Xu Ke walked on the brightly lit street, and his heart was never comfortable, nor was he confused.

Leaving Xinyi City was an idea he had been holding in his heart for a long time. He hates the kind of routine work that is the same every day and every month, racking his brains to think about funny and funny episodes, and repeating them again and again. He hopes to have a broader creative space, where he can show his talent and pursue his ideal films. He believes that the box office is the life of the film, but he rejects that the life of the film is only the box office.

A black Mercedes-Benz RV quietly slid to his side and slowly stopped, and the door opened, revealing a simple and familiar smile: "Get in the car." ”

Xu Ke was slightly stunned, he didn't expect to see Wu Yusen in Hong Kong, isn't this guy in Taiwan? Whose car is this? But I didn't ask too much, I lifted my feet and got into the car. The RV starts and the fish slides into the river of cars on the street.

The inside of the motorhome is spacious and luxurious, with two rows of wide leather seats facing each other, ready to fit into a queen-size bed. In the middle is a foldable coffee table, and at the moment there are several bottles of beer, some of which have already been drunk halfway.

Wu Yusen sat near the car door and pulled Xu Ke to sit beside him. As soon as Xu Ke sat down, he saw a handsome young man sitting opposite, and he couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Wu Yusen suspiciously. He didn't know this young man, but the bearing hidden in the gentleness of the other party's light breeze, as well as the terrifying brilliance emanating from those bright and scary eyes, let Xu Ke, who had always been proud of knowing people, know that this would definitely not be a simple character. But at such a young age, is it the son of a big family?

Yang Lin rarely appeared in public, and there were not many photos circulating outside, so Xu Ke didn't recognize him.

Yang Lin smiled, without waiting for Wu Yusen's introduction, his upper body leaned forward slightly, and stretched out his hand to Xu Ke: "Hello Mr. Xu, my name is Yang Lin." ”

Xu Ke was taken aback, and hurriedly reached out to hold Yang Lin: "Mr. Yang, hello, hello." But he was puzzled in his heart, how could Wu Yusen get together with this person? Then his heart jumped suddenly: Could it be that Wu Yusen has defected to Yang Lin's Red Star Pictures?

The two let go of their hands, Xu Ke looked at Wu Yusen slightly, Wu Yusen understood his question, nodded with a smile: "I plan to join Red Star Pictures, and the contract has been signed." "Wu Yusen and Xinyicheng originally had a contract, but it was just a simple work contract, and Wu Yusen could invalidate it at any time. Even if he wants to pay Xinyicheng a few months' salary according to the contract, it is estimated that several bosses of Xinyicheng are embarrassed to ask for it.

Xu Ke sighed lightly and patted Wu Yusen's shoulder: "Congratulations." ”

His words were really not perfunctory, he was really happy for Wu Yusen.

In Hong Kong in the 70s of the last century, the most popular director was Zhang Che, Zhang Che's films were sharp and slaughtering, which had a great impact on the younger generations, and Zhang's disciples also came out in large numbers, Wang Yu, Jiang David, Li Xiuxian, Guo Chai, Dillon, Chen Guantai became famous, and Wu Yusen, who was also from Zhang Che's disciple, was depressed at that time.

Perhaps by chance, John Woo attended a filmmaker's party one night and somehow used the hand of a lady present as an ashtray, and this lady was none other than Tsui Hark's confidante at the time and later his wife Shi Nansheng. Wu and Xu had a conversation with each other. In fact, the two have known each other before, but they don't have a deep relationship. But through this and even a few chats in the future, Xu and Wu found that their understanding of the movie, especially their awareness of the traditional chivalrous spirit into the movie, was so consistent. Words speculated, and when they saw each other late, they had a sense of pity in their hearts.

In 1980, three young people approached John Woo and asked his friend, who was being reused by Golden Harvest with blockbuster dramas such as "Money Cold" and "Money is Strange", to help direct the entrepreneurial work after the reorganization of their film company. John Woo, who has always valued righteousness, is naturally difficult but enthusiastic, but because he has an appointment with Golden Harvest, he had to secretly make a film for the company under the pseudonym "Wu Shangfei", ——— movie is the famous comedy "Funny Times" to commemorate Chaplin, that company is the "New Art City" that led the trend of Hong Kong films in the 80s of the last century, and the three young people are the later famous Mai Jia, Shi Tian, and Huang Baiming.

"Funny Times", which successfully turned Western-style humor into Hong Kong, was gratifying at the box office after its release, which made New Arts City find the first pot of gold, and also laid a solid foundation for John Woo's future glory. However, in the face of the sincere invitation of New Art City, John Woo could not join because Golden Harvest's contract had not expired. Seeing that Xinyicheng was distressed by the difficulty of finding a director, John Woo suddenly remembered Tsui Hark, whom he had always admired, so he proposed to Mai Jia to use this new wave director who had already made three loss-making films at that time. Despite their doubts, Mai Jia and others finally adopted John Woo's opinion, and as a result, Tsui Hark's first modern comedy film "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" directed by Xinyicheng was unexpectedly acclaimed and acclaimed, and he won the Taiwan Golden Horse Award for Best Director, and Tsui Hark's film career has been bright and soaring since then.

Seeing that his friend was successful and had good luck, John Woo himself began to be unlucky; comedies such as "Colorful Lin Yazhen" filmed for Golden Harvest can no longer reproduce the box office glory of the past; After the expiration of the Golden Harvest, he went to the new art city where many friends gathered, but he caught up with the company's fierce generals at that time, and it was not his turn to take the position, and finally, Wu Yusen was sent to the Taiwan branch to fight the world.

It can be said that Xu may have successfully achieved today's achievements, which is inseparable from Wu Yusen's support in the past. Now that he sees that his friend can join Red Star Pictures, he is really happy for Wu Yusen.

Most of the movies in New Arts City are comedies, and John Woo went to Taiwan to shoot comedies, but they are still very unsuccessful. For him, making comedies is just a means of making a living, and what he really loves is shooting heroic shootout films that emphasize technical and personal style. But no one gave John Woo this chance, and now even his comedies are outdated, so you can see how depressed and disappointed he is.

Although Red Star Pictures has been established for a short time, its strength is absolutely strong, and even Hong Kong film giants such as Golden Harvest New Art City are full of jealousy of it. The most important thing is that not long after the establishment of Red Star Pictures, Yang Lin's talents were extremely vacant. For a figure like Yang Lin who clearly wants to dominate the world, nothing is more important than talent. And Yang Lin was able to bring Wu Yusen back from Taiwan, which is enough to prove how much he attaches importance to Wu Yusen.

Yang Lin handed Xu Ke a bottle of beer, and said with a smile: "I wonder if Director Xu is interested in joining Red Star Pictures and pioneering a great cause together?" ”

Xu Ke was shocked in his heart, and looked at Yang Lin's friendly and delicate face in disbelief. Does he know that I have the intention of leaving New Arts City, or is he just casually wooing me? Immediately, Xu Ke thought about it, he had never disclosed this idea to outsiders, and then he was a little relieved, it should be Wu Yusen who recommended himself to Yang Lin. Although Wu Yusen didn't know that he had the idea of leaving Xinyicheng, he knew his philosophy of movies, and it was not surprising that he definitely didn't like Xinyicheng's style of assigning comedy.

He thought about it for a while and politely refused: "I'm only a shallow learner, and Red Star Pictures are all big productions, I'm afraid I can't afford it." Isn't it a sin to spoil Mr. Yang's big things at some time? Forget it. In fact, his idea at this time was to set up a film studio on his own. Lei Juekun, the behind-the-scenes boss of Princess Jin, once told him that if he came out on his own, he would give his full support. Xu Ke is really fed up with all kinds of constraints, so he still works comfortably by himself, and he can come as he wants.

When Xu Ke said this, he also glanced at Wu Yusen beside him. In his mind, since Wu Yusen has joined Red Star Pictures and came to find himself with Yang Lin, of course he will do his best to play the role of this "lobbyist". How did you know that Wu Yusen was not persuaded on the side, but just smiled and drank. Xu Ke is a little strange, the rhythm is not right?

With a soft "pop", Yang Lin took out a thick notebook from the briefcase on the seat next to him and put it on the coffee table: "This is the script of a play, you can read it first, if you are still satisfied, you are the director." ”

Xu Ke was speechless, he didn't do it, and he still came to this set? But Yang Lin's status is much higher than him, it's really not good to give face, plus Yang Lin's scripts have always been very famous, those TV dramas have high ratings, and the script of "Assembly" is also very good, so I picked up the script curiously and looked at it. Of course, I saw it, and lit a cigarette by myself.

Wu Yusen hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and made a look. Xu Ke realized that he was in someone's car, and he was a little embarrassed. Yang Lin waved his hand, opened the car window a little, took out a cigarette and handed it to Wu Yusen, and the three of them swallowed the clouds and spit out the fog together.

After Yang Lin and Wu Yusen finished smoking, they saw that Xu Ke was still reading the script, so the two picked up the wine bottle and drank it one by one, chatting with each other.

I don't know how long it took, Xu Ke's eyes were still in the script, and he suddenly asked: "How much does Mr. Yang plan to invest in this play?" ”

Yang Lin smiled: "You don't know my style yet, the investment in each drama is the director's final say, how much money you think can be filmed, just how much money." I'm also a director, so I know how important it is to have a wide enough space to play. Of course, the premise is that it can't be too outrageous. ”

Wu Yusen also smiled: "You have to be careful with this guy, he is notoriously messy, many times it is not enough to pat and pat the money, and then pat and pat the money is not enough." ”

The three of them laughed together.

Xu Ke scolded with a smile: "Where are there friends like you?" Sell friends for glory, eat inside and out. ”

Wu Yusen said: "If you take this play, then a few of us will eat in a pot, not to mention who is the boss and who works." Mr. Yang has given us the greatest freedom, let us play and give the greatest support, so there must be no distractions. ”

Of course, Xu Ke understood that Wu Yusen was warning him, don't get that set of Xinyicheng on him, otherwise he won't be able to please him anywhere.

If he can really do what he promised, give him enough room to play, and let him choose the theme according to his preferences, Xu Ke is still very tempted. The most important thing is that Yang Lin also has his own theater, and the national model is only bigger than Princess Jin. Joining Red Star Pictures may have more room for development than relying on Lei Juekun.

Xu Ke thought very carefully, he didn't want to fall into the dilemma of Xinyi City again. After being silent for a while, Xu Ke said, "Can I choose the protagonist?" ”

"Nope." Yang Lin affirmed.

Xu Ke's face changed slightly, and he said in his heart that what you just said doesn't count? You can't even call the shots of the role, and there's room for a fart? Immediately, I heard Yang Lin say: "At least this one can't work, because the protagonist of this drama has already been booked, and you must also shoot according to the script, and the general direction cannot be changed." Then Yang Lin smiled: "You can take this play as a vote, hehe." ”

Xu Ke is helpless, what is this? "And who is the protagonist of this play?"

"The actor is Zhang Guorong," Wu Yusen replied to him: "The heroine is Wang Jixian." ”

"Zhang Guorong is good, he is beautiful enough, famous enough, and smart enough." Xu Ke's face was full of doubts: "Who is Wang Shuxian?" ”

Yang Lin shouted: "Zu'er! ”

"Ahh Why? A girl in the seat next to the driver in front of her said yes, pushed the door separating the cab and the compartment, and walked over with a cat.

One end pours down like a cloud green silk waterfall, black and soft. The slender figure is undulating and curvy. The white and tender pretty face is pure and beautiful, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world and enters the mortal world, and her temperament is unworldly.

Xu Ke was dumbfounded, thinking about the plot in the script in his mind, and held back for a long time before he held back one word: "Good!" (To be continued.) )