I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 452: Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils (13)

Alas, it’s a pity that the timing of rebirth is wrong.

If it was a few years earlier, "The Man from Nowhere" and "New World" could have been used to film...

It’s 2020 now, there’s nothing to copy anymore!
However, after hearing what Shen Liang said, Chen Musheng said, "I'll help you look for it. There should be a good book!"

"Who are you going to find?"

"The Hong Kong film industry is very small," Chen Musheng smiled, "As long as you are willing to start a project, there will definitely be scripts sent to you."

Shen Liang nodded...

Chen Musheng hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Are you interested in meeting director Johnnie To?"

Shen Liang didn't even think about it and shook his head: "...No!"

"Can I...ah?"

Chen Musheng was about to introduce him to Shen Liang, but Shen Liang flatly refused: "You don't want to meet Johnnie To?"

“…I don’t like his movies!”

"Is that so...never mind!"

Then, continue shooting.

"Raging Fire" is not over yet!

……

The relationship between Benny Chan and Johnnie To…is hard to say.

In terms of inheritance, Johnnie To can be said to be Chen Musheng's mentor. When Chen Musheng joined TVB, he had the opportunity to work with him as an assistant director and was enlightened by him, which had a great influence on Chen Musheng's development in the film industry. Later, when filming "A Moment of Romance", he boldly let Chen Musheng be the director, and privately the two of them also called each other master and apprentice...

But the relationship between the two...is not very friendly.

After "A Moment of Romance", the two had no more contact, and Chen Musheng never even filmed a movie for Galaxy Impression.

In fact, among Hong Kong film directors, in terms of qualifications and abilities, Benny Chan is second-rate - his name will not appear in any list of the top ten Hong Kong directors.

The film "Seven" is directed by seven directors, Sammo Hung, Ann Hui, Patrick Tam, Yuen Woo-ping, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, and Tsui Hark. These seven are considered first-line directors...

By the way, “Seven-Piece Band” was originally called “Eight and a Half Parts”, but Wu Yusen withdrew due to health reasons.

Shen Liangting looked down on Johnnie To - a typical director who lives off his past success, just like Chen Kaige. The key point is that his peak period was not as good as Kaiye's. Kaiye had two masterpieces, "Yellow Earth" and "Farewell My Concubine", which were passed down through the ages. What did he have?
Criticizing the system and the government all day long...

It seems like the government has restricted him from making movies.

Damn, when I was licking Wanwan, I didn’t dislike it and was conscientious, but when I came to the mainland, I was very picky...

If he's really capable, he could just leave me here and go to Hollywood.

He can't!
In fact, he was quite jealous. Wang Jing made a lot of money from the crappy movie series "The Man from Macau", Huang Zhenzhen also received many film offers for her mediocre romantic comedies, and Pang Ho-cheung, who filmed shit and piss, could even shoot several movies in a row.

These people have to call him Sir Du respectfully in Hong Kong, but they are doing very well in the north.

What kind of status does Johnnie To have in Hong Kong? He won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards three times, made Andy Lau, Louis Koo and Sammi Cheng famous, and also helped Andy Lau transform. Now he is being bullied by this bunch of people. How can he balance himself mentally?

The worst thing is that the box office in Hong Kong has also collapsed. Young people no longer watch Hong Kong films, and Marvel dominates the charts.

The Hong Kong box office of "Trees That Catch the Wind", which was hyped by a bunch of marketing accounts, was only 930 million Hong Kong dollars...

It’s not even as good as the 950 million Hong Kong dollars for “Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter”!
No one wants to hire him in the north, and there is no money to be made in Hong Kong. The director who won the Academy Awards has not even been able to get a movie in the past few years and can no longer hold on.

Your mentality is unbalanced!
Reflect on their own?
There is no comfort in complaining about policies and the environment!

Everybody is complaining!

I said it so many times that I started to believe it myself.

As for his creativity - the director who tinkered with "My Boxing Boyfriend", how can we expect him to have any creativity?

……

In fact, there is a fertile ground for Hong Kong action movies: online movies!
Unfortunately, with the orderly recovery of physical theaters and the breakthrough progress of short dramas in recent years, online movies have fallen into a deeper dilemma, their positioning has become increasingly awkward, and the road ahead is infinitely confusing.

When Shen Liang returned to the hotel, Rouba was talking on the phone with his agent... probably to report that he was safe!
He opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of ice water, took a sip, and then sat at the dining table waiting for the meat...

“…My agent told me to stay in Hong Kong first, saying the situation in the mainland is very serious!”

"Hmm..." Shen Liang nodded, and then called her: "Eat."

"Aren't you worried?"

Shen Liang smiled and said, "The sky won't fall!"

Rouba sat down and changed the subject: "…Are you almost done filming?"

"Almost there...I estimate it will be finished in two weeks at most."

"So... after the filming, will you go back to the mainland?"

"There's nothing to do when I go back!" Shen Liang shook his head: "I talked to Director Chen Musheng today and we're going to start a new project."

"New project? Can I join? I'm almost growing hair from staying in the hotel!"

"…Of course there is one. I proposed an idea, but it was rejected…"

Shen Liang sighed: "However, Director Chen is going to find someone..."

At this point, Shen Liang suddenly froze...

Rouba waited for a long time, but he didn't speak, so he asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

“…I remember, I have a new project plan in my computer…”

"A new project?"

"It's called 'Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils'..."

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils? I seem to have heard of this story before..."

"It's not an allusion, it's a crime film. Let me tell you the general plot."

……

"Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is a very enjoyable movie. Shen Liang has always been very impressed, especially the part where he was about to leave after killing the Venerable, but suddenly heard a group of people starting to sing again.

Chen Guilin had a look of “Banana you bala” on his face…

Are you not sick, sister? Wouldn't it be better to take the money and run away?

Then Chen Guilin turned around and started the living devil mode.

So cool!
It is different from the previous violent movies. The previous violent aesthetics were tense and intense, but this scene is absurd and playful...

The crew of "Raging Fire" can definitely gather to shoot "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils", Zhen Zidan can't play the role...

This is better, replace it with Wu Zhenyu or Liang Jiahui...

By the way, Rouba can play Xiaomei...

He called Chen Musheng, who answered the phone and listened to his outline of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils". He was silent for a while, then said, "... Let's talk about it when we meet tomorrow."

"Well, you should take a rest first."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Liang glanced at Rouba, then said, "Tell your agent that you have accepted a role in a play and will be staying in Hong Kong for... at least two months!"

"Okay," Rouba immediately picked up the phone...

"Wait a moment!" Shen Liang interrupted her and asked, "How much is your salary?"

“…filming?”

"Correct!"

"It should be around 300 million..."

"Okay, I'll ask my company to send an invitation to your agency team..."

(End of this chapter)