Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

"Mr. Zou, what should we do now? How can we film without Jet Li as the protagonist? Now the crew has been suspended for a long time. Although it is not costing me money, if it continues to stop like this, when can we start again? "Dragon Tiger Gate" "But we have booked the Spring Festival slot for next year. If we continue like this, we won't be able to make it in time."

As the director of "Dragon and Tiger Gate", Liu Jialiang began to devote himself to the filming of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" after receiving this invitation. He is still very dedicated to this job. After all, this is a big production with an investment of 7000 million. In his life, Having received a film with the largest investment budget, Liu Jialiang naturally wanted to show off his talents.

The filming of "Dragon and Tiger Gate" was going well in the early stages, but Jet Li suddenly disappeared just halfway through the filming. Then he learned that Jet Li and Jiahe had a contractual conflict, and the film should not have been completed without the leading actor. How to take pictures?
The crew is now completely on hold, and the schedule of the heroine Zhong Chuhong is not easy to adjust. This time He Guanchang finally found Zhong Chuhong to play the heroine. If the delay is too long, then she may have to resign. After all There are a lot of movies waiting for her to make. It is impossible to push off all the subsequent schedules for Jiahe. That is obviously impossible.

Now He Guanchang is also a big man. He never thought that Jet Li would do such a thing before. Now don't expect it from Cai Ziming. That kid relies on his own strength and doesn't take Jiahe seriously. If he doesn't think about it anymore, If the actors are replaced, the early investment in "Dragon and Tiger Gate" may be wasted.

"Master Liu, please go back and wait. I will give you an answer in three days."

Zou Wenhuai turned his head and glanced at He Guanchang. He didn't expect that the other party could say such a thing. Could it be that he had already thought of some good solution?

So Zou Wenhuai also nodded, indicating that he agreed with He Guanchang's statement.

"If that's the case, I'll go back and wait for news. Sorry for bothering you."

When Liu Jialiang saw that Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang had said this, he naturally would not object, so he got up and left Zou Wenhuai's office.

After Liu Jialiang left, Zou Wenhuai asked.

"Are you sure?"

Regarding Zou Wenhuai's question, He Guanchang shook his head directly.

Zou Wenhuai looked confused. Since He Guanchang couldn't think of a way, why did he tell Liu Jialiang like this?
"I plan to talk to Jet Li and ask him to reshoot some scenes for "Dragon and Tiger Gate" to kill the male protagonist, and then we will find someone else to play the role."

"What are you going to do if he insists on getting half of the salary before filming?"

Zou Wenhuai didn't believe that Jet Li would be willing to help. After all, they still had contract disputes and he hadn't been paid any salary.

"Let's do our best and obey fate. We can't do nothing. Anyway, this is the case now, so let me give it a try. Maybe there will be a chance to persuade him to come back and help us film." He Guanchang seemed a little too optimistic. If Jet Li If he was so easily persuaded, he would not leave Jiahe and let Cai Ziming be his manager.

But for some reason, Zou Wenhuai always felt that He Guanchang had something he didn't say to him. At least in his opinion, He Guanchang didn't look like he had no confidence at all and went to talk to Jet Li. He must have some solution that he didn't know about.

"If that's the case, then go ahead and try it."

Zou Wenhuai nodded. Since He Guanchang didn't want to tell him, there must be a reason why he couldn't. The two of them had worked together for so many years and had already developed a tacit understanding. He would not take the initiative to ask about things that the other party didn't tell him.

After leaving Zou Wenhuai's office, He Guanchang returned to his own office and picked up the phone to call Jet Li. It didn't take long for the call to be connected.

"Hello, who are you?" "I'm He Guanchang, do you have time, Ajie? I have something I want to talk to you about."

"I'm sorry, Mr. He. I've told you before that if anything happens, you can go to my agent, Mr. Cai. He is now fully authorized to handle the contract dispute with Jiahe on my behalf."

"No, I just want to ask you for a favor. We are all old friends. There is no need to refuse when we meet for a cup of tea. Does Mr. Li think I will harm you?"

"It depends on how Mr. He sees it. From Jiahe's point of view, whatever you do is right, but for me, Jiahe must be unfair to me. Otherwise, I would not leave Jiahe. Could it be Isn’t that right?”

He Guanchang knew that nothing could be discussed with Jet Li like this, so he simply dropped the topic.

"I'm looking for you about "Dragon and Tiger Gate". Can we meet and chat? You've been away from the crew for a while. The movie can't be filmed without you as the leading actor. Since you don't plan to continue filming, then we won't Should this problem be resolved?”

Jet Li was silent for a moment, and then he agreed to He Guanchang's request to meet with him.

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll be free in an hour. I wonder what Mr. He thinks?"

"No problem, then we'll meet in an hour, see you there or not."

He Guanchang finally got an appointment with Jet Li. What he is thinking about now is how to persuade Jet Li to help Jiahe finish filming "Dragon and Tiger Gate". Of course it would be best if this can be done, but judging from the current situation, Jet Li will definitely not He agreed, so He Guanchang was also prepared to ask the other party to shoot a few more scenes, but if Jet Li refused to even do this, then I'm afraid he would have to take other measures.

An hour later, He Guanchang met Jet Li at the tea restaurant. Not surprisingly, Cai Ziming also followed Jet Li.

"Mr. He, we meet again."

Cai Ziming smiled and shook hands with He Guanchang. It was clear from He Guanchang's expression that he had no good impression of this guy named Cai Ziming at all.

"Ajie, long time no see."

After He Guanchang finished speaking, he also shook hands with Jet Li, and then the two parties sat down together.

"I just said on the phone that the purpose of coming to you today is very simple, just to talk about "Dragon and Tiger Gate". Your sudden departure caused the filming progress of this drama to be interrupted. Now Master Liu has been urging I, urge me to get you back for filming as soon as possible, I don’t know what Ajie thinks.”

Jet Li didn't speak, but Cai Ziming next to him helped him answer He Guanchang's question.

"If Jiahe wants to find Ajie to go back to film, that's no problem. First, we must fulfill all the conditions we have proposed before, and second, we must pay the entire salary for "Dragon and Tiger Gate" in one lump sum, which is 300 million US dollars."

Hearing Cai Ziming's words, He Guanchang just smiled slightly. It seemed that the conversation between the two parties had fallen into a deadlock from the beginning. (End of chapter)