Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

For several days, the registration location for the "Green Hornet" audition was crowded with a large number of young people who came to register.

Most of them have no acting experience, and some have even never learned kung fu, but they think they meet the age and height requirements, so they dare to sign up.

Assuming that once they are selected, they think they have a great chance of becoming a Hollywood star.

As the protagonist of this audition, Saenz has been busy accepting interviews from media reporters during this time.

Rather than auditioning, Saenz is more concerned about whether his interview will be published on the front page of a newspaper.

After all, when he was filming in Hollywood, almost no mainstream media would interview him.

Even if there are reporters willing to interview, they are only from unknown small newspapers and have very few readers.

But things are different now. Now he has become the center of attention.

Although the filming of "The Green Hornet" has not yet started, reporters in Hong Kong have already dubbed Saenz a great Hollywood director.

"Dear reporters, today we are going to talk about the films I have made before, those films that have been buried."

Saenz enjoys being surrounded by reporters, and Jess is happy to see Saenz do more interviews.

Anyway, Jiahe will handle the audition activities, so Jess doesn't need to worry about it at all. After all, that was what they agreed upon at the beginning.

As long as Jess disturbs the candidate recommended by Lin Daoqiu, He Guanchang will take care of the rest.

Jess likes to cooperate with capable people like He Guanchang, because the other person's ability is so strong that he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

For seven days in a row, the audition recruitment activities were extremely popular, and more than 2,000 young people signed up.

However, many of them will be eliminated, leaving some that meet the requirements. It would be good to have thirty people.

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In a tea restaurant in Xiangjiang, He Guanchang looked at the rosy-faced Jess opposite and was really envious.

You must know that He Guanchang and a large group of people have been working tirelessly to help handle registration matters these days.

But Jess didn't help at all and dragged Saenz to interviews with reporters all day long.

Although He Guanchang was very dissatisfied with this, he still needed Jace's help now, so he could only hold back the attack and still have this faint smile on his face.

"Mr. He, you have worked hard these days. I wonder how the audition activities are going."

Originally, this should be something that Jace needed to understand and control at all times, but judging from his words, it seemed that he knew nothing about this activity.

"It's rare that Mr. Jess knows about the audition. I thought you had forgotten all about it."

He Guanchang expressed his dissatisfaction to Jess in a small way. After all, Saenz, as a director, only attended once at the beginning of the event and was not present for the rest of the time.

If it weren't for his request from Jess, He Guanchang's face would definitely look very ugly right now.

"Sorry, I have been busy arranging and accepting interviews these days, and promoting the event. The director and I are so busy every day that we don't have any extra energy to do other things."

Jess's words were very harsh to He Guanchang's ears. He was busy arranging interviews and accepting interviews. This was serious business. Those who didn't know thought Saenz was an actor.

"The recruitment activity is about to end. This time, more than 2,000 people have signed up. After removing some unqualified candidates, there will be about 200 left."

Although He Guanchang hoped that Saenz would simply leave everything alone and finally let them settle Jet Li, and everything would be fine.

But if you think about it, Saenz wouldn't be stupid enough to leave all the audition work to them, unless he never cared about "The Green Hornet" from the beginning.

"Two hundred people? So many?"

Jess didn't expect that there would be 200 people left after the screening. If he auditioned one by one, he didn't know how many days it would take to complete the auditions.

There was an unknown fire in He Guanchang's stomach. This guy Jace didn't do anything, yet he was still here because there were so many people.

Seeing the sudden change in He Guanchang's expression, Jess immediately felt that what he just said seemed inappropriate.

"Actually, what I mean is that with so many outstanding young people being selected, I believe the director will be very happy."

"I wonder what Mr. Jess plans to do with the remaining people?"

He Guanchang was too lazy to make excuses with the other party. He wanted to let Jess know who should play the role of Kato.

Jace replied matter-of-factly.

"Next, the director will officially start auditions, and then select the actor he thinks best plays Kato."

Jace's answer obviously did not satisfy He Guanchang. If he had done so many things and ended up just making wedding dresses for others, then He Guanchang would be too stupid.

"Mr. Jess, we have a saying here called reciprocity. You can't just accept gifts without returning them. Do you understand what I mean?"

He Guanchang said this in a lowered voice, but Jess heard it clearly.

Originally, he had agreed to cooperate with He Guanchang because he was worried that Saenz would accept the candidate recommended by Lin Daoqiu.

But now that all the people recommended by Lin Daoqiu have been rejected by Saenz, he no longer needs to worry about those things.

"Please rest assured, Mr. He, as long as it is within my ability, I will do my best to help Mr. He."

Such words were what He Guanchang wanted to hear, and when Jace finished saying this, the smile returned to He Guanchang's face.

"There are two actors in Jiahe who also participated in the audition this time. One is named Jet Li and the other is named Li Yuanba. I hope Jet Li can successfully win the role of Kato in the end."

He Guanchang spoke out his thoughts without concealment, which shocked Jess.

He is just an agent and not a director. How could He Guanchang think that he can decide who is selected in the end?

"Things have come to this point, and there is no turning back. Mr. Jess's work efficiency was very good before. This is your reward."

He Guanchang took out a paper bag again and pushed it in front of Jess.

This time Jess knew without even looking that it must be filled with U.S. dollars.

"If you need my help in any way, just ask. Once the matter is settled, I will give you a generous gift."

He Guanchang would not give Jess a chance to refuse. After all, he had already done so many things for him in exchange for Jet Li taking the role of Kato.

If Jace refused his request at this time, He Guanchang would probably be very, very angry.