Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 210 The reason why Zhang Long quit
After graduating from Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Chen returned to the company and waited for Cheng Long and Liang Jiahui to arrive.

At around 3 pm, the two finally arrived, along with Huo Wenxi, whom they had met once before.

"Brother Cheng Long, Mr. Liang, Miss Huo, welcome~"

"Director Zhang Chen, Manager Dong, nice to meet you~"

After greeting each other at the door, Zhang Chen invited everyone in.

The receptionist at the door was very excited. She kept staring at Cheng Long and didn't even notice Dong Jianqiang winking at her.

Fortunately, I wasn't stupid enough to rush up and ask for an autograph, because that would have been extremely embarrassing.

A group of people entered the company, and Zhang Chen led everyone to the VIP room.

As soon as the door of the VIP room was closed, the company immediately became lively.

Cheng Long, the living Cheng Long~
And Liang Jiahui~
If it hadn't been clearly stated in advance that taking photos was strictly prohibited, the photos would have been posted online by now.

But even so, everyone was still chattering away.

Inside the room, Zhang Chen clasped his hands together and said, "I'm really sorry to bother you all to make this special trip."

Cheng Long waved his hand and said, "It's okay, we are all here for the movie."

The crowd did not get straight to the point, but chatted casually, and started talking about "The Myth". Liang Jiahui told the story of how he was forced to jump out of a helicopter.

Cheng Long smiled and shook his head, while Liang Jiahui still looked frightened.

Zhang Chen also echoed: "It seems that you, Brother Cheng Long, are the same kind of person as Hollywood's Director Cameron..."

"Well, what's wrong with Cameron?" The eldest brother was successfully interested.

"When we were filming True Lies, there was a scene where Cameron asked the actress to hang under a helicopter. The actress was too scared to act, so Cameron said to her, don't be afraid, I'll accompany you, and then he also carried a camera and hung under the helicopter..."

"Yes, yes, that's right. I told Tony at the time, I'll jump for you to see, but he still didn't dare to jump..."

"Nonsense, do you think I'm from your Cheng family~"

After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and Cheng Long finally asked about the role.

"Director Zhang Chen, to be honest, I really like this script. The character of Brian in it is so charming. He travels a thousand miles to save his daughter, kills gods and Buddhas when he meets them. This is completely different from the roles I have played before..."

Cheng Long never stops talking, which makes Zhang Chen not know how to respond.

Liang Jiahui next to him interrupted and said, "Jackie, wait a minute, don't just talk about yourself, listen to Director Zhang Chen's opinion."

Zhang Chen glanced at everyone and saw that everyone was staring at him. He knew he couldn't avoid it today, so he organized his words a little, but ultimately felt that it would be best to get straight to the point.

"Brother Cheng Long, let me make it clear that I personally have no ill feelings towards you. On the contrary, I really like your movies..."

Hearing Zhang Chen say this, a smile appeared on Cheng Long's face.

"But when it comes to Taken, you really don't fit the role..."

"Come on, everyone, drink tea, don't be anxious, let's talk while drinking..."

Dong Jianqiang quickly served him some tea, while secretly complaining, "You little bastard, couldn't you have laid the groundwork a little more instead of getting straight to the point."

Sure enough, Cheng Long's smile disappeared, and he was obviously a little unconvinced: "Then tell me, why am I not suitable?"

It seems that the eldest brother is not going to act tough. This is easy to deal with. As long as we talk reasonably, everything will be fine.

This time Zhang Chen organized his words: "As I said just now, I grew up watching big brother's movies.

"Police Story", "Project A", "Rumble in the Bronx", "Platinum Dragon", "Who Am I"...

Big Brother's movies have a very obvious personal style, Kung Fu comedy, and Big Brother always makes full use of everything around him, tables, chairs, ladders, refrigerators, bamboo poles, doors...

You can make anything you put into your hands look amazing, like a wonderful magician, performing dangerous moves in a humorous way, so people call you the Furniture City God of War. "

Cheng Long nodded: "That's true. My previous plays were all designed like this. A large group of people chased me, and I used various things around me. I was always in a mess, but the mess was also the source of the joke..."

"Right. So in Big Brother's movies, the fighting scenes are always very dense, with one every few minutes. This maximizes the funny effect, but at the same time reduces the sense of urgency. But Big Brother's movies are essentially comedies, so it doesn't matter if there is less sense of urgency."

Seeing that what Zhang Chen said was correct, Cheng Long nodded.

Zhang Chen spread his hands and said, "This is exactly what conflicts with our play."

The two of them remained silent, waiting for the next words, and Zhang Chen continued, "Taken is a story about rescue, and the tense atmosphere is the most important.

Brian is an agent. He never drags his feet. If a problem can be solved in one go, he will never do it a second time. There is nothing funny about it.

If you have read the script, you should know that Brian is essentially a demon, but he doesn't need to show his demonic side in his daily life. But when his daughter was kidnapped, he released the demon.

In the scene where he was having dinner with his good friend, he could shoot his friend's wife without hesitation in order to find out the whereabouts of his daughter. The other party's wife was essentially a good person. She knew nothing and even made a sumptuous dinner for Brian. But Brian could shoot without hesitation, just because he was his friend's weak spot...

This kind of role is completely contrary to Brother Cheng Long's previous roles.

As far as I know, all the roles played by Big Brother, no matter whether they are small-time figures, agents, or killers, are actually good people in essence and will not kill innocent people.

Even when dealing with villains, we don’t kill them, but subdue or defeat them…”

Zhang Chen hit the nail on the head. Golden Harvest had set rules for Cheng Long a long time ago. First, the role played by Cheng Long must be a good guy. Second, Cheng Long cannot die in the movie.

This rule has been followed throughout Cheng Long's entire acting career.

"So the image of the big brother has actually been finalized. As long as people see Cheng Long, they will subconsciously think that the character you play must be a good person. At this time, if you do the things that Brian does, the audience will be distracted and feel a serious sense of tearing apart. This feeling may even affect the reputation of the movie..."

Zhang Chen listed the reasons one by one, each one was well-founded, and Cheng Long didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

"On the contrary, it's you, Mr. Liang Jiahui. I heard that you refused because you were concerned about the action scenes. In fact, there is really no need.

Because there are no dangerous actions in the whole play, such as jumping off a plane or a bridge. All the action scenes are basically gun battles and fighting, which can be completed through editing. Of course, necessary training is definitely needed. "

While Cheng Long was silent, Zhang Chen started to persuade Liang Jiahui.

Liang Jiahui looked a little hesitant.

Cheng Long suddenly said, "What if I give up all my styles? I'm not Cheng Long, I'm just an actor, is that not okay?"

Cheng Long did this in later life, such as in "Shinjuku Incident", but what was the result?

Having abandoned Jackie Chan's personal style, his performance was actually not that outstanding and the audience did not really buy into it.

Besides, Cheng Long himself doesn't give people a sense of oppression.

In "Shinjuku Incident", he played the boss with a large group of people following him, but he didn't look very imposing.

In terms of the sense of oppression, he is not even as strong as Zeng Zhiwei.

Not to mention, although Zeng Zhiwei’s character is not very good, his acting skills are really great, no wonder he won the Best Actor award.

He is the only actor who can act with his eyes like Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

Han Chen in "Infernal Affairs" was really well acted.

Seeing that Zhang Chen did not comment, Cheng Long seemed to want to insist.

He has vision and is very talented.

"Police Stories" and "Project A" were all written, directed and acted by him, and both were huge successes.

Looking across the mainland and Hong Kong, there are very few who can achieve this.

But because of this, Zhang Chen didn't know how to refuse.

I simply asked, "Brother, do you smoke?"

Cheng Long was stunned: "Yes, I smoke occasionally~"

"Then let's go out and smoke a cigarette~"

After that, the two of them went out to smoke, leaving everyone else in the house.

Everyone knew that these two people were probably talking in secret.

Dong Jianqiang would definitely not let the occasion get dull. He talked about this and that, made jokes, and even pulled Liang Jiahui and Huo Wenxi to chat.

After a few minutes, the two people who were smoking returned.

This time, the eldest brother's face was much more serious. After returning, Cheng Long hesitated for a moment, but finally patted Liang Jiahui on the shoulder and said, "Tony, Director Zhang is right. This play is indeed not suitable for me. You should do it."

?

For a moment, everyone's eyes widened.

What is this? Magic?
How come Cheng Long changed his mind when he came back after going out to smoke a cigarette?

As a good friend, Tony Leung was particularly curious. As far as he was concerned, Jackie Chan was not easily persuaded.

He was very curious about what Zhang Chen and Cheng Long had just said.

But now is obviously not a good time to ask.

However, after Cheng Long expressed his opinion, Zhang Chen started talking to Liang Jiahui about the movie. Liang Jiahui certainly also wanted to cooperate, but he had only done so because of Cheng Long.

"This film has a lot of gunfights. I am planning to enter the North American market, where the requirements for gunfights are very strict and must be realistic, so Mr. Liang will probably need to go to the United States in advance and receive a month of weapons training there."

"no problem."

Liang Jiahui readily agreed. Their generation of filmmakers are very serious about movies.

In the evening, Xingchen Entertainment hosted a banquet for Cheng Long and his group. Liang Jiahui had to wait until they returned to the hotel before he had the opportunity to ask.

"Jackie, what's going on? What did Zhang Chen say to you? Why did you decide to quit so suddenly?"

Now that there were no outsiders around, Cheng Long no longer concealed the truth. He sighed and said, "He just said one sentence to me."

"What?"

"He said, 'Taken' is a story about a father saving his daughter. If you don't even recognize Xiao Long Nu, do you think the audience will believe this movie?"

(End of this chapter)