Against the Current Hong Kong 1979

"Next up is the casting of Pang Feiyan and Zhan Zhao, and there's relatively little consensus on these two roles."

Zhao Zhenqiang glanced at the list in the statistics and said directly, "Currently, there are three candidates for Pang Feiyan: Chen Yulian with three votes, Chen Fusheng with two votes, and Jing Daiyin with one vote."

(Chen Yulian in period costume)

"Both Chan Fuk-sang and Chan Yuk-lin graduated from the 6th TVB Artist Training Class in 1977."

Fatty Wang explained to Zhang Shuai'an, "Jing Daiyin was in the eighth class in 79, and she was Tang Zhenye's classmate."

Zhao Zhenqiang added, "I know a little about Yulian. Last year, she participated in my directed series 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber,' playing the role of Xiao Zhao. Both her appearance and acting skills were very good. She has the look of a leading lady. If it weren't for her young age, I would have promoted her to the lead role."

"Fu Sheng plays Zhu Jiuzhen in this version of 'The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber,' and she is very versatile with a lot of room for growth."

He paused for a moment before saying, "As for Jing Daiyin, I don't know much about her. Does anyone know anything about her? Tell me about her characteristics."

Liu Shiyu immediately said, "Her ancient costume look is very lively, especially her eyes, which are very fitting for the role of a young lady like Pang Feiyan. She has a bit of a Pan Yingzi feel to her."

Zhao Zhenqiang asked, "Who do you all think is more suitable?"

"Chen Yulian is better; she's more photogenic," Du Qifeng replied.

The others thought about it and nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Huo Yaoliang suddenly said, "She just went public with her relationship with Ah Fa in a magazine, and Mr. Shao wasn't too happy about it. Will this have any impact?"

Fatty Wang chuckled twice and said directly, "It won't have much of an impact. Mr. Shao only cares about whether others can make money for him. As long as Chen Yulian doesn't let her relationship interfere with filming, it doesn't matter."

Zhang Shuai'an shook his head inwardly. Chen Yulian and Zhou Run found themselves incredibly sweet, but they would soon fall into misery.

Because Chow Yun-fat's mother disliked Chan Yuk-lin, and Chow Yun-fat was an extremely filial son, he couldn't possibly go against his mother's wishes. In the end, it even escalated to the point where Chow Yun-fat attempted suicide, and their relationship tragically ended.

After their breakup, Chow Yun-fat retaliated by marrying another woman. As if in response, Chan Yuk-lin quickly began dating a Chinese businessman, and they married two years later.

This is truly a pair of star-crossed lovers!

"Okay, then it's her." Zhao Zhenqiang was the producer of this film and had the most say, so he made the decision directly.

The last member of the main characters is Zhan Zhao.

For ease of filming, Zhao Zhenqiang has raised the age of Zhan Zhao to over 15 years old, and theoretically, an actor around 20 years old could also play the role.

"The character of Zhan Zhao requires a certain level of martial arts skills, and everyone's writing on this is pretty much the same."

Zhao Zhenqiang tapped the table and said with a smile, "In short, there are two candidates: one is Huang Rihua, written by Anzai and Ayu, and the other is Qian Xiaohao, written by us."

Fatty Wang whispered a reminder: "Qian Xiaohao is the godson of director Zhang Che. If we want to get him to act in a movie, we'll probably have to ask Director Zhang for permission."

Chien Hsiao-hao, whose real name is Chien Chia-hua, was born in 1963 and just turned sixteen this year. He has been learning the Great Sage Splitting Kung Fu since he was a child, and even won a bronze medal in a kung fu tournament. At the beginning of the year, he was spotted by Chang Cheh and brought into the Chang family troupe to star in "Shaolin and Wudang".

Moreover, Chang Cheh's new film "Ten Tigers of Guangdong and Five Tigers in the Back" has already started filming, and Chien Hsiao-hao plays the role of Lin Fu-cheng, who is also Tie-chiao-san's apprentice and an important supporting character.

If Chang Shuai-an remembers correctly, Chien Hsiao-hao was quite valued by Chang Cheh, and by the end of the year, he was promoted to lead role, playing Hu Fei in "The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain." Later, after Chang Cheh moved to Taiwan, he was no longer highly regarded at Shaw Brothers. Within two years, at the invitation of Hung Ching-pao, he left Shaw Brothers and joined Hung's stunt team, until he became a sensation again in 1985 for his role as Qiu Sheng in "Mr. Vampire." This actor's career was quite legendary, with several ups and downs.

Zhao Zhenqiang gave a simple and direct instruction: "Jingzai, you should talk to Director Zhang and see if he'll release the person. If he won't, then it'll be Huang Rihua."

Fatty Wang nodded: "I understand."

There's no need to discuss the remaining roles; Chiu Chun-keung can simply send a notification to TVB's acting department, and they'll arrange for actors to come directly.

"Alright, time to eat!"

After they finished their discussion, Zhuang Wenqing came over to call them.

After dinner, the group went back to the study to revise the script and began categorizing the scenes to facilitate subsequent filming.

They worked until almost midnight, and the six of them were completely exhausted, but thankfully the written work was finished.

The group agreed to meet in the main building's conference room the next morning and then check on the actors' costumes in the afternoon.

Shao Zhenqiang then said to them, "By the way, you can take a shower at my place before going back. The dormitories at Shaw Brothers Studio don't have water after 10:30."

Everyone knows how stingy Shaw Brothers is, especially after Fang Yihua took over, they became even stingier, to an alarming degree. This water outage rule was added by her.

If it weren't for the fact that film crews often shoot all night at the cinema, Fang Yihua would have even considered cutting off the cinema's power.

Zhao Zhenqiang kept Liu Shiyu and Huo Yaoliang behind, as they were the brains of the production team and needed to continue some preliminary preparations.

Fatty Wang can go home and wash up; there's no need for him to do it here.

Du Qifeng got married last year. His wife, Huang Baoling, was his classmate in the TVB acting training class. They have already rented a house outside the movie theater.

Zhang Shuai'an did take a shower, but he had no clothes to change into, so he had to put his somewhat dirty clothes back on.

Fatty Wang drove Zhang Shuai'an and Du Qifeng back to Shaw Brothers Studio.

Zhang Shuai'an got off the car at Building 4, waved goodbye to Fatty Wang and Du Qifeng, and then went upstairs.

The hallway was dimly lit, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a ghost story about to begin.

Zhang Shuai'an suddenly remembered that there seemed to have been several actresses who hanged themselves in the dormitory building of Shaw Brothers Studio. For a moment, he felt like there were ghostly figures all around him.

As soon as I reached the fifth floor, I turned my head and vaguely saw a white figure in the corridor.

The white figure seemed to have noticed him and slowly turned its head to look at him.

Zhang Shuai'an wasn't afraid of ghosts; he just thought the female ghost was quite pretty. He cheekily remarked, "What are you doing in the hallway in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? Are you planning to jump off the building?"

"You're crazy! You're the one who wants to jump off a building." The figure in white cursed at him, then turned and went back to his room.

Zhang Shuai'an found it somewhat amusing, turned around and went upstairs. When he arrived at 606, he knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" He Jiatong's voice came from inside.

Zhang Shuai'an answered softly, "It's me, open the door."

He Jiatong opened the door and peeked out cautiously: "Why are you back so late? I woke up several times, I've been waiting for you."

"I'm swamped with work—revising the script, talking to actors... I'm incredibly busy."

Zhang Shuai'an entered the room, took off his clothes, and lay down on the bed.

"Then you should get some rest." He Jiatong was about to turn off the light.

Zhang Shuai'an suddenly caught sight of a gossip magazine on the coffee table, "XX Weekly," with the headline: "Chen Yulian would rather be blacklisted than dump Chow Yun-fat!"

That woman in white just now, wasn't that Chen Yulian?