Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 55 Zhang Jizhong

Zhang Jizhong has been feeling very upset these past few months, and has a feeling that nothing is going right.

"The Return of the Condor Heroes" is a big IP among fans of Jin Yong's novels. It is the most influential and well-known work of Jin Yong's novels.

But this TV series is not easy to shoot, because the 95 version starring Louis Koo and Carman Li is also a classic. If the filming effect is not good, it will definitely be criticized like his "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

After filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he also prepared for a long time before he dared to raise funds to start filming this popular martial arts work.

However, this costume drama, which cost tens of millions of yuan and was said to be the largest-invested costume drama in China's history, encountered a terrible situation from the very beginning.

The roles had been chosen last year. Needless to say, the female lead was named Liu, a junior student at Beijing Film Academy. She had a close relationship with him, as she had played his Tianlong before.

The male lead was chosen through competition. He is a star who graduated from Beijing Film Academy. He is handsome and paid a lot.

However, in July last year, when the crew was about to go to Jiuzhaigou in Xichuan to officially start filming, the male lead suddenly fell ill.

According to his agent, he was fine, eating hot pot and singing, when he suddenly closed his eyes and passed out, foaming at the mouth, and losing consciousness. He was still mumbling something. He was later sent to the hospital for examination, but no illness was found. However, he remained in a coma and could only recuperate at home.

As a result, it took more than half a year to recuperate, and he is only now able to get out of bed. It is still unknown when he can join the group.

At this point, Zhang Jizhong's patience was exhausted, and he was determined to re-cast the role even if it meant returning the money.

This was a scandal of moderate size, but thanks to the mediation of the original male lead's agent, the crew did not make a big fuss about it and only screened some male actors in a small circle.

But Zhang Jizhong is not an ordinary person. He is a producer who values ​​both money and art.

When he chose the handsome young man to play Yang Guo, he actually felt that he was just average. Louis Koo played Yang Guo with great charm, and if he wanted to surpass him, he had to find another way.

However, the young man was too greasy. His performance as the middle-aged Yang Guo was passable, but it was hard to accept him as a 16-year-old boy.

This was a thorn in Zhang Ji's heart, but he didn't tell anyone because he had seen all the suitable male actors on the market, and overall, this one was indeed the best candidate.

This time, the originally scheduled male lead could not play the role, so in his eyes, the other male actors had eyebrows that were not eyebrows, noses that were not noses, and everything was wrong.

This is not about money, it's about the wrong person. Just like that Nie, I thought he was okay before, but now I think he's a little off.

Zhang Jizhong is going crazy. Could it be that he has to ask Li Yapeng to play Yang Guo?
After playing Linghu Chong, he plays Guo Jing, and after playing Guo Jing, he plays Yang Guo? At that time, people will definitely ask, is there no other male actor in China?
The key point is that this type is not right. Is there a Yang Guo with a square face? Jin Yong clearly wrote in his novel that he is a handsome young man with a pointed face.

Just when Zhang Jizhong could only keep dragging it out, hoping that the original male protagonist's illness would be cured, a thunderclap came from Berlin, Europe. An unknown boy actually won the Best Actor award.

This is nothing at the general public level, but in the entertainment industry, it is indeed a big deal.

Zhang Jizhong also paid some attention to it despite his busy schedule. Originally, Berlin Cannes had nothing to do with the Jin Yong martial arts film he was going to shoot, but as luck would have it, he saw the interview with Chen Nuo broadcasted on Channel 6 a few days ago.

Zhang Jizhong had a rare day off at that time, so he had lunch at home with his family. His TV was always showing movie channels, so when Chen Nuo came out, he saw it.

After staring at Chen Nuo's face for five minutes, Zhang Ji stopped eating lunch and started making phone calls. He notified everyone from the producer to the stylist and asked them to watch TV. That afternoon, everyone gathered together for a meeting. However, casting for such a large crew must be cautious. You can't just make a big fuss without knowing anything, otherwise it will be difficult to step down. Therefore, it is definitely not enough to select people based on their appearance. You still have to look at the work.

But the movies starring this person have never been released in China, and no videotapes or DVDs have been circulated. What should I do?

Fortunately, a big crew is a big crew, and someone has an acquaintance in that bureau who is responsible for review. He happened to meet Zhang Yiyi submitting the film for review these two days. After watching the director's cut sent by Zhang Yiyi, the acquaintance first criticized the film in front of Zhang Yiyi, asking him to change this and delete that, and then called the person in Zhang Jizhong's crew and said, "The acting is amazing, it will definitely work."

So the report was submitted, but everyone was still a little worried, so they went to Beijing Film Academy through other channels to get Chen Nuo's test footage and studied it over and over again for the entire morning. Finally, after 11 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Jizhong made the final decision.

"It's him. Go contact him and ask him to come over to take the final photos."

"Well, what if the schedule is wrong?"

Zhang Jizhong stroked his white beard and laughed, "Is it possible?"

It's really impossible.

Big investment, big director, look at Li Yapeng, how popular he is, how could any actor not want to?

Even if there is no schedule, I am willing to pay the penalty.

The casting director who asked this question also laughed and said, "Okay, then let them come over and sign."

The casting director took the contact information he had obtained and went out.

A meeting had just finished among the people in the room. The tense atmosphere had relaxed a little and they were all chatting, eating fruit, drinking tea, waiting for things to be settled before everyone went about their own business.

Unexpectedly, the casting director came back less than two minutes later, holding the phone and looking dazed.

"what happened?"

"Director Zhang, they said that the college entrance examination is today, so we are not available."

Zhang Jizhong's first reaction was that he had never seen such a thing before. Someone actually dared to act like a big shot in front of him. His face suddenly turned cold: "What did you tell him?"

The casting director said carefully: "I will say that I am from the Condor Heroes crew, and I want to ask Chen Nuo if he is interested in the role of Yang Guo?"

Zhang Jizhong asked: "And then?"

"Then his agent asked about the schedule again. I said that we had to start filming soon, and he said that Chen Nuo had to take the college entrance examination and couldn't come... He was actually quite polite."

Zhang Jizhong chuckled twice, stroked his beard, pondered for a while, and said, "Give me the phone, I'll call him."

The call was made and after only two beeps, the phone was picked up.

A soft and pleasant male voice: "Hello, hello, I'm Qi Yuntian."

Zhang Jizhong knew that this was Chen Nuo's agent, so he said, "Hello, I'm Zhang Jizhong."

The voice on the other end suddenly became enthusiastic. "Director Zhang, hello, hello. I've heard a lot about you. I've loved watching the movie you directed since I was a kid... The Legend of the Condor Heroes, no, The Legend of the Heroes, hehe, hehe."

(End of this chapter)