The level of special effects shown in the scene at the beginning of the film is obviously different from the comic-style special effects style in "Strange Heroes in Disguise", which is directly to the point where it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.

The production cost of "Black Super SWAT Team" is almost three times that of "Strange Guy in Disguise", and it is not surprising that such a level of special effects was produced, otherwise the film would not have caused such a big sensation when it was released in North America, and was called the most successful sci-fi movie since "Star Wars" by film critics.

Of course, to get such an evaluation, in addition to the superb use of special effects, the storyline of the film is also a highlight. Aliens live among ordinary people, and there is a special group of people who are responsible for managing their activities on Earth, preventing them from harming humanity, and erasing the memories of those who inadvertently bump into the true face of aliens.

That's what Zhai Long did in the movie, he put on sunglasses, took out an amnestic, and erased the memories of all witnesses at the scene, including his old partner who was about to retire.

And Chen Xiaochun, who has just graduated from the police academy, accidentally discovered the existence of aliens during a mission together, he passed a series of assessments, and became Zhai Long's new partner by mistake, and the two performed various strange tasks together, during which a series of ridiculous funny stories occurred, and finally the two worked together to eliminate the evil aliens who tried to escape the earth on a flying saucer, recapture the cosmic energy 'galaxy', and save the earth that was about to be destroyed.

"Was the big bug killed?" When Xiaoguang was watching the last scene, he was frightened by the ugly bug-like alien and kept covering his eyes with his hands. Don't dare to look at the screen.

"Alright. The big bugs have been eradicated. You can open your eyes. When Lin Youlun said this, the film had already ended, the ceiling light of the screening hall was on, and the people around him began to speak loudly, and many people had already stood up and started to leave.

Lin Youlun and the two bodyguards and other people in the screening hall were almost gone, so they walked out with Hongzai and Xiaoguang, and they were about to walk to the door. The big brother's mobile phone in the bodyguard's hand suddenly rang.

The bodyguard answered and listened to two sentences, and then covered the earpiece and reported to Lin Youlun: "Mr. Lin, a foreigner named Thomas......

Lin Youlun took over the eldest brother from the bodyguard, "Mr. Thomas has something to do with me?" ”

"Mr. Lin, I have newly discovered a good teahouse, and I would like to invite you over for afternoon tea." Thomas said enthusiastically over the phone.

Lin Youlun asked jokingly: "Americans also have the habit of drinking afternoon tea?" ”

Thomas laughed tacitly on the phone, "Mr. Lin, you have forgotten that I have been in Hong Kong for many years, and in your Chinese language, this is called following the local customs." ”

About twenty minutes later. Lin Youlun took Hongzai and Xiaoguang to the teahouse in Thomas's mouth and met the Americans who switched to afternoon tea.

"Two lovely little gentlemen. What do you like to eat, just order, today Uncle is in for a treat! In Thomas's view, the righteous son of the Chinese is similar to the godson of the West, and after learning the identities of Hongzai and Xiaoguang, he decided to have a good relationship with these two little guys.

After getting permission from Lin Youlun's gaze, Xiaoguang hurriedly said, "I want to eat strawberry ice cream." ”

Wang Tsai then said, "I want a glass of lemon juice." ”

In order to show that his living habits are not much different from those of Hong Kong locals, Thomas specially chose this Chinese-style teahouse, and then Xiaoguang and Hongzai did not have either of these drinks, which made him very embarrassed.

It was Lin Youlun who opened his mouth to help Thomas out of the siege, "Two peanut butter crepes." ”

After the food was served, Xiaoguang and Hongzai began to eat, and Lin Youlun also chatted with Thomas.

"Mr. Lin, you can take a look at this first." Thomas took out an English newspaper from his briefcase, and looked at the masthead to see that it was a local newspaper in the United States.

On the first page of the newspaper, the words "Oh, Hong Kong!" were printed in bold black letters. With such a big headline, Lin Youlun took a closer look, and the entry point of this news was that "Black Super SWAT Team" exceeded 100 million at the North American box office, becoming the highest-grossing Hong Kong film after "True Lies".

The article then also listed the box office data of the two films "Strange Heroes in Disguise" and "Die Hard" released in North America this year, the former is as high as 80 million US dollars, and the latter is also nearly 60 million US dollars.

The author of the news also specifically reviewed the box office performance of Hong Kong films in the North American market over the years since 1985, and from the table data he listed, almost every year a Hong Kong film can squeeze into the top ten of the North American box office that year, and the proportion of Hong Kong films in the total box office of American films every year has also grown from less than 1% at the beginning to nearly 7% now.

"The Japanese just bought our film company, but the Hong Kong people are trying to conquer the whole of America with movies!" Seeing such a statement, Lin Youlun's brows couldn't help frowning.

He did not read the newspaper in its entirety, but looked up at Thomas and said: "I am really surprised that such remarks appear in American newspapers, and Washington has not always claimed that the United States is the most open and free market in the world." Just because Hong Kong movies are popular in the United States, it is proposed that the government should restrict them, when did Hollywood become so unconfident? ”

"The opinions in this newspaper are not enough to influence the decision-making of the US government, but this kind of public opinion has indeed begun to form, and it is slowly forming a climate, just last month, the White House has asked the major North American cinema companies to provide it with an analysis of whether Hong Kong films pose a threat to the US film market, although this does not mean that the government will take restrictions on Hong Kong films, but the situation does have a trend in the direction that neither of us wants to see." Thomas took the opportunity to hold his glasses and carefully observed Lin Youlun's facial reaction, but he didn't gain much in this regard.

"If the U.S. government does make a decision to restrict Hong Kong films, it may not be good news for me, but it's definitely not bad news either."

Thomas's answer was very surprising, "If the North American market is lost, none of the big-budget films in Hong Kong can recover their costs, isn't Mr. Lin worried about this at all?" ”

"I may not be convinced when I say that, Mr. Thomas, but I still have to tell you that the real purpose of making so many big-budget movies in Hong Kong is not to beat Hollywood. We have had an exchange on this issue a long time ago, if Mr. Thomas has not forgotten. At that time, I said that it is difficult for Hong Kong films or future Chinese films to surpass Hollywood in 30 years or longer, which is determined by the local market, political system, cultural environment and other aspects, and what I have done is just to protect Hong Kong films in the near future under the impact of the global expansion of Hollywood films. ”

Thomas nodded, Lin Youlun did say this to him before, but the current situation is that the great development of Hong Kong films has made Hollywood feel threatened.

"My original intention is just to let Hong Kong films have the ability to protect themselves in the face of Hollywood, rather than fantasizing about defeating Hollywood, so if the United States restricts the entry of Hong Kong films, Hong Kong can also ban Hollywood films, and at the same time lose the North American market, it can eliminate Hollywood's threat to Hong Kong films, and I don't think this is too bad a result for Hong Kong films."

After listening to Lin Youlun's explanation, Thomas was silent. Originally, he wanted to put some pressure on Lin Youlun through this incident, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to not eat this set at all.

Seeing that this method did not work, Thomas had to change his approach: "From the standpoint of our joint arts department, at that time, we hoped to continue to maintain the current pleasant cooperation with Mr. Lin, although the US government is unlikely to restrict the entry of Hong Kong films on the surface, but it is okay to set up some obstacles secretly, so I suggest that Mr. Lin should make some preparations as soon as possible." ”

Lin Youlun asked quietly, "Does Mr. Thomas have any good suggestions?" ”

"The best way to do this was to buy an American film company outright, as the Japanese did, and then transfer some of the films to the American company for production, so that there would be no restrictions on the film's entry into the American market." Thomas spoke his mind.

"What Mr. Thomas means is to legitimately label Hong Kong films as American films, and then the American media will not shout about the threat of Hong Kong films all day long, can I understand that?"

Thomas nodded, agreeing with Lin Youlun's statement.

"It would be even better if there was an American partner, Mr. Thomas, am I right?" Lin Youlun then added.

Thomas was slightly stunned, and then there was a little more helplessness in his expression, Lin Youlun had obviously seen through his intentions.

Thomas did not hide it anymore, and directly offered the terms of cooperation: "United Arts Cinemas can help Mr. Lin successfully acquire a film company in the United States, and in exchange, United Arts will take a stake in Jiayi Cinemas and obtain at least one board seat on the board." (To be continued.) )