Chapter 6 Returning Home
"Is this Zhao Yazhi's address? It doesn't look like a good family. Xu Guanwu looked up at the old building with mottled walls in front of him.
"Second brother, if you want to sign this girl, just make a phone call or send someone directly, why do you have to come in person?" Xu Guanying stayed by Xu Guanwu's side, looking at the dark corridor and whispering.
"As a qualified senior management of the company, the more important you pay to the first employee of your company, the better. This will also make people feel our sincerity. Xu Guanwu said nonsense.
In fact, he had to come in person this time, but he wanted to satisfy the idea of chasing stars in his heart.
When he watched "Shanghai Tang" and "The Legend of the New White Lady" when he was a child, he admired Zhao Yazhi very much, and was determined to find such a gentle and virtuous wife in the future.
So now that he has the opportunity to meet a real person, Xu Guanwu naturally doesn't want to give up this opportunity.
"Second brother, what you said really makes sense." Xu Guanying scratched, completely frightened by Xu Guanwu's words.
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The two brothers followed the address to the sixth floor and gently rang the doorbell.
"It's coming!" I heard someone answer from someone in the house, and then the door opened, and it was a woman in her forties, "Who are you looking for?" She looked at Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying, who were standing at the door, suspiciously.
"Ah, hello aunt, you are Mother Zhao. We are staff members of the film company, and we are here today to find Miss Zhao Yazhi. Xu Guanwu smiled and slipped his business card through the security door.
Hearing that it was the film company looking for her daughter, Zhao's mother's eyes suddenly lit up. She knows that her daughter is naturally beautiful and difficult to give up, and she wants her to become a big star and make a lot of money for the family in the future. This year's Miss Hong Kong election was also promoted by her several times to let her daughter sign up.
Just took the business card and looked at it, Zhao's mother's expression suddenly froze, "Xu's brothers?!" I haven't heard of it! She looked at Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying suspiciously, almost suspecting that these two people were liars.
"Although we are a new company that has just been established, our boss is Xu Guanwen. Collaborated with director Li Hanxiang to shoot "The Great Warlord" and "Scandal". Xu Guanwu hurriedly explained.
"The boss of your company is Xu Guanwen?! I've heard of him. But your company should be very small, our Azhi is the palace army of Sister Hong Kong, not all small companies enter. Mother Zhao pouted, still not meaning to open the door.
"My aunt listened to me explain that in fact, large companies have the advantages of large companies, and small companies also have advantages of small companies. There are many artists in large companies and they have to talk about qualifications, even if Miss Zhao enters a large company, it will be difficult to get through within three or five years. On the contrary, although our company is small, but the resources are very sufficient, Miss Zhao will be the first female artist signed by our company, and will naturally be highly praised by our company in the future. And Miss Zhao is a well-deserved heroine in this movie, and she has a hundred and twenty hearts in terms of salary. Xu Guanwu said with a smile, without the slightest displeasure.
In my previous life, as an assistant secretary, I was used to seeing the cold faces of my boss and customers. Mother Zhao's is just a trivial incident, not to mention that she is also thinking about her daughter, which Xu Guanwu still appreciates very much.
Hearing Xu Guanwu say this, Zhao's mother thought about it for a while and felt that it made sense.
Although she shouted loudly, she didn't know the bottom in her heart.
Although her daughter won the fourth place in Miss Hong Kong, she was not able to sign a contract with TVB, and there was no film company to invite her. What he said just now was just a self-exaggeration, but now after listening to Xu Guanwu's explanation, he also thinks that the Xu Brothers company is good. At least it's the heroine, if it's a hit, then the money will be rolling in.
"In that case, please come in and sit down." Mother Zhao had a smile on her face, and greeted Xu Guanwu and Xu Guanying in courteously.
Xu Guanwu looked at the house, and saw that the furnishings in the house were all half-new, and there were no valuable electrical appliances, and he secretly concluded that Zhao Yazhi's family was not wealthy.
"You two, please take a seat, I'll make tea." Mother Zhao greeted her courteously.
"Don't bother yet, I don't know if Miss Zhao Yazhi is at home? We wanted to talk to her about filming. Xu Guanwu waved his hand.
"Our Ah Zhi just got off the plane and are now resting in the room. So, is there anything you can talk to me about first? Zhao's mother politely refused.
Xu Guanwu glanced at Xu Guanying, and thought to himself: "This Mother Zhao doesn't look like a fool." ”
"That's right, our movie is a comedy movie with an investment of 800,000 yuan. Miss Zhao is going to play the heroine, that is, the girlfriend of the male lead, and I can only reveal the specific role after signing the contract. Xu Guanwu said succinctly, "This film is our company's opening work, and the company attaches great importance to it, so there will definitely be no mistakes." ”
"The old man in our family has a strict family education, like a kiss scene or a dew point, we all disagree." Mother Zhao waved her hand and said exaggeratedly.
"Auntie, please rest assured, we don't have those scenes in this play, which can be written in the contract." Xu Guanwu said firmly.
The Xu family's style is also quite conservative, and they also do not allow their children to do these immoral things.
The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie, and Xu Guanying have been galloping in the Hong Kong film industry for half their lives, and there have been no unbearable scandals. This is rare in the Hong Kong film industry, and it is a moral model that everyone talks about.
"That's good, in that case, let's talk about the salary." Mother Zhao went straight to the point.
"Okay, the salary we invited Miss Zhao this time is 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, and if the box office is a big hit, there will be a bonus." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.
5,000 Hong Kong dollars, which can be called a huge amount of money in 73 years.
Shaw Brothers is a second-tier artist, and a play is only four or five thousand Hong Kong dollars.
"Is it only 5,000 Hong Kong dollars?" Mother Zhao said with a little disappointment.
"Although the salary is not very high, this is Miss Zhao's first play after all, and we still have to spend manpower and material resources to train ......," Xu Guanwu explained.
"Then let's do it, I can't make the decision on this matter myself, why don't you put down the contract, and I'll reply to you after discussing it with my family." Zhao's mother said.
"Well, aunt, it's a deposit of five thousand dollars. If you wish, please go to the company tomorrow to sign the contract. With that, Xu Guanwu left the document bag containing the money and a copy of the contract, and then got up and left.
He believes that no one can notice Zhao Yazhi's rising star now, so he is not afraid that she will run to other companies.
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Zhao's mother opened the bag and couldn't help but be stunned when she saw a wad of new banknotes inside.
By the time she reacted, the two Xu Guanwu brothers had already walked away.
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After leaving, Xu Guanying was slightly dissatisfied, "It's so hateful, our two company executives came here, not to let us meet the main master, but to be so picky." I really thought that my daughter was the queen. ”
"Well, for the first time. When our company grows and its reputation spreads, it will be time for us to pick and choose. Xu Guanwu patted Xu Guanying's shoulder and smiled.