Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 1968 Who are you looking for?
In the previous life, "Chinese Heroes" was adapted into a movie and two TV series.

The first version of "Chinese Heroes" was adapted into a film and television drama produced by ATV in 90. He Jiajin played Hua Yingxiong, Ye Yuqing and Guan Yonghe played Hua Yingxiong's wife and daughter respectively.

Because this drama is very popular, two films with a total of 45 episodes were filmed, namely "Chinese Heroes" and "Chinese Heroes: The Proud Jue of China".

"Chinese Heroes" tells the stories related to the gate of hell in the original work, while "Chinese Heroes: The Proud Art of China" tells the story of Hua Yingxiong's debut.

But it was "Chinese Heroes" directed by Liu Weiqiang and written by Wen Jun in 99 that really attracted the attention of "Chinese Heroes", or in other words, the adaptation of this comic was successful.

Hua Yingxiong played by Ekin Cheng can be said to be the actor who best fits the characteristics of this character among the three versions.

In the 99 edition of "Chinese Heroes", in addition to Ekin Cheng, there are Yang Gongru, Nicholas Tse, Shu Qi, Yuen Biao, Zheng Peipei, Wu Zhenyu, Xu Jinjiang and other well-known actors.

However, compared with "Feng Yun" starring Ekin Cheng in the previous year, the box office performance of "Chinese Heroes" is only half of that of "Feng Yun".

The absence of a sequel is probably due to the excessive investment but poor box office performance.

After all, the special effects of this movie continue the quality of last year's "Fengyun", but unfortunately the box office revenue is not good, but this has a lot to do with the general environment.

The Hong Kong film industry in 99 was affected by the Asian financial turmoil in 97, and the box office revenue had begun to plummet.

The box office champion in 96 was Jackie Chan's "Police Story 4: Simple Missions".

In 97, Jackie Chan's "A Good Man" won the box office champion of Xiangjiang, but it was 1000 and 500 million less than last year, and finally only won [-] million at the box office.

When the time came to 99, Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" won the annual box office champion with 900 million.

It can be seen that Xiangjiang's box office has begun to shrink gradually. Unless it is a very popular movie, it can be said that it is difficult to break through the 4000 million box office mark.

Even the income of the top films is so unsatisfactory, how can the films ranked below have any good box office income.

However, compared to that time, at this time, no matter in the previous life or in Lin Daoqiu's current era, Xiangjiang's movie income has been hitting new highs repeatedly.

Lin Daoqiu recommended Sammo Hung to direct "Chinese Heroes", and Huang Yulang also felt that the other party was a very suitable candidate.

So the two of them have been discussing who should be the actor of "Chinese Heroes" for the past few days.

Since it is a large investment of 8000 million, the protagonist of "Chinese Heroes" will definitely not go to those unknown people, but must be the most popular star.

Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao, these three are the top martial arts stars in Hong Kong at this time.

But for Huang Yulang, the three of them are not suitable to play Hua Hero.

Although Sammo Hung didn't know much about "Chinese Hero", he also felt that this role was really not suitable for him and Yuen Biao, let alone Jackie Chan.

The other party is working hard in Hollywood now, and it is almost unheard of that he will return to Xiangjiang to film, so the role of Hua Yingxiong must be found by someone else.

If Huang Yulang went to Lin Daoqiu and asked him to recommend a leading actor, then Lin Daoqiu really didn't know who to recommend to Huang Yulang.

If it is ten or five years later, Lin Daoqiu will definitely recommend Ekin Cheng to play Hua Yingxiong.

But Ekin Cheng was only 21 years old at this time, and now he has just filmed the first TV series "Laser Youth" in his life.

And like Zhou Xingchi, he is hosting the children's program "430 Shuttle" in the TVB children's group.

Now Ekin Cheng is still far behind in terms of age and acting skills.

If you must find him, then Ekin Cheng can play Hua Jianxiong, Hua Yingxiong's son.

For several days in a row, Huang Yulang and Hong Jinbao didn't discuss any results, and the male lead alone made them a little bit at a loss.

Huang Yulang, whom Sammo Hung liked, didn't like it, but Huang Yulang himself couldn't think of any good candidates.

"Why don't you ask Mr. Lin, he may have a good recommendation."

Sammo Hung felt that Huang Yulang's appetite was really difficult to figure out, and it was really not an easy matter to cooperate with him.

Fortunately, as long as the actors are selected, he will have nothing to do with him, and then he won't need to be bothered by Huang Yulang.

Huang Yulang didn't have any good solutions, so he could only agree to Sammo Hung's proposal.

So Sammo Hung directly called Lin Daoqiu.

"Well... I see. Let me think about it and give you an answer in a few days."

After receiving Sammo Hung's call, Lin Daoqiu felt that he was trying to find fault with himself.

But Huang Yulang has put out 8000 million real money to make "Chinese Heroes", so it is not too much to ask him to recommend a male lead.

So Lin Daoqiu began to think seriously, who would be more suitable to play the hero of Hua.

Ekin Cheng was the first to be ruled out by Lin Daoqiu, because he is too young now to be suitable for "Chinese Heroes".

He Jiajin is a good candidate and his age is suitable and his skills are not bad, but he may not be able to afford the box office.

As for Chow Yun-fat and Chow Xingchi, needless to say, Fa Ge's costume dramas are much worse than fashion dramas, and Chow Xingchi doesn't even match the characteristics of the characters, let alone fame.

The more Lin Daoqiu looked at He Jiajin, the more he seemed to be more suitable after such a search. However, after recommending this candidate, it might cause Hong Jinbao and Huang Yulang embarrassment.

Comparing his heart to his heart, what Huang Yulang wants now is the top star to star in "Chinese Hero".

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a great loss if he dropped 8000 million but didn't make any waves.

Lin Daoqiu hesitated for a while, and finally decided to recommend He Jiajin to the other party. As for whether Sammo Hung and Huang Yulang will use him, that is their own problem.

"He Jiajin? Okay, okay, I see."

When Sammo Hung heard from Lin Daoqiu that ATV actor He Jiajin was recommended to play the leading role of "Chinese Hero" Hua Yingxiong, he seemed a little surprised.

Because He Jiajin did not have much development in the film industry, but in terms of TV dramas, he is regarded as a highly praised object in ATV and his results are also very good.

But the problem is that it is useless to be a mess on TV. Many times, well-known TV actors go to the movies and the final results are not very good, so few people dare to bet like this, even if he is recommended by Lin Daoqiu.

(End of this chapter)