Huayu 1995

Chapter 169 I'll kill whoever you tell me to (Seeking guaranteed monthly votes)
"Learn from your brother Hua, deal with a few more, and you'll gradually learn."

The sister-in-law then chimed in.

"Please forgive me, it's all ancient history."

Liu Dehua quickly begged for mercy.

It's clear that these two have a really good relationship; otherwise, a rich heiress wouldn't be living with Andy Lau in such a secretive and anonymous way.

Even now that Andy Lau is almost bankrupt, they still haven't broken up.

Actually, Andy Lau's love life is relatively clean.

He does have a lot of scandals, but he's still following the idol route, and scandals are an important way to maintain popularity, so it's impossible for him not to have many.

Moreover, most of the women he was rumored to be having affairs with had wealthy backers.

Some of them are even toys for the group.

They simply look down on so-called superstars.

No matter how famous you are, even if you're worth hundreds of millions, can you compare to the billions of assets of a wealthy family?

You might send flowers or gold jewelry, but billionaires send yachts and mansions.

"I also want to thank Brother Wah for helping me get this role. It's a rare opportunity to work with you and Leslie Cheung."

Su Chao didn't forget to thank him.

One yard owned by a yard.

We cannot always take other people's kindness for granted.

"Actually, you'll make it sooner or later. With such a good script, you should find a good makeup artist. It's funny, but other people hire good makeup artists to make their faces look better, while you'll probably have to be made to look more honest and simple."

When Andy Lau first debuted, he didn't have such good scripts.

However, Hong Kong's entertainment industry is now outdated.

They're not as good at promoting people as they used to be.

"I'll continue to develop my career in mainland China. Hong Kong is mainly for making movies."

Su Chao has no plans to stay in Hong Kong permanently.

His trainees, as well as Thor and Yan Siyuan, will all miss him.

"These are all Chinese places."

Andy Lau didn't take it to heart. He's always been very close to the mainland, and now that he's decided to sing "Chinese People," he's completely going all out.

After dinner, the two began discussing the details of the "My Sassy Girl" project.

The male lead is played by Su Chao.

Firstly, it's cheap; secondly, it's a way to promote oneself.

However, Andy Lau believes that the film will not be very effective in promoting Su Chao.

Because the female lead is more eye-catching, and the character is too different from Su Chao's image, if you make yourself look ugly, how can you possibly make someone stand out?

Su Chao didn't care.

He currently only has one advertisement "released".

Actually, the hardest part was choosing the female lead. Su Chao preferred Chingmy Yau and Joey Wong.

After thinking for a moment, Andy Lau first rejected Chingmy Yau.

Chingmy Yau's film salary is over two million, ranking among the top five actresses. In addition, she also receives dividends from Wong Jing's studio, bringing her annual income to nearly ten million.

Furthermore, her relationship with Wong Jing is difficult to define.

The implication is that they are difficult to hire, and they don't consider low-budget films.

If we really want to hire someone, it might cost two or three million Hong Kong dollars.

Half of the budget has been poured into it.

The price-performance ratio is really too low.

Wang Zuxian isn't really suitable either.

She should have been even more popular than Chingmy Yau.

However, "Green Snake" and "Swordsman II" flopped at the box office, and "Ashes of Time," in which a lot of time and energy was invested, was cut down to the last frame.

If the problem lies solely with her work, it would actually be a good opportunity to utilize her talent.

Her main problem lies with Lin Jianyue.

This tycoon, who is already married, has had rumored relationships with many female celebrities, such as Anita Yuen, Joey Meng, and Yvonne Yung.

Among all the actresses, his love for Wang Zuxian was the most flamboyant.

The two of them traveled around a lot recently, and there were interesting things happening to them almost every day.

However, Lin Jianyue is a second-generation rich kid.

The old lady was in charge of the household, and she firmly refused to let Wang Zuxian into the house, declaring domineeringly: "Just consider it as spending tens of millions to find a prostitute for my son."

For a while, public opinion was in an uproar.

The words are too harsh.

A mistress and a concubine are not the same thing.

At least a mistress can be considered a concubine, while a prostitute implies that she is available to all men.

This humiliation is absolutely cruel.

Moreover, Wang Zuxian's ex-boyfriend was Qi Qin.

Back then, Chyi Chin personally selected Joey Wong from among actresses like Cherie Chung and Maggie Cheung because he felt she was very pure and innocent.

Nowadays... she's so innocent that people call her a prostitute.

Wang Zuxian suffered a complete loss of face, with major brands blacklisting her. Acting opportunities dwindled.

When Tsui Hark was preparing to film "Green Snake," he first approached Gong Li and Anita Mui, but they didn't end up acting in the film, so he then chose Joey Wong.

However, Taiwanese investors demanded that Tsui Hark immediately replace Wang Zuxian. If Nansun Shi hadn't taken Wang Zuxian to Taiwan to apologize, she wouldn't have been able to act in "Green Snake".

As a result, "Green Snake" was a huge financial loss.

There is only one Nansun Shi in this world.

Others wouldn't use Wang Zuxian just because of a personal relationship.

If we hire her to act in a movie, it might be cheaper, but we need to consider the impact.

Is Wang Zuxian really suitable to play a goddess?

Although Su Chao had been constantly raising the bar for making movies, he only realized how difficult it truly was when he actually started making a movie from scratch.

Even precognition is useless now.

He wouldn't go so far as to bring Jun Ji-hyun over, would he?

This is obviously impossible.

He wasn't trying to take advantage of her, so why would he give her a script for no reason?

It's not like there's no one left in the Chinese film industry.

That's what you call groveling.

This can be put on hold for now; there's no rush.

After dinner, Andy Lau took Su Chao to meet the director, intending to sign the contract for "Shanghai Bund".

Andy Lau talked a lot about the movie.

When preparing for this film, screenwriter Shao Liqiong wrote a draft first, and then Pan Wenjie and Tsui Hark each wrote a draft.

Because Tsui Hark had too many ideas in his mind and expressed them in a chaotic way, the company arranged for Poon Man-kit to film the movie.

However, Tsui Hark remains the producer.

Su Chao already knew what happened next.

"The Bund" is a film with a strong Tsui Hark style, even though it was directed by Poon Man-kit.

As a highly influential director and producer in the industry, any film produced by Tsui Hark will bear a strong "Tsui Hark mark".

The famous "A Chinese Ghost Story" series is such a film. The ubiquitous "Tsui Hark mark" often makes people forget that Ching Siu-tung was the director of this film.

Su Chao had imagined the scene of his first meeting with Tsui Hark.

I never imagined this guy would be sleeping.

He was lying on his desk, drool dripping onto the surface.

After being woken up by his secretary, he finally pulled out a tissue to wipe the table.

If Su Chao hadn't just seen him sleeping on this pile of liquid, and if the color hadn't been wrong, he would have suspected that Xu Ke, that old rogue, was up to no good in the office.

"coming?"

Tsui Hark nodded to Andy Lau, then looked at Su Chao.

"This is Chaozai, Su Chao."

Liu Dehua introduced them.

What plays have you acted in?

Tsui Hark still seemed to be half asleep, looking somewhat dazed.

"Huang Jianxin's new film 'Turn Right with Left Signal' and Zhou Xiaowen's new film 'Qin Song'."

Su Chao randomly picked two answers.

"Huang Jianxin, Zhou Xiaowen...you're from the mainland?"

Tsui Hark suddenly realized.

Huang Jianxin's "Face to Face, Back to Back" was released in Hong Kong last year and also participated in the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Zhou Xiaowen's films have also won numerous international awards.

"Yes."

Su Chao did not deny it, nor was there any need to deny it; Tsui Hark was not a local either.

"This movie also cast Ning Jing... Your Cantonese is really good, Ning Jing doesn't seem to speak Cantonese."

Tsui Hark's speech is somewhat incoherent.

"Ning Jing's film 'In the Heat of the Sun' is currently showing in mainland China, and she is very popular right now."

Su Chao and Ning Jing have no connection.

However, he considered Ning Jing for his film "My Sassy Girl".

The reason I didn't make her a top choice is because Ning Jing is a bit too robust.

A "savage girlfriend" doesn't mean she has to be actually savage.

If you find someone who is too muscular, it's easy for people to overlook their personality traits.

"You play a revolutionary, making Leslie Cheung kneel down and Andy Lau be riddled with holes. Aren't you afraid of their fans?"

Tsui Hark was clearly not taking the audition very seriously.

"I'm not afraid. I'll kill whoever you tell me to kill."

Su Chao couldn't help but roll his eyes. What kind of big scene was this?

Jack Ma made a movie called "The Virtuous Woman," where he brought out a bunch of kung fu stars and beat them up, but no one dared to utter a single word.

(End of this chapter)