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After understanding the whole story, Fang Yan and Jiang Wen made an appointment to go to the Central Academy of Drama the day after tomorrow to start auditioning for the heroine of "Farewell My Concubine".

After being busy for a while, Gong Xing temporarily completed his task at the Shanghai Film Studio and took a train north to Yanjing.

After Fangyan finished the script writing meeting for "The Decisive Battle", he drove to the train station without stopping.

In the hot summer day, Gong Xing wore a sun hat, a white short-sleeved shirt, sky blue wide-leg pants, and his long hair was draped over his shoulders, looking capable and dashing.

Although this outfit seemed out of place among the passengers coming and going at the train station, fortunately, with the sunglasses and hat covering her face, no one could recognize at first glance that such a stunningly beautiful girl was the "big star" Gong Xing, unless she was like little Karami in later generations and gave herself a bunch of bodyguards.

Although she is not a big star, she makes a big show of herself, walking around in public with a swagger, as if she is afraid that no one will recognize her as a star.

"Let's go."

Under the envious gazes of many men, Fangyan held Gong Xing's hand and walked straight towards the Nissan Bluebird that Gong Xing bought in eastern Guangdong.

Gong Xing picked up the briefcase on the passenger seat, then sat down and fastened his seat belt:

"What's wrong with you these days? Why didn't you call me once? Instead, I only called you twice."

"Isn't this busy?"

Fang Yan hastily added: "It's not just about my work, but more importantly, the preparatory work for Farewell My Concubine."

Gong Xing couldn't help but ask, "You've talked to Jiang Wen. Has he agreed to play the role of 'Duan Xiaolou'?"

Fang Yan smiled and said, "If I give the order, will he dare to refuse?"

Gong Xing said: "Virtue!"

"I have already reached an agreement with Jiang Wen, and I also went to the Central Academy of Drama with him."

Fang Yan said: "In order to select an actor who can play the role of 'Juxian', we specially held a preliminary selection and selected several talents."

Gong Xing was very concerned: "Who are they?!"

Fang Yan looked ahead, "The photo and resume are in the briefcase, open it and take a look yourself."

Gong Xing opened it and saw three resumes in total, in addition to Gong Li, there were Shi Ke and Jin Lili.

Instantly, the attention first fell on Jin Lili's photo, "Hey, isn't this Jia Yingchun!"

"Yes, the other two are from the same class as her, but they are three of the five golden flowers of the Central Academy of Drama."

Fangyan joked.

"They really deserve the title of 'Golden Flowers'."

Gong Xing asked Fang Yan about his preferred candidate.

Fangyan did not give a direct answer, but instead relayed the recommendations of Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen, and mentioned "Gong Li" in a roundabout way.

"This Gong Li looks somewhat similar to Yamaguchi Baihui."

Gong Xing took the photo and looked at it for a while, then seriously asked about the three girls' auditions and Fang Yan's impressions of them.

Fang Yan said, "I am just giving a suggestion. In the end, it is up to you as the director and producer to make the final decision on who to use."

"I actually want Zhu Lin to give it a try."

Gong Xing said that the reason why Zhu Lin was transferred to Emei Film Studio was because the studio chose her and asked her to play the leading female role in "Legend of Liyuan".

"Legend of the Pear Garden" tells the story of the bumpy fate of female artists in the old society, and her image is somewhat similar to "Juxian".

"I'm afraid Zhu Lin won't be able to take on any role for a while."

The dialect said faintly.

Gong Xing frowned and asked, "Why is that?"

"I also heard this gossip from Jiang Wen."

What the dialect said was actually what was spread in the previous life. When Zhu Lin was filming the Kingdom of Women chapter in Journey to the West, he and Xu Shaohua, who temporarily replaced Wang Yue, fell in love with each other during the filming. Gradually, their relationship evolved into "fake play turned into real love", which caused quite a stir.

Gong Xing asked: "Is it true? Is this news authentic?"

Fang Yan said, "You know Zhu Lin better than I do. Do you think it's true or false?" "Of course it's false. Zhu Lin is not that kind of person." Gong Qian said dissatisfiedly, "Who spread this kind of immoral news?"

"Of course it's the media. You've been in Hong Kong for quite some time. Don't you know what the media is like?"

Fang Yan said: "The entertainment industry just loves to make up stories, catch rumors and exaggerate!"

"But this is too cruel. Zhu Lin's family and marriage relationship were already very tense, and now this has happened..."

Gong Xing opened his mouth, but didn't dare to say out loud the worst outcome he had anticipated.

Fangyan also said nothing, as if he had heard nothing.

Gong Xing asked, "How is Zhu Lin now?"

"I've already found out for you. After finishing filming the scenes for Journey to the West, I asked for a long vacation from Emei Film Studio."

Fang Yan said, "He should be hiding in Yanjing now, or maybe he is dealing with a family conflict?"

Gong Xing's tone was filled with anxiety. "Then I'll go see her in the next few days!"

Fangyan reminded him, "If you go over to comfort him now, I'm afraid you'll end up doing the opposite with good intentions."

Gong Xing thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. So what do you think we should do?"

Fang Yan said: "In her situation, the best plan is to change the environment."

Gong Xing was startled, then thought of the situations of Lin Qingxia and Deng Liyun, and understood what he meant: "You want her to go abroad like Xiaoyu?"

Fang Yan smiled and said, "It doesn't necessarily mean that I have to go abroad. Wouldn't it be okay to go on a business trip to Hong Kong and film for a few months?"

"It's probably not that easy to go to Hong Kong to film, right?"

Gong Xing said: "Let's not talk about whether Emei Film Studio is willing to release them. I'm afraid that due to policy, they are only allowed to go to Hong Kong for co-productions for the time being."

Fangyan said jokingly: "We have you, the great boss Gong, the great director Gong, so there might be a chance for you, my good sister, to come and visit us."

"Begging for a beating!"

Gong Xing glared at him unhappily, but he also felt that Fang Yan had some truth in what he said. However, the key point was whether Zhu Lin was willing to go to Hong Kong?

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Just when Fang Yan and Gong Xing were busy with the co-production of "Farewell My Concubine", the second part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "The Yellow Skin Grave", finally landed on Hong Kong Radio after much anticipation. The listeners who had been eager for the show immediately stayed in front of the radio, not daring to breathe.

However, Hong Kong Commercial Radio obviously still refused to give up and continued to fight back by scheduling the "Wesley" radio drama to be broadcast at the same time slot.

"Dad, how about I turn off the radio?"

Ni Zhen's face turned extremely pale as he listened to the song "Yellow Skin Tomb" broadcast on the Hong Kong radio station.

"It doesn't matter. If you really feel that you have lost, you will be afraid of listening to this radio drama."

Ni Xie snorted coldly, "Do you think my "Wei Sili" is not as good as Fang Yan's "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"?"

"How can it be!"

Ni Zhen curled his lips. The reason why "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is so popular is simply that the citizens of Hong Kong have never seen or heard of the theme of feng shui and tomb robbing, and they are just looking for something new. Once one or two more episodes are broadcast and the novelty wears off, the popularity of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will soon disappear.

However, "Wesley" has withstood the test of the Hong Kong market. Even after being serialized for dozens of episodes, it is still a big seller.

"As long as you know!"

Ni Xu's face was gloomy.

"Dad, this dialect is just relying on his international fame to be so arrogant."

Ni Zhen gritted his teeth, "You and I have criticized his Ghost Blows Out the Light in the newspapers, and even declared war on him, but he has not responded yet."

"It's definitely not that he didn't see it, so there is only one possibility."

Ni Xian's expression became more gloomy, "Humph! Does he think I am unworthy? How dare you, you brat!" (End of this chapter)