Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 204: Cheng Long is interested in "Taken"

Xiaoyun Road

Lu Zheng and Jing Tian walked into the coffee shop and sat down at a booth in the corner.

Lu Zheng looked at his watch and saw that there was still some time before the agreed time of 16:30, so he called the waitress and ordered two cups of coffee.

The little girl Jing Tian seemed quite excited and couldn't help chattering: "Uncle Lu, why do you think he came to us this time?"

Lu Zheng actually had an idea in his mind, and he briefly mentioned it when Ning Hao contacted him, but he didn't tell Jing Tian because he was afraid that the greater her hope, the greater her disappointment.

Jing Tian likes Zhang Chen's works very much. "The Dark Side" and "The Shallows" are her favorites. She not only went to the cinema to support them, but also bought discs specially.

Jing Tian was already imagining meeting Zhang Chen later. At 16:28, the doorbell of the cafe rang, and then Zhang Chen and Ning Hao appeared at the door.

"Mr. Lu, Miss Jing Tian~"

Ning Hao greeted first and then introduced the two parties to each other.

Everyone shook hands and sat down.
During the whole process, Jing Tian's eyes were on Zhang Chen, as if he was looking at something strange.

"Is there something on my face?" Zhang Chen was so embarrassed that he even lost confidence in himself.

Lu Zheng laughed and said, "Director Zhang, Jing Tian is your little fan. She especially likes your movies. She has watched "The Darkness" and "The Shallows" more than ten times. She might be a little excited to see the real person today."

When Lu Zheng said this, Jing Tian nodded generously beside him.

Zhang Chen burst out laughing.

He had thought of countless scenarios, but he never expected Jing Tian to be like this.

"Director Ning should have told you about the general situation. Here is the script. Take a look first. Your role is the daughter..."

Zhang Chen took out the script from his schoolbag. Jing Tian couldn't wait to read it, and Lu Zheng also followed suit.

At this time, the waiter came over and Zhang Chen ordered two cups of cappuccino for himself and Ning Hao.

The coffee shop suddenly became quiet, with only the rustling sound of flipping papers.

After a while, the two finished looking, and when Jing Tian raised his head again, his eyes were full of light.

Lu Zheng: "I want to ask, is this Taken directed by Director Zhang Chen himself?"

Zhang Chen nodded, "Yes, I will direct it myself. If everything is ready, we will start filming within a month."

Lu Zheng looked at Jing Tian again at this time: "Xiao Tian, ​​what do you think?"

Jing Tian raised his head, his eyes sparkling: "Uncle Lu, I want to act."

Lu Zheng smiled and looked at Zhang Chen again: "Director Zhang, when can we sign the contract?"

“When Painted Skin passed the review.”

Lu Zheng smiled and extended his hand: "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

Lu Zheng didn't want to discuss those so-called conditions in front of Jing Tian, ​​so many things had actually been discussed in the previous phone calls.

Although the price of 2000 million is a bit high, it is still acceptable.

After all, he is a billion-dollar director, and it is a series.

The fact that we can all sit here today shows that there are basically no problems. Meeting someone is more of a matter of attitude.

Since Jing Tian has no objection, the cooperation is over.

"I can guarantee that there will be no problems with Painted Skin."

"Well, I wish you all a happy cooperation."

Zhang Chen also stretched out his hand and the two shook hands.

"Director Zhang, can I take the script back?" Jing Tian asked weakly.

"Of course, but before it is announced, I hope Miss Jing Tian will not leak it. In addition, the scene under the bed is the most important scene of all your scenes, Miss Jing Tian had better practice more..."

"I will."

"Don't worry, Director Zhang, we will hire an acting teacher for targeted practice." Lu Zheng next to him also helped answer.

Seeing that the other party took it seriously, Zhang Chen felt relieved.

Lu Zheng wanted to treat the two of them to dinner, but was rejected by Zhang Chen.

"Sorry, Mr. Lu, let's have dinner next time. I have other things to do today..."

"Since Director Zhang has other plans, let's make another appointment."

After getting in touch with Zhang Chen, Lu Zheng originally wanted to have a meal together to get closer to him, but since Zhang Chen didn't have time, he had to give up.

After leaving the coffee shop, Ning Hao said, "I have finished my work. If there is nothing else, I will lead the team to Chongqing."

Zhang Chen patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry about anything during this period of time. Just focus on filming your movie "Stone."

The two separated.

……

Hong Kong, Tony Leung Ka Fai's home
In the study, Jackie Chan and Tony Leung were drinking tea and chatting.

"What is the release date of The Myth?"

"I don't know if the box office will be good during the summer season in July."

"Now that the filming is over, don't think about it anymore."

"Ah Hui, do you want to work together on another movie?"

"Don't come on, I won't be fooled again."

"This time is different. Chen Musheng recommended a book to me some time ago. It's about children. It's very interesting..."

Cheng Long has been trying to transform himself in the past two years, and he has shot a lot of different types of films. He has tried ancient costume films such as "The Myth" and children's films such as "Baby Project".

Who knew Liang Jiahui still refused and said, "Then I will never work with you again. When we were filming The Myth, you also told me that there would be no action scenes. Aren't you going to jump out of a helicopter?"

Being exposed by his good brother, Cheng Long touched his big nose in embarrassment and said, "That's right, but I promise I won't do that this time."

"Hehe, I can't trust you. Maybe you'll suddenly want to add a jumping-off-the-building scene halfway through filming. Won't I be screwed by you?"

"No, no." Cheng Long still wanted to fight for it.

"Okay, okay, even if I'm willing, I probably don't have the time. Wang Jinghua recommended a script to me, and a billionaire director in the mainland wants to ask me to act in a movie..."

"A billionaire director? Zhang Yimou?"

"No, it's Zhang Chen. You should have heard of him, right?"

"Oh, where is the script? Let me take a look at it too."

When he heard that the script was recommended from the mainland, Cheng Long also became interested.

Liang Jiahui hadn't read it yet, so he turned on his computer and found the script in his email.

Print it out in two copies, and have each person read one carefully.

Liang Jiahui was a little disappointed after watching it. Why is it another action scene?

He's been a little scared of being cheated recently.

When filming "The Myth" before, Cheng Long told him that there would be absolutely no action scenes, and only then did he agree to star in it.

But when they arrived at the scene, a helicopter scene was added on at the last minute.

He jumped anyway, and he still feels scared when he thinks about it now.

"Hey, this script is quite interesting..." Cheng Long had also finished reading at this time.

He had actually finished reading it a long time ago, but after finishing it he felt like he wanted more, so he couldn't help but read it again.

"The setting of this protagonist is really..."

Cheng Long didn’t know how to describe it, he just felt that the protagonist’s character was very rich and people would remember him after watching it at a glance.

"Why, you don't like it?" Just by looking at his old friend's expression, he knew that Liang Jiahui had concerns.

"Nothing, it's just that this is also an action movie, I'm afraid~"

The character is indeed very three-dimensional, but he really can't handle the action scenes.

My arms and legs are old now, not as good as when I was young.

"If you don't want to act, how about giving it to me?" Cheng Long actually started to poach people.

"You like this?" Liang Jiahui couldn't believe it: "This doesn't match your style."

Cheng Long shrugged, "It's true that it doesn't fit, but I'm trying to transform. People are tired of the previous humorous martial arts style, maybe they will like this style. In addition, the director of this play is Zhang Chen, and I have never worked with a mainland billionaire director before."

This is true.

Cheng Long takes movies very seriously.

Liang Jiahui may just treat this as a job, but he treats it as a career.

After 2000 in the mainland, he always wanted to work with Zhang Yimou and publicly expressed his desire to cooperate many times, but it never came to fruition.

Now that I have this opportunity, I am really excited.

It’s not that the script is really that good, he just simply wants to work with a mainland director who has made over a billion dollars, and he wants to see what the difference is.

Liang Jiahui hesitated when he heard this. Although he didn't really want to make an action movie, a billionaire director still had some appeal.

But look at your old friends.

He is still fighting at an old age, wanting to make a breakthrough and transform, but he has never succeeded.

And he didn't dare stop because there were too many people behind him relying on him for food.

Thinking of this, Liang Jiahui's heart softened, "Okay, I'll ask for you~"

……

Orange Sky Entertainment
A new company established in 2004. Although it is new, it involves many businesses, including film, TV production, music production and artist management.

The boss of Orange Sky is Wu Kebo, who traveled to Japan in his early years and had extensive connections. After returning to China, he founded Orange Sky.

Therefore, Orange Sky has a strong Japanese background.

In Wu Kebo's office, Wang Jinghua was chatting with him, mostly about his fantasies after coming here.

"I have already negotiated. I will come, and Daoming, Hu Jun, and those top artists from Hong Kong will all come with me. Li Binbin chose to stay at Huayi. Although Fan Binbin did not come with me, she did not plan to stay at Huayi either. She wants to start her own studio."

Wu Kebo took a sip of tea and nodded, "Personal studios are good. They have been popular in Japan for a long time, but not in our country. Fan Binbin is the first one."

Yuanshikong was the first artist studio in China that he funded Fan Binbin to establish, but now it has become Zhang Chen.

"What's Huayi's reaction?"

"How can they react? Since we can't continue to cooperate, let's just part ways. We are already in the process of closing the deal."

Hearing this, Wu Kebo nodded with satisfaction.

Although Orange Sky was established not long ago, it has never thought of developing step by step.

The advantage of holding a lot of money is that he can dig as much as he wants.
Huayi has the strongest lineup of stars, so he just poached them.

Then I'll find a great director to make a blockbuster movie~
Wu Kebo has already decided that Orange Sky’s first film must be a blockbuster and make a big splash.

(End of this chapter)