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Various countries and regions in Asia are in tension, with news media reports and financial experts speculating about which country will be attacked next.

Lin Zixuan doesn't understand finance, but he can feel the changes in the film industry.

Some film investors in Hong Kong and Japan have maintained a wait-and-see attitude and are reluctant to invest, and those negotiated co-productions have fallen into the dilemma of lack of funds and have had to stop filming.

Southeast Asia has always been an important foreign market for Hong Kong films, and it can be said to be a dumping ground for Hong Kong films.

The fact that Hong Kong films can develop so fast and have such high profits has a lot to do with the Southeast Asian film market.

This financial turmoil has plunged the Southeast Asian film market into a downturn, and Hong Kong films are facing a situation where they cannot be sold, and the local film market in Hong Kong is too small to digest so many films.

The film made will not make money, but will lose money, who will invest in filmmaking.

Filmmakers in Hong Kong are cautious and do not want to invest in new films, and no one can predict whether Hong Kong's economy will be hit hard.

The harsh winter period of Hong Kong movies is coming.

In fact, freezing three feet, not a day's cold, this situation has long been symptomatic, due to the shoddy production of Hong Kong films in the past few years, the trend is serious, causing the Southeast Asian film market to be tired of the kind of bad films that are packaged and sold.

Since the early 90s, film companies everywhere have taken measures to boycott and lower prices for Hong Kong films.

Coupled with the arrival of Hollywood blockbusters, it has seized the market for Hong Kong films, making Hong Kong films worse year by year, but Hong Kong films are still making money, but less than before.

Everyone doesn't care, as long as there is money to be made, no filmmaker wants to innovate and change the status quo of Hong Kong films.

Those powerful directors and big stars moved to Hollywood, and Hong Kong films fell into a situation where they were getting worse and worse.

This financial turmoil made them really feel the biting chill.

The contraction of the film market has led to a decrease in investment, except for a few big stars with box office appeal who can attract investment, many middle- and lower-class filmmakers are facing the dilemma of unemployment.

Lin Zixuan is glad that the few films he participated in this year did not have funds from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

If "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood" had attracted Xiangjiang's investment, it would now face the risk of divestment.

Film investment does not mean that all the funds will be put into the crew's account at once, but in batches, and the investment of more than 20 million yuan will only be about 10 million in the early stage.

Investors want to look at the filming progress of the film, and once there is a big problem in the middle, they will decisively withdraw their funds in order to avoid risks.

However, there is one thing that Lin Zixuan didn't expect, in Baodao, Xu Ligong made a phone call to Li Yu.

After Xu Ligong talked with Lin Zixuan in Xiangjiang, he told Li Yu the result, and the differences between the two sides were too big, and it was not easy to talk about it below.

Li Yan can compromise on the filming location of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", although it is not convenient to shoot in the mainland, it is not as familiar as in Treasure Island, but the problem is not big, it is to spend more money.

In terms of the choice of actors, he feels that he should strive to use actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

has been in Hollywood for many years, Li Yu is well aware of the importance of stars, whether it is an Eastern audience or a Western audience, they like to watch films with star participation, and Hong Kong and Taiwan actors are well-known in Western society.

If mainland actors are used to act, the film will lose a lot of points internationally.

Of course, if he is really an excellent actor, he can also accept it, after all, movies are still the art of acting.

As for the issue of copyright, this is the most tricky, Xu Ligong, as an investor, wants to get the copyright, which is related to interests.

Li Yu also wants to get the copyright, and only with the copyright can he make the movie in his mind, otherwise he will always be restricted.

Everyone stands at different angles, and their ideas will naturally be skewed.

In the final analysis, everyone has not been in contact for a long time, and there is no trust, if it was Feng Xiaogang or Jiang Wen, Lin Zixuan would not be so guarded.

Li Yan's idea is that everyone will continue to talk, increase consensus, step by step, and he has no intention of giving up on this project.

Xu Ligong called this time because of the impact of the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, and film companies in Hong Kong and Taiwan are basically waiting, and it is too risky to prepare a film with such a big investment as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" at this time.

Even if he is willing to support Mr. Li, it will be difficult to find other investors.

"Ah Yu, now that the economy is in a recession, I'll put this film aside for the time being, and I'll talk about it later. Xu Ligong persuaded him.

Li Yu thought about it, since there was no progress in the negotiations with Lin Zixuan, and he couldn't find funds, the project had to be put on hold for the time being.

He still has a film contract in Hollywood, which will not be completed until next year.

This is his third Western film, with an investment of up to $24 million, and the theme is the American Civil War.

An investment of this magnitude is not uncommon in Hollywood, but it should be the first time for a Chinese director to direct it, which shows that Li Yu has been recognized by Hollywood studios that he can make money for film companies.

Li Yu knew that the opportunity was rare, and he wanted to shoot some big scenes to prove his ability in commercial films.

Most of Hollywood's big directors are good at shooting commercial films, even if they started with literary films, if they want to be valued by film companies, they still have to make commercial films.

Li Yan used to make literary films, and the maximum investment in a movie was only 10 million US dollars, which was a good opportunity.

Lin Zixuan didn't know that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was suspended on the treasure island, and he was selecting actors for "Latent".

His habit of choosing actors is to start with his own people, acquaintances are the best, and only if he can't find a suitable one, he will look for it from outside.

This is the circle, and there are benefits of course to take care of your own people.

For example, Li Ya in "Latent", he found Zhang Hanyu, who was originally a professional voice actor, and was later admitted to the Performance Department of the Beijing Drama Academy, with a professional background.

Zhang Hanyu has been playing tricks since graduation, and after Fu Biao's introduction, he was pulled into the Feng family class by Feng Xiaogang.

There is no problem with his acting skills, but his appearance is too positive, which does not match Feng Xiaogang's comedy path, which is a bit wasteful.

Lin Zixuan brought him over, although the character Li Ya in "Latent" is a villain, he is full of inner drama, and there are a lot of rivalry scenes between him and Yu Zecheng, which is easy to be brilliant and challenging.

As for the scheming stationmaster Wu, Fu Biao will play it, and Zuo Lan, an underground party member who doesn't have many roles, is looking for Yu Feihong.

Now the only role among the main actors that has not been determined is Wang Cuiping, and the crew auditioned many actresses, but they always felt that it was not suitable and something was missing.

Lin Zixuan looked at the resumes submitted by the actors, and found a very interesting person in the resumes of audition supporting roles.

The actress is from the Air Politics Television Art Center, a native of Chang'an, Shaanxi Province, who studied in the Performance Department of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, and later joined the Air Politics Art Center as a drama actor.

However, she has been playing tricks and has never played the leading role, and the role she auditioned for was the female No. 3 in the play.

The actress's name is Yan Nick. (To be continued.) )