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Chapter 217: The Best in the World (6600 monthly tickets plus more)

Wang Jing does not plan to be a director himself.

He already has other dramas in the works, and now he has to be the producer, producer, and screenwriter of this one. He will definitely be too busy to be the director.

Therefore, Deng Yancheng, Liang Xinquan and Liu Zifu were invited to provide joint guidance, which also made it convenient to divide the film into groups A and B to speed up the shooting progress.

These directors are all average.

Generally, directors are easy to control. Wang Jing is also a gold medal director who has directed "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Demon Cult Leader". These three directors only need to implement his ideas.

You can’t just find an ordinary martial arts director.

Since it is a martial arts film, the martial arts director is the soul of the work.

What do ordinary martial arts directors use to shoot TV dramas?

Therefore, we have to find the best martial arts director.

Wang Jing threw out the king bomb as soon as he came up.

Cheng Xiaodong!
It is the action design of classic movies such as "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Hero", "The Terracotta Warriors", "New Dragon Inn", "Shaolin Soccer", and "The East is Red 2".

The two have collaborated many times.

In 1992, Wang Jing directed "The Deer and the Cauldron" and "The Deer and the Cauldron II: Cult of the Dragon", and the action director of both films was Cheng Xiaodong.

In 2002, Cheng Xiaodong directed the movie "Red Fruit Spy", and Wang Jing served as the producer.

Cheng Xiaodong would definitely not refuse Wang Jing. Moreover, although he has no shortage of work, with the reduction in Hong Kong film production, going to the mainland to test the waters is also a good choice.

Several people discussed it.

Wang Jing strongly recommended Zhang Weijian to play the leading male role.

Zhang Weijian's popularity and strength are there, so the producers certainly have nothing to say.

However, they also have to give up the role of Gui Hai Yidao and recommend Taiwanese star Huo Jianhua to play it.

If this is the case, the first and second male roles are all ready, and the rest can be done by picking handsome men and beautiful women from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

The problem lies with Zhang Weijian.

He was indeed very popular. He appeared in ten movies in 93. Later, he switched to TV series, appearing in four TV series in 01 and three in 4, and he basically played the leading role in all of them.

Not only is my schedule packed, but my body is also a little exhausted.

Although he took Wang Jing's invitation very seriously, he still declined the role and only agreed to take time to make a guest appearance.

Since the target market is the mainland, Wang Jing decided to find actors in the mainland after being rejected by Zhang Weijian.

Find a mainlander to play the leading male role.

The producers have no objection either. The rabbit needs to be fattened up before being killed. It is better to build up the reputation first so that it will be convenient to promote Taiwanese artists later.

Cheng Xiaodong did have some opinions.

His requirement for the male lead is that he must be able to fight, and weak and timid ones are not acceptable.

Wang Jing's request is simpler...

fire!
He chooses whoever is popular.

He listed all the popular ones in mainland China and listed what works each of them has.

The ones at the top are Li Guanpeng, Huang Lin, Chen Kun, Tong Dawei, Nie Yuan... a total of 20 to 30 young actors aged between and are counted.

Then we screened out those who seemed to have no experience in action performances, and more than half of them were eliminated.

In this regard, Hao Yun, who was originally ranked at the bottom, jumped directly into the top five because of his many action movies.

His main opponents are Li Guanpeng, Nie Yuan, Huang Haibing and Wu Jing.

Hao Yun is ranked last. After all, he has not had many works in which he played the leading role. If he had not filmed so many movies, he might not even have entered Wang Jing's sight.

Among these five people, Wang Jing picked Hao Yun at first sight.

The reason is very simple, because Hao Yun is the most popular in Hong Kong. He has participated in "Infernal Affairs 1" and "Infernal Affairs 2", as well as "PTU" and "The King's Avatar", and is now working with Fang Long on "New Police Story".

He was filming in Hong Kong, and there was gossip about him in Hong Kong's entertainment gossip every day.

Yunzai and Edison went to the nightclub to have fun again.

Yunzai had lipstick marks on his face and he ran away crying from the hot girls.

XXX threatened that he would sleep with Yunzai within this month.

and many more.

There are also positive comments. For example, when people who have worked with Hao Yun mentioned Hao Yun in interviews, most of them praised him highly.

It is said that he is serious about acting and is eager to learn.

He can even communicate with ordinary martial artists or action stuntmen for several hours.

Yesterday, the media also photographed him drinking with Fang Long, Wong Yuk-long and others until late at night. Wong Yuk-long ignored Fang Long and had a great time chatting with Hao Yun, reluctant to leave.

Hao Yun never thought about integrating into the Hong Kong circle.

But inadvertently, I unknowingly established good relationships with various bigwigs.

Wang Jing didn’t consider the top few candidates. He asked about the crew of “New Police Story” and asked someone to send him a business card.

Now, they finally sat together to discuss. "This Duan Tianya..." Hao Yun had no prejudice against Wang Jing. As long as he was not forced to shoot a Category III film, it would be fine to cooperate with him.

It mainly depends on the role.

“When I wrote this script, I referred to many characters from Jin Yong. For example, Gui Hai Yi Dao has the same origin as Yang Guo, except that he has an arm missing.

But this role has already been booked by the boss.

Cheng Shifei accidentally entered the palace and had disputes with the princess, and he was actually Lord Wei.

Zhuge Shenhou endured humiliation, made deliberate plans, and was even willing to cause a rift between master and disciple. This can definitely remind you of Yue Buqun.

The role of Duan Tianya that I asked you to play is basically the same as Linghu Chong's script."

Wang Jing was very frank and did not shy away from talking about the creative process of the crew. Be it a tribute or plagiarism, it did not affect his ability to establish the character.

"Linghu Chong, why don't you look for Li Guanpeng?"

Hao Yun felt that Li Guanpeng’s Linghu Chong was okay, but not as free and easy as Lu Songxian.

"I don't know if the injury he got while filming The Legend of the Condor Healed yet. He was injured while filming Smiling Proud Wanderer and The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Untrained action actors are too fragile. And didn't he say that he would never take on another martial arts drama after The Legend of the Condor Heroes?" Wang Jing had considered this.

I only considered it for a moment and then gave up.

Li Guanpeng's Guo Jing was criticized, which was also an aspect of giving up.

Wang Jing is good at making commercial films and knows that the biggest taboo in commercial films is to feed the audience shit.

If you want to make money, please the audience more.

Don't do anything that the audience doesn't like.

"Thirty million investment, Linghu Chong..." Hao Yun pondered.

If this bureau was not a mowing bureau, the quality of the drama would not be too bad.

No one dares to cheat the producer's money. Yang Kuideng is the black knife godfather of Taiwan. He once supported Li Lianjie to break away from the control of the Xiang family. The Xiang family did not dare to offend him. Even if Wang Jing had ten times the courage, he would not dare to cheat Yang Kuideng to death.

Seeing that Wang Jing was able to choose such an outstanding person like himself in casting, his vision must be equally excellent.

"The pay won't be low, we can give you 3 per episode!"

Wang Jing smiled secretly in his heart. They planned to pay Zhang Weijian 8 per episode.

If Li Guanpeng were to be asked, the pay would definitely not be lower than this number. After all, Li Guanpeng's total pay for filming 42 episodes of The Legend of the Condor Heroes reached 300 million.

"It's not a matter of money. From January to April next year, I will be starring in 'Blood Romance' directed by Teng Wenji, and the release schedule may not match it." Hao Yun was a little embarrassed.

Of course, he certainly wasn't using it as an excuse.

If you want to shirk your responsibility, just don't mention the specific schedule. My schedule will definitely conflict with yours anyway, even if it doesn't matter.

The point of telling you the schedule is that I'm going to be starring in a TV series. If you really want to invite me...

Need more money!
What should I do if Wang Jing doesn’t want to add it?

It's simple. Oh, our schedules really coincide. Even if the deal doesn't go through, we can still be friends. Let's get drunk today.

"Haha, isn't this a coincidence? Our drama will start filming at the end of April and will be finished in July. Rongzi is here today too. I'll make the decision and increase your salary to 4 per episode. Your total salary will not be less than 7 million. You can leave the schedule from May to July to your brother Jing, and we can work together. What do you think?"

Wang Jing was not tall, but he was a generous and open-minded person. When he heard what Hao Yun said, he added another ten thousand without hesitation.

Even if it's increased by 10,000, it's still half the price of the original leading actor. Wouldn't it be better to use the remaining money to make a few more special effects and improve the quality of the drama?

"Brother Jing, why didn't I meet you earlier?" Hao Yun held Wang Jing's hand with a sincere look on his face.

Now the schedule is really full.

After finishing the filming of "New Police Story", he will go back to shoot "Heart Labyrinth". Thanks to Guo Degao's efforts, all the necessary contacts have been made, and they are just waiting for him to go back and start working.

The filming of "Heart Labyrinth" was not difficult. As all the storyboards had been drawn, Hao Yun was confident that he could finish it in more than a month.

By then, I will be able to join the crew of "Blood Romance".

"Blood Romance" will be completed by the end of April and will join the crew of "The World's Number One" seamlessly.

He is definitely the leading male role in both dramas.

The official casting time for "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is June. Given Zhang Jizhong's personality, he will definitely have to work hard for several months and may not be able to shoot in October.

If "The Return of the Condor Heroes" could be won, Hao Yun would have filmed three TV series in 2004.

They are all male number one!
Looking back at the four young actors, he will definitely get in without a doubt.

Skip the third line and directly advance to the second line.

The main reason is that it is too tight. The development of an actor requires sedimentation, both in terms of popularity and reputation. Otherwise, it is not impossible for him to be promoted to the first-line.

The fact that Hao Yun was able to play the leading role in three TV series also shows his popularity.

He is popular and cheap, and if the capital doesn't strongly want to promote him, it is normal for him to get the leading male role.

It's just like a girl.

Li Guanpeng wanted three million, but Hao Yun only wanted one hundred.

And he is more handsome than Li Guanpeng.

Those who are experienced know how to choose. It’s not good to play three times with the same money.

(End of this chapter)