China Entertainment: Sister, I don’t want to work hard anymore

Chapter 100 The crew auditions and selects the concubine!

Chu Hui smiled and waved his hand: "Teacher, you thank me."

"I have only achieved a little bit now, which is not worth mentioning at all. I am still far from success."

Seeing the unfazed Chu Hui, Wang Lina was slightly surprised.

In Wang Lina's impression, when Chu Hui was a student at China National Theater Academy, he had a somewhat aloof personality, was lazy, and had little ambition.

Wang Lina didn't expect that Chu Hui's character seemed to have changed after she hadn't seen him for several years. He was much more mature and smooth, and he felt like he had been reborn.

Without waiting for Wang Lina to answer, Chu Hui continued: "However, I have always kept in mind the teacher's teachings back then, to act steadily and to be an honest person..."

Hearing Chu Hui's words, Wang Lina also smiled happily, because this sentence was indeed something she often said to her students.

Chu Hui, who has graduated from Chinese Opera for several years, can still remember this sentence, and Wang Lina said it was not in vain.

Wang Lina smiled and replied: "Chu Hui, the teacher is very pleased that you can remember this sentence."

For Jiang Wenli, money is secondary. Loss is acceptable, but profit is the best. After all, no one would mind having too much money.

Jiang Wenli was willing to invest in the drama "The Age of Naked Wedding" mainly to help Chu Hui and her niece Ma Sichun.

As for Zhu Zhibin, he didn’t think too much. He only had one goal: to make money!

In addition, success once does not mean anything. It is probably luck, but it does not mean that it will succeed the second time.

Chu Hui nodded: "Teacher who knows, I will definitely remember it."

According to preliminary plans, the total investment for the drama "Yanjing Love Story" is 1600 million yuan.

Since the play "Yanjing Love Story" was written, directed and acted by Chu Hui, Jiang Wenjuan did not have enough confidence in Chu Hui.

"I hope you can keep this sentence in mind in the future, and the teacher will feel at ease with you."

Moreover, Zhu Zhibin's experience and connections are indeed what Chu Hui currently lacks.

Chu Hui, the Jiang sisters, and Zhu Zhibin held an internal meeting in the company's conference room.

After several days of deliberations, the four finally reached a consensus.

This is also the fundamental reason why when Fan Bingbing and others came to ask for cooperation, they were all declined by Chu Hui.

Even if she loses money this time, Jiang Wenjuan can accept it. After all, she previously made over 300 million from the drama "The Age of Naked Marriage".

Although the success of the drama "The Age of Naked Marriage" made Zhu Zhibin and the sisters Jiang Wenjuan and Jiang Wenli earn a lot of money, Chu Hui still preferred to cooperate with the old team out of gratitude.

a few days later.

For example, Jiang Wenjuan's idea is that if she wants to continue the cooperation, she still hopes that her daughter Ma Sichun can be the heroine of the drama "Yanjing Love Story".

Among them, Chu Hui invested 500 million, accounting for one-third of the total investment in the play, and Zhu Zhibin invested 300 million.

In addition, Jiang Wenjuan failed to help her daughter Ma Sichun get the female lead in the show, so she didn't invest so much, only 200 million.

The cooperation between him and Chu Hui can be regarded as each getting what he needs.

As long as Chu Hui can make money with him, Zhu Zhibin will still be very supportive and cooperative with him.

Of course, this is Chu Hui's personal opinion. He cannot control what other people think.

Moreover, with the drama "The Age of Naked Marriage" as the foundation, Jiang Wenjuan also believes that even if the drama "Yanjing Love Story" cannot make a big profit, it will not lose money.

If the drama "Yanjing Love Story" can replicate the success of "The Age of Naked Marriage", Jiang Wenjuan can easily make a fortune.

As for Jiang Wenli, she still chose to support Chu Hui, and like her sister Jiang Wenli, she invested 200 million.

If Chu Hui really needed it, Jiang Wenli wouldn't mind spending an extra one or two million to support his new drama.

In other words, so far, Chu Hui has invested 500 million, Zhu Zhibin has invested 300 million, Jiang Wenjuan has invested 200 million, Jiang Wenli has invested 200 million, and the four have invested a total of 1200 million.

The total investment for the drama "Yanjing Love Story" is 1600 million, and Chu Hui is still 400 million short of this goal.

However, things are different now.

Although the drama is still 400 million short of funding, Chu Hui is not panic at all now because there are many people who want to invest in his drama "Yanjing Love Story". For example, Zhao Baogang, although he was dissatisfied with Chu Hui's rejection of his drama, but when he learned that he was planning to invest in a new drama, he took the initiative to call and inquire about the situation;
The same goes for Fan Bingbing. Even though Chu Hui had clearly told her that the heroine of "Yanjing Love Story" was not suitable for her, before leaving, Fan Bing still told Chu Hui that he could seek investment from her if necessary;

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Thinking of this, Chu Hui directly dialed Zhao Baogang's phone number.

No one answered the call. Chu Hui guessed that Zhao Baogang might be busy, and then called Fan Bingbing.

After the call was connected, with just a few polite words, Chu Hui asked Fan Bingbing directly if he was interested in investing in the drama "Yanjing Love Story".

After understanding the specific situation, Fan Bingbing did not hesitate and asked: "How much difference is there now?"

Chu Hui replied truthfully: "There is still 400 million left. If you are interested, you can pay as much as you want."

"If you're not interested, it's okay."

Fan Bingbing thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll call you later."

After talking to Chu Hui on the phone, Fan Bingbing explained the situation in detail to his agent Mu Xiaoguang.

Mu Xiaoguang is relatively experienced and knows that Chu Hui is now a hot commodity. As long as he stars in a TV series, he has no worries about selling.

Moreover, the total investment in the drama "Yanjing Love Story" is only 1600 million. It is not considered a big production, but can only be considered a small and medium-sized production at best.

Mu Xiaoguang felt that the opportunity was greater than the risk. As long as there was nothing fishy, ​​it was worth a try. He then said: "I'll go talk to Chu Hui. If there is no problem, we will invest 400 million."

Fan Bingbing felt that 400 million was a bit too much, and asked in disbelief: "So much, I wanted to say at the beginning that I would only invest 200 million."

Mu Xiaoguang smiled and said: "It's better not to invest 200 million. If you want to bet, bet bigger."

Fan Bingbing also felt that it made sense, so he nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

the other side.

Chu Hui also received a call from Zhao Baogang.

Zhao Baogang said straight to the point: "Huizi, what do you want from me?"

Because there was no reply from Fan Bingbing, Chu Hui couldn't say anything for the time being, so he smiled and replied: "It's nothing, director, I just want to say hello to you."

After chatting with Zhao Baogang for a few words, Chu Hui learned that Zhao Baogang was on the set filming a new drama "Who's in Charge of My Youth", so he didn't answer his call.

Not long after, Mu Xiaoguang came directly to Chu Hui's door to discuss cooperation matters.

After two days of communication between the two parties, Mu Xiaoguang and Fan Bingbing finally decided to jointly invest 400 million yuan in the drama "Yanjing Love Story".

At this point, the 1600 million production fee for the drama "Yanjing Love Story" has been fully paid.

Once the script is finalized and funding is secured, the next step is to assign roles.

After discussing with producer Zhu Zhibin, Chu Hui decided to hold a casting audition in the studio.

Except for the casting of the male lead Cheng Feng, which belongs to Chu Hui himself, all other characters in the "Yanjing Love Story" have not yet been confirmed.

When Chu Hui was an actor in the past, he would go to the crew to audition by himself and let others choose him.

This time it was finally Chu Hui's turn to choose a lady... Oh no, it was an actor, so how could he not look forward to it.

After the casting activity for the drama "Yanjing Love Story" was announced to the public, many actors and actresses from the industry came to Chu Hui Studio one after another to audition for the roles.

Chu Hui and Zhu Zhibin were sitting on the judges' bench, watching their colleagues introduce themselves respectfully and politely in front of them, and audition for the roles they wanted to play. It felt like that.

Especially when seeing some young and beautiful actresses, Chu Hui and Zhu Zhibin would look at each other and smile tacitly, as if they were choosing a concubine.

Moreover, Chu Hui was gratified that there were quite a few actors who came to audition, including some familiar faces.

For example, in terms of actresses, there are Jiang Xin, Wang Ou, Tong Yao, Li Nian, etc.

As for the male actors, there are also familiar faces such as Zheng Kai and Wang Kai.

(End of this chapter)