Chapter 42: One More Choice
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After finishing a day's work, Gu Chen returned to the hotel, stripped off his clothes three times by two, revealing his body full of strength and masculine beauty, and then filled the bathtub with warm water, soaked the whole person in it, and immediately let out a long breath. The company's arrangement of Thailand propaganda work is only one day, that is to say, his trip to Southeast Asia has all ended, and the company still needs a few days of preparation time for the trip to Japan and South Korea, which means that he can rest for a few days.
However, this feeling of handing himself over to others for arrangement still made him very unhappy, but the term of the contract he signed with Hong Kong Polygram was one year, even if he discussed the matter of opening a record company with He Chaoqiong, but at least it would not be until the contract expired.
"Ding Dong ......" The doorbell made Gu Chen come back to his senses from his thoughts, and now it was almost 10 o'clock, and he guessed that Zeng Zhiwei might be here, so he got up and wiped his body casually, and then walked out of the bathroom in a bathrobe and opened the door, and the person who came to the door was Zeng Zhiwei.
"Don't mean it, I'm taking a bath, let Mr. Zeng wait, please come inside."
Gu Chen turned sideways and let Zeng Zhiwei into the living room, then poured Zeng Zhiwei a glass of water, then sat down on the sofa on the other side, and said: "Actually, the main reason for inviting Mr. Zeng to come this time is that I want to discuss with Mr. Zeng, but before that, I have a question I want to ask Mr. Zeng, I don't know if it's okay?" ”
"Chen Shao, if you have any questions, just ask." Zeng Zhiwei still behaved very politely, but he still didn't know what Gu Chen was looking for him for, you have to know that Gu Chen is developing in the music industry, he is developing in the film industry, although there are many intersections between the two in the entertainment industry, he has never heard of Gu Chen getting involved in the film industry. And in his opinion, it is too early for Gu Chen to get involved in the film industry, after all, Gu Chen has just been in the industry for more than two months, and the development momentum is fierce, so he should concentrate on consolidating his position in the music industry, instead of being ambitious and half-hearted. So since Gu Chen doesn't want to get involved in the film industry, what's the matter with him, except for movies, he doesn't know anything.
"I wonder what Mr. Zeng thinks of Hong Kong movies?"
Gu Chen's question surprised Zeng Zhiwei, and his doubts were even worse, and he said in a deep voice: "I am still very optimistic about the future of Hong Kong films, with the rise of the film '** tide', a large number of young directors and screenwriters have emerged in Hong Kong, many of whom are excellent, and the films filmed have integrated new ideological content, aesthetic language and technical techniques, etc., bringing fresh vitality to Hong Kong films and even Chinese films, and the next few years or even longer will be the stage of vigorous development of this vitality." ”
After a pause, Zeng Zhiwei sighed and continued: "Since I left Xinyi City, I have gone to Taiwan, hoping to break out of the world in Taiwan, but Taiwan cannot be compared with Hong Kong in terms of creative ideas, shooting skills or the environment in the circle, etc., and the results of several movies in a row can only be regarded as average. Some time ago, Sammo Hung invited me to join him in the Baohe Film Company, and I have verbally agreed. This time I came to Thailand just to relax and relax before returning to Hong Kong, which can be regarded as a consolation for my hard work for so many years. ”
"I strongly agree with Mr. Tsang that the next few years will be a golden age for Hong Kong cinema. To tell you the truth, I came to Mr. Zeng this time because I was planning to set up a film company and wanted to invite Mr. Zeng to join. ”
Zeng Zhiwei heard that Gu Chen really wanted to open a film company and invited him to join, almost without thinking about it, he was about to refuse, his thoughts were similar to Chow Yun-fat, Gu Chen is talented in music, but music is music, movies are movies, and music experts are likely to be laymen in movies.
And Gu Chen is too young, as the so-called hairless mouth is not firm, it is difficult for him to believe that a young man under the age of 20 can make any achievements in the film industry without experience. So he would rather join Sammo Hung's Baohe than take such a needless risk. However, Gu Chen took out two scripts for him to read, if he didn't read them, he would really lose face, and he was also a little curious about what script Gu Chen could come up with, so he temporarily suppressed the words of refusal, picked up the script on the coffee table and read it.
Gu Chen took out the scripts that he wrote overnight yesterday, one is Chow Yun-fat's classic work "The True Colors of Heroes", and the other is Wang Guxian's famous work "A Chinese Ghost Story", if Gu Chen remembers correctly, the Hong Kong box office of "The True Color of Heroes" has reached more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" has also exceeded 20 million, such results are outstanding in Hong Kong in the 80s, he intends to use these two works as the opening masterpieces of his film company, and then with excellent box office results, The film company is sure to be an instant hit.
Zeng Zhiwei is a director and an actor at the same time, and it is impossible for him not to see the excellence of these two scripts. Sure enough, after watching the first "True Colors of Heroes", he quickly picked up the second "A Chinese Ghost Story" and watched it, nodding while watching, and after the script was finished, he looked at Gu Chen and said with admiration: "These two scripts are rare good scripts, as long as you find a good director to guide, they will definitely become classics." After a pause, he asked tentatively: "These two scripts were written by Chen Shao, you?" ”
Gu Chen nodded with a smile and said, "It's all boring works in my spare time, I plan to use these two movies as the company's opening works, what does Mr. Zeng think?" ”
Zeng Zhiwei didn't expect Gu Chen to come up with such a good script, as we all know, a good script is the basis for the success of a movie. The script is ready, and a movie is half the success before it even starts. Now that there are these two scripts, if the operation is done well, Gu Chen's film company will definitely get a good start, and the original idea of refusing in his heart has quietly changed. But he had already agreed to Sammo Hung on the phone, and it was not his style to go back on his word, and he suddenly felt embarrassed in his heart: "Naturally, it's just ......"
Without waiting for Zeng Zhiwei to finish speaking, Gu Chen said: "Since everything has been said here, I will say it directly, all the funds of the company will be borne by me, if Mr. Zeng agrees to join, he will worry about the general manager of the company, and be fully responsible for all the daily affairs of the company, so that Mr. Zeng should not worry about me, a layman." And you will also receive a 5% stake in the company for free. As long as it takes one year, after one year, I believe that the company will definitely be able to gain a place in the Hong Kong film industry, so why not give yourself a chance to choose. ”