Chapter 71: Role Determination
After reading the script, Lin Qingxia agreed to play the role of Dongfang Bubai. After the main role was confirmed, Lin Wei was relieved. After all, the script had been written, and he had spent his time creating it himself. If Lin Qingxia didn't play it and had changed to someone else, Lin Wei was really worried that he would lose this classic role and that his efforts would be wasted.
After confirming that Lin Qingxia's appearance, Lin Wei did not rush to start the work of "New Smiling Proud Wanderer", but instead dealt with Ruan Dongping, a group of Yue people, the gang of black gangs. Fortunately, the power of money is really great. Ruan Dongping and his gang were unable to escape the power of money and were sued by their compatriots. Finally, when they were about to smuggle away from Xiangjiang, they were shot dead by Zhang Xingwang and his gang.
As soon as Ruan Dongping died, Lin Wei went to a big trouble and turned his mind back to work. He first bought the film and television adaptation rights of "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer" from Jin Yi-lao. Then he went through a series of exchanges and negotiations with Fang Yi-hua of TV station, and finally negotiated the profit distribution of the TV series "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer". In addition, Weng Meiling successfully won the role of Huang Rong in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and Liu Dehua successfully won the role of Yang Guo in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".
At the beginning of this year, TVB was preparing to start filming "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". As for "The Legend of Condor Heroes", "The Legend of Condor Heroes" is not yet planned, but Lin Wei first won the role of Yang Guo for Liu Dehua. After all, Liu Dehua became famous because of the role of Yang Guo in "The Legend of Condor Heroes". However, in this time and space, because of Lin Wei and Liu Dehua are now very popular.
Times Film Company and Shaw Brothers have cooperated many times, and the benefits achieved are also very good. Moreover, Lin Wei has gained a reputation in Xiangjiang, and Fang Yihua is also willing to cooperate with Lin Wei. The actors in the TV series "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" are basically the actors of wireless, directed by Du Qifeng, the director of wireless. The script was written by Lin Wei, and the investment is basically invested by Lin Wei. This is a big-produced TV series. Fang Yihua of wireless is also willing to use Lin Wei’s money to try the waters. First, the openness of the mainland, and second, whether such large-scale productions of real-life shooting can be profitable.
As for the TV series that is not directly produced by wireless, it does not comply with the rules and regulations of wireless TV stations, Fang Yihua directly ignored this. After all, Fang Yihua is not a literati who reads books, but a businessman. In the face of interests, some things can be changed. In addition to Liang Chaowei playing Linghu Chong, the other actors are all wireless. Among them, the female starring members of the 1983 training class, Zeng Huaqian plays Yue Lingshan, Liu Jialing plays Ren Yingying, Lan Jieying plays Yilin, Wu Junru plays Dongfang Bubai, and Shang Hawk plays Lan Fenghuang.
Director Du Qifeng had some objections to all newcomers in Lin Wei, but Fang Yihua from Wireless was very willing, because this TV series was invested by Lin Wei. If it didn't work, it didn't have a big impact on Wireless. However, it has trained several red stars for Wireless. So Fang Yihua quickly approved the cast. Of course, Lin Wei did not take his own funds seriously. For some other supporting roles, Lin Wei screened all the veteran actors of Wireless, and the cast was not weak.
After confirming the list of actors in the TV series "The Smiling and Proud Wanderer", Lin Wei then began to determine the list of actors in the movie "New Smiling and Proud Wanderer". Lin Qingxia plays Dongfang Bubai, Mi Yu plays Ren Yingying, and Zhao Yazhi plays Lan Fenghuang. These three have been agreed long ago. Because Weng Meiling went to the TV crew of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Lin Wei simply asked Zhou Huimin to play Yue Lingshan and Wen Bixia plays Yi Lin. They are now popular stars in Xiangjiang. Not only are they famous in the music industry, but they also have a lot of fame in the film industry because of the release of the first and second parts of "Happy Ghost".
The male lead Linghu Chong and Lin Wei thought about it for a long time. Finally, it was confirmed that Liu Qingyun was played. Anyway, the real protagonist of this movie is Dongfang Bubai. The male lead Linghu Chong is actually a big green leaf in this movie. Lin Wei simply doesn’t have to have a handsome man to steal the glory of the beautiful Lin. The role of Lin Ping borrowed Wu Dianyu from TVB, and other supporting roles basically borrowed the actors from TVB. This time, Lin Wei himself also played a role, the master Liu, who is very skilled in martial arts.
After confirming the list of actors, Lin Wei went to find Yuan Heping, hoping that he could serve as the martial arts director of movies and TV series. With the current fame of Lin Wei and Times Film Company, Yuan Heping happily agreed to Lin Wei's invitation.
After Lin Wei's preparations were completed, Chen Yijing also contacted the shooting site - Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area. Of course, Jiuzhaigou is not a scenic spot now, and there is still a primitive scenic spot that has not been developed. However, according to the photos sent by Chen Yijing, the primitive scenery here is still very beautiful, but the transportation is inconvenient. However, the local leaders enthusiastically agreed to help do a good job in logistics, and the local military region even agreed to dispatch a company to help Lin Wei and others transport supplies.
As the earliest investors in the mainland, and the investment funds are currently the largest. In the eyes of the mainland government, there is also a lot of support for Lin Wei and his friends to go to the mainland to make movies and TV. Otherwise, there would be no army to help. In addition, Chen Yijing wielded money and opened the way with money, and even the local village cadres were not spared, which gave him enough benefits.
On April 25, Lin Wei and his team had two crews, and more than 20 large cars set off from Xiangjiang, and worked hard on those bumpy roads along the way. In this era, many roads in the mainland were earthen roads, and it was very good to run at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. Just running on this road made the actors miserable. People living in Xiangjiang had suffered such hardships. Fortunately, most of the cars in this team were modified by Lin Wei based on the nanny car in later generations. They were not too bad for sleeping. In addition, Lin Wei was also generous in food and had good food. From time to time, there were also purchased wild game.
Chapter completed!