Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1612

In the previous life, "007: The Lives of the Dawn" released by MGM earned US$100 million in North America.

Compared with the 5000 million US dollars of the previous "Thunderbolt", it can be said that there is hardly any growth.

Part of the reason is that "Living by Dawn" changed the protagonist from Roger Moore to Timothy Dalton, which may be one of the reasons why the box office failed to rise.

But whether it is 6000 million or 5000 million US dollars at the box office, it is unacceptable to Lin Daoqiu.

After all, the production budget of "007" is as high as 3000 million U.S. dollars, and it is impossible to recover the cost of this film by relying on pure box office revenue.

That is to say, relying on peripherals to make profits makes the "007" movie series able to make some profits.

However, in Lin Daoqiu's view, if the cost of investment can be recovered in terms of box office revenue, or even a small profit, then the sales of peripheral products will greatly increase their income.

In order to make "007" a big hit at the box office, apart from relying on one's own fame, what really needs to be done is to improve the appreciation of the movie itself.

Originally, the stunt team of "Life of Dawn", John Grant invited the team led by aerial stuntman Voss and Jack Kronbard.

But this time, Lin Daoqiu decided to transfer the kamikaze stunt team from Xiangjiang, and asked Chen Yiyan to cooperate with Ke Shouliang and Jack Kronbard's team.

As for the special effects part, it was the special effects team originally invited by MGM, together with Magic Studio, to help.

If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, it is impossible for Lin Daoqiu to completely copy Xiangjiang's set, after all, there is also the ecological environment here.

If all of them use Xiangjiang's team, I'm afraid it will cause some unnecessary criticism at that time.

The preparations for "007" had already started before Lin Daoqiu bought MGM, but before the filming started, Lin Daoqiu suddenly replaced the director and leading actor.

However, this did not affect the previous plan. The crew of "007" is still the same as previously scheduled, and they will go to Gibraltar to film the opening scene of "Life of Dawn".

As Pierce Brosnan, who was invited by Lin Daoqiu to play James Bond, he has been doing simple movement exercises with Yuan Jiaban during this time.

After all, to play James Bond well, it is impossible to let a person who has no action background go directly into battle, at least it will take a period of training.

But the good thing is that this role does not require very gorgeous movements. At least in the play "Life of Dawn", Lin Daoqiu's setting of James Bond is not so exaggerated.

His changes to this play are more about improving the technological level of the tools used by James Bond in it.

When filming "Mission Impossible", Lin Daoqiu once got a batch of sports cars and took them to Paris to crash.

At that time, when this part of the plot was released in Hollywood, it can be said that the audience there feasted their eyes, and many people began to imitate Lin Daoqiu's move later.

This time Lin Daoqiu naturally wants to come up with some new tricks, but it is a bit outdated for Lin Daoqiu to hit a car with a luxury car, he wants to play some new tricks.

"Thank you very much Mr. Lin for accepting our sponsorship. These two cars will be delivered to the place you designated in half a year."

The person in charge of BMW North America was invited by Lin Daoqiu to the headquarters of MGM to discuss matters related to sponsorship.

But this time, what Lin Daoqiu wanted was not the other party's sponsorship money, but to let them sponsor two latest models of cars.

To be precise, what Lin Daoqiu wanted BMW to sponsor were conceptual sports cars. These cars had never been seen in public before, and even BMW people had never seen them. They were all made by Lin Daoqiu himself.

"I don't know much about aerodynamics, and I still need your company to help complete these ideas of mine."

What Lin Daoqiu wants is not something unconstrained, but he has slightly changed the shape of the sports car he has seen in later generations.

Regarding the sketch provided by Lin Daoqiu, after careful discussion, BMW's professional team found it difficult, but finally agreed to help the other party get the two cars out under the decision of the chairman.

In exchange, Lin Daoqiu will take long shots of the two cars in "Living at Dawn" and promise to highlight the BMW logo in return.

For Lin Daoqiu, simple product placement is meaningless at all. Instead of taking money from the other party, it is better to ask the other party to provide something that others cannot provide.

"Mr. Lin's idea is very good. Judging from the sketches, these cars are simply amazing. If possible, I really hope that the headquarters can mass-produce these models in the future."

In front of Lin Daoqiu, what this BMW executive said was very pleasing to the ear. If you didn't know it, you would think that Lin Daoqiu's request was very easy for them to fulfill.

You must know that it is not that simple to make these two cars. Although mass production is not required, it only needs to make an appearance in the movie.

But even so, after receiving the request, the BMW head office held several meetings to discuss it, and finally decided to accept Lin Daoqiu's request.

"Thank you, but I hope it's best not to. After all, professional people do professional things, and filmmaking is my profession. I don't think I have the talent to design sports cars. I should leave this kind of thing to professional engineers."

Lin Daoqiu did not accept the flattery of the other party. After all, it is impossible to know this kind of thing without thinking about it.

If a sports car can be designed just by drawing a picture, it is clear that it does not respect science.

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While Lin Daoqiu was flexing his muscles in Hollywood, Xiangjiang also received news that Lin Daoqiu was in Hollywood.

As the first Chinese to buy a Hollywood film company, Lin Daoqiu naturally became the focus of Xiangjiang media, and even Southeast Asian media.

Lin Daoqiu, who was in the limelight, didn't know that his move made Li Zhengnan, who was far away on Baodao, love and hate him.

Li Zhengnan's chief's physical condition at this time is already very worrying. According to the doctor, he may only be able to support him for a year or two.

As the No. [-] person in Baodao at this time, Li Zhengnan is undoubtedly one of the most popular candidates to take over.

But even so, Li Zhengnan did not dare to be careless. He wanted to win the support of the international community, and the support of the Americans was particularly important to him.

After all, besides him, there are several other forces in Baodao that are also ready to move. Li Zhengnan's succession is not a sure thing. If he can get the support of the Americans, Li Zhengnan will be completely at ease. Couldn't sleep well.

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