Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1491 Didn't try hard?
Take Zhang Jingyu around the set and introduce him to the preparation progress of "Alien Invaders".

Zhang Jingyu listened very carefully, and Xu Chengpeng next to him took a pen from time to time to write down what Lin Daoqiu and Mai Dangxiong said in his notebook.

Lin Daoqiu knew at a glance that Zhang Jingyu came to the set today, and he probably came to understand the situation of this drama on behalf of Li Zhengnan.

How can I say that this movie also cost Baodao a budget of [-] million U.S. dollars. It would be strange if they didn't pay attention to it.

"Mr. Lin, although it is presumptuous to say this, the meaning above is that we hope that the production of this drama can be completed as soon as possible, without delaying too long, and that the quality and quantity must be maintained."

Zhang Jingyu has never made a movie, and he doesn't know anything about making movies, but Li Zhengnan said these words, and he just conveyed them to Lin Daoqiu.

"Director Zhang, I also hope that the progress can be speeded up, but it is not an easy task to speed up the progress of such a blockbuster movie, and the quality and quantity must be maintained. I am at a loss what to do."

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't intend to make the movie "Alien Invaders" very good, he also didn't think about making it a bad movie.

"To be honest with Director Zhang, it will take at least half a year for the post-production special effects of this film, and this is still very fast. It is estimated that this film will take more than a year to finish filming."

Lin Daoqiu has already lowered the standard to produce this drama, and the time has been accelerated a lot.

According to his standards, it will take at least two years to shoot this movie, and it will take at least nine months for special effects.

"Mr. Lin, I believe you also know that Baodao's international image is not very good recently. The upper management hopes that this drama can reverse the unfavorable international situation for us. I hope you can understand."

Zhang Jingyu knew very well why Baodao spent a lot of money to make this movie for Lin Daoqiu, wasn't it just to reverse the negative international sentiment against Baodao.

Especially after the Associated Press reporter returned to the United States, he published a report that was very unfavorable to them.

Although Li Zhengnan tried every means to deal with this matter afterwards, the impact on them has been irreversible.

So now they urgently need an opportunity to change the world's perception of them, and this opportunity is Lin Daoqiu's special effects blockbuster.

It is precisely because of this that Li Zhengnan and the others hope that this drama will be released as soon as possible.

"Of course I understand, and I really want to help, but special effects movies are completely different from ordinary movies. I hope Director Zhang will help me convey this to Chief Li after I go back."

What Lin Daoqiu said made Zhang Jingyu very depressed, but as a scholar, he would not say anything harsh in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"In that case, please trouble Mr. Lin to put in more effort. I will convey it to you, Chief Li."

After chatting for a while, Li Zhengnan took Xu Chengpeng and left. This trip to find Lin Daoqiu obviously failed to achieve what he wanted to achieve.

After getting in the car, Zhang Jingyu looked a little depressed. After all, Lin Daoqiu's answer was obviously not what Li Zhengnan wanted to hear.

"Director, I think Lin Daoqiu is doing his job there on purpose, he doesn't really want to help us at all."

Xu Chengpeng, who was sitting in the co-pilot, began to speak ill of Lin Daoqiu.

Zhang Jingyu gave him a hard look when he heard it.

"Smart people don't speak in secret, talking about others behind their backs is not a gentleman's action, you have to be cautious in your words and deeds."

Xu Chengpeng didn't expect Zhang Jingyu to have such a big opinion, which shocked him a lot.

Worried that his words would give Zhang Jingyu a bad impression of him, Xu Chengpeng hurriedly explained to the other party.

"Director, I'm actually not saying bad things about Mr. Lin. What I mean is that he probably didn't get what he wanted, so he didn't try his best to do it."

"He didn't get what he wanted? The $[-] million budget has been allocated in advance. What else does he want?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jingyu suddenly remembered what Lin Daoqiu really wanted, which was the license plate of the TV station.

Thinking about what Xu Chengpeng said carefully, it is possible that Lin Daoqiu deliberately slowed down the filming because he failed to get the license of the TV station.

"Director, there are rumors outside that the reason why Mr. Lin will help film this movie this time is to aim at the license plate of the TV station."

Xu Chengpeng's words surprised Zhang Jingyu, how could such a thing get out?
"It's better not to spread such rumors indiscriminately. How could the TV station's license be easily opened, and I don't know who are those who spread such rumors."

If Xu Chengpeng hadn't heard Zhang Jingyu mention this matter to Lin Daoqiu on the phone, he might have been deceived by Zhang Jingyu.

But since his immediate boss said so, unless Xu Chengpeng was stupid, he probably wouldn't refute him.

"The director is right, I will definitely remember your teachings."

Xu Chengpeng did not continue to speak, but his words were like a nail, nailed into Zhang Jingyu's heart.

After leaving the set, Zhang Jingyu went straight to the mansion to meet Li Zhengnan.

Bringing the notebook that Xu Chengpeng had written down at the door, Zhang Jingyu quickly walked into the courtyard.

At Li Zhengnan's door, Zhang Jingyu only waited for more than ten minutes before letting him in.

Every time Zhang Jingyu came to Li Zhengnan's office, Zhang Jingyu's mood would be very different, but without exception, no matter when he came to see Li Zhengnan, Zhang Jingyu always felt very nervous.

"Sir, I have compiled a summary of the preparations for the movie during this period, and I am here to report to you."

When Li Zhengnan heard that Zhang Jingyu had come to report to him about the preparations for the play, he didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jingyu reported to Li Zhengnan everything he heard and saw on the set today.

"Sir, Lin Daoqiuguang spent as much as 300 million US dollars on buildings and model props. This is really not a good thing."

Zhang Jingyu told Li Zhengnan about himself.

However, Li Zhengnan didn't have any special feelings about this, because according to his previous understanding, Lin Daoqiu spent money in this way for filming, so he was not surprised at all.

Li Zhengnan even felt that Lin Daoqiu was serious about producing this drama, so he invested a lot of money in those buildings and prop models, which was recognized by Li Zhengnan.

"If you don't understand movies, don't comment in vain. Lin Daoqiu is a good filmmaker. Since we asked him to make this movie, we must trust him. Otherwise, can you find a better filmmaker than Lin Daoqiu? "

Zhang Jingyu shook his head directly. He didn't know much about movies, so asking him to find a better filmmaker than Lin Daoqiu was a difficult task for Zhang Jingyu.

"Sir, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. There is nothing I can't say here."

Li Zhengnan felt that Zhang Jingyu was a little strange today. Could it be that he wanted to sue someone?

"Sir, I don't think Lin Daoqiu seems to be taking this movie seriously."

(End of this chapter)