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Chapter 256 Good News

The first person to walk in was Lu Shuming.

He was wearing a green robe, and as Huang Ze said, he leaned sideways, squinted his eyes, raised his chin slightly and looked at the directors, and slowly stroked his beard.

"I am Guan Yu, also known by the courtesy name Yunchang."

Lu Shuming performed a few clips, and after recording them, director Wang Fuling asked him to leave.

As soon as Lu Shuming went out.

"Wow!" All of a sudden, the six directors started talking.

"Amazing! This actor is really amazing. It feels like Guan Erye walked out of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"If we can't find a more suitable actor, I think it's okay to just let him play the role."

"Well, make a reservation."

After some communication among the six people, Lu Shuming became the temporary number one actor.

As for Huang Ze, since he was the actor recommended by Huang Ze, they did not ask Huang Ze for his opinion. They just treated him to a fancy sedan chair, offered him nice words, and praised Huang Ze for his ability to select actors and his excellent vision.

Huang Ze could only laugh again and again, muttering in his heart, "Don't be anxious, the best is yet to come!"

One by one, the actors auditioned.

The six directors were all speechless.

They looked at each other for a moment.

I don’t know what to say.

The actors chosen by Huang Ze are so suitable!
"Why do I feel like we can just use them to play related roles?"

"Director Huang, your vision in selecting actors is truly amazing!" Wang Fuling gave Huang Ze a thumbs up, "How did you choose them?"

“Hahaha.” Huang Ze laughed, “In order to make it easier when looking for actors, I have paid special attention to many actors.”

"When I heard that you were going to film Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I gave it some thought and finally selected these actors based on my impression."

"I have something to say."

A director raised his hand and said, "I admit that Tang Guoqiang's performance as Zhuge Liang is indeed good. He can be played by anyone, young, middle-aged or old."

"But I still think that Tang Guoqiang's role as Zhuge Liang needs to be discussed, and it's better not to choose him." A director raised an objection, "Our crew of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is watched by people all over the country. If he is used to play the role, his incident will affect our crew, and what's more terrible is that it will affect everyone's enthusiasm for watching Romance of the Three Kingdoms. What should we do?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Wang Fuling glanced at Huang Ze.

Huang Ze smiled and said nothing.

It’s up to you guys. If you really thought so much, why did you use Tang Guoqiang in your previous life?
Since there is a high probability that you will still use it and it won't affect your final profit, why bother yourself?

Let's serve it cold.

By the afternoon, the preliminary auditions were over, and Tang Guoqiang still hadn't come to an agreement on what to do. However, perhaps to give face to Huang Ze, or perhaps because the female roles were not that important, Cheng Hong's Diao Chan and Tao Huimin's Xiao Qiao were confirmed.

Since both of them had been finalized, Huang Ze was too lazy to get involved in the matter. There were still films in Hong Kong waiting for him to do post-production. When he left in the afternoon, he said goodbye to Station Master Wang and Director Wang.

"I have to go to Hong Kong Island. Come on, everyone. I believe you can make a Romance of the Three Kingdoms that will satisfy audiences across the country."

"Ah? Are you leaving now?"

The two looked at each other and saw reluctance in each other's eyes, but at the same time they also knew that Huang Ze could not always accompany the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" crew, so they could only extend their hands to Huang Ze.

"Director Huang, please come often when you are free. The door of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms crew is always open to you. You can also do other programs. There is absolutely a lot of room for cooperation between our two TV stations."

"Director Huang, if you have any suggestions in the future, just tell me. You can also give me a phone call. Our crew really needs your suggestions."

"I will."

Huang Ze nodded slightly at the two of them, then left and returned to his residence in the Kunlun Hotel.

When he returned, Cheng Hong was already in the room. When she saw Huang Ze coming back, she pounced on him like a koala.

"How is it? My Diao Chan?"

"It's already been decided. You will play Diao Chan."

"Thank you."

"What is there to thank me for? If you really want to thank me, just agree to a small request of mine."

Clothes are never as good as new, and neither are people!
Huang Ze originally planned to leave after the audition.

From then on, the king felt wonderful not having to attend the morning court. Huang Ze stayed for three more days, until August 8, when he returned to Hong Kong Island.

The first thing he did after returning was to go straight to the editing room. Liu Zhenwei seemed to want to report something, but Huang Ze gestured for him to wait, and then walked into the editor's office to look at the results of the rough cut. The editing was pretty good, no problem. Huang Ze also wanted to take a break, so he temporarily handed the rough cut work to Zhang Shuping to continue.

When I walked out of the editing room, Liu Zhenwei was waiting for me within sight of the door.

Seeing Huang Ze coming out, he walked over quickly with wrinkles on his face from smiling.

"Mr. Huang! Good news."

"God of Gamblers has been released for ten days and the box office is doing very well, with revenue of 25 million already reported."

“It’s likely to break box office records!”

"Not bad, very and quite good!" Huang Ze nodded, "Don't worry, you will get a lot of benefits. Is a bonus of one million enough for you?"

"Boss Huang, I'm here to make the company better and better. I don't really care about bonuses or not."

"Oh, then I won't give it to you."

“……” Liu Zhenwei didn’t know what to say.

"Haha, just kidding." Huang Ze patted Liu Zhenwei's arm, "You did a good job on this project. I was right about you."

"There are many good horses, but there are few good horse trainers. Without Mr. Huang, you, the good horse trainer, giving me enough support, "God of Gamblers" would not have achieved such results."

"Also, Mr. Huang, I have a suggestion."

"But there's no harm in talking."

"Zhou Xingchi has a special star quality. During the filming of "God of Gamblers", I found that he has a good accomplishment in nonsensical comedy movies. I think the company can definitely shoot a few more nonsensical comedies with him as the protagonist, and try to make him the Jackie Chan of our Star Ocean."

"Okay, you are responsible for this. You and Wang Rixiang, you two can shoot any good nonsensical ideas. The cost is less than five million. You don't have to report everything to me. Just summarize it every year." It is impossible for Huang Ze to write the scripts for every movie of the company for them step by step.

We must also give full play to the subjective initiative of our subordinates.

Just give Liu Zhenwei appropriate power.

By seizing the opportunity of big-budget films, these low-budget films won’t lose much even if they do make a loss.

Besides, don’t we still have Stephen Chow? If the cost can be reduced to less than 5 million, with this guy’s charm, I won’t lose money.

"Thank you Mr. Huang for your trust."

Now that I have received a substantial bonus and have been recognized by my boss, the key is that my boss has shown trust in me.

This made Liu Zhenwei feel that a man would die for his friend.

Then I thought of my good friend Wang Jiawei.

I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

I heard that they are going to make a big production with a budget of 30 million. Since Taiwan has lifted the restrictions on Hong Kong films going north to shoot, they have already taken people to the desert to shoot. I don’t know what the final result will be.

When he thought about the fact that Huang Ze did not invest in Wang Jiawei's work, his heart skipped a beat.

With a cost of 30 million, I'm afraid it will be disastrous!
(End of this chapter)