This movie star is absolutely wicked!

Chapter 24, Liaoyin

At this point, Li Yun did a quick sketch of the script, as the Hong Kong director really liked to talk about Buddhism.

Whether it's this big movie or the later Infernal Affairs.

They all have strong Buddhist elements.

Li Yun glanced at it briefly.

Okay, it's not about glancing at it, but about taking out paper and pen to copy it, using the tip of the pen and your eyes to feel and understand the expression of the script and the characters.

Before I knew it, it was almost midnight.

Copying a script sometimes takes that long.

"That's strange, why hasn't Uncle come back yet?"

Li Yun was a little puzzled. He glanced at the time on his phone, frowned, and thought about where his uncle had just mentioned going. Without saying anything, he packed his things and prepared to leave.

Actually, you can probably guess what Li Yun went out to do. Going out so late is nothing more than drinking. This time, he's probably here drinking with the investors.

My mission is to rescue them.

Datong is brightly lit at night. In this northern city, barbecue and beer are always the main themes, and this was no exception even in the early 2000s.

At this moment, Li Yun arrived at the food stall that his uncle had mentioned.

The smell was of smoke, alcohol, and vomit; the barbecue seasoned with cumin and scallions.

"Uncle, you've had too much to drink again."

Li Yun had already prepared these lines.

Then he mocked his uncle without restraint.

Li Yun was ready at this moment.

Uncle, you've gotten fatter again.

The fat on your belly is practically overflowing!

Li Yun originally intended to say that.

By the way, tell your uncle to lose some weight, since he really is a bit overweight.

But when they arrived at the food stall, they saw the uncle offering toasts.

"Mr. Zhang, thank you for your kind offer."

"Little Li, thank you so much!"

Li Yun saw it at that moment.

His uncle, Li Xingda, was toasting a man. The man in front of him was dressed in a suit and had a smile on his face. He was obviously much younger than his uncle, and Li Xingda was bowing and scraping.

"Mr. Zhang, please don't mind, this is the wine I prepared, please accept it."

"No, no, no, this is not good."

"Okay!"

Mr. Zhang declined three times, but finally accepted the Moutai liquor offered by his uncle. It was a case of unopened liquor.

Mr. Zhang clearly didn't really refuse; he simply accepted the wine.

"Come on, let's drink until we drop, let's have a toast!"

At this point, Li Xingda's complexion was already a bit off, but he was still drinking, clinking glasses with this General Manager Zhang at the table, enjoying himself to the fullest.

Mr. Zhang was very happy and offered tea instead of wine, but Li Xingda insisted on drinking alcohol.

Because he is the passive party, he is the party who has a request.

When the drinking got lively, Li Xingda even stuck the cherry tomatoes used to cut through the greasiness of the barbecue onto his nose and danced awkwardly, making Mr. Zhang burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, Li Yun, who was watching from a distance, knew what Li Xingda's so-called secret weapon was: stomach medicine and hangover cure.

Li Yun didn't expose him at this moment, but silently backed away and left, returning to her dormitory.

When Li Xingda returned late at night.

"You're still awake."

"I'm reading the script."

"Alright."

At this moment, Li Xingda chuckled.

He said that foot baths in Northeast China are also very refreshing.

Then they made it up vividly.

It's as if I really did go to get a foot massage with a client.

Only Li Yun knew that he had gone to play the clown for Boss Zhang. However, Li Yun didn't expose him at the moment, but just said quietly.

"Goodnight, Uncle."

Li Xingda was taken aback.

Then he said with a smile.

Good night. Do your best on filming tomorrow. Don't force yourself. Just consider it an opportunity to broaden your horizons.

"Um."

……

The next day, the weather was overcast!

But then the director said...

Great weather.

"Today's weather is perfect for filming the finale of this movie."

Johnnie To's mood improved a bit at this point.

We've finally reached the very end of filming.

At this stage.

He looked at Liu Tianwang, who was reading Buddhist scriptures next to him.

At this moment, Andy Lau was holding a book called the Mahaparinirvana Sutra in his hands, reading and reciting it.

"There are two kinds of effects: the cause of production and the cause of realization. That which produces phenomena is called the cause of production. A lamp can realize things, so it is called the cause of realization."

The male protagonist's name comes from this.

The entire film "The Great Wisdom" revolves around the concept of cause and effect.

Liao Yin foresaw Li Fengyi's fate from the very beginning.

So he wanted to save Li Fengyi.

But in the end, they couldn't save him.

Instead, he was blinded by anger and wanted revenge, but in the end he did not, because he realized that letting go and that revenge only leads to more revenge. From then on, he truly gained great wisdom.

Wai Ka-fai looked at Johnnie To next to him and said, "Actually, I would have preferred him to play himself, and in the end, he and Sun Guo would reconcile as two sides of the same coin, but in the end, the other side still squeezed in someone else."

He even complained a little to Johnnie To that his clever idea wasn't adopted.

Johnnie To responded with a wry smile.

"Investors have a lot to consider. Unless absolutely necessary, it's best not to let artists play villains."

Wai Ka-fai neither confirmed nor denied this.

Actors and entertainers have a very high degree of connection between their on-screen and off-screen personas.

Many actors have suffered because of this, and some have even had their careers and status blocked, unable to improve or change their situation.

So in a sense, Sun Guo, who is big and wise, can even be considered the protagonist. People of the same or even lower status as Zheng Jing and Andy Lau are unwilling to play this role.

However, Andy Lau has accumulated a lot of debt this year for some reason, so he wouldn't refuse if asked to act in the film.

"Let him play himself; that's where his potential is even greater."

But there's nothing we can do; the budget for this big production is limited, and this film is positioned as an art film.

"But to put it another way, it doesn't really matter who plays this role. I'd even jokingly say I could play it myself." Johnnie To then teased, "You haven't made as many movies as I have, so you don't need to strive for perfection. Nothing in this world is perfect, and the same goes for movies. Good enough is good enough."

Wai Ka-fai didn't say anything.

Just nodded.

It's a pity, but as he said, if I had to say, it's good enough.

The main theme of the entire play is 90% complete.

The final layer is the sublimation and development of the ideas of cause and effect and the fruit of the fruit.

He believed that Andy Lau could do that.

Through previous filming and reciting Buddhist scriptures and scripts, he had accumulated insights into cause and effect, as well as anger.

If everyone is preoccupied with revenge in past and future lives.

When will this cycle of revenge end?

lay down.

cause and effect.