Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 132 No more acting

"What do you mean? Director Wu, we should have agreed on this before! The role of Zhao Yun will be given to Hu Jun.

What do you mean now? You want to kick Hu Jun out without informing us?"

Wang Jinghua became more and more angry as she spoke, "In terms of popularity, experience and acting skills, Hu Jun's ability is obvious to all.

You replaced him with a singer, what does this mean?
If you don't like Chengtian's investment, I can persuade Mr. Wu to withdraw."

"Ms. Wang, I think you misunderstood!"

John Woo cursed inwardly and had to consider this issue carefully.

The investment in the play "Red Cliff" was huge, and the financing model adopted was diversified.

In addition to the leading party China Film Group, more than 10 state-owned or private enterprises have been called to join, including Orange Sky Entertainment, Beijing Forbidden City Films, and BJ Chunqiuhong Cultural Investment Co., Ltd.

Although the involvement of a large amount of social capital has greatly reduced the capital pressure of the film, China Film Group has also successfully replaced more than 50 million resources of "Red Cliff" for use in the film through the development of patch advertisements and copyright marketing cooperation.

However, as more investors there are, there will be more troubles.

Even in the decision-making of actors, John Woo sometimes had to make concessions, which often annoyed him.

Of course, Lin Chi-ling is an exception now.

He was unhappy about Lin Chiling's joining before.

Now! It feels good...

Back to the whole topic, for John Woo, Orange Sky’s investment cannot have any accidents at this juncture.

Therefore, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction.

“Don’t worry about the role of Zhao Yun, he belongs to Hu Jun.

As for Wu Zhuo, I will try to convince him to play... Sun Shucai! Yes, Sun Shucai!"

"Are you sure?" Hearing this, Wang Jinghua's tone softened a lot, "Director Wu is not fooling me, right?"

"Ms. Wang, how could I fool you about this? Don't worry, there won't be any accidents regarding the roles."

After chatting for a few words, John Woo hung up the phone with a sad look on his face.

In fact, he really thinks Wu Zhuo is very suitable for the role of Zhao Yun.

but now……

Fortunately, the crew had another role suitable for Wu Zhuo, Sun Shucai, otherwise he would not know what to do.

……

"Let me play Sun Shucai?"

In the afternoon, Wu Zhuo had just come out of the CCTV studio after rehearsal when he received a call from Chen Huiying.

Tell him that John Woo has already confirmed that he will play the role, but the role is not Zhao Yun, but Sun Shucai, a role that Wu Chao has never taken seriously.

"Something unexpected happened in the middle, and Orange Sky put pressure on John Woo by threatening to withdraw its investment..."

Chen Huiying explained the situation to Wu Chao over the phone.

"Although Zhao Yun is our target, we can't get this role now. Sun Shucai is also OK. This role still has a lot of scenes."

"No need, just reject that side directly, I won't act here anymore."

Wu Chao interrupted her.

Wu Chao had no interest in acting in "Red Cliff" in the first place.

Since he can't get Zhao Yun, he might as well not act.

"No more acting?"

Chen Huiying on the other end of the phone looked confused.

"Ah Zhuo, you have to know that this is John Woo's movie, with an investment of more than 8000 million US dollars, and it is the most important movie of next year.

How many people are hoping to get a supporting role in it."

"That's them, not me." Wu Zhuo waved to Tao Zhe who also came out not far away, and continued: "Thank Ms. Ge for me, I know she has put a lot of thought into running this project.

But since we can’t get the right role, we might as well just quit.”

"I will tell Ms. Ge your opinion, but I'm afraid she won't agree."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Zhuo shook his head slightly.

For others, participating in "Red Cliff" will definitely be a turning point in their lives.

But that didn't include him.

Indeed, participating in this drama will definitely increase his popularity. But how much popularity can a supporting role bring?

The character of Zhao Yun is okay. He has many fans among the people and it is easy for him to stand out.

But Sun Shucai... is an original character. No matter how well he is played, how popular can he be?
So, instead of playing the role of Sun Shucai, which was widely criticized after the movie was released, he might as well not play the role.

He didn't sign the contract anyway.

……

Ge Fuhong obviously attaches great importance to the "Red Cliff" project.

After learning from Chen Huiying that Wu Zhuo did not want to play the role of Sun Shucai, she immediately called Wu Zhuo personally.

The purpose is to persuade Wu Zhuo.

In Ge Fuhong's eyes, "Red Cliff" brings together many big names from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

With a huge investment, this is completely another "Hero".

She felt that Wu Zhuo should not give up this opportunity.

"Boss Ge, I'm just the fourth male, no, the fifth male, how much popularity do you think I can bring if I join?
Indeed, this would be a good opportunity for me to break into the film industry.

But I really don't think it will do me much good.

The role of Zhao Yun is a household name, so even if he has fewer scenes, he can still stand out.

But the role of Sun Shucai.

I read the script, and I found that he played a connecting role in the play.

But this character is really unlikable.”

Wu Zhuo expressed some of his own views.

He knew he might not be able to convince Ge Fuhong, so he said directly: "I hope the company can respect my decision."

Wu Zhuo’s current status is different from before.

To a certain extent, he has become an indispensable pillar of Tianxi Entertainment.

Tianxi really cannot ignore his opinion.

After listening to Wu Zhuo's words, Ge Fuhong was silent for a long time, and then he said in a hoarse voice: "Just do as you say, I will say hello to John Woo.

However, the company may not be able to help you with this in the future.”

After saying that, Ge Fuhong hung up the phone.

It was obvious that Ge Fuhong was angry.

What she meant by “the company may not be able to help you in this regard” was simple.

Next time, she won't go to such great lengths to help Wu Zhuo run the project like she did this time.

Wu Zhuo smiled.

He didn't believe that Ge Fuhong would really give up on him.

Moreover, he is not afraid that he will be short of roles to play in the future if Ge Fuhong does not manage projects for him.

When his popularity reaches a certain level and the number of fans willing to pay for him reaches a certain level, even if he doesn't take the initiative to look for them, someone will come to him.

As a result, many projects have approached him recently.

Although they are basically Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas, I have no impression of Wu Chao in many of them.

But that’s the benefit of popularity.

And in the next few months, he will inevitably experience another explosion of popularity.

First, the Spring Festival Gala.

There is no need to explain the power of the Spring Festival Gala.

Then there is Fahrenheit’s second album.

Only those who have experienced it know the power of "sorry sorry".

The melody and tune of his version remained unchanged, and even the dance was copied from the version in his previous life.

He didn't believe the song would sink.

When this album is released, with the help of the four handsome guys in the group, he may even become popular in Japan, South Korea and other places.

(End of this chapter)