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Chapter 230 Director Wang's Expectations

Li Ruotong never expected that being invited by Boss Cao to play the second female lead would lead to the opportunity to play Little Dragon Girl.

Hong Kong has produced several versions of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" before, and every version of Little Dragon Girl was a beautiful woman and a popular actress.

Although I am not bad looking, I am getting old after all. I am already 28 years old. Can I really play the role of Little Dragon Girl well?
"Miss Li, what's wrong? You don't want to?"

Cao Jian noticed that the real Little Dragon Girl was in a daze and asked with a smile.

Actually, in terms of age, Xiaolongnü was eighteen or nineteen when she first appeared, and the most beautiful Xiaolongnü in all versions of The Return of the Condor Heroes should be Liu Yifei.

However, in the hearts of countless people, Li Ruotong's Little Dragon Girl is undoubtedly the authentic version.

Liu Yifei's version is visually appealing, but at best it can only be considered a high-quality imitation.

Therefore, if you want to make a good adaptation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", it's safest to hire Li Ruotong. If you hire someone else and the result is not good, it will damage your reputation.

As for whether or not she will be used as Wang Yuyan when filming "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" in the future, we can consider it again.

"Yes, of course I do!"

Li Ruotong readily agreed.

Not just anyone gets the chance to play Little Dragon Girl.

In the entertainment industry, even if a girl offers her body, she may not have such an opportunity.

I wonder what Director Cao needs from me?

Cao Jian didn't mention what he would have to give in return, but smiled and said, "Then it's settled. Filming will start next March. You can arrange your time accordingly."

After saying that, he left.

Li Ruotong was still somewhat dazed at this moment.

Are there really no requirements?
The next day, filming continued. With something on her mind, Li Ruotong's movements were either too fast or too slow when acting with Stephen Chow, especially when smashing the bottle.

"Li Ruotong, what's wrong with you today?"

This scene is very important for the movie "Forensic Heroes".

But Li Ruotong, the second female lead, was fine yesterday, so why can't she get into character today?

"I am fine."

Although Li Ruotong said she was fine, Cao Jian was still not satisfied after she performed the scene several times.

He stepped forward and personally instructed, "You should do it this way."

After saying that, he demonstrated the action that Li Ruotong was supposed to perform, and the effect was excellent.

Unexpectedly, such close-up acting instruction caused Li Ruotong to have some wild thoughts again.

"What is he implying? Is he suggesting that I should offer to give him acting instructions privately tonight?"

Whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, it's an unspoken rule for directors to give actors individual direction.

Just then, Cao Jian said, "Just act well and don't waste everyone's time. Try to finish filming this scene today so we can film your transformation into the King of No Form tomorrow."

"understood."

After the director's demonstration, Li Ruotong filmed it several more times, but still failed.

During the break, Li Ruotong first admitted to Stephen Chow and other actors and directors that she was not in good condition.

Afterwards, she couldn't help but approach Director Cao: "Director Cao, I haven't acted much, I've always been an extra. You've been so strict this time, could you give me some pointers when you have time? I'm afraid I won't do well in tomorrow's shoot and will waste everyone's time."

"Well... I have something to do. Let's talk about it another time."

Cao Jian understood the implication in the woman's words, of course.

Is Xiaolongnu's heart really that passionate?

Is it because she's almost thirty that she likes young, fresh-faced guys like me?
In fact, Li Ruotong's seductive manner when she acted with Stephen Chow yesterday was indeed alluring, and Cao Jian really wanted to experience it for himself.

Unfortunately, Cao Jian had made plans to visit Wang Fei's daughter tonight and couldn't break his promise.

Wang Fei recently returned from the United States. His daughter is six months old and has started recognizing people. As a father, of course he wants to spend more time with her.

In addition, Zhou Huimin also needs to visit her goddaughter, so Boss Cao actually has a very heavy task tonight.

"Am I not pretty enough? Director Cao was staring at me intently yesterday while I was dancing. Could I have misunderstood him? Is he a gentleman?"

Li Ruotong was somewhat discouraged by Cao Jian's rejection.

Or is it because I'm not famous?

The dinner scene alone took two whole days to film, and Cao Jian had extremely high standards for every single shot. Finally, with the help of Cao Jian and Stephen Chow, Li Ruotong managed to get the scene right.

The main thing is that all the porcelain shards and such from the wine bottles are genuine, so you have to be careful.

It wouldn't be good if anyone got hurt.

Although this scene demands a high level of acting skill from Chen Hong, requiring her to go from surprise to shock, then to anger, and finally to endure and beg her husband to change his mind.

Because Chen Hong received special guidance from Director Cao these past few days, her performance was exceptionally good, and she truly deserved the Best Actress award.

Through this period of honing her skills, Chen Hong's acting has indeed improved a lot.

However, Cao Jian also noticed a problem: Stephen Chow said he never laughed on set, but in fact, he was the one who laughed the most on set in the entire crew.

Two days later, after filming "The Emperor Without Form," Li Ruotong's scenes were completed.

"Director Cao, I will be on time when filming 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'."

Li Ruotong left with regret because she didn't get to discuss acting with Director Cao.

Fortunately, there will be other opportunities in the future. He gave her the chance to be the female lead, and she must repay this kindness.

Besides, Director Cao is truly talented; this film was very interesting to make.

He's also quite handsome; such a handsome young director is a rare find in Hong Kong.

Lust is human nature, and both men and women are the same.

Li Ruotong has finished filming her scenes. Next, she will be filming scenes in the palace, the fairy from heaven, and the murder of the Dragon Guards.

Although the performance became less difficult, there were many action scenes, which slowed down the filming schedule.

While filming "Legend of Zero" was taking place, the crew of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" had already completed preparations, and all that was left was to audition the main actors.

There are many actors in this play, and the auditions take a long time.

Moreover, after the project was confirmed, Cao Jian asked Li Tiansheng to assemble the production team and announced that the actors for this film would not be limited to Hong Kong, but would also be selected from Taiwan and mainland China.

TVB was going to film "The Condor Heroes," and the director was Cao Jian, who had directed several blockbuster movies. The entertainment industry across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong was immediately shaken.

As everyone knows, in the past two years, Cao Xueqin has not only been filming "The Return of the Condor Heroes", but also two other dramas sponsored by Jin Yong.

If you perform well, even if you don't get cast in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", you might still have the opportunity to act in other dramas.

During this period, Cao Jian not only had to take turns caring for his two children, but also for numerous women.

In terms of work, besides filming "Forensic Heroes," casting for "The Condor Heroes," supervising the editing of "Young and Dangerous," he also has to go to PolyGram to record an album.

After all, he hasn't released a new album in almost a year.

On the other hand, Wang Jing, who has a grudge against Boss Cao for stealing his wife, is also filming "God of Gamblers 2".

The cast of this drama is very strong. Apart from the male lead Ge Minghui, who is a newcomer, the supporting actors include Wu Mengda, Liu Dehua, and Zhen Zidan.

The female lead originally wanted to invite her former go-to actress, Chingmy Yau, but unfortunately, that woman was poached, so she could only use Chang Min.

Because of this, he felt increasingly frustrated and had very high standards for the film, so he wanted to defeat Cao Jian.

Even the release date was set to coincide with that of "Forbidden City Cop".

Cao Jian naturally saw through Wang Jing's little scheme.

"God of Gamblers 2? What a piece of trash!"

Cao Jian had actually seen this heavily modified version of the movie.

Ge Minghui tried to imitate Stephen Chow in this film, but apart from feeling embarrassed, the film had no highlights whatsoever.

For nonsensical comedy, you have to watch Stephen Chow.

You, Wang Jing, think you can defeat me with this film?
However, the film "Letter to Dad," which Wang Jing co-wrote this year, is not bad.

Unfortunately, he wasn't the director of the film.

I'm also glad it wasn't him, otherwise I don't know how the film would have turned out.

Just as people were speculating about who would win and who would lose in this war between Director Cao and Director Wang over a woman, Cao Jian's film "Rumble in the Bronx," which he filmed in the first half of this year, will be released at Christmas.

This film had an initial investment of over 100 million dollars and was filmed in the United States.

People wanted to see what kind of box office results this young director, Cao, could achieve with such a large investment.
Of course, the person most concerned is Wang Jing.

However, what he was concerned about was whether Cao Jian's film would be a complete financial disaster.
(End of this chapter)