Chapter 589 You are not fast at all
As Wang Shu went out, his cell phone rang. They were all calls from people he knew and had status.
The purpose of the call was to inquire about the role in the new film.
The entertainment industry is a circle, and as long as it is a circle, there will inevitably be interpersonal relationships.
In interpersonal relationships, this kind of thing will naturally happen.
Mei Ting also learned that Wang Shu was preparing for a new film and immediately called him.
Wang Shu received the call and then slightly adapted the story he had told Zhou Xun before and told it to Mei Ting.
"So, this movie was a small-budget production solely owned by you, and then you hired Sun Li and Deng Chao to use it as a gimmick to boost the movie's box office?"
After listening to Wang Shu's story, Mei Ting roughly understood what was going on.
We also know why we are looking for Sun Li and Deng Chao.
First, he had previously collaborated with Sun Li in "Space Traveler", so collaborating again could be a gimmick to promote the movie.
Secondly, Sun Li and Deng Chao are lovers, and starring together is also a gimmick to promote the movie.
Thirdly, Sun Li and Deng Chao are lovers, but they don't play lovers in the movie, which is also a topic that can promote the movie.
A small-budget production with so many gimmicks and topics, it is indeed guaranteed to be a hit at the box office.
As for Wang Shu, he originally wanted to test whether a film shot with a cast composed of mainland actors without Hong Kong actors or Zhang Ziyi and others, with average movie stars, could achieve good box office results.
Having these gimmicks increases the possibility of success.
She couldn't fault her words.
I was still a bit interested in it at first, so I thought since it was a low-cost production solely owned by Wang Shu, why not cast her in it?
Now, I understand.
"Yes." Wang Shu responded.
"What if the box office fails?" Mei Ting was a little worried.
Wang Shu is an Oscar-winning director, and he just won the award at the beginning of the year. If he makes a movie with a weak lineup and hits the market, it will highlight that the Oscar-winning director is not worthy of his reputation.
What was lost was Wang Shu’s face.
"Didn't the previous "Time Traveler" achieve good box office results? So don't worry too much." Wang Shu asked with a smile.
Mei Ting was still quite worried after hearing this and said: "That's different."
"You just said that although "Space Traveler" has science fiction elements, its core is a romance film."
"But your current science fiction film is not like this, and the audience may not understand it."
"If the audience can't understand it, the box office will be affected."
"Probably failed."
Something she didn't say was that the age of the audience also varied.
Wang Shu's base is young people, and if young people can't understand this movie.
For the box office, it will hurt.
Wang Shu said with a self-deprecating smile: "If you lose, you lose."
"I will learn from Chen Kaige and say something that the audience will not understand in ten years."
Mei Ting was worried at first, but when she heard Wang Shu's words, she couldn't help but feel happy.
Just listen to Wang Shu say immediately: "Besides, the matter is over, I just want to do better, it is useless to think about something that is not there."
"Yeah." Mei Ting also knew that this was indeed true, and then expressed her attitude and said, "If you need help, just tell me. It doesn't matter even if you ask me to make a guest appearance or play a small supporting role."
"Haha, are you willing to be a match for Sun Li and Liu Yan?" Wang Shu was touched in his heart and teased.
"What else?" Mei Ting answered angrily, "As long as it helps you with this movie, I won't refuse."
Wang Shu was a little moved after hearing this, because Mei Ting and Sun Li are both first-line actors in TV dramas. Under normal circumstances, she would never act as a voice actor for Sun Li.
Not to mention, not only did he play the role of Sun Li, but the character in the play was ranked behind Liu Yan.
To be willing to do this is a great sacrifice.
So he pretended to laugh and said: "Don't worry, I am also an Oscar director after all, and I have accumulated a good reputation for several years."
"Even if it fails this time, it will be a failure in word-of-mouth, not at the box office."
"In this case, it doesn't matter whether you come or not."
Mei Ting understood the meaning of these words. The implication was that relying on the accumulated reputation, one would be able to achieve good box office results.
After the good box office, there was abuse from the audience, which led to the collapse of reputation.
In other words, it was a critical failure, not a box office failure.
Then he said softly: "No matter what, if you need, just call me."
"Okay, I'll call you if necessary." Wang Shu answered with a smile.
When Mei Ting heard this, a faint smile appeared on her pretty face.
The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.
After Wang Shu hung up the phone, he immediately turned off the phone. He didn't want the phone to keep ringing and delay his work.
I drove to the company and started to follow up on "Pacific Rim".
The movie has to be released in time for the New Year, and time is tight, so many things need to be done by him personally.
The day passed unconsciously in the busyness.
As soon as Wang Shu turned on his phone, he received many unread text messages.
Yang Mi, Fan Binbin, Liu Yan, Ning Jing, Jiang Wenli and many others who had his contact information all sent him text messages.
Chen Hong even sent a text message.
Not only these people, but also text messages from Zhang Pozhi of Hong Kong Island.
Wang Shu didn't need to read Zhang Bozhi's text message to already guess the other party's purpose.
Since what happened last year, Zhang Pozhi has faded out of the entertainment industry.
Now that a year or two have passed, things have pretty much calmed down.
Even if there are still people talking about it, it won't be as hotly debated as it was at the beginning.
Therefore, she began to seek a comeback.
However, Zhang Bozhi wants to come back, and Wang Shu does not want to be the support for the other party's comeback. He opened Zhang Bozhi's text message, which was not many words, and asked him to have dinner with him.
After all, everyone has sent text messages, and it is just a matter of courtesy between people that they have to reply.
Wang Shu immediately replied: "I have a lot of work on hand and am quite busy, so I probably don't have time."
It would be too disrespectful to refuse directly, and polite refusal is the normal operation.
After replying to Zhang Bozhi’s text message, he immediately responded to Chen Hong’s text message.
Chen Hong: "Are you going to make a new movie again?"
Wang Shu replied: "Yes."
Just after I replied, I received a reply from Chen Hong.
"Really productive!" Chen Hong.
"Haha, I'm a quick shooter." Wang Shu replied.
After reading Wang Shu’s reply, Chen Hong knew of course that when Wang Shu said that the fast gun pointed to the fast shooting of the movie, she replied: "You are not fast at all!"
"Really?" Wang Shu was stunned when he saw the text message and replied.
"Yeah." Chen Hong.
Wang Shu then asked: "Let's have dinner together?"
"No." Chen Hong refused.
"Aren't you free?" Wang Shu asked.
"I had dinner." Chen Hong.
"So early?" Wang Shu asked in surprise.
"It's not too early, it's almost seven o'clock now." Chen Hong.
"Okay, do you want to come out and meet?" Wang Shu.
This text message was sent, but there was no response from Chen Hong for a while.
When Wang Shu thought that Chen Hong had something to do and couldn't reply, he suddenly received another text message from Chen Hong.
"Yeah." Chen Hong.
Wang Shu was shocked when he saw the message. The other party actually agreed?
Could it be that his bravery made the other party feel happy?
So.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Shu drove directly to the place where the two agreed to meet, without even having dinner.
After a long journey, he came to an apartment door and pressed the doorbell.
Chen Hong opened the door from the inside and closed the door after Wang Shu walked in.
Wang Shu looked around and saw that it was empty inside, except for a bag of food on the coffee table in front of the sofa.
There is water and drinks inside.
It was obvious that Chen Hong went to a supermarket or convenience store to buy it not long ago.
"Is this your house?" Wang Shu looked at Chen Hong and asked.
"Well, I bought it before and only come here once or twice a year." Chen Hong said with a smile.
Wang Shu understood as soon as he heard it. Rich people had so many houses that they could just leave them vacant.
Just like his apartment and villa in the city, apart from the fact that he would visit the apartment sometimes, the villa was completely vacant after he bought it.
Wang Shu suddenly realized that except for visiting the villa when his parents came to the capital, he had never been there.
After all, people are still too busy and don’t want to waste time to take a look.
After Chen Hong finished speaking, he asked again: "Have you had dinner?"
Wang Shu answered with a smile: "Have something to eat before coming here. It's night anyway, so you might as well eat less."
Hearing what Wang Shu said, Chen Hong didn't say much.
They are all people in the entertainment industry, and they all know how to manage their bodies.
When it comes to body management, you must either eat less or not eat at night.
Then he said: "There are water and drinks on the table. Do you want to drink some?"
Wang Shu didn't reply, but walked over and hugged the other person.
Then
More than an hour later, Wang Shu left the apartment.
He went empty-handed and left with a bottle of mineral water and a bottle of soft drinks.
This was what Chen Hong asked him to take because Chen Hong neither wanted to take these things back nor leave them here.
If Wang Shu doesn't take it, she will throw these things into the trash can when she cleans up the place and leaves.
Therefore, in line with the principle of not wasting, Wang Shu took a bottle of mineral water and a bottle of beverage.
More than half an hour after he left, Chen Hong also left the apartment.
As for Wang Shu, he drove to find a place to eat.
I didn't have dinner originally, and I exercised for about an hour.
He is so hungry!
After dinner, it was getting late, so we drove home.
As soon as I got home, I saw a person standing outside the door. I walked over and saw that it was Liu Yan.
"Director Wang~" Liu Yan also saw Wang Shu returning home and shouted bravely.
"What are you doing here?" Wang Shu asked doubtfully.
"Call you, the phone is turned off."
"Sent you a text message, no one responded."
"So I came over"
Liu Yan's pretty face turned red and she continued to speak bravely.
Wang Shu heard this and had no choice but to respond: "Go in first, and then we'll talk after you get in."
Liu Yan did not reply, but followed Wang Shu silently.
When he entered the villa, Wang Shu looked back at her and said, "I turned off my phone today, so you can't get through."
(End of chapter)