Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1803 To change or not to change?
"Director Xu, don't be so surprised. I think Ajie has the same advantages as Sam. I even think he is more suitable to play Linghu Chong than Sam."

He Guanchang came to Tsui Hark today to persuade him to let Jet Li replace Sam as Linghu Chong.

In his opinion, Jet Li is more suitable to play Linghu Chong than Xu Guanjie. After all, in terms of age and skill, Jet Li has more advantages than Xu Guanjie.

The Xiangjiang film industry at this time is not a later generation. Using special effects can make actors very capable.

At this time, most of the movies are flaunting real kung fu. If the actors don't have two hands, they really can't make any good action movies.

Although Xu Guanjie is also very good, he is not an action actor, and his skills are not good.

If you compare him with Jet Li in action, Xu Guanjie's advantage is indeed not so obvious.

Tsui Hark has some understanding of Jet Li, and he also knows that what He Guanchang said is true, but it may not be easy for him to give up Xu Guanjie and use Jet Li to play Linghu Chong instead.

Unless Xu Guanjie himself stopped acting, or Tsui Hark thought that replacing Jet Li would make "Swordsman" better, otherwise he probably wouldn't move this idea.

"Mr. He, I know that Mr. Li is very good, but you also know that Sam has already acted in the first film. Now if I suddenly want to replace him, I really can't find a suitable reason."

Tsui Hark spread his hands directly. It is impossible for him to take the initiative to offend people. After all, He Guanchang himself wanted Jet Li to act.

If he really wants to make this happen, then only he can persuade Xu Guanjie to give up this role, so that he may be able to play Jet Li instead.

"If I can convince Sam, can Director Xu use Ajie to play Linghu Chong?"

Tsui Hark didn't expect He Guanchang to say that. Could it be that he really has some way to make Xu Guanjie give up the role of Linghu Chong.

You must know that the box office of "Swordsman" is really good, and the box office of the sequel is also very exciting. It may be difficult for Xu Guanjie to give up this role by himself.

"If Sam really gives up, I will seriously consider letting Mr. Li take over the role of Linghu Chong."

Tsui Hark wanted to see what He Guanchang could do to make Sam give up this role.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's make a deal..."

Tsui Hark still had a lot of work to do, so he left after sitting for a while.

After Tsui Hark left, Jet Li looked at He Guanchang worriedly.

"Mr. He can really convince Mr. Xu to give up the role of Linghu Chong?"

Jet Li is very skeptical about this. After all, "Swordsman" is really good. As long as there are no problems at the box office, the sequel will definitely sell well.

Under such circumstances, Xu Guanjie was asked to give up this role, which really made Jet Li unable to think of how He Guanchang could do it.

Regarding Jet Li's question, He Guanchang just smiled, but he didn't tell the other party clearly.

"Shanren has his own tricks. You don't have to worry about this matter. You just need to be ready to take over Linghu Chong anyway."

It can be seen that He Guanchang seems to be full of confidence, which makes Jet Li even more puzzled.

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""The Wesleyan Legend"? You mean to make a blockbuster special effects movie?"

Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai's office, where He Guanchang is discussing with Zou Wenhuai about Jiahe's new film for the Spring Festival next year.

In the previous Spring Festival stalls, Golden Harvest has always used Jet Li to lead the battle, but the effect can only be said to be very average.

But this year's Spring Festival is very different from the previous ones, because this time the range of stars that Golden Harvest can recruit for filming is much wider than before.

Under such circumstances, He Guanchang suggested to Zou Wenhuai that next year's Spring Festival, Jiahe must be a big one. This can be regarded as an official announcement to everyone that Jiahe is still the old Jiahe.

"In my opinion, Ni Kuang is definitely on the list among the writers Xiangjiang can rank with Jin Yong, and his "Legend of Wesley" I think is a very good work, very suitable for the big screen."

Hearing what He Guanchang said, Zou Wenhuai didn't speak, but he still thought about He Guanchang's proposal seriously.

What He Guanchang didn't know was that Lin Daoqiu had wanted to put "Legend of Wesley" on the big screen before, but he gave up this decision later.

Unexpectedly, by mistake, Jiahe also wanted to shoot "The Legend of Wesley".

"Who do you want to play in this play?"

Zou Wenhuai didn't say yes or no, but he still asked the actor first.

"Ti Lung, Sam Hui, and Wang Zuxian, who is very promising recently."

Among the three, Xu Guanjie's salary is the highest but it is only 400 million. As for Ti Lung's salary is only 150 million, Wang Zuxian only has 50 because he has no masterpieces.

Regarding the casting of He Guanchang, after careful consideration, Zou Wenhuai felt that this seemed to be a feasible way.

"Why don't you ask Ajie to play the leading role?"

Zou Wenhuai felt very strange, why didn't He Guanchang use their own people in this play?
"Because Ajie is going to film "Swordsman"."

Hearing what He Guanchang said, Zou Wenhuai's eyes widened immediately. He didn't know the news before.

He Guanchang looked at Zou Wenhuai who looked surprised, and he quickly explained the ins and outs of the whole thing to him.

"Are you confident that you can convince Sam?"

He Guanchang nodded, he felt that Xu Guanjie would not be able to reject the former compared to a blockbuster special effects movie and a costume movie.

And because most of the filming locations of this film are abroad, it is impossible for him to have time to go back to Xiangjiang to shoot "Swordsman", so Tsui Hark can only use Jet Li at that time.

Coupled with the fact that Jet Li is too young, I am afraid it is still too early for him to be the leader of "The Legend of Wesley".

But in "Swordsman", Brigitte Lin is on top, so as long as Jet Li performs well, he will definitely leave a deep impression on the public.

"In that case, then you can talk to Sam."

Zou Wenhuai has no objection to this, because this is indeed the best choice for Golden Harvest's current situation.

A few days later, Tsui Hark received a call from He Guanchang.

"Director Xu, Sam will be filming abroad in the future, and he has no way to take over the filming of "Swordsman"."

Tsui Hark didn't expect that He Guanchang would settle the matter so quickly, but he didn't immediately agree to let Jet Li come to pick up Linghu Chong. He only said that he was thinking about it for a while, which made He Guanchang on the other end of the phone very angry.

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