Gong Na ran out of water in the cup, and didn't care about Gong Li, who was in a daze next to her, when she poured water into the cup with the kettle, she said to herself: "I watched the movies made in Hong Kong, and then watched the ones made in our own country, only to find that the gap is so big...... By the way, I just saw that a lot of people in your crew speak Cantonese, they can't be from Hong Kong, right? ”

Seeing that Gong Li didn't say anything, Gong Na walked over and poked her finger lightly on her head, "Don't patronize yourself in a daze, what does my sister ask you about?" ”

Gong Li came back to her senses, "They are from Hong Kong, what's wrong?" ”

"Really?" Gong Na shouted in surprise, startling Gong Li.

"I'm so excited, I'm scared to death!" Gong Li patted her chest with palpitations and said.

"My sister became the heroine in a Hong Kong movie, do you think I can't be excited?" Gong Na held her hands and walked around the room excitedly, and then she suddenly thought of a question: "Isn't Xie Jin a domestic director?" How could he help Hong Kong enter the filming? ”

Gong Li patiently explained to the second sister: "This is called a co-production, and this is how movies such as "Shaolin Temple" and "Listening to Politics with a Curtain" came about. ”

Gong Na nodded, but said, "By the way, you haven't told me when this movie will be released?" ”

"This movie is about some things before liberation, and it may not be released in the mainland......" Gong Li lowered her head, she couldn't explain the specific reason why it couldn't be released to her second sister.

"That's it." Gong Na showed a regretful expression on her face, "No wonder you dress like the capitalist's wife in the movie when you are filming." ”

She originally wanted to ask Gong Li if she was playing a bad girl, but after thinking about it, she felt that it was unlikely, her sister was the heroine of the film, how could the heroine of a movie be a negative character?

The film can't be released in the mainland, and Gong Na can't immediately prove to her colleagues that she has a sister who is a movie actress, and she is more worried about whether the movie will have any bad impact on Gong Li.

Before taking over this play, Gong Li had already thought of a way out, "If I can't get a foothold here, I will go to Hong Kong to develop." ”

Gong Na knows that her sister has been very aggressive since she was a child, but when a mainland actor comes to Hong Kong, she is not familiar with the place where she was born, how easy is it to get a foothold?

"Director Xie told me before that although this movie cannot be released in the mainland, there is no problem overseas, and if the film can be affirmed by the foreign film industry, or win some awards abroad, there will be no problem in China." In front of the second sister, Gong Li naturally said as much as she could, so as not to worry about her.

"That's right, if you become famous in this movie, maybe you can go directly to Hong Kong to film, if you become a Hong Kong star in the future, those colleagues in the unit won't envy me to death?"

As soon as she let go of her worries, Gong Na began to fantasize again.

- There is a teahouse in the north of the town facing the river, and a shed is propped up at the door, and there are a few steaming iron kettles on the high stove in the shed, as well as a few benches and a few square tables.

At this time, business in the teahouse was very cold, and the only two guests sat on the tea pavilion on the water, one of them was Xie Jin, and the other was wearing a suit and tie, which was not the dress of the mainland.

"Or thank you for your ability, you got such a good script quietly, why didn't I have such good luck?" Li Hanshen is one of the first directors to go north to the mainland to film, and he and Xie Jin are old acquaintances, and they have no scruples about talking.

"You, Director Li, will be worried about filming in Hong Kong?" Xie Jin made it clear that he didn't want to believe Li Hanshen's words.

"It's not the same time it used to be!" Li Hanshen took a sip of the teacup, shook his head and said: "Hong Kong movies have developed too fast and fiercely in recent years, and the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and our old people almost feel that they can't keep up with the times." ”

Xie Jin sighed softly, "Even you say so, so aren't we mainland directors so backward that we can't even keep up with our tails?" ”

"I'm just making an analogy for myself, don't get it to yourself." Li Hanshen took a peanut with chopsticks, threw it in his mouth and chewed it, "I envy you now, I have such a good script in my hand, if this script is handed over to me to shoot, I will have to wake up laughing in my dreams!" ”

Xie Jin was having a headache about making this movie, and Li Hanshen said this, which made him think of an idea.

"You really want to make this movie?"

Xie Jin suddenly said such a sentence, and after Li Hanshen was stunned for a short time, he shook his head vigorously: "It's easy for you to pick a thousand people, but the Hong Kong Zhilu Dao, you have to count this account on my head, do you think you can have my good when the time comes?" ”

"Who said I'm not a thousand, I mean let you help me, let's shoot together." Xie Jin explained.

As soon as he heard about the co-director, Li Hanshen immediately took action, but out of caution, he still wanted to ask the reason.

"You also know that the topic of this movie is very sensitive, in case there is any topic in China, you can help me share some of the pressure......" Before Xie Jin finished speaking, Li Hanshen shouted dissatisfiedly, "Dare to love you want to use me as a shield." ”

Xie Jin patiently explained to Li Han: "You are from Hong Kong, and this matter will not have much impact on you, just do me a favor, and besides, if the film is successful, you also have a share of the credit, right?" ”

Li Han helped the lenses that were thicker than the bottom of a beer bottle, and looked at Xie Jin with a strange look, "No, no, I almost fell for you!" If you Xie Jin were timid and scared, you wouldn't be able to shoot "Fu. Rong Town", you must have other purposes, right? ”

Xie Jin smiled bitterly, but he still couldn't hide it from Li Hanshen, so he could only say it directly.

"There's going to be some nudity in this movie. I have no experience in this area at all, so I want to ask you Director Li Da to come out. ”

Li Hanshen was drinking tea, and he choked on hearing this, and he didn't breathe for a while.

"That's what I think of you?"

Xie Jin smiled noncommittally, and the expression on his face clearly said yes, which made Li Hanshen very depressed. The so-called good things don't go out and evil things go thousands of miles, at the beginning, he made Fengyue films just to survive, but after the end, everyone thought that he liked to make Fengyue films, even Xie Jin felt so serious about it, he felt that his reputation was really ruined and couldn't be ruined anymore, "I'm good now, even the old club asked me to shoot at a high price, I didn't agree." ”

Xie Jin said seriously: "I invite you in the name of film art, you can't refuse this, right?" ”

Li Hanshen really has nothing to say now, Xie Jin said this, he is desperate for the evening, and he can only dedicate himself to art once.

- Li Hanshen joined the filming of this film, it is naturally impossible to hide things from Lin Youlun, if Lin Youlun does not agree, and the name is not right, Li Hanshen will not join the crew.

Lin Youlun was worried that this movie would be a little conservative in Xie Jin's hands at first, but now that a Li Hanshen has been added, he has nothing to worry about anymore, during the time he stayed in the video hall, he watched the most Director Li Da's works, although Xie Jin's decision to pull Li Hanshen into the gang was a little helpless, but he did find the right one, and used Director Li Da's means of filming Fengyue films back then, to get the naked in "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily". Showing drama is simply a trivial matter.

The biggest difficulty when filming was Gong Li, shooting naked. She was very uncomfortable with the show, Li Hanshen tried her best to speak, but only persuaded her to show a little bit, causing Li Hanshen to keep complaining to Xie Jin in private that mainland actors were too conservative.

There were really a few shots that Gong Li refused to shoot, so Li Hanxiang had to go back to Hong Kong and find a naked person for Gong Li. This solved the problem smoothly.

On the other hand, "True Lies" has been released in the mainland for a month and a half, with a total box office of nearly 80 million, and cinemas in many cities have no intention of taking this movie off the file on the 1st. China Film, a subsidiary of Diandian, generated more than 60 million in revenue, while the copyright fee paid to Lin Youlun for the introduction of this film was only 8 million, and this was the result of Lin Youlun's initiative to reduce prices.

The mainland film market is far from mature, and Lin Youlun doesn't expect to make money from the mainland now, his purpose is more just to let Hong Kong films enter the mainland market, first lay a good audience base, and wait for the mainland's economic development in the future, and further deepen the exchanges and cooperation between the two places.

"True Lies" caused a sensation in the mainland, although the Hong Kong media also reported it, but the upcoming 6th Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony has attracted the attention of most of the media, and as early as half a month ago, when the nomination list was announced, the media had already begun to warm up for this annual film event.

In the past year, a lot of major events have happened in the Hong Kong film industry: the emergence of big-budget Hong Kong films represented by "True Lies" has paved the way for Hong Kong films to enter the international market; The implementation of the film classification system has allowed more genre films to begin to mature; The ability of Hong Kong films to combine commercial, social and artistic is also getting stronger and stronger, and the last two Academy Awards have given birth to a number of very champion-looking films, which also makes the competition for this year's awards more and more fierce.

After successfully holding two Academy Awards, "Ming Pao" Group appeared on the list of organizers of this Academy on the 1st, of course, in addition to "Ming Pao", TVB and the Hong Kong Film Association have also joined, of course, the chairman of the Academy Awards continues to be served by Lin Youlun, his position has not become unstable because of the addition of more organizers, but after Xinbao Cinema Line was acquired by Jiayi Cinema Line, it has become more and more stable.

After two years of proof, at least on the surface, everyone has believed that Lin Youlun did not make too many behind-the-scenes preparations for the Academy Awards, which is a huge improvement to the fairness and authority of the Academy Awards.

(To be continued)