Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1837 Super Budget
Half an hour after Wang Jing called, Yu Yunkang arrived at New Oriental.

Before entering the door, Yu Yunkang raised his hand and looked at his watch, and found that two and a half hours had passed since Lin Daoqiu made an appointment to meet him.

For Yu Yunkang, he is actually a person with a strong sense of respect, but the setbacks in reality made him very discouraged.

The meeting with Lin Daoqiu this time may be a good opportunity for him to turn around. If the current situation cannot be changed, Yu Yunkang plans to leave the film industry and change to another.

The expressionless Fang Jinsheng brought Yu Yunkang into Lin Daoqiu's office.

Judging from Fang Jinsheng's expression, Yu Yunkang already had a premonition that nothing good would happen to him in the future.

Speaking of which, it wasn't the first time Yu Yunkang met Lin Daoqiu. He had met Lin Daoqiu several times before at the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, but he didn't talk to him.

"Hello, Director Yu, I'm really sorry for inviting you here, I didn't disturb your rest."

Lin Daoqiu stood up from the chair very politely, then walked around the desk and walked in front of Yu Yunkang.

On the way here, Yu Yunkang had already started to picture the scene of meeting Lin Daoqiu in his mind.

It is estimated that the other party may not give him a good face even if he does not yell at him because he has been late for so long.

But Lin Daoqiu's reaction was far beyond Yu Yunkang's expectation. The other party looked amiable, and there was no expression of displeasure on his face, which was really strange.

"Mr. Lin, I'm really sorry. I went to bed late last night. When I received the call this morning, my mind was in a daze and I couldn't react. I'm really sorry for making you wait so long."

Even if Lin Daoqiu didn't mention Yu Yunkang, he felt a little sorry, so he quickly apologized to Lin Daoqiu.

"Because of the box office of "The Fierce Cat"? I understand, please sit down."

Lin Daoqiu smiled slightly at Yu Yunkang, and then patted him on the shoulder.

It is a very normal thing that the bad box office affects the mood of the main creator, whether it is in Xiangjiang or other places, I believe it is a common thing.

After Yu Yunkang sat down, Fang Jinsheng had already poured him a cup of coffee and placed it in front of him.

"Thank you Assistant Fang."

Yu Yunkang is in a bit of a mood now. On the one hand, he expects that Lin Daoqiu will give him a chance to bring out all the talents in his chest.

But on the other hand, Yu Yunkang was a little worried. He was worried that Lin Daoqiu would be the kind of guy who would smile on his face but not smile on his face.

It doesn't matter now, but in fact, I have already annoyed myself, and it may be possible to block myself directly later.

"Last night I went to "The Cat" with a friend."

"Um... ah?"

Yu Yunkang, who was holding a cup of coffee, was startled when he heard what Lin Daoqiu said.

He didn't expect Lin Daoqiu to have seen "The Fierce Cat" he filmed.

After being surprised, Yu Yunkang suddenly shook his head with a wry smile.

"I didn't shoot this movie well, and the audience didn't approve of it. I guess it probably wouldn't catch Mr. Lin's eyes."

If Lin Daoqiu praised him so much at this time, saying how well the filming of "The Fierce Cat" was done, then Yu Yunkang would probably start to wonder if Lin Daoqiu had any real talents.

Or maybe he was actually digging a hole to wait for himself when he came here, otherwise, he would never have any possibility of appreciating his play.

"You're right. I just went to see it with my friends. I basically don't have any good comments on this movie."

Lin Daoqiu didn't give Yu Yun any face at all, but this made the other party breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, as long as Lin Daoqiu is telling the truth, then Yu Yunkang has nothing to fear.

"The hottest films of Heung Kong Films all the time are comedies and action films. There used to be kung fu comedies that were popular for a while, but they have all disappeared now."

Back then, the Kung Fu comedies made by Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Jackie Chan and others were a sharp weapon to harvest box office.

But now times have changed, no one is making kung fu comedy movies, and they are replaced by modern style action movies.

As for comedies, they are now mainly films shot in New Art City. The invincible Xu brothers in the past have gradually declined and lost their former glory.

"As for movies with niche themes, horror movies are definitely a genre that cannot be bypassed in various countries, but most horror movies in Xiangjiang are peddlers."

It is said to be a supernatural film, but most of it is mainly funny, so it cannot be called a horror film at all.

As for Lin Zhengying's "Mr. Zombie" series, it can basically be said that it is a kung fu comedy filmed with a supernatural skin, and it is not a horror film.

"Mr. Lin is right. Xiangjiang's current supernatural films are not horror films at all. If you ask me, they are more like comedy films."

Yu Yunkang was very unconvinced, he couldn't get a good box office when he made serious horror movies, but those comedy movies made with horror movies made a lot of box office, which made him both helpless and frustrated.

"You don't have to be unconvinced. The reason why Xiangjiang's horror films have not become popular is because of the script, but because the production budget is too small, and the other is that there has not been a blockbuster masterpiece."

When a movie is made, the audience still has to vote, and the votes cast by the audience are movie tickets.

If they are willing to buy tickets to watch, the higher the box office, the higher the audience's recognition. As for whether it is a good movie or not, everyone has their own opinions.

Yu Yunkang shook his head again and again, it seemed that he also realized that it was extremely difficult, even almost impossible, to change the current predicament of the Hong Kong Horror Films.

"If I give you a super budget and ask you to make a horror movie, do you think you can do it well?"

"Ultra-level budget? How much...how much?"

Yu Yunkang has actually been waiting for Lin Daoqiu's words, but he doesn't know how much Lin Daoqiu is willing to give him to make a horror movie.

If you can give him 1000 million, Yu Yunkang believes that he can definitely make a movie that is popular and popular.

If the 1000 million didn't need to be spent on actors, Yu Yunkang would be more confident.

"For example, 2000 million..."

"2000?"

Originally, Yu Yunkang thought that Lin Daoqiu could give him 1000 million yuan to shoot, but he didn't expect that the other party would ask for 2000 million yuan, which scared Yu Yunkang a lot.

But what Yu Yunkang didn't expect was that Lin Daoqiu said something next, which completely shocked him.

"Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that the currency value I just mentioned is in US dollars."

(End of this chapter)