Chapter 210 Reasons for Cheng Long’s Exit
After leaving Nortel, Zhang Chen returned to the company and waited for Cheng Long and Liang Jiahui to arrive.
At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the two finally arrived, together with Huo Wenxi, whom they had met once.
"Brother Cheng Long, Mr. Liang, Miss Huo, welcome~"
"Director Zhang Chen, Manager Dong, nice to meet you~"
After greeting each other at the door, Zhang Chen invited everyone to enter.
The small front desk at the door was very excited. He stared at Cheng Long with his eyes and didn't even see Dong Jianqiang wink at him.
Fortunately, I am not stupid enough to rush up to ask for an autograph, which would be embarrassing and embarrassing.
A group of people entered the company, and Zhang Chen led everyone to the VIP room.
As soon as the door to the VIP room closed, the company immediately became excited.
Cheng Long, Cheng Long is alive~
And Liang Jiahui~
If it hadn’t been explicitly stated beforehand that taking photos was strictly prohibited, the photos would have been online by now.
But even so, everyone is still chattering away.
In the room, Zhang Chen clasped his hands together, "I'm really sorry for bothering you all to make a special trip."
Cheng Long waved his hand: "It's okay, everyone is here for the movie."
Everyone did not go straight to the topic, but chatted casually, chatting about "The Myth", Liang Jiahui told how he was The story of being forced to jump out of a helicopter.
Cheng Long smiled and shook his head beside him, while Liang Jiahui still looked frightened.
Zhang Chen also echoed: "Brother Cheng Long, it seems that you and the Hollywood director Cameron are the same person..."
"Well, what happened to Cameron?" The elder brother succeeded Interested.
"While filming "True Lies", there was a scene where Cameron asked an actress to hang under a helicopter. The actress was too scared to act, so Cameron said to him, "Don't be afraid, I will accompany you," and then he also I carried a camera and hung it under the helicopter..."
"Yes, yes, that's it. I told Tony at the time that I would jump to show you first, but he still didn't dare to jump..."< br>
“Nonsense, you think I’m your family class~”
After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became much more harmonious, and Cheng Long finally asked about the character.
"Director Zhang Chen, to tell you the truth, I really like this script. The character Brian is so charming. He saves a girl from thousands of miles away, kills gods when he meets a god, and kills a Buddha when he meets a Buddha. This is very similar to The roles I played in the past are completely different..."
Cheng Long couldn't stop talking, which made Zhang Chen not know how to answer.
Liang Jiahui, who was standing next to him, interrupted: "Jackie, wait a minute, don't just talk about yourself, listen to director Zhang Chen's opinion."
Zhang Chen glanced at everyone, Seeing everyone staring at me, I knew I couldn't escape today, so I organized my words a little, but in the end I felt it was best to get straight to the point.
"Brother Cheng Long, let me make it clear first that I have no ill feelings toward you. On the contrary, I really like your movies..."
Hearing what Zhang Chen said, Cheng A smile appeared on the dragon's face.
"But when it comes to "Taken", you really don't fit the character..."
"Come on, everyone, drink tea, drink tea, don't worry, let's talk while drinking..."
Dong Jianqiang quickly served the tea, and at the same time he cursed in his heart: "Bad boy, can't you just foreshadow a few more sentences and get straight to the point?"
Sure enough, Cheng Long's smile disappeared. , he was obviously a little unconvinced: "Then tell me why I am not suitable."
It seems that the eldest brother is not going to be arrogant, so this is easy to handle. As long as you are reasonable, it will be fine.
This time Zhang Chen organized his language: "As I said just now, I grew up watching Big Brother's movies.
"Police Story", "Plan A", "Red Zone" and "Platinum Dragon" "Who Am I"...
Big Brother's movie has an obvious personal style, a Kung Fu comedy. Big Brother makes full use of everything around him every time, tables, chairs, ladders, refrigerators, bamboo poles, doors...< br>
You can play with anything in your hands, just like a wonderful magician, showing dangerous moves in a humorous way, so people call you the God of War of the Furniture City. ”
< br>Cheng Long nodded: "That's true. In the past, my plays were all designed like this. A large group of people chased me. I used various things around me. I was always embarrassed, but the embarrassing place was where the jokes came from. …”
"Yes, so in Big Brother's movies, the fighting scenes are always very dense, with one scene every few minutes. This will maximize the funny effect, but at the same time reduce the sense of urgency. However, Big Brother's movies are essentially comedies, so It doesn’t matter if there is less urgency.”
Seeing that what Zhang Chen said was correct, Cheng Long nodded.
Zhang Chen spread his hands: "This is exactly the conflict with our play."
Both of them did not speak, waiting for the next step, Zhang Chen continued: ""Hurricane" "Rescue" is a story about rescue, and the tense atmosphere is the most important.
Brian is an agent. His actions are never sloppy. He can solve the problem in one go without a second attack, and there is nothing funny about it.
If you have read the script, you should know that Brian is essentially a demon, but he does not need to show his demonic side in his daily life, but when his daughter was kidnapped, he released the demon.
In the dinner scene with a good friend, in order to find out the whereabouts of his daughter, he did not hesitate to shoot at his friend’s wife. The other party’s wife is essentially a good person. She knows nothing and even Brian cooked a sumptuous dinner, but Brian could shoot him without hesitation, just because he was his friend's weakness...
Such a role is completely contrary to Brother Cheng Long's previous roles. of.
As far as I know, all the characters played by Big Brother, no matter whether they are small figures, agents, or killers, are actually good people in essence and will not kill innocent people indiscriminately.
Even for villains, it is not about killing them, but about subduing or defeating them..."
Zhang Chen finally came up with Cheng Long's idea. Jiahe set rules for Cheng Long very early on. First, the character played by Cheng Long must be a good person. Second, Cheng Long cannot die in the movie.
This rule has been throughout Cheng Long's acting career.
“So the image of Big Brother has actually been finalized. As long as everyone sees Cheng Long, they will subconsciously think that the character you play must be a good person. At this time, if you do the actions of Brian, the audience will There will be drama, and there will be a serious sense of tearing. This feeling will even affect the reputation of the movie..."
Zhang Chen listed the reasons one by one, and each one was well-founded. Cheng Long Yi didn't know how to refute.
"On the contrary, Mr. Liang Jiahui, I heard that you were very worried about the action scenes, so you refused. In fact, there is really no need.
Because there are no dangerous actions in the whole play, such as jumping out of a plane. There is no such thing as jumping off a bridge. All action scenes are basically gun battles and fighting, and they can all be completed through editing. Of course, necessary training is definitely needed."
Shut up while Cheng Long is there. In the meantime, Zhang Chen persuaded Liang Jiahui.
Liang Jiahui's expression was a little hesitant.
Cheng Long suddenly said at this time: "What if I give up all my style? If I am not Cheng Long, I am just an actor. Isn't this okay?"
Cheng Long did do this in later generations, as in "Shinjuku Incident", but what about the result?
Having given up Cheng Long's personal style, his performance was actually not that brilliant, and the audience didn't quite buy it.
Besides, Cheng Long himself doesn’t feel oppressive.
Look at "Shinjuku Incident", he played the boss, followed by a large number of people, but he didn't feel very impressive.
The sense of oppression is not even as strong as Zeng Zhiwei.
Not to mention, although Eric Tsang's character is not that good, his acting skills are really great. No wonder he won the Best Actor.
He is the only actor who can act with his eyes like Tony Leung.
Han Chen in "Infernal Affairs" acted really well.
Seeing that Zhang Chen was noncommittal, Cheng Long seemed to want to persist.
He has a vision and is also very talented.
"Police Story" and "Plan A" were both written, directed and starred by him, and they were both huge successes.
Looking around the mainland and Hong Kong, there are really not many people who can achieve this achievement.
But just because of this, Zhang Chen didn’t know how to refuse.
He simply asked: "Brother, do you smoke?"
Cheng Long was stunned: "Yes, I smoke occasionally~"
"Then let's go out and have a smoke~"
After that, the two of them met and went out to smoke, leaving everyone in the house.
Everyone knew that these two people were probably whispering something.
Dong Jianqiang will definitely not let the scene get cold, rambling, making jokes, and dragging Liang Jiahui and Fok Wenxi to chat.
A few minutes later, the two smoking men returned.
This time, the eldest brother's face was much more serious. After coming back, Cheng Long hesitated for a moment, and finally patted Tony Leung on the shoulder: "Tony, Director Zhang is right, this play is really not suitable for me, so you should do it."< br>
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For a moment, everyone’s eyes widened.
What is this? Magic?
Why did Cheng Long change his mind when he came back for a cigarette?
As a good friend, Tony Leung Ka Fai was particularly curious. In his impression, Cheng Long was not easily persuaded.
He was very curious about what Zhang Chen and Cheng Long said just now.
But now is obviously not a good time to ask.
Not long after Cheng Long expressed his stance, Zhang Chen chatted with Liang Jiahui about the movie. Of course Liang Jiahui also wanted to cooperate. Before, it was just because of Cheng Long.
“This film has a lot of gunfight scenes. I am preparing to hit the North American market. The requirements for gunfights there are very strict and must be real. Therefore, Mr. Liang probably needs to go to the United States in advance and undergo a one-year training there. Moon’s weapons training”
"No problem."
Liang Jiahui readily agreed. Filmmakers of his generation are still very serious about movies.
In the evening, Xingchen Entertainment entertained Cheng Long and his party. Only when they returned to the hotel did Liang Jiahui have the opportunity to ask.
"Jackie, what's going on? What did Zhang Chen tell you? Why did you decide to quit all of a sudden?"
At this time, there were no outsiders, and Cheng Long no longer wanted to To hide it, he sighed: "He just said a word to me."
"What are you talking about?"
"He said that "The Rescue" is a story about a father saving his daughter. You don't even recognize the little dragon girl. Do you think the audience will believe this movie?"
< br>(End of this chapter)