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Cheng Long finished reading the entire script, looked at Hong Jinbao out of the corner of his eye, and found that the other party had finished reading it one step earlier than him, and seemed to be waiting to discuss with him.

Sure enough, Cheng Long closed the script in his hand, and Hong Jinbao asked:

"Yuan Lou, what do you think of this script?"

"In the script, jumping from a high-rise building, jumping the air conditioner, climbing the Ferris wheel, and hitting the fluorescent lamp are all dangerous actions, and I'm afraid it's not so easy to shoot."

Cheng Long just mentioned it vaguely, and immediately got Hong Jinbao's approval.

"It's not just not easy, it's just going to make us die, it seems that Mr. Lin really treats us as supermen!"

After listening to Hong Jinbao's complaints, Cheng Long's heart suddenly moved.

"So the senior brother doesn't want to take this play?" He asked tentatively.

Hong Jinbao was about to open his mouth to answer, when he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and Cheng Long said this in a tone as if he really hoped that he would refuse.

"I haven't figured it out yet, what about you?"

"Me?" Cheng Long smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You know that I signed the contract with Mr. Lin, do you think I can refuse?" ”

"That's true, but it's not necessarily a bad thing." Hong Jinbao patted Cheng Long on the shoulder, and then said very righteously: "Since you can't escape, then as a senior brother, how can I watch you suffer alone?" I should give up my life to accompany the gentleman! ”

Cheng Long was stunned when he heard this, and his face immediately looked very moved. But he couldn't help but complain in his heart: his senior brother is shrewd enough, and he just showed a little bit of wanting to take the lead, and then he saw through it.

"It's great to be able to cooperate with the senior brother, but there are three stupid thieves in this play, one of you and one of me. Who else is left? ”

Cheng Long seems to have regarded himself as the protagonist of this play, and even began to discuss the plot with Hong Jinbao.

Hong Jinbao had the intention of competing with Cheng Long in his heart, and he spoke politely: "I don't know about this, but since Mr. Lin has even prepared the script, there must be a suitable candidate." ”

At this time, the office door was pushed open.

The two looked back together. I saw Lin Xi push the door and walk in.

"Have you finished reading the script?"

Lin Xi walked back to the back of the desk and sat down, looked at Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long who stood up in a hurry, and pressed his hand to signal both of them to sit.

When Lin Xi passed by just now, Hong Jinbao smelled a faint fragrance, and he glanced at Cheng Long beside him with some confusion. Seeing that Cheng Long didn't react, he had to hide this doubt in his heart first.

After Lin Xi wiped the traces on his mouth, he didn't realize that he actually still had the smell of Zhao Yazhi's perfume on his body, and after he came back, he talked about the script with Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long as usual.

"This script is only the first draft, you can put forward any ideas after reading it, and I will adopt reasonable ones."

Lin Xi is serious, the script is indeed not completely completed, the reason is that this time he is not simply copying a certain movie in his memory. Rather, it is ready to merge two films into one.

The two films are the Hong Kong-made film "Baby Project" and the Hollywood comedy "Little Ghost on the Street".

In another time and space, "Baby Plan" starring Cheng Long has always been accused of plagiarizing the Hollywood comedy "Little Ghost on the Street" in the 90s, and it is true that the plot lines of the two movies are very similar. It was three stupid thieves who stole the little baby of the rich man's family, and wanted to extort a sum of money from it, but unexpectedly, because the baby was accidentally lost, it led to a series of ridiculous stories.

Of course, the two movies are also very different, "Little Ghost on the Street" is purely a spoof comedy, the three stupid thieves play the role of villains from beginning to end, and "Baby Plan" is considered to be laughing with tears. The characterization is also much more complicated than in the previous movie, and the three stupid thieves are villains at the beginning. But slowly, in the process of getting along with the baby, he became a decent character, fighting wits and courage with the men sent by the bad guys to snatch the baby.

Lin Xi showed Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao the script. In fact, it is written with the framework of "Baby Project" and some funny episodes from "Ghost on the Street".

For example, in the original plot of "Baby Plan", after the three stupid thieves stole the baby back, they caused a series of jokes because they didn't know how to take the child, but in Lin Xi's script, this paragraph was replaced with the content in "Little Ghost on the Street".

The little baby climbed out while the stupid thief was asleep, and the two adults chased the baby all the way, but they repeatedly missed and made it miserable. First he fell off a tall building and fell into a mess, then he was beaten up by a fat woman, and he went to the zoo to make the gorillas miserable. In the end, the little guy was found again.

At the same time, in order to adapt to Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao's co-starring, the new "Baby Plan" has also made some adjustments to the character plot.

The flip-flops originally played by Cheng Long, Lin Xi was going to let Hong Jinbao play it this time, and Passcard, which was originally played by Louis Koo, was played by Cheng Long, and the funny martial arts scenes were equally divided, but those dangerous high-jump buildings and climbing the Ferris wheel were of course left to Cheng Long, after all, this is a major feature of his future action movies.

As soon as Lin Xi said this idea, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were both happy and worried.

Cheng Long is happy that in Lin Xi's script setting, it is obvious that his role is more prominent than Hong Jinbao, but there are so many difficult actions for him to complete, to be honest, he is still a little unconfident in his heart.

Hong Jinbao is the same here, he is happy that he doesn't have to perform these dangerous actions, in fact, with his size, let alone go into battle in person, it is very difficult to find a stand-in of a similar size, but the limelight in this play was stolen by Cheng Long, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Lin Xi arranged it like this, of course, he considered that the two of them would have some ideas because of this, so that the two of them could completely dispel their concerns. Sincere cooperation, Lin Xi also prepared a big gift for them.

"It's the same as last time, I'm only responsible for providing the script and part of the investment for this film, but I don't have to ask for the specific shooting, and then the director doesn't have to go to anyone else. It's co-directed by your brothers and sisters, I don't know if there are any problems on your side? ”

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao first glanced at each other in surprise, and then their faces showed a red light of excitement together.

"Since Mr. Lin trusts me so much, then I have nothing to say, if the movie is not filmed well, I will work for Mr. Lin for the rest of my life!" Hong Jinbao made a very bold statement.

Cheng Long nodded not to be outdone. He was originally from Lin Xi's side, so there is no need to say anything about his loyalty, but he also promised to do his best to shoot this drama well, and he will definitely live up to Lin Xi's expectations.

Lin Xi took so much effort to pinch Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao together. Let these two people form a healthy and competitive cooperation, so as to stimulate the potential of the two to the greatest extent.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, just now Ah Long and I were also discussing, aren't there three stupid thieves in this play? Ah Long and I are one by one, so who is the other one? ”

Hong Jinbao quickly entered the state of director and cared about the selection of actors.

Cheng Long slowed down Hong Jinbao this time, and couldn't help but secretly regret it in his heart. Because this question is exactly what he wants to ask Lin Xi.

"I'm not in a hurry for this, let's talk about the budget for this movie first." Lin Xi raised his hand to stop the curiosity of the two, "This drama can't be a little fussy anymore." According to my preliminary estimates, the whole drama may be filmed for about 15 million! ”

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long were both stunned, and asked in unison:

"So tall?"

At present, the production cost of Hong Kong films is generally maintained at the level of several million, and there are not many films with more than 10 million, such as "Back to the Future" cooperated by Xu Guanwen and Lin Xi because of the theme and target market positioning of the United States, so they dare to make the budget 20 million. And this film is a special case altogether and cannot be used as a reference for general comparisons.

"Is it high?" Lin Xi pouted. obviously does not agree with Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao's statements.

Taking this opportunity, of course, he wants to instill in the two of them the idea of more large-scale zuò films.

"Small costs are just a shortcut. can win for a while, but can't win for a lifetime, because the audience is not stupid, it is enough to watch it once or twice fresh and lively, a really good movie is to make everyone feel that it is worth the movie ticket price after watching it, which requires us to invest more sincerity in the movie, and to put it bluntly, how sincere a movie is, the simplest thing is to see the cost of its production! ”

Without waiting for Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao to come to their senses from these words, Lin Xi then gave the two of them a "more ruthless" slap.

"Of course, this movie can't be shot with so much money, probably about 13 million can be done, and the extra two million is the money to buy insurance for Aaron and the stuntmen in the film! Of course, this is a better way to say, but in fact, this is the money for everyone! ”

The meaning of Lin Xi's words is very clear, since the insurance has been bought, then you have to play for me desperately!

Hong Jinbao couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and Cheng Long's face changed color directly.

Both of them felt that Lin Xi's approach was too hard?

"I heard before that Bruce Lee used electric shocks in order to train his muscles, this method is said to be very damaging to the human body, and if it is not done well, it will even kill people, is Bruce Lee not afraid of death? He can fight like this, why can't others? Or do you two want to be subservient for the rest of your life? ”

Lin Xi took Bruce Lee as an example, and sure enough, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao stopped talking.

Seeing that the atmosphere of the conversation had become a little heavy, there was a sudden knock on the office door.

Zhao Yazhi took three cups of coffee, pushed open the door and took a look inside.

"Didn't bother you, did you?"

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long both shook their heads together, and Lin Xi's expression when he looked at Zhao Yazhi was a little strange, but he didn't let others find out.

Zhao Yazhi walked in with coffee, put a cup in front of Lin Xi first, and then handed a cup to Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long respectively.

Lin Xi sat still and didn't move, but Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long both stood up and took it with both hands, and said words of thanks.

"Okay, you keep talking, I won't bother."

Zhao Yazhi turned around and left with a gust of fragrant wind, Hong Jinbao's nose twitched, and he always felt that the fragrance was a little familiar.

I was puzzled, so I heard Lin Xi say over there: "Actually, you don't have to think too nervously about this matter, buying insurance is just a means of prevention, of course you try all kinds of ways to take precautions when shooting, especially Ah Long, you have to be very careful, don't be reckless, some actions are too dangerous to use a stand-in to complete, of course, you should also pay attention to skills when shooting, don't blindly do it." ”

Hong Jinbao's mind was pulled back, and he didn't think much about what happened just now.

Lin Xi then said: "The budget is set at 15 million for the time being, and I can come up with 8 million here, and I have to find another way to leave the remaining 7 million." ”

Cheng Long didn't say anything, and then Hong Jinbao thought about it and said:

"I can give 2 million here."

This time, Cheng Long couldn't help but speak

"What if there are 5 million left?"

"Of course it's someone to work with!" Hong Jinbao replied for Lin Xi.

Cheng Long shrugged, "I know, but the question is who to look for?" ”

Hong Jinbao couldn't answer this question, so he had to look at Lin Xi for help.

Lin Xi was silent for a moment and then said, "What do you think of finding Princess Jin to invest in us?" ”

"Princess Gold?"

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long couldn't help but glance at each other, with a very surprised expression on their faces.

"Boss Lei is generous, and he doesn't care much about the specific shooting, don't you like such investors?" Lin Xi asked rhetorically.

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long looked at each other.

It's definitely no problem to find Lei Juekun to invest, but the key is that Lin Xi asked Hong Jinbao to refuse Princess Jin's woo before, but at this time, he took the initiative to send it to the door, why does it feel so awkward?

This is Hong Jinbao's idea.

Cheng Long thought that Lin Xi was now cooperating with Xu Guanwen, and Xu Guanwen was Jiahe's person, so when he went to cooperate with Princess Jin at this time, wasn't he afraid that Jiahe would have an opinion?

"So, this time it's the same as last time, I provide the script and investment, but I don't announce it to the public, so it's no problem, as for Brother Hong, your side, the contact with Jiahe can be slowed down first, and after this movie is filmed and released, the negotiation will be more beneficial to you."

As soon as Lin Xi explained this, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long both showed relieved expressions on their faces.

No wonder Lin Xi has always concealed the identity of screenwriter Amu from people before, and he was originally going to use it here.

This is what Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long think, in fact, Lin Xi thinks about more than that.

When he is not able to control a theater chain for the time being, it is very important to maintain an even balance between Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, although in a few months, the first part of the super blockbuster "Best Partner" of New Art City should be born, but Golden Harvest has Lin Xi and Xu Guanwen's "Back to the Future" teamed up, so New Art City may not be able to rise as quickly as another time and space, so Lin Xi has to secretly help them work harder.

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