Huayu started by playing Lao Ai

Chapter 26: Beautiful, powerful and miserable

Zheng Jing took the script, read it quickly, and then started chatting with Zhuang and Wu.

Only then did I know that for the TV series A Step into the Past, Louis Koo has confirmed that the male lead will be played by Louis Koo, and the only confirmed female actors are Zhao Qian to be played by Jessica Hsuan and Qin Qing to be played by Sonija Kwok.

The remaining roles have not yet been determined.

Zheng Jing thought for a moment and asked, "Who are you going to ask to play the role, Wu Tingfang or Zhao Ji?"

These two characters are related to Lao Ai.

It is normal for Zheng Jing to ask this.

The main problem is that Zhuang Weijian’s vision in choosing female characters is really hard to describe.

Apart from Li Zi's Zhao Min and Charmaine Sheh's Zhou Zhiruo in The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber who are pretty good, the rest are hard to describe.

The heroines in A Step into the Past and The Twin Dragons were both great failures, especially the casting of Shi Feixuan and Wanwan, which was a disaster.

Of course, this is also related to the decline of the Hong Kong entertainment industry and the collective decline in the appearance of TVB actresses.

Hearing Zheng Jing's question, Zhuang Weijian said: "Wu Tingfang currently has three candidates, Xuan Xuan, Guo Keying and Li Zi, while Zhao Ji has not yet been decided.

We have many TVB actors, so we are not in a hurry to cast.”

Zhuang Weijian's answer was also to put some pressure on Zheng Jing so that he would make a decision sooner.

We have a lot of actors in TVB and the competition for roles is fierce.

But Zheng Jing was not in a hurry at all. He returned the script to Wu Jinyuan and said, "I don't like Lao Ai in this script.

I will first think about the direction of the adaptation of Lao Ai, and if we can reach an agreement then, I will talk about participating in the performance."

Zheng Jing's words were a bit arrogant and willful, but Zhuang Weijian did not feel unhappy. He could only say that Mr. Jing's personality was too useful.

[It is detected that the player is reading the script related to the character card "Lao Ai". Do you want to enter the script world and immersively perform the role of Lao Ai? ]

After Zheng Jing got the script of A Step into the Past, the player panel gave a prompt.

He decided to experience the world of the script first to see if the role in the script could be perfected before deciding whether to star in this A Step into the Past.

After all, Lao Ai in A Step into the Past is an absolute villain in terms of character, and he is heavily stereotyped and not interesting enough.

If Zheng Jing wants to star in A Step into the Past, the character of Lao Ai must be outstanding enough and have a chance to suppress Xiang Shaolong in performance before he will consider it.

Zheng Jing chatted with Zhuang and Wu for a few more sentences, exchanged contact information, and then went to film.

Zhuang Weijian shook his head and had to leave first.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, when Zheng Jing returned to the hotel, he saw Yang Xue holding beads in her mouth and practicing the skill of "Lotus Tongue".

This skill is helpful in improving one's dialogue skills and adding interest to life.

Zheng Jing has been teaching Yang Xue how to practice these days.

Seeing Zheng Jing coming back, Yang Xue spit out the beads and said with a smile: "Mr. Jing, we don't have enough ice."

"what happened?"

In addition to practicing with pearls, the skill of tongue lotus also requires alternating hot and cold stimulation to make the tongue more flexible.

"The refrigerator is broken." Yang Xue said, "I've already told the hotel."

"That's fine, let's practice with the ice we have now."

"Ok."

Yang Xue studied very seriously. After some study and communication, Zheng Jing lay comfortably on the bed and entered the world of script.

[Script: A Step into the Past.]

Episode: Episode 4.

Plot: Lian Jin, under the order of Zhao Mu, instigated the gray-bearded bandits to seize the Heshi Bi.

Xiang Shaolong agreed to take back the He's Bi from Tao Fang and followed Lian Jin. He found out that Lian Jin wanted to make a fake He's Bi and take the real one for himself, so he swapped the real and fake He's Bi.

Warm reminder: After the player enters the scenario world, Lao Ai's talents and skills will be automatically loaded. 】

When he opened his eyes, Zheng Jing found himself wearing a tight suit, with a long sword on his waist, and appeared in a jade shop. He was holding a fake He's Jade in his hand. The real He's Jade had been replaced by Xiang Shaolong.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Jing took the Heshi Bi and came to Wujiabao to ask for a meeting with Wu Tingfang.

Because the actress for Wu Tingfang had not been decided yet, and Zheng Jing didn't like Xuan Xuan's looks, he simply imagined her as Li Zi's Zhao Min.

The script world also made corresponding changes, Wu Tingfang looked like Li Zi.

"You mean, this is the real He Shi Bi, and you want to give it to me?"

Wu Tingfang knew that the He's Jade was swapped by Xiang Shaolong, and also knew that Lian Jin wanted to embezzle the He's Jade, but she did not expect that Lian Jin would give the He's Jade to her.

Zheng Jing nodded and began to perform.

Within the framework of A Step into the Past, the characters of Lian Jin and Lao Ai are not easy to change, so Zheng Jing simply chose a very classic setting - a beautiful, strong and tragic villain.

That is, a villain who is handsome in appearance and powerful in strength, but has a tragic fate and is always tortured by the plot.

If this kind of villain is played well, he will often gain higher popularity than the protagonist.

The so-called handsomeness and beauty are all about comparison.

If Zheng Jing played a handsome, strong and tragic Lao Ai, he would outshine Louis Koo and his image as a handsome guy would be established immediately.

In this first performance of the script, Zheng Jing still added a lot of settings that were not explained in the script, and the overall feeling is still quite good.

The script experience of Lüshi Chunqiu just ended. For the next period of time, Zheng Jing would enter the script world of A Step into the Qin Dynasty and perform the plot whenever he had time.

In addition to setting Wu Tingfang as Li Zi, Zheng Jing also set Zhao Ji as Wen Bixia.

Compared to Gigi Lai, Zheng Jing loves Wan Bixia's Zhao Ji more. In the script world, the two of them have done many crazy things.

Of course, Zheng Jing’s main purpose was to perfect Lao Ai’s character in the script.

Influenced by the world of scripts, Zhuang Weijian has been constantly inspired these days. He has been revising the script and occasionally calls Zheng Jing to communicate.

On April 4, in an office in the TVB building in Hong Kong Island, Zhuang Weijian held a meeting with Wu Jinyuan, Liu Shunan and Huang Guohui.

Zhuang Weijian asked, "What did Li Zi say?"

"Of course she agreed to your play, Mr. Zhuang."

"What about Wen Bixia? Are you willing to play Zhao Ji?"

"That's fine, but she's taking on the role of Daji in Investiture of the Gods, so she might be overlapping with other roles."

"It's a small matter. They are all the dramas of the station. We can coordinate them when the time comes."

Huang Guohui hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhuang Sheng, if the script is changed like this, Lao Ai's role and character are too outstanding, while Xiang Shaolong has no special features and is a bit of a scumbag. Will Gu Tianle have any objections?"

In the new script, Lian Jin becomes the swordsman of Wujiabao, and his swordsmanship is invincible in the world.

His character is a fool who has no sense of morality and right and wrong, and he will open his heart to anyone who treats him well.

To borrow the words of Lang Fanyun in "Fu Yu Fan Yun", "Only if one is able to reach the extreme of emotion, one can also reach the extreme of sword."

Wu Tingfang took care of Lian Jin when he was a child, so Lian Jin has been deeply in love with Wu Tingfang.

Xiang Shaolong had a bad relationship with Wu Tingfang in the early days and suffered many setbacks at the hands of Lian Jin.

In order to complete his mission and return to modern times to be with his girlfriend Qin Qing, Xiang Shaolong used sweet words to deceive Wu Tingfang and used Wu Tingfang to balance Lian Jin.

Lian Jin was dragged down by Wu Tingfang and was ambushed, causing his martial arts to be completely crippled. When his life was hanging by a thread, he met Zhao Ji who rescued and cared for him. So he changed his name to Lao Ai and was willing to be Zhao Ji's lover from then on. He became the sharpest sword in Zhao Ji's hand, protecting Zhao Ji and her son and fighting his way to becoming an emperor.

Later, Zhao Ji learned that Ying Zheng was impostor by Zhao Pan, and Lian Jin helped Zhao Ji fight Ying Zheng. Unfortunately, Lian Jin missed a step and eventually died with Zhao Ji.

Hearing Huang Guohui's question, Zhuang Weijian took a sip of tea and said, "Our goal is to make a better TV series.

What Louis Koo thinks is not important."

Seeing that everyone was confused, Zhuang Weijian explained: "A Step into the Past is Louis Koo's last TV series on TVB, do you understand?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood.

The contract between TVB and Louis Koo is about to expire. Louis Koo will definitely not renew the contract, so TVB will naturally not take his opinion into consideration.

(End of this chapter)