Chapter 50: Casting Conflicts
Ma Chengkun took a sip of milk tea and made a look of deafness. Xu Ziming said: "How about Xinyicheng, Xinyicheng has recently started to produce a film that is even better and more distinctive than "Funny Times", "Best Partner". ”
"New Art City, oh, Mr. Xu is also a shareholder, New Art City has attracted much media attention with "Funny Times", if you report on the new film, it is indeed a good idea. Ma Chengkun nodded, this news is really good, the reputation of Xinyicheng has been very good recently, and his own "Oriental Daily" focuses on the news of the entertainment industry.
Xu Ziming nodded slightly, but didn't seem to stop, and continued to add: "There is also news, the song "The Season of the Wind" will be released by Sony Music soon, and Boss Ma should contact him in advance to win the news." "These news are known to Xu Ziming from Tang Zhenchuan and others, and they can be regarded as internal information.
gave a few benefits at once, and Ma Chengkun was rarely satisfied, "I heard that Mr. Xu was the original singer of the song "The Season of the Wind", but there was a report in the newspaper, but there was no real record. I am very sure that this will be a very exciting news", Ma Chengkun revealed some regrets about this, Xu Ziming's popularity is almost higher than that of the current first-line stars.
Xu Ziming did not accept Ma Chengkun, but he did not directly refuse, "It is a very good choice for Boss Ma to cooperate with me, not only can it become the exclusive newspaper of Xinyicheng, but even a lot of news can be known in advance." ”
These sweet bars really make Ma Chengkun feel extraordinary, since Xu Ziming is willing to spend money like this, he naturally has to express his position, and then the report on Xu Ziming's affairs must definitely learn to stop in moderation and seek truth from the facts. Even Xu Ziming's previous report needs to be clarified again so as not to cause any misunderstanding.
Sure enough, the day after discussing with Ma Chengkun, the "Oriental Daily" changed the title of yesterday's question mark, clarified the truth, and personally clarified in the report that yesterday's report was purely untrue, so that although the newspaper suffered certain losses, on the entertainment headlines of the latest newspaper, Xu Ziming's headline of "fighting righteousness as a friend, fighting wits and courage with gangsters" appeared in surprise, and at the same time, yesterday's report on Xu Ziming and Miao Qianren also disappeared.
"Oriental Daily" engaged in such a play, and other newspapers that followed the blind report yesterday seemed to see something, and they did not publish it again. On the contrary, "Ming Pao" is like an old stubborn, still talking about Xu Ziming and Miao Qianren.
"It's all old-fashioned, is there anything new, it's Xu Ziming's business every day, Xu Ziming is not your God of Wealth, isn't there just a little money. ”
A man casually flipped through today's report in a Ming Pao newspaper and found that compared with yesterday's, the news in the entertainment version was still the same. Just pick up the newspaper and throw it aside.
"Why are you like this, just don't give money in vain, and throw newspapers. ”
The newspaper staff bowed down in dissatisfaction, picked up the newspaper that had fallen on the ground, and sneered: "If you don't want to read it, don't read it, someone else will read it." “
Another newspaper reader coaxed: "I don't have much appetite for these entertainment news, so I still go to the Oriental Daily to take a look, I heard that there is something new." Without saying a word, he put down the newspaper and left.
The man who threw the newspaper seemed to have heard something incredible, and he also went to the newspaper of the Oriental Daily with curiosity.
The Oriental Daily published a series of explosive news items, which sparked the curiosity of many readers in Hong Kong in a matter of moments.
At this time, at the door of the new art city, under the influence of "Funny Times", many newspaper reporters are rushing for the success of "Funny Times", and today's "Oriental Daily" published in the new art city will have excellent film production, these reporters naturally can't hide their curiosity, and have to find out the truth.
Shortly after Lei Juekun's brown sedan drove into the company's parking lot, he was about to go to the company's gate accompanied by his assistant when a swarm of reporters came towards him and blocked his way.
"Mr. Lui, I heard that New Arts City is planning to start filming the most exquisite film in Hong Kong's history, "Best Partner", I don't know if this is true?" asked a reporter from Sing Tao Daily exaggeratedly.
"Boss Lei, will the candidates for the role of "Best Partner" adopt the method of audition?"
"Mr. Lei, I heard that Xinyicheng's "Best Partner" is now starting filming?" One reporter after another held the microphone in his hand, and kept asking questions under the illumination of the camera, Lei Juekun just felt that the media was powerful, and so many people knew the news of his own filming of "Best Partner".
Lei Juekun stretched out his hand and made a quiet gesture for everyone, and everyone saw this and moved their eyes to Lei Juekun, seeing that everyone finally had a stop, he explained: ""The Best Partner" is indeed going to start filming soon, and many role candidates have been decided, but the heroine has not yet been determined. “
Seeing that there was still a heroine undecided, one of the female reporters of "Ming Pao" boldly asked: "Mr. Lei, is the hostess going to be auditioned?"
"No, the selection of this female role will ultimately be discussed by the shareholders of the company, and I can't make a decision here. ”
Lei Juekun didn't dare to take this hot potato. He continued: "Regarding a previous journalist friend who said that "Best Partner" is the best film in Hong Kong, I would like to thank that journalist friend for watching our new art city, although the script is good, but I dare not have this title. "Best Partner" was created by the core staff of our new art city, and it has also been recognized by others, in short, the plot will definitely live up to everyone's expectations. ”
A group of people suddenly opened the pot, I heard that the plot of "Best Partner" is much better than the plot of "Funny Times", if you guess well, will it be the script written by Wang Jin, who has just entered the new art city, this guy has not long ago with the popularity of "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants", which made the gambling film turn over in one fell swoop, and Xie Xian and other protagonists directly entered the ranks of first-class stars with this film.
A reporter from "Sing Tao Daily" speculated: "Mr. Lei, will "Best Partner" be another new drama created by Wang Jin after entering Xinyicheng. At this moment, Lei Juekun didn't bother to move his mouth, he shook his head directly, he still had some things to talk about, he didn't have much time to consume these reporters, just a few more words, and left directly.
Although a group of reporters knew that the news of "Best Partner" was true, they were hung by Lei Juekun, and they were very curious about who made "Best Partner", a film that has not yet started filming but has spread far away?
As soon as he entered the office, Lei Juekun panted and picked up a glass of water on the table, swallowed it, looked up and saw Xu Ziming and others looking at him strangely, so he found a place to sit down, and smiled at the personnel of the new art city: "What, am I plastered with gold on my face today, or what are I doing?" I didn't expect that the media in Hong Kong is really powerful now, and I actually know about "Best Partner". ”
It was the first time Xu Ziming and others had seen Lei Juekun for the first time, and the meeting was more than ten minutes slower than before, and the matter of "Best Partner" was told by him and Ma Chengkun in person, and naturally the Hong Kong media knew about it.
Today, a group of people gathered together, ready to discuss the choice of the heroine of "Best Partner", Lei Juekun did not expect to be delayed by a group of reporters for a long time.
Xu Ziming took the lead in saying: "I think the candidate for the female superintendent is very suitable for Lin Qingxia to play. Xu Ziming did not choose Zhang Aijia in the original time and space, but selfishly chose Lin Qingxia to play it, and he is really looking forward to meeting Lin Qingxia again.
There was once a sentence to describe Lin Qingxia: "I think the years will precipitate on the face and sublimate into the heart." ”
Zeng Zhiwei looked at Xu Ziming with a strange expression, and asked anxiously: "Mr. Xu, I have also thought of a suitable candidate for this heroine." ”
Xu Ziming tried his best to pretend to be "hideous", and slammed Zeng Zhiwei fiercely, which meant to warn Zeng Zhiwei not to talk too much, how could Xu Ziming not know who Zeng Zhiwei wanted to say, since it was Liu Jialiang and him as the director, the role was naturally the original team.
It was the first time Zeng Zhiwei saw Xu Ziming's expression, and he was immediately scared into a cold sweat, he was just a little director of Xinyicheng, but he didn't dare to go against someone with status like Xu Ziming, otherwise he would only suffer in the end.
After Lei Juekun found the wonderful expressions of the two, he said: "Lin Qingxia has always starred in literary films, and the candidate of the female superintendent may be difficult to compete, and other well-known actresses in Taiwan such as Hu Huizhong are also difficult to replace."
Since Lei Juekun saved Xu Ziming's face, he naturally wouldn't give Zeng Zhiwei too much face. "Mr. Zeng's proposal, I think we should wait for all of us to discuss it before putting it forward. ”
Hu Huizhong, who was discovered by a talent scout during her school years, invited her to co-star with Zhang Guozhu in the literary film "Huanyan", and became famous in one fell swoop, with which she was nominated for Best Actress at the 16th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards and won the Best Promising Actress Award at the 25th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
Whether it is the current person or the future person, it is very easy to treat Lin Qingxia and Hu Huizhong as one person, in addition to the fact that they are both popular stars in Taiwan, the temperament of the two is very similar, and their appearance is also a lot similar.
Lei Juekun didn't know Xu Ziming's purpose in choosing Lin Qingxia, he just used Hu Huizhong's example to explain that this role is indeed not suitable for Lin Qingxia, a star of a literary film suddenly played the role of a policewoman who knows some kung fu, which seems a little abrupt. Another point is that out of the consideration of businessmen, the new art city has just started, and the artists try to choose the best in the company, but they are not sure of Zeng Zhiwei's idea.
Peacemaker Mecca felt that the atmosphere in front of him seemed to be stiff and a little evil, but as a shareholder, he naturally had the right to speak, "Best Partner" was written by Xu Ziming himself, even though the sub-shots were a little insufficient, and even some plots were lacking, but Xu Ziming's portrayal of all the characters was very good, and he believed that Xu Ziming's vision of choosing roles was naturally not bad.