"Okay, Mr. Wu, I'll think about this matter, so let's do it first."

Lin Youlun hung up the phone in front of Wang Jing, and then angrily slapped the list of heroines in his hand on the table.

"Don't tell me, all the people above here are looking for a relationship to come to you."

Wang Jing looked embarrassed, and he didn't dare to look directly at Lin Youlun's gaze.

"I have no choice, I have already pushed everything I can, and the rest of these are too big, they found me, and I couldn't refuse at all, so I ......"

"So you let me do the things that offend people?" Lin Youlun said the following words for Wang Jing, "What you do, can't you always let me wipe your butt for you, right?" ”

"Actually, I did something for you." Wang Jing said in a low voice.

"Are you helping me make trouble? If that's the case, I should thank you? Lin Youlun grabbed the list on the table angrily and continued to look at it.

"Isn't the director of the sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" still undecided? I have a good fit. Wang Jing explained.

"The filming of that movie will also start next year, don't you feel idle when you talk about this now?" Lin Youlun replied without raising his head.

"But this person is Tsui Hark, he asked me about this matter last night, and I think he must have some ideas."

Lin Youlun originally wanted Wang Jing not to mention this matter again, but as soon as he heard Xu Ke's name, the expression on his face finally changed a little.

"What did you say to him?"

"I said you hadn't made a decision on the matter, and then he didn't ask anything more." Wang Jing described the situation when he met with Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng for dinner last night.

Lin Youlun nodded after hearing this, "Finally, you still know how to do some serious things." ”

"And this list?"

Wang Jing raised his head. looked at Lin Youlun with some apprehension.

"Zhang Meng is not suitable for this role. I'll talk to Mr. Xiang on his side. The rest is up to you. Lin Youlun picked up the pen and crossed out Zhang Mian's name.

Of course, Wang Jing will not have any opinions, he is thinking more about how to explain to Xiang Huaqiang at this time, even if Lin Youlun helps him say hello, to satisfy that person, he has to help Yongsheng make a movie.

Although there are seven or eight names on this list, only Zhang Meng and Guan Zhilin really have weight, and now Zhang Meng is excluded. In fact, Lin Youlun's favorite candidate has already come out.

It seems that Wu Siyuan's call did play a role.

Wang Jing was pondering about this matter, and Lin Youlun suddenly asked: "By the way, did you read the books I asked to send you on the day I came back from the United States?" ”

Seeing Wang Jing's stunned appearance, Lin Youlun had already guessed the result.

"Are those books important?" Wang Jing asked cautiously. He has been too busy in the past two days, holding press conferences, recording TV programs, and constantly participating in all kinds of social dinners, and he is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground.

"It has to do with the fact that you're going to make this movie next. Do you say it matters? Lin Youlun glared at Wang Jing angrily.

heard that it was related to the new film, Wang Jing immediately said: "Then I'll watch it as soon as I go back." I've read them all without sleeping. ”

"Alright, alright, stop!" Lin Youlun raised his hand, "Those books are very useful for you to make this movie, I don't care how you read it, anyway, you have to finish reading all the things on it, don't shoot this movie if you can't finish it, save it from making people laugh." ”

Wang Jing nodded hurriedly, but he was a little suspicious in his heart. He remembered that those books were all about Egypt's geography, culture and pyramids, could it be that Lin Youlun was going to go to Egypt to shoot this new film?

Wang Jing was about to ask, but was interrupted by a banging knock on the door.

"Come in." Lin Youlun said.

The nanny, Mother Wu, pushed open the door of the study, stood at the door and made a gesture of please to the person behind her.

"Mr. Cheng, please come in."

Lin Youlun had specially instructed Wu's mother before, and after Cheng Long came, he took people directly to the study, and when Cheng Long came in, Wu's mother closed the door and left.

Cheng Long saw that Wang Jing was also there, so he said hello to him.

Lin Youlun stood up from behind the desk and beckoned Cheng Long and Wang Jing to sit down on the sofa next to him.

Cheng Long was invited as the guest of honor at the closing ceremony of the Hong Kong International Film Festival this time, so he flew back from the United States, and before he got off the plane, he received a call from Lin Youlun and rushed over here.

Cheng Long only heard about the excitement in the Hong Kong film industry in the past two days, but Wang Jing had a phone call with him before, and the two negotiated the cooperation of the new film on the phone.

At that time, Wang Jing only told Cheng Long that the new film was invested by Lin Youlun, and then Cheng Long agreed to star without asking anything, of course, Cheng Long didn't expect it, and even Wang Jing actually didn't know what Lu Dao's new film wanted to make.

"Today, both of you are here, I will tell you a little bit about this new film, first of all, I just have a story idea, and the script has not yet been written."

Wang Jing and Cheng Long looked at each other.

The actors have been decided, and Lin Youlun said that the script has not been written yet, what is the situation?

"You don't have to worry, this story is already very mature, and the script is written very quickly, and the real difficulty of this movie is how to shoot it." After Lin Youlun finished speaking, he glanced at Wang Jing and Cheng Long, and continued: "The movie is still an adventure story, but I chose the location in Egypt, the time is the 30s of the 20th century, and the theme is related to the pyramids of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs...... The main villain in the movie is a resurrected mummy from the pyramid. ”

Wang Jing and Cheng Long were a little surprised after hearing this.

Wang Jing is better, the books that Lin Youlun gave him before were all related to this aspect, Cheng Long was different, he thought he would shoot an adventure story related to the East, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to move the story directly to Egypt, such a large span, so that he couldn't keep up with Lin Youlun's train of thought for a while.

"What is Egypt?" Wang Jing and Cheng Long invariably asked such a question.

"I'll answer separately." Lin Youlun shrugged, then looked at Wang Jing first and asked, "If you don't shoot Egypt, where do you think you should shoot?" Filming China obviously conflicts with the content of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan, which are actually still within the radiation range of the discourse and cultural circle, and after the exclusion, the only places suitable for making adventure films are South America and Africa, South America has been preempted by Hollywood, so only Africa can be chosen. ”

"I'm not saying that Egypt is bad, but can you change places? I have been eating wind and sand in the Gobi Desert for more than half a year when I filmed "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and this time I was filming in the desert, to be honest, I was really scared. Wang Jing began to cry bitterly.

"The subject matter will not change, but I can consider changing the director, what do you think?" Lin Youlun said this, and then Wang Jing immediately stopped talking.

After getting Wang Jing, Lin Youlun then explained to Cheng Long: "Ah Long, you are willing to make this movie, I can actually guess some, simply making an oriental adventure film will actually not help you very much in Hollywood, and the theme of mummies is still a blank in Hollywood, if this film is successful, it will be of great help to your development in Hollywood...... If you keep making action movies, Hollywood will only treat you as an action actor, and if this subject is successful, everyone's inherent image of you will change a lot, at least you will no longer be treated simply as an action actor. ”

Cheng Long nodded, accepting Lin Youlun's point of view.

After convincing the two, Lin Youlun was also relieved.

"Okay, since you two are fine, I'll also share some of my personal thoughts. In fact, I chose the theme of 'mummy', more to do some new exploration for Hong Kong films to go international, in the past, Hong Kong films only relied on kung fu films to win the world, and now special effects films have also developed and matured, but this is not enough, we must make some new breakthroughs in the theme of the story, otherwise after overseas audiences are bored with our stories, where should we innovate? ”

Wang Jing and Cheng Long didn't speak, obviously they couldn't answer Lin Youlun's question.

"Hollywood has done a good job of this, not only developing the subject matter that they are good at, but also actively expanding overseas, what can Americans do, why can't we do it? Hong Kong films are naturally flawed in the market, if you don't think of a way out in these aspects, the road will only get narrower and narrower in the future, and the rise and fall of Hong Kong films is actually related to the interests of each of us. ”

Lin Youlun made his words so clear, and Wang Jing also let go of it, no longer thinking about other issues, only thinking about how to make this movie.

"Are you really going to Egypt to shoot on location?"

Lin Youlun spread his hands, "There are only two choices, either you really go to Egypt for real shooting, but there are regulations on the protection of cultural relics, and it is very troublesome to apply; Either find a place in the desert in the northwest of the mainland to set up a location, anyway, the pyramid in the story is completely fictional, as long as it looks like that. ”

"Then I'll go to the mainland, I've been there for more than half a year, and I'm more familiar with it." Wang Jing nodded, another reason why he chose this way is because going to the mainland to shoot can not only save the trouble of approval, but also reduce the cost a lot.

Although there is a need to create another scenery on the mainland, the movie scene can also be spread out more in this way, and you can destroy it as much as you want, and you don't have to worry about being charged with destroying cultural relics, which is also an additional benefit. (To be continued......)