Chapter 549: Candidates for "Shanghai Tang".
Zhou Yunfa has starred in many TV series before, including TV series such as "Crazy Tide", "Strong Man", "Struggle" and other TV series, all of which are high-rated and popular dramas.
In addition, Chow Yun-fat also starred in many movies, such as "A Thousand Kings Fighting a Thousand Tyrants" produced by Hui, and the box office was also very good. Not only has he honed his acting skills, but he also has a good reputation. is a first-line student in TVB's rankings today, and he is no worse than Qiu Guan Zheng Shaoqiu.
"It's best if you think it's good. Who are you going to choose to play the other two main characters? Xu Guanwu asked with a smile again.
"That poor boy who climbed up from the bottom of the society, I plan to choose Ren Dawei, who graduated from the wireless artist training class, to play." Zhao Zhenqiang thought for a while.
Xu Guanwu was stunned for a moment, thinking of this mature uncle with a rich temperament, he couldn't help but smile and nodded. Ren Dawei is a figure who has to be mentioned in the Hong Kong film industry, he has made countless films in his life, including many three-chicken films. And the roles he played in his early years were mainly perverted, and after he entered middle age, he developed a temperament, and he mostly played successful people such as the big brother of the Black X Gang.
Ren Dawei is also a rare acting figure in the Hong Kong film industry, and has been nominated for many Academy Awards, and he once said that there are only bad actors, no bad roles. Each film is shot with great care, and the level of dedication is second to none in the Hong Kong film industry. Even when filming the Three Chicken Films, he has great respect for the actresses he cooperates with, and he has never used the opportunity of filming to rub oil. So it is said that he is the actor that the three chicken stars want to cooperate with the most.
It is worth mentioning that Ren Daxun's eldest brother Ren Darong is a senior member of the police force, so it is rumored that he is one of the only two actors in the Hong Kong Black X Club who dare not move. The other is the eldest brother Cheng Long. In the late 80s, Yam became popular when he filmed the "Hong Kong Dancer" series. But no Black X will dare to force him to take over the movie. On the contrary, Liu Dehua, who had no one to cover, was forced to make a lot of movies. Among them, there are naturally many kinds of shoddy and bad movies. And Liu Jialing even made a small movie after being turned X, which can be described as extremely miserable.
And the reason why Cheng Long was not bullied, in addition to having Jiahe's support behind him, the more important thing is that he has money. It is said that in order to help people settle things, he smashed out tens of millions of bonuses and issued a chase and kill order in the rivers and lakes, and for a time the limelight was unmatched, and it also made the black X, who was afraid of the soft and afraid of the hard, invincible, and retreated.
Ren Dawei originally graduated from the wireless artist training class with Zhou Yanfa. It's just a pity that Ren Dawei's experience is not as good as Zhou Yanfa. When Zhou Runfa was running tricks, he also followed suits. But when Zhou Yunfa played Jiang Yuhan in "Dream of Red Mansions", Ren Dawei still played the role of a dragon with no name and no surname. When Zhou Runfa began to become famous when filming "Tide" and "Strongman", Ren Dawei still continued to run his tricks. It wasn't until Zhou Yunfa refused to renew his contract with Wireless and planned to go to the film industry but was suppressed by Wireless that Ren Dawei began to be praised by Wireless.
But it's a pity that he hasn't mixed up too much fame, and soon the wireless five tigers who are younger than him, more handsome than him, and more handsome than him will be born, and Ren Dawei has never really become popular. When he also entered the film industry. Zhou Yunfa has become a popular little brother in East Asia with "The True Color of Heroes". And he still has to climb up from the bottom. Most of the time, he just plays the roles of killers, perverts, hooligans, etc., and the movie is neither a hot seller, nor is the role brilliant.
Fortunately, this time he finally became famous, a "Hong Kong Dancer" and a "Chicken and Duck Love", making him a representative of charming and sexy men, and subsequently starred in three chicken films in a row, such as "Unstoppable Madness", "Naked Lamb", "Doctor Lamb of Serious Cases" and so on.
Although he has starred in so many three-chicken movies, Ren Dawei did not give people the impression of being salty and wet, but instead laid the label of a sexy man for himself. And he also honed his acting skills with the help of these movies, and then got the appreciation of director To Qifeng, after Hong Kong films fell into decline, he still made money every year, and his reputation was getting better and better, and he gradually became a representative of Hong Kong films.
Therefore, people must not give up in this life, maybe the fate of the first half is not good, but as long as you persevere and continue to move forward, the victory or defeat of the last is unpredictable. Similar to Ren Dawei's fate are Huang Qiusheng, who has also starred in many three-chicken films, and Wu Zhenyu, who always plays an evolving role. The fate trajectories of these three people are too similar, they were all poor when they were young, their reputation was not obvious when they were young, and they only began to become famous when they entered middle age.
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"I don't seem to have seen the actor Ren Dawei yet, so I brought it over another day for me to take a look." Xu Guanwu smiled.
"Okay." Zhao Zhenqiang nodded, "Another Shanghai Tang tycoon who has become famous and powerful, I plan to ask Mr. Shi Jian to play." ”
"Shi Jian?!" Xu Guanwu was stunned, why isn't it Feng Jingyao played by Liu Dan? Why is it Shi Jian who is starring now?!
Shi Jian is one of the most well-known villains in Hong Kong, he has been playing the villain since the Cantonese record period, and he opposes Wong Feihong, played by Master Guan Dexing, and the two have fought to the death and made more than 200 movies, which are unique in the world film industry. After Cantonese feature films ceased to sell well in the 70s, Shi Jian gradually reduced his filming, but he also participated in many films with his good skills and excellent acting skills.
For example, "Enter the Dragon", which co-starred with Bruce Lee, set off a kung fu boom in the United States. And his performance in "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" is also quite outstanding, although the role is small but quite outstanding.
In addition to filming films, Shi Jian also devoted himself to the filming of TV dramas like many Cantonese film stars at the time. However, although he mostly shows himself as a villain on the screen, such as Shi Jian, who is dedicated to opposing Huang Feihong, and Tiancripple Foot, who is dedicated to opposing the palm of the gods, etc. But on TV, there are mostly elegant and humble kind elders, of course, the most impressive are the two brothers Qiu Qianzhang and Qiu Qianren played in the 83 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
With Shi Jian's popularity and acting skills, it is naturally the best choice to play the role of Shanghai tycoon Feng Jingyao, but because Liu Dan's version of Feng Jingyao has already been preconceived, Xu Guanwu still wants to restore the original version as much as possible. Except that Lu Liangwei is now too famous. It is no longer possible to play Ding Li, a male pendant. The other characters, Xu Guanwu, wanted to respect the original as much as possible.
"Shi Jian's predecessors are naturally indispensable to play the role of Shanghai Tang tycoon. But I think we still have to try to give new people a chance. Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "In addition, the company is about to open a play, and it needs Mr. Shi Jian to play the role, so you still want another one." ”
Zhao Zhenqiang heard Xu Guanwu say this, so he had to tell the boss one by one the candidates he thought he had planned.
Xu Guanwu listened to several names in a row and felt that everyone was qualified to act, which also reflected TVB's abundance of talents. However, Xu Guanwu still wanted to use Liu Dan to play this role, since he couldn't hear the name from Zhao Zhenqiang. Then you have to make it clear to yourself.
"I remember watching TV once and thinking that an actor named Liu Dan had good acting skills, what do you think he will play this role?" Xu Guanwu smiled and suddenly proposed.
Zhao Zhenqiang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment after hearing this, and thought about it for a long time before remembering Liu Dan. Liu Dan was originally an actor of Zhujiang Film Company, and he couldn't get along in the film industry before he joined TVB, but he basically didn't play any important roles in the two years he came to the TV station, and most of the time he was just a small supporting role, how did he get into the eyes of the boss? This is really enviable.
"But the boss. Liu Dan is only thirty-six years old this year, and the role he wants to play is Mrs. Xu's father. It's too discordant in terms of age. Zhao Zhenqiang thought about it, and suddenly said in surprise.
"What's this, don't you use makeup to make up for it when you're young, can't I teach you this?" Xu Guanwu glared at him and said.
"Yes, yes, the boss is right." Zhao Zhenqiang wanted to pump himself in the mouth at the moment. Since the boss deliberately named Liu Dan to play the role, he just did it, and expressed any opinions randomly. Isn't this saying that the boss has no vision?! It's really a human head and a pig's brain.
"Okay, I won't say anything about how you choose the other characters." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "But in terms of actors, young actors are still available, especially students who have just graduated from Xinghui Art School this year, dare to give them the opportunity to try." I remember that among the students recruited last year, there was a boy named Tang Zhenye who was very handsome, you can consider giving them more opportunities. ”
"Yes, yes, I've written everything the boss said." Zhao Zhenqiang wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and said, thinking that the boss had three people in a row today, Zhou Yanfa, Liu Dan, and Tang Zhenye...... Aren't these three people the ones the boss values?! If I make these three people popular, then I will follow the boss's wishes. If I follow the boss's wishes, won't I be able to go one step higher in the future?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhenqiang couldn't help but laugh secretly.
"Okay, if there's nothing to do, you can go back first, and write the script early." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "In addition, Azhi just gave birth to a baby here, so don't let her get tired." ”
"Yes, I'll be careful." Zhao Zhenqiang hurriedly agreed, "Boss, if you don't have any orders, I'll leave first." ”
Xu Guanwu nodded and sent Zhao Zhenqiang downstairs.
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As soon as Zhao Zhenqiang left with Xu Guanwu's instructions, Liang Shuyi walked in in a hurry.
"Stanley, I've found out who the mysterious man at the negotiating table yesterday was." Liang Shuyi said with a smile.
"Oh?! Where did he come from? Xu Guanwu listened and couldn't help but ask Liang Shuyi.
"He is a member of the Liao family, and his family opened a bank." Liang Shuyi introduced with a smile.
"Could it be Liao's Bank that had a run ten years ago?!" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.
Liang Shuyi nodded, "Their family used to open a silver account in Guangzhou, and later moved to Hong Kong because of the war. The bank later changed to a bank, because they offended HSBC, Standard Chartered, Hang Seng and other established banks by proposing high interest rates to attract depositors, so they were hit hard by a run on the bank. But fortunately, the Liao family has learned very well. The banking business has also slowly recovered, and it is now ranked in the top 10 of the 100 banks in Hong Kong. ”
Xu Guanwu nodded, Hong Kong is originally an economic free trade zone, and the financial industry is very developed, such as securities companies, banks, banks, etc. The fact that Liao's Bank is in the top 10 among so many banks has proven their sharpness.
Although Xu Guanwu is not necessarily less than the Liao family in terms of money, he is too far behind in terms of personal connections. The banks were originally closely related to the business and political circles. In particular, the Liao family has been operating in Hong Kong for many years, and it has laid a solid network behind him.
This kind of connection may not be very useful in life and death, but if you do something harmless in normal times, it is completely possible. And if this innocuous thing is done a little more, then the prank will also be fatal to people.
Xu Guanwu can imagine that when Liao's Bank cracks down on someone, he almost doesn't have to do it himself, and only secretly releases the rumors, which can make a person's business reputation ruined. At that time, no one will be willing to do business with you, even if you are a combination of Tao Zhugong, Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan and other giant businessmen, it will not help at all. (To be continued......)