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Chapter 126 What is Timely Rain?
"She is the only actress in our company."

"That's true." Huang Ze couldn't deny that Zhang Min was more of a secretary for the time being, so Xinghai only had Zhou Huimin as an actress for the time being.

"but!"

"We can indeed use as many people from our company as possible when making movies. This not only saves money but also allows us to earn more money after training them."

"But we also have to consider how well she fits the role. If she doesn't fit the role well, it will distract people from the show, and that's not acceptable."

"Let me remind you first that the heroine is a divorced female reporter with a son who is six or seven years old."

"So, no matter how young she is, the heroine must look about 25 years old."

Huang Ze smiled, picked up the phone, and called Xinghai Records, "Ask Vivian to come to my office."

After a while, Zhou Huimin walked in.

In order to shoot the MV for her debut, she lost a lot of weight, changed her glasses to contact lenses, and changed her thick bangs to air bangs as Huang Ze suggested.

Although she hasn't released an album yet, her single "Like You" was released on the market in December and was very popular. Her whole temperament has also changed.

A little more confident.

She is still almost at the peak of her appearance, but she is already 90% there.

"Brother Ze, you're looking for me." Zhou Huimin flicked her hair, and was filled with joy to see the man in front of her who wrote a song for her and helped her to become a star in the Hong Kong music scene. The joy showed uncontrollably on her face.

"Well." Huang Ze introduced, "The company is planning to shoot a new film. The heroine is a divorced female reporter with a six or seven-year-old son. Do you think you can play the role?"

"what?"

Zhou Huimin was stunned and pointed at herself in surprise.

"I play the mother of a six or seven-year-old child, and I'm divorced?"

"Brother Ze, I'm not even twenty years old yet!"

“I don’t think I can act.”

"It's indeed not suitable." Zhang Jianya had no choice but to nod in agreement. That face full of collagen couldn't be faked, and if she really wanted to put on makeup, she could make do with it, but there was no need.

"It's okay. If you can't play the female lead, I'll give you a supporting role with an important part. I'll let you play a high school girl and act yourself out. That should be okay, right?" Huang Ze planned to let her play the middle school girl who appeared at the beginning and whose parents were not at home, and who asked her female classmates to stay with her at home.

That character will show his face and have quite a few lines.

"And when the time comes, you'll be ranked third in the cast, with the first two being the female lead and the male lead."

"That's the second female lead." Zhou Huimin was even happier, "Thank you, Brother Ze."

"Well, that's enough, go back to work." Huang Ze nodded and let him go, and continued to talk to Zhang Jianya about the actors, "Let's use Liang Jiahui from our company for the male lead, that's no problem, and let's put Zhou Xingchi in for the male supporting role."

"But this heroine."

"Let's find the Zhang Manyu who was used in As Tears Go By."

It would be better to use someone with some fame as the female lead. Zhang Manyu is well-known enough as an actress, but her pay is not high, which is just right.

The key is that she is 23 years old this year, and because of her facial features, she looks a little older. With makeup, it can be said that she is quite suitable for the age of the role.

"I'll give you one month to draw the storyboard. If everything is OK, we can start planning the location scouting. I'll give you a preliminary budget of 3 million. If it's not enough, we can add more."

If it were any other director, Huang Ze would be really afraid that the other party would commit suicide if he said this, and 30 million would not be enough to spend.

But Zhang Jianya originally needed this film to prove himself, and he had been living in China before, so there was no need for so many fancy operations for the time being, so Huang Ze was relieved.

Besides, Huang Ze will send someone to keep an eye on the accounts of the project, so there is no need to worry about any big loopholes.

So the purpose of spending more money is, "We must make a high-quality horror film. Our target is not only Hong Kong Island, but also other overseas markets."

"I understand! I will try my best!" Zhang Jianya nodded heavily, took the script and his notes, stood up and walked out.

As soon as he walked out of the room, he couldn't help but look in the direction of the United States.

The face of a young woman came to mind.

"One day, sooner or later, I will make sure everyone in America knows my name!"

Holding the script tightly in his hand, Zhang Jianya walked towards his seat with slow and firm steps.

The company is not big, so the news cannot be hidden.

A new project appeared and spread throughout the company immediately. A few days later, Wang Jiawei came to Huang Ze with the script of "Days of Being Wild" and smiled.

This time, he is full of confidence.

The previous low-budget film "As Tears Go By" recovered its costs just from the box office in Hong Kong Island, and sold the distribution rights overseas for a full HK$3 million, helping the company make a huge profit.

Yes, it's definitely not comparable to the boss's movies which make millions of dollars per film, but it's much better than too many of my peers.

This also made him feel that his new film could become an image!

The more I think about it, the more excited I get.

"Boss, I have revised the script." Wang Jiawei handed the script to Huang Ze respectfully.

I took it and watched it again. It was quite good. The protagonist was still Chaozai, played by Liu Dehua in the previous life.

So what did you change?
Do you want me to be like Boss Deng, who paid 40 million but only made 10 million at the box office and then got so angry that he had to be hospitalized?
Can Wang Jiawei's films make money?

can!
Otherwise, no one would have invested in him one by one in his previous life, and other people are not stupid.

Although Wang Jiawei's films do not sell at the box office, they can fetch a lot of money by selling the copyrights in the global art film market.

Just like Jia Zhangke, he seems to make no money, but he is actually a very profitable director.

Of course, if you really want to spend the entire 40 million, you can’t make your money back now, unless you can win the highest award among the three major ones.

But, obviously, although Wang Jiawei's film has enough visual color, its story and content are destined not to win the three highest awards.

Huang Ze would not do a business that would lose money.

So, in order to make money, he decided to give some pointers to Wang Jiawei for the time being. He pointed at a name on the script and asked, "Do you think Xu Zai would be better as the protagonist?"

"The story is written like this..."

After a while of talking, Huang Ze recounted the plot of Days of Being Wild that he had watched in his previous life. At the end, his mouth was dry and he took a sip of water strategically. "Did you understand?"

"Hmm?" Seeing that he didn't answer, Huang Ze put the cup on the table with a little force.

"Ok!"

Wang Jiawei came back to his senses, and his eyes lit up immediately. "I already had a picture in my mind just now."

"I have to say, Director Huang, you are my soulmate! You understand me so well."

"I suddenly understand everything after listening to your words!"

"If handled this way, it will indeed be much better than the script I have in my hand."

"I've decided to write the script this way."

"Then go ahead and write. What are you standing there for? Write until I'm satisfied." Huang Ze ordered him to leave.

Looking at Wang Jiawei leaving, I couldn't help but laugh.

In my previous life, when I was filming "Days of Being Wild", I dared to go ahead with an incomplete concept, writing the script while filming, and ended up going over budget by a huge amount.

Doesn’t Wang Jiawei like to grind?
Then grind till you’re satisfied!
It's just that he is not training the actors, but training himself.

After the script is written, let him polish the storyboards.

Let's polish the storyboards until I'm satisfied before we start shooting.

Being able to reduce the cost to 15 million, or even 20 million, Huang Ze has great confidence in making money from the Big Three with "Days of Being Wild".

As for the fact that Wang Jiawei couldn't stand it anymore, he contacted other companies and filmed "Days of Being Wild".

Then I would definitely welcome it with both hands, "It's a deal, double happiness!"

Just let him go out and try it first.

Others invested huge amounts of money, and waited until Wang Jiawei suffered a great loss, but it was still a good thing. I, Huang Ze, will take action and bring him back to the right track.

What is timely rain? (Tactical retreat).

After dealing with the two main directors, Huang Ze once again devoted almost all of his work energy to "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels".

It took twenty days to finally complete the film!
(End of this chapter)