"The best learning is to integrate into this group, not to mention that there are many things worth learning from Hollywood in Chinese films, and this kind of exchange is actually mutually reinforcing, doesn't Mr. Cheng Long have any plans in this regard?" Lin Mu knew that it was difficult for Cheng Long to speak when he met for the first time, so he simply introduced this topic by himself. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Mr. Lin's words are true, but I don't have this way now, and I have long heard that Mr. Lin cares about Chinese filmmakers who are developing in Hollywood, so I have the cheekiness to come to visit!" Lin Mu said this, and Cheng Long directly explained his intentions.

"In fact, I had the idea of working with you a long time ago, but I have been suffering from the lack of suitable opportunities, it is not easy for Chinese filmmakers to fight in Hollywood, I am worried that you will not be able to let go of your status in the Chinese film industry!" Lin Mu's words are very subtle to tell success, Hollywood has never lacked opportunities, but you must have a clear understanding of yourself, this is not Asia, no one will treat him as a big name from the beginning.

"I came to Hollywood just to train myself, and I feel like it's hard to break new ground in Asia!" Of course, Cheng Long understands the meaning of Lin Mu's words, he is the eldest brother in Hong Kong, but in Hollywood, he is ready to start as a younger brother.

Cheng Long's attitude makes Lin Mu very satisfied, an actor's mentality will determine how far he can go in the future, Cheng Long is worthy of being a powerful actor who has worked hard step by step, in terms of mentality, he is much more mature than those actors who suddenly became famous, and it is no accident that he can achieve today's results. "There are not many Chinese filmmakers who can think like Mr. Cheng Long, and it is difficult to truly integrate into Hollywood if you don't let go of your figure. Since Cheng Long has such an idea, then we can further talk about some cooperation matters! I have two studios in my hands right now, one is Paramount Pictures, where we are now, and the other is the newly established DreamWorks. DreamWorks is still in its infancy, so I personally recommend that Cheng Long cooperate with Paramount, which can better meet your current needs. ”

"Does Mr. Lin already have a suitable role for me? As long as it's a script from you, even if it's a supporting role, I can consider it! Cheng Long's eagerness revealed his mentality at this time.

"If you want to succeed in Hollywood, you can only play a supporting role at first!" Lin Mu felt that it was still a little difficult to let Cheng Long put down his body, so he changed his words, "But this time I arranged a male number two role for you, which is not a supporting role, but it is not the absolute protagonist." I don't know if you're interested in partnering with Mr. Jim Carrey? ”

"You mean let me do a comedy?" Cheng Long knew that Jim Carrey was a comedy star who had only recently become popular in Hollywood, and he originally thought it would be an action movie, but this result somewhat disappointed Cheng Long.

"To be precise, it's a comedy with action elements!" Lin Mu saw the disappointment on Cheng Long's face, "You should have watched "Detective Plane Head" starring Jim Carrey, right?" Paramount is preparing to shoot a sequel to the film, and Kim Carrey is missing a partner in the sequel, and I think this role is a good fit for you! I'm going to make this sequel into a comedy movie that combines golden humor and Chinese/Chinese kung fu. ”

"Can I read the script?" Cheng Long made a request.

"It's a pity that I don't have a script in my hands yet, and this arrangement was only thought of this morning, and I can promise to get the script out in two weeks!" Lin Mu is ready to personally handle the sequel to "Detective Plane Head", and he will create the main framework of the script, but the specific details will definitely have to be completed by X-*** Studio. "And I'm going to set the story in Hong Kong for this script, so the crew is likely to complete the entire filming in Hong Kong!" This is an idea that Lin Mu has come up with on an impromptu basis.

"Filming in Hong Kong?" Cheng Long was immediately attracted by Lin Mu's tempting conditions, he knew that once Hollywood films were going to leave the local film, they were basically the work of big productions, and Lin Mu's attitude at least explained to him that Paramount was ready to spend a lot of money to build this sequel film, and Lin Mu didn't just take a role to fool him.

"But as long as I complete the script, I can say these things!"

Lin Mu's words gave Cheng Long a dose of reassurance, "Then I'll wait for Mr. Lin's good news!" ”

After negotiating with Cheng Long, Lin Mu immediately got in touch with Tom Sadiak, the director and producer of "Detective Plane", and when he explained his idea to Tom Sadiak, the author of the original script immediately agreed to Lin Mu's idea of writing a sequel. In fact, Tom Sadiak has always had some differences with the starring Jim Carrey on the issue of filming "Detective Plane Head", Jim Carrey advocates the filming of a sequel, but Tom Sadiak believes that although the film has been recognized by the audience, judging from the evaluation of the industry, the sequel to this film is not optimistic. Unless they can find a selling point beyond Jim Carrey's comedy performance.

But Lin Mu told him that he could add elements of Chinese/Chinese action movies to it, and Tom Sadiak had also seen "Red Fan Zone", which had just been released in the United States, and Cheng Long's witty and humorous performance coupled with excellent action fights was indeed a good idea to partner with Jim Carrey. In particular, Lin Mu proposed to set the background of this film in Hong Kong, which also made the film jump out of the shackles of local shooting. The most important thing is that Lin Mu is willing to accept the creation of the sequel script, and so far, every script written by Lin Mu is a classic. Since he took the initiative to make such a request, he should be completely sure. Written by Lin Mu, the film can at least get rid of the bad luck of being degraded by critics like the first one.

After solving the copyright problem of the script, Lin Mu began to work on the creation of the outline, and he naturally would not use the funny but very naïve plot in the original play. He thought about it for a long time, and then a simple story began to take shape in his mind. The detective, played by Jim Carrey, goes on vacation to Hong Kong, but inadvertently gets involved in a drug dealing case. And Cheng Long's role is an unlucky policeman who has just been suspended due to a work mistake, and the two people unexpectedly got together because of this case, during which some funny and bizarre stories happened, and finally the two teamed up to solve the case and smashed the underworld forces behind the scenes in one fell swoop. The plot follows the usual routine in Hollywood, and the key selling point of the film is Jim Carrey's funny skills and Cheng Long's wonderful kung fu, because of the shooting in Hong Kong, Lin Mu is also ready to make the scenes of the film bigger and add some stunt shots to meet the visual needs of the audience.

After the general plot outline came out, Lin Mu handed over the next work to the X-*** screenwriting team, and they were responsible for the details. In less than a week, X-*** handed the finished script into the hands of Lin Mu, and he made some revisions himself before finally giving the final draft to Tom Sadiak. Lin Mu's script is obviously different from the script of Tom Shadiak and Jim Carrey, and the funny style is no longer the nonsensical of the previous one, but is full of intriguing classic humor, which is quite a bit of Chaplin's humorous movie.

Jim Carrey was shocked after reading this script, Lin Mu's script changed his understanding of comedy to some extent, which had an important influence on Jim Carrey's later comedy style. Jim Carrey undoubtedly took the script, and at the same time he showed a lot of interest in his new partner, in fact, he is also a Chinese/Chinese kung fu fan, and his most admired movie idol is Bruce Lee.

Cheng Long's surprise after receiving this script is no less than that of Jim Carrey, according to the plot arrangement of the script, in fact, he and Jim Carrey have similar roles in the film, and it is difficult to distinguish a priority. And the role that Lin Mu arranged for him can be said to be very familiar to him, he has played the Hong Kong policeman more than once in previous films, and he can be said to be extremely skilled in the grasp of this role, Cheng Long even has a feeling that Lin Mu's role is specially tailored for him.

After the script was reviewed by Paramount's top management, the board of directors approved Lin Mu's $50 million investment budget for the film. The director is still Tom Sadiak, but on the issue of action direction, Lin Mu is a little undecided, Yuan Heping must have no time to withdraw, and Lin Mu, the other action director, is not in contact with a lot, so he feels the lack of talent reserves in his hands. In the end, Cheng Long helped him solve this dilemma, and he provided Lin Mu with two candidates, one is Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan's senior brother in the Yuan family class, and the other is Tang Jili, the director of "Red Fan District".

It happened that Tang Jili was in the United States at this time, of course Lin Mu would not be reluctant to seek the near and far, and through Cheng Long, he quickly got in touch with Tang Jili. Because Cheng Long had threaded the needle in the middle before, Tang Jili quickly agreed to serve as the action director of this film. Previously, he and Cheng Long had an in-depth conversation on this issue.

"What do you think of Lin?" Tang Jili didn't know much about Lin Mu, so he was a little hesitant after receiving his invitation.

"If you ignore the issue of age, I think he is the same kind of person as Uncle Sixth and Boss Zou, but obviously he is more powerful than these two, of course, I don't mean scheming, but personal ability. I can't imagine that a 23-year-old Chinese young man could start from scratch in just five years and make a huge name in Hollywood. Compared with him, they all feel like they have been living in vain all these years! Cheng Long said with some self-deprecation.

"Individuals have personal opportunities, if it is really like what you said, it is difficult for me to refuse such a character!" Tang Jili had never seen Cheng Long evaluate a person like this, he instinctively felt that he should not refuse Lin Mu, and this was not an opportunity for him to show himself.

The meeting with Lin Mu further confirmed Tang Jili's judgment, and with Lin Mu was the director of the film, Tom Sadiak, and the three discussed some details of the film's shooting. Since the filming location of the film was chosen in Hong Kong, Tom Sadiak himself has not been to Hong Kong, so Tang Jili has more say in the filming of the film. In fact, there are many suitable places for filming in Asia, and Hong Kong may not be the best choice, but Tang Jili knows that Lin Mu's move is largely a taste of promoting Chinese-language movies, so he took the opportunity to mention the issue of the heroine, and he suggested to Lin Mu and Tom Sadiak that since the filming location was chosen in Hong Kong, the heroine in the film can also try to use some Hong Kong actresses.

Tom Sadiak did not express his position on this suggestion, because in this film, Jim Carrey and Cheng Long are the absolute protagonists, and whether the heroine is a Hong Kong actor or a Hollywood actor is not a big question of the success or failure of the film. Seeing that Tom Shadiak didn't say anything, and Lin Mu was obviously a little moved, Tang Jili took the opportunity to propose several good candidates to them. Lin Mu looked at the list written by Tang Jili, and Wang Guxian and Zhang Manyu were on the list.

Lin Mu was very cautious on this issue, and he knew that if he agreed to Tang Jili's proposal, it would be a bold attempt for Hollywood films. The advantage of this is that the faces of Chinese actresses can appear on the stage of world cinema earlier, but at the same time, there will be a great risk, in the cultural background of the aesthetic differences between the East and the West, Lin Mu does not dare to guarantee that European and American audiences can also like movies starring Chinese female stars.

After weighing the pros and cons, Lin Mu finally chose Zhang Manyu. He thinks that the weak image left by Wang Guxian in "A Chinese Ghost Story" is too profound, and the reason why he chose Zhang Manyu, whose fame and reputation are even weaker than her, is actually because of the characteristics of the two of them. Zhang Manyu and Wang Guxian's appearance is not equal, but perhaps due to regional differences, Borntai. Wang Guxian and Zhang Manyu, who grew up in Hong Kong, give people two completely different feelings in temperament, Lin Mu feels that Zhang Manyu looks more independent and open, which makes her bias towards Western women more obvious, according to Lin Mu's words, perhaps many people will tend to Wang Guxian in the aesthetics of the East, but Zhang Manyu has the temperament of an international movie star.

Paramount directly got in touch with Zhang Manyu's economic company, and Zhang Manyu naturally would not refuse the olive branch extended by Hollywood, and her agent took over the role for her without even reading the script. After determining the leading role, Tom Sadiak took Tang Jili and Cheng Longhao to Hong Kong, but Lin Mu did not go with them, and the approach of the Oscars made him unable to leave the United States for the time being. (To be continued.) )