The script of "Police Story III: Super Police" was written before Lin Youlun found He Guanchang and proposed to pay attention to the mainland market, and it happened that the plot could be related to the mainland police, so it was directly taken by Cheng Long.

"The film could be used as a co-production, but there are a few things that must be made clear to you in advance, first of all, the investment in the film and the box office share of the mainland market. The mainland has not yet formed a market-oriented cinema system, whether it is an imported Hong Kong film or a co-production, the proportion of the box office share obtained by investors after the release is very low, and the box office of hundreds of millions may only be 10 million after the most distributed, and in terms of investment, it is nominally a co-production, but in fact, the number of film companies on the mainland is very limited, and even a film with an investment of tens of millions can be ignored. Lin Youlun shrugged and said.

The mainland film market is still very immature, and the co-productions are actually unilaterally invested and produced by Hong Kong, while the mainland mainly puts up a name and then provides some shooting convenience.

Cheng Long nodded to express his understanding, to put it bluntly, he wanted to cooperate with the mainland to make a film this time, mainly due to the influence of Lin Youlun's words to He Guanchang, from now on he began to pay attention to the mainland market, even if the movies that go in can't make much money, they can cultivate a group of fans first and lay the foundation for the future, as for how much box office can be shared from the mainland market, it is not a question that Cheng Long is particularly concerned about.

In Cheng Long's view, the current mainland market is far less important than the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, and Lin Youlun just happened to talk to Cheng Long about it.

"Another point is that once the film is labeled as a co-production, it may run into some trouble when it is released in Taiwan."

This question was something that Cheng Long hadn't thought of before. When he heard this, he was a little anxious. He can do without box office dividends on the mainland. But the Taiwan market has always been the "box office" of Hong Kong films, and if it can't be released in Taiwan, the loss will be a bit big.

"Didn't the co-productions between Hong Kong and the mainland in the past also be released smoothly in Taiwan?" Cheng Long asked with some puzzlement.

"That's different." Lin Youlun shook his head, "The previous co-productions were all costume films, to put it bluntly, they didn't have much to do with politics, and Taiwan also intended to ease relations with the mainland in the past two years." So the censorship is not very strict. However, have you noticed that since President Li sat firmly in the seat, some of his remarks and practices have begun to gradually target the mainland, and even put forward the remarks that Taiwan does not belong to China, which is a very bad signal. Your "Super Police" is directly related to the mainland government, even if it is not very related, it is enough to arouse the vigilance of the Taiwan side, and there may be some twists and turns in trying to pass the review of the Taiwan side. ”

Cheng Long didn't think about it so much before, and after listening to Lin Youlun's analysis, he realized that there was such a complex political game behind it. I suddenly felt that the decision to use "Super Police" as a co-production was a bit reckless.

"Of course. I'm just saying that there may be some trouble with the release of this film in Taiwan, not that it can't be released in Taiwan, and even if you give up the Taiwanese market, I think it's worth it. First, your film has successfully entered Hollywood, as long as the North American market can be guaranteed, you don't have to worry about the movie not making money; Second, the scale of the mainland film market has now surpassed that of Taiwan, and this is still when most of the potential of the market has not been tapped, let me choose, and I will not hesitate to give up Taiwan and choose the mainland. ”

Cheng Long thought about it seriously, the truth was indeed as Lin Youlun said, and the worries in his heart were dispelled.

"Mr. Lin, one more thing is that the director and actors of this movie have been determined, and there will be no problems on the mainland, right?"

"It's all decided?" Lin Youlun's brows furrowed.

Seeing that Lin Youlun's expression was wrong, Cheng Long hurriedly changed his words: "Part of it has been determined, not all of it, several actors have only preliminarily determined the candidates, and they haven't officially talked to them yet." ”

Lin Youlun's brows stretched slightly, but Cheng Long had a different idea in his heart.

The director of "Super Police" was He Guanchang's decision to use Tang Jili against public opinion, and everyone was very strange at that time, Tang Jili had only made one movie "Myth", how could He Guanchang make such a decision? The movie "Myth" is indeed very successful commercially, and Tang Jili's directing ability has also been unanimously recognized by the Hong Kong film industry, but this movie is a big shame for Cheng Long.

"Mythology" made Li Yuanba popular and invisibly set up a strong opponent for Cheng Long, although now that Li Yuanba was just a flash in the pan, it did bring a lot of pressure to Cheng Long at that time.

And after Cheng Long became famous, he has always been his own director and martial arts instructor, and now he has found Tang Jili, not only as a director, but also as a martial arts instructor, many people doubt that Tang Jili can make Cheng Long's movies well.

Cheng Long himself did not have any opinion on Tang Jili because Tang Jili was the director of "Myth", but he also had doubts about whether Tang Jili could shoot "Super Police" well, and only accepted this arrangement because he believed in He Guanchang.

"When filming "Myth", I felt that Tang Jili was a very thoughtful director, and I would be very relieved if he was the director of this movie." Lin Youlun said this is just an excuse, the reason why he really recognizes Tang Jili as the director of "Super Police" is because Tang Jili's film values are very correct, which is particularly important for co-productions that want to enter the mainland market.

As early as during the filming of "Myth", Tang Jili once mentioned his action movie concept of "healthy violence" to Lin Youlun.

Action movies themselves cannot avoid violence, because without violence or without relying on violence, action movies will lose the value of existence and audience base, as long as it is an action movie created for the purpose of commercial entertainment, it must show violence on the screen, strengthen violence, and constantly exaggerate violence in a new way, so as to win more audiences.

Tang Jili's idea is to show violence while reducing the cruelty of violent actions as much as possible, and to minimize the harm and misleading effects of on-screen violence on young people and other social groups.

His so-called "healthy violence" is first of all an interpretation of just violence, which is well reflected in "Myth", the male protagonist will not be the one who takes the initiative to use violence under any circumstances, but after repeatedly experiencing the provocation and injury of the villain, he will use just violence to fight against unjust violence in order to survive in order to survive in the law.

Secondly, in the form of violence, the action design in Tang Jili's film pursues real excitement, but never renders blood, and the degree of damage of violence is processed and shown implicitly and modestly.

To put it simply, Tang Jili's action movie "Three Views" is very positive, and it is easier to pass the mainland's film censorship, and this alone can save Lin Youlun a lot of trouble.

Cheng Long mentioned Tang Jili in Lin Youlun, the original intention was to test Lin Youlun's attitude, if Lin Youlun felt that Tang Jili was not suitable, he would have a legitimate reason to replace Tang Jili, and now that Lin Youlun recognizes Tang Jili very much, Cheng Long will naturally not mention the matter of changing the director again.

"Doesn't it mean that the actor selection has also been decided? Since it is a sequel to "Police Story", Zhang Manyu still continues to play your girlfriend? And who will play the female public security officer in that continent? After chatting with the director, Lin Youlun naturally asked about the actors.

"Zhang Manyu's role has not changed, as for the female public security ...... in the mainland" Cheng Long had an expression of wanting to speak and stopped, as if he had encountered something difficult.

Lin Youlun pursed his lips and motioned to Cheng Long to say directly, there is no need to worry about anything.

"I think that role is very suitable for Yang Ziqiong to play, and then other people also have this idea, of course, I haven't talked to her yet."

Cheng Long cautiously said this idea, but Lin Youlun's reaction was beyond his expectations, Lin Youlun seemed to have known that Yang Ziqiong would play this role at a glance, and there were not too many surprises at all.

And Lin Youlun's next words made Cheng Long more confused.

"This role has to be changed, Yang Ziqiong is not suitable."

Cheng Long thought that Yang Ziqiong might be vetoed by Lin Youlun, but he didn't expect Lin Youlun to say it so directly and thoroughly, and he had no intention of discussing it at all.

Lin Youlun saw what Cheng Long was thinking, and then asked with a smile: "Do you think I am deliberately suppressing Yang Ziqiong?" ”

Cheng Long did think so in his heart, but he wouldn't say it on his lips.

"Everyone thinks that because of the events of that year, as long as I am in Hong Kong for one day, Yang Ziqiong will never come out, in fact, so many years have passed, since Pan Disheng admitted defeat and quit, is it really necessary for me to still hold on to the things of that year? There are not many women in Hong Kong, Yang Ziqiong is willing to make a comeback, I will not deliberately set up any obstacles for her, and of course I will not cooperate with her again...... The main reason why I didn't agree to let her play this role this time was that her identity was not suitable. If it weren't for the mainland side, I would definitely not interfere with the selection of this role, but since it's a co-production, don't you think there should be at least one mainland actor among the actors? ”

Lin Youlun's words reminded Cheng Long that the mainland has regulations on co-productions, and there must be a certain proportion of mainland staff in the crew. Although many Hong Kong crews who go north to make movies in the name of co-productions will hire some mainland staff at a low price to fill up the quota and cope with this ratio, those movies are just a small fight, and the mainland side is also turning a blind eye.

But Lin Youlun's identity is different from others, he will only lose his identity by using this method, and he can't show the sincerity of cooperating in filming at all. (To be continued......)