Chapter 578: Xu Ke's New Film [Second Update]
Halfway through the celebration banquet, one of Wu Dun's subordinates hurriedly walked into the banquet hall, and finally found Wu Dun in the crowd, and almost knocked over the wine glass in the hand of a male guest on the way over.
"Don't you have long eyes when you walk?" Wu Dun taught his subordinates a lesson, turned his head and said sorry to the guest who was laughing beside him, and led his men down to a no-man's corner, "Panic, what's the matter?" ”
"Big brother, Yang Dengkui is here!"
Wu Dun's eyes widened and he glared at his subordinates, "What are you?" ”
As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of hearty laughter at the door of the banquet hall.
"Sorry, sorry! Yang someone is late! ”
Yang Dengkui took two of his subordinates directly into the banquet hall, and he also had many acquaintances in the Hong Kong film and television industry.
Seeing this, Wu Dun was so angry that he scolded: "Waste, even a person can't stop it!" ”
His subordinates stood aside and didn't dare to speak, this was mainly due to Wu Dun's arrangement mistake, he didn't expect Yang Dengkui to come to Hong Kong with him, the manpower arranged at the door of the hotel was all to welcome guests, Yang Dengkui came in all the way, and there was no obstacle at all.
Regarding the grievances between Wu Dun and Yang Dengkui, the guests present more or less understood, and seeing Yang Dengkui appear here, many people subconsciously felt that Yang Dengkui might be here to make trouble.
The bodyguard standing in a secluded corner quickly moved closer to Lin Youlun's side, and the surrounding guests also got out of the way, originally the banquet hall was so big, it was not easy for Yang Dengkui to find Lin Youlun, but now it was easy, and several bodyguards who applied coldly went to Lin Youlun's side. Yang Dengkui quickly noticed this.
Seeing Yang Dengkui walking straight in the direction of Lin Youlun Station. Wu Dun snorted coldly. He commanded his subordinates: "Go, we will meet him!" ”
was intercepted by Wu Dun halfway, Yang Dengkui's expression was a little dissatisfied, and he spoke very politely: "Isn't this Boss Wu?" What's the matter with me? ”
Wu Dunqiang held back the anger in his heart and replied coldly: "This should be me asking Boss Yang, why do you want to come uninvited?" ”
Yang Dengkui looked at Wu Dun with flickering eyes, and suddenly laughed.
"I heard that Boss Wu is holding a celebration banquet here. I'll also come over to join in the fun, Ah Hu, and send the red envelope over. ”
A subordinate named Ah Hu took out a big red envelope from his pocket and politely handed it to Wu Dun.
Wu Dun glanced at the other party and did not reach out to pick it up.
A hint of coldness flashed in Yang Dengkui's eyes, "What, does Boss Wu think that the red envelope is too small, or does he look down on me Yang someone?" ”
Wu Dun turned his head very casually and instructed his subordinates standing behind him: "What are you doing in a daze, Boss Yang rushed all the way over to give gifts." Then take it! ”
The red envelope was accepted, but Wu Dun had no intention of giving way. confronted Yang Dengkui like this.
The originally lively banquet hall slowly became quiet.
"Some time ago, I heard that Boss Yang had some trouble in Taiwan, and it seems that things have been resolved?" Lin Youlun's voice came from behind Wu Dun.
Seeing Lin Youlun coming over, Yang Dengkui immediately changed a smile on his face, bypassed Wu Dun who was in the way, and took the initiative to greet him.
"Mr. Lin, I came this time mainly to make amends for you!"
Yang Dengkui deliberately lowered his posture, and the guests around him who heard this showed surprised expressions in their eyes.
Yang Dengkui, who is rampant in Taiwan, when did he become so easy to speak?
"What is Boss Yang talking about? There's nothing wrong with us. Although Lin Youlun's words were polite, the alienation in his tone was audible to everyone.
With the appearance of Lin Youlun, the tense atmosphere between Wu Dun and Yang Dengkui suddenly eased a lot.
Yang Dengkui apologized to Lin Youlun in front of everyone, the purpose of coming this time has been achieved, and it doesn't matter what kind of attitude Lin Youlun shows.
Seeing that it was useless to stay longer, Yang Dengkui arched his hand towards Lin Youlun and left straight with his two subordinates.
Wu Dun stood aside with cold eyes, his face gloomy, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking.
Lin Youlun looked at Yang Dengkui's departing back, and a sneer was outlined at the corner of his mouth.
Yang Dengkui is very smart, he knows that Lin Youlun has always been against black. The people in the Dao don't have a good feeling, and his image in Lin Youlun's heart will not change, but Wu Dun is not much better.
Lin Youlun can cooperate with Wu Dun now, and naturally he will not mind cooperating with Yang Dengkui in the future - provided that Yang Dengkui can show more strength than Wu Dun.
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In the hotel room, Li Jiaxin, who was wearing a nightdress, snuggled in Lin Youlun's arms.
"I'm so worried at the banquet, after that Yang Dengkui came, I saw that Mr. Wu's face was not very good."
Lin Youlun leaned back on the sofa, put his feet on the coffee table, held a glass of red wine in one hand, held Li Jiaxin's slender waist in the other, and gently rubbed Li Jiaxin's tender and soft flesh around his waist through his nightdress, "Yang Dengkui originally came to find Wu Dun unhappy, Wu Dun should be in a good mood...... By the way, I remember you said that you had a script sent by Shi Nansheng in your hand? ”
Li Jiaxin was about to talk to Lin Youlun about this, she sat up straight, tidied up the nightdress that was messed up by Lin Youlun, and said softly: "I have finished reading the script, listen to Ms. Shi, it seems that Xu Ke is going to direct this movie himself." ”
Lin Youlun took a sip of red wine, he always felt that something was wrong with Shi Nansheng's actions at the celebration banquet, and only now did he understand that Shi Nansheng should want to send this script to himself through Li Jiaxin's hands.
Thinking of this, Lin Youlun couldn't help but pout, "Xu Ke has a lot of appetite this time. ”
Li Jiaxin was a little weak-hearted, with her cleverness, how could she not see that Shi Nansheng was not a drunkard, and invited her to be the heroine, naturally wanting to pull Lin Youlun in too.
"If you don't like it, I'll push this show off." Li Jiaxin immediately made a well-behaved choice.
Lin Youlun played with the goblet in his hand, "Don't worry, let's talk about it first, what does Xu Ke want to shoot this time?" ”
"It probably means that there are a lot of monsters hidden among human beings, and with the development of science and technology, human beings have set up a special police team to deal with monsters......" Li Jiaxin roughly described the content of the script.
Lin Youlun was very familiar with this story, so he asked what the name of this script was.
Li Jiaxin pressed her fingers against her chin, frowned and thought for a while, "It seems to be called "Demon Beast City". ”
Lin Youlun raised his eyebrows, in the memory of later generations, there is indeed such a movie.
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In the Peninsula Hotel café, Li Jiaxin and Shi Nansheng sat opposite each other.
Xu Ke sat on the side, seemingly listening to Li Jiaxin and Shi Nansheng chatting, but his eyes kept looking at the door of the café, as if he was waiting for someone.
"Two, I'll go to the bathroom."
Li Jiaxin got up from her seat and was about to leave, when Shi Nansheng also stood up.
"Miss Li, I also want to go to the bathroom, let's go together."
Shi Nansheng affectionately grabbed Li Jiaxin's arm, and the two walked to the bathroom laughing all the way.
"Miss Li, is Mr. Lin really interested in this movie?" In the bathroom, Shi Nansheng asked Li Jiaxin about the news.
Li Jiaxin took out a tissue and wiped her hands and said, "Don't worry, he asked me to ask you and his wife to come over today, and he must have discussed this matter." ”
Shi Nansheng then asked: "Did Mr. Lin tell you whether he is interested in investing in this movie?" ”
"He didn't say that." Li Jiaxin shook her head, that night she and Lin Youlun mentioned "Demon Beast City", Lin Youlun was really interested, but she didn't talk too much, only said that she wanted to ask Xu Ke and his wife out to meet, and then there was today's meeting.
The time for the appointment to meet has passed, and Lin Youlun has something to delay temporarily, so he called Li Jiaxin to accompany Xu Ke and his wife to talk for a while.
Shi Nansheng followed Li Jiaxin to the bathroom, just to facilitate the conversation, but Li Jiaxin didn't know what Lin Youlun thought in his heart, so Shi Nansheng had to give up.
The two came out of the bathroom, and when they came back, Lin Youlun had already arrived, and was talking to Xu Ke about something, when Shi Nansheng came over, he heard a sentence: "This idea is good, why don't we make it bigger?" ”
Shi Nansheng and Li Jiaxin returned to their respective seats and did not interrupt the conversation between Lin Youlun and Xu Ke, Lin Youlun continued to talk about his thoughts, and Xu Ke had a thoughtful expression.
"The story concept of "Demon Beast City" reminds me of the "Black Super SWAT Team" for two years, which is also lurking around humans, and aliens and monsters are essentially just a different word...... If it's just like that, I definitely won't feel particularly surprised, because no matter how well "Demon Beast City" is filmed, it is difficult to surpass "Black Super SWAT Team", what really makes me value is the oriental color in "Demon Beast City", if I can create an oriental magic movie with the theme of monsters, and then be able to compete with Western alien-themed science fiction movies in the overseas market, I will be more willing to contribute to this. ”
Lin Youlun's idea is to use the movie "Demon Beast City" to further tap the market potential of monster-themed magic movies, and if successful, traditional ghost films and zombie films can be further integrated into the international market as one of the main genres of Hong Kong films.
China's story themes about demons and monsters can be said to be inexhaustible, but how to make the audience in the non-Chinese cultural circle accept this type of movie has always been a problem that Lin Youlun is thinking about, "Monster City" uses a modern background to interpret the idea of ghost stories is very instructive, in the memory of later generations, the potential of "Monster City" has not been explored, I have to say that it is a pity.
When Xu Ke conceived the movie "Demon Beast City", he just wanted to make a modern version of "A Chinese Ghost Story", and the modern background was just a gimmick, but he didn't expect this setting to be regarded as a gimmick by him, but it became the reason why Lin Youlun valued this movie.
Although this result was somewhat unexpected, one thing is certain, and that is that Lin Youlun has a lot of interest in the film.
Thinking of this, Xu Ke's mind came alive. (To be continued......)