At the end of 92, under the influence of politics, Hong Kong films, like the current Hong Kong economy, came to the same crossroads as if historical inertia.

This can't be blamed on Lin Xiaozhi's lack of hard work, although the general environment of Hong Kong films has been much better than the same period in history under his promotion in the past few years, but with the arrival of the new Hong Kong Governor Chris Patten, who is bent on adding chaos to the return, the whole of Hong Kong has now come to a critical crossroads.

In October, Chris Patten delivered his first policy address, which mentioned the constitutional reform plan and said that he would reform the electoral system of the Legislative Council and strive to give real democracy to Hong Kong people in the next few years, so as to achieve a real Hong Kong people's election in Hong Kong.

This attempt to split naturally aroused strong resentment on the mainland, because Hong Kong, as we all know, has been forcibly occupied by the British for more than 100 years since the late Qing Dynasty, and after more than a century of Western-style education, at least more than half of Hong Kong people were born locally and have never been to the mainland. In addition, after the Kuomintang strategically retreated to Taiwan, it cooperated with Britain in Hong Kong to fight a propaganda war against the mainland. So once Hong Kong people are given a choice, no one can doubt that more than 80 percent of Hong Kong people will vote for independence or remain in the British Commonwealth rather than return to their home country.

Since the early 80s, Hong Kong's middle- and upper-income classes have been clamoring for continued membership in the Commonwealth and for Singapore's independence.

Lin Xiaozhi can't control politics and other industries, because just for Hong Kong films, the general environment is now changing in light and dark, and no one can say what will happen in the next moment.

What worries him the most now is that Patten has invited the new US secretary of state to visit Hong Kong early next year, as he has done in the past. Once the two of them are involved in the negotiations related to the 'General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade', Patten will become an eagle dog for the Americans as he has done in history, destroy the walls of Hong Kong films, and clear the way for American blockbusters and American film capital to enter Hong Kong in the form of laws and bills, then Hong Kong films, which could still rely on local protection policies to fight against American blockbusters, will immediately face the danger of backyard fires.

Although he has made some preparations in advance, he often calls for the government to introduce film protection policies in his media. Especially after the establishment of the Hong Kong Film Society, he personally participated in the preparation of several local film development protection bills and applied to the Legislative Council and the Hong Kong Government for legislation, and also informed many local film producers in advance to try to attract as many people as possible to stand with him.

He did everything he had to do, he just wanted to influence politics with the voice of an industry, and Lin Xiaozhi knew that he still had a lot to do.

After "League of Assassins" landed in the United States, the box office continued its popularity in Asia and Europe, earning $36.72 million at the box office in just four days in the first week of its release in the United States.

And "League of Assassins" did not disappoint those who paid attention to him, with a lot of innovation and excellent special effects, compared with many self-produced gunfight action movies in the United States this year, "League of Assassins", which does not have too many hand-to-hand combat, although it has a fly in the ointment, but the bullet special effects and the super eye-catching ability of the original gun fighting skills still helped it quickly beat a large number of local American blockbusters released at the same time at the box office in the second week of its release in the United States, and achieved the first box office peak of Lin Xiaozhi's film in the United States. topped the weekly box office with a weekly box office of $67.74 million.

"League of Assassins" achieved the first Hong Kong film in the most important North American market, and received countless praises and praises for Lin Xiaozhi, so much so that under the repeated invitation of Miramax, he had to temporarily put down his work halfway and went to the United States with the crew, attended the crew meeting organized by Miramax and was interviewed by the media, winning him the praise of "Asia's Best Commercial Film Director" for the first time in the American media.

The car slowly stopped in front of the Media Asia Twin Towers, and as soon as Wu Yusen got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure walking towards the building, and hurriedly shouted: "Fa Tsai ......"

The figure that made him feel very familiar stopped when he heard the sound, turned around and took off his sunglasses to look at the source of the sound, and after seeing his old friend John Woo, Chow Yun-fat asked with a smile: "Brother J, haven't you been filming recently?" What, have an appointment with Lin Sheng? ”

John Woo's English name is John, and he is an old veteran in the Hong Kong film and director circles, so many people will call him 'Brother J' in private in order to show their cordiality and respect for him.

"Yes, I made an appointment with Lin Sheng, what about you?" Wu Yusen nodded and smiled, "Did you have fun in the United States the other day?" ”

In the past two years, there have been rumors in the circle that there are some problems with their golden combination, but in fact, it is not just speculation from the outside world, between the two or between John Woo's film company and Chow Yun-fat's agent, that is, his sister-in-law, there have indeed been several unhappy problems because of the contract and salary.

Sister-in-law from a wealthy family in Singapore was pregnant once two years after marrying Fa Ge, but because Fa Ge did not pay attention to the result, the fetus in the womb died of suffocation due to the umbilical cord around the neck, and then she was remorse and pain, she didn't dare to have a second child, so she put all her energy into taking care of the family property for Fa Ge, she has a strong temperament and wants to fight for Fa Ge to get the best conditions, so many film companies and brands that have worked with her don't like her.

As we all know, because of the filming of "The True Color of Heroes", John Woo and Tsui Hark, two former friends, turned against each other, John Woo did not choose to compromise with Tsui Hark after being hidden by Tsui Hark for a few years and suppressed for a few years, and he left Tsui Hark's film company as soon as the contract expired. At that time, in order to express his gratitude for his past support, Chow Yun-fat also politely refused the poaching of New Arts City, Golden Harvest and even Media Asia, becoming the first and only superstar to sign a contract with John Woo's film company.

It would be good if John Woo's film company could develop because of this, but unfortunately although he is unrivaled in shooting action movies, he has obvious deficiencies in the script and company management. Almost let the investment go down the drain. As a result, those Taiwanese capitals who invested in John Woo behind their backs and reported a lot of money-making expectations failed to make any money from him at all, so they were naturally not satisfied, so there were constant withdrawals, so that although John Woo's own film company was not in debt, its financial situation has not been good, and the salary that can be given to Chow Yun-fat is naturally much lower than his worth.

Fa Ge has always had high expectations for his old friends, and he himself is known as 'Fairy Hair' in Hong Kong and has no filming at all, so he doesn't really care what contract he can eat when he starred in John Woo's movie.

Seeing that John Woo's face was a little unnatural, Chow Yun-fat's heart suddenly understood what he was worried about, and said very calmly: "In the United States, I followed Lin Sheng to rub a little exposure, and then I met the American director Spielberg when I played in Hawaii for two days with the crew, and I heard that Lin Sheng invested in his new movie, and it is said that it is close to 300 million Hong Kong dollars." I came over today because Lin Sheng said that he wanted to show me the script of a movie, and he intended to let me play the leading role in the new drama! ”

Because of the irreversible relationship with John Woo, Fa Ge signed a contract with John Woo's film company when he ran away with him, but an ordinary 2+1 contract, that is, a two-year contract, which will be renewed for one year after expiration. Calculate the time, Fa Ge's contract with John Woo Film Company is about to expire.

At this juncture of renewal, he also knew that Wu Yusen was very worried about his departure now, so he said very calmly and directly: "Don't worry, Brother J, I know in my heart over there, if you have a movie to make recently, I will push it off!" ”

This made Wu Yusen's heart warm, he also knew that his film company could not be compared with Lin Xiaozhi, who has now grown into a tyrant in Asia, and his friend Chow Yun-fat's simple statement was undoubtedly to remember his kindness back then, but people's hearts are long, not to mention that his company's finances have been very tight recently, and he has no plans to open a new movie, so he just smiled and nodded, and it took a while to sigh.

"Lin Sheng's business is getting bigger and bigger!"

John Woo has had the idea of going to Hollywood since last year's "Hot Hand Detective", and naturally paid attention to Miramax, who was acquired by Media Asia, in the past two years, and has also been very prosperous in the United States, and now Lin Xiaozhi has invested heavily in the new film of the American director Spielberg, and the movies he shot are also selling well in Europe and the United States, and it is impossible not to envy.

After thinking for a while, he finally felt that he couldn't be selfish, but took the initiative to persuade: "It's a good thing that Huanya wants to ask you to play the leading role in a movie, they have channels in Europe and the United States, which is beneficial to your future career development, if the script is not bad and the investment is appropriate, you can take it, anyway, I don't have a job there for the time being." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled a little wryly, "You shouldn't know yet, Lin Sheng called me a few days ago, just to tell me that there is a script you want to show me, but I don't know if the movie you want to invite me to make for Huanya is the same as you!" ”

He is obviously also the owner of a film company, but unfortunately he can't make a lot of money by making movies, and now he has to be reduced to giving people the right to hold the camera and direct, Rao is Wu Yusen knows very well that this is actually an opportunity, because in the past few years, as long as he is a director who has worked with Media Asia, whether it is Gu Dezhao, Li Xiuxian, Chen Xunqi, or Gao Zhisen, Liu Zhenwei, Tsui Hark, not only makes a lot of money, but also climbs the peak of his career.

Chow Yun-fat was thoughtful when he heard this, but Wu Yusen, who laughed at himself, seemed to think about it first, patted him on the shoulder and pointed to the building in front of him, "Let's go, since Lin Sheng made an appointment with the two of us at the same time, maybe there will be cooperation." It's late to make him wait for a long time, but it's not beautiful! ”

Fa Ge nodded, both of them had been to Media Asia's Twin Towers and knew that Lin Xiaozhi was working on several floors, so they only showed their faces a little at the front desk and asked the person in charge of reception to hang up the phone to inform him that after the two of them didn't need to be led by others, they got on the elevator and walked to his office.