This news made the Lust, Caution crew feel very surprised and unexpected.
The person responsible for contacting Tang Wei was Wu Huishan, an assistant director of Lust, Caution.
Although he is said to be an assistant director, in fact, in front of an international director like Li Yu, he is basically just a handyman, doing the same job as a stage manager.
Wu Huishan was responsible for contacting Tang Wei this time.
Because Director Li attaches great importance to Tang Wei, he even contacted Tang Wei personally for the first time.
But unfortunately, Tang Wei thought about it and refused for the first time.
Because at that time Tang Wei also believed that there was no need to betray his appearance in order to go further.
This time when filming Lust, Caution, the sacrifice was actually quite huge.
If you are a young actor, a third- or fourth-tier actor, then you can try your hand at proficiency, and you may have a future.
But now, I am a first-line actor, and I am doing very well in Huihuang Film and Television.
In the mainland entertainment industry, few people dare to laugh at me.
Therefore, my life is comfortable and my future is not that bad. Even though I was suppressed because my boss was unconscious, this problem is no longer a problem now.
In the entertainment industry, there are very few actresses who are not subject to unspoken rules.
But for the actresses of Huihuang Film and Television, no one dares to lay down the rules. The reason is that the boss of Huihuang Film and Television, Ye Ming, is a person who must report any flaws.
At that time, Nicholas Tse's case of beating someone was directly suppressed by Ye Ming. His attitude was so strong that people couldn't believe it.
Therefore, at a time like this, if others want to bully the actors of Huihuang Film and Television, they need to think about it.
Therefore, now Tang Wei feels that he has no reason to take up the role of Lust, Caution.
And this time, the boss nodded and rejected Lust Caution's invitation, which made Tang Wei even more emboldened.
This was something that Wu Huishan, the assistant director, could not understand, but she also understood that these words of Tang Wei were definitely not what Tang Wei had the guts to say, and the following harsh words must have been expressed by Ye Ming.
Isn't he just an actor? Wu Huishan still thinks that Tang Wei is a little ignorant of praise.
At this point, Wu Huishan decisively approached Director Li Yu and very quickly explained the situation of Tang Wei's rejection again.
And Wu Huishan finally said: "Director, this Tang Wei is a bit disrespectful. We have approached her twice, and she dared to refuse. This is so disrespectful."
For a big production crew like ours, we don’t necessarily need her to play the heroine, right?”
Li Yu shook his head helplessly and said: "Actually, it's not that Tang Wei doesn't give face, she doesn't have the courage, and what Tang Wei said is very clear, these words were said by Ye Ming, and Ye Ming dared to do this
Zi's doing.
So it was not Tang Wei who said no face, but Ye Ming. If Ye Ming didn't wake up, then Tang Wei wouldn't have the guts to refuse the matter a second time.
As for the role, in fact, I have read some of Tang Wei’s works and she is the most suitable for this role.
If you want to change it to someone else, then this means it’s a bit inappropriate? No way.”
This is the artistic pursuit of a director. Let’s not talk about Li Yu’s other talents, but he is indeed quite good at making movies. He has artistic pursuits and can also take into account the commercial box office.
Therefore, when it comes to some issues like this, he is considered to be one of the directors who does a very good job.
Even if Tang Wei is his most valued candidate for the female lead, it seems almost impossible now.
At this time, Li Yu hesitated and said: "This is an understanding of the role. According to my understanding of the role, Tang Wei is definitely the most suitable for this role in the works he has performed. I can only choose others.
Already."
This is the queen. Wu Huishan hesitated before saying: "Actually, Tang Wei not only refused, but also conveyed some words from Mr. Ye, saying that the female lead of our crew can only be chosen in Treasure Island.
If you choose to go elsewhere, you will directly block our movie."
This move is a bit more ruthless. After all, it is about a problem like this: Lust, Caution is a movie for Chinese people. Although it is the plot of some small movies, foreigners may not like to watch it.
Foreigners generally like women with strong career prospects, and Chinese women are generally not the type that foreigners like.
Therefore, this movie is actually shown in the Asia-Pacific region. But if it is banned in mainland China, then the box office of this movie is worthy of consideration.
Li Yu frowned and said, "Did Ye Ming really say that?" Since it was Ye Ming's threat, he had to be careful.
After all, Ye Ming has such ability. Not to mention in China, even in the Asia-Pacific region, or even in Europe and the United States, if Ye Ming is determined to block his own movies, he will also bring consequences to himself.
Quite a big hassle.
This is an issue that deserves great attention. Li Yu filmed Lust, Caution just to make money. If the box office is not good enough, what else can he do?
Let alone for the sake of art, those who starve to death are basically artists who do it purely for the sake of art.
Li Yu is not like this. Box office is his most concerned subject.
This guy is a yellow-skinned person with a white heart.
Wu Huishan immediately said with great certainty: "Tang Wei told me this personally. I think this matter is quite big, so I came over and told the director right away."
At the beginning, Wu Huishan actually didn't know how to tell the director about this matter, so she first told Tang Wei about refusing the invitation.
But at a time like this, she also understood very well that something like this that Ye Minghui would block was quite important, so she decided to tell Li Yu directly.
After hearing this answer, Li Yu frowned even more: "There is actually no conflict between Ye Ming and I. Moreover, we have met several times and our understanding is relatively deep.
Put it this way, even if the two of us are not friends, we cannot be considered enemies. Why does Ye Ming have such a problem with me? No, I want to ask him."
As a result, Li Yu didn't have Ye Ming's contact information. He originally had it, but later Ye Ming changed his mobile phone number. Therefore, it was not easy to contact Ye Ming.
But this is actually not a problem for Li Yu. The entertainment industry is such a big place, and everyone is related to each other. According to Li Yu’s own relationship, it is actually not a big deal to find Ye Ming’s phone number.
of difficult things.
Li Yu had no choice but to call Ye Ming. After all, it was not a good thing to be worried about someone like Ye Ming.
However, after Li Yu pressed all the numbers, he did not dial the number immediately.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Yu directly deleted the number again.
This is actually an aspect of Li Yu's caution in doing things. After all, if this effect is followed, then there are two possibilities for him to take the initiative to contact Ye Ming at this time.
One is that Ye Ming will compromise and promise not to block his own movies just because he chooses actresses from Hong Kong or Mainland China.
But the greater possibility is that Ye Ming will directly reject him. In this case, it will really be difficult to choose actors in the mainland or in Hong Kong.
After all, Ye Ming's warning is very obvious. If you want to choose an actress, just choose Baodao.
If this is the case, there really will be no room for relaxation.
Li Yu is a very cautious person and will not let himself take too many risks.
Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Li Yu finally dialed the number in Xiangjiang.
After all, a matter like this involves an actor from Xiangjiang, so someone from Xiangjiang must come forward because of this matter.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon also asked Ye Ming to participate in the show. Therefore, the two people may not be friends, but they are certainly not unrelated.
But it is precisely because this relationship is neither a stranger nor a friend that it is difficult to grasp. If it is a good friend.
Li Yu could call Ye Ming directly to ask why. If it was a stranger, it would be quite normal to ask an intermediary.
But it is precisely because this relationship is considered acquaintances, but not friends, that it is not easy to grasp.
At this time, Li Yu called Liang Chaowei and Fa Ge.
The reason for choosing Liang Chaowei is because the male protagonist of this movie is Liang Chaowei. Therefore, as the protagonist, he must contribute to his own crew.
As for Fa Ge, it is because Fa Ge is a very powerful actor in Hong Kong, even in the Chinese film industry.
Moreover, Fa Ge and I have also collaborated on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Therefore, it is a relatively good choice to find Fa Ge as a middleman at this time.
When Liang Chaowei heard the news, he hesitated and said: "Director, it's not me who shied away. In fact, it's useless for you to come to me with such news. There is no cooperation between Ye Ming and I at all.
If I have to go to Ye Ming, then I can only go to Liu Jialing. Jia Ling has a good relationship with the princess. The princess and Ye Ming are friends of Tie Ci, so I may ask through this relationship. But I can't guarantee it.
, I will give you an answer to such a question." Liang Chaowei himself really has nothing to do with Ye Ming personally, and the two of them are basically not even friends.
But at this time, Fa Ge agreed and said: "There is absolutely no problem if I ask the director, but I can only ask a little bit about this matter myself.
But if the director can ask Andy to ask, then the matter may become easier to solve.
The relationship between Andy and Ye Ming is the best relationship we have here in Hong Kong.
If you go to Hua Zai, then such a matter may be easier to solve. Going to Cheng Long is also a relatively good choice.
As for that, I can only ask, and I really can’t guarantee anything else.
There are many things about Ye Ming that cannot be figured out by normal people's thinking."
Of course, Ye Ming is an international superstar and can be considered an artist.
The way of thinking of artists is definitely different from that of ordinary people.
Therefore, at this time, Fa Ge cannot guarantee 100% that he will be able to solve the problem.
At this point, Li Yu immediately said: "Please, no matter what it is, one thing is very important, that is, on such an issue, why does Ye Ming think that our crew is biased?
.
By not allowing us to find actresses from Mainland China, have I offended him?"
After all, the two people had collaborated before, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was able to find Ye Ming at that time, which could be regarded as helping Ye Ming to some extent.
Therefore, on such a question, it seems very unreasonable for Ye Ming to ask Li Yu to target himself.
Liang Chaowei looks slow, but in fact he thinks things through before and after, and then does things quite quickly.
Directly ask Liu Jialing to call the princess to ask about this matter. The princess is also a cheerful person. When Liu Jialing asked such a question, she did not hesitate to call Ye Ming.
However, in the end, the answer to such a question asked by the princess was quite speechless.
Because the princess said that Ye Ming actually couldn't stand some of the plots of Lust and Caution, so whoever was the heroine had nothing to do with Ye Ming.
But if actors from the Mainland and Hong Kong perform, then Ye Ming, at least for now, has a high chance of doing it. Can’t stand some of the plots of Lust and Caution?
This is a mysterious machine ghost. I can’t stand it. I didn’t even film it. You just say you can’t stand the plot?
But after thinking about it, Li Yu seemed to have figured out this problem. That is to say, at this time, Ye Ming learned from Tang Wei what kind of movie this was.
There is a sex scene, which was agreed with Tang Wei. Therefore, when Ye Ming said these words, now that I think about it, it seems that he was talking about the plot in Lust, Caution.
In other words, it may be aimed at those well-designed sex scenes in Lust, Caution and so on.
This actually made Li Yu feel very aggrieved. After all, these are just for art. What's the big deal if you dedicate yourself to art?
From Director Li Yu's point of view, Ye Ming's objection to such sex scene scenes is unreasonable.
If Ye Ming objects, it won't be a big deal if he just doesn't ask Tang Wei to perform.
But Ye Ming actually said that he couldn't find actresses from the Mainland and Hong Kong. This was a bit too much.
And he gave such a weird reason, which really made Li Yu feel that he was shot even while lying down.