Chapter 838: Saying the Wrong Thing [Second Update]
If Zhou Xingchi and Li Lianjie knew that Lin Youlun would have arranged the two of them to cooperate in a movie for a very "oolong" reason, I don't know what Lu Dao would think.
Of course, from Lin Youlun's point of view, this is just an ordinary decision, whether it is Zhou Xingchi or Li Lianjie, they can only accept it unconditionally.
After silently accepting the fact of cooperation, Zhou Xingchi remembered one more thing.
"Mr. Lin, is this movie also directed by Wang Jing? I've heard he's been busy lately. ”
Li Lianjie also looked at Lin Youlun together, Zhou Xingchi just heard that Wang Jing was very busy, but Li Lianjie is a real knower Wang Jing has been very busy recently, and the "Five Ancestors of Shaolin" cooperated by the two will be launched in a week, if "Rat Guts" is also directed by Wang Jing, it is estimated that he is really too busy.
If you remember it, "Rat Guts" should indeed be directed by Wang Jing, but now that Lin Youlun has even changed the starring role, the director is even more important.
Don't say that Wang Jing is lacking in skills now, even if he is free, Lin Youlun does not plan to find him to make this movie.
In Lin Youlun's opinion, the most suitable director of "Die Hard" is Chen Jiashang, after all, "Die Hard" was directed by him.
As soon as Lin Youlun said this idea, neither Zhou Xingchi nor Li Lianjie objected, and were even secretly happy.
Chan is one of the few directors in Hong Kong who has been very successful in making action and comedy films, and more importantly, he has worked with Chow Xingchi and Li Lianjie. The screenwriter of Zhou Xingchi's "Truant Dragon" series of movies is Chen Jiashang, and Li Lianjie and Chen Jiashang collaborated earlier, and they worked together on "Jingwu Heroes" two years ago.
I can meet a director I am more familiar with. This is good news for both Zhou Xingchi and Li Lianjie.
"Alright. I've said everything I need to introduce. Do you guys have any questions about this movie? Lin Youlun asked in the dark.
Zhou Xingchi first glanced at Li Lianjie and saw that he didn't make a sound, so he said: "Mr. Lin, I still have a little doubt about the plot!" ”
Lin Youlun motioned to Zhou Xingchi to continue with his eyes.
"That's right, when I read the script, I have a feeling that this character of Long Wei is very similar to a certain actor in Hong Kong, doesn't this matter?" Zhou Xingchi asked tentatively.
These words reminded Li Lianjie that although Zhou Xingchi did not clearly say who the character of Long Wei was like. But as long as anyone who has a little understanding of the entertainment industry knows that a certain actor he is referring to is Cheng Long.
Whether it is the name Long Wei or the character in the plot who loves to jump off the building, it is easy for people to associate with Cheng Long.
Because Cheng Long has a dragon character in his name, and the most used stunt shot in his movies is jumping off a building.
On the surface, the role of Long Wei is played by Zhou Xingchi, and Li Lianjie has nothing to worry about, but in the plot of this movie, the first part uses the role of Zhou Xingchi to contrast the power of Li Jie's role. If the character of Long Wei is associated with Cheng Long, then some people will definitely say that this movie deliberately belittles Cheng Long to promote Li Lianjie.
Originally, Li Lianjie and Cheng Long were in a relatively delicate state of competition. If such a statement comes out, whether it is true or not, the two will really become enemies in the future.
The entertainment industry is like this, sometimes the two become opponents not because there is really any contradiction, but because negative public opinion has become the climate, forcing the two to break up.
Zhai Long and Jiang David at the earliest, Zhang Yurong and Tan Yonglin later, and now the Four Heavenly Kings who are fighting happily in the film and music world, are more or less like this.
Although Li Lianjie has always regarded Cheng Long as his opponent in his heart, he doesn't want to really tear his face with Cheng Long, so on this issue, he is more worried than Zhou Xingchi.
Lin Youlun was really negligent in this question, he took the plot of "Rat Guts" in his memory and used it directly, but ignored the original creative background of this script.
The nominal screenwriter of the original "Rat Guts" is Wang Jing, but in fact, Huang Ziqiang also participated in the writing of the script, and at that time, Huang Ziqiang had just finished filming "Serious Crime Team" with Cheng Long.
During the filming of "Serious Crime Team", there were repeated news that Huang Ziqiang and Cheng Long had a stiff quarrel because of discord in their creative concepts, although at Huang Ziqiang's insistence, this movie was a great success after its release, and became the only serious and realistic work in Cheng Long's works, but Huang Ziqiang and Cheng Long had a very bad relationship because of this.
Huang Ziqiang was angry, and took the opportunity to vent in the process of creating the script of "Rat Guts", and the role of Long Wei had an obvious sense of irony against Cheng Long.
When "Rat's Courage" was released, there was a lot of stir in this matter.
Because of Lin Youlun, all this has changed, the starring role of "Serious Crime Team" has been replaced by Li Lianjie, Huang Ziqiang and Cheng Long have not fallen out, and of course the matter of using movie roles to satirize Cheng Long will not appear again.
If it is in the hands of others, this matter is really a bit troublesome, but for Lin Youlun, it is a matter of explaining two sentences more.
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll say hello to Cheng Long later and tell him about this matter in advance."
Zhou Xingchi is nothing, but Li Lianjie is still a little worried.
"What if the media is holding on to this?"
"I don't think it's a big deal, if this happens, you guys can come out and explain it in the media."
Lin Youlun said it very easily, but Li Lianjie didn't see it that way in his heart, once the media wants to fan the flames, no matter how you explain it, they won't believe it, Li Lianjie has already had a similar experience.
Lin Youlun saw that Li Lianjie was still relieved, so he made a promise: "It's really not good, I will directly arrange for the two of you to work together to make a movie, so that the rumors will be self-defeating!" ”
Li Lianjie only thought that Lin Youlun was talking casually at this time, and he didn't take it seriously, but since Lin Youlun had said it to this point, he had no choice but to press the doubts in his heart and accept this reality.
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The next day, a newspaper printed with the news headline "Lin Youlun Secretly Meets Zhou Xingchi, Li Lianjie, or Will Shoot a New Film" was put on Lin Jianyue's desk, and the first-day box office statistics of "Happy Events in the Flower Field" and "Love Turns Left and Right" were also delivered.
The news that Lin Youlun met Zhou Xingchi and Li Lianjie on the day of the release of "Love and Love Left and Right Turn" was interpreted by the media in various ways, among which the opinion of the newspaper in Lin Jianyue's hand was that Lin Youlun should not be optimistic about the box office prospects of "Love and Love Left and Right Turn", so he was ready to make a movie himself to find this scene.
Before the first-day box office data of "Happy Events in the Flower Field" and "Love Turns Left and Right" were not announced, this view represented the views of many people, and even Lin Jianyue once felt that this was the reason why Lin Youlun did not go to the premiere.
However, after seeing the box office statistics from Jiayi Cinema, Lin Jianyue's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
Looking at the first-day box office data of 2.8 million alone, "Happy Events in the Flower Field" should be regarded as a great success, but when compared with the first-day box office data of 3.5 million in "Love and Love", the gap is immediately apparent.
The newspaper in front of him was more of a sarcasm at the moment.
Lin Youlun is not worried about the box office of "Love and Love", so he is in a hurry to make a new film to find this scene, but has full confidence in the box office of "Love and Love", so he didn't take this matter to heart at all and did his own thing without being disturbed.
Although this was not the first time he had lost to Lin Youlun, Lin Jianyue still felt a deep sense of frustration.
"Boss, in fact, you didn't lose this matter......
Huang Baiming hadn't finished speaking, and Lin Jianyue didn't want to listen to it anymore.
"Okay, you don't have to comfort me anymore, a loss is a loss, it's not a big deal." Lin Jianyue can only use this pretended free and easy attitude at the moment to hide the deep loss in his heart.
Huang Baiming did not listen to Lin Jianyue's instructions and insisted on speaking out his opinion.
"The star lineup of "Love and Love" is several times that of "Happy Affair in the Flower Field", and the box office difference between the two movies on the premiere day is only less than 700,000, I think this result is enough to be proud of! If the star lineup of the two movies wasn't that different, we wouldn't necessarily lose! And Lin Youlun did not attend the premiere of "Love and Love", which means that he did not regard this movie as his work, so we are not considered to lose to him this time. ”
After listening to Huang Baiming's previous analysis, Lin Jianyue's brows had already stretched slightly, but Huang Baiming added later, his starting point may be good, but these words fell on Lin Jianyue's ears, but it was very unpleasant.
Isn't it a shame to lose to Lin Youlun, but to lose to Wang Jing? Or in Huang Baiming's mind, Media Asia Film Company is only worthy of playing with Wang Jing, and is not even qualified to be Lin Youlun's opponent?
Seeing the uncertain look on Lin Jianyue's face, Huang Baiming realized that what he had just said was a bit of a trick, and just when he didn't know how to explain, Huang Yuyun knocked on the office door, and walked in without waiting for Lin Jianyue's consent.
""Happy Events in the Flower Field" was released yesterday, and today I came here to dip in the joy of Boss Lin, yesterday's box office statistics should come out, right?"
After Huang Yuyun said this, he noticed that there was something wrong with the situation in the office, and rechecked what he had just said in his mind, and found nothing wrong, and couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
Huang Baiming secretly glanced at Lin Jianyue, and unexpectedly Lin Jianyue didn't get angry this time, but quietly pressed the box office statistics table with his hand. (To be continued......)