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But Director Wei really doesn’t have any requirements.

"This role isn't difficult or complicated. It's all about making a fortune by purchasing the Varyag. As long as the acting isn't too bad and doesn't turn the audience off, other aspects aren't important. Of course, after all, it's a lead role, so the bigger the star, the better."

If an 18th-tier supporting actor really came in, it’s not that he couldn’t act, but the status of the entire show would drop directly.

Director Wei is not planning to rely on actors to achieve his goals, but he cannot just casually alleviate poverty either.

You have to have something to show for yourself.

Duan Yihong was chosen as the male lead because most of the box office-appealing male stars in the Chinese entertainment industry have some issues with their butts. Director Wei himself was not willing to cast such a patriotic figure.

We must not encourage anti-traitor sentiment.

Among the middle-aged male celebrities who have no problems with their buttocks and personal morality, Duan Yihong is considered to be outstanding.

I can't choose Wu Jing...

Of course, there is nothing wrong with Wu Jing's character.

The problem was that Director Wei was a bit disdainful of Wu Jing's acting skills... He felt that with Wu Jing's current image in the audience's mind, and his acting skills, it would be difficult for him to pull off the role of a securities company CEO. The gap between the overbearing CEO and the tough soldier king was quite large.

It's easy to distract the audience.

Of course, this may seem a bit disrespectful.

But after Wu Jing reaped the benefits of tough guy and action movies, he had to bear the prejudice that he was weak in literary drama.

Just like when Shen Teng rose to the top of the domestic entertainment industry with comedy, serious dramas and awards left him. Everything has its pros and cons, and actors have to rely on their abilities to gradually overcome the outside world's prejudices against them.

But to be honest, there are not many actors who can break the outside world's fixed perception.

In contrast, Duan Yihong's image is not fixed.

Have more plasticity.

Of course, it has no box office appeal.

In other words, Director Wei himself has box office appeal, so he used Duan Yihong.

Whenever investors are asked to choose, Duan Yihong has no chance to get on the table.

Given that the leading actor isn't a big name, and the cast is smaller than each other, Director Wei will really have to carry the show himself.

It’s not impossible, but it’s not necessary.

Especially in the Hong Kong circle.

There are people who support some female celebrities who are not very famous and still want to benefit from them.

Why support male celebrities?

The setting of the Hong Kong boss is not perfect, and even unpatriotic, so there are no requirements for the actor's stance and character.

As long as your acting skills are good enough, the more famous you are, the better.

After understanding Director Wei's request, Boss Yang felt somewhat embarrassed: "Director Wei, those really big names in Hong Kong are now their own bosses. Our company really doesn't have any agency contracts with them."

"Yinghuang doesn't have any big-name stars?" Director Wei was a little surprised.

Boss Yang pointed at Nicholas Tse and said, "Nicholas is now the number one guy in our Yinghuang."

Nicholas Tse is not humble.

The top male and female stars in every entertainment agency are clearly defined.

He is indeed the number one in Yinghuang now.

If he hadn't received this special treatment, he would have gone solo long ago.

After twenty years in the entertainment industry, Nicholas Tse has long had the confidence and capital to go it alone.

It's just that it's backed by Yinghuang, and it's better to enjoy the shade under the big tree.

Director Wei glanced at Nicholas Tse and frowned, saying, "It's not a problem for Nicholas Tse to play the role, but he's too handsome. It's not suitable."

Nicholas Tse was a little anxious.

Although Director Wei described this villain character in a very bad light, he also made it clear that this character had a lot of scenes and was basically the male lead.

Even though he doesn't have as many scenes as the male lead, he can still be considered the second male lead in terms of the amount of screen time.

Honestly, he wanted to.

"Director Wei, I can act ugly."

Nicholas Tse was not talking nonsense, he could indeed act ugly.

In order to win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards, he humiliated himself a lot.

Little Leo of Hong Kong circle.

I always feel that I didn’t win the Best Actor award because I was too handsome.

Actually, it’s because they didn’t impress the judges.

When it comes to winning awards, all male actors should learn from Lei Jiayin.

Actresses learn from Zhao Liying. The more you learn, the more you will find that winning awards is not completely related to acting skills, but it can also be said that it has little to do with it.

The emphasis is on relationships.

Not making a fool of myself.

Nicholas Tse is really putting his efforts in the wrong place.

But I am really willing to take risks.

Director Wei also believed that he could play an ugly role.

"No need."

Director Wei continued to shake his head and said, "This is a Hong Kong businessman and broker role, so logically I can't play an ugly character. Without that, Nicholas Tse, you'd be very handsome, so handsome that you'd steal the show, and the audience would forgive you based on your looks, but that wasn't my original intention."

Although feminine beauty is popular in domestic entertainment now.

However, anyone with a normal aesthetic sense would not deny that Nicholas Tse is a masculine and handsome man. Nicholas Tse's shortcoming is his height.

Not his face.

Among male celebrities, if we only consider appearance, Nicholas Tse is also in the top tier.

In this case, many viewers will think that appearance is justice.

But Director Wei had no intention of clearing the name of the Hong Kong broker.

He's not in charge of cats.

There's nothing wrong with the butt.

There is no problem with the ancestors either.

Therefore, the movie will not be made to have hidden problems.

Once Nicholas Tse is chosen, even if there is no problem with the plot, it will definitely mislead some viewers.

Director Wei remembers clearly that when Nicholas Tse and Donnie Yen co-starred in the film "Raging Fire," Nicholas Tse's villain directly crushed Donnie Yen's character, the police officer, in terms of popularity. Hong Kong films don't care about this, but Director Wei does.

The movie made for the navy is related to the reputation of the heroes. Even if the box office is a little low, Director Wei will never include such personal stuff.

"Don't say anything, Tingfeng, your personal temperament is too strong, it's not suitable for you to play the leading role." Director Wei interrupted Nicholas Tse's self-recommendation again.

"Don't worry, I mean what I say. After 'Great Power', I have another drama coming up. There are many roles for you to choose from, Tingfeng. It's not just you. That drama should also need a lot of Hong Kong actors. Yinghuang artists who are suitable can audition."

"A new play?" Boss Yang's eyes lit up. "Director Wei, tell me about it in detail."

Director Wei didn't elaborate, but he still gave a brief summary: "It tells the story of Hengxiao's boss, Xu. It involves Hengxiao's capital operations in Hong Kong and money laundering to go public, including Hong Kong capital's investment in Hengxiao. There are those who were deceived by Boss Xu, and there are also those who were in cahoots with Boss Xu. From a plot perspective, Boss Xu's story is more interesting than "Great Power Equipment". However, Boss Xu's story cannot be fully filmed in one movie, so it will be mainly a TV series. "Great Power Equipment" revolves around the purchase of the Varyag, and is the main focus of the movie."

In fact, many stories happened before and after the purchase of the Varyag, but many things cannot be deciphered yet.

So just talk about the main storyline.

Boss Xu's story also involves many secrets, but leaving aside the secrets that cannot be told, the kind of decadence, the comeback of the underdog, the collusion between officials and businessmen, the beauty of the country... these plots are enough to make dozens of episodes of TV series without boring the audience.

After all, he was once the richest man in the country.

For any richest man, most of his life is exciting enough.

It is so exciting that even if you just retell their lives, it is more amazing than any novel or script based on logical reasoning.

"Boss Xu is completely screwed?" Boss Yang asked.

Director Wei smiled.

"I see. Boss Xu's story does have more opportunities. As for your new movie, Director Wei, what do you think of Li Tianwang?" Director Wei was curious: "Why Li Tianwang?"

Boss Yang pointed at Wen Yongshan.

"When I was recruiting Janice, I owed King Li a favor, and this is a good time to repay it."

Director Wei looked at Wen Yongshan.

Wen Yongshan nodded: "King Li was indeed very nice to me before... right?"

Director Wei almost laughed.

King Li's agency is notorious for signing people who don't work.

So in the end, the contracts of the artists were not renewed after they expired.

Of course, there are also those who want to run away before the deadline.

Then you have to pay liquidated damages.

This kind of trick is generally used more frequently in domestic entertainment.

He Jiong also specifically revealed this information.

Shang Wenjie and her husband's agency specializes in this. They don't make money from artist management at all, but from liquidated damages.

The artists under their management can no longer bear it, so they collect the penalty and release them, making a huge profit.

But this is not acceptable.

Once it is exposed, you will definitely be scolded.

Anyone who cares about his reputation would rarely do this.

As for King Li...he is the most low-key of the Four Heavenly Kings.

So not many people know about this.

But if he were more active, these things wouldn't be difficult to investigate.

From the perspective of being a human being and doing business, Director Wei despises such people.

But when it comes to filming, Director Wei doesn’t care.

Anyway, the role he plays is not a good character.

He is worthy of being a superstar.

"As long as there's no problem with King Li and the pay, I have no problem with it either."

"There's definitely no problem with King Li," Boss Yang said directly. "He's never retired, it's just that no one wants him to act in movies anymore. Those aren't my words, they're King Li's own."

Director Wei nodded.

King Li has indeed not retired from the entertainment industry.

At least I have a good relationship with Brother Kaizi.

When Kaizi was filming "Mei Lanfang," Li Tianwang was the lead. To promote his son's role in "Ever Night," a web series, Li Tianwang also took on a supporting role. Clearly, he and Kaizi have a very close relationship... It's also true that he couldn't get any roles.

If he could get a normal Hong Kong movie, he wouldn't be such a superstar as to help Chen Feiyu shoot a web drama.

King Andy Lau has even more friends in the entertainment industry. Have you ever seen Andy Lau play a supporting role in a web drama?

……

There are no secrets in the circle.

When the news that Li Ming was going to join Director Wei's new film spread, let's not talk about the outside public opinion.

The two small boats that Director Wei was stepping on capsized directly.

When Director Wei was enjoying the blessing of having many wives, Li Jiaxin called him.

"Director Wei, Li Ming has joined 'Great Power'?"