Lin Youlun took the coffee, knocked on Erlang's leg, and waited for Yu Yunhang's reply.

"Midnight Bell" is adapted from the famous writer Suzuki Koji's work "Seven Nights Strange Tales", but the original novel has not yet been written at this time, and Lin Youlun started filming "Midnight Bell" at this time, neither need to negotiate the copyright, nor do you have to worry about the risk of crashing.

Yu Yunhang thought about it for a while, then raised his head and asked Lin Youlun how much money he was going to invest in making this movie.

Many horror films are low-budget movies, and horror films like "Midnight Bells", which purely rely on rendering a terrifying atmosphere and playing psychological suspense, can also be reduced by a notch, and the real majority is the remuneration paid to the actors.

"No more than 10 million."

Yu Yunhang almost suspected that he had heard it wrong, he thought that Lin Youlun could give five or six million was already very generous, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to be ten million as soon as he opened his mouth, which was far beyond his expectations.

Of course, with this 10 million, Yu Yunhang can do a lot of things, first of all, he can invite Hong Kong first-line movie stars to serve as the male and female protagonists of the film.

In this era where stars are equal to box office, many film companies don't even read the script, and only need the director to list the cast and are willing to put money into it. If there is no star as a signboard, it is not easy to get ahead in the fiercely competitive Hong Kong film market, although there will be one or two works that come out as dark horses every year, but the main force of the Hong Kong film box office has always been those movies with star participation.

At present, the most box office appeal in Hong Kong is "Double Monday Cheng", Zhou Xingchi specializes in comedy routes, Cheng Long is a kung fu superstar, if you make a horror movie, these two people will be excluded first, and the rest of Zhou Yunfa is very compliant with the requirements in terms of image and acting skills, but if it weren't for the film investor Lin Youlun, Yu Yunhang really didn't dare to hit Zhou Runfa's idea.

Fa Ge's current salary is between 4 million and 5 million, and he is the kind of actor who has no price, and he has now opened his own company. When taking over the scene, you must give priority to your company's films, and the vacant schedule is basically filled by those film companies with strength and background, and ordinary film companies can't take their turns at all.

In fact, it's not Zhou Yanfa, many first-line stars with box office guarantees basically only help big companies film, so finally there is a Li Lianjie who dares to turn his face with Golden Harvest, and Cai Zhiming wants to eat alone. Naturally, it caused public outrage. The case has so far been a headless one. Although Lin Youlun cleared his suspicions, Jǐng Fang also determined that Cai Zhiming died in black. Help vendetta, but who can not guarantee that it is not other filmmakers who are disgruntled and buy revenge?

If you want to mix in the film industry, it is nothing to offend the director, the producer or even the film company, it is a big deal not to cooperate in the future, the only thing that cannot be offended is the theater chain, and the theater chain in Hong Kong is firmly controlled by Lin Youlun, even if he was a ruthless person like Cai Zhiming at the beginning, he could only lower his posture in front of Lin Youlun. Not to mention the average actor.

Yu Yunhang believes that as long as Lin Youlun speaks, it will be no problem to ask Zhou Yunfa to be the leading actor of the film. And the personal relationship between the two is extraordinary, even if it is for friendship, Zhou Yunfa is impossible to refuse.

"He is busy getting married during this time, and I don't know if he is free in the Lu Dao schedule." Lin Youlun frowned slightly. Fa Ge has been really busy recently, firstly, because his wedding date is approaching, and secondly, after "Hero Ben Sè", Hong Kong has set off a wave of shooting black. The wind cháo of the gang film, Zhou Yanfa borrowed 5 or 6 plays during this time, all of which were mixed black. Dao, it is estimated that he will have to continue for a while as a "big brother" in the play. His schedule is also an issue.

Faced with such a rare opportunity, Yu Yunhang felt that it would be a pity if he missed it, he thought for a while and said: "Fifteen days, I only need Zhou Yanfa to stay in the crew for fifteen days!" ”

If only for two weeks. At this time, Zhou Runfa should still be able to squeeze it out, so Lin Youlun agreed.

Yu Yunhang was greatly encouraged, he felt that since Fa Ge was the male protagonist of the film, the heroine should also find an actress of the same weight as Fa Ge. The first thing he thought of was Zhong Chuhong, but he only mentioned it and rejected it to Lin Youlun.

"Honggu is filming "Legend of the Night 2", and she will not take on other dramas in the past six months."

Yu Yunhang then mentioned a few female stars, all of which were rejected by Lin Youlun for one reason or another, and after being killed by several candidates, Yu Yunhang glanced at Wang Guxian, who was sitting on the sidelines and bored, and finally came back to his senses and secretly scolded himself for being confused, Lin Youlun had already led people in front of him, and he actually reacted at this time. He tried to mention Wang Guxian's name, but this time Lin Youlun really didn't raise any more objections.

As soon as Wang Guxian heard that he was going to make a horror movie with her, he was immediately frightened, waved his hand and said: "Don't, I'm very timid, the last time I watched the movie directed by Yu, I was scared and couldn't sleep well for a few days, and if I was asked to act in such a horror movie, how long would I have to lose sleep?" ”

Yu Yunhang didn't understand Lin Youlun's intentions before, and mentioned so many actors, maybe he had already made Lin Youlun unhappy, and now there is such an opportunity to "atone for his sins", of course he will not let it go, and explained to Wang Guxian hard: "Miss Wang misunderstood, watching horror movies and making horror films are two completely different concepts, and the atmosphere of horror films is achieved by post-editing and dubbing, and the filming process is not scary at all, otherwise horror films will not be the most challenging genre films, Because when acting, you have to pretend to be scared and nervous, if you can make a movie as scary as in the plot of the movie, horror movies will not be so difficult to make. ”

Wang Guxian glanced at Lin Youlun and whispered, "But I really don't want to make ghost movies anymore." ”

Lin Youlun looked at Wang Guxian and said: "Making ghost movies is not the same as letting you play ghosts, Mr. Yu also said that making horror movies is very good for honing your acting skills, you won't just want to play the vase corner sè for the rest of your life?" ”

Wang Guxian is one of the few Hong Kong female artists who enjoy a high reputation in rì in later generations, and it is the movie "A Chinese Ghost Story" that helped her become famous in rì, and now this movie has been released in rì, and the box office results are good, saying that it is not far from the time when Wang Guxian became famous in rì, at this time, let her star in "Midnight Murder Bell", which can not only use her fame in rì to promote this movie, but also after the release of this movie in rì, It will definitely push Wang Guxian's reputation in rìben to a higher level.

Wang Jixian is the most promising Hong Kong actress to become an international actress after Chung Chuhong. Zhong Chuhong's success, in addition to the blockbuster effect of "Legend of the Night", her own appearance is more in line with European and American aesthetics is also an important reason. Wang Guxian does not have an advantage in this regard, she belongs to the kind of typical Asian beauty, and it is very difficult to make European and American audiences accept her with Zhong Chuhong's model, so Lin Youlun thought of taking the sword sideways.

As a model of horror films that have made Hollywood pay attention, the influence of "Midnight Bell" in later generations is very huge, not only the original film is very popular in Europe and the United States, but also the works remade by American directors have also set off a wave of movie-watching fever. Wang Guxian's appearance in this movie can at least leave a deep impression on European and American audiences, which will be very beneficial to her future development.

Lin Youlun's hard work couldn't be said to Wang Guxian, and seeing that Wang Guxian was still hesitating, he changed his way.

"Ah Zhen is also acting in a horror film recently, Director Cheng Gang's requirements for actors are notoriously strict, Ah Zhen will be able to get at least one nomination for Best Actress at the Academy Awards next year, if there is no too strong opponent in the same period, the possibility of winning the award is very big, you became famous earlier than her, if she won the Golden Statue before you, don't complain to me."

This trick really worked, and as soon as Wang Guxian heard that Qiu Shuzhen was about to surpass him silently, he immediately became anxious, "If I play this "Midnight Bell", will I be able to compete with her?" ”

"The premise is that you can play this role well."

Lin Youlun smiled in his heart, in fact, even if Wang Jixian does not act in "Midnight Bell", with "A Chinese Ghost Story" released this year, he can also get a nomination for Best Actress, if history has not changed much.

Of course, Lin Youlun won't tell her this now, he said this to persuade Wang Guxian to star in "Midnight Bell", so that next year's Best Actress at the Academy Awards, even if Wang Guxian has "double insurance", he will be shortlisted for the same award at the same time with different roles, which is rare in the history of the Academy Awards, even if he does not win the Best Actress after the most deaf, such a result is dazzling enough.

Wang Zuxian's thoughts at this time completely changed, and he looked at Yu Yunhang menacingly, "Director Yu, do you think my acting skills are really fine?" ”

Yu Yunhang only felt that his head was big for a while, although he had watched "A Chinese Ghost Story" played by Wang Guxian, but he didn't dare to package her acting skills 100%, but in front of Lin Youlun, he couldn't pour cold water on Wang Guxian, and gritted his teeth and said: "Miss Wang, don't worry, as long as you follow my requirements for this movie, there will be no problem with acting." ”

Yu Yunhang has actually prepared for the worst, if Wang Guxian really can't play this role well, he will use some special means, such as scaring her with things like mice, cockroaches, snakes, etc., so that she can get the most realistic and natural frightened expression during shooting, although this is a bit cheating, but the trick of making horror movies is absolutely effective.

Yu Yunhang's words gave Wang Guxian a lot of confidence, no matter what aspect, she didn't want to lose to Qiu Shuzhen, which was the biggest motivation for her to take over the filming of "Midnight Bell".