Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1831 The villain is not bad

Naturally, Zou Wenhuai would not take the initiative to find Lin Daoqiu, so this time the matter of asking for a role fell on He Guanchang.

Having dealt with Lin Daoqiu for so many years, He Guanchang's understanding of Lin Daoqiu so far can be said to be very much, but it can also be said to be only a little bit.

Because they act as opponents most of the time, there is actually not much time for cooperation.

For Lin Daoqiu, He Guanchang actually admired him from the bottom of his heart.

After all, being able to stand out from being surrounded by powerful enemies all these years, and finally become the overlord of the Xiangjiang film industry, this is definitely something that no one can do.

Since Lin Daoqiu could do it, it meant that he was not very human, so they had nothing to say when they were defeated by Lin Daoqiu.

"Why is Mr. He coming to see me for tea today when he is free?"

Lin Daoqiu received visiting He Guanchang in his office.

He Guanchang has been thinking about how to get an important role in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" from Lin Daoqiu.

Speaking of which, he hasn't even read the script of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and there are very few serialized contents in novel newspapers, and not many characters appear on the stage.

In addition to the male protagonists Hu Ba and Wang Kaixuan, the warlord Luo Laowai who appeared the most in the serialized content of the newspaper.

The role of Luo Laowai is a villain at first glance, so He Guanchang will naturally not want it, even if Lin Daoqiu is willing to give it to them, he will not take it.

So this time, He Guanchang decided not to go around those tricks, and directly asked Lin Daoqiu for a role.

"I heard that Mr. Lin is preparing to shoot "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern" recently, so I came here specially to chat with Mr. Lin about "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern"."

"Oh... I didn't expect Mr. He to be so well informed and to know that I was going to shoot "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" so soon."

Lin Daoqiu was not surprised that He Guanchang would know about it earlier than others. After all, Golden Harvest and New Oriental are no longer hostile.

And there are many people in New Oriental who have received the favor of Golden Harvest, so revealing a little inside information to them is not a very high priority at all.

Even if we took a step back, even during the period when Golden Harvest and New Oriental were hostile, even if Zou Wenhuai and the others wanted to get some inside information, it was not impossible.

"Mr. Lin, to tell you the truth, Golden Harvest is now promoting Jet Li, so I hope that Mr. Lin can make it easier for him to arrange a role in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"."

Mr. Lin did not expect that He Guanchang would ask him for a role directly, which was somewhat beyond his expectation.

It seems that in order to make Jet Li popular, they really worked very hard.

"For the characters in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the protagonist has already been determined to be the combination of Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung, and now there are only some supporting roles left."

Lin Daoqiu seemed to be talking to himself, but he was actually talking to He Guanchang.

His meaning is very simple, if you want the protagonist, it is impossible, because Yuen Biao and Sammo Hung have already given it.

Now there are only some supporting roles left. If you want, I can consider arranging them for you.

"Supporting roles don't matter, as long as we can perform, we are already very satisfied."

It is impossible to be the protagonist, He Guanchang had already thought very clearly before coming to see Lin Daoqiu.

Since he couldn't get the protagonist, it shouldn't be difficult for Lin Daoqiu to find a character who has a role in the play and has a performance.

"If there is one supporting role that has a role and performance, it is the big villain Luo Laowai."

He Guanchang was very happy to hear the first half of the sentence, but when Lin Daoqiu's character's name was uttered in the end, He Guanchang's face suddenly crooked.

The big villain Luo Laowai asked Jet Li to play, this is simply a joke.

You must know that Zou Wenhuai had told him before he came to see Lin Daoqiu that Jet Li could not act as a villain.

But now Lin Daoqiu wanted to assign Jet Li the role of a big villain, not to mention that Zou Wenhuai would not agree, and he and Jet Li probably would not consider it either.

"Mr. Lin, Ajie is still very young. He still can't take on such an important villain role. After all, it's a test of acting skills. I think it's better to change roles."

He Guanchang did not say that he would not let Jet Li play the villain, he only said that he is still young and can't play the type of big villain, which can be regarded as leaving a way out for himself.

Hearing what He Guanchang said, Lin Daoqiu nodded while listening, and it seemed that he also agreed with the other party's statement.

"We can teach him without acting skills. This is a very valuable experience. I know that Ajie is good at it. I can arrange a few fight scenes for him. It will definitely shine."

Lin Daoqiu seemed to be determined to let Jet Li play the role of Luo Laowai, and he was also willing to design a few fight scenes for him, which can be said to be a very good treatment.

But He Guanchang didn't want such treatment at all, he would rather find a supporting role, even if it wasn't that important, and it was impossible for Jet Li to play the villain.

"Mr. Lin, I think it's better to change the role. Ajie really can't play it. We will be too sorry to delay your filming time."

When He Guanchang said this, he believed that Lin Daoqiu should have heard it clearly, and he would not let Jet Li play the villain.

But Lin Daoqiu didn't seem to hear He Guanchang's polite refusal, he still insisted.

"If Ajie can play this villain well, it can be said that his future acting path can be said to be very open. This is definitely not a bad thing for him."

"Mr. Lin, Ajie is still very young. If he wants to expand his acting career, that will be in the future. In addition, he just took the role of Linghu Chong. Now it's not good to let him play the villain."

He Guanchang became anxious. He couldn't understand why Lin Daoqiu insisted on having Jet Li play the villain. This was completely opposite to Golden Harvest's approach to training Jet Li.

They don't need Jet Li to expand any drama at all, what they want is Jet Li to take the line of a decent role.

"It doesn't matter, the audience is looking at the acting skills. If the acting is good, it doesn't matter whether it is a decent villain, but if the acting is not good, it doesn't matter what the role is."

"I know that Mr. He is worried that Ajie will be positioned by the audience after playing the villain, but I can tell you that this is absolutely impossible, so you can rest assured."

Lin Daoqiu didn't give any guarantee to let He Guanchang believe him unconditionally.

Although Lin Daoqiu's words were still very influential in Xiangjiang, He Guanchang didn't dare to gamble on such things.

If Jet Li plays the big villain in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" at that time, I am afraid that the audience will not accept him if he is given a decent role in the future.

"This big villain is actually very good. Mr. He might as well go back and discuss it with Mr. Zou. I won't cheat you."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he smiled slightly at He Guanchang.

But at this time, Lin Daoqiu's smile fell into He Guanchang's eyes, but it turned into a different flavor.

(End of this chapter)