HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 229 [229] The Commercial Film with the Most Powerful Cast in History
Besides Li Bingbing and Fan Xiaopang, other artists from Starry Sky Films also received resources.

Sha Yi played Gongsun Ce in "Young Justice Bao", and Yang Xue played Pang Feiyan.

Of the 17 million yuan production budget, Qi Yuan invested 7 million yuan, arranging the female lead, second male lead, and second female lead, with director Hu Mingkai having no objections whatsoever.

Let alone arranging a female lead role, even if Qi Yuan wanted to sleep with the female lead, he wouldn't have any objections.

Hong Kong.

The roles for "The Departed" have been finalized.

Qi Yuan will play Liu Jianming; Mak Siu-fai has already thought of this name.

The name Liu Jianming is down-to-earth and fits his background as a hoodlum. The contrast between his bright and righteous intentions and his dark undercover identity creates an irony.

Since Alan Mak has already made the decision, and Qi Yuan doesn't want to change it, they can't really change it to Qi Tongwei, can they?
There's no need to find a young actor for the role of young Liu Jianming; Qi Yuan can play the part himself, using hairstyles to distinguish between the young man and the adult.

In fact, both Lau Kin-ming and Chan Wing-yan in the script are very young, around twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old.

Leung Ka-fai plays Chan Wing-yan, Chan Wai-lin plays Lee Sum-yee, Li Bingbing plays Mary, Simon Yam plays Yam Chi-shing, Tsang Chi-wai plays Han Chen...

"Holy crap! This lineup is really strong."

Director Liu Weiqiang couldn't help but sigh when he saw the list.

Qi Yuan, Liang Jiahui, and Zeng Zhiwei have all won Best Actor awards.

Zeng Zhiwei won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor in 92.

Leung Ka-fai won the Best Actor award earlier, in 84 for "Reign Behind a Curtain," becoming the youngest Best Actor in the history of the Hong Kong Film Awards. He won it again in 93.

There are already three award-winning actors on the surface.

In fact, Simon Yam and Lam Ka-tung (Big B) will also win Best Actor awards in the future, and Li Bingbing will win Best Actress awards.

When the internet age arrives and netizens revisit this movie, they will surely exclaim "Holy crap!"

What an amazing movie! Five Best Actor winners and one Best Actress winner. Aside from patriotic films, it's hard to imagine a purely commercial film assembling such a cast.

Liu Weiqiang mentioned to Qi Yuan, "President Qi, you can play the young Liu Jianming yourself, but I think it would be more suitable to find a young actor to play the young Chen Yongren."

The movie includes some scenes of the young Chen Yongren at the police academy. Leung Ka-fai's age is indeed not suitable for playing the young Chen Yongren, as it is easy for the audience to be distracted from the story.

"Let Lam Ka-tung play the young Chen Yongren? I'm reminded of an old classmate; we could have him play Big B."

Qi Yuan considered giving Huang Xiaoming a chance to play the role of the young Chen Yongren.

After thinking about it, he decided against singing together, knowing that Infernal Affairs would have a sequel.

The male lead in episode 2 is the young Lau Kin-ming, and the second male lead is the young Chan Wing-yan. Won't the Hong Kong entertainment circle explode? It will be difficult for Alan Mak and Lau Wai-keung to handle the roles.

A better solution would be to switch Huang Xiaoming and Lin Jiadong, with Huang Xiaoming playing Big B and Lin Jiadong playing the young Chen Yongren.

Lin Jiadong later won the Best Actor award. His portrayal of Dongguan Boy in "Blackie's Teenage Club" was very classic. His hurdling action became a famous scene. He was definitely much better than Yu Wenle in playing the young Chen Yongren.

In short, Qi Yuan can accept anything as long as it's not Yu Wenle.

afterwards.

Qi Yuan made a phone call to Huang Xiaoming.

Huang Xiaoming's emotional intelligence and IQ only drop when he's facing Zhao Yanzi; otherwise, they're perfectly fine.

After Qi Yuan became a celebrity in the entertainment industry, Huang Xiaoming never asked Qi Yuan for any help.

Hearing that Qi Yuan had returned to Beijing, and that he was in Beijing, he would send a message to ask if Qi Yuan was free to have dinner with his old classmates.

When we meet, we chat about entertainment gossip and reminisce about our school days.

Huang Xiaoming felt that if he asked Qi Yuan for help once or twice, it would be fine, but if it happened too often, the relationship would change, and they would go from friends to strangers.

Huang Xiaoming was quite surprised to receive Qi Yuan's call. He had seen in the news that Qi Yuan had gone to Hong Kong to prepare for his new movie. Why did he have time to call him?

"Xiao Ming, there's a role available in a movie with an investment of tens of millions. Do you have time?"

"We must have time!"

Hey!
Huang Xiaoming was incredibly excited. How could he not have time for a multi-million dollar production? He had to squeeze in time, even if he didn't have any.

Huang Xiaoming's starting point was considered very high in the Chinese entertainment industry; he was at the ceiling for ordinary newcomers, landing a leading role on CCTV right from the start.

He wasn't the male lead last year, but the male lead in that drama was Chen Baoguo. Huang Xiaoming's resources still far surpass those of many male actors in the Chinese entertainment industry.

However, compared to Qi Yuan, he is far inferior.

Last year, Qi Yuan's film "Gunfire" grossed 50 million yuan at the national box office, which Huang Xiaoming envied greatly, as he had never even smelled the movie.

"If you have time, come to Hong Kong right away. I'll send you the address via QQ."

"Mr. Qi, could you give me a heads-up and tell me what role I'm auditioning for, so I can be mentally prepared?"

"No."

"All right……"

Huang Xiaoming felt a pang of bitterness. Qi Yuan had changed after all; he was no longer as approachable as before.

That's true, people change when they become successful.

"The roles are all yours, what kind of mental preparation do you need? Damn!" Qi Yuan added.

"!!!"

Huang Xiaoming's mood went through two extremes: "Brother Yuan, you've become more humorous lately. Are you trying to surprise me?"

The familiar Qi Yuan is back.

"Stop talking nonsense and fly over here right now." Qi Yuan ended the call cleanly and decisively.

Huang Xiaoming on the other end was extremely pleased. He knew that Qi Yuan wouldn't forget his old friend now that he had made it big.

Qi Yuan's line, "I'll give you the role directly," had such a domineering CEO vibe that it left a deep impression on Huang Xiaoming.

Huang Xiaoming has a strong fascination with domineering CEOs and enjoys watching their dramas, finding them very handsome.

He was thinking that if he had the chance to play a domineering CEO in the future, he would study Qi Yuan and use Qi Yuan as a reference to play an extraordinary and unconventional CEO.

Qi Yuan: '???'

……

Day two.

Huang Xiaoming arrived in Hong Kong.

Here, Huang Xiaoming saw many faces he had seen in Hong Kong films before.

Leung Ka-fai, Tsang Chi-wai, Simon Yam... are all talented actors.

Huang Xiaoming realized that he was the least famous person present.

To Huang Xiaoming's even greater surprise, the two directors chatted and laughed with Qi Yuan, treated him very politely, and called him "President Qi".

He had worked on film sets before and knew that most male leads wouldn't receive this kind of treatment. It seemed that his old classmate was doing better than he had imagined.

Afterwards, directors Mak and Lau, along with the main actors, held a press conference to announce that the film "Infernal Affairs," with an investment of 40 million Hong Kong dollars, was about to begin filming.

The press conference for "The Departed" attracted the attention of the entire Hong Kong film industry.

With the current economic downturn and sluggish film market, the upcoming filming of a movie with a reported investment of 40 million will undoubtedly inject vitality into the depressed Hong Kong film market.

Most people in the Hong Kong film industry were very happy, with only two exceptions: Wong Chau-shing and Leung Chiu-wai.

Two days ago, Leung Chiu-wai heard some rumors that Amy Mak and Lau Wai-keung didn't want to use him anymore, thinking he was too expensive.

At the time, Liang thought this was a tactic to lower the price and ignored it completely.

So they really didn't invite him?
Huang Qiusheng was even more defensive, and he pressed Mai Zhaohui for the reason. Mai Zhaohui said that Qi Yuan had rejected him, and if he was not satisfied, he would go to Qi Yuan.

Leung Chiu-wai and Wong Chau-sing: "Damn it! Qi Yuan, you damn mainland bastard, I'll fucking swear at you!"

(End of this chapter)