Chapter 1801 1803 [The protagonist candidate]
Subsequently, preparations for "Best Partner" began.
This movie tells the story of the thief King Kong who inadvertently left a white glove when he robbed the treasure, making the police misunderstand that it was the white glove of the international thief. So a bald detective was specially invited from the United States to come to Hong Kong to hunt down the fugitive.
At this time, the real international thief White Gloves was not annoyed by someone impersonating him, so he came to Xiangjiang to get rid of King Kong. King Kong sensed the danger and decided to cooperate with the police.
Finally, after a lot of fighting, the white gloves were brought to justice, and King Kong and the bald detective also became the best partners because of their tacit cooperation.
In this movie, there are three main protagonists. One is King Kong, one is the bald detective, and the other is the old man who is the bald detective.
As the protagonist of King Kong, Xiang Nan naturally did his part. The bald detective also plays an important role, and the original version starred Mai Jia. But Xiang Nan definitely couldn't invite him.
Because Mai Jia is the boss of Xinyi City, naturally she doesn't eat inside and out.
But Xiang Nan is not at ease if he entrusts others to act. After all, this role must be funny enough, but at the same time not be able to steal the limelight from Xiang Nan.
After the two discussed, Wang Jing recommended to Xiang Nan the young brother Chen Baixiang who had collaborated with him in many films. After thinking about it, Xiang Nan felt that he was quite suitable.
Chen Baixiang's acting skills are very good. Although he hasn't won any acting awards, but being able to play with Zhou Xingchi and not being compared to him already speaks volumes.
And when he acted in comedy, it was quite funny. The classic characters created, such as Duolong in "The Deer and Ding Tale", Xian Shichao in "The Best Lost Friend", the traffic light in "Hardcover Chasing Girls", Zhu Zhishan in "Tang Bohu Spots the Autumn Fragrance", etc., all gave the audience impress.
Moreover, although his acting skills are good and funny enough, he doesn't steal the show. He is a very useful green leaf supporting role. Therefore, Xiang Nan also felt that he was suitable.
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As for the role of the male mother-in-law, Xiang Nan still hopes to be played by Zhang Aijia.
After all, she is really good at acting as a man-in-law, and she is not at a disadvantage when playing with Mai Jia and Xu Guanjie.
In addition, Xiang Nan is not going to use Zhong Chuhong anymore because he is in love with King Kong, the tomboy's younger sister Dingdang.
After all, Zhong Chuhong had already been his girlfriend in "Police Story", and she left a deep impression on the audience.
While making this "Best Partner", Xiang Nan just wanted to be innovative. If we cooperate with Zhong Chuhong again, the audience will feel confused.
If Zhong Chuhong is not used, who should be used? The focus of Xiang Nan's development in the past two years has not been in Xiangjiang, and he really doesn't know much about the rising beauties.
"Director Wang, do you have any recommendations?" Xiang Nan asked Wang Jingdao.
"In the past two years, Xiangjiang has emerged many potential new stars." Wang Jing counted with his fingers, "For example, Lu Xiuling, Liu Lanxi, and Dai Liangchun from Baodao, new wireless stars Chen Yulian, Zhou Xiulan, Jing Daiyin, Jia Li Saifeng, Yu Anan, and Guan Zhilin are all pretty good."
Xiang Nan blinked his eyes when he heard that, "Then you bring in their materials, and let's do some research first."
"Okay." Wang Jing nodded, and then brought the materials.
Xiang Nan pretended to choose a pass, and then picked out Guan Zhilin.
There are three recognized beauties in the Xiangjiang film industry, Guan Zhilin, Lin Qingxia, and Li Jiaxin. Wang Yuxian, Qiu Shuzhen, and Zhang Min are so beautiful that they can't be listed among them, which shows how good-looking those three are.
Xiang Nan wants to choose CP, of course choose the most beautiful one, otherwise how can he be worthy of his name as the number one brother in the film industry.
"Good choice." Wang Jingdu agreed.
Guan Zhilin is indeed beautiful, fair and beautiful, with a slim figure, just like a porcelain doll. With such a great beauty joining, the beauty is worth the price.
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Subsequently, the crew of "Best Partner" sent invitations to all artists.
Chen Baixiang and Guan Zhilin both accepted it immediately.
After all, for the two of them, it is also a great honor to cooperate with Xiang Nan.
If they become popular, it will be of great benefit to their stardom.
However, Zhang Aijia declined the invitation because she wanted to film "Lifetime Events" directed by Hu Jinquan.
Hu Jinquan and Zhang Aijia's grandfather are family friends. He watched Zhang Aijia grow up since he was a child, and the relationship is irreversible. In 1979, the two also collaborated on "Legend of the Mountain" and stayed together in South Korea for a year. Zhang Aijia learned a lot of writing and directing skills from Hu Jinquan, so he was regarded as a teacher.
Therefore, although "Best Partner" is a big project with an investment of tens of millions, she is likely to become a famous superstar on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, but in order to repay Hu Jinquan, she still refused the invitation.
Xiang Nan could understand her approach. In fact, he appreciates a loyal son and daughter like her. After all, there are very few people who can give up fame and fortune for the sake of loyalty.
But if Zhang Aijia doesn’t act, the man-in-law will have to cast another role.
Fortunately, Wang Jing quickly put forward a new candidate, the pillar of TVB - Zheng Yuling.
Xiang Nan clapped his hands immediately when he heard it.
Zheng Yuling has played countless images of powerful women in her acting career. Such as ADA in "Flying Eagle Project", Mao Xiaohui in "Men and Daughter Love", "Cousin, how are you!" "Zheng Shuonan in" and so on. It is not difficult for her to play the role of the tomboy in "Best Partner".
And Zheng Yuling's reputation is enough, she has filmed many popular dramas on TVB, such as "Rainbow", "Bride of the Port", "Family Love", "Passer" and so on.
Especially the 30-second kiss scene with Chow Yun-fat in "Man in the Net", which not only created a historic record, but also caused a sensation in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Therefore, in terms of acting skills and popularity, she is a good candidate to play a male wife.
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After receiving the invitation, Zheng Yuling readily agreed, but asked for a salary of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars.
It stands to reason that although she is very famous, she has never made a movie before, so the salary is a bit high.
For example, Chow Yun-fat, known as the king of long dramas, paid only 50,000 yuan for a previous film; when Zhao Yazhi starred in her debut film "Half Catty", she was only paid 10,000 yuan; 10,000 yuan...
"Why don't you change to someone else." Wang Jing discussed with Xiang Nan, "Liao Jianren, Ouyang Peishan, Mi Xue are all fine."
"Forget it, let's use her." Xiang Nan waved his hand.
Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars is indeed expensive, but Zheng Yuling is worth the price.
Since the boss agreed, Wang Jing stopped persuading and immediately sent a notice to Zheng Yuling. Subsequently, "Best Partner" officially started shooting.
Because this movie is Xiang Nan's second blockbuster after "Police Story", the audience is looking forward to it, and the media has also reported it one after another. As a result, the movie has already attracted a lot of attention since it started shooting. Spend.
(end of this chapter)