China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 274 Cheng Long’s invitation, "New Police Story"!

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"Director Lin! Welcome to Hong Kong Island!"

Lin Xuan was greeting other guests when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

Turning around, he saw Zhou Xingxing arriving on time in a black suit.

Lin Xuan walked up to him and looked up and down quickly.

He is short and thin, with medium-long black hair with a few white hairs in it.

"Director Zhou, this is our first meeting. Thank you for coming to support me."

Lin Xuan stepped forward and shook hands with a smile.

The king of "nonsense" comedy!

Seeing him in person for the first time, he was still a little excited.

"Hi boss!"

Zhou Xingxing is looking for a cooperative publisher in the mainland, and Huayi is the best choice among them.

Two hours later, the red carpet session ended and everyone walked into the theater together.

As for the audience question session, the reporter chose Andy Lau and Tony Leung, two actors who have worked with Lin Xuan.

The storyline of the movie is logically clear, and even if it is dubbed in Mandarin, they seem to have no obstacles.

In order to maximize profits, movies must enter mainland theaters.

It's not that easy to be the heroine in Zhou Xingxing's movie.

"As long as Director Zhou is willing to come to the premiere, the welcome party doesn't matter."

Zhou Xingxing nodded to her.

Arriving at the theater, Lin Xuan briefly said a few polite words, then sat in the front row to watch the movie.

At the end of the premiere, the crew sent the guests off.

as predicted!

And the premiere is just to walk on the red carpet and watch a movie, so it doesn't take much time or energy.

He was willing to attend the premiere, and of course it was not to support Huang Shengyi.

The first is Anle Pictures. Emperor Entertainment has a big reputation in Hong Kong.

The film lasted nearly 100 minutes. When the subtitles appeared, the lights in the theater came on, and bursts of applause erupted in the hall.

Huang Shengyi also ran over to say hello to her boss.

"That must be Mr. Wang from Huayi."

The two big guys invited him at the same time. No matter how aloof Zhou Xingxing was, he still deserved their respect.

Naturally, they helped him speak.

But even so, there are still not enough seats in the theater.

Not only do you have to sign a contract with his company, it is said that the contract conditions are not as good as those of mainland film and television companies.

What follows is interviews with Hong Kong media and comments from the audience.

The media are screened, and relevant questions are included in a prepared script.

"Sorry, I just flew back from abroad last night and missed the welcome party."

Many artists with lower statuses have been arranged to go to other halls, and those who can sit in Hall 1 are Hong Kong industry bosses.

Meeting the two of them and selling them a favor will be of great help in discussing future cooperation.

This movie theater has the best equipment and the largest number of seats under Anle Pictures.

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This type of film is not uncommon in Hong Kong Island. The early sword films in Hong Kong Island were all in this style.

Lin Xuan guessed there were two reasons.

Lin Xuan is the leader of Huayi, and Wang Zhongjun is the boss of Huayi.

In addition to Lin Xuan, Zhou Xingxing also had a few words with Wang Zhongjun.

The martial arts style of "Xiu Chun Dao" is more realistic.

Zhou Xingxing explained to him why he didn't come last night.

"Hello, Director Zhou."

As for cooperation, he did not mention it for the time being. Such matters would have to be discussed in private contact.

Secondly, filming of Zhou Xingxing's new work "Kung Fu" is about to begin.

You can understand and laugh out loud at the carefully arranged jokes.

The theater lights went out and the movie started playing.

Lin Xuan stood up and bowed to the audience in thanks.

The entire interview was conducted smoothly without any mistakes.

"Director Lin, are you free this afternoon? Come and sit at my house."

When Cheng Long shook hands with him and said goodbye, he took the initiative to invite him to be a guest.

"I'm afraid I don't have time in the afternoon. I have something to discuss with Mr. Yang."

The Yang in his mouth is Yang Shoucheng, CEO of Emperor Emperor.

"That's right. Are you free tonight?"

"I'm free tonight."

Liu Yifei originally promised to accompany her to the Hong Kong night market, but now she just said sorry to her.

"Come to my house that night and I will introduce you to some friends."

"Okay, let's see you tonight."

After shaking hands with Cheng Long and saying goodbye, Zhou Xingxing also came to find him.

When he learned that Cheng Long had arrived first, he felt a little disappointed and had no choice but to ask Lin Xuan to meet in the mainland.

After seeing off the guests, the crew left the cinema and returned to the hotel.

Several leading actors were in high spirits and extremely excited.

We sat together chatting and talking about our favorite Hong Kong stars.

At last night's welcome party, they had only met a few times from afar.

But today at the entrance of the theater, they shook hands and said hello to many long-established Hong Kong stars. The feeling was definitely different.

Lin Xuan told them to stay in the hotel and stop running around, and then went to Emperor Entertainment with Wang Zhongjun

Emperor Entertainment will establish a wholly-owned subsidiary in the mainland next year to facilitate business in the mainland.

Huayi needs to use the influence of the Emperor to promote its artists internationally.

There are many areas where the two companies can collaborate.

The artist recommended by the Emperor is Chef Xie.

They want to cooperate with Wang Jing and make a TV series together.

Lin Xuan estimated that it would most likely be "Little Fish and Flowers".

Yang Shoucheng also wanted to win over Lin Xuan and let him star opposite Chef Xie or have a guest role in the play.

However, Lin Xuan refused due to his busy work schedule.

Although Lin Xuan is an artist from Huayi, he has a private studio, which is quite large.

Now everyone knows that he is Sima Zhao's heart, so he will definitely get out of the contract when the contract expires.

No matter how much Wang Zhongjun likes him, there are some things that cannot be discussed in person.

Lin Xuan took a car to Cheng Long's mansion, a single-family villa located halfway up the mountain.

"Director Lin, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Sorry for being late. I just had a meal with Mr. Yang and chatted a little more."

Cheng Long welcomed him into the villa and showed him around the villa.

"I heard from a friend that Director Lin has done research on villa design. Can you help me check the Feng Shui of this house?"

Lin Xuan smiled bitterly and said:

"Brother Long, I know a little bit about decoration design, but Feng Shui is not within the scope of my research."

"That's it. What do you think of the design of my house?"

"Yeah, not bad. The interior decoration is luxurious and exquisite, but the courtyard design is simple and elegant. There should be more than one designer."

Hearing this, Cheng Long's eyes lit up and he gave a thumbs up.

"Awesome, you are indeed an expert. The house designer is from Hong Kong and the garden designer is from the United States."

Traditional courtyard design emphasizes one scene per step.

Looking at the past from different angles, different seasons, and different moments requires different feelings.

The Western-style courtyard pays attention to having a panoramic view of the beautiful scenery. The difference between the two design styles is so big that only a fool can't see it.

After walking around the villa for a few times, the two of them came to sit in the courtyard outside.

Tonight was a private party. Cheng Long didn't invite any friends in the circle. There was only one middle-aged man, and the rest were people from the family class.

"Director Lin, this is director Chen Musheng, who has directed..."

He was afraid that Lin Xuan had never heard of Chen Musheng, but he didn't expect Lin Xuan to reach out and said:

"I have watched "Who Am I", a collaboration between Director Chen and Brother Long. The scene of Brother Long jumping off a building in Rotterdam is still fresh in my memory."

"Hello, Director Lin, I have long admired your name."

Chen Musheng shook hands with him and said a few polite words.

There are so many famous directors in Hong Kong, and Cheng Long has so many friends in the industry. Lin Xuan had some guesses in his mind when he invited Chen Musheng alone tonight.

After sitting down and drinking two glasses of wine, Cheng Long revealed his true meaning.

He invited Lin Xuan to his home just to invite him to participate in the new film directed by Chen Musheng - "New Police Story"!

Cheng Long has not been comfortable in Hollywood in the past two years.

Although there are some movies that have high box office, the production costs in the United States are higher, and the movies actually don’t make much money.

As Hollywood fully opens the era of special effects, audiences are more interested in watching superheroes escape into the sky and save the earth.

That kind of rigid punching and kicking is no longer popular.

Seeing that it was getting harder and harder to get along outside, Cheng Long decisively returned to the Chinese film industry.

This "New Police Story" is his first work since his return.

Nowadays, the Hong Kong circle is declining and the mainland market is gradually rising.

In order to achieve good results in the film, he can only choose to cooperate with mainland actors and mainland companies.

After a round of screening, the mainland film and television king Lin Xuan was his best partner.

Chen Musheng took out the script from his bag and handed it over.

"The script hasn't been finalized yet. Director Lin, please take a look at it first and let me know if you have any ideas."

Lin Xuan put down his wine glass, took the script and read it.

Chen Musheng has always insisted on making action films, and is especially good at creating big scenes, and his group portrait scenes are also good.

He worked as a screenwriter on television, and he was the one who tinkered with the script of "New Police Story."

Lin Xuan has seen the original film, and the content of the script is very different from what he remembered.

The actor Chen Guorong is a legend in the police world and has solved many major cases.

One day, he was betrayed by his colleagues and was killed by the enemy while hunting down the five criminals. From then on, he lived a life of drinking and depression.

Until he met a young man and was deceived by him, Chen Guorong cheered up and began to trace the whereabouts of the five-person group.

The young man led a group of Internet masters to crack the game code and find their whereabouts.

Chen Guorong is naturally played by Cheng Long.

Young man, villain and bandit leader, Lin Xuan can choose one of the two.

He read the script at a glance and checked the relevant information through the system.

When Cheng Long and Chen Musheng saw him closing the script, they quickly asked: "Director Lin, how is the script?"

Lin Xuan frowned and considered his words.

To be honest, the script has big problems.

The storyline is too cliche and the overall atmosphere is too depressing.

The story of the hero's end is not liked by the audience.

Cheng Long, who is used to acting in comedies, turned to acting in tragic dramas.

All in all, this is a very un-Cheng Long movie.

Media reviews and box office results were both unsatisfactory.

Relying on Cheng Long's influence, the film was released in 12 countries and regions around the world, but the final box office did not even reach 1000 million US dollars.

To be honest, this amount of money is enough for his own salary.

Perhaps because audiences are tired of martial arts films, the popularity of Cheng Long's films has been greatly reduced in recent years.

Not to mention European and American audiences, even mainland China and Hong Kong and Taiwan don’t buy it.

But this matter has nothing to do with Lin Xuan, and there is no need to worry about him.

"There's nothing wrong with the script. It's just that the audience has watched too many police movies..."

Lin Xuan wanted to express tactfully that there was a problem with the script.

Unexpectedly, Chen Musheng immediately retorted: "There are also a lot of audiences watching martial arts movies. The box office of "Xiu Chun Dao" is different, which is great."

Lin Xuan smiled, feeling very speechless.

The improved version of "Xiu Chun Dao" cost me as much effort and points as you want to try it.

"That's right. It's good that Director Chen and Brother Long are confident."

Good words cannot persuade a ghost who wants to die.

Since you don’t hit the wall and don’t look back, then so be it.

"Then these two characters..."

Cheng Long also wanted to invite him to participate.

Lin Xuan shook his head and refused.

"Brother Long, Director Chen, I'm really sorry, my work schedule for this year is already full."

Cheng Long quickly said: "The filming of the movie can be postponed to next year, and Director Lin's scenes will be concentrated on filming."

They postponed the start of filming and prioritized filming, which is very sincere.

"Thank you Brother Long for your love, but I really can't spare the time."

Lin Xuan did not hesitate and firmly refused.

This movie has been sent to his grandma's house, and he has no confidence that he can save the movie.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Cheng Long frowned and said nothing.

The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly became cold.

The people in the family class looked at him with less kindness than when he first walked in.

In their eyes, Brother Cheng Long is an international superstar and the light of the Chinese people.

Asking this little kid to act, you have no time to kneel down and kowtow to thank him, so how dare you refuse?

Sensing that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Lin Xuan drank all the wine in his glass, then stood up and left.

"Brother Long, Director Chen, it's getting late. I'll go back and rest first. I have to catch a flight to Wanwan tomorrow morning."

"Oh, then I'll give it to you."

Cheng Long seemed to be shocked and took a long time to react.

After leaving the courtyard and walking outside the door, several big trees in the distance suddenly burst into light.

Lin Xuan stretched out his hand and asked doubtfully: "Brother Long, what's going on?"

Cheng Long looked up and smiled helplessly: "The paparazzi on Hong Kong Island are everywhere. We are all used to it."

There's someone in this tree!

Lin Xuan looked over and said in admiration: "These paparazzi are very skilled. This tree is more than five meters high, and they are not afraid of falling."

"The paparazzi make a living by taking candid photos. As long as you give them money, they are willing to hide in a cesspit."

Lin Xuan smiled and waved over there.

"Brother Long, then I won't disturb you. When you have time to visit the mainland, I will invite you to my home."

"Okay, let's make an agreement."

The two shook hands and said goodbye, and Lin Xuan turned around and sat in the back seat of the car.

"Director Lin!"

He was about to close the door when Cheng Long suddenly came over.

"Is it true that New Police Story doesn't work?"

Lin Xuan looked up at him, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"This story is too cliche, and Brother Long is best at comedy. If he suddenly changes to a tragic drama, the current audience may not buy it."

That being said, it was not convenient for him to explain the more in-depth reasons.

"Thank you, Director Lin, I understand!"