Xinli's residence, when Zhou Wen arrived, she was watching the episode of "Rivals" in front of the TV. When she heard the doorbell ringing, she hurriedly ran out. While taking the food box from Zhou Wen's hand, she said, "Why are you here so early today?" , Cheng Long is busy promoting the sequel of "Plan A" with three beauties, but you leisurely come to my son to learn English, do you understand the priorities?"
"Originally I was going to participate in the promotion, but when I thought about a certain greedy cat, she was hungry. If she didn't have enough to eat, she wouldn't have the strength. If she didn't have the strength, she wouldn't be able to teach hard. In the end, it was me who was unlucky." Zhou Wen said with a smile, spreading his hands: "You can leave the work to your subordinates, but you have to learn English by yourself. Which one is more important?"
"Tch, I didn't notice you were glib before, but today your mouth feels like you've eaten honey." Xin Li curled her lips and took the food box to the kitchen: "Would you like to eat together?"
"No, I just came here after eating. Besides, you don't like the atmosphere of eating with me." Zhou Wen sat down on the sofa, pointed at the episode of "Love Enemies" being played on the TV and said, "Why don't you look at this?"
"I'm bored. Besides, your acting in it is quite interesting." Xin Li walked into the living room with three dishes and one soup, and said while eating: "But the drama cannot be compared with the movie. The costumes and props are so rough, and the picture quality It¡¯s not good either. If it wasn¡¯t directed at you, I wouldn¡¯t bother to look at it.¡±
"Haha." Zhou Wen grinned awkwardly and said, "There is no way, Uncle Six has to control costs."
The drama version of "Rivals" is co-written by Wei Jiahui and Du Qifeng, and is supervised by Du Qifeng. The two people have an excellent cooperation. It was simply expanded into a 40-episode TV series based on the plots of the two movies, and the original two-line characters were adjusted into multi-line characters. And it still closely revolves around the core of youth inspiration and popular hip-hop, but the characters and plot are standard TVB routines, interspersed with various love triangle scenes, and even attributed the breakup of Zhou Wen and Liu Dehua to a woman, and the two brothers were trapped in love in the end. They fought over this woman, and in the end Xingzi became a vegetable, and the two brothers also turned against each other because of Zhou Haimei, and the character played by Zhou Haimei turned out to be the beauty trouble sent by his rival Wan Ziliang.
In short, all the bloody plots made Zhou Wen a little disgusted. Even so, he still had very professional ethics and completed the filming according to the contract. In his opinion, the plot was not good, but the audience liked it very much. Combined with the simultaneous auditions for the second quarter of "Dance My Life", the ratings Too high to be true.
Xin Li heard this and helped Zhou Wen fight the injustice: "No wonder you have to wear one costume for five or six episodes. It turns out that the cost is controlled. Uncle Six is ??too stingy. He has reached the level of a TV tycoon, and he is the same as Grandet. This If the budget for the costumes, props, and scenes of this drama is increased, the shooting effect will definitely be better than that of American dramas."
Zhou Wen shrugged and had no objection. This is the essential difference between the United States and Hong Kong regarding drama series. Foreigners pursue the quality of the picture, while Hong Kong people pursue storylines and length. After all, TVB and ATV are in a fierce competition stage. If the ratings of a TV series are higher than the other, the length of the series must be increased.
The length is there. But the investment costs for each drama are still the same, so it¡¯s not surprising that Zhou Wen can wear one costume and shoot six or seven episodes in the same scene.
Fortunately, the public¡¯s demands on television are not high these days. Even if the costumes and props are the same and the pictures are almost the same, it doesn¡¯t matter. There is still a plot to fill in the plot. As long as there is a story to watch and fun to pass the time, it¡¯s enough. Besides, many people are watching it for Zhou Wen¡¯s fame just like Xin Li. The big names they like, the fashionable street dances that everyone is eager to see, and the exciting fights are enough!
Xinli ate with gusto, and asked without forgetting the gossip: "How many more dramas do you have with TVB?"
"Two movies. I was originally going to film "Du Xinwu" at the beginning of the year, but it was temporarily postponed because I was too busy. I guess I will have some free time at the end of the year. Let's see then. TVB is not in a hurry, and I am not in a hurry either." Zhou Wen smiled. He waved his hands and said, "On the contrary, you have been staying at home for almost a month. Have you thought about the future?"
"No." Xin Li bit her lip and said, "Besides making movies, I have no other survival skills. Maybe I will return to New York to make some plans for others, as long as I can support myself and make my life more comfortable. Yes, I don¡¯t have high demands.¡±
"I have a good suggestion, do you want to hear it?" Zhou Wen looked at her with a smile.
"Do you still want to recruit me to the Zhou family?" , and then my sister will be implicated, so you¡¯d better give up on this idea.¡±
"Hey, I didn't say I was in Hong Kong. Why did you answer so quickly?" Zhou Wen said with a wry smile: "I know you also have difficulties, so in order to save you from worries, I??¡Hire you as the interim head of Zhou Films¡¯ North American region. "
"Huh?" Xin Li picked up a tissue and wiped the corners of her lips. After blinking to make sure Zhou Wen wasn't joking, she immediately laughed.
"why are you laughing?"
Xin Li shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it just feels a little weird. We are enemies. You can just trust me and leave the affairs of the North American branch to me?"
Zhou Wen nodded and said, "Yes, because I can't find a suitable candidate now. Besides, the people who know you may not be relatives or friends, but also have enemies. I feel that you are a good person, with solid professional knowledge and reliable personality. It is worth my bet." A handful."
"Please, how can I be as good as you say?" Xin Li staggered with a smile, and suddenly tilted her head and looked at Zhou Wen with twinkling eyes, "Do you really believe me and aren't you afraid that I will take the money and run away?"
"Want to hear the truth or lies?"
Xin Li thought about it seriously and said, "Well you'd better tell lies!"
"The lie is that after the establishment of the North American branch, there may be no investment projects for a long time. Your task is to help me collect information on several major companies, and then determine which one has the intention to cooperate with Zhou. Of course, if there is Small companies on the verge of bankruptcy can also consider acquisitions and integrations." Zhou Wen added: "This is my real plan for setting up a North American branch. You should believe my sincerity now, right?"
Xin Li blinked and fell into deep thought. It was obvious that she was making a certain decision at the moment, but soon she raised her head and smiled: "Thank you for your trust, but I'm afraid I won't be able to give an accurate answer before leaving Hong Kong. Maybe I'm in a bad mood." I'll agree when I'm ready, maybe I won't, just wait until I get back to the United States and settle down, okay?"
"Okay, I'm not in a hurry." Zhou Wen nodded and smiled: "Have you finished eating? Let's get started."
"Wait a while and finish watching this advertisement." Xin Li stuck out her tongue playfully and pointed at the advertisement being shown on the TV.
It is not so much an advertisement as it is the third trailer of "A Chinese Ghost Story". Based on the first two trailers, new content has been added this time. The one that is most likely to leave a deep impression on the audience is the Xuanyuan Sword Formation. , hundreds of golden and glazed Xuanyuan swords formed an arrow formation to resist Grandma's jungle army, and the special effects scenes were very shocking.
"Wow." It¡¯s well done and I will buy a ticket to see it when it comes out.¡±
Hearing this, Zhou Wen smiled bitterly and said: "The premiere is in a week. It would be great to invite you to the premiere. If you have to spend money to buy tickets, wouldn't you be laughing at me?"
"It's different. Besides, letting the media see me attending your premiere will definitely cause gossip. I'd better be cautious and at least let me leave Hong Kong quietly, okay?" Xin Li pursed her lips and said.
"Okay. If you want to watch it, you can always watch it. If you can't, you can go to Jiahe Cinema to watch it. I remember that there happens to be a Jiahe Cinema nearby."
"YouJiahe is also releasing "A Chinese Ghost Story"?" Xin Li was stunned when she heard this, and her eyes started to look weird when she looked at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen said with a smile: "Yes, it's an equivalent exchange. The Golden Princess Cinema also released "Oriental Condor" at the time, but it was only released for a week. If the time is longer, it will cause internal protests within Jiahe."
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"That's something that Zou Wenhuai should have a headache about. It has nothing to do with me. Anyway, that's how the contract was signed when "Oriental Condor" was released in Golden Princess. As for whether Cheng Long will be unlucky or not, it's none of my business. Come on, come on, hurry up and go to class. , I¡¯m very pressed for time.¡±
"Who are you? He gets anxious and angry every time."
"You have to be considerate."
"OK, I understand you. Today we will learn the development history of Hollywood"
Two days later, with Cheng Long on tenterhooks and all kinds of fears, the sequel to "Plan A" was released. What encouraged him was that after the film was released, the box office effortlessly exceeded the 10 million mark, and it was soaring with momentum. , for a time, the self-confidence that Zhou Wen had knocked back returned to Cheng Long, who continued to attend various promotional activities and accepted interviews with various media.
"I don't have the surprise of some people becoming famous overnight. What I have is a steady and practical step, step by step to reach a higher level. I have my own style, and I know how to grasp the taste of the audience. I believe Cheng Long Movie, I believe I will go further!" Cheng Long said in an interview with reporters.
As for some of the people he talked about during the interview, some media speculated that he was specifically referring to Zhou Wen, while others speculated that he was referring to Bruce Lee