Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 213: A Crowd of Invitations

"You take charge of the conversation! It would be great if you could bring in money to join the group."

Wu Zhuo nodded.

When other people bring in capital to join a group, the capital enters first and then the role is determined.

It was the other way around for him.

Because of his status as a singer, many film crews are vying for him.

Therefore, in order to gain greater benefits, Tianxi directly tied the funds to Wu Zhuo.

In other words, if you want to invite Wu Chao to make a movie, you have to accept the investment from Times Pictures, which is behind Tianxi.

But for Wu Chao, this is not a bad thing.

It is a mutually beneficial matter with Tianxi.

After Tianxi invests the money, he will become one of the investors and have the right to interfere in some matters of the crew.

This can guarantee Wu Zhuo's rights and interests in the crew.

"Do you have plans tonight?"

After briefly talking about "Painted Skin", Chen Huiying asked Wu Chao about his plans for tonight.

"Is there something important? Edison Chen asked me to come to his house to play."

Wu Chao actually attended quite a few events in Hong Kong and met quite a few artists.

But only Edison Chen knows how to behave.

After knowing that Wu Chao was coming to Hong Kong, this guy called him two days in advance and said that he had prepared a welcoming banquet for him.

"Ben Chen contacted me and wanted to talk to you."

"Ben Chen? The one who filmed Jackie Chan's "Who Am I?"

Wu Zhuo paused for a moment, then smiled and said:

"Isn't he also trying to find me to film a movie with?"

Chen Huiying nodded, "I think it should be. Emperor Entertainment Group bought the adaptation rights of New Line Cinema's 2004 film, The Voice of China, and has confirmed that Chen Musheng will be the director."

Hearing this, Wu Zhuo thought for a while and roughly guessed what the play was about.

This should be the movie "Keep Talking" starring Louis Koo.

This drama seemed to have a good reputation in the previous life.

It was also from this drama that Louis Koo officially began his journey as the leading actor.

However, Wu Zhuo couldn't help laughing:

"When they don't look for me, no one comes. When they look for me, they come in droves."

Hearing this, Chen Huiying couldn't help but smile, "This is the advantage of being a popular singer.

It took Jay Chou four years to achieve this goal, but it took you less than two years.

Plus, your image is better than Jay Chou, so the film crew naturally prefers you."

This is indeed the advantage of being a popular singer.

Transforming from singing to acting has always been the most common operation in the entertainment industry.

In the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, many first-line movie stars transformed themselves from singers to movie stars.

Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Aaron Kwok.

Even Andy Lau’s current success is inseparable from his achievements in the music industry.

If he didn't have so many fans supporting him, Andy Lau might not be the popular Andy that he is today.

In the 21st century, this trend of songs turning into movies continues.

Jay Chou and Leehom Wang have begun to enter the film industry in recent years, preparing to convert their popularity among fans into movie box office.

Jay Chou has done a great job in this regard.

Although the movie received terrible reviews, its box office has remained high.

You can criticize his movies for being bad, but you can't say his movies don't make money.

The producers of the movies he participated in in recent years have made a lot of money.

Wang Leehom almost did, but he also followed Jay Chou's footsteps and also participated in Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" this year.

Now, Wu Chao has also begun to attract the attention of these film directors and producers.

In fact, he received even more attention.

After all, his status in the Chinese music scene may not be as good as that of Jay Chou, who has worked hard for many years.

But he still has considerable popularity throughout Asia.

If the film is good, it may be able to make a fortune in foreign markets. This is probably the important reason why "Painted Skin" chose Wu Chao.

"There may be a lot of people coming to Edison Chen's party tonight. Tell him I want to go to Edison Chen's party.

He can meet me there.”

Wu Zhuo was somewhat interested in "Keep Talking", but that was all.

He had already made an appointment with Edison Chen, so it was impossible for him to break the appointment just because Benny Chan was a famous director.

Besides, to be honest, Wu Zhuo doesn't want to curry favor with anyone.

Now he has the ability to say no and the ability to hold his own.

If you want to find me to film a movie, that’s fine.

But I'm not begging you, it's you who's looking for me.

Well, you should at least show some attitude.

You can't just show up your sign and expect me to come over here.

"I'll call him later!"

Chen Huiying nodded.

……

At night, a villa in Repulse Bay is brightly lit.

Edison Chen stood outside the villa to welcome the guests coming today.

There weren't too many people, they were all his friends and close friends in the circle.

Of course, his most important guest today was Wu Zhuo.

He held this banquet specially to welcome Wu Zhuo.

The other guests were just embellishments; Wu Zhuo was his focus.

Last time, Wu Zhuo wrote a song for him called "GOODFRIEND", although this song was not as popular as Wu Zhuo's other songs.

But it has caused quite a stir in the rap circle, especially in Hong Kong.

To this day, this song still tops the Hong Kong song charts.

Wu Zhuo successfully proved his songwriting ability to Edison Chen.

So Edison Chen hopes to establish a good relationship with Wu Zhuo.

Therefore, he often communicated with Wu Zhuo and asked him for advice on rap singing and songwriting.

Knowing that he was returning from Japan and would stay in Hong Kong for a few days, he made an impromptu decision to hold a banquet.

He had heard from Wu Chao that he was not familiar with many Hong Kong artists, so he invited some of his friends in the circle and planned to introduce them to Wu Chao.

"Haha, Ah Chao!"

After standing at the door for a while, Edison Chen was about to call to ask if Wu Zhuo had arrived, when he saw a car driving up and stopping at the door, and Wu Zhuo got out of the car.

"Brother Edison!"

Wu Zhuo walked over with a smile and hugged Edison Chen.

"Come on, come on, there are quite a few people here today, let me introduce you to them."

Edison Chen smiled as he pulled Wu Zhuo in and started introducing the artists present to him.

Most of them are artists from Emperor Entertainment Group.

Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Nick Cheung, and many other artists that Wu Chao doesn’t know but are still relatively well-known in Hong Kong.

Among them, Wu Chao also saw Chen Weiting, the top star of Emperor Entertainment Group in later generations.

He is still a member of the Sun Boy'z group.

"Oh! This is Director Benny Chan. He knows you're here, so he came over specially."

After introducing the people who were qualified to be introduced to Wu Zhuo by Edison Chen, Edison Chen solemnly pulled over a long-haired man standing in the corner.

"Hello, Abel. I'm Chen Musheng."

Chen Musheng smiled and shook hands with Wu Chao.

"You two can chat while I greet the others first and come to find you later."

Edison Chen seemed to understand that Benny Chan had something to talk to Wu Cheuk about, so he tactfully found an excuse to leave, leaving Wu Cheuk alone with Benny Chan.

“I’ve been paying attention to Japan recently, Abel, you are really popular in Japan!

You are all over the media.”

Wu Chao naturally understood Chen Musheng's intention, and he also wanted to hear how Chen Musheng wanted to persuade him, so he found a quieter place to sit down with him.

(End of this chapter)