Chapter 120

Even if both films are excellent, there is no intention of one borrowing from the other.

Xu Can wants the world to see that China also has hero stories and equally wonderful legends.

The original producer and lead actor Xu Zheng had just finished filming "Call for Love," and is now filming "Call for Love 2" and "Night Shop."

Xu Can originally wanted to find him to film, but after contacting his agent, he found a schedule conflict.

Xu Zheng was very surprised by Xu Can's contact and took the initiative to invite Xu Can to a banquet.

Originally, Xu Can wanted to bring Swift, but this little girl completely turned into a homebody, just wanting to lie in the hotel and binge-watch shows.

"You go yourself, if I go, I won't understand a word, it'll be quite awkward."

"Alright then, you stay in the hotel... come, kiss one!"

Before leaving, Xu Can leaned over to kiss her,

Swift stared intently at the computer screen watching the show, just pouted her lips to the side, and was perfunctorily kissed by Xu Can.

"You don't love me anymore." Xu Can pretended to be very disappointed.

Swift panicked, quickly threw down the computer, hugged Xu Can, and kissed him several times.

"Enough, enough, I love you, okay!"

"That's more like it, I love you too." Swift smiled sweetly and crawled back onto the sofa to pick up the computer.

Xu Can smiled and went to the banquet alone.

In a quiet and elegant private room in the capital, several old acquaintances were sitting inside.

Of course, it's not that Xu Can was familiar with them, but they were familiar faces from his past life.

Besides the bald Xu Zheng, there were his wife Song Qian, "Crazy Stone" director Ning Hao, and original director Wen Wen Muye.

At this time, Song Qian was in her 30s, much younger than in the "A Little Reunion" period, and quite charming.

When they were introduced, the two looked at each other, and she lowered her head with a bit of girlish shyness.

"President Xu, your arrival is a great honor. I really didn't expect you to think of me. I really hope we can cooperate! It's a pity I've already signed a contract, I really can't get away, sigh..."

From Xu Zheng's expression, it could be seen that he was truly quite regretful.

Although Xu Can didn't have much publicity in China and was basically isolated from the entertainment news section,

who in the industry didn't know him?

Being able to thrive in Hollywood, Xu Can's status already had the momentum to surpass Jackie Chan and rival Bruce Lee.

This is a height that many Chinese actors and directors can't even dream of reaching.

The great beauty Li Li Bingbing broke her head just to get some second or third supporting roles.

Liu Liu Yifei did play the female lead, "The Forbidden Kingdom" was considered a female lead, but it was basically a vase role with nothing to see.

The later "Mulan" didn't have very good results.

Although Xu Can started with a high starting point, his subsequent development was almost hell-level difficulty,

and being able to reach this point today is entirely relying on film quality and god-level acting skills, carving out a bloody path from the cracks.

In Xu Zheng's view, it was even harder than ascending to heaven.

Xu Can was willing to film a story about China, and he and Ning Hao naturally supported it.

What's more, this story is related to the "Medicine Hero Case" that caused a stir in the past two years.

"Medicine Hero" Lu Yong, like in his past life, as a textile factory owner, his life was still quite happy.

Until he was diagnosed with leukemia, the sky-high price of Novartis medicine, tens of thousands of yuan a box, almost emptied his family fortune.

In 2004, he learned about the generic drugs from India, the price was a fraction of the genuine product, and the efficacy was the same.

He started taking generic drugs, shared them in patient groups, and helped patients buy them.

At least thousands of patients got a chance to save their lives because of this.

More and more people came to him to buy medicine, Lu Yong saw the coldness of the world, and driven by compassion,

he was completely losing money selling medicine, a box of medicine "group purchase price" was only 200 yuan, which is 1% of the genuine price!

In his past life, Lu Yong persisted for 10 years and saved countless families,

until 2014, when his abnormality was discovered through a credit card, he was arrested and prosecuted.

In 2015, the prosecution against Lu Yong was withdrawn, and he was released without charge,

and medical insurance also included high-priced drugs in the plan, so more people could afford genuine drugs.

However, the world line has changed now, Lu Yong hasn't had time to save more people, and was reported by Novartis in early 2008, and is currently still locked up inside!

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Can intends to film this work.

He hopes more people can see the story of the Medicine Hero.

Ning Hao lit a cigarette and said seriously:

"It just so happens that I know some people here, I can set up a game for you, I'll try my best to contact whoever you want."

Xu Can roughly described the character settings of the lead actors,

Xu Zheng took the lead in suggesting: "For the lead Cheng Yong, you can consider playing it yourself. I watched 'John Wick,' that sense of vicissitudes, you can completely handle it."

Ning Hao and Wen Wen Muye both nodded in agreement: "Yes, there's absolutely nothing to say about the acting."

"To be honest, I plan to film the sequel to 'Crazy Stone' later, there's a story about a racer, and I wanted to invite you."

"I guess it's hard for me to free up my schedule, you should find mainland actors, Huang Bo, Guo Tao, they are all excellent actors."

"Alright, then we'll cooperate when there's a chance later." Ning Hao was also regretful.

If he could invite Xu Can, not only could he support the box office in the Chinese market,

it also meant that the film could be exported to Hollywood! Earn North American money!

Afterwards, after some discussion, plus the suggestions of Xu Zheng and Ning Hao, Xu Can roughly figured out the situation of several actors.

For the police officer Cao Bin, the original Zhou Zhou Yiwei can be used.

Currently, Zhou Zhou Yiwei is a teaching assistant at the Beijing Film Academy, has played many stage plays and TV drama roles, the acting is basically no problem, and the schedule is even less of a problem.

For the patient Lü Lu Shouyi, the actor Wang Chuanjun was not filming "iPartment" at this time, had just finished filming "The Prince of Tennis," and was recently rehearsing a stage play.

Wang Chuanjun's acting is naturally no problem, and he had cooperated with Zhou Zhou Yiwei before, so they can be contacted together.

The actor for the little yellow-haired guy, Zhang Yu, currently has experience in a few movies, is temporarily unknown, and even Xu Zheng and Ning Hao have no impression of him.

Ning Hao said he could find a connection to contact his agent, and there was no big problem with the schedule.

The actors for Liu the Pastor and the pyramid scheme leader Zhang Changlin are both veteran actors,

and there is no big problem with teachers Yang Yang Xinmin and Wang Wang Jianhui, both can be arranged.

The only problem is the dancer role.

The original actor Tan Zhuo hasn't debuted yet, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao haven't even heard of her, so naturally they don't know where to find someone.

"Do you have no impression of her?"

"No, I've really never heard of her."

"Then how about Hao Lei?"

Xu Can suggested another well-known actress, who is somewhat similar to Tan Zhuo, but has a higher status and more experience, Hao Lei.

She has already gained some popularity through TV dramas like "Young Huang Feihong," "The Young Emperor," and "Summer Palace."

Ning Hao made a phone call to inquire for a long time, and the conclusion was quite regretful.

"Her schedule conflicts, she has to film a military drama 'My Brother is Shun Liu,' I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to appear before next summer."

This is a bit difficult, the dancer role is a supporting role, but it is still quite important.

Can't just find a vase.

At this time, Xu Zheng suggested:

"I have two candidates, you can refer to them..."

"I'd like to hear the details."

"One is the person next to me, I believe she should be able to meet your needs... The other candidate is your classmate from Beijing Film Academy, Yang Mi."

Xu Can was a little confused.

Wait, who?