Chapter 276 287 [1994 I have a piece of land in Pudong]

“Okay Mr. Liu, you performed well, go down and have a rest for a while.”

“Okay Director Li.”

After Liu Dekai finished his performance, Li Yishu asked him to go backstage to rest first, and then arranged for several actors to audition, including Tang Guoqiang. He should have performed the best, after all, he had been filming “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” for several years, and he played Zhuge Liang.

We have to choose who will play Zhuge Liang today. We can’t delay it any longer, otherwise it will delay the overall progress. Now that the main actors have been selected, everyone will be free to take charge of other departments later.

Wang Fulin was the first to speak: “I think Tang Guoqiang played the best role. I support Tang Guoqiang to play Zhuge…”

Xie Jin at the side had a different opinion and interrupted directly, “Director Wang, Tang Guoqiang’s performance was quite good, but he is a little too old. He is already over 40 years old. Zhuge Liang in the Battle of Red Cliff was only in his twenties. If he was the same age as in The Wreath Under the Mountain, I would definitely choose him!”

Wang Fulin insisted: “Age is not a problem, can’t makeup be used? Besides, Tang Guoqiang has played Zhuge Liang for many years, he has the most profound understanding of this role!”

“Just because he acted in a TV series, we can’t let him act again.”

Xie Jinzhi shook his head and said, “Director Wang, you may have been filming Romance of the Three Kingdoms for too long and didn’t notice the problem. Tang Guoqiang is no longer suitable.”

“What’s the problem?” Wang Fulin was confused.

“Ask Director Li.”

Xie Jin turned the topic over to Li Yishu, and Wang Fuli looked over with confusion.

Li Yishu, who was originally watching the fun, saw that she was involved and had no choice but to say, “Director Wang, Director Xie should mean that Tang Guoqiang has a sense of old age.”

“A sense of twilight?”

“Well, Tang Guoqiang played Zhuge Liang for three whole years, from the time when he was high-spirited and new to the time when he was defeated at Wuzhangyuan. He played the role from beginning to end. Now he is asked to come back to play the new Zhuge Kongming. His performance may be very good, but the sense of old age cannot be eliminated.”

Li Yishu also wanted Tang Guoqiang to continue playing Zhuge Liang at the beginning, after all, his performance was so classic.

But after auditioning several actors, Li Yishu found that Tang Guoqiang was no longer suitable to play Zhuge Liang, or to say, he was not suitable to play Zhuge Liang in the Battle of Red Cliffs.

Zhuge Liang was full of vigor and vitality during the Battle of Chibi. He completed two small-scale battles, burning Bowangpo and burning Xinye, which made Liu Bei’s side, which had been defeated for almost all years, finally experience the importance and victory brought by advisers.

Although Zhuge Liang seemed polite and modest on the surface, he could not help feeling a little proud in his heart, which is human nature. As soon as he came out of the mountains, he led Liu Bei to win two small-scale battles with Cao’s army.

Moreover, all his plans and guesses had come true, so how could he not be elated?
Tang Guoqiang also performed this kind of high-spirited and vigorous performance, but perhaps because of his long-term experience of playing the elderly Zhuge Liang, he had a strong sense of old age when performing, and his dialogue tone also tended to be mature and steady, without any performance that a young man should have.

“This……”

Wang Fulin was awakened. Recalling Tang Guoqiang’s performance just now, he sighed heavily: “I didn’t notice this detail. Tang Guoqiang is indeed not suitable now. Director Li, Director Xie, who do you think is more suitable?”

Hearing this, Xie Jin glanced at Li Yishu and said hesitantly, “I think Liu Dekai is quite suitable. His appearance and height are quite suitable. Zhuge Liang was eight feet tall, and I saw in Liu Dekai’s information that he was also 1.8 meters tall. His temperament is also more elegant…”

Looking at the pieces of information in his hand, Li Yishu found that only Liu Dekai was suitable. His appearance itself fits the public’s image of a refined scholar. Secondly, his height is suitable. Although he is only one year younger than Tang Guoqiang, he has been well maintained and looks to be in his early thirties.

It’s not a big problem for him to put on makeup and play the 27-year-old Zhuge Liang. The only problem is that he is an actor from Taiwan, and I don’t know if it’s a good idea to give him such an important role of Zhuge Liang right away.

Thinking of this, Li Yishu looked at Han Sanping: “Director Han, who do you think is more suitable?”

“Liu Dekai is suitable in terms of appearance, and Lei Han is suitable in terms of age. If I really have to choose, I will choose Liu Dekai.”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Han Sanping also gave his reasons: “Liu Dekai is from Taiwan. Our film is the first 5 million yuan production in China. Naturally, we want to let actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait participate in it. This way, we can better show that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family.”

He is the factory director and a leading cadre. Naturally, he has to consider not only acting skills but also political factors.

It is impossible to say that all important roles should be played by people from the mainland. This is neither appropriate nor conducive to the current domestic environment.

After the 92 Consensus, the relationship between the two sides is still very good. It will take a few more years for the relationship to become truly unstable.

“Then it’s Liu Dekai.”

Li Yishu thought about it and nodded, agreeing to let him play Zhuge Liang.

On the one hand, his image and acting skills are suitable, and on the other hand, as Han Sanping said, it is related to cross-strait relations.

Of course, Li Yishu didn’t consider these things. What he considered was whether using Liu Dekai could provide box office revenue.

If this movie wants to recoup its costs or even make a profit, Japan is the largest box office, followed by mainland China and Taiwan.

Because the two places have the largest populations, Formosa is also an important voting base.

Liu Dekai, the actor who plays Zhuge Liang, is from Taiwan. This will play a role in the future promotion. Who doesn’t know Zhuge Liang’s name? Such an important role is played by a native of Taiwan. How can the local audience not support it?
Li Yishu, Han Sanping and Xie Jin all chose Liu Dekai, and Tang Guoqiang, whom Wang Fulin had his eye on, was not suitable, so naturally he was passed unanimously.

The staff was asked to go to the actors who were auditioning for Zhuge Liang and tell them to go back, and then the next audition would begin.

The audition lasted from eight in the morning until around four in the afternoon.

More than one hundred actors finally finished their auditions, and 13 important roles were confirmed on that day.

Zhuge Liang was played by Liu Dekai, Guan Yu by Lu Shuming, Zhang Fei by Zang Jinsheng, and Liu Bei by Zhang Fengyi…

The most confusing issue is who should play Zhao Yun.

There are more than a dozen candidates, including Andy Lau, He Jiajin, Jiao Enjun and others. They are all handsome guys, wearing white armor and holding spears. Each of them looks like Zhao Zilong on a white horse and holding a silver spear.

To be honest, it is quite difficult to bring depth to this role, as it mainly depends on the handsomeness of the martial arts movements. Li Yishu is planning to shoot a long shot of Zhao Zilong going in and out seven times.

Just like Andy Lau’s later film “Resurrection of the Dragon”, it shows the most glorious moment in Zhao Zilong’s life.

After all, what people talk about most about Zhao Yun is probably that he carried A Dou in and out of Changbanpo seven times.

In the end, Li Yishu chose Andy Lau. The reason was very simple. Andy Lau’s white armor today was very consistent with the image of Zhao Yun in terms of overall shape.

Zhao Zilong on white horse and with silver spear is indeed handsome, but he is not a super handsome guy. He should be more of a heroic type. Only Jin Ma Chao is truly handsome.

In this regard, Andy Lau is very suitable. When he was young, he had a handsome appearance, but his hooked nose detracted from his appearance seriously. Fortunately, with a little makeup, it is not a big problem.

Jiao Enjun is also very handsome. His roles as Erlang Shen and Li Xunhuan are both classics, but he is more elegant and handsome, unlike Andy Lau who has sword-like eyebrows and heroic eyes.

In addition, he is 33 years old this year, which is similar to Zhao Yun’s age of nearly 40 at Changbanpo. In addition to him, Lee Yi-su also chose Leon Lai to play Zhou Yu. Leon Lai was very charming when he was young. It is not abrupt to play the role of Zhou Yu, and it can also attract fans of the Four Heavenly Kings. Moreover, Leon Lai is still very popular in Japan, so the box office is guaranteed.

“Whoosh!”

Li Yishu stretched lazily and said, “Finally, the selection has been made. Director Wang, I’ll trouble you to coordinate a time period with the generals. We will set aside three months for intensive training this year, and we will officially start filming next year!”

The generals of the Three Kingdoms all have to be able to go into battle on horseback. Although stuntmen are indispensable, it’s impossible to say that they can’t even ride a horse, right?
Three months of intensive training is necessary.

“Okay, Director Li, leave this to me.” Wang Fulin was full of confidence. He had trained the generals of the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” crew before, so he was naturally familiar with the process this time.

Han Sanping next to him asked, “Director Li, do you want to arrange dinner for everyone tonight?”

The roles have been chosen, but no notice has been given yet. He was thinking of treating everyone to a meal in the evening. After all, they all took time out of their schedule to come for the audition, and whether they succeed or not, treating them to a meal is still necessary.

Li Yishu nodded and said, “Director Han, please make the arrangements.”

“Okay, leave it to me.”

Han Sanping readily agreed, and then instructed the staff around him to contact the actors who had auditioned and have dinner together in the evening.

At the dinner that evening, almost all the actors who came to audition were present, except for a few who left in a hurry after the audition because they were in a hurry to shoot.

The next morning.

After Li Yishu woke up from his drunkenness, he felt dizzy. As the chief director, he was naturally forced to drink by everyone. His alcohol tolerance was average, so it was inevitable that he drank too much.

When he woke up in a daze, he found himself staying in a hotel room.

I went into the bathroom to wash up, and came out feeling much more refreshed. I picked up my flip phone, only to find that it was out of battery. I charged it and turned it on.

Just as he was about to pack up and leave after fully charging, his cell phone rang. It was Yongmei calling.

“Boss, did your phone run out of battery?”

“Um, the battery is out, what’s going on?”

“It’s Ms. Xu. She contacted me and said that your phone couldn’t be reached. She wanted me to tell you that things in Shanghai are almost settled, so you can go there when you are free.”

nailed it?
Li Yishu’s eyes lit up. It seemed that Mr. Tang had acquired the land in Pudong!

When thinking about the piece of land in Pudong, Li Yishu was in a good mood: “I understand. Is there anything else?”

“That’s not the case, but the crew of Legend of the Han Palace has almost finished preparations, and filming will officially begin in July…”

Yongmei on the other end of the phone gave a brief introduction.

After listening, Li Yishu asked back: “Where are Liu Yi and Zhao Baogang?”

“Director Liu has almost finished filming and will wrap up in the next few days. Director Zhao has already finished filming and is in the process of post-production editing.”

“Well, let me know when Zhao Baogang has finished editing.”

“Okay Director Li.”

After chatting for a few more words, Li Yishu hung up the phone and started thinking about the broadcast of the TV series.

Zhao Baogang’s “Getting High” has been completed, and the editing work will only take one or two months. He will then contact CCTV. As long as this TV series can become famous, the company will have found a profit point in the future.

“Jingle Bell……”

Just then, Li Yishu’s cell phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was Chen Hong calling. His eyes lit up.

Chen Hong on the other end of the phone asked excitedly, “Director Li, I heard that you are back in Yanjing?”

“Yeah, I just came back a few days ago.”

“Um… Director Li, are you free these days? I’d like to treat you to a meal.”

“Eat? Aren’t you filming Director Liu’s TV series?”

“Yes, we are still filming, but the crew will wrap up the day after tomorrow. I want to treat you to a meal after that.”

“can.”

Li Yishu smiled cheerfully: “It’s just that I’m treating you. You just signed a contract with Qiong Yao to join our company, and I, as the boss, haven’t treated you to a meal yet.”

“I can do it, Director Li.”

Chen Hong on the other end of the phone was delighted. When she learned that Qiong Yao had sold her contract to an art company, she was not angry but extremely happy.

She was thinking that if she was filming in Taiwan all year round, she would not have many opportunities to come into contact with Li Yishu. But now it is different. She can go directly to the other party’s company. She will be able to transform herself from an employee to the boss’s wife sooner or later.

After chatting with Chen Hong for a few more sentences, Li Yishu hung up the phone with a slight smile on her lips. It seemed that this time she could finally pick Chen Hong’s little red flower.

There have been no opportunities before, but now that the opportunity has come, I certainly can’t miss it.

After all, Chen Hong will join the crew of “Legend of the Han Palace” in July, and he himself will go to the United States in a few days to prepare for the “Chicago” crew.

Afterwards, Li Yishu called Xu Lu again and learned from him the good news that the land in Shanghai had been successfully acquired. Li Yishu was naturally happy about this and said that he would go to Shanghai in a few days to meet with Mr. Tang in person.

That piece of land in Shanghai is a gold mine. No one knows better than Li Yishu how amazing the development of Shanghai Pudong will be in the next 20 years. The housing prices there were more than yuan per square meter at their peak.

As long as Li Yishu owns a building property, he is estimated to earn more than 10 billion a year just from rent.

Although it is said that in the future, billions will be no problem for Li Yishu with her foresight, the feeling of picking up a bargain in advance is completely different.

It’s like you know in advance that a place is going to be demolished, so you go and buy a house. The money you earn after the demolition won’t make you rich, but it will make you feel good.

The feeling of owning a piece of land in Pudong is simply too beautiful.

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(End of this chapter)