Speaking from his heart, Zou Wenhuai thinks that he does not have the open-mindedness of Lin Mu, he thinks about the problem from the perspective of the whole catty and the development of Hong Kong films, and Zou Wenhuai has only considered the interests of Golden Harvest Company itself. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn the martial arts culture of Xiangjiang, the competition of martial arts masters is also divided into different levels. Ordinary people compare martial arts moves. The first-class master compares the depth of internal force, and the truly top character compares a realm.

Lin Mu has become a top figure in the Hollywood film industry before he arrives, and Zou Wenhuai has always believed that his success is in addition to his own talent. There was a bit of luck. But Lin Mu's opinion made Zou Wenhuai really feel ashamed, in terms of vision. The forest has indeed stood at a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. Lin Mu's "accidental" success again and again did not rely on luck, but on real strength.

Zou Wenhuai sighed softly, "It's really better to listen to your words, it's better than reading for ten years, it's ridiculous that I'm conceited that I've been in Xiangjiang movies for so many years, and in the end, I haven't seen it thoroughly without Mr. Lin, so I'm really ashamed!" ”

"The so-called authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear, I am on the outside, and it is not strange that I can see some problems clearly, so you don't have to be presumptuous."

"If Xiangjiang Film could have a few more sensible people like Mr. Lin, how could it be reduced to today's situation!" Zou Wenhuai said with emotion: "I admit that Mr. Lin's idea is very good, but I still hope that you can consider my suggestion, Golden Harvest is too risky to shoot such a movie now." The Hong Kong film industry is now very sluggish, and the box office of Hong Kong films is one dead and one is dead, and the box office of a movie is about a few million, and tens of millions is already very good." "So we need to use sincerity to save the market, and I am ready to invest at least 20 million Hong Kong dollars in this film, which is the sincerity of the producer. What I need now is a director and an actor who has the same sincerity." Lin Mu wasn't gambling, he knew it was a film that was bound to be a success.

"20 million?" This number made Zou Wenhuai gasp, a police movie like this has no thrilling stunt shots. There is no need for computer special effects synthesis, three or four million Hong Kong dollars is more than enough to shoot this kind of film, Lin Mu opened his mouth is tens of millions, which makes him have an unbelievable feeling, did Lin Mu really not listen to what he just said, or is he used to spending money so lavishly in Hollywood?

"You don't have to look at me like that, I mean it. For this film, a large cost investment is necessary, and a large cost can find big-name actors. There are many characters in this film, the relationship is tangled and complicated, and ordinary actors can't perform the kind of tension that the film should have! Seeing Zou Wenhuai's doubts, Lin Mu explained.

"You've got the right person in mind!" Look at the forest trees with a bamboo in their chests. Zou Wenhuai suddenly had a feeling that everything in this film was probably planned in the heart of the abandoned forest.

"The two main characters of the film, I am very optimistic about Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei, and the rivalry between the two of them will definitely be quite outstanding. Gang leader Han Shen thought Zeng Zhiwei was very good, so Superintendent Huang asked Huang Qiusheng to play it." Lin Mu reported the names of four people in one breath, and his favorite candidates were all Xiangjiang actor-level actors without exception. "Infernal Affairs" is a classic film that the forest can't change more, so he faithfully follows the original appearance of the memory film.

Thinking of the script he had just read, Zou Wenhuai felt that Lin Mu's arrangement seemed random, but it was in one sentence. Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, Huang Qiusheng and Zeng Zhiwei have basically worked together before, and it should be unprecedented for four people to appear in the same movie at the same time. Such a combination may not be surprising before the old year, but now these people are all big stars in the Hong Kong film industry. Take out any of them, and you can stand on your own in any film. There are only forest trees. I came up with such an arrangement; is the only one who has the courage to gather such a strong lineup to shoot the classic themes of this kind of Hong Kong film when Xiangjiang films are at their most declining.

In any case, Lin Mu's idea of such a cooperation is indeed very attractive. Especially the identity of the four actors' roles in the play.

In the script, the real identities of Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei should be interchangeable, but no matter how they are exchanged, they are still rivals. Corresponding to the change of identities of the two, although Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Qiusheng, who are the bosses of the two, remain unchanged as opponents, it is a fact that neither of their actual subordinates is their own. This ingenious arrangement. It really attracts a lot of attention.

But it should be said that it is not easy to gather these four Xiangjiang Film Award winners to act together. Leaving aside the movie itself, Zou Wenhuai vaguely felt that Lin Mu's arrangement seemed to have the implication of letting the four of them join forces to inject a stimulant into the sluggish Xiangjiang film industry.

There are also several very important female characters in the script, although there are not many scenes, but they are also important clues throughout the play. In the selection of these heroines, Lin Mu also planned a big deal.

"Zheng Xiubian, Chen Huishuang, Xiao Yaxuan. What do you think of these three? Lin Mu put on a posture to ask Zou Wenhuai's opinion, but Zou Wenhuai knew that these three diva-level characters were probably planned by Lin Mu a long time ago. Needless to say, Zheng Xiubian's acting skills are self-evident, Chen Huishuang and Xiao Yaxuan can gather a large number of audiences just by their popularity. The lineup of the protagonists is strong enough to conquer the audience of the whole Xiangjiang, and the attraction of the supporting characters is too great to resist.

Knowing that Lin Mu had planned everything, Zou Wenhuai naturally would not raise any objections at this time, he knew that there were only two characters left in the film now, Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei when they were young, and the queen of heaven could be used as green leaves. Zou Wenhuai concluded that Lin Mu would not be sloppy in these two supporting roles.

But he didn't know that Lin Mu was actually very contradictory at this time, all the previous actor configurations, he followed the original appearance of the original film in his memory, but the remaining two supporting roles gave him a little headache. Because one of the two supporting roles in the original movie later became the protagonist of the most influential sex scandal in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry, Lin Mu's impression of him was greatly reduced, which greatly affected Lin Mu's final decision.

It's Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue, this can be said to be a combination that catches all the audience. If the audience likes acting, there are Liang Chaowei, Huang Qiusheng, Liu Dehua, Zeng Zhiwei, Zheng Xiuchen and others who work hard to perform; likes idols, with Nicholas Tse and Yu Wenle to accompany everyone to be happy; I like beautiful women to appear. Chen Huishuang and Xiao Yaxuan should meet the audience's selection criteria. Whether the audience likes to chase stars or like to watch dramas, it seems that it is difficult to resist the temptation of this film, the lineup of this film is so strong that there is always a temptation to make people tempting, such a film is really rare in Hong Kong films.

But the film's final record is much more than that: before the film even started, Lin Mu invited Mak to write the script for the sequel. Among the Hong Kong films that have begun to prepare for a sequel before filming has started, "Infernal Affairs" can be regarded as setting a precedent. After the producer determined all the leading actors, he went back to consider the director, which also broke the history of Hong Kong films to find a director first. After the convention of selecting actors.

After finalizing the list of actors, Lin Mu found Liu Weiqiang with the revised script and the final list of actors. Because he mentioned the director of Xiangjiang a year ago, the two can be regarded as acquaintances. So Lin Mu didn't come to the door too politely this time, and he made his intention clear to the point, he wanted to invite Liu Weiqiang to direct "Infernal Affairs".

Liu Weiqiang didn't expect that the first movie launched by Golden Harvest after the reorganization would be asked to shoot him, but what he didn't expect was even more. Golden Harvest chose the most difficult gangster theme. Xiangjiang gangster film. John Woo's "The True Colors of Heroes" is always remembered very deeply, but "The True Colors of Heroes" is not a godfather, but an introduction, and it is the most beautiful sentence outside the chapter.

Wang Jing's "The True Color of New Heroes" has hot-blooded women, and to To Qifeng's "True Heroes", beside the two big men in the rivers and lakes, they even went to the next two more colorful female bodies, the gangsters are empty and straightforward, and the hot mix of blood flows to unknown places, with nowhere to extend and no source.

To Qifeng is the leader of the Galaxy brand to hype up the black fate, the gangster has no annotations, no history, just paragraphs, like ancient dragon novels are as stunning in an instant, the old man in "Dark Flower" got on and off the car tiredly, leaving people with only the back of the gangster, no dynasty.

When Johnny To was wandering in style and business, when Xiangjiang Films was almost collapsing, Golden Harvest was ready to return to films with this kind of theme, as a new work after the company's transformation, Lin Mu had to take a lot of market risks in doing so.

Liu Weiqiang did not rush to read the script, this move itself shows that he is now a little wavering, and the three successive "Crazy Boy" series of movies all entered the ranks of the top ten grossing movies in Xiangjiang that year, setting off a boom in Jianghu films in the Xiangjiang film industry. The "Crazy Boy" series has been filmed for six episodes in a row, and it has been prosperous for a long time. Liu Weiqiang also entered the ranks of first-line directors in one fell swoop, and then became uncontrollable, and shot a number of big-budget blockbuster films in a row. After "The Hero of the Storm Dominates the World", Liu Weiqiang has become the mainstay of the revitalization of the Hong Kong film industry. At a time when his future is very good, to shoot such a high-risk movie, Liu Weiqiang's hesitation is also expected by Lin Mu.

"Mr. Liu may as well speak up if he has any concerns." Lin Mu wanted to hear Liu Weiqiang's true thoughts.

"Has Chairman Lin ever thought about what would happen if this film was smashed?" Liu Weiqiang asked cautiously.

"Mak Siu-fai has already started writing the script for the sequel, and to be honest I didn't think about failure from the beginning. The shooting cost of this film will not be less than 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, and I believe that the Xiangjiang gangster movie has not come to an end. That's what I'm confident about! Lin Mu's tone was full of confidence.

"Shall I read the script first, and then give you an answer?" Lin Mu's words finally touched Liu Weimin, and his attitude began to loosen somewhat.

Liu Weiqiang did not agree immediately, which made Lin Mu feel a little disappointed, but he still agreed to Liu Weiqiang's request. Three days later. No matter what the result is, Liu Weiqiang will give Golden Harvest a clear answer.

To be honest, Liu Weiqiang actually didn't want to take over the script, and after filming "Crazy Boy", he thought that his fate with gangster movies had come to an end. But Lin Mu personally came to invite him out of the mountain, not to mention the sincerity, just Lin Mu's identity made Liu Weiqiang feel very embarrassed. Rejected the woods. It is equivalent to rejecting the possibility of cooperating with Golden Harvest in the future. If it was the previous Golden Harvest, Liu Weiqiang might have fewer such concerns, but now Golden Harvest is backed by an international film giant like Paramount, and the future in Xiangjiang is unanimously optimistic about the industry. Whether Golden Harvest can reproduce the glory of the 70s and 80s is anyone's guess. But this film company is destined to be a non-negligible presence in the future Hong Kong Film Market.

It was in this contradictory and complicated mood that Liu Weiqiang opened the script left by Lin Mu, and Lin Mu showed strong and arrogant self-confidence, which made Liu Weiqiang faintly curious, and he also wanted to know what kind of story Infernal Affairs was, which could make Lin Mu so confident.

At the beginning, the police and bandits sent undercover agents to each other, and Liu Weiqiang felt that this would be an old-fashioned undercover story. But then the plot unfolded, but to his surprise, the two catties of small identities should not belong to their own people, they are like living in a similar infernal hell, dreaming of being exposed by others. In this script, the character's confusion has become the source of discussion, there is no reincarnation in Infernal Hell, only eternal suffering, but the two protagonists in the film are not willing to do this.

Two people with confused identities, they are the police and the undercover of the underworld. Now they are determined to get out of this situation. Leave the Infernal Hell and find yourself. Liu Jianming is a member of the Xiangjiang Gangster Triad, old years ago. He obeyed the orders of the boss Han Shen and joined the Xiangjiang police as an undercover agent. With the help of Han Li, Liu Jianming is soon expected to be promoted to Probationary Inspector. Chen Yongren originally wanted to be a good policeman today. But he was forced to drop out of the police training school and secretly carried out the undercover work that infiltrated the triad. It has become a celebrity in the gang, and his boss is none other than Han Shen. A drug deal. Both the black and white operations failed. exposes the fact that both sides have undercover lurking, and the two protagonists will face a test of life and death.

Xiangjiang's gangster movies are either clear about good and evil, or black and white are confused, and there has never been a gangster movie that stands on this real and contradictory position to explore the value of existence, and the whole script is based on gangsters, but it depicts the inner hesitation and struggle of two misplaced characters. After reading the entire script, Liu Weiqiang had a hunch. It's going to be an extraordinary gangster movie.