Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

After about 10 days of preparation, the filming crew of "A Better Tomorrow" is almost ready.

The cast is Xu Xiaoming, the director is Wu Yusen, the main actors are Chow Yun-fat, Ti Lung, Stephen Chow and Ruby Lu. As for the other supporting roles and extras, they can just be hired from outside at a cost.

When Wu Yusen came back from Taiwan, Zhang Jialiang and Xu Xiaoming talked to him in detail about the general ideas for the film he was planning to make.

The script was naturally edited by Zhang Jialiang himself, Xu Xiaoming, Wu Yusen and two young screenwriters who had just joined the company, with everyone brainstorming and editing together.

Among them, Zhang Jialiang came up with many ideas, which were based on his memories of the various plots of the previous life movie "A Better Tomorrow". Although the plot was not complete, it played a big role and gave Wu Yusen a lot of inspiration.

Of course, the main work on the script fell on Wu Yusen. Due to the urgency of Zhang Jialiang and Xu Xiaoming, Wu Yusen worked overtime and consulted his good friend Xu Ke.

Xu Ke did give him a lot of useful suggestions. After he came back, he worked with many people to polish the script, and he finally completed it in about 10 days.

In addition, at the request of Zhang Jialiang, Wu Yusen fully considered the story extension of the film sequel, laying the foundation for future sequels.

After the script was completed, other work was also prepared and the filming started quickly.

The two most important characters in this movie, Mark is played by Chow Yun-fat, and Song Zihao is played by Ti Lung. This has not changed, but it is different from the original time and space to directly use Mark as the male lead.

The role of Song Zhijie became Zhou Xingchi, and Song Zijie's girlfriend became Lu Xiuling.

It is inevitable that Zhang Guorong became Zhou Xingchi, as Zhou Xingchi is now an artist of his own company.

Well, when making a movie with your own company, of course you have to use your own people. Besides, Zhou Xingchi’s acting skills should be no worse than Zhang Guorong’s. After all, he is an actor who graduated from a professional training class.

In addition, Zhou Xingchi has been working hard to hone his acting skills over the years, so he should have no problem playing the role of Song Zihao.

As for Song Zijie's girlfriend, this role is not very important in this movie.

This movie focuses on male characters, and female characters are not important. However, she is still the leading female character, and it can be regarded as a gift from Zhang Jialiang to Lu Xiuling.

"A Better Tomorrow" is a gun battle film with many fighting scenes, so it needs some martial arts guidance. Xu Xiaoming asked people from Yuan's class to help.

When Zhang Jialiang accidentally entered the theater to watch the filming, he suddenly found a young man. The man's face looked familiar. After careful recollection, he remembered that this should be Zhen Zidan when he was young.

He then confirmed with Xu Xiaoming beside him:

"A Ming, who is that young man?

I think he has good skills and a good image, so he should be a promising actor."

Xu Xiaoming looked at the person Zhang Jialiang pointed at and replied:

"His name is Zhen Zidan, and he's from the Yuan Clan. Our movie has a lot of fighting scenes, so we invited some people from the Yuan Clan to help out, and he was one of them.

Mr. Zhang is interested in this person?"

Zhang Jialiang nodded.

"I think he is very suitable to be an action star. He has good skills and a good image. If you have time, you can ask him if he wants to develop into an actor.

He is from the Yuan Clan. You can talk to them and see if they can cooperate with our company for a long time. There will be a lot of fighting scenes in future movies, and we will need a lot of martial arts instructors."

Xu Xiaoming:

"I understand. I will go talk to that young man when I have time, and I will also talk to the people from Yuan's class.

I previously worked with several good martial arts instructors, and I will bring them to the company as well.”

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, it's up to you."

The reason why Zhang Jialiang took a fancy to Zhen Zidan was that the most famous people making martial arts films in Hong Kong now were Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, and Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao were the treasures of Golden Harvest, and other companies would not be able to get involved.

This requires the company to introduce a newcomer. Although he may not be able to catch up with the popularity of Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, at least the company has talents in this area. Otherwise, it will be difficult to shoot martial arts movies.

Zhen Zidan is a good candidate. Besides, he is a member of the Yuan family. If Zhen Zidan is promoted, the people of the Yuan family will naturally move closer to them.

The Yuan Clan has outstanding capabilities and experience in martial arts in the Hong Kong film industry. With the cooperation of the Yuan Clan, the martial arts moves in the company's films will not be a problem in the future.

This can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

When it comes to martial arts movies, the first movie that comes to Zhang Jialiang's mind is "The Blade of the Assassin".

"A Ming, do you feel itchy when you see others making movies?

Do you want to make one, too? "

Xu Xiaoming rubbed his hands and chuckled.

"Mr. Zhang, of course I have thought about it. Being a general manager is too much work and too tiring. It's not as comfortable as making a movie."

Zhang Jialiang:

"I have an idea. We can make a film about the story of the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. The time period should be when Chongzhen came to power and Wei Zhongxian stepped down..."

Zhang Jialiang roughly narrated the plot of "The Blade of the Assassin". Of course, because so much time has passed, he has forgotten many of the plots, but he just outlined it in general.

Xu Xiaoming became fascinated as he listened, and after Zhang Jialiang finished speaking, he clapped his hands in excitement.

"This story is good, I like it, let me shoot it!"

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, I think I'll choose Zhen Zidan for the male lead. You should have a good talk with him and polish the script. Once it's ready, we can start the project."

Xu Xiaoming:

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, no problem, Zhen Zidan will definitely agree.

Such a good thing is like a pie falling from the sky. Anyone who doesn't catch it is a fool. I will prepare the script well."

Zhang Jialiang:

“I’ll leave this project to you, but there’s no rush.

Don't forget that you are the general manager of the company. Don't delay other company matters, otherwise you can forget about making the film.

By the way, how is the discussion about finding Wang Jing to make a movie going?"

Xu Xiaoming.

"Wang Jing will come over this afternoon. In principle, he has agreed, but we still need to discuss the details. Would you like to meet him then, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Jialiang:

"Okay, let's meet in the afternoon."

Zhang Jialiang attaches great importance to Wang Jing.

Wang Jing can be said to be a talented director. His lifelong pursuit is very simple, which is to make money. He only makes movies that can make money. He has no scruples as to the subject matter.

He doesn't care whether others say he is a director of bad movies or third-level movies. As long as the movies he makes can make money, he thinks they are good movies.

This is exactly the kind of director that film companies like, and this is also why Zhang Jialiang likes him.

As a film company, the box office is the foundation, and being able to make money is the way for a film company to survive. As for art, awards and reputation, those are issues to be considered after being able to make money.

Just like a person first considers the issue of survival, and only after solving the issue of survival will he consider other spiritual things.

Therefore, Wang Jing is a very important person. He is a prolific director and a director who can make money for the company. Moreover, he can direct, write and act in his own films. He is a versatile person, which is exactly what the company needs now.

I met Wang Jing soon in the afternoon. He was not very tall and was a little fat.

Wang Jing speaks very frankly and directly.

"If we cooperate, what conditions can your company give me?"