Chapter 19
: Nineteen [Looking For An Actor]
Facing Wang Tianlin’s question, Kang Jianfei said with a smile, “It’s nothing, I just want to take this opportunity to exercise myself.”
Kang Jianfei didn’t lie, he really wanted to train himself for the position of assistant director. For him, this position is even more important than the fifty thousand dollars for selling the script.
Because Kang Jianfei is planning to make a movie by himself, but it is not easy to make an independent movie and needs to do all kinds of work. And Kang Jianfei has only been in Hong Kong for more than a month, and he only knows a little about the current Hong Kong film and television circle. If he worked as an assistant director of “Shanghai Beach” for a period of time, with the broad exposure of this position, he would have a general idea of the situation.
Moreover, Kang Jianfei needed manpower to make movies by himself. During the filming of “The Beach”, he could also take advantage of his position to contact TVB’s set designers, props artists, makeup artists, artists and other employees. I think the technique is pretty good, and it is definitely much easier to borrow it when he is shooting a movie than to just shoot it blindly.
Wang Tianlin really couldn’t understand Kang Jianfei’s thoughts, so he had to say: “I can promise you all three conditions. But this TV series can’t be filmed yet, Zhou Runfa is filming “People in the Net”, it will take at least half a month to have time. Zhao Yazhi is working with Xu Anhua on “Crazy Robbery”, and it will not be completed until the end of the month. Since you want to be an assistant director, you should invite them to film a few scenes, and the problem of coordinating the schedule will be left to you. This is the first step.”
“No problem.” Kang Jianfei agreed immediately.
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He did what he said, and Kang Jianfei went straight to the crew of “People in the Net” the next day.
Coincidentally, when Kang Jianfei went out, he happened to meet Wang Jing who was going downstairs.
“Hey, Fei also lives here?” Wang Jing asked in surprise.
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, “Yes, I will live downstairs in your house.”
“That’s great. In the future, I will directly ask you for the manuscript of “Xun Qin Ji”. Reading the newspaper serialization is too tiring.” Wang Jing said happily, “By the way, where are you going? I will drive you for a ride.”
Kang Jianfei said, “Go to the crew of “People in the Net” to find Zhou Runfa to coordinate the schedule.”
Wang Jing smiled and said, “What a coincidence, I’m also going to the crew of “People in the Net”.”
Kang Jianfei asked, “Are you also a member of that crew?”
Wang Jing shook his head and said, “No, the producer temporarily decided to change the script, and the other screenwriters were not available, so they asked me to save the scene. I just received the call this morning.”
This is also the characteristic of Hong Kong-made films and TV dramas today. Many film and television dramas do not have complete scripts when they start filming. Because it is broadcast while filming, some also make corresponding adjustments to the subsequent episodes according to the audience’s reaction to the previous episodes. So much so that for a TV series, there are often seven or eight screenwriters, and one person writes a paragraph and finally completes the script.
The previous “Chu Liuxiang” was like this, the current “People in the Net” is also like this, and the same is true for “Shanghai Beach”, which was supposed to start shooting more than 4 months later. Therefore, Kang Jianfei has now come up with the script of “Shanghai Beach”, and he is not afraid of being accused of plagiarism, because the director of “Shanghai Beach” is still busy preparing for the filming of “Famous Swordsman”, and the script of “Shanghai Beach” is impossible. It has been written by the original screenwriter.
Wang Jing drove Kang Jianfei to the crew. As soon as he got out of the car, the producer Li Tiansheng ran over and dragged Wang Jing away, and said anxiously: “Ah Xiang, you are here just in time, please change the script of this episode. The audience doesn’t like it. .”
Speaking of Li Tiansheng, everyone may be unfamiliar. Gu Tianle and Li Ruotong’s versions of “The Condor Heroes” were written by this person, and he has countless celebrities in his hands. Although Li Tiansheng has only been a producer since last year, his qualifications and fame are far inferior to Wang Tianlin, but all the three dramas he produced last year were popular, and the upward momentum is very fast.
Li Tiansheng and Wang Jing went to discuss the script, Kang Jianfei’s eyes swept around, and soon found several very familiar stars – Zhou Runfa, Zheng Yuling, Ren Dahua and so on. In fact, Ouyang Qishan is more popular than Zheng Yuling at this time, but the woman later quit the entertainment industry to study Chinese medicine and qigong, and she is still a licensed acupuncturist, so Kang Jianfei has no impression of her.
Zhou Runfa was sitting awkwardly on the ground chatting with Zheng Yuling when Kang Jianfei walked over and said, “Hello, Brother Fa, we meet again.”
Zhou Runfa looked up, suddenly remembered Kang Jianfei, and said with a smile, “I remember you, your name is Long Jianfei, the same name as the protagonist of Tathagata’s Palm.”
With waterfall sweat on Kang Jianfei’s forehead, he corrected: “My name is Kang Jianfei!”
“Kang Jianfei? This name sounds familiar.” Zhou Runfa started filming “People in the Net” in the middle of last month. Apart from visiting his girlfriend Chen Yulian’s class occasionally, he was busy filming and had no time to read novels or newspapers.
Ren Dahua, who was not far away, suddenly came over in three or two steps, and asked in surprise, “Are you the Kang Jianfei who wrote “Looking for Qin Ji”?”
Before Kang Jianfei could answer, the two of them came over. The person in front was a production staff member whom he knew from the crew of “Chu Liuxiang”. He smiled at Kang Jianfei as he walked, “Oh, Ah Fei is here. If you haven’t seen him for a few days, you will earn 500,000 yuan, which is really amazing.”
The person behind was Chen Bingkun, who likes to gossip. This kid flattered and said, “I said earlier that Brother Fei would definitely be prosperous, don’t you think I’m right?”
The shouting and shouting of the two quickly let the rest of the crew know Kang Jianfei’s identity, and many people took the initiative to come over to say hello. In particular, those actors are even more enthusiastic about Kang Jianfei, because they may ask for Kang Jianfei in the future.
Nowadays, famous writers are very important in the film and television industry. Like Cheng Long, he made a special trip to Taiwan to ask Gu Long for the script, but Gu Long did not give him a good look. Ordinary writers, maybe big stars won’t take it seriously, but famous writers don’t even dare to offend big stars casually.
“People in the Net” and “Chu Liuxiang” are both TVB dramas. Many extras have met with Kang Jianfei. Most of them have ridiculed Kang Jianfei before. These people are quite embarrassed at this time. Only those with thick skin should be fine. The same come over and Kang Jianfei set close.
Who would have thought that the mainland boy they laughed at half a month ago has now reached a height that they could never reach in their entire lives.
When Zhou Runfa saw everyone’s attitude towards Kang Jianfei, he realized that Kang Jianfei is a famous writer in Hong Kong. He quickly said, “Mr. Kang, I’m really sorry, I’m too tired to remember your name.”
“It doesn’t matter,” Kang Jianfei said straight to the point, “I came to see Brother Fa today, mainly because of work. Wang Tianlin, the producer and director of Wang, is going to shoot a new drama. The actor wants you to play Brother Fa. When do you have time? ”
“Don’t call me Brother Fa, just call me Ah Fa.” Zhou Run found that although he was considered a popular student, he was far from Zheng Shaoqiu’s height. Zhou Runfa was not as self-inflated as Wu Mengda, and he was just as modest and cautious even after becoming popular in Asia. At this time, he felt awkward when he was called Fa Ge by a famous writer.
Kang Jianfei said, “Well, Ah Fa, when do you think you will be free?”
Wang Tianlin is now the biggest producer in Hong Kong. Zhou Runfa naturally didn’t want to miss his show. He thought about it and said, “Before the 20th of this month, “People in the Net” should be finished. If there is any accident, it may be delayed until the 22nd. No.”
Kang Jianfei nodded and said, “That’s fine, that’s it. After the filming of “People in the Net”, don’t take any other dramas, and wait for my phone call.”
“No problem, I’ll be there when I’m called.” Zhou Runfa took out a business card and handed it to Kang Jianfei.
After finishing Zhou Runfa, and chatting with him for a while, Kang Jianfei searched and searched on the set, and finally found Lu Liangwei who was waiting for the show to start.
“Hello.” Kang Jianfei walked up to Lu Liangwei.
Lu Liangwei was sitting on the steps, and he didn’t join in the fun to meet Kang Jianfei before. He looked up at Kang Jianfei and wondered, “Is Mr. Kang talking to me?”
“Why, I can’t talk to you?” Kang Jianfei laughed.
Lu Liangwei also showed a simple and honest smile and said, “No, I’m just a trickster. I didn’t expect Mr. Kang to take the initiative to greet me.”
Kang Jianfei said, “What’s wrong with the gangster? I was still gangster half a month ago.”
Lu Liangwei said, “Mr. Kang is a talented person, not like us.”
Kang Jianfei asked, “Producer Wang is going to shoot a new play. I think it looks good. Are you interested in being the second male lead? By the way, the protagonists of this play are Zhou Runfa and Zhao Yazhi.”
“Male No. 2? Still playing against Brother Fa and Sister Zhi!” Lu Liangwei stood up abruptly, UU reading www.uukanshu. com thought he was hallucinating. He escaped from Vietnam with his family. He suffered a lot since he was a child. He was introduced by a friend last month and came to the cast of “The Man in the Net” to be an extra. Unexpectedly, someone asked him to play the second male lead.
Kang Jianfei asked, “Aren’t you interested?”
“Yes, I’m interested!” Lu Liangwei hurriedly agreed, if such a great opportunity slipped away, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
Kang Jianfei said, “Is there a phone number? I’ll call you and it will be turned on at the end of this month.”
“Wait a moment.” After Lu Liangwei finished speaking, he ran over to borrow pen and paper, and then quickly came back and wrote a phone number to Kang Jianfei.
Kang Jianfei patted him on the shoulder old-fashionedly and said, “Do well, but don’t screw it up. You are the actor I picked, and it doesn’t look good on my face if you screw it up.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Kang, I will definitely act well, and I will never let you lose face.” Lu Liangwei’s eyes were flushed with excitement, and his tears were almost bursting out of his eyes.
Lu Liangwei’s excitement is very easy to understand. To put it in an analogy, it’s like a few decades later, an extra who could only make ends meet when he suddenly received a call from Zhang Dabeard, saying that he was invited to play the second male lead. It feels like winning the five million lottery.
After Kang Jianfei got the contact information of Zhou Runfa and Lu Liangwei, he didn’t stay in the crew of “People in the Net”, and he had to rush to the crew of “Crazy Tribulation” to find Zhao Yazhi.
Looking at Kang Jianfei’s back, Lu Liangwei’s excited mood could not calm down for a long time. In his mind, Mr. Kang has been regarded as a great benefactor in his life.