Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Yin Sabella Adjani expressed her concerns to Lin Daoqiu.

Even though Lin Daoqiu explained the meaning of popcorn movies to her, she still didn't understand it.

At least in her mind, how could a movie that cost a lot of money be bad?

Even "Cleopatra," which cost Fox a huge loss, did poorly at the box office, but in terms of the movie itself, it was still a very good movie.

"'Cleopatra'? It was indeed a good movie, and the reason why it sold so poorly was largely due to things other than the movie, not because of the poor quality of the movie."

At that time, Fox publicly announced that the salary paid to Elizabeth Taylor, the heroine who played Cleopatra, was as high as one million, which is equivalent to more than 120 million US dollars today.

The film officially started shooting in 1960 and took three years to complete. The final production cost was as high as US$44 million, which is equivalent to US$5.2 billion today. It can be said to be the most expensive movie in history.

The movie "Cleopatra" was released in North America on June 12, 1963. Despite the huge investment, it fell far short of expectations after its release.

Because the female lead Elizabeth Taylor and the male lead Richard Burton acted in a fake show, they developed feelings for each other.

One of them is a married woman, and the other is a married man, but they love each other passionately, which leads to the breakdown of each other's families and arouses very bad public opinion.

At that time, a tabloid broke the news that the two of them were traveling abroad together, which caused an uproar in the country.

The Vatican even issued a statement specifically condemning the two for "adultery" and banned them from entering North America.

Affected by this incident, the audience was very disgusted with the film, which had a huge negative impact on the film's box office.

The box office of the film after its release was only over 20 million US dollars, less than half of the investment.

For this reason, Fox almost went bankrupt. Later, it sold 263 acres of backlots to survive the crisis, and shot a large number of low-cost popular movies to maintain operations.

"Superhero movies are like fast food. They have no nutrition. Although they taste good, they are forgotten after eating. However, they can be produced in large quantities."

"Mass production? Can artistic objects like movies be mass-produced?"

Yin Sabella Adjani was surprised by Lin Daoqiu's statement, because in her understanding, every film made is a work of art.

Although there are good and bad, at least they express some of the thoughts of the people who made this movie.

"Of course, it's just that the movies in the superhero series don't have any ideas or connotations. They are just for fun. If we really want to get to the bottom of it, it is for world peace."

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Yin Sabella and Adjani were immediately speechless.

If it is true as what the other party said, then there is absolutely no point in making this kind of movie.

"If it were me, I wouldn't waste my time making a movie like this."

Yin Sabella Adjani shook her head. She already had a bad opinion about the superhero movie series described by Lin Daoqiu.

"You are wrong. Although superheroes themselves have no meaning, they can bring huge amounts of revenue to the company. Previously, commercial movies still had some connotations, but after the superhero series came out, commercial movies will become even more decadent..."

"You may think that this kind of movie should not be made, but you can think about it for a moment. Even if I don't make it, someone will make it. The previous "Superman" series is an example, and there will be more in the future."

Even if Lin Daoqiu doesn't touch the superhero series, someone will still adapt these comics and put them on the big screen.

"Maybe you are right, but I believe that the superhero series will not be too bad in your hands."

For Yin Sabella and Adjani, as long as Lin Daoqiu does something, there must be a reason for it, and she will support him no matter what.

After all, for her, she was currently in a period of passionate love with Lin Daoqiu, and all she could think about was Lin Daoqiu, so no matter what the other party did, she would definitely support it as long as it was not something harmful to nature.

"You don't have to worry too much about this, because the superhero series itself has no meaning. The biggest significance of making this kind of movie is to improve the technology of special effects."

It can not only earn a large amount of box office revenue, but also improve the special effects technology of movies for Magic Studio. Is there anything else that is more cost-effective than this?

…………

"After my investigation, it is basically certain that Lin Daoqiu has kicked Universal out of their alliance."

"Lin Daoqiu kicked Universal out of their alliance? Why?"

In Barry Diller's office, Jeffrey Katzenberg made a detailed report to the other party on the investigation.

"You may not believe it, but because of Longmeyer's relationship, according to the information I found out, Panasonic is negotiating with MCA about the acquisition. When Longmeyer found out about this, he was very dissatisfied, so he secretly launched the Neon Threat

Argument……"

"After Universal learned of the situation, it suspended Longmeyer and took a leave of absence. As a result, Longmeyer directly chose to resign, while Lin Daoqiu directly chose to cancel the cooperation with Universal in order to support his friends."

After listening to Jeffrey Katzenberg's report, Barry Diller looked stunned.

But he still couldn't figure out why Lin Daoqiu did this? What good would it do to him?

"He is different from us. He is not the kind of person who works just for profit. And as far as I know, people in Xiangjiang are very loyal, although it is difficult for us to understand."

Barry Diller didn't even know what to say, but one thing is certain, Lin Daoqiu kicked Universal out of their alliance. This was his active choice, not passive.

"Oh, by the way, Sanchos once asked Alan Laid and Ashley to help as lobbyists, but they failed to convince Lin Daoqiu, so he came to us."

The circumstances investigated by Jeffrey Katzenberg made the whole matter suddenly very clear.

Barry Diller didn't know whether to be happy or sad about the news.

Because Universal suddenly switched to their side because they were kicked out by Lin Daoqiu, not because Universal took the initiative to do so.

"What do you think Lin Daoqiu's purpose is? Doesn't he understand that kicking Universal out of their alliance will do them no good at all?"

Barry Diller's words actually left Jeffrey Katzenberg puzzled.

Because it stands to reason that as long as more movie companies join their alliance, the situation on Paramount's side will be more difficult.

But Lin Daoqiu kicked out Universal, the strongest player in their league. This was really a puzzling behavior.

"Perhaps my idea seems outrageous to you, but I think the reason why Lin Daoqiu kicked Universal out is very simple, that is, he felt that joining us would not increase pressure on them, but might instead

kind of help."