As soon as the three of them walked into the café, a waiter immediately walked over.

"Three gentlemen, I'm sorry, our store has been booked up today, and we don't accept outsiders."

"We're here to find someone." Yuan Heping explained.

"How many of your surnames do you have?" The waiter then asked.

"My surname is Chen."

"The two of us are surnamed Yuan."

"Wait a minute." The waiter opened the black notebook in his hand and checked it, and confirmed that it matched the information provided there, so he stood aside and made a gesture of please.

On the way in, Chen Jiashang couldn't help but ask, "Has Mr. Lin already arrived?" ”

"He's waiting for three."

The waiter led the way and led the three of them to the largest booth in the café, where Lin Youlun was already sitting.

Seeing the three of them coming, he found the coffee cup, stood up from his seat, and shook hands with Chen Jiashang, Yuan Heping, and Yuan Shenren, who stepped forward one by one.

When it was Yuan Shenren's turn, Lin Youlun paid special attention to observing the most popular member of the "Yuan family class".

Looking closely at Yuan Shenren's appearance, he looks very similar to Yuan Heping, with a rectangular face, a very calm spirit, and the eyes under the thick and black eyebrows are very fascinating, which suddenly reminded Lin Youlun of the beggar who sold the palm of the gods in Zhou Xingchi's movie "Kung Fu".

At that time, someone mistakenly misunderstood this role as being played by Yuan Heping, and at this moment both of them were standing in front of Lin Youlun, if Yuan Shenren didn't wear glasses, it would be really easy to be confused with Yuan Heping.

"Why are you here together?" After taking a seat, Lin Youlun looked at Yuan Heping and Chen Jiashang curiously.

"I happened to meet at the door." Chen Jiashang replied, and Yuan Heping also nodded.

"Since I met in advance. The purpose of my visit to you. You've probably guessed that. I'm planning to make a new film. And then I want you to be the director, no problem, right? Lin Youlun looked at Chen Jiashang and asked.

Chen Jiashang and Lin Youlun have cooperated many times, and they already have a tacit understanding in this regard, so Chen Jiashang didn't ask about the content of the script, and directly agreed.

Lin Youlun nodded, and then looked at Yuan Heping.

"Then Mr. Yuan......"

"Mr. Lin, the situation is like this. During this time, I have to help two crews do martial arts instruction at the same time, and I really can't get out of it, so I would like to recommend it to you. Shohito and I started as martial arts instructors almost together, and our ability and experience are no worse than mine, and I promise that he will not disappoint Mr. Lin. ”

When Yuan Heping said this, Yuan Shenren sat next to him with a nervous face.

Lin Youlun only thought about it for a moment, and then nodded.

Yuan Heping was overjoyed, and stabbed Yuan Shenren, who was still in a daze, with his hand, and asked him to thank Lin Youlun.

Lin Youlun raised his hand and stopped, "Mr. Yuan, you don't have to be polite. I can still trust the reputation of the Yuan family. ”

This is not a scene, Yuan Jiaban is among the three major martial arts teams in Hong Kong. But it is the best one for future development.

Hong Jinbao's Hong family class disappeared in the mid-to-late 90s, and the family class only served Cheng Long's films, only Yuan Jiaban, after the decline of Hong Kong films, can still stand. Whether it is going north to the mainland, or drifting across the ocean to Hollywood, you can mix well.

After the matter of Yuan Shenren serving as the martial arts instructor was finalized, Lin Youlun talked about this movie with a few people.

"Some time ago, Du Qifeng came to me and said that Xu Ke wanted to shoot a story idea in his hand, and he also told me that idea at that time, telling the story of three heroines punishing evil and promoting good in the city. From this story, I thought of a TV series in the United States in the 70s, "Charlie's Three Angels", in which there are also three strong heroines, and I just bought the copyright of that TV series some time ago, and I am going to adapt it into a Hong Kong movie. ”

Charlie, a billionaire in the United States, opened a private detective agency, and the detective agency has three smart, beautiful and clever female detectives, who have completed a number of arduous tasks cleanly and beautifully with the help of various high-tech equipment, and have won the praise and trust of customers.

After the adaptation of the movie, Lin Youlun named it "Thunderbolt Jiaowa", although he didn't say it explicitly, Chen Jiashang, Yuan Heping, and Yuan Shenren still heard that this movie was actually shot for Xu Ke's new film.

Chen Jiashang and Yuan Shenren glanced at each other, action movies with female protagonists have been filmed in Hong Kong before, but the box office is not very ideal, because the main audience of action movies is still mostly male, which restricts the action movies of female protagonists, making it difficult for them to make a big difference at the box office.

Chen Jiashang didn't speak, but Yuan Shenren couldn't help but say this idea, and Yuan Heping, who was sitting next to him, stabbed him with his hand again, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

This kind of questioning belongs to the category of normal discussion, and Lin Youlun certainly won't mind.

"I don't know if Mr. Lu Dao Yuan has ever heard the story of two salesmen who went to a country in Africa to sell shoes, and one of them saw that the locals were barefoot, and thought that the people here were so poor that they couldn't even afford to wear shoes, and there must be no market for his shoes here; Then another salesman saw this and was very happy, because in his opinion, people here are barefoot, and there must be a great demand for shoes. ”

Lin Youlun's story is ostensibly about shoes, but in fact it is about the market problem of action movies with female protagonists.

Yuan Shenren and the three of them all fell into deep thought, and Lin Youlun then said: "Actually, when I knew that Xu Ke was about to shoot "Three Heroes of the East", I had already considered the question that Mr. Yuan said. Normal people will think that there will be no market for this type of movie, like the first salesman, but I think that the market is there, and the key is to see how you attract the audience. ”

Xu Ke must also be aware of this, so he will find Mei Yanfang, Yang Ziqiong, and Zhang Manyu to be the protagonists of the film, but his ideas are still a little limited, because he only thinks of any kung fu film that makes female protagonists attract male audiences, but he does not think further about how to make this kind of film also recognized by female audiences, which Americans have already had successful experience when filming "Charlie's Three Angels".

"Charlie's Three Angels" appeared during the period when the new feminist movement in the West was surging, and the global film and television industry also began to make great efforts and investment, with the promotion of this trend of thought, at that time, this TV series was very popular in the United States, and a professional research agency did a statistic, the proportion of female viewers of this TV series exceeded that of male audiences, and then analyzed, the reason why female audiences like to watch such films with female violent plots is that in addition to the entertainment effect that movies bring to the public, more importantly, Women can vent their high desire for self-strength by watching these works. ”

Hong Kong's feminism did not appear many years later than in the West, but in the past two years, a certain climate has almost formed, and Lin Youlun's meaning is very clear, that is, Chen Jiashang should work more hard in this area when making this movie.

"Xu Ke's "Three Heroes of the East", to put it bluntly, is a martial arts film set in a modern city, and he took this road first, so we can only take another road and make this movie a fashion action movie."

Chen Jiashang and Yuan Xiangren had already expected this, and when Lin Youlun said it, they didn't feel too surprised, what the two really cared about was which three actors would be found to star in this movie.

"Three Heroes of the East" has a lineup like Mei Yanfang, Yang Ziqiong, and Zhang Manyu, and I think "Thunderbolt" should also come up with a lineup of the same weight or even more luxurious than this...... But they were all wrong.

"The three heroines of this movie should all be newcomers to be precise."

Lin Youlun's words completely extinguished the fantasies in Chen Jiashang and Yuan Shenren's hearts, and took three rookie actors to fight with the big cast of "Three Heroes of the East", how does this feel a bit like hitting a stone with an egg.

If the director of "Three Heroes of the East" is someone else, it doesn't matter, Xu Lao Wei is an extremely powerful opponent, Chen Jiashang thought that this movie would be an easy job at first, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to really look up to him and give him such a big problem.

Chen Jiashang made a bitter face and didn't speak, Lin Youlun had an obviously non-negotiable attitude, Yuan Shenren turned his heart sideways and said: "In fact, rookie actors also have the benefits of rookie actors, at least they are very malleable, if they can be allowed to receive a month of kung fu training before the film starts, I can guarantee that they will not lose to anyone in action scenes." ”

Yuan Shenren said before Chen Jia, Yuan Heping was very satisfied with this, it seems that Yuan Shenren has not forgotten his previous advice, this is indeed an opportunity to leave a good impression on Lin Youlun.

Yuan Shenren said this, Chen Jiashang could only smile wryly and nodded, but he thought helplessly in his heart, that is, Yuan Shenren trained these three actresses to be as good as Cheng Long, but there is still no way to compare with Mei Yanfang, Yang Ziqiong, and Zhang Manyu in terms of fame.

"Regarding the question of actors, in fact, you don't have to worry too much, although the three actresses I found are not as famous as the three in "Three Heroes of the East", they are not as unknown as you think. For example, Wan Jingwen, after the broadcast of "I Have a Date with a Zombie", she actually has a lot of popularity in Hong Kong; and Li Ruoxun, she played Zhai Long's daughter in "Hurricane Rescue", and in fact, many viewers know her; As for Zhong Liti, I think after the release of "Double Dragon Club", her fame will also be opened...... I think it should be more rewarding to use a movie to make several actresses popular than to find a few famous actresses to act in a movie and then achieve a high box office, right? (To be continued......)