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Chapter 663: Using the Trickster Technique
What Li Yu was waiting for was Zhang Yi's willingness to reduce his pay.

After Zhang Yi said this, Li Yu immediately said, "Please take some time to come and sign the contract. The pay will definitely be lower than the market price, and it will be much lower. You have to be mentally prepared."

“???” Zhang Yi was completely confused by Li Yu’s unruly way of playing cards.

He felt that he was in a daze throughout the communication with Li Yu today.

He asked about the role, and Li Yu talked to him about how difficult the path of an actor is.

He asked if the competition was fierce. Li Yu told him that Huang Xiaoming was willing to reduce his pay, and his words implied that he was in favor of Huang Xiaoming.

As a result, he said that he was willing to join the internal competition and reduce his pay, and Li Yu asked him to find time to sign the contract?

What's going on? Wasn't it agreed that the competition would be fierce?

Why was he able to sign the contract so quickly?
Every step was beyond his expectations.

But it is always a good thing to get the role. After realizing it, Zhang Yi was in a very good mood.

What’s even more exciting is that this time he defeated the introverted monster Huang Xiaoming.

Facts have proved that simply reducing film pay through internal competition cannot solve all problems.

When faced with absolute hard power, the director will give priority to hard power.

"I'm already prepared for the pay issue. Director Li, I won't complain even if you cut my pay in half."

Zhang Yi thought about Huang Xiaoming and asked again: "Didn't you just say that Huang Xiaoming was willing to reduce his salary? From what you said, it seems that you are very optimistic about Huang Xiaoming. Why did you suddenly give the role to me? I don't understand this."

"The one who can win definitely has an advantage. The reason you were able to break through and be chosen by me must be because you are better than Huang Xiaoming in some aspects and better meet my requirements." Li Yu replied seriously.

"So this time, how am I better than him?" Zhang Yi started gossiping.

"Are you really that curious? Let me advise you that it's better not to know some things." Li Yu said seriously.

Zhang Yi refused to believe it and insisted on getting to the bottom of the matter.

Li Yu had no choice but to satisfy his strange habit: "This time, the reason why you are better than him is that you are much uglier than him. You are uglier than him, and your appearance is more suitable for the role, so you win. Because this role does not require an actor who is too handsome.

Also, your path to becoming an actor was rather bumpy. You failed the entrance exam to the Broadcasting Academy twice, and finally ended up having to pay to attend a drama academy.

If you were asked to act, you would definitely be able to perform the pain and reluctance of Huang Chao who failed the imperial examinations three times.

It is obvious that letting Huang Xiaoming play the role would not have this effect, as he has no experience in this area at all.

He was half a month late for reporting to the Beijing Film Academy that year, and he had a limp because of a car accident.

The examiner admitted him directly after seeing his face and also gave him this evaluation: If a student with such appearance cannot get into Beijing Film Academy, then what kind of student must be able to get into Beijing Film Academy?

If he is asked to play a failed scholar, he might ask what a failed scholar is. Why did he fail? Isn't it enough to have a good face? "

"I was wrong. I shouldn't have been curious." Zhang Yi regretted it so much.

They say curiosity kills the cat, and it is indeed true.

He was a cat killed by curiosity. He wanted to understand the reason why Huang Xiaoming lost and then make himself feel good.

I didn’t expect that the reason for Huang Xiaoming’s defeat was that he was too handsome and his career was too successful.

What kind of defeat is this? If being handsome and having a successful career means defeat, he is willing to lose for the rest of his life.

"I told you to listen to advice, but you didn't. Now you regret it, right?" Li Yu shook his head and said.

Li Yu paused and said, "You don't have to be too sad, what I said just now was a joke.

Huang Chao is the leading male role in my new movie. The young Huang Chao is very important.

Of course, I chose you not just because your appearance and experience are similar to Huang Chao’s.

Acting is more important, and your acting is better than Huang Xiaoming's." Li Yu said this very seriously.

"Director Li, you are so good at comforting people. After listening to your comfort, I feel much better." Zhang Yi touched his cold heart and said with a sigh.

He felt a little better, but was still in great pain.

Because when Huang Xiaoming gets serious, his acting skills aren't much worse than his.

He felt that he was able to beat Huang Xiaoming and win the role, mainly due to his appearance and early experiences.

This painful lesson taught him a truth: one should never be curious about some things.

Ignorance is bliss, knowing is painful.

After resolving the role of the young Huang Chao, Li Yu asked Li Xuejian to play the old Huang Chao.

There is no need to explain too much about Li Xuejian's acting skills. He can definitely play this role well because he has played a similar role, Song Jiang.

His performance of Song Jiang was so superb that it made the audience hate him so much that they smashed the TV.

The character of Song Jiang is somewhat similar to Huang Chao. The anti-poem written by Song Jiang also says that if he can achieve his lofty ambitions one day, he will dare to laugh at Huang Chao for being a coward.

However, the fact that Song Jiang looked down on Huang Chao is somewhat funny.

Because Song Jiang is really far inferior to Huang Chao.

Song Jiang was just a capitulationist, but when he met the emperor and high officials, he knelt faster than anyone else and stuck his butt up higher than anyone else.

His only historical contribution was to tell people that surrender would not end well.

Although Huang Chao's rebel army did many brutal things, its historical contribution was many times greater than Song Jiang's.

It was Huang Chao who physically eliminated a wave of aristocratic families, which led to the emergence of a large number of students from poor families who passed the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty.

This is still the enhanced Song Jiang in "Water Margin".

The Song Jiang in the official history is even less powerful than the Song Jiang in the novel. He is just a group of petty thieves and can't cause any trouble at all.

However, the Song Jiang in the official history is an upright person, unlike the Song Jiang in the novel who would exchange his brother's life for an official position.

With Li Xuejian's level, he could tell at a glance that the Huang Chao in Li Yu's script was the Huang Chao in history.

Just to avoid unnecessary controversy, Li Yu chose to create a fictitious historical background.

Li Yu has already used this trick in "Man Jiang Hong".

Li Xuejian also starred in "Man Jiang Hong".

"Director Li, I've discovered that the roles you ask me to play are prone to getting criticized. Last time you asked me to play Qin Hui in "Man Jiang Hong", I was badly criticized. This time you asked me to play Huang Chao, is there no role that won't get criticized?"

Li Xuejian complained.

“The characters that are not criticized are not that profound, and people are more rational now.

Last time, most people only scolded your role as Qin Hui, and few people scolded you personally. People can distinguish between drama and reality.

Your portrayal of Qin Hui achieved the effect we wanted. After your portrayal of Qin Hui came out of nowhere, did the number of articles and people trying to whitewash Qin Hui decrease?
Telling everyone the truth is what a work of art should do.

The same principle applies to the Yellow Tide this time. The Yellow Tide has been criticized too much. It has been criticized for thousands of years, and it has only gotten better in recent years.

While we are scolding him, we should also tell everyone what contributions he has made.”

Li Yu used all his tricks to trick Li Xuejian.

(End of this chapter)