Regarding Zhou Comin's worries, Lin Youlun just shrugged.

"I think it's the safest bet to have a rehabilitated fox run the chicken coop because this fox is well-versed in all the tricks of stealing chickens!"

Zhou Yimin had a puzzled expression in his eyes, obviously not understanding Lin Youlun's analogy.

"What I mean is that because Hong Jinbao's current wife used to be his female apprentice, I think Hong Jinbao is the most reliable candidate, because if he accepts another female apprentice, he doesn't have to worry about outsiders, and his wife will stare him to death."

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Just after New Year's Day in '93, the situation in the Hong Kong film box office market suddenly became tense, and there was a smoke in the air that began to be invisible.

"Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" did not even break through 10 million at the box office in the first week, while "Truant Weilong 2", which was released at the same time, easily received more than 15 million box office.

Many film critics have given a lot of praise to "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", but it is still difficult to change the fate of this movie, and "Truant Weilong 2" continues to be in the saliva and complaints of filmmakers, and the box office has been triumphant.

Li Lianjie was hit hard by this incident, but fortunately, Lin Youlun had promised before that he would allocate a quota for Hong Kong films introduced by the mainland to "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", which made him not overly depressed.

And Zhou Xingchi has been very proud during this time, "Truant Weilong 2" was a box office hit, although the Hong Kong film critics did not have a high evaluation of this movie, but "The King of Comedy" released before this time won unanimous praise from many film critics, and even many people said. Zhou Xingchi can become one of the most powerful contenders for the best actor at this year's Academy Awards with "The King of Comedy".

In addition to following these two already released films. The Hong Kong media has also set their eyes on the upcoming "Happy Affair in the Flower Field" and "Love Turns Left and Right". Everyone knows in their hearts that the confrontation between these two movies is the highlight of this year's Chinese New Year.

Of course, all this has nothing to do with Zhu Yanping, who stayed in Hong Kong to prepare for "Whirlwind Kid", as early as more than a week ago, he had handed over the cast list of this movie to Lin Youlun, but Lin Youlun has not given Zhu Yanping a clear answer so far, as if he had forgotten about this matter.

That night, Zhu Yanping suddenly received a call from Wang Jing and asked him to go to a nightclub for a drink.

Nothing to do left or right. Zhu Yanping agreed to go to the appointment.

Follow the waiter in the nightclub to find a place, push open the door of the private room, Wang Jing and Nan Yan have already drunk inside, and they are not too polite when they see Zhu Yanping coming in, just beckoning him to sit down and drink together.

"You are so free today, is it because the filming of "Love and Love" has already been filmed?" Zhu Yanping picked up a glass of wine, clinked glasses with Wang Jing and Nanyan, and asked curiously before drinking.

"Yes, the movie was finished the day before yesterday, and all the editing was done today. I gave it to Mr. Lin, and he didn't let us rework it. So we're out tonight to celebrate! Nan Yan's tone was very relaxed at the moment, but behind this, there was a deep tiredness and helplessness.

From revising the script to reshooting, after more than half a month, Nan Yan and Wang Jing have lost at least 10 pounds of weight, which can be seen from the hard work during this period.

"Then I have to congratulate you in advance, after this movie is released, you can make a lot of money again!" Zhu Yanping took a sip of wine and smacked his lips.

Wang Jing and Nan Yan glanced at each other, and neither of them was as optimistic as Zhu Yanping.

My own situation is clear, "Love Turns Left and Right" was halfway filmed and was sent back by Lin Youlun for reshooting, not to mention the time-consuming and laborious work, and the production cost of the movie has also nearly doubled.

Although the eleven male stars who participated in this movie only calculate their salaries according to their cameo appearances in Lin Youlun's face, but the payment of remuneration alone cost more than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, plus 5 million shooting costs, if you don't count the revenue from overseas port sales, the box office in the Hong Kong market must be more than 30 million, and the film can barely recover its cost.

If the box office of this movie exceeds 30 million in Hong Kong, then it can also be sold at a good price in overseas regions, anyway, if the box office performance of the Hong Kong market is average, overseas sales ports will also be greatly affected, with the popularity of Hong Kong films in Southeast Asia over the years, there will definitely be no problem in recovering the cost after the most recoupon, but it is not so easy to make a lot of money.

"If it was 2 or 3 years ago, with the star lineup of this movie, the movie had not yet been made, and those overseas film companies would come to you with money, but now these guys have learned to be smart, and they know that movies starring stars may also hit the streets, so they are all waiting for the movie to test the water in the Hong Kong market, and then let the meeting come to negotiate the price with you, the days of easy money in the past are gone!" Wang Jing held the wine glass and sighed.

Nan Yan glanced at Wang Jing angrily, "You can be content!" After following Mr. Lin all these years, have you made less money? ”

Wang Jing pursed his lips, put down the wine glass and said: "You misunderstood what I meant, I'm not saying that making less money is coming, but that making money is not as easy as before, in the past, I didn't need to spend much effort on a movie, as long as the actors were big enough, the plot would be filmed at once, and the audience would buy it, but now it's different, if the plot is not good, no matter how big the starring name is, it's useless." I used to make a movie and I could do it in a week when it was fast, but now it's still a good thing, and I'm thankful that I can finish it in a month. ”

"I think this is a good thing, otherwise a good theme will come out, and it won't be long before the market will be killed by those inferior films that follow the trend and rush to shoot, and the result of this will be that everyone will not be able to shoot after the worst."

When Nan Yan and Wang Jing were talking about this topic, Zhu Yanping just listened silently on the side, he didn't know much about these situations in Taiwan, and he didn't plan to interject anything, but Wang Jing suddenly asked about the progress of the preparations for "Whirlwind Kid", and said that after the release of "Love and Love", the "Five Ancestors of Shaolin" in his hand will also start filming, and when the time comes, Xie Miao will participate in the filming of two movies at the same time, and the schedule may conflict.

Speaking of this, Zhu Yanping was also full of bitterness.

"I'm also worried, why don't you help me talk to Mr. Lin in front of you? It's been so long since the last time I handed in the list of actors I discussed with you, and Mr. Lin didn't react at all, and I'm really worried about whether he forgot about it. ”

Wang Jing pinched his chin and thought about it.

"It's not very likely that Aaron forgot about it, it's more likely that he wasn't very happy with the list."

Zhu Yanping was depressed when he heard this, the actors on the list were all arranged by Mr. Lin's preferences, and after the list was prepared, Wang Jing patted his chest and assured him that there was no problem.

Wang Jing thought for a while, and then came to the conclusion: "In general, there will be no mistakes, it may be that a specific candidate is not very satisfactory to him." ”

Zhu Yanping immediately asked, "Who could it be?" ”

"The actor Zhang Weijian must have no problem, because he is the protagonist in "Super School Bully", and then in terms of the heroine, Xu Ruoxuan and Yi Bixia should meet the requirements......"

Before Wang Jing's analysis was over, Zhu Yanping hurriedly said something.

"In addition to the male and female protagonists, there are only those two little actors left, Hao Shaowen must be no problem, he plays this role directly what Mr. Lin meant, if there is a problem, it can only be the Xie Miao you recommended to me!"

"But there's no reason, unless there is a better candidate for Aaron, otherwise the Xie Miao I chose is really suitable." Wang Jing touched his chin, puzzled.

Just when the two of them were at a loss, Nan Yan interjected.

"I think it's just a waste of energy for you two to guess here, if you want to figure out this problem, just ask Mr. Lin directly?"

Wang Jing and Zhu Yanping are both fans of the authorities, and when they were reminded by Nan Yan, they suddenly came to their senses.

"Wait a minute, I'll call Aaron and help you get to know this."

Wang Jing took out the big brother as he spoke, but before he could dial, the phone rang by itself.

As soon as he looked at the number displayed on the screen, Wang Jing immediately raised his head and glanced at Nan Yan and Zhu Yanping.

"It's Aaron's calling."

"Then what are you still doing in a daze, take it quickly!" Nan Yan urged.

Wang Jing answered the phone at this time, and before he could speak, Lin Youlun asked directly on the other end of the phone: "Is Zhu Yanping with you?" ”

was about to call Lin Youlun, and then received a call from Lin Youlun, which had already surprised Wang Jing, and when he heard Lin Youlun say such a sentence on the phone, Wang Jing was stunned.

How did Lin Youlun know that Zhu Yanping was with him.

Zhu Yanping also heard what Lin Youlun said on the phone, and seeing that Wang Jing was still stunned, he simply took it from Big Brother from Wang Jing.

"Mr. Lin, are you looking for me?"

Zhu Yanping's voice was very different from Wang Jing, there was a pause on the other end of the phone for three seconds, and then Lin Youlun's voice continued.

"I've carefully considered the list you sent, and the other candidates are fine, but the role of the little monk, you asked Xie Miao to play it because Wang Jing helped you come up with the idea, right?"

Zhu Yanping didn't dare to hide it, and told the situation truthfully.

"Xie Miao is very suitable to play "Shaolin Five Ancestors", but he is a little older to play "Whirlwind Kid", I have a more suitable candidate here, you come over tomorrow morning, and I will tell you about the situation of that little actor specifically." (To be continued......)