Lin Youlun walked into the screening room and saw that Fang Yihua and He Guanchang were there, and immediately guessed Lin Jianyue's thoughts, and just snorted coldly in his heart.

Fang Yihua and He Guanchang both looked over here, and Lin Youlun nodded slightly, which can be regarded as having greeted them.

Lin Youlun sat down in the middle seat, and Thomas sat next to him.

Lin Jianyue was worried that Lin Youlun would make some negative comments about the film during the movie, which would affect Thomas's perception of the movie, so he sat down next to Thomas.

Xu Ke originally wanted to sit with Lin Jianyue, but when he watched a movie over there, his position was a little off, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to sit on Lin Youlun's left hand side.

As soon as the lights were dark, a strong light hit the projection screen, and then the logos of Xu Ke's studio and Media Asia Film Company appeared in turn, and then the plot slowly unfolded from a small village with beautiful mountains and rivers.

When a line subtitle appeared, Lin Jianyue took a special look at Lin Youlun, and from Lin Youlun's face, Lin Jianyue didn't see the slightest disappointment or other abnormal expression, which made him wonder.

Did you think wrong before?

Lin Jianyue tried hard to squeeze this thought out of his mind, even if Lin Youlun was not prepared to make a fuss about the subtitles of the film, he would definitely have bad intentions when he brought Thomas over.

After the movie opened, Lin Jianyue did not let his guard down, he has been carefully watching Lin Youlun and Thomas's every move.

After Lin Youlun sat down, his eyes kept staring at the screen, and from time to time he would communicate with Xu Ke beside him, asking about some specific situations of the filming.

Lin Jianyue observed for a while. Didn't see anything out of the ordinary. But my heart became more and more anxious. He decided to take the initiative.

"Mr. Thomas, what do you think of this movie?"

"The graphics are great!"

With the help of subtitles, Thomas can barely understand the plot of "Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation", but he pays more attention to the special effects of this movie.

Aurora's stunt production level has faintly surpassed the trend of Hollywood, and now this movie is limited by the subject matter and investment, and the performance is not very obvious, but some time ago Thomas saw a clip of another film on Lin Youlun's side. That feeling is the real shock.

When Lin Jianyue heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, and was thinking about how to find out more news from the American mouth, when Thomas immediately added: "But I think there are some problems with the plot of this movie." ”

The expression on Lin Jianyue's face suddenly froze there, and then returned to normal again, and then asked very politely, "Can Mr. Thomas speak in more detail?"

"I know that the plot of this movie should be a good story in the eyes of oriental audiences, but American audiences don't think so, they may need to have a deep understanding of oriental culture to understand this movie."

Thomas pointed out the biggest problem with this movie without minions, and Lin Jianyue's brows tightened. There was a thoughtful expression on his face.

Lin Youlun didn't notice the conversation between Lin Jianyue and Thomas, and all his attention was on the projection screen.

"Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation" gave Lin Youlun a sense of déjà vu. This feeling was only vague at first, but by the halfway point of the film, that vague speculation had turned into a complete affirmation.

If history had not changed, Xu Ke had failed to shoot "New Shushan Swordsman" in 1982 to explore the Oriental stunt movie, and it was not until 2001 that he restarted filming another Shushan-themed special effects film "The Legend of Shushan", which used more than 1,500 stunt shots to push Hong Kong stunt movies to the extreme.

In the movie "Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation", Lin Youlun saw a lot of shadows of "The Legend of Shu Mountain", not that the plot and content are similar, but a kind of stylistic proximity.

The "Legend of Shu Mountain" and the current "Qingyun Tribulation of Zhu Xian", from models to stunts, from costumes to scenes, basically follow some of the shapes of traditional Chinese comic books to design, and even have a strong Dunhuang color, and the majestic momentum of China's mountains and rivers is well expressed under the lens.

This is the good side, and the bad side, both movies are a bit extreme and obsessed with the use of stunts, abandoning the integrity of the storyline, and blindly pursuing the formal beauty of the stunt language, resulting in the film's ethereal and vague narrative, and the picture is gorgeous but empty.

Of course, with the story of "Zhu Xian" as the foundation, the plot of "Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation" is more watchable than "The Legend of Shu Mountain", at least in the current era, the audience will be amazed by the stunts shown in the film, which can cover up the flaws of the film's weak plot a little.

The film has not finished watching yet, and Lin Youlun has a rough judgment about this movie in his heart.

Lin Youlun tilted his head slightly to Xu Ke's side, "You and Lin Jianyue discuss it, next month's Hong Kong International Film Festival, your film will also sign up for the exhibition!" ”

Xu Ke was overjoyed, he was thinking about how to open his mouth to talk to Lin Youlun about it, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to take the initiative to mention it.

"I invited Mr. Lin over today, in fact, there is another layer of thought to tell you about this...... Do you see this movie that qualifies as an opening film? Xu Ke tried his best to make his tone sound calm, but in fact, his heart was full of anticipation.

"Since the beginning of this year, the film festival has made new regulations for the opening film, a Hong Kong film, and then a foreign film or a co-production film.

Lin Youlun did not agree directly, but the confidence revealed in his words encouraged Xu Ke.

Before he had time to be happy for too long, Xu Ke had such a doubt in his heart, listening to the tone of Lin Youlun's words just now, the other movie in the opening film seemed to have been determined.

Could it be the movie?

Xu Ke suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart, if it was really the movie he wanted, it meant that "Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation" and that movie would collide on the release schedule.

The more Xu Ke looks, the more frightened he becomes, is this the trick Lin Youlun prepared?

After glancing at Lin Youlun, Xu Ke finally resisted the urge to ask him for verification in person, and was ready to wait until the screening was over to discuss this matter with Lin Jianyue.

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Seeing Thomas's figure disappear at the corner of the corridor with Lin Youlun, Lin Jianyue turned around and asked Xu Ke, "How did you talk to Lin Youlun?" ”

"He's already agreed." It was originally good news, but there was no joy in the tone that came out of Xu Ke's mouth.

"What the hell do you say Lin Youlun is doing?" The puzzled expression on Lin Jianyue's face was even worse, as if he was talking to Xu Ke, and as if he was talking to himself.

Just now, Thomas agreed to Lin Jianyue's request for cooperation, "Zhu Xian: Qingyun Tribulation" will be introduced by United Arts Cinema to the United States for release, although the two sides only reached a preliminary cooperation intention, but things are still so smooth that Lin Jianyue is a little unbelievable.

Linked to Lin Youlun's attitude of agreeing to use "Zhu Xian's Qingyun Tribulation" as the opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, Lin Jianyue always felt that there was some conspiracy in this.

"Another opening film of the Hong Kong International Film Festival is very likely to be the "Godzilla" co-produced by Lin Youlun and Japan." Xu Ke then told Lin Jianyue such a news.

Lin Youlun turned his head abruptly, his eyes glaring at Xu Ke.

"Is the information reliable?"

Xu Ke shrugged, "It's just a guess of mine right now, but I don't think it's wrong." ”

Lin Jianyue quickly figured out the key, "You mean that Lin Youlun is going to use Godzilla to snipe us?" ”

"That's where I'm worried." Xu Ke's eyes were full of melancholy.

"Is that movie really that scary?" Lin Jianyue asked a little unwillingly.

"Some time ago, I invited Lan Naicai to dinner, and I asked him about some news about that movie during the banquet." Speaking of this, Xu Ke's face became very solemn, "Because of the internal confidentiality agreement, Lan Naicai didn't reveal more information to me, I only know that the cost of this movie is close to 300 million Hong Kong dollars, and the stunt scenes are almost to the point where it is difficult for the audience to distinguish the real from the fake......"

Lin Jianyue gasped, Lin Youlun's generosity this time really shocked him, and he actually invested 300 million Hong Kong dollars to make a movie, even if there are Japanese film companies involved in it, but Lin Youlun will definitely not invest less than 200 million yuan in it.

When he heard the news, Lin Jianyue had only one thought in his heart, that is, Lin Youlun was crazy!

If Lin Youlun is not crazy, then this world is crazy!

After calming down, Lin Jianyue began to think about the most important issue at the moment.

"What do you think we have a chance of winning this movie?"

"It shouldn't be too far behind in Hong Kong, but it's hard to say overseas...... Especially in Japan, there is basically no chance of winning. Xu Ke said in a heavy tone.

Lin Jianyue couldn't be cheerful as if there was a piece of lead pressing in his heart, but he still had a trace of luck.

"Is there any other possibility for this?"

Xu Ke's lips moved, but he didn't say anything in the end, just shook his head helplessly.

Lin Jianyue silently buried his eyes to look at the ground, and only after a while did he raise his head, look at Xu Ke with a weak and desperate look, and said word by word: "There is no other way, but to fight hard?" ”

Xu Ke smiled bitterly in his heart, even if they wanted to avoid it, they had to agree to Lin Youlun, but the question was, would Lin Youlun probably agree?

The answer, of course, is no.

Lin Youlun has already drawn the line, if Lin Jianyue retreats this time, he will not want to raise his head in front of Lin Youlun in the future.

Lin Jianyue clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said, "He won't let me feel better, and I won't let him feel better!" (To be continued......)