Knowing that Liam Liang had a chance to agree to reshoot, the other investors finally calmed down for a few days. You know, if the film couldn't decide on the right person to reshoot, it would lose all its money.
Although the original male lead, Huang Qianshi, may not have much box office appeal, he has starred in many Hong Kong films and has won the title of Best Actor. For mainland audiences, he still has a certain screen appeal.
Box office appeal is a mysterious thing. Some people are very successful in the TV circle, but once they appear on the big screen, they lose all their charm. Not only do their own shortcomings become magnified, but the audience is also unwilling to buy in. After all, the silver screen and the TV screen are different.
What kind of actors can make the audience willing to buy in? The best is to have once stunned the screen, always be foolproof, and always be at ease. For example, Liam Liang, who stunned the audience when he first appeared on the screen at the age of 17.
However, after Liam Liang asked for the script, there was no news for several days.
The most anxious person was Zhao Chengdong. He kept saying that Liam Liang was just an actor that day. When he heard that Liam Liang had the hope of agreeing to reshoot, he wanted to call him eight hundred times a day to ask about it, which annoyed Ian Lin greatly.
Two days later, Ian Lin called Ethan Cao to complain: "This Zhao Chengdong always urges me to go and ask Liam Liang for a response, which is annoying me. Why did you cooperate with Zhao Chengdong in the first place?"
Ethan Cao and Ian Lin grew up together, and they never beat around the bush. At this time, they answered him directly: "He is a quick investor and rarely interferes with the film. He is a fool in the circle with a lot of money and little trouble. Can you find another one for me?"
Ian Lin was silent for a few seconds and could only nod in agreement: "You are right."
"Besides, you caused this trouble yourself. If he urges you to ask, just go and ask."
"Of course I asked him. Liam Liang is on vacation abroad recently. I sent a message here, but he didn't reply to me until two days later. His reply was not very meaningful. He didn't answer my phone calls. How could I guess what he was thinking now? Ethan Cao, I beg you, you are the main investor of this film, please go and ask him in person, he will always give you face."
Ethan Cao hung up the phone without saying a word and continued with the work at hand.
Ethan Cao couldn't guess what Liam Liang was thinking, whether he had read the script, and whether he would accept the contract for the reshoot. As the helmsman of Luomeng Media, he couldn't put all his weight on the film "Darkest Choice".
Besides, there is no rush to reshoot. The most important thing right now is that he has to consider the worst outcome and look for a good movie that is scheduled to be released in the current film market. As long as he finds one, with Luo Meng's current publicity and promotion capabilities, it is very likely to achieve a small investment with a big return - this is how Luo Meng started three years ago.
Unfortunately, the film market is in a downturn nowadays. At a glance, you can see a flood of big-budget, low-quality, and bad films, while there is hardly any low-cost film with the potential to be a dark horse.
Just as Ethan Cao was about to click on another film project book, Ian Lin called again.
He didn't answer at first, but Ian Lin called three times persistently, and finally he picked up.
"I'm telling you, there's hope." Ian Lin went straight to the point.
Ethan Cao said "Hmm?" and waited for his next words.
As expected, Ian Lin's next words were: "But Ethan Cao, you still have to step in on this matter."
Ethan Cao looked at the project book and said nonchalantly: "It's enough for you to recruit me once.
"Don't be so hasty to refuse. Liam Liang just called me back and said he would be back in two days. I finally persuaded him to have dinner with us. Ethan Cao, this matter cannot be reversed. Don't say that your brother didn't help you."
"How can you help me? You told him I would go without my permission, right?"
"Since you guessed it," Ian Lin said shamelessly, "then go ahead."
Ethan Cao did not respond, he remained silent.
Ian Lin couldn't wait any longer and tried to persuade them: "I said there isn't any big conflict between you two. It's just a small conflict caused by your youth. Why do you have to act like old lovers who dare not meet each other?"
Ethan Cao thought for a moment and felt that what Ian Lin said made sense, so he said, "That's true, let's go."
"Okay, then I'll call Liam Liang and ask him to come over. It's settled then."
It turns out that Liam Liang hasn't decided whether he will come or not. Ian Lin is so cunning that it's hard to guard against him.
"By the way," Ian Lin said flatly, "if Master Cao is willing to condescend to pick up Liam Liang at the airport, our sincerity can be expressed more sincerely."
Before he could finish his words, Ethan Cao had already hung up the phone.
Ethan Cao knew very well that Ian Lin was so enthusiastic about this matter, of course, not only because of their childhood friendship, but more importantly, the Dongsheng Entertainment Company, which he controlled, was the second largest investor in "Darkest Choice" after Luomeng Media.
Ian Lin has always put interests first, and it is obvious that he will not easily give up this opportunity to use Liam Liang to turn things around.
Shortly after the phone call, someone posted a message on the Internet saying that Liang Sze-che was considering replacing Huang Qian-shih in the reshoot of "Darkest Choice". After the message was forwarded by several Weibo celebrities, it gradually became hard to tell whether it was true or not, and there were many different opinions on the Internet.
---"It's unbelievable how shameless the film producers were to let Liam Liang take over."
---"If Liam Liang is willing to accept this film contract, I will live stream and swallow a washing machine. I will keep my word."
---"The film producers, wake up and stop dreaming."
---"Due to the unconventional nature of actor Leung, I was unsure whether I should believe this revelation..."
---"As a ten-year-old fan, I cried and said I think he could really do such a thing..."
---"Liam Liang is capable of lowering his own status, but will Xu Yunchu agree to it?"
---"Just kidding, if Xu Yunchu could control Liam Liang, would he let him expose so many rumored girlfriends?"
In a nutshell, regarding the fact that Liang Szhe will participate in the reshoot of "Darkest Choice", the opinions on the Internet can be roughly divided into three camps: disbelief, pessimism, and disagreement.
Three days later, Liam Liang came back as promised.
At 3:30 in the morning, at the Capital Airport, dedicated entertainment reporters pulled the dusty Liam Liang out from the crowd.
Judging from his face alone, Liam Liang was still good-looking, but he didn't look like he was on vacation abroad. Instead, he looked like he had just returned from scavenging - he was wearing a half-worn white shirt, and there were some fresh spots of mud on his trouser legs.
Perhaps he had spent enough time in a deserted village abroad. When the entertainment reporters came rushing over, Liam Liang seemed to be frightened and took a small step back: "Wow, such a big scene," and then he said hesitantly, with a bit of innocence in his eyes, "I haven't been photographed recently...right?"
"We took the picture, we took the picture!" The reporters surrounding him made jokes at the same time.
Liam Liang obviously knew they were joking, and he raised three fingers to his ears in a nonchalant manner: "God is my witness, I have really been aloof from desires recently."
This caused a burst of laughter.
"I don't believe it!" someone shouted in a loud voice.
The noise was quite loud, and the crowd of onlookers quickly grew larger and larger. When the passengers waiting for the flight heard that Liam Liang was coming, they all gathered around to watch the fun. Fortunately, there were not many passengers in the early morning, so it did not cause chaos in the airport.
Liam Liang's executive agent and assistant Song Qingyan brought an airport security guard over and carefully protected him to prevent him from being pushed by the people around him.
"Shh, someone is sleeping," Liam Liang gestured to the people around him to be quiet, "Tell me, what do you want to ask that makes you wait here in the middle of the night? Let's talk while we walk."
As he walked, a dozen reporters quickly followed him. One reporter immediately asked, "Si-Zhe, there is news that you are considering taking over from Huang Qian-Shi to reshoot "Darkest Choice". Is that true?"
"It's about this..." Liam Liang paused thoughtfully, then smiled and said, "You are well-informed. Yes, I have received an invitation and I am indeed reading the script."
"So are you coming back this time just to discuss this matter?"
"Guess." Liam Liang turned his head and smiled at the person who asked the question. This was one of his usual tricks during interviews. When he didn't want to answer, he would say "Guess". But when he said this, his eyes were mixed with ridicule and joking, making people reluctant to argue with him.
This time, too, the person asking the question was a young female reporter who was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
Fortunately, someone quickly grabbed the opportunity to ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Liang, why are you considering this invitation for a reshoot?"
Liam Liang's eyes also moved to the face of the person who asked the question. He did not answer the question directly, but evaded the question: "You did an interview with me, didn't you?"
"Ah... yes, you still remember." The reporter was obviously a little surprised.
"Because the title you came up with is a bit...how should I put it, tricky?" He actually started chatting with the reporter, slowly and casually.
"Your publicity later disowned that title."
"It's not him. I rejected it. I happened to see it that time. Do you want to know why?" Liam Liang said casually, as if he was joking with an old friend. "It's fine if you saw through me, but you even tried to expose me. That's not fair."
---"Young Movie King Liam Liang: Arrogance is his protective color", Liam Liang still remembers the original title of the magazine article very clearly.
Liam Liang is tall, has long legs and walks fast. When he interrupted, the reporters present had already followed him to the airport exit before they had time to ask him what was going on.
At the exit, a luxurious black business car was parked there. The driver had opened the back door and was waiting on the side.
With the airport security guards protecting him, Liam Liang got into the car safely. Once the car door was closed, the reporters were stopped outside, and the questions came through the heavy car door vaguely.
Song Qingyan got on the bus from the other side and sat in the last row.
The driver got in right after him, fastened his seat belt, released the handbrake, started the engine, and then asked Liam Liang in a routine manner: "Mr. Liang, shall we leave now?"
Liam Liang turned to look out the car window. Through the black shading film on the car window, he saw a bright and round moon hanging in the sky not far away. The moon on the 15th is full on the 16th, and today is exactly the middle of the month, the 16th.
Without his permission, the driver could not drive away on his own initiative.
The reporters outside the car were not willing to give up. Some of them came up and tried to open the door. From inside the car, it was like watching an old black-and-white silent movie. The background was the dim tones of the street lights. Everyone looked anxious, their lips kept opening and closing, but it was hard to hear what they were saying.
"Brother Liam Liang, shall we go?" Song Qingyan thought he was in a trance and reminded him.
"Wait." Liam Liang suddenly spoke, then reached out and pressed the window button, and the window immediately fell down. He leaned on the window sill and looked at the people outside the car, "There is still a question that I didn't answer just now, right?"
A reporter who didn't hear him speak kept asking loudly, "Mr. Liang, what do you think about Huang Qianshi's drug use?"
Liam Liang ignored the question and didn't care if anyone was listening. He spoke in a voice that was neither too loud nor too low, "Why should I consider accepting this invitation to reshoot... Because this film is related to an old friend of mine, he did me a favor, so I'm considering repaying him."
After saying this, he didn't care about the reaction outside the car, rolled up the window, leaned back on the seat in a relaxed manner, and said to the driver in the front seat: "Brother Chen, let's go."
Song Qingyan in the back seat was not so calm. As soon as the car window closed, she immediately leaned over the seat and asked, "Brother Liam Liang, what do you mean by repaying a favor? Is this movie related to director Cao Xiuyuan?"
"It's related, and it's not related." Liam Liang is best at keeping people in suspense.
"I find it increasingly difficult to understand what you are saying... It's over. I think Sister Yunchu will be angry again tomorrow." Song Qingyan rested his chin on the front seat, his voice revealing a hint of despair. "She didn't want you to take this film in the first place, but you leaked the news to the entertainment reporter first, and even took the initiative to expose it. You don't..." His voice became smaller and smaller, and he didn't dare to continue.
Liam Liang didn't hear the last few words clearly, and asked with his eyes closed: "Nothing at all?"
"Reserved? You're not reserved at all!" Song Qingyan said boldly.
Liam Liang couldn't help but laugh: "When have you ever seen me being reserved?"
"It doesn't matter if I'm not reserved in other aspects," Song Qingyan muttered in a low voice, keeping the volume at a suitable decibel. If she could tell that Liam Liang showed a hint of displeasure on his face, she could stop at any time and pretend she hadn't said anything. "But this time... it's really not good. You don't know what people say online. They say this is a substitute position, a leftover, which is really ugly."
"Let them talk," Liam Liang opened his eyes and tilted his head to look at her, "Believe it or not, I will be on the headlines in a few hours. Why do you look like that? I haven't been on the headlines for several months, you should be happy."
Song Qingyan looked worried: "It's fine if it doesn't make the headlines, but if it does, Sister Yunchu will be furious... Brother Liam Liang, are you really going to take this film?"
"Let's wait and see." Liam Liang said in a relaxed tone.
"Ah? You told the reporter that before you've thought it through?"
Song Qingyan sat back in his seat in amazement.
She was really worried about Xu Yunchu. If Liam Liang accepted this film, he would be accused of being a substitute, a leftover, and his reputation would be reduced; if Liam Liang did not accept this film, once his answer today was broadcast, he would be accused of riding on the popularity.
She, a young assistant who has been in the industry for only two years, can think of this level. Liam Liang has been in this industry for ten years and has been scolded more than she has drunk water. How could she not foresee this consequence?
Thinking of this, she quickly took out her cell phone and sent a message to Xu Yunchu.
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