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Chapter 589 You Are Not Fast at All
As soon as Wang Shu left the house, his cell phone started ringing. All the calls were from people he knew and had status.

The purpose of the calls was always to inquire about roles in the new film.

The entertainment industry is a circle, and as long as it is a circle, there will inevitably be interpersonal interactions.

This kind of thing happens naturally in interpersonal relationships.

Mei Ting also learned that Wang Shu was preparing a new film and called him immediately.

After receiving the call, Wang Shu slightly adapted the story he had previously told Zhou Xun and told it to Mei Ting again.

"So, this movie was produced by you on your own with a small budget, and then you found Sun Li, Deng Chao and others as a gimmick to boost the box office of this movie?"

After listening to Wang Shu's story, Mei Ting roughly understood what was going on.

I also know why they looked for Sun Li and Deng Chao.

First, he had previously collaborated with Sun Li in "Time Traveler", and collaborating again could be a gimmick to promote the movie.

Second, Sun Li and Deng Chao are a couple, and starring in the film together is also a gimmick that can promote the movie.

Thirdly, Sun Li and Deng Chao are a couple, but they do not play a couple in the play, which can also be a topic to promote the movie.

A low-budget production with so many gimmicks and topics is indeed guaranteed to be a box office success.

Wang Shu originally wanted to try to see if a film with a cast composed of mainland actors of average movie star status, without looking for actors from Hong Kong or Zhang Ziyi, could achieve good box office results.

Having these gimmicks increases the possibility of success.

She couldn't find any fault with what he said.

I was a little jealous at first, thinking that since it was a low-budget production funded by Wang Shu alone, why didn't he ask her to act?
Now, I understand.

"Yes." Wang Shu responded.

"What if the movie fails at the box office?" Mei Ting was a little worried.

Wang Shu is an Oscar-winning director who just won the award at the beginning of the year. If he makes a movie with a weak cast and it flopped, it would highlight that he does not deserve the title of Oscar-winning director.

It was Wang Shu who lost face.

"Didn't the previous movie 'Time Traveler' achieve good box office results? So there's no need to worry too much." Wang Shu asked back with a smile.

Mei Ting was still quite worried after hearing this and said, "That's different."

"You just said it. Although Time Traveler has science fiction elements, it is a romance at its core."

"But your current science fiction film is not like that, and the audience may not understand it."

"If the audience can't understand it, the box office will be affected."

“It’s very likely to fail.”

Something else she didn't say was that the age of the audience was also different.

Wang Shu's base is young people, but if young people can't understand this movie.

It will be very damaging to the box office.

Wang Shu laughed at himself and said, "If I lose, I lose."

"Then I'll learn from Chen Kaige and say something that the audience won't understand in the next ten years."

Mei Ting was worried at first, but when she heard what Wang Shu said, she couldn't help but laugh.

Wang Shu then said, "Besides, now that things have come to this, we can only strive to do better. There is no point in thinking about other things."

"Yeah." Mei Ting also knew that this was true, and immediately made her attitude clear, "If you need help, just tell me. It doesn't matter even if you want me to make a cameo appearance or play a small supporting role."

"Haha, are you willing to play supporting role for Sun Li, Liu Yan and the others?" Wang Shu was touched and teased.

"What else?" Mei Ting replied unhappily, "As long as it can help your movie, I won't refuse."

Wang Shu was somewhat moved after hearing this, because Mei Ting and Sun Li are both first-line TV actors. Under normal circumstances, she would definitely not play a supporting role to Sun Li.

Not to mention, not only did he play a supporting role to Sun Li, but his role in the play was ranked after Liu Yan.

To be willing to do this is a great sacrifice.

So he pretended to laugh and said, "Don't worry, I am an Oscar-winning director after all, and I have accumulated a good reputation over the years."

"Even if we fail this time, it will be a failure in word of mouth, not a failure in box office."

"In this case, it doesn't matter whether you come or not."

Mei Ting understood the meaning of these words. The implication was that relying on the accumulated reputation, the film would definitely achieve good box office results.

After the good box office, there was the audience's abuse, which led to the collapse of word of mouth.

In other words, it was a failure in word of mouth, not a failure at the box office.

Then he said softly: "Anyway, if you need me, just call me."

"Okay, I'll call you if I need you." Wang Shu replied with a smile.

When Mei Ting heard this, a faint smile appeared on her pretty face.

The two chatted for a while and then hung up the phone.

After Wang Shu hung up the phone, he immediately turned off his phone. He didn't want the phone to keep ringing and delay his work.

I drove to the company and started following up on Pacific Rim.

The film had to be released during the New Year holiday, and time was tight, so many things needed to be handled personally by him.

The day passed unnoticed in the busyness.

As soon as Wang Shu turned on his mobile phone, he received many unread text messages.

Yang Mi, Fan Binbin, Liu Yan, Ning Jing, Jiang Wenli and many other people who had his contact information sent him text messages.

Even Chen Hong sent a text message.

Not only these people, but also text messages from Zhang Bozhi from Hong Kong Island.

Wang Shu had already guessed Zhang Bozhi's purpose without even reading her text message.

Since the incident last year, Zhang Bozhi has faded out of the entertainment industry.

Now, a year or two has passed and things have almost calmed down.

Even if there are still people talking about it, it won’t be as hotly discussed across the entire Internet as it was at the beginning.

Therefore, she began to seek a comeback.

However, Zhang Bozhi wanted to make a comeback, but Wang Shu didn't want to help her. He opened Zhang Bozhi's text message, which was short and asked him to have dinner together.

After all, they have sent me a text message, and it is only out of courtesy between people that I have to reply.

Wang Shu immediately replied: "I have a lot of work on hand and I'm quite busy. I probably don't have time."

It would be too humiliating to refuse directly, so polite refusal is the normal practice.

After replying to Zhang Bozhi's text message, he immediately replied to Chen Hong's text message.

Chen Hong: "Are you going to shoot a new movie again?"

Wang Shu replied: “Yes.”

I just replied and immediately received a reply from Chen Hong.

"So productive!" Chen Hong.

"Haha, I'm a quick shooter." Wang Shu replied.

After reading Wang Shu's reply, Chen Hong knew that Wang Shu's "fast shooter" meant that the movie was shot quickly, but she replied: "You are not fast at all!"

"Really?" Wang Shu was stunned when he saw the text message and replied.

"Yeah." Chen Hong.

Wang Shu then asked, "Let's have dinner together?"

"No." Chen Hong refused.

"Are you busy?" Wang Shu asked.

"I had dinner." Chen Hong.

"So early?" Wang Shu asked in surprise.

"It's not early yet. It's almost seven o'clock now." Chen Hong.

"Okay, do you want to come out and meet?" Wang Shu.

After this text message was sent, there was no response from Chen Hong for a long time.

When Wang Shu thought that Chen Hong was busy and couldn't reply to his message, he suddenly received another text message from Chen Hong.

"Yeah." Chen Hong.

When Wang Shu saw the message, he was shocked. The other party actually agreed?
Could it be that his bravery made the other party feel happy?
so.
Immediately afterwards, the two agreed on a meeting place, and Wang Shu didn't even have dinner and drove directly there.

After a long journey, he arrived at an apartment door and rang the doorbell.

Chen Hong opened the door from the inside, waited for Wang Shu to come in, and then closed the door.

Wang Shu looked around and saw that the room was empty except for a bag of food on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

There is water and drinks in it.

It was obvious that Chen Hong bought it at a supermarket or convenience store not long ago.

"Is this your house?" Wang Shu looked at Chen Hong and asked.

"Well, I bought it before and only come once or twice a year." Chen Hong said with a smile.

Wang Shu understood as soon as he heard it. Rich people have so many houses that they can just leave them vacant.

It’s like his apartment and villa in the city. Except for the apartment which he would sometimes visit, the villa was completely left vacant after he bought it.

Wang Shu suddenly realized that he had never been there except for visiting the villa when his parents came to the capital.

After all, I was too busy and didn't want to waste time going to take a look.

After Chen Hong finished speaking, she immediately asked, "Have you had dinner?"

Wang Shu smiled and continued, "I ate something before coming here. It's night time anyway, so it's better to eat less."

After hearing what Wang Shu said, Chen Hong didn't say much.

They are all people in the entertainment industry and they all know how to manage their body.

When it comes to body management, you should either eat less or not eat at night.

Then he said, "There is water and drinks on the table. Do you want to drink some?"

Wang Shu didn't reply, but walked over and hugged the other person.

then
More than an hour later, Wang Shu left the apartment.

He went there empty-handed, and when he left he had a bottle of mineral water and a bottle of drink in his hands.

Chen Hong asked him to take these things because Chen Hong didn't want to take them back, nor did he want to leave them here.

If Wang Shu didn't take it, she would throw these things into the trash can when she cleaned up the place and left.

So, in line with the principle of not wasting, Wang Shu took a bottle of mineral water and a bottle of drink.

More than half an hour after he left, Chen Hong also left the apartment.

As for Wang Shu, he drove to find a place to eat.

I didn’t have dinner in the first place, and I exercised for about an hour.

He is really hungry!
After dinner, it was already late, so we drove home.

As soon as I got back to my house, I saw someone standing outside the door. I walked over and saw that it was Liu Yan.

"Director Wang~" Liu Yan also saw Wang Shu returning home and shouted with gritted teeth.

"What are you doing here?" Wang Shu asked puzzledly.

"I called you, but the phone is turned off."

"Sent you a text message, but no one replied."

“So I came over.”

Liu Yan's pretty face turned red with embarrassment, but she continued to speak with gritted teeth.

Wang Shu heard this and had no choice but to respond, "Go in first, and we'll talk after you get in."

Liu Yan did not reply, but followed Wang Shu silently.

When they entered the villa, Wang Shu turned around and looked at her and said, "I turned off my phone today, so you can't get through."

(End of this chapter)