Chapter 224 Zhou Haiwei
After Liang Jiahui hung up Wang Shu’s call, he immediately left for Yishu Company.
The two negotiated very smoothly and initially reached an intention to cooperate.
The next step is the negotiation between Yishu Company and Liang Jiahui’s agency, which Wang Shu will not personally be responsible for.
Love is love, and interests are interests.
Except for personally negotiating remuneration and other matters with the cooperating actors in the initial stage, Wang Shu was never personally responsible for this work.
The two are separated. Even if the two companies ultimately fail to reach a cooperation due to film contracts, the superficial friendship between him and the invited actors will not be damaged.
After all, there are a lot of things that can be argued about in terms of film appointments.
As the boss of a film and television company and a great director, Wang Shu would be too embarrassed to do this himself.
Liang Jiahui has been confirmed, plus Gong Li, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Hanyu who have been confirmed before, four people have been confirmed.
Although Zhang Hanyu is still in a pending state, Wang Shu has basically chosen him.
Wang Shu sat in the office, looked at the photos on his desk and thought for a moment, then called Zhou Xiaofa.
"Contact Zhou Haiwei and ask her if she is interested in cooperating in a movie."
Zhou Xiaofa was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't ask any more questions.
He knows Zhou Haiwei, the most popular Hong Kong actress in the 1990s.
It's just that it's outdated now.
I heard that I moved to the capital two or three years ago, and now I seem to have bought a house and settled in the capital.
After he left Wang Shu's office, he immediately found someone to contact Zhou Haiwei's agency, and soon contacted Zhou Haiwei's agent.
Zhou Haiwei has now not only settled in Beijing, but also signed a contract with a brokerage company in Beijing.
"Hello, I am Zhou Xiaofa from Yishu Company." After contacting Zhou Haiwei's agent, Zhou Xiaofa said politely.
"Hello." When Zhou Haiwei's agent heard that it was Mr. Zhou from Yikeshu, he quickly greeted him politely, and then asked doubtfully: "I don't know. Is Mr. Zhou calling?"
"Haha." Zhou Xiaofa smiled and said, "Director Wang has a play and wants to invite Miss Zhou Haiwei."
"Huh?" Zhou Haiwei's agent was surprised when he heard this. Didn't you expect such a good thing to happen? ! !
"Haha." Zhou Xiaofa laughed twice again, and then said, "If Miss Zhou Haiwei has a schedule, you can come to Yishu Company."
"Oh, okay. ." When Zhou Haiwei's agent heard this, he immediately responded in surprise.
If it were an invitation from another company, he wouldn't be so excited.
But with the invitation from Wang Shu of Yishu Company, I couldn’t help but feel excited for Zhou Haiwei.
As the second director in China with a box office of over 200 million, and the record holder of the highest box office, Wang Shu’s film contracts belong to the top resources.
This kind of resource was not necessarily available when Zhou Haiwei was most popular in the 1990s, let alone Zhou Haiwei today.
"Well" Zhou Xiaofa pondered for a moment, and then asked, "When do you have time to come over?"
"I think you should also know that Director Wang is quite busy and doesn't have much free time."
Hearing this, Zhou Haiwei's agent thought of Zhou Xiaofa's sudden call and immediately asked: "Director Wang, today is at Yikeshu Company, right?"
"Yes!" Zhou Xiaofa responded.
"Then let's rush there now." Zhou Haiwei's agent said immediately.
"Uh, okay." Zhou Xiaofa was stunned for a moment.
After the agent hung up Zhou Xiaofa's call, he quickly called Zhou Haiwei.
Zhou Haiwei was with her architect boyfriend at this time, and was a little confused when she saw the call from her agent.
She remembered that she had no itinerary in the near future. Why did her agent call suddenly?
"Sister Haiwei!" As soon as Zhou Haiwei answered the phone, he heard his manager's excited shout.
"What's going on?" Zhou Haiwei became more and more confused after hearing this.
"Where are you now?" the agent asked eagerly.
When Zhou Haiwei heard this, he thought it was a sudden communication or work, and couldn't help but frowned.
"At home." She responded softly, but it was at her boyfriend's house, not her own.
"Hurry up and come to the company, there will be great things." The agent said very quickly.
"What a great thing?" Zhou Haiwei was confused.
The agent explained: "Yishu Company called just now. Director Wang wants to invite you to star in his play."
"Then they asked you when you would have time to come over for an interview, and I said right now. I have time."
"You also know that there has been a lot of news recently that Director Wang is planning to make a movie. This time I called you suddenly, it should be this movie."
"So. , I didn’t delay and told them to go there today.”
“Huh?” Zhou Haiwei was surprised when he heard this.
Director Wang of a Tree.
She now lives in the capital, so she naturally knows who this Director Wang is and the significance of this invitation.
Immediately responded: "Okay, I will go back to the company immediately."
"Yes." The manager responded and said softly, "You also know, if Director Wang's invitation is really that movie A blockbuster movie will be an excellent opportunity, we can’t miss it.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back at the company soon,” Zhou Haiwei said with a smile.
"Well, that's it, I'll wait for you at the company." The agent said.
“Okay.” Zhou Haiwei.
Zhou Haiwei's architect boyfriend saw Zhou Haiwei hang up the phone and asked, "Do you have a job?"
"Yes." Zhou Haiwei nodded with apologetic eyes.
After hearing this, the architect boyfriend was silent for a while, and then said: "Then go ahead, work is important."
When Zhou Haiwei heard this, he smiled back, then said some love words, left the architect boyfriend's residence and drove to the company.
Afternoon.
Wang Shu met Zhou Haiwei at the company, and her agent was waiting outside.
"Hello, Sister Haiwei." When Wang Shu saw Zhou Haiwei walking into the office, he immediately stood up and greeted politely.
"Hello Director Wang, you don't need to call me Sister Haiwei, just call me Haiwei." Zhou Haiwei said politely when he saw Wang Shu stand up.
Wang Shu also knew that even at the age of 40, Zhou Haiwei always acted like a weak little girl when talking to others. Not only did she have no airs, she was also very innocent.
Of course, he also knew that Zhou Haiwei was strong at heart and always thought of himself as a boy.
Just communicating with people but still like an innocent little girl. This is not only the case when you are 40 years old, but also when you are 50 years old.
Until she broke up with her architect boyfriend, and because of her role as a diva in "Sweet Honey as Ashes as Frost". This role in the play was rather vicious, and she suffered online abuse from a certain actor's fans. Then slowly things changed.
"Sister Haiwei, please take a seat." Wang Shu smiled.
Although Zhou Haiwei asked him to call him by his first name, Wang Shu would not be so confident.
Although Zhou Haiwei is indeed outdated now, she was still the most popular Hong Kong actress in the 1990s.
When the record was released, even Zhang Xueyou couldn't beat it.
In 1995, Zhou Haiwei released his first album "Sunrise Love" in Baodao.
Anyone who can't sing can tell that Zhou Haiwei's singing is very average, on par with KTV level.
But it is such an ordinary album. Due to Zhou Haiwei's super popularity, its sales volume ranks first in the year, even Zhang Xueyou who released the album in the same period cannot match it.
It's just that the album "Sunrise Love" sold so well, but Zhou Haiwei didn't get a penny, so all the hard work was in vain.
As for the reason
The record company Zhou Haiwei signed with at the time was a record company in Baodao. After the sales of "Sunrise Love" became popular, the boss of the record company did not notice it immediately. The money was given to Zhou Haiwei, but he was given money to speculate in stocks.
Then he jumped from the rooftop.
Zhou Haiwei didn’t get a penny because of this.
At this time, Zhou Haiwei sat down and looked at Wang Shu.
Both became famous at a young age, but the difference is that Wang Shu relied on talent, while she relied on luck and hard work.
Wang Shu looked at Zhou Haiwei in front of him, then handed over the script on the table, and said with a smile: "Sister Haiwei, please read the script first, and then we will talk."
Zhou Haiwei nodded when he heard this, then took the script and started reading it.
When she came to Yishu Company, she had not even read the script. Although she didn’t say it, she thought in her heart that she would have to read the script before deciding whether to take the role.
It is impossible to agree to a role without even reading the script.
Wang Shu couldn't help but feel happy when he saw that Zhou Haiwei really picked up the script and started reading it.
If it were any other actor, they would basically be polite for a while and then go back to the script.
As for Zhou Haiwei, basically whatever she was asked to do, she would really do it seriously.
Zhou Haiwei silently turned over the script, and the content and characters in the script came into his eyes. He was both impressed by the content of the script and secretly thought that it was true.
There was a lot of commotion when "Space Traveler" was released, and it was during the National Day holiday. She went to the cinema to watch it with her architect boyfriend. Both of them thought it was an excellent film. Movie.
The theme of time travel is not new in Hong Kong Island.
Zhou Haiwei has even starred in a time-travel TV series.
In 1990, TVB produced a time-travel drama "Back to When I Was Married" starring Zhou Haiwei and Li Ming.
This TV series tells the story of the heroine Yang Bamei (Zhou Haiwei) who was the wife of ginseng businessman Zhang Haoran (Li Ming) in the 1990s. She complained because of her husband's neglect. By chance, Bamei meets her first love Long Fei again. She is attracted by his humor and regrets not choosing this man as her husband. Hou Haoran misunderstood that Bamei and Long Feihongxing were cheating on each other, causing the two to quarrel, and Bamei left home angrily. On the way, he played games at a game center to let off steam. Unexpectedly, he hit a perfect score and turned back time, four years ago.
Four years ago, the eighth sister was a typhoon shelter boat girl, and was praised as the flower of the typhoon shelter. When the eighth sister returned to four years ago, she hoped to return to 90 as soon as possible. Unfortunately, no one around her believed it. Zhu Rong alone still helped her run around. Unfortunately, the game console center had not been built yet, so Yang Bamei had no choice but to pack her mind and live again.
In the Dadi Nightclub, Bamei and Pan Mingming became friends. In an accident, Bamei lost her necklace and lost her precognitive memory. At this time, Long Fei opened a hotel next to the Ming family. By chance, his younger sister met Ran. They fell in love with each other at first sight. Later, they met again in the Great Emperor, and their relationship grew rapidly. Haoran's mother learns that her son's girlfriend used to be a dancer, and creates a misunderstanding to alienate their relationship...
In short, Zhang Haoran (played by Li Ming) and Yang Bamei (played by Zhou Haiwei) focus on work after their marriage and neglect Jiao. When Bamei returned to the past and wanted to rewrite history, she was unexpectedly told a bizarre story by a crazy and weird old man.
This drama became a hit after it aired, and the scandal between Zhou Haiwei and Li Ming became even more popular.
The scandal that Zhou Haiwei and Li Ming were in love did not come out during the filming of "Back to When We Were Married", but the crew had already started to hype it before the preparation of "Back to When We Were Married". The only thing is to use Zhou Haiwei to promote the popularity of "Back to the Unmarried Years".
As for the romance rumors between the two, neither Zhou Haiwei nor Li Ming have ever admitted it.
But one thing is certain. In the 1990s, Zhou Haiwei was not only beautiful but also pure and cute. Li Ming definitely wanted to fuck her.
Not only Li Ming wants to have sex with her. A bunch of Hong Kong stars including Chen Long also have this idea.
When Zhou Haiwei was popular in Hong Kong Island, he was also familiar with Chen Long.
From 1991 to 1993, she was voted the most popular actress, and her popularity is not false.
Zhou Haiwei also knew not to waste Wang Shu's time too much. He took a rough look at the script, then looked at Wang Shen with her two big teeth and said with a smile: "Director Wang's script is very good, very good. It’s challenging.”
“Can I ask who the other female characters are?”
The script Wang Shu gave her was an actor’s script with roles marked on it. After Haiwei got the script, she knew immediately which role she was playing.
Hearing this, Wang Shu did not hide it and responded directly: "One is Gong Li and the other is Zhou Xun."
Gong Li, Zhou Xun, Liang Jiahui, Zhou Haiwei, Zhang Hanyu
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Wang Shu thinks this lineup is pretty good.
The first female lead is Gong Li, the second female lead is Zhou Xun, and the third female characters Fan Binbin, Li Binbin, Zhao Yanzi and others are not willing to play the role, so they can only find others.
Looking around, there is no more appropriate place than a once-famous restaurant that has now gone to the mainland to start selling seafood from scratch.
Zhou Haiwei needs acting skills, good looks, and gimmicks.
Moreover, her popularity in Hong Kong and Taiwan is still there.
With Zhou Haiwei starring in the movie, it will also drive box office growth when the movie is released in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
In short, it is very cost-effective to find her to play the third female lead.
As for whether Zhou Haiwei is willing to star in the role, Wang Shu is even less worried.
Since Zhou Haiwei started over in the north, he has lost his surrounding circle and connections, and his acting career is almost starting from scratch.
At this moment, she has even accepted roles as the third female lead in TV series, let alone a movie directed by Wang Shu.
When Zhou Haiwei heard this, his heart felt inexplicably bitter.
In the mainland film and television industry, few producers will choose actresses from Hong Kong to play the heroine.
Even if there is, it is usually because of the existence of Hong Kong Island investors.
In TVB, Zhou Haiwei is basically the female lead.
When you come to the Mainland, it is difficult to get a supporting role in a well-produced film and television drama.
For example, in the movie Wang Shu, Gong Li was the first choice for the heroine, followed by Zhou Xun, both of whom are mainland actresses.
Secondly, she is the Hong Kong actress.
“Alas!” Zhou Haiwei sighed silently in his heart.
I don’t know when a well-produced drama with a female protagonist will be released in the Mainland.
(End of this chapter)