After listening to Hong Jinbao's whispering into his ear, Cheng Long couldn't help but look at Hong Jinbao with a puzzled face.

"Senior brother, do you think this method really works?"

Hong Jinbao shrugged, "If you believe me, you will make this call, and if you don't believe me, you will pull it down." ”

Looking at the microphone handed over by Hong Jinbao, Cheng Long gritted his teeth and finally took it.

Three days later, Lin Xi flew back to Hong Kong.

"Coming, coming, over there!" Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were mixed in the crowd of people who picked up the airport, and when they saw Lin Xi coming out of the boarding gate, they immediately squeezed away from the people next to them and greeted them.

"Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Lin!"

The two said hello to Lin Xi one after another, and also rushed to take the suitcase in Lin Xi's hand.

Lin Xi handed the lever of the suitcase to Cheng Long, and glanced at the two people in front of him curiously.

"Why are you both here?"

Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long glanced at each other, smiled and didn't speak.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, why don't you see Miss Zhao?" Hong Jinbao asked curiously.

"She came back the day before yesterday, and I spent two more days in the United States." Lin Xi took out his sunglasses and put them on as he spoke, beckoned Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao and said, "Let's go, there are many people here, I'll tell you more on the way." ”

Only then did Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao notice that a lot of Luke's eyes around them fell on them.

"Hey, that seems to be Cheng Long who played "Huo Yuanjia"."

"It's very similar, and the fat man next to him, it seems to be the Zhang Daring in "Ghost Fighting" a while ago."

The whispering sound came into their ears, and it immediately made Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long feel that something was wrong.

The two glanced at each other and quickly lowered their heads. Follow Lin Xi and walk briskly outside the airport.

By the time a reporter arrived with a camera, the three had already left the airport in a car.

"Oh. It's dangerous! Cheng Long, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced out of the car window, patted his chest and said.

Hong Jinbao in the passenger seat also reached out to wipe the sweat on his head. secretly called luck in his heart, if they hadn't taken a step earlier, they would have been entangled by those reporters.

Lin Xi leaned on the back seat with his hands and joked with the two: "In the future, you will remember to wear sunglasses when you go out, of course, I estimate that it will be useless to wear sunglasses after a while, you have to bring bodyguards!" ”

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao both laughed.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, this is the candidate we selected for the little baby. You see which one is the most suitable. Hong Jinbao took out a document folder from the briefcase he was carrying, turned around and handed it to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi took the Wen Jiàn clip, but did not open it immediately, but looked at the two of them and asked, "What's the matter, are you in a hurry?" ”

One week after the release of "Back to the Future", the Hong Kong box office exceeded 15 million, and the U.S. box office exceeded $10 million together.

Seeing that neither of them denied it. Lin Xi said at this time: "The incident that Aaron called me that day, now I can give you a clear answer, I have indeed found a film distributor who can cooperate directly with the United States......

"Great!" Before Lin Xi finished speaking, Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long clapped their hands excitedly.

"Don't get too excited. Although they are willing to cooperate with me, they are not all able to watch any movie. "Back to the Future" can achieve such good box office results now, mainly because it has taken a big advantage in the science fiction theme. "Baby Project" is different. First of all, the subject matter of action movies not only does not bring us any advantages, but it is also a disadvantage. ”

Lin Xi said this. Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao couldn't help but show puzzled expressions in their eyes.

Because Cheng Long was driving, it was inconvenient for him to ask questions directly. Hong Jinbao turned his head and was about to ask, but before he could speak, Lin Xi continued to explain: "Actually, I didn't plan to take "Baby Project" to the United States for release at the beginning, but since you all want to give it a try, I have to say something." When it comes to kung fu movies, especially Hong Kong kung fu movies, the first thing that comes to mind for American audiences is Bruce Lee, and because of this preconceived impression, it will be more difficult for non-Bruce Lee-style action movies to gain audience recognition in the United States than other genres, and you have to be mentally prepared for this. ”

Lin Xi actually had a layer of concern in his heart, but he didn't say it.

This time, "Back to the Future" premiered in the United States and surpassed Bruce Lee's previous works at the box office, and the media in both the United States and Hong Kong hyped up the matter, but Bruce Lee has never expressed any opinion on this matter.

Even when asked about this by the media in public, Bruce Lee refused to make any response.

Later, Bruce Lee's agent stood up and explained, saying that Bruce Lee didn't particularly care about his record being broken, on the one hand, he was preparing a new film this year, and he was confident that he could regain the box office record through this movie, on the other hand, Bruce Lee was also regretful, because "Back to the Future" is not an action movie, otherwise he is indeed qualified to be his opponent.

Bruce Lee's meaning is very simple, only if he surpasses him at the box office of an action movie, then he can be regarded as truly defeating him.

And "Baby Plan" happens to be an action movie, and it was not planned to be released in the United States before, but now Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long have such thoughts, and Lin Xi also wants to let them give it a try, but in this way, it happened to hit Bruce Lee's muzzle.

Lin Xi didn't say anything about it, because he was afraid of dampening the enthusiasm of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao.

Anyway, sooner or later, it's going to be the opposite, so let's play a warm-up game first!

Lin Xi thought so in his heart, and Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were silent for a while after listening to him say this, and finally decided to stick to the original idea, Lin Xi didn't say anything anymore, and opened the Wen Jiàn folder to take a look at the little babies that Hong Jinbao picked out.

But when he turned the first page, he was stunned.

After turning several pages in succession and finding that this was the case, Lin Xi finally realized that something was wrong.

"What's going on? Why are all the children you are looking for from foreign countries? ”

Cheng Long concentrated on driving, pretending not to hear Lin Xi's question.

Hong Jinbao turned his head and explained with a smile: "Mr. Lin." It was my idea because I felt like I wanted to break into the U.S. market. Of course, you have to do what you like, and those Yankees are all above the top. If I saw that the main characters of the movie were all Hong Kong people, I might not watch the movie directly, so I wanted to replace the baby with a foreigner, so that it might be more attractive to foreign audiences. ”

"Okay, you don't talk about it on the phone, do you want to catch me off guard?" Lin Xi had a straight face, and his expression couldn't tell whether he agreed or refused.

"No, no, we definitely didn't mean that." Hong Jinbao hurriedly waved his hand, "This idea was also thought up by us later." In order to find the right foreign baby, we sent all the manpower out, and finally found these. ”

Lin Xi pinched his chin, thought for a while and asked, "The little baby has been replaced by a foreigner, so the script will have to be changed?" ”

Hong Jinbao was a little unsure of Lin Xi's thoughts, so he had to carefully explain: "Actually, I don't need to modify it too much, just talk about an American couple traveling to Hong Kong, and the child was accidentally taken away by three stupid thieves, but here I will change it." Everything else is the same as before. ”

"It's not enough to change here, but the villain also has to change it, let's just say that the couple is an American politician, and there are bad guys who want to hold their children hostage. Let them obey their orders, and then shoot a professional killer to snatch this little baby. ”

As soon as Lin Xi's words fell, Cheng Long rushed to say, "Yes, yes." It should be changed like this, or Mr. Lin has thought it through! ”

Hong Jinbao despised Cheng Long's sycophant approach in his heart. But he also said yes.

"Okay, this sycophant is too bad!" Lin Xi waved his hand. Stopped the compliments of the two, "Since you can think of replacing the little baby with a foreigner, would you never think of replacing the villain with a foreigner?" You must have thought of it, and you just deliberately left it to me to talk about it, and then you can test my attitude towards this matter, am I right? ”

Seeing that everything was seen through by Lin Xi, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao's expressions were a little embarrassed.

"Your idea is good, but I think you still haven't really thought of the idea, replacing the baby and the villain with foreigners, but it can increase the sense of substitution of foreign audiences, but this is just a secondary thing, what is really your action fight in this movie must be able to attract the attention of foreign audiences, there is no way to fight as powerful as Bruce Lee, so find a way to make the fight more interesting and thrilling!"

After Lin Xi finished speaking, he glanced at the expressions of Hong Jinbao and Cheng Long, and saw that neither of them objected, and then said: "So, what the script really needs to be revised is, I think it's still an action scene, the scene of jumping off the building, it seems to be the tenth floor before, no, it's too low to challenge, add it to the twentieth floor; There is also chasing a stroller on the road, the speed is only 40 miles too slow, and then add a few scenes of flying cars and crashes; The scene of climbing the Ferris wheel also needs to be changed, and the action has to be designed to be more difficult......"

Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao's faces became more and more embarrassed the more they listened, and they were about to collapse directly in the end.

"Mr. Lin, the cost of shooting like this will increase a lot, right?"

Hong Jinbao didn't dare to say that it was too difficult to shoot like this, so he had to change his euphemism.

Lin Xi spread his hands very easily, "It's okay, the box office of "Back to the Future" is so good, and the dividends I can get are at least more than 20 million, and then I will invest an additional 5 million in "Baby Plan". ”

Hearing that Lin Xi was ready to invest so much, Hong Jinbao was anxious.

The previous cost budget of "Baby Plan" was 15 million, Lin Xi paid 8 million, Hong Jinbao paid 2 million, and Golden Princess paid 5 million, if Lin Xi invested an additional 5 million, Hong Jinbao's proportion of capital in this movie would decline, and he could get 14% of the box office dividend, but now he can only get 10%.

"5 million is too much, I think 3 million is about the same, right?" Hong Jinbao said while giving Cheng Long a look.

Cheng Long gets a fixed salary in this movie, and he thinks about how to make himself more famous through this movie, so he is actually a little difficult at this time.

Increasing the investment in filming means that the action of the film will be more dangerous, but at the same time, the effect will be more exciting, which will naturally bring higher box office and greater impact.

In the end, Cheng Long still did not resist the temptation of fame. confused, and finally chose to stand on Lin Xi's side.

Hong Jinbao was so angry that he scolded Cheng Long for not being righteous, but on the surface, he could only accept this result.

Sending Lin Xi home, Hong Jinbao immediately rushed to meet Mecca.

As soon as they met, he couldn't help but complain: "Alas, it's really a matter of stealing chickens and rice, I didn't expect that guy in Yuanlou to be so unreliable, I originally gave him this idea, but in the end he fell into the ground, and I helped him so much before!" ”

After listening to Hong Jinbao's complaint, Mecca twisted a few whiskers on her chin and pondered.

"Actually, I think Mr. Lin is right, additional investment is necessary, even if he doesn't pay this money, I will build Boss Lei to pay this money."

"You also help outsiders talk? It seems that our friend really has no place to go, I won't drink this tea today, bye-bye! ”

Hong Jinbao stood up and wanted to leave as he spoke, but Mecca quickly stopped him.

"Do you listen to me tell me well? Mr. Lin gave you this script before, and he didn't plan to release it in the United States, right? Do you think Americans make so much money, or do you think you're more famous than Bruce Lee? Dude, recognize the reality! Lian Xu Guanwen wants to cooperate with Lin Xi, didn't he obediently take out 10 million? Now that "Back to the Future" is so popular, Xu Guanwen can double his earnings if he says less, do you think he loses or not? ”

"It's two different things, okay?" Hong Jinbao waved his hand and sat down, but he didn't mention anything about leaving.

"You can't calculate the account like you, you have to think, you can get 14% of the dividend before, but the movie can't be released in the United States, at least half of the box office, right? Now you can get a 10% dividend, but the box office of the movie has doubled, and in the end you only get a lot more money, which is obviously a good thing, but you say that it looks like a lot of bad luck! ”

Listening to Mecca's analysis, Hong Jinbao finally figured it out.

"As if you're right, why didn't I think of this before?"

In order to thank Mecca for his enlightenment, Hong Jinbao patted his chest very boldly and said that he had invited this tea today.

Mecca was of course happy when she heard this, and was about to beckon the waiter to add a few more snacks, but Hong Jinbao grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet!" I'll have no problem with this tea, but you have to do me a favor, Mr. Lin said before that he wanted to add a few car scenes to this play, and I remember that you also filmed a high-rise flying car scene in your "Best Partner", so you lent me that stuntman! ”

Mecca thought it was an excessive request, but when she heard that it was just this, she said on the spot that there was no problem, people could lend it to Hong Jinbao and use it as they pleased, as long as she remembered to buy him more insurance when filming.

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