Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 164 Hello, You Are Not Each Other's Friend
Favors are mutual.

Xu Zheng brought Zhou Le here with the intention of letting Zhou Le make more friends with some big guys. In fact, it would be good for Zhou Le to know more people, but Zhou Le turned around and mentioned him again.

So naturally he didn't mind supporting Zhou Le again.

"Oh, hahaha, Director Xu, don't say that. There are still many opportunities for young people. In short, if you have time, you should take care of such an excellent actor.

I remember you're running your own agency now, right? Do your best. The CEOs here are very experienced in this area, so you can ask them for advice and learn from them when you have time.

"Thank you, Mr. Han, for your guidance. I really need to learn from the CEOs."

But just as the words fell, Wang Zhonglei on the side spoke.

"I just saw Xiao Zhou's seat is quite far back. Mr. Gong, could you please move him to the front row next time, closer to us, so it will be more convenient for communication in the future."

Wang Zhonglei had single-handedly criticized the boss of iQiyi, but who was Gong Yu? As the founder of iQiyi, he certainly couldn't be silenced like that.

"Of course, of course. Mr. Wang is right. I'll ask who arranged the seats downstairs. It's so unprofessional. Such an excellent actor should sit in the front. After all, we really hope that actors like Zhou Le can work with us more."

With just one sentence, Wang Zhonglei's words were resolved. He first admitted his mistake, and then calmly pushed the responsibility to the people below, although the seats were indeed arranged by the people below.

As a boss, he naturally doesn't have to consider such issues.

Then he said that Zhou Le was excellent. Just looking at this one sentence, it does sound a bit apologetic, but the subsequent hope for more cooperation actually made the main point clear.

It's not that I don't let him go forward, it's just that he is from Tencent. We are competitors, and you must be aware of that.

So the people below also took this into consideration.

Everyone present was smart and could naturally understand the meaning of these words.

So after listening to Gong Yu, he looked at Zhou Le again.

"Mr. Gong is so kind! I feel honored to be here. Actually, as a newcomer, I came here mainly to get to know more senior people and learn from everyone. I also have to thank Mr. Gong for creating such a harmonious and friendly atmosphere for us all."

Anyway, Zhou Le just speaks differently to different people. Playing with abstract ideas in such an occasion is simply courting death. Anyone there can suppress him with just a word.

It can be said that if the screenwriter of "Dying to Survive" was not Han Jianu, the film would have to wait at least a few years before it could be released.

The most obvious example is the movie "No Man's Land".

After Ning Hao finished filming, it could not be released at all until Han Sanping was found and it was successfully brought to the screen.

So among the producers and producers of that movie, Han Sanping was the first.

At the same time, Zhang Guoli was also one of the producers of "No Man's Land" because at that time Zhang Guoli had just signed a gambling agreement with Huayi.

So the name naturally went up.

Hou Hongliang, the boss of Noon Sunshine, only introduced Zhou Le at the beginning and encouraged him at the end, and didn't say anything in between.

Only after they toasted here did they go to find other directors.

As for other directors and actors, he seemed much more relaxed. After all, they were all of the same status, and some of them were even lower than him.

There is nothing to be afraid of. The only ones who can put pressure on him are the CEOs of major companies and some investors.

After a round of toasts, the two returned to the table.

"Do you want to go to the ones at the back? Those top-tier ones."

Zhou Le smiled and said, "No need to go. We are still the top ones. Besides, Director Xu is sitting next to me. Won't they come to me later?"

"Haha, you're quite good at it, but you're right, we don't have to go. Sometimes you shouldn't just think of yourself as an actor, you're also the boss of the company.

You will have the opportunity to sit with them at the first table we just went to in the future."

"That's not something I've thought about."

"You can actually think about it."

"Okay, when Director Xu sits in the middle, I guess I'll be ready too."

But just as he finished speaking, Xu Zheng quickly covered Zhou Le's mouth: "Why do you say everything out loud? Is that something I should consider?"

"Haha, Brother Zheng, I didn't expect you to be afraid sometimes."

"Look at what you said. I'm also a human being. Those big guys are several levels higher than me. There was an auction in 16. Huang Bo said in front of Mr. Wang that he deliberately raised the price. You don't know how embarrassed Mr. Wang was at that time.

That is to say, I later helped him to call for three million, and then Huang Bo went to pay the money and handed the item to him personally, and the matter was over. Now you may only see how high his salary is, but when you go up a little further you will understand that he is indeed very high.

Even though Huayi is declining now, it is still Huayi.”

Zhou Le knew that what Xu Zheng said was very realistic. Although many people now say that the world belongs to the young, as long as you look up, you will find that it is still some old guys who are controlling it.

So they sat there for a while, and the rap buddy came over for team building.

But compared to Xu Zheng, they still wanted to talk to Zhou Le more. After all, Zhou Le had already released the song that Wang Yitai wrote for him, and the market response was quite explosive.

The popularity is ridiculously high.

Although the quality of that song is already very high, it will only become more popular if Zhou Le sings it.

Later they also found out that Zhou Le did not take any of the money he earned from the song, but transferred it all to Wang Yitai, and only took the popularity.

Who wouldn’t want to cooperate with this openness?
Although I have to release a song, it would be definitely worth it if I could use it to enter the mainstream circle.

After all, up to now, there are really only a few rappers who have truly entered the mainstream circle.

Zhou Le just glanced at a few people while he was chatting, and finally waited until they finished chatting and were about to leave.

"GAI brother, can I have a few words with you?"

GAI nodded.

"It's just like this. I have invested in an animated film, but their production team is too new and the company is small, so they don't have much money or resources. Moreover, not only did I invest, I also did the dubbing in the film.

The movie is almost done, but there is no theme song yet. The director and I have talked about it before. Considering the content of the movie, it actually needs a more powerful song. Firstly, rap is very popular now, and secondly, rap is also more powerful.

It's just that they don't have many channels over there. When I was chatting with you just now, I thought your style seemed to be quite compatible."

After hearing this, GAI understood that Zhou Le was taking the initiative to ask him to sing a song.

"No problem. I've composed quite a few main melodies. I can do songs that are more powerful and positive. But are you interested, Brother Le? When you're done, we can sing them together.

"I'm mainly worried that my style won't work."

"It's okay, brother. I listen to your songs all the time. You actually have a great voice, so there will be no problem singing."

"Okay, we'll see how it goes then. If it's appropriate, I'll sing too. If it's not, you can sing solo."

"Okay, but the director you mentioned..."

"He's in Chengdu, so he should be pretty close to you. I'll send him a message on WeChat, and then I'll let him know."

"Okay, thank you Brother Le."

"That's fine, but just give them a normal quote for how much it should cost when the time comes."

"Haha, that's okay. This is our first collaboration, so I can write it for free."

"No, let's put it this way. We still have to make money. I'm an actor and you're a singer. On the one hand, it's for hobbies, and on the other hand, it's all for money. It's okay to be a little vulgar. I'm just a vulgar person."

After GAI left, Zhou Le immediately called Jiaozi: "Hey, Director Jiaozi, I've got the theme song for the movie."

Jiaozi was working overtime. Although he had just received a new investment, he still had no idea where to spend the money. He only kept 5 million of the 20 million, intending to use it for publicity, and spent the rest of the money.

Hearing this, he immediately became excited: "Really? Who did Teacher Zhou find?"

"GAI is the champion of the first season of The Rap of China."

"That's amazing, Mr. Zhou. I've heard his songs too."

"I'm glad you don't mind. You can contact each other later. I've already given him your WeChat. You can chat with each other then. If it works, we can use it. If not, we can look for another one. Even if the deal doesn't work out, we still have friendship. Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

"It's true."

"Okay, I won't disturb you from working for now. That's all I need to do to make a phone call. Go ahead and do your work. I have something else to do here as well."

"Okay, then you go ahead and get busy, Mr. Zhou."

Zhou Le went straight home that night. The next day, Zhou Le had planned to meet Xu Zheng and the others for some socializing. After all, this was what they had agreed on beforehand: they would get together after the iQiyi event was over.

As a result, the next morning, Zhou Le got up early and opened the curtains to see that it was snowing outside.

Sure enough, within ten minutes, Jiang Wen called.

"Hey, are you in BJ? Come on, hurry up, we're starting to film. We're going to finish the final part in the next few days. It's so hard to get snow, and if we miss it this time, we might have to wait another half a year."

Zhou Le knew that Jiang Wen attached great importance to this play, otherwise he would not have waited from the middle of the year until now.

Since it's snowing, it means we have to finish filming. After all, the entire crew has been on standby for the past six months.

So Zhou Le didn't even bother to wash his face and drove towards the crew.

After arriving, I washed my face and hair, then put on makeup and changed clothes.

I read the script and stretched my body while waiting for others to start filming.

"I've checked the weather forecast and asked my friends at the Meteorological Bureau. They say the snow will probably last for about two days, and it'll be pretty heavy. We have to seize this opportunity and try to finish filming all the remaining scenes within two days."

Jiang Wen gave the death order.

So Zhou Le didn't go anywhere for the past two days and just stayed on standby in the crew.

But his part in this scene mainly involves rooftop parkour.

"Look at Le's professionalism. He can run so smoothly even after not filming for such a long time. He must practice every now and then."

Jiang Wen was full of praise.

It was past nine o'clock the next evening before they finished shooting the last take.

Jiang Wen announced the completion of the filming on the spot.

Zhou Le also called Yu Shuxin over. Since they were both in BJ and not far away, Yu Shuxin made it to the wrap-up party at the last minute. In the evening, they went to a restaurant together to have a copper hotpot.

"Comrades, the filming is finished, and we have finally accomplished our mission. All good things must come to an end. After today's meal, I don't know when we will meet again, and I haven't figured out what to shoot next.

I actually have absolutely no hope for this movie’s box office success, but no matter how much it does in the end, even if it only makes a little over a hundred, it won’t affect my belief that this is a good movie.”

After Jiang Wen finished speaking, he drank the white wine in the glass in one gulp.

Then they started chatting.

"Shuxin, please don't drink for now. We have to send Le'er back later. I don't trust anyone else to send me back, but you are the one I trust the most."

Jiang Wen actually likes Yu Shuxin very much, mainly because she is smart and capable.

In such occasions, you naturally have to be more protective, otherwise it is inevitable that the old guys in the crew will come over to toast you.

"I plan to wait until next July for this movie to be released."

"No matter how busy I am, I will make time to participate in the promotion."

"Of course I do. Anyway, I still say that no matter how the box office is, I have to win the award."

Last night, Zhou Le didn't get home until after four o'clock. Yu Shuxin saw that it was getting late, so she didn't leave.

He walked to the second bedroom with ease, took out his bedding from the cabinet, spread it out and went to sleep.

But she didn't sleep very well that night. After all, Zhou Le drank a lot, and she had to go over to check on him from time to time.

Fortunately, Zhou Le slept very soundly that night. She didn't go out to buy breakfast until she saw Zhou Le wake up the next day.

"Brother Le, you really have to say it. I haven't been your assistant for so long, and it even feels a bit empty."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Le quickly waved his hands and said, "I dare not say that. What assistant? It's nothing more than following me to those crews to learn. If your parents knew that you were used to being my assistant, they would definitely kill you on the spot."

"It's okay, they usually don't care about me."

But Zhou Le still couldn't sit still.

After resting for a morning, I flew to Dongyang in the afternoon.

Because Yu Zheng's "The Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red" is about to start filming.

During the early script meeting, Yu Zheng also extended an invitation to Zhou Le. Anyway, Zhou Le's company would also be one of the co-producers at that time. Although it would be written at the end, it would still be considered an investor.

Last week, Le Xu invested 10 million in this drama.

We held a few days of meetings here.

Just as I was about to leave after attending the opening ceremony, Su Yingxia suddenly came over with a cell phone.

"Brother Le, there's another big male IP looking for you. The title is 'Zhu Xian'. Although I haven't read much, I did some research. This novel is still a classic. In 16, Li Yifeng and his team filmed a TV series, and now they're going to make a movie."

"Zhu Xian?"

Zhou Le knew this book; he had read it when he was in high school.

"Who did this?"

"The director has been confirmed. It's Cheng Xiaodong, the famous action director in Hong Kong. The production companies are New Classics and China Film Distribution. They're planning to cast Li Wei and Meng Meiqi for the leading female role, and the male lead is currently being chosen between you and Xiao Zhan.

Although New Classics has obtained the copyright, Tencent Pictures still wants to fight for it on your behalf. It depends on whether you are interested. If you are, we can discuss it later."

Zhou Le felt that this lineup seemed quite luxurious: "What about the rest of the lineup?"

"As for the others, one of the screenwriters is Shen Jie, who wrote 'Tiger Mom and Cat Dad' and 'White Deer Plain'."

In fact, Zhou Le was quite interested when he first heard the name, but later he heard the lineup and felt that although it was luxurious, it seemed that they were all older people.

And overall, there aren't any amazing veteran actors, unlike "Joy of Life", which has Chen Daomin, Wu Gang, Yu Rongguang... all well-known veteran actors.

"Oh, forget it. Let him make this movie. Actually, if it's a male-oriented novel adaptation, if it's a TV series, if the script is good, I might consider it, but most movies are not that good."

"Okay, I'll go back over there then."

"Ah."

Next, Zhou Le went directly from Dongyang to Anhui.

There is also a National Drama Festival here, and the content is actually similar to those on the online platforms.

But Zhou Le’s trip was not in vain, he also won the annual breakthrough actor award.

But when Zhou Le was looking at the nominees for this award, he actually saw Zhang Han.

"He's still filming?"

After the words fell, Han Dongjun who was sitting next to him was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself, this is worthy of Zhou Le, how dare he say anything?
"Yes, he has been filming in recent years."

"The entertainment industry is indeed very tolerant." Zhou Le couldn't help but sigh, "I thought he had disappeared. Times have really changed. If you had him do the same thing now, he would have been banned long ago."

Han Dongjun didn't dare to respond at all.

Although he is backed by Tangren, which is also a big company, he has been in the industry for so long and is now just a second-tier actor, but Zhang Han was indeed very popular back then.

But when Zhou Le went on stage to receive the award, Zhang Han couldn't help but clench his fists when he saw Zhou Le's high-spirited look.

He still remembers that he called Nazha twice, and Nazha actually got intimate with Zhou Le on the phone without any hesitation!
At that moment he felt like a clown.

Also, Zhou Le was unknown at the time, but he dared to snatch my role. Now when I think about it, I am so angry that I want to bite my teeth to pieces.

But when he looked at Zhou Le, he suddenly thought of Nazha.

I took out my cell phone, found Nazha's WeChat, and sent her a message.

"Are you there?"

But as soon as he clicked send, he saw a red exclamation mark in front of the message he had sent.

[The other party has enabled friend verification, and you are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend verification request first. You can chat only after the other party passes the verification. ]

Zhang Han: “?”

(End of this chapter)