Forty-eighth: The Legend of the Wicked
On June 2, Li Ping'an returned to Xiangjiang after a long absence, because for him, it was the first time Li Ping'an had left Xiangjiang for such a long time.
The women of Shi'ao Villa were naturally very happy about Li Ping'an's return, especially Lin Fengjiao, Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia, who couldn't suppress their lust, so they sneaked into Li Ping'an's bedroom that night and turned the phoenix upside down all night. The third daughter felt that she was doing something very hidden, but she didn't know that many pairs of envious and jealous eyes in the villa watched Zhao Yazhi and the third daughter enter Li Ping'an's bedroom and didn't return all night.
Li Ping'an, who was free again, decided to shoot a movie, on the one hand, to ponder some more shooting skills, and on the other hand, it was also a kind of resistance to the current flood of kung fu films and martial arts films. Although Li Ping'an did not want to be the savior of Xiangjiang films, he was ready to train some talents to guide him to Hollywood, and he wanted to see more Chinese in Hollywood.
After searching his intestines and scraping his stomach, Li Ping'an took out the "Legend of the Wicked" in South Korea, the original time and space, and sorted it out and adapted it. The original version of "The Wicked Turn" did not explain why the villain has a hobby of killing people without a purpose, and underground electronic gambling machines and mobile phones have not yet appeared, which need to be modified. Li Ping'an is ready to shoot this revised version of "The Legend of the Wicked" more coolly.
It took Li Ping'an a week to sort out the script, and then he began to select the right actors one by one. Hearing that Li Ping'an is going to open a new film again, many people began to recommend themselves, even Li Xiaolong said that he was very interested, recently Li Xiaolong's kung fu fighting films in Hollywood box office is getting less and less, and Xiangjiang audiences have also begun to have aesthetic fatigue, recently Li Xiaolong's film called "Life and Death" in Xiangjiang box office was actually surpassed by Fang Shilong, Hong Jinbao and others' new film "Food Truck" more than 500,000 Hong Kong dollars, "Life and Death" in Hollywood can only reach 15 million US dollars. Faced with this situation, Li Xiaolong has gradually focused his career on martial arts, and is planning to form a mixed martial arts tournament in the near future.
Li Ping'an has no way to help Li Xiaolong transform, unless he shoots a science fiction film or a magic film, but the current technology can't achieve it, so he can only politely reject Li Xiaolong at too small a cost.
On the set of Songcheng in Tiaoling Jing, several students of the Vermilion Bird training class who were about to graduate were running a trick in the crew of "Silkworm Transformation", and finally waited for Lin Lingdong, the assistant director of the intern, to shout to stop, and all the actors began to rush to the side of the drama who distributed the lunch box.
Ren Dahua, who grabbed the box lunch, came to Lin Lingdong's side in the same director's class, "Brother Dong, where will you get after graduation?" I heard that Mr. Li originally wanted you to go to DreamWorks, but Director Mai didn't agree. ”
Lin Lingdong swallowed a piece of braised pork and breathed a sigh of relief, "I'm going to study next to Director Mai for another year or two, and now the style of those people in DreamWorks is not my appetite." But you, have you decided to sign with DreamWorks or Suzakutai?"
Ren Dahua is a little aggrieved, his acting skills are not bad, but his appearance is a little evil, and he can't play a hero or other positive role, his brother Ren Darong asked him to apply for the police exam, but he didn't like it.
"I didn't think about it, I guess I can only play a traitor anywhere!"
Before Lin Lingdong could figure out how to comfort himself as a colleague, McDonald Bear sat down next to the two of them with a boxed lunch, "Today's chicken thighs are well burned!
Li Ping'an never let his subordinates be harsh on food, which is much better than what Radio and Shaw Brothers Pictures do.
Lin Lingdong and Ren Dahua were a little cramped when they saw Mai Dangxiong coming, "Hello Mai Tai!"
"Dinner, I'm not a big person, don't be nervous!" McDonald's motion for the two to sit down.
McDonald Bear is now the producer of "Silkworm Transformation", since the broadcast of "Shanghai * Beach" has been played, in order to further compress Jiayi, Li Ping'an once again threw out the drama "Silkworm Transformation", but the starring role was directly replaced by Gu Guanzhong, as for the original drama starring Xu Shaoqiang has been poached by Jiayi, which has invisibly reduced a lot of trouble for Zhuque Terrace, because although Xu Shaoqiao's acting skills are good, his character is really poor.
"Andy will report to DreamWorks tomorrow, Mr. Li will play a new play, and he will ask you to play the male lead. McDonald broke the silence after eating.
Ren Dahua was stunned, "Is it me?
Lin Lingdong patted Ren Dahua enviously, "I don't know what kind of shit luck your kid had, but he was able to be taken by Mr. Li." ”
McDonald Bear looked at Lin Lingdong's apprentice funny, "Don't be envious of you kid, we can recommend an assistant director to Mr. Li's crew to study, I recommended you here, and Wang Tianlin recommended his apprentice Du Qifeng over there!"
This time it was Lin Lingdong's turn and he was taken aback by the huge surprise.
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When Wu Weiguo pushed open Huang Baiming's general manager's office, he found that there were already many people in the relatively spacious office, so he ran to Lin Lingdong and sat down, "Ah Lin, there are a lot of people here!
Wu Weiguo's voice was very low, and Lin Lingdong also replied in a low voice, "I heard that Mr. Li wants to play a big one, I guess it will be very interesting." ”
As soon as the two of them finished talking, Huang Baiming pushed the door open first, let Li Ping'an into the house, and everyone hurriedly got up, "Hello Mr. Li!"
Li Ping'an came to the main seat, waved everyone to sit down, and then asked Zhong Chuhong to distribute the scripts in order according to the roles.
"It's going to be a tough shoot, and I hope you can overcome it. Sanmao, you play one of the leading actors, the black boss Zhang Dongxiu, Ren Dahua, you play one of the leading actors, the policeman Zheng Tae-seok, Wei Guo, you have the biggest challenge this time, you play one of the protagonists, the murderer Jiang Jinghao, and the other roles have been sent to you, so I won't explain them one by one. I'm going to win this film to the European awards, so I'm going to be very strict when I shoot it, and I hope you can understand. ”
This time to arrange the role, Li Ping'an specially pulled his driver Cheng Kuian in. Cheng Kui'an should still be in prison now, but because of Li Ping'an's appearance, Cheng Kui'an's fate has been completely changed. A few years ago, when Heung Kong Blackwater International recruited the first batch of security guards, Cheng Kui'an, who worked as a photographer at Shaw Brothers, signed up when he had just turned 16. Later, after the training, because Cheng Kui'an had excellent driving skills, he became Li Ping'an's driver. Because Li Ping'an usually stays at home, Zhao Yazhi and others use the car the most, so Cheng Kuian has almost become a special driver for the women around Li Ping'an. However, Cheng Kuian is very satisfied with his current life, with a high salary, and welfare benefits are also among the top in Xiangjiang, plus when he is fine, he can also go to the Blackwater International Training Base on Lamma Island to race with his comrades and try his marksmanship.
This time, Li Ping'an asked Cheng Kuian to make a cameo appearance, and he was reluctant to make a cameo appearance as the henchman next to the black club boss played by Hong Jinbao, but the big guy in reality asked him to act, and Cheng Kuian could only admit it.
Li Ping'an, the female lead actor who does not have many scenes in the play, handed over to Hu Huizhong, and the role of a female student was directly played by Guan Jiahui, and Li Ping'an also took it upon himself to give Guan Xiaomei a stage name Guan Zhilin.