Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1774 Reappearance of Classics
"Good morning Xingzi, let's go to work."

"Yes, good morning."

As usual, Zhou Xingchi came to the studio early every day to prepare for the shooting of "Neighbors in the Street".

This TV series is his most important job at Dongshi at this time.

Moreover, the drama "Neighborhood in the Street" also brought a lot of exposure to Zhou Xingchi.

Although he is not a household name, many people can recognize him when he goes out on the street, and kindly call out the name of his character in "The Neighborhood", Xingzi.

If someone told Zhou Xingchi now that he would become the best comedy star in Hong Kong in the future, and he could still be comparable to the "sneering joker" Xu Guanwen, I believe Zhou Xingchi himself would not believe it.

He came to the dressing room with ease. Although he was the main actor in "The Neighbors in the Street", Dongshi did not specially arrange a separate makeup artist for him, but several makeup artists were responsible for the work of the entire crew at the same time.

While waiting for the makeup artist, Zhou Xingchi took out the script and studied it carefully.

Although both Wen Jun and Zheng Danrui participated in this film, they only worked hard in the early stage. In the later stage, these two guys left their work to Liu Zhenwei and others, and they went to make movies.

As the actual director and producer of this drama, Liu Zhenwei, a "newcomer", cooperated very well with Zhou Xingchi.

He doesn't put on airs or lose his temper. He discusses everything with the actors carefully, unlike those old-school producers and directors who would be scolded for any mistakes.

It is precisely because of Liu Zhenwei's good temper that the pressure on those young actors has been reduced a lot.

And Zhou Xingchi is a very self-assertive actor, but he has never been able to get any opportunities before.

The most classic is that when Zhou Xingchi played a role in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he discussed with the director whether he could stop him for a shot, but the director ignored him at all.

But now the situation has changed dramatically. Liu Zhenwei, Zhou Xingchi, and Wu Mengda often sit down and discuss how to make "The Neighborhood" well during filming and after filming.

Because of the kind Liu Zhenwei, Zhou Xingchi has more confidence in trying to figure out his acting skills, unlike before, no matter what he said, no one would care.

"Xingzi, why are you here so early?"

Liu Zhenwei came to the dressing room, and when he entered the door, he saw Stephen Chow was already sitting in it.

"Director Liu, I don't have anything to do at home, why don't you come over and read the script earlier, I think we can shoot this scene like this..."

Before he could say a few words, Zhou Xingchi directly picked up the script and planned to discuss with Liu Zhenwei the scene to be filmed today.

Liu Zhenwei also admired Zhou Xingchi very much. He felt that this young man had his own ideas, and most importantly, Lin Daoqiu seemed to favor him a lot.

From Lin Daoqiu's perspective on actors, Zhou Xingchi will definitely become a very good star in the future.

When Zhou Xingchi and Liu Zhenwei were discussing the script enthusiastically, they didn't notice that the door of the dressing room was pushed open.

"What are you talking about? If you don't mind, let me join you."

Hearing someone talking, Liu Zhenwei and Zhou Xingchi realized it. As soon as they turned their heads, they found that Wang Jing had entered the dressing room at some point.

"Director Wang, why are you here?"

Neither Zhou Xingchi nor Liu Zhenwei expected Wang Jing to appear suddenly, which surprised them a little.

Because before that, Wang Jing basically hadn't appeared in Dongshi, so it can be said that the number of times they met was very small.

Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jing had the chance to meet a few times, but those were all when they were in New Oriental, and the two of them basically didn't communicate much.

"It's nothing, I just passed by Dongshi, so I came up to take a look."

What Wang Jing said was a bit strange, he just came up to take a look casually as he was passing by, isn't this nonsense?

After all, the TV station is not a shopping mall, so you can just hang out here?And since Wang Jing entered the dressing room, she has been looking at Zhou Xingchi intentionally or unintentionally.

This made Zhou Xingchi feel even more inexplicable. After all, he and Wang Jing are not familiar, and the two have not even met each other several times.

Zhou Xingchi even doubted whether Wang Jing could call him by name is unknown.

In fact, Wang Jing came to Dongshi so early in the morning not because of his whim, but because of the afternoon tea yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday, Wang Jing, who was worrying about her new film, shut herself in her study to write the script after having lunch.

Suddenly a phone call disrupted his thoughts.

"Which one?"

Just when Wang Jing was a little annoyed and picked up the phone that interrupted his inspiration, the voice from the other end of the phone made Wang Jing's anger drop from one hundred to zero in an instant.

"Mr. Lin, I'll be there right away."

After a few words, Wang Jing had already put down the phone, then quickly changed her clothes, and then went out immediately.

Lin Daoqiu invited him to drink afternoon tea, which is really a very rare thing.

But Wang Jing always felt that going to see Lin Daoqiu today would definitely have a very rich harvest.

After arriving at the tea restaurant that he had made an appointment with Lin Daoqiu, Wang Jing found that in addition to Lin Daoqiu, there were also three people, Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, and Leslie Cheung.

"Come so fast?"

Lin Daoqiu did not expect that it took Wang Jing only 10 minutes from receiving the call to rushing to the tea restaurant.

"Mr. Lin summoned me, how dare I be late."

After greeting Chow Yun-fat and the others, Wang Jing found a seat and sat down.

When Wang Jing sat down, his brain began to work rapidly.

Because Chow Yun-fat and the three of them are all actors, and they came earlier than himself, it should be Lin Daoqiu's new play, and all three of them should have a part in it.

As for whether it is one drama or two dramas, it is unknown, but Wang Jing feels that no matter how many dramas it is, there will definitely be her own share.

"This "The True Colors of Heroes" is produced by New Art City, Tsui Hark is the producer, Yuan Kui is the director, Cheng Xiaodong is in charge of action design, and I will be in charge of the screenwriting."

When filming "The True Colors of Heroes" in the previous life, Chow Yun-fat was called a poisonous hair, and no one dared to ask him to film.

After Ti Lung was dismissed by Shaw Brothers, because comedies were popular in Hong Kong movies at that time, but the upright and serious Di Lung couldn't act in comedies, which made his acting career narrower and narrower.

At this time, Chow Yun-fat's situation was not so miserable, and because Ti Lung transferred to New Oriental, he did not have the embarrassing situation in his previous life.

As for Leslie Cheung, no matter at this time or in the last life, he is the one in the best situation among the three.

One of the reasons why "The True Colors of Heroes" was able to succeed at the beginning was the circumstances of Ti Lung and Chow Yun-fat, which allowed them to perform exceptionally in the movie.

But whether they can still perform the classic "The True Colors of Heroes" like the previous life, this is really a question that has to be doubted.

(End of this chapter)