Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1832 Missed Opportunity
"It doesn't matter if you don't participate in this play."

He Guanchang came back and reported to Zou Wenhuai all that Lin Daoqiu had said to him.

After hearing this, Zou Wenhuai was very angry. He felt that Lin Daoqiu deliberately wanted Jet Li to play the villain, so as to destroy the decent image that Jet Li had finally created.

Jet Li has managed to accumulate some popularity over the past few years. If he plays the villain in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", it will definitely have a big impact on his image.

You must know that the audience at this time is not the same as that of later generations. As long as you act well, it doesn't matter whether you are a villain or a decent one.

At this time, once you play a very good villain, the audience will feel weird when you play a decent role in the future, and in the end you can only turn back to play the villain.

But there are very few movies starring villains in movies, and it is impossible for Golden Harvest to make a batch of such movies specifically for Jet Li.

So the best way is not to act, so naturally there won't be so many troubles.

"Although this time is indeed a good opportunity, it will definitely have an impact on Ajie's image. I also think it's better not to act."

He Guanchang's thoughts were not much different from Zou Wenhuai's. He originally thought that he could get a role from Lin Daoqiu this time, but he didn't expect that the other party would deliberately target Jet Li.

Even Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang agreed that Lin Daoqiu just didn't want Jiahe to get up, because it would affect his status.

"It's really necessary to be defensive. Golden Harvest has reached this point, and Mr. Lin still treats us as an enemy. I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

Zou Wenhuai thought that Lin Daoqiu was worried about the rise of Golden Harvest, so he deliberately suppressed Jet Li.

But in fact, Lin Daoqiu didn't pay attention to Jiahe at all. After all, Jiahe's theaters and Fushandao studio had already been sold to him, so what if they praised Jet Li.

Even if he can become Xiangjiang's top martial arts star, his influence can only be limited to Asia.

If Golden Harvest wants to push Jet Li to Hollywood, I am afraid that with their current energy, they will not be able to compare with Jackie Chan.

After all, Jet Li, who developed in Hollywood in his previous life, starred in B-level violent movies. It can be said that this type of movie has restricted a large number of audiences from the beginning.

You must know that the most popular movies must be movies that can be watched by the whole family, or movies that most audiences are willing to buy tickets to watch.

The global box office performance of those films starring Jet Li is only mediocre, but their performance in the disc market is very good, and the revenue of the disc market is often greater than the global box office revenue.

So as long as the production cost does not exceed 5000 million U.S. dollars, if you can invite Jet Li, you will definitely make a profit.

After He Guanchang went back, he never contacted Lin Daoqiu again. In fact, Lin Daoqiu also guessed that it was impossible for them to let Jet Li play the villain. In fact, it was already within Lin Daoqiu's expectation.

In fact, if the villain Jet Li is willing to act, it will be very helpful to expand his acting career, but it is a pity that neither Zou Wenhuai nor He Guanchang will take this risk.

Since they are not willing to act, Lin Daoqiu will not be reluctant, after all, there are many people who can act as villains.

Lin Daoqiu thought about it and decided to let Shiguan Ren play this role.

Ren Shiguan's father was the martial arts director of early Chinese films, and the three siblings Ren Yan, Ren Daguan and Ren Shiguan also became famous martial arts stars.

And Ren Shiguan has been playing tricks in movies since the 60s, and has appeared in many movies.

Feng Xifan in "The Deer and Ding Tale", Yan Zhendong in "Huang Feihong", Ren Woxing in "Swordsman: The Unbeaten East" and so on.

It is absolutely no problem to find him to play Luo Laowai in terms of appearance and skill.

And this time, Shiguan Ren was also recruited by Tsui Hark to play Ren Woxing in "Swordsman". Lin Daoqiu planned to ask Tsui Hark and Shiguan Ren to speak, and believed that Shiguan would not refuse.

The two protagonists and the villain have already been chosen, but the heroine is still vacant.

However, Lin Daoqiu already had a favorite candidate in his heart, and that was Aman Li Saifeng.

In Lin Daoqiu's view, Li Saifeng is very suitable for the role of Yang Xueli in every aspect, and she looks sweet and talented, so it is time to push her up.

After writing down the rough list of actors, Lin Daoqiu called Lin Zhengying who was far away in western Hunan, and told him all the list of actors.

At this time, Lin Zhengying, who was investigating in western Hunan, received a call, and the two of them discussed the roles of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" for a while.

For Lin Zhengying, since Lin Daoqiu chose him, he must support him unconditionally.

"By the way, Mr. Lin, can you give Yuan Hua a role in the movie?"

Lin Zhengying suddenly asked Mr. Lin to arrange a role for Yuan Hua in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which surprised Lin Daoqiu.

In the previous two episodes of "The Return of the Great Sage", Yuan Hua's performance can be said to be very good, but unfortunately because of the makeup, even if these two dramas are popular, it has nothing to do with him.

After returning to Dibao, Yuan Hua made two films in which he starred, but unfortunately the box office was very mediocre, and Pan Desheng even lost some money.

Under such circumstances, Yuan Hua could only return to his old job and play the villain role in the movie.

Since Pan Disheng sold Dibao to Lin Daoqiu, the people who used to make a living at Dibao all switched to New Oriental.

But among these people, Yuan Hua's identity is rather embarrassing, because he felt that he rejected Lin Daoqiu and did not join New Oriental, and now Lin Daoqiu might not give him any chance.

So during this period of time, Yuan Hua could only take on small roles outside, because this caused his income to drop a lot.

Immediately after learning the news, Lin Zhengying asked Lin Daoqiu to arrange a supporting role for Yuan Hua in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", even if it is a role that doesn't have many roles.

As long as Yuan Hua can play a role in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", I believe that the days when he can't get a role will soon pass.

"You don't say I forgot him. In fact, he was thinking too much. I didn't mean to target him at all. I respected his choice at the beginning, but now that time has passed and everything has passed, I have no intention of reversing the old score. "

In fact, for Lin Daoqiu, Yuan Hua did not offend him, and his performance in "The Return of the Great Sage" can be said to be very good.

But Lin Daoqiu also told him at the beginning that it was impossible for Yuan Hua to be the leading role, and he was unlikely to be able to support the box office, so he could only be a golden supporting role.

I believe that after this period of experience, Yuan Hua should be able to see clearly that what Lin Daoqiu said to him at the beginning was not fooling him, but telling the truth.

(End of this chapter)