Chapter 1016: You took a fancy to him at first sight, right?!

After coming to Hong Kong for two days, Naoki Nagayama was drunk for two days.

After waking up the next day, he truly realized that the so-called dissipation of paper and gold actually meant that his memory only went up to being drunk, and today he woke up only feeling dizzy...

Staring blankly at the scorching sun outside the window, Naoki Nagayama let out a big yawn, and then washed up to go downstairs for brunch.

"Naoki-san..." X2

The two, with pale faces and dark circles under their eyes, also walked over looking weak.

"Masataka-kun, Kijima-kun..."

He had a count of his own integrity, at least he wouldn't randomly bring a girl who got lost back to the hotel, but his two followers might not...

Naoki Nagayama looked at the two little brothers, his mouth stuttered for a moment before asking,

"You two wouldn't have brought someone back last night, would you..."

Seeing the awkward expressions on the two's faces, Naoki Nagayama let out an "Eee"...

The two were still staying in the same room...

"Kijima-kun is fine..." Naoki Nagayama shook his head, "Masataka-kun, you are a married man..."

"......"

The two looked at each other. Seeing that Naoki Nagayama didn't continue to blame them, they relaxed. After all, this kind of romantic affair wouldn't become a big problem among Japanese men~

Masataka Komori asked while drinking milk to replenish nutrition:

"Naoki-san... with so many cute girls last night, didn't you ever think about a night of pleasure?"

Naoki Nagayama glanced at the two and said disdainfully:

"You two lower-body animals! I am a pure, moral person who has broken away from low-level interests!"

"......"

He felt like he had been looked down upon by someone standing on the moral high ground!

In this era, having a boss who abides by morality, he didn't know whether he should be lucky or surprised...

Not dwelling on this matter for too long, after the few finished breakfast, they started chatting about the next itinerary.

"Naoki-san..." Naoki Nagayama said, "There are still some TVB auditions this morning... some delayed until now because of schedule reasons. Then in the afternoon, Jackie Chan and other Hong Kong circle big shots I know will push some acquaintances to try..."

Although most of the people auditioning here were artists from TVB or Shaw Brothers, there were other companies in Hong Kong, and they would also push some people to him through seven turns and eight turns.

"Tomorrow, we can have a good rest... we can go to see famous attractions in Hong Kong..."

Naoki Nagayama explained the next matters to the two followers,

"You two need to take the translator Wu Qiwen, but I can go play by myself... so we can split up tomorrow..."

In fact, it was Naoki Nagayama himself who wanted to go to some places and didn't want to have two followers tagging along!

Just as he was talking, he saw Wu Qiwen, who was the translator, also walk over with floating steps.

Speaking of which, this translator really took advantage of the light. The places he followed Naoki Nagayama to were all high-end places he couldn't go to normally. The service attitude and quality were at a level he couldn't normally contact. Really... carefree like a god~

"Naoki-san, Komori-san, and Kijima-san, morning!" Wu Qiwen greeted with a smile, "Did you rest well last night?"

"Hahahaha... very well... very well..."

The few greeted each other, feeling that their spirits had gradually recovered, and then waited for the car to pick them up.

After a period of time, the audition for today began.

Seriously auditioning...

At noon, Naoki Nagayama's group didn't go drinking, but took a car to the California Tower.

When they arrived, they already saw Chow Yun-fat and two thin and shrewd-looking people waiting in the restaurant...

"Naoki-san..." Fat-gor stood up and introduced him, "This is Karl Maka and Raymond Wong from Cinema City..."

Then he introduced to the two:

"This is the chairman of Japan's Tree Friend Group, Naoki Nagayama..."

"Nice to meet you~" "Long time no see~"

Influenced by Western culture, greetings in Hong Kong only required a handshake. Naoki Nagayama felt much more relaxed.

After everyone sat down, Karl Maka asked eagerly:

"Naoki-san, why do you want to buy the distribution rights for 'A Better Tomorrow' in Japan?"

One couldn't blame Karl Maka for being anxious, the situation this movie was currently facing wasn't very good...

Director John Woo had been frustrated at Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and had no movies to film after arriving at Cinema City, urgently needing a movie to open the situation; at this time, the lead actor Chow Yun-fat, although very famous, had movies that were well-received but not popular, and had the reputation of being a "box office poison," urgently needing a movie to prove himself; the other lead actor, Ti Lung, was even fired by Shaw Brothers and fell into a midlife crisis...

Another actor in the movie, Leslie Cheung, although very popular, had his main business in the singing world, and filming movies was just icing on the cake...

It could be said that this movie was a counterattack by a group of people who had hit rock bottom. If this movie wasn't successful, their future might be bleak.

And now, suddenly, a Japanese fat sheep opened his mouth and wanted to buy the distribution rights for the movie in Japan, which suddenly filled the cost almost!

What's more, this was before the movie was even released!

"I heard the plot from Mr. Chow, and I feel that such a story is very tense... You should all know that when Tree Friend released 'The Legend of Hayato' at the beginning of the year, it was a movie about a gangster boss..."

Naoki Nagayama explained,

"I have also watched some of Mr. Chow's movies before, and his interpretation of the movie characters is very in place. In summary, I think this movie has a future."

In fact, Naoki Nagayama just recalled Fat-gor's "Once a Thief," as well as his nostalgia for some famous scenes in "A Better Tomorrow"~

And in terms of cost, two million Hong Kong dollars, converted into yen, was only about ten million yen, small money!

"Director Nagayama's 'The Legend of Hayato', we have naturally appreciated it..." Raymond Wong said, "It is truly a masterpiece, where the violence and loyalty of the underworld are combined very well... The plot is also very tight, making people unable to move their eyes away..."

As big shots in the Hong Kong film circle, they naturally paid attention to the Japanese entertainment industry, which was the most developed in Asia, at all times.

"You flatter me~" Naoki Nagayama laughed, "Hong Kong movies now are also very excellent, walking out a very characteristic path."

"Director Nagayama really praises Hong Kong movies!"

"Haha, there are indeed places worth learning!"

Hong Kong movies in this era were indeed blooming, with all kinds of innovations, unlike later, when only gangster movies were left for self-entertainment~

Either this robber robbed a gold shop, or that bad guy endangered Hong Kong's public security, or some policeman went bad, and every time the Hong Kong police had to be busy, finally blowing up several buildings...

The group had a sumptuous lunch at the California Restaurant, and by the way, settled the matter of purchasing distribution rights in the Japanese region. Subsequent processes and signing would naturally be carried out by the two companies.

"Come... wish the new movie a big hit!" Naoki Nagayama raised his wine glass.

"Big hit for the new movie!"

"......"

The afternoon was the audition for other artists in the Hong Kong film circle. The venue wasn't at TVB anymore, but a meeting room rented at The Peninsula Hotel.

Actually, auditioning in the room was also fine, anyway the suite was very large, but Naoki Nagayama still vetoed it...

The paparazzi in the Hong Kong entertainment circle had already noticed this great director from Japan. If the news of auditioning in a private suite spread, it might turn into news like "auditioning in the room" or "male-to-male confrontation"...

He was very clear about the urine nature of Hong Kong media in this era, daring to say anything for traffic and exposure... much bolder than Japan!

The people Jackie Chan introduced were naturally martial arts actors, and it wasn't easy to find handsome ones among martial arts actors.

In the conference room, he met Chin Siu-ho and Dicky Lau introduced by Jackie Chan.

"Big brother..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the familiar face and laughed, almost saying "Everyone here is trash."

But to tell the truth, in this era, both young people could be called handsome, otherwise the Qiu Sheng played by Chin Siu-ho wouldn't have been liked by so many female ghosts, and Dicky Lau looked seven or eight points like Leon Lai, and later even dated Anita Mui...

"Director Nagayama~" X2

"Nice to meet you~"

Naoki Nagayama also stood up to welcome the two, and learned a little about their filming experience... But they were just pure newcomers... Ah, dragon and tiger martial artists!

"You were introduced by Big Brother Jackie Chan, do you have any understanding of the role you want to audition for?"

Both of them, who were still very green, shook their heads, saying that Jackie Chan told them they would play a very handsome role, and needed someone with good external conditions...

"Hmm... that's about it..."

Naoki Nagayama didn't have too many requirements either, and handed a script of the plot to them,

"Since that's the case, prepare a little, and perform the drama on this impromptu!"

"Okay~"

Watching the two read very seriously, and then start preparing to perform, Naoki Nagayama actually had some preparations in his heart, because people with acting skills could enter the state very quickly.

So...

The result was naturally a car crash...

The requirement was for the male lead to spend millions to buy jewelry in the surprised eyes of the crowd, but the performance of the two could be said to be unbearable. Chin Siu-ho didn't have many expressions, his movements were stiff, while Dicky Lau's performance was exaggerated, and his expression was pretentious...

It could only be said that both were action actors, and too young, without much acting skills.

If they were actors under Naoki Nagayama, he could try to teach them from scratch, but both were Hong Kong actors, and they wouldn't develop in Japan in the future, so that wouldn't work~

"Thank you both for coming to participate in the audition..." Naoki Nagayama maintained a gentle tone, "If there is progress later, I will contact you..."

And when sending the two away, he happened to see Leslie Cheung walking over, and with him was another handsome guy...

"Naoki-san..."

Leslie Cheung greeted very unceremoniously, and then introduced,

"This is the Andy I mentioned before..."

Currently, Andy Lau was being frozen by Shaw Brothers because of the signing incident, and the company gave the song that was originally his to Leslie Cheung, which made Leslie Cheung feel a bit sorry, so when Naoki Nagayama wanted to choose a role, he thought of introducing Andy Lau over first.

"Director Nagayama, nice to meet you~"

"Mr. Lau, nice to meet you~"

After the two met, Naoki Nagayama observed the current Andy Lau. Sure enough, he was very handsome, and one could see from his dress that he was carefully groomed.

However, it was said that Andy Lau in this period was someone who wouldn't even agree to change his hairstyle in order to maintain his image during filming.

"Come in quickly~"

"Thank you~"

Inviting Andy Lau in, Naoki Nagayama prepared to audition in the conference room. Of course, he first chatted about his filming experience, and only gave a script later:

"Mr. Lau, please take a look at this script first... do an impromptu performance!"

Naoki Nagayama gave a decadent experience of the male lead getting drunk in a bar when he was finally frustrated.

According to the requirements in the original plot, the male lead was sloppy and full of stubble... But naturally, he wasn't so well prepared for an impromptu performance, so he could only play freely.

After waiting for a while, he saw Andy Lau walk over from the door, his shoulders drooping, his tie loosened, his clothes sagging, and the whole person revealed a decadent feeling.

Sitting at the table in the conference room, using a disposable cup to pour water as wine...

But no matter how he looked, he looked like a melancholy prince who was forcing himself to be sad, even at this point, he was still exuding handsomeness...

Ah, it turned out that his beautiful hair was not messy at all!

"Cut! That's enough!" Naoki Nagayama stopped the performance, "Mr. Lau, I have already understood your acting skills..."

Andy Lau heard the wrong tone:

"Director Nagayama, is there any deficiency in my performance?"

"The feeling of decadence and frustration was performed, but there was nothing else..." Naoki Nagayama said to Andy Lau, "It's just too handsome!"

"? But isn't the male lead a handsome guy?"

"But in this situation, the male lead has no money left, and still has to go to jail, he can't show off anymore!"

Naoki Nagayama didn't mean to teach others how to act either, stopping at the point,

"Mr. Lau, thank you very much for coming to the audition... If there is progress, we will contact you..."

"This... okay!"

Andy Lau didn't force it anymore and turned to open the door and walk out... As one of the Five Tigers of TVB in this era, he was still full of pride.

Leslie Cheung outside saw Andy Lau come out. Just by looking at the expression on his face, he knew the result might not be good, so he let him go back first, and then walked in himself, wanting to ask about the situation:

"Director Nagayama, how was the audition result?"

"Andy is still an idol stream now, not an acting school..." Naoki Nagayama said, "The male lead this time has very high requirements for acting skills..."

This was a tactful rejection...

"Can I see the content of the performance?" Leslie Cheung wanted to see if the plot of the performance was too difficult.

"This is nothing~"

Naoki Nagayama handed the paper to him,

"It can be considered an ordinary scene..."

"Indeed..."

Leslie Cheung looked at the plot of the impromptu performance and felt that it wasn't the kind that made things difficult for people.

And at this time, Shizhi Kijima, who had been silent and just observing, spoke directly:

"If it were Leslie performing, how would he express this decadent and frustrated feeling?"

"If it were me~"

Leslie Cheung didn't refuse either, thought for a while, and started to demonstrate,

"First, the hair needs to be a bit messy... eyes downward... the clothes on the body need to have some wrinkles... can't wear them neatly... the corners of the mouth need to be downward..."

Only to see him mess up his originally soft and neat hair, then use his hands to tidy it up casually, the suit on his body was also rubbed, the corners and collar were wrinkled, and the shirt inside was also operated like this...

Sitting at the table in the conference room, his lips were tightly pursed, but the corners of his mouth were downward, and his eyes were downward, staring blankly at the disposable paper cup in his hand... his hands slowly turning the cup...

Even though he was still exquisite in appearance, a decadent and tired feeling appeared in front of his eyes.

In this situation, no one would think that what was in his cup was water, but strong liquor!

"Such expressive power, sure enough, it's Leslie!" Shizhi Kijima said with a smile, "If Leslie performs, there will definitely be no problem!"

"Eh?"

"Naoki-san, what do you think?"

Shizhi Kijima looked at Naoki Nagayama. He was clearly very satisfied with Leslie Cheung, and should have been very satisfied when he saw him yesterday!

"Uh..."

"The audition is already perfect!" Shizhi Kijima said in Japanese, "Naoki-san, height and age are not a problem, they can be handled with the lens!"

"This..."

After all, the director of this movie was one of Masataka Komori and Shizhi Kijima, and it was clear that Masataka Komori had started to expand his connections and work hard in the direction of production, and Shizhi Kijima's possibility was greater.

However... one couldn't announce that Leslie Cheung was selected directly at this time! Otherwise, he brought others to audition, but he took the role himself... If it spread, how would he face people!

Naoki Nagayama signaled Shizhi Kijima to be calm and said to Leslie Cheung:

"Thank you for Leslie's demonstration just now... Our Director Kijima thinks your acting skills are very good, and wants to cooperate if there is a chance!"

"Haha, that's really thank you!"

Leslie Cheung and Shizhi Kijima shook hands to thank him,

"There will definitely be a chance in the future!"

"If possible..." Naoki Nagayama said, "Can you also participate in a role in this movie?"

"Of course, no problem!"

"Okay... Our Tree Friend produces movies, and the roles are determined during formal filming. At that time, we will invite Leslie to Japan... please be sure to come..."

"No problem!" Leslie Cheung laughed, "The schedule for these few months is free~"

Having just finished filming "A Better Tomorrow," his time before the era could be considered a rest period... Even in terms of

"That's good~"

Once he had sent the person out, Naoki Nagayama shook his head at Shizhi Mu:

"Mu-kun, you took a liking to him at first sight, didn't you?"

Shizhi Mu did not deny it either, nodding: "When I saw him for the first time yesterday, I felt he was very similar to Naoki-san!"

"??" Naoki Nagayama said in surprise, "Similar to me? My appearance is completely different from Leslie's type... If you ask me, I'm more like that Lin Guobin who came earlier..."

Lin Guobin looked seventy or eighty percent like Leon Lai, and Naoki Nagayama was of the same type—a sunny, handsome guy. He and the delicate, handsome type like Leslie Cheung were two different schools of thought!

"It's just the feeling he gives off; there's a kind of very clean, very sincere feeling..."

"......"

"So I think if he plays the role, the feeling will be very similar..."

"......."

Seeing that Naoki Nagayama was not speaking, Shizhi Mu hurriedly urged:

"Naoki-san, let's finalize the role quickly!"

"What's the rush... When casting in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, there are many aspects to consider..."

Naoki Nagayama did not want to finalize it in Hong Kong; he actually thought quite highly of Tony Leung's acting skills...

Besides, among those who auditioned over the past two days, he didn't know if there were any connections involved... Choosing one meant offending another...

Nowadays, Hong Kong gangs are rampant; he might just get a gun pointed at him by some big boss insisting he choose that person as the lead, especially since he himself is Japanese...

"I'll wait until I return to Japan to make a decision! Anyway, the groundwork has already been laid~"

"Yes!"

That rule he just mentioned, about only finalizing the role at the very end, was something he had just made up on the spot!