Chapter 768: Repayment [Four Changes]
In front of Zhou Yanfa, Lin Youlun did not hide his true thoughts.
"I want to think about it, only Brother Fa will play this role, so that these people can't say anything, so this time I should ask Brother Fa to do me a favor."
"What do you say about whether you can help or not, do you still need to say such things between me and you? If I hear something like that again, I'll turn my face. ”
Chow Yun-fat said this, and Lin Youlun knew that he had agreed.
"Is that pay the same old rules?"
Zhou Yanfa put down the cigarette and joked: "Forget it, I'll still get the dividend this time, because every time I get your salary, I will feel like I am at a loss afterwards." ”
Zhou Yunfa knows very well in his heart that Lin Youlun asked him to film, and the salary offered must not be low, taking the salary or taking the dividend, the money in hand is actually about the same, but taking the dividend can better show that he is filming this drama because of his friend's righteousness rather than for money, although there is a certain risk in doing so, but Zhou Yunfa believes that it is basically difficult for Lin Youlun to invest in the film to lose money.
Lin Youlun nodded, there is a question about salary, he has always been with Zhou Runfa, and with the relationship between the two, there is no need to spend too much time on this kind of issue.
Of course, Lin Youlun asked Zhou Yufa to play the role of Kimura, and another purpose was to develop "City Hunter" into a series of movies.
Comic book adaptations will become more and more popular in the future, and Hollywood has conquered the overseas film market with a series of superhero movies adapted from comics, compared to Hong Kong films. In addition to "The Hero of the Storm Dominates the World". There are no more eye-catching works. I have to say it's a pity.
Of course, this is also related to the cultural atmosphere of Hong Kong comics, most of which are based on classical fantasy themes, and it is difficult to break into the international market, in contrast, the development of Japan's animation industry is more perfect, and there have been many comics suitable for adaptation into movies.
Lin Youlun knew that it would not happen overnight to change the status quo of Hong Kong comics, so he first took the idea of the Japanese comic industry. A long time ago. He has already begun to lay out the Japanese animation industry, either to acquire copyrights, or to come up with creative ideas to find authors to cooperate, and now the results have slowly appeared.
According to Lin Youlun's idea, "City Hunter" can be developed into a series of movies, and it does not necessarily have to use Meng Bo as the protagonist, Kimura is also a very important character in the original comics, and a wonderful story can also be developed into a movie on this character.
Let Zhou Runfa play this role, in fact, it is also to prepare for Zhou Runfa to provoke this series of movies alone in the future.
Of course, Lin Youlun did not mention this consideration in front of Zhou Yanfa.
Zhou Yanfa smoked a cigarette. Suddenly, I remembered another thing related to this movie.
"Isn't there a character in this movie with Ye Han as the prototype? Who are you going to play this role? ”
"What, Brother Fa, do you have a suitable candidate to recommend to me?" Lin Youlun asked with a smile.
Zhou Yunfa hurriedly waved his hand. "Don't get me wrong, I definitely didn't mean that...... If I recommend someone, who can't hate me to death? ”
Zhou Yanfa was joking, but what he said was also true.
Compared with the role of Kimura, which was snatched by many people, the role with Ye Han as the prototype of the character made many people avoid it.
The reason is very simple, because of the well-known grudge between Stanley Ho and Ye Han.
No matter who plays this role, there is a risk of offending Stanley Ho, and not everyone can be like Lin Youlun, who can still be comfortable between Stanley Ho and Ye Han, and can end up well on both sides in the end.
Who to find to play this role is a difficult matter for Lin Youlun.
Finding someone to play at random, Ye Han will definitely not be satisfied, finding a popular star to play may bring some trouble to this person, and the main thing is that Lin Youlun doesn't like to force others to do things.
But Lin Youlun didn't expect that someone would take the initiative to come to him and express his willingness to play this role.
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In the gym, agent Li Jin is trying to persuade Li Ming.
"Others are afraid to avoid that role, do you really want to take this role?"
"Since Mr. Lin has arranged such a role in this movie, why can't I play it?" Li Ming was doing arm muscle training while answering the agent's question.
"Please, don't tell me you don't know who the role of Lu Dao is based on, playing this role is tantamount to offending the gambling king."
Li Jin sat down on the empty fitness machine next to Liming, "It's not a problem of tall people falling on top of the sky, as long as there is a problem, the account will be settled on your head over there!" ”
"What could go wrong?" Li Ming stopped exercising and wiped his sweat with a towel hanging around his neck, "The grievances between Ye Han and He Hongsen have long been settled, I only play this role with Ye Han as the prototype of the character, and it's not really Ye Han, I don't understand what to worry about about this matter?" Could it be that the dignified Macau gambling king would have trouble with an actor like me because of this trivial matter? ”
"I'm not afraid of 10,000 for this kind of thing, just in case, it's okay to be careful!"
Li Jin still disagreed.
Dawn was also a little impatient, "Then what do you need to do?" ”
"Either you give up on the idea, or you give a reason that will convince me." As Liming's agent, Li Jin must be responsible for him.
"You want a reason, right? Okay, I'll tell you! Li Ming hung a towel around his neck and straddled the fitness machine, "As you said, now no one wants to play this role, in my opinion, it is just an opportunity, no one wants to play the role I played, it is equivalent to doing Mr. Lin a favor, do you think he will be grateful to me?" ”
"It's not gratitude, but he should feel like he owes you a favor." Li Jin pouted.
The problem that Li Ming talked about, even Li Jin had to admit it, but this did not constitute a reason to convince him.
In Li Jin's opinion, there was no need for Li Ming to take this risk.
Li Ming's rise in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the past two years has been very strong, especially this year's movie "Divine Calculation" starring Xu Guanwen has received a box office of more than 36 million Hong Kong dollars, making Li Ming a "30 million little life" with strong box office appeal in terms of movies.
In the music world, Li Ming has also achieved very outstanding results, he started the world tour in April, and the 20 solo tours have become a grand event for the Chinese community around the world, and Li Ming's fans have quickly expanded to 16 countries in Asia, Europe and the United States. After that, he held 10 consecutive solo performances at the Hung Hom Coliseum in Hong Kong, which was also sold out; Miss Hong Kong was invited to perform on the same stage with Liu Dehua, Zhang Xueyou, and Kwok Fucheng in the finals, and after that performance, the Hong Kong media began to call the four of them "Hong Kong's Four Heavenly Kings".
Li Jin felt that as long as Li Ming could stabilize the current development momentum, it would be fine, but Li Ming himself did not see it that way.
"Of the four of us, who is now recognized as the best in development?"
Li Jin thought for a while and replied, "It should be Liu Dehua, right?" ”
"Liu Dehua, why can he develop so well? Because he knows Mr. Lin, he can get Mr. Lin's support when he does many things, and don't forget, TVB monopolizes more than half of the resources in the Hong Kong music scene, and Mr. Lin is very likely to become the owner of wireless in the future. ”
Li Ming's rhetorical question made Li Jin silent, and he began to weigh it in his heart at this time, risking the risk of offending He Hongsen to curry favor with Lin Youlun, whether this deal was worth it.
"I remember telling you before, when I was going to be a singer, my family cut off my economy in order to stop me, and I couldn't get a part-time job in the store to do sales, and I met Mr. Lin by chance, and he gave me a business card and introduced me to the new art city to film...... If it weren't for that chance encounter, I don't know how many years it would have been before I got the opportunity to appear in my first movie, so even if not for anything else, I would have played this role, all as a way to repay Mr. Lin for his acquaintance back then. ”
Li Ming's resolute attitude surprised Li Jindu.
"Well, since you have to persevere, I don't have anything to say, I hope your decision is the right one."
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"I think back then, Ye Han was also a character who was surprised, even Hung Ho didn't have much to do with him, I heard that he was a dealer in the casino back then, and he could also shake all the dice to kill the Quartet, I think since this character is designed based on him, then this must be added." Wang Jing stood in front of Lin Youlun with his hands folded and suggested seriously.
Lin Youlun didn't mean to answer, which made Wang Jing a little embarrassed.
"Okay, I'm off topic...... Regarding who to play this role, I think it should be at least an actor at the level of the Four Heavenly Kings. ”
Lin Youlun glanced at Wang Jing angrily, Wang Jing said this is equivalent to not saying it.
"If you can't do it, find Liu Dehua to act, I have a good relationship with him, and it's impossible for him not to give you this face." Wang Jing really had no choice, so he could only silently say sorry to Liu Dehua in his heart.
Lin Youlun thought to himself that there was really no way, and there was only one way to do it, but at this time, the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
Wang Jing pointed to the phone, "Do you answer or do I answer?" ”
"Aren't you talking nonsense! Whose office is this? Lin Youlun couldn't help but scold.
"Okay, I'll pick it up!"
Wang Jing hurriedly picked up the microphone, but after listening to two sentences, the expression on his face became very strange.
"Are you sure?" He asked into the phone.
After giving a reply on the other end of the phone, Wang Jing's face suddenly bloomed with joy, as if he was afraid that the other party would regret it, and rushed to say: "No problem, this matter is settled!" (To be continued......)