Liu Dehua has been in the industry for twenty years and has appeared in hundreds of movies, with an average of five dramas a year.

Even if some of them are supporting roles and guest appearances, the number is quite amazing.

From this point, we can see that Xiangjiang movies focus on efficiency and not on quality.

Objectively speaking, half of the hundreds of films starring Liu Dehua can be classified as bad movies.

This is caused by the general environment of the Xiangjiang film industry.

Celebrities like him who have box office appeal are often overwhelmed by fame and fortune, and are even forced to film.

In Xiangjiang, which is the leading commercial film, the quantity and quality of films are difficult to be proportional to.

Even so, after starring in so many movies, he is still the boss of the film company. Liu Dehua has a basic ability to distinguish the quality of the script.

He also thought the story Lin Zixuan told was interesting, but he was not optimistic about the market prospects.

This story is different from the mainstream movies in Xiangjiang. The gang movies in Xiangjiang are about brotherhood, fighting and killing, and the police and gangster movies are about hot action scenes and gun battle scenes.

This is a routine for commercial films, so that they can attract audiences.

There are also undercover plots in police and gangster films in Xiangjiang, which is not a new idea. Xiangjiang filmmakers have always been innovating and have conducted in-depth research on various types of films.

The highlight of Lin Zixuan's story lies in the fact that he uses two small characters at the mercy of others as the protagonists to create conflicts.

After listening to it, Liu Dehua felt that he was not good at positioning. He was neither a typical commercial film nor an art film, but a commercial film with literary colors.

Will there be a market for this kind of movie?

Xiangjiang audiences are used to simple and crude entertainment movies. Can they accept this change?

He said it was hard, no one could tell whether the video was a big hit by listening to the story outline.

However, since Lin Zixuan is willing to invest, Liu Dehua doesn't mind giving it a try.

Through this cooperation, we established a long-term relationship with Haomeng Company, paving the way for him to enter the mainland market.

At the just-concluded Oriole Awards ceremony, he saw Lin Zixuan's influence in the mainland film and television industry and his close relationship with the official.

The so-called hearing is false, and seeing is true.

For example, the director of the TV Series Management Department, who was surrounded by the leaders of Xiangnan Radio and Television, was serious when shaking hands with others, and smiled and chatted with Lin Zixuan.

From some details, we can see a person's social relationships, the characters he interacts with, and the attitudes others towards him.

Moreover, Liu Dehua is quite confident in Lin Zixuan's investment in films.

This confidence comes from the previous performance of Good Dream Company. The success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is proof that it shows that Lin Zixuan has a clever vision in investment.

Another thing that touched Liu Dehua was that Lin Zixuan contributed money and he had no risks.

After experiencing the failure of early film investment, Liu Dehua became more cautious. He would not easily get involved in large-scale productions and prefer small and medium-sized films.

If you invest less than 10 million Hong Kong dollars, you can make a big profit with a small amount. Even if you lose money, he can afford it without going bankrupt.

Xiangjiang filmmakers focus on avoiding risks. For example, when Zhou Xingji films "Shaolin Football", he will not invest, but instead invest everywhere, and he would rather share the box office.

It cannot be said that Zhou Xingji has no money, but there is no need to take risks with his own money.

The production cycle of a movie takes three months, and one or two years.

No one can guarantee that the filming will be completed smoothly, and there will be no mistakes in the middle. It is not as stressful to use other people's funds to make movies.

Therefore, directors and actors rarely invest themselves, and at most they use their pay as investments. This is a safe approach.

Of course, if you see the complete script and feel that there is a prospect, Liu Dehua may invest millions.

Now it's just starting out, it's hard to say whether it can be successful or not.

"Mr. Lin is so happy, I must be fine. I'll leave it to me in Xiangjiang." Liu Dehua agreed.

"Boss Liu, happy cooperation." Lin Zixuan raised his cup and smiled.

Several people touched the cups and drank the wine, and the atmosphere became lively.

With this reason, the relationship between the two sides has been brought closer. Liu Dehua asked him about the topic he was most concerned about, what type of Hong Kong films are popular in the mainland.

These are actually two issues, one is the censorship of movies and the other is the preferences of mainland audiences.

Cheng Long's kung fu films were successful in the mainland, but they were difficult to imitate and the investment was too great.

Liu Dehua's early films involved gang revenge or gambling. Such films are difficult to enter the mainland market. As he gets older, he is actively seeking transformation in the past two years.

His previous roles were mostly prodigal sons in love, but now he prefers a stable personality.

Even trying to play the role of father in the movie.

Age is a problem that actors cannot avoid. When they play prodigals when they are young, the audience will find it very handsome. After they are forty, they will be suspected of pretending to be young.

"If you take risks, you can try police and gangster movies, but if the police are in a positive role, the bad guys should not be too out of line. Be safer, that is a romantic comedy movie. This audience likes. There is another type of costume movie. It is easy to review, but you just need to film it carefully." Lin Zixuan reminded.

The party ended in the early morning, and they went back to rest, and they had to catch a plane in the morning.

On the way back to the hotel, Feng Xiaogang was a little confused.

"You are planning to work with Andy Lau to make a movie? Don't you have no good feelings for the Hong Kong circle?" Feng Xiaogang said strangely.

Feng Xiaogang is older than Liu Dehua, so there is no problem calling Andy Lau.

In terms of interpersonal communication, he is more mature than Lin Zixuan. He knows that Lin Zixuan doesn't like people in the Hong Kong circle.

Taking the production team of "Hero" as an example, all staff members of Xiangjiang who have a bad attitude towards the mainland are excluded, including the people of Xiangjiang who have worked in the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It is true that those people have experience, but Lin Zixuan values ​​attitude more.

This led to those people spreading bad things about Good Dream Company in Xiangjiang, saying that Lin Zixuan was biased against the people in Xiangjiang.

"Didn't they say I'm biased? I'll show them that I'm a person who likes to cooperate." Lin Zixuan said, "This is an opportunity for us to enter the Xiangjiang film market. We can't just come and go. This is called coming and going."

The "Infernal Affairs" series of movies is called the last glory of Hong Kong films.

It may be a bit exaggerating to say this, but its status can be seen, especially when Hong Kong films declined.

Lin Zixuan does not intend to open up new worlds for Hong Kong films. He does not have that great ability or interest. The decline of Hong Kong films is the result of a combination of multiple factors. It is not that it can be saved by making a few movies.

That's unrealistic.

Lin Zixuan just wants to use this movie to open up the movie market in Xiangjiang for Haomeng Company, and at the same time attract the attention of Xiangjiang filmmakers and let those people understand his attitude.

To put it bluntly, you can make money by working with Haomeng Company.

Since it is inevitable that Xiangjiang filmmakers have developed into a trend in the mainland, it is inevitable that they will win over a group, suppress a group, and divide and disintegrate. This is Lin Zixuan's purpose.
Chapter completed!