Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1468: A Newborn Scholar
When Li Zhengnan called Zhang Jingyu over, he just told him to get this matter done as soon as possible, but he didn't tell him the specific inside story about this matter.

Zhang Jingyu thought that what Li Zhengnan explained was very simple, that is, to meet with Lin Daoqiu to settle the matter, and then Baodao would provide some assistance, that's about it.

Looking at Zhang Jingyu in front of him, Lin Daoqiu didn't know what to say.

This guy really looks like a newcomer. It seems that he doesn't know anything, or maybe he is wrong.

Since Zhang Jingyu said so, he must have gotten a hint from Li Zhengnan before coming?Or express?
If this is the case, then this matter is really easy to solve.

"My request is very simple, as before, this drama needs a budget of [-] million US dollars."

"Uh...huh? Uh!"

Three different emotions appeared on a person's face one after another. By the time Zhang Jingyu realized it, he was already looking at Lin Daoqiu with his eyes wide open.

"One...one...one hundred million dollars?"

Zhang Jingyu is still not quite sure if he heard what he just heard from Lin Daoqiu's mouth correctly.

It's an unbelievable thing to make a film with [-] million US dollars.

You must know that this is the 80s, and the US dollar is still very strong. I don’t know how many major things can be accomplished with [-] million US dollars.

With such a large sum of money to make a movie, if Zhang Jingyu made a decision, he would definitely not agree.

"Director Zhang, don't need to be so surprised. A good film may cost [-] million US dollars."

Lin Daoqiu was not trying to scare Zhang Jingyu, because it was a fact. After all, he spent more than [-] million US dollars on the filming of "Godzilla".

And this time, he was going to pit these people in Treasure Island, so Lin Daoqiu naturally wouldn't lower the price.

Zhang Jingyu was so frightened by Lin Daoqiu's words that sweat broke out on his forehead. It seemed that this was beyond his comprehension.

"Director Zhang, Director Song and I have talked about this topic several times before, so Director Li must know about it. If so, I don't think Director Zhang should be so surprised."

Lin Daoqiu knew from Zhang Jingyu's reaction that Li Zhengnan must have not explained the specific situation to him clearly, which is why he was so surprised.

Although Zhang Jingyu was born as a scholar, his brain is not too stupid.

After Lin Daoqiu mentioned this, he immediately reacted.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. I haven't been in contact with this kind of work before. Please forgive me if I lost my composure just now."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Zhang Jingyu didn't continue to struggle. Anyway, since Li Zhengnan already knew about it, he already knew how to do this matter.

When he came to see Lin Daoqiu, Li Zhengnan once told him that the conditions could be relaxed.

Does this loosen up mean that you can make concessions on the budget?[-] million US dollars to meet Lin Daoqiu's request?
"Director Zhang is worrying too much. It's normal for you to have such doubts. Director Song had the same reaction as you when he heard it."

Zhang Jingyu smiled awkwardly. He was full of confidence before coming to see Lin Daoqiu, but now he doesn't know what to do.

Agree to Lin Daoqiu's request?This is obviously impossible. If Li Zhengnan disagrees after going back, wouldn't he become a two-sided person?
"Mr. Lin, isn't the budget of [-] million US dollars a bit too high, do you think it can be lowered? We don't have a lot of money, and there are still a lot of places to spend money."

"Director Zhang, this film was originally planned to be open to the whole world. Since it is so, it must be of high standard and high standard. After all, special effects are a very expensive technology, and [-] million US dollars is just a base."

The more Zhang Jingyu heard it, the more he felt guilty. The [-] million US dollars was just a bottom line. Isn't such a large sum of money enough to make a movie?
Feeling that continuing to chat with Lin Daoqiu seems to be fruitless, Zhang Jingyu can only meet for a few days to talk in the end.

Lin Daoqiu is not in a hurry, he is currently busy with the production of "Joking About Qianlong". Anyway, he will stay in Baodao during this period of time, so he has plenty of time to wait slowly.

After leaving the hotel where Lin Daoqiu lived, Zhang Jingyu got into the car and asked the driver to drive the car to the mansion to meet Li Zhengnan.

Li Zhengnan didn't expect that Zhang Jingyu would come back not long after. Although he thought it was strange, he still invited Zhang Jingyu in.

"Sir, I have met with Mr. Lin just now and talked to him about it. He still insists on a budget of [-] million US dollars. This is a very important matter, so I have to come here to ask you for instructions."

Zhang Jingyu had already made up his mind that he would come to see Li Zhengnan even if he was going to be scolded. After all, this matter was not a trivial matter, it was a big issue related to Baodao's international publicity.

"Oh... I forgot to tell you, since Lin Daoqiu insists on doing what he said, the money has been prepared and can be allocated at any time."

If it was before Song Yaolian made that happen, Li Zhengnan would never have agreed to spend the money to make a movie.

It is precisely because of this vicious incident that Li Zhengnan made up his mind to use the money to make a movie to improve Baodao's international image.

Of course, it's useless for him to make a decision. This matter still needs to be approved by that person. Otherwise, even if Li Zhengnan has the courage, he would not dare to approve a budget of [-] million US dollars for filming, and he would not look at it. Who is in charge of Baodao now.

"Sir, isn't it a bit too much to spend [-] million dollars to make a movie?"

Zhang Jingyu still felt sorry for the [-] million US dollars, he felt that if the money was spent elsewhere, the rewards would definitely be far higher than if it was used to make a movie.

Li Zhengnan knew that Zhang Jingyu was a scholar, and his way of thinking about problems was fundamentally different from those of them who were officials, so he didn't blame him.

"I know what you want to say, but now we urgently need to reverse our international image. The spread of movies is the fastest and widest, and Lin Daoqiu has never lost money in filming, so don't worry about it , do as I say."

Li Zhengnan didn't value Zhang Jingyu too much, and the reason why he was transferred to the Information Bureau to take over from Song Yaolian was just a stopgap measure.

"Since the officer has made a decision, I will do as the officer ordered."

Zhang Jingyu didn't dare to continue making noises in front of Li Zhengnan. Since the other party had already decided to do this, as a subordinate, he could only follow the other party's orders to get things done.

(End of this chapter)