Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 684 It's You

PS: 688 has been blocked, waiting to be unblocked.

"Young Justice Bao" is mainly composed of mainland actors, but the production team is still from Hong Kong.

The director is Hu Mingkai from ATV, and the costume designer is Wu Baoling, one of the three major art directors in Hong Kong.

The script was conceived by Yang Ye and written by the Asian Screenwriting Center founded by Yang Ye.

Considering that every case in the original version was plagiarized, Yang Ye directly purchased the copyrights of "The Case Files of Young Kindaichi" and "Detective Conan".

The screenwriters changed the cases in these novels and comics, localized them, and integrated them into the historical background of the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty.

Yangji is an international group company whose business involves major markets around the world. Blatant plagiarism like Shaobao in the original time and space will have a very negative impact.

Since Yangji itself holds a huge number of copyrights and frequently files copyright lawsuits against others, it has the potential to become the strongest legal department in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Last year, Zedong Company's "A Chinese Odyssey" was almost prevented from being released due to a lawsuit by Yangji because it blatantly plagiarized "Tathagata Palm".

Some of the actors for "Young Justice Bao" had already been confirmed.

For example, Chen Daomin played the Eighth Wise Kings, Cheng Peipei played Bao Shenshi, and Xie Miao played Young Zhan Zhao.

In addition, the production team conducted a serious interview.

The interview process is basically to invite some young actors with some fame to audition at Guangming Film and Television City.

In addition, the crew also sent staff to conduct a preliminary selection among the trainees from the three major academies of Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy, as well as Baiyang Agency.

Because this "Young Justice Bao" was produced by Yang Ye, and there was also the precedent that "Judge Bao" was popular all over the Chinese world.

Therefore, the project became very popular as soon as it was launched, and many people signed up enthusiastically, hoping that they would be selected, and they were scrambling to get a spot.

Ren Quan and Li Binbin, whom Yang Ye saw on the street, were people who passed the preliminary selection and came to Shenzhen for auditions.

In fact, the main role of Yang Ye has already been decided, and many people came with high hopes, but even if they performed well, they could only get small roles.

These pre-selected roles have not been made public. For example, even Zhou Jie himself did not know about the role of Bao Zheng.

That's why Yang Ye found it interesting when he saw Ren Quan and Li Binbin in a hurry on the road.

They thought it was a cruel competition, but they didn't know that fate had already opened the door for them.

There were about sixty or seventy people participating in this round of re-examinations. Regardless of whether they were famous or not, they all sat in a conference room in Office Building No. 1. Those whose names were called went to the next room for audition.

The producer of "Young Justice Bao" was named Yang Ye, so no one dared to act like a big shot.

Yang Ye found the meeting room and took a look inside. He was immediately recognized and shouted, "Director Yang is here!"

There was an immediate commotion in the conference room. People stood up one after another and shouted in a non-unified voice, "Hello, Director Yang!"

Yang Ye waved at them and said with a smile: "Are you all here for auditions?"

"Yes!" This time the answer was more unanimous.

"Not bad, come on!"

Yang Ye encouraged her and walked to the next room.

The actors who came for the interview couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"So handsome, even more handsome than in the movies."

"Why is Director Yang here?"

“He is the producer of this play!”

"I always thought it was a gimmick, but it turns out to be real. It's really strange, how could such a big shot like him be the producer of a TV series?"

"It's not surprising. There are precedents. Director Yang has been a producer of TV series before. Haven't you seen "Hong Kong Love Story"? "

"Yes, 'Hong Kong Love Story' is a classic! Then, 'Young Justice Bao' should also be a classic, right?"

"Whether it's a classic or not depends on whether you can play the leading female role."

The girl looked at the handsome men and beautiful women around her and said with a bitter face: "Oh, the competition is so fierce!"

Suddenly he touched his face and said, "Director Yang went to the next door. He must be going to an interview. I wonder if he will like me!"

"If I like you, will you marry me?"

"You're crazy. I mean, will you like me and let me play the leading female role?"

"I heard Director Yang is a very romantic man. What if he asks you to marry him?"

"Then I will wake up laughing in my dreams!"

"You're such a nympho!"

At this time, a girl who was attending the interview walked in from next door.

Someone asked, "Yuan Li, how was your interview?"

Yuan Li shook her head with some regret and said, "The audition went well. We were chatting when Director Yang suddenly walked in. He took one look at me and said that my image did not fit the role."

"Ah, isn't that the end?"

Yuan Li said proudly: "I can play a minor supporting role, but I have no chance of playing the leading female role. I don't want to play a minor supporting role, so forget it!"

She packed her things, got up and left.

Some people were trying to comfort her, but as soon as she left, they immediately changed their attitude.

"Tsk, you act like you're worth a fortune, and you insist on playing the female lead."

"She doesn't even look at how she looks, she's so fat, how could Director Yang like her?"

When a staff member appeared at the door, everyone immediately fell silent. The staff member shouted, "Next, Li Binbin, is Li Binbin here?"

Everyone looked at each other in silence. Some people were delighted. Now that this person didn't come, there was one less competitor.

"Li Binbin? Li Binbin? Li Binbin didn't come, right? Okay, next one..."

The worker was impatient and was about to call the next person when he suddenly heard someone outside shout, "I'm coming! I'm coming!"

Li Binbin ran over quickly and panted, "Hello, I'm Li Binbin!"

As he said this, he took out his ID.

The staff member frowned at her and said, "It's your turn, go in!"

Li Binbin almost missed it, and now he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She looked back and saw Ren Quan, carrying two suitcases, catching up with her and shouting at her, "Come on!"

"Ok!"

Li Binbin regulated his breathing and walked into the interview room with some trepidation.

As soon as she entered, director Hu Mingkai frowned: "Why are you sweating so much?"

Normally, actors who come for interviews are all dressed up carefully and come in wearing bright and beautiful clothes. This is the first time he has seen someone like Li Binbin.

Li Bingbing bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I had an accident on the road and was delayed."

"Okay!" Hu Mingkai said no more, took the actor's information and asked some basic questions about her first.

Li Binbin introduced himself and then answered the questions one by one.

But because he had been running all the way here, his body functions were not coordinated and he was breathing heavily when he spoke.

Hu Mingkai was very dissatisfied and frowned. Hong Kong people are used to being very punctual. Generally speaking, if they want to do something important, they will plan the time in advance and take into account possible accidents on the road.

No matter when or where, we will arrive as promised.

Wei Junzi, the "Hong Kong film know-it-all", once mentioned that one day he made an appointment with David Chiang and Zhuang Cheng (President of Media Asia) for an interview at the Sheraton Hotel, one at 11 a.m. and the other at 3 p.m.

In order to avoid being late, he went there early to wait. At around ten o'clock, David Chiang called him and said there was a traffic jam and he would be there soon.

Based on his experience, Wei Junzi felt that the meeting would have to be postponed for at least half an hour. However, in less than five minutes, David Chiang appeared in the hotel lobby dressed in a fashionable outfit.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, there was no sign of Zhuang Cheng. Wei Junzi felt a little unhappy and thought to himself, how could Hong Kong people be late too?
Zhuang Cheng called and asked when he would arrive. Wei Junzi said he had been waiting for him for a long time.

Then I saw Zhuang Cheng walking out of the hotel. It turned out that he had arrived at noon.

Wei Junzi thought that "Hong Kong people are punctual", so he didn't rush Zhuang Cheng even though he didn't see him.

Zhuang Cheng felt that "people from the mainland are not punctual", so he waited until 3:30 before contacting him.

As for Hu Mingkai, Li Binbin knew that he had an important interview today, but still came at the last minute. This was very bad behavior.

However, Li Binbin has very good conditions and excellent professional performance. The sketch she wrote and performed herself even won the first prize in the National Sketch Competition.

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So Hu Mingkai gave Li Binbin a page of lines and said, "You have five minutes to write down these lines and then perform them on the spot."

Li Binbin quickly took the lines with both hands and stood aside to recite them.

Although there weren't many lines on a page, she was out of breath from running, and her answers to the questions were not satisfactory. She was very nervous, so how could she memorize them?
What’s more, I had to perform again soon, and I was so anxious that I almost cried.

Li Binbin's family was very poor. She was born into an ordinary working-class family in a small county in the Northeast.

When she was just admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, her mother suffered a heart attack and the surgery cost a large sum of money, which almost caused her to drop out of school.

Her father was just an ordinary worker who earned 300 yuan a month, but he was willing to sell everything he had to send her to school.

So when she went to Shanghai, she found work whenever she had free time. In addition to supplementing the family income, she also had to fund her younger sister Li Xuexue's tuition and living expenses.

This time, I passed the initial test for "Young Justice Bao" and came to Shenzhen for the retest. If I am selected, I can greatly change the plight of my family.

This opportunity is so important to her!
But the more anxious she was, the harder it was to carry it in. She couldn't help but blame herself secretly, thinking that it would be better if she could have come earlier.

Suddenly, a gentle voice said in his ear: "Drink some water, don't be in a hurry!"

Li Binbin turned around in surprise, only to see Yang Ye standing behind her with a glass of water and a smile on his face.

"Yang...Director Yang!" Li Binbin opened his mouth in surprise.

Li Binbin saw Yang Ye when she came in, but Yang Ye turned around and chatted quietly with the woman next to him and ignored her.

During the interview, Yang Ye just sat quietly and didn't say anything.

In this situation, Li Binbin felt much more pressure than the previous interviewees.

She didn't expect Yang Ye to suddenly stand up and pour her some water, and speak so gently. She immediately felt warm in her heart.

She took the cup and said gratefully, "Thank you!"

Yang Ye nodded, returned to his seat, and said to Hu Mingkai: "She must have been in a hurry before, give her ten minutes to prepare!"

Hu Mingkai quickly said, "Okay, Sir!"

Yang Ye asked someone to bring a stool for Li Binbin so that she could sit on it and carry herself.

Li Binbin was very grateful to Yang Ye. He sat on the chair and memorized his lines calmly.

Her professional skills were still very strong. Ten minutes later, she performed it on the spot.

This is a scene where Ling Chuchu and Bao Heitan have a conversation. Without Bao Heitan, she actually plays two roles and has a conversation with herself.

Ling Chuchu is a very lively character, and Bao Heitan is a funny guy. At this time, she is playing the role alone, moving left and right, jumping up and down, which looks very funny.

After she finished, Hu Mingkai was quite satisfied. He turned to look at Yang Ye and asked, "What do you think, sir?"

Yang Ye didn't say anything, but said to the woman beside him: "A Ling, let her try the costume. And also give her a styling, she looks too rustic."

The woman named A Ling smiled and said, "Okay!"

Then he said to Li Binbin: "Come with me!"

Yang Ye said to Li Binbin, "You are very lucky. Today, Asia's top fashion stylist Ms. Wu Baoling will personally style you. Cherish this opportunity!"

Li Binbin was shocked. Although Wu Baoling was a behind-the-scenes staff member, she was a top figure in the industry and was well-known. Li Binbin had naturally heard of her.

Wu Baoling took Li Binbin to the dressing room, asked her to sit in front of the mirror, held her head with both hands, looked at her face carefully, and said softly: "Although it's a bit rustic, you have a good foundation. Sir, you really have good taste."

Li Binbin bravely asked, "Miss Wu, are you familiar with Lord Jue...?"

"I guess I am a friend. I have worked with him twice."

Wu Baoling took out a small knife and trimmed Li Binbin's eyebrows. She said to the mirror, "My Lord has an extremely accurate eye for people. If you are chosen by him, you will most likely become famous.

But when you get out later, try to relax a little, don't be nervous, the more relaxed the better, remember?"

"I'll remember that, thank you!"

Li Binbin's family is poor and she rarely uses cosmetics. How can she dress up?
After being groomed by a top person like Wu Baoling, she looked at the fairy in the mirror and could not recognize herself.

This, this, this...is this me?
Wu Baoling put a headdress on Li Binbin, changed his costume, looked at him carefully for a while, and said with satisfaction: "Go out, remember my words, relax!"

"Yes!" Li Binbin nodded heavily and said, "Thank you!"

"You're welcome!"

While Li Binbin was putting on makeup, she was thinking about how to make her appearance.

She is good at singing and dancing. After walking out of the dressing room, she did two somersaults on one hand. Her movements were light and her dress was flying, like a butterfly flying through flowers.

Then, holding the sword in hand and clasping his hands together, he said to everyone, "My humble self, Ling Chuchu, greets all of you great heroes."

This appearance was very stunning, and after she was dressed up by Wu Baoling, the little country girl disappeared and she became the heroic and cool female hero Ling.

Hu Mingkai's eyes lit up and he said, "This is totally different from before. Sir, you really have a good eye!"

……

Li Binbin returned to the interviewer's room with unsteady steps, where Ren Quan was waiting anxiously.

After Li Binbin went in, several other people went in for the interview, but they were all rejected, but Li Binbin was nowhere to be seen.

Before Yang Ye came, all the people who were interviewed went back to wait for notification.

After Yang Ye arrived, he told everyone directly that it was not possible, without any nonsense.

Ren Quan looked at Li Bingbing's pretty face and said in surprise: "Bingbing, you are so beautiful!"

Li Binbin said in a somewhat erratic voice: "Well, I put on some makeup and tried on some costumes!"

"Really? How did it turn out?"

"I've been chosen! I'll play the leading female role, Ling Chuchu. The Lord said so himself!"

"Wow!" Ren Quan jumped three feet high with joy.

The other women in the conference room all looked gloomy.

When Li Binbin walked into the interview room out of breath, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Everyone thought that this country girl had no chance of being selected.

Unexpectedly, she was chosen!
(End of this chapter)