Chapter 337: A Good Bird Chooses a Tree to Roost in, and the Assistant Director Runs Away
The warrior in front of me.
His punches are very beautiful,
The master's punches are really good, and his punches are indeed extremely sharp.
But that's okay.
I still have time to copy.
You can also understand the characters.
To perfect him, to become him.
Li Yun felt like he had obsessive-compulsive disorder, searching for the incompleteness of his personality.
Ip Man is a second-tier project of Xiangjiang Film. In terms of scale, it is indeed a second-tier production. The total investment in the entire movie is not even more than one-fifth of Jet Li's salary.
That is the production of the much-anticipated The Proud Man of Heaven, the Kung Fu Emperor who returns from Hollywood and the four kings of Hong Kong.
"This friend of yours doesn't seem to give you much respect. He actually refused our invitation."
At this time, the Kung Fu Emperor, who had returned from Hollywood, said calmly to Liu Dehua in front of him.
There seemed to be a condescending feeling in his tone.
Liu Dehua didn't care about this and just smiled.
"Everyone has his or her own ideas and choices. I choose to respect them."
He was not unhappy at being rejected, and Li Yun also gave Liu Dehua an explanation and chose another project in the same period.
From the perspective of script selection.
Everyone has their own likes and dislikes.
It’s not that you have a lot of investment here and there are many big names, so people have to choose the right one.
If you have to say this, it is indeed a bit arrogant.
A fair amount of arrogance.
But Jet Li came back from Hollywood.
It does bring some Hollywood style?
"Frankly speaking, Liu Tianwang, judging from the current situation, even if the mainland friend you invited comes back, I may not be able to use him."
"But he actually chose someone else, so I don't have to reject him."
Li Lianjie said at this time.
Liu Tianwang's smile was a bit watertight.
He has always had his own self-cultivation, and he will not argue with others.
Absolutely no arguments.
I can only say that I feel a little bit regretful, and I don’t have any other thoughts other than regret.
Now this movie has been approved and directed by Chen Kexin.
But Li Lianjie has a lot of say.
Whether it is the experience he brought back from Hollywood or his own position, he has full say in this work.
It seems that someone in the crew felt that Jet Li was a bit overbearing.
But it can only be felt.
He just has the ability to implement domineering principles, and his strength and status are enough to explain it all.
But some people say.
He couldn't survive in Hollywood and returned to China to show off his power.
If you really succeed in Hollywood, how can you come back to China?
However, Liu Dehua still adheres to his own ideas. Maybe he has his own reasons why the Kung Fu Emperor suddenly returned to China to develop.
At this time, Liu Dehua was thinking of Li Yun, the young actor he met when he was in "Big Man Has Great Wisdom".
"I didn't expect that a supporting actor back then could reach where he is now so quickly. It's really surprising."
Liu Dehua said with emotion.
He really wanted to play opposite Li Yun.
Quite thoughtful.
On the other side, Li Yun has also accepted the film contract of "Ip Man" and came to Hong Kong.
“I never expected that when we collaborate again, it would be in this way.”
Ye Weixin looked at Li Yun at this time.
He really didn't know that he would be filming the next film with Li Yun under such circumstances.
Today's Ip Man.
Li Yun also didn't expect that Ye Weixin would come directly to him instead of Donnie Yen.
In fact, Ye Weixin also thought about looking for Donnie Yen. After all, from various dimensions, he is quite suitable for the role of Ip Man.
More importantly, he is a martial arts master and has absolutely outstanding attainments in Wing Chun.
He can do real Wing Chun.
But why did I choose Li Yun in the end? This is actually a surprising reason.
Donnie Yen was injured.
In fact, Li Yun did not expect that this was the reason.
Master Donnie Yen, who originally had to compete on the same stage at the audition, was unable to compete for the position of Ip Man.
"Remember the last time we filmed Sha Po Lang? Speaking of which, he has something to do with you. Ever since he fought with you, he has wanted to hone his martial arts skills. This time, he has also been preparing for Ip Man for a long time. ah."
He also practiced Wing Chun thoroughly in preparation for this Ip Man audition.
It's a pity that I practiced too hard and got injured.
Being injured means you can't box.
This time I can only take action as a martial arts instructor.
In fact, to put it bluntly, for Ye Weixin, Li Yun is just a better alternative.
Still not as good as Donnie Yen.
"So that's what happened, so they simply canceled the audition and let me play directly."
"Yes."
If Donnie Yen is not injured, then he will be the number one seed player, while Li Yun is the number two, competing for the role through the viewing mirror.
But now that player No. 1 is injured, No. 2 naturally takes over.
Li Yun was a little dumbfounded. It turned out that this was how he, the protagonist, ended up.
However, this also proves that Li Yun's current celebrity status is already very important in the Xiangjiang circle.
Who is Donnie Yen? Judging from various predictions, if he goes to Hollywood with Jet Li, it is still unclear who will be the Kung Fu Emperor now.
At least when Jet Li went overseas to Hollywood, the two of them were actors of the same level.
There is no distinction between superior and inferior.
It's just that time has changed, Jet Li has become an overseas actor worth 100 million, while Donnie Yen's salary is only a few million.
Although there are only millions, it can be regarded as one of the leading figures in modern Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.
He also attaches great importance to this subject, and even trained himself to injury for this movie, and then had to take a back seat.
Li Yun is definitely not as famous as Master Donnie Yen in Kung Fu movies, but the reason why Ye Weixin placed Li Yun in the second position is mainly because of Li Yun, who has advantages that others do not have.
Acting.
If there is anyone who highly recommends Li Yunlai to play Ip Man this time, it is the actor Yam Huata.
He even admired Li Yun more than the people on the directing team.
Because to him, Li Yun is a delicacy.
A delicious dish with excellent acting.
It's a delicious dish that makes him feel delicious.
But occasionally, the needs and interests of the actors and the needs and interests of the director's team are not aligned.
For example, Ye Weixin said an interesting thing.
After hearing that the seeded contestant Donnie Yen could not play the role due to injury and asked Li Yun to carry the title, the assistant director immediately ran away overnight.
Not even a bucket.
He was so fast that he immediately joined the film crew where he applied for a certificate and became an assistant director in the assistant director team. There was no way around it. This Ip Man didn't have much of a future at first glance.
Now it just went from having no future to becoming even less promising.
"You, the assistant director, are too real." At this moment, Li Yun's mouth twitched and he was a little speechless.
"A good bird chooses a tree to roost in," Mr. Zhang said to me.
Ye Weixin shrugged.
As a director and screenwriter, he has confidence in his script, but unfortunately his comrades don't give him confidence.