Chapter 56: Interview with Zhou Haimei

"You said you would paint now?" In the office, Fang Yihua stared at Chen Ping'an with a puzzled face.

Hong Kong films have four major schedules every year, and the Easter schedule around April is one of them, and its importance can be imagined. Fang Yihua's scheduling of "Good Boy" in the Easter schedule has already shown that she attaches great importance to this play.

But Chen Ping'an hopes that this drama can be released as much as possible, because he is now under great financial pressure. "I thank Aunt Six for her kindness, but I heard that Ah Xiang is filming "Ghost Horse and Flying Man" and wants to paint it on Easter, he is my brother, I don't need to compete with him for this schedule."

"Is it just that simple as your brother? How did I hear that he was about to become a member of Dark Horse International? It seems that Zhang Manyu is also going to join your company, right? ”

"Aunt Six is really amazing, I'm ashamed of myself. I did make a bet with the two of them that if "Police Story" grossed more than 20 million, they would have to join Dark Horse International. If Aunt Six wants to blame, blame me, don't blame the two of them. ”

"You are really like Ah Xiang said, you are a particular person." Fang Yihua nodded, "I don't blame you for this, who has made the Shaw Clan decline so much over the years." But I want you to answer me a question, did you sign Zhang Manyu because you like her? ”

As soon as he heard this, Chen Ping'an knew that Fang Yihua was alluding to Wang Guxian, and the box office of "Goodbye Seven Days of Love" was not good, which made Fang Yihua's confidence in Wang Guxian shaken, and he wanted to find out the real reason why he asked for Wang Guxian last time.

"How can Maggie compare to Xiaoxian? Aunt Six, you know, my company has just been established, and there is an urgent shortage of manpower in all aspects, let alone actors. I signed Maggie because she is cost-effective, and she can add a well-known female artist to the company without spending a penny, and of course I want to take it. Aunt Six, when you say that, do you agree to give Xiaoxian to me? ”

"Let's talk about that later." Fang Yihua doesn't want to give up lightly, and now the company's director Lu Jungu is preparing to start filming a new drama, called "The Blessing of Heavenly Officials", starring Er Dongsheng and Wang Guxian, she plans to wait for the box office of this drama to come out before making a decision.

Later, Wang Jing learned that Chen Ping'an gave up the Easter schedule to himself, and he was very grateful. As a director, he enjoys box office dividends, and the higher the box office, the more money he will get in hand, for which he praised Chen Ping'an for his exquisiteness, and also strengthened his determination to follow Chen Ping'an to join Dark Horse International.

After leaving the Shaw Brothers, Chen Ping'an rushed to Taiping Mountain, signed his name on the sales contracts of two mansions in Mid-Levels, and then went to meet the owner of the villa on the top of the mountain.

The owner of the hilltop villa is a foreign consul, and after coming to Hong Kong, he liked the scenery of the Victoria Peak, so he bought a villa on the top of the mountain. His current term of office is approaching, and he needs to return to China, so he plans to sell the villa. Although he was in a hurry to sell at a price that was not very high, Chen Ping'an couldn't come up with tens of millions of cash at once, and the overseas box office of "Police Story" and "Good Boy" had not yet recovered.

Fortunately, this consul likes to watch "Police Story" very much, and chatted with Chen Ping'an very happily. chatted for more than two hours, and Chen Ping'an finally won the hilltop villa with a deposit of 2 million plus the overseas box office of the two dramas.

So far, he has a total of one hilltop villa, three mid-level mansions, and five high-end apartments in the downtown area.

After the incident in Taiping Mountain, he drove to Luo Lixian's Raptors stunt team, and when he returned to the company, it was already dark, and he was busy enough on this day, and he went home at night and fell asleep.

The next day, he got up early in the morning, and after eating morning tea, he rushed to the company, Liang Jiahui had already arranged an interview with Yuan Jieying and others, the first one was Fu Mingxian, and the appointment was nine o'clock in the morning.

Fu Mingxian's parents, Fu Qi and Shi Hui, are both celebrities in the circle and have a close relationship with Yindu, Fu Qi is a leftist director, and Shi Hui works in Yindu. Liang Jiahui found Fu Mingxian as a talent scout, which made Fu Mingxian, who wanted to enter the film industry, very excited.

Despite her parents' strong opposition, she still stuck to her dream. The day before yesterday, Liang Jiahui informed her that she would come to the company for an interview today, and she didn't fall asleep all night with excitement. The next day, she had a big quarrel with her parents, and finally the two sides reached an agreement that Fu Qi and Shi Hui would accompany her to Dark Horse Company.

This girl can't be deceived, the reason why Chen Ping'an has her on the list is completely to get her on the line with Yindu and leftist directors. The entertainment industry is about connections, relationships, and being well-connected and familiar with people is one of the fundamentals of being based on the entertainment group, especially when the overall situation of Hong Kong's return has been decided.

He didn't want to sign Fu Mingxian, at least not now, and Fu Qi and Shi Hui don't want their daughter to set foot in the film and television industry now. Therefore, Chen Ping asked Fu Ming a few questions in a pretentious manner, and asked her to improvise a few small shows, and then began to praise her for her beautiful and cute smile, sweet tutor, and knowledgeable, and finally the conversation changed, saying that because of her age, she was too immature in acting and was not suitable for development in the film and television industry for the time being.

Then give Jianyì, I hope she can continue to go to school, improve her self-cultivation and increase her life experience, and if she is still interested in getting involved in the film and television industry in a few years, the most suitable development direction should be TV series.

After saying this, Fu Mingxian didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Chen Ping'an praised her for her beauty and said that she would be happy to achieve achievements in TV dramas in the future, but in the end she rejected her, believing that she was not suitable for filmmaking, which made her hope disappointed.

But Fu Qi and Shi Hui were satisfied. They didn't want their daughter to get involved in the film and television industry too early, and they had already arranged for their daughter to go to school abroad next year, but their daughter was too insistent that they had to make concessions. Now it's okay, Chen Ping'an's words as a professional are tantamount to helping them persuade Fu Mingxian, how can they not be satisfied and have a good impression of Chen Ping'an.

Shi Hui began to comfort Fu Mingxian, and Fu Qi chatted with Chen Ping'an, chatting happily, leaving contact information for each other, and Fu Qi also invited Chen Ping'an to have the opportunity to work together on a film. Seeing that Fu Mingxian's feelings were low, Chen Ping'an proposed to build a new one, saying that with Fu Mingxian's age, if the new art city starts filming the sequel to "Happy Ghost", she can sign up, and she should be able to play a role, so that she is addicted to tricks. This made Fu Qi's family of three have a better impression of Chen Ping'an.

sent away a family of three, and it was Zhou Haimei who came for an interview at half past ten.

At this time, Zhou Haimei was only eighteen years old, and Chen Ping'an's youthful youth and silly sister's informal appearance shocked Chen Ping'an, and there was no full charm of the eyebrows, snow skin cream, and brilliance on the screen in later generations.

walked into Chen Ping'an's office, said "Hello Mr. Chen", and sat directly in front of Chen Ping'an without waiting for Chen Ping'an to open his mouth and began to introduce himself: "Mr. Chen, my name is Zhou Haimei, and I am eighteen years old this year......

Chen Ping'an kept smiling and listened to her introduction to herself, and said, "Miss Zhou, have you ever thought about running for Miss Hong Kong?" You're so beautiful, it's a shame not to go, I think you'll be one of the hot candidates for this year's Miss Hong Kong championship. ”

Girls always like to listen to others praise themselves for their beauty, and Zhou Haimei is no exception. She nodded a little shyly: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for the compliment, I also thought about participating." ”

"Then I'll wait for the good news that Miss Zhou won the championship."

Chen Ping'an held Zhou Haimei very high, asked her a few questions casually, and asked her to improvise a few small shows, no matter how good or bad she looked, Chen Ping'an gave great affirmation and praise, and held Zhou Haimei as if he had won the Miss Hong Kong crown, and he should be born a popular film and television star.

Zhou Haimei has been pampered by his family since he was a child, and he has no doubts about Chen Ping'an's praise, and he is even very happy to be praised and affirmed by Chen Ping'an, the boss of the film company. Under Chen Ping'an's skillful chat and deliberate guidance, he won Zhou Haimei's trust lightly, and the two of them of similar age quickly became acquainted, and the interview process completely changed taste, and it became a common conversation between the two and laughter.

Zhou Haimei told Chen Ping'an about his family and his past, Chen Ping'an listened very devotedly, when he heard Zhou Haimei expose his own troubles, he would always make appropriate remarks and ridicule, and the angry Zhou Haimei stood up and beat him across the desk, but he was not really angry.

Chen Ping'an told Zhou Haimei about his experience of founding Dark Horse International and filming "Police Story" after coming to Hong Kong, and Zhou Haimei listened to it with relish, blinking his big eyes with admiration.

More than an hour passed quickly, full of laughter, and in the end, Zhou Haimei took the initiative to sign a contract to become an artist of Dark Horse International.

Putting the contract that had been prepared long ago on the table, Chen Ping'an said: "It is my honor to be able to sign Miss Amei. But I still have a question, if Miss Ah Mei is elected Miss Hong Kong in the future and wants to sign a wireless contract according to the registration conditions, what should I do? ”

"Miss Hong Kong is highly competitive, how can it be so easy to be elected Miss Hong Kong. Even if I am really elected, I will sign a TV drama contract with TVB, which will not conflict with your company's film contract. ”

"Ah Mei, you are naturally beautiful, and you are a good blank for being an actor, of course I want to sign all your contracts, not only for movies, but also for TV series."

"This ......"

Seeing Zhou Haimei hesitate, Chen Ping'an pondered for a moment and pretended to be determined: "I can't bear to see you embarrassed, but I don't want to miss a future star like Ah Mei." In this way, let's sign the film contract first, and then you go to run for Miss Hong Kong. When you are elected Miss Hong Kong this year, how do you think about deciding on the TV contract? Although I won't be looking for you to film during this time, I will still pay my salary of 15,000 a month until you make a final decision, okay? ”

"Won't you lose too much?" Zhou Haimei had completely trusted Chen Ping'an and began to think about him.

How can you suffer? Zhou Haimei couldn't enter the finals at all, Chen Ping'an did this completely for his chicken-and-egg plan!

"Compared with Ah Mei, I admit that no matter how big the loss is, it's just this little money? Sign it, Mei. ”

In this way, Zhou Haimei was grateful and did not hesitate to sign his name on the ten-year contract. After collecting the contract, Chen Ping'an was secretly happy in his heart. The higher he holds it, the harder he falls, and in the future, Zhou Haimei will be rejected by Sister Hong Kong in the finals, and he will be able to appear in front of the other party as a savior......