RBCT Chapter 52 The Dilemma of Hong Kong Entertainment Circle
Chapter 52 The Dilemma of Hong Kong Entertainment Circle
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The meeting room appeared to be filled with a large group of male actors, but they were actually divided into several small groups.
Artists from the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy, Shanghai Theatre Academy, major film and television companies, and the Hong Kong entertainment circle.
Big circles within small circles, interpersonal relationships are always incredibly complicated.
Fang Yi walked around for a while, then had the character scripts distributed and told everyone that the game would officially begin in an hour.
In "Taken", there are a total of seven important characters, five of whom are male.
Male lead: Jiang Fang.
The character is set at 36 years old, a retired special forces instructor, and a former elite soldier returning to the city.
Second male lead: The mastermind behind the scenes, Tang Xiaotian, 45 years old, the head of a criminal organization in a Southeast Asian country.
The third male lead: One of the villainous underlings, Lai Pi Gui, 30 years old, a key leader of a triad organization involved in human trafficking in Hong Kong.
Fourth male lead: Lin Yun, a 26-year-old righteous police officer from Hong Kong Island. He had secretly investigated this criminal organization. After the protagonist Jiang Fang chased them to Hong Kong Island and destroyed this criminal branch, the young police officer provided Jiang Fang with accurate information.
Fifth male lead: Liu Huacheng, a 31-year-old villainous leader, is the head of a criminal organization in Thailand. He has many henchmen under his command and is cunning and treacherous.
Of the five characters, apart from the male lead Jiang Fang, the other four all have extremely important and eye-catching roles.
Fang Yi had considered this when writing the script: it would certainly be satisfying for the male protagonist to fight his way through the enemy lines.
But if you want to make it even more exciting and stimulate the audience's adrenaline, you have to work on the supporting roles.
Excellent and outstanding supporting actors not only do not overshadow the male lead's brilliance, but also highlight his strength, together delivering a wonderful film to the audience.
Of course, villains are just embellishments; we must not put the cart before the horse.
The reason why many Hong Kong films have logical problems is that they make the villains too powerful.
The male protagonist fights to the death, exhausting all his strength, but still can't defeat the villain, so the director has to resort to plot-driven elimination.
This is an illness, the director's indecisiveness, and it needs treatment!
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After distributing the character scripts, Fang Yi went to a small conference room not far away.
Inside the room were Yuan Heping, Wang Zhonglei, Chen Hui, Chen Ran, and Li Bing, the production director of Poly Culture.
This "ice" is not the same as "soldier." She is the production director of Poly Culture. In 2009, she followed Yu Dong to leave Poly Culture and establish Bona Film Group.
As Fang Yi shook hands with her, he smiled and said, "Director Li, did General Manager Yu give you any instructions before you came?"
"Yes, Mr. Yu asked me to ask Director Fang if Bona Film Group could be included in the credit for 'Taken'."
Li Bing smiled broadly. On the way to Huayi, Yu Dong had indeed told her about this idea.
She was too lazy to get involved in Poly's internal affairs. Yu Dong was too ambitious, and in just two years he took over almost 80% of Poly Culture's film business.
If it weren't for Poly Culture's subsidiary, Huayi Group, which is backed by Dong Ping, Bona would have long since usurped the position from Yu Dong.
Seeing the helplessness on Li Bing's face, Fang Yi smiled but didn't respond.
My dear Sister Li, this is just the beginning.
Yu Dong and Dong Ping, both ambitious and unwilling to be second to anyone, swallowed up the massive Poly Culture film and television business completely.
Within a few years, they created two listed companies, leaving behind a mess and forcing Poly to cut almost 90% of its film and television business, retaining only Travel Channel and Poly Wanhe Cinema Line.
That's really bad!
Fang Yi greeted Yuan Heping and Chen Ran, and then sat down in the center seat with an air of nonchalance.
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The audition began at 9:30.
The first actor to audition knocked on the door and entered, guided by the staff.
Nicholas Tse!
Unexpectedly, he was the first.
In the conference room, apart from Yuan Heping and Wang Zhonglei, everyone else was slightly taken aback and looked surprised.
Fang Yi reacted the fastest, raising the corners of his mouth and saying, "Xie Tingfeng, I'll call you Tingfeng then."
"No problem, Director Fang, you can call me whatever you like."
Nicholas Tse smiled shyly, his brows less arrogant and cool, and he looked much more mature.
Ignoring their surprise, he stepped forward and said, "Director Fang, bosses, I'm here today to audition for two roles."
"The third male lead, the villainous little rascal, and the fourth male lead, Lin Yun."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhonglei, who had been waiting, chuckled and tried to lighten the mood, saying, "Haha... Tingfeng, it's a real waste of your talent to play a supporting role with your reputation. We'll get scolded by your fans."
Depend on..
This is totally fake!
Fang Yi and Chen Ran exchanged a glance and couldn't help but chuckle.
That son of a bitch, I don't know what benefits Yang Shoucheng gave him, that he actually publicly endorsed the Hong Kong superstar.
"It's all acting, regardless of the size of the role." Nicholas Tse lowered his voice, his personality completely different from before.
A year later, as a princeling in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, he had many senior figures in the film and television industry vouch for him, which allowed him to barely survive the turmoil.
However, they have become much more low-key and have lost their previous limelight.
Just as the film "Taken" needed to be shot on Hong Kong Island, they proactively contacted One Entertainment, hoping to give the still young Ting-Fung a chance.
After careful consideration, the two kings thought it was a good thing, as it was rare to see the Hong Kong entertainment industry bowing down.
It's just a matter of giving it a third or fourth role; what difference does it make? Nicholas Tse is famous, and he might be able to help boost the film's box office.
Fang Yi's mind raced, and he instantly guessed what the two kings were thinking.
However, even though he guessed it, he was very unhappy.
Although his role is small, things cannot be kept from him.
If Wang Zhonglei had given him a heads-up beforehand, he might have given the Hong Kong superstar some face.
Now, go cool off somewhere else.
As for concerns about problems during filming on Hong Kong Island, haha... do you think Poly is a pushover?
He composed himself and nodded to Nicholas Tse.
"You have one minute to prepare."
"First play a policeman, then play a minor boss."
"Okay, Director Fang."
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While the auditions for "Taken" were starting, a meeting was also taking place on Hong Kong Island.
Hong Kong Island, Film Society.
In a rather luxurious living room filled with smoke, a dozen or so directors from the Hong Kong entertainment industry were gathered by Jackie Chan.
"What were you thinking? How could you let Tingfeng play a supporting role, a third or fourth role at that?"
When Roy Lo, vice president of the Hong Kong Directors Guild, learned that Yeung Sau-shing had cast Nicholas Tse in the HK$5000 million production of "Taken", he was initially quite pleased.
That's how it is in mainland China. When it comes to filming movies in Hong Kong Island or Southeast Asia, they always come to us on their own initiative.
But when he heard that Nicholas Tse wasn't playing the lead role, but a minor one, and that he even needed to audition, he flew into a rage.
Damn it, what do you take this young superstar for? He's a leading young artist whom the Hong Kong entertainment industry has collectively nurtured; he shouldn't be treated like this.
On the main seat of the sofa.
He frowned, cursing Luo Qirui inwardly as an idiot, "You know nothing!"
He glanced at Jackie Chan, who had just flown back to Hong Kong Island the day before, and showed a hint of anticipation.
"What did they say?"
"This is difficult!"
"The person in charge of film didn't say anything, but he mentioned it to me privately."
Jackie Chan's face fell. Seeing the looks coming from Wong Jing, Derek Yee, and Dante Lam, he could only shrug and spread his hands.
"To take something before you can use a spear, you must first destroy it."
"The leader said that we can't have all the good things. If we want the mainland to fully open its market to Hong Kong, we have to show some sincerity."
"What sincerity?" Luo Qirui raised an eyebrow, a bad feeling creeping over him.
Jackie Chan walked around the customer lounge and said three words in a very relaxed tone.
The Hong Kong Film Awards!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"The Hong Kong Film Awards are local awards in Hong Kong Island, serving only Hong Kong films, and absolutely not allowing outsiders to interfere."