Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Tsui Hark knew that "Godzilla" cost a lot of money, but he didn't expect it would cost so much.

"A movie with an investment of one billion Hong Kong dollars, is Lin Daoqiu crazy?"

Pan Disheng really couldn't understand, Lin Daoqiu's behavior was simply unbelievable.

There is nothing wrong with spending a billion dollars on making a movie. Is this guy crazy?

And it takes several years to shoot. If "Godzilla" fails to get a good box office when it is released, not to mention losing money, all the time he spent on "Godzilla" in the past few years will be in vain.

"Based on the investment and promotion of "Godzilla", this movie will have to earn at least 300 million U.S. dollars at the global box office to make money back, but Lin Daoqiu has not yet exceeded 300 million U.S. dollars in Hollywood for a single film.

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Cen Jianxun found an advantage in it.

So what if Lin Daoqiu spent 1 billion to make a movie? He has never had a movie that earned more than 400 million at the box office in Hollywood before.

If "Godzilla" this time is the same as before and only hovers between 200 and 300 million, Lin Daoqiu will have to lose at least several hundred million Hong Kong dollars.

Tsui Hark looked at Cen Jianxun and originally wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a few seconds, he lowered his head again.

"Okay, no matter how much box office Lin Daoqiu's "Godzilla" can get, it has nothing to do with us. This year, Baocheng Cinemas must step up its efforts and gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film market."

Pandit didn't want to continue discussing the topic of "Godzilla".

After all, Lin Daoqiu can spend 1 billion to make a movie, but he can only invest 100 million a year to make movies for the people of Baocheng Cinemas.

After this comparison, he and Lin Daoqiu immediately dwarfed each other, so Pan Disheng was naturally unwilling to continue chatting.

Because of Pan Disheng, "Godzilla" did not become a topic in Poseidon Cinemas.

However, this matter still spread without exception.

"One billion to make a movie? Is this person crazy?"

"I don't believe it either. How could someone in Xiangjiang spend one billion to make a movie? Ah, this person is Lin Daoqiu, so that's fine."

If the protagonist of this rumor were someone else, no one would believe that filmmakers in Hong Kong would spend one billion Hong Kong dollars to make a movie.

But when this person turned out to be Lin Daoqiu, the authenticity of this rumor began to increase.

When the news spread, most people were very curious about what a movie worth one billion dollars would look like, and they couldn't wait to see it as soon as possible.

Because of this, New Oriental's phone calls were overwhelmingly filled with enthusiastic viewers.

Most of the people calling were asking when "Godzilla" would be released.

Because of this, Lin Daoqiu had to hold a press conference in person to answer the public's questions and help warm up "Godzilla".

"Did the movie "Godzilla" really cost one billion Hong Kong dollars to shoot?"

"When is "Godzilla" planned to be released in Xiangjiang Cinemas?"

"How much box office does "Godzilla" need to get to make back its money?"

All kinds of questions confused Lin Daoqiu's head.

But since we are holding a press conference today, we naturally have to ask them enough questions, otherwise these reporters may not do their best to help us promote ourselves.

"Let me answer the reporter's question first. "Godzilla" cost more than one billion Hong Kong dollars. If the post-production costs are included, it will be at least more than 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Later, "Godzilla" will be promoted in major regions around the world, so the cost will naturally not be low.

A film cost nearly 200 million U.S. dollars, which sounds simply incredible.

Originally, everyone's idea was still at one billion, but Lin Daoqiu helped them add another five hundred million.

"It is now certain that Godzilla will be released during the Christmas period this year."

It's only March now, and there's still plenty of time to prepare, so releasing "Godzilla" on the Christmas schedule is the most correct choice.

Because this not only takes care of Hollywood, but also takes care of the audience in Hong Kong.

Originally, Lin Daoqiu wanted to release "Godzilla" during the Spring Festival next year.

In this case, no matter what kind of movies Baocheng Cinema Line puts out, Lin Daoqiu is confident that they will lose their pants.

But doing so will delay the release of "Godzilla" in Hong Kong. Lin Daoqiu does not want to favor one thing over another.

And his decision also made the guys at Baocheng Cinema breathe a sigh of relief.

They must thank Lin Daoqiu for not killing him.

"As for how much box office "Godzilla" needs to get to make back its money, I haven't thought about it at all, and I won't think about it."

Lin Daoqiu is not pretending, but because the box office of "Godzilla" is simply impossible to estimate.

Making money is certain, the question is how much you can make in the end.

And not only the box office revenue of movie theaters, but also the share of video tapes is by no means a small amount of money.

At this press conference, Lin Daoqiu answered many questions.

In particular, the fact that the production cost of "Godzilla" was as high as 1.5 billion, not only caused shock in Hong Kong, but when the news spread, all major regions in Southeast Asia knew about it.

Film dealers from Baodao, Neon, Hanguo, and several countries in Southeast Asia are all ready to make a move.

Everyone wants to get the agency rights for "Godzilla" in their own country.

After Lin Daoqiu held the press conference for "Godzilla", he directly devoted himself to the post-production of "Tomb Raider".

Although the filming of this film did not take very long, the process can be said to be very arduous.

Although it is not as good as the process of going to the Egyptian desert to see "The Mummy", it is not much different.

After Lin Qingxia finished filming "Tomb Raider", she slept for two whole days, and then left Hong Kong to go traveling.

This time Lin Daoqiu gave her a two-month holiday so that she could have a good rest.

Lin Qingxia happened to take this opportunity to invite her friends in Baodao to have a good time abroad.

The post-production of "Tomb Raider" will take at least two months.

Lin Daoqiu calculated the time and planned to release it on the Hollywood summer schedule.

So there is still plenty of time in terms of time. The post-production of this drama can be done slowly and there is no need to rush too much.

At that time, Lin Daoqiu was still busy with the post-production of "Tomb Raider".

Here at New Art City, Huang Baiming and Gao Zhisen have already started filming "Happy Ghost".

This time, all the protagonists of "Happy Ghost" were replaced.

Replaced by four new faces, Luo Meiwei, Chen Jialing, Yuan Jieying, and Fu Mingxian.

Lin Daoqiu doesn't know about this yet, but even if he knows, he won't say much. After all, the "Happy Ghost" series is in Huang Baiming's hands, and it is glowing, so there is no need for him to interfere.