The movie Li Mo said is "Wushuang", and the role that is suitable for Chow Yun-fat is the big boss 'painter' who exists in the description of the actor Li Wen.

It was only the first half of 2018 when Li Mo crossed, and the scheduled time of "Wushuang" was the National Day file of that year, so Li Mo actually didn't watch the finished film of this movie.

But he still watched the trailer for this movie.

Although it is only more than 70 seconds, the opposition between glory and ruin, the strong contrast between glory and decline that comes out of the bones of the film, all made Li Mo in his previous life decide to see this movie as soon as possible on the day of release.

However, the will of heaven is unpredictable, and Li Mo has already traveled to this time and space before "Wushuang" is released.

So he actually doesn't know what the final ending of the movie "Wushuang" is.

But this does not prevent him from defining "Wushuang" as Chow Yun-fat's best movie after "Let the Bullets Fly".

After crossing over, Li Mo has been focusing on his own one-third of an acre of land, and he has not paid much attention to the Xiangjiang film circle, which is almost in decline, until he met Chow Yun-fat by chance at the premiere of "Tongquetai" today, and then he wanted to cooperate with him.

However......

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is skinny.

Even if Li Mo now has the title of "new director" because of the success of "Hypnosis Master", and he also bought the script of "Wushuang" from Zhuang Wenqiang, the gap between him and Chow Yun-fat, if not the difference between heaven and earth, is at least the distance between the first floor and the top floor.

So in fact, Li Mo plans to get the script first, and then wait for himself to have enough status and prestige before talking to Chow Yun-fat about cooperation.

If it weren't for the fact that he got acquainted with Chow Yun-fat in advance because of an accident today, Li Mo would have just wanted to meet Chow Yun-fat through Liu Yifei and Chow Yun-fat, and the highest goal of meeting today was just to get Chow Yun-fat's personal contact information.

…… If Li Mo himself is his own person in the Xiangjiang film industry, maybe his goal will become a little higher this time......

Since the advent of the new century, a large number of talents in the Hong Kong film circle have gone north to the mainland, and the local films in Hong Kong have been declining more and more.

Not only is the new generation of power sluggish, but also the veteran directors, actors, and even screenwriters, photographers, and other behind-the-scenes positions are more like an old era that has been completely submerged in the long river of time, with the rush of the river and occasionally surfacing a little afterglow on the water......

Although the number of finished films does not indicate the overall level of films in a country, it is the benchmark that best illustrates the prosperity of the film industry.

At its peak, there were more than 300 films produced each year, but after entering the new century, it declined year by year, with only more than 30 films at its lowest......

300：30……

No wonder some people lament that Xiangjiang movies are dead.

In order to change this situation, as early as 2007, the Heung Kong Municipal Government set up the Film Development Bureau, and at the same time injected 300 million yuan into the "Development Fund" to provide partial financing for low- and medium-sized films, namely the "Film Production Financing Scheme".

What's more, a large number of veteran filmmakers in Hong Kong have begun to support the new generation of young filmmakers in various ways such as unpaid producers, starring, and even helping distribution.

With Li Mo's current momentum and achievements, if he was born in Xiangjiang, he will definitely be praised as the so-called 'king of the new generation of directors'. ’

With this title, if you want to invite Chow Yun-fat to join, there will inevitably be a large number of people who have a close relationship with Chow Yun-fat to come forward to speak for him.

But it's a pity......

Even if it can be traced back to Li Mo's grandfather's generation, at most you can find an ordinary farmer who farms in the countryside of northern Jiangsu, and Xiangjiang, known as the 'Pearl of the Orient', has nothing to do with half a dime.

In this case, if you want to invite Chow Yun-fat to join, you really have to rely on the script and role.

"Oh, Director Li still has a role that suits me?" Chow Yun-fat smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Can you show me the script first?"

"This, to be honest, I didn't bring out the script today. ”

When it comes to the professional field, Li Mo is still quite honest, "This script was not originally created by me. Its original author is Zhuang Wenqiang, who once wrote the script of "Infernal Affairs". ”

"Well, it turned out to be Felix Chong (Zhuang Wenqiang's English name, it is difficult to read, and the follow-up uses the habitual Zhuang Wenqiang), his script skills are famous, I don't know what kind of story he wrote this time?"

is also a person in the Hong Kong film circle, Chow Yun-fat still has a certain understanding of Zhuang Wenqiang's script skills.

After all, the "Infernal Affairs" series can be called the most successful work of Xiangjiang films as of 2012 after entering the new century, and even the 2006 Oscar Best Film "The Departed" is also a remake of it.

Although the best film is more about the skills of the director and editor, if the script itself is not good enough, even if there is a good director and editing, it will not change the problem that the story is not good enough.

"From what I've learned so far, the story goes like this......"

"There is a criminal gang led by the code name "Painter", who has mastered the technology of making super counterfeit banknotes, and the counterfeit banknotes they produce are extremely recognizable, and this gang uses their own technology to trade around the world, and has obtained huge profits, which has also attracted the attention of the police. But the identities of the "painter" and the gang members have always been a mystery, which has made the progress of the police solving the case unprecedentedly challenging. At the critical moment, Li Wen, a member of the painter gang in charge of painting, was arrested by the police, and the police hoped to open a breakthrough in him to solve the case......"

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It took more than half an hour for Li Mo to finally roughly explain the plot in the script of "Wushuang".

Because Zhuang Wenqiang's script is still in the revision stage, there is not much content that Li Mo can introduce.

After listening to the introduction, Chow Yun-fat can see that the essence of this movie is indeed the gunfight film that Li Mo said before, but I always feel that it is not quite like Zhuang Wenqiang's style.

"Director Li, since you just said that this script is not finished yet?"

"Yes, after Mr. Zhuang himself wrote the first draft in 2006, he shelved the script due to investment and subject matter review problems, and it was not until last year that he was busy with the movie "Eavesdropping 2", and only by chance did he find the script and write the second draft. ”

"At present, after our company bought the script, Mr. Zhuang is working on the final draft. ”

Regarding the situation of the entire script, Li Mo can be said to have answered all questions.

Although Chow Yun-fat has never participated in the activities of Hong Kong films, he still has some incense for the script written by Zhuang Wenqiang.

"Director Li, I'm a little interested in this role, but now you don't have a complete script, and I've already taken on a new play, so ......"

"Brother Fa, these two problems are actually not difficult to solve. ”

For Li Mo, Chow Yun-fat's intention is the biggest gain today, and other problems can be solved: "Mr. Zhuang said that the final draft of the script will be completed around the Spring Festival next year at the latest, and Yifei and I have also set a movie to start shooting, so the issue of schedule can be discussed again......

"That'...... Okay," after thinking about it a little, Chow Yun-fat still felt that there was nothing wrong with making a verbal agreement, "There is a contact information for me here, and we will talk about the follow-up after the script is completed." ”

"It's a deal. ”