In the Rand Cafe not far from the set, less than 20 minutes after Gu Chen sat down, Liang Chaowei came, which was still early compared to the previous appointment with Lu, Gu Chen didn't need to ask, just looking at Liang Chaowei's obviously not very good face, you can know the reason.

"What do you want to drink?"

Liang Chaowei's expression looked a little restrained, "Just warm water, Xie Lu Xie." ”

"Waiter, have a glass of warm water."

After a while, a waitress put a glass of warm water in front of Liang Chaowei.

Gu Chen took a sip of coffee and said bluntly: "I wrote a script a few days ago and couldn't find a suitable actor candidate, today I saw you and suddenly think you are quite suitable, how about it, are you interested in playing the leading role in my play?" ”

Hearing this, Liang Chaowei's eyes lit up suddenly, now which actor in Hong Kong doesn't want to appear in a movie of the Tang Dynasty, such a pie-in-the-sky opportunity is in front of him, he has no reason to refuse, but thinking of Gu Chen's identity as the executive vice chairman of ATV, the light in his eyes immediately dimmed.

The seven-year contract he signed with Wireless has not expired, and he has no autonomy at all in terms of work, so even if he wants to act, he has to agree to Wireless, but with the antagonistic relationship between ATV and Wireless and Gu Chen's behavior of digging into the corner of Wireless several times, Run Run Shaw may not agree.

Gu Chen saw the change in Liang Chaowei's expression in his eyes, and after a little thought, he knew what the other party thought, so he smiled slightly and said: "I have watched the TV series and movies you have acted, and I am still very optimistic about your acting skills, if you agree, tomorrow I will ask the company to officially ask Wireless to borrow you to make a movie, as for whether Wireless agrees or not, it depends on you, and the opportunity is in front of you to see if you can grasp it." ”

As early as in his previous life, he admired Liang Chaowei's character and acting skills very much, and there was almost no negative news in his more than 30 years of art, which few people in the Hong Kong entertainment industry can do, and Liang Chaowei is low-key, serious and rigorous in his work, which can be called a professional model. Originally, when he was digging Zhou Xingchi, he planned to dig with Liang Chaowei, but Liang Chaowei had already become famous at that time, and it was definitely impossible for him to release him, so he had no choice but to give up. Today, the two met by chance on the set of "I Have a Date with a Zombie", and he was a little whimsical.

However, he didn't have much hope that he would be able to succeed in the end.

Liang Chaowei was silent for a while, and said hesitantly: "That Chen Shao, can I read the script first?" ”

Gu Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here, I didn't bring the script with me, but I can tell you the general plot." After a pause, seeing Liang Chaowei listening carefully, he said: "Tang Jiannian and Tang Li Huixian are an enviable ordinary couple, since an encounter 5 or 6 years ago, this handsome man and beautiful woman have been living a peaceful life. ”

"Maybe life is too peaceful, and both of them feel that marriage is almost like a grave, so that even the marriage psychiatrist can't solve the gap between them. Soon, though, they began to discover new passions in their lives. In fact, the handsome but silent Tang Jiannian has been hiding from his wife, but he is actually the top killer in the world. And Tang Jiannian didn't know that he shared the same bed every night, and his wife, who was usually idle at home, was also the top female killer in the world, and the company to which the two belonged was still a sworn enemy. ”

One day, the two received the latest task from the company at the same time - to assassinate each other. So the two began to be attacked by killers frequently, but the two of them were between the two of them, and every time they assassinated each other, they could save the day in a thrilling way, until Tang Li Huixian inadvertently exposed her agile skills to the Tang family in the same dinner year, and the double-storey villa where the couple had lived for seven years immediately became a murder battlefield......"

Gu Chen spent more than ten minutes to tell the whole story, the original form of this story is the famous Hollywood action movie "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", which was partially modified by him to be more in line with the environment of Hong Kong, of course, the name was also changed, "This is an action movie about a killer, the name is "Top Secret Mission". ”

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Liang Chaowei sat alone, I don't know how long it took to look up at the cup of coffee in front of him, and a trace of perseverance flashed in his eyes.

Although he hadn't even read the script yet, he just heard Gu Chen tell the general storyline, but just from the storyline, he could see that this was a rare good script, as Gu Chen said, the opportunity was already in front of him, and it was up to him whether he could grasp it......

The next morning, Fang Yihua's eldest brother who was working on documents in the office suddenly rang, and when she picked it up, she couldn't help but be a little surprised when she knew who was calling her, but when she knew the reason why the other party called her, her surprise disappeared, and she replied with a smile: "What you said about Liang Chaowei may have a little problem, he is filming a TV series recently, I'm afraid he won't be able to spare time, huh...... If Zhiwei doesn't do this, I'll coordinate with the crew first to see if I can vacate the schedule, and I'll give you an answer in the afternoon, okay, that's it. ”

After being silent for a while, she picked up the landline on the desk and made an internal call: "Xiaoyu, can you help me go and see if the master has come to the company?" ”

A few minutes later, Fang Yihua came to Shao Yihua's office. As usual, Shao Yifu was sitting on the sofa drinking tea and reading the newspaper, when he heard the sound of the door opening, he looked up, and saw that it was Fang Yihua, so he looked down at the newspaper again, and asked lightly: "Didn't you say that there are a lot of documents to read today, why do you have time to come?" ”

Fang Yihua sat down on the vacant seat next to Shao Yifu and said, "Zeng Zhiwei called me just now, saying that he wanted to borrow Liang Chaowei to make a movie. ”

"Oh?" Shao Yifu's gaze completely detached from the newspaper, and he condensed slightly between his eyebrows, and said: "He Gu Chen is really embarrassed to speak, first he dug several people one after another from wireless, and now he uses borrowing it when the trick of digging people doesn't work, how do you answer him?" ”

He knew that Zeng Zhiwei must have been instructed by Gu Chen to do this, so he directly got Gu Chen's head.

As Zhou Xingchi's second movie "Jiupin Sesame Official" continued to be a box office hit and Zeng Daqian's "I Have a Date with a Zombie" became popular all the way, the more resentment he felt towards Gu Chen in his heart, now that Gu Chen is not here, if he is here, he will definitely not give him a good look.

"I didn't promise or refuse, I just said I'll get back to him in the afternoon."

Shao Yifu nodded and did not speak, the cloudy eyes behind the reading glasses flashed with a thoughtful light, and after a while, he said: "How many years does this Liang Chaowei's contract expire?" ”

"I don't know about this, Liang Chaowei seems to be under Director Liang, why don't you call Director Liang?" Seeing Shao Yifu nodding, Fang Yihua immediately got up and walked outside the office to let Shao Yifu's secretary pass through Liang Jiashu, and a few minutes later, Liang Jiashu hurriedly came to the office: "Sixth uncle, you are looking for me." ”

"Ah Shu, sit."

Liang Jiashu sat down on the sofa opposite with a slightly restrained expression, he joined Wireless in the early 70s, and it has been more than ten years, he can be regarded as an authentic old man, and his prestige within Wireless is very high, but he is still a little restrained in the face of Shao Yifu, the former film and television overlord of Hong Kong.

"Sixth uncle, do you have any instructions for me?"

"Hehe, I don't have any instructions, I just want to ask Liang Chaowei if he is the person below you?"

Hearing this, Liang Jiashu's face changed slightly, Shao Yifu couldn't help frowning when he saw it, and asked, "Could it be that this Liang Chaowei is not the person below you, or is it ...... Or is something happening? ”

Liang Jiashu didn't know how to report this to Fang Yihua, but now that Shao Yifu asked, he also saved his brains: "Liang Chaowei is indeed the person below me, but Liang Chaowei suddenly came to me this morning, saying that Tang Dynasty Film invited him to shoot a movie, and he is also the leading actor, I hope the company can agree, I think his attitude seems to be quite resolute, I don......'t know about it."

"Hmph, is it a two-pronged approach?" Shao Yifu's face was already gloomy, and he was obviously very angry in his heart that Gu Chen was making moves behind his back again. Liang Jiashu on the other side hurriedly stopped talking before he finished speaking, he had rarely seen Shao Yifu show such a look in his wireless for so many years, how dare he say more.

"When will Liang Chaowei's contract expire?"

Liang Jiashu thought for a moment and replied: "If we are mistaken, Liang Chaowei should have entered the training class in 82, and later signed a seven-year long contract, which should not expire until around July 89." ”

"In other words, there are about two and a half years left, but it can be used." Shao Yifu seemed to be talking to himself and seemed to be saying to Fang Yihua and Liang Jiashu: "Although some of Gu Chen's behaviors are subordinate, his talent and vision in movies are still good, since he is looking for Liang Chaowei to be the leading actor in the movie, he must have taken a fancy to Liang Chaowei's potential, we can't waste it." ”

With the absolute Shao Yiwei in his heart, he turned his head to Fang Yihua and said: "You will reply to Zeng Zhiwei later, I can lend him someone, but the movie starring Liang Chaowei Shaw Brothers must participate in the investment." Jiahe and Xiangjia have both made a lot of money in their cooperation with Gu Chen, and there is no reason why I lent someone to him but didn't get any benefits. ”

Since entering the 80s, affected by the benefits, the production of Shaw Brothers films has been reduced year by year, after selling the Shaw Brothers Cinema Line to Gu Chen, the output has turned sharply, and only invested in three films last year, and they are all small-cost Fengyue films, which can be said to have basically been in a state of semi-suspension of production, but it was not officially announced that the production was suspended, this time Gu Chen borrowed Liang Chaowei from Wireless but let Shao Yifu see an opportunity.