Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1266 Different Currency Values

When Fang Jinsheng went in to report, Zhang Wanting felt that the other party's reaction was very strange.

"Old Yu, when Assistant Fang heard my name just now, why did he have that reaction?"

Regarding Zhang Wanting's question, Yu Teng actually couldn't figure it out. After all, Zhang Wanting left Xiangjiang to study in New York before, and hadn't appeared in Xiangjiang for a long time.

Fang Jinsheng's reaction made Yu Cheng wonder what happened to him.

"I don't know about it. Assistant Fang has been working with Mr. Lin. It can be said that he is Mr. Lin's confidant. Few people in the Hong Kong film industry dare to offend him..."

Zhang Wanting was even more puzzled after hearing this. She had never met Lin Daoqiu and Fang Jinsheng before, but the other party reacted as if they knew her.

Just when Zhang Wanting and Yu Teng were full of doubts, Fang Jinsheng had already entered Lin Daoqiu's office to inform him.

"Zhang Wanting...invite them in."

Hearing Fang Jinsheng who came in to report that Yu Cheng brought Zhang Wanting to find him, Lin Daoqiu seemed very surprised. He didn't know that Yu Cheng and Zhang Wanting knew each other before.

Fortunately, Zhang Wanting has not disappeared, she still exists in this world, proving that her influence on this world is not too great.

Soon Fang Jinsheng went out and invited Yu Cheng and Zhang Wanting into Lin Daoqiu's office.

"Miss Yu is really a rare visitor. I don't know who this is?"

Lin Daoqiu had never met Zhang Wanting before, so his appearance was quite normal.

"Mr. Lin, let me introduce you. This is Ms. Zhang Wanting Zhang, a top student in the Film Department of New York University. She is about to graduate from school this year."

After listening to Yu Cheng's introduction, Lin Daoqiu nodded, and then stepped forward to shake hands with him.

Zhang Wanting never thought that she could meet Lin Daoqiu before, after all, she is just a little-known student now.

If Yu Cheng hadn't been the matchmaker, it would have been impossible for her to see Lin Daoqiu.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm Zhang Wanting. I've watched all the movies you made in Hollywood before, especially "Godzilla". I've watched it many times, and every time I was shocked by the special effects in it."

The box office of "Godzilla" in North America has set a new record for the highest box office in history. Such a successful movie has long been selected into the teaching materials of major film schools.

And Lin Daoqiu himself is regarded as an idol by the students of many film academies, and he often receives invitations from famous film academies around the world to invite him to give speeches, but Lin Daoqiu has refused.

"Thank you, Ms. Zhang. In fact, most of the success of "Godzilla" is due to the staff of that show. I don't really have any credit for it."

Lin Daoqiu was very humble. After inviting the two of them to sit down by the sofa, Lin Daoqiu looked at Yu Teng and wondered why she brought Zhang Wanting to see him today.

Yu Cheng knew that Lin Daoqiu didn't like to beat around the bush, so she directly explained her intention to come to Lin Daoqiu.

"Wanting is preparing her graduation project. She and a few classmates plan to make a film as a graduation project, but they can't find a suitable investor."

Yu Cheng's words are very box office. Finding no suitable investors and finding no one to invest are two completely different concepts.

In the former case, there may be investors who are willing to invest, but the two parties cannot reach an agreement, while in the latter case, no investors can be found at all.

Yu Cheng deliberately blurred the matter of looking for investment, which is more or less concerned about Zhang Wanting's face.

But Yu Teng's words, if they are for those who have just entered the industry, or those who have not been in contact with film investment before, may be able to mislead the other party.

But Lin Daoqiu has been in the film industry for such a long time, so how could he be fooled by Yu Teng's words.

A few college students who are still studying film and theater have joined forces to make a film as their graduation project. It would be strange if someone would invest in such a film.

Moreover, Zhang Wanting didn't even have the slightest reputation in the movie circle at this time, so it would be really strange that someone would be willing to invest in her.

"So that's the case. I don't know what kind of movie Miss Zhang is going to make, and what is the budget?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't ask too carefully, he just wanted to know what kind of movie Zhang Wanting wanted to make, and how much budget she wanted.

"I've brought the script, please read it, Mr. Lin."

After Zhang Wanting took out the script, she handed it to Lin Daoqiu respectfully.

After Lin Daoqiu took over her script, Zhang Wanting continued.

"I only need 100 million yuan to shoot this movie."

Lin Daoqiu, who took over the script, looked down at the title of the play "Illegal Immigrants". He had no impression of this play at all.

Lin Daoqiu is most familiar with Zhang Wanting's movies, or "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Eight Liang Gold".

In fact, "Illegal Immigration", "Autumn Fairy Tales", and "Eight Liang Gold" are Zhang Wanting's famous immigration trilogy.

These three plays all tell stories about immigrants, which can be regarded as Zhang Wanting's masterpiece.

Lin Daoqiu did not listen carefully to what Zhang Wanting said later. If he wanted to invest, it would depend on how well the script was written.

The play "Illegal Immigrant" is about a young man who has a good yearning for the United States, and he does not hesitate to smuggle across from Hong Kong.

He then worked as a handyman in a factory, but was suddenly arrested by the US Immigration Service. After being released from the detention center, he faced unemployment and deportation.

In desperation, he resorted to the method of fake marriage, and handed over half of his daily wages to Li Xuehong, a Chinese woman, in order to achieve a fake marriage deal.

In order to pay for the bogus marriage and smuggling fees, he worked hard all day long. Although Li Xuehong gradually found out that he was a kind and honest person, he still didn't like him.

Xuehong's younger brother was shot, but fortunately Jun Qiu healed him on his behalf. Xuehong was grateful and fell in love with Jun Qiu gradually.

After Jun Qiu collected enough money to repay the debt, the two agreed on a formal wedding date, but at this moment, the smuggling leader Shao Pining came to ask Jun Qiu for the smuggling fee, and was beaten up by Jun Qiu.

Holding a grudge, he sent a killer to take revenge on the carnival night in the bar. Xuehong was shot dead to save Junqiu.

After reading the script, Lin Daoqiu didn't have too many thoughts. This drama didn't have a particularly prominent plot, at least that's how Lin Daoqiu saw it.

Compared with "Autumn's Fairy Tale" and "Eight Liang Gold", Maggie Cheung's film title "Illegal Immigrant" is very gimmick, but the plot can only be said to be very ordinary.

"If you look at the script of this drama, you can barely make this drama with $100 million."

Zhang Wanting didn't mention the currency value before, Lin Daoqiu thought she was talking about US dollars.

And Zhang Wanting was shocked when she heard that Lin Daoqiu misunderstood the value of the currency as US dollars. She was about to explain to the other party, but was stopped by Yu Teng.

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