"Master, can you help me look at this photo again?"

Some time ago, when Peter Lam visited the White Dragon King, he found the photo of Zhang Yuan, who was temporarily assigned to the crew, from the stack of actor photos he brought with him.

The photo is a very common front-facing photo of an actor's audition, and the birth date is written on the back of the photo.

The entertainment and business circles in Hong Kong and Taiwan are particularly superstitious and love to do weird and supernatural things.

Raising little ghosts, Kumantong, Buddha amulets made from ashes, lipstick made from corpse oil... people will do anything to become famous.

This is nothing surprising, just like robbers killing for money and gangsters murdering for power, it is nothing more than humans becoming slaves to their own desires.

There's nothing new under the sun, that's all.

In fact, there are also people in mainland China who practice feudal superstition, but it is relatively covert and better packaged. After all, it does not comply with the policy.

Moreover, many of the masters of metaphysics on the mainland are the remnants of the "qigong fever" back then.

This group of people have connections everywhere. They tell fortunes openly, but secretly they become a cover for some people's transactions.

For example, the famous Master Wang has a close relationship with the Huayi system.

Later, he got in touch with Jack Ma through Hua Yi, and also had close relations with Zhao Yanzi and others.

These people are rampant in the financial market, wielding their sickles recklessly, and they rely on more than just their personal abilities.

Here, White Dragon King took Zhang Yuan's photo, turned it over, looked at his birth date, and then... was stunned.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Seeing that White Dragon King looked strange, Peter Lam asked nervously.

Although for Zhang Weijian's sake, this mainlander can be given a role as compensation.

But if it will have an impact on his career and the film, Boss Lin will become cautious and even change the chips. It is not impossible to give Zhang Yuan other compensation.

Regardless of whether the White Dragon King is truly a demigod or a charlatan, the worst thing a person in this line of work should do is to show a puzzled look.

You should always remain calm and composed, acting like an expert who is not easily shocked by unexpected events, so that you can gain recognition from others more easily.

After all, the most important thing in this industry is to gain recognition from others, and believe in it.

"There's something wrong with this person!" White Dragon King combined the birth date and facial features, observing back and forth, and almost turned the photo into pieces.

"According to your horoscope, you have average luck and are just an ordinary person. You are the least noticeable person in this photo of you."

"But the strange thing is that about three years ago, this person's fortune suddenly changed."

"Then what?" Peter Lam asked anxiously.

"And then... I couldn't see it anymore." White Dragon King couldn't figure it out.

"What do you mean you can't see?"

"It's just hard to see through, like flowers in the fog, mysterious and unpredictable."

"Has it been before?"

“It’s my first time.”

"There is such a thing?" Boss Lin said in disbelief.

"Well, either he did something to change his fate, or he found someone to help him change his fate."

"Hard to say."

Then, Bai Longbai returned the photo to Peter Lam and said nothing more.

Peter Lam thought about it for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more he found Zhang Yuan amazing.

It doesn’t matter if the master can’t see through it.

But he is the only one that the master cannot see through, which is awesome.

That's scorpion poop, it's unique!

Well, the White Dragon King is an expert in metaphysics, not architecture, so he obviously doesn’t understand the value of a dump truck.

In the whole of Hong Kong and Formosa, the only two people who know the power of dump trucks are probably Eason Chan and Wu Bai...

Peter Lam also told Liu Weiqiang that the White Dragon King “could not see through” this.

This is why his eyes looked so strange when he saw Zhang Yuan.

"Even a half-immortal can't see through it, so I'd better not offend him."

He thought about it and said to Zhang Yuan in front of him.

"Well, Mr. Zhang Yuan, our character is an underground racer, a bit cool and handsome, similar to the Young and Dangerous, do you understand?"

Young and Dangerous... Zhang Yuan chuckled. This guy really didn't forget his old profession. He made a lot of money by filming the Young and Dangerous series.

"understood."

Zhang Yuan raised his hand and patted his cheeks, taking a deep breath and adjusting his physical condition.

He is wearing Adidas and Nike, both of which are sponsors of the film.

It is said that early development has its advantages. Hong Kong films can easily attract sponsorship from such international brands.

call……

After a few seconds, he began to get into character, changing his usual state.

"Ouch!" Liu Wei Qiang immediately noticed the difference.

Now he has completely gotten out of the state where he was full of energy, focused and ready to fight at any time.

It's so loose that it's almost sagging.

But when it was about to collapse, it held on a little, grasping the feeling of whether it was about to collapse or not.

The shoulders droop, the neck slightly tilted forward, the waist slightly bent, the legs softened, and the knees were no longer straight but slightly yawned.

The standing posture of the feet also changed from straight forward at the beginning to slightly turned outward.

Even his wrists were hanging down beside his trouser legs.

The corners of his eyes and mouth all relaxed, and a cynical look appeared in his eyes.

Liu Wei Qiang cheered in his heart.

In less than half a minute, a sunny young man turned into a street urchin with a scoundrel attitude...

Director Liu originally valued Shawn Yue because he had a natural hipster vibe, which was quite special and many people, especially women, were attracted to him.

Now I see that Zhang Yuan can easily imitate 80% to 90% of the other person's temperament.

In addition, apart from his temperament, Shawn Yue’s appearance is not that of a top-notch handsome guy, at most he is a second-tier guy.

And he has absorbed so many good looks, all from the most beautiful people in mainland entertainment industry. Naturally, his facial features and frame are much better than Shawn Yue's.

Only the peak Shirotake and Yanzu can be compared to him.

"I've passed the hurdle of appearance and temperament..." Liu Wei Qiang had never thought that this matter could be resolved so easily.

"It seems that he has a great talent for acting. He was able to easily grasp the essence of the character based on just a few of my descriptions."

Liu Weiqiang nodded slightly. As long as you have talent, that's good enough.

However, I am afraid that someone has talent but is disobedient.

After all, many handsome and talented people have strong personalities.

It was the same with Edison Chen and Wen Le. It gave him a headache when they first started filming.

"But they're both pretty strong, with a bit of the ruthlessness of us old Hong Kong people... huh?"

Liu Wei was thinking while looking at Zhang Yuan. As a photographer, he had already begun to imagine the shooting angle.

Thinking about how to maximize Zhang Yuan's physical advantages.

But he suddenly discovered that the earlobe of Zhang Yuan's left ear seemed a little red.

"Your ears?"

Zhang Yuan was stunned, then raised his hand to touch his earlobe, took a look at it in front of him, then smiled and put his finger in his mouth and sucked it.

"What is this?" Liu Weiqiang looked at him puzzled.

"It's bleeding a little."

"what happened?"

"Oh, when I was putting on makeup just now, the makeup artist told me that this character needs to wear earrings."

“But I don’t have pierced ears.”

"So I asked him to poke one for me with a needle on the spot, and then I put it on." Zhang Yuan pointed nonchalantly at the platinum patterned earring on his left earlobe.

Liu Weiqiang: …

What the hell!

Are you mainlanders so cruel?
Director Liu felt a little frightened.

How can you say such a thing so calmly?
Doesn't it hurt?
Liu Wei Qiang recalled carefully and realized that at least fifteen minutes had passed since Zhang Yuan finished putting on makeup and came in front of him.

But whether in conversation or performance, he did not see the other party reveal a trace of pain.

When making sacrifices for the character's image, he didn't even shake his head. What professionalism...

Liu Weiqiang thought of Edison Chen and Man Lok’s performance in “Infernal Affairs”.

Although these two people can handle repeated NGs, hardships, and injuries, they always complain.

But the man in front of him didn't take it seriously at all. The two of them were not on the same level as him in terms of mentality!

"He has talent and is ruthless..." Liu Weiqiang also began to pay more attention to this person who was "forced into the crew with connections".

"Please sit down and let's talk about the script and the work." Liu Wei Qiang swallowed and forced himself to shift his attention away from his left ear.

"Do you have any previous knowledge of Initial D and racing?"

"Comics, animations, I've read them all." Zhang Yuan answered directly.

"all?"

The comics haven't been updated yet, and the animation has only been produced to the fourth season. Both the comics and the animation will not be completely completed until 13 or 14.

There was even a sequel comic called "MFGhost" released later.

In this sequel, the ending of the male protagonist Fujiwara Takumi is explained.

Like Zhang Chi in "Speeding Life", Takumi fell off a cliff and was seriously injured due to a racing accident.

In the sequel, he becomes the instructor of the new protagonists.

However, the author also gave the old protagonist some compensation.

After breaking up with green tea bitch Natsuki Mogi, Takumi met golf rising star Mika Uehara.

The girl is beautiful, loyal, comes from an excellent family, and has a cheerful personality. She eventually marries Takumi and lives a happy life.

"Yes, I read all the relevant works and looked up information."

Zhang Yuan knew that in order to make future cooperation smoother, he had to leave a good impression at the first meeting.

"I checked the detailed information about all the cars used by the main and supporting characters."

“And all the character prototypes.”

"For example, the prototype of Fujiwara Takumi is the drift king of the island country, Tsuchiya Keiichi."

He participated in the 98 Hours of Le Mans in 99 and 24 on behalf of the Toyota team. Le Mans is one of the top three racing events along with F1 and WRC.

Keiichi Tsuchiya took second place in the overall standings at Le Mans, which is quite impressive.

"The prototype of Takumi's friend Shu is a staff member of the Japanese car program "BestMotoring"."

"The host of Best Motoring, Akihiko Nakatani, is a professional consultant for the Initial D manga and the prototype of Nakatani, the boss of the strongest racing team Tojukudo in the manga."

"The prototype of Takahashi Ryosuke is the famous racer in the island country, Takahashi Kunimitsu, the idol and friend of Keiichi Tsuchiya, and the founder of drift running."

Zhang Yuan told everyone what he knew and the information he had found.

After listening to this, Liu Weiqiang wanted to take out a notebook to write it down.

"How come he knows more than me?"

Liu Weiqiang cleared his throat and looked at Zhang Yuan.

Now, this is called professionalism.

The preparations were done to this extent before filming began.

Liu Weiqiang thought that this was quite rare among professional actors.

In particular, he also knew that Zhang Yuan was very popular recently and was actually quite busy.

Director Liu felt a little bit of admiration for the fact that he could still find time to do such serious research.

"Talent, ruthlessness, professional attitude... he seems to have all of them."

Liu Wei Qiang thought that although the White Dragon King couldn't see through it, he seemed to see through it a little.

"Zhou Jielun of Formosa was also extremely busy and didn't even have time to meet me in person."

“But I still finished reading the comics ahead of time.”

"I heard Jay Chou is the most popular singer in Taiwan."

"And Zhang Yuan is the most popular young actor in mainland China at this time."

“It seems that the success of these two people can be traced.”

"There is something in common between them!"

Zhang Yuansheng talked to him for more than an hour, making full use of the old imperial capital chat skills he learned from living in the imperial capital for a long time, and almost made Liu Weiqiang dizzy with his talk.

"Okay, okay, I get it." Director Liu raised his hand to indicate, "You already have a good understanding of the work and related knowledge."

"I think you'd be perfect for this role."

Liu Weiqiang thought about it and seemed to be unable to find any fault.

The only problem is that he is not from Hong Kong...

So xenophobic!
You were xenophobic before the return, and you are still xenophobic after the return. This is just a waste of time!

Director Liu asked his assistant to bring the film contract, and Zhang Yuan took it and looked at it carefully.

"Time, place, people..."

His estimated shooting period is three weeks.

After all, his role was not too big, and the filming of the entire drama took less than three months, so his proportion was not low.

As for the shooting location, just as Brother Hua said, we will go to the island country to shoot on location.

The location is the prototype of Mount Akina in the story, located in Gunma Prefecture in the northern region of the island country of Kanto, part of the famous double-connected volcanoes called Mount Haruna.

This place is most famous for the five hairpin turns on the mountain road, which is also the most famous scene in the anime.

This mountain is composed of three parts: Myogi, Akagi, and Kamigo. The first two parts have corresponding convoys in the work.

From top to bottom, see the pay area at the bottom.

"150 million..."

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows.

You can earn 1.5 million in three weeks, that’s not bad!

Jay Chou, the male lead, only received 4 million, so this price was very reasonable, and it even included some favors.

"I made $800,000 in three weeks by filming The Little Fish and the Flowerless."

"It's almost doubled here. My worth is increasing really fast."

But then he thought again.

"Damn big beard!"

"Damn it, The Return of the Condor Heroes offered me 8,000 per episode."

"There are 36 episodes in total, which will take nearly five months including training!"

"It takes less than 300,000 yuan in half a year."

"If we calculate the unit price per time, the difference between this and Initial D is nearly forty times!"

If it weren't for the subsequent popularity and image bonus, no one would act for the bearded man.

If not for this, Huang Xiaoming would not have been willing to spend two million to buy the role. Not only did he lose one and a half million on the spot, but he also delayed so many schedules, and the loss would have been at least three million.

But he still does it, which shows it is worthwhile.

Liu Qianqian is the same as him, eight thousand per episode, no difference.

Zhang Yuan signed his name in a casual manner, thinking that with Brother Hua around, he would not suffer any loss.

But in the future I will have to find a professional lawyer for long-term cooperation, after all, there are too many traps in the entertainment industry.

"Then we'll see you on the island."

"See you on the island."

A day later, Zhang Yuan landed at the Gunma Prefecture Airport in the island country carrying his luggage.

The county of the island country is actually equivalent to the province level in China, but it sounds shabby.

As mentioned before, Mount Haruna, the prototype of Mount Akina, is a volcano, so one of the major features of this place is the hot springs.

Zhang Yuan touched his chin at the airport.

"I also want to bring back a bunch of local specialties."

"Sissi's chocolates and candies."

"Cheng Hao's perfume."

"Shu Chang and Junior Sister don't have any requests, so spend some money to buy them some luxury bags as gifts. Women should like them."

"Oh, by the way, Brother Qian heard that I was coming to the island country, and asked me to bring some CDs back... They can be considered as local specialties."

"Well, bring some for Teacher Guo as well..."

Zhang Yuan walked towards the airport exit.

"ah!"

He never expected that he now has fans in a foreign country!

Seeing more than a dozen people holding banners to welcome him, Zhang Yuan walked forward with a smile.

But after seeing the content of the banner, his face immediately darkened... (End of this chapter)