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Chapter 548 How do you know if you don’t try?

"Who to call?"

There was a night scene in "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame". Liu Dehua saw Li Binbin secretly making a phone call and teased him with a smile.

The two worked together last year on "Travel to Taipei" directed by Wang Shu, and they have a good relationship, otherwise Liu Dehua would not have teased him like that.

Without waiting for Li Binbin to reply, Liu Jialing smiled and said, "It should be Director Wang, right?"

"I just passed by and happened to hear that it seemed to be Director Wang Shu."

When Liu Dehua heard this, his eyes lit up.

As one of Hong Kong's leading artists, Liu Dehua was the first to hear that Wang Shu had a script and would start casting for a co-production.

Having worked with Wang Shu on a film called "Travel to Taipei" last year, he is well aware of Wang Shu's abilities.

In addition, this is a co-production.

Therefore, if possible, he would rather participate in Wang Shu's co-production than "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

In this regard, he could only say sorry to Xu Ke.

However, having said that, due to schedule conflicts, I missed it.

Although overlapping roles are allowed, he believes that an Oscar-winning director like Wang Shu would never tolerate the main actors in the crew overlapping roles.

I simply ruled out these options in my mind.

Li Binbin originally wanted to fool around, but when he saw Liu Jialing mentioned Wang Shu, he could no longer evade the question, so he immediately responded, "Yes, I spoke to Director Wang on the phone."

After saying this, knowing that Liu Dehua and Liu Jialing would have some guesses, he immediately explained, "Didn't I hear that Director Wang was going to cast a co-production? So I called to ask about the situation."

Liu Jialing was moved when she heard this, and asked quickly, "What's the situation?"

Among the artists from Hong Kong who move north to develop their careers, in most cases only male artists are doing well, while it is not easy for female artists.

Liu Jialing had been in the north for many years but had not made any good progress until "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" when she got some good film resources.

But even if it's good, it's just a supporting role to Li Binbin.

As an ambitious artist, Liu Jialing has always wanted to move to higher levels, otherwise she would not have chosen to go north.

She also has ideas about Wang Shu’s co-production.

But she knew that as a mainland director, Wang Shu preferred to use mainland actors rather than Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

Artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan have discussed this issue privately.

Since his debut, Wang Shu has only used one Hong Kong actress, Zhou Haiwei.

Apart from this, no other Hong Kong actresses have been used.

As for Treasure Island, no one has ever used it.

Therefore, artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan inferred from this point that Wang Shu did not like to use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors.

As for the reason
There are also rough guesses about artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan have always looked down upon mainland China.

As a young mainland director, Wang Shu most likely does not have a good impression of artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Li Binbin saw Liu Dehua looking over and said, "It is indeed time to start casting and filming."

When Liu Jialing heard this, she looked around at Li Binbin and Liu Dehua and said, "So, then you don't have a chance, right?"

She didn't mention herself because she had never worked with Wang Shu and they had no friendship.

Liu Dehua and Li Binbin had worked with Wang Shu on a movie called "Travel to Taipei" last year and they have a good relationship.

Compared with the three of them, if there is a chance, it will be Liu Dehua and Li Binbin, not her.

Liu Dehua nodded and said, "Schedule conflicts, it seems there is really no chance."

In fact, he knew clearly whether there was a chance or not.

With his current status, there is no such thing as an audition.

Either he was invited to act or he was never considered.

Since Wang Shu has never contacted him, it means that he has never been considered from the beginning to the end.

Liu Dehua has such self-awareness.

Li Binbin nodded and replied, "Indeed."

Liu Jialing couldn't believe what she heard and said, "This is a big co-production. Are you guys just giving up like that?"

In Hong Kong film crews, overlapping roles are common.

Liu Jialing herself has experienced filming in one crew during the day and going to another crew to film at night.

As one of the leading artists in Hong Kong Island, Andy Lau also had many similar experiences in Hong Kong Island in the 90s.

Therefore, Liu Jialing thought that if she tried hard enough, she might be able to film two dramas at the same time.

Liu Dehua and Li Binbin looked at each other after hearing this. If they only needed to deal with Xu Ke, it would be no problem for him.

Because when Xu Ke was filming in Hong Kong Island, he was already accustomed to the scenes where the actors in the crew came here to film today and went to other crews to film tomorrow.

This is how the Hong Kong entertainment industry works.

But Wang Shu is not a director from Hong Kong, but a mainland director, and an Oscar-winning director at that.

Liu Dehua doesn't think Wang Shu would tolerate the main actors overlapping roles.

As long as Wang Shu can't tolerate it, everything will be in vain.

Liu Dehua said appropriately: "Jia Ling, the mainland is a little different from Hong Kong Island."

"The model in Hong Kong is that actors go from one crew to another, but it's not like that in the Mainland."

Liu Jialing was not unaware of this, she just felt that since it was a rare co-production, Liu Dehua might be able to fight for it.

If Liu Dehua succeeds, he might be able to recommend her to Wang Shu for the role.

Therefore, she was happy to see Liu Dehua go and fight for it.

She said, "I know. What I mean is that we can try to fight for it."

"If you don't fight for it, you will never have a chance. But if you fight for it, maybe there will be a chance."

After hearing this, Liu Dehua was at a loss for words.

Is the straightforward answer that Liu Jialing and Wang Shu have never contacted him at all?
Given his status, if Wang Shu wanted to invite him to perform, he would have contacted him long ago.

Since there is no contact now, it must be that I have never considered him.

In this situation, if he ran to fight for it, it would only add to the embarrassment.

"How can it be so easy to get it?" Li Binbin sighed and continued, "So many artists in the circle are eyeing this co-production. Director Wang will only choose actors who have schedules, not actors who don't."

"Didn't you work together last year? With last year's cooperation, you should have a close relationship, right? Is there no chance for this?" Liu Jialing continued.

"Sister Jialing, we are not the only ones who have a friendship with Director Wang." Li Binbin was speechless when he heard this.

She admitted that she had become familiar with Wang Shu through the filming of the movie "Travel to Taipei" last year.

But looking at the entertainment industry, there are many actors who are familiar with Wang Shu, not just her and Liu Dehua.

Moreover, when it comes to friendship, Zhou Xun and Wang Shu have a deeper friendship.

Li Binbin felt a little unhappy when he thought of Zhou Xun.

Although Zhou Xun didn't have any schedule at the moment, she felt that if Wang Shu could tolerate actors overlapping schedules, given their friendship, he would have a better chance of getting a role than she did.

So, when it comes to friendship, she has no advantage.

On the contrary, if Wang Shu only chooses actors who are suitable for the roles, he may have a better chance.

When Liu Jialing heard this, she realized that Liu Dehua had not spoken for a while, and her voice paused.

It has now realized that due to its inner anxiety, the way it speaks is a little wrong.

Just keep silent and don't say anything.

Wang Shu took a shower and lay on the bed when his cell phone rang. It was a text message from Chen Hong.

"Are we going to start co-producing films?" Chen Hong asked.

"How do you know?" Wang Shu replied. "It's all over the circle, how could I not know?" Chen Hong asked back.

"Haha, Mr. Han and the others have been urging us to do it. And it so happened that the filming of Life of Pi had just been completed, so we just started doing it." Wang Shu continued to pass the blame to Han Sanping.

The subtext of his words shows that it was not he who decided to put this co-production on the agenda, but Han Sanping and others forced him to put it on the agenda.

He didn't want to be so anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

This further shows that he did not deliberately tamper with this co-production when Sun Li, Zhou Xun and others had no schedule.

Everything was because of Han Sanping.

Although as a great director, he can make co-production films whenever he wants.

But, even if we don’t talk about other people, let’s just talk about Sun Li and Zhou Xun.

If Wang Shu deliberately started filming a co-production when they had no schedule, he would be like a scumbag who would not recognize anyone after he put on his pants.

By passing the blame on others like this, he is not a scumbag who would just turn his pants around and ignore others.

Moreover, not only is he not a scumbag, but after filming "Life of Pi", he immediately started working on a co-production, which made Sun Li, Zhou Xun and others unanimously complain that Han Sanping didn't even give him any time to rest, and they all stood up for him for his hard work.

Although this set of rhetoric has nothing to do with Chen Hong, after all, Chen Hong is not performing in the show.

However, Wang Shu needs to standardize this set of words to avoid any setbacks.

So even if it had nothing to do with Chen Hong, he still said so.

When Chen Hong heard this, she immediately stood up for Wang Shu: "Boss Han is really something. Can't he let you rest for a while?"

"Even if you have a strong body, you will get tired if you keep working like this."

"Which director in the industry doesn't finish filming a movie and then take a long break before planning to film the next one?"

“This is especially true for big directors.”

"Boss Han, you are not allowed to rest at all!"

Wang Shu couldn't help but laugh when he saw the message, and replied pretentiously: "Maybe I am destined to be a hard worker."

"But it's good this way. While you're still young, try harder."

"In the future, I can retire earlier."

"Hehe, Mr. Han has tortured you like that, and you are still speaking for him. What a shame," Chen Hong complained.

Complaints aside, we can also see Wang Shu’s good character.

If it were someone else, they might have followed her words and shared the same hatred for Han Sanping.

Wang Shu not only did not do so, but he was trying to make up for it.

"Haha, I'm telling the truth. Since we are young, we should work harder as long as we can. It is better than wanting to work hard in the future but not being able to, right?" Wang Shu replied.

His words were not meant to flatter Han Sanping, but to manage his own personality.

So, when Chen Hong saw his text message, while she admired his character, she also felt sad for his experience and stood up for him.

"Ah~ Whatever you say is what it is. Mr. Han is the boss of China Film Group, and we can't comment on him." Chen Hong replied.

Then he replied: "Since the co-production is on the agenda, have you chosen the roles?"

"Aren't we waiting for you to star in this?!" Wang Shu replied after reading the text message.

"Speak nicely!" Chen Hong felt emotionally satisfied when she saw Wang Shu's text message, but she pretended not to believe it.

"I'm really waiting for you." Wang Shu replied.

"I already said I can't act." Chen Hong.

Wang Shuxin said that he said that because he knew you couldn't act.

If he could act, he wouldn't even say that.

"Hey~ Why don't you talk to Director Chen? Maybe you can get the role?" Wang Shu replied.

"No need to talk about it, it's impossible." Chen Hong.

"How do you know if you don't try?" Wang Shu.

"No need to try. I know whether it is possible or not." Chen Hong.

"Uh~ How about I contact Director Chen and ask?" Wang Shu.

"Don't." Chen Hong stopped him quickly.

"But I really want you to play the leading female role." Wang Shu replied, "I'm not lying to you. We haven't decided on any roles for this co-production yet."

"Li Binbin, Zhou Xun, Fan Binbin and others have approached me, but I didn't agree to any of them."

"Because you are the only one I have chosen."

"Thank you." Chen Hong replied to the text message.

Then he replied, "I know you are good to me and want to give me the resources to make this blockbuster movie together."

“But I really can’t act.”

"Shu, really, my heart is touched and I really want to thank you."

“But I really can’t act!”

"Are you at home now?" Wang Shu asked after reading the text message.

Chen Hong wanted to reply "yes", but for some reason she replied, "outside."

"Are you alone?" Wang Shu asked immediately.

"Yeah." Chen Hong.

"Where is it?" Wang Shu asked.

"Why are you asking this?" Chen Hong felt a little agitated when she saw the text message, and asked the question even though she knew the answer.

"I'll come find you." Wang Shu replied.

"What do you want me to do?" Chen Hong continued to ask even though she knew the answer.

"I miss you." Wang Shu replied.

After seeing the text message, Chen Hong was silent for a while and then replied with a location.

Just after I replied, I immediately replied: "Don't come here, I'll wait for you there."

This there is another place she mentioned.

More than an hour later.

In a sparsely populated suburb, Chen Hong was sitting in Wang Shu's nanny car.

"So beautiful!" Wang Shu praised with bright eyes.

The first element of coaxing someone is to compliment them no matter how pretty they are.

Moreover, praise without soul would seem too fake.

Praise from Wang Shu with bright eyes is praise with soul.

Either don't praise at all, or if you do praise, make a good gesture.

Look, while Chen Hong was listening to Wang Shu's words of praise, she also took in Wang Shu's expression. She subconsciously thought that Wang Shu was speaking from the heart, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on her face. Her emotional value was greatly satisfied.

"What's so good about it?" Seeing Wang Shu staring at him, he snorted in displeasure.

Although she pretended to be angry, her emotional value continued to be satisfied under Wang Shu's gaze.

As the saying goes, women should look good to those who please themselves.

Chen Hong wore this outfit specifically for meeting Wang Shu.

If Wang Shu doesn't react at all, wouldn't all my dressing up be in vain?
Wang Shuhan smiled and said, "It looks great from head to toe."

When Chen Hong heard this, she glared at him with a slightly raised corner of her mouth.

Seeing this, Wang Shu pulled her into his arms and hugged her.

The two of them looked into each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)