Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

I took Zhang Jingyu around the set and introduced him to the preparation progress of "Alien Invaders".

Zhang Jingyu listened very carefully, and Xu Chengpeng next to him took a pen and wrote down what Lin Daoqiu and McDonald said in his notebook from time to time.

Lin Daoqiu knew at a glance that Zhang Jingyu came to the set today, probably to understand the situation of the film on behalf of Li Zhengnan.

After all, this drama also cost Baodao a budget of 100 million US dollars. It would be strange if they didn't pay attention to it.

"Mr. Lin, although it's presumptuous to say this, what I mean is that we hope that the production of this drama can be completed as soon as possible, without delaying too long, and the quality and quantity must be maintained."

Zhang Jingyu has never made a movie, and he knows nothing about making movies. However, these words were said by Li Zhengnan, and he only conveyed them to Lin Daoqiu on his behalf.

"Director Zhang, I also hope that the progress can be accelerated, but it is not easy to speed up the progress of such a blockbuster, and it also has to maintain quality and quantity. I am a little helpless."

Although Lin Daoqiu did not intend to make the movie "Alien Invaders" very good, he also did not intend to make this movie into a bad movie.

"To be honest with Director Zhang, the post-production special effects alone for this movie will take at least half a year, and that's very fast. It's estimated that it will take more than a year to finish filming."

Lin Daoqiu has already lowered the standards to produce this drama, and the time has been accelerated a lot.

If according to his standards, it would have taken at least two years to film the film, and the special effects would have taken at least nine months.

"Mr. Lin, I believe you also know that Baodao's international image is not very good recently. The higher-ups hope that this drama can help us reverse the unfavorable international situation. I hope you can understand."

Zhang Jingyu knows very well why Baodao spent a lot of money to film this movie for Lin Daoqiu. Isn't it just to reverse the negative international public opinion against Baodao.

Especially after the Associated Press reporter returned to the United States, he published a report that was very unfavorable to them.

Although Li Zhengnan later tried every means to deal with the matter, the impact on them was irreversible.

So they are in urgent need of an opportunity to change the international view of them, and this opportunity is Lin Daoqiu's special effects blockbuster.

Because of this, Li Zhengnan and the others hope that this drama can be released as soon as possible.

"Of course I understand, and I want to help, but special effects movies are completely different from ordinary movies. I hope Director Zhang will help me convey this to Chief Li when he returns."

What Lin Daoqiu said made Zhang Jingyu very depressed, but as a scholar, he would not say anything harsh in front of Lin Daoqiu.

"In that case, please trouble Mr. Lin to put in more effort, and I will convey it to you, Chief Li."

After chatting for a while, Li Zhengnan took Xu Chengpeng and left. This trip to find Lin Daoqiu obviously failed to achieve what he wanted to achieve.

After getting in the car, Zhang Jingyu seemed a little depressed. After all, Lin Daoqiu's answer was obviously not what Li Zhengnan wanted to hear.

"Director, I think Lin Daoqiu is probably working there deliberately. He doesn't sincerely want to help us."

Xu Chengpeng, who was sitting in the passenger seat, began to speak ill of Lin Daoqiu.

Zhang Jingyu glared at him fiercely after hearing this.

"A wise man should not speak secretly. Talking about others behind their backs is not the behavior of a gentleman. You should be careful in your words and deeds."

Xu Chengpeng didn't expect that Zhang Jingyu would have such a big opinion, which shocked him.

Worried that his words would give Zhang Jingyu a bad impression of him, Xu Chengpeng quickly explained to him.

"Director, actually I'm not saying bad things about Mr. Lin. What I mean is that maybe he didn't get what he wanted, so he didn't do it with all his strength."

"He didn't get what he wanted? The $100 million budget has been allocated in advance, what else does he want?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jingyu suddenly remembered what Lin Daoqiu really wanted, which was the TV station license.

Thinking carefully about what Xu Chengpeng said, it is possible that Lin Daoqiu deliberately slowed down the filming because he failed to obtain a TV station license. This is not really the case.

"Director, there are rumors out there that the reason why Mr. Lin is helping to film this movie this time is because he is here to get the TV station license."

Xu Chengpeng's words shocked Zhang Jingyu. How could such a thing spread outside?

"It's better not to spread such rumors indiscriminately. How can the TV station's license be opened so easily? I don't know who are the people spreading such rumors."

If Xu Chengpeng hadn't heard Zhang Jingyu mention this matter to Lin Daoqiu on the phone, he might have been deceived by Zhang Jingyu.

But since his immediate boss has said so, Xu Chengpeng should not refute him unless he is extremely stupid.

"The director is right, I will definitely remember your teachings."

Xu Chengpeng did not continue, but his words were like a nail, driving into Zhang Jingyu's heart.

After leaving the set, Zhang Jingyu went straight to the government office to meet Li Zhengnan.

Taking the notebook Xu Chengpeng had written down at the door, Zhang Jingyu quickly entered the courtyard.

At Li Zhengnan's door, Zhang Jingyu only waited for ten minutes before being notified that he could go in.

Every time he goes to Li Zhengnan's office, Zhang Jingyu's mood will be very different, but without exception, Zhang Jingyu feels very nervous whenever he comes to see Li Zhengnan.

"Sir, I have made a summary of the preparations for the movie during this period, and I am here to report to you."

When Li Zhengnan heard that Zhang Jingyu came to report to him on the preparations for the play, he didn't say anything and just nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jingyu reported to Li Zhengnan everything he heard and saw on the set today.

"Sir, Lin Daoqiu spent as much as three million US dollars on buildings and model props alone. This is really not a good thing."

Zhang Jingyu told Li Zhengnan his story.

However, Li Zhengnan didn't have any special feelings about this, because based on his previous understanding, this was how Lin Daoqiu spent money on filming, so he was not surprised at all.

Li Zhengnan even felt that Lin Daoqiu was seriously producing this drama, so he invested a large amount of money in those buildings and prop models. This was recognized by Li Zhengnan.

"If you don't understand movies, don't comment in vain. Lin Daoqiu is a good filmmaker. Since we asked him to make this movie, we must trust him. Otherwise, can you find a better filmmaker than Lin Daoqiu?

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Zhang Jingyu shook his head directly. He didn't know much about movies in the first place, so asking him to find a better filmmaker than Lin Daoqiu was an extremely difficult task for Zhang Jingyu.

"Sir, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"If you have anything to say, just say it directly. There is nothing I can't say here."

Li Zhengnan felt that Zhang Jingyu was a little strange today. Could it be that he wanted to sue someone?

"Sir, I don't think Lin Daoqiu is taking this movie seriously."