On the wireless side, Lin Youlun only came over when he had something, but Wireless still prepared an office for him.

Walking to the door of the office, Lin Youlun was about to invite Feng Meiji to come in and sit and chat for a while, when the big brother's mobile phone in his hand suddenly rang.

Feng Meiji saw the hesitation in Lin Youlun's eyes, and took the initiative to speak: "Since Mr. Lin has something, then I won't bother." ”

Lin Youlun nodded, watched Feng Meiji walk away, and then turned around and entered the office and answered the phone.

"Mr. Lin, I'm Shum Jianxun......"

Lin Youlun was about to close the door, when he heard Cen Jianxun's voice, his hand stopped. Cen Jianxun is the general manager of Jiayi Cinema Line, unless something big happens to the company, he will not call Lin Youlun's mobile phone directly.

"Today the company came with a few people, one of whom claimed to be a new . The secretary of the vice president of the Hong Kong branch of the Chinese News Agency carried a letter of introduction and copies of six films, saying that he hoped to show them in Hong Kong. ”

Lin Youlun didn't speak, thinking as if he was silently calculating a math problem.

In the year 2000, Hong Kong's new . The Chinese News Agency is actually made up of two parts, one of which is the news agency commonly known as the "small community", which is responsible for the real news work; The other became the "Taisha" and was the Naka. The Working Committee of the Communist Party of Hong Kong is mainly responsible for the work of policing in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong New. The Chinese News Agency and Ming Pao have been in contact with each other in the news business. The Chinese news agency occasionally quoted articles from Ming Pao, but this time it was obviously people from the "Taisha" side who came to the door, and they must have been instructed by the north to do so, and it is very likely that they had some kind of political intent. It was none other than the secretary of the vice president. Of course, Lin Youlun didn't need to meet the other party in person. However, there are some things that need to be asked in advance.

"What a movie. Can it pass the examination of the Hong Kong Electrical Inspection Department? ”

"They say it's the movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions", a total of six." Shum replied.

Lin Youlun walked to the desk, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the table, and there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

The mainland has filmed many film and television works on the theme of "Dream of Red Mansions", and the most famous is the 87 version of the TV series. Many mainland audiences are loyal fans of the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", but few people know that Dream of Red Mansions was also made into a movie during that time, the filming time was about 86 to 88, and the actress who played Sister Lin was later known to mainland audiences in the TV series "Yang Naiwu and Little Cabbage".

Hong Kong New. The six movies sent by the Chinese news agency. It should be the 89 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" that will be released in China a year later.

"Are you sure it's Hong Kong new. The secretary of the vice president of the Chinese Society, instead of the president? Lin Youlun asked abruptly.

"I read the letter of introduction he brought and called the other side to confirm." Shum replied in the affirmative.

Lin Youlun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if he remembered correctly, Hong Kong Xin. The current president of the Chinese Society, who absconded to the United States after 2 years, is also the reason why Lin Youlun has a pro-mainland stance, but rarely has a relationship with Hong Kong. The reason for dealing with the Chinese community here.

Although China and Britain have signed a joint communiqué on the Hong Kong issue, the behind-the-scenes game has not stopped. Including the new . The Hong Kong branch of the Chinese News Agency, as well as the Chinese-funded institutions in Hong Kong, have adopted extremely strict telecommunications surveillance measures. A certain figure at the level of vice president of the Hong Kong branch of the Xinhua News Agency was actually installed with dozens of bugs in his apartment in Happy Valley, and a certain senior executive at the level of the CEO of a Chinese-funded organization was fitted with a bugging device in his toilet by the Political Department.

During this period, the British MI5 and 6 also achieved great results in instigating rebellion against officials of mainland agencies in Hong Kong. The two secretaries-general of the Hong Kong branch of the Chinese News Agency and the secretary of a certain vice president have been rebelled against one after another, and the game and struggle between China and Britain on the Hong Kong issue before the handover, the Chinese side has almost no secrets to speak of, and like a sieve, everything is leaked out, and the Chinese negotiators have always been puzzled, and they have always let the British seize the opportunity, all of which have something to do with this.

Hong Kong's return to the motherland is the general trend of history, knowing this, Lin Youlun doesn't want to get involved in these behind-the-scenes secret wars, and the movie copy is new. The Hong Kong branch of the Chinese News Agency sent it from there, and he hesitated whether to refuse or not.

"Did the person who sent the copy say anything else?" Out of caution, Lin Youlun asked again.

"One of the people who accompanied him claimed to be Lu Guang. The staff of the General Administration of Electricity, saying that their leader, it seems that a minister named Huang something, invited Mr. Lin to be free to go to the north. Jing as a guest. ”

Cen Jianxun felt that this matter had little to do with the previous incident, so he didn't put the two things together, but Lin Youlun suddenly showed a relieved expression on his face after hearing the name of Minister Huang.

"Buy these six movies together at a price of 2 million Hong Kong dollars each, and then tell the mainland Guang on my behalf. The staff of the General Administration of Electricity, I will go north in a while, and I will definitely visit Minister Huang at that time. ”

Cen Jianxun was confused by Lin Youlun's decision, in his opinion, it is already good for such a movie to enter the box office of millions in Hong Kong, even if it is for the sake of acquaintances, one or two million is fine, and Lin Youlun is 12 million as soon as he opens his mouth, and the theater chain suffers too much.

"Mr. Lin, this ......"

"Don't worry, I'll pay the money personally, and I'll let Lizhi transfer the money to the company's account later." Lin Youlun's words immediately dispelled Cen Jianxun's concerns, although he was very curious about the relationship between Lin Youlun and that Minister Huang, but he knew that this question was not for him to ask.

"I'm going to go to the mainland soon, and it's about a month, so there's something I need you to do. I don't know how long it will take for the inspection to pass the examination at the electrical inspection office, as soon as the matter is over, you immediately arrange for these movies to be released, you don't need to roll them out in a comprehensive way, you only need to take out a few theaters to show them, I will put an extra 3 million on the company's account, if there are not many people watching this movie, you arrange for someone to use this money to buy tickets and give them away for free, in short, during the release of this movie, it will cause the effect of many people going to see it...... By the way, and don't forget to give Hong Kong a new . The Chinese community sent a few tickets over. ”

Lin Youlun's order is very strange, if it weren't for the last sentence, Cen Jianxun probably wouldn't be able to figure out what was going on if he wanted to break his head, but now he could guess some.

Buying copyrights at high prices and creating the phenomenon of mainland films being screened in Hong Kong are probably all for the mainland government to see.

Of course, Lin Youlun's specific considerations are not something that Cen Jianxun can completely guess.

Lin Youlun went north for the first time and successfully persuaded the mainland high-level to relax the restrictions on the introduction of Hong Kong films, nominally under the banner of promoting cultural exchanges between the two places, but under the current situation of huge disparity in the level of film and television production between the two places, the films shot in the mainland cannot compete with the imported Hong Kong films, let alone have too much market in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong films are very popular in the mainland market, but mainland films have done nothing in Hong Kong, and after a long time, this kind of exchange will definitely attract some criticism, and now if a mainland film is released in Hong Kong and has achieved good results, Huang Licheng, as the leader of the General Administration, can have an explanation from top to bottom.

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Tang Jili selected 3 actors from 20 auditioners who best met Lin Youlun's requirements, and when he went to Lin Youlun's office to find someone, he realized that Lin Youlun had already left first.

When he received Tang Jili's call, Lin Youlun had already returned home, and Cen Jianxun asked him to send him a copy of the videotape of "Dream of Red Mansions", which he was about to watch.

Looking at the list of 3 people faxed by Tang Jili, Lin Youlun just glanced at it and casually threw it into the drawer, just like he said to Feng Meiji before, the actors on it will only be considered if he really can't find a suitable actor after he is at his best.

Of course, Tang Jili can't use such a reason to send it away, Lin Youlun only said that he still has to consider the selection of the heroine for a while, so let Tang Jili put down this matter and start the preparations for filming first.

After making the call, Lin Youlun's eyes fell on the six videotapes on the desk again.

At first, Lin Youlun didn't have much hope for this movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions", after all, there was the 87 version of the TV series Zhuyu in front. But after watching one, he realized that he was wrong.

The movie version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not inferior to the 87 version of the TV series in terms of exquisite and gorgeous production and artistic standards. The costume modeling, scene art, use of lenses, and grasp of the style and artistic conception of the film all surprised Lin Youlun, but he didn't expect that the mainland could produce such a sophisticated "costume blockbuster" at this time.

Tao Comina's version of Lin Daiyu looks soft and weak, well-behaved and talented; Xia Jing's Jia Baoyu is as handsome as Ma Tianyu, and her acting is good, but she is too young and shorter, and the performance of other actors is also remarkable.

At least in Lin Youlun's opinion, the actors in the 89 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" are more in line with his aesthetics than the 87 version of the TV series, and the movie is not famous in later generations, probably because of its release year, because of the political changes, everything in this year has been erased and diluted as much as possible.

After this unexpected discovery, Lin Youlun began to watch one after another, and in the last three parts, an actress caught his attention.

This actor is inconspicuous in the film, or because the role she plays itself is not much in "Dream of Red Mansions" - Zijuan, a little girl next to the heroine Lin Daiyu.

In the original novel, Cao Xueqin doesn't pay much attention to the character of Zijuan, she doesn't have her own main story, all the stories revolve around Daiyu, and she is only a slightly better character than the dragon in the Red Mansion.

The reason why Lin Youlun paid attention to this role was more because the actor who played this role gave him a very familiar feeling, so he specially replayed the videotape, and finally found the other party's name in the opening credits.

Chen Hong! (To be continued.) )