1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 128 You are simply lawless

"Mom! Don't talk nonsense. I took the initiative to apply for the job!"

Zhou Huimin felt a mixture of grievance and guilt, and tears began to well up in her eyes.

She sniffed and raised her delicate chin, her eyes stubborn, trying hard not to let the tears roll down.

"I have my own ideas. You can't keep planning my life like this since I was a child. Can you let me do what I like?"

After saying this, Zhai Yuan secretly thought that something was wrong.

Having a strong opinion, commonly known as being stubborn.

If Zhai Yao dared to talk to Zhao Meizhen like that, she would definitely be beaten with a feather duster.

Unexpectedly, Mother Zhou didn't even raise her eyelids. She just turned her head to look at her daughter, then took out a piece of blue cloth from her pocket, untied it, revealing a stack of Hong Kong dollars inside, with both small and large notes.

"Boss Zhai, I'm sorry to make you laugh. This is the salary you gave my daughter Huimin. It was originally 9,000 yuan, but now it's only 7,542 yuan."

She said in a tired tone, "I will send the remaining money by next week at the latest. I hope you can be generous. I'm really sorry."

After withdrawing 9,000 yuan of salary from the bank, Zhou Huimin first paid off the hospital medical bills, including the debts owed by neighbors, and then bought gifts for her mother and grandmother.

As a result, in just a few days, he was unable to return the full amount of the salary that Zhai Yuan had advanced.

"Aunt, I'm really not a bad person."

Zhai Yuan looked at the alienation and vigilance in the old lady's eyes and felt a little amused.

What he didn't know was that Zhou Huimin was the posthumous child born when her mother was in her forties. The mother and daughter depended on each other for survival, and Zhou was very strict in disciplining her daughter.

Normally, if any boy in school talked to Zhou Huimin for a few more words, she would examine his character and behavior. She would not allow her to participate in any performances in the school that required her to be in public. Even if Zhou Huimin went to be a piano tutor, she would wait downstairs, especially not allowing her to go when there were only men at home.

There is only this one flower in the greenhouse that supports a thousand hectares of land.

So when Zhou Huimin in another time and space first debuted, although she was immediately invited by PolyGram and EMI record companies, her mother strongly opposed it. Later, TVB invited Zhou Huimin to be the heroine in the MV of the singing god Xu Guanjie, but was opposed by the old lady again. It was not until the 1990s that she was gradually allowed to show her face in front of the public.

It’s hard to say whether this is a kind of pathological protection, but it has indeed limited her star career to some extent.

Later, a certain actress with a certain name was exposed as a pimp, flying overseas to accompany clients for money. Her company immediately shifted the blame and bought topics to push Zhou Huimin out to take the blame. The headline was alarmist, which was in line with the tradition of Hong Kong media. Unfortunately, even people from other provinces did not believe this rumor, and there was even more booing in the local area.

In short, now the sixteen-year-old Zhou Huimin is going to be taken home by Zhou's mother.

"I owe you 1,500 yuan. This is the IOU."

Mother Zhou put the money on the table, pushed it forward, and took out an IOU and put it on top.

Then he said nothing more, staring at Zhai Yuan, waiting for his reply.

"alright."

Zhai Yuan was frightened by her eyes and couldn't even say the words "you don't have to return it". The deterrent power of this old lady was much greater than that of Zhao Meizhen.

"go home with me."

Mother Zhou didn't say a word, she just pulled Zhou Huimin and walked out.

Zhou Huimin felt that she was in the wrong and didn't dare to look at Zhai Yuan. She lowered her head and tears fell to the ground.

Because of this incident, Zhou Huimin, who was already well-prepared, was thrown into chaos.

Zhai Yuan grumbled in his heart and watched Zhou's mother pull her daughter away.

When the mother and daughter walked to the company gate, Zhou Huimin suddenly seemed to remember something, broke free from her mother's hand, turned around and ran towards Zhai Yuan.

"Mr. Zhai."

She took out a cassette from her shoulder bag and handed it to Zhai Yuan with both hands. Her tears were still wet and her voice was muffled due to a stuffy nose. “This is the cassette I recorded according to your request. I hope you can use it.”

Before Zhai Yuan could say anything after taking the cassette, Zhou Huimin bowed to him again, said sorry while lowering her head, and then turned and ran away.

"such a pity!"

Zhai Yuan was now in the hall, looking at the empty entrance and sighed softly.

We haven’t had time to compare who has longer legs yet!
"boss."

At this time, Wu Yusen walked in from outside and saw Zhai Yuan in the hall looking lost. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, don't mention it. I'm in a bad mood."

"what happen?"

"Lovelorn."

"..."

Wu Yusen became Wu Yusen, and when they were not talking about serious matters, he realized that Zhai Yuan was also a teenage boy.

He suddenly leaned in and asked curiously, "I just saw that mother and daughter downstairs. The girl named Zhou Huimin was crying very sadly. Doesn't her family allow you to date?"

Zhai Yuan was about to explain and raised both hands to express his opinion, but he suddenly realized what was happening and put his hands down.

He glared at Wu Yusen: "Is it your business?"

"Curious, just curious." Wu Yusen rubbed his hands and smiled.

"I asked you to contact Di Long and Zhou Runfa. How is the situation?" Zhai Yuan asked.

"I was just about to tell you about this."

Wu Yusen said: "Di Long agreed very readily, but he wanted a 150,000 yuan contract. If Jiuyi Entertainment is willing to sign him, he can reduce it to 80,000 yuan."

Zhai Yuan thought about it and felt that there seemed no need for Di Long to sign.

After all, filters are filters and business is business. The last glory of this old movie star was probably "A Better Tomorrow".

"300,000 for two movies. If the results are good, I would like to make a sequel to A Better Tomorrow."

Zhai Yuan hesitated for a moment and did not bargain.

Even if the price of loaning actors from Shaw Brothers is increased, Di Long is not worth that price now, because except for Shaw Brothers, he can't get any roles outside. Even as a contracted actor of Shaw Brothers, he is almost out of work to do in the company. He could still act in seven movies two years ago, but only four last year and only two this year. He is treated like a freeloader waiting to be fired.

When Wu Yusen heard that he had plans to make a sequel, he looked at Zhai Yuan for a second longer.

The smile on his face became more relieved and relaxed: "Okay, I will explain it to him clearly."

"Where is Zhou Runfa?" Zhai Yuanduo asked.

Wu Yusen's smile instantly became forced, just like the Sichuan opera's face-changing: "Let's switch to the second one, this person..."

He didn't finish his words, just sneered and shook his head.

"The price is too high?"

"That's not the case. We were all having a great time chatting at the beginning, but when he heard that your company was hosting a show, he was worried about the impact on its image."

Wu Yusen's words were rather tactful, but Zhai Yuan could still understand them.

I’m worried about the impact on the Formosa market.

With the idea of not touching the original version as much as possible, Zhai Yuan decided to try again.

He said to Wu Yusen: "Call him and I will talk to him in person."

Wu Yusen had no choice but to dial Zhou Runfa's number again and handed his brother's phone to Zhai Yuan.

"Hey, Brother Fa."

Zhai Yuan said politely, "I'm Zhai Yuan from Jiuyi Entertainment. The company is planning to produce a play for you. The script is ready now. If you're interested, can we sit down and talk tonight?"

The breathing on the other end of the phone paused for a few seconds.

Then, Zhou Runfa's righteous voice sounded: "Boss Zhai, I don't think we are very familiar with each other, so where did you get this phone number? Please don't call me again in the future, okay?"

beep-

Zhai Yuan listened to the busy tone on the phone and blinked in disbelief.

I am a producer now, and you, a small actor, are pretending to be me?
You are simply lawless!
(End of this chapter)