The plot of the movie "Resident Evil" is not complicated, I have to say that the idea of this kind of zombie movie is very novel, and it is not particularly difficult to accept, but after listening to it, He Guanchang had a worry in his heart.

"Mr. Lin, according to your idea, if this movie is made, there will be some trouble in the movie rating."

"From the very beginning, this film was positioned in the category of III films, so Mr. Ho's worries were actually unnecessary."

As soon as Lin Youlun's words came out, He Guanchang suddenly looked embarrassed, "This ......"

"Although "Blade" got a grade II.B in Hong Kong, it was basically released at a restricted level overseas, and the box office of the film was not affected too much, on the contrary, if it is directly positioned as a III film, there is no restriction on non-restricted films in terms of content, and the bloodier and more terrifying it is, the more it can attract more audiences."

He Guanchang didn't speak again, but Zou Wenhuai then asked a very critical question: "Lin Sheng thinks that this film will probably need how much investment?" ”

"Between 50 million and 60 million." Lin Youlun reported a number.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang glanced at each other, and they both saw a touch of surprise in each other's eyes.

Affected by a number of overseas blockbusters, the scale of investment in Hong Kong films is also expanding, in the past, an investment of more than 50 million in a film was already considered a big production, but with more and more film investment exceeding 100 million, 50 million can only be regarded as a medium cost.

In the past, you could make a movie for a few million, but now to make a movie, the investment is often tens of millions, so the investment of 50 or 60 million is really not like the rhythm of doing big things in the eyes of Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

"The zombies in the movie are mainly through makeup, and there are not many places where computer special effects are really used, and the cost can be reduced a lot in this area alone." Lin Youlun explained.

"So who should I find to direct this movie?" Zou Wenhuai then asked again.

Lin Youlun did not speak directly, because he wanted to recommend this entry, and there was a lot of controversy in the industry about his evaluation, and Golden Harvest may not be able to accept it.

Hong Kong movies were the most popular in the entire 80s are action movies and comedies, and there are not many directors who are good at making this kind of violent horror film.

"What do Mr. Zou and Mr. He think of Mu Liaofu?"

As soon as they heard the name Mu Liaofu, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang's faces changed color, really because this guy was too "notorious".

Similar to the experience of many famous directors in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mu Liaofu's film experience also spans the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, born in the Northeast, came to Taiwan with his parents when he was very young, and entered the Taiwan National Art School to study choreography and directing when he was young, and his debut film is called "Don't Dare to Tell You", and the film's encounter is in line with the title, and it was directly banned by the Taiwan government on the grounds of "too political".

The first film was banned, and Mu Lifu went to Europe and Central America, wandered for four or five years, and even made a movie in Bolivia.

New in Hong Kong films. When the wave was in the ascendant, Mou Liaofu came to Hong Kong, signed a contract with Shaw Brothers to become its director, and directed the "gun" in "Hong Kong Strange Case" in his first film, which received a good response after the release, Mou Liaofu was once pinned on high hopes by Shaw Brothers, but no one thought that Mou Liaofu's later title was "Shaw Brothers' most enthusiastic evil film director who is keen on visual violence".

In 1978, Mou Lianfu filmed a film about the encounter of mainland smugglers in Hong Kong, and in 1980, he filmed "Snake Fighting" based on the truth. Showing play, because I can't find so many naked in the prominent time. The actor starred in "Into the Snake" (that is, the stowaway), and Mu Lifu found the real smuggler to film, and there are countless perverted and violent scenes in the film, challenging the audience's tolerance limit again and again. ”

Hong Kong can't accept this story, they feel that they are not so bad, but in fact, the encounter of "entering the snake" is even more miserable than in the film, there has been a great social controversy about whether to ban this movie, and the censorship department and social public opinion can not accept that Mu Lifu has engaged in so much perverted violence in the movie, but Mou Lifu insists that only by rendering the real beast nature can he highlight the political and social nature that he has always expressed.

It's a pity that in the face of those extremely violent scenes in the movie, in addition to the extreme physical and psychological discomfort, the audience did not understand Mu Liaofu's painstaking efforts.

Although the box office of "Snake Fighting" is good, the Shaw Brothers Company has also borne a lot of social public opinion pressure, and after being approached by the Shaw Brothers senior management to talk and remind not to "go too far", Mu Lifu simply terminated the contract with the Shaw Brothers and went to the mainland to film Xia Meng's Blue Bird Company.

At the beginning, when Mu Lianfu helped the Jade Bird Company make a comedy kung fu film like "Heroes from Ancient Times", everyone thought that he had changed sex, but soon news came out that Mu Lianfu actually wanted to put the story of "731" on the screen.

In order to collect materials, Mu Lifu spent four years traveling all over Japan and the United States, and when he was ready to start shooting, he found that there were many obstacles.

In the 80s, diplomatic relations between China and Japan were in a honeymoon period, each needed the other, China needed Japanese investment, and Japan needed China's resource products. When Mou Liaofu filmed this film, he had to apply for a filming permit from the government before he could shoot it. To this end, Mou Lifu also submitted to the Central Committee. members and the general . The secretary directly submitted a report, and wrote in the report "You either let me shoot, or you are a traitor" and something like this.

The central government is worried that the film's 731 theme will hurt the relationship between China and Japan, but Mou Lifu is stubborn, he feels that the film is about the past, this is a real movie, although the current relationship between China and Japan is very harmonious, but it cannot change the history of Unit 731 and their experiments, and then the central government gave him the green light.

But the problem is not over, and the officials below come to me again. Ministry of Communications, they oppose Mu Lifu's filming of "Black Sun 731", the reason is that "at present, Sino-Japanese relations are good, and they hope to postpone filming".

Other directors may have succumbed when they encounter such a thing, but Mu Lifu is very tough, and he directly questioned the outside. The Ministry of Communication, whether to give the total. The secretary wrote a letter informing him of the situation, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had nothing to say.

It took Mu Liaofu 6 months to shoot this movie, which is full of all kinds of abuse of Unit 731. In order to highlight the authenticity, Mu Liaofu adopted a very unorthodox shooting technique and spent a long time waiting for the public. The Security Bureau transported the corpse to take pictures.

Mu Liaofu's filming of "Black Sun 731" is completely out of a sense of social responsibility, to expose the crimes of the Japanese army to the world, but the film directly shows the bloody violent bestiality in a completely recorded way, which still makes many viewers feel extremely uncomfortable.

And this movie was only shown once in Japan, in a movie theater, and after the movie theater was released, the movie theater received a phone call, threatening them that if they dared to continue the screening, the movie theater would be set on fire, and Mou Liufu's life would be threatened. Mu was not threatened, but the cinema side still terminated the screening, but dramatically, the film actually sold well in the Japanese videotape market.

After the filming of "Black Sun 731", the mainland has been pressing and not letting it be released, so that now Mu Lianfu is a very tricky guy in the eyes of many people, and looking for him to film is almost to risk offending the mainland and Japan at the same time, and for Hong Kong film companies that only aim to pursue commercial interests, Mu Liaofu was directly blacklisted.

In other words, don't recommend Mu Lifu, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang must not want to directly refuse, but the recommendation is Lin Youlun, and the two have to hesitate.

Lin Youlun takes a fancy to Mu Liaofu, mainly because of Mu Liaofu's ability to create extremely violent scenes, shooting zombie films, Mu Liaofu is definitely not worse than those famous plasma film directors in the West.

As for what Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are worried about, Lin Youlun doesn't care at all, in his memory, the movie "Black Sun 731" was finally released in the mainland, and the Chinese government is more worried about the theme of "731" than Mu Lifu's entry, as for the Japanese side, the same is true.

Another reason is that Lin Youlun admired Mu Lifu's original entry, knowing that it was thankless to shoot such a theme, but he still filmed it, and he did not regret it after filming, and in an interview with the media, he even declared that "friendship is friendship, history is history." As long as Japan does not apologize, they will continue to film their evil deeds. ”

It may not be clear if you don't enter, but Lin Youlun knows that Mu Liaofu is serious, and later generations of Mu Liaofu are indeed preparing to shoot a "Black Sun Trilogy", but it is a pity that the second "Black Sun - Nanjing Massacre" was banned in the mainland for some reasons, and the third "Farewell War" in the plan has been stranded.

In Lin Youlun's view, Mu Liaofu's biggest mistake was that he touched the very heavy historical theme before he became a very influential director, and with his heavy taste, he found criticism for himself.

Lin Youlun himself can think so, but it is not so easy to persuade Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang.

Of course, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang couldn't give up "Resident Evil" to other people to film, Lin Youlun insisted on finding Mou Liaofu to make this movie, and they could only agree.

(To be continued)