Chen Jiashang happened to be idle during this time, Li Lianjie came to the door in person, and as soon as he told his thoughts, Chen Jiashang agreed without much thought.

Of course, Chen Jiashang only promised to provide some reference suggestions for the film, and the main plot was completed by Chen Zhongjian, the screenwriter of "Fang Shiyu".

Chen Zhongjian wrote the script in less than a week, Li Lianjie and Yuan Kui came to Chen Jiashang with the first draft of the script to discuss, before that, they had already read the script and were basically satisfied, but when the script came to Chen Jiashang, he found a problem.

In the script, the male protagonist Xu Zhengyang is a Zhongnanhai bodyguard who was photographed in Hong Kong to protect Yang Qian'er, a witness to a homicide case, before the No. 1 chief's southern tour. Yang Qian'er's boyfriend is Song Shichang, a wealthy man with huge business contacts in the mainland and close ties to high-level officials in the mainland, since the other witnesses in the murder case have been murdered one by one, Song Shichang hired bodyguards for her to protect her until the trial of the case.

On the surface, there is nothing wrong with such a plot, but Chen Jiashang always feels that the rich man Song Shichang feels like he is alluding to someone in reality.

As soon as Chen Jiashang said this idea, Li Lianjie and Yuan Kui felt a little incredible.

The character of Song Shichang was fabricated out of thin air for the needs of the plot, how can it be related to reality again?

Chen Jiashang further prompted: "There are a lot of business contacts with the mainland, and he has a close relationship with the mainland's high-level officials, and then the mainland also sent bodyguards to protect his girlfriend, don't you think that everything is very similar to someone?" ”

Yuan Kui finally reacted at this time.

"You're talking about Mr. Lin?"

Chen Jiashang nodded.

Li Lianjie then raised his doubts: "Mr. Lin does have a close relationship with the mainland's high-level officials, but the mainland has not sent bodyguards to protect him, right?" ”

"Don't forget that Mr. Lin set up a Hongyan security company in Hong Kong, and its bodyguards are all veterans from the mainland. I guess that's enough to tell the story, right? ”

Li Lianjie, the big name of Hongyan Security Company, had heard it a long time ago. But he didn't think much about it. Now that Chen Jiashang reminded me like this, I suddenly found that there are really some shadows of the Continental Army behind Hongyan Security Company.

After being silent for a while, Yuan Kui proposed: "If it doesn't work, change this character setting!" ”

Li Lianjie immediately objected, "If the characters are not set up like this, the plot will be even more unreasonable." ”

Yuan Kui had no choice but to look at Chen Jiashang again, the problem was that he raised it, and he should have a solution.

Chen Jia stretched out his hands. "If you don't change the setting, you can only send the script to Mr. Lin first, and if he agrees, then there will be no problem."

Lee Lianjie didn't make a decision on the spot, and when he came back, he found Choi Bo-so and wanted to hear her opinion.

As soon as Cui Baozhu opened his mouth, he said something that surprised Li Lianjie.

"Chen Jiashang actually has a word that he hasn't said to you."

"What?"

"If we insist on not changing the script, and then don't say hello to Mr. Lin in advance, this movie will be useless. First of all, the film could not be released in Hong Kong, and then outside Hong Kong. We may not even be able to sell a copy. ”

The Hong Kong film market has always been the bellwether of the Asian film market, and many overseas film studios are now accustomed to using the box office data of the Hong Kong film market as an indicator of the potential of a film market. The film cannot be released in Hong Kong, and overseas distribution will inevitably be greatly affected.

And "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" is destined to make great achievements in the overseas market because of the subject matter itself, and if it can't even be released in Hong Kong, it is equivalent to a death sentence for this movie.

After Choi Bo-so explained the seriousness of this matter to Li Lianjie, Li Lianjie's face became a little unpleasant.

Li Lianjie's original intention in establishing Zhengdong Film Company was to get rid of the control of certain Hong Kong film companies and the interest groups behind them, and Lin Youlun, as the supreme formulator of the rules of the game in the Hong Kong film industry, is inextricably linked with these film companies, and it is through such a huge network of interests that the entire Hong Kong film industry is firmly controlled by Lin Youlun.

When Lin Youlun formulated the rules for the Hong Kong film industry, he considered the overall and overall interests, and in the process, he would inevitably sacrifice some local and personal interests, and Li Lianjie was once a victim of such interests.

Back then, Li Lianjie fell out with Golden Harvest because of contract issues, and Cai Zhiming, who had an underworld background, helped him out, but he didn't think that as soon as the matter was settled, Cai Zhiming was shot dead at the door of his company.

Although the police have concluded that Cai Zhiming died in a gang vendetta, Li Lianjie was deeply affected by this incident, and once said in front of the media that he was not suitable for development in Hong Kong.

Li Lianjie did not leave Hong Kong in the end, but chose to adapt to the rules of Hong Kong, and later even cooperated with Lin Youlun once in "Serious Crime Unit", of course, limited to the relationship between investors and actors.

Either modify the character settings of the script, or take the initiative to find Lin Youlun, Li Lianjie fell into a dilemma for a while.

In desperation, he had no choice but to ask Choi Bo-so for help again.

"Sister Baozhu, what do you think I should do?"

"Xiaojie, I know that you are already inclined to change the script setting in your heart, but I don't recommend you to do so, because many people have read this script now, even if we modify the plot setting, I am afraid that some words will still reach Mr. Lin's ears...... I know that you may have some thoughts about Mr. Lin in your heart, but it is undeniable that in the hands of Mr. Lin, Hong Kong films are progressing rapidly, and the entire market environment is getting better and better. ”

Li Lianjie didn't speak, but it could be seen that Choi Bo-so's persuasion still played a certain role, at least his idea of revising the script was no longer as resolute as before.

"If you take the initiative to find Mr. Lin, first of all, this is a gesture of getting closer, and whether Mr. Lin is out of his own preferences or because of the need to interact with the mainland, he has always taken care of actors with mainland backgrounds, and it is obvious that it is beneficial for you to have a good relationship with him. As long as Mr. Lin is willing to support you, most of the problems faced by the company can be easily solved, and you will personally get excellent development opportunities, note that I am not only talking about Hong Kong! ”

Li Lianjie raised his head abruptly and looked at Cui Baozhu with burning eyes, and there seemed to be some kind of expectation in his eyes.

Cui Baozhu knew Jet Li's thoughts very well, and then said: "Hong Kong is too small to accommodate a big dragon like Mr. Lin, and he will jump out of this circle sooner or later." ”

"Then where does Sister Baozhu think Mr. Lin's next target is?"

"America!"

Li Lianjie was stunned, he thought that Cui Baozhu would speak the mainland, but he didn't expect to hear an answer that surprised him.

"You don't understand this, don't look at Mr. Lin and the mainland are so close now, but the two sides are actually a transactional relationship, before the return of Hong Kong, the mainland needs to attract a group of people like Mr. Lin who have great influence in Hong Kong society, and Mr. Lin also hopes to use this relationship to open up the Hong Kong film market in the mainland, before the return of Hong Kong, both sides will maintain this intimate relationship very tacitly, but after the return it is difficult to say, with Mr. Lin's current influence, the mainland will not unload the mill and kill the donkey, But it will be difficult for Mr. Lin to maintain his current position of detachment and independence, so until then, he will definitely find a way to increase his leverage, and the easiest way is to enter Hollywood. ”

Choi Bo-so's analysis is well-founded, Lim Yoo-lun acquired Pierce Studio, the animation division spun off from Industrial Light & Magic, a move that didn't attract much attention at the time, and until now Pierce Studio has not had an interview for the work, and slowly everyone forgot about it.

It wasn't until this year that Lin Youlun announced a high-profile investment of $80 million to shoot a big-budget movie co-starring Eastern and Western actors, and many people discovered that Lin Youlun has been paving the way to enter Hollywood.

First, he used Hong Kong films to pry open the door to the North American film market, and when the time is ripe, it is very likely that a film company will be established directly in the United States.

By the time everyone saw this, Lin Youlun had already done all the preparations and was waiting for a kick in the door.

"If you just want to stay in Hong Kong and develop, you can forget what I told you just now, but if you want to go to Hollywood like Cheng Long, there is a great opportunity in front of you. What Mr. Lin takes to enter Hollywood, it must be a convincing film work, and with Mr. Lin's style, he will definitely not completely find Hollywood actors to play, which will leave a large number of roles vacant for Hong Kong actors, Cheng Long has gained a firm foothold in Hollywood, and then Mr. Lin is now consciously cultivating Liang Jiahui, who do you think is the next most likely person? ”

Li Lianjie pursed his lips and said a little dejectedly: "It can't be me anyway." ”

"Wrong, if you can enter Mr. Lin's sight, then more than ninety percent of this person is likely to be you!" Choi Bo-so spoke amazingly.

Li Lianjie's eyes widened, and he almost wondered if his ears were wrong, he knew that there were many actors in Hong Kong who were close to Lin Youlun, how could he get his turn in front of Zhou Yunfa, Zhang Yurong, and Liu Dehua?

Lee Lianjie thinks Choi Bo-so must be joking. (To be continued......)