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Chapter 31: Eating melons and getting intercepted by brothers [Please read]

More than half an hour later, Li Wenyu arrived at a restaurant. Jiang Wu was already waiting outside. "Director Li, the private room has been booked. My brother didn't meet us outside because he was afraid of attracting fans."

Li Wenyu laughed, "I'm late. Your brother must be curious about the script, so I printed a copy first."

This is also a fact. With his current reputation, if he starts a new play, it doesn't matter what the title of the play is, given the current status and treatment of Jiang Wu or Xu Jinjiang.

With this intention, the actors will work hard and strive for it.

Jiang Wen is different. Even though he was banned from attending the Cannes International Film Festival and was banned from directing for five years, his status and talent were revealed.

He won the Venice Golden Lion Award in 1994 and is considered a senior veteran.

Jiang Wu's eyes lit up, and he continued to be humble and polite, "Have you got the script? Then I can get a sneak peek later. Everyone knows that Director Li is a genius in the screenwriting world."

"All three of my scripts were highly praised by superstars like Brother Rong and Brother Hua, who paid a large sum of money to buy them."

The two of them exchanged polite words as they walked into the restaurant and entered the private room.

Jiang Wen quickly came over and said, "I couldn't go out to greet Director Li. I'll have three drinks first. Did Director Li bring the script? I heard that Brother Rong's two scripts are both going to be ranked in the top three in Europe. With your talent, I think Director Chen would be impressed."

Did Jiang Wen really take the initiative to treat the guests just to eat melons, to thank his brother and treat him to a meal? This was just a side note.

They are all powerful and talented actors. He is very curious about Li Wenyu's new drama. Even if it is a commercial blockbuster instead of an award-winning one, it should not be an ordinary popcorn movie like The Shallows.

Li Wenyu's first film, The Shallows, has not been released yet, but Jiang Wen has seen it. When Zhang Guorong negotiates with mainland theater chains for screening, he always has to let each theater chain owner see the finished film before the negotiation can go smoothly, such as the screening rate.

He just went there mixed up at that time.

The Shallows has already earned enough fame and fortune, and Jiang Wen feels that this new film will definitely have more depth.

Li Wenyu took out the script from his bag. Jiang Wen grabbed the script in one hand and gulped down three glasses of white wine from the table with the other. He said with a smile, "Xiao Wu, you should accompany Director Li for dinner. I'll enjoy my meal first."

After saying this, he went to read the script.

Jiang Wu, “…”

After a few messy seconds, he started to toast, eat food, etc., and while chatting, he also talked about his fitness plan in the future. No matter what image Li Wenyu wanted, he would definitely be able to keep up.

He is a tall man of 35 meters. Even if he trains his arms to be able to run a horse, it is just a show of muscles. Jiang Wu, who turned after the new year, said it was a small matter.

After nearly half an hour of eating and drinking, Jiang Wen came over and continued to pour wine and toast, "Good script, wonderful, with artistic depth and criticism of human nature. The depth is not too harsh, but it has certain potential to win awards."

"Director Li, I think the last shot where the male lead easily sweeps away the can with his cane is a hint that he's regained his sight, or is he pretending to be blind?"

Li Wenyu drank a small cup with him, smiled and nodded, "Let the audience think about it."

Jiang Wen laughed. "Director Li, are you planning to cast Xiao Wu as a bad cop? The kind who's cold and domineering out there, ready to kill anyone he wants, but when his wife finds out he has a mistress, she fires a gun into the toilet, scaring him so much he squats on the toilet tank lid, begging for mercy comically?"

"The man who was finally chasing the blackmail team, got trapped in the elevator, and died from the bullet ricocheting off the elevator car?"

He thought this book, with its constant black humor and twists and turns, was really great.

Jiang Wu sobered up a lot and stood up, surprised and asked, "Boss, what do you mean?"

He is not a fool. Seeing Jiang Wen's excitement after reading the script, he felt something was wrong.

Li Wenyu was a bit skeptical, but nodded and said, "Brother Wu is going to audition for this." Jiang Wen was even more excited. "Are you going to ask the Hong Kong superstar to play the male lead? Director Li, I think I'm suitable to play the villain supporting role for the Hong Kong superstar. I have pretty thick arms and I look manly."

This villain is so cute in contrast, and there are many highlight shots, and many places that require acting skills.

For example, the male protagonist pretends to be a blind pianist and goes to the home of an old star to play piano music to entertain his wife, an actress, on their three-year wedding anniversary.

He is a fake blind man!!

After entering, I just played a piece of cheerful music and was enjoying myself when I glanced around the corner of the living room and saw blood and a dead body. I was scared but had to pretend to be blind.

I forced myself to stay calm and went to the bathroom. I closed the door and wanted to pee. Behind the door, standing against the wall was a shirtless, gun-wielding, corrupt policeman who played the role of the adulterer.

Just asking you if it's embarrassing or not, can you still pee? This is two actors competing with each other in acting!

Jiang Wen was very excited when he thought about competing in acting skills with Zhang Guorong and Liu Dehua.

Then there was the corrupt policeman and the old star's newlywed wife of three years. They finally realized that the male protagonist was blind, dealt with the body and left. The male protagonist rested outside for a while and decided to call the police. He just said to the police who helped him register the case that he was reporting a murder case.

The black police appeared at the corner… The registered policeman said our boss is here, you speak with your heart.

This is another highlight moment of mutual performance!
The corrupt policeman who committed murder suspects that he is no longer blind, so the blind man must work hard to prove that he is really blind. There are too many tests and self-proclaimed acting skills on the same stage.

The male protagonist went to the dead male star's house for the second time. When the elevator opened, he saw the indecent female protagonist, the actress wife of the old star, pushing the retired old lady next door from the window sill to her death in the large flat with two apartments per elevator.

Another super awkward scene!

A tuner is a healthy person, and a pianist pretends to be blind in order to make a profit or satisfy his voyeurism so that he can be tolerated by the society.

While pretending, he witnessed the villain police and the villain's young wife killing people and causing trouble again and again, which caused big trouble. It was exciting and thrilling, and he had to fight for survival all the way.

There's too much black humor.

Jiang Wen was still excited, and Jiang Wu was about to explode with anger, "Jiang Wen, are you still a brother? How can you steal your brother's opportunity like this?"

Li Wenyu was also a little amused and asked, "Director Jiang, you don't want to shoot the search for the gun anymore?"

Jiang Wen smiled brightly, "Xiao Wu, it's not that I look down on you, but given the quality of this script, if you were to compete with movie stars like Brother Rong and Brother Hua in literary dramas, you wouldn't be able to keep up."

"If you hire someone with great acting skills to play the female villain, you won't be able to keep up and will be beaten. You'll know after you finish reading the script."

"As for finding the gun, I was asked to help in the first place. Now if I can get Director Li's film, I can just let Xiao Wu take my place. Look, he's the male lead over there. Why are you asking your older brother to steal your opportunity?"

Jiang Wu, “…”

Li Wenyu was speechless again, but Jiang Wen's acting skills were definitely good enough for a bad cop. He still said wistfully, "Director Jiang, I've already written a very complete script. If you want to be an actor, I welcome you, but you can't be the director."

Jiang Wen isn't filming "Searching for the Gun" anymore? Will Jiang Wu go? Oh my god, Director Lu's masterpiece is gone. He won't have to worry about being called a loser for the rest of his life.

Without a blockbuster debut, who in the industry would even know who he is? Nandu! Nandu! Even with Nine-Story Demon Tower, he probably can't even scam investors.

The fact that such a bad movie as Nine-story Demon Tower can win awards is enough to prove the entertainment industry's nature of making people laugh.

(End of this chapter)