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Chapter 258 The King of Comedy
In the end, Li Yi was driven away after tossing Director Mu hard for a few days.

He felt that he had been wronged, anyway, director Mu's filming progress was not fast, why was he delayed?
However, just as Li Yi continued to have a headache about "Paradise Cinema", bad news came from Chen Jianghe.

Chen Jianghe was hospitalized, saying that he had a heart problem.

Although it is not fatal, it requires surgical treatment, at least in the short term, it is impossible to work.

When he went to visit Chen Jianghe, Chen Jianghe apologized repeatedly.

But for some reason, Li Yi was relieved.

Without him, the adaptation of "Cinema Paradise" is really difficult, because the social environment is too different.

For Li Yi, if he can copy and copy, then it is not a big problem, but if he wants to adapt and change this movie into the Huaguo version, it will be a bit embarrassing for him.

Moreover, it is difficult to reach the height of the original work, and it is even hard to say whether it will destroy the classic.

But now that Chen Jianghe is suddenly unable to act, it gives Li Yi a reason to temporarily put "Paradise Cinema" on hold.

On the contrary, Li Yi thought, since it is impossible to adapt, can the original version be filmed as it is?
But for Li Yi at this stage, it is still a bit difficult, because he doesn't know much about foreign movies.

Thinking of this, Li Yi was not in a hurry to think about making the next movie.

Anyway, being idle is idle, Li Yi asked Li Mingshan's mentor to recommend some early foreign movies to watch.

Some foreign movies recommended by Li Mingshan's mentor are quite representative, but Li Yi's focus is on the kiss scenes in these movies!
Li Yi himself even called it "taking the essence and discarding the dross", and by the way, edited the scenes of these kissing scenes.

If Li Mingshan knew that Li Yi's so-called essence was the kissing scene, he would probably slap this unworthy disciple to death!

But after Li Yi edited these kissing scenes and watched them together, let alone, it was really different.

I have to say that those edited kissing scenes in "Cinema Paradise" in my memory are really top notch!
But soon, Li Yi had to leave the customs.

Because an old Hong Kong actor with a golden supporting role passed away.

Li Yi is not particularly familiar with this old Hong Kong actor named Zhou Mingda, but he knows that he had a good relationship with his father Li Zhenye and Zhou Mingda in the early years, but he doesn't know why the relationship became so bad later, and even almost broke up.However, the two were jointly called by the Hong Kong Island media as the two best green leaves and golden supporting roles on Hong Kong Island.

Li Yi attended Zhou Mingda's funeral with his father Li Zhenye.

At the funeral, when Zhou Mingda's life was introduced, "Uncle Da" from another world appeared in Li Yi's mind. He was also an old actor known as the best green leaf and golden supporting role.

"He is a role model for countless Hong Kong film actors. I still remember that the first time we collaborated, he was just a walk-on, playing a corpse. At that time, a bee flew to his face, and he remained motionless. ! Only when the director yelled "Ka", his face was stung by a bee and a big bump appeared on his face. His professionalism is admirable."

A picture of a movie suddenly appeared in Li Yi's mind.

There is a scene in which the male protagonist plays the corpse, and in the film it is not a bee but a cockroach, but the male protagonist does not move!

That play is called The King of Comedy!
Naturally, Li Yi would not "watch" this film at this time.

After the funeral, Li Yicai couldn't help asking his father Li Zhenye: "Dad, why did you and Uncle Da break up in the first place?"

Li Zhenye smiled wryly and said: "Our relationship was indeed very good back then, the kind that you can change into pants if you are good. It's just that he became famous back then, and then he indulged in lust, and even became addicted to gambling, borrowing money everywhere. At first I borrowed money." After a few times, I found out that he had already fallen into it, so I stopped lending him money. He said I was not brother enough, and I said he was too muddy to support the wall, and there was a big fight at that time.”

"And then?" Li Yi was curious.

"Then? Because of this, he was blocked by the Hong Kong Island TV station at the time. He couldn't get the show, and he owed a lot of gambling debts."

"I can't help it. I know I can't lend him money, but I can't sit idly by, so after discussing with a few friends, we secretly gave money to his wife, but asked her wife not to tell Ada, because if he knew , I will definitely use it to gamble, but fortunately later he repented and started to quit gambling, and started again from playing tricks, while studying acting. In his early days, he continued to get film appointments, which opened the golden age of his acting career. Of course, if there were no wasted years in those years, his achievements would definitely not be limited to a golden supporting role."

"Actually, our relationship is not as bad as the outside world imagined. After he woke up later, he also knew what happened at the beginning. The relationship has already eased, but others don't know it! God's tricks, I didn't expect him to leave so quickly. . " Li Zhenye sighed.

"By the way, Xiao Yi, Ada's son, Axing, also inherited his father's career, and took the path of acting, but you also know that Hong Kong movies have long since lost their former glory. When Ada was still there, , it’s better, but now that Ada is gone, we can only rely on uncles like us, so if there is a suitable opportunity, just take it for your old man’s sake and help him.” Li Zhenye said again He looked at Zhou Mingda's only son Zhou Xing who was thanking the guests.

Li Yi suddenly thought of "King of Comedy". It can be considered to give him a chance to let him play the role of the leading actor.

Without him, this movie was triggered because of Zhou Mingda, so it can be regarded as Li Yi reciprocating, plus there is a relationship with his father Li Zhenye.

Moreover, "The King of Comedy" can be said to have too much Hong Kong style, so if Li Yi wants to reproduce it, it is best to shoot it on Hong Kong Island.

At the same time, as a Hong Kong Island film director, I can occasionally give back to the Hong Kong Island film circle. Of course, the feedback here is not for the capital of the Hong Kong Island film circle, but for those bottom-level Hong Kong films that lack opportunities, such as those actors, behind-the-scenes, etc. Wait.

After all, no matter what Li Yi once said, he was indeed helped by those seniors, even if they were looking at the face of his old bean Li Zhenye.

Therefore, it just so happens that the drama "The King of Comedy" can be used as a film to promote the younger generation of Hong Kong Island actors. Moreover, there are some things that are different between Hong Kong Island and the mainland.

It is not beautiful to insist on changing the background to the mainland!
(End of this chapter)