Lin Mu left a cash check for $200,000 for Messi's family before leaving.

"Cure the boy and send him to Europe. Although I am not very good at football, please trust my judgment, your son will be the brightest star on the football field in the future! "Leave $200,000 for Messi.

Lin Mu didn't even ask him and his family for anything. Although he had a certain selfish intention to help Messi before, after seeing Messi's current family situation, Lin Mu just felt that he should do it.

Although he knew that soon the scouts from Barcelona would find Messi and then his fortunes would change with it.

Lin Mu didn't do this too much. It's not that there is a flood of sympathy, and he already has a kind of distrust of the future he is familiar with.

Because of the people who have been in contact with him, the trajectory of fate has changed. From the moment Lin Mu met Messi, Messi's fate may have changed.

Lin Mu can't guarantee that Messi will meet him after he meets him. I was so lucky to be spotted by the scouts of Barcelona.

Messi will not have a big development if he stays with Argentina. He's got to get more work in those top leagues.

Asking Messi's father to send him to Europe to play football can also be regarded as a remedy for Lin Mu's possible deflection of Messi's future fortunes.

Two days later, Lin Mu and Lin Zhiling left Argentina together. Due to the work schedule, Lin Zhiling had to return to the bend in a hurry.

And Lin Mu also returned to Los Angeles. The assistant told Lin Mu that Tsui Hark had come to the United States not long ago. During this period, he also came to look for Lin Mu.

"He asked me to give this to you!" Tsui Hark didn't stay in the United States for long, and he left Lin Mu with a script when he left.

"What else did Director Tsui Hark say when he left this script?" After reading the entire script, Lin Mu called the assistant into the office.

He didn't say anything! I asked him if he had anything else to tell me, and he said that everything he wanted to say was in this script, and you would understand! The assistant seriously recalled the situation at that time and relayed Tsui Hark's original words.

"Okay, I got it!" Lin Mu sighed softly, in fact, when he saw this script, he already knew Tsui Hark's thoughts this time.

The script is adapted by Tsui Hark from the Chinese classical fantasy "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan", as early as when the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Love of the World" was still in production, Tsui Hark once proposed such an idea to Lin Mu.

But at that time, Lin Mu was not interested in such ideas. The huge success of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Lost World" further stimulated Tsui Hark's desire to make this film.

Hit a nail in the woods. But he was not discouraged. He quickly wrote the script and then started looking for the right investors.

The most powerful production company in Xiangjiang is Golden Harvest now, but Golden Harvest itself is controlled by the forest.

Tsui Hark knew that Lin Mu's attitude would not change easily, so Jiahe was naturally not within the scope of his consideration.

Tsui Hark successively took the script to several other powerful production companies in Xiangjiang, and these companies showed strong interest in Tsui Hark's script and ideas, but they could not accept Tsui Hark's proposed shooting budget.

Although Xiangjiang's film companies have launched their own blockbuster plans under the stimulus of the super high box office of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: A Lost World", "but the largest investment in a film is only more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars."

As soon as Tsui Hark opened his mouth, he asked for 500 million Hong Kong dollars, which made all the companies stay away from him. You can't find a suitable investor in Heung Kong.

This made Tsui Hark feel very disappointed, and then he set his sights on Hollywood, the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Love of the World" made him an internationally renowned director in one fell swoop, and many Hollywood production companies have thrown olive skills to him.

He was full of hope and sent the script selectively to several of these companies, but the final result was not satisfactory.

Hollywood does appreciate Tsui Hark's directing talent, but no company seriously considers the script he provides, because they can't understand many things in the script, so they don't think the audience will like such a movie.

In Hollywood, not all companies have the courage to take huge investment risks as Lin Mu invested in "The Matrix".

In the end, these companies politely sent Tsui Hark's script back untouched, hoping that Tsui Hark would go to Hollywood and shoot a movie with the script they provided.

This is contrary to Tsui Hark's original idea, and he certainly won't accept it. In the period that followed, Tsui Hark did think about giving up, but then a piece of news from Hollywood gave him renewed hope.

Paramount Pictures spent a lot of money on the Western fantasy classic "The Lord of the Rings", which was directed by an unknown independent director from New Zealand, and the filming of the film received wide attention from the Hollywood media, and the Hong Kong media also reported on it.

This incident greatly encouraged Tsui Hark, "At first, he thought that Lin Mu was not interested in his idea of filming the Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan because of his lack of confidence in fantasy movies, but Jackson's new film allowed Tsui Hark to dispel this concern.

He knew that Lin Mu had always been very concerned about the development of Chinese films, and he was willing to invest in making a magic movie in the Western world.

Then convincing him to invest in filming an oriental magical story shouldn't be a big problem. This is Tsui Hark's own optimistic idea, but Lin Mu feels very embarrassed when he holds this script.

When he rejected Tsui Hark, he thought he had made the problem clear. Foreign audiences can't understand Chinese martial arts movies.

Flying cornices and walking on walls is already the limit of what they can accept. In fact, during the production of the film "A Chinese Ghost Story: The Love of the World", Tsui Hark had already encountered this problem, and Hollywood special effects designers didn't know what sword qi and palm wind were.

Lin Mu is reluctant to invest because foreign audiences simply do not have the cultural foundation to understand Shushan's type of films, and there is no market for such films overseas.

But Tsui Hark now has the script in front of him again, which makes him feel very embarrassed. Tsui Hark refused Hollywood's invitation and insisted on making original Chinese movies, which Lin Mu valued very much.

But appreciation is appreciation, and the forest must consider practical problems. As the chairman of a publicly traded company, he could not have invested a huge amount of money in support of Tsui Hark's approach.

Regardless of the market value of the film. It is impossible for Hollywood to tailor scripts for Chinese-language films, because the mainstream consumer market it faces is not the Chinese-speaking world, and accepting Chinese-language films only wants to expand the scope of influence of Hollywood films, and the essence is not to help the development of Chinese-language films.

It is only said that both sides can take what they need in this cooperation. Hollywood provides successful experience and technology to Chinese-language films, and Chinese-language films use their own characteristics to enrich the genre of Hollywood films.

Lin Mu has always advocated the gradual infiltration of some cultures, and the cooperation between Chinese films and Hollywood films has gradually allowed the audience to accept Chinese films.

This is a long process, and it cannot be achieved overnight, and it is very naïve to think that overseas audiences can accept Chinese-language films based on the success of a few films.

Lin Mu is now embarrassed by agreeing with Tsui Hark's idea, which is contrary to his business values; However, the rejection of Tsui Hark invisibly suppressed the determination of Chinese filmmakers to explore their own film characteristics and form core cultural competitiveness.

It's not a yes, it's not a yes. Lin Mu definitely felt a headache this time. Lin Mu hesitated, and Tsui Hark was also anxious waiting in Xiangjiang, he knew that Lin Mu would definitely give him an answer no matter what.

According to Lin Mu's usual style, he could make a decision immediately after reading the script, and this time it dragged on for so long, the situation was indeed a bit abnormal.

After a week of anxious waiting, Lin Mu finally called Tsui Hark. Tsui Hark didn't get the answer he wanted, but Lin Mu didn't explicitly refuse him, and in this call, he asked Tsui Hark an ambiguous question: "Actually, you should know my attitude towards your script from the beginning, but I still want to know why you still insist?" ”

"Since you are willing to invest in Peter and Jackson, why can't you support my idea, is it true that in your eyes, China's traditional culture is not as good as the magic classics of the West?" Tsui Hark knew that this time he was either persuaded by himself or persuaded by Lin Mu.

"The Lord of the Rings is a magical classic of the West. And "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" is a strange wonder among the immortals in the East, and in terms of artistic value, I don't think there is a difference between the two. But judging from the scope and influence of circulation, "The Legend of the Swordsman of Shushan" does not say whether it can be understood overseas, that is, in the Chinese-speaking cultural circle, there are probably not many people who have really read the original work. On the other hand, "The Lord of the Rings", not to mention in Europe and the United States, but also in Asia, many people have read this one. Why invest in Peter I. Jackson. And to deny your assumptions, I think that's my explanation! ”

"If you don't try, how do you know it's not possible?" Although Lin Mu had already made his words clear, he had to let Tsui Hark give up like this.

He was still a little unwilling.

"You have to take it one step at a time, there is a proverb in the West that Rome was not built in a day. And you directly bring out the most authentic things of Chinese culture, do you think foreign audiences will accept it? Lin Mu does not intend to give in on this issue, Tsui Hark's idea is not wrong, but it is not yet time. This outpouring did not achieve substantial results, and neither Lin Mu nor Tsui Hark persuaded anyone. Tsui Hark felt very disappointed, and Lin Mu also felt helpless. After this, Lin Mu gave up the idea of trying to convince Tsui Hark, and he sent the script left by Tsui Hark back to Xiangjiang. After receiving the script, Tsui Hark already knew that Lin Mu's attitude this time would never change. Frustrated, Tsui Hark even thought of launching the Hong Kong Film Industry. Fortunately, Mrs. Shi Nansheng persuaded him in time. However, this incident really hit him hard, and he was decadent for a long time. Although Lin Mu rejected Tsui Hark this time, he also left a hurdle in his heart that he couldn't overcome. It is certainly the work of a wise man to avoid the important and light, but the courage to try is the courage that a pioneer should have. On this issue, Lin Mu wavered for the first time in his beliefs, which made him feel very lost. Tsui Hark wants to make an oriental fantasy that is comparable to "The Lord of the Rings". That's a good idea, but the success of "The Lord of the Rings" is due to the epic spirit of Peter and Jackson's magic movie, and Tsui Hark's script has already lost out in spirit. In the process of pondering this question repeatedly. Lin Mu has been thinking about such a question: "In Chinese fantasy literary and artistic works, is there no such magical story with an epic sense?" He searched his mind for a scarf about this, and finally he fixed his eyes on the mythical age of ancient China, and then he thought of a very good work. In the era of the flood of the legendary Three Emperors and Five Emperors. With the death of the world's recognized leader, the Shennong clan, the five clans of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth began to move. In this turbulent and turbulent era, two teenagers were born: the Dragon God Prince Tuoba Ye and the young city lord Huang You of Mirage City. They began a thrilling and legendary journey by chance. The story starts with the conspiracy of the Water Tribe, and unfolds in the order of the Wood Clan, the Earth Clan, the Fire Clan, and the Jin Clan, respectively, showing the different temperament characteristics of the five emperors of green, yellow, red, white and black: the arrogance of the Green Emperor, the cautious self-use of the Red Emperor, the indifferent detachment of the White Emperor and the full of hatred of the Black Emperor, which brings the whole picture of the great wilderness of an ancient period to the audience. The protagonist of the story, Tuoba Ye, from a wandering naughty boy in the mountains, met Shennong in accordance with the will of heaven, went to the mirage city according to his last orders, and became friends with Huang You at first sight in the city. Tuoba Ye trained 4 in the East China Sea and became the prince of the dragon god. On the way to pursue the slender who ran away from the negative qi. Inadvertently smash the conspiracy of the Aquarium. In order to rescue the slender fiber involved in this, Tuoba Ye went to the Tu Clan to get the colorful soil in order to repair the Holy Grail of the Fire Clan, and helped the Tu prince to solve the crisis of civil strife in the Tu Clan. The angry Xian Xian ran away again, and Tuoba Ye and Huang You pursued it for the second time. In the cold and barren land, the conspiracy of the water tribe to split the Jin clan was broken. But the overturning of the sky has started the catastrophe of cold and famine. When the group of heroes will meet the wedding peach party in Kunlun Mountain, the water demon candle dragon is and the conspiracy is revealed, but the black emperor who was framed by him many years ago led the ghost soldiers to raid the wedding peach event, intending to kill all the heroes in the world to avenge the revenge of the day.