Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 865 Because of Being Angry

Speaking of the two dramas "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Shushan Swordsman".

Although "New Shushan Swordsman" claims to have reached an investment of 5000 million yuan.

However, in terms of attention, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has always been far ahead.

After all, this is Lin Daoqiu's first novel.

Although it was Huang Ying who wrote the book, everyone still prefers to attribute the author of this book to Lin Daoqiu.

And the audience of "New Shushan Swordsman" at this time in Xiangjiang is obviously not at the same level as "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

So at the beginning, the vast majority of people were not optimistic about the drama "New Shushan Swordsman", but more recognized "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

It can be said that although "New Shushan Swordsman" has an astonishingly high production cost, it is not as popular as "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the eyes of the audience.

With this in mind, Tsui Hark went to find Bao Shaogang, hoping that he would finally pay another promotional fee for "New Shushan Swordsman".

After selling the Kowloon Cinemas, Bao Shaogang has almost no contact with the film industry.

So when Tsui Hark approached him, Bao Shaogang still looked very unhappy.

But when I think about it carefully, I spent 5000 million at the beginning, and giving Tsui Hark 100 million as a promotion fee is actually not a big deal.

After all, if this drama is a hit, the biggest benefit will still be myself, Tsui Hark is just working for himself.

It is precisely because of Bao Shaogang's 100 million publicity fee that Tsui Hark was able to truly publicize "New Shushan Swordsman" all over Xiangjiang.

Even those who don't often go to the cinema to watch movies have heard Tsui Hark's "New Shushan Swordsman".

March 1983, 3, that day was Saturday, and it was also the day when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Shushan Swordsman" premiered.

In the leading theater of Golden Harvest Cinemas, a large group of staff have been busy here since yesterday.

It is to prepare for the premiere of "New Shushan Swordsman" today.

And the situation is the same in the leading theater of New Oriental Cinemas, which is only three streets away from here.

Prior to this, the advertising campaign between "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" had been going on for a whole month.

It can be said that almost most people in Xiangjiang already know the existence of these two plays.

And besides the local media in Hong Kong, even foreign media sent people to report on this occasion.

However, the vast majority of people chose to go to the side of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" to report.

After all, Lin Daoqiu's international reputation was unmatched by Golden Harvest and the others.

"It doesn't matter, I believe that after today, Director Xu's reputation will not be limited to Xiangjiang."

When he learned that foreign reporters had all gone to New Oriental, He Guanchang immediately came over to comfort Tsui Hark.

"Mr. He doesn't need to comfort me. Mr. Lin's reputation and status in the world are beyond my comparability."

Tsui Hark was not stupid enough to argue with Lin Daoqiu about this.

And he doesn't think that "New Shushan Swordsman" can be successful enough to let the whole world know his name as Tsui Hark.

After all, the targeted audience of "New Shushan Swordsman" is mainly Chinese-speaking audiences.

Even on the side of Neon and Bangguo, Tsui Hark was not sure that the audience there could understand the story of "New Shushan Swordsman".

"Director Xu doesn't need to be so sad. I think "New Shushan Swordsman" will definitely overwhelm "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time."

He Guanchang looks very confident, but he doesn't know where his confidence comes from.

As for what He Guanchang said, Tsui Hark just smiled and didn't say anything.

I don't know what kind of attitude he has towards what He Guanchang said.

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This time the hosts sent by ATV are Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong.

Both of them have cooperated with Lin Daoqiu before, so they can be regarded as acquaintances.

And this time, the three protagonists of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all artists of ATV, so ATV is naturally paying special attention to this aspect.

"Uncle Biao, do you know that there are rumors outside that the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is only [-]% of that of "New Shushan Swordsman"."

At the beginning of the broadcast, Liu Zhirong and Dong Piao began to chat about the production fee of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which had been arguing a lot before.

"I've heard this too, but based on what I know about Mr. Lin, saying that the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is only 500 million is really underestimating him."

Dong Piao had already cooperated with Lin Daoqiu in "Ip Man" when he was the predecessor of ATV, and he knew Lin Daoqiu somewhat.

"Uncle Biao, you actually don't know how much the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is. It's all just guesswork."

Liu Zhirong seemed to disagree with Dong Biao's statement.

When Dong Piao heard this, he turned to look at Liu Zhirong, and asked him with a smile.

"How about this, after Mr. Lin arrives later, let's ask him together, whether "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is lower than 500 million or higher than 500 million?"

"Okay, I think what's said should be accurate, so I guess it's closer to 500 million."

Without even thinking about it, Liu Zhirong gave his answer directly.

"If that's the case, then I'll bet not only more than 500 million, but also more than 1000 million. How about a meal?"

"No problem, it looks like I have a seafood dinner tomorrow."

I don't know where Dong Piao got the confidence to bet with Liu Zhirong.

But in fact, before their conversation, someone instructed them to do so.

Otherwise, Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong wouldn't be able to make such a bet in front of the TV with nothing to do.

Just at 07:30, two luxury cars appeared in front of the camera.

This time Lin Daoqiu specially asked someone to spread out a long red carpet.

On both sides of the red carpet, cords were drawn to keep the reporters out.

Those who watched the live broadcast would find that there was no red carpet at Golden Harvest, and there were no lines, it seemed a bit crude.

Leslie Cheung, Chen Yulian, Li Saifeng, and Jiang David got off the car one by one.

"Look, our protagonist is here."

When Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong saw Leslie Cheung getting out of the car, they immediately turned the camera.

For the premiere tonight, what Lin Daoqiu asked was that boys must wear suits and girls must wear evening gowns.

And this rule will be more clearly defined at this year's first Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony.

After all, the reason why Lin Daoqiu made such a regulation was also because he was pissed off by those guys who made those strange costumes at the awards ceremony in the later generations.

So Lin Daoqiu didn't want to appear in front of him in this life, those guys who dressed up strangely for the sake of blogging.

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