When Cheng Long said this, everyone on and off the stage was stunned.

How many years has it been since Cheng Long has played a trick? Ten years or more? Many people present couldn't figure out this problem, anyway, after becoming famous from the filming of "Serpentine Trickster" and "Drunken Fist", Cheng Long participated in all the film departments that he participated in, and at this time he suddenly proposed to play a trick in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and many people in the audience wondered if they had heard it wrong.

He Guanchang sat in the audience and was stunned for a moment, and then a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

On stage, Cheng Long looked sincere, and finally made everyone sure that he was not joking.

Before everyone's eyes gathered on him, Wang Jing preemptively said: "Brother Cheng Long is torturing the little brother when he says this, just one role, ten is no problem." ”

Hong Jinbao and Yuan Di quickly exchanged glances, Hong Jinbao walked over and patted Cheng Long on the shoulder, "With you joining, our movie will definitely be invincible!" ”

Yuan Di also followed, "Yes, our three brothers can work together again." ”

Seeing this situation, a reporter proposed to take a group photo of the three of them, and Cheng Long took the initiative to give up the middle position to Hong Jinbao, and stood on both sides with Yuan Di on the left and right, meeting the requirements of the reporters in the audience.

In a flash of lights, Lin Youlun looked thoughtfully at the stage, He Guanchang also happened to look at the stage, the eyes of the two collided, and He Guanchang smiled to express his greetings.

At the end of the press conference of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Lin Youlun and He Guanchang met on stage.

When shaking hands, Lin Youlun smiled faintly, "Mr. He." Congratulations. ”

He Guanchang was slightly stunned. immediately understood what Lin Youlun meant. smiled and said: "I just reminded Ah Long that if he can go further in the future, it is Mr. Lin who needs to be thanked the most." ”

"Mr. He is polite."

He Guanchang's posture was very low, "I still have something unclear about, and I want to ask Mr. Lin." ”

"Mr. Ho, please speak."

"Aaron's action movies have gained some fame in Europe and the United States, but I always feel that he seems to have encountered a bottleneck now, and he can't break through no matter how hard he tries. He Guanchang said bluntly.

Lin Youlun nodded. Indicates understanding.

"In fact, this is normal, local films in any country or region will have an instinctive rejection of foreign films. Compared to a certain movie, it will be more difficult for an actor to gain Hollywood recognition. Don't say that you are a foreigner, even among American actors, there is a clear difference between black and white. Cheng Long's films have now achieved the ultimate in what foreign films can do, and if they want to go further, they must learn how to package their films to look like American films. ”

He Guanchang showed a puzzled expression in his eyes, "Is it a movie like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which is what Mr. Lin said about packaging local movies more like American movies?" ”

Lin Youlun shook his head. "Mr. He misunderstood, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is actually still in the mode of genre films."

Seeing that He Guanchang didn't quite understand the so-called genre films. He went on to explain: "Now Hong Kong films want to break into the Hollywood market, they have two options. or take the path of genre films, similar to "Legend of the Night", "Black Super SWAT Team", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and find some film types that can be accepted by both Eastern and Western audiences; Either it is to bring out a movie star who is recognized by foreign audiences and make some movies around him...... The advantage of taking the road of genre films is that you don't have to be restricted by actors, but the choice of subject matter is very critical, and if you make a slight mistake in judgment, the money invested in it will be wasted. ”

He Guanchang has a deep understanding of this, the films that can enter the overseas market are generally large-scale productions, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars at every turn, and the film company has to take great risks, which is why those small and medium-sized film companies in Hong Kong know that they can make a lot of money in the overseas market, but no one dares to easily imitate Lin Youlun, one after another to invest in large-scale films, even if it is Golden Harvest, the few big-budget films invested in the early stage of entering the overseas market are all carefully pulled Lin Youlun into the gang, so they dare to invest money in it with confidence.

It was also in the past two years that Golden Harvest slowly found some ways to do so, and only then did it begin to reduce its direct cooperation with Lin Youlun.

Because the investment risk is very high, Golden Harvest now controls between one or two such films every year, and the investment scale is also carefully maintained at a reasonable level.

Golden Harvest is really focusing on development, or the second method mentioned by Lin Youlun, to praise Cheng Long to become an international action superstar.

"The advantage of this method is that you don't have to worry about the type of movie, because most audiences buy tickets for the star rather than the movie itself, and the investment risk is small, and the disadvantage is that the film's performance is directly linked to the actor's fame, if the actor is out of breath after a period of time, this method will not work. For foreign actors, especially those who enter Hollywood as action actors, the validity period of this star halo on the head will be very short, as short as 2-3 years, as long as 5 years, and the popularity will be quickly consumed. ”

Lin Youlun said that there is a basis for this, and Cheng Long's experience in Hollywood in later generations is the best example, which is why he has always emphasized that the practice of relying on a popular star to enter the Hollywood market cannot last.

"Of course, Cheng Long's current fame has not yet reached that point, that is to say, he still has a lot of room for improvement, and the way is what I just said, to find a way to make the American audience further recognize him."

He Guanchang helped his glasses, and said, "Please also ask Mr. Lin for advice." ”

"In all the movies Cheng Long makes, he is the only protagonist, and in the eyes of overseas audiences, he will always be a foreigner, and he will be much worse than his local actors in terms of the substitution of the story of the film."

He Guanchang nodded while thinking about this problem, he was only the bottleneck that plagued Cheng Long further, but there was no good solution, because Cheng Long's identity could not be changed.

"In that case, why don't you add another protagonist to the movie?" Lin Youlun asked inspiringly.

He Guanchang's eyes lit up, "What does Mr. Lin mean, to find a foreign partner for Ah Long?" ”

Lin Youlun nodded. Talking to smart people is easy. A little bit of the other party can understand what they mean.

"It's a partner, though. But the choice of this partner is particular, the other party can't be too famous, it is best to be a black actor and a white actress, so as to ensure that Cheng Long's limelight in the movie will not be stolen to the greatest extent. ”

He Guanchang suddenly raised his eyes to look at Lin Youlun, and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Lin already have a suitable script in his hand?" ”

Lin Youlun shrugged, "There is no script, but there are two stories." ”

As soon as He Guanchang heard this, he immediately understood what Lin Youlun meant.

When Lin Youlun was still a little-known screenwriter. A script of "Baby Wisdom and Stars" can dare to take away 10 million Hong Kong dollars from Golden Harvest, and the current Lin Youlun has long been different from the past, just open his mouth to tell a story idea, and the hard work of 10 million is not enough for him to read.

Cheng Long was talking to Hong Jinbao and Yuan Di, and He Guanchang beckoned him over.

"Ah Long, Lin Xian now has two scripts in hand, and I am going to find you to cooperate, I have already agreed to help you agree, these two movies Golden Harvest is not directly involved, so you can cooperate with Mr. Lin in the name of Weihe Company."

Cheng Long listened. There was a sudden expression of ecstasy on his face, he didn't expect to come on this trip today. There will be such a big gain.

Lin Youlun glanced at He Guanchang and secretly admired it in his heart.

He Guanchang knew that he would not be busy in vain, so he simply let these two movies to himself to invest, on the surface, Golden Harvest lost the investment income of these two movies, but in fact, it was Lin Youlun who asked Lin Youlun to pay for it to help Golden Harvest pick up Cheng Long.

When Cheng Long has a firm foothold in Hollywood, is Golden Harvest still worried that there is no opportunity to make money?

He Guanchang's calculations are very shrewd, and Lin Youlun pocketed the proceeds of the two Cheng Long movies, and this deal is not a loss.

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After the press conference, all the reporters had already left, and at this time those who remained in the venue were all people in the circle, and everyone gathered around Wang Jing, Hong Jinbao, and Yuan Di to chat and idle.

He Guanchang, Cheng Long and Lin Youlun were talking on the side, but no one came to disturb them, and as soon as the two of them left, the others followed and walked over, either to make a familiar face in front of Lin Youlun.

Li Jiaxin was wearing a very elaborate dress, the color was elegant, and the pleated skirt dragged on the ground like a cloud, and walked towards it lightly, bringing a gust of fragrant wind, and the people standing next to Lin Youlun seemed to be smoked by this gust of wind, and their eyes always couldn't help but look at her.

A head of black hair was curled into an elegant bun, and a few strands of hair fell to the ear, setting off a delicate and flawless face.

The title of the most beautiful Hong Kong sister is indeed well deserved, and Li Jiaxin at this moment exudes a dizzying charm all over her body.

Although at the previous press conference, Lin Youlun and Li Jiaxin both vigorously denied the relationship between the two parties, and Wang Jing stood up to testify, everyone present knew in their hearts what was going on.

As soon as Li Jiaxin came over, they all said goodbye and left.

"Have you decided where to eat in the evening?" Lin Youlun asked with a smile, in the current situation, it is inconvenient for the two to have a more intimate move.

Li Jiaxin's beautiful eyes flashed with a sparkling look, "It was good for you to take me to that Western restaurant last time, this time you can try a candlelight dinner." ”

Lin Youlun nodded, he originally wanted to say hello to Wang Jing before leaving, but when he turned around, he saw that the dead fat man was squeezing his eyebrows and smiling evilly at him, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him, and took Li Jiaxin and walked directly to the side door.

"Mr. Lin!"

Halfway through, someone caught up from behind.

"Director Chen, long time no see."

Lin Youlun turned around to greet the visitor, Li Jiaxin also stopped, and his eyes turned around the "Director Chen" in Lin Youlun's mouth, but the last fell on Li Lianjie who was standing next to him.

is also surnamed Li, Li Jiaxin has watched the movie starring Li Lianjie a long time ago, and is no stranger to this kung fu star from the mainland.

Lin Youlun chatted with Chen Jiashang, and soon noticed the existence of Li Lianjie.

Lin Youlun smiled and handed his hand over, "Mr. Li, I have admired my name for a long time!" ”

"Mr. Lin is polite, don't dare to be." When Li Lianjie smiled, his expression was a little stiff, which was related to his more serious face, and it was also related to the feeling in his heart at the moment.

"Is there anything you are looking for me?"

Chen Jiashang and Li Lianjie glanced at each other, quickly exchanged glances, and then Chen Jiashang stood up and explained: "Mr. Li and I recently prepared a script and would like to ask Mr. Lin to give some advice. ”

Lin Youlun is not idle all day without anything to do, how can he have the time to revise the script for others? So this is just an excuse for Chen Jiashang, what he really wants to express is that he has a script in his hand to see if Lin Youlun is interested in investing.

Lin Youlun understood what Chen Jiashang meant, but he was very curious about what kind of movie Chen Jiashang and Li Lianjie would come up with when they got together.

"Martial arts heroes?"

Lin Youlun was slightly stunned, and information about this movie appeared in his mind.

The director and the leading actors are right, it is indeed Chen Jiashang and Li Lianjie who worked together, but the time is not right?

In order to confirm that the "Jingwu Hero" that Chen Jiashang said was the one in his memory, Lin Youlun then asked: "Is there any connection between this movie and Bruce Lee's "Jingwumen"? ”

"It's a remake, but there are some new changes in the plot." Chen Jiashang explained.

Lin Youlun's eyes fell on Li Lianjie, "Mr. Li plays Chen Zhen?" ”

Li Lianjie nodded.

"Why would you want to make a movie like this?"

Chen Jiashang was about to speak, but Li Lianjie took the lead, "Don't Mr. Lin think that the current action design of martial arts movies is too outrageous?" ”

The success of Xu Ke's "Wong Fei Hung" series and "Smiling Proud Jianghu" has set off a wave of new-school martial arts films in Hong Kong.

Chen Jiashang was worried at first that Li Lianjie's words were too reckless and would annoy Lin Youlun, but seeing that the expression on Lin Youlun's face had not changed, he was relieved.

"Has Mr. Li ever thought about how much pressure from the outside world would be to challenge Bruce Lee's classic works?"

"Even if it fails, as long as it can bring a little new atmosphere to kung fu films, I think it's worth it." Li Lianjie said very frankly.

"Mr. Li has such an idea, and I will definitely support it." Lin Youlun nodded, "That's it, Director Chen, you have someone send the script to my house when you go back, and I'll reply to you after reading it." ”

[Ask for a monthly pass, ask for praise! ] (To be continued......)