Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 743
"Thank you, Director Li, for calling me, so that I can sneak in some time from my busy schedule."

After Lin Daoqiu came to the box, he thanked Li Hanxiang before sitting down.

When Hu Jinquan heard this, the expression on his face was a bit strange. He seemed to think that Lin Daoqiu meant something, and he was warning him not to tell others about it.

"Combining work and rest, Mr. Lin works so hard every day, so it's worth taking a rest once in a while."

Li Hanxiang didn't realize the meaning of Lin Daoqiu's words just now.

"Is Director Li busy recently? If not, why don't you come over and help me make the film."

Li Hanxiang didn't expect that Lin Daoqiu would ask him to make a movie. While he was happy, he also felt strange, because Lin Daoqiu didn't mention this matter when he met the other party before.

He thought the other party was joking, so Li Hanxiang didn't take it too seriously.

"Mr. Lin has already invited Jin Quan away, so why did he think of me? New Oriental has many excellent directors."

"Director Li, I really want to ask you to make a movie."

Lin Daoqiu looked at Li Hanxiang with a serious face. At this moment, the other party immediately realized that Lin Daoqiu was really not joking.

"I wonder if Mr. Lin brought the script?"

Li Hanxiang was not in a hurry to agree to Lin Daoqiu, he wanted to read the script first, and if the other party wanted to shoot it himself, which was not a subject he was good at, Li Hanxiang might really reject Lin Daoqiu.

"I don't have a script, but if Director Li has a good subject, I can invest in it."

"What Mr. Lin said is true?"

Li Hanxiang did not expect that Lin Daoqiu would be so generous, because he now has a historical blockbuster that he has spent a lot of time thinking about making, and it is not one, but three.

"Does Director Li think I'm joking? Uh... Could it be that Director Li really has a movie in his hand that he's planning to start shooting?"

Lin Daoqiu was just pretending to ask, but in fact, in his memory, "Burning the Old Summer Palace" and "Listening to the Government with the Curtain" should start filming this year and next.

If possible, Lin Daoqiu hopes to directly invest in these two historical blockbusters, so that Li Hanxiang can have sufficient funds to make these two films perfect.

It is said that at that time Li Hanxiang only planned to make one film, but after reviewing a large amount of historical materials and consulting a number of Qing history experts, he worked day and night, revised several times, and wrote a [-]-character script, so he decided to divide it into three films. shoot.

But if you think about it this way, the problem is that he doesn't have that much money in his hands now, and if he cooperates with the mainland, there won't be much money to support him there.

Originally, what Li Hanxiang wanted was to squeeze in a crowd and think of a way to make the movie first, but now Lin Daoqiu suddenly proposed to invest in himself, how could Li Hanxiang miss such a good opportunity.

"Mr. Lin, I do have a movie to make, and it's a historical blockbuster, about the end of the Qing Dynasty..."

Li Hanxiang seemed to have forgotten about Hu Jinquan, and started talking to Lin Daoqiu about the three scripts he wrote.

As Lin Daoqiu thought, the filming of these three films has not yet started, but they have entered the preparatory stage.

If he came later, I'm afraid Li Hanxiang would have gone to the mainland to film.

This lecture lasted for more than an hour, and Li Hanxiang stopped after two pots of tea were refilled.

"It sounds really good. If these three plays can be filmed, it will be of great help to our future generations to understand this period of history."

"Yes, these are the wealth left to us by our ancestors, not to mention whether it is good or bad, but in the final analysis, it happened in history. We should really present the real side to everyone."

Li Hanxiang nodded. He was also very clear that it was basically impossible for these three films to sell well, but even so, he was still willing to invest a lot of money and energy into this matter.

"Well, I voted for all three of these plays for you. As for how much it will cost, we will discuss it later."

Originally, Lin Daoqiu wanted to invest 3000 million yuan for Li Hanxiang to shoot the three dramas. After the three dramas are divided, the investment for each can be as high as [-] million.

But if he said this, he was afraid that Li Hanxiang would be extravagant when he spent the money, which might cause unnecessary waste.

So Lin Daoqiu planned to give the accurate number first, let Li Hanxiang play freely, and then decide according to the situation.

But Lin Daoqiu's kindness seemed a bit twisted in Li Hanxiang's eyes. It sounded like Lin Daoqiu gave a lot, but he didn't seem to give much.

There is a huge contrast in the performance of historical blockbusters and commercial films at the box office, not to mention that Li Hanxiang intends to shoot this film on the spot.

Without the box office of the film on Treasure Island, the three films will definitely lose a lot of money when they are filmed.

It's not worth spending too much, but it's impossible to shoot the effect Li Hanxiang wants if you spend less, which makes Li Hanxiang start to make trouble.

"Mr. Lin, if you don't have three films, how about you vote 3000 million? If you calculate 1000 million for one film, you should be able to shoot it."

Li Hanxiang still wants to fix the budget of the three plays first, if it is replaced by someone else, I am afraid he will have to drop from the 3000 million basis.

It was only in front of Lin Daoqiu that Li Hanxiang dared to report the figure of 3000 million.

Shaking his head, Lin Daoqiu directly rejected Li Hanxiang's suggestion without even thinking about it.

This made Li Hanxiang very depressed. He felt that Lin Daoqiu was willing to spend more than 5000 million to make a movie like "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

But he refused to even invest 1000 million yuan in such a serious drama, which really made him feel embarrassed.

But art movies are like this, and it is difficult to find someone to invest in begging grandpa to sue grandma. If it weren't for the purpose of leaving this history to future generations, Li Hanxiang would not try his best to find a way to make this movie.

"Director Li, I'm afraid you misunderstood me."

Lin Daoqiu found that Li Hanxiang seemed to have become very depressed because of what he said just now, and he immediately guessed what the other party was thinking.

Li Hanxiang also thought that what Lin Daoqiu wanted to say was that he didn't plan to spend a lot of money to make these three films, because he was thinking too much.

"What I mean is that there is no upper limit to the budget for these three plays, and the place that should be spent must be spent, but it cannot be wasted, and what is presented must be what happened in history, and cannot be fabricated out of thin air."

Li Hanxiang, who was depressed at first, raised his head immediately because of Lin Daoqiu's words.

There is no upper limit to the budget. This is probably the most beautiful sentence Li Hanxiang has ever heard in his life.

　Thank you, we think it is a monthly ticket for young people!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)