Chapter 503 Villain Killer [Thanks to Militia III for the reward! ]

The banquet arrived as scheduled and the scene was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Many astute people realized the importance of this gathering.

Soon after the banquet started, many people from the circle came to toast Du Sheng.

There is almost no need to think too much about whether to make friends with Du Sheng, a mainlander.

After all, the opportunity that many people dream of is right in front of them, and no one will let it go easily.

There is no need to consider whether Du Sheng’s future movies will become popular.

With the support of Lin Jianyue, a big name in production, and many top Hong Kong directors, the quality of any film will be good.

Not to mention, the other party is a boss in the industry.

Therefore, many artists saw this opportunity and stepped forward to get familiar with it.

Considering the convenience of future filming, Du Sheng naturally won't put on airs.

Seeing Du Sheng chatting and laughing with everyone, Mai Shaohui couldn't help but whisper to Liu Weiqiang:

"Du Sheng is not an ordinary person. He seems to be very good at handling interpersonal relationships. I am afraid that more and more people in the Hong Kong circle will seek him for cooperation in the future."

Liu Weiqiang was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then he sighed:

"The decline of Hong Kong films is inevitable. It's good to have another way out so that some people won't be unable to see the situation clearly."

As he spoke, he stood up and invited Du Sheng to come over for a chat:

"Ah Sheng, let's go have a drink."

Du Sheng agreed, smiled and patted the shoulder of Tong Dawei who was talking to him, then stood up and followed Liu Weiqiang to the smoking room and asked:

"Why, are you afraid that I'll drink too much?"

"I'm afraid you won't enjoy drinking enough and will drag me to drink until dawn."

As Liu Wei Qiang spoke, he took Mai Shaohui to the empty table.

"Ah Sheng, how is the preparation for your company's play going?"

"The directing aspect is still a little bit lacking, but the general framework has been put together."

Du Sheng's heart moved, and he said:

"Is Mr. Liu interested in helping out?"

Previously, he had planned to concurrently serve as the director himself, and let Li Dachao play a supporting role.

But now there are too many things to do and I can’t handle them all.

In addition, I don’t have enough directing experience, so I’m too lazy to bother with it and just recruit another one.

The director of "Flying Swordsman Little White Dragon" recommended by Zhang Baizhi before was none other than Yip Wai-sin, who directed "SPL", "Flash Point" and the "Ip Man" series in his previous life.

But he still has to lead his team to promote the drama and can't get away for the time being.

"Hey! Are you treating me like cheap labor?"

Liu Weiqiang laughed and joked:

"I'm worth a lot of money, can you afford it?"

He also has his own film company, which means he probably wants to invest.

Du Sheng smiled slightly:
"The price is negotiable, but you still have two dramas to deal with post-production, Sir Liu, I don't know if you can spare the time."

Having filmed many action and police films, and recently won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards for "Infernal Affairs 3", Liu Weiqiang's ability is naturally unquestionable.

"If I wasn't really busy, I would have taken it."

Liu Weiqiang spread his hands and sighed:
"After all, investing in a play starring you is pure profit."

"Please hire me. I charge a low fee."

Mai Shaohui interjected with a smile.

"Old Mac, you still have a movie called 'The Wolf Thief' in your hands, so don't join in the fun!"

Without waiting for Du Sheng to speak, Liu Weiqiang shook his head and rejected it:

"Besides, you are good at literary drama and coordination. I am afraid that you will turn an action movie into an art film."

Mai Shaohui shrugged and said with a smile:
"Infernal Affairs 1 was quite popular, maybe the audience just likes this kind of movie."

Liu Weiqiang shook his head and said to Du Sheng:
"The Ye Weixin you mentioned earlier is fine. I'll call him later to ask about his situation."

In the Hong Kong circle, most of the directors know each other.

Liu Weiqiang has a wide network of contacts, so it would definitely be much more effective for him to come forward than Du Sheng.

This can also be considered as offering flowers to Buddha.

After all, there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future, so it is necessary to maintain good relationships.

As for Ye Weixin's publicity and promotion, it can be completely handed over to the assistant director.

"Then I'll trouble you, Sir Liu."

Du Sheng didn't bother to be polite with him and said with a smile:
"If he agrees, we can start filming in Hong Kong and save the trouble of running back and forth."

"So busy?"

Liu Weiqiang was a little surprised.

“It’s really busy.”

Du Sheng explained:
“Two shows are coming out soon and there are two film festivals to run.

If the UFC confirms it, I will go there again in half a month."

“It’s always good to have a job!”

Mai Shaohui sighed:

"Now many Hong Kong actors have no movies to shoot, and there are only a few film crews operating in Hong Kong.

I am the only one who can sustain some low-budget projects, otherwise they will all be out of work.”

"Keep a low profile and develop in the mainland."

Liu Weiqiang was somewhat emotional and said:
"The mainland market has huge potential. Since 02, the box office has exceeded million.

Last year it reached one billion, and this year it will only be more.

The mainland has a large population. Even if each person only watches one movie a year, it can bring huge profits. This is the largest market in the world. The sooner you enter, the sooner you can benefit."

Mai Shaohui shrugged and said:

"It depends on the situation. If "Thief Wolf" loses money next year, we can only make preparations early."

Buzz!

After chatting for a while, Du Sheng's phone vibrated.

It was a message from Zhang Baizhi.

She has finished the promotion and is on her way back.

In addition, Ye Weixin also verbally agreed to have a talk.

While chatting, Yu Wenle, action director Lin Dian and others also arrived at the scene.

They had been defeated by Du Sheng many times at the Neon drinking party before, so tonight they couldn't wait to drag Du Sheng to the table, intending to get back at him.

Lin Dian asked his men to bring boxes of liquor, including Moutai and Wuliangye, and filled the table.

Du Sheng accepted everyone who came and took the dice cup with a smile.

After a few rounds of big talk dice, Yu Wenle and Lin Dian were drunk.

He himself only had two sips.

Seeing the leader of the martial arts world defeated, Wu Yanzu was eager to join the battlefield.

Although he could hold his liquor well, he was not very good at playing dice, not to mention that Du Sheng also knew how to use his inner strength to "change the cards".

After two rounds, he was quickly defeated.

Du Sheng sat at the table, looking at his drunken friends, and said with a smile:

"Can you guys do it? There are so many of you and you can't beat any of me?"

Yu Wenle choked and slammed the table in dissatisfaction:
"I just don't believe in evil! Greyhound, Old Eight, come here!"

He directly called his driver and best friend over.

At this time, a square-faced young man walked out of the crowd, came straight to Du Sheng, and said loudly:

"Brother Sheng, let me help you!"

Du Sheng looked back at him, feeling happy, but pretending not to know him, he asked:
"you are?"

"My name is Wu Jing!"

The square-faced young man smiled and said:
“I am also an actor from the mainland.”

He has starred in films and TV series such as "Kung Fu Kid in Love", "Tai Chi Master" and "The Flying Dagger of Xiao Li".

Later he came to Hong Kong to develop his career, but he was never able to make a name for himself and was not as popular as Du Sheng.

Yu Wenle saw him coming and said with a smile:

"Ah-Jiang, do you want to help your fellow villager?"

"That's right!"

Wu Jing half-jokingly said:

"It's not fair for so many of you to team up to deal with Brother Sheng alone. It's more like two of us dealing with a group of you."

Du Sheng smiled and nodded, indicating:

"Sit here."

Wu Jing pulled out a chair and sat down.

He didn't hesitate and picked up a bottle of wine and filled it up for himself.

With his joining, the atmosphere on the scene became interesting.

Du Sheng and Wu Jing are both action actors from mainland China, and Du Sheng recently won two awards at the Academy Awards.

These awards were previously given to Hong Kong artists, but this time they were won by a mainlander.

Although Du Sheng's strength is recognized by everyone, to be honest, everyone still feels a little unwilling.

Du Sheng is the king of fighting. I am naturally no match for him in a fight, but I can at least not lose to him in drinking, right?
So Yu Wenle and the others cheered themselves up again and sat back in their seats.

They knew they couldn't beat the other team in the dice fight, so they simply proposed a bayonet fight.

Du Sheng and Wu Jing were not afraid and started a 2 VS 6 situation.

The competition here quickly attracted the attention of other guests at the party, and they all came over to watch.

Ren Dahua saw the rows of empty wine bottles piled up next to Du Sheng's table and asked curiously:

"Can you finish all this wine?"

Lin Dian, a younger brother standing by, explained excitedly:

"These are all empty bottles!"

"what?"

Ren Dahua counted and found that there were already more than a dozen empty bottles there.

Assuming each bottle is 500 ml, this table of people has already drunk more than kilograms!
However, Du Sheng remained calm and still took the wine out of the box with a smile.

Yu Wenle and Lin Dian had already been lying on the table.

Greyhound and Lao Ba also had painful expressions on their faces.

They drank two whole bottles of white wine together and reached their limit.

But Du Sheng's alcohol tolerance is like a bottomless pit, and he can handle any amount of alcohol with ease.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Du Sheng drank another bottle without changing his expression. Wu Jing also finished two bottles in a short period of time.

But as the alcohol took effect, his face and ears were red and he seemed to be unable to hold on any longer.

"puff!"

Greyhound drank half of his glass of wine and couldn't help but spit it out. He quickly waved his hand in surrender:

"No, ugh!"

His spitting seemed to trigger a chain reaction, and Lao Ba also vomited out.

Yu Wenle's face turned red and his neck became thick, but he finally couldn't hold it in.

He stood up suddenly and said reluctantly:
"We admit defeat!"

After saying that, he walked quickly towards the bathroom.

But after taking a few steps, he couldn't help but spray it out.

"vomit!"

Wu Jing finally couldn't hold on any longer.

Du Sheng had already quietly left the table when someone started drinking.

Looking at the Kung Fu stars who turned into fountains one by one, Du Sheng pinched his nose and signaled to the waiter:
"Please make some hot tea."

Ren Dahua came over and asked in surprise:
"A Sheng, are you okay?"

"It's okay, nothing happened."

Du Sheng smiled:
"I'm going to the bathroom."

He only drank one or more bottles later. Except for the two bottles from Wu Jing, the other empty bottles were all contributed by Yu Wenle and the other six people.

As he spoke, he walked towards the upstairs bathroom.

Looking at his steady steps, Ren Dahua was shocked.

Those who practice real kung fu are really awesome!

"vomit!"

Wu Yanzu and the others were still vomiting.

Seeing this, Lin Dian couldn't help but sigh:

"Fortunately, no reporters came in, otherwise they would have seen this scene and it would have been a hot topic."

Du Sheng washed his face in the bathroom, used his inner strength to evaporate the alcohol, and then returned the same way feeling refreshed.

After he left, a half-drunk guest walked into the bathroom. As soon as he opened the door, he was dizzy by the strong smell of alcohol and almost fell to the ground.

Wu Jing regained some of his spirit, sat next to Du Sheng, looked around, and asked:
"what's the topic?"

He just blocked a few glasses of wine for Du Sheng, and Du Sheng had a good impression of him.

But from Wu Jing's unruly attitude, Du Sheng knew that he was a proud and straightforward person, and could easily offend others.

Du Sheng glanced at him and said something pointedly:
"Nothing, just talking about the new movie. Brother Hua and I are expected to work together again."

Just now, after Ren Dahua learned about Du Sheng's new play, he took the initiative to come and chat with her.

In his previous life, he played the terminally ill policeman Chen Guozhong in "SPL", which was quite good.

Du Sheng doesn't want to replace this role unless necessary.

"is it?"

Wu Jing's eyes lit up and he said quickly:
"Brother Sheng, if there is a new movie, remember to take me with you!
I am a national martial arts champion, and I can handle all kinds of fighting scenes."

Seeing that he took the initiative to recommend himself, Liu Wei Qiang glanced at Ren Dahua, and they both smiled in silence.

But this situation is very common, so they didn't laugh at it.

Wu Jing knew that this was an "Initial D" gathering, and he also realized that he was a little anxious.

But who cares about these at this moment.

He has filmed martial arts dramas in mainland China for many years, but what he really wants is to shoot kung fu movies like his senior brothers Jet Li and Zhao Wenzhuo.

Three years ago, he was invited to participate in Xu Ke's "The Legend of Zu" and played the fourth male role.

It was originally thought that this movie could be a springboard for him to enter the Hong Kong film industry and embark on the path to becoming a kung fu star.

Unexpectedly, the film had a dismal box office and extremely bad reputation, which completely ruined his dream of making movies.

In desperation, he had to return to the mainland to continue filming martial arts TV series.

But after experiencing the baptism of big-budget movies, it has become difficult for him to adapt to TV dramas that lack innovation.

A year and a half ago, he decided to go south again and return to Hong Kong for development.

However, from then until now, he has not found even a small role.

I'm really starting to doubt myself.

Wu Jing doesn't think he is bad.

In terms of martial arts, he is the national elite champion in gunmanship and sparring.

In terms of appearance, he is also a standard young actor, so it shouldn't be the case that he can't even get a supporting role.

He was very angry inside!
So I took the initiative to come tonight, on the one hand, because I knew Du Sheng would be there,
On the other hand, he was dissatisfied with these Hong Kong artist predecessors.

What's wrong with me that they won't even give me a small role?
The Hong Kong entertainment industry is in decline and there are no more movies to shoot, right?
OK, then look for it yourself!

Anyway, he is trying to please his own people in the mainland, so it’s not shameful!
Du Sheng smiled and said:

"There's a villain killer role in my new play, are you interested in playing it?"

Aji, the ace killer under Wang Bao in his previous life, is the actor in front of you.

Although the character settings are relatively simple and the lines are few, the fighting scenes are very outstanding.

Now that we have met by chance, there is no need to look for anyone else.

Hearing this, Wu Jing suddenly became excited.

He has been depressed for more than a year. As long as there is a role to play, he is very happy no matter how big or small the role is.

Wu Jing stood up excitedly and thanked:
"Thank you, Brother Sheng! I will definitely perform well!"

Du Sheng nodded and said:
"Then I'll give you the script later. You prepare it and I'll let you know when the filming starts."

"it is good!"

Wu Jing rubbed his hands with excitement, feeling that he had made the right decision this time.

It turns out that family members don’t cheat their own family members!

Du Sheng turned to Liu Weiqiang and asked:

"Liu Sir, what did Ye Sir say?"

"He agreed."

Liu Weiqiang explained:

"He and Bai Zhi will be here in a while, and you can discuss the details."

Du Sheng smiled slightly and nodded:
"Then let's wait for Ye Sir to come and meet him before leaving."

He has a lot of other things to do, so it would be better if it could be agreed upon as soon as possible.

"Old Ye is willing to come, most likely. After all, you can bring in the box office."

Liu Weiqiang patted Du Sheng on the shoulder and said with a smile:
"It just so happens that he can help you prepare the crew and contact the actors. Once you finish the trivial matters, you can start shooting directly."

"That's my plan, too."

Du Sheng chatted for a while and asked casually:
"Mr. Liu, who do you think would be a good fit for the role of Wang Bao?"

In fact, he had some ideas in mind, but it was a bit inappropriate to invite directly.

Liu Weiqiang read the script and knew that the role of Wang Bao was very important.

If the actors are not suitable, it is likely to weaken the effect of the entire story.

He thought for a moment and said:
"The role of Wang Bao is difficult to play. He not only needs to be arrogant enough, but also has to have enough fighting skills to dominate the scene. There are not many actors like him."

Ren Dahua, who was drinking tea nearby, suddenly interrupted:
"It sounds interesting. How about I try out this role?"

"..."

Everyone was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

You played Du Sheng’s father in “Initial D”, and now you are going to play his mortal enemy?

And the Chen Guozhong who was mentioned before is not bad either.

Ren Dahua spread his hands:

"I'm pretty good at playing villains, right?"

He has played villains in films such as "The Great Thief", "The King of Macau", and "Doctor Lamb", and he believes he is very good at the role.

Since the second male lead hasn't been decided yet, of course he will try to get the role.

"Stop it."

Liu Weiqiang shook his head with a smile:
"This role requires a lot of fighting scenes, and you don't have much talent for that."

Wu Jing listened from the side and suddenly said:
"In my opinion, Brother Yu Rongguang or Teacher Ji Chunhua are both very suitable."

His martial arts teacher was Wu Bin, and Yu Rongguang also studied under him, so the two knew each other.

As for Ji Chunhua, they also collaborated on "Shaolin Martial King" a few years ago and they keep in touch occasionally.

Both of them are mainland actors, and Wu Jing has his own considerations when mentioning them.

Since this movie was invested and filmed by Du Sheng, why not give mainland actors more opportunities?
Liu Weiqiang is an old hand, and nodded after hearing this:
"Yu Rongguang is more reliable, Ji Chunhua is also good, he also has a deep foundation in martial arts."

After thinking for a while, Du Sheng felt that Yu Rongguang might be a more suitable candidate.

Because Ji Chunhua usually appears in costume films and rarely appears in modern dramas.

In contrast, Yu Rongguang's portrayal of a modern gangster in "A Letter to Dad" is vivid and lifelike.

He even surpassed Jet Li in momentum.

Especially the classic line "Only a few hundred dollars a month, what are you doing? ", which still impresses Du Sheng.

At this time, Lin Dian, who came nearby, suddenly spoke:
"If we go by the character's personality, I think there is someone who is more suitable."

Hearing this, many people looked over.

Lin Dian chuckled:
"Hearing what you said, don't you think this role is very suitable for Bao Ge?"

"Hong Yubao?"

Liu Weiqiang was stunned for a moment, as if thinking about something.

"Yup!"

Lin Dian smiled and said:
"Don't you think that Hong Yubao looks more and more fierce as he gets older? He looks even more like a big boss than a big boss!"

He had worked with the Hong Clan in the beginning, and since they were all martial artists, it was certain that they had had a lot of contact.

"Ha ha!"

When everyone heard this, they thought of Hong Yubao's appearance and laughed.

If you think about it carefully, it is true!

When he was young, Hong Yubao had a chubby figure and often played some honest and cute roles.

But as he grew older, his face became more solemn, and he looked intimidating without even being angry, giving people a chilling feeling.

It’s just because of his status in the underworld that few people dare to speak out about this.

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(End of this chapter)