Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

Looking at Li Yuanba who was pleading with him, Jace showed a very embarrassed expression. It seemed that he would have a hard time handling this matter.

Jace remained silent like this, and Li Yuanba and Brother Xiang could only look at him without making a sound, because they were afraid that making noise would disturb each other's thinking.

After a while, Jess raised his head again, looking like he had figured things out.

"I can help you get the role of "The Green Hornet", but the condition is that you let me be your agent."

Li Yuanba was immediately overjoyed when he heard this, but soon he became very depressed.

Because his contract is still in the hands of Jiahe, it is impossible for Jace to be his agent.

"Mr. Jess, I'm really sorry. It's not that I don't agree with you, but you should also know that I still have a contract with Jiahe, and the termination fee is at least tens of millions. I...I don't have that much money to terminate the contract with them."

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Li Yuanba was so sad that he almost cried.

If he had known earlier, he would never have signed such a long contract with Jiahe, but it is too late to say that now.

"The salary for this movie is half a million US dollars, plus your own savings, how much short do you still have?"

Jess seemed intent on helping Li Yuanba out of trouble.

"I have about three million on hand. If I include the salary, the difference may be more than four million."

Four million is not a small sum. It took Li Yuanba several years of filming to save three million. If he had to wait for a few years, he would definitely not be able to bear it.

He doesn't want to stay in Jiahe for a minute now, but the question now is where to find so much money?

"Well, let me lend you the rest of the money. After you finish playing "The Green Hornet", you will be able to gain a foothold in Hollywood, and then you can slowly pay it back to me."

Jess suddenly and generously offered to lend Li Yuanba four million to redeem his life, which made Li Yuanba extremely excited.

"I think you have great potential. I believe you will definitely become a big star in Hollywood in the future."

Li Yuanba had no other thoughts except gratitude. He nodded desperately.

As long as he can leave Jiahe and Xiangjiang to develop in Hollywood, Li Yuanba is willing to take away all his current property.

"Don't reveal this matter yet. The day after tomorrow is the final audition. I will arrange for you to win in the end. You just need to wait."

Jess gave Li Yuanba a reassurance, which made Li Yuanba extremely happy.

That night, Li Yuanba got very drunk and was sent home by Brother Xiang.

And Jace was not much better. Although he was not drunk to the point of unconsciousness, his head was still very dizzy.

As soon as he walked out of the bar, Jess got into a car parked on the roadside.

"Li Yuanba has agreed to the conditions I proposed. He said there is still a gap of about four million, and I have agreed to help him deal with it according to your instructions."

Sitting in the back seat, Jess was breathing heavily as he talked. It looked like he was not enjoying the drink at all.

"I will transfer this money to you tomorrow. Go back and rest early. There are still many things to deal with the day after tomorrow."

Jess nodded, then opened the car door and got out of the car.

After watching Jess leave, Fang Jinsheng, who was sitting in the front seat, told the driver to drive.

Four million is nothing to Lin Daoqiu. If he can spend a small amount of money to cause Jiahe heavy losses, he wouldn't mind doing it.

And Lin Daoqiu had other purposes for doing this this time. After all, besides Jiahe, he couldn't let Dibao go easily.

On the day of the final audition for "The Green Hornet", there were five finalists: Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, and two young people who had never acted before. These two were just make-up.

Saenz seems to be in high spirits today, because after finishing the selection today, he can rush back to the United States tomorrow to start the preparation for the filming of "The Green Hornet".

"I'm very happy that five of you were shortlisted for the final audition. The actor who will play Kato in "The Green Hornet" will be selected today. It can be said that all five of you are actors that I am very optimistic about. Please do your best."

In addition to Saenz and Jess, He Guanchang also came to the scene today to observe.

In He Guanchang's view, the final winner of today's audition will definitely be Jet Li. After all, this was the agreement he had made with Jess before, and there will definitely be no surprises.

In He Guanchang's opinion, this final audition was just a formality.

Different from the previous audition, Saenz had people find costumes today, which were the clothes Kato wore in the movie for them to change into.

After all five people had changed their clothes, Saenz walked around in a circle and looked at their outfits.

Sammo Hung is a bit fat, so he doesn't fit in with the appearance. From this point of view, he can be eliminated.

As for the remaining two young men, they were of average size, but because they were here to make up the numbers, Saenz did not observe them carefully.

That leaves Jet Li and Yuen Biao. They really fit the appearance of Kato's character, at least in terms of appearance.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Sammo Hung is not very consistent with the other two. Overall, Jet Li and Yuen Biao are the winners."

Three people were eliminated at once. Although it was a bit difficult for Sammo Hung to accept, in his opinion, after changing his clothes, he obviously did not fit the image of the original Kato, so it was normal for him to be eliminated.

Moreover, after Jet Li and Yuan Biao changed their clothes, he felt that they were more suitable for this role than him.

As for the remaining two unlucky guys, Saenz only said a few words of encouragement and then were invited out.

"It can be said that the two of you are not much different in appearance and skills, but the only drawback is that neither of you can speak English, which makes it really difficult to choose."

Neither Jet Li nor Yuan Biao have good English skills. Even though Jet Li was recuperating in the United States, he only came into contact with the Chinese community. Even when he went to the doctor, he had to bring a translator with him, so he couldn't learn English at all.

"You guys go take a rest first and let me think about it carefully."

After Saenz finished speaking, he took Jess and left the scene.

It seems that Saenz is really troubled. Both Jet Li and Yuen Biao are very good, but unfortunately neither of them can speak English.

"Actually, one of the people who auditioned spoke English very fluently, and his skills were not much different from theirs."

Jess suddenly said this to Saenz.

After hearing this, Saenz looked at Jace in surprise, because he had never noticed that such a person existed before.

"His name is Li Yuanba, and he is from Jiahe like Jet Li, but Mr. He wanted Jet Li to be selected more, so he was eliminated."

Jess's words made Saenz very angry, and he immediately stood up from his chair.

"I am the person in charge of this audition. I am the only one who decides who will be eliminated. You go find Li Yuanba immediately. I want him to audition..."