Huayu: King of Kung Fu

Chapter 95: Setting a Rule for You

Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park!

Lin Hu and Gao Yuanyuan, accompanied by the park manager, toured Baihu Mountain by car!

The two men peered out of the car window with curiosity when suddenly, a magnificent tiger with striped markings appeared before them.

The tiger was probably quite full, and it lazily lay there licking its fur, ignoring them.

Lin Hu complained, "It doesn't seem fierce at all?"

The manager explained, "We need to make sure they're always full when we feed them!"

"Do all the tigers here have names?"

"It only has a serial number; if you want to adopt one, you can give it a name!"

"Okay!" Lin Hu thought for a moment and said, "My film company is called Tiger Roar, Tiger Roars East. After we choose the tiger to adopt, we'll call it East!"

"Dongfang? Hmm, that's a very nice name!"

"Yuanyuan, what do you think?"

Gao Yuanyuan also thought it was a good name, so the name was decided.

Lin Hu decided to create a logo for the company.

Lin Hu's purpose in coming to Hong Kong Safari Park this time was to select a strong South China tiger, film some footage of it, and use it as the model for the opening sequence of Tiger Roar Company.

Lin Hu intends to adopt the selected South China tiger for life.

It will continue to live in the Hong Kong Safari Park, but Lin Hu will take care of all its needs, including food, water, and toileting.

It will also become the mascot of Tiger Roar Film & Television Company!

Wildlife parks certainly welcome adoptions, but the process is rather complicated and requires going through the forestry bureau's procedures.

Lin Hu doesn't need to worry about this personally. Today, he's just selecting the tigers; the company can handle the rest of the formalities.

Lin Hu and Gao Yuanyuan toured the park and, after being introduced by the zookeeper, selected a five-year-old adult male tiger that weighed 172 kilograms and looked very fierce!

"East!"

Lin Hu waved with great interest at the chosen tiger through the car window.

The tiger suddenly opened its eyes and roared at him!

"Holy crap, that's fierce!"

After watching for a while, Lin Hu said goodbye. He shook hands with the manager and said, "We'll be going now. We'll come back for an adoption ceremony after the adoption procedures are completed!"

"Welcome, welcome!"

Back in the capital, everyone went home!

Lin Hu and Zhou Xun hadn't seen each other for many days, so they had to put on an eleven-part show!

Zhou Xun may be short, but she is incredibly patient—you know!

After a fierce battle, the two entered a period of calm and rested together.

Lin Hu said, "Director Chen Kexin's preparations are complete. Filming will begin next week. If you have anything on your plate, hurry up and take care of it!"

"I'm fine! By the way, how long is filming this time? Will we be back in March?"

"The treatment period is one and a half months; barring any unforeseen circumstances, I should be able to make it back!"

"That's good!"

"Is there something you need?"

"I've taken on that film directed by Zhao Baogang. They're starting filming in Shanghai in March, and Bingbing and I have to go there!"

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"Oh—wait, Bingbing? She's in this movie too?"

"Director Baogang's film was looking for a newcomer to play the female lead, so I recommended Bingbing."

"You're an international film queen, and you cast a newcomer as the lead actress while you play the second lead? What were you thinking?"

"So you're saying Bingbing is our employee, and we should give her opportunities!"

"This—then you—" Lin Hu didn't know what to say.

Zhou Xun explained, "The director from Baosteel told me that the character of Du Xinyu, the second female lead, had too many contrasts and was very difficult to play, so he wanted to give the role to me. I read the script, liked it, and accepted it!"

Upon hearing the name Du Xinyu, Lin Hu was taken aback and asked, "You mentioned last time that this film was called something like 'The East Is Red'? Isn't it a war film?"

"No, it's a romance drama, but it's been renamed 'Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind'!"

Lin Hu suddenly realized, thinking to himself, "Wow, so this is it!"

Lin Hu remembered that in his previous life he had seen the ratings rankings of mainland Chinese TV dramas over the years online, and this drama was in the top ten in 2001.

Ahead of it are phenomenal dramas like "Romance in the Rain" and "Kangxi Dynasty".

Zhou Xun did indeed play the second female lead in this drama, named Du Xinyu.

Zhao Baogang is a very interesting person. He said that he would use well-known and experienced actors to mentor inexperienced or less well-known actors, so that more young actors could emerge.

Then they actually used Lu Yi and Zhou Xun, two already very famous actors, to play supporting roles to the two newcomers.

The male lead actor in this drama is Chen Kun, and the female lead actress, Fang Ziyi, is Luo Haiqiong.

Chen Kun had just graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, and Luo Haiqiong was indeed a newcomer. Before that, she had acted in "Lotus Prince Nezha", in which she played Daji and had three 666s on her forehead.

Zhao Baogang did this because he signed Chen Kun and Luo Haiqiong, and he wanted to promote his own actors, right?

He didn't. Chen Kun won the role through an audition, and Luo Haiqiong was only cast half a month before filming started.

After Chen Kun finished acting in this drama, he became an instant star, and Zhou Xun introduced him to sign with Li Shaohong's Rongxinda Company.

It's unclear what Zhao Baogang was after; in the entertainment industry of later generations, this is something completely incomprehensible.

Perhaps—the concept of "ranking in the credits" doesn't exist in this era yet!

"Alright, then give it your best performance!"

It's worth mentioning that although Zhou Xun played the second female lead, the character Du Xinyu was so good, and Zhou Xun's performance was superb.

Moreover, Zhou Xun is very famous, and the promotional posters also feature her, giving the impression that she is the female lead. Lin Hu thought to himself that it would be good if the role fell to Fan Binbin, since Fan Binbin is one of their own, which is better than letting that Luo Haiqiong get the role.

Lin Hu pulled Zhou Xun into his arms and said, "Looks like I'll have to find you an agent!"

Zhou Xun asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"The entertainment industry has its own rules. You're an international film queen and a top-tier actress in China. You can't just take on supporting roles for others; it would affect your commercial value!"

"Let me tell you something and you'll understand. In the 1980s, Hong Kong's Wing Shing Company was preparing to film 'Fire Dance' and invited Cherie Chung to play the female lead."

"However, in order to promote Zhang Min, Yong Sheng used editing techniques to add more scenes for Zhang Min, and managed to make Zhang Min the female lead, while making Chung Chu-hung the second female lead."

"Yongsheng is using Zhang Min to climb to the top by stepping on Chung Chuh-hung. Chung Chuh-hung was tricked and said in front of reporters that she would never work with Yongsheng again."

"I have to set a rule for you. Starting this year, you must get the company's approval before accepting any role. You can't just take any role."

"What if it's a film directed by a familiar director, or a friend's film?"

"You can just pass it on to the company, indicating that you don't have the authority to decide and that I should handle it!"

"Okay!" Zhou Xun agreed.

Lin Hu, however, began to think that now that he had signed several artists, he needed to find a top-notch agent to assist them.