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Chapter 48 Discrimination?

"The sharpest director of Hong Kong's new generation, Li Yi's new film "Mom Loves Me Again" was caught in a storm of changing roles before it even started!"

"Brilliant! Hong Kong Island's popular young boy, Wu Ting, has been replaced tragically, and has no chance of being a male lead!"

"Li Yi's new film "Mom Loves Me Most Once" replaced the original protagonist Wu Ting before the filming. What is the reason?"

"Wu Ting, a popular star in Hong Kong, complained tearfully that a certain director surnamed Li changed roles for no reason. The reason was actually."

Hong Kong Island is not a big place, but gossip entertainment is very developed. Li Yiben is the new generation director who has received the most attention this year, and his reputation has risen. The launch of his new film has naturally attracted much attention.

But at this time, it was reported that Wu Ting, the leading actor in "Mom Loves Me Again", was changed tragically.

Originally this kind of news is not unusual, but what is unusual is that when Wu Ting was interviewed by the media, he burst into tears. He first mentioned that he had prepared for this role for a long time, blah blah blah. There were many commercial performances and film appointments, but in the end, when it came time to sign the contract and start the movie, Li Yi just found a reason and replaced him.

The gossip media rushed over like a shark smelling blood.

All kinds of exaggerated reports are on the paper.

Originally, Li Yi was a director, and he was a popular young director who had just succeeded in winning hundreds of millions of box office at a cost of millions. He could use whoever he wanted in his movies, so what if he changed roles?
In this regard, Li Yi was so busy that the movie was about to start, so he didn't have time to care about it.

And this matter, he really didn't have any pressure.So just let it go.

But soon, the direction of media coverage changed.

Of course, the media here are more local media in Hong Kong Island.

As we all know, Hong Kong Island's film and television industry has once been brilliant, coupled with the special geographical location and history of Hong Kong Island, so although there will be some regional disputes in other places in the Mainland, it is obviously more important to put it on Hong Kong Island. for sensitive.

Especially the film industry, because in the golden age of Hong Kong Island film in the early years, the film and television industry in the mainland was still in its infancy.

Some Hong Kong filmmakers, even though the mainland entertainment industry is not what it used to be, still have an inexplicable sense of superiority.

In fact, whether it is Wu Ting or a Hong Kong star, there are really not many places that can attack Li Yi.

But that doesn't mean there isn't one.

"Hong Kong director Li Yi's new film "Mom Loves Me Again" has changed roles. The reason is suspected to please the mainland audience, abandoning Hong Kong students for mainland students!"

""Mom Loves Me Again" is caught up in a casting crisis, the popular actor Wu Ting accused the director Li Yi of discriminating against Hong Kong actors!"

"Hong Kong star artist Wu Ting was changed roles, the reason was that he couldn't speak Mandarin correctly?"

"If you can't speak Mandarin well, you can't act in a movie? The reason for changing roles in "Mom Loves Me Again" was accused of being too far-fetched!"

News like this began to appear one after another.

As for why it is said that Li Yi did not use Hong Kong Island stars, but changed to mainland niches.

In fact, it is also dark under the lamp.

Several other actors from Hong Kong Island who auditioned were not selected, which is not difficult for Hong Kong stars to find out.

And Lin Jinrong was automatically ignored. After all, no matter how hard they racked their brains, they would never have imagined that Li Yi would use Lin Jinrong.

In fact, Li Yi's request, even in He Tiancheng's eyes, definitely felt that Li Yi was purely wanting to change people, rather than really asking Wu Ting to practice speaking Mandarin.

Hong Kong Island is not without great directors. Their films are also aimed at the mainland, and there are also great directors who make literary films, but there has never been such a requirement.

Therefore, even He Tiancheng felt that Li Yi didn't give face at all, otherwise, he would find a decent reason to find a reason. In their view, Li Yi was completely nitpicking, or he was too lazy to think of a reason.

Therefore, once this kind of news is confirmed, it is equivalent to making Li Yi cut himself off from the Hong Kong Island film circle.

In fact, the impact does exist.

Because Li Yi is from Hong Kong Island, and Li Yi's "Gift in Room No. [-]" was a big hit before, in many people's eyes, he was able to make the film only with the support of the Hong Kong Island film circle.

As a result, it is too much to treat Hong Kong actors like this on the other hand.

And this is just the beginning. Soon, Hong Kong Star showed the connections of the old Hong Kong Island Film Company.

Huang Disheng, the best actor of the Hong Kong Island Awards, said directly in an interview with the media: "I have worked with so many directors, and I have never heard of such a request!"

Xu Rongqiu, a veteran film and television star in Hong Kong Island, also said: "Of course you can learn Mandarin, but it's just for the convenience of communication, but there are still many actors in the mainland who can't speak Mandarin well, let alone Hong Kong Island?"

Veteran Hong Kong director Ng Cheuk-bin: "The reason is a bit far-fetched, anyway, I won't use it as a reason to replace mainland actors just because they can't speak Cantonese!"

Of course, these people have more or less friendship with Hong Kong stars.

And, to a certain extent, these people fear and do think so.

For a while, it pushed Li Yi to the forefront. Of course, these influences are currently limited to Hong Kong Island.

It is naturally difficult for Hong Kong stars to use this reason to go to the mainland media, which is to promote Li Yi clearly.

Of course they wouldn't do that!
Not to mention, for now, Hong Kong Star's strategy is very effective.

Although it is true that the main market for Li Yi's films is the mainland market, the Hong Kong Island market can be said to be better than nothing.

But he is a director of Hong Kong Island first, and indeed, whether it is the first "Life of Bitterness" or the second "The Gift of Room No. [-]", the actors in front of and behind the scenes are basically from Hong Kong Island.

After all, Li Zhenye is also an actor on Hong Kong Island, so most of his connections are also in the Hong Kong circle.

Therefore, the news was so loud that it did have a lot of influence on Li Yi.

After all, he relied on Li Zhenye's contacts on Hong Kong Island to make movies and become a popular young director today.

As a result, in order to please the mainland audience, Hong Kong Island stars were abandoned and mainland actors were used instead. If the news spread, it would indeed give people a feeling of ungratefulness.

No, during this period of time, many people called to inquire about the situation.

On Li Zhenye's side and Li Yi's side, many people have received calls from people, some asking what's going on, and some asking, what's going on?Why did you do that.

It can be said that it did cause a lot of trouble.

Li Yi is actually alright, but Li Zhenye is really battered during this time.

For Li Yi back then, Li Zhenye could be said to have been running up and down.

It can be regarded as owing a lot of debts of favor, and these people who are calling now are all his old relationships.

Most of them were influenced by media reports, or someone said hello.

Not only that, but the crew of "Mom Loves Me Again" also had some problems.

Fortunately, Zhuo Yixiong calmed down and only said that Li Yi would give everyone an explanation at the launch conference.

In fact, it is not surprising that Hong Kong Star's strategy is so effective, mainly because "Mom Loves Me Again" is not like the previous "Gift in Room No. [-]".

Previously, "The Gift of Room No. [-]" can be said to be almost all Hong Kong classes. Except for one Chen Yinger, the rest of the front and back scenes are from Hong Kong Island.

And "Mom Loves Me Again", the heroine Wen Qing is from the mainland, and some other characters, although there are mixes and matches from both places, but with the addition of the male protagonist, they changed roles and were misunderstood as choosing a niche from the mainland. , so, naturally, people will have some associations.

Amid all the turmoil, the launch conference of "Mom Loves Me Again" was held as scheduled!

(End of this chapter)