Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1650 Obscure opinion?
Tsui Hark, who was frowning, sat in the living room after returning home. Shi Nansheng saw Tsui Hark's appearance and knew that he must have encountered a very difficult thing.

"Did something happen?"

Shi Nansheng walked to Tsui Hark's side and sat down and asked softly.

Tsui Hark shook his head weakly, no one can change what Lin Daoqiu has decided, unless he doesn't make this movie.

But he has been preparing for "A Chinese Ghost Story" for a while, and he likes this story very much, Tsui Hark would be reluctant if it was not filmed.

After thinking about it, Tsui Hark still told Shi Nansheng about the matter.

"Mr. Lin learned that I was planning to shoot "A Chinese Ghost Story", and he appointed Joey Wang to play Nie Xiaoqian. Hey..."

Speaking of this, Tsui Hark couldn't help but sigh, because Tsui Hark never considered Wang Zuxian for the role of Nie Xiaoqian from the beginning to the end, and he wanted to invite other actors.

"Mr. Lin appointed Ms. Wang to play Nie Xiaoqian? This is quite surprising."

Shi Nansheng was also very surprised by this. Except for the movies he wrote, Lin Daoqiu basically didn't care about who other people invited when filming.

Although Shi Nansheng also knew that Wang Zuxian was an actor Lin Daoqiu favored, but Lin Daoqiu's uncharacteristic behavior was still incomprehensible.

"Although Ms. Wang is an actress with great potential, her appearance and personality are completely different from Nie Xiaoqian in "A Chinese Ghost Story". I really find it hard to agree with her playing this role."

Tsui Hark was also very troubled. No one could change Lin Daoqiu's decision. All he could do now was complain to Shi Nansheng, otherwise, what could he do.

Shi Nansheng knew that Tsui Hark did not have any prejudice against Wang Zuxian, he just made a judgment from the perspective of movies and personal experience.

It's not that Tsui Hark is completely wrong, but judging from the image of Wang Zuxian, objectively speaking, it is indeed similar to what Tsui Hark said.

"Before, Mr. Lin was not very good at getting involved in the casting of other movies except for the scripts he wrote himself. This time, he suddenly became uncharacteristically. Maybe there are other reasons?"

These are all Shi Nansheng's own guesses, and she doesn't know whether Lin Daoqiu did this suddenly because he just wanted to make Wang Zuxian famous, or if he had other ideas.

If you just want Wang Zuxian to act in a few more plays, then there is nothing to say.

But if Lin Daoqiu used this to express some of his veiled opinions, then I am afraid that is the real concern.

"Any other reason?"

Xu Hark turned his head to look at Shi Nansheng. He hadn't thought about other aspects at all before. After hearing what the other party said, Tsui Hark began to think about that aspect.

"To be honest, I can't understand why Mr. Lin did this, but looking at it from another angle, the movie that allows Mr. Lin to intervene will definitely not be a bad script, and may even be a big success."

"What do you mean? Mr. Lin thinks "A Chinese Ghost Story" will be a big success? That's why he appointed Ms. Wang to play Nie Xiaoqian? Impossible, Mr. Lin hasn't even read the script, it's impossible..."

Tsui Hark looked at Shi Nansheng in surprise. If this is the case, then Lin Daoqiu's uncharacteristic behavior this time makes sense.

But Lin Daoqiu hadn't even read the script. According to him, he only knew that he was planning to shoot this movie after listening to Fang Jinsheng's explanation.

Could it be that Lin Daoqiu is so strong that he doesn't need to read the script, just by hearing the name of the movie, he knows whether the movie will be a hit?This is simply nonsense.

"How do you know Mr. Lin hasn't read the script?"

Shi Nansheng's rhetorical question directly stopped Tsui Hark.

If Lin Daoqiu really wanted to read the script, even if he didn't go through himself, he still had many ways to get the script, such as finding the screenwriter Ruan Jizhi, so he didn't need to go through Tsui Hark.

"I think instead of continuing to be distressed, you should first find a way to persuade Young Master Rong. Wasn't Young Master Rong still hesitating before? Just tell him that Mr. Lin has appointed Wang Zuxian to play Nie Xiaoqian, and this time he should agree. of."

Tsui Hark felt that what Shi Nansheng said made sense. Now that the matter has come to this point, it is useless to worry about it. It is better to find a way to deal with Leslie Cheung first. As for Wang Zuxian, he will try to teach her how to act.

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After receiving Tsui Hark's invitation, Leslie Cheung knew that the other party must be looking for him to talk about "A Chinese Ghost Story" again.

In fact, after reading the script, he felt that although the role of Ning Caichen looked very bad, he was kind-hearted and not afraid of power and had a sense of justice. Such a role attracted Leslie Cheung.

It's just that he still can't make up his mind to take the role of Ning Caichen, but even so he still accepted Tsui Hark's invitation.

In the coffee shop of Peninsula Hotel, Tsui Hark arrived at the scene 5 minutes ahead of schedule, and Shi Nansheng also accompanied him.

It seems that Tsui Hark will not give up until he persuades Leslie Cheung today.

Just after three o'clock, Leslie Cheung appeared at the door of the coffee shop. After scanning around and finding Tsui Hark, he walked over quickly.

"Director Xu, please do me a favor and spare me. If this continues, I'm worried that I'll be driven crazy by you sooner or later."

Leslie Cheung smiled and walked in front of Tsui Hark. When he saw him, he couldn't help begging for mercy.

"Young Master Rong, if you agreed to take this role earlier, I wouldn't bother you all the time. There's nothing I can do about it."

Tsui Hark knew that Leslie Cheung was joking with him, so he quickly asked him to sit down.

"Actually, Lao Xu insisted on asking Rong Shao to act in this play because he wanted to make up for the regrets in his heart. He thought Rong Shao was one of the best actors in Xiangjiang. If he couldn't cooperate with you, he would really I will regret it very much.”

Shi Nansheng next to him also chimed in.

Leslie Cheung didn't know whether what Shi Nansheng said was true, but judging from Tsui Hark's repeated invitations to him, the other party should not be perfunctory.

"Okay Nansun, don't give me a high hat, you guys attack back and forth like this, it makes me really do it."

Leslie Cheung looks very tangled, from which it can be seen that he doesn't dislike the role of Ning Caichen, it's just that he is a little tangled.

Because "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a costume film, Leslie Cheung was unwilling to wear weird clothes to act in some weird stories, so this is one of the reasons why he didn't take "A Chinese Ghost Story" immediately.

"Young Master Rong, the heroine of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was finalized just yesterday."

"Oh, who is it?"

Leslie Cheung asked curiously.

"It's Wang Zuxian."

"Miss Wang?"

Leslie Cheung was a little surprised by this, he didn't expect Tsui Hark to find a heroine so quickly, and he still found Wang Zuxian to play Nie Xiaoqian.

Originally, Leslie Cheung was thinking that if he took over the male lead in this drama, he planned to recommend Akina Nakamori to play the female lead.

But since the heroine has been decided, the candidate he wants to recommend will naturally come to an end.

(End of this chapter)