Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

December 18, 1984 was a Tuesday, and "Entertainment Talk" welcomed a very special guest.

On weekdays, from Monday to Friday, "Entertainment Talk You Know" talks about entertainment-related information, or does some entertainment live reports.

However, today's episode of "Entertainment News You Know" is a special program that invites guests into the studio to record.

"Dear viewers, today's "Entertainment Talk" is a bit special. We have invited a guest for you today who doesn't usually appear in public."

"It's strange to say that although he is neither a star nor a singer, many people in Hong Kong have heard of his name. He is even more famous than some celebrities."

When Lin Jianming said this, he made an inviting gesture to the other side.

"Let us welcome Mr. Lin Daoqiulin, the boss of New Oriental Film Company..."

After Lin Jianming finished speaking, Lin Daoqiu entered the recording scene of "Entertainment Talk".

This is his first time participating in the program "Entertainment Talk". In fact, "Entertainment Talk" was created by Lin Daoqiu.

"Hello Mr. Lin, please take a seat."

Lin Jianming invited Lin Daoqiu to sit down, and she sat across from him.

The setting of today's scene is a little different from before. Usually Lin Jianming sits inside and interviews guests.

But today, the way she interviewed Lin Daoqiu was by sitting opposite each other. From this, we can see that this program is special.

"Actually, I have always been a loyal viewer of "Entertainment Talk". I have been following this program since the first episode."

Lin Daoqiu didn't lie. After all, he participated in the entire recording of the first episode, otherwise Lin Jianming wouldn't know how to host it.

"Thank you very much Mr. Lin. In fact, I believe many people know that "Entertainment Talk" is an entertainment information program created by Mr. Lin. Was it because I was a talkative person that you hired me to be the host?"

Lin Jianming was just joking, but the reason she mentioned was one of Lin Daoqiu's considerations when he selected the host.

If you compare a person who likes to talk with a person who is very quiet, if they are asked to host "Entertainment Talk", you don't have to think twice to know that Lin Daoqiu will definitely choose the former.

Lin Jianming happens to like to talk, and what he says has some content, and is not just chatting or talking nonsense.

"A small part of it is because of this. After all, this show only has one host. If it is too quiet, it will not be good."

Lin Jianming doesn't think there's anything wrong with being a talkative person. She's also glad that she is a talkative person, otherwise Lin Daoqiu wouldn't have chosen her to be the host of "Entertainment Talk".

"It turns out that being a talkative has such an advantage, so it seems that I will keep this advantage forever."

Lin Jianming smiled and did not continue talking about this topic.

Lin Daoqiu came to participate in "Entertainment Talk" today. He definitely did not want to be interviewed on a whim. The purpose of his coming here today is to promote "Godzilla", which will be released next week.

"Mr. Lin, I heard that a great movie will be released at Xiangjiang Cinema next week?"

"Asha is right. The filming of this movie cost 150 million US dollars. If converted, it would be 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars."

Hearing this, Lin Jianming immediately showed a stunned expression, but in fact, Lin Jianming had already known the production cost of the "Godzilla" movie before this, and she was just pretending here.

"Oh my god, spending 1.2 billion to make a movie, isn't Mr. Lin kidding?"

Although Lin Jianming's performance at this time has an element of performance in it, her true thoughts in her heart are not much different from what is shown on her face now.

Spending 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars to make a movie made the audience watching "You Know Entertainment" in front of the TV exclaimed that Lin Daoqiu was crazy.

"Such a joke really shouldn't be made casually. It cost 1.2 billion. In fact, I didn't know it would cost so much to finish filming "Godzilla". If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have made it."

Lin Daoqiu pretended to be depressed, but in fact, even if the production cost of this drama was US$200 million, he would not hesitate to invest in it.

"This is so exciting. According to this calculation, Mr. Lin's production of "Godzilla" is almost equal to Hong Kong's total box office revenue in three years."

After spending so much money to make a movie, no wonder many people think that Lin Daoqiu must be crazy to do such a thing.

So what if he gets a box office of 100 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong? People who know a little bit about movies believe that Lin Daoqiu will definitely lose money this time.

Now we can see how much money "Godzilla" will cost him, even if he is an internationally renowned filmmaker.

Lin Daoqiu has never made a movie in Hollywood that can exceed 600 million US dollars at the box office. If the box office performance of "Godzilla" is the same as that of "Tomb Raider", then Lin Daoqiu will lose at least half of it.

"Mr. Lin, are you really not afraid of losing money after spending so much money on a movie? There is definitely no way to recover the cost of this movie in Hong Kong, and we can only count on the external market."

Lin Jianming is more or less an industry insider. Of course she knows very well that if Xiangjiang Film wants to make money at this time, it relies on box office revenue from Baodao and Southeast Asia.

But even if all those areas are added up, it is already a very remarkable thing to bring Lin Daoqiu an income of 200 million.

No one knows what Lin Daoqiu is thinking. Most people think he is crazy, and this time "Godzilla" will definitely suffer heavy losses.

"Actually, I didn't make this movie to make money, but to improve my special effects technology. Even if "Godzilla" lost money in the end, in recent years because of the movie "Godzilla", Magic Studio's special effects technology has improved.

We have made great progress and the money is actually well spent.”

Lin Daoqiu doesn't expect "Godzilla" to make money? That is definitely impossible.

The reason why he spent so much money was just to make a lot of money all at once. Otherwise, how could he spend several years filming a movie? Wouldn't it be wrong to have that kind of energy to do something else?

better.

It's just that if you say this when you are on TV, you will appear to be more noble. Only vulgar people like money. You have transcended this low-level taste and developed towards a higher level.

"I don't know what kind of movie "Godzilla" is that cost 1.2 billion, but I can't wait to see it."