Chapter 163

Back in Beijing, the Red Cliff project team held another huddle. Due to the previous delays, the casting needed to be wrapped up as quickly as possible so as not to disrupt the shooting schedule. Since they had decided to use Mainland China actors entirely for this production, the participants entrusted the casting process to Liu Zhou and Director Zhang. Over the past few days, even through the Lunar New Year holiday, they had been pestered beyond endurance by favors requested from all quarters. Rather than trading on those personal connections themselves, it was better to pass the favors along to Liu Zhou. After all, Liu Zhou seemed to have clear ideas about casting, so they might as well hand the whole thing over to him. If the project succeeded, Liu Zhou would owe them a favor; if it failed, he would be the one taking the blame. Han Sanping, for his part, had a high degree of trust in Liu Zhou. He believed Liu Zhou would not mess around with a project of this magnitude, which was the fundamental reason he supported Liu Zhou's decision to cast entirely from Mainland China. He had watched Liu Zhou grow up step-by-step.