Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 113
This time to discuss the termination of Chen Yulian's contract, Lin Daoqiu did not come forward, but handed it over to Li's people.

If he stepped forward, Fang Yihua would know right away that it would be delusional to want to terminate the contract.

A few days later, Chen Yulian's contract was successfully concluded, and Lidi bought out Chen Yulian's contract from Wireless for 8 yuan.

This price is already very expensive for a newcomer, but because of Lin Daoqiu's insistence, Li's side did not bargain with Wireless, and directly met the other party's conditions.

On July 7th, Lidi suddenly held a grand press conference to introduce the newly joined artists.

The female stars on stage include Chen Yulian, Yu Anan, Wen Xueer, Wei Qiuhua, Mao Shunyun, and Li Lili.

There are male stars, Liang Xiaolong, Qin Pei, Luo Lelin, Zeng Jiang, Wu Weiguo, Bai Biao, Liu Jiang, Bao Hanlin, Chen Rongjun.

In addition to the actors, a large number of staff members, directors and producers also joined Lidi, and for a while, Lidi's news completely overwhelmed TVB's limelight.

After a brief introduction to the actors, everyone was most concerned about Li's next move.

After all, it's impossible for Li to recruit so many people all of a sudden, just to boost her popularity.

"Everyone, I'm here to announce that Li's will start filming Mr. Jin Yong's novel "Swordsman". This drama will be produced by Xiao Shengxiao."

Huang Xizhao publicly announced to the reporters the plan to start filming "Swordsman", and he used Xiao Sheng, who is good at martial arts films. The reporters present all thought that the producer of this film must be Xiao Sheng.

But when the reporter asked about his cast, Xiao Sheng smiled and shook his head and said, "I'm just the director of this movie, and someone else is the producer."

When the reporters in the audience heard this, all of them had surprised expressions on their faces. Xiao Sheng is a famous producer of martial arts dramas, and he can only be the director. Could it be that Huang Xizhao personally took over the role of producer of this drama?

If this is the case, it makes sense, and it also shows how much Lidi attaches importance to this Taiwanese Qing drama.

But when the reporter asked Xiao Sheng who the producer was, Xiao Sheng suddenly gave an answer that shocked all the reporters present.

"The producer of this drama is Mr. Lin Daoqiu Lin, and the TV station has decided that this drama will be filmed on-site throughout, and the location is Treasure Island."

Originally Huang Xizhao wanted to keep it a secret, but Lin Daoqiu didn't want to cause misunderstandings about these trivial matters. If someone wrote in the newspaper that he went to the mainland to shoot scenes, it would be another troublesome matter, so it's better to say it directly.

After dealing with the reporters' indiscriminate bombardment, the exhausted Xiao Sheng returned to the hotel's prepared lounge, where Lin Daoqiu was drinking tea leisurely.

"Mr. Lin, it's quite easy for you, but it's hard for me, an old man."

Xiao Sheng is 51 years old this year, and there is nothing wrong with him claiming to be an old man. He is 33 years older than Lin Daoqiu.

Naturally, Lin Daoqiu would not take a big shot in front of the other party, he poured a cup of tea for Xiao Sheng, and then made a gesture of invitation.

After Xiao Sheng sat down, Lin Daoqiu said with a smile: "Supervisor Xiao has been in the TV circle for many years, what is this small scene, I'd better not join in the excitement."

Lin Daoqiu was obviously being lazy, but he praised Xiao Sheng in another way.

And Xiao Sheng would not pursue too much on this matter, after all, if Lin Daoqiu came forward at this press conference, I am afraid that all the actors on stage, including himself, would be robbed of the limelight by Lin Daoqiu at once.

Until now, Lin Daoqiu has not appeared in the media. Many media reporters and ordinary audiences are full of curiosity about this producer who broke Hong Kong's box office record at a young age.

"I've read the script of "Swordsman". Most of the actors are from Jiayi, but Mr. Lin, I have a question to ask you."

Lin Daoqiu nodded after listening.

Xiao Sheng continued to ask: "Chen Yulian is just a newcomer. Although she performed well in Yitian before, is it too risky for her to play the leading role in a Taiwanese drama?"

If it were Li's other people, no one would dare to question his decision in front of Lin Daoqiu.

But Xiao Sheng is different. In terms of age and qualifications, he is more than a circle older than Lin Daoqiu, and he is also a gold medal producer of a well-known martial arts drama. Although Chen Yulian is very beautiful, she is still too young, and he thinks it is not appropriate.

The TV series was questioned by the other party before the filming started. If it was someone else, Xiao Sheng might start to be shaken because of Xiao Sheng's name, but it's a pity that Lin Daoqiu's will is very firm.

"Whether an actor can act or not depends on the director's teaching, and she is only a newcomer. If she can become a hit in this drama, then producer Xiao will be her noble person, and I believe that with the ability of producer Xiao, this Nothing at all."

Lin Daoqiu's words were half soft and half hard, and Xiao Sheng frowned slightly. Originally, he intended to let Wei Qiuhua play the role of Ren Yingying, but Lin Daoqiu asked Wei Qiuhua to play Yue Lingshan.

As for the role of Yue Lingshan, Xiao Sheng originally intended Wen Xueer to play it, but Wen Xueer was not in the cast of "Swordsman", which made him very unhappy.

One must know that Wen Xueer was brought by him to transfer to Li, and the first martial arts drama he directed did not have her part, does this make sense?

What made Xiao Sheng even more puzzled was, shouldn't the role of Dongfang Bubai be played by a man?How did it become Yu An'an's character? When he read the script, his head was already hurting.

"Mr. Lin, I can promise you that Chen Yulian will play Ren Yingying, but I hope that Wen Xueer can play the role of Yilin."

Now on the list of actors, Yilin's role is played by Mao Shunyun. Xiao Sheng hopes to change Mao Shunyun to Wen Xue'er so that she can play a role in this Taiwanese drama.

"Producer Xiao, I have discussed the cast of this drama with Mr. Huang before. Wen Xue'er will stay in Xiangjiang to star in other dramas, and she will play the main role. You don't have to worry about her not being able to act."

Lin Daoqiu's explanation still couldn't satisfy Xiao Sheng, after all, how could other TV series compare with this "Swordsman".

You must know that this is Jin Yong's work, plus Lin Daoqiu is the producer, and it is Lidi's Taiqing drama. The combination of these three factors has clearly shown that it will be Lidi's most important drama next year.

If Wen Xueer couldn't play a role here, wouldn't it make people think that she was left out in the cold when she switched to Li.

"If not, Lan Fenghuang will ask Wen Xueer to act." Seeing Xiao Sheng frowning, Lin Daoqiu didn't want to spoil the relationship with Xiao Sheng.

After all, he still has to direct this movie, and he has just switched to Li's, so he has to take care of his emotions.

Lan Fenghuang's role is not too much, but it can be regarded as a role anyway. Xiao Sheng wanted to fight for it, but seeing Lin Daoqiu's appearance, even if he kept talking, the other party would probably not agree.

In the end Xiao Sheng nodded and agreed to the actors Lin Daoqiu had set.

(End of this chapter)