Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The frowning Tsui Hark returned home and sat in the living room. Shi Nansheng knew as soon as he saw Tsui Hark's face that he must have encountered something very difficult.

"What happened?"

Shi Nansheng walked to Tsui Hark's side and sat down and asked softly.

Tsui Hark weakly shook his head. No one could change what Lin Daoqiu had decided, unless he stopped filming the film.

But he had been preparing for "A Chinese Ghost Story" for a while, and he liked the story very much, and Tsui Hark would not be able to part with it if it was not made.

After thinking for a while, Tsui Hark decided to tell Shi Nansheng the matter.

"Mr. Lin learned that I was preparing to film "A Chinese Ghost Story", and he appointed Wang Zuxian to play Nie Xiaoqian. Alas..."

Speaking of this, Tsui Hark couldn't help but sigh, because Tsui Hark never considered Wang Zuxian for the role of Nie Xiaoqian from beginning to end. He wanted to hire another actor.

"Mr. Lin appointed Miss Wang to play Nie Xiaoqian? This is quite surprising."

Shi Nansheng was also surprised by this. In the past, Lin Daoqiu basically didn't care who other people hired when filming, except for the movies he wrote himself.

Although Shi Nansheng also knew that Joey Wong was an actor highly praised by Lin Daoqiu, Lin Daoqiu's uncharacteristic behavior was still hard to understand.

"Although Ms. Wang is an actress with great potential, her appearance and personality are completely different from Nie Xiaoqian in "A Chinese Ghost Story". It is really difficult for me to agree with her playing this role."

Tsui Hark is also very troubled. No one can change what Lin Daoqiu decided. All he can do now is complain to Shi Nansheng. Otherwise, what can he do?

Shi Nansheng knew that Tsui Hark did not have any prejudice against Wang Zuxian. He only made his judgment from the perspective of the movie and personal experience.

That's not to say that Tsui Hark is completely wrong, but judging from Wang Zuxian's image, objectively speaking, it is indeed similar to what Tsui Hark said.

"Except for the scripts he wrote himself, Mr. Lin rarely interfered in the casting of other movies before. This time he suddenly changed his mind. I'm afraid there are other reasons?"

These are Shi Nansheng's own speculations, and she doesn't know whether Lin Daoqiu's sudden behavior was just to make Wang Zuxian famous, or if he had other ideas.

If you just want Joey Wong to act in more dramas, then there's not much to say.

But if Lin Daoqiu used this to express some of his obscure opinions, then that might be something truly worthy of concern.

"Other reasons?"

Tsui Hark turned to look at Shi Nansheng. He had not thought about other aspects before. After hearing what the other party said, Tsui Hark started to think about it.

"To be honest, I don't understand why Mr. Lin would do this. But thinking about it from another perspective, a movie that allows Mr. Lin to intervene will never be a bad script, and it may even be a big success."

"What do you mean? Mr. Lin thinks "A Chinese Ghost Story" will be a big success? That's why he appointed Miss Wang to play Nie Xiaoqian? It's impossible, Mr. Lin hasn't even read the script, it's impossible, impossible..."

Tsui Hark looked at Shi Nansheng in surprise. If this was the case, then Lin Daoqiu's uncharacteristic behavior this time would make sense.

But Lin Daoqiu has never even read the script. According to him, he only learned that he was planning to make this movie recently after listening to Fang Jinsheng's explanation.

Could it be that Lin Daoqiu is so powerful that he doesn’t need to read the script and can just tell whether the movie will be a hit just by hearing the name? This is simply nonsense.

"How do you know Mr. Lin hasn't read the script?"

Shi Nansheng's rhetorical question directly stopped Tsui Hark.

If Lin Daoqiu really wants to read the script, even if he doesn't go through it himself, he still has many ways to get it, such as finding screenwriter Ruan Jizhi, which does not need to go through Tsui Hark.

"I think instead of continuing to worry now, you should try to convince Mr. Rong first. Wasn't Mr. Rong still hesitant before? Just tell him that Mr. Lin has appointed Wang Zuxian to play Nie Xiaoqian. This time he should agree.

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Tsui Hark felt that what Shi Nansheng said made sense. Since the matter had reached this point, there was no point in worrying about it. It was better to find a way to deal with Leslie Cheung first. As for Wang Zuxian, I would think of ways to teach her acting by then.

…………

After receiving Tsui Hark's invitation, Leslie Cheung knew that the other party would definitely want to talk to him about "A Chinese Ghost Story" again.

In fact, after reading the script, he felt that although the character Ning Caichen looked weak, he was kind-hearted, not afraid of power, and had a sense of justice. Such a character was somewhat attractive to Leslie Cheung.

It's just that he still can't make up his mind to take on the role of Ning Caichen, but even so he still accepted Tsui Hark's invitation.

Tsui Hark arrived at the cafe of the Peninsula Hotel five minutes early, and Shi Nansheng also accompanied him.

It seems that Tsui Hark will not give up until he convinces Leslie Cheung today.

As soon as the time reached three o'clock, Leslie Cheung appeared at the door of the coffee shop. After scanning around to find Tsui Hark, he immediately walked over quickly.

"Director Xu, please be kind and spare me. If this continues, I'm worried that you will drive me crazy sooner or later."

Leslie Cheung walked up to Tsui Hark with a smile and couldn't help but beg for mercy as soon as he saw him.

"Young Master Rong, if you agree to take this role earlier, I won't bother you all the time. There's nothing we can do about it."

Tsui Hark knew that Leslie Cheung was joking with him, so he quickly asked him to sit down.

"Actually, Lao Xu insists on inviting Mr. Rong to act in this drama precisely because he hopes to make up for the regrets in his heart. He feels that Mr. Rong is one of the best actors in Hong Kong. If he can't cooperate with you, he will really

I will regret it very much.”

Shi Nansheng next to him also helped.

Leslie Cheung didn't know whether what Shi Nansheng said was true, but judging from Tsui Hark's repeated invitations to him, it seemed that the other party was not perfunctory.

"Okay Nansun, don't put your hat on me. You guys are attacking me from the front and back like this. It makes me really do it."

Leslie Cheung looks very troubled. From this, it can be seen that he does not dislike the role of Ning Caichen, but is just a little confused.

Because "A Chinese Ghost Story" is a period film, Leslie Cheung was unwilling to wear weird clothes and act in some weird stories, so this was one of the reasons why he did not take "A Chinese Ghost Story" right away.

"Young Master Rong, just yesterday the heroine of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was decided."

"Oh, who is it?"

Leslie Cheung asked curiously.

"It's Wang Zuxian."

"Miss Wang?"

Leslie Cheung was a little surprised by this. He didn't expect Tsui Hark to find the heroine so quickly, and he also found Wang Zuxian to play Nie Xiaoqian.

Leslie Cheung originally thought that if he took over the male lead in this drama, he planned to recommend Akina Nakamori to play the female lead.

But now that the heroine has been decided, the candidate he wanted to recommend naturally ended up in vain.