I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 337, A wise bird chooses a good tree to perch on; the assistant director who ran away.

The martial artist before me.

His punches were beautiful.

The master's boxing skills were indeed excellent, and his punches were incredibly sharp.

But it's okay.

I still have time to practice copying.

It also helps to understand the character.

To perfect him, to become him.

Li Yun felt like she had obsessive-compulsive disorder, constantly searching for the incomplete aspects of her personality.

Ip Man was a second-tier project in Hong Kong cinema. In terms of scale, it was indeed a second-tier production. The total investment of the entire film was not even more than one-fifth of Jet Li's salary.

That was the production of the most anticipated prodigy, a kung fu emperor returning from Hollywood and the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong.

"Your friend doesn't seem to be giving you much face, as he actually declined our invitation."

At this moment, the Kung Fu Emperor, who had just returned from Hollywood, spoke calmly to Andy Lau in front of him.

There seemed to be a sense of condescension in his tone.

Liu Dehua didn't seem to care, just smiled slightly.

"Everyone has their own thoughts and choices, and I choose to respect that."

Li Yun was not upset about being rejected, and he explained to Liu Dehua that he had chosen another project in the same time slot.

From the perspective of script selection.

Everyone has their own likes and dislikes.

Just because you have a large investment and many big names doesn't mean people will choose you.

If you have to put it that way, it is indeed a bit arrogant.

A considerable degree of arrogance.

But Jet Li is a Hollywood comeback.

It does indeed have some Hollywood flair.

"To be honest, Mr. Andy Lau, even if I brought this mainland friend you invited back, I might not actually use him."

"But since he chose someone else, it saves me the trouble of rejecting him."

At this moment, Li Lianjie spoke.

Andy Lau's smile was perfectly composed.

He has always been well-mannered and would never argue with others.

I will absolutely not argue about anything.

I can only say that I have some minor regrets; I have no other thoughts besides regret.

This film, "The Warlords," is now directed by Chen Kexin.

But Li Lianjie has a lot of influence.

His experience from Hollywood and his own position give him a lot of say in this work.

It seems that some people in the crew felt that Li Lianjie was a bit domineering.

But that's just a feeling.

He has the right to act domineeringly; his strength and status speak for themselves.

However, some people say...

He couldn't make it in Hollywood, so he came back to China to show off.

If they were truly thriving in Hollywood, why would they come back to China?

However, Andy Lau still holds onto his own ideas. Why did the Kung Fu Emperor suddenly return to China to develop his career? Perhaps he has his own reasons.

At this moment, Liu Dehua thought of Li Yun, the young actor he met back when he was filming "Running on Karma".

"It's quite surprising that a supporting actor from back then could rise to such a position so quickly."

Liu Dehua remarked with emotion.

He really wanted to act opposite Li Yun.

I really want to.

Meanwhile, Li Yun had already accepted the role in "Ip Man" and arrived in Hong Kong.

"I never imagined that our collaboration would take place in this way."

Ye Weixin looked at Li Yun at this moment.

He genuinely had no idea that he would be working on a film with Li Yun under these circumstances.

Ip Man today.

Li Yun also did not expect that Ye Weixin would come to him directly instead of Zhen Zidan.

In fact, Yip Wai-shun had also considered casting Donnie Yen, since he was quite suitable for the role of Ip Man from various perspectives.

More importantly, he is a grandmaster of martial arts with exceptional skill in Wing Chun.

He can perform authentic Wing Chun.

But why did they ultimately choose Li Yun? That's actually a surprising reason.

Donnie Yen is injured.

In fact, Li Yun had not expected that this was the reason.

This prevented Donnie Yen, who would normally compete with Ip Man in an audition, from vying for the role.

"Remember the movie we filmed last time, SPL? It's actually related to you. Ever since you fought him, he's been thinking about honing his martial arts skills. He's been preparing for this Ip Man movie for quite a while now."

He also thoroughly mastered Wing Chun to prepare for this Ip Man audition.

Unfortunately, he trained too hard and got injured.

An injury means you can't box anymore.

This time, I can only act as a martial arts instructor.

To put it bluntly, for Ye Weixin, Li Yun was just one of the better alternatives.

It's still not as good as Donnie Yen's.

"I see, so they simply canceled the audition and let me go on stage directly."

"Yes."

If Donnie Yen hadn't been injured, he would have been the number one seed, while Li Yun would have been number two, competing for the role through a spotlight contest.

But now that contestant number one is injured, contestant number two has naturally taken his place.

Li Yun was both amused and exasperated; it turned out that this was how he ended up as the main character.

However, this also proves that Li Yun's current status is quite significant in Hong Kong's entertainment circle.

Who is Donnie Yen? Judging from various predictions, if he had gone to Hollywood with Jet Li, it's hard to say who would be the Kung Fu Emperor now.

At least when Jet Li went to Hollywood, the two of them were actors of the same caliber.

They are not distinguished by superiority or inferiority.

However, times have changed. Jet Li has become a foreign actor with a net worth of 100 million, while Donnie Yen's film salary is only a few million.

Although it only amounted to a few million, it was still considered one of the leading figures in modern Hong Kong kung fu films.

He also attached great importance to this subject matter, and even injured himself while training for the film, which forced him to step back from the main role.

Li Yun's fame in kung fu films is certainly not as great as Donnie Yen's, but the reason why Ye Weixin placed Li Yun in the second position is mainly because Li Yun has advantages that others do not have.

acting.

If we were to ask who most admires the actor who would play Li Yunlai in this version of Ip Man, it would be award-winning actor Simon Yam.

They admired Li Yun even more than the directors.

For him, Li Yun was a delicious dish.

A delicious dish with excellent acting skills.

It made him think it was a delicious and incredibly tasty dish.

However, sometimes the needs and interests of the actors and the directors do not align.

For example, Ye Weixin told an interesting story.

Upon hearing that the promising young actor, Donnie Yen, was unable to perform due to injury and that Li Yun would take over the role, the assistant director immediately fled overnight.

They didn't even ask for the bucket.

He ran away incredibly fast, immediately joining the crew of "The Warlords" as an assistant director. There was no way around it; this Ip Man clearly had no future.

Now it's just that there's no future, and it's become even less promising.

"Your assistant director is too real." At this moment, Li Yun's mouth twitched, and he was speechless.

"A good bird chooses a good tree to perch on," that's what Mr. Zhang told me.

Ye Weixin shrugged.

As the director and screenwriter, he was confident in his script, but unfortunately, his comrades didn't share that confidence.

(End of this chapter)