Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1294

Tsui Hark wanted to find a more suitable candidate than Leslie Cheung for the actor candidate for "Swordsman".

Although he didn't agree with Shi Nansheng's proposal at first.

But after thinking about it, he was just asking He Guanchang for advice. Even if Lin Daoqiu knew about it, he wouldn't be angry about this kind of thing, right?
"You're right, ask Mr. He for advice, maybe he can help and give some advice."

Tsui Hark nodded, and he decided to follow Shi Nansheng's suggestion.

In the blink of an eye, He Guanchang returned to his seat from the bathroom.

As soon as He Guanchang sat down, Shi Nansheng gave Tsui Hark a head start.

"Mr. He, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Miss Shi, please tell me, as long as I know, I will know everything."

He Guanchang felt that this was just an ordinary chat, and didn't think about anything else.

"Among the many male stars in the movie circle, which ones do you think are the most suitable for acting in martial arts movies?"

The actor Shi Nansheng asked about naturally refers to the protagonist rather than other supporting roles.

At first, He Guanchang thought Shi Nansheng was just chatting,

But the other party's question made He Guanchang feel that Shi Nansheng didn't just want to discuss this issue with him.

Tsui Hark is preparing for a martial arts movie, and it stands to reason that he should discuss with Lin Daoqiu about casting.

At this time, I suddenly asked myself this question. Could it be that Tsui Hark's movie hasn't found a leading actor yet?

Thinking of this, He Guanchang's heart became alive, after all, he had a trump card in his hand.

"Everyone has different opinions on the question that Ms. Shi raised, but I can talk about my opinion."

He Guanchang was not in a hurry, he felt that since the other party raised this question, he could try it out slowly, maybe there would be unexpected gains waiting for him today.

"Most of the top-grossing martial arts movies in the past were produced by Shaw Brothers, and the combination of Ti Lung and David Chiang is the guarantee for Shaw Brothers to win the box office."

At this time, Ti Lung was almost 40 years old, and he was no longer the young boy who was shirtless and showed off his muscles.

And David Jiang and Di Lon are about the same age, the golden age of this pair has passed.

"Only Fu Sheng and Qiu Guan can be compared with them. I believe Director Xu will also agree with me."

When filming "New Shushan Swordsman", Tsui Hark found Zheng Shaoqiu to play the role of Ding Yin. It can be said that Zheng Shaoqiu can not only play a hero in TV dramas, but also in movies.

As for Fu Sheng, he is famous for kung fu movies, and he has also acted in many martial arts movies. Compared with Ti Lung and others, he is only in his early thirties.

Among the people He Guanchang mentioned, except for Fu Sheng, the others were not too young.

If you want them to act in martial arts movies, then the subject matter becomes very important. After all, at this time, the audience's fit for the characters is more strict than before.

Now is not the era when you can just find a star in your teens and play a guy in your early twenties.

"Fu Sheng is a very suitable candidate."

Most of Tsui Hark's thoughts were on Leslie Cheung before, except for Leslie Cheung, he really looked down on others.

But after He Guanchang said this, he suddenly felt that it might be a good idea to ask Fu Sheng to play Linghu Chong.

Although Tsui Hark's voice was not loud, He Guanchang still heard some of it.

When he heard Tsui Hark muttering about Fu Sheng, He Guanchang suddenly realized that he seemed to have said something wrong.

"The actors I mentioned just now are all old faces. If possible, I still hope that Xiangjiang can emerge more outstanding martial arts stars. Golden Harvest can be said to have made a lot of efforts in this regard, and it can be regarded as some gains recently."

Tsui Hark didn't pay much attention to Golden Harvest's movements. He didn't know that Jet Li had joined Golden Harvest, and he was actually not familiar with Jet Li.

But if you ask him about the "Shaolin Temple" movies that were screened in Yindu before, then Tsui Hark knows some, even he has watched them.

"reward?"

Tsui Hark was a little concerned about He Guanchang's words, because if he remembered correctly, since Jackie Chan left, only Li Yuanba and Xu Guanwen were relatively famous actors in Golden Harvest so far.

"I wonder if Director Xu has seen a movie called "Shaolin Temple" before?"

"Mr. He is asking about the film directed by Chang Cheh in 76?"

He Guanchang shook his head.

"Although Shaw Brothers has made many films about the Shaolin Temple, what I am asking about is not the one made by Shaw Brothers, but the one made in the mainland."

After He Guanchang explained this, Tsui Hark nodded immediately.

That "Shaolin Temple" was screened in Yindu theaters for a long time, and it also got a box office of over [-] million. He also went to see it out of curiosity.

For that play, what Tsui Hark admired more was the leading actor in it.

"To tell the truth from Director Xu, Jet Li, the leading actor in that film, has already been signed by Golden Harvest."

Hearing what He Guanchang said, Tsui Hark immediately showed surprise.

He had heard before that many people wanted to recruit Jet Li to Hong Kong to act in a play, but the mainland would not let him go, so it was nothing after that.

I didn't expect Jiahe to be able to pick up such a big bargain, which is really a surprise.

"I have been feeling that Golden Harvest has been unable to find a suitable successor after losing Xiaolong, but after seeing Jet Li, I think he has a bright future."

He Guanchang kept talking about Jet Li, which made Tsui Hark's heart itch.

But it's a pity that the other party is from Golden Harvest, it is impossible for Tsui Hark to find Jet Li to play Linghu Chong.

"That's really congratulations to Mr. He. In fact, I admired Jet Li very much at the beginning, but it's a pity that I never had the chance to meet him. After that, it didn't matter."

"If that's the case, then I can arrange for Ajie to meet Director Xu, after all, he is in Xiangjiang now."

He Guanchang suddenly became active.

Tsui Hark wanted to refuse at first, but he was very itchy and wanted to meet Jet Li face to face.

"In this case, please ask Mr. He to help arrange it."

In the end, Tsui Hark still couldn't resist the temptation and asked Ho Guan Chang to help arrange him to meet Jet Li.

He Guanchang naturally readily agreed, and he immediately helped arrange the meeting tomorrow.

After He Guanchang left, Shi Nansheng looked at Tsui Hark with some concern.

"Do you think Mr. He seems a little too enthusiastic?"

Shi Nansheng felt that He Guanchang's behavior was very strange, and he was a little too proactive.

Tsui Hark could probably guess what He Guanchang was thinking. The other party probably wanted to recommend Jet Li to him, but he said it directly because of his embarrassment.

However, judging from the current situation of New Oriental and Golden Harvest, even if he could convince himself, he would not be able to pass Lin Daoqiu's test no matter what.

So what He Guanchang did was useless in the end.

(End of this chapter)