Chapter 3 The Male Lead of the Movie
The movie is American, and Li Xiang needs to change it to the Chinese version. Some sensitive points were removed, some Chinese characteristics were added, and the script was successfully completed a few days later.
Optical Fiber Headquarters, Li Xiaoping's office, Li Xiang and Li Xiaoping sat opposite each other. In fact, Li Xiaoping doesn't look down on Li Xiang, it's normal! A young man who has just turned 20 years old, if it weren't for the sake of Li Xiang's father Wanda's executives, how could Optical Fiber be willing to agree to release a movie for him? Li Xiaoping flipped through the script, the "Hurricane Rescue" action movie, she watched it slowly, and was gradually attracted by the plot. Li Xiang didn't urge her, and drank coffee by himself. About half an hour later, Li Xiaoping finally finished reading the script, put down the script and looked at Li Xiang with a strange expression.
"Sister Xiaoping, do I have anything dirty on my face?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just a little curious, your script is quite exciting!" Li Xiaoping definitely can't say that it's because she is impressed by Li Xiang, which is too offensive, so she quickly changed the topic: "There is nothing wrong with the script, do you have any thoughts about the actors?"
"You can also see that the most important thing in this movie is the male lead, I think Mr. Yu Rongguang is very suitable for this role!"
"Why don't you use Hong Kong's action stars?" "Optical fiber is basically after the box office explosion of "Thai Embarrassment", and it really tilted resources to the mainland cast and crew, in fact, there is no way, the optical fiber admission time is more embarrassing, the mainland's high-quality resources are controlled by Huayi National Film, optical fiber can only find another way, it just so happens that HK personnel are going north in a big way, who can they use without them?
"There are two considerations, one is that Mr. Rong Guang was born in Peking Opera and martial arts, so his skills are not a problem, and secondly, he has also worked hard in HK for many years, and the audience has a certain degree of recognition. Second, he has no good resources over the years, so he can only make TV series, and his value is relatively cheap!" Yu Rongguang is very similar to Liam Neeson, the male protagonist of the original movie, both are veteran action stars, and they are all outdated.
"Okay, just do as you say, send an invitation to Mr. Yu to try it first, what about the other actors?"
"Other actors, Sister Xiaoping, you just look for it, I only have one requirement, my daughter's actor must be pure and beautiful!" This is also the most speechless part of the original version, even if you are a chick, you have to look at the conditions, right? Either you are beautiful, or you have a hot body, this is nothing.
"Okay, I'll draw up a list first, and then we'll try it out. ”
"Sister Xiaoping, please help me complete the crew. "Whether it is the people in front of or behind the scenes, Li Xiang is in a situation of being in a black eye for the time being, so he can only trouble Li Xiaoping.
"Okay, it's on me!" The script looks good, and the director's level has yet to be examined, but Li Xiaoping already has some expectations for Li Xiang, so she took the initiative to take on the work of a producer.
Two days later, Li Xiang was sweating in the gym, and the mobile phone next to him rang, and the call was an unfamiliar number, and Li Xiang answered the phone.
"Hey, hello, is it Li Xiang?" said a calm middle-aged man's voice on the other side.
"Hello, I am, may I ask who you are?" Li Xiang was not impressed by this voice.
"I'm Yu Rongguang. ”
"Hello Teacher Yu!"
"Mr. Li has already passed the script to me, I like this script very much, but can we meet once? I think I should meet with you before deciding whether to play this role, do you think?"
"No problem, Teacher Yu, you set the time, I have time here at any time. "We're not celebrities yet, let's bear with it first.
"That's it, Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant tonight, let's talk while eating, what do you think?"
"Okay teacher, let's see you in the evening!"
In 97, Hong Kong returned, and the film gradually declined, so Mr. Yu judged the situation and returned to the mainland to develop. Fang Shi's mainland film market is too small, and Mr. Yu has no resources, and there is only one way to shoot TV series, after filming several TV series successively (Lao Y said he hadn't seen it), he finally ushered in a hit in 06 - "Wolf Poison Flower". How popular was this TV series back then? Back then, when I was still in school, it was impossible to catch up on the drama every day, and I was stunned to watch more than a dozen TV stations make up this drama intermittently.
In the evening, at Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant, Li Xiang met Mr. Yu Rongguang. Teacher Yu is definitely not handsome, but he has a tough guy atmosphere, which is the most important trait. At the same time that Li Xiang looked at Yu Rongguang, Yu Rongguang was also looking at Li Xiang - a height of one meter and eight years, a delicate and slightly green face, a slim shirt and slacks, and a well-proportioned figure, the whole person looked clean and elegant. People are visual animals, which gave Yu Rongguang a great favor.
"You don't mind if I call you Xiao Li?" Li Xiang is too young, and Yu Rongguang's Li Dao really can't say it.
"It doesn't matter to Teacher Yu, I'm only 20 years old, and it's just right for you to call me Xiao Li. ”
"I want to ask you, why did you ask me to be the actor? I mean, you have a better choice. ”
"Teacher Yu, you are an action actor, you have acting skills, and you are the right age, you are the best candidate in my mind. "The main thing is that it's cheap, but I can't say it, it's too offensive.
"Xiao Li, you think too highly of me. ”
"No, Mr. Yu, we in the mainland also need action actors who can support the scene, when I first watched Hong Kong movies, I was thinking, why can we mainlanders only be bad guys? If I want to film, I will find mainland actors to be good people!" This is probably a grudge of Li Xiang, he is very uninterested in the stars of HK bending, of course, Fa Ge, brother, Leung Jiahui and other real actors, he still respects them very much.
"Okay! Well said! Just say this to you, I acted in your movie!" Mr. Yu had filmed more than 50 movies in HK in his early years, and he couldn't be clearer about the HK crew's attitude towards mainlanders. Again, who wants to come back if they stay comfortable?
The two drank this meal until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and Li Xiang came home in a daze and fell asleep.
The next morning, the ringtone of the mobile phone disturbed Li Xiang's good dream, and when he saw that the time was already 11 o'clock, it was Li Xiaoping's phone.
"Xiao Li, according to your requirements, I circled a few candidates, why don't you come to the company in the afternoon to try out?"
"Okay, Sister Xiaoping, I'll pack up, we'll see you in a while!"
Li Xiaoping's efficiency is really not enough, Wang Changtian really has the vision to pick people, no wonder Optical Fiber was able to surpass Huayi later and become the leading boss of a private media company.