Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 261 Pang Hong's Luck

"Director Chen, luckily you had a good eye for Wu Zhuo, otherwise I would have regretted it to death."

In a luxurious room on the second floor of the hotel.

The producer Pang Hong and the director Chen Jiashang of the Painted Skin crew were also standing by the window watching the scene downstairs.

Look from their position.

The streets around the hotel were crowded with people.

These people are rushing towards one direction frantically.

That direction was exactly where Wu Zhuo was.

It can be seen that Wu Chao and his team are struggling to squeeze through the crowd and heading towards the hotel.

This terrifying popularity made Pang Hong gasp in shock, while she turned around to express her gratitude to Chen Jiashang.

He is really grateful to Gordon Chan.

When Wu Chao and Donnie Yen were competing for the first position, Pang Hong was more inclined towards Donnie Yen.

After all, Donnie Yen is a veteran movie actor.

There have been many successful films.

But Wu Chao has not appeared in any movies.

This made him less trusting of Wu Zhuo.

In the end, it was Gordon Chan who cited Wu Chao's popularity in Asia and his development potential to convince him.

Let him make up his mind to support Wu Zhuo to become the number one.

What if, what if he had not listened to Gordon Chan at that time, but insisted on standing with Donnie Yen.

Well, there is no doubt that if Wu Chao cannot get the leading role, he will definitely choose to quit the crew.

If Wu Chao really doesn't participate in this drama.

Today, Pang Hong must be regretting it to death.

It's okay to regret it.

Given Wu Zhuo's current popularity, I'm afraid that all of his competitors in the company will use this matter to attack him.

If things go wrong, he might even be dismissed from his post.

Therefore, at this time Pang Hong was full of gratitude to Chen Jiashang for his previous suggestions and reminders.

“Producer Pang, you’re too polite. I was just analyzing Wu Zhuo’s situation for you at the time.

The final decision is still yours.

If you don’t have a keen eye for talent, it would be useless for me to recommend Wu Zhuo.”

Gordon Chan is an old man.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he pushed the credit onto Pang Hong, which made Pang Hong so happy that he couldn't stop talking.

"Wu Zhuo has been so popular recently, and we are lucky to have benefited from it. Our crew will definitely be on the headlines tomorrow.

Moreover, the exposure will probably not be weak.

With this exposure, our promotion and marketing will be much easier in the future.”

Pang Hong took a sip of red wine, looking very contented.

Chen Jia nodded subconsciously and said:

“This is the benefit of using Wu Zhuo.

In addition, what we are most looking forward to is the Japanese and Korean markets in the future.

We can even take a look at the European and American markets.

Wu Zhuo's records are now very popular in Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States.

He has a large number of fans in these foreign countries.

Before we even finish filming the movie, foreign film producers may come knocking on our door and buy the rights to screen it.”

"Ha ha!"

Hearing this, Pang Hong couldn't help laughing.

"There's no need to wait. Just yesterday, a company in Japan contacted us and planned to buy the Japanese copyright of Painted Skin for 10 million RMB."

Chen Jiashang was stunned.

He didn't expect that the Japanese company would act so quickly. They took action before the filming even started.

"Then I have to congratulate you, Producer Pang. Wu Chao's salary for joining Painted Skin was only 10 million.

The movie hasn't been shot yet, and you've already collected 10 million.

Then there are other markets.

All in all, our play is not far from success.”

Pang Hong nodded, "Yes, using Wu Zhuo is definitely the right choice for us. He is so popular now that the Japanese film producers don't even need to consider the quality of the film and directly make an offer."

After a pause, Pang Hong slowly spoke again:
“However, the company has not yet agreed to the offer from the Japanese film company.

The company thinks we should wait a little longer.

Wu Zhuo’s record has not been released for long, and its reputation and sales have not yet fully developed.

After a period of fermentation, when his popularity and reputation in Asia reach a certain level, those film producers will probably continue to raise the price.”

Hearing this, Chen Jiashang couldn't help but smile and raised his glass.

"It seems that we have to hope that Wu Zhuo's record sales in Asia continue to rise!"

"Yes, I wish Wu Zhuo's album will sell well and he will become a first-rate superstar."

The two smiled at each other and drank the red wine in one gulp.

"Let's go, it's time to meet the pillar of our show!"

Pang Hong glanced downstairs.

Wu Zhuo is almost getting rid of his fans.

……

"Abel, congratulations on your record sales! Now, we should call you a superstar!"

At the hotel entrance, Wu Chao and his team tried their best and finally walked out from the crowd of fans.

Before Wu Zhuo could tidy up his clothes that were messed up by fans, a large group of people walked out of the hotel.

There is no need to say much about Pang Hong and Chen Jiashang, two important figures in the crew.

The other two female protagonists are Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei.

The supporting actress Sun Li.

And after Donnie Yen left, the crew re-selected kung fu star Wu Jing.

In fact, after Donnie Yen left, the first actors Gordon Chan considered to replace Donnie Yen were Andy On and Louis Fan.

Both of them are relatively well-known action actors in Hong Kong. It is very appropriate to use them when there is no need for them to carry the box office.

And, after all, Gordon Chan himself is a Hong Konger.

When he chooses actors, he gives priority to Hong Kong actors.

But his proposal was rejected by Ningxia Film Studio.

The reason is that the male lead was chosen to be Wu Chao from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

So, for the role of the second male lead, mainland actors must be given priority.

So, after narrowing down the list, there are only two candidates for this role.

One is Zhao Wenzhuo and the other is Wu Jing.

Of these two people, Ningxia Film Studio finally chose Wu Jing.

"Producer Pang, you're too polite. I'm just lucky. It's an exaggeration to say that I'm a superstar."

Wu Chao knows that he is now very famous internationally.

Otherwise, Time magazine would not have chosen him as its cover character.

But, we should still be humble when it is necessary.

And, to be honest, he is still far from being as good as superstars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li!
He is very popular in Asia.

In Europe and the United States, there must be a lot of people who listen to his songs, but probably not many people know him.

And Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Especially Jackie Chan.

That's a real superstar.

Even among all the movie and TV stars in the world, he is one of the best.

"You are still too modest. No. 1 in the world, if this isn't a superstar, then what is it?"

Pang Hong seemed very enthusiastic.

Much more enthusiastic than when Wu Zhuo first met him.

This is the norm in the entertainment industry.

Once you become famous to a certain extent, investors will support you.

This is what Wu Chao is like now.

The investors completely treat Wu Zhuo as a treasure.

If you hold it in your mouth, you're afraid it will melt; if you hold it in your hand, you're afraid it will fall.

(End of this chapter)