Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Director Wang...Director Wang?"

Wang Jing was too obsessed with thinking about the character, and Fang Jinsheng called him twice before bringing Wang Jing back to reality.

"Well...ah, I'm sorry, I just suddenly thought of something, so I got distracted."

Wang Jing was startled. He didn't notice it himself because he was so absorbed in thinking about things that he didn't even hear someone talking to him next to him.

Lin Daoqiu didn't know what Wang Jing was thinking, but he guessed it had something to do with this drama.

"Who are you going to find to play the leading role?"

Lin Daoqiu's question shocked Wang Jing again, because he had just been thinking about this matter.

At this moment, Wang Jing didn't know how to answer. He was worried that if he said that Fu Sheng should be chosen as the leading actor, Lin Daoqiu would be unhappy, and might even reject his suggestion directly.

But Wong Jing felt that Fu Sheng would be the most suitable actor, and he also wanted to find Chen Baixiang, nicknamed A Le, to play the supporting role, but Chen Baixiang is a TVB artist.

Wang Jing was worried that because of ATV's relationship, Lin Daoqiu would not want to use actors from Shaw Brothers and TVB, so this made him very embarrassed.

"I...I...I haven't thought about it yet."

Wang Jing couldn't say the word "Fu Sheng" for a long time. After all, the pressure Lin Daoqiu put on him was too great, and he couldn't bear it with his current moral character.

"Did you not think it through or do you have any concerns?"

Looking at Wang Jing's expression, Lin Daoqiu could probably guess that he had someone he wanted to find, but he was just worried that he would reject him after he said it.

"I just read the plot, and as for the male lead, I think Fu Sheng would be a good choice."

Wang Jing didn't react at first. He just nodded while listening to Lin Daoqiu's speech, thinking that he could only let Lin Daoqiu decide the leading role.

But after Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, Wang Jing's eyes widened immediately. He couldn't believe that Lin Daoqiu would want actors from Shaw Brothers to star in New Oriental movies.

Although the three theater chains have now merged into the Xiangjiang Cinema Line, Wang Jing feels that this is just a formality. Once their core interests are touched, they will remain the same as before.

"What's wrong? Looking at the surprised expression on your face, isn't Fu Sheng suitable?"

Wang Jing quickly shook his head. He just wanted Fu Sheng to act in this drama. He didn't know how to talk to Lin Daoqiu at first, but now this problem no longer exists.

"No, no, Fu Sheng is very suitable. It's perfect for him to be the leading actor in this drama. As soon as Mr. Lin finished speaking, I immediately felt that your decision was very wise."

There was no problem even with Fu Sheng being the main character. Wang Jing felt that if Chen Baixiang was used to play the supporting role, Lin Daoqiu would be even less likely to have objections. He felt so happy when he thought about it.

"Mr. Lin, do you think the role of lotanto can be played by Chen Baixiang? I think he is very suitable."

Although Fu Sheng's matter has been resolved, if Chen Baixiang can be invited to play this role, it will definitely not work without Lin Daoqiu's nod.

In fact, Lin Daoqiu naturally had no objections to this, and he also felt that it was appropriate for Chen Baixiang to play this supporting role.

Although Chen Baixiang often plays characters in movies who look smart and snobbish, but are actually idiots for fun.

But in real life, Chen Baixiang is a very smart person, which can be seen from his nickname A Le.

"Okay, just ask Chen Baixiang."

Now that Fu Sheng and Chen Baixiang's matters have been settled, there shouldn't be any big problems for Wang Jing next.

But I am afraid that what Wang Jing never expected was that the main reason why Lin Daoqiu asked him to film "The Young Master" was because the heroine of this drama was Zhong Chuhong.

At this time, Wang Jing suddenly remembered that the heroine had not been decided yet, and he had really not thought about who to find to play the role of this girl.

"Who are you planning to cast as the heroine?"

As soon as Lin Daoqiu finished asking this question, Wang Jing immediately fell into deep thought, because all his attention had been on the actors before, so how could he have thought about the actresses.

"I really haven't thought much about who I want to find as the heroine."

If Wang Jing was given a day or two, he would definitely be able to come up with several suitable candidates, but now that he is suddenly asked to find a suitable actress, Wang Jing really can't tell her for a while.

"Since you don't have any good candidates, what do you think of A Hong?"

Although Lin Daoqiu seemed to be asking Wang Jing for his opinion, if Wang Jing dared to say no now, he would be extremely stupid.

Wang Jing is not a fool, on the contrary, he is very shrewd, but because his energy was distracted by other things before, he had no time to think about other things.

After Lin Daoqiu asked this question, Wang Jing immediately looked at Lin Daoqiu with a very serious expression.

"I think Miss Zhong is very suitable to play this heroine."

Lin Daoqiu actually doesn't care how much of Wang Jing's words are true. Anyway, Zhong Chuhong was originally going to play the heroine in this drama. He just moved the matter forward two years.

"If that's the case, then you should start preparing for this drama. The production cost of one million should be fine, right?"

This drama is a simple urban comedy. There are no big scenes and nothing that requires money. The budget of 800,000 is definitely enough.

Wang Jing calculated in his mind that after excluding the salary, he could still have at least 500,000 yuan in production expenses.

After Xie Xian became a hit with "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Tyrants", his salary also increased from 100,000 to 200,000. Fu Sheng has always been the head of Shaw Brothers, so if you want to hire him, you will have to pay at least 200,000.

On Zhong Chuhong's side, Wang Jing plans to give her a salary of 50,000 yuan. After all, she is just a newcomer. I believe Lin Daoqiu won't have too many opinions on this.

"No problem Mr. Lin, one million is enough."

The production fee of one million must be at least more than three million in box office to make back the money. If it was before "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants" was released, maybe Wang Jing would still be a little worried, but now the situation is completely different.

In Wang Jing's opinion, this drama is just a double insurance for Fu Sheng and Xie Xian, and the box office will definitely exceed 3 million, so he is not worried about losing money on this drama at all.

Not to mention that Lin Daoqiu is also optimistic about the script, which adds to Wang Jing's confidence.

You must know that so far, Wang Jing has never heard of Lin Daoqiu's passing. Since he can pick "The Young Master" out of five scripts, it proves that this drama must have its own uniqueness.

Otherwise, Lin Daoqiu would not be impressed.