Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1461 Very Fragrant Bait
"Mr. Lin, I can say that I have been running up and down for the budget of the film these days, but because the amount is too large, this matter is really difficult to handle."

Song Yaolian poured bitter water on Lin Daoqiu at the beginning, so that the other party already had a premonition that this matter should not be possible.

"Director Song has worked hard, and I understand your difficulties, but for making a movie, money must never be discounted, especially if it is used for publicity, it can only be more or less."

Lin Daoqiu will never reduce the price, he is already considered very good without increasing the price.

He doesn't care if Baodao has money or not. Anyway, he won't reduce the budget of [-] million US dollars.

"Mr. Lin looks at the problem from a professional perspective of making movies. I agree with you, but sometimes we have to be flexible."

Lin Daoqiu just kept silent about this, because he never thought of compromising on the budget.

Seeing Lin Daoqiu's reaction, Song Yaolian was very upset. He is in a high position now, and none of those filmmakers in Baodao would dare to be respectful to him.

Even those movie tycoons had to stand upright in front of him, no one would be as arrogant as Lin Daoqiu.

But the problem is that now they are asking for Lin Daoqiu, so Song Yaolian can only pinch his nose to recognize it.

"Mr. Lin, please see if this works. Try to reduce the budget to 3000 million US dollars. Baodao will do its best to assist you in the shooting."

Song Yaolian was talking to Lin Daoqiu almost in a pleading tone, this was probably the first time he had spoken to others in such a tone in these years.

And when Lin Daoqiu heard Song Yaolian say that he hoped that he would lower the budget of this film to 3000 million US dollars, Lin Daoqiu was so surprised that he opened his eyes wide, as if he heard something incredible.

"Director Song is not joking, is he? The budget of 3000 million US dollars should be lowered to [-] million US dollars? How can this be filmed? This is simply nonsense."

Lin Daoqiu pretended to be very angry, and even stood up directly from the sofa.

But in fact, he had already expected that Baodao would definitely suppress the budget, so it was not a surprise to Lin Daoqiu at all.

After all, [-] million US dollars is not a small amount for them, and at that time, I didn't think too much about it, so I directly quoted a sky-high budget.

"Mr. Lin, don't be angry. We do have difficulties. Let's sit down and chat slowly. We will definitely find a solution."

Song Yaolian hurriedly got up and pulled Lin Daoqiu back to sit on the sofa.

He didn't want to just talk about it this time, after all, his main task this time was to get Lin Daoqiu down.

If there is really a collapse, Li Zhengnan will definitely question his ability to handle affairs.

Although Song Yaolian is already in a high position at this time, but for him, his ambition is not limited to this, to be a senior official is only the goal at this stage for him.

As for future goals, in fact, Song Yaolian has gradually begun to have his own ideas, but he will not reveal them yet.

"I know that lowering the budget is a very difficult thing for every filmmaker, but I hope that Mr. Lin can consider the problem from our perspective. After all, this is not a small amount of money."

"Director Song, let me make it clear. With a budget of 3000 million US dollars, you can go to Baodao and find any director to shoot. But as for the effect, I don't know."

Lin Daoqiu didn't think that Song Yaolian would be so stupid as to actually spend 3000 million US dollars to find a famous director in Baodao to make this movie.

If he really has such an idea, then it is estimated that the budget at that time will not be 3000 million U.S. dollars, and it would be a great thing to have 300 million U.S. dollars left.

"Mr. Lin, is there really no workaround?"

Song Yaolian suddenly lowered his voice and said, "What if Baodao is willing to cooperate more with Mr. Lin in other places besides movies?"

Regarding Song Yaolian's words, Lin Daoqiu felt that the other party should have understood his previous hint to Liao Xiangxiong.

"What does Director Song mean?"

Of course, Lin Daoqiu hoped that the other party could speak clearly, and he didn't like such cover-ups at all.

"For example, in terms of television, hasn't Mr. Lin always hoped to have more cooperation with Baodao?"

Song Yaolian could tell from Lin Daoqiu's appearance that he was attracted by his own words.

It seems that the other party really wants to get the TV station license of Baodao, and this bait still seems to be very effective.

"Director Song is right, but I don't know what kind of cooperation I have with Baodao in terms of TV?"

Lin Daoqiu just wanted to force Song Yaolian to speak clearly.

But Song Yaolian couldn't make it clear, because Li Zhengnan and his idea was to use this matter to hang Lin Daoqiu first, and let him work for Baodao.

"In addition to the cooperation in TV dramas, maybe one day, Mr. Lin will be able to take root in Baodao like the old three TV stations."

"What Director Song means is that I can also open a TV station in Baodao?"

Lin Daoqiu asked such a straightforward question, which made Song Yaolian very happy.

After all, the more interested the other party is in this matter, the higher the probability of his success.

"For this matter, I can only say that there is a chance. After all, we still value Mr. Lin's talent very much."

Song Yaolian didn't say anything dead, he just said that there was a chance, and there was still a lot of room for change.

Song Yaolian has said this many times, and it is very effective, so in his opinion, it is only a matter of time before Lin Daoqiu will take the bait.

But for Lin Daoqiu, if he foolishly invested [-] million US dollars to help them make this movie just because of Song Yaolian's words, then this is really a stupid behavior.

"If you look at it this way, it is possible that there is a chance, but there may be no chance. After all, Director Song's words are too illusory. I have only one attitude towards such illusory things, and that is to look forward to but not to count on."

"Why does Mr. Lin think this way, as long as the movie you make can achieve the goal we want to achieve, then what you want is naturally not difficult."

Song Yaolian has been using the license plate of the TV station to seduce Lin Daoqiu, but it is a pity that the other party does not take the bait at all.

"Director Song also said that it's a matter of the future. Since it's a matter of the future, let's talk about it later. Now we have to solve the movie's budget first."

"Let me just make it clear, let alone lower it to 3000 million, even if I lower it by 1000 million dollars, it's impossible."

As soon as Lin Daoqiu said this, Song Yaolian's face immediately became very smelly.

(End of this chapter)