Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 876
"The 6000 million I said is already the lowest price. Based on 25 to 8000 episodes, if you want to make a good film, you need at least [-] million."

Huang Xizhao felt that he and Lin Daoqiu were out of step.

Not to mention 8000 million or 6000 million, even the 3000 million mentioned by Huang Xizhao is very difficult.

"Mr. Lin, I know you have high requirements for "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but there is no need for a TV series to be made like a movie."

Xu Xiaoming felt that Lin Daoqiu's request was a bit overwhelming.

He wanted to make "Legend of Sword and Fairy" a good one, which is understandable to everyone.

But if he followed his ideas to produce TV series, I am afraid that the TV station would go bankrupt sooner or later.

"Director Xu is right. In fact, let alone 2000 million, even if you save a province, 500 million can be filmed, and the filming will be very good."

Lin Daoqiu was not talking out of anger, even if he spends 500 million yuan to make a TV series, Xiangjiang is already a sky-high price at this time.

"Mr. Lin, I didn't mean that..."

Xu Xiaoming thought that Lin Daoqiu was speaking in anger, but he obviously misunderstood what Lin Daoqiu meant.

At this time, Lin Daoqiu was not yet angry with Xu Xiaoming, he was no longer a child.

"Director Xu, I'm not talking ironically. The production fee of 500 million is not low at all."

At this time, for ordinary TV dramas, the production cost of an episode is about [-] yuan, and the better ones can reach [-] yuan.

Compared with TVB, ATV is more willing to spend money, so the average production cost of a TV series is around [-].

Usually a movie is filmed, calculated according to the number of episodes, it is probably between 200 and [-] million.

The number of episodes of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" will not be too many. If the production fee is 500 million, then the production fee for a single episode is probably around 20.

You must know that even this is more than three times the production cost of general TV dramas.

If you don't spend on special effects, an episode of about [-] yuan is already a very well-produced TV series.

"What does Mr. Lin mean? Suggest that we spend 500 million to make "Legend of Sword and Fairy"?"

Xu Xiaoming didn't believe it at all, and Lin Daoqiuhu agreed to let them spend only 500 million to shoot "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

"No... that's all I said."

Lin Daoqiu smiled and shook his head, making Xu Xiaoming really angry.

"Actually, ATV is just looking for a TV series that can become a big hit, so as to shorten the distance between TVB and TVB. I guess I'm not wrong."

It's been a rough time for ATV these days.

Since Run Run Shaw sold Shaw Brothers to Bao Shaogang, he and Fang Yat-hua put all their efforts into the operation of wireless.

This year, the momentum of wireless has been upward, while ATV is the opposite.

So now ATV must reverse the predicament and produce several excellent TV dramas to bring the audience back from TVB.

"The popularity of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Shushan Swordsman" has driven the trend of fairy tale dramas. In fact, as long as the filming is good, it doesn't have to be a fairy tale."

With today's production level of special effects, even if it is barely shot, I don't know how much it will cost.

If this is the case, it is better to focus on making martial arts in ancient costumes, which is more realistic.

Compared with Xianxia dramas that require a lot of special effects, the production level of ancient costume martial arts is already very proficient in today's Xiangjiang.

"Does Mr. Lin have any good suggestions?"

Huang Xizhao looked at Lin Daoqiu curiously and asked him.

"The martial arts in ancient costumes have been enduring for a long time, but the ones filmed before are really terrible. Not only the martial arts, costumes, lines, and actors, but to put it bluntly, they have not kept up with the times."

Lin Daoqiu had filmed "Lotus Hegemony" before, and originally he wanted to film "Swordsman".

But when the revised script was sent to Mr. Jin Yong, he was immediately rejected by the other party.

Moreover, Mr. Jin Yong also said that Lin Daoqiu would not be allowed to make his own movie. Four years have passed in the blink of an eye.

"Many of Gu Long's novels are suitable for remakes, such as "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword"."

It seems that Lin Daoqiu has no plans to remake Jin Yong's novel.

At this time, Huang Xizhao suddenly remembered what happened in "Swordsman", he felt that Lin Daoqiu was still brooding over Jin Yong's rejection of him.

Speaking of Gu Longhe's "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword", Xiangjiang's first film is not a TV series but a movie.

In 1977, Shaw Brothers remade "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword".

Ti Lung as Li Xunhuan, Er Dongsheng as A Fei, Yu Anan as Lin Shiyin, Ching Li as Lin Xianer, Yue Hua as Long Xiaoyun.

At that time, "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword" won a box office of 160 million at the time, ranking 17th in the annual box office of Hong Kong's local films.

The first version of the TV series was filmed by TVB in 1978, called "Little Li Feidao", and in the same year, a sequel "Little Li Feidao: Demon Swordsman Love" was also filmed.

At that time, Wang Tianlin was the producer of the play, Zhu Jiang played Li Xunhuan, Huang Yuanshen played A Fei, Huang Xingxiu played Lin Xianer, Wen Liumei played Lin Shiyin, and Ouyang Peishan played Sun Xiaohong.

The most famous part of this drama is the theme song "Little Li Feidao" composed by Gu Jiahui, written by Lu Guozhan, and sung by Luo Wen.

Last year, in fact, Baodao also made a remake of Gu Long's novel called "Flying Knife". The actor who played Li Xunhuan was Wei Ziyun, an early Shaw Brothers star.

However, this drama did not cause too much disturbance in Baodao, and many people even didn't know the existence of this drama.

"Mr. Lin, who are you going to cast as Li Xunhuan?"

Xu Xiaoming has no objection to the remake of "Sentimental Swordsman Ruthless Sword". What he wants to know is who is Lin Daoqiu's preferred protagonist.

Now the most popular actors on ATV are Liu Songren, Leslie Cheung, Liu Zhirong, and Pan Zhiwen. It should not be difficult to choose one of these people to play Li Xunhuan.

But for Lin Daoqiu, the most suitable person for the role of Li Xunhuan is only 15 years old.

Looking at the actors in Xiangjiang at this time, it can be said that there are very few actors who are suitable for the role of Li Xunhuan.

It is really hard to find an actor who can fully interpret Li Xunhuan's character, because he is too contradictory.

When Ti Lung played Li Xunhuan, he was well received by Gu Long.

But now Lin Daoqiu will naturally not choose Gu Long to play Li Xunhuan, he will naturally find another person.

"How about this, director Xu will direct this film, and I will prepare the script and actors."

Since Lin Daoqiu decided to shoot "Little Li Fei Dao", except for him as the producer, there is no one more suitable for ATV from top to bottom.

And when Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, neither Huang Xizhao nor Xu Xiaoming expressed any objection, so the matter was settled.

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