Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 145 Li Wei’s Late-Night Call
At the beginning, Yu Qian suggested that Cao Yunjin buy a house, and even if he had to lend him money, he would let Cao Yunjin buy one. Later, Cao Yunjin still complained about this matter, but it is undeniable that the house has indeed appreciated several times.

And now Yu Qian doesn’t recommend me to buy it, it’s not possible that he is biased. After all, it won’t do any harm to Qian if I develop well.

So Zhou Le thought it would be okay to listen to what the elders said.

But when he entered the conference room again and heard the chips Liu Wenzhang took out, his heart was indeed moved.

Although he had no intention of participating in those capital operations, there was nothing wrong with simply investing in them.

As long as the contract is written more clearly at that time, the risk of being sidelined can be avoided.

Of course, another reason is that in his previous interactions with Jiaozi and Liu Wenzhang, he felt that these two people were the kind of down-to-earth technical science and engineering men.

"But Mr. Zhou just mentioned something about publicity."

"Promotion is certainly no problem. I also know some artists and some great directors. I can ask them for help when the time comes. For example, I can have Wu Jing post on Weibo himself, and then make some posters in the name of Wolf Warrior. Xu Zheng, Ning Hao, and Wen Mu can also help.

By the way, speaking of this, Wang Sicong and I are friends. I'll talk to him about it and see if he can schedule more screenings."

Jiaozi and Liu Wenzhang looked at each other. They didn't expect Zhou Le to agree so readily, and it would be really awesome if they could really get involved in Wanda's cinema chain.

After all, as things stand now, if they want to schedule more screenings for "Nezha", they can only ask Wang Changtian of Guangxian for help.

One more channel can bring in a lot more box office revenue.

So at noon that day, Jiaozi happily invited Zhou Le out for a meal, but Zhou Le waved his hand and said, "That's fine. The company is having a hard time right now. Let's talk about this meal after the box office is a big hit. Let's just order takeout today. I'm too lazy to go out anyway."

Jiaozi and Liu Wenzhang were deeply moved when they heard this.

When the other employees in the office learned that they were about to receive another investment of nearly 25 million, they began to praise Zhou Le with all their might, saying that they would definitely go to the cinema to watch any movie in which Zhou Le participated, and they would watch it twice or three times.

Zhou Le stayed in Chengdu for one night that day, and by the way, he called Yu Shuxin and asked her to bring a professional lawyer with her when she came the next day.

"Brother Le, are you investing again?"

"Yes, I invested in Director Jiaozi's company and movies."

"So how much did you invest?"

"About 20 million."

Yu Shuxin: “.”

"Brilliant."

"Then you are out of money again?"

"Well, if it's gone, then it's gone. Anyway, a few hundred thousand is enough for normal living expenses."

"Okay, if you want to do it, go ahead. Just don't be in debt. A person's state when they are in debt is different from their normal state. Don't let these things affect your performance in other works."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

The next day, Yu Shuxin came with a lawyer. Jiaozi had also prepared the contract. The lawyer took a look at it and found no problems.

Zhou Le signed his name on it and then stamped the company seal.

Zhou Le did not invest in this business in his personal name. After all, if he invests in the name of the company, he can pay less tax.

After completing it, Zhou Le went directly to Shenzhen, returned to the team to practice driving for a few days, and then went to attend the Xiaomi press conference.

Xiaomi launched new products, and Zhou Le also got the latest Xiaomi series mobile phone.

He personally received the top-of-the-line Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi Mix 3, and Xiaomi will later provide a batch of mobile phones for Zhou Le's office to use.

Recently, Zhou Le's fans have been quite bored. Although they are busy eating melons online all day long, Zhou Le has also posted less frequently on Weibo.

I finally posted a Weibo, and when I excitedly clicked on it, I found out it was an advertisement.

But fortunately, Zhou Le not only posts advertisements, but also has a lucky draw below the advertisements.

As long as you follow us for more than half a year, you can participate in the lucky draw.

"Le'er is getting better now and even got a Xiaomi endorsement."

"Xiaomi is also getting better. They can even invite Brother Le to be their spokesperson."

"Great, I'm endorsing Xiaomi. No, I'll just switch to another one later, but can you ask Lei Jun to release more this time? Don't make it like before, where it's impossible to get one."

"I've been a fan for ten years. I'm willing to trade Le Ge's ten years of singleness for a chance to win the lottery."

"No, it's just a lottery, why put so many restrictions? If you can't afford it, don't play, okay?"

"Let's all go. Xiaomi got publicity, Zhou Le gained followers and made money, and he's trending on the internet. Only netizens are clowns."

“Why don’t you endorse Huawei?”

Zhou Le laughed at the comments.

"Does that mean I can endorse whoever I want? I'm just an actor, I'll endorse whoever asks me to. And brother, don't you think too highly of me? If I had that ability, I wouldn't still be working as a plasterer on a construction site a few years ago."

The lottery will take one week, and the results will be announced one week later.

However, there has been a piece of news that has been making a lot of noise online these days. A certain big shot was previously arrested in the United States and has now been released, citing insufficient evidence.

Although many people speculated that the matter was resolved by spending money, Zhou Le felt that based on the videos released at the time, it was more likely that it was a false accusation.

However, after returning this time, the other party also announced that he would resign from some positions.

In addition, there is Zhang Yuqi's divorce and Wu Xiubo's cheating.

"Tsk, just for fun, but you actually sent someone to jail. It seems that the uncle circle is not that clean."

Zhou Le sighed.

"Hey, no circle is clean."

Zhou Le has been losing weight again recently. After all, he will play a scientific researcher who has been away from home for three years in the unit of Zhang Yibai in "My Country and Me", and he has to show the fragility and vicissitudes of life from researching day and night.

It is definitely not possible to act with the current mental state.

Even if you wear makeup, you still have to be thinner by then.

In the past few days, most of the actors Zhang Yibai found have made time, so they held several meetings together and discussed the script.

"Zhou Le, I didn't expect that we could work together again."

When they arrived at the conference room, Zhang Yibai had not arrived yet, but Zhou Dongyu inside saw Zhou Le the first time and came up to greet him with a smile.

"Yeah, that's quite a coincidence. Let me guess, are you playing a nurse here?"

Zhou Dongyu nodded: "You can guess this?"

Zhou Le: “.”

"There are only two female characters here, one is Sister Ren and the other is you. She plays Fang Min, and you play a nurse, right? Otherwise, you could have snatched the role from Teacher Zhang Jiayi."

"Oh, maybe I've been traveling so fast these days that I've gone crazy."

"But I was actually thinking that since you're a nurse, your small size is perfect for the role."

Zhou Dongyu: "Do you believe I can beat you up?"

"Okay, okay, just give it a good jump and then smash my knee with one punch, right?"

"Zhou Le, just wait and see how I'm going to tease you on stage next time I'm at a film festival."

Zhou Le spread his hands: "Do you think I look like a person with dignity?"

Zhou Dongyu completely lost his temper.

When Zhou Le looked at Zhou Dongyu, he felt like she was a little Teddy bear that would explode at any moment.

Of course, he knew that the other party's temper was not that good. After all, he had seen the other party shave his head because of the role during filming, so many people in the crew shaved their heads due to moral blackmail, and one of the staff members was about to get married.

After chatting for a few minutes, another young man came over. "Hello, Brother Le, I'm Peng Yuchang, you can just call me Peng Peng."

Zhou Le looked at the other person and felt that he looked very young. He looked like a college freshman in his T-shirt.

"Hello, Mr. Peng, I think I've seen your play before, and I remember hearing them talk about you when I went to a theater before."

"Brother Le, I graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, but I majored in puppetry, a very niche major."

But as he was talking, Zhou Le looked at the other person again: "Oh, I remember, have you ever acted in "Go Princess Go"? "

"You still remember this. I just played a small eunuch in the film. My role was not important."

"I remember that movie. I was very impressed. But since you played a role in it, wouldn't you have debuted very early? What year were you born?"

"I was born in 94, and my zodiac sign is Dog."

"Good fellow, why are you still calling me brother? I was born in 96, so I should be the one calling you brother."

"Why do we still have to differentiate between these things? It's the same for anyone to call someone brother."

Afterwards, Zhou Le chatted with Zhang Jiayi. Zhang Jiayi is from Shaanxi and is active in the Northwest circle. In recent years, he has mainly focused on TV dramas and occasionally appeared in some movies.

Not long after, Zhang Yibai came again, and this time they talked about the script in more detail. Of course, he was still talking more about the role of Zhou Le, which would be very difficult to play, and he would have to perform exceptionally well.

But when I saw that Zhou Le had obviously lost some weight recently, I felt very relieved. After all, there are too few people who are willing to endure hardships in order to act well, let alone an artist like Zhou Le who has an idol face.

After the meeting, several people went out to eat, but Zhou Le had to control his diet now, so he just picked out some vegetable leaves and ate them. Everyone who saw this praised him for being very dedicated.

But after these few contacts, Zhou Le also felt that there was indeed a sense of distance when eating and chatting with Zhang Yibai.

After all, he is old, and he can't avoid speaking in a fatherly tone, so in comparison, it is more comfortable to laugh and joke with Xu Zheng and the others.

Moreover, Zhou Le felt that Zhang Yibai always looked a little listless, and he didn't know whether it was because he didn't get enough rest or something else. Of course, Zhou Le didn't ask much about this. Anyway, he just regarded this as a job. He would come to the meeting when there was one, chat with him during the meal, and leave when the work was done.

But every time I got home, there was nothing to do, so I ran to Yu Qian.

During this period, I met Guo Qiling several times, but the happiest one was Yu Siyang.

It was during dinner that night that Yu Qian suddenly mentioned it.

"By the way, Le'er, do you know any actresses with a student-like temperament? I'm planning to make a movie about campus life, and I'll be the producer. If you know any, please introduce them to me."

When Zhou Le heard this, he thought that the actresses on his staff all had a student-like temperament.

So I sent messages to a few people on the spot, asking them to take a photo in school uniform and send it to me, preferably with just some light makeup.

Within ten minutes, Meng Ziyi, Yu Shuxin and Tian Xiwei sent over the photos.

Yu Qian took the phone and looked at it: "These are all good, but I have seen Shu Xin before, and I don't have any impression of the other two."

"Xiao Tian was filming outside before, and has been in school recently, so he hasn't been seen much. Xiao Meng has been in BJ recently, but Xiao Meng may not be very busy because she has a TV series to act in early next year."

"That's fine, two is fine."

Yu Qian then talked about the movie he was about to produce, called "Hello Teacher", in which he would be both the producer and the lead actor.

After dinner, Zhou Le took a look at the script and felt it was okay. Although it was relatively bland, the overall story was still good.

What’s more, the total production cost of this film is estimated to be only a few million.

It's just right for them to practice.

And with Yu Qian in the crew, I feel more at ease.

"Although our film has a small investment, I still plan to invite some acquaintances to make cameo appearances. I've been thinking about it these past few days, and He Bin, Hu Jun, Han Tongsheng, Tian Yu, Wu Jing, Zhang Guoli and others can all come.

It's just a guest appearance anyway. He has finally become a producer, so he must play a role and let everyone see his connections.

As Yu Qian spoke, he showed Zhou Le the people he had contacted.

In addition to what Zhou Le just mentioned, there are also Qiao Shan, Sun Yue and the well-known action actor Wu Yue.

"Godfather, your connections are incredible! If you could get this many people together in a normal movie, it would definitely be a major production."

"Hey, what's the big deal? It's just a few million bucks for fun. On the one hand, I haven't seen my friends in a while, so calling them over will make things lively. On the other hand, I've helped them a lot before, so the most I can do this time is to give them some money for their plane tickets and hotel."

"awesome."

Zhou Le suddenly understood why his godfather had introduced him. It was just a matter of opening his mouth, and he would have to owe him this favor whether he would be chosen in the end.

The same goes for He Jiong, who is quite famous in the circle. Help whenever you can, and everyone will remember the good things about others when they succeed. There is no harm in that anyway.

"In short, it's the same for you. Make more friends and offend fewer people. If you can help someone, do so. Of course, the premise is that you don't suffer any loss yourself."

Yu Qian gave careful guidance, but after talking about this matter, he brought up the matter of his other godson, Guo Qiling.

"Qi Ling is a pretty good kid, he's ambitious and good at talking. If you have the right resources, you can introduce him to someone else. After all, you two are brothers now.

He has already planned to gradually withdraw from Deyun Club and now wants to try his hand in the film and television industry. He has acted in a few mediocre roles before, and the two movies and one TV series produced by Deyun Club are just so-so.

Zhou Le nodded: "Okay, then I'll pay attention to it later."

But that evening, Li Wei called again and said, "Hello, Teacher Zhou Le, I'm sorry to call you so late. Are you asleep?"

"No, I'm about to fall asleep and now I'm probably sleepwalking."

"Haha, actually, I called you to ask you something. Aren't you going to play the male lead in 'Joy of Life'? And we received an internal notice that the female lead is also going to be selected from Tencent artists. I want to give it a try, but I remember you have read the original novel. Can you tell me what kind of person Lin Wan'er is? I want to get a general understanding first, and then read the book, otherwise I'm afraid I won't understand it.

I'll treat you to a meal later, you can choose whatever you want."

"That's great. How should I describe this role? It's a rather likable one. You appear early on with a chicken drumstick and are initially a sickly person. You have a lot of emotional scenes with the protagonist. If you want to play it, you must be able to embody a lady from a noble family, but also have a rebellious vibe. I remember introducing you to the Vice President of Tencent Pictures and the director while we were having dinner."

Zhou Le talked to Li Xi about the role of Lin Wan'er for half an hour on the phone.

Although I had called before, Li Xi had not picked up the original book to read due to work reasons. He finally finished his work recently, and there was an internal notice, so he called again to ask.

"Anyway, I have a feeling this drama will be the best among Yuewen's adaptations. As for how it will perform, I dare not speculate, but if it does well, I will definitely renew my contract."

"Okay, thank you. I'll finish reading this book first, and then I'll treat you to a meal. We can talk then, okay?"

"of course can."

But after Zhou Le hung up the phone, he suddenly remembered that he had a younger brother named Fan Sizhe in the drama, who was a fat boy and loved money like his life.

"Isn't this quite suitable for Guo Qiling?"

Thinking of this, Zhou Le immediately put on shorts, a vest, and went out in slippers.

Yu Qian was reading in the study at this time.

When he heard that Zhou Le found a role so quickly, he immediately called Guo Qiling.

Guo Qiling was about to go to bed, but when he heard about this role, he immediately said he would come over.

"Brother Le, you really helped me find a role."

Guo Qiling asked excitedly as he entered the door.

"How can it be so fast? I just think this one is more suitable for you. You can try it when the time comes. Anyway, I'll tell you. Whether you can try it depends on whether the other party uses it or not."

"Okay, okay, Brother Le, I'll take a look at the book first, but I owe you a favor for this. If you need me for anything later, just let me know."

"Haha, we're all family, why are you talking about two different things? If you can really get this role, we can still film together later, and we can even be a family in the movie."

"Very good, very good. But Brother Le, can I sleep at your place tonight? Let's talk about the character."

"Come on, we northerners don't care about that. When I was a kid, I slept on a big kang with all my relatives."

"That works."

(End of this chapter)