Run, Best Actor!

Previously, Guo Fan, Li Yang, and producer Yin Le all agreed to invite Xiao Fangzi to play the male lead, Li Xianji.

Do you really value him as a person?

Obviously not!

It's true that people are born unequal.

That little guy has been in the industry for almost ten years, but his acting skills are still terrible.

But no matter how bad his acting is, he will always have roles to play.

There's nothing we can do; he has a good father!

Given Jackie Chan's status and popularity in the entertainment industry, many people would be willing to invite Jackie Chan to act in their films.

The creators of "The Adventures of Li Xianji" were also driven by this mentality, wanting to take the opportunity to associate themselves with Jackie Chan, who was behind the film.

However, that guy Xiao Fangzi really has some issues with his character.

In the ten years since his debut, he has secretly offended a lot of people.

For example, Jiang Wen.

Previously, Xiao Fangzi starred in "The Sun Also Rises," Jiang Wen's directorial and starring masterpiece after a five-year hiatus from directing.

Jiang Wen is also one of the few directors in the industry who knows how to train actors.

His debut film, "In the Heat of the Sun," made Xia Yu, who was only 17 years old at the time, a Venice Film Festival Best Actor award.

He remains the only Chinese actor to date to win the Venice Film Festival Best Actor award.

Moreover, no matter how badly Xia Yu's career went later, at least no one questioned his acting skills.

Because it really is possible.

This demonstrates Jiang Wen's skill.

However, no matter how good he is at training, the actor still needs to be cut out for it.

The small house is clearly useless.

In any case, Jiang Wen failed to successfully train his acting skills.

The problem is that guy has no sense of propriety.

"The Sun Also Rises" was nominated for the Venice Film Festival in 07, and I happened to walk the red carpet in Venice with the film crew.

Although the film ultimately won no awards at that year's Venice Film Festival, it did not prevent his qualifications from rising to a higher level.

After returning to China, Xiao Fang told everyone he met that he had been nominated for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, which was even more impressive than his father's achievement...

Please, you're just a supporting actor, what kind of Venice Film Festival Best Actor nomination do you have?!

Moreover, the Venice Film Festival's Best Actor award is officially called the Volpi Cup, and he didn't even pronounce the name correctly before shouting it around.

Where does this leave the movie's male lead, Jiang Wen?

Even if Jiang Wen is very magnanimous and considers Cheng Long's feelings, he will still have some issues with him.

Moreover, Jiang Wen has always had a reckless and unruly temperament.

He has never been very narrow-minded.

So in his next film, "Let the Bullets Fly," which broke a series of records, although it still received investment from Hong Kong, Fang Zi was excluded from the cast list.

The key is that Lao Jiang's heart is like a honeycomb briquette—he specially found Zhang Mo, Xiao Fangzi's "half-brother" in mainland China, to play the role of Liu Zi.

Well, seeing Zhang Mo's face, it's hard not to think of Xiao Fangzi.

Moreover, although Zhang Mo also embarrassed his father, his acting talent is indeed stronger than Xiao Fangzi's.

In "Let the Bullets Fly," thanks to Jiang Wen's meticulous "refinement," Zhang Mo delivered the best performance of his career in the film.

The character of Liu Zi, and his tragic ending, truly made the audience feel sorry for this silly child.

It's common knowledge that in the entertainment industry, if two people look alike, whoever fails to become famous will be embarrassed.

Li Xiaolu's relationship with Zhou Xun has always been...

Wang Luodan's current relationship with Bai Baihe;

Liu Shishi's relationship with Liu Yifei in their early years...

This is all the case.

Old Jiang deliberately chose Zhang Mo to play Liu Zi, clearly intending to embarrass a certain actor surnamed Fang.

As for the investors of "Let the Bullets Fly," that Hong Kong company whose name cannot be mentioned, why is no one objecting to it?

Because the people at that company were also offended by Xiao Fangzi.

Specifically, it was Nicholas Tse, the company's top male star, who secretly fell out with Fang Zi because of the movie "Men's True Colors".

Anyone who has seen the movie knows that Little House's role in the film was only a minor one.

However, his role was not as outstanding as that of An Zhijie, who played the fifth male lead.

However, when the movie was released, it was almost entirely promoted as a film with two male leads.

Slogans like "Like father, like son," "Carrying the banner of the future of action films," and "Fang family legacy" are distributed like crazy.

What must Xie Tingfeng, the male lead who jumped off a building, was in a car accident, and was almost "beaten to death" by Wu Jing in the movie, think about this?

That guy in the little house is really disrespectful.

So, secretly, Xie Tingfeng started to clash with him.

Their boss clearly values ​​Xie Tingfeng, the company's top star, more.

Therefore, starting with "Men's True Colors", Xiao Fangzi's resources in the industry were gradually downgraded.

"Chasing Shadows"?

A terrible movie.

Mulan?

In cross-strait co-productions, he even played supporting roles to mainland actors Zhao Bafei and Chen Kun, which would have been considered a significant loss of face by Hong Kong and Taiwanese artists in the past.

"Break Up and Say I Love You"?

Low-budget art-house romance film.

He made cameo appearances in both "1911 Revolution" and "East Meets West 2011".

She is the lead actress in the romance film "Flowers for the Beast," but the director is Sylvia Chang, an art-house director who doesn't have much box office appeal.

Then comes "The Adventures of Li Xianji".

Have you noticed?

Step by step, Xiao Fangzi has even been reduced to acting in films by new mainland directors!

This is in stark contrast to the situation of the male lead who debuted as the lead in the big IP sequel film "The Twins Effect II" and later even appeared in Jiang Wen's films.

It's a downward spiral all the way down, and even with a powerful father, he can't pull them up at all.

It's one thing to have bad acting skills, but to be such a failure as a person is just too much.

Of course, Guo Fan didn't have a good impression of him either.

Once the movie is finished, who cares who you are?

That's right, nobody expected that right after the movie finished its run, something like this happened at the little house.

It's still about things like smoking marijuana, which are considered taboo in the country!

He was reported by the Chaoyang residents, and then the "hat uncles" caught him red-handed at his residence.

It made his father, who was an anti-drug ambassador, lose all face.

This also left Guo Fan, the director of his previous film, somewhat humiliated afterward.

The current management is not as strict as it would be in later years, so even though Xiao Fangzi has run into trouble, his previous works will not all be taken down.

It is estimated that in a few years, as the crackdown on illegal drugs intensifies, the situation may become less favorable.

But something even stranger happened.

Zhang Mo, who had just surpassed him in fame, also got into two troubles before and after him.

In October 2011, Zhang Mo was spotted by netizens driving a pickup truck without license plates at a press conference for the documentary series "Remembering 1942." According to relevant regulations, his behavior should have resulted in a fine of 200 yuan and a deduction of 6 points from his license.

Then, at the end of January 2012, Shunyi police received a tip-off from the public, and subsequently arrested Zhang Mo, suspected of using marijuana, in a villa area in Tianzhu, Shunyi...

Goodness, they really are "half-brothers" from different fathers and mothers, even their hobbies are so similar!

I wonder what kind of "magic" that face has?

Anyway, it made Cheng Long and Zhang Guoli, these two "brothers in misfortune", lose a lot of face.

Guo Fan didn't care whether Xiao Fangzi lived or died, but the fact that the guy was in trouble was also an impact on him.

He had already established his own director's studio and partnered with Wanda.

The collaboration has encountered some setbacks.

"So, what do you want me to help you with?"

Liu Taile squinted at Guo Fan and asked.

"Brother Le, well..."

Guo Fan rubbed his hands together and said with a grin, "You and Chen Zhixi have a pretty good relationship, right? I'd like to ask you to talk to her for me."

What does the actor's problem have to do with me, the director?

Besides, with someone's father being so powerful, even if I had tried to control him back then, could I have done anything more?

"I knew it! You wouldn't come here unless you had a reason."

Liu Taile glared at him, annoyed. "But this is a one-time thing, don't do it again."

"Don't worry, Brother Le, I won't make the same mistake again! I'll definitely keep a close eye on the actors!"

Guo Fan made a "military order" to Liu Taile.

"Try your best."

Liu Taile waved his hand dismissively and said, "But I can't just do this for nothing, you have to help me out too."

"Brother Le, I'd be happy to help!"

Guo Fan quickly asked, "What do you need me to do?"

"Help me shoot a short film."

Liu Tai-le replied calmly, "I've already thought of a name for the script: 'The Thinker in a Wheelchair'."