As soon as the Hong Kong International Film Festival ended, the box office showdown between "Hao Jiang" and "The Tiger of Wan Chai" became a hot topic in the Hong Kong media.

Before the two movies were officially released, all kinds of gossip began to fly all over the sky.

Because New Ngee An has the upper hand in Hong Kong, a lot of news is unfavorable to "Hao Jiang Fengyun", and there are even rumors that Xin Ngee An has ordered a complete ban on the movie "Hao Jiang Fengyun".

As soon as this kind of talk emerged, news soon came back from Macau, saying that during the release of "The Tiger of Wan Chai", Wan Yuju would send his subordinates to Hong Kong to make trouble.

Those who really know know that the two sides are just fighting a war of words, but after the media hype, many viewers who want to watch these two movies have more concerns in their hearts.

Even the Hong Kong police began to get nervous, and the number of police patrolling the streets was noticeably higher as the two movies were released.

Seeing that this matter was really unreasonable, Lin Youlun spoke out in public, stating that there would be no "accidents" during the release of the two movies.

The Hong Kong police also issued a statement in tacit understanding, warning members of various gangs not to make trouble during this period, which dispelled the public's fear.

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Wu Mengda closed the newspaper in his hand, and said: "If Mr. Lin hadn't stood up and settled this matter, I really don't know if the two sides would really fight in Hong Kong when the two movies were released." ”

"Do you really take the things in the newspapers seriously? Generally speaking, the louder the wind, the smaller the movement, and it is really time for both sides to do it. There wouldn't have been so much news beforehand. Are you stupid when those big brothers? Zhou Xingchi had a toothpick in his mouth. With the mouth moving.

Wu Mengda drank a glass of beer, burped, patted his stomach and said, "I ate too much just now, and I was a little bit ...... By the way, you asked me out for dinner, do you have something to say? ”

"I'm really full, and if it's not enough, I can order it again, I'll pay for it today!"

Zhou Xingchi threw the order in front of Wu Mengda. Wu Mengda opened it and looked at it twice, although he was very interested in the food above, he really couldn't eat anything now.

He snapped the order together, "Okay, I'm really full." ”

Zhou Xingchi's face turned pale, "Then I'll get down to business with you!" ”

Wu Mengda nodded and made a look of listening carefully.

"Do you think Mr. Lin has any opinion about me?"

Zhou Xingchi said such a sentence from his mouth, and Wu Mengda reacted at first.

"Why did you suddenly have such an idea?"

Zhou Xingchi frowned and said: "In the past year or so, Mr. Lin has not asked me to make a movie, and I always feel that something is not right." ”

"There shouldn't be any suitable films, right? You're a comedy specialist. And most of Mr. Lin's recent movies are special effects films, so it's normal not to ask you to act! Besides. You just won the Academy Award for Best Actor this year, if Mr. Lin really has an opinion on you, do you think you will still win this award? Wu Mengda seriously analyzed Zhou Xingchi and said.

Zhou Xingchi picked up the wine glass in front of him and touched the glass with Wu Mengda.

"I've thought about all of this, but there are still some questions, I don't know if you've seen the "Whirlwind Kid" released before the Hong Kong International Film Festival?"

"I watched it, a very funny film, especially the two little bald heads in it, one is very good at kung fu, the other is naturally funny, it is really amazing to match together, and I don't know where Mr. Lu Daolin found this pair of living treasures...... I heard that after filming this movie, the salaries of these two little guys have risen gradually, and they are asked to act in a movie, at least 1 million Hong Kong dollars each, which is faster than Xie Tingfeng, who played "Home Alone" with us back then! ”

The reason why the movie "Whirlwind Kid" left such a deep impression on Wu Mengda is that in addition to the fact that this movie was a big hit at the box office in Hong Kong, it exceeded 40 million Hong Kong dollars in less than 1 million at the box office, and it exceeded 150 million Taiwan dollars in Taiwan, which made many filmmakers red, and the main reason is that he is about to star in a movie "New Oolong Courtyard" directed by Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping with the two small protagonists in the film, Shi Xiaoyu and Hao Shaowen, but this time the investor is no longer Lin Youlun, Instead, it became Taiwan's Wu Dun.

Last time Lin Youlun filmed "Whirlwind Kid", he borrowed Zhu Yanping from Wu Dun, this time Lin Youlun returned Wu Dun a favor, and lent Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen to him to start filming "New Oolong Courtyard", of course, the salary of the two young actors is a lot.

"Okay, I'm not going to talk to you about that!" Zhou Xingchi waved his hand, "The male protagonist of "Whirlwind Kid" is the guy named Zhang Weijian, I think he is a threat to me!" ”

"No, I didn't hear you had a grudge against him?" Wu Mengda looked puzzled.

"It's not that there is a hatred, but this Zhang Weijian, his acting style is similar to me, or he is directly imitating me, and even for a while, the media directly called him Zhou Xingchi's successor......"

Before Zhou Xingchi finished speaking, Wu Mengda couldn't help but interject: "That's still you!" You're the real deal! ”

Zhou Xingchi smiled helplessly, "I know this, but haven't you found it?" Mr. Lin has already asked him to start filming two movies one after another, one is the "Whirlwind Kid" just mentioned, and the other is "Super School Bully", which is co-produced with Hollywood like "Jurassic Park", and when it is released, maybe I will be called 'Zhang Weijian's successor'! ”

Wu Mengda thought that Zhou Xingchi was joking at first, but looking at his serious expression, he realized that he really regarded this Zhang Weijian as a competitor who could threaten his position.

"I don't think you really need to worry so much about this, this Zhang Weijian is a typical drama celebrity who is not popular, you look at the movies he played as the protagonist, the protagonist can be replaced by someone else, but you are different, those movies you play, except for you, others will not have that effect...... Anyway, I think you're overthinking! ”

Wu Mengda said so much, but it still didn't dispel Zhou Xingchi's doubts, but made his worries go further.

Cheng Long was negligent back then, and then he gave Li Yuanba the opportunity to rise, if it weren't for Li Yuanba's own incompetence, maybe he would have been praised as an action superstar who could compete with Cheng Long.

Although Zhang Weijian does not have the strength to threaten Zhou Xingchi now, Zhou Xingchi thinks that he should be more vigilant, Li Yuanba can't hold the opportunity to rise, it doesn't mean that Zhang Weijian can't seize the opportunity, especially now, Lin Youlun still looks at him differently.

"I don't think Mr. Lin thinks much of that Zhang Weijian, the reason why "Whirlwind Kid" and "Super School Bully" asked him to play is mainly because his salary is relatively low, if you are replaced to play, the salary cost will increase by at least 5 to 10 times, although the movies you play are more guaranteed at the box office, and there is a reason to get a high salary, but don't forget that the investor of these two films is Mr. Lin, do you still need to worry about the box office of the movies he invests in?"

Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi are familiar with each other, and because they have drunk, they don't have too many scruples when they speak.

Zhou Xingchi frowned again and again after hearing this, Wu Mengda really said that he had a heart problem.

Chow Xingchi can get such a high salary because his comedy is the most guaranteed box office in Hong Kong, but this does not mean that every movie he makes can make money. Because his salary alone accounts for one-third or even half of the investment in the entire film, the movie he starred in must have a box office of at least 20 million or more in Hong Kong to recover the cost.

Because the salary is too high, many good scripts pass by Zhou Xingchi, and it is also because of this that actors like Zhang Weijian will be particularly popular with film companies in a certain period of time.

"If you are really worried, you can take the initiative to test Mr. Lin's attitude." Wu Mengda gave Zhou Xingchi an idea.

Zhou Xingchi spread his hands: "Do you think I don't want to, I contacted Wang Jing before to see if I could cooperate with Mr. Lin through him, but Wang Jing was too busy to do it, and directly told me that I would have to wait until next year to make a movie." ”

"Then why don't you go directly to Mr. Lin?" Wu Mengda was very puzzled.

"It's easy to say, what did I say when I went to Mr. Lin, saying that I wanted to cooperate with him and let him arrange a role for me?" Zhou Xingchi asked rhetorically.

Wu Mengda pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't think you can say this, and even if you can let go of this face, Mr. Lin will probably look down on you because of this!" ”

Zhou Xingchi nodded, "So, it's definitely not okay to find Mr. Lin directly...... It's not that it can't be done, I have to have a suitable script, and then go to Mr. Lin to invest, so that it makes sense. ”

"Do you have the right script?" Wu Mengda followed up and asked again.

"If I had, would I have to worry so much?" Zhou Xingchi replied angrily.

"Actually, you don't have to have a script to go to Mr. Lin, if you have a suitable actress, the role is actually the same." Wu Mengda mentioned such a stubble, and Zhou Xingchi's eyes suddenly lit up.

But soon, Zhou Xingchi found that although this method was feasible, it was very difficult to actually implement it.

Probably because he has become a father, Lin Youlun's romantic deeds have converged a lot over the years, and the female stars who have had relationships with him before have basically become famous, and the "star girl" is not too attractive to them.

"According to the current situation, Mr. Lin's future ownership of wireless is already a sure thing, with this relationship, Miss Zhou is now almost half the owner of Huaxing Records under TVB, Huaxing Records has recently launched several new singers, these singers definitely need to act in movies to increase their fame, so I think you can ask Miss Zhou, maybe you can have unexpected gains!"

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Whispering and low-key begging for a monthly pass, thank you! (To be continued......)