Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

In fact, this short film shot by Lin Daoqiu has no theme. After the last two dragons fought, it turned into a golden rain.

The sky, which was originally covered with dark clouds, returned to its sunny appearance.

But even so, the opening short film of the Academy Awards is still a feast for everyone's eyes.

Yu Cheng, who was in the audience, was very curious at first about what the short film with special effects costing 20 million yuan would look like.

If this money is used to make a movie, it will be considered a top-notch production in Hong Kong.

But this short film by Lin Daoqiu is only less than five minutes long, and it feels like it ended without much viewing.

"Twenty million was spent like this?"

Yu Cheng couldn't believe that a special effects film that cost 20 million yuan to create ended like this. Lin Daoqiu was just burning money, right?

And if 20 million were converted into banknotes and burned, it would probably be much longer than the duration of this video.

But while Yu Cheng was still in shock, warm applause erupted from the scene.

Completely different from Yu Cheng's thoughts, Tsui Hark's evaluation of this short film is very high.

"Compared with previous years, Magic Studio's technology has been improving. The future is really promising."

Tsui Hark himself thinks that in the future he will also direct a film with excellent special effects like "Godzilla".

After all, with Magic Studio here, they don't need to go abroad to find a special effects team. Everything can be done in Xiangjiang, which is extremely convenient.

"That's true, but a special effects movie costs at least tens of millions of dollars to shoot. If it is not released in Hollywood, if it is done like this in Asia alone, I don't know how much money it will cost."

Huang Baiming is not as enthusiastic about special effects movies as Tsui Hark, but he also knows very well that "Happy Ghost" was able to achieve such good box office results precisely because of the use of some simple special effects.

If "Happy Ghost" lacked special effects, I'm afraid the box office of the third film would definitely fall a lot.

"Tens of millions of dollars? I don't have that big ambition. If you can give me HK$100 million to make a special effects movie, I'll be very satisfied."

Looking at Hong Kong movies, if we focus on the Asian region, then a production fee of 100 million Hong Kong dollars can get a good box office, it will definitely be no problem to repay the money, and it can even make a small profit.

So for these people in New Art City, they have not thought about going to Hollywood to show their talents. Now they can gain a foothold in Asia, which is a very good thing.

At the same time, on the other side, Di Bao did not miss the Academy Awards ceremony this time, but Pan Disheng naturally did not show up. The team was led by Sammo Hung and Shum Jianxun.

So they knew very well that Lin Daoqiu controlled the Academy Awards. If they could not participate, they would support it with both hands.

However, when Pan Di-sheng lent Jackie Chan from Lin Dao-qiu, the two had a gentleman's agreement that Di Bao would not put obstacles in the way of the Academy Awards, and would also fully support it.

I don’t know if Pan Disheng felt that he still made a profit after going back and forth.

"Compared with previous years, the Academy Awards really have more gimmicks. Although this special effects short film is so short, I think the production cost will definitely not be low."

Although Cen Jianxun was not very fond of Lin Daoqiu, he still greatly appreciated the capabilities of Magic Studio.

After all, Magic Studio was considered one of the top three special effects companies in the world at this time. If the relationship between Pan Disheng and Lin Daoqiu was not so bad, Cen Jianxun would naturally be willing to cooperate with Magic Studio.

"Mr. Lin's move is probably telling everyone that the future is the era of special effects movies."

If there had been no "Godzilla", Sammo Hung would have still stubbornly believed that those special effects movies were not as good as real Kung Fu.

But when "Godzilla" was born, Hong Kong's top martial arts star suddenly felt a sad feeling.

In the past, they worked hard to shoot the scenes, but these special effects techniques can easily achieve them.

If this continues, no one will learn Kung Fu in the future, and I'm afraid Kung Fu movies will become a thing of the past by then.

"Special effects movies do have their own uniqueness, but there is not just one type of movie. Many different types of movies constitute a sound movie market. Brother Hong doesn't need to worry about this."

Zhang Jianting is quite open-minded. After all, he has always made literary films and does not use special effects technology at all, so he is not as worried as Sammo Hung.

Sammo Hung turned his head and glanced at Zhang Jianting, but he didn't say anything.

Although what Zhang Jianting said is correct, it cannot be applied to Sammo Hung.

Sammo Hung is not worried about whether kung fu movies can survive. What he is worried about is that kung fu movies cannot become the top-grossing movies in Hong Kong as they are now.

If that day really comes, Sammo Hung won't even know what he should do.

The special effects technology brought by Lin Daoqiu undoubtedly brings hope to Hong Kong movies, but at the same time it also adds invisible pressure to many people.

"This video cost 20 million?"

Chu Yuan and Lin Daoqiu were sitting together. When he heard that this movie, which was less than five minutes long, cost 20 million to produce, he could no longer close his mouth.

If 20 million were given to him, he would be able to make at least two or three high-quality movies, but with Lin Daoqiu, it would only be a five-minute movie.

"The production cost of special effects movies is not low. If it is of high quality, the cost will be even more exaggerated. Twenty million to shoot for five minutes is actually a good deal."

To the ears of others, Lin Daoqiu's words were obviously a disguised way of showing off his wealth.

Chu Yuan originally thought that he had been filming and was not far away from the mainstream of Hong Kong movies.

But after watching the opening special effects short film, he once thought that he had retired.

"Director Chu, don't worry too much. I believe that although special effects movies are still a rare thing now, in a few years, most of the movies in Hong Kong will use special effects technology, and Director Chu may be one of them by then."

Lin Daoqiu's words made Chu Yuan feel a little more comfortable. Although he didn't know whether what Lin Daoqiu said was true or false, in his opinion, it was certainly a good thing to have something to look forward to.

After the special effects short film was played, the singing and dancing performance of the Academy Awards began.

The opening guests invited this year were Rowan and Jenny Jenny, a golden pair in the music industry. Their singing immediately ignited the atmosphere at the venue.

After the first song and dance performance ended, the third Academy Awards officially began to award the first award.