedly brought hope to Xiangjiang Films, but at the same time it also added invisible pressure to many people.

"This video cost 2000 million?"

Sitting together with Lin Daoqiu, Chu Yuan couldn't close his mouth when he heard that it cost 5 million yuan to make this movie, which was less than 2000 minutes long.

If 2000 million is given to him, he can at least make two or three high-quality movies, but for Lin Daoqiu, it is just a 5-minute movie.

"The production cost of special effects movies is not low. If it is high-quality, the money spent will be even more exaggerated. 2000 million for 5 minutes is actually very cost-effective."

In the ears of others, Lin Daoqiu's words were obviously a disguised display of wealth.

Chu Yuan originally thought that he had been filming and hadn't strayed away from the mainstream of Xiangjiang movies.

But after watching the opening special effects short film, he once wondered if he had retired.

"Director Chu doesn't need to worry too much. I believe that although special effects movies are still a rare thing, in a few years, most of Xiangjiang's movies will use special effects technology. By then, Director Chu may be one of them."

What Lin Daoqiu said made Chu Yuan feel a little better. Although he didn't know whether what Lin Daoqiu said was true or not, in his opinion, it is of course a good thing to have something to look forward to.

After the special effects short film was played, the Academy Awards began to sing and dance.

The opening guests invited this year are Luo Wen and Zhen Ni, the golden music partners. Their singing immediately ignited the atmosphere of the scene.

After the singing and dancing performance in the first segment, the third Academy Awards officially began to award the first award.

(End of this chapter)