Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"This is Master Zhou, the oldest person in the costume group, and this is Mr. Lin Daoqiulin."

Xu Zhubin introduced to Lin Daoqiu.

"Hello, Master Zhou, please take good care of me in the future."

For Lin Daoqiu, costumes are also a very important part of the quality of a play, so he pays special attention to costumes.

Although Master Zhou didn't know who Lin Daoqiu was, looking at Xu Zhubin's fawning appearance, he knew that he was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Mr. Lin, you're welcome. Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Lin Daoqiu nodded first, then looked back at Zhang Shuping.

Zhang Shuping handed all the sketches in Master Zhou's hands.

"Can all the clothes in these sketches be made?"

Lin Daoqiu is not afraid of spending money, but what he is most worried about is spending too much time. After all, there is only one month left before filming.

During this period, you need to prepare everything you need to shoot. If you miss any of the items, the start-up time will be delayed, which would be bad.

Master Zhou took the sketch and looked at it carefully without saying a word.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at Lin Daoqiu: "No problem."

"I wonder how many days it will take?"

When asked by Lin Daoqiu, Master Zhou looked at the sketch again, and then estimated the time in his mind.

"Five days is enough. If you want to make it more detailed, you need to add three more days."

It would take eight days to make these sets of clothes, which Lin Daoqiu would definitely not be able to accept, because he had to make hundreds of sets of clothes.

In addition to the protagonist and supporting roles, Lin Daoqiu does not intend to treat the other minor roles carelessly. He wants to make a "Lotus Contest" that can be called a masterpiece.

For Lin Daoqiu, the meaning of quality is to pay attention to all the details from the inside to the outside, from top to bottom.

If we go by the other party's progress, I'm afraid the costumes won't be ready until next year. Lin Daoqiu doesn't have that much time to stay in Treasure Island to film TV series.

"Master Zhou, I need 100 sets of clothes of this quality, and another 200 sets of slightly inferior ones. See if you can get them done within a month."

At first, Master Zhou thought that the costumes ordered by Lin Daoqiu and the others looked so exquisite and should be used by the protagonists.

Based on his years of experience in the costume department, in a costume drama, the protagonist only has a few sets of clothes. The entire drama needs to be customized, and the total number is only ten or twenty sets. The rest can be used other ready-made ones.

Let's make do.

But he never expected that Lin Daoqiu would ask for three hundred costumes in one sentence. Does he know what he is talking about? Does he know how much it costs to customize a costume?

At this time, the salary in Baodao was around 2,400 yuan, and the per capita annual income was 1,461 US dollars, which was 52,000 yuan in Taiwan dollars. Such a costume would cost at least tens of thousands of Taiwan dollars.

Not only Master Zhou, but also Xu Zhubin was frightened by Lin Daoqiu's words. He also knew the approximate price of a set of custom-made costumes. If he wanted to make 300 sets, it would cost at least more than NT$2 million.

More than NT$2 million was thrown away before filming even started on a movie. This is simply shocking. You must know that the production cost of many movies is only NT$1 million.

Unless you want to hire the most popular stars, such as Brigitte Lin and Qin Han, otherwise, for an ordinary literary film, the production fee of NT$1 million can even be included in the actor's salary.

If you calculate it this way, the money Lin Daoqiu spent on making costumes is enough for their director to make three well-made movies.

"Any questions?"

It seemed that Lin Daoqiu didn't understand why the other party was so surprised.

Master Zhou didn't say anything. He just turned his head and looked at Xu Zhubin next to him. If Lin Daoqiu wasn't the person he brought, he really thought this guy was here to cause trouble.

"Mr. Lin is the chief producer of Xiangjiang. You can do whatever he says."

As soon as Xu Zhubin saw Master Zhou's look, he knew that he was doubting whether what Lin Daoqiu said was true or false, so he quickly explained to him.

As if being hit by a huge pie, Master Zhou looked very excited.

You must know that their clothing team has never received such a big order in so many years. If they can complete it, each of them will earn at least tens of thousands of Taiwan dollars.

"Mr. Lin, please take a seat. If you don't come over and make tea, please use the tea pot in my drawer."

Master Zhou's voice suddenly increased by dozens of degrees, which confused the tailors who were working around him. They didn't understand why Master Zhou suddenly became so excited today.

Master Zhou didn't bother to explain to those people. Now all he was thinking about was how to get this big order.

"You're welcome, Master Zhou. My request is very simple. Ensure quality and quantity, and produce three hundred sets of costumes within a month. Can you do it?"

Lin Daoqiu didn't come here to drink tea. What he was most concerned about was whether he could get the costumes out as scheduled.

Although I really want to pat my chest and make sure to do it immediately, 300 sets of costumes have to be produced within a month. Even if all the people in their costume team put together, it is impossible to do it.

What's more, they still have some tasks in hand from time to time, and it is simply impossible to mobilize everyone.

But it was even more impossible for him to give up this big order like this. Master Zhou had even made up his mind that he would definitely earn this money.

"No problem, but Mr. Lin needs to pay a deposit first, because our costume team only has more than thirty people, and we can't all come to help you make costumes, so we need to hire people from outside."

The only way now is to hire help from outside. Only by doing this can we produce 300 sets of costumes within a month.

"How much does it cost in total for three hundred costumes?"

Lin Daoqiu did not ask about the deposit, but first asked about the total price of the clothes.

"The protagonist's costume is about 10,000 yuan, and the next 8,000 yuan can be purchased. In total, it will cost about 2.8 million yuan."

Master Zhou did not intentionally charge Lin Daoqiu a high price, and he did not dare to do so. After all, the price of the costume could be found out with just one check, and there was no way he could hide it from anyone.

"I will write you a check for two million now. If it can be completed ahead of schedule, in addition to the remaining eight hundred thousand, I will add an additional two hundred thousand to you as a bonus."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he took out his checkbook directly from his pocket, wrote a check for two million on the spot and handed it to Master Zhou.

Taking the check handed over by Lin Daoqiu with trembling hands, Master Zhou never expected that the other party would be so generous.

By the time he reacted, Lin Daoqiu had already left.

"Xiao Bin, who is this Mr. Lin? Why is he so generous?"

Xu Zhubin glanced in the direction Lin Daoqiu left, and then slowly spoke.

"A few months ago, he filmed a movie called "Master Qian" in Xiangjiang, which took in a box office of 18.8 million. If converted into Taiwan dollars, it would be about 130 million."