Chapter 39: The Golden Partner (Part I)

"If it passes, I'll call you." Li Yihua smiled and said to the candidates in front of him, he himself felt that he was about to collapse.

When Li Yihua was at a loss for actors, he thought of the "beauty pageant" of later generations, and he might be able to find his own actor based on this, although the method is relatively stupid, but it can save a lot of money, which is a waste of time.

"Andy, it's a shame that you want to come out and recruit actors like this." Fu Baorong handed a box of fast food to Li Yihua and extended a thumbs up to Li Yihua.

"It's not that there is no money to make trouble, but the effect is good, and the actors have basically been determined." Li Yihua can only smile bitterly at the current status quo, who said that he has no money to make movies.

You must know that the production efficiency of Hong Kong films is now world-famous, not only the shooting cycle is short, but even the various preparations before filming are amazingly fast, so the casting work of many movies does not even have an audition link, a director starts shooting a movie, if there is a main role candidate in his mind, a phone call to the actor's agent, have a meal with the actor, talk about the script, and basically finalize it.

Of course, in some larger productions, there will still be some auditions, so that we can better select actors who are more suitable for the role.

And Hong Kong now does not have an actor union like Hollywood, to introduce job opportunities to actors, defend their rights, and be responsible for labor contract negotiations with producers' associations, etc., so it is not easy to organize a large-scale audition, if it were not for the organization and assistance of Hong Jinbao, a newcomer like Li Yihua, a small production with an investment of one million Hong Kong dollars, it is estimated that it will be able to attract a few unknown actors to audition.

Li Yihua, as the producer, producer, director, and screenwriter of "Nightclub", naturally fell on his shoulders to choose the actors.

"You're fancy a director, you're going to audition tomorrow, you're sharing your happiness with everyone, and saying that buddy is going to be hot"

Looking at the performance of the boy in front of him, Li Yihua still shook his head regretfully: "The performance is good, but it is too solemn, he is happy, joyful, and hopes to seize this opportunity, your performance seems to be too dull, and it does not express the joy of a show-and-match game shooting, a chance to come." ”

The audition is in the process of casting Zhu Liao's role, although the joke in that scene is Zhu Liao's first appearance, but with the effect of the later music, it definitely achieves the joke of tears, which people can't forget. Not to mention that there is a drama in my heart, at least the performance must be in place, the little handsome guy just now, his acting skills are really too tender.

"Is Zhu Liao's role really that difficult to choose?" Fu Baorong on the side asked Li Yihua.

Li Yihua smiled helplessly, Zhu Liao in his mind has always been difficult to jump out of the role that Zhao Yingjun performed, it can be said that he has played this role to the extreme, and people can't help laughing when they see it, so he said: "This role is definitely the highlight of this play, and it needs to be unforgettable."

"I understand," Fu Baorong made an expression that he understood before Li Yihua finished speaking, everything is up to you, this matter has nothing to do with me.

Just as Li Yihua and Fu Baorong were talking about things, a young man walked over. Li Yihua was full of frustration because of the poor application for the role, and said without raising his head: "There is a role on the table, you choose to play that one, and then we will try out." ”

After nearly an hour, Li Yihua thought that the person was gone, and suddenly his voice sounded, "I applied for the role of Zhu Liao." ”

Hearing the application for Zhu Liao, Li Yihua raised his head suddenly, and a large number of young people in front of him saw that the boy was about 22 years old, but he also met his own requirements, and his height was about the same, and he was neither fat nor thin, his long hair could not see his appearance clearly, his head was a little big, his family was obviously not very wealthy, it should be a child from those villages near Hong Kong, his pants were washed and some discolored, especially the outer wear of his knees was a little whitish.

Li Yihua looked at this boy, he should have seen the most in line with the standards in the morning, especially the active energy, and he has been moving non-stop to apply here. I don't know why, looking at this man always gives Li Yihua a familiar feeling, as if he has seen it somewhere.

Li Yihua saw that it was already noon, so he took the lead and said: "I have also read the script, you can talk about your own views now." ”

The man organized his language and said very seriously, "Zhu Liao is a very literary fan, but he has always thought that he has no talent, which is not very in line with reality, and he should need exaggerated acting skills, that is, he has a very dramatic conflict and a dramatic effect." In general, this character should be cheaper and more depressing, and the date will make people laugh. ”

When Li Yihua heard this man's voice, he was even more sure that he knew this man, but he didn't know where he had seen it, "What's your name?" ”

"Zhou Xingxing, everyone who knows me calls me Xingzai." The boy spoke his name slowly, in a very coherent manner.

"Zhou Xingxing?" Li Yihua, who was listless, suddenly reminded him of a person when he heard this name, and he knew why it sounded so familiar, who in the Chinese world didn't know Zhou Xingxing's name, he was a benchmark.

Is it really him? Seeing this young man with long hair, Li Yihua slowly merged with the faces with a little ruffian smiles in his memory, which also made Li Yihua more sure that he was the "king of comedy".

Stephenchow, a famous actor, director, screenwriter, filmmaker and producer, is known as the "King of Comedy" in Chinese, and is also the ancestor and leader of "nonsensical" films. It has great influence and popularity in the Chinese world, and is known as "Hong Kong's Chaplin"; He has starred in films such as "Hundred Changing Stars", "Journey to the West", "Truant Weilong", "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance" and other films, and has written, directed and acted in "Domestic Lingling Paint", "Shaolin Football", "Kung Fu", and many other films, has broken the Hong Kong film box office record 6 times and won 8 annual Hong Kong film box office champions, and Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat are called double Mondays, which means the guarantee of the Hong Kong film box office, and won the Hong Kong and Macao Outstanding Stars of the International Outstanding People Association in 1998; His self-written, directed, and starred film "Kung Fu" was named one of the 10 best films in the world that year by Time Magazine, ranking eighth. "Journey to the West" has become a cultural symbol that has influenced a generation, and the new work "Journey to the West" has been released on February 10, 2013, with a box office of more than 1.2 billion in the mainland. It has now become a box office guarantee in the mainland and a quality guarantee for Chinese-language films.