Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1420 Please help me!

Who is true and who is false in the words of He Guanchang and Brother Xiang, in fact, Li Yuanba already has the answer in his heart.

During this period of time, Golden Harvest paid more attention to Jet Li than him. This is Li Yuanba's personal feeling.

And this time the interview for "The Green Hornet", He Guanchang didn't mention it to himself from the beginning to the end, but Jet Li helped him handle it properly.

If He Guanchang had no preference for Jet Li, Li Yuanba would never believe it anyway.

At night, Li Yuanba came to the bar again, and ordered several bottles of whiskey as soon as he came. It seemed that he was planning to drink away his worries.

After all, although he is a well-known kung fu star, he doesn't have much right to speak.

Moreover, he signed a sell-off contract for Jiahe, and there are still more than ten years before he can regain his freedom. Unless someone is willing to buy out his contract, he can only work for Jiahe all the time.

"What's the matter? It's not very good to come here to drink so early."

Just as Li Yuanba was thinking about it by himself, Brother Xiang suddenly appeared in front of him again.

As soon as he saw Brother Xiang, Li Yuanba immediately got up and pulled him over.

"Brother Xiang, it's great to meet you. I need your help urgently with something."

Li Yuanba looked at the other party sincerely, as if he had something very important to ask Brother Xiang.

Brother Xiang looked at Li Yuanba flattered, as if he was frightened by the other party's actions.

"I'm just a small screenwriter, what can I do to help you, you are now a celebrity in Golden Harvest, is there anything you can't solve?"

Brother Xiang's words made Li Yuanba very harsh. If he was really a celebrity of Golden Harvest, He Guanchang would not let them cross out his name and let Jet Li enter the final audition.

After looking around to make sure that no one could hear them, Li Yuanba leaned into Brother Xiang's ear and whispered.

"Brother Xiang, can you find a way to help me, I want to enter the final interview of "The Green Hornet"."

Hearing what Li Yuanba said, the expression on Brother Xiang's face was extremely shocked, and he quickly lowered his voice.

"Yuanba, this is an order given by He Guanchang, no one dares to disobey it, I don't have such great rights as a small screenwriter, unless..."

"Unless what?"

Li Yuanba hurriedly asked the other party.

But Brother Xiang shook his head vigorously, as if he had some scruples.

"Come, come, I'll invite brother Xiang to drink, and I'll toast you."

Li Yuanba was about to pour wine for brother Xiang with a cup, but the other party stopped him quickly.

"Yuanba, you don't need to drink. I really can't help you. Unless you can find someone close to Saenz, it's useless for anyone to come. I'm really sorry, I have something else to do."

Brother Xiang patted Li Yuanba on the shoulder, then shook his head and got up to leave.

Now Li Yuanba can be said to be almost completely desperate. He doesn't know the people around Saenz at all, and seeing that the final interview is coming, if there is no way to solve the role of "The Green Hornet", he will definitely not have a role.

Distraught, Li Yuanba picked up the glass and took a big gulp of wine for himself, a hot feeling rushed straight to his throat.

"Mr. Jess, why are you here?"

As if hearing Brother Xiang's voice, Li Yuanba looked back, and suddenly found that Brother Xiang was chatting with a foreigner.

But it seems that Brother Xiang didn't have a good chat with the other party, and the two of them have been pointing fingers there.

At this moment, Brother Xiang suddenly turned his head to look at Li Yuanba, and then, as if thinking of something, he quickly walked towards Li Yuanba.

"Yuanba, you should know English, right?"

Li Yuanba didn't think much, and nodded directly. He had been living in the United States before, and his English was very fluent.

Brother Xiang immediately beamed with joy when he heard that, and said to Li Yuanba in a low voice.

"That's Saenz's agent, Mr. Jess, your luck has come, if you can establish a good relationship with him, then maybe your matter can be resolved smoothly."

Li Yuanba, who thought that there was no way to solve it, suddenly seemed to see a life-saving straw, he got up quickly, and then walked over with Brother Xiang.

"You are Li..."

Jess pointed at Li Yuanba, unable to say his name for a long time, but he knew the other's last name. It seemed that he had some impression of Li Yuanba.

"My name is Li Yuanba, Mr. Jess, hello, nice to meet you."

Li Yuanba greeted Jess in very standard English.

After Li Yuanba finished speaking in English, Jess's eyes immediately revealed a look of surprise.

"I didn't expect that in addition to your kung fu, you can also speak English very well, just like ordinary Americans."

"Actually, I have been living in the United States before, so it is normal to speak English well."

Jess listened as he listened, and Li Yuanba invited him to his place in order to get closer to the other party.

After toasting a few glasses of wine, Jess slowly started talking.

"Actually, your qualifications are very good. We didn't know you could speak English before. If we had known earlier, we would have given you extra points, but it's a pity, a pity..."

Hearing the other party's pity, Li Yuanba slowly frowned.

Since the other party has said this, doesn't it mean that he is likely to be eliminated.

"Mr. Jess, does it mean that I have been eliminated?"

Li Yuanba hurriedly asked.

Jess smiled slightly, but he neither answered yes nor no, which made Li Yuanba very anxious.

"Mr. Li, as I said bluntly, you should treat this interview as an attempt, and don't pay too much attention to the result."

"Mr. Jess, as far as I know, the reason why I was eliminated is because of Mr. He Guanchang, I should be right?"

Li Yuanba's question shocked Jess immediately after hearing it.

"You... don't think about it, there is no such thing, how could Mr. He do such a thing?"

Although Jess said so, his flustered appearance confirmed Li Yuanba's question from the side.

Sighing, Li Yuanba, who felt that he already knew the truth, felt very powerless, because he could not change his current situation at all.

Even though he already knew that it was He Guanchang who did it, he had no choice but to let the opponent eliminate him.

"Actually, the director is very optimistic about you. If he knows that you can speak English, he will definitely be happier, but you also know that if he wants to choose you, there will be great resistance."

Although Jess didn't mention He Guanchang a word, Li Yuanba could hear the meaning of his words clearly enough.

"Mr. Jess, is there no solution? This role is very important to me. I really want to develop in Hollywood. Can you help me?"

All Li Yuanba can do now is to pray for Jess' help, because now there seems to be no one else who can help him except Jess.

　Thank you and bless the painting saint for your reward!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)