Yuan Heping didn't want to ask this question directly, after all, the relationship between him and Lin Xi was not close, but Hong Jinbao didn't have this concern.

"Mr. Lin, aren't you going to make a movie like this?"

Everyone, including Cheng Xiaodong and Cheng Long, turned their eyes to Lin Xi.

"Actually, you are all a little bit of a waste of time, and your eyes are focused on the theme of Shaolin Temple, but as long as you carefully analyze the reasons for the success of "Shaolin Temple", it is not difficult to find that the most valuable thing is not this theme, but the actors in it."

Hearing this, Cheng Long couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and when he looked at Hong Jinbao and Yuan Heping opposite, he found that the other party also had a blank expression on his face.

"That Li Lianjie that Mr. Lin said, right? Didn't the newspaper say that he had already gone to the United States and was not going to film again in a short time? Yuan Heping finally couldn't help but ask.

"Some time ago, when the "Shaolin Temple" film culture delegation came to Hong Kong, I met with Li Lianjie, and what happened later was actually discussed with him, immigrating to the United States first, and then returning to Hong Kong to make movies."

As soon as Lin Xi said this, everyone present reacted.

"Why do you want to go to the United States first, isn't it good to come directly to Hong Kong?" Cheng Long couldn't help but interject.

After asking, he noticed that everyone else in the conference room was looking at him with strange eyes.

"What, did I say something wrong?"

Cheng Xiaodong couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled Cheng Long's clothes in private, and used his fingers to draw the word "Taiwan" on his thigh.

Cheng Long realized that he had just asked a very stupid question, scratched his head and was about to apologize to Lin Xi, but Lin Xi suddenly asked: "Ah Long, do you think that after Li Lianjie comes, it will pose a threat to your current position in the company?" ”

In front of outsiders, of course Cheng Long would not admit that he was afraid of Li Lianjie, but he knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden from Lin Xi's eyes, so while denying it, he secretly winked at Lin Xi.

"Actually, you have to really feel a sense of crisis!" Lin Xi smiled faintly at Cheng Long, "I brought Li Lianjie here to find you an opponent." Don't think this is a bad thing, when a person is invincible in the world, his life's achievements will end here, you will find that Bruce Lee's works over the years will find that although his kung fu movies are still the mainstream of the market, but if you compare his movies in the past few years with the movies of previous years, you will find that there is basically no big progress, so sometimes a good opponent is even more effective than ten good helpers! ”

Cheng Long had a thoughtful expression, and Yuan Heping and Cheng Xiaodong on the side also fell into deep thought after glancing at each other.

"Mr. Lin, I admit that what you just said is reasonable, but there is another saying that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and two tigers must be injured when they fight, and in the end, one must be decided?"

Once Li Lianjie really becomes Cheng Long's opponent, will Hong Jinbao be as important as before in Lin Xi's eyes? Hong Jinbao didn't dare to be sure, and he didn't dare to gamble, so he opened his mouth to express his doubts.

This is not only helping Cheng Long, but also helping himself.

"This problem is actually not difficult to solve, if the mountain is big enough, do the two tigers still need to fight?" Lin Xi's gaze swept over the faces of the four of them one by one, "Of course, if you think that the mountain of Oriental Film and Television is not big enough, you will still fight in the end, so is the entire Hong Kong film market enough?" If the Hong Kong market is still not tolerant, then what about the North American market, the Southeast Asian market and even the mainland market in the future? Don't just focus on the current territory, everything should be in the long run! ”

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were a little embarrassed to say this, and they were about to admit their mistakes, but they were stopped by Lin Xi raising his hand.

"Actually, Sanmao and Aaron, you don't have to worry too much, after more than a year of exploration, I think you have also discovered for yourself, both of you are better at fashion action, and Li Lianjie will specialize in costume martial arts films after he comes, and there is no zài to say who grabs whose job."

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long felt a little ashamed when they heard this, but the most embarrassing one of them belonged to Yuan Heping.

Although Lin Xi did not name him directly, Yuan Heping's previous collaboration with Cheng Long "Drunken Fist" belongs to the category of costume martial arts films, with a box office of more than 16 million, which is a very good result, but it is really nothing in the era of 82 years when fierce films are concentrated, "Back to the Future", "Baby Project", "Crayon Little Life" have a box office of more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and "Best Partner" of Xinyicheng also won more than 26 million, not to mention "Shaolin Temple", which is still in theaters, According to the current momentum, the box office of more than 20 million is already a sure thing...... Compared with these movies, the results of "Drunken Fist" are really not conspicuous at all.

Lin Xi left a step for Yuan Heping in what he said just now, and bluntly said that Cheng Long was not suitable for making costume martial arts films, but Yuan Heping was still a little hit, and he felt that it was because he didn't use Cheng Long well.

Glancing at Cheng Xiaodong, who was sitting opposite, Yuan Heping's mood became more and more depressed.

After Li Lianjie came, he specialized in costume martial arts films, and Cheng Xiaodong filmed the most costume martial arts dramas in the era of TV martial arts instruction, so after Li Lianjie joined Oriental Film and Television, the most likely person to cooperate with must be Cheng Xiaodong.

Yuan Heping was thinking so, and Lin Xi's voice pulled his thoughts back again.

"Okay, the topic is a bit far away, just now you asked me what type of movie I want to make, and now I can tell you very clearly that it is a costume martial arts film, and this story is familiar to everyone here, especially Ah Long and Mr. Yuan."

"We?"

Cheng Long and Yuan Heping glanced at each other, both of them a little puzzled by what Lin Xi meant.

"Didn't you shoot the story of Wong Fei Hung in "Drunken Fist"? I'm going to remake a new Wong Fei Hung series, starring Li Lianjie and Xiaodong as the director, so I don't know if Mr. Yuan is interested in the position of martial arts instructor? ”

"Me?"

Yuan Heping looked at Lin Xi with some surprise, he didn't expect this matter to fall on his head at all.

"What, does Mr. Yuan have any concerns?"

Lin Xi saw the embarrassment in Yuan Heping's eyes.

That's right, it's embarrassment rather than prevarication.

"If Mr. Lin wants to remake the Wong Fei Hung series, he should go to Liu Jialiang as a martial arts instructor, he is an authentic descendant of Wong Fei Hung, so that the movie can be convincing."

Yuan Heping really thought about this movie before he said this.

"Is Mr. Yuan still worried about Liu Jialiang's accusation that "Drunken Fist" will make 100,000 Hongquan disciples laugh off their big teeth last time?" Lin Xi asked curiously.

"I don't care about what Liu Jialiang said at all, because I know very well in my heart that "Drunken Fist" is actually just borrowing the name of Huang Feihong, whether it is story design or action style, it is far from Huang Feihong in everyone's minds, but Mr. Lin, your remake of the Huang Feihong series this time is different, Guan Dexing's Huang Feihong is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the remake will inevitably be stressful, and finding Liu Jialiang as an action guide can reduce a lot of criticism."

Yuan Heping's words only focused on Liu Jialiang, but in fact, he didn't say another reason, his action design style is closer to the northern school of kung fu, which belongs to the kind of big opening and closing, while Huang Feihong belongs to the southern school master, and there is a big difference in the number of paths from being good at hand-to-hand short fights.

"This is that Mr. Yuan doesn't know me well enough, do you think I'm the kind of person who is afraid of controversy? On the contrary, the bigger the controversy, the more attention to this movie for me, which is equivalent to giving us free advertising, and I am too late to be happy! ”

Regarding Lin Xi's statement, Yuan Heping just smiled as if he should be kind, but in fact, he didn't completely agree with it in his heart.

Hong Jinbao glanced at Cheng Xiaodong, who was sitting there silently, and then poked Yuan Heping with his elbow, and deliberately asked in a loud voice: "Big eyes, I said that you shouldn't be afraid of Liu Jialiang, right?" He said that he is the authentic descendant of Huang Feihong, but don't forget, Mr. Lin's side has been officially recognized by Huang Feihong's descendants, and it is not certain who will correct the authenticity! ”

Yuan Heping was a little puzzled by Hong Jinbao's sudden involvement, but he had to explain this problem clearly in front of Lin Xi.

"I'm not afraid of Liu Jialiang, I just think he will be more suitable than me to be the martial arts instructor of this movie."

"Mr. Yuan, what you said is wrong, Liu Jialiang is the descendant of Huang Feihong, but can he really make a good movie of Huang Feihong? I don't think so! Cheng Xiaodong suddenly interjected at this time.

It was just such a sentence, which immediately made Hong Jinbao look at him twice.

Lin Xi designated Cheng Xiaodong as the director of this movie, and asked Yuan Heping, who was more experienced in martial arts, to assist him, which was actually a test for Chen Xiaodong.

Cheng Xiaodong must have a statement on this issue, but it is not too urgent or too late.

is too anxious to seem that he is deliberately currying favor with Yuan Heping, which is tantamount to admitting that he can't do it; Too late and insincere, if you don't get it right, it will make people misunderstand whether he has thoughts about Yuan Heping as a martial arts instructor.

It is precisely at this time that he opened his mouth, which did not appear deliberate, but also showed the sincerity of cooperation.

Yuan Heping originally wanted to refute Cheng Xiaodong's words, but was kicked under the table by Hong Jinbao.

For this delay, Lin Xi spoke.

"Xiaodong is right, Mr. Yuan may really be a little worried about this issue, I don't worry that this movie will not be convincing, I am only worried that this movie will not be good enough. And Mr. Yuan also mentioned just now that Huang Feihong played by Guan Dexing has a lot of weight in everyone's hearts, and if we want to succeed in the remake, we must not stick to the old ways, but boldly innovate, in this regard, as the successor of Huang Feihong, Liu Jialiang will be restrained, which is the main reason why I did not choose him. ”R1152