Since the 80s, the image of mainlanders in Hong Kong films has been constantly changing with the political climate and economic development, from the initial "human snake", "big circle", "provincial and Hong Kong flag soldiers", "Beigu" to the current "local tyrants" and "nouveau riche", living out is a history of honor and disgrace changes in Hong Kong films. Of course, no matter how the title changes, mainlanders have never escaped the cage of "negative image" in Hong Kong movies.

Although the mainland has developed rapidly in recent years, in the minds of Hong Kong people, mainland residents are still living in poverty, and even some Hong Kong people regard mainlanders who have come to Hong Kong as poor relatives who have come to Hong Kong to join them, and this kind of poor relative is naturally not welcome.

"Cousin, Hello Hi", released in 1990, is a concrete embodiment of Hong Kong people's understanding of the image of mainlanders.

In the film, Zheng Yuling is regarded as a representative of the mainlanders, and her various faults are magnified and satirized, such as shouting slogans, rustic behavior, etc., as the public security also abuses the suspect, and directly transports the suspect Zhou Wenjian to Hong Kong in a suitcase.

The funniest thing is that Hong Kong people feel that mainlanders are born to like to sing revolutionary songs, so in the film, Lucy Cheng sang "My Motherland" from the beginning, to the time when she was at war with Leung Jiahui's father and the Communist Party in the film, it became "March of the Volunteers", "Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China", "Three Disciplines, Eight Attentions", and the most amazing is the song "Nanniwan" sung in the dance hall, which directly shattered the wine glasses of Leung Jiahui and other guests.

Because of deep-rooted prejudices and conflicts of interest in reality, it is by no means an overnight thing to change the image of Hong Kong people towards mainlanders, and it is certainly not something that can be done in one or two movies. So. When Lin Youlun sat in the living room of Gong Li's newly bought villa in Hong Kong. I kept frowning and couldn't lift my spirits.

Gong Li walked into the living room with a bottle of red wine and two goblets, poured wine into a wine glass, and handed it to Lin Youlun.

"Something?"

Lin Youlun took a sip of the wine glass, patted the sofa beside him, and motioned for Gong Li to sit down.

Gong Li sat down with a wine glass and leaned her body into Lin Youlun's arms.

"Why, just got out of bed and frowned. Tired of me? ”

Lin Youlun just tasted the ban of Jiumu on Gong Li. Guo, when he heard this, he hugged Gong Li's plump and tender body in his arms: "Do you think I'm the kind of guy who doesn't recognize people when I lift my pants?" ”

"Then what do I think of you being sullen?" As Gong Li spoke, she pulled Lin Youlun's hand to her lap.

Lin Youlun stroked Gong Li's tight thighs, took a sip of wine, and forcibly suppressed the urge to carry Gong Li back to the bedroom Yunyu, and told Gong Li about Huang Licheng asking him for help.

Gong Li pulled the short skirt that was messed up by Lin Youlun, and said with a red face: "You are stupid, this kind of thing is obviously thankless, you actually agreed?" ”

Having been in Hong Kong for a long time, Gong Li has a deep understanding of Hong Kong people's prejudice against mainlanders, and she also knows how difficult it is to reverse this impression of Hong Kong people. That's why she felt that Lin Youlun shouldn't agree to this matter.

"Anyway, Huang Licheng and I are old friends, and he has helped me a lot before. So if you don't say yes, you can't do it! Lin Youlun said helplessly.

"Have you figured out what you're going to do?" Gong Li asked curiously.

"I don't have a clue yet, that's why I'm so distressed."

Lin Youlun rubbed his temples, and remembered that the movie with the best image of mainlanders in Hong Kong films was the famous love film "Sweet Honey" made by Chen Kexin when he was about to return, but there was a big limitation in that movie was the background.

The film uses Teresa Teng's "Sweet Honey" as the theme song, the story is from 1986, when the hero and heroine met, until Teresa Teng's death in 1995, two mainland young people from Tianjin and Guangzhou, respectively, have different adaptability to Hong Kong society due to the difference between Chinese and Cantonese as their mother tongue, but finally drifted and met in a farther country - New York after ten years of different life destinies.

Now that the Yiren have not passed away, there is no way to talk about nostalgia and sadness, without this, the classic flavor of this movie will definitely be diluted a lot.

This road is not working, Lin Youlun felt that he should change his thinking and relax his thinking a little more, he played with the wine glass in his hand, looked at Gong Li who broke free from his arms and got up to pour wine, and suddenly thought of another movie in his heart.

"There it is!"

Lin Youlun snapped his fingers, and then drank the wine in the cup.

Gong Li looked back at him with some curiosity, wondering where he got his inspiration.

Lin Youlun put down the wine glass, hurriedly kissed Gong Li on the face, and stood up before explaining to Gong Li: "Thanks to you, then I thought of this movie!" ”

"Me?" A look of surprise flashed in Gong Li's eyes.

At this time, Lin Youlun had already begun to put on his coat, and it seemed that he was about to leave.

"Let's have dinner together in the evening, and I'll explain it to you in detail when the time comes."

"But it's almost time for lunch, are you sure you want to leave at this time?" Gong Li couldn't help but remind.

Lin Youlun looked at the time, and sure enough, it was already more than eleven o'clock, and it was indeed a little inappropriate to make a temporary appointment at this time, but Lin Youlun did not have this problem with this person.

walked over and patted Gong Li's face, and dropped the sentence "Wait for me at night", Lin Youlun turned around and walked out.

Getting in the car, Lin Youlun immediately made a call to Wang Jing.

"Dead fatty, have you eaten?"

"Do you think I'm like you all day long, waiting for a boxed lunch on the set!"

"Don't wait, I'll treat you to dinner!"

Lin Youlun told Wang Jing an address for dinner, and hung up the phone without waiting for Wang Jing to agree.

Wang Jing hesitated for a moment after putting down the phone, estimating that Lin Youlun should have something important to find him, gritted his teeth, announced that the crew would have a half-day vacation, and asked the drama staff to help him return his lunch box before leaving.

When he arrived at the place to eat, Wang Jing came in and sat down, fanning the wind with his hands while instructing the waiter to turn on the air conditioner in the room a little bigger.

"What's the matter, so anxious to come to me?"

"It's nothing, I just missed you suddenly, so I asked you to come out for a meal together!"

Wang Jing was drinking the herbal tea brought by the waiter, and almost squirted out when he heard this.

"Big brother, are you playing with me?"

In order to rush to see Lin Youlun, the crew stopped work for half a day, but the expenses were still going as usual, and Wang Jing couldn't help but feel a pain when he thought of losing this money.

"Okay, I'm kidding you."

Lin Youlun waved his hand and motioned for the waiter to go away, and he had something to talk to Wang Jing alone.

Knowing that Lin Youlun promised to help Huang Licheng, Wang Jing and Gong Li reacted similarly.

"Even if you want to have a good relationship with the mainland, you don't have to take on such a thankless job, right?"

Lin Youlun spread his hands, "The problem is that I have already promised others, and you make me regret it now?" ”

Wang Jing put the teacup aside, put his hands on the table and analyzed with Lin Youlun: "The most troublesome problem is that many Hong Kong people are prejudiced against mainlanders now, even if you don't care about the money from making movies, and you don't want to use this movie to make money, but someone has to watch the movie to make it!" ”

Wang Jing said these truths, Lin Youlun understood, "That's why I asked you for help?" ”

"Then I would say that you have found the wrong person? I'm okay with making commercial films, but I really can't make this kind of movie you say...... Why don't I recommend someone to you, Yan Hao, do you know? is the guy who co-produced "The Chess King" with Xu Ke, he is one of the Hong Kong directors who knows more about the mainland, and you must be right to look for him. ”

Wang Jing's head shook like a rattle, and he refused to agree to anything.

"Yan Hao can't make this movie, I'm optimistic about you!"

When Wang Jing heard this, he suddenly felt the urge to burst into tears, when did he become so important in Lin Youlun's heart, why didn't he feel it at all?

Seeing Wang Jing looking at himself with blank eyes, Lin Youlun glanced at him angrily.

"Don't pretend to be pitiful to me, this is a comedy, I can't delay you for long!"

"Comedy?" Wang Jing was shocked, Lin Youlun's thinking jumped too fast, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm.

"Filmed like "Cousin, Hello Hi"?" comedies related to mainlanders, Wang Jing first thought of this movie.

Lin Youlun was suddenly a little angry, "Can you be more humorous?" ”

Although the theme of "Cousin, Hello Hi" is not for the black mainlanders, it is actually smearing the mainlanders, which is completely different from Lin Youlun's original intention of promising Huang Licheng to make a movie, and this idea is also up to Wang Jing to come up with.

Wang Jing's throat rolled for a moment, and he hesitated and said: "But apart from this, I really can't think of any comedy movie that can make mainlanders the protagonists...... By the way, is it okay to be like "The Saint of Gambling"? The protagonist is a poor boy from the mainland, and he finally soaked horses in Hong Kong and made a fortune, which should meet your conditions, right? ”

"The special function is a fake, what is the use of making such a movie? In order for Hong Kong audiences to change their understanding of mainlanders, first of all, the mainlander character in the movie must be a normal person, so not only special functions, but also mainland soldiers, big circles, provincial and Hong Kong flag soldiers, prostitutes, and Beigu, all of which cannot be filmed. ”

"Then you'd better find someone else!" As soon as Wang Jing heard that this couldn't be filmed, and that couldn't be filmed, he immediately wanted to pick a pick.

"Really don't shoot?"

Wang Jing nodded.

"No regrets?"

Wang Jing hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

"But I'm going to let you shoot it, what should I do?"

Lin Youlun deliberately made a distressed look, and Wang Jington knew that he had been tricked again just now.

"Big brother, don't be kidding, okay?"

"I'm serious, I've already thought about the script, and then you just need to shoot as I say." Lin Youlun didn't give Wang Jing a chance to oppose at all, and directly settled the matter. (To be continued......)