Although it was a formality, after Tsui Hark submitted his shooting plan to Paramount, he did not see a reaction from the other party.

A week later, he finally received a notification from Paramount that Lin Mu wanted to talk to him about his proposed shooting plan.

"I've only written three episodes in the script, but I don't understand why you came up with the idea of splitting the whole plot into five parts?" In his office, Lin Mu pointed to the folder on the table and asked.

"I've read this script repeatedly, I think you set the world system of the entire ancient mythological era very grandly, I don't think it's enough to use the length of three movies to express it, in the script, a lot of the plots you have touched on can actually be developed into a wonderful paragraph, I think you still have a lot of stories that have not been written into the script!" Tsui Hark looked at Lin Mu, and he wanted to verify his judgment from the change in the other party's expression.

"The board is only going to invest money in three films at the moment, so you have to follow the script for the third part of the film. I can give you more support in terms of financial investment. The first part has to be filmed, do you know what I mean? Lin Mu is hinting at Tsui Hark.

It's good to have a systematic plan for the film. But now he has to focus on the first film.

As long as the first part of the film can be successful, then it is logical that Lin Mu will persuade the board to increase investment in this film.

"So I still have to change my current Jige, shoot the first part first, and then consider expanding the plot?" Tsui Hark had already heard the underlying meaning of Lin Mu's words.

"That's the way it goes!" Lin Mu nodded, since Tsui Hark was willing to accept his proposal. The next thing is much easier, the plan to shoot three films remains the same, but Lin Mu has left enough way for this plan, as long as the first part of the film can perform well at the box office.

Then there will be much less resistance to increasing the shooting plan.

"I don't have a problem on this issue, but I want to know when my crew can start work?" Tsui Hark had been waiting for a week, and he was already a little anxious.

"That's what I'm looking for you today. I can give you the funds for the first time now. But there are many characters in this film. Do you have a bottom in your mind about the actors you want to use? ”

"I was about to tell you about it. In the past few days, after repeated consideration, several important characters in the play have already thought of suitable candidates, and I will say it, you can see if it is suitable. Lin Mu's question happened to be with Tsui Hark's thoughts.

"First of all, the God Emperor Shennong's clan, the core character of the Great Wilderness, is above the Five Emperors, he is the one who caused the whole plot, and in the film he is more of an enlightenment mentor who plays the protagonist. Although this role is important, there are not many scenes, we can invite Cheng Long to play this role in the film! With Cheng Long's status in the Xiangjiang film industry, he may not necessarily give Tsui Hark face, but he will definitely give Lin Mu face.

Lin Mu and Cheng Long have a close personal relationship, and Tsui Hark is sure of this. That's why the idea was proposed.

One is the big brother in the film industry, and the other is the god emperor of the Great Wilderness, and it is well deserved to let Cheng Long play this role, Lin Mu nodded: "Cheng Long, I'll talk to him here, we also have a bit of friendship, I don't think he will refuse." ”

"Then there's Kohanvi, who created his own tidal currents, excelled in martial arts, and died in the wilderness. He is a veritable teacher in the growth of the protagonist, especially his chivalrous spirit and pursuit of freedom, which has a great influence on the protagonist, and I think this role is very suitable for Zhou Runfa to play! "Whether it is temperament or appearance, the roles of Zhou Yunfa and Kohanwei are very similar.

Lin Mu did not object to Tsui Hark's idea.

Then came the Queen Mother of the West, the Holy Daughter of the Jin Clan. This character is noble, born with a domineering spirit that does not allow women to shave their eyebrows, and is scheming and keen on power. Although he had a love affair with Khanvi. But this relationship has never seen the light of day, and Khanwei's daughter Xian Xian's search for her biological mother is also a main line of the plot, and I think only Lin Qingxia can handle the role of the Queen Mother of the West! "Tsui Hark and Lin Qingxia can be regarded as old partners.

He proposed to let Lin Qingxia play the Queen Mother of the West, and Lin Mu was not surprised at all. In Lin Mu's opinion, Lin Qingxia is indeed the most suitable candidate for the Queen Mother of the West.

But Lin Qingxia has been in the shadow for several years. Whether you can please move her is still one, question.

"Can you guarantee that Lin Qingxia will definitely agree to play this role?" Lin Mu asked undoubtedly.

"I'll do her work, and I'm sure she'll give me this face!" Tsui Hark said confidently.

Lin Mu nodded, and Tsui Hark continued

"The point will be followed by Emperor Yan Lieyan, who has a bold personality. Emphasis on love and righteousness, this role reminds me of a character in Jin Yong's "Dragon Babu"! ”

"You're talking about Xiao Feng, the leader of the beggar gang?" Lin Mu Lixuan recommended who Tsui Hark was referring to. Tsui Hark nodded,

"Chairman Lin grew up in the United States. Although you are very familiar with Hong Kong films, you may not know about Xiangjiang TV series, Jin Yong's TV series in Xiangjiang has a lot of readers, although so, it is recognized that the best actor who plays Xiao Feng is the actor Huang Rihua of the antenna!

"You mean to let Huang Rihua play Lieyan?. Lin Mu had already guessed Tsui Hark's thoughts at this time. Of course he knows Huang Rihua, but Tsui Hark is right, his real identity is that he grew up in the United States, and it is not surprising that he knows something about Hong Kong films. If you want to know Xiangjiang's TV series, you know it well. Then it should really arouse the suspicion of others.

"That's right, this is a photo of Huang Rihua, what do you think?" In order to recommend Huang Rihua to Lin Mu, Tsui Hark even brought his photos.

"Since he can play Xiao Feng's image so classic and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then there should be no problem for him to play this role!" Since Tsui Hark decided that he didn't know Huang Rihua, Lin Mu also planned and made a favor to push the boat along the river.

Next is the Yellow Emperor Ji Yuanxuan, the core of the Tu clan, scheming deep and sinister, although he briefly gained the trust of the protagonist, but he is an out-and-out villain. When I was thinking about this role, I still had a TV series in mind! It's also strange to say that when talking about the selection of roles in the film, Tsui Hark doesn't use so many movie actors in Xiangjiang, but he always likes to find some characters in TV series to talk about, of course, this has a lot to do with the many characters and distinct personalities in the film.

"Could it be that it is the big antagonist in which Xiangjiang TV series?" Lin Mu subconsciously came to such a conclusion.

"You shouldn't be a stranger to Xiao Qiang, right?" Tsui Hark asked inexplicably. For this crooked actress with the same surname as himself, Lin Mu is no stranger.

Not long ago, a new poll by the media showed that in the hearts of most people, Lin Zhiling has replaced Xiao Qiang as the first beauty in the world.

This incident caused a stir in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and the comparison between the two has become a hot topic of discussion in the media for a long time.

"Yellow Emperor Ji Yuanxuan seems to be a man!" Lin Mu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Tsui Hark's gourd.

"I'm not saying that I fell in love with Xiao Qiang, but Xiao Qiang once acted in a very famous TV series, which was "Xiao Li Flying Knife" adapted from Gu Long. Xiao Qiang plays Lin Shiyin in this TV series, and Li Xunhuan's actor is named Jiao Enjun, I actually fancy this actor! "Spare a big circle, but Tsui Hark originally came to see the actor of Xiao Li Feidao.

"The two roles of Li Xunhuan and Ji Yuanxuan seem to be a little far apart!" Tsui Hark mentioned this. It reminded Lin Mu of this actor.

If Huang Rihua was favored by Tsui Hark because he played Xiao Feng well, Lin Mu was not surprised.

Because Xiao Feng and Lie Yan's own personality images are very close. But Li Xunhuan and Ji Yuanxuan, the two characters, can be said to be unable to beat with eight poles, which makes Lin Mu inevitably a little confused.

"Look at his photos, I think it should be very tasteful for him to play a villain like Ji Yuanxuan!" Tsui Hark also prepared a photo of Jiao Enjun for Lin Mu.

Lin Mu nodded, but not because of the photo that Tsui Hark brought. When it comes to Jiao Enjun, Lin Mu thinks not of Li Xunhuan he played, but the Erlang God he played in the TV series "Baolian Lantern" filmed in the mainland in the later world, he is handsome and extraordinary, but there is a charming melancholy in his eyes, Tsui Hark may also see this, so he thought of letting him play the role of Ji Yuanxuan.

"You're not going to find some actors from TV dramas this time, are you?" The two characters in a row are related to the TV series of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and it is normal for Lin Mu to have such questions.

"The next one definitely has a lot to do with the movie, Xiangjiang director Liu Zhenwei's "Journey to the West" Chairman Lin should have seen it, right?"

"You're talking about Zhou Xingchi?" When it came to this movie, Lin Mu subconsciously thought of it

"Master Xing. It seemed that Lin Mu had expected such an idea, but Tsui Hark shook his head, he was not referring to Zhou Xingchi this time,

"Chairman Lin should still have some impressions of the actress who played the Zixia Fairy in the Ding film, right?"

"Purple Fairy?. As soon as Tsui Hark said this, Lin Mu finally reacted,

"Are you talking about Zhu Yin?

"It seems that Chairman Lin doesn't have a general understanding of Xiangjiang movies." Tsui Hark nodded,

"I think the role of the quicksand fairy in the script is quite suitable for her! Although according to the script, the quicksand fairy is a girl who doesn't grow up, when I think this setting is not good, if a child is found to play this role, it is difficult to show the wanton and willful evil characteristics of this character. And although the quicksand fairy is also good and evil, she is infatuated with Shennong, which is very similar to the Zixia fairy in "Journey to the West". That's why I chose Zhu Yin! The roles you just mentioned are not very important in the script.

, have you thought about the choice of the two protagonists? "The people mentioned by Tsui Hark before have more cameos in Shadow Fei than performances, and it can be seen that Tsui Hark is very ambitious this time, and he invited all the big-name stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

But Lin Mu is more concerned about the actors of several protagonists in the film: "For example, Xian Xian, have you figured out who you want to use for this little girl?"

"I found a little girl in a fashion magazine on the mainland, and I haven't gone to look for her yet, but I brought the magazine here." Tsui Hark's preparation this time was really sufficient, he took out a magazine from his briefcase, and quickly turned to the page where he made a corner mark: "Look, it's this girl, I think her image is quite good from the photos, and according to the age provided by the magazine, she is only 13 years old now, just suitable for the role of Xian Xian!" Lin Mu saw that Tsui Hark opened a very famous women's fashion magazine in the mainland, and the girl that Tsui Hark opened to show him made his eyes shine, indeed the girl in the photo is pure and smart, cute and delicate, and it is indeed very suitable to play the illegitimate daughter of Ke Hanhuai and the Queen Mother of the West in the film, the little sister who will never grow up in the eyes of the protagonist.

At the moment, Lin Mu just felt that this girl was very suitable, but he looked at it carefully. Lin Mu felt that this girl was a little familiar, like an actor in his later memories.

When this feeling came out of his mind, his gaze inadvertently fell on the familiar name of Jane in the magazine about the girl, and he said softly

"Huh. snorted,

"This girl's name is Yang Mi?.

"How do you know her?" Lin Mu's expression surprised Tsui Hark.

"I just think there's something special about the name!" Lin Mu made a small excuse to cover up his gaffe just now, in fact, he did know this girl, in the memory of his previous life, this actress named Yang Fan, played the role of Guo Xiang in the big "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and then played Xue Jian in "The Legend of Sword and Fairy III", tens of thousands of fairy sword fans left a message for her, claiming that she performed a perfect Xue Jian.

In the generation when Lin Mu lived in his previous life, Yang Mo and Liu Yifei and two other actresses of the same age were named new in the mainland

"Four Little Flowers". Lin Mu was not very interested in Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Condor Heroes" in his previous life, but as a gamer who had been moved by the game "Sword and Fairy", Xue Jian played by Yang Fan really left a deep impression on him, even in all the TV series of "Xianke".

He thinks that only Yukimi's character is the closest to the game, and watching her performance makes many people relive the emotion in the game back then.

"This girl is really good, let her play the role of Slender Silk!" Lin Mu didn't hesitate too much in front of Tsui Hark, and the role of Xian Xian was determined.

"Then there is the male No. 2 Huang You, this character is naturally full of frost, arrogant and uninhibited, a wild man with a bold personality and loves to fight and drink, this role makes me a little embarrassed."

In the previous actors, Tsui Hark was recommended with confidence, but for the role of Huang You. He was also unsure.