Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Speaking of the two dramas "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Shushan Swordsman".

Although "New Shushan Swordsman" claims to have reached an investment of 50 million.

However, in terms of attention, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has always been far ahead.

After all, this is the first novel written by Lin Daoqiu.

Although it was Huang Ying who wrote the book, everyone still prefers to attribute the author of this book to Lin Daoqiu.

The audience of "New Shushan Swordsman" in Xiangjiang at this time is obviously not on the same level as "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

So at the beginning, most people were not optimistic about the drama "New Shushan Swordsman", but more recognized "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

It can be said that although "New Shushan Swordsman" has an astonishingly high production cost, it is not as popular as "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the eyes of the audience.

Taking this into consideration, Tsui Hark went to Bao Shaogang, hoping that he would finally pay another promotion fee for "New Shushan Swordsman".

After selling the Kowloon cinema chain, Bao Shaogang had almost no contact with the film industry.

So when Tsui Hark came to the door, Bao Shaogang looked very unhappy.

But if you think about it carefully, I spent all the 50 million in the first place, and giving Tsui Hark 1 million as a promotional fee is actually not a big deal.

After all, if this drama becomes a hit, the biggest benefit will be to himself. Tsui Hark is just working for himself.

It is precisely because of Bao Shaogang's one million promotion fee that Tsui Hark was able to truly promote "New Shushan Swordsman" to all corners of Hong Kong.

Even people who don't often go to movie theaters have heard of Tsui Hark's "The New Shushan Swordsman".

March 5, 1983, is a Saturday, and it is also the premiere day of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "New Shushan Swordsman".

At the Longtou Theater of the Jiahe Cinema Line, a large group of staff have been busy here since yesterday.

Just to prepare for the premiere of "New Shushan Swordsman" today.

The situation is the same at the Longtou Cinema of the New Oriental Cinemas, which is only three streets away from here.

Prior to this, the advertising campaign for "New Shushan Swordsman" and "Legend of Sword and Fairy" had been going on for a whole month.

It can be said that almost most people in Xiangjiang already know the existence of these two dramas.

Moreover, in addition to the local media in Xiangjiang, even foreign media sent people to report on this grand event.

However, the vast majority of people chose to report on "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

After all, Lin Daoqiu's international reputation is unmatched by Jiahe and others.

"It doesn't matter. I believe that after today, Director Xu's reputation will not be limited to Hong Kong."

When he learned that foreign reporters had all gone to New Oriental, He Guanchang immediately came over to comfort Tsui Hark.

"Mr. He, there is no need to comfort me. Mr. Lin's international reputation and status are not comparable to mine."

Tsui Hark is not stupid enough to argue with Lin Daoqiu about this.

And he doesn't think that "New Shushan Swordsman" will be successful enough for the whole world to know his name, Tsui Hark.

After all, the audience targeted by "New Shushan Swordsman" is mainly Chinese-speaking audiences.

Even for Neon and Bangguo, Tsui Hark was not sure that the audience there could understand what the story of "New Shushan Swordsman" was about.

"Director Xu doesn't need to be so sad. I think "New Shushan Swordsman" will definitely surpass "Legend of Sword and Fairy" this time."

He Guanchang seemed very confident, but he didn't know where he got his confidence from.

Regarding what He Guanchang said, Tsui Hark just smiled and said nothing.

I don't know what kind of attitude he has towards what He Guanchang said.

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This time the hosts sent by ATV are Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong.

Both of them have worked with Lin Daoqiu before, so they can be considered acquaintances.

And this time, the three protagonists of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" are all ATV artists, so ATV is naturally particularly concerned about this aspect.

"Uncle Biao, do you know that there are rumors out there that the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is only 10% of that of "New Shushan Swordsman"."

At the beginning of the broadcast, Liu Zhirong and Dong Piao began to chat about the production fee incident of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" that had caused a lot of quarrel before.

"I have also heard such a statement, but based on my understanding of Mr. Lin, saying that the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is only 5 million is really underestimating him."

When Dong Piao was in the predecessor of ATV, which was also Li, he had already collaborated with Lin Daoqiu in "Ip Man", and he knew Lin Daoqiu to some extent.

"Uncle Biao, actually you don't know how much the production cost of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is, it's all just guesswork."

Liu Zhirong seemed to disagree with Dong Piao's statement.

Upon hearing this, Dong Piao turned to look at Liu Zhirong, and then asked him with a smile.

"How about this, when Mr. Lin comes later, let's ask him together whether "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is lower than five million, or higher than five million?"

"Okay, I think what is said outside should be accurate, so I guess it is closer to five million."

Liu Zhirong gave his answer directly without thinking.

"If this is the case, then I will not only bet more than five million, but also more than ten million. Just bet on a meal. What do you think?"

"No problem, it looks like I have a seafood dinner tomorrow."

I don’t know where Dong Piao got the confidence to dare to bet with Liu Zhirong.

But in fact, someone had instructed them to do this before their conversation.

Otherwise, Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong would not be idle and making such a bet in front of the TV.

The time just reached 7:30, and two luxury cars appeared in front of the camera.

This time Lin Daoqiu specially asked people to roll out a long red carpet.

Threads were also drawn on both sides of the red carpet to keep reporters out.

If you watch the live broadcast, you will find that there is no red carpet in Jiahe, and there are no lines. It looks a bit crude.

Leslie Cheung, Chen Yulian, Li Saifeng, and Jiang David stepped out of the car one after another.

"Look, our protagonist is here."

When Dong Piao and Liu Zhirong saw Leslie Cheung and the others getting out of the car, they immediately asked people to turn the camera over.

At tonight's premiere, Lin Daoqiu requested that boys must wear suits and girls must wear evening gowns.

This regulation will be more clearly defined at this year's first Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony.

After all, the reason why Lin Daoqiu made such a stipulation was because he was angered by those later generations who dressed up in strange clothes at award ceremonies.

So Lin Daoqiu didn't want those guys who dressed weirdly to gain publicity to appear in front of him in this life.