Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 2268 Try It Out

After leaving Lin Daoqiu's office, Tsui Hark and others couldn't help but began to chat about the things Lin Daoqiu just mentioned.

Lin Daoqiu just said that the budget for medium and low-cost special effects movies has been declining, which means that they can already start to consider officially starting the shooting of special effects movies.

Speaking of which, I couldn't afford to make special effects movies before, because it was too expensive.

Without a budget of more than 7000 million yuan, you can't even touch the edge of special effects movies.

But Lin Daoqiu is now telling them that they can try low-cost special effects movies, which has to make Tsui Hark and the others excited.

Don't look at Tsui Hark who was the only one who was keen on special effects movies before, that's because others simply couldn't afford to make them, and they didn't dare to try it lightly.

But when they see the popularity of "Godzilla" and "1992", they will inevitably have the idea of ​​getting rich overnight.

Let alone one tenth, even if they can get one percent of the box office of "Godzilla" and "1992", these people are already very satisfied.

"Even if Mr. Lin said that the budget for low-cost special effects movies has dropped a lot, I think that if you really want to make a good special effects movie, you need at least 5000 million yuan."

For Tsui Hark, it is not difficult at all for him to open a movie with a budget of 5000 million.

Even Tsui Hark has already begun to plan, and he will simply mention Lin Daoqiu's next movie, a movie with a budget of over [-] million yuan.

Of course, his goal is not only in Xiangjiang, but in the whole of Southeast Asia.

According to what Tsui Hark has learned over the years, the overall box office in Southeast Asia is at least $[-] million. Of course, this refers to the case of a big hit.

In general, 2000 million US dollars is already very good.

As long as Xiangjiang local can get 5000 million box office revenue, plus the money from the port sale, not only can the cost be recovered, but even a fortune can be made.

But to get a budget of more than [-] million, the script must satisfy Lin Daoqiu, otherwise Tsui Hark doesn't think he can persuade Lin Daoqiu to invest the money and let him squander it.

"5000 million is too much. It is impossible to get back the cost only by relying on the local box office in Xiangjiang. If you have to add the money from the port to get back the cost, you will not make a profit at all."

Zeng Zhiwei shook his head vigorously, he did not agree with Tsui Hark's thoughts.

If he wants to spend 5000 million to make a movie that needs to be sold to get back the cost, then he would rather make some low-budget movies or movies that are not special effects movies, which are more cost-effective.

"It's wrong for you to think this way. In the future, we will face audiences in the entire Asian region. If you don't rush to catch up at this time, are you still planning to make money in Xiangjiang?"

Tsui Hark disagreed with Zeng Zhiwei's idea of ​​not thinking about making progress.

Not only does he want to be a blockbuster in Asia, he even wants to follow in Lin Daoqiu's footsteps and sell his movies all over the world.

Of course, to be as successful as Lin Daoqiu, Tsui Hark felt that he might not be able to achieve it in his life.

But he's willing to try, and he's willing to learn, so at least he still has a chance to achieve this dream.

On the other hand, Zeng Zhiwei and the others seemed to just want to make a little money in Xiangjiang, and they had no sense of adventure at all, which made Tsui Hark very disappointed.

In fact, this can’t be blamed on Zeng Zhiwei and the others. After all, they have been working hard in Xiangjiang all these years. Basically, the films they make are aimed at the audience here. It is really difficult for them to suddenly draw their thinking to the whole of Asia.

"What you said is very good, but have you ever thought that we have no chance of trial and error at all."

Teddy Robin seems to be on Zeng Zhiwei's side.

But he thought farther than Tsui Hark and the others, or more realistically.

"The budget of the movies we can make now is only about 3000 million. If it exceeds this amount, what should we do if we lose money? Do you really think that Mr. Lin's money is blown by the wind?"

Teddy Robin shook his head while talking: "Did you forget the "New Shushan Swordsman" you filmed before?"

It's okay not to talk about it, but when Teddy Robin talks about it, it's like poking Tsui Hark's sore foot.

At the beginning, it was precisely because he insisted on making "New Shushan Swordsman", so he broke with Lin Daoqiu and switched to Dibao, and was finally defeated by Lin Daoqiu's "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

As soon as Teddy Robin mentioned this matter, Tsui Hark immediately turned frosty, because it had already touched his wound.

"Okay, Lao Xu is just thinking about everyone's future, there is no need to quarrel with his own people."

Shi Nansheng could tell at a glance that Tsui Hark was upset by Teddy Robin's words, so she hurriedly stood up to ease the atmosphere of the scene.

Hearing what Shi Nansheng said, Teddy Robin also felt that the example he just gave seemed a bit inappropriate, so he quickly apologized to Tsui Hark.

"Old Xu, I didn't mean that. It's just that you are the only one here who has actually made special effects movies. I'm just giving you an example. I didn't intend to target you on purpose. If there is anything wrong, I apologize to you here."

When Tsui Hark heard what Teddy Robin said, his dissatisfaction subsided a lot.

He also knew that Teddy Robin wasn't targeting him on purpose, so he didn't continue to be angry with him.

"You have all heard what Mr. Lin said just now. You can either follow the plan Lin Daoqiu helped us design, or you can choose your own. Anyway, I will definitely make special effects movies."

Tsui Hark's idea has actually been determined from the very beginning, and everyone is no exception to this.

It's just that they suddenly switch to making special effects movies. If they succeed, it's okay, but if they fail, they can't afford the loss of tens of millions.

Even Zeng Zhiwei and the others were worried that once they failed, it would be even more difficult for them to get up again in the future.

"The future movies are not limited to special effects movies. I will still make comedy movies that I am good at, and add a little special effects gimmick at most."

Huang Baiming has a deep understanding of himself.

Although the special effects movies are good, and the ceiling is very high, it is not suitable for him.

He's still doing mid- to low-budget comedies because that's what he's good at, and he's gotten used to it over the years.

Last year's "A Happy Affair" had a very good box office. Although it was very different from Lin Daoqiu's special effects films, Huang Baiming was already very satisfied with the box office revenue of tens of millions.

If there is an opportunity to go further in the future, he will naturally not refuse.

"I have the same idea as Baiming. I'd better shoot the comedy movies I'm good at first, and leave the special effects movies to Lao Xu."

As soon as Huang Baiming finished speaking, Zeng Zhiwei immediately stood by his side.

Teddy Robin shrugged towards Tsui Hark, it seemed that he was also on Huang Baiming's side.

"Since this is the case, then I have nothing to say, everyone should do their own thing."

(End of this chapter)