The candidates for the two leading actors have won Lin Youlun's approval, Huang Ziqiang is more confident, and is about to continue, but at this time, Lin Youlun's assistant Ajie suddenly pushed the office open.

"Mr. Lin, Ma Rongcheng has arrived."

Lin Youlun stopped talking to Huang Ziqiang, nodded to Ajie and said, "Bring him in!" ”

Ma Rongcheng was invited into Lin Youlun's office, Huang Ziqiang stood up and shook hands with Ma Rongcheng, during the time of writing the script, he had a lot of dealings with Ma Rongcheng, and they were acquaintances.

Lin Youlun beckoned Ma Rongcheng to sit down, his eyes stayed on Ma Rongcheng and Huang Ziqiang for a moment, and then said: "Ma Zai, you came just in time, Director Huang and I are discussing the actor candidates for the live-action "The King of Fighters" movie, and I also want to hear your opinion on this matter." ”

Ma Rongcheng glanced at Huang Ziqiang, and then his expression became a little strange.

Lin Youlun frowned and asked, "What, is there any problem?" ”

Ma Rongcheng was about to speak, but Huang Ziqiang grabbed in front of him: "Mr. Ma, let me talk about this matter." ”

Ma Rongcheng nodded and made a gesture of please.

Huang Ziqiang turned his head to look at Lin Youlun and explained, "Mr. Lin, here's the thing...... When writing the script, Mr. Ma and I had already exchanged opinions on the selection of various characters in the movie, and the two of us had a big difference on this issue. ”

Huang Ziqiang is the director of "The King of Fighters", and Ma Rongcheng is the person in charge of the "King of Fighters" comics, and the two have different opinions, which is indeed a bit troublesome.

The Hong Kong version of "The King of Fighters" integrates the stories and characters of the King of Fighters 94 and The King of Fighters 95 generations, and there are more than 20 main characters who will appear in the live-action movie, excluding the already determined Kagura Chizuru, Shiranui Mai, Kusanagi Kyo and Yagami-an. The selection of the remaining characters becomes a big problem.

Lin Youlun took the test for a moment. A compromise solution was then proposed.

"I think so. Each of you will talk about your own candidates, and I will weigh them again. ”

Huang Ziqiang has no opinions, but Ma Rongcheng is still a little worried.

Although Lin Youlun said that he would fairly consider the candidates provided by the two, Huang Ziqiang is the director of the film after all, and it is estimated that Lin Youlun will be more inclined to adopt his opinion.

Ma Rongcheng hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Mr. Lin, in fact, I have a better way. ”

"Oh?"

Lin Youlun's eyes showed a very interested look, and he motioned to Ma Rongcheng to continue.

"The movie is not good. It's not us who have the final say, it's the audience who has the final say. Since we can't agree on the issue of character selection, why don't we leave the choice to the audience? ”

Ma Rongcheng continued to pay attention to the change in Lin Youlun's expression as he spoke, and saw that he was not averse to this suggestion, so he continued: "I came up with this idea when I was watching a TV series one night...... Those TV series that are filmed and broadcast at the same time will decide the direction of the plot according to the audience's preferences, and those with good ratings will increase the number of episodes, and the number of episodes will be reduced if the ratings are poor, or even cut in half. ”

"Mr. Ma. Movies can't be filmed and broadcast at the same time. Huang Ziqiang couldn't help but remind.

"I know this, I'm just making an analogy. The movie adjusts the plot according to the audience's preferences and current affairs, but we can sit down for a survey before filming, because of the game and comics, the audience is actually very familiar with the plot and characters of "The King of Fighters", and the most suitable character candidates are selected by voting. ”

Ma Rongcheng's words made Huang Ziqiang a little moved.

Of course, it was useless to persuade Huang Ziqiang, the real decision on this matter was still in Lin Youlun's hands, so Ma Rongcheng then turned his head to Lin Youlun's side and waited for Lin Youlun's reply.

"That's a good idea, but do you have a specific execution plan?"

Lin Youlun's words made Ma Rongcheng's confidence suddenly boosted.

"The King of Fighters Episode 2 is about to be published, and we can print the votes in comic books, and readers will send them back to us, and then we will announce them."

"What does Director Huang think?"

Lin Youlun did not decide immediately, but consulted Huang Ziqiang's opinion first.

Huang Ziqiang knew very well in his heart that Lin Youlun was very interested in the plan proposed by Ma Rongcheng, and asked himself that he didn't really want to listen to his opinion, but just to take care of his face and give him a step down.

What's more, Ma Rongcheng's method is good, and Huang Ziqiang has no reason to oppose it at all.

"I think this is a good idea, you can give it a try!"

"Okay, you should start doing this matter immediately, of course, if you want to do this, you have to make the greatest impact, so I plan to put a batch of votes on the "Ming Pao Weekly" at the same time, and finally hold a prize event."

As soon as he heard about the prize event, Ma Rongcheng immediately thought of the lottery of votes, and when he asked Lin Youlun for advice, he got a negative answer.

"The ballot lottery is purely by luck, and many people will fill in the ballot papers indiscriminately in order to provide the winning rate, which is contrary to our original intention of doing the poll, so you can't do the lottery, if you want to do it, you have to have a little bit of technical content."

"Technique content?" Ma Rongcheng and Huang Ziqiang were a little dumbfounded when they heard this.

Lin Youlun then explained: "We have an award and set up three prize pools, the first prize pool is 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, the second prize pool is 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, and the third prize pool is 50,000 Hong Kong dollars. ”

"This one feels a bit like the Mark Six lottery." Huang Ziqiang interjected.

Lin Youlun nodded, "In fact, it is similar to the game of Mark Six, but the key is that Mark Six relies on luck, and our awards are not without a trace, as long as you can accurately grasp the characteristics of each role, familiar with Hong Kong stars, it is not difficult to guess, in this way, everyone will take this matter seriously, and the results of the final statistics will be helpful to us." ”

The 50% bonus sounds tempting. Confusion, but to guess all the more than 20 characters, the probability is actually very low, but many people will have a fluke mentality, what if they guess correctly?

Now readers are enthusiastic about participating in this voting activity, but there is another question, Huang Ziqiang is a little uncertain.

"Mr. Lin, what about the four role candidates we discussed before?"

Needless to say, Kusanagi Kyo and Yagami-an.,The manga is based on the two of them.,And Kagura Chizuru、Shiranui Dance is also a very popular character in the manga and games.,To do character voting,These four characters don't seem to be very sincere when they don't go in.,But if you put it in.,The previous candidate for Lu will be invalid.。

Guo Fucheng and Wu Zhenyu are okay to say, but the roles of Wang Guxian and Qiu Shuzhen are not something that can be taken away.

Lin Youlun put his hands on the desk and looked at Huang Ziqiang and Ma Rongcheng with a serious face.

"The four characters also participated in the voting together, but the one with the highest vote rate in the end can only be the four actors we have set for Lu, do you know what I mean?"

Huang Ziqiang and Ma Rongcheng quickly exchanged glances, and one word came to mind: black-box operation.

This matter is very easy to operate, the votes are counted separately, and it is enough to move your hands and feet when the most reckless and late is combined, and there is not much technical content to speak of, but it is difficult to be detected by outsiders.

"It's out of my mouth, into your ears, and then I don't want more people to know it."

Lin Youlun's words carried a strong sense of warning, Huang Ziqiang and Ma Rongcheng looked stunned, and both nodded solemnly.

——

Xiang Nan is a middle school teacher who lives in a nearby building, and because he likes to read newspapers and magazines, he has a good relationship with the owner of the newsstand downstairs. On this day, after he had dinner and returned from a walk, he walked around to the newspaper stand and handed over a $10 bill as usual.

"Uncle Chen, the old rules!"

"Ouch, Mr. Xiang, I'm really sorry today, "Ming Pao Weekly" has been sold out! Tomorrow, a new batch will be sent over, and I will leave a copy for you, can you see it? The newsstand owner rubbed his hands together and said apologetically.

Xiang Nan asked in surprise: "Uncle Chen, don't you have to sell one or two copies of this magazine every issue?" Why, have you been decreasing the stock recently? ”

"No, the latest issue of "Ming Pao Weekly" has a prize quiz activity, and the jackpot is 500,000 yuan, and I participated in the event with the votes on the inside page of the magazine, so this issue of the magazine was all snatched up!" Uncle Chen moved his body forward enough, and explained in a low voice.

Xiang Nan couldn't help frowning after hearing this, "Why does "Ming Pao Weekly" also do this? ”

Although "Ming Zhou" is an entertainment magazine, it has always been welcomed by the Hong Kong entertainment industry and intellectuals by taking a moderate line and not using sensational gossip to report, and its readership is very distinct.

"I didn't look at the specific prize quiz, but I heard that it was initiated by Lin Youlun, chairman of "Ming Pao", it seems to be voting for an actor for a new movie, as long as your voting results match the results with the highest support rate after the most rear, then the 500,000 grand prize is yours!"

The 500,000 grand prize is very attractive to others, but Xiang Nan knows that with such a high prize, the probability of winning the lottery will be very low, but it is the first time Xiang Nan has heard of the public selection of actors for the movie, so he immediately became interested.

"Uncle Chen, remember to keep a copy for me tomorrow when you buy it."

Xiang Nan left the money to buy the magazine before leaving, as if he was afraid that Uncle Chen would regret it. (To be continued......)