Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 549 Uncle Da
Lin Daoqiu had never set his sights on these green leaf actors before.

But after signing Chen Baixiang, he suddenly had an interesting idea.

If I sign more of those outstanding supporting actors, it would be a good reinforcement for New Oriental.

Looking at the development of Xiangjiang movies in the past few decades, there are many dazzling male protagonists, but there are also many excellent supporting roles.

In a movie, if only the protagonist performs well, but the others don't perform well, then the movie may not be very good.

The current boss of the film company, as well as the director and screenwriter, all only focus on the leading role and ignore the supporting roles. This happens to be a good opportunity for Lin Daoqiu.

Wu Mengda, Gu Feng, Wu Ma, Dong Piao, Zeng Jiang, Qin Pei, these are the people that I can sign now.

Among these people, Wu Mengda is naturally Lin Daoqiu's preferred target. After all, his combination with Zhou Xingchi in the next few years will be called invincible.

But Lin Daoqiu is not in a hurry to combine the two of them. After all, Zhou Xingchi is still too young and has not even received basic acting training.

If he and Wu Mengda were rashly combined at this time to make those movies, it would definitely not achieve the effect of later generations.

So Lin Daoqiu plans to sign Wu Mengda first, let Zhou Xingchi stay in TVB for a few years according to his previous life, and then consider combining them

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Ever since he became popular as Hu Tiehua in "Chu Liuxiang", Wu Mengda's whole person began to change.

He was not serious at the beginning of filming and was often late.

After work every day, drinking and gambling has become commonplace for him.

Moreover, they often gambled all night before rushing to the set, which made the directors and producers very unhappy.

But if it's just like this, everyone can bear it for a while, after all, who made him popular.

But the most troublesome thing is that Wu Mengda owed a large amount of usury because he lost a gambling bet.

One day in 1980, he received a call from the bank, and a woman said indifferently, "Sir, you are bankrupt."

Just two days before he was declared bankrupt by the bank, Wu Mengda asked his friend Chow Yun-fat for help, hoping that the other party could lend him some money.

In fact, the amount Wu Mengda wanted to borrow was not much. To Chow Yun-fat, who was already a big star at that time, it was just a small amount.

But Chow Yun-fat shook his head and rejected him on the spot, which made Wu Mengda so angry that Fazi was not interesting enough.

That year, Wu Mengda was 28 years old and owed 30 Hong Kong dollars.

And what's even more unfortunate is that because of this, he was frozen by the wireless TV station.

Under the double blow, he was disheartened, and he planned to go back to his hometown to find his own death, but he didn't have the money to take a taxi from midnight until dawn.

After dawn, Wu Mengda went to Kowloon alone, and asked seven loan sharks from different associations to negotiate.

In a restaurant, Wu Mengda took a deep breath and said to the seven big brothers in front of him, "I have no money now, anyway, everyone is asking for money, can you let me pay it back slowly?"

Those people also seemed to know that Wu Mengda really couldn't afford the money, and if he was slaughtered now, or his hands and feet were crippled, it would be even more impossible to get back the money.

In the end, they agreed to let Wu Mengda pay back slowly, which allowed him to escape.

If it's just debt collection, it's acceptable to Wu Mengda.

But the problem now is that because of his bad attitude on the set, TVB completely gave up on him, and no longer filmed him.

From last year until now, TVB has not even arranged a TV series for Wu Mengda, and even wants to terminate the contract with him.

Throughout this year, Wu Mengda has only played a serious role in "The Law Enforcer" starring Chow Yun-fat, and the person who recommended him to star in this drama is Chow Yun-fat.

In order to perform this play well, Wu Mengda can be said to have exhausted his mind to figure it out.

It's a pity that when this movie was released in theaters, it only got a box office of 200 million. It can be said that the results are not very good.

So even though he performed well in this drama, he still didn't attract too many people's attention, and he is still honing his acting skills and waiting for opportunities.

"Director Zhang, I'm Wu Mengda. I heard that you have a film to start shooting recently. I wonder if there is any..."

Apart from studying acting, Wu Mengda basically finds ways to find opportunities every day to see if anyone is willing to invite him.

But it's a pity that every time the other party hears his name, the better ones will perfunctory him, and the worse ones will hang up the phone without even saying a word.

I don't know how many calls Wu Mengda made. He was a little embarrassed before, but now he has put his face in his pocket in order to support his family.

"Dong dong dong..."

Not long after Wu Mengda put down the phone, there was a sudden knock on the door, which scared him to stand up from his chair immediately.

At first, Wu Mengda thought he was a debt collector, so he didn't dare to say a word, and planned to wait for the other party to leave by himself.

But the strange thing is that the other party was very polite when knocking on the door, unlike the force used by those debt collectors.

"Maybe they changed their minds and tried to trick me into taking the bait."

Wu Mengda also thought that those debt collectors had changed tricks and tried to trick him into opening the door.

"Ada, I'm Fatty Liu, are you at home, I have something to ask you."

Hearing a familiar voice from outside, Wu Mengda immediately recognized the identity of the other party, he was not a member of the club.

After thinking about it, Wu Mengda quietly walked to the door, and then secretly looked outside.

When he saw clearly that Fatty Liu was the only one outside the door, Wu Mengda thought for a few seconds before opening the door.

"Ah, why is it you, I just slept in it."

Covering his mouth with his hands and pretending to be yawning, Wu Mengda didn't want others to know that he was worried about being chased, so he avoided opening the door.

But Fat Boy Liu actually knew Wu Mengda was inside. He knew that the other party would not open the door because he was afraid that the one who came was a debt collector.

"Ada, someone is looking for you. He is in the car downstairs now."

Fatty Liu was about to leave after he finished speaking, but before he could take a few steps, he was grabbed by Wu Mengda.

"What nobleman? How do you know he is a nobleman?"

Wu Mengda looked at Fatty Liu suspiciously, he didn't understand why the other party said that.

Hearing Wu Mengda's question, Fatty Liu first smiled, and then touched his jacket pocket.

"He gave me 1000 yuan and told me to call you downstairs. What do you mean he is not a nobleman?"

After Fat Boy Liu finished speaking, he turned around and left with a happy face, leaving only Wu Mengda behind him showing surprise.

Will the person who is willing to spend 1000 million yuan to Fat Boy Liu to call him downstairs be a creditor?
Wu Mengda immediately fell into deep thought.

　Thanks, rfjh, ants, lzd, wandering bums, everyone's big monthly pass!mwah! ╰(*°▽°*)╯

　　
　
(End of this chapter)