The flag film "Black Empire", which is a new concept science fiction movie, was released. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 The box office hit made everyone forget that this was once a movie that was once abandoned. Paramount cleverly proposes that this is a conceptual new movie, which is in line with the idea that many audiences are looking for trendy. It's the film "The Matrix", although the plot is a bit difficult. But the form of performance is indeed full of novelty, and the combination of Keanu Levi and Angelina and Assistant has killed many fans in seconds.

This film not only performed eye-catching at the box office when it was released, but also broke a record, that is, before the film was released, the producer had already announced Ji Ge to shoot a sequel. On the one hand, this shows the producer's confidence in this film, and on the other hand, it also clearly tells all audiences. The film doesn't end there. But that didn't stop people from going into the cinema to enjoy the film. Although many people can't understand the plot, the unique visual performance of the film alone has already made people addicted.

The popularity of the film not only affirmed the ability of the directors of the Wachowski brothers, but also made the heroine Angelina and Jolie famous in the Hollywood film industry. But not long after the release of the film "The Matrix", it was reported that she broke up with her husband Johnny and Li and Miller, and interestingly, Angelina Weili also met the male protagonist of the film, Johnny and Li and Miller, because of the filming of a movie called "Hackers", and the two then became a couple. This marriage lasted less than three years. are all related to hacker movies, so they are nicknamed "hacker romance" by the media. ”

Lin Mu was on the plane to Xiangjiang and saw this report, Angelina and Julie's divorce from her husband was not unexpected by Lin Mu. Although the breakup time of the two is different from Lin Mu's memory because of starring in "The Matrix", in general, although Lin Mu's appearance made Angelina and Jolie's fame two years earlier, it did not change her original life trajectory much.

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, in the luxury box of the first class, Lin Mu began to have a headache for another thing, after 3 months of business integration. Golden Harvest has been fully integrated with Paramount. But with that comes the problem. After being acquired by Paramount, the production business is still the main direction of the company's operation, but now Golden Harvest does not have a script that satisfies Lin Mu.

And in the positioning of the first film launched by Golden Harvest after the reorganization, Lin Mu also had some differences with Zou Wenhuai. Zou Wenhuai hopes to take advantage of the strong financial and technical strength of the parent company, Paramount. Shoot a big-budget Chinese-language film like A Chinese Ghost Story to revive Golden Harvest Films' reputation. However, Lin Mu believes that with the current situation of Golden Harvest, the top priority is to shoot a film that meets the needs of local audiences.

Lin Mu told Zou Wenhuai very clearly. If it is to produce a large-budget Chinese-language film like "A Chinese Ghost Story", Paramount can make an independent investment, and the purpose of acquiring Golden Harvest is to find a path suitable for the future development of Hong Kong Film from Heung Kong Film itself, which is the first step for Golden Harvest to establish an industry leader in the Asian film industry.

But Lin Mu later realized that he had made a very serious mistake, the end of the century was the depression period of Xiangjiang films, and there were few good Xiangjiang movies during this time. After taking this factor into account, Lin Mu had a new idea. Since you can't find a suitable script at the moment, you might as well look further, after the new century, Xiangjiang films have shown a trend of recovery, and there are many movies worth making.

But then the problem is that most of the movie scripts of that period have not yet been created, and for the script information of these movies, Lin Mu's memories of his previous life can provide him with very limited help, and whether many scripts are already being created at this time, Lin Mu himself is not sure, so the idea of asking him to write the script is a big risk.

Lin Mu is well aware of the importance of outstanding talents to the development of the local film industry, and if he puts some classic movies on the screen in advance, it will have an immeasurable impact on the original author, and even an excellent film talent will be buried.

In Hollywood, where the film industry is thriving, Lin Mu has no such scruples, but in Xiangjiang, which has only experienced decline, Lin Mu needs to seriously consider the consequences of doing this again. All Lin Mu can do is create conditions and opportunities, and the future of Xiangjiang films still depends on the efforts of Xiangjiang filmmakers themselves.

At the same time, in terms of emotional factors, Lin Mu is also unwilling to steal the jobs of his compatriots, and his role as a screenwriter in Hollywood is not taken seriously. Only a few screenwriters can enjoy the same treatment as him, and they are still the people who are habitually ignored in film and television production.

Think back to the glorious history of Hong Kong films. The passage of time has frozen history, the geographical term "Jianghu" has made killing and gore so beautiful and romantic, and the deeds of the gangsters in the turbulent years have passed through the mouths of everyone and become mysterious legends. The smearing of light and shadow makes these legends no longer strange, no longer distant, and the unrealizable unrealization** is fully satisfied on the film film. Except for martial arts films. Gangster movies can also be regarded as the representative of Xiangjiang films, which not only witnessed the rise and fall of Xiangjiang films, but also witnessed the changes and development of Xiangjiang society.

In Lin Mu's memory, it was not until four years later that the Xiangjiang filmmakers experienced the pain of the decline of Hong Kong films, and they learned from the pain and steadily raised the gangster movie to a new height.

From Xiangjiang's gangster movie, Lin Mu thought of Liu Weiqiang; By Liu Weiqiang, Lin Mu thought of "Infernal Affairs" again. After getting off the plane, Lin Mu immediately got in touch with Zou Wenhuai. He asked Zou Wenhuai to help him find someone immediately.

The person Lin Mu was looking for was named Mai Zhaohui, and Wen Huai didn't know where he learned about Mai Zhaohui, if Lin Mu hadn't deliberately mentioned it, Zou Wenhuai would never have taken the initiative to pay attention to this person. Mak Siu-fai graduated from the Actor Department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and began to work as an assistant director for some low-budget films. Last year, he just made a thriller movie called "Twenty Years of Chasing the Murderer", but the response was average, and he belonged to the kind of half-popular role in the Xiangjiang film industry.

Although he didn't know Lin Mu's intentions, Zou Wenhuai quickly got in touch with Mak Zhaohui. When he learned that Lin Mu, the chairman of Paramount of Caiwang's acquisition of Golden Harvest, wanted to meet him, Mak Zhaohui felt like he was in a dream.

Until he saw Lin Mu in Golden Harvest Company, Mak Zhaohui still did not get rid of that dreamlike feeling, because he was too excited. He didn't hear a word of what Lin Mu said at first.

And Mak Zhaohui's absent-minded expression made Lin Mu feel that he was looking for the wrong person. But before meeting, Zou Wenhuai swore to him that there was only one person named Mak Zhaohui in the Xiangjiang film circle, and Lin Mu felt that his words should be credible.

"Mr. Mai, are you listening to me carefully? Jing Linmu finally couldn't help but ask.

"No, I'm sorry, I was a little distracted." Lin Mu's questioning finally brought Mak Siu-fai to his senses from that state of excitement. He looked at Lin Mu with some embarrassment. In his heart, he was secretly complaining about his gaffe just now.

"Recently, I've been interested in gangster-themed movies, and I've heard that Mr. Mak seems to have a script like this." Lin Mu asked casually, he only knew that Mak Zhaohui had written the script many years before the filming of "Infernal Affairs", but he was not sure about the specific time. So he was a little tempting of Mak Siu-fai.

"You know that script of mine? Mak Zhaohui looked at Lin Mu with a look of astonishment, many years ago, when no one invited him to start filming, and he didn't know if there was a chance to start filming, he wrote the script of "Infernal Affairs", but no one was willing to shoot it after many attempts. Even he himself had already given up on this script, but he didn't expect Lin Mu to suddenly mention it at this time, and he didn't even have time to think about how Lin Mu knew that he had written such a script, so he admitted this fact.

"I've always loved Wu Yusen's Hollywood director's "Changing Face", and then I overheard a friend say that you also wrote a script with a similar plot?" Lin Mu looked at Mak Zhaohui with a curious expression, he had to give himself a credible reason to take the initiative to find Mak Zhaohui to weave.

"But the idea of my script was just the story line of the police to the undercover underworld, but the later revisions were really influenced by that film." Mak Siu-fai has watched "Changing Face", and he thinks the story is very good, but it is too peculiar. Then he thought about whether he could tell a story. The two characters are swapped, but no surgery is required, just a swap of hearts and identities.

It turned out that only people from the police station went undercover in the underworld, and later joined the people in the underworld to go to the police station. It should be that "Infernal Affairs" is positioned as a two-hero film, which was originally a battle of wits between police and bandits, and in the continuous revision, the elements of gangsters and hero films have become stronger.

Seeing that Lin Mu showed a strong interest in this script, Mak Zhaohui knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he couldn't wait to find that script, and after Lin Mu read it, he knew that this was the script of "Infernal Affairs" he was looking for. Then he didn't hesitate to buy the script.

"Mr. Lin. Did you really decide to invest in filming this little script by Mak Siu-fai? After reading the script that Lin Mu bought, he shook his head again and again, although gangster movies have always been one of the most important genre films in Hong Kong films, but in recent years, they have a sense of being no longer what they used to be.

"Don't you think it's a special gangster movie?" Although the decline of gangster movies is an indisputable fact, Lin Mu believes that the influence of gangster movies in Xiangjiang and even the entire Chinese world has not been erased, on the contrary, this type of movie will still be the brother of many audiences

"Special?" Xi Wenhuai didn't understand what Lin Mu meant, in his opinion, the story of this police and bandits undercover with each other did not jump out of the shackles of Xiangjiang gangster movies, this type of movie has been filmed by Xiangjiang director over and over again I don't know how many times, if you want to make a breakthrough in this theme, the difficulty can be imagined. This is the first film produced by Kashi after the reorganization, and it is a big risk to choose such a theme.

"The Buddhist scriptures say that Infernal is the most painful of the eight hells. This small script uses "Infernal Affairs" as the title of the film, which obviously has a profound meaning. Neither identity should belong to oneself. They almost live in a prison-like environment, and they are afraid that others will reveal their identities in their dreams. In this world, what is the truth of life and the truth of life, and the confusion of the characters is also the screenwriter's in-depth discussion of this issue. There is no reincarnation in entering the Infernal Hell. Only eternal suffering, but the two protagonists in the script are seeking reincarnation.

Although this script uses the more humble theme of marginal people in gangster movies, it is not interpreted from the superficial meaning of the confrontation between the underworld and the police. In addition to gunplay and action, there is a lot of ink on the aberration of human nature in a special environment. In addition to a large number of entertainment elements, there are also some thought-provoking things. Compared with the common brotherhood in gangster movies, the underlying spiritual lines given in the story of this film, I think this film can make a new realm of gangster movies in Hong Kong." Lin Mu is full of confidence in this film.

Zou Wenhuai's mouth moved, and he looked like he wanted to speak and stopped, and Lin Mu knew the doubts in his heart. "I know that the media and several film companies in Heung Kong are now looking at Golden Harvest, and the first film launched after the merger of the company will definitely be the focus of attention of all parties. With Paramount's financial and technical advantages, Golden Harvest wanted to launch a high-budget and big-budget film to gather people's hearts. I can understand your feelings! ”

I didn't know how to speak just now, but now Zou Wenhuai wanted to speak but was interrupted by Lin Mu. "Although Golden Harvest is controlled by Paramount, I don't want it to become a vassal of Paramount. If you just need a subsidiary, Paramount can re-register a company here. Based on the Xiangjiang Film Market, Golden Harvest should embark on a development path of its own Xiangjiang Films.

Although Hollywood commercial films are a successful model, they are not necessarily suitable for the development of Hong Kong films. Funding and technology are only superficial factors in the success of Hollywood's commercial films, and the most important thing is the success of a culture. If you want to revive Hong Kong films, you can rely on your own culture in the end."