Brilliant Years 1991

Chapter 102 Mr. Cao, you are so handsome!
The next morning, lawyer Fang Zhihao arrived at the first floor lobby of the hotel early and waited. After Cao Yukun came downstairs, he took him to visit Huang Zhan.

As soon as they met, Cao Yukun greeted, "Hello, Uncle Chan!"

Unexpectedly, upon seeing Cao Yukun clearly, Huang Zhan's eyes, which were obviously a little sleep-deprived, suddenly lit up, "Wow, Mr. Cao, you are so handsome!"

He was very serious, the kind of praise that was especially serious, and he kept talking, "Why did you have to find Andy, why don't you come by yourself! Andy is not as handsome as you! Among the Four Heavenly Kings, Leon Lai is more handsome, he has a bit of a noble air, but he is still not as handsome as you! You look a bit like John Lone, but John Lone is too short, the publicity says he is 172cm tall, but people who are familiar with him know that he is not! And he looks a bit evil, but you are different, upright, heroic and vigorous, wow, all the good words can be used for you! Let me think about it, Huo Qubing, Sun Bofu, Zhao Zilong, Li Shimin, all the young heroes, you don't have to act, just put on the clothes!"

"If you act in a romantic movie, all the girls will fall in love with you. There is no need for a plot! People only need to see your face to know, wow, it's normal. You are so handsome. I would love you too!"

"You and Zhou Aimin, wow, a perfect match!"

"How about I recommend a director to you? I know a lot of directors, and many of them will definitely like you at first sight. I guarantee you'll get a role! You'll be the leading actor the moment you appear on screen!"

To be honest, Cao Yukun was a little amused and helpless.

Everyone shook hands and sat down. He actually talked nonstop for about ten minutes. His Mandarin sounded pretty good, but he kept mixing in a few words of Cantonese, which made it a bit difficult to understand.

After finally finding a place for him to stop talking, Cao Yukun quickly interrupted, "Uncle Chan, I'm a businessman, not a movie director. I want you to shoot a commercial for me!"

Hearing this, he looked very regretful.

Cao Yukun took out the copy he had prepared and handed it over. "I know Uncle Chan's advertising copywriting is excellent, but I put a lot of effort into making this beverage. I came up with some advertising slogans myself. Uncle Chan, please take a look and see if they are suitable! Of course, I hope Uncle Chan will come up with better advertising slogans!"

He took it and looked at it for a few seconds before his eyes lit up again. "A mouthful of sour and sweet plums... plum juice? This advertising slogan... is very good! What does your plum juice taste like?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Yukun reached back and lawyer Ah Hao beside him immediately took out a can from his briefcase and handed it to him. Cao Yukun then handed it to Huang Zhan. Huang Zhan looked at the package, opened it and took a bite, "It tastes good!"

"Wow, a face like yours, doing business is... such a waste!"

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In about half an hour, everything was settled.

Huang Zhan's advertising company was responsible for shooting and editing the TV commercial. According to the text, a total of five options had to be edited for backup, and at least five paper advertising designs had to be provided.

The total fee is HK$30.

And under his contact, Cao Yukun met with the managers of Andy Lau and Zhou Aimin respectively that afternoon. Cao Yukun chose the spokesperson cooperation method rather than just an advertisement.

In the end, Andy Lau's annual endorsement fee was 50 Hong Kong dollars, while Zhou Aimin's was much less, only 20 Hong Kong dollars, and the cooperation period was three years. Hong Kong was undoubtedly the cultural center of Asia these days, and Hong Kong-style pop culture had an impact not only in Hong Kong, but also in the mainland, and even in Southeast Asia, Japan, and South Korea, traditional Confucian cultural circles. It had considerable influence worldwide. However, compared with its influence, the market that could directly make money was far less.

Take movies for example. The local box office has exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which is already a huge hit. Of course, it can sell better in Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and Taiwan, but overall it still cannot compete with the strong English pop culture market. The same is true for music. At the same time, American singers had to sell one million copies to be considered a platinum record, but for Hong Kong singers, 50,000 copies were considered platinum... This leads to the fact that the income of performing arts practitioners is actually not as high as later generations imagine.

If not, how could the two Zhou Yicheng and Jet Li be so keen to go to Hollywood to fight for a new career? You know, even though they are so famous in their own city, the salary for a movie is only a million Hong Kong dollars. When Chow Yun-fat was at his most popular, he only got a few movies with a salary of 300 million Hong Kong dollars, which is only or US dollars! And they can get a million US dollars for playing supporting roles in Hollywood!
The reason is that their mainstream market is too poor!

Therefore, to earn 150 million Hong Kong dollars in three years just for endorsing a beverage is still a considerable income even for King Liu, who is currently very popular and ranked first among the so-called Four Heavenly Kings promoted by the media.

Zhou Aimin, this beautiful lady, has been becoming more and more popular in the past two years, but 20 Hong Kong dollars per year is definitely not cheap for her. It should be considered an excellent job.

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Once the endorsement contract was agreed upon, both parties immediately made an appointment to sign it in the evening.

The hard work of Hong Kong people in this era, especially the actors, is truly amazing. They have to shoot movies during the day and sign contracts and shoot commercials at night. For them, it is a very normal thing!
During busy times, it is common for Hong Kong's popular actors to rush to several film sets at the same time.

So that night, Cao Yukun met the young Liu Tianwang and Zhou Aimin one after another.

To be honest, they are really young now.

King Liu is always humble and low-key, especially when facing his financial sponsor, his attitude is impeccable. When Zhou Aimin came to sign the contract, she was even surprised and couldn't help but glance at Cao Yukun, the financial sponsor, again and again.

After signing the contract, Cao Yukun would sign the check on the spot.

He seemed extremely happy. So, within one day, he signed out one million Hong Kong dollars.

The next evening, James Wong had already started organizing the filming - the filming was very simple, for both of them, or in other words, as long as you are a slightly professional actor, filming this kind of commercial is very simple.

After practicing several times with the empty bottles, Huang Zhan and Cao Yukun were soon satisfied and started filming.

The separate shots of the two of us, plus the shots taken together, including many promotional photos, took less than two hours to complete - what an efficient method!

This time, Cao Yukun specially brought two boxes of samples with him. He even just opened a box and consumed only a few bottles, and the commercial was completely shot.

Seeing that the work was completed, King Liu greeted Huang Zhan, then walked over quickly, shook hands with Cao Yukun and thanked him. He really knew how to behave as a human being. Then Zhou Aimin also came over to thank him.

It's still the same, the way she steals glances at me is kind of indescribably cute.

Whether it was the planning of the agency or the work of the media, the word "jade girl" is really super accurate and appropriate when used to describe her - her only shortcoming is probably that her teeth are slightly crooked, but it really doesn't affect her appearance that much, but instead adds another memorable point.

"You're welcome! In this way... we have all had a pleasant cooperation. I'll treat you to a midnight snack? Let's share!"

So everyone thanked him.

Including James Wong's filming crew, the two stars and their managers, and of course lawyer Ah Hao who stayed up until late at night to follow, everyone finished work and went out for a midnight snack.

Liu Tianwang was still good at talking. While everyone was eating and drinking, he took the initiative to flatter, "It's a good thing that you're doing business, Mr. Cao, otherwise if you came to film, I'm afraid I wouldn't have anything to eat!"

Cao Yukun laughed heartily and took the initiative to exchange with him the number of his newly bought mobile phone.

Huang Zhan said leisurely: "It's not that you have no food to eat, but it's true that you have no girls to pick up! Isn't that right, Miss Zhou?" - Just with this question, Zhou Aimin blushed immediately, but was speechless.

During the entire filming period, she secretly looked at Cao Yukun countless times. Not only the actor himself, but even the staff nearby saw it.

Cao Yukun seemed to be very considerate at this time. As if to cooperate with Huang Zhan's words, he quickly took the initiative to ask Zhou Aimin, "Miss Zhou, do you want to exchange phone numbers? I'll invite you out for tea in the future."

She was a little shy, but it only took a second or two before she replied, "Okay!"

When the supper was over and Cao Yukun was sent back to the hotel, lawyer Ah Hao could not help but start to introduce her from the side, "I am not saying this, Miss Zhou is one of the female stars with the least scandals since her debut. Everyone talks about love, but she is not like some stars who are kept as concubines!"

"She has been stolen by someone, Ni Gongzi, because he broke up with Raidas' lead singer Chen Dezhang last year, and the whole of Hong Kong knew about it. Later, they got together, and everyone praised them for being a perfect match, but Ni Gongzi is a very fickle person. They broke up a long time ago, and it was a big deal at the time! It was said that he came back to pursue her recently, but I don't think there is a chance. He is no match for you, Cao Sheng!"

Cao Yukun laughed, "You mean I can pry her over, right? Good timing?"

Lawyer Ah Hao immediately flattered him, "Of course! Mr. Cao, if you are willing, no one in Hong Kong can say anything! Uncle Chan is right, you two are a perfect match! You knew just now that she was fascinated by you! You just need to give her a call, and there will be no problem! You are dating!"

Cao Yukun thought about it again and again, and when he returned to the hotel at night, he actually took the initiative to call Zhou Aimin.

He was born in the 1990s in his previous life. To be honest, he was not a big fan of the old artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan when he was young. On the contrary, when he was around 30 years old, he liked them more and more on Tik Tok.

Jade Girl...

In fact, when I saw her for the first time when I was signing the contract last night, Cao Yukun couldn't help but think of her straight and slender long legs at the concert that he had seen on a certain audio app...

Lust is something that cannot be suppressed.

Cao Yukun is even too lazy to press it now.

"Hello, Miss Zhou. Are you free tomorrow afternoon? Let's have afternoon tea together?"

However, unexpectedly, she directly refused, "Thank you Mr. Cao for inviting me, but I'm very busy recently, I'm filming a drama..."

(End of this chapter)