Two days later, on the plane back to Hong Kong.

Lin Youlun held a newspaper in his hand, and when he opened the page, he happened to publish a news picture of Wang Jing being blocked in the hotel lobby that day.

"I don't think there's something right with your expression at the time, like you've been caught as a thief." Lin Youlun put down the newspaper and glanced at Wang Jing, who was sitting beside him.

"No one asked you to tell me in advance, I wasn't prepared at all." Wang Jing deliberately pretended to be aggrieved to hide his weakness.

Seeing that Lin Youlun continued to pick up the newspaper and read it, and didn't mention it again, Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you know the truth? Last night, Cheng Long asked me out to dinner. Wang Jing moved his body to Lin Youlun's side, and whispered in a low voice.

"Just the two of you?" Lin Youlun subconsciously glanced at Hong Jinbao and Yuan Xuan.

Wang Jing nodded, and then said with a mysterious expression: "Guess what he told me?" ”

Lin Youlun put down the newspaper and thought about it, "It won't be looking for you to cooperate in filming, right?" ”

Wang Jing was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lin Youlun with an exaggerated expression.

"How are you knowing?"

Lin Youlun pouted, "Guess." ”

Of course, this was a lie to Wang Jing, Lin Youlun had expected this matter, but he didn't expect Cheng Long to act so quickly.

The box office results of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in North America are enough to make any actor excited, and Cheng Long is of course no exception, not to mention that the two leading actors of the film, Yuan Di and Hong Jinbao, are still his brothers.

There's a saying in human behavior that when a friend fails, you're sad. When a friend succeeds. You're more upset.

Cheng Long is now in such a state. Yuan Di and Hong Jinbao became popular in North America after acting in a "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and he worked hard to act in many movies before he was accepted by North American audiences.

Cheng Long thought about it left and right, and finally thought of the problem, he has been starring in action movies all these years, and whether it is the current "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" or the "Myth" that he missed before, it is a special effects blockbuster.

As an action actor, Cheng Long has always subconsciously had an instinctive rejection of movie special effects, because the emergence of special effects films has had a great impact on the status of traditional action actors in the film industry.

The most obvious example of this is after the development of special effects in movies. Few actors of the younger generation are no longer willing to be like Cheng Long, who practiced kung fu since childhood, and only needed to pose a few movements under the arrangement of the martial arts instructor when making movies, and with the help of special effects, they could successfully complete the shooting of action movies.

With the continuous improvement of special effects techniques, the living space of action actors is actually constantly compressed, although it will not be completely replaced, but it will certainly not be as beautiful as before.

If Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao had entered the industry 20 years later, they might not have had a chance to get ahead in the film industry at all, because at this time, skills are no longer as important as before.

Because of this, Cheng Long has always been not very interested in special effects films, but today when more and more special effects blockbusters are sweeping the film industry and rolling up to the box office of 100 million at every turn. Cheng Long would be stupid if he couldn't see the situation clearly.

At the beginning, "Myth" made Cheng Long miss an opportunity to get in touch with special effects films. This time, he was so stimulated by the box office of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" that Cheng Long couldn't sit still and wanted to take the initiative.

Wang Jing has always been very close to Lin Youlun, and Cheng Long is looking for Wang Jingtao, and actually wants to ask him if Lin Youlun has any other special effects blockbuster shooting plans in his hands now.

"I didn't say anything to him last night, but then again, didn't you say that you have a movie similar to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" that you want me to make? What do you think of Cheng Long playing the leading role? ”

Lin Youlun folded the newspaper and put it aside, turned his head to look at Wang Jing, "You really want him to act?" ”

Wang Jing touched his chin, "It's not true, it mainly depends on whether the role is suitable." I mainly take into account what you once said that the new film is of the same type as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", since Yuan Yi and Hong Jinbao can play "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", there should be no problem with Cheng Long as the protagonist in the new film, right? ”

Wang Jing said so, but in fact he was still selfish.

Wang Jingjing has always been known as the most successful commercial film director in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's most box office appeal "Double Week", he has filmed Zhou Xingchi and Zhou Runfa, but he has never cooperated with Cheng Long.

This time, Cheng Long took the initiative to reveal the idea of working together, and Wang Jing was tempted.

"Yes, yes, but you have to think about it, Cheng Long is not as easy to cooperate with as ordinary actors, are you sure that he will listen to you?"

Lin Youlun originally asked this question with the intention of embarrassing Wang Jing, but the fat man nodded without hesitation.

"That's fine, even if he refuses to listen to me, isn't there still you? As long as you support me behind my back, I can also clean up an actor who is better than Cheng Long. ”

"Okay, you charge in front, and I support you behind you, and this matter is settled...... So when you get off the plane, if you meet a reporter, it's up to you to deal with it. ”

Lin Youlun patted Wang Jing's shoulder, put on an eye mask and leaned back in his seat to stop talking.

Wang Jing was stunned for a while before he reacted, and immediately protested: "Why am I again?" ”

"If you don't like it, forget it, then I will take back what I just said."

Lin Youlun threw out this sentence, Wang Jing's mouth moved, and after all, he still didn't say anything more about refusal.

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Wang Jing was ready to help Lin Youlun deal with the media on the plane, but surprisingly, they didn't meet any reporters after they got off the plane.

Lin Youlun was very puzzled, even if his whereabouts were kept secret in the past, the Hong Kong media had a way to find out, but this time he did not deliberately conceal his itinerary, but did not see reporters at the airport, which is too abnormal.

What Lin Youlun didn't know was that because of the successful release of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in North America, the Hong Kong media was in a very embarrassing situation in the past two days. The $28 million premiere box office was like a slap in the face for many Hong Kong media people.

This time, the Hong Kong media all chose to avoid it.

After all, the entertainment industry and the media are interdependent, and the Hong Kong media can make such a reaction, which is actually a disguised submission.

Lin Youlun is the winner standing behind the scenes, and Wang Jing is the winner standing in front of the stage, at this time there is no need for them to hold on to the mistakes of the media, after all, there is still a long time to deal with the media in the future, and there is no need to make the relationship very stiff.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival, which is about to end, has also done the media a favor, and during this time, everyone is paying attention to the results of the Golden Dragon Awards, which has more or less diluted the impact of the news of the success of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in North America.

But what people didn't expect was that the day after Lin Youlun and his entourage returned to Hong Kong, the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" suddenly held a press conference, claiming that there was important information to announce.

The media who were invited to participate were a little apprehensive, for fear that Wang Jing would slap them in the face with the previous events at the press conference, and only the reporters from the "Ming Pao" department were relatively calm, they had already received the news that the news to be announced at this press conference was related to the sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

"Ghost Blows the Lantern" has not been officially released in Asia, but no one thinks that there is anything wrong with the film investor announcing the sequel plan at this time, the box office in the North American market has almost been able to decide the fate of this film, and the original novel has been released to the third part, and the sequel shooting has become a sure fact.

Some time ago, when the Hong Kong media collectively criticized this film, there were rumors that Lin Youlun, the sequel to the film, would consider replacing the director Wang Jing, but with the success of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in North America, this statement has lost its basis, and everyone is more willing to believe that Wang Jing will appear in front of the media as the director of the sequel today.

Wang Jing did come, and he was the only one in the crew of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Just as the reporters in the audience were whispering, Wang Jing was already standing in front of the microphone and cleared his throat vigorously.

"Thank you very much for being able to attend this press conference today, some time ago, thanks to everyone's concern for me and the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", I put forward a lot of valuable criticism, I thought twice and had to make a very difficult decision."

Wang Jing paused when he said this, the reporters in the audience, you look at me, I look at you, I am very puzzled, I don't understand what kind of medicine Wang Jing is selling in the gourd.

"In view of the fact that during the screening of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, many viewers thought that there was a big gap between the film and the original novel, and I also felt that my ability was limited, so I had no choice but to decide that I would not continue to serve as the director of the "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" series of films."

As soon as Wang Jing finished saying this, the audience immediately exploded, and all the reporters present had suspicious expressions on their faces, almost suspecting that there was something wrong with their ears.

Looking at the hands raised like a forest in the audience, Wang Jing pressed his hands down.

"I know that everyone must have a lot of questions to ask at this moment, but I want to make one point first, the decision not to continue to be the director of the sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is completely out of my personal wishes, and the three leading actors of the film, including the producer Mr. Lin Youlun, have all retained me, but I have already made a decision, and I can only disappoint everyone."

Whether Wang Jing's decision to resign as the director of the sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is really as he said, the reporters in the audience are not sure, but the decision he made has been confirmed to be undoubtedly true.

This news is definitely a blockbuster news that has caused a sensation in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, not to mention that there is more information that can be mined behind this scene.

Thinking of this, all the reporters in the audience became excited, but what they didn't expect was that after Wang Jing announced the news, he didn't answer any questions, and directly announced the end of the press conference, leaving a group of stunned reporters in the audience there, and leaving first. (To be continued......)