"Give up? What to give up for. Zeng Zhiwei opened his mouth wide, and said with a smile: "The most I earn in martial arts is not money, but friendship." Zeng Zhiwei also slowly let down his guard against Li Xiaole, opened the chatterbox and said:

"Actually, I'm different from others, I didn't have that strong emotion with my lover before, I only have a strong relationship with my friends, I eat out 363 days a year, and I will only be at home during the New Year or when I'm sick, the reason why I enjoy the work in the entertainment industry is because I like this kind of group life, playing football is more than a dozen or twenty people together, filming is also dozens of people together, I like a group of people to eat and chat together."

Saying that, Zeng Zhiwei smiled and touched his head to call himself "strange-shaped", and said with a sneer: "I was probably used to being a person who talked a lot and made others laugh in a large group of people. ”

Among the four people, Cheng Long is obviously the most vigilant against Li Xiaole, he has been drinking and silent, Zhang Guorong doesn't like to talk much, just smiling silently on the side, it's just Li Xiaole and Zeng Zhiwei are bragging and farting, but Zhang Guorong knows that Cheng Long has been secretly observing Li Xiaole, Hong Kong people do things like this, before cooperating with a person, it is not how strong his ability is, or to see if he is reliable, drinking is just a disguise, mainly to understand this person, he wants to see Li Xiaole this person.

"Do you know that the Hong Kong entertainment industry is a big family, and everyone can work hard." Zeng Zhiwei drank too much, and began to complain sadly with a handful of tears and snot: "For more than 30 years, I have done all the work in this circle, I have done all the work in this circle, I have done it as an actor and director, I have no regrets, but I can't rest~~ Do you know what Lu Dao is for?"

Because there is a sense of mission and responsibility that forces us old people not to stop, I have been in this circle for so many years, fame and fortune are obtained from this circle, and we have the obligation to make Hong Kong films not fall ~~"

Zeng Zhiwei put his arm around Li Xiaole's shoulders and spit out wine and said: "Look at Andy, he is the king of heaven, why do you have to go to various award ceremonies every year, is he missing awards?" And at the risk of losing to those yellow-haired girls, for what? Just to let everyone come to see this award ceremony. ”

Zeng Zhiwei said, pointing at Cheng Long with some excitement: "Look at Cheng Long, he is an international star, why do you want to come back, why do you want to shoot "Baby Strategy", why do you want to do the "Descendants of the Dragon" program, he is actually retreating when he comes back, he just feels that he is a Hong Kong entertainer, and he should support the Hong Kong circle." ”

Seeing Cheng Long shrugging his shoulders helplessly and not knowing what to say, Li Xiaole was also a little moved in his heart, the Hong Kong circle is indeed like a big family, united by these "big brothers", unlike the mainland, those so-called international stars, as soon as they go to Europe and the United States, they can't wait to immediately break off relations with their domestic counterparts, for fear that they will lose their jobs.

Li Xiaole looked at Zhang Guorong and frequently glanced at him, and he also knew whether this thing could be done, the key was to see if Cheng Long could nod, now was the time to show his heart, and he also raised his cup and said to Zeng Zhiwei:

"Brother Zeng, I won't take a detour, this time I came to Hong Kong, just hoping to gather everyone, save a good show, and spread our Hong Kong films to Europe and the United States."

Zeng Zhiwei, who was already slightly drunk, suddenly turned cold when he heard this, and instantly revealed Han Chen's expression in "Infernal Affairs", looked at Li Xiaole and snorted coldly:

"Just you? How can you, a mainlander, make a good Hong Kong film or a martial arts film? How do you shoot? Do you know kung fu? Do you know how to arrange the movements? Why do you think you can make so many of us listen to you? Wei Zai, Huang Rihua, they call me big brother, it doesn't mean that I can hand them over to you casually, why do you think that you are stronger than Liu Wei and Mak Zhaohui, why do you want me to pull so many heavenly kings over to film for you? ”

Zhang Guorong was also stunned, he didn't expect Zeng Zhiwei to turn his face when he said it, and he would say all the cruel words at once, but Cheng Long stared at Li Xiaole's face tightly while drinking, observing his reaction.

"Of course I can shoot well." Li Xiaole faced Zeng Zhiwei's sudden and provocative speech, but there was no wave on his face, his clear eyes were not shocked, and he explained in a calm and firm tone:

"Hong Kong directors have the limitations of Hong Kong directors, you are addicted to the gangster films of the old era and can't extricate yourself, always want to relive the glory of the past, their feelings are admirable, but it is out of place, you must know that the culture of gangsters is dark and one-sided, Hong Kong can win attention with these themes, but it will always become the mainstream of the world.

Gangster films may be the pride of a generation of Hong Kong directors, but they are not something that a nation can really be proud of, the best film and television culture must always be loved and liked by everyone in the world, and everyone has common feelings in their hearts, and martial arts films meet all the conditions, why don't you shoot them? Because now the market thinks that this theme is outdated, and everyone dares to shoot it, how many years has Hong Kong not made a really good martial arts film? ”

"And I'm willing to shoot." Speaking of this, Li Xiaole confidently patted his chest with his thumb and said: "I have world-class influence that all Hong Kong directors don't have, I have skills that you don't have, I have funds, no matter the cost, only I have the possibility to make a work that allows Hong Kong films to go out of the small circle of Asia, it's not that I'm begging you, but you need a person like me." ”

Zeng Zhiwei originally wanted to try Li Xiaole's character, but he didn't expect him to say such a thing, and he was also surprised in his heart, he turned his head to look at Zhang Guorong, Leslie Cheung also showed a stunned expression, obviously didn't know that Li Xiaole, who was usually modest, still had this side.

Li Xiaole's words were not for Zeng Zhiwei, he was for Cheng Long, who had been ignoring him on the side, this "big brother" obviously felt that he was just a hairy boy and didn't want to see himself.

"That's right, of course it's no problem for you to make Hong Kong films, but why do you let so many old-timers give you a hand?" Cheng Long, who had been silent, finally spoke up, his eyes met Li Xiaole's gaze, and he asked, "Do you think you and your actress have this qualification?" Since it's going to make a good movie, why can't you change someone else to star in it? Isn't Nicholas better suited than you? ”

This is what Zeng Zhiwei and Cheng Long are worried about, they are worried that Li Xiaole deceived these elites in Hong Kong to support them in order to meet their personal wishes, you must know that many mainland film companies have done this thing, and mainland investors have a lot of money, they often invite Hong Kong stars and directors at high prices, all kinds of blind conductors, praise their own actresses and the like, and later make a bad movie that is not so-called, and the audience is for the fame of Hong Kong directors and actors. But after the release, the audience shouted that they were fooled when they saw the big bad movie, and they would say that Hong Kong specializes in making bad movies, so Hong Kong stars are afraid of cooperating with mainlanders.

Leslie Cheung and Zeng Zhiwei both looked at Li Xiaole at this moment, which was also the doubt in their hearts.

"There are two reasons why I invited so many well-known Hong Kong seniors." Li Xiaole looked at the three of them calmly, and while pouring wine into the cups of the three of them, he said:

"First of all, there is a huge gap between our Hong Kong talents in film and television and Hollywood as a whole, but they are not lost to them at the elite level, and only by concentrating the best actors in supporting roles can the quality of the whole drama be improved." Li Xiaole looked at Cheng Long and Zeng Zhiwei's eyes and slowly explained:

"I think you all know that martial arts dramas are a very unfamiliar subject matter compared to foreign audiences, no matter how good the props and sets are, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the audience to bring them into this story, so I need the actors themselves to build this world, whether it is the Five Uniques, or any small role in the Condor Archery, I need each supporting role to be able to hold the audience's eyes as soon as they appear...... Let the audience get to know this fictional but romantic world through them. ”

Li Xiaole said this, and emphasized in an accentuated tone: "I don't just want to use the fame of these Hong Kong stars to increase ratings, but more importantly, because they are the best actors in Hong Kong, I need them to appear in this series, which is like the British filming of "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings", in which the supporting roles are all the greatest British Shakespeare actors of this era, and only they can provoke this fictional story." ”

Li Xiaole's words made Cheng Long, Zeng Zhiwei, and Zhang Guorong all listen very comfortably, especially when he took out "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" to compare, you must know that the protagonists of these two movies are young people, especially "Harry Potter" is simply played by a group of little children, although the audience thinks that the movie is to watch little Harry and little Hermione, but insiders know that this drama is basically played by those old drama bones and supporting actors, without them "Harry Potter" It's just an ordinary children's drama that can't be ordinary anymore.

When Michael Gambon, who plays Dumbledore, the headmaster of the School of Magic, utters those classical and romantic English rhymes, many viewers will be naturally transported into the magical world.

And the similar "Golden Compass" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" imitated by the Americans, without the epic sense of "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", it is precisely the lack of support from these British Shakespeare actors.

In the same way, as long as the audience who loves to watch martial arts dramas, they will have a feeling that although the mainland has remade many big-budget martial arts dramas this year, such as "Smiling Proud Jianghu", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", it is either a bandit and robber drama that makes martial arts a bandit drama, or it makes a martial arts idol drama, and it is completely lacking in the blood, the chic pride in the bones, and the romantic elegance~~

This is the cultural heritage, the older generation in Hong Kong has maintained the charm of "chivalry", whether it is the characters, gestures, music, or dialogue, many lyrics are sung in Cantonese with the feeling of nostalgia~~

Therefore, if you want to shoot martial arts, you can only use Hong Kong actors to play supporting roles~!