After talking about business, Wang Jing's whole person became relaxed, leaned back in the chair, picked up the teacup and blew it.

"By the way, just speaking of Li Lianjie, do you know that Lu Dao recently established his own film company?"

Lin Youlun was slightly stunned, and he had the impression that Li Lianjie had indeed become a film company in Hong Kong, but it was definitely not at this time.

"Didn't Li Lianjie shoot Xu Ke's "New Dragon Gate Inn" in the mainland? That drama has already been filmed? ”

"I guess so."

Wang Jing shrugged, he and Xu Ke are not very familiar with each other, and he doesn't know much about the filming progress of "New Dragon Gate Inn", but he knows that another film is about to be filmed.

"I went to visit the class two days ago, and the "Judge of the Dead" that Fa Ge asked Du Qifeng to shoot will be completed in a few more scenes, if this movie collides with "New Dragon Gate Inn" and is released, who do you say will win?"

If it was before, Lin Youlun would definitely choose "The Judge of the Dead" without hesitation, because the movie in his memory was the box office champion of Hong Kong movies in 92, and "New Dragon Gate Inn" is also a good movie, but there is still a big gap between the box office and "The Judge of the Death".

But now, Lin Youlun doesn't dare to come to this conclusion easily, because the two movies "Judge of the Dead" and "New Dragon Gate Inn" have changed a lot compared with the situation in his memory.

The actor of "The Judge of the Dead" changed from Zhou Xingchi to Zhou Yanfa, and the actor of "New Dragon Gate Inn" changed from Liang Jiahui to Li Lianjie.

Zhou Yunfa's funny skills are good, but he may not be able to perform better than Zhou Xingchi in the original version; But Li Lianjie has a big advantage over Liang Jiahui. He is an action actor, and he can complete a lot of difficult actions without a stand-in, and he should have a better performance under the tuning of Xu Laowei.

These two movies are really going to be on the same schedule, and it is really unknown who will die.

Just as Lin Youlun and Wang Jing were chatting about this topic, Ajie pushed open the office door, and behind him stood Cen Jianxun, general manager of Jiayi Cinema Line.

"Boss, Manager Cen is here."

Lin Youlun nodded over there, and Applejack stepped aside and made a gesture of please to Cen Jianxun.

Shum walks into the office, and Applejack closes the door behind him.

"Mr. Lin. This is the film schedule for September. Please take a look at it. ”

Lin Youlun stood up, took the folder handed over by Cen Jianxun with both hands, pointed to the chair next to Wang Jing by the way, and motioned for Cen Jianxun to sit first.

Shum Jianxun pulled out a chair and sat down. At the same time, I also said hello to Wang Jing.

Wang Jing and Cen Jianxun exchanged a few simple greetings. His eyes looked at the film schedule in Lin Youlun's hand.

Lin Youlun took his gaze back from the schedule in the folder. raised his head, just in time to collide with Wang Jing's gaze.

"What, you'd love to see it?" Lin Youlun raised the folder in his hand.

Wang Jing smiled awkwardly. "No, no, I just want to care about the release schedule of "The Judge of the Dead"."

"The Judge of the Dead" was jointly invested and filmed by Zhou Yunfa and Wang Jing and Du Qifeng's film companies, so Wang Jing's request is not excessive.

Lin Youlun took out a pen and signed his name after the document was the most clear, then handed it back to Cen Jianxun, turned his head and said to Wang Jing: "Congratulations, your wish has come true!" ”

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and then immediately understood what Lin Youlun meant, and then his eyes widened, and he stammered, "I...... I was joking just now, Xu Ke and I have no enmity, the two films "Judge of the Dead" and "New Dragon Gate Inn" don't have to be put together to fight in the ring, right? ”

Lin Youlun sat down, took out a box of cigars, and asked Cen Jianxun and Wang Jing to take one each.

Lin Youlun lit his cigar first, and then threw the lighter at Wang Jing.

Wang Jing took it, and he didn't rush to order it first, but helped Cen Jianxun order it first.

Cen Jianxun thanked him and asked curiously: "Why, Director Wang is worried that the box office of "The Judge of the Dead" will not be able to do "New Dragon Gate Inn"? ”

"It's just a little bit worried, "New Dragon Gate Inn" has Li Lianjie, Zhang Manyu, Lin Qingxia, and only Zhou Yanfa and Mei Yanfang on our side, and the number of stars is not superior." Wang Jing explained worriedly.

"Director Wang is wrong, you can't just look at quantity and not quality, right? In terms of influence, Fa Ge and Mei Yanfang are both top-notch, and only Lin Qingxia is on a par with them in "New Dragon Gate Inn", Li Lianjie and Zhang Manyu are actually a line behind, so if compared, "The Judge of the Dead" is not a loss. ”

Cen Jianxun has been in the position of general manager of Jiayi Cinema Line for so many years, and his words are still very convincing.

Wang Jing nodded after hearing this, and turned his head to look at Lin Youlun.

"Really can't the schedule be changed?"

Lin Youlun nodded.

He wanted to know who would be the last box office winner when the Lu Dao Zhou leap version of "The Judge of the Dead" and Li Lianjie's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" were put together, and it happened that Jiayi's film schedule in September put the two movies on the same schedule, which is exactly the result he hoped to see.

Wang Jing was very remorseful in his heart at this time, and scolded himself for being a crow, if he hadn't mentioned this matter more just now, maybe Lin Youlun would not have been so whimsical, and now Lin Youlun has made up his mind, and it is too late to persuade him.

The only thing that comforted Wang Jing was that he knew about this matter before Xu Ke, and when he went back, he could remind Du Qifeng to make some preparations, so as not to be caught off guard.

Lin Youlun took a puff of his cigar, "By the way, just now you said that Li Lianjie set up a film company by himself?" ”

Wang Jing was still depressed at this time, so he just nodded in a coping manner and did not introduce more information, but Cen Jianxun suddenly interjected at this time: "I know some information about Li Lianjie's movie." ”

With the permission of Lin Youlun's gaze, Cen Jianxun continued: "Since Cai Zhiming was shot, Li Lianjie and Golden Harvest have signed a contract for three years and 5 plays, and now that the contract has expired, he may feel that there is no need to work for others, so he came out and set up a film company by himself, named Zhengdong Film Company." ”

Lin Youlun pondered the word "due east". Judging from the name alone, Li Lianjie's expectations for this film company should be very high, but at this moment, Li Lianjie obviously hasn't realized how deep the pool of water in the Hong Kong film industry is, and some people don't want to see him succeed.

"Yuan Kui came to the company two days ago, saying that he had a movie in hand and wanted to release it in the New Year's file next year, and discussed with me if he could set this in advance, so he revealed some information about that movie to me...... That drama was starring Li Lianjie, and then Zhengdong Film Company was responsible for the investment. ”

"Costume action movie?" Wang Jing subconsciously asked.

Because now when it comes to Li Lianjie. Everyone will naturally think of his costume style. From "Undefeated in the East" to the later "Fang Shiyu" series, Li Lianjie came from behind, and has vaguely surpassed Zhao Wenzhuo, who starred in the "Wong Fei Hung" series, and has become the spokesperson of Hong Kong costume action movies.

Even the martial arts novel grandmaster Jin Yong. praised Li Lianjie. After watching several of the movies he acted in. Jin Yong also specially chose a stage name for Li Lianjie called "Li Yangzhong". Li Lianjie didn't use this stage name when filming, but he invested in making movies himself and was named as a producer. The name "Li Yangzhong" is used.

Wang Jing felt that he should guess eight or nine or ten, but Cen Jianxun shook his head.

"Listening to Yuan Kui, it should be a fashion action movie."

As soon as Cen Jianxun said this, Wang Jing remembered that Li Lianjie's famous movies in the past two years are not all costume films, "Jingwu Heroes" directed by Chen Jiashang and "Serious Crime Team" directed by Huang Ziqiang are both fashion films, but in the field of fashion action movies, Li Lianjie's righteous appearance restricts his acting path, far less comfortable than Cheng Long's laughter and scolding, and of course not as popular as Cheng Long.

Wang Jing spit out a smoke ring, "If it were me, I would only find Li Lianjie to make costume films, his expression is too serious, and sometimes it will be unbearable." ”

Cen Jianxun nodded, "Li Lianjie is more suitable for playing those very serious roles, such as policemen and bodyguards." ”

"So what is he playing this time?" Wang Jing asked curiously.

"It's like playing a bodyguard from the mainland."

Lin Youlun raised his eyebrows, Cen Jianxun's answer made him suddenly think of a movie, and at the same time that Cen Jianxun was talking to Lin Youlun and Wang Jing about this movie, the main protagonists of the film, Li Lianjie, Cui Baozhu, and Yuan Kui were also getting together to discuss this matter.

"Mr. Li, the subject matter you proposed sounds very appealing, but because it is full of political overtones, it is impossible to put everything on the screen."

Yuan Kui said his thoughts, and Li Lianjie was silent.

The theme of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" was originally proposed by Li Lianjie, and it is a story of real people and real events, Li Lianjie likes it very much, so he doesn't want to make too many adaptations.

Cui Baozhu also persuaded at this time: "Xiaojie, Director Yuan Kui's words are right, this film is the company's pioneering work, if you want to make money, it's best to give up some content, because Hong Kong audiences can't accept so much political content, and overseas filmmakers won't be much interested in it." ”

Cui Baozhu is famous as a producer in the Hong Kong film industry, she and Li Lianjie met when they were filming "The East is Undefeated", and the producer of that drama was not her at first, but later Xu Ke asked her for help and added it halfway. Cui Baozhu liked Li Lianjie's "Shaolin Temple" very much, and when he heard that he was acting, he readily agreed. However, when she was in the crew, she and Li Lianjie had no personal relationship at all, that is, the relationship between the producer and the actor's work.

After filming that movie, the two didn't contact each other for a long time. Suddenly, Li Lianjie called to ask Cui Bo-so to meet, and he said, Sister Bo-so, I want to open my own film company, can you come over?

Cui Bo-so agreed without much thought, because she was very optimistic about Li Lianjie's future, especially in martial arts kung fu films.

When she really came to help Li Lianjie, Choi Bo-so found that the difficulties faced by the company were far greater than she expected, and the establishment of Zhengdong Film Company faced a lot of troubles and pressures, and it was by no means as easy as it seemed on the surface.

Zhengdong Film Company's funds are limited, and if you want to make a movie, you can only sell the film to South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and other countries and regions, and then use that money to make production, but when Cui Baozhu went to sell the film, many film companies made it difficult for her to say, saying that you don't want to make it yourself, as long as Li Lianjie is willing to sign with their company, the filming funds of the film will be paid by them, but they deliberately do not sell the film for Zhengdong.

I hope we don't have enough money to open a company.

These people all hope that Zhengdong will not have enough funds, and then "die" immediately, and then Li Lianjie will obediently come back to make a film for them.

Cui Baozhu had to find Golden Harvest in the end, and proposed that Zhengdong would make the product, and Golden Harvest was responsible for the distribution, which was tantamount to accepting Golden Harvest's "co-optation" in disguise, which was actually similar to the nature of other satellite companies under Golden Harvest's name.

It is precisely because Choi Bo-so has made a lot of efforts for the establishment of Jeongdong Film Company that Lee Lianjie has to pay attention to her suggestions.

"Okay, so who do you say you're going to write this script?"

Yuan Kui first put forward his opinion: ""Fang Shiyu" screenwriter Chen Zhongjian is good, in addition, I can ask Chen Jiashang for help, "Flying Tiger" is being released during this time, and he should not have taken on other films." ”

"Will Chen Jiashang be willing to help?" Choi Bo-so asked uncertainly.

From "Lin Sheng and Mrs. Lin" in the early years to "Die Hard", which later made Cheng Long famous in Hollywood, and then to the current "Flying Tiger", which truly reflects the Hong Kong special police, Chen Jiashang has taken a completely different path from Wu Yusen in the field of gunfight action films, just like looking for Li Lianjie to film, many film companies are now also staring at Chen Jiashang, Chen Jiashang has a lot of opportunities to direct movies, and there is no need to help people write scripts.

Li Lianjie also has similar concerns, he and Chen Jiashang have worked together in "Jingwu Heroes", and he is very clear about Chen Jiashang's ability, because of this, he feels that it is unlikely that Chen Jia will come up to help.

Yuan Kui is not too worried about this problem.

"Just let Chen Jiashang help come over to cross the bridge, it won't delay him too much, as long as our attitude is sincere, I think he should agree."

Li Lianjie nodded, he had a personal experience of this.

When "Fang Shiyu" was filmed, Yuan Kui only agreed to be an action director at first, when the trend of new martial arts movies in Hong Kong was just emerging, several famous action directors were very sought-after, and each director filmed three or even five scenes across groups at the same time, so the producer invited Xu Anhua to be the director at that time, and then Yuan Kui was moved by Li Lianjie's sincerity and decided to serve as the film director, and Xu Anhua was promoted to planner. "Fang Shiyu" had a box office of more than 30 million after its release, and Li Lianjie also became one of Hong Kong's first-class actors with this movie, and Yuan Kui contributed a lot as a director.

"I'll go talk to Chen Jia in person!" (To be continued......)