Chapter 176 Recruiting Talents

Although Gu Weiqi fought until midnight last night and didn't rest until three or four o'clock, he was still in good spirits after waking up in the morning, and he didn't look tired at all. Especially after practicing Xingyi Quan for more than an hour, I feel that my body is filled with seemingly endless power, which is also the result of drinking the blood of the python.

Those python blood has been integrated into his body, and it can be said that it has become a part of his body, making him energetic and energetic every day. When he had practiced boxing, Mei Mu had already made breakfast; And Anita Mui is like a virtuous and well-behaved wife, serving him a fragrant breakfast.

After breakfast, Gu Weiqi drove to the company with the script of "Jingwu Hero", and after arriving at the company, Huang Bingyao came over and told him that the storyboard script of "God of Gamblers" had been completed, in other words, the film could be officially approved for filming. He then handed him a copy of the outline of the new script, and then continued to work on the storyboard script.

Huang Bingyao saw that Gu Weiqi had made a new script, and after reading it roughly, he was attracted by the bloody story in it, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that this boss really deserves to be called a "gold medal screenwriter", and this story is really good. In particular, although this story draws on some of the episodes in Li Xiaolong's version of "Jingwumen", it is innovative, and on the whole it is much stronger than the general storyline.

Gu Weiqi took the "God of Gamblers" storyboard and browsed it, which was roughly the same as the version in his memory, except that several fights reduced the gunfight and increased the kung fu duel. Considering that there was a need for an actor in the play, that is, the role of "Kikuko" played by the original Nakanishi and Michiko who bet with Gao Jin at the beginning, I called Keiko Matsuzaka, hoping to help find a suitable actor.

Keiko Matsuzaka has a very close relationship with him, and many movies written and filmed by Gu Weiqi last year were sold well in Yueben, and now he has already become a well-known filmmaker in Yueben, so he agreed without saying a word. However, he asked for a request, and he told her about the character requirements.

After the other party wrote it down in a notebook on the other end of the phone, he continued: "Gu Jun, I miss you so much, when will you come over to say this?" ”

"I miss you so much."

Gu Weiqi thought of the plump and sexy copper body of the big beauty on the other end of the phone, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly, and muttered: "It shouldn't take long, because the drama I just told you may have to be filmed in Yueben, and we will be able to meet at that time." ”

"Then I'll be waiting for you in this book!" Then Keiko Matsusaka said a few more words to Gu Weiqi and hung up the phone.

Gu Weiqi pondered for a while, the role of Gao Jin, the actor of "God of Gamblers", was played by Zhou Runfa, which was decided, and the two roles of Gao Jin's girlfriend J and Ah Zhen were originally starring Zhang Meng and Wang Guxian, but I don't know where the two are. And even if they were found, their age would not be up to the mark at all.

Besides, they have already promised Li Lizhen and Guan Xiumei, and they are basically settled. Chen Daozai, Gambling Demon Chen Jincheng, Gao Yi, Hua Liucheng, Crow, Jiuge and Long Wu The original version was played by Liu Dehua, Bao Hanlin, Long Fang, Wu Mengda, Huang Bin, Chen Kuian and Xiang Huaqiang, but these people couldn't be found for a while.

In desperation, Gu Weiqi thought about it, and decided to make a cameo appearance in the role of "Dragon Five" by himself, and the two roles of Daozi and Jiu Ge simply let Liu Dehua and Chen Kuian play, anyway, they are all artists of their own company, and when the time comes, they can also let Liu Dehua continue to star in "Gambler".

However, the roles of Bao Hanlin, Long Fang, Wu Mengda and Huang Bin need to be considered. After all, Bao Hanlin and Wu Mengda are both wireless contracted actors, and if they have the opportunity, they naturally have to give priority to the artists of the "Phoenix TV" company, but after thinking about it, they really thought that they could let Shi Jian play the role of "Poison" Chen Jincheng, after all, the other party is an old actor, and it should be said that he is comfortable playing this role.

As for the rest of the roles, they were handed over to the director, and when I remembered the director, I suddenly remembered, it seems that this film has not yet been directed, and after thinking about it carefully, I should say that Liu Zhenwei is still good at this kind of film. Especially since joining the company, he has directed a lot of films and has a wealth of experience.

Turning his mind, Gu Weiqi called Liu Zhenwei and asked him to come over and explain to him the matter of the "God of Gamblers" project and filming.

Liu Zhenwei listened to Gu Weiqi's words, nodded without hesitation, and took the finished storyboard script to announce the official shooting of this movie. Of course, because you still have to make a budget and find a suitable place to set up the set, it will definitely take a while until the official start of filming. But it's kind of settled.

When Gu Weiqi was busy with these, Huang Bingyao had already copied the manuscript of the story of "Jingwu Heroes" and sent it back, so he left the company with the manuscript and drove to the "Tang Dynasty Grand Theater".

The Tang Dynasty Grand Theater is a multi-functional theater that can be used for performances and movies, with nearly 3,000 seats, which can accommodate nearly 3,000 people to watch performances or movies at the same time. In particular, the decoration inside is not much better than the leading cinema Mong Kok flagship store of the "Tang Dynasty Cinema Line".

Gu Weiqi drove not long before he came to the gate of this theater, and it was more than ten o'clock in the morning. However, because the Spring Festival is coming soon, what to learn and workers are basically on holiday, the street is full of traffic, and the people at the entrance of the theater are very lively. He parked the car, got out of the car with his satchel containing Big Brother and the manuscript, and bought a ticket to walk into the theater in order to keep a low profile.

After entering the theater and looking at it, there were quite a lot of people watching the performance, and nearly 3,000 seats were almost full. The main reason is that the release of "Shaolin Temple" in the past two days has been welcomed by fans, and as soon as they heard that the original team of "Shaolin Temple" performed martial arts, fans naturally flocked to it. However, Gu Weiqi glanced at it casually, and went straight to the rear tire.

However, as soon as Gu Weiqi arrived at the entrance and exit of the rear tire, a young girl walked out and blocked his way, and said in Mandarin: "Comrade, it is a place where the members of our martial arts exchange team put on makeup and rest, what are you going to do in there?" ”

Gu Weiqi took off his sunglasses and looked at it, the girl was not very beautiful, but she was very tall, her skin showed a healthy glow of wheat color, especially there was a hint of heroism between her eyebrows, and her eyes were very dark. It's just dressed up but with a little rustic atmosphere, but he recognized it at a glance, this is Ding Lan who played the role of "white and flawless" in the "Shaolin Temple" film, I watched this film several times in my previous life, and most of the characters in it remembered.

"Hello beauty."

Gu Weiqi smiled slightly, said hello and continued: "I am Gu Weiqi, the owner of Oriental Hollywood International Film Company, Phoenix TV, China Entertainment Times, Tian Lai Legend International Music Company, Mythology International Publishing House, Giant Daily, and Movie Weekly. This is my business card, I took the liberty to visit this time, I want to meet your person in charge, can you please help me report? As he spoke, he took out a platinum business card and sent it to Ding Lan.

"What company owner?" Ding Lan heard it in a fog, but it seemed to be a big deal, especially when the platinum business card was still quite weighty, so she didn't dare to slack off, and said "Please wait for a while" and turned around and ran in.

A bald man who walked up and walked quickly led seven or eight people to walk out quickly, Gu Weiqi recognized it at a glance, this leader was Yu Hi who played the role of "Tight Master" in "Shaolin Temple". As far as he knows, this person is an outstanding martial artist in China, especially the "Praying Mantis Boxing" is the most exquisite, in addition to starring in the "Shaolin Temple", he has also acted in many movies and TV series, and is a respected martial arts famous house with the purpose of "martial spirit".

And yesterday he also learned from Lu Ke that the other party is also the leader of the martial arts performance exchange group, in other words, if you want to bring Li Lianjie, Ji Chunhua, and Ding Lan to your side, you must get his permission. Otherwise, even if Li Lianjie and they agreed, it would not work if he didn't spit out.

Therefore, Gu Weiqi took two steps forward to meet the other party, hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Master Yu is fortunate to meet, under Gu Weiqi, it is too abrupt to come to visit today, please forgive Master Yu." ”

While greeting him, he glanced at the people who followed him, the good guy Li Lianjie, Yu Chenghui, Ji Chunhua, including Ding Lan, etc., almost all the leading actors of the entire "Shaolin Temple" were all there, and I couldn't help but be happy, as long as Yu Hi was done, under the temptation of money and a good script, I don't believe that the Internet will not come to these talents.

Yu Hi glanced at Gu Weiqi, and immediately saw that the young man in front of him was also a practitioner, and judging from his long breath, kung fu seemed to be unfathomable, so he hurriedly arched his hand according to the etiquette of a martial artist and said: "Master Gu is polite, I heard Ding Lan say that you are the boss of what company, I don't know what is the important thing to come to find Yu?" ”

"I am the owner of Oriental Hollywood International Film Company, Phoenix TV, China Entertainment Daily, Giant Newspaper, or the owner of Tang Dynasty Cinemas, including this theater is my industry. The reason why I looked for Master Yu is because I watched the 'Shaolin Temple' starring your team members and felt that they were all good actors with potential. ”

Gu Weiqi emphasized: "I believe that as long as there is a good script, they all have the opportunity to become international superstars, and it is just the time for my film company to expand its scale. At present, I just plan to shoot six new films at the same time, but there are not many suitable kung fu stars in Xiangjiang, so I hope to be able to sign Li Lianjie and a few of them. ”

"Oriental Hollywood International Film Company, Phoenix TV, China Entertainment Daily, Giant Newspaper boss?"

Yu Hi was taken aback, he had been bringing people to Xiangjiang for several days, and the news about these companies had never been interrupted, but he didn't expect the bosses of these companies to be so young, and what surprised him even more was that he was shooting six new films at the same time, which was absolutely wealthy, but he wanted to sign a contract with Li Lianjie and a few of them but couldn't be the master, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed for a while.

Not to mention that he was surprised, even the people behind him were all shocked.

Gu Weiqi seemed to see through the other party's thoughts, and then said solemnly: "Master Yu, you may not know that you have come to Xiangjiang for a short time, but my company is definitely a leader in the industry, especially the treatment I give is definitely the top in the industry." For example, how much does Li Lianjie cost to make a film in the mainland? I guess I'm dying of 8,000 people, right? But with a salary of no less than 100,000 Hong Kong dollars for making a film in my company, plus generous dividends and guaranteed salary, it is easy to earn three or five hundred thousand yuan in a year. ”

"Three and a half million a year to play?" The crowd was taken aback again.

In fact, when Li Lianjie filmed "Shaolin Temple" again, he only had a few hundred yuan, where was there eight thousand. After all, at that time, wages in the mainland were already very low. There's no way, because the economic level is in a hurry, everyone is like this, even celebrities are actually very poor.

Yu Hi finally spoke, and said slowly: "It sounds like the treatment given by Boss Gu is quite good, but I have to discuss this matter with the team members, and I also have to report it to the leaders above, and I ask Master Gu to understand." ”

"No problem, I understand." Gu Weiqi nodded and said, "Otherwise, if I look at this, you guys are about to end the show, right?" It's almost noon when we stop for a while, so why don't you let me do the host, how about you have lunch? ”

"What's so embarrassing?"

"It doesn't matter, speaking of which, you are guests from afar, Gu should do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord, so don't be polite. If you want to find the location, you can go out of the 'Kokushu Theme Restaurant' not far to the left of the theater. Okay, I'll go over and let the chefs of the restaurant prepare the dishes first, and you can discuss it first, but no matter what the result is, I hope that Master Yu can give me an answer as soon as possible. ”

"Okay, Master Gu walks slowly."